only god

Chapter 637 Return to Camp
Eden wakes up and walks out of the forest with the help of the witches.

At this moment, it was already dusk, and the hunting was about to end. The horn of returning to camp sounded,
Many falcons suddenly flew up in the forest. They surged up like flying fish in the sea of ​​trees. Following the sound of whistles and horns, they headed towards the huge camp. Each hunter greeted his companions, regardless of whether they had harvested or not. Dried meat, which had been prepared for a long time, was presented, and the hounds received the same gift.

Hunting reports came from the camp. It was said that despite the short hunting time today, Her Royal Highness still successfully hunted an elk.

Not only that, after the princess hunted the elk, she did not kill the animal. Instead, she healed its injuries and released it back into the forest.

This action showed the princess's love and kindness, and it was recorded in the accompanying documents. Soon it would be compiled into poetry and given to the bards to sing.

The horn continued to sound, and the praised Althea stood on the hillside, looking at the forest in the distance. Dusk had dyed the sea of ​​trees into a golden color.

Bonfires have been lit in the camp, and the soldiers are drinking and enjoying the food hunted and shared by the noble officers. They will be like this for the next few days, because the hunting is not just for one day, but continues. Several days.

People were chatting and laughing, telling stories about what they had seen and heard in the forest, either making things up or exaggerating, and drum beats sounded in the camp.

In contrast to the joy in the camp, Althea looked worried.

No one knows how many arrows the princess shot during this hunt.

Maybe dozens of arrows, maybe hundreds of arrows?
Only Althea herself knew that she could count the arrows she shot with both hands.

She had been absentminded all day and had no interest in hunting at all.

It didn't take long for her to say that she was tired, and she rejected the attentive officers and stood alone on the hillside. Her guards only dared to watch from a distance at the bottom of the hillside, and no one dared to disturb her.

Suddenly, Althea seemed to see something.

In almost the blink of an eye, the exhausted Princess seemed to suddenly become energetic, and she hurriedly walked down the hillside to the camp.

The guards thought she was going back to her tent to rest, so they didn't follow her.

Althea turned around several tents, and finally, under an oak tree, she saw Eden.

Eden, in a cheerful mood, bowed politely.

Althea lifted her skirt and walked towards Eden.

"I heard you hunted an elk and released it."

Looking at the lively camp, Eden said.

No matter what, I really came back safely.

God, praise you.

Eden thought in his mind.

The tall Althea looked down at him, then blinked her beautiful eyes and said with a smile:

"No, not at all."

"what?"

"I didn't hunt any elk at all."

Althea chuckled and said,

"That elk was prepared by Paladin a long time ago. I shot an arrow casually and it fell to the ground. In fact, my arrow didn't hit it at all. It was more than ten meters away from it. It is an old actor!"

"In other words, they are all false and deliberately fabricated rumors?" Eden asked.

"Of course, but this is enough to deceive these stupid soldiers and give them a reason to revel. After the poem is spread, it can also leave a good impression on the people of this country."

Althea described the situation as a happy one.

The sun was setting in the west, dusk was locked in the mountains in the distance, and brisk drumbeats kept coming from the camp. Eden saw that behind Althea's head, there were large swathes of flaming clouds, which were so magnificent that he distracted his gaze. At a glance, her face appears among the clouds and mist, as if it is blending into the painting.The mountains turned yellow like wet papyrus, and it was so warm that Althea looked like a figure in the horizon.

Eden was stunned, his eyes seemed to be lost. The two were facing each other, the drums in the camp were still going on, and the screams of the elk were still lingering in the forest. Althea lowered her head for some reason, subconsciously to avoid Eden's sight.

The horns slowly stopped, followed by the sound of the lute. It was not yet time for the official performance. The accompanying minstrels sang casually, but the camp still burst into collective cheers.

At this time, Eden came to his senses belatedly, and Althea turned her back to him.

"There will be a competition tonight."

Althea spoke out.

"Ah, oh. I've only seen it a few times."

Eden thought for a while and continued:

"The church has stopped many competitions, and I am often the one who helps stop them."

Althea blinked and asked:

"Hey, you were a priest at that time. Do you want to come to the competition tonight?"

Eden thought for a while, shook his head and said:

"forget it."

Althea muttered with some dissatisfaction:

"Do you think the martial arts competition is too rough? In such a barbaric land, how can we not be more barbaric? Even if you are a priest, you should be a priest who can swing a war hammer."

Eden laughed at this statement.

"Tonight's martial arts competition is actually nothing, but tomorrow's martial arts competition is really awesome."

Althea said,

"Tomorrow there will be hunting in the morning and a competition in the afternoon. The envoys sent by Osenko will also participate in this competition. They have called several strong warriors.

Once those Osenko barbarians win, those barbarians will definitely take advantage of it. Many people will take the opportunity to swear allegiance to me according to custom and dedicate their life-long bravery to me.

But why do I care about their loyalty?They are like a group of mosquitoes flying around, just thinking about biting a few pimples on you. Hey, I have such good skin, I don’t want to scratch it all the time.If I was really stung, I can only come to one truth. "

"What truth?"

Eden asked subconsciously.

“God gave people good skin just so they could scratch it.”

Althea said seriously.

(End of this chapter)