Imperial Crown.

Chapter 491 Don’t Underestimate This Bee
What comes into view is a stretch of green grass, colorful flowers and plants, dense low plants, and endless, uneven cliffs. In the distance, white clouds are piled up like mountains. The clear blue sky is almost the same color as the clear indigo sea water, like two sides of the same coin, like a watermelon cut in the middle! The sea breeze is cool, but the continuous "mountains" made of white clouds remain motionless as if they have risen from the sea.

When the sky and the sea melt into the same blue crystal in the far distance, the whole landscape becomes a transparent ecological prism!
Clouds bake the clear sky, and sea glaze mounts blue silk

The mountains are like solidified green waves, the waves are like flowing mountain shapes, and the horizon ironed by the sun is sewing everything into this picturesque eternal poem.

This is the famous Yaoguang Beach in the Nightmaw Province of the Orc Empire!
At this moment, there are two humanoid creatures standing on the beach. The reason why they are called two humanoid creatures is that one of them is a human, and the other is a wolf with a wolf's head! That's right, the Nightmare Province is ruled by the Orc Gnoll Clan. Unlike other provinces that are divided into pieces, the Gnoll Clan is the most compact and united Orc Clan. Therefore, there are almost no other Orcs in the entire Nightmare Province. There are only ordinary wild beasts raised by the Gnoll Clan and the occasional magical beasts that are blind enough to break in and die.

Nightmaw Province is vast and rich in resources. It is one-third larger than Bloodroar Province and its area is equivalent to half of the Feydon City-States; three Eivor Principalities. Facing the Miracle Mountains, Bloodroar Province is on the left, Warsong Plains is on the right, and Frostclaw Province and Rift Valley Province are adjacent to it.

The indigo sea water washes over the beach, making a "swishing" sound. The beach is blocked by angular white boulders. The sea water spreads over and turns into foamy white on the beach. It hits the white boulders and then quickly retreats, repeating the cycle. In the middle of the sea, there are boulders that are higher than the sea surface. The closer to the cliff, the denser they are!

"You should consider yourself lucky, shouldn't you, Paine?"

The speaker was a werewolf nearly 2 meters tall, with a thick silver mane and a standard wolf head. His eyes were agate-green, and his dog-shaped mouth had sharp fangs arranged in an orderly manner. The leather armor on his body was bulging, and the chest armor was dark red. There was a fist-sized iron bump in the middle. With the iron bump as the center, vertical lines radiated out. Behind him was a black cloak, and the iron ring of the cloak was stuck on the iron bump on his chest. The silver-black fluffy mane on his neck was swaying in the sea breeze.

"Why?"

Paine was not short, more than 1 meters tall, and about 7 years old, but his thin human body made him look like a dwarf when standing next to the werewolf. He was a little plump and fat, which made him look even shorter. He wore an inconspicuous gray robe with his hands wrapped in his sleeves and placed on his abdomen in front of him. Hearing this, he asked with some confusion.

"Because you live here where it's spring all year round, not in the freezing cold world of humans! Otherwise your balls would definitely be frozen off, right?" the werewolf said in a teasing tone.

Paine showed an extremely embarrassed look on his face, because he was actually a eunuch, a criminal who was first castrated by the Kingdom of Bodomichi and then exiled to the Orc Empire. And obviously, the werewolf in front of him knew this well-known "secret" and was deliberately making fun of his pain! "Sliver! You always don't like others to make fun of your broken arm, so why do you always make fun of me? How can you do this?!" Paine's face was a little angry, and his voice became a little sharp. He bluntly accused the leader and king of the werewolf tribe beside him - Sliver Nightthroat!

"Because I have balls." Sliver seemed unconcerned, with a smile on his face that he couldn't hide, "And you don't!"

In fact, Paine had been exiled to the Orc Empire for more than 30 years, and had served in Sliver's castle for at least 20 years, so the two had a very good relationship, and Sliver dared to make such a joke in person! Paine was equivalent to the chief steward of Sliver Castle. More often, he acted as a military advisor, allowing the werewolves to defeat the powerful orcs around them who dared to covet this fertile land again and again! Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Paine's status in the werewolf tribe is only slightly lower than that of the wolf king Sliver. In Sliver's heart, Paine, a human, has long been considered one of his own!

Paine rolled his eyes and looked at the sea, not wanting to argue with Sliver. He said worriedly, "You should worry more about Raven! I have trouble sleeping recently and always have bad dreams."

"Raven?!"

Sliver's tone was filled with surprise and excitement. "He was chased around like a dog by Silvermane in Bloodroar Province. How could he dare to come to my Nightmaw Province? The reason why Raven is still alive is simply because the orcs in Bloodroar Province are not united! He has always taken advantage of them! But the situation in our Nightmaw Province is different. We have at least two million werewolves, and there are more than 100,000 extraordinary ones alone! Even if he is given a hundred more courage, he will not dare to come!"

Paine looked grim, and he glanced at Sliver from a low position, "Do you really think so?"

"Really." Sliver nodded seriously, "Do you have any other ideas? Besides, Raven and Silvermane have been fighting near the Tallin River in the central part of Bloodroar Province. How far is it from Nightmaw Province? Can he grow wings and fly over?! He can't get over it, not to mention that there is a natural barrier!" At the end, a look of pride appeared on Sliver's wolf head.

"Even if Raven really comes, what can we do?" As if he was addicted to talking, Slipher stretched out his only remaining right claw and flicked it lightly, "Nightmaw Province has been surrounded by powerful enemies for thousands of years, such as the tiger people and wild boar people in Blood Roar Province... the snake people on the Warsong Plains... the bear people in the Rift Valley Province... the lion people and behemoths in the Frostclaw Province..." Slipher listed them one by one, "But do you know why they dare not attack our Nightmaw Province?! It's because our Nightmaw tribe is the most united! The most united! Even among ordinary wild beasts, the wolf pack is the most intelligent and cooperative one! This kind of united power! The iron will! It is impossible to dissolve the hostility by brute force! It has forged the immortal myth of our Nightmaw tribe!" Slipher put his claws on Payne's shoulder, "So, my dear friend, don't worry about it anymore, okay?"

Paine knocked down Slipher's claws and sneered, "It seems that I was wrong! I always thought that the reason why Nightmaw Province was so peaceful was because the Bloodstone Great Wall blocked the tiger people from Bloodroar Province! It was the Deep Sea of ​​Tears that cut off the snake people from the Warsong Plains! It was the Everdusk Swamp that stopped the Behemoths from the Frostclaw Province!" Paine shook his head and said, "The only thing that is not separated from Nightmaw Province is the Rift Valley Province. If it weren't for me, you would have been trapped by the bear people and eaten as blood all these years."

Paine's words froze the expression on Sliver's face, and then he became a little annoyed, "These natural barriers certainly have some effect! But the main reason is that our Nightthroat clan is united enough! Damn it! It's unity! Do you understand!" Sliver was shaking with anger, but what Paine said was all facts and he couldn't refute it, so he could only change the subject and said, "Besides, you also said that there is a Bloodstone Wall between Bloodroar Province and Nightthroat Province! The wall is so high that even the Eagle People flew over! So what if Raven is here? Come on, tell me?! This Bloodstone Wall should be the credit of my Nightthroat clan, right? If it weren't for the construction of this Bloodstone Wall, would we have been bullied by the Bear People for so many years! You damn human! Didn't I just say that you have no balls? Do you have to be so tit-for-tat?!" "Is it that necessary!!!!" Sliver roared!

"As for!"

Paine stared at Sliver fearlessly, but his tone was a little calmer. It was obvious that he was still a little afraid of the angry Sliver. "You don't know Raven well enough! Do you know how unpredictable Raven is? Do you know how terrifying Raven is? Do you know how crazy and despicable Raven is?! Do you know that Raven is the first powerful earl promoted in the Keynes Empire in nearly 400 years! He is the heir of Don Quixote Griffith! He is a true magic genius?!" Paine's tone gradually became excited, "You are too careless, Sliver! Your pride and carelessness will make you end up like the Grand Duke of Vanilla who died in the Principality of Eivor not long ago!" Paine said solemnly: "Don't underestimate this bee, Sliver!"

Sliver was silent for a long time. "But I heard that Raven is dying..."

"Don't believe those rumors." Paine shook his sleeves. The sea breeze was still too cold for an unawakened mortal like him.

"So now, what should we do?" asked Sliver.

"Mobilize troops! Send more werewolves to guard the Bloodstone Wall, and increase the investigation of Bloodroar Province!" Paine said the countermeasures he had already thought of, "And keep a close eye on Raven's every move until he completely leaves the Orc Empire!"

Sliver was a little surprised. "Aren't you going to cooperate with Raven? I thought you said so much because you wanted to cooperate with him." Sliver's tone suddenly had a strange taste: "After all, you are both human, aren't you?"

"Cooperation?" Paine sneered, a trace of disdain on his face, "I don't believe a word he says! Besides, you also said that I am a eunuch without balls! Will these nobles listen to a eunuch's words?"

"Okay, then I'll listen to you. I'll mobilize another 5 werewolves to go to the Bloodstone Wall, so there will be 15 werewolf soldiers there!" Sliver took off his cloak and tied it on Payne.

"Not enough!" Paine shook his head.

"Not enough?" Slipher was puzzled. "Then tell me, how much?"

"Fifty thousand extraordinary werewolves and three hundred thousand ordinary werewolves!" Paine slowly said the numbers.

"Are you crazy?" Sliver's voice became vague, with a hint of wolf howl, and he scratched his ears, "My friend, my big brother, my most honorable brother! Raven only brought 40,000 people in total, and 10,000 of them were killed a month ago. Now I'm afraid he can't even maintain 30,000 on hand! You want me to transfer so many soldiers? Are you planning to kill Raven? Wouldn't it be better to let Silvermane and Raven fight each other? We don't need to wade into this muddy water!" Sliver, who originally believed in Payne, was shaken at this moment. He felt that Payne was really scared by Raven's reputation to the point of saying such nonsense!

"This is your kingdom! You decide." Paine turned around and bowed to Sliver, "Master." After that, he turned around and walked towards the cliff.

"You do it again!" Sliver yelled, "You do this every time you don't like it! Every time!" Sliver caught up with Payne and said unwillingly, "Even if Raven is chased to Nightmaw Province, so what? With his 30,000 Eagle Army, let alone three months, even three years! He won't be able to capture the Bloodstone Wall! Are you worrying too much this time?"

Paine said without turning his head: "I've already said it, it's up to you to decide."

"Okay, okay, I'll give the order right away!" Sliver lowered his head helplessly, "I'll listen to you. Dispatch 5 extraordinary people and 30 soldiers! I want to see if this little bee dares to come and seek death! To be honest, I admire Raven very much. It would be even better if we can capture him alive! His Angel's Tears are simply poison! A poison that is addictive and cannot be stopped!"

"Don't indulge in these material desires!" Paine warned: "It will make you lose your keen judgment!"

"You..." Sliver was really convinced, "Why are you pretending! Do you think I don't know that you asked the mercenaries to buy ten boxes of potato chips for you?! You even called Raven hypocritical and cunning. What's the difference between you and Raven!"

Paine was shocked. "You're investigating me?"

"Hehehe," Sliver snorted twice in a proud tone, "In Nightmare Province, I will inspect all merchant ships that enter and leave the Deep Sea of ​​Tears. Isn't that what you taught me?"

After Sliver's reminder, Payne remembered that this was indeed the case. "There is a difference between me and Raven." Payne began to climb the stone steps. "I don't have balls. But he has many poisonous stingers. Today he stabs this, tomorrow he stabs that. I heard that he even didn't let his aunt go! He is just a scumbag!"

Slipher: ...

The two men came to the cliff and rode on their respective horses. Paine returned the cloak to Slipher and put on the hat on his robe. "Slipher, after this is over, don't forget the agreement between you and me!"

Sliver nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as the negotiations with the bear people are successful, I will definitely help you get revenge! To be honest, I haven't eaten human flesh for a long time since you came here, let alone the tender meat of the royal family! I almost forgot how delicious it is!" Speaking of this, a ferocious and greedy look appeared on Sliver's wolf head!

"Within three months at most, the negotiations with the bear people will be finalized!" Paine showed an unnatural look on his face, "I don't want to massacre innocent people! Sliver!"

Sliver shouted, "Put away your compassion! Military Advisor! This war is a general attack on the human race launched by the Titans. Even if I don't eat it, do other orcs not eat it? The destruction of the Kingdom of Bodomitch is only a matter of time! I will let you kill your enemies with your own hands and fulfill your obsession!"

"drive"

Paine said nothing, and rode away, whipping his horse.

Slipher shook his head. There was no doubt that Paine was a rare talent! But he had always had unrealistic feelings towards the human race, which was why Slipher was hesitant to fully trust Paine! After Paine walked away, Slipher raised his head and let out a long wolf howl.

Soon, four or five werewolves came running towards this side.

"Pass my order and let O'Dowd mobilize 50,000 extraordinary werewolves and 300,000 werewolves to go to the Bloodstone Wall!" Sliver said coldly.

Then he rode his warhorse towards his own castle!

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(End of this chapter)