Imperial Crown.

Chapter 496 Preparations before the Final Battle

Crunch, crunch, crunch
The sound of knives and forks colliding with each other and scratching in the ceramic cutting plate continued to ring out. Raven used a fork to put half a mushroom into his mouth and chewed it gently. The white napkin at his collar made Raven look even more elegant.

"Try it now. This is my latest dish - Mushroom and Single." Raven pointed at one of the dishes and said with a little pride, "And this one - Mushroom and Bitter Lonely." Raven raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course, my favorite has to be - Mushroom and Single Life."

Savannah: ...

Time passed quickly and it was the year 1206 in the Guangming calendar. After setting up camp, Raven finally had a few days of peace.

In the big tent, besides Raven, there were also Lux and Savanna.

Savannah is not wearing armor today. Her big chestnut waves make her look passionate and hot. Her body, which has been exercised for many years, gives people a strong and full intuitive feeling. The size of her chest should not be underestimated. The black and white wide dress is slightly tight on her body. The hollow side shoulders can not only show her white and smooth shoulders, but also faintly show the small side breasts that are squeezed out, which shows that this woman's figure is exaggerated. A pair of long legs with well-proportioned thickness are tightly wrapped in black stockings. The top of the stockings is designed with thickened black patterns, and the plump and round thighs have a sense of tension that is about to burst! In order to prevent the stockings from slipping down, there are two one-finger-wide black laces hanging, leading to the invisible mysterious crotch. At the connection between the laces and the pattern on the top of the black stockings, there is a small cross-like golden pendant, shining. It is even more difficult to look away! She wore a pair of slightly dark star-colored pointed high heels, which formed a butterfly-like armor anklet at the ankle, reflecting the dark texture of steel. On her head, she wore a very typical and medieval star-shaped curved-cornered hat, with a wide brim covering most of her beautiful face, revealing only her rosy and sexy lips that looked like they had sucked blood.

If Lux is a quiet beauty with an oriental look and flavor, then Savannah is a typical passionate Western beauty with big lips.

However, it was obvious that Savanna was not good at this kind of social dances or dinners. Although she deliberately took out the beautiful clothes from the bottom of her box and dressed herself up very beautifully and elegantly, the cumbersome social etiquette and dining rules of the aristocracy still made this second-level knight of the Church of Light look restrained and uncomfortable everywhere.

"My Lord... Count Lei, I feel that you are a little too...relaxed now." Savannah carefully chose her words to remind him. She had no interest in the delicacies that Lei Wen introduced in detail.

Oh! And this damn "straight talk"-like brain circuit. I think the word "relaxed" is already the most "light" accusatory word in Savanna's mind.

"What did you say?" Raven's throat seemed to be filled with phlegm that he could never spit out. Hearing this, he covered his ears with his hands and said in a hoarse voice, "Too salty? Go and get me my secret sugar cube."

Savannah pursed her lips, and the three words "no hope" flashed through her mind. Raven was really old and confused, and there was almost no difference from all the old people she had seen. Seeing that the young and proud boy had fallen into such a state, Savannah felt a little sad and heavy. "I said! It's delicious! Thank you, Lord Earl, for your hospitality!" Savannah couldn't help but shout loudly. After shouting, she couldn't help but look at the opposite side. There sat Lux, who had a calm face, enjoying the food in small bites. Her every move was full of the elegance and gentleness of a lady. Beautiful! So beautiful! Even a woman like Savannah who didn't care much about her appearance couldn't help but feel inferior. Lux was like a beautiful jade carefully carved by God. Whether it was her facial features or her figure, as well as her innate purity and acquired nobility, all made Savannah feel a little ashamed. It seemed that apart from her curvy figure, she had no other aspects that could compare with Lux. For some reason, Savannah suddenly remembered the night when she was kissed by Mantheni. If it were Lux, Savannah would have some ambiguous expectations in her heart.

"Such a charming and beautiful woman has to serve Raven day after day and suffer torture from Raven. Raven is so selfish!" Savanna felt a little indignant.

The meal was tasteless. Even if she ate all the dishes in front of her, they were still not enough to whet Savanna's appetite. Savanna could only pretend to imitate Lux's movements, which looked so clumsy that Raven almost laughed out loud. But the next moment, Savanna started to get angry again, "Raven! Why did you build a castle here?! Are you planning to live here permanently? When are you going to let our Holy Knights take action?!"

In the several battles, Raven did not allow the Holy Knights to fight, and even gave them a special cover to disguise and hide the identity of the Holy See of Light. This made the Holy Knights complain, and many of them wanted to go back. If it weren't for their own hard work, the internal situation would have collapsed long ago.

"Today is January 1206, 1. Shouldn't we be happy?" This time Raven did not pretend to be deaf. He said while drinking milk.

Savannah pursed her sexy red lips, "You still know?!" Her tone was a little complaining, "Do you know? Many people thought that they could go back to celebrate Christmas after following you to the Orc Empire! Who would have thought that on Christmas Day, they would be hung in the air for a whole day and a night. Now New Year's Day is spent here again... It doesn't matter, but the Epiphany is coming soon. For us in the Church of Light, this is such a sacred and solemn festival. I don't think the Earl doesn't know this, right?"

Raven coughed lightly, his expression turned cold, his eyes looked a little hawkish, staring straight at Savanna's pretty face and said, "From the beginning, I asked you to come here to fight the orcs! Are you here to play house with the orcs? You still have this festival and that festival? I think you people in the Holy See of Light have been spoiled by the long peace! Are we going to celebrate Diary Valentine's Day, Traditional Valentine's Day, White Valentine's Day, Black Valentine's Day, Kiss Valentine's Day, Rose Valentine's Day... in the future? I have to prepare a grand cocktail party and dinner for you every Valentine's Day?!" Raven pulled the napkin from his collar and threw it on the table, "You have a lot of problems! If you want to leave, go ahead. As long as you can leave the Orc Empire alive, I won't stop you."

"Levin..." Savannah was so angry that she felt that Leivin was really unreasonable!

"I asked you to come here today to assign you combat missions." Raven didn't pay much attention to Savanna's mood and state. He came to the map on his crutches. "I want to fight a decisive battle here, completely eliminate Silver Mane, and station here for a long time. It's your turn! I didn't let you play in the previous small fights just to hide your trump card!" Raven pointed to the Bloodstone Great Wall marked on the map and said, "Sawanna, you have to understand that hiding the sword in the sheath is the trump card! And often the threat effect of a trump card that is not used is much greater than when it is used!" After saying so many words in one breath, Raven seemed a little tired, and his voice was a little tired. "It's not that I won't use your trump card, but I will use it at the most critical moment! You know, your Holy Knights only have about 500 people in total!"

Raven was so angry that Savannah tore off her star-shaped hat and was too lazy to pretend! She was not a rich lady, and pretending was really tiring. She might as well be herself. It seemed that she wanted to see the details of the map more clearly, and it seemed that Raven's current appearance made her unprepared. She came over angrily and leaned close to Raven. She didn't pay much attention to the bumping of her meat balls against Raven, but was guided by Raven's next words and frowned in thought.

It turns out that the reason why Raven had been delaying their actions was not because he was afraid that the Holy See of Light would steal the credit, but because he had a bigger plan.

This is consistent with Savanna's inherent impression of Raven!
But this did not dispel Savannah's doubts, "Are you crazy, Raven? Fighting a decisive battle with orcs? How many people are there on Silvermane's side? And now there are werewolves behind them!"

His nose twitched slightly, filled with the alluring fragrance of Savannah. Raven glanced at Lux without leaving a trace. She was carefully cleaning the plates and knives on the table. She was always like this, doing one thing very devotedly and focused, rarely disturbed by other external factors! Coming to the Orc Empire, without a personal maid, all these trivial tasks fell on her. Raven coughed lightly, moved two steps to the side, and kept a distance of one foot from Savannah, "Do you remember the first time we met?" Raven did not answer Savannah's question, but showed a trace of reminiscence in his eyes, "If it weren't for my madness in attacking the Bloody Highlands, you, a great beauty, would have become a dry bone in the grave!" To be honest, Raven has known Savannah for a longer time than he has known An Nuo. "Not only will I have to fight the decisive battle here, but I will also have to supervise the battle in person. So, Ms. Savanna, please make sure that the divine magician sets up the [Glory of God] magic circle! Otherwise, if there is any mistake, it will be the common grave for all of us, and you will be buried with me, a dying man, in a foreign orc land! I'm fine, I'm old, and my flesh is fishy and smelly...but you, a beautiful lady with fair skin, will have a different fate..." As he said that, Raven stretched out his withered hand like a chicken claw and stroked Savanna's jade arm back and forth.

Savannah's face showed undisguised disgust and disdain. She retracted her hand as fast as lightning. When she looked up and saw that Lux was gone, she said sarcastically, "Aren't you afraid that I will complain to Lux? You are old, Raven. Don't use your old tricks! You used to be confident, arrogant, romantic and handsome... You were more or less worthy of the title of 'little bee'! Maybe I could consider it! What about you now? An old bee without even any teeth? Save yourself some energy and time."

Raven:……

"You are a complete lunatic, Raven!" Thinking back to what Raven had just said, Savannah couldn't help but sigh, "Although I don't know how you have the confidence to dare to fight the orcs in the Orc Empire, I choose to trust you! I will go back and arrange it, but will you give me the materials for setting up the Divine Kingdom Radiance Array?"

Raven's face changed, "Didn't Archbishop Thomas give it to you?" "What do you think?!" Savannah stepped forward, and with the help of her high heels, she was slightly taller than Raven by 1 cm. She looked down at Raven in bewilderment. "My Lord Earl, if you can't provide the materials, I can't set up the magic circle." Their eyes met, and Savannah said with her red lips slightly parted, "Don't think I'm as easy to fool as those little girls."

"Raven's treachery is ingrained in his bones." This was what Archbishop Thomas repeatedly told her the night before he left, so Savannah knew very well that Raven was deliberately deceiving her at this moment.

"ah"

However, the response she waited for was not the magic circle materials given by Raven, but a hard wooden stick, pressing straight against her belly button.

"Pah!" Savanna looked down and her cheeks suddenly turned red like cooked shrimps. She spat in a low voice and cursed, "You are so shameless!" After that, she hurriedly ran out of the tent without even taking her hat.

"Eh," Lux, who had just come in, asked curiously, "Aren't you going to discuss the battle plan?"

"I, I, I..." Savanna was so anxious that she was about to cry, "My stomach hurts!" Then she ran away.

"Just tell me not to mess around..." Lux was as innocent as ever, "You've made me sick."

Raven nodded behind the table, agreeing deeply, "Young people nowadays don't know how to enjoy life any more." He sighed, "After the castle is built, I plan to open a new store here, called 'Steel of Stomach'. What do you think, dear?"

……

Time goes back to a few days ago, Moonrock Castle.

Sliver, who was enjoying the griffin's brain, suddenly received a report from his servants, saying that there was a handwritten letter from Raven. "This stupid human, is he asking me for help?" Sliver shook his head, with a flash of disdain in his eyes. After all, he was just a "young war god" praised by the human race. He came to the Orc Empire and it has only been three months, but he has reached the end of his rope and his true nature is revealed.

Slowly eating the fresh brain that had just been dug out in front of him, Sliver wiped his hands and said, "Bring Raven's letter here and read it!"

"Uh" Butler Zuma was stunned for a moment, "My Lord Viscount, it says here that you have to open it yourself."

"Just read it," Sliver rolled his emerald wolf eyes impatiently, "I guess they must be asking me for help! After all, for the human race, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' is the phrase they always say!" Sliver said in a firm tone with a hint of sarcasm.

But Raven, this idiot, didn't even think about it. As an orc, even if he had an irreconcilable blood feud with Silvermane and Brokenfang, he couldn't help him fight Silvermane. Otherwise, how could he survive in the Orc Empire in the future? Not helping Silvermane and Brokenfang to fight Raven was already a huge mistake! It was also a huge help to Raven!

"The chief is indeed as good as a god." After a quick glance, Zuma said with a convinced heart: "Eliminating those long and meaningless greetings, there is only one thing in it - Raven wants to use 200 million gold coins and 10 bottles of Angel's Tears to invite you to form an alliance to fight against Silver Mane and Broken Fang together!"

"idiot!"

Sliver cursed with a sneer from his nose, and looked a little surprised, "Raven has so much money?"

"Your Excellency is well aware of the extravagance of human nobles." Zuma echoed with a smile.

"It is time for them to be exterminated." Sliver whispered, "I want the money, and I want the Angel's Tears too! But there is no chance of forming an alliance. Tell Raven to prepare the money and Angel's Tears. I will bring 500,000 werewolves to help him fight Silvermane!"

"I advise you not to do this!"

Just as Zuma was about to leave, a figure stopped him, "Sliver, listen to my advice, promise Raven, and join him in encircling and suppressing Silver Mane!"

Roar!
Sliver slammed the stone table, and it instantly collapsed with a loud bang. Sliver roared, "Paine! Don't forget who is your savior! If it weren't for me, you would have died at the hands of the snake people decades ago! You really can't let go of your identity as a human! Right?!" Sliver's wolf eyes were as cold as frost, "You disappoint me so much!"

Paine was silent for a long time, then sighed and shook his head.

……

(End of this chapter)