Chapter 136 The Horned Demon of White Orchard
The next morning, Lan organized his team, gathered all the cavalry and dwarves, and prepared to move towards the port of Maribor.
On the way, Lann was riding Black Wind while thinking about what to do with Leo. Should he throw him over to his teacher Jeroen and clean the castle together?
I believe that when the two "old guys" see the child working so hard, they will definitely not hesitate to teach him a few moves.
He accepted Leo's commission, and then Leo gave himself to him as a reward for the law of accident. So in a sense, this child can be regarded as his "accidental child", right? Although the explanation is a bit far-fetched, there is nothing wrong with being an apprentice of the Griffin School.
Milva looked at Lann's thoughtful expression. In the past, she could stare at that sunny and handsome face in a daze, but today she was a little uneasy and her eyes were evasive.
"Tell me."
Lann suddenly slowed down Black Wind and spoke coldly next to the female shooter, causing her shoulders to shake.
"You are not suitable for such a hesitant expression. Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Milva bit her lip. She did something stupid last night under the influence of alcohol and did not dare to tell the earl. But now it seems more punishable to hide it.
"I went to the beekeeper's house last night when no one was around..."
Milva whispered: "I destroyed their hive and released all the bees. I also took them away. All the wine in the house was thrown into the river."
Lan's eyes narrowed.
Milva's voice became softer, and she explained: "After all, they... did that kind of thing to the child, and I can't swallow it. And they also insulted the Earl. You are kind and considerate of the common people, but I can't swallow it." The tone..."
Milva's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally she lowered her head and said, "You punish me!"
Lann reined in his horse, and the entire team stopped.
"Look up, Milva, look at me."
The female shooter pursed her lips, with an expression on her face that almost made her cry. Even when she fell into the tree spirit's trap and was hung upside down, she didn't show such an expression.
"Milva, I'm very happy that you can protect my reputation; but the way you protect it makes me dislike it. I don't need my subordinates to make decisions for me, do you understand?" Lann stared at the woman
. The attendant said word by word: "You are my sword, my bow, my hands, and my eyes, but you cannot be my brain. You can only do what I command you; I didn't tell you, so you can't make your own decisions."
"Milva, you have disappointed me in this matter."
Milva had already dismounted and knelt on the ground: "Please... punish me. , Your Majesty the Earl."
Lann stared at Milva, his face sullen, and suddenly the corners of his mouth curled up, as if he had an uncontrollable emotion.
Was Milva's mistake a big mistake?
To be honest, what she did was what Lann would do when faced with every villager who spit on him in the game. He was even more outrageous. He would plunder all the belongings in every house, including cattle, sheep, chickens and geese. Use [Igni Seal] to burn them all to death.
This is where the so-called squirrel school of thought comes in.
In reality, there is nothing wrong with a servant seeking justice for his sworn lord.
But Lann saw something bad in it.
After all, Milva had been wandering in the jungle before, but she had just been brought into city life in the past two years. Although she was loyal to her due to the [Follower] panel and other factors, compared to House and Levin, she always had something wrong with her. A wild nature that cannot be tamed.
Lann didn't think this was a bad thing, but if she was allowed to do so, in the future, because of her wildness, she might become the initiator of some big events and detonate some unpredictable explosives.
The defense plots of many novels start like this.
Therefore, although Lann felt secretly happy about what Milva had done, he still wanted to punish Milva appropriately.
While he was thinking, Milva, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly spoke again.
"Lord Earl, actually after I went to the beekeeper's house... I also went to the Lord's Mansion in White Orchard and killed all their livestock." Lann's thinking suddenly paused and he began to
search for keywords. .
White orchard, livestock, kill.
"What have you killed?"
"Everything, mainly cattle and sheep."
"How many have you killed?"
Milva felt that Lann's tone was wrong, and after searching for a long time, she said in frustration: "It's too dark. , I drank again and can’t remember..." "
Are there enough six cows?"
Milva answered much faster this time: "It must be more than that!"
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In the countryside of Baiguoyuan There has always been a legend in the wild:
One day, a deer-headed demon who didn’t know where it came from arrived in Baiguoyuan. This kind of monster, which can be regarded as a wild god in small villages, does not know what its psychology is. He actually gave birth to offspring with a cow.
The offspring born from this animal mainly have the appearance of a deer-headed demon, and their habits are similar to that of a deer-headed spirit. They wander in the forest all year round.
But it also has a strong sense of identification with the other side of its bloodline - the cows. When the cattle in the White Orchard die too many in a short period of time, it will rush out of the jungle out of sadness and anger to punish these animals. Herders who don’t take good care of their cattle.
Rural history is always unavoidable and there are three ways to say hello. Biologists sneer at this kind of legend, but folklorists think it is a good material that can be used to enrich their own papers.
Occultists have a more reasonable explanation for this: this monster wandering in the white orchard forest is a kind of spirit similar to the forest spirit. It once signed a contract with the herdsmen, promising to protect the herdsmen's cattle and sheep. And when the local cattle and sheep are seriously injured, it will appear and kill the murderer of the cattle and sheep according to the contract.
No matter which of the above statements is correct, they all have one thing in common: when the cattle in Baiguoyuan suffer a lot of casualties in a short period of time, the monster will sense it and then appear.
These legends are not even poems, they are at best bedtime stories for children. The fact is that this generation has never seen the legendary monster since they were born, and the livestock in White Orchard have always been well cared for.
Cattle and sheep are the lifeblood of herdsmen. Even if their children get sick, they will not allow cattle and sheep to suffer from plague. Therefore, it has been a long time since a large number of livestock died suddenly in Baiguoyuan.
The price of live cattle and sheep is also expensive. Even if the ridiculous lord holds a banquet, he will only kill one or two animals a day. One day in the future, he may go crazy and kill the livestock for fun, but at least not yet.
Peaceful Temeria has been at peace for decades, and for the villagers it has been two or three generations, so they have almost forgotten this rumor.
It was only today that Baiguoyuan finally recalled the fear of being dominated by monsters.
Not long after Lan En and his party left, a creepy wailing suddenly came from the forest, breaking the peace of the White Orchard.
The sound was like a hundred cows and a hundred sheep screaming at the trumpet, and then a huge monster with argali horns rushed out of the forest.
This monster has a goat's beard and argali horns, a cow's neck and mouth, three eyes on its head, and sharp teeth in its mouth. The forelimbs are like lizards, with sharp claws; the hind limbs are hooves, thick and powerful.
What frightened everyone was that the monster was extremely huge. It looked like an orangutan and lowered its body with its thick forelimbs. Even so, it was a head taller than the thatched house.
The monster is named "雠(second sound of chou) special monster" in the Demon Hunter's Monster Manual, and the popular naming method is called "horned devil".
Anything with the word "magic" in it will not be simple. The classification of the horned devil is the same as that of the nymphs such as the Lake Fairy - remnants.
Of course, it is definitely not as scary as those demons and deer-headed demons that are also "remnants". But even the remnant gatekeeper is far from what the villagers and guards of Baiguoyuan can deal with.
At first, the horned devil just circled the corpses of cattle and sheep behind the lord's mansion and let out the wail that echoed throughout the white orchard, and then wandered around the village as if looking for something.
It didn't attack the villagers like crazy, but its strong body and violent running would occasionally smash walls and houses.
At this time, the guards holding swords launched a tentative attack on the Horned Demon.
The horned demon responded angrily.
The guards were all wiped out.
The body that is taller than the hut and the muscles with knots make the village guard's armor become a decoration. Being caught by its claws is like a sword attached to the body, and being swung by its arm is like being hit by a hammer.
Within a few rounds, the town's guards were dead and wounded.
At this time, the red-haired Princess Yada, wearing a knight's armor, arrived at the White Orchard with a dozen of her knights.
"What kind of monster is this? When did Baiguoyuan have such a thing?"
Yada shouted in surprise. Following her was the tax collector appointed by the king to Baiguoyuan. Seeing this scene in Baiguoyuan, He almost passed out.
"Be careful, Your Highness, stay back!"
Because it was near the capital of Temeria, Yada did not bring too many soldiers to follow, but the few she brought out were genuine knights who had received strict sword-tip training since childhood. , stood out from various duels, and there were several competition champions in various competitions.
And judging from the content of their usual drinking and chatting, these knights also included powerful knights who had hunted griffins and manticores.
At this moment, they all drew their weapons and formed a formation in tacit agreement, vowing to protect their princess with swords.
The red-haired princess stood proudly at the back, thinking about which room she should hang the head of the strange guy in front of her. Then she saw those knights who claimed to have killed griffins and manticores being beaten. Armor cracked, hands and feet twisted.
(End of chapter)