When Theodore entered the hall, the white eagle carrying the letter had just flown out of the hall, and Osved was talking with Kevin and the little lion class who had been called temporarily in the afternoon, with a serious expression.

"Is Your Majesty busy? I can go out and wait when I'm busy. I'm dealing with state affairs. This is just a trivial matter." Theo was dressed in tatters, but he was doing the royal salute, looking rather embarrassing. This person is good at everything, but he likes to humble himself too much, and he has a sense of irony in his words.

Anyway, he is also the king of the dignified city-state. When he left the Golden Lion Country, he took a escort of 100 people, but now there are only a few left. Most of the people were captured by the sand ghost, and the country will collapse. This is a trivial matter. , then it's not a big deal.

If it is really not in a hurry, it is impossible to skip the reception and go straight to the topic.

Osved waved his hand and said, "Trivia."

It's not really trivial. After receiving one after another of urgent reports from Peter in the morning, he felt that the situation was going to be chaotic. The city-state alliance reached in the previous agreement was completely disrupted by the sand ghost, and the plan to enclose the North Emerald Country in it also came to nothing.

What's more, the sand ghost's attack was fast and ruthless. In just one day, the kings of the city-states who returned on their way almost all suffered. This made Osved feel extra pressed for time.

He had a gut feeling that the journey of the several armies that were scheduled to depart in three days would not be too smooth, so he temporarily changed his mind and moved all the plans in advance. The number of other troops dispatched to various places is large, and all the things that need to be prepared can not be ready in half a day, so they are each one or two days in advance. The two armies that were arranged to go to Chateau de Rose were the most advanced.

Osved spent the whole afternoon preparing everything the two armies needed to disguise themselves as caravans, and then completely changed the original plan, allowing them to set off along an old hidden road at the bottom of the Great Rift before nightfall. Going straight to the Mirage.

Kevin, who was still arguing with Osved to lead the team in the morning, suddenly changed his mind in the afternoon. Not only did he not continue to grind his position as the team leader, but on the contrary, he was very supportive of the emperor's move to send these two teams out in advance.

"Just in case." Almost both of them thought so.

After Wood and Nick set off with the two teams, Osved asked Kevin to go to the barracks to lead the squad before nightfall, and let him use the unique way of the giant orcs to send the information of the sand ghost raid back to the place where the giant orcs stayed. valley. Ban had just returned when King Theodore arrived at the temple.

Seeing that the emperor was going to talk about business, Kevin planned to leave the hall with Ben, but was stopped by Osved raising his hand.

The emperor didn't explain anything, didn't even look back, Kevin understood what he meant. He simply led the class and sat down below the emperor's right hand, leaning against the back of the chair and hugging his arms, the drooping fingers of his left hand just calmly rested on the handle of the short knife around his waist.

In the face of outsiders, it is naturally impossible for the emperor to show any urgency of time. So Theodore was given a seat and a feast of refreshments, and was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

The king of Leiyin City was very conscious, and after entering the temple, he sent the four personal guards he brought to wait outside the temple, so as not to be abrupt. Although the others sat down on the seats, they didn't touch the refreshments, apparently unwilling to eat or drink.

"What's going on?" Osved asked. "Although the rainy season ended early, it is still the time when the humidity is the heaviest. Sand ghosts generally don't choose to leave the desert in this situation. How can it be so abnormal?"

Theodore shook his head with a miserable face: "I don't know why they left the desert so early, when our team walked along the long pine forest outside the border of North Emerald Country towards Thunder Sound City, not even before. Heard any rumours about the trail of the Sand Ghost. But when we took the road at the end of the long pine forest to the icefield fork, we received a call for help from Cathrow, Peida City, followed by letter after letter for help, almost no stopped."

With his clenched fist, he knocked heavily on the armrest of the seat, and sighed: "To be honest, when we first received a call from Peida City, we planned to turn around to support, but when I received six or seven letters from I lost the courage after the letters of help from different people. At that time, I guessed that there would be a sand ghost lying in ambush outside Leiyin City, waiting for us to fall into the trap. So I ordered to return directly, hoping to come and ask you for help. "

"As a result, you met the sand ghost halfway through?" Osved frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Theodore nodded, "The only thing to be thankful for is that we didn't encounter the entire sand ghost team in ambush, it should be the stragglers left behind when attacking other countries, I don't know if it was Not keeping up with the main force is still clearing the way. But even the stragglers are enough for us to drink a pot, as you can see, Your Majesty—"

He opened his arms, showed his blood-stained rags, pointed to the four bodyguards waiting outside the hall, and said, "If they hadn't tried their best to protect my life, I might not be able to sit here. There are nearly a hundred guards by my side, and now there are only these four left, and the others are almost wiped out. The people I brought back are the same..."

Theodore's throat was hoarse, and he couldn't speak anymore.

Osved listened with frowning, staring at him with a heavy gaze, and the corner of his eye just landed at the door of the hall. After Theodore said this, his face became gloomy, and he seemed to be immersed in the impending catastrophe again.

"You—" Osved raised his head and was about to speak, but he felt the darkness in front of him again, his heart suddenly beat a few times, his ears buzzed, and the sound kept on ringing.

"How are you going to ask me to help?" He forcibly endured these discomforts, finished the second half of the sentence with the same calm tone as usual, and then restrained himself and waited for the discomfort to pass.

It sounded as if he was interrupting naturally.

Kevin, who was sitting at the bottom, was sensitively aware of the difference. Probably because he had too much contact with Osved on weekdays, he knew too much about the emperor's tone and way of speaking.

He didn't turn his head to look at Osved immediately, but glanced out of the corner of his eye with a calm expression.

It wasn't until Osved finished saying a word that he naturally cast his gaze.

Taking advantage of the stall that Theodore didn't pay attention to, he frowned slightly at Osved and asked with his eyes. Unexpectedly, Osved was still half-squinting, his eyes cast heavily in Theodore's direction.

Kevin knew instantly: his eyes were black again.

This situation has occurred three times in the afternoon, and the medical officer was invited to see him halfway. Except for the temporary deficit caused by staying up all night last night, being too concentrated, and exhausted, there is no other conclusion. .

If this happened to other people, it would be understandable, but when it happened to Osved, neither he nor Kevin felt that something was wrong. After all, he stayed up all night, and several elderly ministers still didn't respond. He was a person who was in the past, but he was in deficit? How can it be? !

But the day was so complicated, they couldn't even think about it.

It's just that Kevin feels a little bit of a wind and rain in his heart. Presumably Osved thought the same as him, so he and Ben were left behind when Theodore entered the hall.

And also staying in the hall, there are ten Wujin iron cavalry, standing on both sides of the hall.

After Osved asked that sentence, Theodore replied: "Sand ghost is too rampant, and because of its special physique, it is too difficult to deal with, and it is too dangerous. Please send troops to support Thunder Sound City, and let us regain the initiative. Rescue the people, this is a bit too much, I can't be so shameless. I just hope that His Majesty can provide me with a convenience, and use the secret passage of Golden Lion Country, so that I can go back to Thunder Sound City by another way."

"Secret way?" Osved looked puzzled.

"I know this is very inappropriate, but it is a last resort." Theodore said with an unspeakable embarrassment on his face, "There are many rumors about your country's secret way, and it is said that it can bypass the few roads leading to the desert. Take the right path, cross the Kela River in the shortest time, and even lead to the direction of the ice sheet..."

Osved sneered and interrupted him: "When will this kind of rumor be taken seriously? If there is a secret passage leading to the ice field, I can send troops directly over to outflank the old Sapir. Is it possible?"

"But..." Theodore was biting his head and wanted to fight again, but after glancing at Osved, he sighed again: "Okay, can Your Majesty do me a little favor?"

"What are you busy with?" As soon as Osved asked, a white eagle rushed in from the entrance of the hall and planted its head beside Osved, showing how fast it was flying.

Osved raised his hand to wait a moment, and pulled out the note from the roll on White Eagle's feet. Most of the information that the Imperial City Patrol Army sent him was collected inside and outside the Imperial City. He always felt that something was wrong, so he sent an urgent letter to the farther Red Iron Army in the morning. echoed.

He unfolded a small scroll, and saw a sentence written in scribbled handwriting: Peida City, Leiyin City, Kaman City, and a whole bunch of small city-states were all attacked, and none of the kings were spared.

Osved's fingers tightened on the scroll.

The moment he saw the contents of the scroll, Theodore followed his previous words and said, "I hope your majesty... you will have a very happy life as a prisoner in the future!"

As he spoke, the tone changed several times in the blink of an eye, hoarse and unpleasant. The four guards waiting outside the hall peeled off their skins in an instant, turning into mad sand and swept inside.