RoleplayNovel Chapter 1444 Unexpected Appearance
Chapter 1444 Unexpected Appearance
In a hall filled with khaki and brightly colored patterns, two teams were facing each other in a tense confrontation, causing an extremely dangerous atmosphere to spread rapidly.
Under the illumination of the light crystals inlaid in the hall, one of the parties was none other than a powerful desert cat-man like the masked man, while the other party were all tall and strong werewolves, obviously from the same tribe as the deputy leader Lucas.
Moreover, it is not difficult to tell from the cat paw emblems decorating everywhere in the hall that this is obviously the territory of the desert cat people.
"Desert Cat People, do you really intend to disobey the orders of the Alliance Leader, Lord Lucas?"
The scarred werewolf in the lead snorted coldly and said sternly: "The price of disobeying the leader of the alliance is not something that a mere clan like you can afford! Lord Lucas has said that those who disobey his orders will be completely wiped out along with their entire forces!"
"You should clearly understand that compared with the entire Desert Alliance, your strength is nothing at all!"
Hearing the threat from the scar-faced werewolf, many of the powerful desert cat-men on the opposite side couldn't help but tremble in their throats, their voices were obviously weakened by three points, and even their ears drooped.
The other party was right. Even within the alliance, the strength of the Desert Cat People was extremely limited. They could not be compared with such powerful forces as the Gorgons and the Moon Wolf Tribe, let alone against the entire alliance.
"What do you think? If we respond to Lord Lucas's call to send troops to the Desolate Fortress and massacre the human emperor's territory, perhaps Lord Lucas will show some leniency."
Noticing the weakening momentum of the catmen, the scarred werewolf in the lead said arrogantly: "This is your last chance, don't be ungrateful, otherwise when the army comes, you and your families will all be stained with blood!"
However, the scarred werewolf did not notice that in the center of the panicked cat-men, there was still a middle-aged strong man with an extremely firm face and his khaki cat ears were not crooked at all. This man was the cat-man chief Lannis.
"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, please tell the Deputy Chief that we will not send troops until we know the Chief's whereabouts."
Lannis's expression was calm as he rejected the other party's proposal again.
"Your Excellency the Patriarch, you are talking about the former leader, right?"
The scarred werewolf narrowed his eyes and sneered, "This special envoy has already said it from the beginning. The previous leader was accidentally ambushed by the human emperor after leaving the Shadow Market. He and most of the elders and strong men who accompanied him died on the spot."
"And the new leader, Lord Lucas, has assembled a large army and is targeting the Desolate Fortress in order to avenge the previous leader. What other reasons do you have for not sending out troops?"
The scarred werewolf's voice became more and more impatient, and he said coldly: "What on earth do you want to do by rebelling against the new leader?"
At this point, the scarred werewolf's voice became a little playful again, and he continued, "Your Excellency the Patriarch, I heard that your daughter also died in the sneak attack by the human emperor this time. Don't you want to avenge her?"
"Of course I want to, but I want to find out who is really behind this."
Lannis's expression was obviously fluctuating, but he still spoke as calmly as possible.
"Your Excellency, Patriarch, are you questioning the words of the new leader?"
The scarred werewolf's expression suddenly darkened, and he shouted coldly, "All of this was witnessed by the new leader and the new queen of the Gorgon. Isn't the authority of these two adults enough for you to believe it?"
"But I really can't think of any reason why the human emperor would attack the leader."
Facing the opponent's aggressiveness, Lannis remained calm and said calmly: "Besides, the leader's body has not been found yet, and the deputy leader immediately took over the power. The throne of the Gorgon tribe also changed hands immediately. Isn't this a bit too hasty?"
Hearing this, the other cat elders all looked helpless and frightened.
As the chief of the cat people, Lannis's straightforwardness and stubbornness are well known in the tribe. He has always managed the entire tribe in an orderly manner. However, the current situation is obviously not the time to stick to his own opinions.
Then again, all this happened too suddenly. Just as Lannis said, the human emperor had no reason to launch a surprise attack on the leader. This would be tantamount to courting disaster.
It is not difficult to see from this that there must be something fishy going on.
I'm afraid that other forces that have already sent troops have also noticed this to some extent, or at least have some suspicions.
It's just that Lucas has now taken over the banner of the leader, and with the full support of the new Gorgon Queen, and with the two largest forces, the Moon Wolf Clan and the Gorgons, taking the lead, even if other forces have doubts, they have to bow their heads and submit.
"Catman leader, it seems that you are determined to go against the new leader."
The scarred werewolf had obviously lost all his patience. He immediately pulled out a golden token from his bosom and shouted, "The new leader has ordered that if Lannis disobeys, the other strong catmen can kill him. The strong catmen who successfully kill Lannis will be recognized by the leader and become the next catmen chief!"
As the scar-faced werewolf finished his murderous words, the other werewolf warriors all growled with their fangs bared and lowered their bodies, obviously ready to attack. However, the cat-man elders did not react at all, as if they did not hear anything.
"Are you all deaf? This stubborn guy is leading you to destruction!"
Seeing that the situation did not develop as he expected, the scarred werewolf became furious and shouted, "Why don't you kill him immediately?"
Hearing this, the cat-people elders still turned a deaf ear and just stood firmly behind Lannis, expressing their attitude with their actions.
Although their chief is upright and stubborn, he is also incorruptible and has already won the loyalty and respect of himself and the entire desert cat tribe. Naturally, he will not listen to this group of guys with wolfish ambitions.
"Okay, okay, just wait. The leader will not let you go!"
The helpless Scarface werewolf, after realizing that his side's strength was not enough to shake Lannis, had to forcibly extinguish the murderous intent in his heart and turned to leave.
"Tell your deputy leader that the truth will never be covered up and will never be covered up. In order to pursue the truth, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, it cannot stop us!"
Lannis folded his arms and spoke in a sonorous voice.
"What a heroic statement."
As Lannis finished speaking, another unfamiliar male voice suddenly sounded in the hall.
Everyone present was stunned, and looked in the direction of the voice, and found a human youth standing at the other end of the hall with a calm expression.
Needless to say, the person who came was Lei Xiao.
"Human Emperor?!"
When they saw Lei Xiao's figure, whether it was Lannis and other cat-man warriors, or the scarred werewolf warrior and his minions, they all opened their eyes wide with disbelief on their faces.
Lei Xiao's magic portrait had already spread throughout the Huangsha Alliance, and everyone recognized it immediately.
"Human Emperor, how did you get here?"
In astonishment, a cat-man elder with a white beard blurted out in disbelief.
You have to know that this is the patriarch's hall in the capital of their Desert Cat Tribe. Not only is it heavily guarded, it is also filled with many defensive magic circles and detection circles, including an absolute defense barrier. Not even a warbler can fly in, let alone the human emperor who is unfamiliar with the terrain?
Among the surprised crowd, Lannis looked at them with a frown and did not speak immediately.
"Don't be surprised, look what this is."
Lei Xiao turned his palm up, and the masked man's pendant emerged.
"Is this something that belongs to Young Clan Leader Emily?"
An elderly female cat elder reacted immediately and said with murderous intent: "Human Emperor, it turned out to be you who ambushed the leader and the young chief!"
"Now that we have caught him red-handed, why don't you quickly kill him and avenge your young clan leader?"
The scarred werewolf immediately started to add fuel to the fire and slowly approached Lei Xiao.
Hearing the sound, including the female elder just now, several cat-man elders all growled from their throats, and their originally restrained sharp claws were revealed one after another.
"Everyone calm down and think about where this place is. Even if he took the pendant from Emily, there is no way he could come here."
Lannis waved his hand and stopped him, saying, "Emily is one of the chief's guards. She has received extremely rigorous anti-mental attack training. Even a sixth-level peak expert cannot directly obtain any useful information from her mind. Emily can indeed rely on this pendant to move freely here."
After hearing Lannis' words, the cat-people elders all calmed down.
The chief was right. Emily had been extremely naughty since she was a child. She would often sneak out to play with other children from other tribes in the alliance. But every time she came back, she would be blocked by the barrier and would inevitably be scolded by the chief.
As she grew older, Emily began to study ways to cross various barriers, and she kept pestering the elders who deployed and maintained the barriers. Finally, she found an extremely complex and exclusive route that avoided all detection arrays and various magic traps. The pendant was the only key to open this route.
Later, even though Lannis learned about this, he did not plug the loophole that only Emily knew about, because once something happened in the cat city, Emily would be the only person who could come and go freely, and her role was self-evident.
Furthermore, as the clan leader just said, although Emily has a bad temper, she is gifted. She has shown extraordinary strength and cultivation ability since she was a child, and has broken several records. She can be said to be a rare prodigy in the clan once in a thousand years.
Especially in terms of resisting mental attacks, even the elders like them are far behind, which is one of the reasons why she was chosen by the leader to be a guard.
This means that unless Emily took the initiative to tell the human emperor the specific route, there is no way the human emperor could come here quietly.
On the other side of the hall, seeing the cat-people elders' vigilant eyes gradually disappear, Lei Xiao remained calm, but he still felt a little scared in his heart.
I did get here through the information provided by the masked man Emily, who even drew a detailed route map for me.
However, due to the other party's extremely limited painting skills, it looked no different from a mess. If it weren't for the distinct features of the cat-people's architecture and the simple corridors, he would probably have been lost in this huge palace which was not much smaller in scale than Leng Yan.
"Your Majesty, why did Emily give you the token and the route here? What happened?"
A hint of anxiety emerged on Lannis's resolute face, and he asked Lei Xiao.
Before Lannis could finish his words, the scarred werewolf saw that the situation was not good and interrupted him, saying: "Catman Chief, don't be deceived by the cunning human emperor!"
"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, I am only asking His Majesty a question. Why are you so nervous?"
Lannis frowned and said calmly, "Are you afraid that we will find out some unspeakable secret?"
"This special envoy finally understands that you must have some connection with the human emperor, which is why you refused to send troops!"
The scarred werewolf simply bit Lannis back and shouted coldly: "This special envoy will end your dreams! Human Emperor, go to hell!"
After saying that, the scarred werewolf, who had been close to Lei Xiao without realizing it, did not hesitate. A strong murderous intent suddenly burst out from his body. The long-handled axe in his hand suddenly appeared and he attacked Lei Xiao.
For a moment, the scarred werewolf's majestic energy fluctuations filled the entire hall, and even the space was slightly distorted. The momentum was extremely shocking.
After seeing this scene, all the cat-people elders couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
The strength of this scarred werewolf is at level six, two stars. Even within the Moon Demon Wolf Clan, which is known for its toughness, he is notorious. It is said that several strong men from second-rate forces have suffered losses at his hands, or even been killed by him directly.
Although the human emperor is also quite famous, the human race is too weak after all... The most crucial thing is that at this distance, even the strongest Lannis cannot stop the opponent.
However, just when the scarred werewolf was about to approach Lei Xiao with great murderous intent, Lei Xiao was surrounded by purple light and had already taken action.
The next second, the scarred werewolf only felt the dazzling lightning surging in front of him, and an unstoppable and powerful energy rushed over like an overwhelming force, easily breaking through his thick energy barrier like a whirlwind.
When he lowered his head again, a colorful sword had pierced through him, leaving a big hole in his chest.
"Damn it, how is this possible?"
The murderous light in the scarred werewolf's eyes instantly froze on his hideous face, and his huge lifeless body fell to the ground with a bang.
Seeing this scene, the whole hall suddenly fell silent. (End of this chapter)