novellk Chapter 1594: In front of the giant city gate
Chapter 1594: In front of the giant city gate
A familiar feeling of lightness flashed by, and the surrounding scenery changed instantly. When Lei Xiao's vision became clear again, he had arrived at an open area with a large number of magic light balls floating around.
A large number of shining light balls illuminated the entire area as bright as day. Lei Xiao looked around and saw that he and his group were already standing on a giant sky island suspended in the night sky.
The two crescent moons in the sky seemed very close, hanging among the stars parallel to the line of sight.
Based on the information provided by Lila and Hollis, Lei Xiao has already learned about it.
This is the headquarters of the Throne Corridor. Back then, after the Broken Wing King firmly sat on the throne of the Throne Corridor, he built this place into the second base camp after the Broken Wing King's capital.
It is said that this sky island was bought by King Broken Wing from the Winged People at a huge price. After all, among all the races, only the Winged People have the ability to build a sky island.
At that time, many second-rate forces were quite surprised by the Broken Wing King's move. After all, living on the Sky Island is the exclusive symbol of the Winged People. But if you think about it carefully, the Broken Wing People also have the blood of the Winged People. Although they do not have the wings that the Winged People are proud of, they still have some connection, which is quite reasonable.
Two crescent moons were looming in the clouds. Feeling the chilly night breeze blowing in his face, Lei Xiao's gaze wandered slightly in the eye sockets of his helmet.
I saw that around the teleportation array where my group was, there were many similar teleportation array areas arranged in sequence, and from time to time a group of strong men from second-rate forces would appear from them.
The team configurations of these second-rate forces are almost identical to ours. They are all led by a clan leader, followed by several other high-ranking officials and guards.
It can be clearly seen that, just like his own group, the number of people in all teams is strictly controlled, and obviously has also passed the other party's layers of scrutiny.
At the very front of the teleportation array stands a giant city whose scale is comparable to the land favored by the gods. Against the parallel night sky and the stars and the moon, it looks quite spectacular, as if it is standing above the clouds.
"Your Majesty, let us move forward."
Lila nodded softly at Lei Xiao, and then took another step forward.
Walking along the neatly repaired road in front of the teleportation array, Lei Xiao noticed further.
Needless to say, the Broken Wing soldiers guarding along the way were strict and dense. The flower beds on both sides of the road were filled with various magical flowers.
Among them, Lei Xiao even saw many extremely rare and precious species, some of which were even valuable enough to rival sixth-level magic potions.
In addition to the brightly colored magical flowers, even the flower beds themselves were golden, a symbol of wealth and heritage, and were inlaid with magic crystals. There were even surging gem fountains scattered around them, and under the reflection of the magic light balls, they looked extremely dazzling, simply a replica of the Moon Shadow Deer Man's dream.
Looking at these extremely gorgeous decorations, Lila, Keira and other stone giants couldn't help but frown slightly. It was precisely because of the Broken Winged King's increasingly unscrupulous plundering in recent years that this place became so magnificent.
After walking out of the road in front of the teleportation array, the group arrived at the square in front of the giant city gate.
Because it was not yet time to enter the venue, the city gates were closed and only pairs of vigilant eyes were constantly scanning back and forth on the city walls.
"He actually made so many clan leaders of second-rate forces wait outside the city. This Broken Wing King is really arrogant."
Lei Xiao stood in an inconspicuous position in the team and raised his eyebrows slightly.
At this time, in addition to his group, many teams from second-rate forces had already arrived.
Looking around, there were giants as tall as their own team, halfling forces like Broy and other dwarfs, and more were various humanoid forces.
Among them, there are many forces that have reached agreements with us, such as Prince Shadowchaser representing the dark half-elves and the old murloc king and Princess Lena of the wasteland murlocs.
Noticing the gaze directed at him by Lei Xiao, the Old Fishman King and Lena responded immediately, nodding implicitly, while Prince Zhuiying had a blank expression on his face and just glanced back indifferently.
Soon, as more and more teams arrived, many forces began to chat with each other. It was obvious that they were accustomed to the arrogance of the Broken Wing King and did not take it too seriously.
"Haha, Stone Giant Chief, how are you?"
A charming female fox led the team over and started chatting with Lila.
Lei Xiao had just met this fox man who exuded a mature charm not long ago. He was the leader of the tunnel fox people, one of the forces that was friendly with Lila, and he had already reached a cooperation with us.
In order to avoid being noticed by the other party, both of them pretended that they had not seen each other for a long time and had a very pleasant conversation.
"Haha, the fox tribe leader is right. I also like this style of leather armor. It doesn't affect my movements at all."
Lei Xiao passed the time by listening to the conversation between the two female clan leaders while silently observing his surroundings.
Along with the gray light flashing from the teleportation array not far away, the half-Titan led by Hollis and the Moon Shadow Deer People team led by the great elder Glenn also appeared one after another. After casting obscure glances at Lei Xiao, they dispersed around the city gate.
As for the other forces that stood with us, they also arrived one after another, making the area in front of the city gate even more lively.
“I have to say, seeing dozens of clan leaders from second-rate forces all gathered together is really a scene I have never seen before.”
Lei Xiao thought so in his heart and continued to observe silently.
Although the whole scene seemed quite harmonious, like an ordinary high-level meeting of various forces, there was still a vague atmosphere of uneasiness.
This is no wonder. Apart from the minions of the Broken Wing King, most of the forces present have been seized and suppressed to a great extent. And now, the Broken Wing King has chosen such a time to suddenly gather everyone here. Who knows what kind of unspeakable evil deeds he is brewing?
"At present, the fifteen forces that have stood with me, except for the dark half-elves, are almost all the ones who have been suppressed the most by the Broken Wing King but have never surrendered. In addition, there are some forces that have chosen to surrender helplessly. Due to limited time, I have not yet contacted these forces."
"But what is certain is that many of these forces that chose to bow their heads were unwilling to do so. According to Lila and others' analysis, once there is friction between us and the Broken Wing King, even if these forces do not choose to stand on our side, they will choose not to help and wait and see what happens. At least they will not cause any trouble to us."
"In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, we only need to deal with the Broken Wing Clan led by the Broken Wing King and his loyal minions of second-rate forces. Of course, there are also some powerful winged people who may appear in collusion with them."
Just when Lei Xiao was thinking about this, a series of extremely abrupt curses suddenly came from the direction of the teleportation array: "Get out of my way, you stupid thing."
Following the sound, Lei Xiao saw a burly rhino warrior at least three meters tall pushing a young giant as tall as a half-titan to the ground, and snorted coldly: "A good dog doesn't block the road. It seems that you are worse than a dog!"
"His Majesty!"
After the young giant fell to the ground, the other giant guards behind him immediately helped him up.
Under the illumination of the magic light ball, it can be clearly seen that the young giant is wearing a crown on his head, but now it looks dim in the shadow.
It is obvious from the different eyes of the young Giant King and other giants who were accompanying him, one frost-colored and the other flame-colored, that they are the Frostfire Giants who were once defeated by the Broken Winged King.
"Back then, not only did the Frostfire Giants' capital fall and their main forces were wiped out, but most of the royal family members, including the old Giant King, also died in the battle, leaving only one Giant Prince alive."
"Then, this giant prince became the new Frostfire King under the arrangement of the Broken Wing King, and led the Frostfire Giants to completely submit to the Broken Wing King. It seems that this is the giant prince from that year."
Lei Xiao looked at the young Frostfire King who had just climbed up, and his eyes fell on another rhino warrior.
The other party had a huge rhinoceros head, the skin looked extremely rough, and the sharp horns on the nose wings flashed a cold light. What was even more eye-catching was that he also wore a crown on his head.
"Is this the Giant Horned King? It is said that he is one of the chief lackeys of the Broken Winged King and also his most loyal minion."
Based on the information he had, Lei Xiao quickly figured out the other party's identity.
It seems that even though the Frostfire King chose to submit to the Broken Wing King, his status was obviously extremely low.
"You guys actually call such a loser His Majesty. It's really laughable."
The Giant Horned King glanced at the silent Frostfire King and said with contempt, "By the way, His Majesty the Broken Winged King recently found a new mineral vein. We were originally responsible for mining it, but we are really busy recently. How about letting the Frostfire Giant do it?"
"But we Frostfire Giants have taken over most of the mines in the Throne Corridor, and there is no one left to send. Due to the hard work day and night, many young members of our tribe have never come out of the depths of the mines!"
An old and powerful Frostfire Giant stepped forward and frowned, saying, "Your Majesty the Giant Horned King, please don't go too far!"
"You have no right to speak here, old man! When I followed His Majesty the Broken Wing King to kill you all, I didn't see you being so capable!"
The Horned King sneered, and his aura suddenly rose. Seeing this, the other guards around him also rubbed their hands ready to fight, and surrounded the Frost and Fire Giants with a sneer on their faces.
In terms of strength, the Giant Horned King has four half-step seventh-level warriors, while the Frostfire Giant has only one old giant. The difference in strength is self-evident.
"you……"
Seeing this, the old giant, who was neither humble nor arrogant, was about to continue to refute, but was stopped by the young Frostfire King.
"Your Majesty the Giant Horned King, I understand."
The young Frostfire King nodded and said calmly, "Just tell me the location of the mineral vein later. I am willing to do it for you, noble."
“Hahaha, that’s more like it. As forces under the command of His Majesty the Broken Wing King, we should naturally help each other!”
The Giant Horned King laughed loudly, and then, as he walked away, he said to the other minions who were accompanying him without hesitation: "Let's go. It's torture to stay with this kind of trash."
After saying this, the Giant Horned King and his entourage laughed contemptuously again, and then left in a swagger.
After seeing this scene, the monarchs of other forces naturally remained silent, or simply pretended not to see it.
As one of the chief minions of the Broken Wing King, although the power of the Giant Horn King is not as strong as the former, it is still above ordinary second-rate forces.
Especially after the development in recent years, the gap has widened even more. After all, other forces are enduring the plunder of the Broken Wing King, while the Giant Horn King not only did not suffer any losses, but instead got a share of the pie.
"What are you looking at? Get out of my way!"
The Giant Horned King shouted and yelled all the way, and soon disappeared into the giant door. As a minion of the Broken Winged King, he naturally did not need to wait here.
"The new king of the Frostfire Giants is really a coward."
The fox tribe leader frowned slightly, then squeezed her beautiful eyes towards Lila and said, "Unlike the stone giant tribe leader, you are able to meet such a heroic monarch. Even I am extremely envious of you."
After the fox tribe leader finished speaking, he cast his gaze on Lei Xiao intentionally or unintentionally, and even threw him a wink without any concealment.
Seeing this, Lei Xiao smiled helplessly in his heart, and then set his gaze on the young giant king who had kept his head down.
Although this guy does look timid, weak and incompetent, he was able to save the Frostfire Giants under the shadow of the Broken Winged King and was not completely wiped out by the Broken Winged King.
In addition, this guy is obviously being excluded among the ranks of minions, so perhaps he can become a target for him to win over.
After all, according to Lila and Hollis, although the Frostfire Giant completely surrendered to the Broken Winged King, he did not act like the other minions, but was unknown and looked extremely inconspicuous.
Just as Lei Xiao was thinking about this, a general of the Broken Wing Clan swaggered out of the city gate and said expressionlessly, "Follow the order of our king, everyone can prepare to enter the city."
Hearing the sound, the clan leaders, who had already become somewhat impatient, gathered their minds and moved towards the city gate.
You know, after all, they are all standing at the pinnacle of power in their respective forces, holding supreme authority. But now they are being ordered around by a group of Broken Wing King's lackeys. It's no wonder that they are unhappy.
But then again, the Broken Wing King is the most powerful king among the second-rate forces, with a strong army and many minions under his command, who dares to disobey him? Isn't that courting death?
Noticing the complicated thoughts in the minds of the clan leaders, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and walked towards the gate with Lila and her group. (End of this chapter)