Chapter 423: Return of the King
It was dawn, and everything was quiet.
Whoosh!
A big arrow with white fletching pierced through the air and struck the ground; the body of the arrow vibrated rapidly.
“Who is it? Stop right there!”
After seeing the appearance of a team of cavaliers and hearing the loud clip-clopping noises, Torres who was in charge of guarding the campsite shot out an arrow and shouted to warn the unknown troop. There were three more arrows placed on his bow, and he was ready to shoot them out if something felt wrong.
The rest of [Wolf Teeth Legion] placed their campsite 30-kilometers from Dual-Flags City. When they set up the campsite, there were already scouts of Jax appearing around them; it was wartime, their enemies could attack and raid them at any time.
Close to dawn, Strategist Aryang received the order from the Legion Commander, and he left with carts that carried all the food and supplies and 5,000 cavaliers. Currently, Chambord’s former No.1 Master Warrior Lampard was in charge of overlooking the campsite, and all the soldiers in [Wolf Teeth Legion] were aware and were ready for the enemies to show up.
When Torres heard the noises made the cavaliers and didn’t get a response to his warnings, his mind instantly tensed up.
“If you don’t declare your identities, we will shoot,” Torres warned again as he signaled a scout behind him to report the situation to Lampard.
There was still no response.
A cold light appeared in Torres’ eyes as he released the three arrows on his bow.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three big arrows left three white traces of afterimages in the air as they dashed towards the person charging at the very front.
At this moment, a powerful energy surge appeared and crushed the arrows into specks of dust.
“Hahaha! Fernando! Your archery skill improved again!” laughter sounded.
Torres’ body instantly froze.
This voice was so familiar to him that he almost engraved it into his soul. After his expression froze for a second, he was overjoyed! He was so excited that his hands started to shake. He turned around and shouted at one scout behind him, “It is His Majesty! King Alexander is back! Go! Quick! Tell Mr. Lampard! Tell him that His Majesty is back!”
Almost at the same time, a flag with a two-headed dog, an ax, and a sword on it appeared and fluttered in the wind.
It was the flag of Chambord.
The person leading the troop was the handsome king of Chambord!
“Your Majesty!”
Torres jumped off of his Roaring Flame Beast and single-kneeled down with the scouts around him.
“Haha! No need for all these complicated salutes. The time is tight; follow me to the central tent,” Fei laughed.
The king was happy to see his guard as well. He could tell that Torres’ strength increased a lot and was about to reach the level of mid-tier Five-Star. If a weaker warrior was in Fei’s position, the three arrows couldn’t be handled that easily.
“As you wish!” as if they found their spiritual pillar, Torres and the scouts around him hopped onto the Roaring Flame Beasts and hurried back towards the campsite of [Wolf Teeth Legion] with joy.
Buuuuuuuu!
The loud bugle sounds resonated in the campsite.
The gate of the campsite opened, and commanders of all levels walked out with excitement on their faces. The person leading the way was a tough man with red hair and a huge black sword on his back.
“Uncle Lampard!” Fei jumped off of his horse and paid his respect to Lampard.
“Your Majesty and Mr. Aryang are both back? Great! I only know how to fight, and I can finally give the burden of commanding troops to you guys!” Lampard replied. Although he was usually neutral and emotionless, he was relaxed and cheerful at this moment.
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty, Oleg missed you so much!”
All the commanders and all the members of Chambord single-kneeled on the ground. All the Bylaw Enforcement Officers, the Saint Seiyas, and the leaders of Chambord such as Robbin and Oleg were all emotional. Especially Oleg; he was about to rush over to Fei and hug onto his legs.
Fei was touched by all the reactions as well.
All the emotions his subjects were expressing weren’t faked; the king could sense it. Although fatty Oleg was exaggerating, his feelings were real as well.
After he kicked Oleg on the butt, he laughed, “I heard that you are being lazy again while I was gone!”
“Your Majesty! I’ve been wronged!” Oleg explained with a bitter smile on his face. However, he was actually happy that Fei did that; he knew that this was the king’s way of expressing the intimacy. If one day Fei stopped kicking his butt, he would be worried.
Everyone laughed seeing this scene.
“Alexander…… you are finally back?” a crisp and ear-pleasing voice sounded behind everyone, and all the people around Fei moved and created a path. The future queen Angela walked towards Fei; as she blinked her crystal-like eyes, tears appeared.
“Angela,” Fei quickly walked up and hugged her. After he kissed her on the forehead, he whispered, “I’m back…… I missed you.”
Angela didn’t say anything back, but she hugged onto Fei tightly with her thin arms.
“Eh, the long-faced devil is back…… My good life is over……”
An unfitting sigh sounded, and it broke the warm and loving scene.
Fei frowned and looked in the direction of the voice, and who could it be if it wasn’t the [Fallen Princess] Victoria who was lazy and loved treasures. It was obvious that this girl rushed out of her own tent in a hurry, and she didn’t get a chance to change; she was still wearing a fancy dress with a lot of luxurious-looking accessories on her. She sure did look like a princess; her skin was smooth and shiny, and she looked gorgeous.
It looked like this girl was living comfortably in the legion without Fei’s scolds.
After seeing Fei’s stares, this pretty girl screamed and ran away. As she was running away, she explained, “I didn’t want to dress up……”
Everyone laughed after seeing this.
“Huh? Why are you so quiet today?” Fei asked as he saw blonde loli Emma standing quietly behind Angela; she wasn’t like herself today, and Fei wasn’t used to that. After he pinched her cheeks and put her on his shoulder while ignoring her punches and kicks, he said to everyone, “The time is tight, and we can catch up later. For now, please return to your positions and listen to the orders from Strategist Aryang!”
“As you wish!”
All the commanders and soldiers replied.
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Inside the campsite of Jax.
“Your Highness, I have something to report to you…… when I dived into the water well that day, I discovered something strange,” Inle who finally woke up inside the central tent reported to Prince Fairenton right away after he opened his eyes.
“Strange? Tell me slowly.”
After seeing the earnest expression on Inle’s face, Prince Fairenton knew that this matter might be serious, and he sent away the guards in the tent.
“Your Highness, it was like this……”
Inle recalled what had happened and slowly told Fairenton everything.
When Inle first dived into the water well, he didn’t make any discoveries. Unlike the waters wells in Dual-Flags City where the water was clear, the water Inle dived into was very muddy. However, in order to complete the mission Prince Fairenton gave him, he made up his mind and dived deeper.
Due to his bravery, he was able to discover that mysterious city at the bottom of the ocean as well.
It seemed impossible for him to go that deep into the ocean, but he did make it happen.
He was a really good swimmer and diver, and somehow, he was able to minimize the insane water pressure at the bottom of the ocean.
The water closer to the bottom of the ocean was clearer, and Inle was able to see what was around him. He was instantly shocked! Who could have imagined that there was a vast ocean under the desert?
After he calmed down a little, he found out that what was causing the strange behavior of the water was an invisible force stirring up the ocean; it felt like there was a creature struggling to get free from the bottom of the ocean.
Technically, Inle could have returned to the ground and reported this to Prince Fairenton, but this man was too narrow-minded.
His mind was solely focused on figuring out the real cause of this strange phenomena for Prince Fairenton, and he decided to dive even deeper to have a better look.
Since the rope that was tied around his waist was already stretched to the maximum, he pulled out his knife and cut it off; that was why the cut was so clean when the soldiers of Jax pulled the rope out of the water.