Imperial Crown.

Chapter 474 Garlic Bird, Garlic Bird

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The Tallin River can be regarded as the mother river of the Bloody Roar Province. Its source is in the Miracle Mountains and it flows through four provinces.

They are Bloodroar Province, Eternal Night Province to the left of Bloodroar Province, Nightmaw Province to the right, and Frostclaw Province above it.

It is distributed in all four provinces, but the other three provinces are just branches.

The starry sky is bright and the moonlight is as bright as a flower.

In the dense jungle, the hot and humid air lingered, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants came out, and the fist-sized scorpions reflected a gloomy glow.

The howling of wolves, the roar of tigers, the rustling of crawling insects, the hissing of venomous snakes stalking their prey, the gurgling sound of the Tallinn River... all intertwined in my ears and echoed endlessly.

If you listen carefully, you can also hear the sound of a whip cracking and someone wailing and screaming.

There is an open space beside the Tallinn River, on which is parked a huge dragon sedan. The dragon sedan is about 3 meters wide and 5 meters long, with seven or eight supporting pillars underneath, allowing the dragon sedan to float in the air, greatly isolating the hidden dangers of snakes, insects, rats and ants. It is called a dragon sedan, but in fact it looks like a huge bed, made of the most common [Howling Teng Tree] in Bloody Roar Province. The Howling Teng Tree is a kind of magic plant-like tree, which will occasionally make inexplicable howls or imitate animal calls to protect itself.

The trunk of the howling twisted vine tree is hard in texture, warm in color, and reddish-brown in color overall. Because it is not painted, the entire dragon chariot looks like a mixture of red and white primary colors.

Several pillars were built on each of the four sides, and the lid was curved like a roof. A dragon head extended from the four corners, but it was not the Eastern dragon that Raven wanted, but a Western dragon head. It was already very good to be able to make it to this level of craftsmanship. When marching outside, all aspects were not mature, and we could not ask for more.

"Ugh"

The dragon chariot was surrounded by curtains from a marching tent. Inside, there was a large bed, a table, a tea set, and a rocking chair... It was like a small living room. If you didn't know, you would think that Raven was really on vacation. There was no feeling of war at all. At this time, Raven was lying on the rocking chair, closing his eyes and listening to something. After a while, he opened his eyes and sighed, "Put on my makeup."

This time, Petty did not come along, only Lacus was there to take care of Raven. Lacus was reading a book quietly with the help of a magic lamp. Her fair cheeks were full of piety and seriousness. Her sapphire blue eyes were like two clear lakes under the glow of the magic lamp. Two strands of curly golden hair swayed slightly on her forehead. Her delicate jade-like fingers were turning the pages of the book. She looked so holy in her white priest robe.

"what happened?"

Closing the book in front of her, Lux asked in a gentle tone.

"Someone is using a torture method to force me out." Raven smiled helplessly.

With a playful smile on her face, Lux stood up and began to put on makeup for Raven.

In fact, it was not that Lei Wen was unwilling to see people, but because it was too troublesome to meet people every time, and it took a long time to disguise himself, so Lei Wen deliberately built this dragon chariot for himself, pretending to be enjoying himself.

Raven would never allow anyone to ruin his plan, otherwise, he would not be able to save his own life, let alone protect Lux and the people around him.

Soon, Lux helped Raven put on his makeup. With Lux's help, he tremblingly got off the dragon sedan and walked towards the military camp.

at the same time,

Outside the big tent where Eric was, Thor was wailing more and more miserably.

Eric's furious voice resounded throughout the field, "I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death, you incompetent idiot! What else can you do with your walnut-sized head except having sex every day! You, a piece of trash, you want to be the head coach, you almost ruined the entire Eagle Army today, you tarnished the wisdom of the Earl!"

What Eric was holding in his hand was a horsewhip. The thick whip was made of beech and hemp rope. Not to mention whipping a person with full force, even a warhorse with Warcraft bloodline might not be able to withstand it!
At this time, Thor had been beaten to the ground, but this kid was stubborn. Even after being beaten like this, he gritted his teeth, remained stubborn, and endured the humiliation and begged for mercy.

There was a circle of people kneeling around them. They were the so-called local brothers of Thor, Fili's two sons Turo and Baido, Koru's son Magde, as well as Hervey who led the left wing of the army today, Lamb who led the right wing of the army, including Severin and Donkey Face.

These second-generation leaders, all of whom had become extraordinary, were not afraid of facing the enemy's fight, but at this moment they all looked at Thor, who was rolling and howling on the ground, with fear in their eyes, fearing that the whip would hit them the next moment.

"I've told you since childhood that the bravest will win when two meet in a narrow road! How dare you hand over the left wing to those mercenaries! Is your brain full of shit? You are such a fool!"

Veins popped out on Eric's neck, and it was obvious that he was extremely angry. Even his small eyes were as big as his big eyes. He whipped Thor with every roar, and Thor was in so much pain that he almost died. Eric was still not satisfied and said angrily:

"They don't have the courage to fight and die! They will lose the people's hearts, and if they lose the people's hearts, their morale will fall! How can they not collapse if their morale is lost?!"

"Look at Hoyaz, he's younger than you, but he knew not to trust those mercenaries and pushed them to the front line instead!"

Eric cursed in frustration.

Eric had been fighting for so long, and Thor hadn't said a word. But when Eric mentioned Hojaz, Thor's resentment immediately surged up! He stiffened his neck and shouted, "I killed as many wild boars as he did! I'm afraid he didn't even kill half of me, why didn't you say anything?!"

"I also killed the opponent's second-level extraordinary Urga!"

"They also captured alive Bu Yu, the leader of the Bloodswamp Tramplers, the most elite legion of the Wild Boars. Why didn't you mention it?!"

Although there was no great victory in the battle today, Thor still felt aggrieved. In Thor's opinion, he killed more wild boars than Hojaz and made greater contributions than Hojaz, but Hojaz only set up a defensive formation, and the Wind King troops under his charge suffered a great defeat, losing nearly 200 Wind Kings, but there was no punishment. How could Thor accept this? !
"How dare you bring this up!" Eric whipped Thor again with the whip. This time Thor did not dodge. The whip hit Thor's cheek, leaving a long wound on his handsome face. His skin was torn and blood oozed out instantly, flowing all over his face. This shocked Eric, and he could only grit his teeth and explain earnestly: "Do you know that if it weren't for the defense formation on Hoyaz's side today, you would have collapsed long ago! I know what you are thinking in your heart. You are just thinking that the Wind King's troops were defeated, and although your left wing collapsed, you handled it properly afterwards and did not cause any serious consequences. But do you know? Thor! If Hoyaz's army had not had any problems from beginning to end, the group of eagle men in the sky would have gone down to support the wild boar men and killed your left wing! If Hoyaz hadn't covered you and allowed you to charge forward without any trouble, you would have been defeated by Jing Ge long ago!"

"Hoyaz's tactics are correct! He is not only defending against the wild boars, but also those eagle men in the sky! And Jing Ge's backup plan! As the commander, you have no tactics, and you only care about your heroic charge to show off! You are simply treating war as a joke! You treat the lives of the Eagle Army soldiers as black bread!"

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if all 4 troops were at your disposal today and no one was backing you up, and you still followed your tactics?!"

Eric hopes that his son can wake up. The sooner he wakes up, the better his chance of survival!

When two armies are fighting, the commander is the most important. Once the commander has problems, the entire army will collapse immediately! Count Wanda is the best example when attacking the Wall of Sighs! No matter how brave and fearless the soldiers of the Eagle Army are, and no matter how unexpected the Wind King's troops are, the Wall of Sighs is not so easy to capture. But when Wanda's head appeared, the Eivor soldiers on the Wall of Sighs immediately lost the courage and will to resist!
Eric was also tired from fighting, and his heart softened when he saw the bloody wound on Thor's face. After all, his son didn't cause him any big trouble. Ask yourself, when Thor was this age, Eric was still a soldier! Not even an extraordinary one! But his son was too reckless. This recklessness and fluke mentality would ruin his own life and the entire Eagle Army with just one negligence. This was what Eric was most worried about. That's why he was so angry today. Since the hard way didn't work, Eric planned to use a soft way. He knew that Thor had been spoiled by his mother Romi since he was a child. He planned to have a good talk with his son to let him know what tactics should be implemented tomorrow, so Eric said in a gentle tone: "Thor,"

"Please call me coach, father--!!!"

However, Thor was already angry at this time, and he stared at Eric and roared viciously.

This undoubtedly further stimulated Eric, who had just calmed down his anger. He raised the whip and was about to hit him again, but an old voice interrupted him, "Garlic Bird, Garlic Bird... The child is still young, it's not easy..."

The appearance of Raven immediately changed the tense atmosphere. Thor looked at Raven and saw Earl Raven hunched over, clapping his hands on his thighs, and trying to dissuade his father in a hoarse voice.

Although the head of the family, Raven, tried his best to put on makeup to make himself look less old, Thor could smell the extremely unpleasant old man smell on Raven from a distance. The age spots on his face became more and more dense, and they looked as dense as freckles.

This made Thor's heart tighten, and he realized that Lord Raven might really be old!

Especially when seeing Lacus beside Raven, the young and beautiful Lacus made Raven look even older, as if he would die in the next second. I don't know how Lacus could tolerate the old man's smell on Raven. Maybe she has to wipe Raven's butt every day. After all, looking at the state of the master, I'm afraid he can't wipe his butt himself.

Thor suddenly thought with some evil humor.

"grown ups!"

Seeing that Raven finally showed up and came out of the dragon chariot, Eric knew that his beating was not in vain, and he felt relieved. Otherwise, based on Thor's previous behavior of leaving the army without permission and his command performance today, if he angered Raven, then Thor would really be finished.

Now seeing Raven appear, Eric was so excited that he immediately knelt down and shouted.

This shows that Raven still recognizes and loves Thor in his heart, otherwise he would not have come here to stop the conflict between father and son.

Seeing that his father Eric seemed to have a different and attentive face, Thor felt a little disgusted in his heart. Although Thor also admired and respected the head of the Raven family, the Raven family was indeed old, but his father seemed to not smell the old smell of the head of the Raven family at all. It seemed that even the head of the Raven family's toes were sweet. He did not understand why his father was so afraid of the head of the Raven family. He felt that the head of the Raven family had always been very easy-going and did not make him feel that there was anything worth fearing.

"Okay, get up."

Raven waved his hand. As a subordinate who had started from scratch and followed him through battles to build up his current vast territory, everything was self-explanatory. "Thor, follow me."

"Sir! Give me 3 Eagle Troops! Let me lead my brothers to charge again! We will chop off Jing Ge's head tomorrow to atone for our sins!" But Eric did not stand up, but shouted the military order loudly!
After saying that, he banged his head on the ground to show his determination.

But Raven ignored him and disappeared into the darkness with the help of Lux.

Thor stood up, picked up his helmet, put it under his arm, and said with a hint of teasing, "Dad, get up. The head of the family has gone far away."

Eric looked up doubtfully and found that Raven had indeed left. Eric sighed lightly, looking lonely. He really couldn't understand why, since coming to the Orc Empire, he and veterans like Link and Hyena had no place to use their skills. Every time they fought with the orcs, the adults just let this group of immature second-generation lead the battle!

Could it be that coming to the Orc Empire is not your ultimate goal at all?
Eric was puzzled.

Thinking back to the old days, Raven was full of vigor and vitality, always fighting with fewer troops and creating countless miracles in war, so that he was awarded the title of "Crazy Little Bee", but now he just keeps avoiding the orcs. As for Raven's old age, Eric was not without doubts. This was a keen intuition that he had developed from following Raven for many years. But now Lord Raven's various behaviors made Eric more and more convinced that Lord Earl might really be old and had lost his fighting spirit.

"Damn blood curse!" Eric couldn't help but curse in his heart. If Lord Raven hadn't been tortured by the blood curse, how could he have become like this!

"Humph"

Eric opened Thor's outstretched hand in a huff, stood up from the ground, and said quietly, "My Lord is old."

"Old one, is it only Lord Raven?" Thor seized the opportunity to retort.

Eric: "..."

Then Eric turned and left, too lazy to pay any more attention to his stubborn son.

No matter what, Thor could not understand the heart of this father, nor did he realize that the beating just now was actually a self-torture trick.

Thor also walked quickly towards Raven's dragon chariot. When he arrived outside the dragon chariot, he looked at the goblins huddled together to rest. Thor threatened, "I captured you all to carry the dragon chariot for you. If I find out that anyone is lazy, you will lose your hands and feet."

A dozen or so goblins nearby nodded quickly with fear in their eyes.

Climbing up the stairs and entering the dragon chariot, Thor saw Lux massaging Raven's temples as he sat on a rocking chair. Normally, there was a curtain barrier in front of the dragon chariot, so even when reporting on work, Raven's figure could not be seen. Now that the barrier was removed, he was able to see Raven's current appearance.

Too thin. Raven seemed to have lost a lot of weight compared to before he set out. This was Thor's first intuitive impression. After that, he didn't dare to look at him anymore and lowered his head.

"Does it hurt?"

Raven took out something and threw it in front of Thor.

Thor picked it up and saw that it was actually a small bottle of primary healing potion. After all, it was a bit too extravagant to take the healing potion made from the essence of life just for this little injury.

"It's a gift for you," Raven said with a smile, "This is the first pot of gold I earned. It's also an enchanted item that can automatically recover."

Raven did not lie, this was indeed one of the few trophies he obtained after killing his uncle Donald!
He has no use for it now.

Thor raised his head and swallowed it. He immediately felt that the burning pain on his body where he was whipped by the whip was relieved a lot. "Thank you, Master of the Family."

"What? Are you not convinced? Do you think your father is wrong?" Raven asked with a smile.

This hit Thor's frustration straight in the face, and he started to complain, "Sir, please judge for yourself. If I hadn't led the charge today, Urga would have definitely defeated the center. But my father is so unreasonable that he wouldn't listen to my explanation at all and just kept beating me!"

Speaking of sad things, Thor, who didn't shed a tear when he was beaten just now, now shed tears as big as beans like rain. He was almost 30 years old, and he was sobbing like a child out of grievance.

"But have you ever thought that if you were in the center, even if the center collapsed, you would still have time to command the replenishment. But if you died, the entire 2 Eagle Army would collapse immediately?" Raven frowned and asked with a serious tone.

"Uh...this..."

Thor opened his mouth, but could not answer.

"So, this is what makes your father angry. As a son, you should learn to understand him." Raven asked Thor to sit down and poured him a glass of Angel's Tears. "Of course, he also has his problems. He wants his son to be successful and is always dissatisfied with your current achievements. He can't see your strengths. This is his fault."

“When you understand that growing up is as painful as pulling out muscles and bones, and you can no longer express the pain in your heart to others, then you will be truly mature!”

Raven advised earnestly.

Thor drank the wine in one gulp, nodded and said nothing.

"This is the report Hu Xia just sent. Did you know that Hoyaz finally cut off the left wing of the Eagleman leader?" Raven handed over the document on the table. "And I dare to bet with you that this Eagleman named Mupe will definitely not survive tonight."

"If you calculate it this way, do you still think that your contribution is greater than Hoyaz's, or higher than Hoyaz's?"

"Young man, it is a good thing to be competitive, not willing to admit defeat, and not resigned to your fate. I also know that you are very sensible. Although you are not in harmony with Hoyaz, it has never affected the overall situation. But you are too proud. You don't allow yourself to lose to Hoyaz. Such strong jealousy is not the character of a commander. It will affect your judgment and make you make big mistakes and suffer great losses, Thor."

Raven said word by word.

"How do you know that Mupei won't survive the night?" Thor asked curiously.

"I have my own way, so don't worry about it." Raven smiled mysteriously, "Thor, let me ask you, how can I be invincible on the battlefield?"

"This……"

Thor thought for a long time, but still had no idea, so he could only say obediently: "Sir, I can't answer that."

"Not losing is winning!"

"This is the answer your father wanted to say but didn't." Raven clenched his right hand and tapped his knuckles lightly on the table. "But his methods are all conservative, which don't suit your personality."

Hearing this, Thor nodded repeatedly, "What makes me most uncomfortable about today's battle is that I can't control the course of the war. My father always says that I have no tactics, but I clearly have plans and arrangements, but who knew that once the war started, problems would arise here and there, catching me off guard! I have to admit that today I did not expect that Jing Ge would use his ace legion to attack my left wing. This is my negligence and my mistake, but... but as long as the left wing and the left wing hold on for another 2 hours, I can rush to Jing Ge!"

“I didn’t expect that even the left wing would collapse so quickly!”

Thor put his helmet aside and recalled with annoyance.

Raven patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be so discouraged. Your performance today has exceeded my expectations! But war is not a competition. You can't win just by bravery and personal strength! It's actually very simple to influence the situation of the war. You just need to think from the other person's perspective. If you were Jing Ge, how would you arrange it? Of course, there are also factors that you don't understand the other side's coach and the environment. At this time, you need to use your brain and set a trap! Thor, let me ask you, do you know what elements are needed for a successful trap?"

"Need a bait?" Thor said subconsciously.

"That's right, but it's not complete." Raven patiently taught: "A successful trap requires at least three elements: an obvious bait; the path to the bait is one-way, you can only go in, not out; once the enemy finds out it's a trap, the more they struggle, the deeper they will fall.

Now, do you understand?"

Thor frowned and thought for a while, then he suddenly realized something and said excitedly, "Yes!" He clenched his right fist and smashed it hard into his left palm, making a crisp sound that scared Lux, but Thor said in a loud voice, "So that's how it is! Today I should use the mercenaries on my left wing as bait, and then wipe out the most elite Blood Swamp Tramplers of the Wild Boars! Instead of just rushing forward with the center! As long as we wipe out the Blood Swamp Tramplers, today's battle will be a great victory! My lord, I understand!"

At this moment, Thor was so excited that his whole body was shaking. At this moment, Thor seemed to understand why his father was so respectful to Earl Raven!
Compared to the head of the family, my father is really not good at strategy!
“You are very smart”

Raven originally wanted to say "This young man is teachable", but considering that Thor might not understand, he changed the words to "You are very smart".

"Okay, don't be depressed. Cheer up. There is still a task for you." Raven stopped Thor's excited thoughts.

"Master! Tomorrow, tomorrow I will definitely defeat Jing Ge! And wipe out all the Blood Swamp Tramplers!" Thor vowed.

He thought that Raven was going to let him continue to lead his troops to fight a decisive battle with Jing Ge tomorrow, but he didn't expect that Raven's next words would pour a bucket of cold water on him.

"No"

"Jing Ge will not come out to fight you again. You just need to guard against his small-scale harassment. Your task tomorrow is to build a ship! It can be simple, even a raft, as long as it can carry things." Raven said as he slowly sat back in the rocking chair.

"Build ships? What's the purpose of building ships?" Thor was a little confused.

"Just do whatever you are told to do. Don't ask any more questions and don't explain to anyone else." Raven's voice revealed obvious weakness. He waved his hand and let Thor leave.

Thor did not dare to delay, and quickly stood up and picked up his helmet, "Yes! Lord Earl!"

"Oh, right"

Just as Thor was walking down the stairs, Raven's voice came again, "Tomorrow, in front of the entire army, behead all the mercenaries who are still alive on the left wing today. Someone has to take responsibility for the battle."

Hearing this order, Thor felt a chill in his heart, the hairs on his back stood up, and his scalp felt numb.

He finally understood where his father's fear of the head of the Raven family came from.

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(End of this chapter)