Me and my fantasy world

Chapter 209 The Shadow That's About to Move

In the dark spiral staircase, a faint firelight slowly lit up from above, and two slanted figures gradually emerged, descending layer by layer.

"How's it going?" On the stairs, Fed put his hands behind his back, clasped at his waist, wearing a blood-red robe embroidered with a golden dragon, and slowly walked down the stairs.

Behind him, another man in a black tights, holding a torch in his hand, followed behind Fed respectfully: "Everything you ordered is ready. But I still don't understand, why do we need their help when we already have 100,000 troops?"

Feide smiled but said nothing: "We must be prepared for everything. A hundred thousand troops are approaching the city, but the imperial city is calm and peaceful, as if no one noticed. Do you think my nephew is so incompetent?"

"Could it be that the prince has already set a trap in the imperial city to lure our army into the city? Is this possible? The civilians in the city have not been evacuated yet. Given the prince's style, he would definitely give priority to evacuating the civilians." The man in black raised the question again.

Feide sneered and said, "This only shows that your realm is not high enough. In order to protect yourself, this sacrifice is inevitable. And it is easier to conceal the truth. Although the people in the city live and work in peace, they may just be regarded as abandoned children by the prince. My nephew is really ruthless, but he can do anything. After all, he is the next monarch."

"I see. Your Excellency is a man of foresight." The man in black bowed respectfully.

Fide stopped helplessly and waved his hand with some disdain: "Hey, how can I entrust you with important tasks when you are about to accomplish great things? My two nephews, one literary and one martial, are both unique talents. Unfortunately, they are the children of the eldest brother, so I can only let them leave. Let's go on."

"Sir, from now on, I'll be the one to take care of you. Animals are ruthless, and what if something happens to you..." The man in black looked at Fed worriedly.

Fed waved his hand and smiled, "Don't worry, I know his abilities are limited. No matter how he acts, he won't be arrogant. What I care more about is whether those four people have returned."

"I'm back. I'm keeping an eye on the beast down there, just as you instructed."

"That's good. I'll also catch up with those old friends."

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"What should I do? What should I do..."

Inside the palace hall, the eldest prince Fei Zheng was anxiously looking at the tunnel where Ling Yi fell, his eyes full of panic. He was afraid that Ling Yi would notice his abnormality, so he quickly closed the secret door of the tunnel.

His legs went limp and he sat down on the hall, staring anxiously outside the hall. In a trance, he seemed to see a figure fighting desperately. The surrounding area was already a river of blood and corpses were everywhere. The originally quiet and peaceful palace was filled with a violent and bloody atmosphere at that moment, which was chilling.

But the figure suddenly turned his head and looked at the eldest prince, holding a long knife dripping with blood in his hand, and staggered towards the eldest prince...

"His Royal Highness."

An old man's voice interrupted the eldest prince's thoughts. He looked up suddenly and saw an old man in official uniform. The old man had a kind face, but he was proud. He had a sleeve-length snow-white beard that was almost an inch long, and the thick black hair curled under the cap was incompatible with the snow-white beard.

At first glance, he is indeed an old man in his sixties, but if you shave off all his snow-white beard, he looks like a strong man who has just entered middle age.

"Oh, Prime Minister Li, you are here." The eldest prince stared at the old man and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

This Li Xiang is the prime minister of the Andressa Dynasty and the father of the dean of the Royal Academy in Nord Town. Li Xiang smiled slightly and sat next to the eldest prince: "Are you thinking about the rebels?"

"Prime Minister Li, you..." The eldest prince looked at Prime Minister Li in surprise.

Li Xiang stretched out his hand, interrupted the eldest prince, and then put his hand on the eldest prince's shoulder, patting him gently like an elder trying to comfort the panicked heart of a younger one: "Uncle Li knows that the spies have sent news that a total of 100,000 troops will be divided into four routes to surround the outside of the imperial city. Now that your father is bedridden due to illness, you are the only one who can take up the responsibility."

Li Xiang deliberately did not use respectful titles, but instead made it sound like a chat between neighbors after dinner.

"That's not what I'm afraid of..." The eldest prince frowned and stared outside the palace.

When Prime Minister Li heard the eldest prince's denial, his eyes widened. You know, even if all the able-bodied civilians were sent to the army, there might be only 30,000 or 40,000 people in the imperial city, while there are 100,000 troops besieging the city outside. Faced with such a huge disparity in military strength, the eldest prince actually thinks this is nothing to be afraid of?

"Zheng'er, this is not a good time to joke." Prime Minister Li looked at the eldest prince with a serious expression.

The eldest prince turned his head and looked at Li Xiang with the same fierce expression: "Uncle Li, of course I am not kidding. I have already made a backup plan for the 100,000 troops surrounding us. If we calculate the date, the reinforcements will arrive in three days."

"Oh? May I ask who the reinforcement general is? How many troops does he bring? Can he rescue this army of one hundred thousand?" Li Xiang said with an interested smile.

The eldest prince smiled slightly: "Is this person... a general? Not really, but he is an especially important person around Prime Minister Li."

When Li Xiang heard the eldest prince's words, he was slightly stunned, then he immediately stood up, his body trembling slightly: "You, you called... Ru'er?"

The eldest prince nodded slightly: "There is also the hermit master hiding beside your sister. It was from him that I learned about Xueyan's feat of defeating the Goblin King alone."

"The Imperial Heavy Sword...Mr. He?" Prime Minister Li stared at the eldest prince blankly, then paced back and forth. "Hasn't Mr. He stopped interfering in the affairs of the government and the public since the uprising? Why is he staying in Nord Town?"

The eldest prince smiled and said, "Uncle Li, you and I both know why Mr. He has gone into seclusion. It is just worldly prejudice. Besides, my second brother is also on his way back on horseback and is expected to arrive tonight."

"Second Prince..." When Prime Minister Li heard that the undefeated general, the Second Prince, was about to return to the court, he was overjoyed, but then he quickly calmed down, "But, even though the Second Prince is a great general, how can he defeat an army of 100,000 by himself?"

"Uncle Li, the army we are really wary of is only 12,000. There is no need to panic." After saying this, the eldest prince calmed down and thought about the next countermeasures.

When Li Xiang heard the eldest prince's arrogant words, he was furious and shouted angrily: "The army outside the city is approaching, but there are a full 100,000 troops. What do you mean by only 12,000..." Li Xiang was about to debate with the eldest prince, but when he thought of this number again, he was slightly stunned, "You, you are..."

The eldest prince nodded. "Since you have obtained the information from the spy, I don't want to hide it from you. I think you are clear about the distribution of the enemy forces. We only need to be vigilant against the 12,000 assassins of the "Ramo" organization. I have arranged everything else."

Seeing the eldest prince nod confidently, Li Xiang was still worried. However, seeing the eldest prince bowing his head in thought, he looked very much like his father. He was overwhelmed with emotions: "Hey, maybe I am really old and can't keep up with the speed at which you young people deal with these changes. But since you have already arranged everything, why are you so worried?"

Li Xiang asked the eldest prince in confusion. The eldest prince glanced back at Li Xiang and said calmly, "I always feel that things are not that simple. What I can think of, the leader of the "Ramo" organization can also think of. He should also know that the 100,000-man army is just a decoration. The ones who can really be of great use are still his 12,000 assassins and the 3,000 alien species."

Those three thousand people were the demon army, but the spies in the palace had no way of knowing their specific identities, so they had to report the truth.

"Indeed, those 3,000 elite soldiers look like neither human nor ghost, nor do they look like sub-human slaves. They do look somewhat similar to the guy who attacked the imperial city before." Li Xiang affirmed.

"Don't worry, I have a way to repel those 3,000 people." The eldest prince affirmed, slowly stood up and walked out of the hall.

Li Xiang saw the eldest prince walking worriedly, and followed him: "Zheng'er, is it possible that the method of repelling is inappropriate?"

The eldest prince sighed, "It has nothing to do with the current 100,000 troops. I just thought that we have been investigating the "Ramo" organization for so long, but we have not been able to catch them all, which shows how cunning they are. But now they have mobilized 100,000 troops to besiege the city... I don't believe he can't think of my strategy to defeat the enemy. He should have some backup plan. However, according to our plan, we are already exhausted if we can kill all the 100,000 rebels, and it is impossible to continue fighting. The rest may have to be gambled on Xueyan, and it depends on whether he can come back from the Holy Land."

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Tata...

The sound of footsteps gradually echoed in the empty corridor.

Fed and a man in black gradually came to the bottom of the corridor, into an empty cave. As soon as they entered the cave, they saw endless darkness. Even though the man in black was holding a lantern, it could only illuminate the ground below. The surroundings were still pitch black. It was empty and eerie, making people's backs chill.

Just as Fed stepped to the bottom, he could hear the sound of chaotic footsteps, which sounded neither fast nor slow, but there were many of them. A few seconds later, four people wearing black cloaks appeared side by side in front of Fed.

Fide glanced at the four people coldly and nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that everyone is here."

As soon as the words fell, the four of them knelt on one knee and shouted in unison: "Welcome, Master."

"Let's skip the formalities and get down to business. Where is that beast?" Fed's eyes passed through the four people and looked behind them. However, in the vast dark cave, the thing that Fed mentioned did not appear.

“Hehehehe…” The cloaked man on the far left suddenly laughed cunningly, “Don’t worry, sir. The beast is right behind us. Although its ability is powerful, it has not yet reached its peak. To bring its ability to its full potential, we still need one more person.”

The cloaked man had a sharp voice, sounding like a slick traitor. He looked like a sturdy man, about two meters tall, and even with the cloak covering him, it couldn't hide his bulging muscles. The cloak also had a hood, so his face couldn't be seen clearly, but there was a pair of huge triangles on the hood, which looked very much like the ears of a subhuman.

"Saran, I know you are very excited, but could you please restrain yourself in front of the Lord?" The neighboring cloaked man warned with disdain.

The appearance of this cloaked man is similar to that of an ordinary man. He seems to be about 1.6 or 1.7 meters tall and is completely covered by the cloak. There is nothing special about him, except that his hood is much wider than that of others. A little bit of his face can be seen through the lantern of the man in black.

His face was snow-white, and he looked more like a woman who took good care of her skin than a man who had been through hardships. What was even more surprising was that when one looked inward along the sides of his cheeks, one could see a pair of long and thin ears extending outward on both sides.

"Hey Yale, you know my situation. My master has locked me in the house for the past two days. My hands are so itchy! I wish I could go to the street right now to catch someone and eat him alive!" The cloaked man "Saran" on the far left complained to the cloaked man "Yale" next to him.

"Humph, if I don't lock you up, with your temper, you will definitely ruin the master's perfect plan, right?" The cloaked man named "Yale" immediately retorted.

"Shut up, both of you." As soon as the words fell, another cloaked man beside "Yale" suddenly roared coldly, "The master is still here, the two of you stop arguing and learn from the Siren."

The cloaked man who spoke had a righteous voice and a strong tone, like a tough guy. He was smaller than Saran, about 1.8 meters tall, but he was the most balanced of the three. When he spoke angrily, a few hot sparks could be seen from the corners of his mouth. From the light of the sparks, one could see his plain face. He should be a normal human being.