Chapter 391
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Chapter 391: The Barbarian Youth
“They look like northern barbarians by their attire. Should we save him?”
“How? If we open the city gates, what if the beastmen chasing them also rush in?! Is it worth taking such a risk for one barbarian?”
“Then, fire arrows…”
“There’s no guarantee we wouldn’t shoot the barbarian too.”
While the soldiers were discussing animatedly, Zhang Lue, who happened to be on duty at the moment, arrived just as the barbarian outside the city ran closer and closer.
“Throw down a rope. If the barbarian can grab it, then pull him up; that’s his good fortune. If he can’t, then he can only blame himself for not having that luck.”
Zhang Lue was originally one of Zhao Pan’s deputy generals.
However, due to Liu Zheng’s death, there were no usable military commanders left in Iron Wall City.
After a brief consideration, Luo Ji transferred two excellent generals, both with 4-star bravery, there.
In turn, Zhang Lue, with 4-star intelligence, was transferred by Luo Ji to White River City to serve as Liu Meng’s deputy.
These beastmen with glowing green eyes were skilled in night combat.
Opening the city gates at night was too risky; one barbarian was not enough for them to take such a chance.
As Zhang Lue said, throwing down a rope was already doing him a great service.
If he could grab it, it was his luck; if not, it was his fate.
The soldiers, having received Zhang Lue’s orders, immediately complied, throwing down a rope.
As they did so, they shouted loudly.
“Listen, barbarian outside! Grab this rope, and we’ll pull you up!”
Heavy breathing echoed constantly in his ears, his mind blank. At this moment, the young man could no longer clearly hear what the soldiers on the wall were shouting, but he vaguely saw that they seemed to have thrown something down.
Gritting his teeth, he charged directly towards that direction.
After fumbling for a moment, the young man, having grasped the rope, quickly wrapped it around his hands several times.
Dimly discerning the situation below by the torchlight, a slightly surprised expression appeared on Zhang Lue’s face.
“He’s lucky to be alive. Pull him up!”
“Pull him up!”
At that command, the soldiers, with a roar, began to pull with all their might, hauling the barbarian clutching the rope up 5 or 6 meters in one go.
Seeing the situation, the beastmen closely pursuing them showed some intelligence, realizing that further pursuit was pointless. They retreated back into the night.
After the pairs of glowing green eyes completely disappeared into the darkness, Zhang Lue waved his hand, signaling the soldiers who were preparing to deploy rolling logs and boulders to withdraw them.
He then glanced at the barbarian who had already fainted, his gaze finally settling on the barbarian’s blood-soaked feet.
“Clean and bandage this barbarian’s wounds. Since he’s been saved, at least ask him what happened. We might even get some useful intelligence.”
That night, White River City was certainly not destined for peace.
After reporting the situation on the city wall to Liu Meng, a lone rider, carrying an urgent report, left White River City overnight and headed towards Mirror City.
By the time Luo Ji received this urgent report, it was already noon the next day.
The content was brief.
After scanning it a few times, Luo Ji’s eyebrows immediately furrowed.
“Northern barbarians being chased by beastmen?”
Taking a sip of tea and organizing his thoughts, a contemplative look crossed Luo Ji’s eyes.
“Li Yuanjie’s five beastmen tribes have now all been brought under my command, and at this time, Li Ke is probably still deploying troops, preparing to depart…”
“In other words, the beastmen chasing the northern barbarians absolutely cannot be Li Ke’s. Could it be that after annexing the beastman civilization, beastmen have also started appearing within my Myriad World Civilization?”
Luo Ji’s expression was subtle upon reaching this conclusion.
This was both good and bad.
The good part was that after incorporating all the characteristics of the beastman civilization, he should be able to recruit more beastman troop types in the future.
The bad part was that a group of beastmen had suddenly appeared among the natives, undoubtedly greatly increasing the threat to his Myriad World Civilization.
If this were truly the case, he could no longer mostly ignore these local natives as he had before.
With this thought, Luo Ji immediately wrote several letters, signaling the defending generals of each city to be wary of beastmen appearing in the wild.
He also instructed a messenger to quickly catch up with Li Ke’s troops.
He wanted the wolfman troop to pause for a moment, first go to White River City, confirm the situation with the surviving barbarian, and then make further plans.
During this time, Luo Ji himself certainly did not intend to be idle.
The appearance of beastmen within his civilization, beyond his control, was a major event.
He directly took a contingent of men and quickly rode to White River City.
While further confirming the situation, his personal presence as Emperor would also help to reassure the people of White River City.
The wolfman tribe’s location was closest to White River City, so Li Ke’s troops arrived half a day earlier than Luo Ji.
By now, although the wolfmen entering the city still drew many stares, many White River City residents had already grown accustomed to it.
After all, geographically, White River City and the beastmen tribes were neighbors.
As Luo Ji had said before, no matter how rare something is, if you see it frequently, it eventually becomes ordinary.
Entering the city quickly with his troops, Luo Ji, facing Liu Meng, Li Ke, and Zhang Lue who had come to greet him, signaled them to dispense with formalities while directly asking, “Where is the barbarian we saved? I heard he fainted right after being rescued. Has he woken up yet?”
“He has woken up. Your Majesty, please rest for a moment. This humble general will send someone to bring the barbarian over now.”
The man arrived quickly.
He was no longer covered in stinky animal hides, and the strange tattoos on his face had been washed off.
Dressed in simple linen clothes, he looked quite presentable.
Upon entering, seeing Li Ke sitting below, the young man’s expression noticeably changed.
With a scream, he quickly retreated backward, all the while muttering words Luo Ji couldn’t understand at all.
Undoubtedly, the young man was clearly scared by Li Ke, who was a wolfman.
However, it was understandable; anyone seeing a beastman for the first time would probably not be calm, let alone someone who had just barely escaped death from a group of beastmen.
Luo Ji waved his hand, signaling He Liang and others to bring the young man back up.
Unexpectedly, despite looking like he was just recovering from a serious illness, the young man had considerable strength, managing to break free from He Liang’s grasp multiple times.
With so many people watching, not to mention Luo Ji sitting there, this made He Liang lose face!
For a moment, He Liang felt a bit annoyed.
He stopped being polite with the young man and used heavy force, forcibly pressing him down before Luo Ji.
Seeing this scene, Luo Ji’s face showed a hint of interest.
This young man was quite intriguing.
