Chapter 88: Nicholas

  After the king's mad remarks, it was the indignation of all the ministers, shouting together to deal with this poor Taoist who had made a false report of military information.

  Grandpa spoke up for me: "That's enough! Don't you think this is true?"

  "Oh! Heaven! Who doesn't know that Nicholas is in White Tiger City?!" Ishihara Kuma exclaimed: "Unless your family's Little Five flies over there and brings him back! But this is impossible!"

  "Hey! Not bad! What's Nicholas doing running to the Spirit Forest for no reason? And he brought 200,000 people with him, is he looking to die?" another minister said.

  "Hum! Don't you think, is my grandson an idiot?" Grandfather said angrily: "What he does, good or bad, which one isn't a shocking and earth-shaking big deal? With his brain, would he tell a lie that can be easily exposed? Moreover, he said Nicholas was captured alive, as long as we ask him to bring Nicholas to the capital, everything will be clear!"

  "Indeed, this young whippersnapper is always getting me into trouble, but he's no fool!" The king furrowed his brow and said: "But I just can't understand how Nicholas could have been taken alive by him, especially in the Elven Woods thousands of miles away."

  "Ha ha!" Grandpa suddenly laughed and said: "I seem to understand a bit now!"

  "Speak!" the king commanded urgently

  "Not busy, have my grandson's messenger come in and ask him first!"

  "Right! Hurry up and call him in!" The king laughed: "You're all anxious and confused!"

  Before long, the person I sent to deliver the message was summoned inside. He is Shi Huwei, a bodyguard our family had arranged for protection. I also took the opportunity to call him back home to reunite with his family.

  "Long live Your Majesty!" The stone guardian knelt down and paid his respects.

  "Rise and tell me what this is all about?" asked the king.

  "What?" He still didn't understand what the king meant and looked at his grandfather in confusion.

  "Your Majesty wants to know how you defeated Nicholas!" Grandfather said

  "It was done by Young Master, I didn't participate."

  "What? You didn't participate at all? And you said capture Nicolas alive, is that true?" the king asked.

  "Yes, we've actually caught a guy named Nicholas!"

  "How did you catch it? Tell me clearly!" Grandpa asked

  "It was on that day that the young master ordered us to take people to capture Nicholas! We went and caught him!"

  "Is Nicholas alone? You said catch and he was caught?"

  "At that time they had 200,000, but most of them died. Nicholas was one of the lucky ones who didn't die, but he was also unconscious. We caught him very easily!"

  "Ah! How did they die?" asked the king

  "There are many dead bodies of purple crystal bees on the ground, they must have been killed by the purple crystal bees!"

  "So you're saying that you didn't even fight a single battle, and yet you captured someone, and it's still Nicholas?" the king asked incredulously.

  "Yes, Your Majesty!"

  "Damn it! This crap is too lucky!" Suddenly the hall was filled with such voices everywhere.

  "Ha! I knew it! How could that young punk beat Nicholas?" Ishihara Kuma said disdainfully.

  "At least he captured Nicholas alive, but you didn't!" Grandfather said coldly.

  Ishihara Kōji didn't even dare fart, and quickly shut his mouth!

  "But why did Nicholas go to the Elf Forest to die?" the king asked.

  "Isn't there a road that can be taken?" Grandfather suddenly asked with sparkling eyes.

  "Yes!" Shi Huwei said

  "Haha, I understand everything now!" Grandpa said with a smile.

  "Speak quickly!" the king said urgently

  "Look!" Grandfather pointed to the map on the wall: "The White Tiger City is located in the Tatania Mountains, this mountain range is very vast, separating us from the Wana Kingdom. There are many gaps here in the White Tiger City, and the city is just above the largest gap. We have countless eyes monitoring other gaps, so it's impossible to secretly send tens of thousands of troops to our back. Once they divide their forces to attack the Phoenix Army stationed at Fego Castle, we can detect and take countermeasures. The current situation is that Nicholas doesn't know where he got the news from, but on the other side of the Tatania Mountains, at the border with the Elf Forest, there is a secret passage. We have no guards there. Nicholas wants to sneak into the back of the Phoenix Army through here and launch a surprise attack. Unfortunately, they were eliminated by the magical beasts in the Elf Forest, and my grandson was lucky!"

  "Nicholas is a sly fellow!" The king said, "But he's also too confident, thinking that 200,000 people can take down Feguo Castle, isn't that arrogant? There are 300,000 troops from the Zhuque Military Region stationed there!"

  "There should be someone to receive him!"

  Grandpa had just finished speaking when another orderly rushed in and said: "Urgent report from the front line!"

  "Mind!"

  "The Vana Kingdom's siege unit of about 300,000 people suddenly marched towards Feguo Castle! Please Your Majesty take precautions as soon as possible!"

  "Hah!" The king laughed loudly: "You really told him off, if Nicholas were to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack, Feuerbach might not be able to hold on. Now? Let Nicholas go to hell!"

  "Your Majesty can rest assured and meet this old classmate of yours?" Grandfather said

  "Yes! I'm really looking forward to this historic meeting!"

  "Then can I also see my grandson?" Grandpa smiled and said

  "Ah! I had forgotten, of course he can! He should return to receive his reward, and I will give him a medal and promote his title!" The king said generously: "I also want to take him to attend the Pope's birthday ceremony!"

  "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

  While the king was celebrating his victory with great joy, I also started preparing my luggage to return home. Apart from a large pile of gifts and that special guy Nicholas, I still had to wait for one more person, His Excellency, the envoy of the Kingdom of Vana!

  Just as the Vana Kingdom's expeditionary force was annihilated, I sent a message to the King of Vana Kingdom, asking him to send someone to discuss the treatment of prisoners. Later, I learned that even Nicholas, the big fish, had been caught, and reminded them to come with a higher-level person. Finally, when my patience was about to run out, a group of people arrived at my territory in a hurry. The Vana Kingdom's special envoy, Inu Haru, has arrived!

  This scoundrel knew that the expeditionary force was destroyed, and he almost got scared to death. He hastily petitioned the king and pushed all the responsibility onto Nicholas. He even rushed to become a special envoy, what's the purpose? Huh, anyway, it's not to pick up Nicholas! Otherwise, when Nicholas returns, he will definitely tear this real culprit into pieces!

  I despise this trash who got rich through the back door, but I have to cooperate with him in order to subdue Nicholas. So I endured the nausea and met him at a relatively luxurious hotel (Why didn't I meet him at home? Because he would dirty the floor and air!). This guy is quite short, his skin can't be seen, it's all covered by a thick layer of white powder, damn, why not just suffocate him to death!

  "Hello! Honorable Lord!" The sarcastic tone made me nauseous.

  "Hello, Your Excellency!"

  "I think you're still not quite clear about the purpose of my visit this time!"

  "Huh? Come on, I called you here to discuss the prisoner's situation. How could I not be clear about it? Is there something that has changed without me knowing?"

  "Oh? I'd like to hear the good news?" said the poor Daoist

  "Ah! It's like this, Nicholas, due to his incompetence, caused the casualties of 20,000 soldiers, which made His Majesty the King and all the ministers extremely angry. However, considering his reputation, once he returns home, we will be powerless against him. So, His Majesty's intention is for you to secretly get rid of him!"

  Whoa, that's ruthless!