Chapter Fifteen Surprise

  The giant wolf camel was exactly Ptolemy and Liu Yu. The terrain of the plateau mountainous area is complex, and the speed of the horse's progress is slow. Ptolemy used his own war pet, the five-stage magic beast Swift Wolf, to send Liu Yu back to the Earth Fire Fortress. It was the first time that Liu Yu had ridden a magic beast, and he stroked the smooth wolf hair of the Swift Wolf, and his curiosity was thoroughly aroused.

  "General, how did you subdue this war pet?" Liu Yu asked Tolmai with uncontainable curiosity. A magical beast is a wild animal that can cast magic and has great strength, and the combat power of a fifth-level magical beast is still considerable, so it's naturally a great help to have one as a war pet. "Ah, Your Highness is interested in it? This war pet was rescued by me unintentionally in the Desa Mountains. It was challenging the wolf king in a wolf pack and failed, then was exiled and seriously injured. At that time, I also saved it on a whim, and spent a lot of precious medicine to cure it, but it has indeed helped me a lot." Tolmai looked at the white wolf with a fond expression.

  "Sir, why haven't I seen any other strong warriors in the clan with a battle pet?" This was actually Liu Yu's real question. Tullemi was strong, but not the strongest, and there were many in the Meng tribe who were stronger than him, yet Liu Yu hadn't seen anyone else with a battle pet.

  "I'll slowly clear up your doubts for you on our way."

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  A few days later, Liu Yu stood at the door of his parents' bedroom with an incredulous expression, staring at his parents with wide eyes. After rushing back to the Fire Fortress, he thought of his mother Naya, who had always taken care of him with all her heart, so he came to his parents' bedroom first to give his mother a surprise. He even stopped the guards and maids from spreading the news of his return. But as soon as Liu Yu entered his parents' bedroom, he was stunned. His mother Naya, who was already over 30 years old, was leaning on a recliner with a big belly. His father Gaya was sitting beside her, chatting with her.

  "Mother, you... are pregnant?" Liu Yu asked hesitantly, hardly daring to believe his eyes. The happily chatting couple also noticed Liu Yu.

  "Ah! ... Alexander, this child has finally come back." Naya straightened up and her face, which was already full of smiles, showed even more joy and excitement.

  "Heh heh... um......" Gaya didn't get as excited as his wife, but instead stood there with one hand on her shoulder and a faint smile on his face as he gazed at his now grown-up son, his calm demeanor barely concealing some excitement.

  "Yes, Father and Mother, I'm back." Liu Yu bowed his head and said.

  "Come quickly, let me take a good look at you." Naya's eyes had already welled up with tears, and after wiping them away with her hand, she said softly. After all, it had been three years since she'd seen her own child, and anyone would be excited.

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  Three months later, in a courtyard of the Fire Fortress Palace, three figures were pacing back and forth. They were facing a room where a woman's pained screams could be heard from time to time. The three outside were naturally Liu Yu and his grandfather Kero King, father Gaya, while inside was their mother Naya who was giving birth.

  Outside, the three of them were excited and nervous at the same time. It's no wonder that the Mongolian birth rate is originally low, and Gaia is now 40 years old and can still have another child, so he is naturally happy. The old man, Croak Wang, is nearly 80 years old, and his descendants are very few, so having another child makes him feel at ease. As for Liu Yu, this guy is relatively simple, he just wants to see what kind of child the Mongolian will give birth to, and also, in the future, life can be more fun.

  However, Mother Naya is also almost forty years old, in Liu Yu's previous life, she would be considered an advanced maternal age, so the three of them were worried about her.

  At this time, a loud cry of a baby came from the house, rescuing everyone from their suffering. Soon, the fox tribe maid came out to report that Princess Naya had given birth to a little prince, and both mother and son were safe and sound.

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  "Golden Pom-Pom has been like this since he was a kid." Liu Yu looked at the small thing in his arms, with a strange expression. At this time, he had wrapped a small meatball, only half a foot long, in cotton cloth, its whole body red, and its head was only the size of an apple. There was a golden hair on its belly button, proving that it was Golden Pom-Pom. The little guy was born more than ten days ago, and Liu Yu's whole family was immersed in a joyful atmosphere because of his arrival. King Kero even personally named him Philip.

  At this time, Liu Yu was sitting in his parents' bedroom accompanying his mother who had just given birth. On the plateau, autumn had arrived and the weather was slightly cold, with a fire burning inside the house, casting a faint reddish glow on the undecorated stone walls.

  On a stone bed covered with white cotton, Liu Yu's mother Naya was lying on the bed smiling at her two sons. Her face was rosy and seemed to have recovered well. Because Naya was not young anymore and couldn't nurse the children herself, King Koro ordered that a wet nurse be chosen for Philip from among the Bimon tribe. After a selection process, Tolemia's sister Akasha became Philip's wet nurse.

  The door creaked open and Anna, the maid, and a sturdy yet elegant woman in a white dress with delicate features, Akasha, the wet nurse of Phileas, walked in.

  After a simple investigation at the Earth Fire Fortress, Liu Yue had a general understanding of Tolomei and his family. Tolomei belonged to a third-rate family with the surname Pas, and he was personally promoted by Old Master Crovane as a trusted aide. Because he had saved Gaya's life on the battlefield, Tolomei and Gaya had an extremely good relationship, treating each other like brothers. Additionally, Tolomei's strength as a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts, with eight stages in the Dou Huang and seven stages in the Mo Dao, was deeply valued by Crovane, and the Pas family was thus closely tied to the Weilin family.

  "Your Highness, it's time for Your Highness to drink milk." Akasha walked up to Liu Yu's side and said respectfully.

  "Ah, thank you for your hard work." Liu Yu immediately stood up and gave Akasha a seat, after all, Akasha was of the same generation as his parents, so Liu Yu still had to show her sufficient respect.

  "Your Highness, Princess Gaia has asked you to go to the Beast King's Palace." Anna, a fox tribe maid who had entered with Akasha, said to Liu Yu.

  "Alright, I'll go right away."

  "Mother, I'm going out to take care of something." Liu Yu said, turning around to Na Ya.

  "Uh-huh, go ahead." Naya smiled and nodded in response as she watched her eldest son growing up.

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  The Beast King's Palace is not only the place where the Beastman Kingdom holds grand festivals such as the Beast God Festival, but also the place where the Beast King handles state affairs. Of course, there is no morning court in the Beastman Kingdom, and all state affairs are decided by the tribal chiefs or their representatives and the Council of Elders in consultation with the king.

  It was already late in the evening, and all the high-ranking officials who assisted the king with state affairs had gone home. In the empty golden hall, only one of King Cro's Bimon guards was waiting for Liu Yu's arrival.

  "His Highness, Your Majesty and Prince Gaia are all waiting for you inside, please follow me." The guard said with his head bowed.

  "Thanks for your hard work." Liu Yu replied calmly. The Beast King's Palace, located in the westernmost part of the kingdom, had concentrated most of the strong warriors within the tribe, and apart from the Beast King's Kingdom, there were no other powerful forces on the highlands, so the guards at the Beast King's Palace were not very strict. Liu Yu followed the guard through several corridors without seeing a single guard.

  In a simply decorated study behind the grand hall, King Krow was discussing something with Gaia in front of a large map hanging on the wall. This time back, Liu Yu had already known that this autumn, the beast tribe would have a famine due to the severe drought, and the entire Beastman Kingdom was currently preparing for it. Moreover, what's even more troublesome is that their arch-nemesis, the Fanoed Empire, who had been fighting with the Beastman Kingdom for countless years, had learned about their famine and launched tens of thousands of troops in a two-pronged attack on the Beastman Kingdom from both south and north, forcing the kingdom to prepare for war while also dealing with the famine.

  Gaea Prince has been assisting King Kuro to handle state affairs since he was a child, and now he is the great general of the Beastman Kingdom, with countless military achievements, becoming King Kuro's powerful arm. At this busy autumn, Gaea naturally became extremely busy, and even his newly born wife and children didn't have much time to accompany him.

  However, Gaia did not forget that he was the eldest son. As long as it was not a meeting that required the identity of the participants, he would call Liu Yu to sit in and listen. Gaia also made it clear to Liu Yu that this was his training, and as the prince of the Beastman Kingdom, he must learn to take on more responsibilities just like King Kuro had trained him since childhood.