"Your Majesty has not been seen for three full days!"
Cumberland stood in front of Huggins, wide-eyed, and shouted at him.
The latter looked out the window in embarrassment, pretending not to hear.
Cumberland looked around at the silent guards around him and said viciously: "You all know where His Majesty is, but you just refuse to tell me, right?!"
No one answered him.
Seeing that the situation was getting more and more stalemate, Huggins had no choice but to say to Cumberland: "Your Majesty is doing a very important work. He repeatedly emphasized that if it is not necessary, don't disturb him."
After hearing this, the old knight became more and more angry. He was about to lift his leg and kick Huggins' butt violently, but when he saw the cane the opponent was holding, he finally restrained himself and lowered his leg.
While a group of people were staring at each other and having an awkward confrontation, Todd, who was humming a tune, walked into the audience hall from the underground laboratory in a relaxed and happy manner.
Looking at these people in the hall, Todd asked strangely: "What are you doing here?"
Huggins tried his best to wink at the king, but unfortunately the other party didn't notice.
Cumberland quickly walked up to Todd and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the officials of the kingdom are looking for you everywhere! Everyone is going crazy!"
Todd looked surprised: "Looking for me? What happened?!"
"Anyway, don't ask so many questions, just come with me!"
Before he had time to take off his lab coat, Todd, led by Cumberland, left the palace in a carriage and headed towards the headquarters of the Knights.
Before the carriage reached its destination, Todd's ears could already hear the roar of people and the harsh sounds of animals.
When he walked out of the car door, he was startled by the sea of people in front of him.
"Who are these people?"
Cumberland did not answer his intention at all, and directly ordered the soldiers to separate the crowd watching the excitement and let everyone make way for the king.
When Todd walked into the stables behind the Knights' headquarters, he finally understood why the kingdom officials were so anxious.
Fourteen adult griffons and seven young griffins were running happily in the stable.
A row of cooks invited from the city were hiding in cages made of steel, grilling steaks desperately.
There were several griffons waiting next to the iron cage, staring directly at the barbecue in the chef's hands. They looked like uncles and aunts attending a buffet.
Cumberland said to Todd: "Just last night, there was a group of griffons hovering over Duxi City. Since you had previously issued an order not to attack these beasts, the kingdom's army could only watch them.
Landed in the stable."
"Because of this matter, I came to the palace with many officials last night, asking you to come forward to solve the matter. But Huggins, this little bastard, refused to tell me where you were!" Cumberland said angrily.
He waved his fist: "The director of the stable came back and reported that the hungry griffins started to hunt the horses! As a last resort, as you can see now, we used iron cages and barbecue to attract the attention of the griffins.
, and took the opportunity to move all the horses."
Todd nodded while listening to Cumberland's complaints.
He always thought that Henry the Griffin would take at least a month to return this time. Unexpectedly, he came back in less than ten days. Not only did he bring back his spouse Sonia and his children, he also led
A large group of friends came running back.
Todd walked into the stable and found Henry taking a nap on the haystack in the innermost room.
Beside him, the exhausted Sonia was eating barbecue and replenishing her nutrition. When she saw Todd appear, she just nodded.
Under Henry's wings, there are three gryphon eggs of different colors, lying quietly on the haystack.
Without waking up Henry, Todd walked out of the stable, came to Huggins and said, "Find a quiet location near the military camp in the north of the city to make a home for these griffins."
Seeing an adult griffon swallowing a large piece of roast meat into its belly with ease, Huggins' eyes twitched: "I will obey your will."
Cumberland walked to Todd and said to him: "Your Majesty, there has been no meeting for three days, and we know nothing about the status of the Kingdom's mission."
After being reminded by the old knight, Todd also remembered that the mission led by Dion and Mary had not been in contact for a long time.
After entering the soul space, Todd summoned all the high-ranking officials of the kingdom, then found Dion and Mary, and began to inquire about the progress of the mission.
Dion, who was obviously sleep deprived, said to everyone with two dark circles under his eyes: "The Holy Acropolis has sent the weapons, armor, and retired horses they promised in advance to Watch Town."
Dion transferred the memory to the screen, pointed to the hill-like pile of weapons and armor on the screen and said: "I have inspected these equipment. They are well maintained and of good quality. If placed in an ordinary country, they are said to be service equipment of the regular army.
It’s not an exaggeration.”
Todd looked at the weapons and armor on the screen and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, where are the eliminated war horses?"
Dion's face became a little strange, and he whispered to Todd: "I don't think these things should be called war horses."
In the memory scene, Dion lifted the oilcloth and what was revealed underneath made everyone scream in surprise.
These eliminated war horses cannot be considered horses at all, they are not even corpses.
A pile of horses killed in battle, their skins had been stripped off, their flesh had been removed, and even their internal organs had been dug out, leaving only a pile of broken bones.
Cumberland frowned and said to Dion: "These are the horses that Saint Acropolis promised to sell to us? This is a complete pile of rubbish!"
Dion explained: "When the famine began and there was no food in the city, in order to save fodder, most of the horses in the Holy Acropolis were slaughtered and their skins were used as food."
Huggins said angrily and funny: "So, these bones with minced meat are the war horses they said were eliminated?!"
Looking at the dismantled horse bones in the picture, Todd closed his eyes with a headache. Originally, these things were to be transported to the north to make up for the lack of equipment and horses in the barbarian camp, but the Holy Spirit was short of food.
The fact that the people of the Acropolis slaughtered the war horses still caused some trouble for his plan.
After thinking for a while, Todd opened his eyes and said: "Let the convoy transport the weapons and armor through the gate of Watchfort to the Falling Star Mountains in the north; as for the flesh and bones of the horses..."
At this point, Todd was a little hesitant about how to deal with these things.
Wayne, who had just completed the soul link in recent days, stopped fiddling with the mouse in his hand and suddenly suggested: "Your Majesty, regarding the remains of those horses, I may have a way to turn waste into treasure."
Looking at this newly joined scholar, Todd suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what can you do?!"
Wayne closed his eyes, recalled a picture from his memory, and sent it to the big screen in the conference room.
It has a bright red and sticky appearance, a lamprey-like mouthpart, and a densely tangled body.
Looking at this terrifying creature, Todd felt that it looked familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember what the name of this large worm-like thing was.
Wayne gave the answer in time: "Your Majesty, this creature is called blood worm."
At this point, Todd finally remembered what this thing was.
Among the two high-ranking candidates of the Legion of Discord brought by Clarence, one of them has the ability to use these disgusting and powerful worms.
Wayne enlarged the picture of the blood worm and explained to everyone: "This worm is a scavenger. It has four pairs of glands in its mouthparts that can discharge extremely corrosive digestive juices.
"
Wayne said while changing pictures: "This digestive juice can not only dissolve muscle tissue and dense bones, but can even corrode metal. Because of this characteristic, bloodworms can eat almost most food, and
Use it as your own nourishment.”
Todd listened to Wayne's introduction and kept nodding. He is indeed a scholar who started out as a veterinarian, and he does have certain abilities in biological research.
Huggins asked Wayne at this time: "What does this have to do with the remains of the horses?"
Wayne pulled up a video of bloodworms laying eggs.
On the screen, a blood worm can actually lay two hundred eggs in five minutes. These eggs will break out of their shells in less than a day and become larvae that crawl around.
"Bloodworms reproduce quickly, have low breeding costs, and have high nutritional value. As long as an adult worm is carefully cultivated, it can grow to a weight of about 400 grams, which can fully meet the basic food needs of an adult."
Listening to Wayne's introduction, Dion's scalp was numb and he said: "These bugs look so scary, they must be very delicious!"
Wayne shook his slender fingers, shook his head and said, "These bugs may not be scavengers, but their meat is delicious. Whether they are fried, grilled, pan-fried or smoked, they all taste good."
When Todd heard this, he suddenly and inexplicably remembered a famous ingredient in his previous life - crayfish.
Wayne pointed to the blood worms on the screen and said to everyone: "As long as the horse carcasses from the Holy Acropolis are transported to Duxi City, I can try to breed blood worms and use them as a source of daily food."
Friar Qiao was the first to stand up and express his approval: "Your Majesty, Muxi City is in urgent need of food right now. It is time to expand the types of food. Breeding blood worms is low-cost and high-yield, which can make up for the kingdom's shortcomings."
Terrence also spoke out in favor of this view.
However, Huggins expressed his concerns: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the harm of these blood worms? When the successor knights faced swarms of blood worms, regardless of sword, shield, or supernatural powers, they did not fight back at all.
Such a terrifying creature, if not taken care of properly, may cause trouble to the entire kingdom."
Wayne responded: "I have done experiments and found that these bugs are afraid of high temperatures and strong light. As long as protective measures are arranged around the breeding pond, there will be no major problems."
Seeing that the others had no objections, Todd immediately made a decision: "The convoy transporting equipment sets off to the north; the convoy transporting horse corpses returns to Duxi City. Wayne, I will allocate a batch of funds for you to breed and research blood worms!