Chapter 19: Talking Nonsense
Chapter 19: Talking Nonsense
“Lord God of War protect us!”
“Long live Your Majesty the King!”
“Long live Shampoo City!”
“The Deity blesses us, the Deity blesses us!”
Time seemed to flow back to the moment just after the battle ended under the sunset. Every person in the front yard of the Royal Palace was cheering wildly.
Everyone understood what the scene they had just witnessed meant.
This unbelievable scene gave everyone an unprecedented shock. It turned out that Your Majesty the King really was the spokesperson for Lord God of War as the rumors said. He could actually talk to the Deity. Didn’t that mean Lord God of War had always been protecting Shampoo City… So how could those brutal enemies possibly break through Shampoo City?
In an instant, the heavy dark clouds covering everyone’s hearts began to disperse.
Amid the cheers of the crowd, the incredibly beautiful Angela stood quietly like a pure white lotus flower.
The beautiful girl looked at the figure enjoying the cheers and worship at the center of the crowd. Her heart suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of ease. But she herself couldn’t figure out whether this sudden relief was because of Lord God of War’s protection of Shampoo City, or because of Alexander’s sudden transformation!
The atmosphere was so fanatical that even the blonde little Lori Gemma, who usually liked to oppose Sun Fei, was infected by the madness at this moment. She jumped and laughed happily in the crowd.
Two large basins of blood water mixed with Minor Healing Potion were quickly distributed to every injured soldier under Brook’s organization. Surprised laughter filled the front yard of the Royal Palace. In just half an hour, many soldiers who had been injured and moaning earlier no longer felt any pain. Some lightly injured soldiers could completely pick up their weapons again and join new battles.
Light and hope had never felt so close to the people of Shampoo City since four days ago as they did at this moment. And all this was brought by the young King Alexander, who had received the protection of Lord God of War.
Everyone looked at Sun Fei as if he were a Deity walking among humans.
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The enemies outside the city didn’t take advantage of the dark night to attack.
This gave the soldiers and people of Shampoo City a rare rest time they hadn’t had in four days.
After pretending to perform miracles by healing all the injured soldiers with Minor Healing Potion, Sun Fei left the follow-up matters to a few clever soldiers. He walked and talked with Royal Guard Squadron Leader Brook, and soon arrived at the city wall.
In the night, Shampoo City’s wall was very grand.
Sun Fei stood below the city gate Watchtower, looking into the distance and observing carefully.
Shampoo City was surrounded by towering mountains on the left, right, and back. It was as if the Creator God indeed favored this small city. The surrounding mountains served as an insurmountable natural wall, protecting three sides of Shampoo City.
The terrain outside these three mountain sides was extremely dangerous. The mountain slopes rose almost vertically. Even Star-Rank Warriors with some strength would find it hard to climb to the summit from outside. Surprisingly, contrary to the external terrain, the internal terrain of these three mountains was relatively gentle. From inside Shampoo City, even a seven-year-old child or a seventy or eighty-year-old woman could climb to the summit along the low, gentle slopes.
Such strange terrain was easy to defend but hard to attack, truly a masterpiece of nature.
Encircled by the mountains, the only truly man-made wall of Shampoo City was the front facing Zuli River. This wall was over six hundred meters long, sealing the only side of Shampoo City not protected by mountains. It was about fifteen meters wide at the base and twelve meters wide at the top – solid and thick, wide enough for four carriages to run side by side.
It was worth noting that this wall wasn’t straight but cleverly designed with slightly concave inward arcs. This design eliminated visual dead spots on the wall to the greatest extent. Standing anywhere on the wall, guards could clearly see any changes below.
About three to four hundred meters outside the front wall, the roaring Zuli River with its rolling waves naturally served as a moat. The river roared with swift currents, and the thousand-meter-wide river surface was often lightly covered in mist. The river was unfathomably deep. Without warships, attempting to cross it would be impossible unless one was a super strong expert who could fly through the air – otherwise, they would certainly be swallowed by the raging currents without a trace.
On the river surface, a semi-natural, semi-artificial Stone Bridge connected the two banks.
According to Brook, the origin of this Stone Bridge was unknown. Even the eldest elder of Shampoo City couldn’t tell when it was built. It had a long history and was very mysterious.
Sun Fei observed carefully.
The Stone Bridge was supported by nine huge natural stone piers.
From afar, these nine stone piers stood majestically like inverted mountain peaks thrust into the river, definitely not something human power could achieve. It seemed more like some Deity in the unseen realm had used vast Divine Power to cut off protruding stone peaks from distant mountains and throw them into the river.
The existence of this Stone Bridge was also part of Shampoo City’s terrain advantage.
Usually, it provided convenient travel for Shampoo City’s residents. But during wartime, the slightly narrow bridge surface made it difficult for enemies to deploy large troops across the river for attacks all at once. Some large siege equipment couldn’t be transported across either.
“With such strategic terrain, no wonder Shampoo City’s less than 800 soldiers and residents could hold out for a full four days against over two thousand well-trained Black-Armored Soldier troops… This city is practically a natural fortress!”
After observing for a while, Sun Fei had gained a clear understanding of Shampoo City’s overall terrain.
Though not some military genius, everything he saw still gave Sun Fei tremendous shock.
But at the same time, Sun Fei felt somewhat puzzled.
Such a massive construction project absolutely couldn’t be undertaken by Shampoo City Kingdom’s current financial, material, and human resources. Had Shampoo City once been extremely glorious? Or did this city have significant origins?
Everything seemed not simple.
But Sun Fei didn’t know this history.
Because Alexander’s original memories hadn’t left him much useful information.
“Brook, many people say I used to be an idiot. Is that true?”
Sun Fei suddenly seemed to remember something, changing the topic and asking calmly.
Hearing the King’s direct question, the honest and simple Brook couldn’t help but pause.
He didn’t know how to answer.
Indeed, the former Alexander was truly an idiot with low intelligence who couldn’t even take care of himself. Instigated by some bad friends, he had caused considerable damage throughout Shampoo City. Though his identity was King, almost no one in Shampoo City truly liked him. If not for Alexander’s King status being officially granted by the higher suzerain state, he would probably have been abandoned by Shampoo City’s residents long ago.
Even Brook himself, as Royal Guard Squadron Leader, had no respect for such a King before, even somewhat looking down on him, let alone others.
But now, having witnessed Sun Fei’s battle on the city wall during the day and his god-like performance healing the injured soldiers just half an hour earlier, who would dare truly treat such a strong person protected by Lord God of War as an idiot?
Anyway, Brook himself had completely changed his previous view at this moment. Without doubt, the King standing before him now absolutely deserved his utmost loyalty and service.
“This morning, after being shot by an enemy arrow and falling from the city wall, my head hit a stone. Perhaps by Lord God of War’s protection, in that instant, countless things I had never experienced suddenly appeared in my mind, and my thinking became much clearer…”
Sun Fei gently stroked the moss-covered Parapet on the city wall, speaking softly as if to himself.
“You know? That impact made me feel as if I had suddenly grown up all over again. Many things I couldn’t understand before, I can now see clearly… Heh, only now do I realize that I was actually a despised, incompetent idiot before… By the way, Brook, can you tell me, did I do many hateful, foolish things before?”
Listening to Sun Fei’s confession-like monologue, the doubts that had troubled Brook throughout the day finally cleared: “So it was that morning arrow that miraculously restored Alexander’s mind to normal… I remember long ago when the Old King was alive, someone predicted Alexander became an idiot due to a Deity’s curse… Now it seems the Deity has finally lifted the curse on Alexander.”
Secretly observing Brook’s expression, Sun Fei smiled slightly.
He continued speaking as if to himself: “When I was carried back to the palace and slept soundly, I vaguely felt a magical power continuously flowing through my body. After waking up, I actually possessed incredible Might. Things I had never been exposed to before suddenly felt like I had studied them for a long time and could easily master them… Might, and understanding of some combat techniques, felt as if they were innate.”
Hearing this, the last trace of confusion in Brook’s heart completely vanished.
Why the young King Alexander suddenly possessed unparalleled terrifying Might and miraculous axe skills was actually something he and many soldiers found hard to understand. Now it appeared this was all Lord God of War’s will in the unseen realm.
Everything that happened today – the magnificent battle on the city wall, the incredible healing of injured soldiers with his blood… Besides explaining it as a Divine Miracle, Brook truly couldn’t think of any other explanation that made sense.
Sun Fei kept carefully observing Brook’s expression.
When he saw the dark-haired giant’s face finally show understanding, Sun Fei knew his nonsense had achieved the intended effect.