Towards Eternity
Ch 584.3. The Adventures of Weng Ying Luan II (SPECIAL)
Weng Ying Luan knew that the reason she made sounded very stupid in their ears. Even he himself felt stupid for saying it.
However that was the only reason he could make up for now. Notifying the origin might just cause a more unexpected reaction from these people.
"Actually I went on an adventure using a medium-sized ship with my group. But suddenly we were faced with an enormous storm. Our ship was not strong enough to withstand the force of the storm so it was destroyed and we all had to survive in the debris of the ship. Driven by the terrible waves."
"I found myself on the beach on this island yesterday morning, but I found no human at all. It's just the wild animals along the way I met. Until I finally saw this great wall, and I knew that there were humans living on this island. I chose to come here, hoping to get some information about where I am now." Weng Ying Luan explained the reason in more detail.
Or rather the wreath he made inside his head. This wreath would be much more easily digested by the soldiers before him. A group dealing with a storm at sea is not a rare thing.
In most cases, everyone on board will die, but there are one or two special cases where someone survived the storm thanks to his or her luck. Weng Ying Luan should be one of those lucky people if she followed the story she told them.
As the soldiers were still conversing and considering whether Ying Luan was a good or evil person, suddenly the large gate that was on their back wall moved open. Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the gate including Weng Ying Luan.
From that gate, the figure of a man wearing a full battle armor and giving off an authoritative aura walked out with firm steps. The soldiers, as well as the children who were practicing martial arts became surprised to see the figure of the man. They hurriedly kneeled respectfully towards the man while Ying Luan confusedly scratched the back of her non-itchy head.
"""Honor the Lion King of Fire! Success to the Kingdom of the Fire Lions!!""" They all exclaimed loudly and made Weng Ying Luan finally know the identity of the person.
"So this place is a kingdom, huh? And this man is the king. His strength is not bad," Ying Luan murmured while examining the man's strength.
The look in the King's eyes was directed at him when he felt his self being examined by Ying Luan's eyes. He stepped forward and stood five steps away from Weng Ying Luan. The man's height reached two meters more, so he had to slightly lower his head to look at the young man's eyes.
"What is the business of your arrival in my kingdom, adventurer?" Suddenly the King asked Ying Luan in a hoarse voice. But his voice contained great power.
If an ordinary human heard that voice, perhaps they would instantly lose consciousness.
Flashing, Weng Ying Luan finally replied, "As I said. I came here to know where I'm at."
There was no fear of his words. To him the King before him was just a slightly strong person. In reality they both had the same position in strength.
The king heard Weng Ying Luan's reply. He looked into his eyes for a while and found no lies there. He also breathed. There was a feeling of relief when she knew Weng Ying Luan was not lying.
"Then I'll tell you. You are currently on Dongwu Island, and where you are now is the territory of the Fire Lion Kingdom. I am the King and leader of the human race here, the Lion King of Fire."
Hearing the name of Dongwu Island, Ying Luan could only click her tongue. He had just heard about the name of the island. He had memorized the names of several other islands near Black Sand Island, but Dongwu Island was definitely not one of them.
"My name is Luan, nice to meet you, Fire Lion King. If you don't mind, can I enter your kingdom? I'm not gonna make trouble with this territory of yours. I just want to find a way to get back to where I came from," Ying Luan asked calmly.
He knew he couldn't just enter someone else's kingdom. Although he had strength, yet he was dealing with the leader of the Fire Lion Kingdom that he wanted to enter. At least he should show his respect to that king.
"Ijin, huh? Well, I invite you into my kingdom. Come with me, we'll go straight to the palace." Unexpectedly by Ying Luan, the Fire Lion King directly agreed to it and instead invited her to the palace.
He didn't know what a trap was or what, but it didn't hurt for him to follow it. He knows nothing about this place besides its name.
Without a cue, the body of the Fire Lion King flew into the air and shot into the gate. Weng Ying Luan immediately followed him and flew at the same speed as the king. The departure of the two of them made everyone in front of the wall become silent in silence. Who would have thought, Weng Ying Luan whom they had previously held a weapon at, was able to fly like their king.
It meant that the young man had power equal to their king.
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In the palace. Weng Ying Luan was led towards a room that seemed to be a dining room. A long table is placed in the middle of the room with several chairs lined up neatly on each side.
On one side, there is a chair that is the largest and most luxurious that is none other than the seat of the King. Weng Ying Luan was welcome to sit on the other side facing the King. The chair is usually used for royal guests.
"Is breakfast ready?" the king asked a servant who was standing behind him.
"That's it, Your Majesty." The waiter answered respectfully.
"Good, bring it here quickly. We have a guest from a place that seems very far away so he must be starving. Am I right?" The king looked at Ying Luan.
"Of course, I'm pretty hungry right now." Weng Ying Luan did not lie about that. He's hungry now. After fighting for hours he would have lost a bit of his strength. Moreover, he before being sent to this island was participating in the tournament together with Weng Lou and Lin Mei.
"It's so good."
Food was immediately brought into the place. A wide variety of dishes were served on the table and the Fire Lion King immediately allowed Ying Luan to eat without hesitation. He himself had already taken one piece of grilled meat and devoured it without caring about the young man's eyes.
He and the King ate for about twenty minutes before they finished eating all the food at the table without any left. After eating, Ying Luan asked about Dongwu Island and the Fire Lion Kingdom to the King.
Without the slightest hesitation, the King told him all the history of Dongwu Island as well as how the Fire Lion Kingdom was formed. He also did not mind telling about the compulsory military training he had assigned to the minors on Ying Luan.
Ying Luan listened carefully. Sometimes he would listen to the King's story. Until finally the King finished telling the story and Ying Luan began to understand everything on Dongwu Island.
"So almost every day there are attacks by wild animals in the kingdom? Is that why the great wall was built? To keep the beasts from entering the kingdom?" ying Luan asked curiously.
"No, the wall was not to hold the animals. The wall was my father and I got up to muffle other, more terrible figures. They were ferocious beasts with strength in the realm of Soul Unification stage 5. You clearly know the magnitude of the difference in strength between the Soul Unification realm stages 1-4 and stage 5. It was almost impossible to defeat them with strength below stage 5 as well."
"The wall was built with my father's great efforts all our soldiers so that the human race on this island would not perish because of their attack. Every time one of them attacked, the wall was the main defense to withstand their attacks. If the wall collapses, then there's only death left for all of us."
The explanation of the King was responded to silently by Weng Ying Luan. Their problems were a little complicated for him. On the one hand, what the beasts did was a natural action because they did not want their land to be controlled by humans who were immigrants. On the other hand the humans were also not wrong as they were only defending themselves from the attacks of the ferocious beasts.
There's nothing wrong with this. Yet still, Ying Luan as a human also had a heart as a human. It's only natural that he sided with humans. But attacking those beasts would not result in any solution.
"I understand the situation. But I wonder, why don't you make peace by dividing the territory on this island? You get a quarter of it while the rest give it to the beast. After all this is indeed their residence, so naturally give a wider territory," Ying Luan suggested.
But suddenly the expression on the face of the King who had been calm and firm now turned into the face of someone who was very angry.
"Peace?! After everything they did?! You think how many people in my kingdom died from their attacks!!! Every year more than a hundred of my people must die fighting for the kingdom! And you're telling us to make peace with them?! Aha!!! It is better for my kingdom to fall because of the war against them than to make peace with our mortal enemy!"
Okay, Ying Luan did not expect such a reaction from the King. It seems like he won't be willing to make peace no matter what. Those beasts were also very clearly unwilling to reconcile with them.
This situation had reached where only one of them would be left on Dongwu Island.
"Then do the lives of your people and your family not count as valuable? If your kingdom is destroyed, they'll all die, you want that to happen?"
"No, but they will! I believe they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of this kingdom, where they were born and raised!" The Fire Lion King replied firmly.
Weng Ying Luan put on a dark expression when she heard it. Will she sacrifice life? From what he saw while flying towards the palace, he only saw people walking in fear and misgivings at all times.
They were afraid that if the wall that was their defense was to fall. They are afraid of not being able to see their children grow up and live normally like children in general. All the children in this kingdom can not feel the beautiful childhood because it always carries that fear everywhere, moreover, they have to follow a hard military service for several years and make them unable to spend their childhood beautifully.
"Damn. Do you know why those people are willing to die fighting against wild animals? Why would they want to spend their lives in the shadow of death at any moment? It's because they're more afraid of you!!! Their leader is the strongest person in the kingdom, if not following your orders, they are afraid of receiving the death penalty!!"
"Did you see when the boys received martial arts training outside the walls? You think they're happy to do it? Do you think they willingly follow?! Damn it, those are all just soulless bodies in this place!" Ying Luan lost her control and snapped at the king.
"Hmp! This is their home! It was obvious they had to defend it! If they did not do so, they would die by the beasts!" The king avenged Ying Luan.
"That's why I advise you to make peace with them!"
"No! It will never!"
Weng Ying Luan had just this time seen this King-headed person before her. Only Weng Lou and Lin Mei alone knew of this stubbornness, and now she found one more person.
"Damn it, I really don't want to do this because I'm just a stranger, but seeing those kids not being able to spend their time playing and laughing together makes me unable to keep quiet. If you don't want to make peace, then let me reconcile you!"
Weng Ying Luan stood up and released her fighting aura. The king also immediately rose to his feet, he did not expect Ying Luan to go this far. He immediately shot towards Weng Ying Luan and the two of them clashed with each other's strength.
"Let's get out of here!"
Surprisingly, Ying Luan clasped tightly onto the Fire Lion King's hand and forced him out of the palace. Quickly their figures moved out of the kingdom and arrived just above the forest that looked dead because of the trees again.
Weng Ying Luan then threw the body of the Fire Lion King into the air and set them apart within a distance of ten meters facing each other.
"An adventurer like you doesn't understand anything. You always travel wherever you want, no matter the places you've been before. For you, adventure is everything, while home and birthplace are just ordinary places for you!" the Fire Lion King sneered furiously.
"Ck, do you know what you're about adventurers? One who spends decades defending a place without producing anything will not understand what a true adventurer passes!"
Qi started to be released by the two of them, and the next second, a fight ensued.