As soon as Rubaka Bloodwhip got out of bed, he heard the news that the small oasis in the northwest had changed hands. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Really?" he frowned, although he had seen the oasis burn last night, he didn't expect the Roaring Clan to hold out even one night. Has there been a new clan with such a strong strength in Yinchuan recently, and why is he not impressed at all?

Lubaka patted the pet concubine lying beside her, and let her go out wrapped in a blanket before looking at her subordinates, "Tell me carefully." ”

"Yes, according to the reports of those who escaped, the fire in the oasis was not set by the challenger after sneaking in, but the heavenly fire of the Father-"

"Fart!" he spat out, "These cowards, as soon as they encounter something that can't be solved, they will be pushed to the three gods, and I will hang them all at the gate of Iron Sand City!"

"But......," his men hesitated for a moment, "and my men went to the Little Oasis camp this morning, and found that the scene there was indeed quite similar to what they had described...... There were many large black craters on the ground, and corpses and debris of houses were scattered everywhere, and it didn't look like a simple arson could do it. ”

"Shards?"

"That's right, it's like a giant sandworm or burrowing scorpion running over the camp and tearing them apart. "Most of the people in the camp are unlucky, but the guys who are having fun outside have organized a counterattack, but it's just ...... They didn't even see their opponents, and they were routed. ”

"In other words, those fools were ambushed and fled before they could get close to their opponents?" "Lubaka began to wonder if he had been too kind to the watchdogs, and had spent a lot of effort trying to win them over, and that was all he could have done?Or had the long period of quiet life corrupted their strength more than he had expected?"

"My men are inquiring and should get news soon," said his man, pausing and hesitating, "but some of the fugitives said that they saw a lot of northerners. ”

"Northerners ......"

The news made Rubaka serious.

He walked naked to the window and looked northwest, the fire had long since been extinguished, and only a few faint wisps of black smoke remained.

Although the Roaring Clan is a watchdog for the Iron Whip and the Bone Slasher, he doesn't care too much about the other party's life or death. The challenger system was not so much a qualification test as a protective wall set up by the six major clans for themselves, and this truth was only understood after he settled in Iron Sand City.

The Holy Duel was only a skirmish, and the Challenger's battle for the Little Oasis was an all-out war between the two clans. Even if the two sides were bloody, it was not uncommon, after all, even if they did not enter Iron Sand City, the oasis was a must for every clan to seek to grow. Whichever side wins, it usually comes at an extremely heavy price, and it takes a long time to lick* the wounds.

During this time, as long as the big clan used coercion and temptation, it was not difficult to turn the challenger into a watchdog, especially the clan that thought that the compromise was only temporary, and that they would have to launch a duel sooner or later after the recovery was complete, basically failed to ring the holy bell of Iron Sand City in the end.

Because then there will be a new challenger who will sweep the watchdogs out of the game.

It is in this way that the big clan has always maintained itself from falling into a predicament that hurts its muscles and bones.

Now that the Iron Whip has climbed to the fourth position, even if the challenger immediately launches a duel, it is estimated that he will not be found, so it is not a matter of the small oasis changing hands.

But the appearance of northerners is different.

For example, the previous Queen of Blue Water has caused a lot of chaos in Iron Sand City - even if she is reduced to a de facto slave and thug, there will be many people who yearn for the eternal green land in the north. The defection of the two potential challengers left the small oasis vacant, so that the followers could easily launch a sacred challenge, and it was precisely by taking advantage of the chaos that Rubaka seized the opportunity and successfully became the fourth great clan.

Now, what tricks are they trying to play?

"Keep an eye on those guys and get things straight. He turned back to his men and commanded, "I want to know how many northerners are coming from that city, what weapons they are carrying, and what attention they are fighting!"

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Perhaps, he should have a good discussion with the other big clans.

The rules of the extreme south must not allow outsiders to interfere!

......

By the afternoon, his men had brought back news that Rubaka Bloodwhip had been left unbelievable.

"What did you say?

"That's exactly what they claimed, the flags in the oasis have all been replaced with Osa's war paints, and I saw the princess Osha who was sold as a slave!

This...... How can it be?

Lubaka is not ignorant of the Northern Kingdom, the goddess is completely regarded as an evil existence in the eyes of the people of the Grey Keep, and if the fate of the slave girl of the Sand People is tragic enough, then there is no possibility of a slave goddess turning over. But now, how did she win the support of the northerners, and in turn lead them back to the Far South as an avenger?

He felt an indescribable absurdity, and a faint panic.

The Mojin have been pinned down in the desert, not because they like the desert, but because they have never been able to compete head-on with the Grey Keep. If the other party wants to be unfavorable to Iron Sand City, the various clans may unite against outsiders, but if the Aosha Clan, which has the support of the northerners, only targets its own family, will the other clans still be closely connected to the Iron Whip?

It's almost a question that doesn't need to be answered.

Damn it!

He slammed the glass on the table to the ground and stomped it again, turning it into a cloud of crystal crumbs.

If you want to avenge the murder of your father through a sacred duel, just come! Lubaka thought viciously, the northerners may be well-armed and numerous, but in the duel, the people of Mo Jinsha are the bravest warriors! I will let you know what it is like to be desperate!

Just then, another of his men entered his hall, "Patriarch, the Osa Clan has sent someone to deliver a gift. ”

"What?" Rubaka felt a bruise on his head, "Gift?"

"Yes, it's in the garden outside. ”

"Take me to see it," he said through gritted teeth.

......

It was a huge wooden box, about a man long and half a man wide, as if it had been made of several ordinary wooden planks, with iron nails nailed to the corners, and there was nothing unusual in appearance.

"What about the one who sent it?" asked Rubaka.

"It's gone. ”

"How many are coming?"

"Uh...... There is only one person. ”

"Someone?" he raised an eyebrow, and kicked the box, which tumbled several times and made a clattering sound—it seemed to contain something else. It's just that according to this weight, it is almost equivalent to a hollow one.

Was it severed limbs and flesh, or skinned human skin? He couldn't think of anything else he would send other than intimidation and bluffing.

"Move to the stone castle," said Rubaka coldly, "I'll see what tricks they have up their sleeve." ”