Chapter 560 Chapter 522: The Griffon Boy

"Kakarot, what a strange name." In a room on the third floor of the headquarters of the Cavaliers Association, Deron was lazily leaning on a chair, with his dirty boots on the table, holding a copy of the player's information in his hand.His body also exudes a strong smell of alcohol and powder. Du Wei sat opposite him, glanced at the boots of Deron Knight, sniffed his nose, frowned and said, "Where did you go last night? Which goblin's den did you go fool around?" "Oh no no." Delong shook his head again and again, his expression obviously a little smug: "Thanks to you, my lord duke, I am no longer the same as I was before, and I will never go to those cheap goblin dens in the south of the city... Those cheap perfumes and powders—God, it's hard to imagine how I could have put up with that. I'm a different person now, and last night a lord invited me to that ecstasy outside the city, and I've got to Said, That's a great place! If it were me, I'd never get in that place—oh, and I wouldn't pay that price if I could get in."

Du Wei smiled, he knew the place Delong mentioned, and he had been there with Prince Chen back then. "The girl in that place is so beautiful, it's so intoxicating. It's a pity, if you didn't come to see me early this morning, I really want to sleep with that little baby in my arms until noon." As he said that, Delong threw the booklet in his hand on the table: "Okay, my lord duke, let's talk about serious business. I am a serious person, and I will never be perfunctory when I have to do business." Du Wei whistled and thought: Serious person?Is there anyone in this world more indecisive than you?

"This Kakarot is the opponent of our beautiful warrior in the final." Deron sighed: "It's really disappointing, but I actually hope that we can have two beautiful warriors! Isn't it? When I saw two beautiful warriors fighting in the arena, the scene must have been hot... Lord Duke, in your words, um, how should I say it... Ah, yes, 'It has a stimulating effect on the box office ', is that what you said?" Du Wei curled his lips: "If you want, you can persuade this Kakarot to dress up as a woman." Delong actually thought about it seriously, and then shook his head: "Okay, stop joking, and be serious. My lord duke, this martial arts tournament will end soon, although I am very reluctant...it can give We have made a lot of money! If possible, I really hope to hold this kind of competition every year. But... the question now is, what should we do next? The candidates for the Roland Sword Knights are all in this booklet. Everyone's net worth is very clean, without any special background... Well, according to your request, any guy with a special background will find a way to keep us out during the preliminaries."

Du Wei smiled, a little weirdly: Kakarot?It's really interesting! I wonder if this guy will transform into a Super Saiyan?Or... he also has another name called Sun Wukong? According to the data, this young man named Kakarot is 23 years old this year, born and raised in the south.He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he learned from a famous samurai in the south, and he has lived in the swamp area in the south all year round-that place is not a paradise for living. Quite the opposite. In the southeast remote area of ​​Roland Continent, there is a large swamp. The climate there is hot and humid, and it rains almost half of the year. Plants... More importantly, the swamp in the south is a very rare place on the entire Roland Continent where you can find Warcraft!

On the Roland Continent, it is recognized that there are areas where monsters are frequently active, one is the frozen forest in the north, and the other is the swamp in the south.Of course... It is said that there are also sporadic monsters appearing on the Kilimaro Mountains, but they are so few that they can almost be ignored. Apart from the frozen forest, the southern swamp is the favorite place for mercenary groups to go.However, in terms of the quantity and quality of monsters, the southern swamps are inferior to the northern frozen forests.Most of the monsters there are low-level things, unlike the frozen forest in the north, where there are high-level monsters.

So, if you're a poaching gang, the north might appeal to you more.Because Warcraft produced in the south is difficult to sell for a large price. Because of this, the two main battle legions guarding the frontier of the empire, the Storm Legion in the north, were of a higher level than the legions in the south in terms of combat effectiveness, equipment, and treatment.Standing on the fringes of the Frozen Forest, the Storm Legion has a heavy responsibility.In contrast, the Southern Army was responsible for guarding the southern swamp, so it was much more leisurely. Didn't you see that the Empire has repeatedly abolished the Confederate Legion over the years.

But... Even so, no one dares to underestimate the swampy area in the south! There is only one reason, because the swamp in the south is the only area on the entire continent that produces a special kind of monster! This kind of monster is the only one among all the known types of monsters that live in groups! (Other than that, most monsters live alone.) This kind of thing has sharp minions, powerful and terrifying physical strength, and... the ability to fly! This kind of thing is a griffin! This large monster has a huge eagle head and a sharp mouth that can easily pierce through a warrior's armor!The sharp claws on the limbs can easily tear a cow into pieces, and...they also have strong wings. When the wings vibrate, the gust of wind can knock down a full-grown man!From the point of view of strength, an adult griffin can easily grab a sheep, fly into the sky, and then throw it down!

At the same time, you must not think that you can use ordinary bows and arrows to deal with these things that come and go like wind, because ordinary bows and arrows can't do damage to this kind of things at all. Most of the arrows were swept away!What's more, this kind of thing is covered with feathers... The strength of the feathers can rival the light armor of the empire! And most adult griffins also have wind magic, although it is a low-level wind blade technique.Moreover, the roar of the griffin has a dizzying effect. ...Considering that this kind of thing is a group creature, when encountering a group of hundreds or thousands of griffins, even a division's troops will definitely choose to retreat and avoid it!

Therefore, although most of the monsters produced in the southern swamp were inferior in quantity and quality, the empire still maintained a legion of troops at the edge of the swamp.It is to defend against this large and ferocious air overlord. If you can barely calculate it, Du Wei should be regarded as having "seen" a griffin, just before meeting Vivienne outside the southern half-corner city that year, but the griffin he saw that time was killed by Vivian The phantom that the fearful phantom monster turned into. But even so, the ferocity of the Griffin was enough to impress Du Wei.

Actually... Du Wei had been thinking about this kind of thing a long time ago. That was when Du Wei established the Decepticon Air Squad and began to conceive of the Empire's future air force! Griffin, a ferocious aerial monster, is undoubtedly known to Du Wei, and it is the most suitable creature in the world to serve as a mount for an air knight! ! They are ferocious enough, powerful enough, flying fast enough, and... their own strength is very strong. However, after studying the nature of this monster, Du Wei quickly gave up this plan. The reason is very simple, the Griffon is a kind of magical beast, it is cruel and... cunning by nature!

And they all live in groups, so there will be no individual activities.Therefore, it is very difficult to capture such a brutal big guy! If faced with a group of griffins, even a group of warriors would have no choice but to flee, let alone catch a group of them back! Of course, if you can have holy rank powerhouses in charge, it is not impossible to catch a few and bring them back.But the problem is that this kind of griffin has another characteristic, that is: it is extremely difficult to domesticate! Very difficult, very very difficult! ! Du Wei found a record that he was very interested in in the clues of some ancient documents: Du Wei's previous life, during the reign of the founding emperor of the empire, Aragon, once organized a large-scale hunting of griffins . With Aragorn's strong strength and his experienced founding army, he finally succeeded in capturing hundreds of griffins back. After Du Wei read this news, he immediately understood: this person in his previous life had the same idea as himself, and wanted to tame this kind of thing to form an air force!Moreover, after the adult griffins proved untamable, Aragorn obviously wanted to start domesticating the newborn baby griffins... It's a pity that none of the captured griffins can be tamed!Whether big or small!After being locked in a cage for a few days, those things all starved to death-not even the magicians of the empire could solve this problem. Because most of the monsters, magicians can sign soul contracts on them, so as to accept them as magic pets... Of course, griffins can also.It's just... Griffins must be in groups to be deterrent! But only magicians can control griffins, and ordinary soldiers have absolutely no way! You can't let all the magicians in the empire change their careers to become air cavalry! This ferocious creature is recognized as the overlord of the southern swamp area. As for the people living in the southern swamp area, the people there have a custom that many local warriors will engrave the patterns of griffins on their weapons, such as shields or long swords! If you are in the South and see someone engraving this pattern on a long sword or shield, then you must have respect for this kind of person!Because according to the customs in the southern swamp area, warriors who are qualified to leave such marks on their weapons are real masters who have experienced life-and-death battles with groups of griffins and come back alive! And in the south, if you can encounter groups of ferocious griffins and come back alive, it will be considered a manifestation of strength! Another reason why Du Wei is suddenly interested in this griffin is that the information in his hand shows that this young man named Kakarot has lived in the southern swamp area for many years, and he is A person who is qualified to have a griffin pattern printed on a weapon! In the previous competition, in the preliminaries, Kakarot didn't even use a weapon, and defeated his opponent with bare hands.And in the rematch, the weapons he used were... a short spear and a shield. On the shield was a tattoo of a leaping griffin! Du Wei looked at the hourglass in the room, and suddenly said to himself: "It's time... I hope this kid won't be late, I don't like guys who don't keep time." Just as Du Wei finished speaking, the old servant Dove's rude voice came from the courtyard outside: "Delong, someone is looking for you!" ... The person who was brought into this room on the third floor by the old servant Dove was the mysterious contestant, Kakarot. Because of the popular cartoon in his previous life, Du Wei had a good impression of this young man named Kakarot. Seeing this guy walk in, his expression was very indifferent, but there was still a bit of young man's embarrassment in his eyes, Du Wei smiled gently: "There are chairs in the room, just sit down by yourself. Don't be nervous. .” Delong frowned and glanced at Du Wei. Obviously, it was Du Wei's idea to call Kakarot here, and he hadn't told Delong beforehand. "My lord." Kakarot didn't really sit down, but gave Du Wei a serious salute.Du Wei noticed that this was a ceremony for commoners to meet nobles, not a ceremony for knights. "Why don't you give the knight salute?" Du Wei laughed. "Because I'm not a knight yet, I don't have the title and rank of a knight." Kakarot's voice was neither humble nor overbearing. "Why is there no title of knight?" Du Wei still smiled peacefully: "Your strength can definitely be awarded the title of knight." Kakarot was silent. His appearance is very handsome, but his complexion is a bit dark, and his hair is as messy as straw-this hairstyle even aroused Du Wei's wonderful memories of "Dragon Ball". Kakarot's thin lips were tightly pursed, and Du Wei could tell that the young man was hesitating whether to tell the truth. "Tell the truth." Du Wei slowly reminded the other party: "You should know my identity. It is not a bad thing for me to come to you. What I hope you understand is that there is an opportunity in front of you now. As for Whether you can catch it depends on whether you can satisfy me... I like honest people." "Yes, my lord." Kakarot nodded: "Of course I know your reputation, my lord. In my heart, you are a strong man worthy of my respect." Du Wei smiled noncommittally.He knows his status in the hearts of many young people in the empire... like an idol. "Sit down and talk." Du Wei pointed to the chair in the room again: "There is tea on the table, you can drink it yourself, don't be polite here, don't be restrained, I don't like people who are too tight." Delong didn't speak all the time, but just looked at Du Wei curiously, wondering why Du Wei treated this kid so favorably. In fact, Kakarot was extremely disturbed, because at least he could talk face-to-face with the world-renowned Duke Tulip, and the Duke spoke to him so amiably, with such a gentle tone, without any pretensions of a big man... In fact , for the young Kakarot, Duke Tulip has always been an object of worship in his heart. "I can't take the title of knight." After hesitating for a while, Kakarot finally said the answer: "My father and mother are slaves, and I am the first generation of free people, so... I am not qualified to be a knight. Unless it's an amnesty." A smile line appeared on the corner of Du Wei's mouth, and then he signaled the young man to continue with his encouraging eyes. "My father was a mine slave... He was tried and convicted when he was young, he became a slave, deprived of his imperial citizenship, and sent to the south to mine, my mother, is..." Du Wei suddenly smiled, and glanced at Kakarot's dark skin: "Your mother is a Nanyang, right? Your complexion is a bit dark, which is a characteristic of Nanyang." "...It's like this." Kakarot nodded, trying to hide his inferiority complex in his eyes. Du Wei could understand his inferiority complex: after all, in the minds of most Roland people, Nanyang people are like slaves.is synonymous with humbleness. "Originally, as the son of a slave, I should also be a slave. My father worked in the mines all his life, and finally redeemed his sins... He saved the life of a supervisor in the mine, but he himself was stoned. Stoned to death. The overseer was a distant relative of a nobleman, and as a reward, he gave me a chance to be pardoned, and I got a free status, from a slave to a free citizen... I was eight years old at that time." The tone of the simple talk was a little cold, but both Du Wei and Delong could imagine the misery hidden in these seemingly indifferent words. "The empire has laws. My parents were both slaves. In my generation, although the free people were restored, but because I am the first generation of free people, the imperial law does not allow people like me to obtain the title of knight. People, even if they enter the army, they can only be a soldier for the rest of their lives, not even an officer." Kakarot shook his head: "That's why I didn't take the knight rank test." This is indeed the law of the empire. According to the law, Kakarot's generation who have just escaped from slavery are not allowed to engage in any "noble" occupations, unless his descendants can escape this imprisonment. Although a bit cruel, this world is a feudal world with strict hierarchy. Du Wei smiled: "Who did you learn your martial arts from?" "My teacher, he used to be a mercenary, and when he was old, he returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. He took me in and taught me since I was eight years old..." When he said this, Kakarot's tone was obviously a little vague. After all, he is still a young man... Du Wei sighed, not knowing how to hide it. With that said, Du Wei took out the booklet from the table, gently placed it in front of Kakarot, and opened one of the pages. "Kakarot, male, twenty-three years old, warrior, no rank. His real strength is estimated to be the seventh-level standard of the empire. The son of a slave, he broke away from slavery at the age of eight and became a free citizen. A native of Purple Leaf City on the southern border. Under the tutelage of: Kusa Lima. Kusa Lima, a sixth-level martial artist from the mainland, a southerner, has served in the "Red Snow Mercenary Corps" for 16 years, 20 years later, an adventure of the Hongxue Mercenary Corps in the Nanyang Swamp The group was wiped out, only Kusa Lima survived, and has since lived in seclusion and returned to the countryside to work as a farmer. He has a total of one house and four acres of land. He died two years ago because of alcoholism and fighting with others. Before his death, he owed a total of four gambling debts. One hundred and sixty gold coins, all the family property has not been returned, and there is no inheritance." In black and white, clearly and clearly, Kakarot's origin, life experience and mentors are all clearly written! The young man looked up at Du Wei in surprise. Du Wei smiled: "Don't be nervous, I'm not targeting you. But... since you have entered the finals, you are likely to become the leader of the Knights of Roland's Sword in the future... It is impossible for us to be responsible for guarding Longchinu The leader of the Knights of the Spear of Si is a person of unknown origin! I show you this to tell you that although you concealed something when you filled out your resume when you signed up, in the face of our power, your This kind of childlike concealment is just a joke, if I want to investigate, I can even dig out all the things about you peeing your pants when you were a child!" Kakarot's eyes immediately turned a little wary. Du Wei could clearly feel that there seemed to be some hostility in the child's eyes. "Also, you seem to be hiding something..." Du Wei smiled: "You seem to be burdened with a little trouble." His finger tapped the paper twice: "I'm very curious about you, and you're about to become a member of Roland's Sword Knights, so I have to check your background...Of course , there is no doubt about your own background, but... your teacher, Mr. Kusa Lima, seems to be a little... well, how should I put it, complicated!" Du Wei said slowly, while carefully watching the young man's expression: "The Hongxue Mercenary Group... a second-rate mercenary group. So they were wiped out during their adventure in the southern swamp. The news It won't attract too many people's attention, right? But I'm curious. In the southern swamp, apart from the Griffin, there are no other powerful monsters. It is obvious that if a mercenary group can be wiped out. They've encountered hordes of griffins. That's the only explanation...but..." Du Wei sighed: "A few days ago, the person I sent to the south came back and told me an interesting thing, your teacher, as the only survivor from that mercenary group, in his relics, unexpectedly Not a single weapon has a griffin pattern! Isn’t this a custom in your area? He should have encountered a griffin and escaped back, he should be qualified to do that, but he didn’t!” Du Wei was not in a hurry, he had accurately captured the tension in the young man's eyes. "This is the first suspicious point. The second suspicious point is...your teacher died in a drunken fight two years ago...I'm curious, a bunch of drunks fought, your teacher is also a sixth-level warrior... ...Of course, I guess your teacher's strength may be more than level six. But the question is... How could a level six warrior be beaten to death in a drunken brawl? It's almost like saying that a knight order The head of the group fell to his death while riding a horse... a joke!" Du Wei's tone became more and more severe. As for Kakarot, the boy's hand on his leg was already clenched tightly into a fist, while still trembling slightly, his expression was indifferent, and his lips were tightly pursed. "The third doubt." Du Wei said lightly: "You, as your teacher's apprentice. You were adopted by him when you were eight years old. It can be said that he can even be regarded as your father! He supported you, the church What a great grace it is to train you to become an adult with your martial arts skills? It stands to reason that he was beaten to death by a group of drunks. As his apprentice and adopted son, you are young and full of vigor. You should not be that cowardly You idiot, if it was someone else, I would have taken a knife to take revenge on those people! But you didn't!" Kakarot's body began to tremble, and he seemed to be trying his best to endure. "The fourth doubtful point, after your teacher died, you sent him to the funeral, and then you disappeared! According to the records, you disappeared for a full two years. Where did you go during these two years? Not in your hometown , There is no record of any work... Where did you go? In the southern swamp? Lived like a savage for two years?" Du Wei smiled softly. "The fifth doubtful point, your current strength is much stronger than when you disappeared two years ago, right? Your teacher is only at level six, but your strength shown in the arena should have reached level seven or above. Of course, maybe you are a genius, your achievement surpasses the teacher, and you can barely explain it... But, I think things don't seem to be that simple." "The sixth doubt is more interesting to me." Du Wei smiled, his brows raised, and then he stared closely at Kakarot, staring at the young man's eyes: "Just now About three months ago, you returned to your hometown, but just three days later, Ziye City in the south, which is the hometown of you and your teacher, the local garrison commander of Ziye City was assassinated by his enemies! Although he was assassinated later Failed, but six guards of the garrison commander died! Of course... I'm not going to say that you did this thing... It's just that after this thing happened, you disappeared again! Then You have come to the imperial capital." After finishing speaking, Du Wei looked at the young man with a smile: "Dear Kakarot, you won't tell me that all this is just a coincidence." Kakarot stood up abruptly, quickly stepped back a few steps, stared at Du Wei with rounded eyes, "Master Duke, what do you want!" Du Wei was still sitting there, looking at the young man with a smile on his face. Probably Du Wei's eyes put too much pressure on Kakarot. The two looked at each other for a while, and the young man finally couldn't bear the pressure in Du Wei's eyes. Turning around, he pulled out a short spear from under the warrior robe around his waist, and held it tightly with both hands... Fortunately, he still had a sliver of reason and did not point the spear at Du Wei rashly. Du Wei sighed and looked at the young man: "It seems...that assassination was done by you. Your reaction has proved my guess." "Then what do you want to do? Catch me!" Kakarot said proudly, with the stubbornness and unyieldingness unique to young people on his face. "No, no, no." Du Wei shook his head, smiled lazily, and stretched his waist: "I'm not from the Imperial Supervision Bureau, this matter is out of my control... and..." He stretched out his finger Pointing to Kakarot's short spear, he nodded, and smiled gently: "If I were you, put away this iron rod. You should be very clear that you are holding this thing, and it is not me at all." opponent. If I want to catch you, I don't have to call you here, I can send a team of soldiers to catch you." "You...what do you want!" Kakarot glared at Du Wei. "It's very simple." Du Wei picked up the teacup in front of him and blew: "You are one of the future leaders of our Roland Sword Knights, so it is necessary for me to have a full understanding of you - it's as simple as that. " As he spoke, he pointed to the chair in front of him again: "Now, sit down and talk, young man, tell me your story, maybe I can help you." Kakarot hesitated for a while, the young man was struggling, but in the end, he finally sat down.After all, what he is facing is not an ordinary opponent, but the famous Duke Tulip!A master who is equally excellent in magic and martial arts! "I... my teacher, he didn't die in a drunken brawl." Kakarot gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with grief and hatred: "You are right, how can a sixth-level warrior Killed by a bunch of drunks! He was murdered! The culprit who killed him was the garrison commander!" "Very good, you finally told the truth." Du Wei smiled: "I like honest people, you continue to speak." "Also... my teacher, there are indeed no griffin patterns on all his weapons!" When Kakarot said this, a proud expression suddenly appeared on his face: "Because...he took the griffin The eagle pattern is tattooed on the body!" Du Wei was surprised for the first time. "Tattoo on your body?" Du Wei thought for a while: "You don't seem to have such a custom in your local area, right? I only know that your local people will engrave this kind of pattern on their weapons." "My teacher got it tattooed on his body because... he is qualified to do so!" When Kakarot said this, his eyes shone brightly! Du Wei's heart moved, he had a faint premonition, as if he was going to have some unexpected gains! "Everything starts with the last adventure of the Hongxue Mercenary Group... The teacher told me that the fact that everyone in the Hongxue Mercenary Group was wiped out was not because they encountered hordes of mercenaries. Griffins...but because they discovered a secret of great value...and in the end, everyone killed each other because of internal strife! To be precise, it was my teacher who discovered the secret, while others wanted to kill He, take away that secret!" "Go on!" Du Wei whispered, and subconsciously glanced at Delong again.But he found that Delong's legs had been put down on the table at some point, and his face was a little more solemn. "That secret... has something to do with griffins." Kakarot's expression was a little sad and angry. Suddenly, he put down the short spear in his hand, threw the weapon on the ground, then stretched out his hands to grab the skirt of his clothes, and pulled it hard! With a snort, his upper body clothes parted, revealing the young man's strong chest. He's muscular, with a solid two-pack of pecs and eight-pack abs that show he's been put through a lot of work. To Du Wei and Delong's slight surprise, there was a blood-red tattoo on the young man's chest! The color of the tattoo is crimson, as if it was tattooed with fresh blood! And that pattern, a eagle-headed animal body, vibrating wings, sharp claws and teeth, is extremely ferocious! It is a griffin with teeth and claws!