Chapter 970 - The Inner kingdom: Beast Clearing Hunt (1/2)
Chapter 970
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The sun in the sky is truly something to behold as the capital's bustling streets once again welcome a nice and beautiful morning. The vendors and the shoppers seem to have discussed something last night that everything in the surrounding is like a symphony of noises blending together to create a fine melody.
But the discussion on the streets centers on the news about the ongoing competition between the noble houses shops and those that belong to the Mystique Shop's group. This news has already spread like wildfire and almost everyone in the city knows about this event.
Apart from this, another piece of news made the people in the capital feel a bit excited. It was the annual beast clearing hunt to the northern part of the capital.
Every year, the capital would send their soldiers to clear the ever-growing beast in the north. It has been a thing ever since the kingdom was established. And no one dares to neglect this event.
The reason for this is the repercussion that the kingdom would be facing once those beasts would grow in number and strength. No one actually knew how the beasts grow in number each year. But every year, there would always be a huge number of beasts that the soldiers, mercenaries, and mages could hunt in the forest.
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Hong noble house manor
Inside the Hong noble house manor main hall, Hong Fao and his supporters are currently discussing the success of their plans.
”Haha… Those members in the family that did not support us could only show their envious gaze at us.” An elder chuckled.
But then another elder showed a solemn expression while looking at the elders in the hall.
”What should we do with Hong Ba? And he also took with him the 5th young miss, Flora Hong.”
”Ha… Let them go. We have no use for them anyway… Since that young girl did not want to get married, then let her die out there. However, the beast with her is another story…”
”I agree… we should have contained that beast from the start.”
”But how can we fight against it now? I heard that the beast is very strong that even a Grand Magus could not subdue it?”
Hearing the elders of the family discussing below him, Hong Fao frowns. He truly did not know what to do with his 5th, illegitimate, daughter. But her luck is too great that she is able to have a very strong beast for a partner. Many other young masters in the Hong noble house tried to take away that beast, but they all failed.
”Hmm… We could not do anything with that beast as of now. If we want the beast, then we can only capture Flora…” Hong Fao said with a serious expression.
”Anyway, our plans are running smoothly so we should just continue with this plan… By the way patriarch, the annual beast hunt is coming soon. What do you plan to do?”
”Do not worry too much. Our noble house is already prepared for this. This year, I want to teach the royal family a lesson… A lesson that would remind them not to underestimate the noble houses…” Hong Fao said with a sinister smile.
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Royal Palace
”Have we prepared the equipment of all our soldiers?” the king asked while looking at an old general.
”Yes, my king… Our troops are fully armed and ready for battle. The Mystique Shop has already delivered the staves that we have ordered. I have personally tested it and it is truly amazingly powerful. If we have these weapons last year, then we would not have suffered such losses…” the old general said with a wide smile on his face.
This old general is General Xun Simo, the father of Lin Simo and the future father-in-law of the 1st prince.
”Alright, that is already good. It's just a pity that we could not get those unique body armors that their mage guards are wearing. If we have that, then this year's beast clearing hunt would become easier and safer.” King Grav said with a hint of slight disappointment in his eyes.
”Well, we could not buy those kinds of things, your majesty. It is said that they only have a limited amount of those things as it is hard to craft.”