Chapter 136: General Panshi

  Location: Hotel

  Event: Critical Assembly

  Defendant: I am poor

  Prosecutor: The King, Ishihara Kōji

  Jury: Long Xiang Tian

  "Brat! I've had enough of you, no need to hold back anymore!" The king spoke first, "How many good 'opponents' do you think you can handle?"

  "Yes, and in just one day you've thoroughly offended the Megurine Empire! What's with this 'justice' nonsense of yours? Don't you know that most people who try to play hero end up dying ugly deaths?" added Ishihara Kuma.

  "Not only that! He also offended the actual controller of the Holy Light Guard, the Sevin family, on that day! Wasn't it just because they didn't know your identity and spoke carelessly? Can't you just let it go? Is it worth resorting to violence?" The king said angrily: "Especially in the Pope's palace, I was almost scared to death by you! Did you also destroy that place?"

  "We were all imprisoned!" Ishihara Kuma said with a lingering fear: "You haven't experienced the feeling of being threatened by dozens of menacing great swords, have you?"

  "What's most infuriating is that you're doing all this just to give a maid the upper hand!" The king wailed, "My noble life was almost ended because of a lowly maid! Heaven! This is too terrifying!"

  "May I tell the Pope about this? It seems he's quite concerned about the 'Maid' that came out of your mouth?" The poor Taoist said with a smile.

  "Shut up! Don't waste your breath!" The king, feeling uneasy, said: "All these things are in the past, I don't plan to investigate further, but how did you manage to cause trouble again today?"

  "What grudge! You're not unaware of the feud between our family and the Kampas imperial clan, are you?" The poor monk asked discontentedly.

  "It's none of your business about their grudges, but what about with others?" asked Ishihara Kuma.

  "Are you referring to Karl, the Third Prince of the Megelan Empire?" The poor monk asked back: "Anyway, he's already been made a scapegoat, what's the difference now? Are we afraid of offending him again?"

  "What did he say?" The king asked impatiently: "How did you offend the Seventh Princess?"

  "What's wrong with her? What's going on?" Poor Dao asked strangely!

  "She said if I couldn't discipline you properly, she wouldn't mind meeting us on the battlefield!" The king exclaimed!

  "Ah!" thought the poor Taoist, "This wench wants to use the king's hand to suppress me! No way! I must think of a plan to make the king no longer heed her requests!"

  "That's it! What have you done to her?" The king asked urgently: "I don't want to fight the beastmen! If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I'll send you to resist her attack!"

  "It's like this!" I cleared my throat and started rambling, "I've had a crush on this princess for a long time, so I made a move! But apparently, I didn't do it well enough, and she got a bit angry! However, I think she absolutely won't come after us just because of this excuse! Unless... you guys are against me pursuing her!"

  The poor Dao had just pulled over when the king hastily said, "Not opposed! Absolutely not opposed! If you can succeed, I will immediately grant you a grand duke!"

  I knew no one could resist the temptation of a famous general like Seventh Princess!

  "Don't you dare protest anymore, I'm going to uphold the spirit of not being afraid of hardship, not being afraid of exhaustion, and shamelessly pursue her until I get her!" The poor Taoist said solemnly.

  "Isn't this bad? What if she gets angry?" Ishihara said: "What if they come to beat us up?"

  "You idiot!" The poor Taoist scolded, "Just because I pursued her, you sent troops to start a war? Do you think that's possible? Then she might as well forget about getting married for the rest of her life!"

  "Not bad! This reason for starting a war is also too absurd!" The king said: "Good! You can go after her with confidence and courage! I support you! If you can't catch up, it doesn't matter, I'll let you choose from my princesses!"

  "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will!" The poor Taoist said with a smile.

  At this time, a subordinate came to report: "The commander of the Rockstone Legion, Baladon, requests an audience!"

  "Balaton? What brings him here?" The king asked in puzzlement!

  "I invited him here!" The poor Taoist said: "I have something to discuss with him!"

  "What's going on? Are you going to fight with someone again?" The king asked anxiously.

  "What's going on! I'm not a battle maniac! This time, I'm just having a friendly exchange with him!" The poor Taoist smiled at his father and said: "Father, let's go welcome him!"

  "Alright!" said his father.

  We arrived at the hotel entrance and met this legendary commander! He was a short, stout old man! His messy beard had turned white in many places! However, his eyes were still bright and spirited! He brought dozens of people with him, only one important deputy, his third son Tieshi, who was a sturdy young man, probably around thirty years old. However, I saw the cleverness that shone through his rough exterior!

  "Uncle Balaton is great! My little nephew has grown up!" It was beyond my expectation that Father actually knew him!

  "Haha! Little Sanzi, long time no see! How's your father? Is he doing well?" His voice was extremely loud and didn't sound like that of an elderly person at all!

  "My father is fine and has been thinking of you all along!" My father then said to me: "Come quickly and pay your respects to your uncle!"

  "Hello Uncle!" I reluctantly replied! Ah! Another elder!

  "Haha! Good! You're really promising at a young age!" He praised me warmly, saying: "This kid's future prospects are boundless!"

  "Uncle! You're overpraising!" Father said happily!

  Then he introduced us to Tie Shi, and this little kid just nodded slightly as a greeting! He's really quite wooden!

  "Uncle, please come in!" Father wouldn't mind! Hurriedly invited them in!

  "Good!"

  After we went in, he chatted with the king and others for a while. It turned out that he had been classmates with my grandfather before, and their relationship was not bad. As a result, his relationship with Da Han was also quite close. After everyone sat down, they began to discuss the main topic.

  "This time I was invited by your family's Xiao Wu, what instructions do you have for me?" Baradon laughed.

  Whoosh! Everyone's eyes turned to me at once! I originally wanted to talk to him alone, but he came at the wrong time! Now it seems that we can only talk here, otherwise everyone is busy and there may not be another chance!

  "Ah!" I could only force myself to stammer out: "I'm telling you, Seventh Princess will probably return to the country and immediately dispatch troops to Starro Fortress!"

  Balaton's eyes lit up, without any strange expression! His son Tieshi also had an admiring expression towards me for the first time!

  "Oh! Is your information accurate? Don't mislead people!" The king said cautiously, but everyone heard his discontent. The king thought to himself: 'It's their own business, what does it have to do with you?'

  "What news did you hear from Xiao Wu?" Marshal Balenton asked!

  "Guessed it!" The poor Taoist laughed and said! Believe it or not!

  "Nonsense!" The king said to General Baladon: "The child is talking nonsense, Your Excellency doesn't have to take it seriously!"

  "I doubt it! The Dragon family doesn't have people who speak nonsense! Especially this great lord, let's hear what he's basing his guess on!" Marshal Baladon of the Panshi clan laughed.

  "What's so difficult about this! He Wana was originally a barren land, and they couldn't even fill their own bellies. Now with the addition of tens of millions of super-large beastmen, it's like adding insult to injury! If things continue like this, within half a year, there will definitely be internal strife! Besides launching a war as soon as possible to seize land and food, there is no other way to alleviate the domestic pressure!"

  "Why did he attack us then?" Marshal Baladon asked!

  "His neighboring countries are only three, the Beastman Empire won't attack him if they don't want to be attacked back. Besides, that place is even more barren than Vana, so Vana will definitely not attack! As for the Great Han, although it's a bit better, unfortunately, it has a large population and a strong army! In terms of military strength, it's not inferior to Vana at all, and economically, it's even stronger! They certainly won't want to find an opponent stronger than themselves either! So that leaves only you, Kasia! With a small army and plenty of wealth! Most importantly, your land is extremely fertile and can support more population! Who else would they attack if not you?"

  "So you came looking for me just to tell me this?" Marshal Baladon asked!

  "Of course not! I guess you've already realized something! Otherwise, there wouldn't have been that desperate and bloody battle on the arena!" As I said this, I found his expression suddenly turned a bit dull! And ripples actually appeared! What? I looked at him with puzzled eyes!

  "Can you see?" He rubbed his eyes and said, "That commander is my eldest son! I thought I could intimidate Vana with this method, but after hearing your analysis, I realized how foolish the bedroom was! It's me who wronged him!"

  Shocking! Another general who abandoned everything for the country! Ah! Why aren't such true soldiers working under me?!