In the Four Directions, brains have always been more important than strength.
Can strength be greater than the king?
The king is the pinnacle of power here, but he is always meditating. As long as he’s not disturbed, he sits alone in the centre of the city in a meditative posture.
Even the king promotes the use of the brain, and the people who live here follow suit.
Unfortunately, there were smart people and there were stupid people.
Sansi the Ox was born with a weak brain. His deceased parents hoped he would learn to think twice before he acted, a saying he got from an insightful commander.
When not required to be on duty, Bull Sanshi would keep its brain moving, just like the king.
What the king was thinking about, it did not know.
No matter what problem Bull Sans started thinking about, it would eventually turn into mulling over one thing: where to go tonight to fix some sweet potatoes to eat.
He has no ambitions, his dream and his life is to fix some sweet potatoes.
This was something that he was often teased about by his best friend and patrol partner, Bird Flying Jedi.
“Brother, don’t you want to be promoted to become a commander, or even a general of the Four Directions Kingdom? That’s called awesome.”
Bird Flying Jade was a Great Grackle, and their lineage was articulate, witty and intelligent. In the Four Directions Country, Great Grackles were spread across all industries and were very popular.
Unlike Niu Sanshi, Bird Flying Jade’s ideal was to become the king’s messenger bird.
It was said that the messenger bird could listen to the king’s heart at close range, gain his majesty’s trust, and would even be sent by the king to the next level of the abyss to exchange opinions with other big shots.
In terms of status, the messenger bird was comparable to General Ape and General Stone.
And there was no need to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy as the two generals might do at any time.
“Brother, if I become a Reporting Bird, I’ll find a way to get His Majesty the King to promote you to the rank of Commander, so that you can have a good time as well.”Bird Fei Jie often said this.
Niu Sanshi didn’t have this idea.
His own top boss, the Lizard Commander always had a preoccupied look on his face. If being a commander was like that, there didn’t seem to be anything to envy.
In the Four Directions Kingdom, the king sheltered everyone, no matter if the incoming attacker was a Curse Worm or any other Demigod, the king would deal with it, trying to protect everyone’s safety. Although he didn’t always beat them, the king would always fight the other party so fiercely without a fight that the attackers would eventually retreat.
Niu Sanshi and Bird Flying Jade were patrolmen of the Four Directions Kingdom, and their precinct was Dongdao.
Of the four lanes in the city, the eastern lane was the safest, and this ended at the third layer of seals. The north, south, and west lanes, on the other hand, were connected into three ancient rifts that all led to the fifth layer, and they occasionally opened under the rules of the Abyss.
But no one from the third layer had ever been heard of coming down.
On this day, they were on their daily patrol on the host road.
Niu Sanshi carried a stone spear, Bird Feijie carried a stone axe, and the two buddies chatted about turning in later and where to find some food.
Suddenly, the darkness at the end of the Dongdao lit up a strange halo, originally wrapped around the seal on the ancient chain root broken, turned into scattered smoke.
Before the two little monsters could react, a single burly monster stepped out of the seal.
This humanoid monster was tall, with long arms and legs, their tawny skin was like coarse stone, their eyes were pale with only a black dot in the centre, and their expression was cold.
Dangerous instincts made Niu Sanshi’s mane explode.
“I’ll go back and report to the king! You stall them!”
Before it could react, its good brother, Bird Flying Jedi, flew away.
Bull Sanshi’s teeth chattered and its heart thumped wildly.
But then it remembered that the patrol norms emphasised that no matter what the situation was, one of the patrolmen on duty must be in the precinct, or else they would be punished as deserters.
It only had to grit its teeth and hold on.
Although those tawny monsters were murderous, they were all walking at a neat pace, and this order gave Niu Sanshi the creeps. They weren’t some stragglers, but a well-trained army!
Could it be that they were going to attack the Four Directions Kingdom?
Soldiers are not allowed to run away.
Niu Sanshi had a surge of courage out of nowhere, it gripped its stone spear tightly and stepped forward to stop them.
Though its voice was shaking as it spoke, it tried to hold fast to its duty.
But when the leader of that legion looked over, Niu Sanshi only felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave and stiffened.
To die.
To be killed!
The other party’s eyes radiated undisguised killing intent.
Ox San Si suddenly entered a never-before-seen marvellous state at this moment, as if the entire world had become sluggish. It had never thought so fast before. It thought that maybe this was what everyone said, the walk before death.
But in the end, its rambling thoughts wound down to that mundane dream.
It was a shame that it didn’t get the whole sweet potato today.
“What’s your name?”
The leader of the monster army asked it.
Niu Sanshi froze for a moment, then said, “The third patrol pair of the Sifang Country’s Eastern Road Guard, Niu Sanshi.”
“Huh? The language is actually connected here.”
The other party muttered to himself.
Niu Sanshi peeked in and noticed that this enemy general was different from the soldiers.
He was clad in brass armour and was slightly shorter than the group of monster soldiers, but he gave off that powerful aura that was even more oppressive than General Ape and General Shi.
The only way Niu Sanshi could feel this sense of insignificance was to be close to the contemplative king.
Niu Sanshi said, “The Four Directions Kingdom has [Brain Waking Mint] planted in it, and its fragrance covers this layer, allowing everyone who enters the Four Directions Kingdom to understand each other’s words.”
“Brain-awakening mint? A bit interesting.”
The other party showed an easygoing attitude, “I am the Legion Commander of the Legion of Sins, Hai Fold, and have come here for the hunt of the Gods. No, I should say demigods.”
Niu Sanshi was shocked to hear this.
Hunting demigods?
However, seeing that cold and silent legion formation, a thought popped up in Niu Sanshi’s heart that it might, indeed, be possible. Each of the soldiers …… of this intensity is still more murderous than the Lizard Commander.
“This …… General Hai, are you borrowing a road from the Four Directions Country to go to the fifth level?”Niu Sanshi was not so scared at this time and asked carefully.
“You have a connection with the fifth layer?”The other party seemed a little surprised.
“Yes.”
Niu Sanshi thought about it, it wasn’t a secret, so he said, “The Four Direction Country can enter the fifth layer, the fifth layer is now in chaos, all the demigods are killing each other, you should be wanting to go to the fifth layer, right?”
“Chaotic killing? A good place indeed.”
General Hai laughed softly, “Take me to see your leader here.”
“That …… please wait here for a moment.”
Niu Sanshi said stiffly, “According to the patrol regulations of the Sifang Country, outsiders, need to get the king’s permission to enter the city, and there are already patrols that have gone to pass on the message.”
“……”
Niu Sanshi didn’t dare to look up at the other party.
It knew that General Hai could immediately rip off his head or eat himself if he wanted to.
However, rules were rules.
If everyone didn’t follow them, then this country wouldn’t exist.
“…… I like you guys.”
General Hai laughed out loud, his armour slapping Niu Sanshi’s shoulder, making the stone spear in its hand almost unsteady in its grip.
“Good. When in Rome, let’s wait.”
The king’s towering mountain-like body walked step by step from the city.
Every step he took caused the earth to start trembling, giving Niu Sanshi a lot of confidence. Along with the king’s arrival, there were also elite soldiers led by two generals.
“I am the Legion Commander of the Sinner Legion, Hai Fold, I take the liberty of visiting, Your Excellency is the king here?”General Hai said.
“I am the king of the Four Square Kingdom, King Rock.”
The king looked down at the legions of monsters on the ground and said stoically, “You are from the third level?”
“Aye. Here for the hunt for demigods.”
General Hai was concise, “I think that perhaps we can work together. Since the fifth layer is a swarm, I’m sure that the Four Directions Kingdom, which is even in the fifth layer, will also be affected. If the Sinner Legion is stationed in the Sifang Country, it will not only protect the city, but also take facilitate our search for prey.”
“……”
The king sat down, resting his chin on one hand and fell into deep thought.
After waiting for a long time.
He asked, “Why don’t you just attack and try to take over the Four Square Kingdom?”
“Because of faith.”
General Hai said tantalisingly, “The Lord God I follow cherishes every civilisation, it’s not easy to spawn a city in the abyss, it would be a shame to destroy it.”
“Of course, strategically speaking, attacking the Four Directions would do more harm than good to our side.”
He elaborated on the pros and cons in a calm and direct manner, “Our goal is to hunt demigods, the Sifang Country is a good rear camp, and win-win co-operation is far better than confrontation and isolation. This is also the principle that my Yao civilisation has always emphasised.”
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The king once again pondered for a long time.
“I can’t trust you.”
“Understandable.”
General Hai seemed as if he was not surprised by this, “Then let time prove it all. We’ll be stationed here, and if we encounter a demigod attack, we can come to me.”
“However, I have one request. This guy, give it to me. It also counts as our local guide.”
He pointed at Niu Sanshi.
The king nodded in agreement.
General Hai patted its shoulder, “Welcome to the Sinner Legion, you are the first foreign soldier, don’t let me down.”
Niu San Si wanted to cry.
It didn’t take long for its frustration to vanish.
The necromancers carried over many supplies from the third level, which were accompanied by a large amount of novelty food, as well as fresh high-quality meat and bones!
Niu Sanshi looked at the large chunks of meat in front of him as well as a large pile of various tubers and roots, and swallowed, “Are these …… all for me to eat?”
“Of course, this is the pay for the soldiers of the Yao Clan.”
General Hai casually said, “But don’t eat it raw, roast it over a fire, as well as sprinkle it with spices and coarse salt, and eat it with garlic that’s what makes it delicious. This is the Yao tribe’s way of eating, not to be savoured.”
“In the past, when I was still alive, I enjoyed eating roasted meat and roasted potatoes.”
He even taught Niu San Si how to roast meat and told it, again, how to distinguish between potatoes, wheat, soybeans, and garlic.
Bull Sansi put down his stone spear and feasted, he had never eaten such rich and flavourful food.
Eating until its stomach bulged, it burped, then remembered a question.
“General, why do you want me to join the legion?”
“The most important thing for a soldier is order and discipline.”
General Hai said, “You are the soldier I want.”
“But I’m too weak ……,” Niu Sanshi still couldn’t figure it out.
The other party smiled, “Not bad, you know very well that your single combat power is not worth mentioning. However, our army has recently acquired a new batch of Yao equipment.”
He pointed to the back, where there was a huge object covered by a black cloth.
“The place where you play a role is in there.”
