Chapitre 18: Princess Philomena Herlock
Éditeur: EndlessFantasy Translation
Although their race rarely had King-tier Magical Beasts, in the territory close to the human kingdom, the Long-Boned Apes were quite famous.
Not only were the Long-Boned Apes humanoid, but they were also very lustful. It didn't matter if the object of their lust was of a different race.
As long as they were female, once they encountered them, they would bring them back to their nest.
First, they would be toyed with, and eventually their semen would be forced into the female's body.
This was especially so for human females. The Long-Boned Apes had always regarded them as the most perfect reproductive device.
Not only did they not have much strength, but their smooth appearance and submissive nature would often provoke the Long-Boned Ape's ferocity.
As a result, the Long-Boned Apes would often like to bring human females back to their nest and would proceed to use them to breed their offspring and as food.
The Long-Boned Apes would usually keep these human females in captivity, and constantly force themselves upon them.
Once the females came to the point where they no longer could give birth or if they died, the Long-Boned Apes would eat them.
To the human kingdom, the influence of the Long-Boned Apes was far greater than other powerful and terrifying beings.
The rulers in the human lands would rather risk slaying dragons than to encounter a tribe of Long-Boned Apes
Alas, near the Magic Beast Mountain Range that was adjacent to the human kingdom of Herlock, resided a Long-Boned Ape tribe.
After this fact was confirmed by an adventurer, the king immediately put up a bounty to destroy the Long-Boned Ape tribe.
The person who killed the leader of the Long-Boned Apes would not only receive a large amount of gold coins as a reward, but they would also become a baron of the territory of the Kingdom of Herlock. Moreover, they would also receive a territory that was personally conferred by the King!
For some time, this news spread like wildfire throughout the entire kingdom of Herlock.
Countless adventurers had participated in this crusade.
Although the Long-Boned Apes were numerous in Magical Beast Mountain Range, they were only abundant at the forefront of the forest.
Moreover, they were not very strong, most of them were only at the Iron-tier.
Usually, three beginner to low levelled warriors, who had just entered the Adventurers' Sect, could easily surround and kill them!
If their strength reached the advanced level, they could completely crush the Lone-Boned Apes.
The current team that had taken the bounty was comprised of a few low-level mages and dozens of beginner-level bards who formed a magic team.
The leader of the expedition team was the captain of the personal guard of the first princess, who was directly under the Royal Family!
He was a high-level warrior who was just one step away from being promoted to the advanced level!
One had to know that high-level warriors were equivalent to Magister-level spell casters.
It was almost a waste to use a warrior who was about to become an advanced-level warrior to deal with the Long-Boned Apes.
But there was nothing that could be done about it.
Because this time, the first princess of the Herlock kingdom, Philomena Herlock would also go with them.
As the only daughter of the King of Herlock, Philomena was not only a mage, but also had an extremely high aptitude for the fire element.
The reason why she participated in the crusade this time was for her to obtain actual combat experience.
Moreover, she was about to break through to become a high-level mage. In order to be able to show off her growth in this year's Mage Academy's Freshmen Assembly, she needed to kill a Silver-tier fire-type Magical Beast and obtain the magic crystal stones on its body to make her own magic wand!
It was precisely because of this that she brought her personal guards to participate in the crusade.
After gathering all the expedition members, the entire expedition team of 600 people set off just like that.
It took them just a few days to enter the Magical Beast Forest under the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Just as they entered the forest, they were attacked by a small wave of Magical Beasts.
However, the number of Magical Beasts in this wave was not very large. There was only a dozen of them, and most of them were low-level Iron-tier Magical Beasts.
They had only relied on the cooperation of a few low-level adventurers to defeat all of them. Most of the people who were slightly stronger did not make a move.
To be honest, they did not care about the crystals of these low-level Magical Beasts at all. They could not even sell them for a few dollars.
Their targets this time were the Long-Boned Apes!
Because of the bounty offered by the Herlock Kingdom, even the Long-Boned Apes, which were also Iron-tier, were worth a lot more than other Beasts.
Just like that, they continued to advance towards the destination that the adventurers had scouted previously.
During this period, they once again encountered many Magical Beast hordes attacking them. There were even a few Bronze-tier Magical Beasts.
However, these were clearly not the opponents of the expedition team. Very soon, they were all killed.
As they continued to advance, the sky turned dark and they finally arrived at the dense forest not far away from the Long-Boned Ape tribe's territory, which was about two to three kilometers away.
Due to the Princess' safety concerns, the personal guards of the expedition team did not attack the tribe just yet.
Instead, they ordered everyone to set up camp on the spot and wait for the next day, when they were full of energy and full of vigor, to carry out the expedition on the Long-Boned Ape tribe.
However, in the middle of the night, when everyone entered their dreams, ape roars came one after another.
Accompanied by an even crashing sound, a terrifying feeling directly swept over the entire camp.
"Damn it, it's a night attack!"
-- Cadeau
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