Rise In Calradia - Chapter 414: : King's Hunt

How big was King Harlaus when he hunted? It was unimaginable for those Swadian countrymen. In their inexperienced minds, there can only be a scene of “the king picks dung with a golden pole”, using the hunting scenes of those hunters they have seen to apply the king’s hunting.

They would have thought that the noble Swadian king would be well dressed, better than their lords, covered in costly silks and satins, thicker than a bearskin rug, covered in gold and precious stones Ornaments that jingle when you move them slightly. This flamboyant king would go deep into the woods with friends dressed in the same flamboyant clothes as he, with the best hunting bow in his hand, and a crown of five pounds of gold on his head (some thought it was ten pounds It is heavy, but other farmers think it is too heavy. The king will not wear such a heavy thing to hunt, and it will only weigh three pounds at most. Wherever he goes, the prey will definitely run away early, leaving the king and other gentlemen haha laugh. In their view, the king does not need to have prey when hunting, it is purely for fun.

But in fact, every time King Harlaus hunts, he will follow the tradition and take it very seriously. The messenger walked at the front of the queue, holding the lion’s banner high, and kept blowing the horn along the way, followed by a huge hunting team of more than 100 people, everyone riding on horses, with bows, arrows, crossbows, and wild boar spears , bear clips, javelins, spears, shields, and even those things called gunpowder that Earl Byron poured out filled the saddlebags of the horses. All kinds of hunting items were available, and the team followed a whole group of strong There are three or five hounds that can round up black bears, and the falconers next to them also have falcons on their scaffolding. This scene doesn’t even look like hunting but like going to war.

In fact, they did carry a lot of war equipment, and even half of the attendants and knights were wearing chain mail and cotton jackets. After all, being attacked by wild boars or bears is no joke. In this era when the “military exercises” known to Byron had not yet officially appeared, hunting was the best way for nobles to simulate war in peacetime.

This hunting brigade is more than 60 miles away from Palaven, and there is only an entire Royal Protected Forest densely populated with ecologically sound wild animals in the area around Palaven, where large-scale hunting can be carried out. The members of the team will soon isolate one of the areas, lay traps, and drive away the beasts, so that the king and his guards can hunt as much as they want. Of course, they will also set up tents, prepare campfires, grills and pots, and process and enjoy some prey on the spot. This kind of large-scale hunting operation sometimes lasts for several days, and these preparations are all necessary.

“Look, son, as I said, although the hounds are fierce, they still need you to guide them.”

“The First Clan”

The king took the killed rabbit from the hound wagging his tail happily, and said to Prince Harau meaningfully: “You must find out who in the kingdom are loyal hounds who follow you unconditionally; People are arrogant eagles who need to be fed and driven by you; and who are lazy and incompetent barrows, who need you to keep cutting meat from them to prevent them from becoming useless waste for you. Of course, the most important point is that you need Understand that some people are cunning wolves disguised as hounds, they hide at the end with saliva, waiting for the opportunity to steal your prey, and even pounce on you out of greed, because in the eyes of this beast, you have never been his master!”

Prince Harau nodded: “This is what the king wants to think about, Dad.”

“That’s right, son.” King Harolds nodded with some relief. He was naturally happy to see that his son, who had been ignorant, had finally made some progress.

Prince Harauu sighed. Hunting has always been one of his favorite pastimes. Even when he was with his father, they talked about prey and tactics the most, and taught him some war-related content at most. But the strange thing is that in the past few days, this old man has been telling him how to be a king, how to govern the country, and how to control people, which is more nagging than those teachers before him. However, since his mother passed away, he has restrained himself a lot, and reluctantly listened to his father’s words.

“Your Majesty the King!”

At that moment, Prince Harauu was startled by the sudden appearance of an armed squire from behind a nearby tree, and the king was visibly displeased.

“What are you yelling for? Didn’t you see that you scared the prey away?!”

The attendant was stunned for a moment, then reacted and quickly knelt down on one knee.

“Forgive me, Your Majesty, but we found a wild boar, weighing at least 400 pounds.” This time, he lowered his voice, and his discovery diverted the King’s attention away from him. The faux pas just now.

“Are you sure? I haven’t seen such a big wild boar for decades.”

“Absolutely sure, Your Majesty, we thought it was a bear at first, so we surrounded it and stabbed it with spears, took the beast and turned us two over, and killed a hound, we were also taken aback .”

“Great, great!” King Harlaus was very happy, in fact, Prince Harauwu found that his father had not been so happy since his mother died.

“On the great hunt when I first came to the throne, I personally killed a 400-pound wild boar, which was our second best trophy after the one brought by Harengos from the north. The brown bear was almost there. Son, let’s go, you have never seen such a big wild boar, we killed all the big wild boars in the whole of Swadia before you were born.”

The king happily took his son to the woodland surrounded by attendants. He was very happy along the way, whether it was the soft armor and hunting coat of his youth that he reluctantly put on to show that he was still healthy, or dozens of The large wild boar prey that appeared again every year reminded him of his youthful demeanor.

After a while, they heard the neighing of the wild boar. The king immediately pulled Harauu and ran a few steps. The nearby guards and attendants saluted the king and the prince one after another, and the wild boar appeared before their eyes. .

It was a big and frighteningly strong wild boar, and its size startled His Highness the Prince. The wild boar’s fur was covered with scars from fights, and one of its sharp tusks was cut off, but it was still strong and ferocious. One of its legs was trapped by a trap, but even if it was trapped in place, he could still take the trap and bite the madcap everywhere within a few meters, so that those hunters who wanted to dedicate their hunting opportunities to the king Not close.

His Royal Highness suddenly had some admiration for this beast. Even if he ate and slept in the pigsty as a whole, it was not easy for Feng’s pig to grow so big. He really couldn’t imagine how many times this guy had experienced life and death. Fighting, how many crises have survived, and how many opponents have been defeated to grow to be as huge as it is now. This reminded him of the mercenary life that Byron had told him. It seemed that besides the royal family and nobles, those civilian soldiers who often wandered on the edge of life and death were also not to be underestimated. Even in the eyes of more powerful people they are still prey and victims, but these dangerous prey still have the ability to kill the hunter.

“That’s right, it’s such a big wild boar. Back then, I hunted with that old fellow Harlengos, Klages, and Grain Ward. That was the sixth day I became the king of Swadia. “King Harlaus became more and more happy as he spoke, he couldn’t close his mouth from ear to ear, his chest began to heave violently, and he felt a little out of breath.

“Hold it down!”

Seeing His Majesty the King’s arrival, the attendants immediately raised their spears forward, and controlled the wild boar by virtue of the length of the weapon. A soldier raised his long fork, intending to push the wild boar to the ground, and then let the king use it Heavy crossbows or spears kill it.

“Don’t be so busy, bring the throwing spear!”

However, facing the kindness of his subordinates, the king was a little unhappy, which made him feel that everyone thought he was old and useless, so he took over the gun for hunting bears and bison (the Calradian bison was already in Great Britain at this time) The heavy steel-headed spear prepared by such a large beast was ready to shoot the wild boar whose activity range was controlled by the spear five steps away. But anyone with a discerning eye could see that the king was already struggling a bit just to raise the spear.

“Father, let me do it.” Prince Harauu wanted to take the spear from his father, but the king pushed him away forcefully.

“It’s not your turn this time, son, this is my prey.”

Obviously, the king has identified this beast, and he held up the spear under everyone’s worried gaze. He used to be able to throw four or five spears in a row, but now his face was flushed red, and his nose was constantly flushed. He spewed out hot air, but even so, he persisted, tried his best to control the trembling arms, and swung his entire upper body with the support of his waist and legs.

“Whoosh—”

The spear hit the wild boar’s spine accurately, and the spear head penetrated deeply into it for more than half. The beast that was roaring and running around suddenly became silent, and turned into a heavy piece of meat and hit the ground. , The attendants beside him burst into cheers.

Harau looked at his father with admiration. He still remembered that the last time he felt this way was when he was five or six years old. At that time, he was just sensible and felt that his parents were omnipotent and the masters of the world. Although they are gradually alienated due to power and politics, UU reading www.uukanshu. com But today, they are like father and son again, a dutiful son and a stubborn old father.

King Harlaus took a deep breath, enjoying the cheers of the crowd, and a familiar scene appeared before his eyes. When he was still ambitious (note, it was ambition, not the ambition to declare war and expand unscrupulously because of greed), he stepped on his prey, and the lords around him swore loyalty to him from the bottom of their hearts.

He took a step, intending to join it and go back to that wonderful time. But for some reason, his body was so heavy. When he just took the first step, darkness gradually enveloped his world, and his body also fell down as the light disappeared.

“dad!”

“His Majesty!”

“Father, what happened to Your Majesty!?”

“His Majesty has fallen! Call the doctor quickly, and find a well-trained doctor!”

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