The cute pet of the empire

The white leopard raised its head, and there was a trace of apprehension in its blue eyes, but more determination.

Its tail trembled slightly, its head was raised slightly, and it followed its owner to the open square.

This is a temporary arena built in the barracks for this sports meeting. The arena is wide and endless, and it can accommodate all the soldiers to come and watch.

In the center of the arena, there is a high stage on which a huge torch is placed, waiting for the previous champion to light it.

And around the stage, there are competition venues for various athletic events set up like those at the foot of Alanwei Mountain, including those for discus throwing, long jump, naked fighting, and competition running.

As for the final event of the sports meeting, which is also the most popular final of the Temple of the Goddess, it has also been moved to this huge arena.

The statue of the goddess was temporarily molded out of clay by an artist accompanying the army. Although it was much worse than the huge stone statue on the top of Alanwei Mountain, it was also heroic and eye-catching.

The weather was fine that night, the long drizzle finally stopped, and the moon showed its true colors, hanging high in the sky.

As the previous champions, Luo Huan and Mao Xiaohua were the first to walk into the stadium.

Luo Huan was wearing armor, a red cloak, a crown made of gold on his head, holding a torch in his hand, and walked steadily towards the high platform with his own leopard.

All the onlookers held their breath at this moment. Many of the soldiers present had participated in the last sports meeting. When they saw Luo Huan appearing with the leopard, their thoughts could not help but fly back to four years ago. The young man with the spear of the goddess of victory walked out of the temple with his leopard.

The snow-capped mountain of Alanwei, the trickle below the mountain, and the torch that looked like a dragon that night shone in everyone's heart.

When Luo Huan threw the torch in his hand into the torch, and when huge flames rose in the center of the square, cheers erupted, and the young people participating in the competition began to get ready to end.

Luo Huan's face was calm, under the radiance of the moonlight and the torches, he looked handsome and resolute. His gaze slowly swept over the soldiers who followed him and fought far away from home, and finally said: "We have never been far away from home. The place where the Royce people are is our home! And you, will follow me, conquer all places in sight, and go to all places that can be stepped on. The whole world is our home!"

"Our friends, relatives, teachers, and spirit have never left. Our most loyal friends have always been by our side!"

Luo Huan lowered his head slightly at this moment, looking at the white leopard beside him: "It's like, our Royce's beast Jon, although he left once, will eventually come back!"

Mao Xiaohua walked slowly in front of the crowd, and behind him were two golden leopards, Fufa and Galen.

Cheerful music with a strong sense of rhythm sounded in the air. This was the leopard dance that the three leopards danced in the square when they bit Qian Dilun and took down Alan's guard when they failed to besiege the city.

As the years passed, the dance became popular and even became a symbol of victory.

Now the three leopards reappeared and stood together, which surprised many soldiers.

Especially when the familiar melody sounded in the air, and the three leopards began to reunite and danced the dance a few years ago, many people couldn't help but dance along with them.

"This is, a dance that can bring us victory..." Some people whispered, some people were completely immersed in this grand carnival, but at this moment, a childish and slightly angry dance The voice sounded abruptly: "This white leopard is not worthy of being a beast at all!"

This sound was like a huge resting symbol that appeared in the sky, cutting off the sound of the music, and when Mao Xiaohua heard these words, her movements suddenly froze.

The two leopards behind him, Foffa and Galen, also stopped the dance, not showing any intention of helping Mao Xiaohua.

"Have you all forgotten? Who caused us to fail when we were about to win? Who caused us to stay here for so many days, who caused us to be unable to rush back to Alanwei today Participate in a real sports meeting!" A young man less than 20 years old walked out of the crowd, his eyes were red, he stared at Mao Xiaohua under the torch, and almost roared: "It's you who ran away from battle, besides rolling around and pretending to be cute, what are you doing A leopard who doesn't even know how to do it!"

Mao Xiaohua looked at the young soldier, he remembered this young man.

A few months ago, he had tried to help himself take a bath, and showed a look of envy to himself.

Cheng Xiaoqi, Mao Xiaohua remembered his name, and also remembered that he was from Corinth. He was one of the soldiers who steadfastly followed Luo Huan and belonged to the infantry phalanx.

Mao Xiaohua put down her paw, and let out a low growl at the soldier, hoping to express her friendly wishes.

But the soldier looked at the white leopard in front of him with red eyes, and his angry expression didn't change at all.

Cheng Xiaoqi's closest friend died in that battle because of the leopard's turmoil. He couldn't stand the leopard dancing and acting cute on such an occasion.

"Go back to your team!" Luo Huan walked slowly to Mao Xiaohua. He didn't reach out to touch Mao Xiaohua, but as long as he stood beside the leopard, the leopard felt safe and courageous.

Cheng Xiaoqi looked at Luo Huan who was standing on the high platform unconvinced, his chest heaving and falling.

"Are you going to disobey the military order?" Luo Huan's voice was stern, and the hidden coercion on his body made him able to make the soldier submit without any explanation at all.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cheng Xiaoqi returned to his team with red eyes.

Luo Huan's gaze swept across the infantry phalanx that was hit hardest that time. Obviously, many soldiers had the same thoughts as Cheng Xiaoqi. Most of them remembered the heavy loss that time. So friendly again.

"Very good, you are able to obey orders and know how to hold your weapons tightly at any time, you are an excellent soldier." Luo Huan's voice was steady, "I believe you will not lose confidence because of temporary setbacks .Which one of you has not made a mistake, and who has not done a loss?"

Almost every soldier lowered his head.

"But I still trust you and hand over the weapons to you, because I know that even the best fighters will have problems. Southern leopards have been our Royce leopards for hundreds of years. They are Our most loyal friends have never had any troubles. Just because of a friend's mistake, do we have to completely deny them?"

Luo Huan slowly looked at the three leopards beside him.

Mao Xiaohua's head drooped slightly, her tail wobbled a little uneasily, obviously feeling uneasy.The other two leopards were even more listless.

"As Royce's beast, as my loyal friend, use your own strength to prove all of this." Luo Huan pointed to the darkness in the distance, "As a leopard, patrol the territory and detect the enemy's situation, It's your job. On a night like today, this opportunity is left to Nanbao."

Mao Xiaohua stood up slowly, and the ears of Foffa and Galen trembled at the same time.

They haven't inspected the territory for several months. At this time, they saw the animal trainer Ma Tuo coming slowly towards this side, followed by more than 20 leopards from Royce.

Mao Xiaohua took her own steps and walked forward, while Foffa and Galen hesitated.

The white leopard stopped, turned around and roared: "Roar!"

The two golden leopards understood the meaning of the low growl in an instant, and they immediately stood up and walked among the leopards.

Although the leopards lost a few heads, they walked out of the neat phalanx as usual, just like when they first appeared, from one end of the sports field to the other end, and then dispersed, starting to patrol and allocate own territory.

A small turmoil was resolved. With the start of the sports meeting, the soldiers quickly forgot about this unpleasantness and fell into carnival.

Mao Xiaohua walked in the dark, he could hear the sports meeting being held in the square in the distance, and he could even hear the bursts of cheers that erupted with the athletes' victories.

All of Luo Huan's ordinary soldiers were quickly immersed in this atmosphere, and even the soldiers patrolling in the distance looked towards the square from time to time, eager to fly back to participate in the competition.

But Mao Xiaohua knew very well that tonight, all this was just the beginning.

He crouched on the edge of his territory, waiting.

Suddenly, a strange yellow leopard appeared on the distant horizon and galloped towards Mao Xiaohua.

Mao Xiaohua stood up, it was a wild leopard belonging to El.

"Ouch!" Wild Leopard yelled at Mao Xiaohua in a low voice, sending out a signal.

Mao Xiaohua galloped towards Luo Huan.Exactly as Luo Huan had expected, Governor El really chose today to go out with all his strength, preparing to launch an attack at this time when the defenses were the weakest.

But to Mao Xiaohua's surprise, he ran into Luo Huan, who was in military uniform, only two steps away.

Luo Huan rode on the horse, followed by the guards and more than 1000 Qingqi, and rode straight to Mao Xiaohua.

The king in uniform lowered his head slightly on his horseback: "I will meet the army of El, and the honor of capturing the fortress will be given to you...and your leopards!"

El's fortress battle officially started in the second half of the night of the sports meeting. When El's camel soldiers rushed into the expeditionary army, trying to kill in chaos, they were surprised to find that even the carnival just before The expeditionary force, in the next moment, will be able to quickly assemble and quickly put on a battle formation.

No one was panicked, no one was in a hurry, those young people who participated in the competition naked put on their armors calmly, joined the team, and faced the battle calmly.

Those seemingly disorganized onlookers immediately put the enthusiasm of the sports meeting into the battlefield.

And all of these are in order, but they can be calm when things come to an end. A small part is due to the usual well-trained, and a large part is because——that white leopard, which is Royce's divine beast, was the first to discover it. Noticing the movement of the enemy, the news sent everyone can be prepared.

Governor El didn't get any advantage that night. When he got the news that the sneak attack failed and Luo Huan led the army to attack the city at night, he immediately closed the gate of the fortress and sent additional soldiers to defend.

This is the only way to the capital of El. On the endless plain, the abrupt peaks cut off this road, and this fortress city is built between the two peaks, becoming a natural barrier in the hinterland of El.

Facing such a natural advantage, Luo Huan returned without success at the fortress in almost every battle.

This time, Governor El is also convinced that there is no problem.

He was wearing a garment made of gold silk, standing on the tower, looking at the moon in the sky.

A bright moon hangs high, and under the moonlight, there are some low roars coming from nowhere.

This kind of roar made the governor, who had enjoyed the blessing here for more than ten years, a little uneasy.

"What's that sound?" Governor El asked the attendants he brought with him.

The attendant listened, and replied with a frown: "It seems... the wild leopards of El are calling."

"Oh... so it's a wild leopard..." Governor El breathed a sigh of relief, but soon he noticed something strange.

Pairs of faint green eyes appeared on the peaks on both sides of the fortress. For some reason, those wild leopards climbed to the mountains near the fortress at night.

"What are those leopards doing?" The guard of the tower sensed something strange, "Are you going to attack them?"

"No!" Governor El shook his head, "We don't have many arrows, let's save them for Luo Huan. Some wild leopards don't pose any threat."

In the mountain forest, white leopards lurk quietly. Behind him, there are more than 200 leopards scattered on the peaks on both sides of the fortress.

Among the more than 200 leopards, some are from Royce, some are from Alanwei, some have been trained but have been abandoned since then, but there are more leopards around when Mao Xiaohua transformed that night. A wild leopard by his side.

Since Mao Xiaohua walked out of the weeds that night, those wild leopards began to follow the expeditionary army. At first, Mao Xiaohua thought they wanted something to eat, and he once gave them something, but the leopards didn't eat it. The meat brought by humans; later, Mao Xiaohua thought they wanted to drink water, after all the army was walking along the river, but those leopards didn't care about that river.

Later, Mao Xiaohua found out that those wild leopards came after her.

Among these wild leopards, there are still a few leopards who challenged themselves because of Ai Mengmeng's incident.

After a long period of communication, Mao Xiaohua finally understood that these leopards wanted to let her special leopard lead them into the hinterland of El and go to the Temple of the Leopard.

Although Mao Xiaohua didn't understand why these free leopards didn't migrate by themselves, he was still willing to agree to their request, and the exchange condition was very simple, that is - tonight's battle.

The leopards lurk in the forest. Those skinny wild leopards have calm and bloodthirsty eyes. Their patience is good enough to lurk quietly, waiting for the "divine beast" to issue an order to attack.

The murderous aura that filled the forest was too obvious, even carrying a fishy smell, which made the guards uneasy again.

"My lord, those leopards... seem to have bad intentions towards us, could they be the leopards in Luo Huan's army?"

At this moment, Governor El also sensed that something was wrong, and he hesitated.It is impossible for Luo Huan to have so many leopards in his army, and it is absolutely impossible for him to train wild leopards to serve as soldiers...

But these wild leopards are really abnormal and dangerous.

"Then... order them to be shot..." Before Governor El could finish his words, there was a loud blast of cannon stones.

Luo Huan's army has arrived and is approaching the city.

At this moment the moon has completed its last course and just set.

The darkness before dawn fell, and the brutal battle began.

Governor El is no longer in the mood to pay attention to those wild leopards. He has to deal with Luo Huan's aggressive attack with all his strength.

Siege!fail!

Attack again, fail again!

Luo Huan's offensive horn never stopped, the ladder was driven up, and the soldiers rushed forward firmly, risking their bodies being smashed to pieces.

But the walls of the fortress are too strong, too high, and there are enough weapons, so it is difficult to break through for a while.

Seeing that this was another battle without success, the soldiers who were inspired by the sports meeting began to feel a little discouraged.

But at this moment, a roar that had never been seen before roared out from the forest.

Under the light of the fire and the shadow of the sword, in the darkness, the white leopard was unusually eye-catching.

It was like a bolt of lightning, falling from the sky, cutting through the darkness, and easily jumping onto the city wall that is difficult for humans to overcome.

"God! That's Jon!"

"It's His Majesty's leopard!"

The soldiers exclaimed.

However, what surprised them even more came later.

Behind that white lightning-like leopard, there are more golden leopards.

They fell from the sky one after another, shooting into the fortress like fireballs all over the sky.

On the city tower and on the streets of the fortress, the leopards were rampaging.

Bite, cull, accurately bite the enemy's neck, and kill with one blow.

The whole movement was smooth and flowing, and screams rang out in the city. Facing such an abrupt scene, few soldiers could block so many leopards and attack at the same time.

"God... it's the leopards..."

"Yes...that's Sir Sid's leopard Galen! I recognize it!"

"Fulfa of General Filger!"

"That's the movement in the leopard dance. I always thought that those leopards were just pretending to be cute..."

The soldiers were dumbfounded, watching what happened on the city wall.

The enemy army guarding the tower was killed by the leopards who rushed into the city in the blink of an eye, and their corpses were left on the spot.

It was like a dream, and the soldiers didn't wake up until Luo Huan's order to attack came again.

The snare drum was sounded, and the huge drumbeat made these soldiers completely excited.

For several months, the impenetrable city gate was opened because the defenders died in the mouth of the leopard.

The cavalry poured into the city, began to kill, and looked for Governor El.

At this time, the governor of El couldn't accept his failure for a while. His guards protected him. After repelling more than a dozen leopards rushing towards him, he hurriedly prepared to open the back door of the fortress and escape. .

The killing cries of Luo Huan's expeditionary army were behind him, and Governor El didn't dare to stop for a while.

However, just as he jumped on his horse and was about to flee in a hurry, a white figure jumped up and rushed towards him 15 meters behind him.

The dark night came to an end at this moment, the first ray of sunlight illuminated the place, and the white leopard transformed in mid-air. He let out a low growl towards his leopard companion, and Galen, who was holding the beast-shaped helmet in his mouth, moved The helmet drew an arc in mid-air and was thrown into Mao Xiaohua's hands.

With a bang, the young man wearing a fierce leopard helmet, armor and cloak stood in front of Governor El.

In his hand was a dagger, dripping with blood, and the governor's fat head was in his other hand.

The governor's guards immediately fled in all directions, not intending to avenge their master at all.The reason is simple, because at the other end of the street, Luo Huan has appeared with his bodyguards.

No one saw how this mysterious friend Luo Huan appeared, let alone how he sneaked into the city without being discovered.

But all members of the guards saw this scene at this moment.

The young man wearing the beast helmet, how the dagger cut through the neck of the enemy leader, how he lifted his hair, and how it fell to the ground.

That may not be the most perfect fighting posture, and the strength and skill are definitely not comparable to those generals who have experienced many battles.

But there is no doubt that he was the bravest warrior. He dared to pursue Governor El in this battle alone, and cut off his head with his own strength. He was the guard who contributed the most in this battle. .

Luo Huan rode his horse and walked slowly towards Mao Xiaohua.

He waited for a long time, even calculated the exact time, and what he was waiting for was this moment.

He wants everyone to see that the mythical beast Jon is not a stupid leopard who can only show off cuteness; he also wants everyone to understand that his friend Mao Xiaohua is not a sycophant who relies on his butt to get to the top.

Under the morning glow, Luo Huan jumped off his horse. Amidst the shouts of killing and the surprised or admiring eyes of the guards, he opened his arms and hugged Mao Xiaohua, who was still covered in blood.

Through the cold helmet, he kissed Mao Xiaohua's face, then turned around, raised Mao Xiaohua's arm high, and said loudly, "He! He has absolute qualifications, standing by my side, no one has to question it! "

And those leopards standing in the streets and alleys, even lying on the wall, after witnessing this scene, let out a deep roar.

Luo Huan looked at the two leopards standing beside Mao Xiaohua. During this operation, Galen and Fufa completely put the unhappiness of the previous few days out of the leopards' heads.

"The actions of these leopards today have fully proved that they are our most reliable friends and brave soldiers. I will..." Luo Huan said here, his eyes slowly gliding over the soldiers who gathered towards this direction, his voice was unbearable Doubt: "I will rebuild the Leopard Army, they will be our comrades-in-arms. And the person who commands this Leopard Army..."

Luo Huan's eyes fell on Mao Xiaohua: "Are you willing?"