Chapter 164 - 164: Xenophobia never changes
Chapter 164 - 164: Xenophobia never changes
Bloodhero looked at the Beehounds; they avoided her eyes just like mine.
"BEEHOUNDS, ARE YOU READY?"
She shouted like a drill sergeant! Even I jolted; Beehounds acted like startled pigeons. A half of them jumped and prepared to fly before they realized that the shouting person was just Bloodhero.
Behind me, my ever-present-outside-the-hive bodyguards raised their hammers and looked wildly in all directions.
My Military Adviser nodded with satisfaction and turned to me as if unaware about all the gray hairs she gave to people present.
"They are ready, Father. For anything!"
"Anything but the heart attack you will give them if you shout like that!" I was clutching my chest, too. "Dammit… So you have the scouting plans prepared already, too?"
According to my suggestion, to make their
Or, rather, Explanatory conducted research, Knowall archived it, and the dragons played a game where they growled at bees and they growled back.
Upon noticing our approach, Explanatory stopped growling and flew to meet us, leaving the dragons to her subordinates.
"Father. You want to send out dragon riders, I assume?"
I grinned at her.
"That's right. I see you are almost chatting now! What do the dragons say?"
"Mostly, 'graaaw' and 'graa'. Although they can produce other sounds, such as 'screee' and 'gar—', no, 'grlk'. The last one is hard to pronounce."
"Wow, you sound very like them! But… what does that all mean in our language?"
"Oh," Explanatory frowned. "I'm only 75% sure. More research is required before I feel like I can share the results. But be calm, Father—the dragons know that if they carry riders and return on the same day, a reward will wait for them."
I turned to Bloodhero.
"Do all the final preparations and pick three squads that fly out on dragon wings! We will see who will find humans first—they or the rest of the Beehounds."
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