Chapter 25: Autumn Hunting
Autumn Hunting is held every two years. It is a hunting activity that the royal family summons nobles to conduct. It comes from the requirements of the founding king. After the establishment of the country, such a ceremony was held to maintain the relationship with the ministers. It is also to encourage the nobles, hoping that they will maintain the fighting power of their ancestors and not forget the glory of their ancestors. However, it is now a formality. It is basically an opportunity for princes to win over ministers and an opportunity for major forces to expand their power.
In the past, it was a major gathering attended by military forces and magicians. Cage guessed that it was actually a gathering to see who had evil intentions and take this opportunity to kill him. Cage can be regarded as a familiar reader of history books, not to mention that he saw more information in the academy in the palace. Many outstanding ministers died after the Autumn Hunting, or were killed directly in the Autumn Hunting for a reason.
The time of autumn hunting is not completely fixed. It may change due to war or other important events. If there is no special event, it will be carried out on time. The time is the tenth day of the last month of autumn. According to the calendar here, it is the time when the monsters need to store winter food. Now all kinds of monsters are out, which is more conducive to hunting. Of course, it also symbolizes the meaning of harvest.
This time, Cage is dressed quite cool. He wears hunting clothes made of high-quality materials. He is very neat. In addition, he has a good figure and looks very handsome. In his own words, he is quite stylish. The big gold is standing on the shoulder leather shoulder guard. The golden feathers set off the royal momentum. It is quite cool. He rides a tall horse that has just been purchased. It not only shows nobility, but also expresses that the buddy is rich and has a feeling of a local rich man. This is the effect that Cage wants. Only in this way will the major forces regard him as a dandy, not a person who likes power.
"Your Highness Cage!"
"Hello, Marquis Vidi! Let's go together." Cage greeted Vidi politely. "Where is the Prime Minister?" Cage didn't see the carriage behind him. For such an important ceremony, the Prime Minister must go.
"I have already gone ahead and followed His Majesty to the main camp. I will catch up slowly from behind. Anyway, I have plenty of time!" Vidi looked at Cage with a smile.
"That's right." Cage responded with a smile.
"Your Highness, my golden eagle is about to arrive. When are you free to ask for advice?" Vidi said to Cage with a smile.
"Marquis Vidi is always free." Cage said with a smile.
"Looking at your Highness's golden eagle makes me even more anxious!" Vidi said with regret.
"I don't know if it's a cub or an adult."
"It's a cub, it just came out of the nest and will be delivered soon."
"Congratulations, sir. Cub is easier to raise. This kind of adult eagle takes too much time and it's easy to hurt itself. If I hadn't been lucky enough to find a few small ones, I'm afraid I would envy you now." Cage said with a smile.
"It's me who envy your highness." Vidi laughed even more happily, "Your highness must not hide it."
"We are also eagle friends. We discuss and learn from each other. Maybe you will master the technology of raising eagles earlier than me." Cage smiled very innocently.
The two of them walked towards the hunting camp together with a smile. The Royal Guards, each wearing a golden feather armor, stood up straight on their magic horses, holding their spears straight. Although they were neat and imposing, they lacked something. Cage felt that they had arrogance, but lacked murderous intent. There was a lack of ruthlessness in their eyes. This was also what Cage saw in his previous life when he saw the group of veterans who survived the People's Liberation Army. Although those veterans did not stand as well as the honor guards, nor did they walk as straight as the current troops, they had a murderous intent revealed in their eyes, which could not be concealed by anything and would not change with the passage of time.
Approaching the barracks, the eunuch's shrill voice began to shout "Your Highness the Seventh Prince, Marquis Vidi is here~". The two walked into the tent and found that many people had come. All the princes were basically present, several powerful princesses were also present, and Cage's brothers and sisters were also present. They were a group of younger ones, standing on the left and right of Reis XII. Cage looked at the powerful officials above and naturally knew what to do. He stepped forward and saluted, "The son has seen the father."
"Well, I'm very happy that you can come. I hope you can experience the style of your ancestors." Reis XII said lightly.
"Yes, father, the son will definitely follow your arrangements." Cage replied very humbly.
"The one next to you is your magic pet, the big-eyed golden eagle."
"Yes, father, but this is not a magic pet, but a falcon I raised." Cage replied with a smile. He naturally knew that Reis XII wanted to know if he had the ability to subdue various magic pets.
"You mean, this is what you raised, not obtained by signing a magic contract." Reis XII became interested, which meant that he could also get a war eagle to increase the defense force around him.
"Yes. Big-eyed golden eagles can be kept in captivity, and they are loyal to their owners and will never change throughout their lives. They will only be loyal to the owner who feeds them."
"Oh, then tell me specifically how to feed them?" Reis was obviously more interested in this. "How do you know this?" Reis XII obviously wanted to know the specific reasons.
Cage stood up as Reis XII requested, blew a whistle, and the big golden eagle flew to his shoulder very obediently, allowing him to stand up calmly. The big golden eagle standing on Cage made Cage look more majestic.
"This is what I saw in a book called "The Records of the Continental Universe" in the library of the Imperial Academy. The book records that the big-eyed golden eagle is a solitary monster, and it is very cautious about its partner. It will only recognize one partner in its lifetime. Two golden eagles do not require to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but they must die on the same day of the same month of the same year. No matter which one dies, the other will die for love. Therefore, I conclude that this monster must be very loyal.
The book also describes an interesting story, that is, after the golden eagle is captured, it generally refuses to eat until it dies. I boldly conclude that this monster must be unique to its owner and only recognizes the food given by the owner." Cage smiled and looked at all the people in the barracks who were interested in this. "So I ordered two, because I knew that if I was to capture an adult golden eagle, I would only capture one. If one died, the other would surely die, so I captured two. When the two golden eagles were at their weakest, I kept letting them adapt to my scent, accept me, and then accept my feeding. This was half the success. By constantly feeding them and using various sounds to guide them to do some actions, they could be tamed slowly.
Fortunately, there were a few younger ones among these two golden eagles, and I brought them to my home. I fed them carefully. Because I had the scent of their parents, they were more likely to accept me and were able to do the corresponding Training. I also found that except for me, any servant under my command would not eat. They would not eat until I came back to feed them. Therefore, it can be concluded that they are loyal to their owners and can only have one owner in their lifetime. The specific taming still depends on exploration. Now I have some experience. "
Cage's words made Reis XII gain a little, and also made the people present understand that this kind of magic beast can be tamed, especially the loyalty. As long as it is a human, they hope to have something absolutely loyal to themselves, whether it is a human or a magic beast. This is also the selfishness of people, hoping to get the absolute loyalty of others, but not willing to be loyal to others.
"Andrew, go to the next task for me, catch two live big-eyed golden eagles." Reis ordered.
"Father, you'd better catch the newly hatched cubs, which are easier to raise. It will be more troublesome to raise an adult big-eyed golden eagle." Cage heard Reis made up his mind and naturally had to persuade him.
"Well, you are right, Andrew, do as Cage said. No, I want two, no matter how big or small." Reis XII certainly doesn't care about the money. He is the king, and everything in this empire belongs to him.
Andrew has already written down Reis XII's request as required, and two more nobles came in to pay their respects to Reis XII. After all the nobles, big and small, were basically present, Reis XII led everyone to the martial arts stage of the temporary barracks, drew out the long sword in his hand, and a group of people all knelt on half their knees to listen to the king's instructions.
"Supreme ancestors, please bless the Reis Empire and your descendants. Here we will show you our military power again. We can inherit your legacy and fight for the supreme glory of the empire. Great ancestors, please wait for our sacrifice."
Then the sword was sheathed.
"I declare the beginning of the autumn hunt."
"Long live the king, long live the king." The royal guards below responded loudly, hitting the shields beside the horses with their lances, making a very rhythmic thumping sound. In this atmosphere, a group of ministers naturally followed suit and shouted loudly, and the atmosphere of the whole venue was very warm.
Cage thought maliciously, f*ck, it's none of my business, since it's a grand barbecue party, this handsome guy won't care.