Lang Dan stuffed an entire roasted ox leg into his mouth, meat and bone alike, then crunched it up as though chewing cartilage and swallowed it with a delighted expression.
"You two against us three kings? That hardly seems proper. Our Barbarian Race has basked in Sage Kong's teachings. How could we gang up on the outnumbered? Improper, most improper!" Lang Dan wagged his head.
Such behavior from a mighty Barbarian King ought to have been laughable, but the humans were accustomed to it. According to the legends of the barbarians in the Literary World, their ancestors had been persecuted by the Demon Race. Sage Kong had taken pity on them and brought them into the Literary World, granting them half its lands to enjoy.
Later, Sage Kong passed away before he could leave instructions for what would follow, and this had sparked the war between the two races.
However, as the barbarians learned more and more about the Myriad Worlds from their captives, their beliefs had begun to waver. Even so, they still revered Sage Kong as their benefactor. Whenever they captured anyone surnamed Kong, they returned them to the Human Race unconditionally, afraid that the will Sage Kong had left between heaven and earth would unleash its thunderous wrath.
At the front of the army, the Deer Gate Marquis and Xun Tianling exchanged a glance.
One was a white-haired elder, the other a valiant-looking man in his prime. They walked forward at an unhurried pace.
The Barbarian King Xiong Bei sprang to his feet and roared angrily, "What? You mean to launch a sneak attack while Xiang Ba is sleeping? If you dare strike, Lang Dan and I will charge into your formation and slaughter those little soldiers!"
The Deer Gate Marquis declared in a ringing voice, "You