May 30th, Holyr City.

A full month has passed since the grand banquet that shocked the entire Everta territory, and the shock brought about by "killing the chicken to scare the monkeys" also brought about many aftermaths during this period...

The lords put away their ambitions, and all kinds of small actions seemed to disappear in an instant - this also caused the tax revenue of the Duke's Palace to catch up a lot in a period of time. Not only that, Angmar was released on April 30th.

What he did has now been widely circulated in the country and has become another hot topic for most people to discuss after dinner.

In the eyes of everyone, he has become a duke who has been "dormant for many years, ups and downs, and ruthless". When these adjectives are superimposed on a person, what they represent is no longer as simple as the literal meaning...many

People speculate that the royal family located in the southeast of the kingdom will have more fears or measures against this?

However, the old man in the Duke's Palace was not interested in quelling or paying attention to these rumors at this time.

Angmar is very aware of his physical condition, so now he has only one thing to think about: paving the way for the Lucifron family and the Everta territory.

"Cough cough cough cough..."

A violent cough sounded. Butler John gently stroked Angmar's back and took a green potion from the table nearby. The Duke's face turned pale because of the pain in his lungs. He straightened up slightly and took the potion.

After drinking it all in one gulp, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "Heh... this potion is almost useless."

"Master, I asked them to make better potions..."

"Forget it, forget it. Although I'm not a pharmacist, I understand... After drinking this kind of medicine for a long time, it will be the same as drinking water. Let's have this little money left."

He waved his hand and pointed to a pile of parchment on the table: "Send these to those fortresses. They have done a good job with the recruitment. Ahem...the training must be implemented within a month."

"Yes, sir."

When John took the letter, he inexplicably felt that these flimsy papers were extremely heavy - the Duke of Angmar's life was about to come to an end, but he relied on the potion for support and dictated himself to write down each piece of parchment.

It is not the distribution of inheritance. Most of the content is the border defense of the territory, the innovation of the fortress system, the management of internal corruption, the recruitment and training plan, and in addition, it is based on "Elsa"

An economic system construction plan with "village" as the core.

"Are you ready for Roddy's side?"

"Knight Wellington personally led the team, sir, don't worry."

Angma reminded him of this matter three or four times a day. John knew that the old man's memory was now showing signs of confusion and decline, but even though he couldn't remember many things clearly, he always remembered that he wanted to assist Roddy...

This is probably his biggest obsession.

"Don't make any mistakes...Don't make mistakes..."

Angmar muttered a few words in a low voice. At this time, a servant outside sent a new letter. John went to pick it up. The Duke raised his head slightly and asked: "What news?"

"Bishop Rubens sent a letter, he said..." John knew that the old Duke could not see the handwriting on the letter clearly, so after reading it briefly, he concluded: "It is said that after receiving your letter, Miss Sally

We have already set off for the Ever Tower."

"well…"

Angmar closed his eyes because of fatigue, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, obviously in a good mood.

"One more thing."

John continued: "Sir, Master Rubens said... because of her outstanding achievements in this battle, the sect believes that she can become the new 'auxiliary bishop' of 'Elsen City'."

This speed of promotion is quite "unusual". According to the church's consistent standards, the youngest auxiliary bishop must be 22 years old, and being an "auxiliary bishop" in a new city often means that he will definitely become a "bishop" in the future!

The Duke of Angmar still closed his eyes and nodded: "With Rubens taking over, Benjamin's road will be smoother in the future, but I'm afraid Sally won't be able to go to Elson, alas..."

John understood what this sigh meant, and his heart became increasingly depressed.

"By the way, the guard also sent some news that has been compiled recently. Sir, do you want to hear it?"

"Say it. If you don't listen, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to listen."

Angmar leaned on the armchair, squinting his eyes slightly and quietly looking out the window at the green of the back garden.

"Most of them are related to the movements of those heretics. Their assembled armies gradually dispersed due to logistical problems, and some nobles who secretly supported them were identified..."

"Also, the plague broke out in two villages in the east, but because they were not far from the Rose Cross Temple, they were quickly brought under control. The south——"

"Wait, cough, cough...you, you mean the plague?"

Angmar's originally soothing expression suddenly became serious. He recalled the words that Rody and he mentioned unconsciously during a casual conversation, and waved his hand: "Go and investigate this matter in more detail."

John followed the order and left. The Duke cast his gaze into the distance and murmured in a low voice: "It can't be what you said..."

****

May 31st, Jingyu Forest.

Different from the always humid and rainy environment of Brill Forest, the Jingyu Forest in early summer still remains cool to a certain extent. Under these conditions, Roddy's team moved forward in the forest extremely fast, in just two days,

After leaving Elsa Village, we arrived at the planned first high elf ruins.

Everything went smoothly, because there were so many team members, and there were almost no monsters blocking them along the way. Apart from the fatigue of rushing on the road, the atmosphere among the soldiers in the team was very relaxed - and the 80 soldiers found in the first ruins

The multiple "charged crystals" also made Roddy breathe a sigh of relief.

Although only a quarter of the mission was completed, such a discovery finally gave Roddy confidence: the location given by Camilla was no problem, and if he continued searching like this, he would definitely be able to complete the mission.

"There's another piece over here!"

"There are some here too - let the engineers come over!"

The shouts of soldiers kept coming from all around, and it was obvious that more scattered crystal stones had been found. Rody reached out in the middle of the ruins to pick up a well-preserved stone slab at his feet, and traced the writing on it with his fingertips...

"Arms depot."

Although the town has disappeared in the long river of history, the traces it left still illustrate the function of this place as a "military town." However, what makes Roddy a little confused is: according to Camilla's inference, if there is no

After the explosion, the crystal stones left behind must have exceeded two hundred pieces.

A faint doubt arose in his heart, but Rody didn't take it too seriously. After all, in seven hundred years, anything could happen here, and nothing could be certain.

Turning his head, Rody found that the eyes of the young priest following him were a little stiff and his face was very pale, so he asked: "Akasha, are you feeling unwell?"

"I...I'm a little scared."

She originally didn't want to admit such a thing, but in front of Rody, Akasha couldn't hide her emotions after all... She once fell into the secret room in the ruins of Wagla City and had an instinctive fear of similar environments - although she is in excellent condition now,

His strength is much stronger than before, but there is always a fear in his heart of "making the same mistakes again."

"But...it's okay, I'll just get used to it."

Rody knew what she was afraid of. Although he didn't say it, he still led the team to evacuate the ruins immediately after they completed the first phase of collection.

Such a "good start" seemed to be a good sign. When camping at night, the soldiers were generally smiling, and most of their conversations were in a cheerful mood - but Roddy, who was sitting in front of the campfire, was always in a happy mood.

stand up.

During this period of time, he had been trying to force himself to focus on other things. The ultimate goal was to forget the scene when he and Sally were arguing... However, now, he found that the more he wanted to forget, the scene when he calmed down.

It always appeared in front of him, making him suffer from indescribable...regret.

Roddy regretted it.

He regretted not explaining it clearly to Sally, and regretted that he just walked away because of the helpless boredom in his heart.

It was only then that Roddy realized that... his feelings for Sally were not as cold as they appeared on the surface.

He didn't know what the so-called "love" was, but when he regretted his words and deeds towards Sally all the time, Roddy knew that he undoubtedly liked her.

But what's the use of confirming all this now?

He inexplicably remembered the classic line from "Journey to the West". He looked at the soldiers singing and laughing around him, but his heart felt sad.

The firelight in the camp gradually dimmed. Roddy heard footsteps coming from beside him. When he raised his head, he found that it was Nata who came——

"You're not on night watch today, are you?"

Nata shook her head, and then brought her quiver to Rody: "I made the arrows."

This is what it means to let Rody "accept" and "explain".

Even after becoming Rody's student, Nata rarely took the initiative to speak. At this time, Rody was a little surprised to be so proactive. He tried to sort out his emotions, seriously began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these arrows, and then said

Regarding the experience of making arrows, Nata just sat and listened, nodding or occasionally asking questions in a low voice. About an hour later, she took the quiver and returned to her tent, leaving her a little sleepy and ready to sleep.

Roddy.

Stepping into the shadows, Nata looked back at the figure who was tinkering with the bonfire... and breathed out softly.

Nata, who is not good at words, is more sensitive to Rody's changes than anyone else. Although she doesn't understand what happened, after seeing Rody being continuously tortured by painful emotions, she finally decided... to use the most "clumsy" way to transfer Rody.

Di's attention to ease his tense heartstrings.

Roddy had no idea that the apprentice next to him was paying attention to him with a cold face and a warm heart. The smooth actions in the past few days made him feel a little calmer. Late at night, he naturally felt sleepy. He stood up and extinguished the bonfire, turned around and was about to open his own

He walked into the tent, only to find Akasha standing next to it.

"how?"

Roddy thought she had something to say, but then he discovered that what she was holding in her hand... was a bed?

[Originally, it was supposed to be two chapters, but in the afternoon my parents called me to work as a porter. Now I have finished writing the first chapter and started writing the second chapter, but I guess I won’t be able to write it tonight. I will definitely make up for two chapters tomorrow... Really
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