In the end, Xia Houyan urged Master Lowry to quickly dispose of the porcupine carcass as planned.

——Even if you don’t consider the risk of rotting and breeding of plague, it is quite unsightly to place such an indescribable object dripping with blood and challenging the sanity in Phoenix Terrace Square.

In addition, he thought twice, but under Wilf's angry gaze, rejected the idea of ​​having a barbecue feast with porcupine meat tonight;

He decided to ask Catalina, who had inherited her mother's cooking legacy, to cut the porcupine meat into small pieces and make bacon strips for storage!

Catalina never dreamed that her good brother would actually avoid relatives and let her, a pampered aristocratic lady with delicate skin and tender flesh, handle this disgusting porcupine meat!

But Xia Houyan made this choice out of helplessness:

If it weren't for the moment of famine that couldn't be uncovered, he wouldn't want the citizens to feast on pork containing magical elements and then transform into Splatoons one by one!

Since it's hard to eat and it's a pity to throw it away, the only way to deal with it is to pickle it.

After confirming the fate of this magical porcupine, which was covered with treasures, the Lord left behind Catalina who looked in disbelief, Wilf who was eyeing the porcupine carcass on the ground, and her apprentice Wilson, trying to use magic to pry open the porcupine.

Master Lowry, who had taken the magic crystal from his head, walked all the way to the other end of the Phoenix Terrace camp and found an extremely conspicuous outsider:

The First Class Foreign Intelligence Officer of the Grand Duchy of Rosario, Karim Lodge, was leaning in a corner of the camp, playing his lute intermittently.

Xia Houyan approached slowly and silently looked at the spy's impeccably groomed young face.

Karim Loki looked up at the Lord with a slight guilty conscience.

Xia Houyan took out the crowbar from his waist.

"Lord, don't do anything!" Rocky quickly raised the lute to cover his handsome face, "We have something to discuss!"

"Give me a reason not to knock you to death." The lord said ferociously, "I have no intention of keeping what you just saw a secret from you. Yes, I am indeed a necromancer who can use ghost magic, and I

We are in short supply of corpses now!”

"Sir, you have a lot!" Rocky wailed from behind the lute, "Didn't the result of the whole thing be good? You rescued Miss Catalina, and also obtained a large amount of supplies from the Moon God Village...

…”

"I don't like people lying to me." Xia Houyan kicked Luo Qi hard in the stomach, and the latter suddenly squatted on the ground and curled up like a cooked prawn, "Mr. Luo Qi, you'd better give me

An explanation: Why the bandits' original battle was not an encounter as you mentioned but a siege. Why didn't you tell me the details of Luna Village? I don't fucking believe it. You, Rosario, sent you to the wasteland.

A shitty spy who doesn’t know anything about the situation in the entire south, doesn’t know that this so-called ‘cottage’ even has damn annihilation arrows!”

By the end of the sentence, the lord was out of anger. Every time he said a word through gritted teeth, he would draw a crowbar on Rocky's back.

Facts have proved that Rocky's ability to resist being beaten as a spy is still very good.

He curled up on the loess in the most mellow posture. As soon as the lord finished cursing, he immediately wailed muffledly:

"I'm not lying to you... I just said less, and I also changed a few details of the intelligence..."

There was another gust of wind. Rocky was lying on the ground, clenching his teeth and preparing to take another blow with the crowbar. However, he unexpectedly felt that the cold metal finally just lifted up high and fell gently, resting on him.

on the shoulders.

He raised his head in surprise.

"Tell me." Xia Houyan looked down at the spy, his eyes like the ice water of Lake Baikal, "Is this what you mean, or what Grand Duke Rosario means?"

"It's what the Grand Duke meant..." Luo Qi looked down at the ground and mumbled.

Xia Houyan stared at the spy in silence for a long time, then took back the crowbar.

"Stand up." He said expressionlessly.

Rocky rubbed the area where he was beaten and climbed up from the ground.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Xia Houyan tapped his palm with a crowbar and asked.

"It's like this..." Rocky said with a bitter face, "The Grand Duke happened to come to the southern wilderness a while ago, and he actually knew about the capture of Miss Catalina... The Grand Duke specially asked me before leaving, let me think about it.

I’ll take this opportunity to stimulate you and encourage you to take over the Moon God Village..."

"So you just kept silent about the fact that it was another group of copycats who took the initiative, and you didn't mention how sophisticated the equipment of the Moon God Village was?" Xia Houyan sneered.

Rocky nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Are you afraid that I will find out about the 'noble' style of the Moon God Village and make peace with them in some way? Or that I am afraid of the strength of the Moon God Village and will be a coward and not go to trouble them?" Xia Houyan took a sip.

Purse.

Rocky nodded again.

Xia Houyan shook the crowbar in his hand and sneered.

"I really didn't lie to you!" Rocky said with a sad face, "I just used a little bit of rhetoric to make your hostility towards Moon God Village even stronger!"

Xia Houyan took a few deep breaths and asked:

"Why did Grand Duke Rosario do such a thing? Why did he insist on me destroying the Moon God Village?"

"The Grand Duke said that as a noble of the East, he can't control the bandits running amok in the southern wilderness; but as a citizen of the Empire, he cannot allow a demon to set up camp on the territory of the Empire..." Rocky muttered, "And the former

A while ago, the Moon God Village was still in the north of the wasteland and robbed a batch of military supplies from the Imperial Army, which completely pissed off Grand Duke Rosario..."

Xia Houyan snorted: He finally knew where the "Thrace Annihilation Arrow" from Moon God Village came from...

"So, Grand Duke Rosario wants to use my hand to kill the Moon God Village?" He sneered.

"Furthermore, the Grand Duke said that this is a test for you..." Rocky looked at the Lord imploringly, "You may not know, but His Majesty the Emperor originally wanted to drive out the Igor family. It was Luo Qi who

With the help of Grand Duke Rosario, he spared your life and Miss Catalina's life, and even arranged for you to be moved to the southern wilderness... Grand Duke Rosario told me privately that there may be a big attack on the demon clan in the near future.

Action, and he needs a reliable lord to station at the southern border, which has always been empty of governance..."

Xia Houyan was stunned: he had never expected that Grand Duke Rosario played such an important role in the Igor family's territorial migration!

"Grand Duke Rosario was originally going to give you a large amount of initial capital for construction, but he first wanted to ensure that you are not a noble playboy who is just waiting to die and wasting resources, but a practical lord who can effectively ensure the safety of the wasteland.

..." Rocky whispered, "And whether you can conquer the local bandit camp is a test given to you by the Grand Duke..."

"Then what if I lose?" Xia Houyan gritted his teeth and said, "What if I accidentally die at the hands of the Moon God Village?"

"The Grand Duke said..." Rocky glanced at the lord carefully, "...he would rather see Vincent Igor's son turn into a pile of bones in the wasteland than see him turn into a pile of bones."

A cowardly waste... The crusade against the bandits is the first step in governing the southern wilderness. If you unfortunately fail, he will probably find another lord to come..."

Xia Houyan fell silent.

"I see that your team has been seriously damaged. I originally planned to take care of it slowly. I will first help you establish a territory and organize a decent army, and then go to the Moon God Village to conquer the Moon God Village in an upright manner, and successfully complete the Grand Duke's trial.

, everyone is happy..." Rocky said in frustration, "I didn't expect that when you went out to explore a site, you would get everything done without saying a word... Who would believe this..."

"The Grand Guild of Rosario believed it." Xia Houyan sneered, and his expression made Rocky shudder, "This counts as me passing the 'trial', right? Then with his 'start-up capital', can we
Chapter completed!