The appearance of the warlock and his demon master (now clearly a succubus) surprised Aaron slightly. He put Eleanor down and stepped forward to greet the leader of the Harper Alliance of Cormyr and one of his masters.
.
However, as mentioned above, Aaron has an absolute psychological advantage when facing evil spirits, and Eleonora also helped him last time. The succubus disguised herself as a wanderer to help him inspect the snake-man ruins. After that, she
Although she chose to retreat and did not fight with Aaron until the end, Aaron did not blame her at all.
Because her retreat was approved by Aaron after she had already told him, and she also lured away half of the undead snake-hating people.
She seems to be fine... The strength of this succubus master has always been a mystery.
"Samir, are you here to buy clothes for the Midwinter Festival too?" Aaron greeted Samir and said with a smile, "That's really unlucky, we've almost finished picking out the clothes."
"Hehehe~ There's no rush." Samir glanced at Aaron with a lazy smile, indicating that his succubus master could start shopping: "Ai Liu, go ahead and choose, I'll talk to Aaron."
"Okay~" The lively Eleonora patted the female tiefling on the shoulder with great interest, smiled at the panicked look in her eyes, and started shopping.
Samir walked up to Aaron, and this guy talked to Leonard and Aaron very familiarly.
Only Disma was still sulking.
"Sir Aaron, are you still interested in what you asked me to learn about last time?" Samir chatted with Leonard for a few words and knew that the other person was a typical paladin. He immediately lost interest in saying more and turned to
Focus on Aaron.
Aaron knew that what Samir was talking about was about Countess Arabelle Millman-Raul: "Of course, is there any new news?"
"Yes." Samir nodded: "Listen to me..."
While Eleanor, Eleonora and Maria Lysa were all trying on clothes, Samir secretly told Aaron the information currently known in the fashion store.
Millman-Laure, Countess of Arabelle, is gathering a large army and plans to go north to recapture Arabelle when spring is about to begin next year.
The number of this army is about 7,000-8,000. In addition to Ms. Raul's headquarters of 3,000 people, she used every possible method to recruit all the forces she could.
"In this army, you will be able to see the country's complex and diverse civilizations, the competing outer races, and the depth and breadth of compatibility, hey hey hey~" These are Samir's original words: "You will know when the time comes
Already."
Aaron frowned, the army in the kingdom was gathering very slowly.
For example, when an ordinary noble lord needs to launch a war, he may have to start preparations several months in advance. For example, it will take a lot of time to notify the lower-level lords and knights, and his messengers will need time to inform them.
The news was sent to various places, and lower nobles in various places also needed time to regroup their troops.
The citizen levy army will assemble faster, but the training level of this group of people is not high, and they cannot be expected to have much combat effectiveness.
Teams such as mercenaries, mercenary groups, and adventurers can assemble very quickly and have strong combat effectiveness, but it takes a lot of real money to persuade them.
Ms. Milman-Laure chose the timing of the war well, Aaron thought after listening to Samir's description.
The orcs are not productive. After occupying Arabel for nearly a year, even if there was any food in the area, it would have been almost wiped out by the orcs. After a whole winter of lack of food, the orc tribe was at its weakest.
time.
If Ms. Raul chooses to attack at this time, if she can recapture Arabel in one go, it will not affect the new year's spring plowing and help to quickly resume production.
But Aaron still had a problem.
"Our Ms. Raul has lost her territory, how can she get the money to organize an army of 8,000 people?" Aaron asked his own question.
"Heh heh heh heh~" Samir smiled wickedly, and the magician made a gesture of clenching his fist and then releasing it: "This is all thanks to the ancient red dragon and the orc Great Khan Turgeon."
"After Tujin captured the city of Arabelle, he plundered all the temples of the gods in the entire city, and then burned all the temples with fire. Even the high-end hotel where the lucky lady stayed in the turbulent year was destroyed by many
Places considered holy by believers were also completely destroyed and turned into ruins by the orcs." Samir gestured and said: "All the statues of gods were desecrated. From that day on, Arabelle only had statues of the orc pantheon."
"So, this time Millman Raul's action has received the full support of many churches, especially the Lucky Lady Church. The Lucky Lady High Priest here probably moved out every gold coin accumulated in the temple over the years just to take back Arabelle.
, to regain the holy place where their god had come and stayed for many months.”
Got it! Aaron’s eyes showed excitement. No wonder Ms. Raul was able to assemble an army under such difficult circumstances. It turned out that she had the full support of many churches!
This information is very important to Aaron, which shows that the victory of this war is much more likely.
For example, the very famous "Normandy Conquest" in Aaron's previous life was not so much about William the Conqueror's military capabilities, but rather his strong logistical support and a little bit of luck that determined the outcome of the war.
When William, Duke of Normandy, officially declared himself the King of England in January 1066 and assembled a large army in Normandy, few people were optimistic that William could truly become the King of England because his army could not compare with Harrow across Shanghai.
Germany II, and also had to fight across the sea, facing Harold II's army waiting for work.
In the Middle Ages, the number of people fighting across the sea was still at a disadvantage, and it was really difficult to win.
However, a sudden hurricane caused the war to be delayed for eight months. During the eight-month wait, William, who had deep pockets and received a lot of support, managed to maintain the size of his army and maintain training, while Harrow across the sea
However, Germany II was forced to disband most of his army due to lack of money and supplies. Due to the invasion of the Norwegians, he completely abandoned his coastal defenses and allowed the Normans to land.
Since then, Harold II has been at a disadvantage in terms of training, number of troops, and defense system.
Finally, the Battle of Hastings, which took place on October 14, 1066, gave William the Conqueror his name, the French nobleman became the king of the English, and the High Middle Ages began.
"So, having said all that, are you coming?" Samir let out a long breath, took out a beautiful magic wine bottle from his waist, and took a deep sip: "This world needs heroes.
!Are you coming?"
"Come!" Aaron no longer hesitated and nodded: "I'll trouble you to introduce me to Ms. Raul then."
"Hehehehe~ I knew you would come." Samir smiled with satisfaction: "Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you."
"What's up?"
"I said before that I was the leader of the Cormyr Harpers Alliance, right?"
"yes."
"...Actually, that's a lie. The leader of the Harpers Alliance in Cormyr is Ms. Raul, and I'm just a soldier~"
Aaron: “…………”
You are a little soldier who has entered the bottomless abyss and the first level of hell and escaped unscathed, right?
"I'll find an opportunity to introduce you after the New Year." Samir shook hands with Aaron: "Don't disturb Ms. Raul and her daughter's vacation now."
"good!"
A commitment to participate in the war was reached.
Afterwards, the two of them tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.
Eleanor tried on two more outfits at Aaron's request, which were a milky white flowered petticoat dress with gold-plated buttons and a long dark sand dress with black rose stone edges, which were paired with solemn gray pearl pantyhose and
Sexy black thickened matte pantyhose, the effect is outstanding and stunning.
Aaron bought a few more pairs of shoes and twenty pairs of stockings for Miss Priest, including white silk, gray silk, brown silk, and black stockings, and they were also divided into two types: suspenders and rompers.
Cultivating the pastor’s dressing habits starts from this Midwinter Festival!
Aaron is very ambitious and confident about this!
After shopping and settling the bill, the 2,500 gold lion coins went out. The pastor was so ashamed that she couldn't even raise her head in the envious and jealous eyes of everyone. She held Aaron's arm, feeling sweet and sad in her heart.
She knew that her bottom line had been breached by Aaron again, and she could not hold any bottom line against this man.
Even Su Lun didn't support her.
My Lord, will you no longer protect your loyal servant?
The Silver Virgin's reply was a gentle yet reproachful chuckle, indicating that you meant what you said.
Eleanor couldn't help but blush.
Even my Lord has seen through me, right? Well~ why am I so embarrassed?
Thinking of the coming Midwinter Festival and New Year, Eleanor couldn't help but be filled with anticipation.
He and I are finally going to...
Girls in love are always so contradictory and always so cute. Aaron noticed Eleanor's expression and gently scratched her little nose with his finger: "Just leave it to me, Eleanor.
Lenore.”
"Don't think about doing bad things!" Eleanor waved her little fist in demonstration, saying that I'm not afraid of you!
The girl's sea-blue beautiful eyes were clear and bright, with only Aaron's reflection in her pupils.
After finishing the shopping, Aaron planned to ask the two seniors and Miss Lysa if they wanted to go together. When he turned around, he found that the college president Leonard looked strange at the checkout counter, while Disma was a little gloating.
"What's wrong? Senior?" Aaron asked Disma what happened.
"Ha, some people obviously don't have the strength, but they still want to show their gentlemanly demeanor." Disma couldn't help but feel proud, his dead fish eyes were full of sarcasm: "Now, isn't it embarrassing?
"
The sunny and handsome Leonard was indeed embarrassed, especially when he faced the gazes of his two juniors, Samir and Eleonora, the gazes of Miss Lysa, and the gazes of the shopkeeper and the female tiefling.
The paladin who took the oath of devotion had a stiff expression and sweat was forming on his forehead.
Out of the gentleman's demeanor, out of the sense of responsibility of the paladin, and out of the countless instructions from his mentor Lucian, the flag-bearer, Leonard took the initiative to pay for Miss Lysa.
When he saw the price, the university president was stunned.
Miss Lysa was already very considerate and restrained. She only chose a small cream-style winter dress, a pair of ordinary kitten heels, ordinary brown spider silk stockings and a red fox scarf.
The shopkeeper checked out: The four items added up to a total of 325 gold lion coins.
This will definitely put Leonard at risk. The paladin went out for a walk today and only brought 50 gold lion coins with him! This was already the majority of his cash.
Leonard's annual fixed salary in the Purple Dragon Knights is only 300 gold lion coins, and the rest is gained from missions, and the college president always donates all the excess money, leaving only basic living expenses and
Emergency reserve fund.
For Leonard, 50 gold lion coins are a huge sum of money. An ordinary family of five can live a standard life of food and clothing for more than a year. Today, he was forcibly ordered by his instructor to accompany Miss Lesa shopping. He is already the leader.
Made as much money as possible.
Is this... so expensive?
"Sir, how do you plan to pay the bill?" the owner of the Saint Angel Seve boutique asked: "Are you going to pay cash or mail a bill?"
"I..." Leonard was extremely embarrassed.
He is Thom's paladin, he must be honest, but he has no cash.
He is Thom's paladin, he must keep his word, he said he will pay the bill, he can't break his promise.
What should I do? On a cold winter day with light snow, Leonard suddenly felt that the ground dragon in the store was too hot, causing him to sweat on his back.
"What does mailing a bill mean?" Aaron was puzzled: "Didn't Leonard already..."
"You don't know this, Aaron, Leonard is a paladin, and paladin has credibility." Disma deliberately amplified his voice, and he said with a evil smile: "Businessmen are willing to lend
For paladin money, because the consequences of a paladin not paying back the money are more serious, so as long as they can confirm that the other party is a genuine paladin, most businessmen are willing to let the paladin pay on credit."
"Can the paladin use his face to get credit?" Aaron said in surprise.
"Hey, you described it quite vividly. Yes, it's just a matter of using your face to get credit." Disma nodded.
Aaron thought that when I become stronger in the future, can I get a paladin routine loan? The credit limit of the paladin will be determined by assessing the sesame score of the paladin? Those with high sesame scores can pass through the subspace, and chaos can be directly transferred from the subspace.
Can I get a loan from God?
When the scale becomes large, we will build a Salian Financial Server and put the entire multiverse on the market!
For such a genius invention, Ms. Fortune won’t grant me the title of a god?
Oh yes, Ms. Fortune has disappeared and there is no news yet.
Aaron could only put this idea aside for the time being. When he saw Leonard hesitating and didn't know what to do, he was about to speak, but Disma took the initiative and said: "Hey, boy, you are so rich, you must have cash on you, right?
"
"I have 200 gold lion coins with me. Let's put together 300 and settle this matter." The second senior took out a small bag from his body and said, "I will pay you back the money later."
"Senior?" Aaron's mouth opened wide. He glanced at Disma from top to bottom, as if to confirm whether he was his second senior.
"What are you looking at?" Disma's eyes were filled with embarrassment. He turned his head and said, "Do you have any money? Just give me the answer!"
"I didn't expect you, senior, to be such a warm-hearted person." Aaron was a little moved, and he skillfully pointed out 100 gold lion coins.
"Who is so warm-hearted?!" Disma said like a cat with hairy hair: "I just want to prevent that guy from being chased to the Knights for his debts, embarrassing the smelly old man, and having a bad impact on us, but you can
Don’t overthink it!”
"Yes, yes, yes." Aaron smiled and took the money bag. After thinking for a moment, he motioned for Samir to come over and give the magician a few words.
What a kind person Samir is, he immediately understood and put his arms around Leonard's shoulders with the money bag.
"Ah, my Lord, I forgot that the commission I asked you to help last time has not been given to you yet..."
In the end, the matter was resolved smoothly.
A group of people came out of the fashion store, and Miss Lesa's family picked up the pure noble girl. Aaron saw Leonard's tangled expression when he said goodbye to Miss Lesa, and thought that he, the college president, would probably never do it.
Will come to this store again.
On the way, Leonard still couldn't hold it back, and the paladin complained: "Three hundred and twenty-five gold lion coins, Thom, Disma, Aaron, do you know how much money you can get if you donate this much money to the refugees in Arabelle?"
How many people can eat bread and drink broth? How many people can get a shelter that can protect them from the wind and snow? Such a large sum of money has been spent like this. Oh, I really feel that it is not worth it."
Disma sneered and rolled his eyes, thinking that the paladins were really hopeless.
Eleanor had a sick look on her face, and the pastor always felt that the university president's words were a subtle accusation against her and Aaron.
"Come on!" Aaron said impatiently: "Senior! They are refugees, not disaster victims! You donate money this year, donate money next year, and the year after tomorrow, they will still have to face a complete winter! Will you then?
Still want to donate money? How much money do you have to fill this hole?"
"I..." Leonard was speechless for a moment, but Aaron made sense.
"What the refugees really need is to go home! The best way for us to help them is to go home!" Aaron said decisively: "Only by trying to let them go home can we truly and fundamentally solve the refugee problem! Samir,
You talk to them."
The warlock told the two seniors about Ms. Raul's plan.
"This world needs heroes!" Samir said at the end: "You two, I formally invite you to join Ms. Raul's Arabelle Restoration Army! Fight for all the good things in the world!"
"Are you coming?"
Leonard and Disma looked at each other, and both saw the determination in the other's eyes.