In a dilapidated village on the edge of the Volga Plain, thick gray fog filled the air, making it difficult to see clearly what was going on inside. All that could be heard was the hoarse cries of crows around it.
And as a dark crack appeared, three figures wrapped in black robes appeared at the entrance of the village.
At this time, another group of men in black robes were already waiting here.
"Lady Sarah!"
"Well, go in and talk!"
Among the three people who just appeared, the leader in black robe nodded, and then strode towards the village.
After a while.
"Lord Sara, I don't understand why we are doing such a meaningless thing? We might as well attack more nobles while we have this time!"
"Hall, shut up! Lady Sarah has her own plan, it's not your turn to question it!"
A black-robed wizard standing behind Sara scolded.
Apparently the two groups of men in black robes had a quarrel because of differences of opinion.
"Okay, shut up!"
The hoarse voice of the black-robed wizard Sarah echoed in the village, and all the people in black robes fell silent for a moment.
"I know you have doubts about my plan, but I don't need to explain it to you. When you are promoted to a spiritual wizard, you can question me again!"
After saying something to everyone, Sara stared at Hall with her dark eyes and warned: "I can forgive you this time! But there won't be a next time. If you don't want to die now, just do as I say!"
Listening to Sarah's cold words, Hall suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, wondering why he had lost his mind and got into trouble with a high-level spiritual enlightenment wizard.
High-level spiritual enlightenment wizards, even war knights, are no match for them unless they are close.
Although the organization prohibits killing each other, killing someone should not be too easy for a high-level spiritual wizard.
"I'm sorry, Lady Sarah, I was impulsive just now, please forgive me for being rude!"
Looking at Hall who was kneeling in panic, Sarah nodded expressionlessly.
"Since the results of this experiment are pretty good, I can forgive you, but please don't cause any trouble for me about catalyzing the cold wind bird! As for why you did this, you will understand it later!"
"Thank you, Lady Sara! I understand!"
A trace of joy flashed across Hall's face.
Then Sarah said again in a deep tone:
"The second hunt is about to begin. You still have three months before the Ota Empire's counterattack arrives. I hope you won't let the organization down!"
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Amid the wind and snow, a group of carriages was slowly advancing.
At this time, Clement, who was riding a green mane, was running at the front. When he climbed up a steep slope, a familiar building appeared in front of him.
"Windmill! Finally home!"
His eyes moved to the city with smoke in the distance, and Clemont let out a sigh of relief. The journey over the past few days was really hard to describe!
As the heavy snow continued to fall, the snow on the road became thicker and thicker. The speed of the convoy could almost be described as crawling, and the original two-day journey more than doubled.
"Everyone, work harder, we'll be there soon!"
Although he didn't know what the current situation was in Clermont Territory, seeing the green smoke floating in the sky above the city, Clermont was looking forward to it.
Finally, the convoy arrived at Claremont City before nightfall.
The outer city wall planned before Clement walked was nearly 500 meters away from the previous old city wall.
At this moment, the new city wall is already three to four meters high. Since it is being built on all four sides at the same time, the construction speed is not very fast. And now, the construction site has long been buried by heavy snow.
Before they even reached the gate of the old city, a group of tightly packed city guards came to greet them from afar.
But when they saw Clemont's face clearly, they all shouted excitedly, and a few of them turned around and went to the city to report the news.
"The lord is back! The lord is back!"
Upon hearing the shouts of the city guards, the doors of all residences in the city opened instantly, and then men and women, old and young, didn't have time to wrap up their coats and ran towards the city gate.
"Where is the lord? Where is the lord?"
Soon, the city gate was blocked by a dense crowd, and the people behind stood on tiptoe, constantly searching for the figure of the lord.
Hearing the cheers and shouts coming from in front of him, Clemont felt extremely warm in his heart, this was his own home.
"Let's go home!"
After speaking to Mandy and the three sisters who were getting off the car at the back, Clemont led Qingmane and walked toward the city.
As they walked along, the dense crowd slowly gave way to a path. At this time, they felt sincere respect for this young lord who had completely changed their lives.
Following Clemont's footsteps all the way to the small square, Fernandi, Old Barr and others, who had received the news, were waiting to meet again.
When they saw Clemont, everyone smiled happily.
"Lord, you are back!"
Although Claremont City has developed well during this period, the number of outsiders has also increased dozens of times, and various mercenary adventurers can be seen everywhere. Although there are 500 city guards trained by Rupert, Old Barr still
Worried about what might happen.
However, now that the lord is back, he no longer needs to be so worried.
"Haha, Secretary Barr, I have been lucky to you during this time!"
Seeing Old Barr's relieved look, Clemont walked over with a smile.
As for Old Barr's worries, Clement understood that the current Clermont City was no longer the small town with only a few hundred people before.
On the way here just now, he saw many new faces, and he also saw many mercenaries and adventurers wearing various armors.
It is no exaggeration to describe the current city of Clermont as a mixed bag of good and bad.
Although there are teachers and Magician Blanche on duty, these two are in special circumstances and cannot act at will. You can imagine the pressure on Old Barr during this period.
"Let's go back to the castle. Rupert, please let everyone disperse! Don't get cold in such a cold day!"
Then everyone returned to the castle.
After handing the three sisters to Martha, Clemont returned to the hall after washing his face.
Then Old Barr and Rupert each reported on the situation of the territory and the army in the past five months. Of course, Elton, who was in charge of the soap workshop, also reported on it.
After listening to the three reports one after another, Clemont frowned.
There is no problem with the overall direction of the territory, but now with the increasing population, the management and taxation of the territory have become a problem, and more importantly, the infrastructure of the territory has not kept up with the development speed at all.
According to Old Barr's report, in just the past three months, dozens of territorial residents had died due to frostbite and colds, not to mention those who had been injured while taking risks in the Gnans Forest.
The current medical conditions in the territory are almost non-existent. Except for a medical clinic opened by little Rita, there are only a few half-baked doctors trained by old Barr in the territory, which are of little use.
Of course, in addition to hospitals, taverns and hotels are also saturated, which has led to mercenary adventurers fighting for seats or rooms from time to time in Claremont City.
The only thing that you don't have to worry about is probably the food problem, because with the help of his father Enoch, there is no shortage of food in Claremont City.
But as the territory develops, the food problem will eventually be solved. After all, a mature territory must have its own food base.
However, these problems can be solved later. The most important goal now is to solve the housing problem of the residents...