The next morning, the light in the room was very soft, it was the brilliance of the dawn. Miss Canrenli was siping a sip of rich milk tea and signaling Anne to drink a cup in front of him.
"Thank you." Annien also took a sip. In this world, having such enjoyment can be said to be a real luxury. You must know that under the current productivity situation, most people are striving for survival!
"I know you have questions, but I don't know if it's really involved, but I'm sure that these people have no direct relationship with you, and you'll only affect it at most." Kanlunli's voice always seems a little softer than humans, which is the unique accent of the elves: "This world is too big, and your little interests are insignificant compared to some things."
She took out a piece of information and handed it to Annien. Annien did not speak out. He began to read the information. The information was very simple, namely, data on the population and strength of various cities in the north, but it clearly revealed some dangerous information.
During the development of the Northland, humans, elves, and dwarves were almost allies. They established settlements and cities. In order to resist the invasion of Northland giants, goblins, orcs, barbarians, etc., they formed a semi-organized Northland alliance. Since they needed the support of the Moon Church a hundred years ago and needed powerful forces from the chosen people of God to maintain their security, they even gave Inia the title of "Trince of the Moon", so Inia was called Queen - but this was just a title, not really a Queen.
However, the alliance has now faced a crisis. The reason is very simple. Under the leadership of the almost immortal leader Inia, its policies and political situation are unprecedentedly stable. Therefore, its strength continues to expand. The power of the Moon City has almost accounted for one-third of the Northland. If this situation continues, the Moon City can even manipulate the Northland Alliance, turn the loose alliance organization into a kingdom, and make Inia a real queen.
This is of course something that some cities and forces do not want to see. Therefore, the situation facing Moon City will be unprecedentedly complex and dangerous.
At the last alliance meeting, the three important powerful lords of the North publicly proposed that the title of "Third of the Moon" of the North should be elected in turn, and the term of office was stipulated, and they would not be re-elected, or even directly proposed that Iniya, as the elect of God, would be suitable for staying in the position of the Lord of the Moon City for a long time?
This has seriously threatened the status of Moon City and Inia.
"It's already a chaotic situation, and various forces are complicated." Annon thought to himself, and suddenly understood. He closed the document and knew how he should position himself now.
"Miss Canlenli, I already understand that I will choose the right side and the right strategy at this critical moment."
"Just understand. Kanshuken, the captain of the 31st team, was seriously injured. Although you were treated quickly and there was no danger of life, it still left sequelae. It is no longer suitable to continue working in the army, especially to continue to serve as captain. Therefore, he will retire. Because you are actually at the level of a captain, there are two choices for the captain of the 31st team. The first is that you are in charge, and the second is to transfer people from other teams to serve. Which one should you choose?" Kanshuli stared at him and asked: "Of course, the obligations of the two are absolutely different from working hours. As a captain, you must assume the responsibility of the captain."
In other words, as a team leader, I can't have as much time as a simple mage to study magic. But thinking that I had read a lot of information that I could read in the past month and had all the smart brains stored, he immediately made a choice: "If Moon City needs me, I am willing to take the position of team leader."
"Okay, I will report to the above...you can go out."
After Annen came out, he knew that he had actually decided to serve as the team leader. As a nobleman and a promising mage, this position was already condescending - although for some people, this small position has been the result of years of struggle and blood.
Kanshuken was like this. He was lying on the bed with a pale face to rest, holding a command to retire in his hand, while his wife was carefully cooking some herbs and stewing a chicken - the magic technique was just a quick treatment, and the loss of vitality and blood naturally had to be slowly recuperated.
A fragrant smell came out, but it looked very dull in this small house. This house has been the result of Kanshuk's struggle for ten years, but it is still relatively humid and dim. There are very few furniture in the interior, only some tables, chairs, benches and household utensils.
Seeing Anion come in, Kanshoken struggled to sit up on the bed. His wife hurriedly went up and put a mat behind him. He basically knew that Anion was one of the candidates to serve as the team leader on his behalf. No matter what he thought in his heart, the person in front of him was a noble, a wizard, and a person who saved his life. He was no longer a fledgling cottage and had to treat him enthusiastically.
"Sir, your visit really makes me celebrate."
After a few greetings, when talking about Kanshuken's physical condition, his wife said sadly: "The pharmacist said that although he has received rapid and sacred treatment from the adults in time, his internal organs have been seriously damaged. He cannot work hard in the future, let alone fight."
As she said that, water vapor appeared in her eyes.
Anne swept around and looked at the table again. There were bacon, cod, eggs... Although bread was a staple food, it looked mixed with barley, oats, rye and beans, and it was cold and hard. It was almost a family who had just lived a good life and was accidentally interrupted.
"City Hall will always compensate for this, right?" Annin asked.
"As long as he is given 50 gold coins, the herb treatment costs 30. However, as long as he is still alive, my family will be exempted from urban labor in the future."
The law of the Moon City stipulates that any citizen, except for the nobles, mages, clergy, soldiers and knights, must serve for forty days every year, is usually ordered to participate in the work of laying the pavement and building new buildings, and stipulates the amount that an individual should complete. Of course, there is no wage, so for every ordinary citizen, this is actually a great burden.
"So have you thought about what to do in the future?"
“… Maybe, I can find a job at the brewer….”
Annien shook his head quickly and said directly: "Kanshuken, have you heard that the South District is going to develop a large number of buildings before?"
"I heard of it, but I don't know the specific situation."
"I know one thing, the population planned by Moon City a hundred years ago was only 20,000, but now there are 25,000 citizens, not to mention those adventurers and merchants who are pouring in. In order to reduce population pressure, the southern district has certainly begun to develop and build."
"..." Although I didn't know what this had to do with him, Kanshuken certainly knew that he would not say anything useless, so he waited silently.
"With Moon City's population structure and reputation, this expansion will surely be successful, so it will be a good return to buy land in the South District first."
"But I heard that the Town Hall has a purchase limit."
"Yes, the Town Hall wants to be organized and planned, not speculative, so both nobles and citizens have a land purchase limit - but the specific number is certainly different. I hope you can be my agent and buy 300 acres of land in my capacity."
"Does adults want me to be an agent to buy land? There is no problem, but what about the future?"
"From the future, let's open a hotel first. With your experience and influence in the military over the past decade, there will be no problem with opening a hotel, right?"
"It seems that the hotel doesn't need such a large area."
"You can do other things in other areas, how about it? I hope you can do things for me. The salary is still the standard for your team leader. How about 15 gold coins per month?"
Kanshu was willing to look at his wife without much hesitation, and he decided to grit his teeth: "Since sir, I will obey my destiny. From today on, I will be your retainer."
"I'll give you 500 gold coins first, and 1,000 gold coins to you next month." Annen smiled with satisfaction. He had decided to establish his own circle of power in the South District. At present, from this point on, there is no need to consider the issue of loyalty. Working by hand is the most important thing at the moment.
As soon as he walked out of Kanshuken's room, he saw a soldier rushing over. When he saw him, he quickly shouted: "Captain Annion, something big happened. Miss Kanshulie wants you to arrive at the door immediately."
He rushed to the city gate. Annien saw a fully armed team of cavalry, with about thirty people, and immediately a mage and three priests. Seeing Annien coming, Kanlenli waved his hand and signaled him to get on the horse immediately. Annien immediately ran to an empty horse and turned over the horse. The cavalry immediately ran out of the city under Kanlenli's leadership. After a moment of running out of the city, large areas of wood appeared around.
There was a small manor between the trees. Kanlunli's face was as cold as water, and she kept walking inside. As soon as she approached, out of the inspiration of the magician, Ann immediately felt a wave of evil spirits rushing towards her.
There were magic and evil auras everywhere here. A young priest frowned and directly "sacred dispelled" it. A flash of light flashed, and the evil spirit was immediately dispelled. However, few people praised such behavior, and everyone looked at him with strange eyes.
"Sacred Dispel" uses positive energy to dispel immortal lives. Although it also has an effect on evil spirits, it is equivalent to a waste, especially when the battle is not confirmed to end, which is simply a bit stupid.
As soon as I walked inside, I felt the evil spirit more and more. Corpants with flames and frost marks appeared on the ground. Some of these corpses were enemies, and some were soldiers wearing patrol clothes.
"That's Captain Freva!" Someone screamed in surprise. Sure enough, on the ground, a man in armor was lying on the ground, and he was dead. He had a big hole in his chest, and the breath of evil magic was still everywhere around the hole.
Annien suddenly felt nervous. Freva was the squadron leader of the 10th Squadron. He now had the title of civilian knight. If he could be promoted to another level, he could be awarded the official jazz title and had a hereditary estate. He had quite high martial arts skills, but he was killed here.
After so many days, he also knew that although there is resurrection in this world, it must be a power that only high-level priests above level 16 and must pay half of the life of the caster. However, such high-level priests are usually bishops, who would sacrifice so much? Moreover, this spell must be authorized by God before it can be cast.
So, even if the king and prince die, they will die, and basically no one can be resurrected unless he is an extremely important person who influences the victory of the camp - so Freva is dead.
"This rash guy, after finding out the whereabouts of the black-robed mage, he actually brought the team himself." Kanlunli said half-angry and half-explained, so he walked to the basement.
In the basement, the corpses were evenly everywhere, almost all of them were the corpses of patrol soldiers, with twenty of them. But it was not these corpses that attracted everyone's attention, but a huge altar. This altar was composed entirely of white bones, and there was even a dragon bone in the key parts. The strong evil energy on the altar was still emitting, and a little flash was falling in the air. In the center of the altar, two (modified here) girls were being nailed to the skeleton, and blood was still dripping slowly. The air was full of blood, but the most creepy thing was that the two girls' faces were showing a satisfied and peaceful expression.
"It is the evil living sacrifice, and it is the kind of voluntary in the evil living sacrifice." Kanlunli was full of disgust.
Most demons and evil gods need sacrifices. And their favorite is living sacrifices, especially when killing sacrifices follow specific rituals on altars that belong to them.
In such a magical world, evil gods and demons pay attention to those who sacrifice to them, and often encourage their believers to do so. This is because living sacrifices can enhance their strength and satisfy their thirst, and in return, evil gods will also give the sacrificers some favors or blessings.
Among them, if the sacrifice can be sacrificed sincerely and passionately, it is a favorite way for all demons and evil gods. If you obtain this sacrifice, the evil god or demon will give you more powerful power, although these powers can only last for a day and a night.
At present, it seems that this altar is not a living sacrifice for the evil gods, but a living sacrifice for the demons. No wonder this black-robed mage gained such powerful power and quickly killed almost half of the squadron's patrol!
"Miss Canrenli, what should I do?" Looking at the empty basement, someone asked.
"Catch up, he can't escape much!" Kanlunli sneered, showing murderous intent in front of people for the first time. In her hand, a silver light flashed. It was a crystal blue ring, and a little red light flashed on the ring - the breath positioning ring!
Annien didn't say anything, he followed.
Hesmo gasped in a hidden woods, surrounded by a dark black cover about three feet in diameter, a kind of dark protection, and the living sacrifice not long ago gave him protection from the power of demons within 24 hours.
He held the stone tightly and insisted on not making any sound. Relying on the power of darkness, he had just absorbed a large amount of life in the massacre, so he could pass it on to himself, but the penetrated wound and a broken rib were quite painful in the healing process. Of course, the demon's treatment would not have the effect of paralysis like a magical technique - but this doesn't matter. Hesmo was very satisfied to see that his wounds began to heal with the indoctrination of vitality.
"As long as I can recover, I must sue the guy who commands randomly." He took a breath and thought hatred: "I was lurking well, but I was commanded by him to attack a small team. It turned out to be exposed. Now there is a problem with whether I can escape!"
Although he gained a lot of power to perform a living sacrifice between the two women who fell in love with him, he also remembered all the lost spells, and could add three additional spells within 24 hours, even so, he did not dare to take it lightly. Unfortunately, his demon-pet demon bat has died, otherwise he could let it detect the surrounding situation.
Unfortunately, if one of them had not slept with her because he could not bear it, the two virgins who voluntarily sacrificed could bring more strength to him - as he thought so, the faces of the two girls appeared in front of him, but inexplicably sour in his eyes.
Chapter completed!