New Washington.

Since the Bimonth Festival, the new world has entered autumn. This prosperous city with a century-old history is obviously deserted in the bleak autumn wind. Many of the noisy stores in the past are still closed, especially in large numbers of people from the elves quietly left the city.

At this time, nearly half a month has passed since the Single Moon Festival, known as the Nightmare Day, and no one in the city can forget what happened that night. The sudden bloody moonlight shrouded the entire New Washington. For the colonists, it was shocking for this unprecedented scene, but for the local natives, it was terrifying.

In the central part of the city, the palace area, the undead skeletons that were raging in the palace that day were completely cleaned up, and the wreckage was completely burned into powder. In order to prevent future situations, the Judgment Academy also carefully inspected the places where the bodies might have been buried in that year, leaving no omissions.

The response measures of the Decision Academy were quite rapid, but many of the effects were caused in the end, and it was difficult to reverse them in a short period of time.

In a hall in the palace, around the huge round table, there were about a dozen Americans sitting in a fierce discussion.

"In the past two weeks, the commercial transaction volume in New Washington has dropped by 12 percentage points, and many daily necessities have almost completely stagnated. If this continues, our revenue this year will drop sharply."

"Business is second, what I am worried about now is population issues! This is why I just obtained population entry and exit data from the city garrison. In just ten days, nearly 40,000 to 50,000 people left New Washington! Our whole city has only more than one million people!"

"Population is still very important to us. All the infrastructure of the colonies requires a large amount of labor. Our taxes mainly come from local natives. Many coolies cannot be done by our colleges themselves. This issue does need to be paid attention to."

"I have seen the statistics of the garrison. Not many local natives have left. The second or even third generations have basically taken root. Their families and industries are in New Washington, and they can't leave even if they want to. What makes me more worried is that they are still the elves. Haven't you noticed that since the day before yesterday, the elves in the city suddenly left in large numbers. Many stores opened by the elves were also transferred at a low price. It seems that they didn't plan to come back at all!"

"How long is the Peace Alliance Treaty between our Prisoners Academy and the Elves?"

"I remember that there are more than ten years left in the Centennial Alliance Treaty. The Elf is a race that pays great attention to commitment and credit, so there is no need to worry that they will breach the contract."

"What about more than ten years later? What if the elf tribe refuses to renew the contract at that time?"

"It's not about what will happen in more than ten years. Don't go too far! You should think carefully about how to save New Washington's fiscal revenue this year!"

"Enough!" A sudden angrily shouted in the noisy hall. The man sitting in the corner slapped the table. Unlike others who were wearing casual clothes, the man was covered in silver armor and helmet on the table. His face was full of impatience and contempt. His low and thick voice echoed in the hall.

"You have been discussing the population, finance and the contracts of the Elves. I said, have you left the academy for too long? Have you forgotten who we are?"

There was a commotion in the hall, and an elderly man stood up and said unhappy: "Captain Harry, today is a municipal meeting, and you are the commander of the Dragon Eagle Knight. Logically speaking, the military department has nothing to do with this meeting. If you didn't say that there was an important report, we didn't plan to let you attend!"

The fully armed man was Harry, who sneered: "Don't forget that we are colonists! We can plunder again when the population is gone, and we can rob it again if the finances are not enough. As for the elves, hum, even if that weak and incompetent race really wants to go to war with us, what's there to be afraid of!"

"Harry, what do you mean? Just say it without sarcastic words!"

Harry took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed his anger, his voice was cold: "I discussed so much in the meeting today, but you seem to have forgotten a very important thing! Lilith disappeared after that incident and has not been heard from now. Isn't anyone caring?"

"Lilith, you also know the character of that woman. She does whatever she thinks, without any restraint or rules. Maybe she has found some fun opponents and left New Washington first. Maybe she may come back by herself in a while." The man who spoke before said perfunctorily.

A touch of ferociousness appeared on Harry's face and he said angrily: "It seems that you don't know the importance of Lilith to the Judgment Academy!"

"We naturally understand the importance of Lilith, Captain Harry, I can understand your mood, but it is no longer an era of colonization by war alone. Economics and commerce are also important. Everything we do is for the benefit of the Prisoner Academy."

" Speaking of Captain Harry, do you say that you have an important report today, which is the point of this?"

Harry took a deep breath, shook his head slowly and said, "There is another student of Dawn College that we invited to disappear with Lilith that day."

The short man closest to Harry was almost asleep. After hearing Harry's words, he immediately opened his eyes and twisted his butt, allowing his slightly bloated body to adjust his seat more comfortably. Then he said slowly: "This matter belongs to my Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The student of Dawn is Xiao Lin. We were indeed invited to participate in Professor Brown's work. After the Blood Moon incident that day, Commander Harry and I interrogated the student who was controlled by the undead overnight, but unfortunately we did not get any information."

As the man led by the round table with glasses and seemed to be the host of the meeting, he frowned and asked, "Is Shuguang Academy? That's a bit troublesome. We also signed an alliance treaty with Shuguang Academy, so we can't make the relationship tense. What grade is this student in Shuguang Academy and what is his strength level?"

The short man replied: "A freshman who has just entered school has not yet reached the level of black iron. He relies on the anti-gravity jewelry and super potions we provide to work in New Washington."

The man in glasses breathed a sigh of relief: "Freshman? That's nothing, can he hide it from Shuguang Academy for the time being?"

The short man spread his hands: "This is what I am going to report today. This matter is probably a bit tricky. A minister of Shuguang Academy accompanied by Xiao Lin. The minister sent the information to Shuguang Academy as soon as possible. It is impossible to hide it. Now the special investigation team sent by Shuguang Academy is already in my Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I would like to ask the city hall, what should I do?" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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