After the war, Campbell held a celebration banquet at the White River Valley Fortress. On the pretext of celebrating the victory, he invited a group of nobles on the top of the mountain to participate. These fence-sitters seemed worthless, but in fact they were the most important in this war.
The majority, if we can get their help, it will definitely be beneficial to victory without any harm.
Unfortunately, the reality is not so satisfactory...
White River Valley, banquet hall.
"Isn't Lord Rona coming too?" Knight Colin asked, looking at the messenger from the Rona family in front of him.
The messenger looked embarrassed and said: "Your Excellency was frightened on the top of the mountain and has not recovered yet, so..."
Knight Colin said sarcastically: "I heard that when Lord Rona followed the Duke to fight against the McVigas, he still chopped off their heads with one against ten. When will this pirate butcher also be afraid of a mere killing?
Yet?"
"This..." the messenger hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Excellency asked me to tell the Baron: Gray Woodland can only be the Gray Woodland of the Gray Wood people."
Colin frowned.
After a pause, he nodded and said, "Okay, the Baron will say hello to His Excellency."
The messenger left quickly.
Baron Barrow came over: "Isn't Lord Rona coming too?"
Knight Colin nodded and sighed: "Yes, we have received help from wizards, and everyone is obviously worried about this."
Baron Barrow said: "Rat!"
Colin frowned: "Their concerns are not without reason. After all, although they don't care who the winner is, for them, the winner must have the surname Grafton..."
Even though their military strength was at its peak, even though they saved all the witnesses on the mountaintop in disguise, without exception, these nobles still rejected their invitations, and no one chose to attend the banquet they held.
Baron Barrow shook his head: "That's why we say they are rats!"
After a pause, he then asked: "What did the Baron say?"
Colin said: "Sir, let them go."
Baron Barrow twitched the corner of his mouth, and he laughed and said: "Hehehe, sometimes knights also have the benefits of knights."
Colin said nothing and seemed worried.
Baron Barrow glanced at him and said earnestly: "Don't hesitate. Hesitation leads to defeat. Now that power has reached out to us, we should hold it firmly and use it to reach the top of power. As for whether the final power will change qualitatively, this is not now.
It’s time to think about it.”
He said with certainty: "These idiots don't realize that this is the general trend. We had no choice from the beginning!"
"Okay, don't think about this. Let's go and welcome our heroes. Thanks to them this time, we can win the victory effortlessly. Lord Baron must wake up and reward him according to his merits.
This is not the time to be stingy."
...
The other side.
"Pap tap tap!" The clear flapping sound of wings sounded, and the owl holding the package flew out of the cross window, spread its big wings and flew away.
"Now these guys have nothing to say!"
Heath threw the feathers scattered on the window sill out of the window and closed the cross window.
After adjusting his clothes, he immediately left the room and headed to the banquet hall. As the biggest contributor to this battle, he could not miss the celebration dinner.
Come downstairs.
Downstairs is a small garden, and the four of Roma are already waiting in the garden. In addition, there is a young girl next to them. Everyone seems to be talking about some interesting topic, and the girl's silver bell-like laughter can be heard.
Continuously.
Seeing Heath coming, several well-dressed people quickly gathered around him.
"grown ups!"
"grown ups!"
Heath nodded, but his eyes fell on the girl in a formal dress. He didn't know what was going on. He seemed to think he had seen this girl somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
After noticing Heath's gaze, the girl quickly picked up the hem of her skirt and bowed: "Long time no see, Lord Wizard, Ariel says hello to you."
Ariel? Let me go, this isn't...
Heath immediately remembered the identity of this girl. He couldn't help but look her up and down curiously. He still didn't recognize her even though she was wearing clothes... Ah! No, it should be that this girl said that here...
Just as I was thinking about this, the voice of an old god came from behind: "Master Wizard!"
Heath turned his head and saw a well-dressed old man walking this way, his eyes that were always moving were always shrewd.
"President Magra?"
This old man is none other than Magra, the president of the Golden Rose Chamber of Commerce.
He wondered: "Why are you here?"
Magla smiled and said: "I helped the Baron get a batch of ordnance before the war started, so I am honored to attend the Baron's celebration banquet."
I see!
Heath joked: "It seems that you are still betting on Castle Gray! Aren't you afraid of losing all your money this time?"
Several consecutive investment failures have dealt a heavy blow to Magra. Last time Heath saw Aisa's head hanging on the city wall and had not seen him again. He thought he was afraid that he had left Gray Castle to look for investment targets again.
.
Magla said: "My bet is not on Campbell, but on Your Excellency."
Heath twitched the corner of his mouth: "...It's better to avoid it..."
This guy clearly shows that he is plagued by bad luck, okay? Investing in one person will kill the other person. Being his investment target is really risking your life...
Having said that, I really have a bad feeling...
"Hehehehe!"
The old god Magra smiled and didn't care about Heath's 'joke'.
Immediately, he leaned forward and suddenly said: "In addition, Mr. Wizard, I think it won't be long before I can bring you good news."
Heath was stunned: "Good news?"
Magla nodded heavily, her eyes filled with light: "Yes, everything depends on human effort! Your efforts will always be rewarded!"
Heath looked at him: "..."
Looking at his neurotic and crazy expression, Heath could roughly guess something. It should be that this guy had found some relevant clues about the hedge ruins.
He asked: "Any new clues?"
Magla replied firmly: "It can't be wrong."
After a pause, he changed the subject, glanced left and right, and said in a lowered voice: "But before that, I hope you can understand me. I am not going to reveal any rumors for the time being, so as to avoid anything bad happening again."
He had a thief-like expression, as if someone was watching him and waiting to trip him up.
"Okay, the banquet is about to start, let's go to the hall first."
A group of people came to the banquet hall.
Although none of the invited nobles came to attend, there were still many people gathered in the banquet hall. These were all lords, nobles, and knights who followed Campbell.
With music and fine wine, everyone was talking about various things and enjoying the relaxation of the banquet.
Seeing Heath and others coming in, everyone immediately gathered around.
"The wizard is here!"
"It's a wizard!"
Campbell, wearing a brown dress, walked over with a sincere smile on his face: "Heath, are you here?"
"welcome."
He turned his head and said around him: "Let us welcome our heroes."