The snow-covered Breeze City shines in the sunlight that breaks out of the clouds.
The carriage with no concealed emblem drove into Breeze City, and passers-by just stared at it - nearly three months have passed since "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" was released. Although the classic will never go out of style, the coldness of the north is enough to extinguish enthusiasm.
Occasionally, someone would wave to the carriage, or follow it, keeping a comfortable distance for Annan - before, the people of Breeze City seemed to be possessed by an elf mentor.
Speaking of the elf mentor's gift, Annan hasn't thought about it yet... The gift needs to make the elf mentor like it but not make her become animalistic.
So exclude yourself.
Annan, who returned to Breeze City, first went to the warehouse. This warehouse belonging to Andrew Luna became a spinning mill, where Annan lived temporarily, and then became a spinning wheel workshop. Now it has become the warehouse placed by Xingyue Bay in Breeze City.
Annan found Andrew Luna by the way and asked him about his willingness to open a tavern in Xingyue Bay.
"Well...as long as it's not too expensive."
"Actually, I'm going to give you a tavern, but you still have to pay taxes normally."
Annan has not yet decided how to sell the house in Xingyue Bay, so Ingrid asked Ingrid to copy the tax rate from Breeze City and then modify it.
"Aren't you afraid that I will take away too much of Fast's business and drive him back to Pinglin Town?" Andrew Luna said deliberately.
"When I came back, I asked the mayor to demolish the Dawn Tavern." Annan said. He also left a letter to the bard. However, the "King of the North's Territory" was spreading in the northern border of the Kingdom of Rekaner, and there was a biting cold.
The wind should have brought the news to the bard's ears long ago.
After taking the gifts prepared in advance from the warehouse, Annan returned to the manor.
The magic ring was just filled with magic power. Annan waved his hand to activate it, and a large fire element appeared on the summoning array.
"Go out and play, don't run too far."
Annan asked the fire element not to leave the snow-covered garden and enter the mansion.
Everyone who knew Annan was back came to the living room. Fast still wore the same dirty shirt in the winter, and Lindy pushed Mr. Victor in the wheelchair.
"Oh, my little Annan, you see you have lost a lot of weight..."
Aunt Susan hugged Annan warmly.
"Have I lost weight?"
Annan looked down at his body shape in confusion. The cold made people want to eat more, but his diet these days was no different from usual.
"Your legs are not as thick as Aunt Susan's wrist..." Aunt Susan said distressedly, "It's been a long time since you've eaten the food cooked by Aunt Susan. Do you still want to eat it?"
"certainly!"
Then, Annan distributed the gifts: Fast's gift was the tavern in Xingyue Bay. As expected, he was not happy at all. It was Evelin's coquettishness that made him look forward to the future.
"Where's my gift, cousin?" Martin came over.
Then Annan asked Mr. Fast not to punish Martin these days. Fast readily agreed, but for some reason Martin was not very happy...
Go back to the bedroom, open a wooden box, and put a fly tied with a bow into a glass bottle.
"This is the fly I finally found in the goods coming from the south."
Annan was lying in front of the glass bottle and said to the little spider crawling towards the prey. In a constant temperature environment and with sufficient food, the little spider did not hibernate.
Seeing the little spider entangling the poor fly, Annan hurriedly ran to the city lord's mansion.
"What happened to Gemma and her Glacier Harbor?"
The young city lord's answer was "I can't understand": Gema has received full support from the Diatra family. Even if the road is blocked by heavy snow, goods are shipped out of the city every day. The road from Bethal City to Glacier Port forms a long road.
convoy.
It seems that it is not a simple story of "thirty years east of the Pulani River, thirty years west of the Pulani River".
"Perhaps just like you got the pessimistic conclusion that the North will be captured by the Skaven from clues, they also got the revelation that 'controlling the port means controlling the lifeblood of the North'."
"Are you interested in going to Betar City?"
Annan stood in front of the window and overlooked the deserted square: "Let's forget it... The Diatra family allowed their second son disguised as a man to snatch the port, which shows that they don't want to put the dispute in the open. My appearance may intensify the conflict..."
As for Gemma and her Glacier Harbor... your soldiers are only a handful, while my elemental legions are endless.
"Pretending to be a man?" Olmedo turned his attention away from the official business on his desk.
"My second sister said it."
Leila had no reason to lie to herself.
Spreading rumors that Gemma is a ratman before departure is only of use in Breeze City. Bethal City is under the control of the Diatra family. Anyone who dares to slander will either disappear the next day or be imprisoned in a dungeon.
Speaking of the dungeon, Annan asked: "How are Palha and Black Tierres doing?"
"Palha and Black Tireres were both hanged for 'falsely accusing' you, the King of the North."
"Where's Steelkin?"
Olmedo took a moment to recall the name: "The guy you were in the dungeon with? He's still in the dungeon."
"Can you give him to me?"
It's time for Xingyue Bay to employ people. Steelkin has a strong sense of justice and is a professional, so he is suitable to be the captain of the guard.
"good."
Annan looked seriously at Olmedo, who was gradually furrowing his beautiful eyebrows: "Thank you for helping me during this period. I cherish this relationship, but everything must end... It's time for me to leave."
When Olmedo almost asked, "Where are you going," Annan continued: "See you next year."
"...Bloem, kick him out."
"I'll go by myself."
Annan, who had deceived Olmedo, was in a happy mood, finished his last affairs in Breeze City, and embarked on the road back to his territory.
Bypassing the mage tower and passing through the church area in the southwest corner of Breeze City, Annan couldn't help but think of the dangerous idea of summoning the gods. He stopped temporarily, leaving Blom and the knights outside, and entered the church of wealth.
A solid gold statue of the Goddess of Wealth stands in the church - only the Goddess of Wealth and her followers would do this. Some believers whispered mass in the lobby benches.
A priest greeted Annan. Annan looked up at the statue of the goddess of wealth with downcast eyes and asked, "Can I touch it?"
"Respectable King of the North, even you should not blaspheme a god..."
"You misunderstood. I very much agree with the philosophy of the Church of Wealth." Annan handed over a bag of gold coins.
"A lady will always be kind to those who agree with Him."
The pastor accepted the money bag with a friendly smile and led Annan to the statue of the god.
"I felt the radiance of the gods."
Annan, who touched the toes of the golden statue, said goodbye to the satisfied pastor, left the church, and left Breeze City.
Summoning gods requires taking risks. If the goddess of wealth is really summoned...
Next, the team sped up, and at noon, three days before the apocalypse forecast, a beautiful bay town appeared in front of them.