Gridan is very smart, he vaguely understands what Link did before, and he admires it in his heart.
He felt faintly in his heart that now, they were no longer the small mercenary regiment in the past. What they were going to build was a territory with great prospects, and every decision could determine the fate of thousands of people.
This meant that he couldn't handle everything that happened in the territory as easily as in the past half.
Reflecting on Link's previous actions, he felt more and more meaningful. When he heard Link's order, he trotted to carry it out.
When Link arrived at the conference hall on the second floor of the wooden building, within a quarter of an hour, the five core figures, Jacques, Lucy, Gridan, Karido, and Celine, arrived one after another.
Of these five people, four followed Link very early on. Celine joined only recently. She did not show force, but she is very smart and has a good relationship with Lucy. She advises her from time to time and solves many problems. She is very capable .
"Everyone sit down."
Link nodded to everyone, and when he saw Celine, his heart warmed and he smiled at her.
After everyone sat down, Link looked at his subordinates and said straight to the point: "I'm going to be away for a while now. Before I leave, I have two things to arrange."
Everyone listened carefully.
"First, I have seen the refugees who came to escape. Most of them are ordinary people, but they were able to sneak across the Heishui River and escape all the way here. They are very courageous and adventurous. They are well managed and will definitely be in the future. Excellent people."
Link had no reason not to accept these refugees.
Hearing this, Lucy said, "I'm afraid the Kingdom of Delonga will be in some trouble. After all, these people are the subjects of the other party. If the Kingdom of Delonga asks us to return them, we cannot refuse."
This is indeed a problem. Although Field Wilderness strongly refused, they still want to do business with the Dronga Kingdom in the future. It is very uneconomical to offend the other party to death.
At this time, everyone in the mercenary group has grown a lot compared to the past, and they have considered issues more comprehensively, but their experience and vision are limited. For a while, Yake, Gridan, Calido and others frowned.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Celine said, "I have an idea."
Link asked with a smile, "You said."
Celine said: "Everyone thinks that after the defeat of the Kingdom of Delonga, it may pay compensation to the Kingdom of Nanyue in the future. He must be short of money. If the Kingdom of Delonga does not want its people to flee to us, then We can pay for it, and the other party will definitely be more than happy to do so."
Exchanges between countries are nothing more than interests. If the interests are sufficient, Delonga would be unwilling if he is stupid.
And will Field be short of money? Obviously not!
Lucy thought for a while, and found that this was indeed the case, and praised: "Good way, this is no problem."
Link also nodded, and the matter was settled. He continued: "The southern syndicate bandits are very rampant, and they will definitely try to infiltrate our territory. Yake, there must be no syndicate forces in the territory."
"Understood!" Yake's voice was very deep and steady. As the military commander of the territory, he has been practicing martial arts hard. He has reached the peak of level 4 and is about to break through to level 5. He is the most powerful fighter in the territory.
This strength is not bad, but as the highest military officer of a large territory, it is still not enough.
But there is also a problem. The level 3 mysterious power exercises that Link had heard at the beginning were very general. Yake has reached level 5, which is almost the limit. Wanting to go to the next level is basically delusional.
In the past, Link was powerless, because he only found the most basic skill, the mysterious power, in the magic list of the game system.
Now, he has 7 epic-level exercises in his hand, as well as many common combat qigong techniques, which are just right for him to use at this time.
"The refugee thing, that's about it. Now let's talk about the second thing."
While speaking, Link took out a scroll and threw it to Yake: "Open it and have a look."
Yake was a little puzzled. He opened it and looked at it for a few times, and his eyes suddenly widened. When he looked again, he stood up in shock and looked up at Link: "My lord, this... this is too precious!"
Yake's body is biased towards earth element combat skills, so the scroll Link gave him is called "War God Art", which is an epic skill of earth element that is biased towards defense.
Yake has learned to read characters now. Although he can't understand how profound the exercises are, he can tell that this is definitely an extremely powerful battle qi exercise when he looks at the words "God of War", which is not shocking.
Link smiled, then handed the wind element's "Douhuang Shocking Art" to Lucy, and the fire element's "Overlord Art" to Gridan, and then stunned the two of them.
"This exercise is only for you to see, but it cannot be passed on to the outside world." Link instructed.
"Yes, my lord!" The three of them responded solemnly. It was said that one of these exercises could knock a hereditary nobleman down. Now that your lord has come up with three at once, it is really shocking and speechless.
But that’s not all, Link handed over a dozen ordinary exercise scrolls to Yake and Gridan respectively, and said: “In the future, there will be more and more people in the territory, and the army and scouts will need to expand in size. Those who are outstanding and have made meritorious service can be rewarded for these exercises, and if their talents are strong and their temperament is available, they will be temporarily included in the candidate list of this epic exercise, and then hand this list to me for the final decision."
Yake was in charge of the army, and Gridan was the captain of the scouts. Both of them listened solemnly, with excitement shining in their eyes.
With these skills as a foundation, both of them believed that they would be able to build a powerful army for the lord.
At this point, the general arrangement was finished, and everyone began to discuss some specific details. This took most of the day, and by the evening, things were almost done.
Along the way, Link didn't take much rest. After dinner, he went back to his house to get a good night's rest, and set off for the north the next day.
Just as he was lying on the bed and about to fall asleep, there was a knock on the door, 'Tuk Tuk Tuk', the knocking sound was very soft.
From the breath, Link felt that Celine was standing outside the door, and he opened the door with the hand of a mage without asking.
Celine flashed into the room quickly and closed the door again. Seeing Link lying on the bed in his pajamas, she was a little embarrassed and blushed a little, but soon, she put these little things behind her and asked seriously: "Are you going north?"
"..." Link felt that King Lane's confidentiality work was not in place, why everyone around him knew what he was going to do.
"Who did you hear that from? There's no such thing..." Link wanted to deny it.
"I gave Doras a roast leg of lamb, and then he told me everything." Celine completely blocked Link in one sentence.
"What a greedy big cat." Link smiled wryly, but he didn't blame the guy. Although it was a bit upright, it was only because the other party was Celine. Link believed that if it was someone else, it would probably give him a hundred He can't say cows either.
Celine said, "I'll go north with you."
Link shook his head hastily: "No, no, no, this is not a good idea. You cannot reveal your strength, which is especially dangerous in the north. By then, Norton's army and the dark elves will be your enemies."
Celine asked back: "But have you ever thought that if my father sends more powerful demon minions over here, it will be a huge disaster for the territory."
Link was silent for a moment, frowning, he was negligent, this is indeed a big problem.
Although it is said that sending a powerful demon to Ferroman requires a huge price, Shilin has a mysterious bloodline, and no one knows the specific value of this bloodline. What if it is worth Nosamas
Seeing Link's silence, Celine grabbed Link's hand and pleaded softly, "Don't worry about me, I'll just follow you in the dark, and I'll come out if you're in danger, okay?"
Link still didn't speak. Although Celine's young daughter's tenderness made him feel very comfortable, it was a matter of principle. The trip to the north was extremely dangerous, and he absolutely could not take her there.
But the problem is, he is not by Celine's side, how can Celine resist her father's pursuit.
While he was at a loss what to do, he suddenly heard a voice in his mind: "This girl is a bit weird."
This is a sword spirit who is too lazy to talk to Link and declares that he will enter silence.
Of course, Link wouldn't bother with Sword Spirit about such a trivial matter. Hearing what he said, and remembering Wayans' evaluation of Celine, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "What kind of weird method?"
"She reminds me of a person, a person known as the 'Master of Souls', she has his breath in her body, this may be his descendant... But I can't be sure, unless I can taste her blood."
Link was also very curious about the secret of Celine's life experience. Hearing this, he thought for a while before he came up with an idea. He picked up the Stormlord sword on the bedside table and said to Celine: "Do you think this sword How about it?"
Seeing Link's silence, Celine thought he was hesitating, but she didn't expect him to change the subject suddenly, and she couldn't react, but she still took the sword and looked at it, then swung it a few more times, and finally handed the sword back to Link: "It's not bad, it's pretty good, but don't try to change the subject, you haven't promised me yet."
Link smiled awkwardly, and continued: "This sword is not only beautiful, it is also very, very sharp, look at its blade."
"No way, this sword is blunt." Celine's attention was diverted by Link again. She took the Stormlord sword and gently stroked the blade with her fingers. It was very round, and it was indeed a blunt sword. To be honest, she still wonders why Link is carrying it.
But suddenly, she felt a pain in her finger, and hurriedly withdrew her hand, and saw a thin bloodstain on her finger, and looked at the blade of the sword, it was obviously a round sword edge, and there was blood on it.
"It's amazing, it's really sharp." Celine's attention was completely attracted by this strange sword, she looked at it over and over again, and didn't tell Link about going north with him for a while.
During this time, Link waited patiently for Sword Spirit's answer.
About half a minute later, the sword spirit spoke: "I guessed right, it is indeed his descendant, and he is a direct descendant, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a powerful bloodline."
Link became more and more curious: "What kind of person is that soul master?"
"He is both good and evil. Among the legendary powerhouses, he has the deepest understanding of the law of souls. He can even create souls directly, and he can easily destroy them. My master Stormlord is good friends with him, and I can be born , and rely on the soul master to help... I owe him a favor."
The tone of the sword spirit was very nostalgic. After finishing speaking, he was silent for a while, and continued: "This girl's blood has been mixed with dark power. When it’s time to return the favor.”
"Do you have this ability? Will it hurt her?" Link expressed doubts.
"Hmph, ignorant mortal!"
As soon as the words fell, the Stormlord Sword in Celine's hand suddenly emitted frosty white light. The scale of the light was not large. After it appeared, it surged into Celine's body along Celine's arm. He fainted.
Link hurriedly supported her and let her lie on the bed.
That's not all, when Celine fainted, the edge of the Storm Lord's sword suddenly turned, and with a 'pop', it directly pierced Celine's heart, and then, water-like lightning appeared on the blade, continuously pouring into Celine's heart. heart.
Link was shocked. If he hadn't seen that Celine was still breathing during the whole process, and that there was no blood splattered from the wound, he would never end with this sword!
In order to prevent the breath from leaking, Link hastily arranged a shielding barrier in the wooden house.
Here, the situation has reached a fever pitch.
There was a dark aura gushing out of Celine's heart, but as soon as it appeared, she was immediately struck into nothingness by the lightning from the blade. At first, the dark aura was very strong, but as time passed, the aura became weaker and weaker, until later, there was no darkness anymore.
At this time, the Sword of the Stormlord suddenly jumped and left from Celine's heart. Link hurriedly looked at it, but saw that there was no damage to Celine's body, and even the clothes on her body were not damaged at all. It seemed that the Sword of the Stormlord before was just a fake The shadow is average.
A weak voice sounded in Link's mind: "The dark power is very strong, it must come from an extremely powerful demon. If this girl advances to the legendary realm, I really can't help it, but right now, it is not my opponent. She Most of the dark power in her body has been dispelled by me, and the few that are left have also been sealed by me. No one can trace her from the bloodline anymore."
"What about her strength?" Link asked hastily.
"Power? Her pitiful power was naturally dispelled by me. But this is only temporary. Without the suppression of the dark power, the power she inherited from the soul master will begin to wake up."
"..." Link looked at Celine again, only to find that her body began to change. Her hair was originally pure black, but now it turned dark purple. , and the faint sense of evil before has completely disappeared.
Link was a little curious, carefully opened Celine's eyelids, looked at her pupils, and found that they had also turned dark purple, parted Celine's tender lips, and the little devil's fangs disappeared.
While observing the changes, Celine's breathing quickened, and she woke up after a while.
"What's wrong with me?" Celine sat up holding her forehead. At first, she was still a little confused, but soon she found herself lying on Link's bed, her cheeks flushed red, and she hurriedly crawled to bed. get up.
"You passed out just now, and then..."
"Don't reveal my existence!" Sword Spirit reminded immediately.
Link changed his words quickly: "Then I sealed the dark power in your body, and you are now an ordinary person."
"Ah?" Celine has also felt the changes in her body. The surging dark power has completely disappeared, and all the dark breath has disappeared. For a while, she has mixed feelings in her heart, including surprise and joy. And the loss of power gone.
Link comforted: "Without the guidance of the dark breath, the devil's minions can't easily find you. You are safe in the territory. As for the north, don't you need to go?"
"You... oh, you're mad at me!" Celine was in a very complicated mood. Seeing Link's innocent face, she also became angry, stomped her feet, turned and left.
"I'm going back."
Link didn't force him to stay. After Celine left, he thought about it and felt uneasy about leaving Celine alone in the territory, so he went out of the cabin and found Doras.
"What, you won't let me go to the north? Then I can't wait."
"Protect Celine? Don't worry, with me here, no one can hurt her!"
After returning to the wooden house again, Link fell asleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, Link bid farewell to the crowd, summoned the mighty Gale Wolf, and headed north all the way under the watchful eyes of the people in the territory.
This naturally caused the refugees who came to seek refuge to be amazed!