"It's all up to now, and they are still carrying the price of Ч food. It's disgusting."
Sally exhaled lightly, trying to calm herself down—but when she thought of those nobles who were always against her, she felt angry, but it was useless to get angry. In desperation, she had to open a few letters to divert her attention.
The first few letters were sent by the denomination, because Sally became the duke of the territory and also served as the priest of the denomination, so now the "Rosie Cross" attaches great importance to her identity, plus the bishops of Rubens and Benjamin Support, her current status is much higher than that of a "priest". But such an identity also gave her certain responsibilities, and she had a lot more things to worry about.
The letter reported in detail the recent strange movements of the "Viper Cross". After reading it, Sally couldn't help but sighed, and said to herself: "What good things can the royal family do? It's hopeless!"
After the blow of the last war, the "Viper Cross" should have been seriously injured, but within three months, it started to move vigorously in various regions, and even blatantly began to recruit believers in the southeastern territory of the kingdom—if there is no "" The "royal family" manipulated secretly, Sally couldn't believe that they dared to be so arrogant even if she killed her!
Balance, balance, the kingdom is riddled with holes, and you still think about how to control the power alone, it is really unreasonable!
The higher the status, the more information she has, the intentions of the top classes in the kingdom become clearer—but the more she does this, the more disappointed she is... because looking around, the whole kingdom is like the sun that is about to set, lifeless .
"Miss, this is news from the east. Regarding the ownership of the Baska Mine, they don't seem to intend to make concessions."
Hearing John mention the "Baska Mine", Sally immediately narrowed her eyes, and said with a serious tone: "Then continue to fight with them, it was already within the scope of Efta's territory, and now that there is a mine, start bullying Me, really think I'm made of mud?"
This is what Sally is most concerned about recently, because someone discovered a "rich thorium mine" on the edge of the territory directly under Efta, so several nobles in the neighboring territory were concerned about this, and decided to bully Sally Li was young and weak, and she was born to want a piece of the pie—and the reason why Sally refused to give up was very simple: Rody couldn't do without these ore raw materials if he wanted to develop his army.
It doesn't matter if you are at a disadvantage, what you want to give to Roddy... can't let it go!
"The matter of the mine must be settled, and any new news must be told to me as soon as possible."
She waved her hand vigorously.
"Yes, miss."
Sally's methodical attitude of processing information made the housekeeper John sigh. That serious look really has the demeanor of her father, the Duke of Angmar.
Efta really has successors!
But as soon as this idea appeared, John was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground with a scream...
The duchess who was sitting upright held the last letter, jumped up from the chair as if she had been electrocuted, and then started running around with a flushed face, muttering: "Hurry up and find someone, I want to change it." Hairstyles, where's John? Go get my favorite cloak ironed, and have the ingredients ready for the dinner party, it may be in five days, don't be dazed!"
"Miss, this is..."
"That bad guy is finally coming back!"
Sally completely threw away her ladylike posture and ran out of the study in a flash, leaving John and all the maids stunned.
*****
At the same moment, the "bad guy" in Sally's mouth was sitting at the banquet, chatting with a group of nobles.
It has been eleven days since we walked out of the "Corridor of the Brave". Since entering the border of the Karen Kingdom, Rody hastily sent a few letters to report his safety. Now the team is hurrying along, without much rest along the way, until they arrived at Bogdo Parish Only then did he take a breath and rest on the spot for two days.
But even so, Roddy and Suo Deluoer were not idle at all: visiting Archbishop Benjamin, sending them a carefully selected staff, and making contact with each other by the way, these are the things they must do as "lords" .
And today, Benjamin also specially held a "farewell banquet". It stands to reason that this temperature is not suitable for large-scale banquets, but the archbishop of the diocese is hard to refuse, and Rody finally did not shirk, and went with Suo Deluoer feast.
There were eight great lords in the Bogdo parish, and five of them were present, which also proved from the side that Benjamin's position in the parish was stable.
"I thought you would return earlier, but I didn't expect it to be delayed until now," Benjamin said with emotion: "Today is mainly to see you off, the banquet is a bit tacky, but such a gesture still needs to be made, after all, this set of rules lays out , It’s not good to be too escaped.”
This is actually a kind of political connection and statement. To put it simply, it is to tell others that I am in the same team as Roddy and Suo Deluoer, so that they will have less trouble and more cooperation opportunities.
Bishop Benjamin, who hadn't seen him for a long time, was now in high spirits and looked younger than before. Power is sometimes more effective than magic. Rody feels that with his current state, it is not an extravagant hope to move towards the "Supervisor" within ten years.
"Politics is so empty, I really don't like it." Rody smiled and raised his wine glass, because it was a banquet held by the monastery, so the glass was full of juice, "But I think other than you being friendly to me, those who Guys don't seem to like me?"
This is actually quite obvious. The three of Rody seemed to be squeezed out everywhere in the venue. Except for the people from the monastery who were willing to come closer and have a chat, the other dozen or so nobles were almost all "on the sidelines" and chatted to themselves. hot.
"Well, you are the one who set up the Palling firm?"
"Yeah." Roddy nodded, and then suddenly realized: "Oh... what's going on, I'm so busy on my way, I almost forgot about it."
The hoarding of firewood and food by the unknown prophet was arranged half a year ago, and by now, those goods must have been cleared long ago. Not to mention the role of "lowering the average price", in terms of actual benefits alone, he has definitely made a lot of money - the exact amount is not yet known, but it will solve the problems of Elson City and Paarling for two or three years. Financial issues are absolutely out of the question.
From another angle, it's no wonder that other nobles don't hate him for swallowing so many gold coins in one gulp.
Knowing this, Rody really understood when he looked around again—speaking of which, the hostility of this group of nobles did not focus on himself, but generally aimed at Soderol... The reason is not difficult to guess: the trading company The lord of "Paarling" in the name is exactly Suo Deluoer.
In the eyes of the nobles, the name "Roddy" didn't seem to have much sense of existence, so Suo Deluoer lay down firmly and took a few shots.
While talking about this topic, Suo Deluoer just sat down with a gloomy face, and muttered: "What's the matter with this group of people? I wonder if they are drinking some kind of degenerate potion. All of them are yin and yang weird... A guy asked me how the territory was doing, and I said I hadn’t returned to the territory for half a year, what happened? They said I was hypocritical! What is this about?”
Luo Di explained with a wry smile, and Suo Deluoer finally understood, and complained: "Goddess Siqi, no, I want to apply for compensation, and I have to change to a better shield."
"You can choose whatever you want."
Rody is absolutely generous in this regard. After chatting with Suo Deluoer, he suddenly stopped for a few seconds and turned to ask Benjamin: "The bearded man second from the left, what else is there?" Who is the thin pole next to him with a smirk on his face?"
"They? Oh, they are Viscount Anru and Earl Bollach, two 'big lords' in the Bogdo parish." Benjamin raised his eyebrows, "Why do you suddenly ask them?"
"Maybe it's because I don't like it, and I've been discussing how to teach me a lesson."
The attitude of "environmental sensitivity" is not in vain, and Rody can listen to what the other party says from a long distance. But to be honest, Rody wasn't interested in their small fights, so he smiled and completely ignored the two of them. And Suo Deluoer next to him was also noncommittal, and he didn't even bother to say extra words.
Benjamin has a deep understanding of Rody's ability, so he naturally doesn't think they can pose any threat to Rody, but added: "These two people don't usually give face to the sect, and this time they are probably aimed at you. It is also a coincidence , The territory of the two of them is very close to Efta, and they used to have a little friction with each other, but recently they seem to discuss cooperation, but I don't know exactly what they are doing."
"It's still tossing in the cold weather, it really doesn't stop."
"Gold coins are the last word, they don't care about the life and death of their subordinates. Alas, the nobles are still thinking about making money, but because of this weather, the whole village in many places has become a bandit, let alone grabbing food. Some even treat people as food..."
The bishop spoke a few words about the cold reality behind the glamorous banquet, which made Rody feel a little heavy in his heart: these drunken nobles don't know that in the near future, this country will encounter disasters more terrible than ice, snow and severe cold...
The banquet with a bad atmosphere came to an end not long ago, but before leaving, Benjamin quietly gave Roddy two books—to Rody's surprise... these turned out to be Priest Guangming's high-level skill book [Group Silence] and [The Wall of Truth].
[group silence]
Requirements: Holy Priest Advanced Level 10
Cost: 350 mana
Base cast time: 1.5 seconds
Effect: Make all units within a radius of 15 meters enter a silent state for 3 seconds.
Cooling: 10 minutes.
[Ball of Truth]
Requirements: Holy Priest Advanced Level 10
Cost: 0 mana
Base cast time: 5 seconds
Effect: Create a wall that can resist attacks for 1 minute, and the damage absorption value is determined by the mental value and casting materials.
Materials for casting: mantra scroll, magic crystal.
These two skills can be said to be precious, because they have high application value in actual combat, and they can be learned immediately by Akasha.
"The magic staff you gave me yesterday, I guess I can become a family heirloom. This is a gift in return."
Facing Roddy's puzzled eyes, Benjamin smiled, and didn't explain too much - the actual reason is actually he didn't want to say it... The war is coming, these things at the bottom of the box are worse than keeping them for Roddy it works.
Compared with those aristocrats who only know hatred, the old bishop who speaks with actions makes Roddy very moved. However, he was not in the mood to argue with those nobles. When the orcs invaded and the undead approached, humans would stand in the same trench after all.
At least...Rowdy thought so.