three months later.
One year after graduating from the academy, Angela has joined several mercenary groups, but none of them fit her adventurous spirit.
The first mercenary group she joined after graduation, the head of the mercenary group actually touched her after being drunk, and the other mercenaries made vulgar booing. The proud Angela ran away on the spot, thus ending her career The first mercenary career.
The second mercenary group, every time the mission is over, it must be spent and enjoyed before starting a new mission. It seems that every mission is a knife-edge licking blood, and it means that the money is spent after death.
The third mercenary group was actually afraid of the danger of the escort mission of the employer, and was timid on the way...
She also gradually became a little disappointed with the path she chose.
this day.
After receiving Aoun's letter, a ripple seemed to ignite in her heart again, remembering her longing for her college career.
"Red Ridge? The laboratory of Lei Luo, Eye of the Sun, has succeeded?"
At the beginning, she was very disapproving of Aoun joining Lei Luo's laboratory, but now, Lei Luo has gone on the right track.
"Frost Creation Mercenary Group!"
Angela put away the letter and embarked on the journey to Redridge Ridge.
After more than ten days, the group finally crossed the vast Gobi and came to this small town built by the sparkling lake.
On the street, apart from the towering laboratory more than 30 meters high and more than a hundred scattered households, there is also a tavern that has just opened.
The old wine man basked in the sun.
"Huh?"
In a small Enlightenment Academy, the sound of children reading aloud can be heard.
Angela looked at Bai Xing who was leading a group of children to study, seeing her happiness and contentment, her heart was greatly shocked.
How long has it been since he was as happy as her
After stopping on the street for a long time, Angela continued to walk forward.
Several women passing by looked at Angela curiously. They were all the family members of the workers picked up by the Frost Creation Mercenary Group. After seeing their family members arrive safely, the workers who were determined to stay in the town were completely at ease. The young Lord Lei Luo was grateful from the bottom of his heart.
"Ma'am, please step aside, an underground pipeline is going to be laid here."
Several workers are laying pipes for the town's wastewater treatment according to Kodo's command.
After Angela opened in a daze for a while, she passed a magic prop processing workshop that had already taken shape. Several alchemists and assistants were installing a large alchemy furnace in the workshop under Xiao Kang's command.
This mutation rate reached a full 2.2% of the alchemy furnace, but it was Xiao Kang's baby bump.
In a few days, the workshop will officially start.
hum...
The giant dark red eyes in the sky and golden pupils shine the sun's rays into the laboratory. Angela looks at the writing on the door of this brand new laboratory.
Laylow Solar Energy Laboratory.
Angela took a deep breath and walked into the laboratory.
In the well-organized laboratory, everyone was busy. Aoun, who was accompanying Clarina, looked at the door of the laboratory, his face froze, and the distance between Clarina and Clarina couldn't help but slightly increased.
"Angelina!"
He strode towards the door of the laboratory.
Lei Luo, who was carefully collecting the power of radiation with Bai Lian, looked up and saw Angela staring blankly at the little bird and Clarina, who was leaning happily beside Aoun, her face was stiff and she said: "She who is it?"
God...
Lei Luo felt his head swell, and the joy of harvesting the second gram of Radiation Jinghua yesterday was swept away.
After signaling Bai Lian to take care of the experiment first, Lei Luo came to the embarrassing Aoun.
"Hi Angela, long time no see."
Angela's face was very stiff, her body trembling uncontrollably, staring at Clarina, waiting for Aoun's explanation.
"Angelina, don't get me wrong, we are just friends, she is Krelina, as I told you, the elf lady saved by the Magic Eagle Forest."
"But you didn't say that she would come to you again, you said that she came here to help Lei Luo complete the construction of the laboratory!"
cough cough.
From the eyes of everyone in the laboratory, Lei Luo said in embarrassment: "Let's talk in the past."
Lei Luo really had no experience in dealing with this kind of thing. Looking at the rather embarrassed Aoun, Lei Luo couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he was relatively simple.
Well, at the end of the experiment at night, go and spend time with Laura.
Lei Luo walked into a laboratory with Ornn, Clarina, and Angela.
After a while, Lei Luo came out alone, he could faintly hear the sound of weeping inside, and hurriedly closed the door.
"Cough cough, everyone continue to work."
However, Lei Luo suspended the collection of radiation power and went to Xiao Kang's magic props workshop to discuss how to solve this matter.
…
at the same time.
At the entrance of the street in Red Ridge Ridge Town, a group of travel-worn knights came.
"Is this Redridge?"
In front of more than 30 knights, there were two nobles who looked rather dandy. They looked at the laboratory in the distance, smiled, and led the knights behind them to the front of the castle with the sound of messy hooves. .
The women hurried out of the way of the knights.
"Lord Laylow of Redridge Ridge!"
This thin, pale eighteen-year-old boy shouted in front of the laboratory door.
Ao En and Xiao Kang walked out of the magic props workshop, looked at the two gorgeously dressed nobles in surprise, and frowned in puzzlement.
"You are Baron Lei Luo?"
"Who are you?"
Lei Luo looked at the two noble dudes with a familiar feeling.
This is the impression Lei Luo should have of the nobles in the small town of Agate Lake.
"I am Viscount Roy of Andor. I heard that sulfur mines and red copper mines have been discovered in your territory. According to the law of the Principality, Redridge Ridge must pay 20% of taxes to Andor."
Well
Lei Luo looked at Xiao Kang and asked in surprise, "Is there such a law?"
Over the past few days, Lei Luo has been busy with the experiment process and the construction of the town. All the money he earned has been carefully calculated and planned, and he has never thought about taxation at all.
"There is such a rule, but under normal circumstances, how can anyone enforce it? The lords of the Principality have been self-governing for many years. This kind of law at the beginning of the Principality's establishment was to allow those honorable nobles who did not have territories to have some income. After all these years, You know what honorary nobles are like."
Xiao Kang said with a dark face: "These two guys must have come here to find fault. Be careful. Ando was the one who demanded the most ruthless tolls for the transportation of materials for the establishment of the laboratory."
Lei Luo stared at the two of them, counting the gold coins in his pocket, and pondered.
"So, if I make up the payment now, how much do I need to pay?"
Although it is expected that these two guys are likely to be dandies who deliberately find fault, and they may even be instructed by some people, but now the experiment is in a critical period, and the chain reaction of collecting 3 grams of radiation essence verification is imminent. More things are worse than less one thing.
If it's just a little gold coin loss, forget it.
"200 gold coins!"
The lion on the other side opened his mouth, and Lei Luo said angrily: "Impossible, the two mines are poor mines, and the total income in the past few months is only more than 200 gold coins. You two should not go too far. How about it, Red Ridge Ridge Pay up to 50 gold coins."
"50 gold coins? That's fine!"
Lei Luo and Xiao Kang looked at each other in surprise, did not expect the two to agree
What is the situation
Confused, after Lei Luo paid 50 gold coins, the two of them left with the knight behind them, without the trouble Lei Luo expected.
But the more so, the more abnormal!
"what happened?"
"I don't know either, but you have to be careful, you will offend a lot of people during the graduation assessment!"
"I'll ask old Nikolay tomorrow."
Old Nikola is the old scholar of White Ridge Ridge, the sulfur mine and red copper mine that he developed in partnership with Lei Luo.
When Lei Luo and Xiao Kang were puzzled, Angela, the fire phoenix in the laboratory, ran out.
"Lei Luo, I want to join your lab!"
Well
Lei Luo opened his mouth, looked at Angela's teary eyes, and hesitated slightly: "Of course there is no problem joining the laboratory, but... uh, don't you think about the matter of the Frost Creation Mercenary Corps?"
"Unless Ornn joins me!"
Angela was obviously very sad. She walked on the street and ignored Lei Luo. She remembered the tavern and walked straight over.
"Hehe, girl, what do you want to drink?"
The old Juggernaut Bion, who was basking in the sun, regained his energy after seeing the sad Angela.
"I want a drink, a strong drink!"
Also at this time.
huh huh huh...
Suddenly, a shocking wave appeared on the originally calm Crescent Lake. A tentacle full of suction cups suddenly protruded from the bottom of the lake. It was tens of meters long and rushed towards the workers who were building water tower facilities by the lake. They roll away.
"What's this!"
The sad An Jina froze for a moment, horrified in her heart, instinctively going to the other side to rescue, but there was someone faster than her, and it was the inconspicuous drinker in her eyes.
The old man's speed was unbelievable, and he disappeared in a flash.