The chaotic city of Auburn gradually became quieter. On the plain outside the city, the four wizards Bata, Noel, Jenny, and Teddy looked at each other in confusion.
Originally, they were still wondering whether it was time for them to take action, but they found that the entire battle was over.
Fast, too fast.
In fact, they didn't care whether it was pleasant or not. What they cared about was that they seemed to be ignored.
Yes, it was ignored, and more than once.
In the previous battles, they had participated only sparingly, and their status was between the audience and the mascot. This time it was even more extreme, and they were allowed to watch the entire show.
They are wizards!
"This is the fourth time." Bata, a wizard who looked like a strong man, said.
The rest of the people naturally knew what they were talking about. The short wizard Noel said: "It seems that we need to talk to wizard Richard."
"We really need to talk about it." Witch Jenny also said.
The three people finished speaking, and their eyes fell on the last person at the same time - the wizard Teddy.
Teddy was stunned for a moment, then said warily: "You... what are you doing? Why are you looking at me? You... you don't want me to talk to Wizard Richard, right?"
"Otherwise, you and Wizard Richard are the closest, who will go if you don't go?"
"But." Teddy hesitated, and said very hopelessly, "But I think there is nothing wrong with this. No need to fight, no risk, how good would it be to relax?"
"Don't you want to gain some benefits from this war?"
"Don't you want to increase your strength in this battle?"
"When this battle is over, how are you going to explain it to Master Ewa?"
"I..." Teddy, who suffered three consecutive blows, was speechless and sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay, I'll go."
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In a house in the city, Richard didn't know anything about Teddy and the four others, and was listening to Wulong's report.
Wulong said: "Now that the entire city is under our control, the mood of the civilians in the city is relatively stable, and there should be no riots."
"Yes." Richard nodded and asked, "What about the enemy soldiers?"
"The enemy soldiers in the city have been eliminated." Wulong said, "As far as we know, there are nearly 800 people defending the entire city, of which more than 200 were casualties, and almost 300 people escaped from the city. They fled to the southeast, presumably heading to the city of Crewe. More than two hundred people were taken prisoner and imprisoned in the city's prison."
At the end of the sentence, Wulong looked at Richard and asked: "Master Wizard Richard, what is the best arrangement for the next step? Should we repair in the city, or chase deserters? Or something else?"
After hearing the words, Richard did not answer immediately. He took out a scroll from his arms and spread it out on the table in the room. As you can see, it is a simple map with locations marked on it. Some locations are marked with crosses, while others are marked with circles.
His eyes fell on one of the circled spots. Richard looked at it for a while, squinted and asked, "The Rocky Mountains are nearby, right?"
"Rocky Mountain? Ah, yes, it's not far outside the city." Wulong replied, somewhat confused as to why Richard suddenly asked this.
Richard spoke up: "If that's the case, let's make this arrangement: keep the captives in the prison, with dozens of people to guard them, and ensure one meal a day. Don't starve to death, but don't let the other party have too much strength." Resist. Then select some people to stay in the city to maintain order. You can make arrangements for the specific number. The rest of the people, follow me out of the city and go to the Rocky Mountains to dig something."
"Digging something?" Wulong was full of doubts.
Richard looked at Wulong and asked calmly, without explaining, "What, is there a problem?"
"Uh, no." Wulong was quick to answer, "Not at all."
"That's good. Let's make arrangements. The sooner the better."
"yes."
…
Wulong's movements were really fast.
Therefore, when Teddy and the other two entered the city to look for Richard, Richard was no longer in the city.
"What? Leaving the city for the Rocky Mountains?" After receiving the latest news from one of Wulong's men, Teddy and the four of them looked at each other.
The three of Bata were full of doubts, but Teddy's eyes flashed but he guessed a certain possibility.
Shrinking his neck, Teddy looked at the other three with a grin, and said, "I said, do you want to stay in the city and wait for Wizard Richard to come back, and then have a good talk with him?"
"Who knows when he will come back, let's go to the mountain to find him." Witch Jenny said.
Teddy grinned even wider: "Are you serious?"
"if not?"
"All right."
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Rocky Mountains.
Large-scale earthmoving operations are underway, with hundreds of soldiers digging continuously under command.
As a result, we really unearthed a lot of things:
There were carcasses of strange animals, similar in shape to an elephant, with bones so hard that even swords could not cause significant damage.
There is a cemetery for minor nobles. There are only a few burial objects in the cemetery, which is extremely poor.
There is a treasure chest that was buried at an unknown time. Most of the chest has rotted away and the contents are gone. I don’t know if it was taken away by someone or if it rotted away with the chest.
And these are not what Richard wants. There is only one thing he wants, and that is to determine the ruins of the small village of Atis.
According to his previous calculations from the information he consulted in the Deep Blue Castle library, he is currently in a location that is farthest from the Deep Blue Castle and is suspected to be the small village of Artis.
Although the possibility of excavating the small village of Atis was low, he still wanted to give it a try. Even if it really cannot be excavated, at least one possibility can be eliminated, and we can continue to excavate on the subsequent route.
Richard thought so and his eyes fell on the digging soldiers.
Not far away, several soldiers were struggling to dig out a large stone from the soil. However, because the tool was not very good and the strength was not strong enough, my face turned red and the stone did not move. There was no other way, so the soldier had to call for more companions to help, and it took a lot of effort to successfully dig out the stone.
To be honest, the excavation environment in the Rocky Mountains is relatively harsh. There are a lot of stones in the soil. The progress is very slow just relying on the strength of the soldiers.
That…
Turning his head, Richard looked to the side.
A hundred meters away, Bata, Noel, Jenny and Teddy were discussing something. After talking for a long time, Bata suddenly walked over, looking like he wanted to talk.
Li Cha raised his eyebrows and said in his heart: "If you take the initiative to deliver it to your door, then I really have to thank you."
In this case…
"Ta-ta-ta..."
As footsteps sounded, Bata walked closer and opened his mouth to Richard: "Wizard Richard, there are some things I have to tell you. You should know very well that this revenge war is everyone's business. . Although your strength is very strong, we are also participants after all. Just like today, it is a bit bad to not give us a chance to take action at all, isn't it? In addition, there is... hmm? "
Halfway through his words, Bata suddenly couldn't continue because he saw a ring suddenly appear in Richard's hand. The ring is inlaid with dazzling gems, and the surface is engraved with complicated magic patterns. It looks like a very precious magic prop at first glance.
Richard handed the ring to Bata. Bata was stunned and blinked several times without responding: "Wizard Richard, what are you..."
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