After closing the door, Wendy's eyes swept over everyone, and finally fell on Akima.
"Just tell me if you have anything," the latter said bluntly. "If you are here for today's recruitment order, then there is no need to persuade us. We will not change our minds."
"Aqima..." Doris couldn't help whispering.
She raised her hand and stopped the other party's words, "I will keep in mind your care for us in the past two weeks, but the two are not the same thing. As they said when they first arrived in Neverwinter, since the church has already Sooner or later, I will leave the Western Territory."
"Compared to this, I would like to tell you some good news first," Wendy's soft expression did not change in the slightest. "The city hall received a report that another large number of eastern refugees will arrive in Neverwinter in a week, and the number is large. Up to 12,000 people. And this time among them there may be your relatives."
The living room suddenly boiled.
"You... are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, in order to bring them back, the shipping department is working hard," Wendy said with a smile, "The Chishui River is full of cement boats bound for the East, not only filled with dry ingredients, but also prepared After all, it is autumn now."
"I used to live in Gongqiao Town. Are there people from the town among the immigrants?"
"What is the situation in Jinsui City?"
"It must be a mess."
"Uh, I wish my family wasn't inside... It was my father who kicked me out of the house in the first place."
"He was also bewitched by the church. Maybe he regrets it now."
Everyone shouted in disbelief.
"Don't worry, there are 12,000 people," Wendy clapped her hands. "It covers most of the towns from Jinsui City to Haifeng County. It's hard to find a fellow countryman. When the book is finished counting, it will be You can immediately screen out people related to your identity. It doesn't matter if this group doesn't exist. This migration is just the beginning. After that, more and more people will come to Neverwinter. As long as you stay here, you will always meet day."
Then she looked at the tangled witch, "It's okay if you don't want to recognize each other, but I think news is better than no news, isn't it, Bai Li? At least when they regret, they can be remedied. Opportunity."
"That's right... that's right," the girl called Baili lowered her head a little embarrassedly.
"Are you really planning to move the entire Eastern Territory to Neverwinter?" Akima asked in surprise.
"It's not just the Eastern Territory," Wendy said with a smile, "the northern, southern and central kingdoms are also part of the relocation plan. In the end, only a few big cities will remain in these territories, and the residents of small towns and villages will move to the cities. Gather."
"Why... His Majesty the King has to spend so much trouble?"
"This is very complicated to explain. It seems to be called... The process of urbanization is coming. In the past, because of the food problem, a large area of arable land had to be used to support a city, so the population was very scattered. But now food is no longer a problem, and those The vast majority of the population of villages and towns are in the administrative blank area and cannot be effectively organized and utilized, so it is more conducive to bring them closer to the city, which is more conducive to the power of the city hall." Wendy replied patiently, "Because of this, Today's Western Regions are no longer the Western Regions in the past. If you leave, what will happen to your partners? Do you want them to leave their relatives behind and go to the deserted hometown with you?"
"..." Akima frowned and didn't answer for a while.
"To put it bluntly, it's just cowardice." At this moment, another cold voice sounded from behind them.
The witches suddenly changed their expressions and turned around to look, only to see a woman shrouded in black robes appearing on the table in the living room at some point. She leaned forward slightly, raised her legs, put one hand on her chin, and looked at the crowd with interest, as if she didn't take their vigilance into account at all.
"Who are you?" Akima shouted in a low voice.
"Nightingale! What are you talking about?" Wendy said anxiously, "Don't worry, she has no ill intentions, she is only responsible for secretly protecting my alliance witch."
"Am I wrong?" She took off her hood, revealing her beautiful curly blond hair, "What are these people hesitating about? It's just because of the Bloodfang Society, they don't want to work for Her Royal Highness Tilly anymore. But In fact, they still live off Maleficent and have no intention of changing."
"What nonsense!" Akima couldn't help clenching her fists, "If it wasn't for Doris, everyone would have left long ago! Besides, what do you know about the relationship between Bloodfang and Sleeping Island!"
"Really?" Nightingale raised her eyebrows, "Then why don't you guys work?"
"what"
"Let's do the math, from Neverwinter City to the Eastern Territory, the travel and food expenses on the road are about twenty silver wolves per person. After arriving at the destination, ten to twenty copper eagles are required almost every day. , to buy food. But don’t forget that most of the villages there have been turned into wasteland due to wars and migration. Now, if you want to live, the cost will be dozens of times higher than before, which is why refugees will flow to Neverwinter. The reason." She said unhurriedly, "In other words, without a bag of golden dragons in hand, it is not easy to get rid of the Sleeping Spell. If it was me, I would definitely seize this opportunity, Applying for jobs everywhere and trying to get as much funding as possible is also the basis for the team to survive independently. But look at you, what have you been doing in the past half month? Enjoy the food distributed by Sleeping Charm, and still want to Waiting for Her Royal Highness Tilly to deliver the toll to you?"
"I..." Akima paused for a while, she wanted to refute, but she didn't know where to start.
"Let me say, this is cowardice. Therefore, under the pressure of the church, you fell to the Blood Fang Society; and because of this insignificant relationship, you secretly held grievances for the demise of Hetty Morgan, but did not dare to stand up and fight with The transcendent witches are tit-for-tat." Nightingale shrugged, "I really don't know what happened between the Bloodfang Club and Sleeping Island, but the members of the Bloodfang Club know, and they are all in Neverwinter now. You think Heidi really thinks you are sister?"
"Nightingale! Enough!" Wendy stopped.
"If I go to a different place, I will also need to win over the support of the local people, not to mention your ability will help them a lot; if you don't eliminate the eyes and ears of the church, you will inevitably attract more siegeists. In short, you It was just a grasshopper on a rope at the time, if Heidi was really so kind to you, I just want to ask, did she inform you later when she planned to overthrow Tilly on Sleepy Island?"
Akima bit her lip.
"If you really want to prove your determination, start from the most basic now. You can find a lot of excuses on a deserted island, but here, the Sleeping Spell can no longer restrain you."
Nightingale pouted at Wendy nonchalantly, then disappeared in front of everyone.