Demon Lord

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Bodog Diocese is in the central and western part of the Kingdom, adjacent to Efta, and relatively far from the area where the royal family is located.

In Roddy's memory, this parish was the place where the Rebel Army made its fortune after the orcs invaded—because surrounded by mountains and two rivers as barriers, the core territory of the entire parish was easy to defend and difficult to attack due to the natural environment. It was here that Soderol revolted and led the hopeless civilians on the road to fight against the orcs.

In the event of a war, Bishop Benjamin must be Roddy's main backing in the Rosie Cross... In this way, the Bodog Diocese can be connected with Efta, effectively expanding the strategic depth

Rody would never be lucky enough to think that he would be victorious in all battles, and he was very clear about the significance of strategic depth to war: Poland did not have enough strategic depth in the Blitzkrieg during World War II, and it lasted only 9 days. The German army raided the city of Warsaw, and the whole country was directly destroyed by the overwhelming enemy. After 2 days, they had to sign a surrender agreement-Rody did not want the Karen Kingdom to suffer the same fate.

Bodog Parish is a nice place.

Roddy and the bishop continued to chat for a few words, and Benjamin also knew that he should leave, so he stopped and politely offered to leave.

After only Rody and Angmar were left in the study room, the old and the young chatted about orcs naturally.

I saw the news about the Sola sentry post. The reason why the orcs appeared there is rather strange. I need more information to make a judgment.

The Duke of Angmar raised his finger and pointed at the desk, and said in a weak voice: Deploy on the map in advance, that's about all I can do.

Rody picked up the map and found that the directions of sentry posts, fortresses and defense lines were marked, all of which proved that the Duke had spent almost all of his resources on preventing wars...

This somewhat touched Roddy, after all, it meant the Duke's full trust in him: he could imagine that any other noble, even if he believed that the orcs would invade, would not be able to put so much energy into preventing it.

This is true employment without doubt.

Luo Di took a breath slowly, and quickly got out of this emotion——trust represents the recognition of strength, he knew that he didn't come here for nothing, and looked at the map carefully, he narrowed his eyes and said: I don't know Is it my delusion, the orcs appeared at the Sola sentry, it seems that they are for several key defense areas.

The Nehemia prairie is a natural barrier. Emperor Conn drove them there to let the kingdom take the initiative... Speaking of which, as the Duke of the border, my duty is to defend against foreign enemies, but now I can I found that in these years—ahem—too many things have not been done properly.”

The Duke of Angmar blamed himself quite a bit in his words. His face was full of oldness due to illness, but his eyes were still sharp. His fingertips lightly slid across several areas, and he sighed: There are defensive loopholes in these places. The loopholes are also very large, but I have been working hard to fill them up recently, and the Sola sentry post is the place with the biggest loopholes, because its area is really special.

The three-way zone often means chaos and trouble.

Rody looked at the place where the lines intersected on the map. The Sola Outpost can be said to be built on the border of the Karen Kingdom. Standing there and looking northwest, on the left is the Tasman Gondola Mountains, on the right is the Nehemiah Grassland, and behind it is the Karen Kingdom. There are no villages or shops in front of it. The nearest supply station is more than 100 kilometers away. There is a desolate area like an isolated island.

Sola Outpost is the place where I invested the most resources, but the results are not good. Recently, there have been news of soldiers being killed in battle... Obviously the exploration activities there are not going well. The Duke's tone was faintly worried, The useful information that can be sent back is too little, the terrain there is complicated, and there are more monsters than any forest, it is really a headache.

Luo Di understood the difficulties involved, but he didn't have the will to make a trip by himself: he had too many things to do, and now he was still doing the work of the chief soldier, but he had the strength to use the wrong place.

Then we can only wait for new news. There is no rush. The important thing is... Can the logistics keep up?

It's a bit difficult, and the fiscal revenue of the territory is not optimistic.

Angmar didn't say the exact number, but that's being honest.

But for this problem, Roddy obviously has a lot to express: Financially, I may have a suitable solution...

Wars cost money, and it costs more than anything else. The territory has not made much profit in the past few years. Suddenly starting this plan, financial difficulties cannot be avoided--Angmar has thought of many ways, and even prepared to raise the tax rate , but this is after all drinking poison to quench thirst, and there is still no real solution

So after hearing Rody's words... Angmar raised his eyes and asked incredulously, You really have a way?

At this moment, Rody involuntarily turned on the Flicker Mode, thinking back to those guys who sold Amway products in his memory, he coughed lightly twice, and said, Master Duke, have you heard of wood elves?

While Rody and Angmar were discussing the business issues of Elsa Village, Su Lun and Nata had already been placed in the luxurious guest rooms of the Duke's mansion.

Although Su Lun is a human being, and Nata is a wood elf, and the two grew up in very different environments, but in this mansion that has accumulated countless wealth and has been built for more than two hundred years, their reactions are the same. the same--

Shock.

Su Lun had no experience of entering a noble mansion before today, but when the maid took him into the warm and comfortable guest room suite, he realized that his previous imagination of a noble mansion was simply poor ridiculous.

Unlike the gentry nouveau riche who was inlaid with gold and silver and wished for the floor to be covered with gold bricks, everything in the duke's mansion seemed to quietly hide the word insider under the surface.

Su Lun raised his foot and stepped on the carpet. The material of the carpet was soft, the workmanship was exquisite, and there was a faint fragrance. The furniture in the field of vision is simple and elegant, with a comfortable layout, and the surface of the solid wood is extremely smooth. After years of use and maintenance, the simple and vicissitudes of life are far more intoxicating than gold.

The candlesticks are made of silver, and the armchair in front of the fireplace is estimated to be three or four times older than Su Lun. Almost every piece of furniture and accessories has carved decorations from top masters. Ordinary people may just think they are beautiful, but they don’t know their own The value has long exceeded the equivalent volume of gold.

Sitting here, Su Lun couldn't help but feel the majesty of the big family that lasted for hundreds of years, and there was an inexplicable pressure in his heart. Even if a maid humbly provided him with such services, he couldn't really relax.

The strength shown by Roddy is so amazing right now, so in the future... what kind of changes will he bring?

Huge bewilderment filled his mind, but after a long time, what followed was an inexplicable fighting spirit and anticipation—he suddenly discovered that...the next thing that greets him may be a future that he has never imagined.

From this moment on, Su Lun had no other thoughts, and completely became a member of Rody's camp.

In the other room, Nata was standing in the antique room, looking at everything around him in a daze.

Compared with the humble Elsa Village, everything in front of me undoubtedly went to another extreme.

After the maid left, the indifference on Nata's face gradually faded, and was replaced by undisguised surprise—different from Su Lun's inferiority because of her background, Nata's shock at this time came entirely from There is a deep curiosity buried in my heart.

Looking left and right, I raised my hand to touch it, but I remembered what Rody had said to me, so the fingertip that was originally stretched towards the quill was frozen in the air, and then I reluctantly took it back .

If it is broken, the teacher will definitely say mine.

Repeating this to herself several times in her heart, Nata suppressed that little impulse. After thinking about it, she simply put her hands behind her back and started walking back and forth in the room like this - if anyone could see her curious baby at this time, they might think that she was the same as the indifferent Nata in the past. Totally two people.

Cushions embroidered with wolf head patterns, bed curtains and wooden pillars carved with character stories, genuine excellent long swords on the weapon racks, when she finds anything that looks novel, Nata will put that delicate face close to her, carefully Take a closer look, sniff, then raise your head half-understood, blinking your big eyes to find the next target...

She didn't even realize it, she had unknowingly eliminated her fear and vigilance towards the human world, and sometimes even forgot the reason why she was with Rody in the first place—everyone is changing, Nata originally thought All my energies are devoted to studying archery, but now... studying these strange things of human beings seems to be far more interesting than archery——

Is this the big city of human beings that the teacher said?

It's really spectacular... The city walls are so high that it is difficult to even climb them up. Those houses with pointed roofs are even taller than the tallest trees in the forest. Are these all built by humans?

Also...their clothes are so pretty

In Nata's eyes, even the maid who sent her here, the kind of lace-trimmed clothing is a novelty that makes her covetously. Women's nature of liking beautiful clothes seems to be regardless of race. Nata used to be as cold as an iceberg, but at this time, because of the drastic changes in the environment, her deeply buried thoughts gradually surfaced: I really don't know what clothes I wear. What would the skirt look like...would it be pretty?

But in that case, the teacher will blame himself...

Thinking of Rody's warning to herself, Nata sighed insignificantly, looked at the wide and comfortable big bed, and felt that going to sleep directly seemed to be the best choice.

But Nata, who has a serious cleanliness habit, definitely wouldn't go to sleep directly like this. She looked at the door leading to several other rooms in the guest room, gritted her teeth, and finally made up her mind to push it away—and she did find herself need something.

It was a marble bathtub heated by a magic circle and sprinkled with flower petals in the water...

[Note: According to historical records, people in the Middle Ages basically did not take a bath, even nobles, the cleaning method is rubbing. I think such a disgusting setting should not be followed, after all, cracking the soil is a game for profit , If I were an operator, I wouldn’t bring this kind of history over and directly use it if I were killed. After careful investigation, I found that nuns in this period of history did not take a bath all their lives. It is said that “a dirty body can be closer to God”, Only the monastery uses cold water baths as punishment for confession... There are also nuns who show off to others that they have not washed their face for 18 years and feel that they are holy. Who can bear this damn setting? If I set it like this, will Sally still be alive? 】