Demon Lord

April 18, Holy City.

As the temperature gradually warms up, the activities of the residents in the city begin to increase. On the 8th, 18th, and 28th of each month, a market of a certain scale will be organized on the city square, and this is where the entire Iver Tower's largest trading place.

At this time, the farmers living in the villages near Houlier City would come to sell their surplus grain or local products, and the nobles would also purchase the luxury goods brought by caravans from other cities in the exclusive area. Goods——Compared with the shopping mall in modern society, such a market has mixed good and bad, dirty and messy, and it can be called a hodgepodge. But for people in this era, this is one of the few opportunities to trade and make a profit.

Not only commoners, but nobles who lack entertainment items are also looking forward to such a day. Ladies choose jewelry or gold and silver utensils transported from the southern part of the kingdom, and knights grit their teeth and buy weapons forged by famous blacksmiths. Wait... This is a scene that happens at every fair.

However, when the bazaar began on April 18th, the appearance of a store quickly attracted the attention of most people—a company under the banner of Palling actually sold it to the public. Various goods produced by Wood Elves

As early as some time ago, people heard that some nobles bought Wood Elf Fruit Wine, but such high-end consumer goods are beyond the reach of ordinary people, but after seeing the things sold by this firm at this time, their pockets The civilians who still had some copper coins in the store immediately surrounded them—they thought they couldn’t afford anything, but suddenly discovered that the things sold by the firm were not as expensive as imagined.

So after a brief hesitation, they quickly snapped up those affordable and beautiful fruits, grains and wooden tools...

Not long after, the stewards of the nobles and the heads of various guilds rushed over after hearing the news. They didn't believe that there would be wood elves' items in the market, but after seeing the unique herbs and magic crystals in the Quiet Whispering Forest , they also started to buy extravagantly without hesitation—in less than two hours, the total sales of this firm exceeded the sum of all other merchants in the market

After some local specialties were sold out, the commercial firm took out more than a dozen bottles of fruit wine with sky-high prices, but they were also sold out within ten minutes...

Before noon, they sold all their goods, earning coins almost equal to the sum of taxes in the four villages.

Such a hot scene naturally alarmed the rest of the nobles—ordinary people saw the gold coins earned by this firm, but the nobles saw the amazing profit potential behind this firm... They immediately sent people to inquire, but found that this firm The final background of the firm turned out to be the Luciferon family.

So most of the nobles kept their mouths shut, while those who had other plans in their hearts quietly chose to wait and see.

In the afternoon, Butler John reported the situation to the Duke of Angmar, who closed his eyes and meditated, but the old man did not show much joy, and just asked in a deep voice: The matter of Parling and Whispering Forest has come to an end. Is it?

The Knight of Wellington has investigated some clues, and it is speculated in the letter that it may have something to do with Viscount Juan...

Juan?

Angmar was a little surprised by this name. After thinking for a while, he realized that he hadn't heard this name for a long time—the other party's presence in the territory of Efta was almost zero, so that after so many years, Angmar Ma even forgot that there is such a viscount in the territory.

At the moment, it's just speculation that the Knights of Wellington are chasing down the gangsters, but the other party is obviously protected by someone, or...they are subordinates of some nobles themselves, so it's hard to track them down

knew.

The old duke sighed a little tiredly—the alliance of these nobles made him a little bit burnt out, not to mention the tax issue, some guys have already started to brazenly prepare to confront him...

They knew that they were facing a financial crisis, so they didn't help or say anything, but they took the opportunity to add insult to injury, and even put forward all kinds of harsh conditions - and exchanging territory for money, in Angmar's view, they were drinking poison to quench their thirst It is simply impossible to agree.

Angmar had no choice but to raise funds by himself to support the increasing military expenditure. He had no choice but to let the business house that was planned to be knocked down in May appear in everyone's field of vision ahead of time.

I hope this will help...

Angmar sighed, and reached out to pick up the letter sent by Archbishop Rubens yesterday—this was probably the most surprising piece of information for him in the past few days: after giving up her advanced courses, her daughter Sally joined the The team of exterminating heretics grew rapidly within two months, becoming one of the most concerned talents in the Holy Temple

However, looking at Rubens' compliments to Sally, Angmar couldn't feel much pride in her heart—as a father, his only hope was to keep his daughter safe and happy, but Luo Di didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The daughter is on the dangerous front line again, and Angmar, who stays here alone, has a sense of loneliness of no country for old people.

After Steward John withdrew, the Duke of Angmar closed his eyes, thinking about what he had experienced in the past six months after waking up, but his heart became more and more uneasy... The threat of the orcs that Rody said has been verified, and the undead obviously He is also ready to move, but what worries him the most is the internal problems of the kingdom itself.

Aside from gold coins and territory, what else do these guys have in their eyes?

Complaints about the nobleman are only spoken when alone, but he did not expect that the butler John would suddenly return to the study - the Duke looked at him in surprise, but saw that John handed over a bright red envelope Come over, the voice is full of undisguised excitement: Master... It's the news from Sola sentry, signed by Rody

Holding the unopened letter, the originally decadent Duke exhaled slowly, and the gloom that had always shrouded his brows was almost wiped away—it was only then that he truly realized a fact: In his mind, Roddy has become the only helper who can save Everta in his eyes...

In other words, the main force.

April nineteenth.

South of Efta, Taromir City.

It is one hundred and seventy miles away from Hollier City, so it is reasonable to say that the development level is not too bad, but in fact... because Taromir is surrounded by two large forests, the size and economic level of the city seem to be far behind Hollier. Seoul City is not even as good as some large towns.

The streets and alleys here are full of depression, even in the most prosperous streets, there are not many people, the mercenary union and the blacksmith shop are deserted, and the pharmacist's guild has not even developed a station here. Because in their view, there is no value here.

Geographical reasons have led to the isolation of the city and its nearby territories. Whether it is business or its own output, it is a bit lower than other places-this not only leads to low taxes, but also makes its lords in Efta Territory remains silent...

And this viscount lord who is always ignored by people is Juan.

The Viscount's Mansion is far from being as luxurious and luxurious as other nobles, and it can even be called simple-except for a few oil paintings, there is no extra decoration in the house, the carpet is old, and even the tables and chairs have obvious signs of wear and tear. Not enough maintenance, but they have existed for too long.

At this moment, the hook-nosed Viscount Juan was leaning on a black cane, listening to the report of several men in black robes behind him:

My lord, the raid on Palland has been completed. Wellington is investigating the matter, but we have left no evidence.

The team following the Silent Whispering Forest has confirmed the route of the caravan... The search for Captain Kevin also has no clues.

Master... this is a letter from Bishop Flack.

Regarding these situations, Viscount Juan only thought about it for a while, and then gave an answer without hesitation: Stop the attack of Parling first, Wellington is not so easy to mess with.

The Silent Whispering Forest is preparing to gather troops for action. Let's put Kevin's affairs aside.

He raised his hand to receive the letter, narrowed his eyes, and the hostility on his face was fleeting. After slightly moving his eyes away, he said in an ancient voice: Since Bishop Flack thinks that I am not capable enough, let him Do it yourself.

Yes sir

Several men in black robes took orders to go. In the empty study room, Viscount Juan clenched his palms slightly, but cursed secretly: You idiot who is greedy for merit...

It is hard for ordinary people to imagine that among the many nobles in the Efta Territory, this Viscount, who has almost zero presence, is actually a staunch supporter of the Viper Cross among the Karen nobles.

There are not many nobles who have malicious intentions towards Angmar, because they can squeeze a lot of benefits from the Duke—but they don't know that all the incidents against Angmar since the spring have come from Order of Viscount Juan

As a lord whose financial income is far more difficult than that of the Duke, he, like all other nobles, sincerely hoped that Angmar would die early, and then he would take advantage of the situation to get a share... But he, who could have tolerated it for a longer time, did not do anything. Because of the task of Cardinal Goethe of the Viper Cross, this series of layouts and plans had to be started in advance.

Goethe needed him to deeply investigate the reason why The Executioner Kevin died in the Forest of Quiet Whispers, and sent a bishop of Viper's Cross to assist in the operation--of course, the so-called assistance is surveillance, Juan is right There are not many opinions on this.

However, that Bishop Flack was obviously self-willed, regardless of the fact that the resources were scarce, and he acted like he was bossing him around—this made Viscount Juan always have resentment in his heart, but he didn't express it due to his status.

However, the letter just now completely made him a little impatient... The bishop actually left without saying goodbye, saying that he was going to personally lead the team to the Silent Whispering Forest to find clues

Alright, just go, just help me contain Wellington and Titus.

Juan was not interested in cooperating with the bishop at all. After thinking about it, he wrote a beautifully worded letter and sent it to Goethe. At the same time, he issued an order to his subordinates to take the opportunity to take down the wood elf village.

But the viscount didn't know that the Captain Roddy whom he considered the biggest threat before, was leading troops across the forest in the north of his territory...