Demon Lord

April 10, sunny.

Basically everything that needs to be done has been done. The last few decrees were issued today, and the next step is to see if Efta can survive the difficulties by relying on these.

Father, maybe you wouldn't have thought that this land would undergo such a change, would you?

The overall preferential treatment of sects is something you have always disapproved of. You always say that religion and politics are the same thing. Especially after looking at these from the height of a lord, I always feel a little chilled—is this the Rose Cross I wanted to dedicate my life to?

Many people do not understand the establishment of the cabinet, and it is estimated that the actions of Rosie Cross’s (pig) (pig) (island) novel www.zhu.om will also cause many people to misunderstand, but as Roddy said, at this time , no longer have the energy to analyze the process, the only thing we can focus on is the result...

The handwriting gradually faded due to the exhaustion of the quill pen's ink. Sally raised her white fingers lightly, thought for a while, and instead of drawing ink, she inserted the pen into the silver pen holder. After the ink gradually dried, she closed the small book and stuffed it on the bookshelf beside it.

After becoming the lord, Sally had the habit of writing a territory diary. Unlike a private diary, she wrote down her feelings after each decision she made. This habit was left by her father, Angmar. When Sally was young, she would always see her father take out this kind of book and read it carefully, and now it has been passed down. I won’t mention how useful it is, maybe it is a kind of respect for her father. Mourn it.

Speaking of which, Sally, who is now a duke, is quite different from aristocrats in the general sense—she has simply delegated a lot of power to the cabinet, although this makes the duke no longer the same as before. The supreme decision-making power has greatly improved the efficiency of policy implementation in the territory.

Unlike her elder brother who was solved by herself, Sally doesn't need the sense of accomplishment after being in power, because now she has to face threats from all sides, whether it is the suppression of the royal family or the upcoming orc crisis. Efta continues to exist on the map plate, which is her only purpose.

My lord, the carriage is ready.

Butler John no longer calls Miss anymore, and Sally is used to this address. Now her schedule is tight and organized. Although the things in the afternoon are just for show, they are also must do.

Where are Titus and Uncle Wellington?

The two great knights and the Soderol knight have sent letters from their respective territories, and all plans are being carried out in an orderly manner.

According to the original custom,

When a lord wants to gather an army, besides recruiting certain soldiers himself, other sources of soldiers can only be solved by other lords who have received orders. Never cooperated, and fighting is usually no different from rogue fighting.

What the Efta cabinet has done now is to establish the Army Command, with Soderol, Titus and Wellington as the Army Commanders, who are responsible for the training, deployment and combat affairs of the conventional army. Abandoned the previous practice.

Military power is the most important thing for the lord, so the position of commander has not been given to others, but these three commanders have divided the battle zone respectively, and have control over all conscription, The right to train troops.

This kind of behavior will definitely touch the interests of other lords, but because most of the lords died in Pakaro City, the conscript rights of these vacated territories were taken away without causing much waves-after all, the Commander-in-Chief The position is still held by Duke Sally herself, which is enough to suppress those backlash.

The only thing that confuses Sally and others is the strange title of Army... The southernmost part of Efta is separated from the coastline by hundreds of miles of mountains. There has never been a port in history, and there has never been a Navy Fleet. Speaking of it, I don't know why Roddy insisted on emphasizing Army...

Forget it, this wood always has some weird ideas...

Sally sat in the carriage and pondered for a long time, but in the end she didn't come up with an answer. She just thought of how Rody presided over the meeting in the Duke's Mansion these days and felt her heart beat a little faster—then she muttered angrily: I talked to you in the bedroom. I have to leave at night, I really hate, hate, hate...

She knew that it would be difficult for Rody to do it with Akasha around, but when she thought of him rushing to Elson City to busy himself and not knowing when to see him again, she felt very upset.

However, this emotion disappeared when the carriage stopped. Sally sorted out her mood, got up and picked up a basket of bread prepared by the housekeeper—yes, the place where the carriage stopped was a poor area, and she was It is to distribute bread to the poor commoners.

Doing these things now as a duke is naturally a bit of a show, but Sally, who was wearing a priest's cassock, still distributed the prepared bread along the street like many years ago, and then turned to the not far away under the escort of the guards. monastery.

Keep the bishops waiting.

Naturally, as a priest, she would not dare to let the bishops of the four dioceses wait for her, but as the Duke of Efta, this is a manifestation of the difference in status—Sally has gradually learned these details, so Facing several old people, including Bishop Benjamin, her smile was calm, but with a hint of strength.

Speaking of which, His Excellency the Duke came earlier than expected.

The dean of the monastery hurriedly came out to greet him, but he was not the protagonist today——the four regional archbishops behind him were the main objects of Sally's conversation this time.

The next meeting naturally revolved around the issue of Efta's preferential treatment of the Rosicrucian in the future. To be honest, supporting religion is not a good choice for the ruler, but if this can break the barrier of the royal family's trade blockade, then Sally has nothing to worry about. In particular, the secret collusion between the royal family and the Viper Cross has long made the Rose Cross look down upon. Now that they can suppress this group of heretics in the name of Lord Efta, both parties are naturally happy.

The meeting went smoothly, and the atmosphere was always friendly and warm. Because it was late after the end, Sally had dinner with several bishops. Naturally, the dinner table no longer continued the previous topic and turned to small talk. Several bishops talked about the methods of the heretics and the brutality of the orcs. Bishop Benjamin would occasionally ask about the relationship between Sally and Rody, which was more gratifying.

On the other hand, Sally heard them talking about the topic of undead, and suddenly sighed: After this battle, I found that the physical defense of undead spells seems to far exceed that of magic and divine spells of the same level.

That's the effect of using bones as the material, but their methods are too evil.

There have been people who wanted to improve the divine spells, but apparently no one has succeeded. In fact, sometimes I have to admit...some evil spells are indeed more effective than divine spells.

The regional bishops have a high vision, and naturally they will not blindly denounce undead spells. They will admit what they should admit, but they will sigh when they talk about improvement-divine spells have not undergone many changes since their appearance, and they are not Like magic or necromancy, it has been reborn countless times over hundreds of thousands of years.

Speaking of which, I'm still quite curious about a question. Sally fiddled with the dessert with a fork casually, as if casually asked: Is it possible for a priest who uses divine magic to master necromancy?

That's wishful thinking, it has never happened before in history.

Benjamin shook his head, and exchanged glances with several other old bishops. Some of the latter added: The power of necromancy is mostly negative, and it is incompatible with divine magic. Mastering these two powers at the same time... I am afraid that the body will not be able to sustain it. Let's crash first.

I see.

Sally smiled and changed the subject, but her eyes narrowed imperceptibly.

*****

It failed again...

A white light flickered and then dimmed. Due to subtle mistakes in spells and gestures, Akasha's Bone Spear Technique failed as the spell-casting material White Bone shattered.

Such failures have occurred more than forty times, so that the ground under Akasha's feet is covered with white bone stubble—of course, these spell-casting materials are all made of rabbit bones by her, so even if the Bone Spear is successful Released, the power is estimated to be unable to pierce even leather armor,

Akasha sighed, decided to end today's spell practice, and then began to carefully record the process of spell failure, the phenomenon, and her next improvement plan...

Such experimental records have been filled with three big words, but to the studious and patient Akasha, these are just the surface of necromancy. Although she was able to cast low-end spells like Bone Wall through research and improvement, she always felt that she couldn't find her way after researching and researching—although she understood some superficial spells through casting those scrolls and books. Necromancy, but obviously this does not allow her to have an intuitive concept of the complete Necromantic System, and cannot do in-depth research such as drawing inferences from one instance.

Even though she is a priest, she doesn't reject necromancy like those magicians in Kingdom Church. Akasha can't tell what kind of mentality she has, probably because necromancy is more powerful and effective. Combining divine arts can improve your control over the battlefield...

Until now, she had not discovered a strange affinity for the spell within herself.

Help me tidy up.

As a priest, Necromancer would naturally not be her main job. So after writing the spell records, she said hello to the High Elf Mage who had been standing at the door, and the latter silently came over to clean up the stubble. And Akasha went to another room to pray and practice divine spells, and then left the spell training ground and walked outside.

The area of ​​the spell training ground is large, but the construction of the magic school in Elson City has just started, and it is difficult for many people to read characters, let alone spell training, so there are basically no other people here. However, when she came out, there was the echo of ping-pong-pong in the silent venue. Akasha knew that it was Nefei who was practicing spells without looking. She was already used to this, so she just took a look and continued walking .

Everyone can see the impact of the war on Nefer, and Akasha is not surprised by this. Walking along the semi-circular corridor, you can always see the towering Pasha'er Tower in the center of the city.

That woman... always has a lot to do.

Thinking of Camilla who was always working in the magic tower, Akasha muttered in a low voice, apparently not liking the shrewd and capable style of the other party. In her heart, since Rody is the lord of the city, everyone else must obey unconditionally, but every time Camilla always quarrels with Rody on certain issues, and sometimes even makes Rody back down. It made the little pastor very upset—but it was just a few words of slander, and she also knew that she didn't know anything about urban construction, so she just had to do her own thing well.

Today, I am going to the tailor shop in the east of the city to order a few sets of clothes for Roddy. Thinking of this, Akasha turned at the crossroad ahead, walked through the inner city gate with runes flashing, and waved to the undead guard. Get out of the way, and was about to move forward after confirming the location of the tailor shop in the outer city, but suddenly heard a humming sound behind him—Akasha naturally understood that this was the sound of building opening, so she continued walking without looking back go down.

But after walking more than a dozen steps, the voice seemed to never stop. Akasha looked back with some doubts, and was completely stunned by the scene in front of her...

There are more than a dozen inconspicuous circular buildings around the Pasha'er Demon Tower. At first Akasha didn't know what their functions were, but when he saw these egg-shaped buildings rising from the ground and floating in the sky, Finally, she suddenly realized... the background behind this city is far beyond everyone's imagination.

Eighteen Magic Alert Floating Towers slowly lifted into the air, and stopped at their respective predetermined positions after a few minutes. The tallest spire was 450 meters above the ground. After the constant Eye of Arcane magic circle was activated, the blue phantom formed a giant rune eye overlooking the earth. The floating tower that floated the farthest was above the farmland ten kilometers outside the city wall—in other words, the alert area of ​​Elson City more than doubled.

Their appearance made all the residents of this city feel like a miracle.