From Wild Mage to Wizard King

"Will he take the advice?"

Hela said to Roland curiously while sorting out the books Locke gave to Roland.

On the side, Roland answered casually while flipping through the books.

"There is a high probability that it won't happen. He should still maintain the current idea of ​​neutral balance."

"Huh? Why?"

Hela organized and put the last book away, turned her head, and said a little strangely.

"Didn't you tell him clearly? Black Rock City is in such chaos now, is it really useful for him to remain neutral?"

"Don't look at the current chaos in the city. In fact, it is still under Locke's control. Moreover, although the local faction and the border faction seem to be quarreling fiercely now, in fact, neither party is ready to quarrel with each other."

Roland continued without looking up.

"The local faction is not united. Think about it, those who came to win us over before were divided into several small groups. If it weren't for the pressure from the border faction, they would have dispersed long ago."

"As for the Border Area Faction, even though they say they want to overthrow the entire local faction, except for a few extreme ones who really plan to overthrow the local faction, the rest are very clear that they can't do without the local faction now. "

"As long as Locke finds a reason, he can suppress the fight between the two factions at any time."

Roland turned a page of the book and added at the end.

"For example: isn't it a good opportunity to reward based on merit after the annihilation war is over?"

Hela put the arranged books aside and walked slowly behind Roland. While she put her hands on Roland's shoulders, massaging Roland, she also injected magic power to help Roland recover from his weak body. Said somewhat clearly.

"No wonder he hasn't done anything, and he keeps dragging the reward and won't let us leave."

"Um."

Roland lowered his head and did not pretend to be evasive, silently enjoying Hela's kindness.

After Roland made it clear to Locke a few days ago and did not get a positive reply from him, Roland made some guesses about Locke's choice.

There is a high probability that he will still choose neutrality and continue to maintain balance.

And the fact was exactly as Roland expected.

A few days after Roland told Hela, Locke, as Roland expected, chose to reward based on merit to divert attention.

This time, rewards were based on merit. In addition to the soldiers fighting on the front line, Locke also gave certain rewards to local factions on the grounds of logistical supplies, hoping to appease the dissatisfaction of local factions.

In order to avoid the dissatisfaction of the border faction, Locke also increased the rewards for frontline soldiers.

Among them, Roland, who is apparently neutral and has no factional tendencies, and who has the best record in this battle, naturally received a big gift.

In terms of military affairs, Locke gave Roland the freedom he had applied for from the beginning, allowing Roland to form an independent army and have the freedom to fight against the green-skinned warlords independently.

In terms of territory, Locke also promised to place all border cities from Old Qicheng to the nearest front line under Roland's command.

As long as Roland can fight out and conquer part of the territory of the green-skinned high priest he killed, Locke will hand over all these border cities to Roland.

In addition, Locke also waved his hand and exempted Roland's territory and all his territories from all taxes for ten years.

In addition to these substantial rewards, there are also some honorary honors, such as applying for a noble title from the United Army for Roland.

Although Roland doesn't care about the so-called noble titles.

For the local faction, Roland is not from the border faction, and receiving such a reward will not enhance the strength of the border faction. Moreover, Roland also owns territory in the rear, and the interests between them can be said to be consistent.

As for the border faction, Roland's performance in this annihilation battle was obvious to all. Not only was he willing to transfer his elite soldiers to the command of others for the sake of victory, but he also independently killed the green-skinned high priest who went north, and obtained this kind of The level of reward is reasonable and reasonable.

Moreover, Roland was as ruthless to the green-skinned orcs as the Border Faction, and he would kill them all every time he could. Therefore, in the eyes of some Border Faction members, Roland was undoubtedly a member of their Border Faction.

Therefore, Locke's reward to Roland, whether it is the local faction or the border faction, feels that their own power has increased.

While Locke was rewarding and attracting almost everyone's attention, he also took the opportunity to secretly meet with representatives of the two factions, relying on his personal prestige to suppress the factional conflicts again.

However, the so-called secret appointment was not actually a secret. Anyone who paid attention knew about it, including Roland.

From the people he arranged, Roland learned that although representatives of both groups had been prepared, they eventually left Locke's residence very dissatisfied.

The conflict between the two factions was once again suppressed, waiting for the next rebound.

When the contradictions accumulate to the limit again and rebound, I don't know if Locke can rely on his prestige to suppress them again.

However, this is not the best time for Roland to appear.

Therefore, after receiving the reward and knowing the final outcome of the faction struggle, Roland no longer stayed in Black Rock City. He took his legion soldiers and the military forces attracted by Roland's performance in this annihilation battle to join him. , went to his territory, Jiuqi.

Speaking of which, although Jiuqi is Roland's territory, the time Roland has spent in Jiuqi City since he entered Donnar can be said to be few and far between.

Especially after participating in the annihilation operation, the time he spent fighting outside was longer than the time he spent in the territory.

Although Roland can not only convey government orders remotely through the communication device left in Jiuqi, but also learn about the general situation of the development of Jiuqi City from the officials.

However, Roland can only have a general impression of the current development of Jiuqi City through text.

According to the reports of officials, including Jiuqi City, the development of Roland's entire territory can be said to be thriving.

Under the plan set by Roland, the territory absorbed a large number of refugees. The influx of refugees brought a large number of laborers, and a large number of laborers also promoted the construction of the territory.

With sufficient food provided by the meal making technique, the entire territory developed rapidly, and there would be significant changes almost every few days.

However, although he learned about the various changes in the territory from their mouths, language and text were not as real as witnessing it with his own eyes.

Roland led his army to the direction of Jiuqi while thinking silently.

Speaking of which, a little genius appeared in the ever-expanding bureaucracy in the territory.

Not only does she have good administrative skills, but she also became a first-level spellcaster through self-study.

What's her name? It seems to be Julius?