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"Everyone, we are not enemies!" Suddenly, a deep female voice came from behind the tree man, and then a naked female elf dressed in hair appeared on the tree man's shoulder.

This scene instantly misunderstood the scouts. The ferocious tree man + the naked female elf, they immediately thought it was a fallen elf Slaanesh follower, their expressions changed drastically and they hurriedly turned and left to go to rescue soldiers.If the disgust and fear of the four gods in the hearts of the elves were determined in order, Slaanesh would be the first evil god, and Nurgle would have to be the second.

The somewhat panicked scouts didn't even have time to pay attention. This female elf, who was considered too bold even in the elf society, was painted with runes representing the wind of the beast, and a headband that symbolized the identity of an elf mage. One of the most conspicuous staffs is missing.

The wind of magic will affect the character and behavior of the caster. If the biggest feature of the flame wind mage is their fiery temperament, then the biggest feature of the beast law is that they are more willing to get along with wild animals in nature than with their own kind. Get along, and don't like dressing very much.Often before going to the forest for research, they would bury their clothes in a designated place, and then live naked in nature just like when they were born.

Some mages who are deeply influenced by the wind of wild beasts, in order to study the habits of animals, even do some particularly destructive things... For example, in order to study the herd of deer, they actively transform into female deer and join the herd of breeding deer, Then……

……

Carter also noticed the existence of the treant immediately, but because he has sharing eyes that can see through the essence of all things, and now he has a ring of fraudsters that can disguise conspicuous eyes, so he recognized it at a glance This is the spirit of the forest rather than the creation of chaos. I also saw the 'bold' female elf mage on the shoulder of the forest spirit.

Carter could hardly see the wind of magic flowing in and around her.

"That's not the enemy! I'll go and see, the troops continue to march, let's go, Bucephalus, ha!"

Although he didn't know why a forest spirit and a lonely beast would find him, Carter would not be afraid. After arranging the team, he rode a tall horse and quickly came to the tree man hundreds of meters away.

Carter on the horse is almost three meters tall but still not as tall as the five-meter treant, so when he raised his head to look at Beast Fa on the treant's shoulder, he had to look up at him. Since the female elf didn't care about her condition at all, she just Sitting carelessly on the tree man's shoulders, the place that could have been covered by hair was completely undefended at this time, causing Carter to see a place that shouldn't be seen.

"Ahem, I don't know the next time?" Carter quickly turned his eyes to the other's face when nothing happened, and asked.

"I was entrusted to deliver this to you when I met Carter of the First Corps." As she spoke, she grabbed a bunch of braids tied with something from the waterfall-like hair at the back of her head, and untied the braids. Throw the sheepskin scroll tied to the top to Carter: "You can see the specific content yourself."

After doing all of this, Beast Law left with the tree man in a chic manner just like when it came.

Carter was left holding the scroll and watching her back.

2 Chapter Twenty The Significance of the Council of Nobles

After checking that there was no problem, Carter opened the scroll and looked carefully.

"Recently, the country of Avalon has complained about the influx of a large number of people from outside. Both the nobles and the people have complained about the population of the countries in the outer ring and the local competition for profit. Although under the strict order of the Eternal Queen, various acceptance Work, after all, is not willing. This is not just the case of Avalon, but all the countries in the inner ring. Therefore, General Ariswang can control his men well, and don't let the local people have serious misunderstandings and misunderstandings about Nagares. disgust.

In addition, the proposal submitted by the general to the queen together with Aenarion last time has been adopted, and various important passes are urgently strengthened, but at the same time, many stakeholders have been offended.Because they were reprimanded, punished and fined by the queen, they hated the instigator of this incident. Although they dare not directly disobey, the local nobles of Avalon are secretly investigating the First Corps, so they must be careful.My father and most of the nobles have gone to the Eden Valley with His Majesty the ruling prince. When you arrive at the Rock of Eternity, restrain the local garrison and the civilians of Nagareth. "

The content of the scroll was not long, and Carter read it quickly, but what was amazing was that the scroll seemed to be intelligent, and the handwriting on it began to disappear the moment Carter finished reading it.

Carter, who served in the Eagle Legion and the First Corps, exchanged documents with Aris many times. The scroll is genuine, and the anti-counterfeiting and hidden symbols on it are correct.

"I have known for a long time that the three spirits are without exception, and the court struggles are quite fierce. Only the wood elf Aslai is relatively united. Now that the three spirits have not yet separated, the struggle may be more successful. I just made a suggestion, and I was hated by the vested interests. , this belly is too small.”

Looking at the blank scroll in his hand, Carter muttered to himself with some dissatisfaction.

"Captain, what happened?"

Wearing scale armor and a wind-winged helmet, Aragorn rode to Carter's side, his green eyes staring at the tree man going away, and his curiosity was about to overflow.These magical creatures are seldom seen in Ulthuan, and the Outer Ring Elves may have never even heard of them, and Aragorn from Avalon has only heard of them and never seen them.

"It's Your Excellency Aris, let us proceed carefully and order the troops not to harass the local residents without reason. We may encounter trouble when we reach the Rock of Eternity." Carter turned the scroll in his hand back and forth while saying, sighing Ali Be careful, because with the passage of time, even the above codes have disappeared, and it has become completely blank. Obviously, Aris Anar does not want to leave any clues.

Carter thought that what he encountered on the road was just a small episode and would not affect the march of the First Corps, because the vanguard arrived outside the Eternal City the next day and met the soldiers of the new barracks without any problems.

Carter, who was walking in the second wave, soon brought more than 3000 elf soldiers into the barracks three kilometers away from the Rock of Eternity.This is something that can’t be helped. It’s a special period now, and every city in the Inner Ring Kingdom is going through the most severe population test since its establishment. There is no place for the First Corps of nearly [-] people to live.However, even if there is a position, it is impossible for the local forces in Avalon to allow the troops of the Outer Ring Kingdom to enter the city. This is related to various factors such as safety, interests, and public opinion.

Ulthuan's ruling system is quite complicated. It not only has the feudal enfeoffment system, which means that a large amount of land is in the hands of nobles, but also has the existence of states and confederation systems, that is, the ten kingdoms and the nominal co-lord, the Eternal Queen.Cities have always been the main productivity centers of various kingdoms. Even if the Eternal Queen wants to settle in, she has to say hello in advance before she can bring troops and mobile palaces in.

Therefore, being able to build a military camp three kilometers away from the city to facilitate soldiers to enter the city for a rest is already a pretty good condition.

On the first day of living in the barracks, before he had time to take a hot bath, the chief officer in charge of the logistics of the army hurried to find Carter with a few assistants.

"Corps Commander, the situation is not optimistic. The food in stock is no longer enough for the army to use for three days."

Carter, who was sitting in the tent and sorting out some personal belongings, saw that the chief logistics officer, who basically had no problems on weekdays, would come to report on his own initiative, and immediately understood that they might encounter problems.

"The Corps now has more than [-] troops and several thousand livestock. The existing food is only enough for three days. I applied for food supplies from the support staff sent by the noble council of the Rock of Eternity, but the other party refused to agree immediately. Instead, it feels wrong to change the topic there and delay the time. That’s why I specifically reported it to the Corps Commander.”

The Rock of Eternity is one of the largest cities in Avalon, but the Eternal Queen does not need to govern in person on weekdays. The only city that she directly governs in Ulthuan is Eden Valley.With her departure, all affairs of the Rock of Eternity will naturally be decided by the local noble council.

This is a special resistance organization composed of local elf nobles. According to tradition, those who can become members of the parliament must be elves who can have a relatively large influence on the city and surrounding areas.So in theory, as long as the influence is high enough, even non-nobles can join, but because the most influential people in the elf society are often nobles, so the city council was simply called the noble council in the end.

"Didn't say the reason?" Carter was stunned for a second when he heard the noble council, and then recalled the relevant memory in his memory.The predecessor grew up in the countryside, and the only time he dealt with the noble council was when he first joined the army and trained in Taljodel. Later, he hardly dealt with the noble council of Nagareth.Not to mention Carter, since he got Sharingan after participating in the first city defense battle, he has been dealing with Prince Aris directly, and it is normal to have no impression of this kind of organization.

Recommended, it's really good, it's worth pretending, after all, you can cache books and read aloud offline!

It’s just that he needs to know even if he doesn’t know it now, because the actual manager of a city is precisely the aristocratic council, the capitals of each kingdom are directly led by the ruling prince, and the countryside is dominated by various local aristocratic lords and influential patriarchs. world.

Ulthuan's experience society has been maintained for more than a thousand years under such a complicated situation. Even if the Birth King brought some changes to the elves, it was more of a military integration of the whole island. In terms of politics and people's livelihood, it has always been quite loose.So this is why even if Ultsuan has always had a queen, it can at best be considered a confederation, not a unified kingdom or empire.

"No, I've been changing the subject with you. Seeing that I'm a little angry, I just let me come back first. He went to ask for instructions. In fact, he was just delaying time."

After the embarrassing chief officer finished speaking, he bowed his head a little guilty.

"It's okay, I understand this matter, you go back to your normal work first, I'm here to contact the noble council of the Rock of Eternity."

"Yes!"

The officer in charge of logistics left quickly, and Carter just thought about it for a while, then took out a box from the storage box behind him, and opened it full of deposit tickets.

These are issued by major banks all over Ulthuan. They have the function of banknotes and can be exchanged for coins of corresponding numbers. Generally speaking, they are mostly used by nobles for large transactions.There are deposits worth 10,000+ Sovereign in the box. This is all the wealth that Carter can extract from nobles and wealthy businessmen from all over the world through various speculative business practices. After all, elves are not fools. The trick of buying high and selling high has been done several times, as long as you are not a fool, you will learn it.

"Since it's a parliament, it can't be monolithic, but first I have to figure out who's interests are being harmed by the five major barriers, so as not to find the wrong person and waste time and money" hptere

Chapter 221 Information Monger

After changing into a set of more ornate uniforms, Carter took Astolfo and Amy and walked into the overcrowded Rock of Eternity.

"Captain, you guys take a rest in this tavern first, I'll go and inquire about this matter." Seeing the familiar city, Astolfo's happy little head flicked around, his conspicuous natural pink blond hair and His appearance also makes him very attractive to passers-by.

"Meet you in the garden you mentioned in two hours." Carter nodded and handed Astolfo a money bag by the way: "Now the situation in the Inner Ring Kingdom is complicated, and there are many places where money is needed. After all, it is for The Corps does things, and you can use them wherever you need them.”

Astolfo, who was dressed like a teenager, hesitated for a moment before taking the money bag: "Don't worry, I won't return empty-handed!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, walking in the depths of this familiar and strange city full of people, which has never been so lively.

As a city, the Rock of Eternity is the same as 90.00% of the elf cities. Due to the lack of enough residents, it has been in a state of low-speed development or even negative development for a long time. It has not become a dead city by virtue of inertia, but it also lacks vitality.

However, the war brought unprecedented deformed prosperity to these lonely elf cities.Many elves who have fled here generally carry money that they have accumulated for tens of hundreds of years. Because they don't know when they will be able to return to their hometown, temporarily settling in the Inner Ring Kingdom has become the first choice for most refugees, and they want to settle in the city. Purchasing residences and property in a livable area will inevitably promote the crazy development of the city's industry and commerce in a short period of time.

This kind of behavior has caused merchants and craftsmen to sell all kinds of goods on the street, and there is no need to worry about buyers. As long as the price is not too outrageous and the quality passes the test, they will be sold soon.Many merchants only worry that they don't have enough manpower and raw materials. They watch the shiny gold severin dangling in front of their eyes, but they can't earn them into their pockets.

The tavern is undoubtedly the favorite place for many elves who have no work for the time being.

The white-haired girlfriend who is interested in everything around her keeps looking around with big green eyes, and unconsciously exerts strength while holding Carter's hand.This let Carter know that if he didn't take her for a stroll, he might not end well.

"Before Ah Fu comes back, we still have time to go shopping and see if we can find out something interesting."

Hearing such a wishful request, she nodded happily and said, "Yeah." Then she dragged Carter around with a smile on her face.

On the other side, although the layout of the city has changed a lot, it is not difficult for Ah Fu to find his way. He quickly left the busy main road and began to search in places where there are relatively few people in the city.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This kind of thing is common even for elves.

Every city has a dark side that is different from the surface, and even a semi-decayed city that has only recently been revived has its own underground rules.

Among them, traffickers who can provide information are the most popular existence. In this era and the world, there is no Internet, and there is also a lack of authoritative newspapers. The only way to obtain news and knowledge is through inefficient books, or directly through magic. poured into the brain.The efficiency of the former is too slow. From the time the author learns the news to writing it in the book, the news at the speed of the elves is either outdated or the kind of bad street.The latter is not accessible to ordinary elves at all.

It is very difficult to inquire about the intelligence and news among the nobles. Without a certain relationship and financial resources, those secrets are simply impossible for ordinary people to know.

Although the court struggles among the elves' high-ranking nobles were fierce, most of them would not affect ordinary people.

"Ah, this hair is as beautiful as the aurora at the end of the North Sea, isn't this Astolfo?"

Fortunately, Astolfo, who was an Avalonian and not an ordinary elf, happened to know some intelligence dealers who could get all kinds of first-hand information.

Arriving at Astolfo, a small hotel not in a downtown area, he opened the door and walked in. The proprietress, who was looking down at the ledger and roster, saw Astolfo, and immediately walked out of the counter with glowing eyes. , happily hugged and let the relatively short Astolfo fall into the familiar experience of suffocation.

When he was only an inch away from suffocation, Ah Fu finally escaped and revealed his purpose: "Sister Ying, is the old man there?"

Hearing this, the proprietress immediately lowered her face and pointed to the back door, pretending to be unhappy and saying, "I thought you were here to find me."

The frolic between the two looks like two young and beautiful elves in their 20s flirting, but in fact the female boss is over 350 years old. Although Ah Fu is less than a hundred years old, but for ordinary people For the short-lived race, they can be regarded as elders.In this way, the picture becomes an old woman who is more than a few hundred years old flirting with a male elf who is a few decades old, and the impression is immediately different.

"Hey, I have something to ask the old man. I will invite my sister to have dinner with everyone after I finish it."

Ah Fu, who broke free from the embrace, opened the back door, then turned around and promised.

"I remember, I never forget anything!"

""

After closing the door, Astolfo put away the smile on his face, quickly passed the corridor, and came to a door. After a little tidying up his clothes, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"come in"

Astolfo, who pushed the door open, was not casual at all, but rather serious.

"Your Ann, Mr. Miller." After entering the door, Astolfo greeted respectfully, but at the same time he did not dare to use the old man's address again.

A male elf named Miller sat behind a desk in a low-key blue and white coat, and the desk was full of valuable books and papers full of words.Like most elves, he looks only in his 30s, with beautiful long blond hair scattered casually, combined with good facial features and temperament, making him more like an elegant scholar than an information dealer, let alone why Astolfo would call him old man.

In fact his main interest was indeed the study of scholarship.

Miller, who was born as a commoner, has neither the blessing of status nor the talent for magic, so he did not go to Saffrey, the country of scholars when he was young, but became a book dealer by chance.He bought original books everywhere in Avalon and then copied and sold them. His life as a book dealer for hundreds of years has allowed him to accumulate a large number of contacts and fast intelligence networks. Therefore, 30 years ago, Miller stopped all his work. Avalon's career as a book seller who ran around, settled in the Rock of Eternity instead, and became a powerful information dealer in the local area.

While earning far more money than selling books, you can continue to collect and research your favorite knowledge.

"Astolfo? I haven't seen you for a while. I remember you went to the Outer Ring Kingdom. That's right. You should have come back with the Nagares elf. What's the matter with coming to see me today? ?” Miller raised his head and said harmoniously.

"Hey hey, actually, I came to see Mr. Miller today because I want to inquire about the noble council."

Surprised, Miller turned his attention back to Astolfo from the book: "I thought you wanted to inquire about monsters appearing there again, and then ran over to hunt them down. Why did you suddenly turn your attention to the noble council? what happened?"

"Well, the reason I believe you will know sooner or later if I don't say it, simply put"

A Fu hastily explained his experience from being a frontier soldier to becoming a mid-level officer of the First Corps, and the reason for inquiring about the news of the noble council.

"I see, the things you have experienced in the past few years are more than what you can encounter in the ordinary 50 years of peace." After listening to the short narration, Miller was a little unfinished, obviously wanting to hear a longer version, after all these It is difficult for the Inner Ring Kingdom to obtain precious information about Chaos believers, but this desire is only fleeting, and he soon regained his previous calm.

"If it's the same as before, you want to know where there are monsters, and then take your friends to hunt them down. Although it's dangerous, it's okay to tell you, but this time I advise you to avoid the troubled waters of the noble council , Palace struggles are always cruel, once you get involved, you will be fine." Just when Miller thought that Astolfo had committed chivalry again, he wanted to go to the noble council to discuss an explanation for his regiment, and wanted to persuade him hour.Astolfo took out the money bag Carter gave him from his satchel, reached in and took out 25 gold sovereigns neatly placed on the desk, this action instantly choked Miller speechless Come on.

"Don't worry, I forgot to mention just now, in fact, the commander of the corps asked me to come, I'm just in charge of running errands, hehehe"

"Cough" probably felt that his performance just now was a bit awkward, so Mirell was silent for a while before holding his forehead with one hand and pretending to cough.

"Since this is the case, I will treat you as a normal client. According to the rules, I need you to go out first. Later, I will ask Yingna to give you the information you need."

After speaking, Miller accepted the money and issued an order to evict the guest, obviously not wanting to keep this awkward atmosphere going.

"Thank you!"

An hour later, Aqualia Gardens.

“The weather in Avalon is really pleasant”

This garden opened by the nobles of Avalon is the favorite leisure place for many residents of the Rock of Eternity when they rest, and it is hard to find one every festival.Although the real estate industry in Usuan is not well developed, one can imagine the financial strength and influence of the builders who can occupy such a large piece of land in the city and then build more than a dozen small gardens for rent.

While Emilia and Astolfo were enjoying the dessert and the wonderful scenery, Carter opened the scroll of information that Astolfo brought back.

The first line of words that catches the eye reads and.

Chapter 222 Shocked

Thorey means the sun in the Elvish language, and their family emblem and coat of arms are also the appearance of a sun shining in all directions.

And Feregaya means a sharp arrow, and the family emblem and coat of arms are two crossed arrows.

The money is not spent in vain, the scroll records the information of these two families in detail, of course and most importantly, what kind of role they played in the Wu Daguan incident.

[The name of the Solei family is actually the same as my weapon, meaning the sun.Why does this family emblem look so familiar... Oh, now that I think about it, isn’t this the flag of the Tower of the Sun in an overseas colony, but the tower in the middle is missing, I didn’t expect the ancestors of that colony to be the Sorey family]

In the original history, the elves finally ushered in revival after arduous wars. Among them, Nagareth, a populous country before the war, began to actively colonize the western and eastern continents by virtue of Enarion's remaining prestige and large and powerful legions.Occupying the Empire, Bretonnia, and most of Naggaroth's territory, Caledor's dragon princes followed closely in the footsteps of the colonization.And the other kingdoms that didn't come back to their senses immediately after the war had to eat some leftover scraps.

The farthest colony among them is the Tower of the Sun near the Inda continent, which is the colony of the Solei family.If it takes nearly half a year to travel from Ulthuan to the Tower of the Sun by sea without relying on magic, it can be seen how far the colony is.This also reflects from the side that the rest of the kingdoms were left far behind by Nagares and Caledon in the post-war revival.Otherwise, it would not be so far away to grab the territory (in fact, it also has the effect of curbing the sea passage and restricting the chaotic north of Antarctica, but that is only incidental).

It is precisely because of the large amount of land and wealth that Nagares was able to support Nagareth's position as the largest country after the war, and in the ensuing civil war, relying on the power of one country, it fought against the 'traitor' who 'betrayed' the son of Aenarion Sur, thus broke away from the self-supporting family and changed its name to 'Druchi'.

But these are not important. The important thing is that the two families were personally entrusted by the Queen with the responsibility of managing the Phoenix Pass and the Eagle Pass.

Since the inner ring has not experienced a serious war for thousands of years (the confrontation with weapons has occurred), so it is completely conceivable that the family in charge of the pass will be more careful about the defense.Objectively speaking, they are not to blame for this. After all, even if they deliberately applied to the Kingdom for funds to build large-scale fortresses and defense facilities before the Chaos invasion, there was a high probability that they would not be able to pass.In the end, if something really happened, they still had to take the blame, and quite a few related people were removed from their official positions and titles, but this is politics.

From their standpoint, they did a good job. Before the war, they could still collect certain tariffs and poll taxes from the merchants who passed through the pass. If they deducted a little bit, they would be rich. Although the queen ordered the temporary abolition of taxes after the war , but live as you want to live.As a result, within a few months, under the joint report of a newly promoted military officer in the country and a country bumpkin in the outer ring, he fell from heaven to purgatory in an instant.Due to emotion and reason, these feudal aristocrats whose clan consciousness is greater than national consciousness will definitely hold grudges against Carter and Enario.

Aenario was staying by the queen's side at this time, and he was a celebrity and couldn't do anything, so their revenge could only be revenge on Carter.

As a big family that owns a large area of ​​land in Avalon and the seat of the "Noble Council" of the Rock of Eternity, it is too simple for the Solei and Feregaya families to take revenge on the foreign First Corps and Carter. Not providing food is just Just the first step.

"Hey, what about Usuan, the promised paradise... No matter how you get there, you can't avoid struggle."

After learning the whole picture of the incident from the scroll, Carter found that it was impossible for him to restore his relationship with these two families.

The phrase 'cutting a person's wealth is like killing his parents' is not a joke, not to mention that he cut off his wealth and official career at once. Although the original purpose was to plug a huge defense loophole for the Inner Ring Kingdom, he was not so enlightened. Gao didn't care so much at all.

At the end of the scroll, there are also local forces in the Rock of Eternity that are opposed to the Solei and Feregaya families and may provide help.

[…With a few nobles as the lord, at most it will only secretly make the tripper restore the food supply of the First Corps, but it is impossible to completely turn against the Solei and Feregaya families for this, and the nobles in the inner ring rarely meet In a direct conflict, if they kill the 'insiders' because of the outer ring elves, they will hurt the reputation of the 'insiders' helping the 'outsiders' by breaking the unspoken rules, even if everyone is Azul.Once he is charged with this kind of crime, Asur's longevity is equivalent to losing his foothold in the local area.

So even if they promise to help you, don't trust them completely, and these rival families are not reliable at critical moments. 】