Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Late at night, the Duke's residence.

Rhodes took the time to meet with Lord Geoffrey. After the two had dinner, they did not talk about any substantive matters. Those matters were left to Moken or Janice to discuss with him. Rhodes' appearance was just It's just to express the importance you attach to this group of people.

During the dinner, Geoffrey proposed to renovate the mansion for Rhodes, but was rejected directly, although Rhodes also knew very well that after the renovation, the mansion would be much more luxurious and comfortable.

But Moken and Janice may have to make some concessions to Lord Geoffrey. Rather than that, Rhodes would rather spend his own money to rebuild the castle.

After dinner, when Rhodes and Janice were walking together, they naturally talked about Lord Geoffrey.

"He is just a speculating businessman. He is not sure how to protect his wealth or even his life in the coming chaos, so he came to us."

Janice's words were slightly disdainful, thinking that he was just a businessman who spent money to donate his title.

After hanging out with people like Fatis, Alleyn, and Lesalit for many years, Janice doesn't take much notice of them simply because of how much money they have.

"At least he is a man of great vision and courage. Janice, have you noticed the ten rings on his finger?"

"Yes, I noticed it, but with his temperament to do such a thing..."

"What I mean is that those are ten magic rings. Although I don't know what kind of spells are blessed on them, they should be used for self-protection. With those ten rings, it is difficult for extraordinary people below the legend to use them. If you are prepared to kill him, he will put these ten rings in the open, which is his cleverness. "

"..." Janice was thoughtful after hearing this.

And Rhodes noticed that Janice had begun to pay attention to her opponent, so he didn't say anything more about it.

Commercial capital injection, accelerating the development of the territory, relocating the population, gradually abandoning the original territory of Redwood Town, and even the alliance of small chambers of commerce represented by Lord Geoffrey, these are not big things in Rhodes' view, but are related to the Wailing Mountains. A small conflict made Rhodes pay special attention to it.

In the previous bloody battle of Lonely Mountain, the human race and the ancient orcs fought to the death. Because the conditions were not negotiated, most of the necromancers in the Wailing Mountains did not help Lonely Mountain Castle.

Of course, Alandiel and his crony Deirdre took action. At least more than 200,000 orcs were directly killed in that battle, which benefited Deirdre a lot.

Although Rhodes strictly prohibited her from taking action against the heroes of Lonely Mountain Castle, the large number of deaths made up for the lack of quality, and Deirdre was still extremely satisfied.

Before Kodar, the state advisor of the Hoffmann Empire, led his troops, he had already been injured by the most powerful necromancer Alan Thiel in the world. This was not a secret among high-level extraordinary beings. If Kodar had not With the powerful undead curse, the final result of that bloody battle is still unknown.

After all, in the eyes of the world, Gushan Castle was defeated in the end, and both sides fought to the limit. But if Dahl had not been seriously injured, Gushan Castle would most likely lose.

Because of this not-so-secret secret, the necromancers in the Wailing Mountains have a psychological advantage over Lonely Mountain Castle.

Obviously they didn't help much before, but those necromancers who traveled across the mainland often visited Lonely Mountain Castle once they arrived, taking away some magic crystals and orc bones.

Many people in Gushan Castle looked down upon this shameless behavior, but Rhodes was very forbearing towards this kind of thing.

"Alan Dire is the most powerful necromancer in the world. The Wailing Mountains are now at their peak. The more chaotic the situation, the stronger they will be. There is no need to provoke them at this time. It is not worth it and may destroy us. As long as you are not too greedy and don’t take action against the Heroic Spirit Cemetery, please try your best to meet their demands, and don’t force a conflict if you can’t meet them.”

Rhodes' goodwill was also faintly felt by Death Hermit Alan Dire. Although his whereabouts were mysterious, Alan Dire sent a message through the witch Deirdre and still knocked the wizards of the Wailing Mountains.

Not only was Rhodes respectful and fearful of this mysterious Death Favorite, but the wizards in the Wailing Mountains also had similar sentiments. After being informed, the number of such incidents had decreased a lot.

However, after all, there are still people who are not so afraid of Alan Dire.

In the secret room of Lonely Mountain Castle, the female death knight Onila counted the magic crystals in front of her, and her expression became increasingly gloomy and ugly.

"The quantity here is quite different from what the instructor requested before, isn't it?"

"This is because in the previous decisive battle with the ancient orcs, we lost the territory in the lower plane, and it will be difficult to mine magic crystals for a while."

"I don't want to hear such reasons. A contract is a contract."

Being scolded by Onila with a stern expression, the female elf opposite Onila was so frightened that her face turned pale.

At this time, a man walked into the room.

"Your Majesty the Duke."

The female elf quickly leaned forward and saluted Rhodes.

Rhodes nodded and said, "Okay, you go down first."

The demon general Dilib died, and the energy source that opened the lower plane channel was lost. Lonely Mountain Castle naturally lost the Burning Fire Castle and Voorhees Castle. Coupled with the consumption in all aspects, even as a specialty, the magic of Lonely Mountain Castle was lost. The crystal supply is also insufficient.

For a while, it was difficult to complete the delivery of the magic crystal originally agreed upon.

"Duke Rhodes, the way you do this doesn't necessarily make it difficult for me. I can't explain it to my mentor. If you delay my mentor's important events, my mentor will trample every bone in my body."

"No matter what agreement it is, there is no such thing as only benefits without cost. When the agreement was signed, it was agreed that Lord Giovanni would support the Lonely Mountain Castle once it was attacked. What now? We were attacked by the ancient orc army. When they were surrounded, Lord Giovanni did not appear, and neither did Ms. Ornilla. Now that the ancient orc army has been repelled, Ms. Ornilla, you and your mentor quickly appeared again. Who is the one between us? Didn't you keep the contract?"

"...During that time, the instructor was in retreat."

"I will treat everything that I cannot confirm as a lie. That's it. Ms. Ornilla will go back for the time being. When the production of magic crystal resumes, how much should we supply to Lord Giovanni according to the quantity in the agreement? Just supply as much as you can, but now Gushan really doesn’t have that much magic crystal, even if it’s given to Lord Alandir.”