Twenty Sided Dice

While Siegel was improving the elemental rune artifact for the dragon, others were busy. By preparing for the lord's wedding, Faizac forged relationships with many southern merchants, continuing to pass on information to Janet. At the same time, he finally trained some carrier pigeons and was ready to establish communication links with Waterdeep City, Mora's Top, Creekwood Town and Hub Fort. To this end, he needs to hire credible servants to take care of these pigeons, who must be able to write and calculate, be good at finding problems, and be loyal enough. All in all, it costs a lot of gold.

The Striped Mountain Gold Mine produces enough to cover the cost of the territory, but not much left after that. After the castle is built and everything is on track, the power of the gold mine can be revealed. Henke and the villagers of Stone Village settled next to the gold mine, and they have now adapted to the life of the miners. It's a simple, straightforward life, and Siegel isn't shy about paying them higher. They can buy what they need from merchants, or they can go to the taverns in Myr to have a drink. Orcs were the first to settle down—except, of course, those who still had the urge to fight and wanted to join the army.

The patrol team in charge of Mana has already started guarding the territory, at least the young men's riding skills are enough to gallop. Heimland is not a big place, and the cavalry can turn all the villages around in half a day. Apart from killing a small litter of wolves, the patrol had no other record. Due to her relatively free time, Mana now also takes time out to train more recruits, especially teaching them the skills of archery. At Siegel's request, Moore also began to learn basic swordsmanship.

Janet has the most things to do. When the lord focuses on magic, she needs to support the large and small matters of the entire territory.

"The situation in the South is calm." Janet frowned as she told Siegel: "The Uther family has been quiet. Even the wedding has been held as usual, as if no one has died. But I investigated. Suddenly, they were hoarding food."

"Is there going to be a war?" Siegel raised his head and looked at the kitten's face.

"It's possible," Janet said. "They probably won't wait for Myr to be built. But I can't determine the number of troops and the timing of their attack unless I investigate it myself."

"No. That's totally unnecessary," Siegel said. "I have a way of making sure they have time to attack."

Janet brought her pretty face closer and asked curiously, "How can you be sure?"

"Let's send them the wedding invitations and that's it."

When it comes to this question, Janet gets nervous, sometimes shyly looking for reasons to leave, sometimes diverting the topic. But she already wanted to understand the relationship between weddings and war. Know Siegel's preparations to protect her. In this regard, Janet didn't know what to say. She just prayed to the Mother Earth, hoping that Siegel would win forever.

The time for the wedding was brought forward once again, and the invitations had already been sent out. But apart from the congratulatory gifts from the Hugel family, not even a single southern lord wrote back. Siegel knew that war was coming to this nascent territory, but he didn't know why.

No matter how the war started, Siegel knew how it would end. After the wedding date was determined, he devoted himself to making magic scrolls to prepare for the future. Few mages participated in the war between the lords, on the one hand to avoid attracting excessive attention from the temple forces, on the other hand because the harvest and cost were not proportional. Hiring a wizard is an expensive expense in itself. Paying for the cost of magic items they use in war can easily put a lord out of business. Only a lord of the rank of Earl Todd could invite a mage to help out, and only the king really knew what role a spellcaster could play in the war. Like the Southern Uther family, their family history has not participated in a war of sufficient scale. Lack of understanding of the mage's methods.

Fortunately, this situation will soon be "improved".

The city of Myr on the blueprint has four arrow towers, consisting of a two-hundred-meter-square castle and a 300-meter long and wide courtyard. The first floor of the castle is ten meters high, two meters higher than the surrounding walls, connected by narrow passages. The dwarves used a lot of runes on the outer wall, making it extremely strong. Whether it is siege equipment or ice and fire energy, it is difficult to cause real damage here.

The city walls were the first to be completed. Then there is the blacksmith shop and canteen below the city walls. This is where construction works can be served, and later on, soldiers and knights will be served. The stone used in the castle is stronger than the city wall. From the depths of the top of Mora, after being tested by lava and glaciers. The "reverse stone" that was made. Only dwarven craftsmen can collect and work this stone. It can cool off when the sun is hot and warm when it's covered in ice and snow. Using this stone as the ground of the castle is a treat that only kings can enjoy in the human world.

The first floor of the city of Myr is not fully completed, the inner kitchen, showroom, servants and guards' residence have not been capped, only the hall and the stairs leading to the second floor can be used. Siegel's bedroom and study are on the second floor, and there is also a platform here that can be used as a passage to connect to the magic tower in the future. However, the magic tower is still in the vision of the mage, and he does not have enough knowledge to create construction-level magic items.

As Siegel said, although the castle is still in its infancy, it is ready for weddings. Feizac had already started secret preparations in the spring, hoarding a lot of supplies that could be used for the celebration. But the original plan was to hold it closer to winter, on the first anniversary of Siegel and Janet meeting. It's only early summer, and the time is too rushed.

But Siegel repeatedly asked for it to be held as soon as possible, and Feizak just thought it was the result of young people who couldn't bear to wait. According to the customs on the mainland, the wedding needs to be presided over by the elders of both parties, or under the witness of the priest. Siegel was an orphan, the only one who could be called his elder was Sir Bill, and he was far away in the Old World, separated by an ocean. Erinte looked after Siegel like an elder, but he was a dwarf and was not suitable to preside over the ceremony. There were no elders on Janet's side, so Feizak had to ask the two about the invitation to the priest.

"Ask Janet," Siegel said. "I'm in a special situation. No gods answer my prayers, and I'm a mage, so it doesn't matter."

Janet hopes that the pastor of Mother Earth will bless them, and this marriage will be stronger.

It only took a week to prepare for the wedding after the lord gave the order. Residents of the territory became witnesses to the wedding. At the same time, they also enjoyed a sufficient portion of the meal, including a variety of meat, vegetables and wine. This day will be the festival of Heimland,

The wedding preparations were very hasty, and the unfinished city of Myr was not a perfect venue for a wedding. Erint was stumped by what happened on the top of Mora, but asked his son to come to congratulate him. He was a highly skilled fighter, whom Siegel had fought against in his martial arts training. Knowing that he could not achieve absolute victory, he prepared to bring him down with mellow wine.

Elf Leia and Giant Kerry were too far away from Heimland, so they couldn't get there by any means before the wedding. So Siegel wrote a long letter of apology for them, explaining the reasons for the choice of the wedding date. And invited them to visit the city of Myr in winter, because at that time the castle can be built.

There are no priests in Heimland. So in the end it was Feizak who presided over the ceremony, at least he was old enough for the role. The ceremony was very simple, and after Siegel and Janet exchanged tokens, they were declared husband and wife. The inhabitants of the territory witnessed the lord's wedding, but expressed concern about the marriage, which was not witnessed by either parents or gods. They worry that the marriage is not blessed and likely will not last. But on the wedding day, no one will tell.

After the ceremony, Myr City fell into a carnival, and all those who came to congratulate were well received. Siegel also paid for a circus from Mora's Top. They shuttled from table to table and performed entertainment such as fire-breathing, ball tossing, and stilt walking. A small band of five played on the stage beside, and the repertoires were mostly happy and peaceful songs. The inhabitants of Heimland rarely see such a performance. They just feel that today will be very happy.

In the outer courtyard of Myr City, there are dining tables and drunkards scattered everywhere, and Mana and Humke are leading the guards to maintain order. With the joint efforts of the two, half-orcs over alcohol will be taken away to "somewhere that won't hurt" to sober up. These heavily armed warriors weaved through the maze of food and joy, unaware that many eyes were watching them.

"Siegel. How many southern spies do you think there will be out there?" Janet changed out of her long skirt and put on a short coat that fit her body very well. Looking down from the narrow window of the Tower of Myr. Siegel put on his breastplate with the help of Moore and tossed aside the ceremonial gown. After a while he will appear in front of everyone in this new armor. In order to show more of his knight-lord status, disguise the part that belongs to the mage.

"A lot, I'm afraid." Siegel told More to tighten the belt around his waist to make the clothes fit better. "Most of those outsiders who are not drunk and who rarely talk to each other are spies. They have been disguised as businessmen for several days and have seen the whole of Heim."

"But it's all what you let them see." Janet covered her mouth with a chuckle: "The unfinished city wall, only eight patrol cavalry, rich miners and a steady stream of gold mines. I think those people in the south must be I'm going to spank the horse's **** so I can get here quickly!"

"They'll get a lesson they'll never forget." Siegel tightened the neckline of his cape, trying to make his clothes look arrogant. He even asked Feizak to find a bard to write a song to praise his achievements in the battle with the Freedom Knights, called "Victory Without an Arrow". It's full of exaggerations of facts, and it sounds as if some hero has saved the world by defeating a demon that wants to devour everything. After a while this piece will be played in front of Siegel, and he will also generously reward the singer with two gold coins.

While the various deceptions are going on, the real preparations are already in place. Ravens patrol the skies all day, trying to spot approaching enemies. There are two earth element rune guards arranged on the ore road, they are responsible for destroying the road when the enemy passes by and slowing their progress. Mana specially sent people to watch the direction of the rift, in case someone unexpectedly marched in this direction. The half-orc Humke set up many traps near the Zebra Mountain Mine, and consciously used ore to build defensive positions to prevent the enemy from being caught off guard.

The greatest security is now in Myr, occupying Siegel's bedroom. Modesti lay lazily on the big bed, while she was very interested in the shows performed outside, while forcing herself not to lie on the window and watch. Although she has four "lollipops", she is still on a diet. If she sees the scene of the banquet outside, it will make her feel very sad~www.readwn.com~ But the smell of food drifts over, and the dragons are sensitive. The nose will not miss such an obvious aroma. So she could only cover her face with a pillow, choose a prone position, and try her best to fall asleep.

From time to time, she would pick up the "lollipop" next to the pillow and put it in her mouth. She tried to control herself not to bite the snack, because Siegel told her that each lollipop was worth about ten thousand gold coins, which was intuitive to her. Except for Siegel, Janet, and Fizzak, no one in Myr knew that their castle was inhabited by a dragon. Modesty's identity to the outside world is Janet's distant relative, a certain big cousin, who moved to live from the top of Mora. However, Long Nv obviously understood the truth of staying in a secluded place. After coming, she directly occupied the largest room, and then entrenched in it. Janet brings her meals every day, but when they come out of the kitchen, they end up in Siegel's study.

Time passed day by day in such a wait, and Siegel finally waited for the warning of the magic pet. The lord of Shiloh has secretly assembled his knights, and the peasant soldiers are also being mobilized. Following the order of Viscount Dre Uther III, the castle gate opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and their proud southern cavalry attacked first. The clutter of hoofs woke the residents of the village and town from their sleep. When someone went out to check in clothes, only the smoke and dust on the road behind them were not dissipated. (To be continued)

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