Chapter Five(1/2)
After returning to the Grand Duke's Mansion, Roger drank a bottle of strong wine and took it to boost his courage. He was shocked. He couldn't explain why he was so afraid of this goddess Audreh. He had no way to measure the ability of this goddess, because the ability of the man who enthroned the gods had long exceeded his understanding. In fact, even those people in the holy realm were not capable of Roger.
However, with the fat man's sinister personality, even if he was an enemy of the Pope who was as deep as the sea, even if he was killed by the God of Death once, he would never be so afraid of these powerful people. Could it be that God really cannot be despised? An unknown Odaireh made him afraid of being like this. If the Supreme God descended, what would happen?
But Roger never regrets being enemies of the Pope and the Church of Light.
He himself was also a little puzzled. Why was he so afraid of Odrech? Roger poured a glass of wine for himself, but his hands couldn't help but tremble, and a lot of wine was poured out.
When the fat man thought about it carefully, this fear did not seem to be due to the huge gap in strength, but rather an instinctive fear, just like an animal seeing its own natural enemy. Moreover, this is not just fear, but a feeling mixed with many complex things, some excitement and some excitement.
He tried to summon the bone dragon again, and there was still an unconcealed panic in the mental fluctuations coming from Gregory.
"Are you okay?" Roger asked. He could see clearly that Feng Yue and Bone Dragon should have been forced to return to another world.
"The master said that the goddess is completely unlucky." After the Gu Long said that, there was no reply.
Roger was stunned for a moment. Is Fengyue also afraid?
He calmed down and left the Grand Duke's Mansion and headed straight for the State Secretary Xilai Mansion.
In the secret room of Shire, Roger was frowning and looking at a thin account book.
The account book lists the current main income and expenditure status of the treasury of the Principal of Ale. As Rogue expected, the treasury of the Principal of Ale was not already bottoming out, but had begun to produce a large amount of deficit. Now, there are more than 60,000 gold coins in the treasury of the Principal of Ale, but the amount owed to merchants from all over the country has exceeded 300,000 gold coins.
Rogge closed the account book and frowned and said, "Is there so much deficit?"
Shile said carefully: "Lord Rog, this is normal. Now, including the recruits, the Principality already has an army of more than 100,000. The supplies, equipment, camps, and training of these soldiers cost money. Even if the province of Rector is added, the Principality of Ale is a small country. How can it afford such a large army? According to the old minister's estimate, if all the troops are trained and equipped with all the equipment, there will be one or two million gold coins. We cannot produce so much equipment at all, and most of them have to buy them from the Kingdom of Reton and other Principalities. This amount is unaffordable. Lord, the army is the most expensive! The old minister has tried his best to save, and the Grand Duke Adeer is also very smart in using money, but the gap is too big and it is still impossible to make up for it!"
Roger nodded. He knew that even if he took out the treasures collected by the elves, it would be difficult to sell them in a short time, and the price would be greatly reduced. However, if the equipment ordered from other countries was not paid, they would not ship them at all.
He pondered for a long time and finally said, "Mr. Xilai, I have a batch of jewelry that will be shipped in a few days. You go to contact countries and purchase a large amount of weapons and equipment. The quality is good and the price is good. It is better to be 20% higher at the market price. They will not refuse to sell it to us. As for the settlement of the price, don't use gold coins, just use jewelry to estimate the price. All the officials in charge of this matter in various countries should do well, as long as they are willing to estimate our jewelry at fair prices. We should not let them make things difficult for us."
Rogge thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow you will bring 50,000 gold coins from the national treasury and send them to the Grand Duke's Mansion. This matter must be done more secretly."
Shire nodded and said he had written it down. He was very slick. Since Roger didn't mention what the money was for, he naturally wouldn't ask more questions. As for the unknown deficit caused by this, he had his own way to shut up and not mention a word.
Silai stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Lord Rog, the Principality of Ale is small and poor. Raising such a large army is not a long-term solution! Now there are 7,000 veterans who can fight well. The training is just over 30,000 troops, and in another half a month, when the next batch of weapons arrives, they can be equipped with more than 10,000 people. The remaining more than 50,000 troops can be completed within three months. We are so crazy about expanding our army, except for the Kingdom of Layton.
All countries have already become wary. Our progress in expanding our army can be said to be under the eyes of all countries, and there is no secret at all. Because of this, they will think that after we have finished training, they will find excuses to start the war. According to the news obtained by the old minister, the Rivier and Latvian Kingdom, which have the strongest attitude towards us, have begun the preparation process. By the time our army has completed training, it is time for them to finish the preparation. Sir, look..."
Although Shire didn't say it clearly, Roger already understood what he meant.
He pondered for a moment and said slowly: "It's time to fight this battle."
Roger paved around the house and asked, "Are we sent the secret envoy to Aslofik back?"
"As soon as the lord arrived, the old minister told him to wait outside."
"Then let him in!"
This secret envoy looked quite honest and simple in his thirties. Roger casually asked about the customs and important figures of the Aslofik Empire, and found that this person was organized and concise, and was a talented person. It seemed that Xilai had a good vision of selecting people.
The Feuerbach Emperor of the Aslofik Empire is over fifty this year, with more than ten princes and more than thirty princes under his knees. He fought throughout his life, focusing on dealing with the barbarian warriors in the extreme northern wastelands, the Western Dwarf Empire Alliance, and the dark creatures in the dark forests in the East. The Feuerbach Emperor is an iron-fisted figure who won consecutive battles on three fronts and plundered a large amount of land and resources.
Especially the Alpine Dwarf Empire Alliance, due to its abundant resources, has been the main target of the attack of Emperor Feuerbach for many years. It was defeated by the imperial elite army and lost ground by a thousand miles.
The Holy Alliance, located in the south, also fought with the Aslofik Empire for many years. Although the Holy Alliance was always at a disadvantage, due to years of struggle in difficulties, elite soldiers and generals continued to emerge, and could barely get a draw with the Aslofik Empire. Although the Holy Alliance is not big, it has a great room for maneuver on the Central Mountains, and the soldiers are brave and good at fighting. If the Aslofik Empire forcibly conquered, the losses will inevitably be extremely heavy. Emperor Feuerbach has always focused on the rich dwarf empire, and he is not very interested in the use of the Holy Alliance. Therefore, he simply established a province in the Holy Alliance and handed over all the military power to the Duke of Doriac.
Ten years ago, the Aslofik Empire finally achieved a decisive victory over the Dwarf Empire and forced the dwarves into the mountains. At this moment, a gate to the abyss world was discovered in the empire. The arrogant Emperor Feuerbach was extremely excited and mobilized a large army to conquer this mysterious abyss world. However, the imperial army was completely unacceptable to the combat environment deep underground, and the evil and power of various creatures in the abyss were far beyond their estimates. This time, the Aslofik Empire ended in a crushing defeat, and the 50,000 most elite troops that the empire penetrated into the abyss world finally escaped less than 5,000 people.
In desperation, Emperor Feuerbach had no choice but to completely seal the gate of the abyss by the Imperial Mages.
This battle greatly damaged the energy of the Aslofik Empire. Emperor Feuerbach's eyes fell on the dark forest where various rare magical materials were produced in the East, and he would not make any major moves to the Holy Alliance.
A huge empire is never without faction and infighting, and the Aslofik Empire is no exception.
Interestingly, the most powerful fight in the Aslofik Empire was not the powerful ministers, but two sects. One was the Silver Holy Sect, which served the goddess of ice and snow, and the other was the Northern Druid Alliance, which made Rogge hate it to the core. The two major sects fought openly and secretly in the imperial court and outside the country, but according to the envoy, the Northern Druid Alliance fought for power and believers in the Aslofik Empire in the past for the past fifty years. In the past ten years, it has been able to compete with the Silver Holy Sect, which has unified the world in the past, which shows the profound strength of Yunxiao City.
Through Frey's mouth, Roger had already learned a lot about the Northern Druid Alliance. Druid, who originally believed in the God of Nature, adhered to the way to maintain the balance of nature and would not participate in the struggle for rights in secular society. However, with the help of the elemental mage of the Silver Holy Church, Aslofik's army fought east and west, almost invincible. Wherever the army passed, the policies of various alien races were either plundered as slaves or executed them all. In Druid's eyes, this severely damaged nature.
A balanced move. But the Northern Druid Alliance is just a sect, how can it compete with the army of the three empires? Therefore, the Presbyterian Church of Yunxiao City changed its strategy and transferred the battlefield of struggle to the palace and court of the Aslofik Empire, and strive to compete with the Silver Holy Church for the right to religion, the people's beliefs and secular regimes. If the Silver Holy Church can overwhelm the Silver Holy Church become the state religion of the Aslofik Empire, the Druids can naturally restrain the conduct rules of the imperial army.
As long as the balance of nature is not destroyed, the Druids do not care about how many places the Aslofik Empire conquered and which ethnic group or race it conquered.
"How was that plan executed?" Roger asked.
The messenger replied respectfully: "Mr. Roger, everything has been going well so far. Those people have agreed to our request."
Roger laughed and said, "Okay! Very good! You have made great contributions, and I will not treat you very much! You can go down and rest first. There is another important task to go back, and you need to go to the Aslofik Empire again."
The messenger quickly replied, "It is my glory to be able to serve Lord Rogue."
After the messenger left the room, Roger said, "Is there any movement over Frey?"
He had learned enough of his heavy lessons. In the distance, he was commanding the Dragon and the Beauty Mercenary, fighting the Ice and Snow Silver Fox, fighting the Dwarf Kingdom, and in the nearest, he led the elves to encircle the Silver Dragon. Before the battle, he thought he was careful and foolproof, but there were still too many variables that he could not predict, and in the end he suffered heavy losses in each battle. Although he won in the end, he was almost wiped out. This made Rogge more cautious. In this upcoming war, he wanted to leave himself with enough tricks and a way out.
Although it was late at night, many people still did not fall asleep. In the corridor of the Grand Duke Mansion, Feng Butterfly still wrapped herself in a thick fur with a faint sick look, walking silently like a ghost. Turning a corner, she bumped into Fuluya head-on.
Feng Die was startled and exclaimed in a low voice. After seeing that it was Fuluya, she calmed down.
Froya was wearing a dark purple cloak, and she could vaguely see her nightgown under her, with a large piece of her proud breasts exposed. The little fairy held a tray in her hand, with a cup of hot tea and some exquisite desserts on it.
Seeing Fengdie wandering late at night, Fuluya was also stunned. "Fengdie? Your body has not recovered yet. It's so late, why haven't you gone to rest?"
Feng Die whispered: "Sister Fuluya, I can't sleep, I want to go outside to get some breath."
The little beauties are so thoughtful that they have already guessed Feng Die’s thoughts: “Don’t be afraid, if you have your sister to help you, your health will be better. Look, your recovery speed is far faster than usual, right? The bloodline of the Silver Dragon is not so easy to get. Don’t worry, your martial arts will only be higher than before in the future. As for that matter, follow the method my sister told you to do it and forget all the other ideas.”
Feng Die lowered her head slightly and whispered: "Sister Fuluya, I really don't know how to repay you for treating me like this."
Froya smiled softly and said, "You are so kind, who else will your sister help you if you don't help you? Roger is now in the study room. I prepared something for him. Since you can't sleep, then you can send these refreshments to him, and you will say that you have prepared them. Remember what my sister told you, except that, you must do everything else according to what you think in your heart. Don't tell any lies in front of him. He is too cunning and you can't hide it from him, so to tell the truth is the best way. Okay, go now, the tea will be cold in a while."
As soon as Rogge left the Oracle City, Elder Xius immediately began to make major adjustments to the layout of various facilities in the city. The Oracle City is a city supported by the magic of the ancient elves trees. It took less than ten days to build it. Now it is adjusted, and the speed is amazingly fast. After most of the day of tossing, all adjustments were finally completed before the deadline set by Xius.
The current Oracle City does not look much different from usual, but all the external illusion barriers have been removed, leaving this beautiful elf city nakedly exposed to the mountains and forests of the northern country.
Originally, the road leading to the city of Oracle was closed by forests formed by elves magic. Now these towering ancient trees have been uprooted one by one, slowly retreating to the depths of the forest, giving out a road leading to the mountains.
At this moment, on the side of the Oracle City facing the lake, Seus was standing in a round small temple, feeling sad at the dragon egg and silver dragon crystal that were emitting soft magical light. This small temple has been treated with magic. Now from the outside, it looks similar to an ordinary elves' house, but it is just a little bigger.
Xius turned around in the room, finally put his heart and placed his hand on the bushes where the dragon eggs were placed. A light green light surged out from Xius and poured into the bushes. The bushes seemed to come alive, and the branches and leaves stretched out, wrapping the dragon eggs. The silver dragon crystal floating in the air also descended on the bushes and was wrapped by the branches and leaves. Finally, the branches and leaves of the whole bushes closed and turned into a spherical canopy, slowly sinking to the ground.
Now the entire hall is empty, and only the magic circle shining with light is still running.
Xius ordered, and after a while, dozens of elves moved all the decorations in his bedroom. Xius hummed, put his bed in the middle of the room where the dragon eggs were originally placed, and then placed his commonly used coffee table and recliner beside the bed.
Before nightfall, the canopy of the three ancient elves emitted a soft light. Following the instructions of the Elves Presbyterian Church, all the elves chanted the same spell, and the entire Oracle City shook slightly.
Sius sat a few days ago, looking through a huge ancient book with exquisite decorations and savoring tea. But his spirit had spread to the entire Oracle City. After the magic ceremony before dusk, the eyes of each elves in Oracle City are his eyes, and the ears of each elves are his ears.
On the snow peaks dozens of miles away, a pair of huge golden eyes were looking at the Oracle City coldly. Under the night, this elf city with soft glory was so beautiful and peaceful.
Slowly, Nicholas' huge body also appeared in the night.
Since being forced back by Xius, it was very worried about the safety of Moonlight Dragon City. Even if the Black Dragon King didn't know that he had left Moonlight Dragon City, it suspected that the three guys who stopped it from revenge would not inform the Black Dragon Clan of this news. Although it believed that Xius, who had become a god, should not be so despicable, and when walking in another world and being extremely arrogant, Feng Yue would not do such a thing, the killer that appeared in the end was not a good thing. The human race has always been famous for deception and cunning, not to mention that the killer who is used to sneak attacks in the dark.
But the target was approaching, and Nicholas could not give up his concern for his wife and children. It finally decided to sneak to the place where Chris Ferenna was killed and then rush back to Moonlight Dragon City regardless of whether there was a result or not. From the perspective of time, the Black Dragon Clan did not have the possibility of conquering Moonlight Dragon City in such a short time. Then after rushing back, it happened to hit the Black Dragons hard behind the scenes, so that they could completely remember this lesson.
Nicholas let out a few whistles, and a huge magic circle emerged under its feet. His body began to slowly shrink and finally turned into an elf.
After the change, Nicholas stretched out his hand and a big tree rose up and flew to his feet. He casually cast a change technique, turning the big tree into a green elf robe and put it on his body.
This is a tall, strong and perfect elf, but Nicholas's own power is so powerful that this elf always exudes a faint pressure, and his long golden hair also has a silver color.
Nicholas' figure flashed away, and then a little silver light flashed hundreds of meters away. As the silver light flashed, Nicholas came to the gate of the Oracle City in a blink of an eye.
The Oracle City looks very prosperous. Although it has already entered and the city gate has not been closed, there are still elves constantly coming in and out. Nicholas is also walking into and out in the city among the elves. With his understanding of the elves hundreds of years ago, Nicholas chats with the elves around him.
The elves are indeed an uninspiring race. Everything is exactly the same as what Nicholas saw in the elves city back then. From the elves around him, Nicholas learned the location of the largest tavern in the Oracle City, "Green Diamond".
Based on his experience wandering around the world, Nicholas knew that the tavern was the best place to inquire about the news, and the name "Green Diamond" was also very compatible with its dragon clan's temperament. But what it didn't know was that the city of Oracle is different from any elves. It was almost a completely closed city, and it was always preparing for war since the day it was built. Therefore, there were no taverns in the city of Oracle.
In fact, this 'turquoise diamond' has been around for less than one day and was specially prepared for Nicholas.
After spending most of the night in the "Green Diamond", Nicholas had already had a very erotic chat with the elves around him and learned a lot about the situation of the Oracle City. The elves were experts in brewing, and even brought a little magical energy into the wine of the "Green Diamond", which made Nicholas very intoxicated. After finding out the main information of the Oracle City, Nicholas, who seemed intoxicated, walked out of the "Green Diamond".
After a moment, his figure completely disappeared into the night and began to search for the entire Oracle City at an astonishing high speed.
The friendship between the silver dragon and the elves began in the glorious era of the elves thousands of years ago. Although Chris Ferenna's death was inseparable from the elves, Nicholas was still unwilling to rashly kill the elves in the city before he figured out the specific situation.
At the place where Chris Ferenna was killed, only the city of the elves, the city of Oracle, naturally became Nicholas' primary target for exploring the murderer.
In less than an hour, Nicholas had roughly searched the Oracle City, and even important places such as the Elf Temple and the Elders' House had never escaped his search. Even after transformation, Nicholas's strength stood firmly in the Holy Land. Although the elves guards guarding these important places were elite, they were not taken seriously by Nicholas at all.
There is only one place where Nicholas dared not enter, that is Sius's bedroom.
He looked in from a distance from the window and saw that Sius was leisurely and leisurely drinking tea and reading books. This took several hours.
No matter how brave Nicholas was, he did not dare to invisibly explore his bedroom in front of Sius. He knew that even in the shape of a dragon, he would definitely not be the opponent of Sius who had the domain.
He searched the entire Oracle City, but did not find any breath of Chris Ferenna and his children. It seems that everything is true as Xius said. The murderers have already escaped from this place far away. The elves of the Oracle City seem to have little to do with this matter. It is not surprising that Xius knows who the murderer is. A god's ability is unpredictable, either ordinary power or as deep as a sea of abyss. Now the only clue of Nicholas' revenge is Xius, but if a god doesn't want to tell him the truth, it means that there is no clue.
Nicholas was a very stubborn dragon. He lurked quietly in the distance and looked patiently at Xius' window. He was really unwilling to accept it if he didn't search Xius' bedroom.
In the room, Sius read the book calmly, and seemed not ready to go to bed.
At this time, an elf walked into Xius' room and said, "Elder Xius, Elder Sara asked me to inform you that the new magic ring has been created. Please choose one."
Seus reluctantly put down the book in his hand and said, "This Sarah never looks at the time! What a big deal about a magic ring? Forget it, let's go and go back quickly, just pick one."
Under the guidance of the elf, Sius quickly walked towards the Elder's House.
Nicholas now knew the location layout of the Elder House. He silently calculated and knew that he had only three minutes at most. Although it was not long, he was already very satisfied with being able to get three minutes in front of a god's eyes.
He waited patiently until Seus disappeared into the gate of the Elder's House, and his figure floated into Seus' room like a faint smoke.
To be continued...