Twilight Royal City, Council Hall.

Todd sat on the throne high up, his eyes looking out the window in the distance, not saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

"They're all gone. ”

Evie crouched beside the armrest of the throne and said softly, "The soul of the murderer Jacqueline will be judged by the scales of fate, all the Holy Cult troops involved in this assassination will be duly punished, the Knights of the Twilight West will send men to participate in the defense of the royal city, and the Council of the Kingdom and the Shamans will jointly issue a decree to restrain racial discrimination in the country...... This may be the best outcome. ”

"The best outcome, it's just the most helpless outcome!" With the anger hidden in his words, the dragon scales on Todd's arm slowly appeared.

Evie rubbed the dragon scales lightly and whispered, "At the meeting just now, I almost thought you were going to be angry, but in the end you restrained yourself. ”

Todd closed his eyes: "I am already in the soul space, and I have shown all the tragic events that happened in Taylor City that day to this group of people, but they are still thinking about racial battles in their minds!"

"It's only when the fire reaches the doorstep that people remember where the buckets are. ”

Seeing Todd looking at her, Evie smiled and said, "A Northernesian slang." ”

Todd shook his head helplessly and said, "Are power struggles and racial barriers really so important? ”

Evie straightened up: "Actually, you can't blame them all...... In the past, our worst enemy was the church, but with the fall of Taylor, everyone suddenly lost their purpose and had to look for other things to divert their attention. ”

Todd said: "You think too simply, Jacqueline's incident is just a microcosm of the intensification of domestic contradictions, in fact, in all walks of life, in all corners of the kingdom, the momentum of racial confrontation is intensifying. ”

"The place of souls managed by the Holy Cult has explicitly forbidden human worship, the bars run by humans do not provide the food and drink required by the Holy Cult, and the Holy Religious Army and the human knights in the defenders of the city are unwilling to work together. ”

Todd said with a headache: "Look at the people who came to the meeting today, which one doesn't represent their own race? When I asked them not to use race as an excuse to discriminate again, although they promised to do so, they were indignant in their hearts. ”

Evie was a little puzzled: "You are a dragon god, you have supreme power, as long as you speak, no one will have an opinion." ”

Todd sighed, "My authority can change the body, it can affect the soul, but there is nothing I can do about one thing - human nature. ”

Evie was silent.

After a moment of silence, Evie suddenly remembered something: "By the way, did you ask Huggins to come over today because of this?"

"Most of the officials in the kingdom are caught in the whirlpool of ethnic conflicts, and they even do not hesitate to harm the interests of the kingdom in order to protect the interests of their own race. So, I need some people who are neutral in the racial confrontation, and Huggins is a ......"

Speaking of which, Todd paused: "What Huggins said gave me some help, if I can't complete the unity internally, maybe I can start from the outside?"

"Your Majesty, the Salamo Mermaid Patriarch, requests an audience. ”

A voice from the guard interrupted Todd's thoughts.

After eyeing Evie, Todd spoke, "Merfolk of Salamo, let them in?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on the guard's face: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for them to come in." ”

Todd was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes and opened the soul space.

In the middle of the endless sea, stands a towering snow-capped peak, and a giant dragon perched on the top of the mountain, overlooking everything below.

Rita, the mermaid patriarch who stopped on the sea, found that she was still in the huge glass jar in front of the gate of the royal city one second, and the next second she came to this vast world.

But before she could be surprised, Todd's appearance made her lose all the ability to think.

Unable to raise her head under the pressure of the huge dragon power, Salamo's mermaid patriarch Rita bent her body and buried her head in her chest, her body trembling uncontrollably from everything around her.

A solemn and loud voice sounded above Rita's head: "What do you want to see me?"

Rita opened her mouth, only to find that she was so nervous that she was unable to make a sound.

Thankfully, Todd's patience was good, and after a short wait, Rita finally regained some courage.

"Supreme ...... Dragon God, the ...... of the sea ...... of the Black Plague Waves of refugees are fleeing to your kingdom to find your asylum. ”

Hearing the words Black Plague, Todd's eyes narrowed: "Tell me more details." ”

Rita bowed her head and said, "Just this morning, the first batch of refugees from the ocean came to the sea less than twenty kilometers away from Waiheke Island. They come from more than twenty different races, with a total number of more than ten thousand. ”

Todd asked, "These people are all victims of the Black Plague?"

"That's right, the black plague has engulfed their homeland and is still spreading at an accelerated pace, and according to them, in the future, more and more people will rush to the Dragon Kingdom to seek refuge. ”

"What about these people right now?"

"I have distributed the food of my people to all the refugees, and they are now staying in the sea twenty kilometers west of Waiheke Island, and they dare not take a step closer without your permission. ”

Todd said, "Tell those sea refugees that I agree to let them enter the land of the Dragon Nation. In addition, I will allocate some money from the treasury to buy food and supplies for them. ”

"Your kindness is as bright as the sun, but allow me to propose. I, the patriarch of the Salamo Merfolk Clan, am willing to give all the food and wealth of my people to help the people of the sea. In this way, there is no need to occupy the resources of Twilight City. ”

Todd was a little surprised, he looked down at the mermaid and asked, "It's a good thing that you're willing to help." But with tens of thousands of refugees coming to take refuge, will the wealth of your tribe be able to cover the expenses?"

Rita raised her head, her eyes full of adoration and admiration: "I have heard that your army has just ended a great battle in the East, and although it has won a great victory, the treasury has also been tightened. You have given us a place to live, and you have allowed us to trade, which is already a great favor, and how can we cause you any more trouble at such a time?"

When Todd heard this, he also sighed a little emotionally: "The ancient god Krakosh in your mouth is not so much my friend, but actually more like my teacher, so giving you protection and care is what I should do." But if you insist on being self-reliant, I won't stop you, but if there's anything you need help with, you can just ask me. ”

Rita buried her head deeply: "Supreme Dragon God, please leave the work of resettlement of refugees to me, and I will take care of everything." ”

Todd nodded in response, "Very well, from now on, you, the patriarch of the Salamo merfolk, will be in charge of the resettlement of the refugees." ”

Finally hearing the dragon god's personal answer, Rita's mouth tugged at a smile.