In the afternoon, Bernard and Vera quietly approached Richard, the lord of Alpine Fort.

"Your Excellency. Vera and Bernard looked at Richard across a long table, "As you must already know, our native Stuart recently outlawed the Church of the Light and established the Church of the Ice Goddess as the state religion. ”

"I heard. Richard leaned back in his chair and nodded noncommittally, "It's hard for you guys to accept." ”

"Yes. Bernard nodded.

"We all have many relatives and friends who are strong believers in the Light, and now their fate is like a boat in a storm, and they are at risk of capsizing at any moment. Vera closed her eyes and let out a long sigh, "So we hope we can take your leave and go back to our hometown to see how they are doing." ”

"Yes. Berner nodded patronically.

"Oh, is there anything else. Richard looked down at the wood texture of the tabletop, relishing.

"If you don't want to be known about the rift in space and the new world, I swear in the name of the Holy Light God that I will keep the secret in my stomach forever until death comes. Vera held up three fingers, solemnity written on her face.

"Me too. Bernard hurriedly followed.

"No, no, no. Richard waved his hand, signaling them not to get too excited, "It's not as troublesome as the two imagined." ”

"That's a whole new world, aren't you going to keep it a secret?" Vera was suddenly surprised, and looked at the face of the Lord of Alpine Castle as if she had reacquainted with him.

Perhaps Richard thought that the New World was the blessing of all intelligent life and was unwilling to take it to himself. Berner's chin is optimistic.

"I mean, you don't have to go back, just stay at Alpine Castle. The lord finally stopped observing the wood grain, and raised his head with an innocent face, "Two, don't blame me. As you said yourself, it's a new world, and you can't keep it a secret. Why do you think I'm doing that? It's funny enough that I don't have a knife in my hand, okay? ”

"That makes sense. Berner just nodded twice, and suddenly noticed that Vera's gaze was becoming colder and colder, and quickly changed his words, "Dear Lord Richard, please think again." We are so anxious about the situation of our relatives and friends. ”

"If you have anyone you want to inquire about, make a list. I can help inquire, for the sake of our friendship, the fee is free. Richard waved his hand very generously, but he would not let go.

Vera was almost choked up, and asked unwillingly, "But General Seedorf knows that we are here, and he will one day find that we are gone." ”

"Don't worry, if Seedorf asks, I'll say that you two are dead, buried in the back mountain with bitter wattles and mountain winds. Richard eagerly comforted them, "After all, life and death are impermanent, and the old man will definitely not think much about it." ”

The air suddenly became silent, and Richard continued to look down at the texture of the subject's tabletop, the atmosphere almost frozen.

"Sounds okay. Bernard accepted it very quickly, and did not forget to continue to tell Richard, "Then remember to tell the general again, I died a heroic death, and I didn't disgrace him." ”

"Little problem!" the lord snapped his fingers, looked at Berner and laughed, and immediately high-fived him in agreement.

"Berna!" Vera gritted with a bite of silver teeth.

She thought that one more person was one more helper, but she never expected that sometimes it could be one more oil bottle and one more Erwuzai.

"Well, if it were me, I would do the same. Bernard has a very wide heart, and the role transition is very smooth, and in turn he comforts Vera as a traitor, "Besides, I am an orphan adopted by the general, and you are a prayer nun who serves the gods, just like a bystander in this complicated world, where do we have many relatives and friends that we can't leave behind." ”

Vera rolled her eyes as she leaned on the table, and sighed. The hair was caught between his fingers, and he looked extremely melancholy, "Oh, okay. ”

She regretted it, regretted why she had brought someone stupider than a pig as a companion.

"Tonight's celebration must be very festive, so remember to come and join us when the time comes. Richard said that he would go first.

Outside the door, Anne was taking a slow walk not far away, probably because of the fact that she had been gaining weight recently, and the half-elf chick had been exercising extra diligently lately.

The lord thief laughed, silently touched behind her, and suddenly without warning a "ah" in his throat, which frightened Anne so much that she almost jumped up on the spot.

Before she could get angry, Richard hurriedly continued: "Do you know that Bernard and Vera just came to me to say goodbye. ”

Anne was really fooled, and after being stunned, she hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and asked, "You agreed?"

"Do I look like I'm mentally retarded?" Richard rolled his eyes.

"No, it's just. Anne let go of his sleeve and gave him a hard push.

"I warn you, don't overdo it for me. The lord patted the folds on his sleeves.

Can he understand Vera and Bernard's appeal? Caring for relatives and friends in turbulent times is normal, and the lord is far from being hard-hearted, if not a good old man with a lot of smiles, which can be seen from his relatively tolerant attitude towards vassals and slaves.

But at this juncture, it is absolutely impossible to let these two people go back, unless the sun comes out from the west. Lord Lords don't even mind putting it more bluntly: Wake up, don't daydream!

This has nothing to do with understanding or not, or even with believing in the character of Bernard and Vera, but the interests involved are too large and amazing.

The new world is there, and the rift is impossible to move, and anyone who finds a location can go in and find out what is going on - of course, whether they can come back or not is another matter.

As the only person in the know, the Takayama Fort has become the only trade partner in the New World, that is, the legendary monopoly. And iron, an ordinary material in this world, is an absolute necessity that cannot be produced by itself but is related to life and death for the creatures in the Great Twilight Forest.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the history of colonial trade knows that occupying such a natural and advantageous position, the potential benefits that can be obtained by relying on the scissors difference are definitely enough to frighten people's bitter hearts, and it cannot be overestimated optimistically!

The Iron King is a descendant of the Titans, no matter how embarrassed he is now, at least his ancestors were once wide. Richard didn't think that those high-ranking giants would have a thin background now, at least certainly not as shabby as they looked.

This is undoubtedly a treasure mountain, but this treasure mountain is all based on the monopoly of intelligence. Once a message leaks, there are endless variables. No matter how arrogant the lord is, he will not think that the little mountain fortress has the ability to protect the spatial rift under the gaze of countless greedy eyes, and even the fact that Qiqiu is a titan will be exposed.

Everything is all a flower in the water, a well in the moon - you can only see and touch it.

Pinning your hopes on illusory morality is a very stupid thing to do, and it is better to simply not let the other party have the opportunity to do evil, which is good for everyone.

Anyone else sat in Richard's place, and he would never have tolerated the slightest increase in risk. We will be cautious and cautious to minimize uncontrollable factors.

In this case, how is it possible to let them go.