"There should be a merchant coming from Corta's side in the near future to build a factory in Renas, which can be agreed, but you have to keep an eye on his factory for me...... I'm also going to send a couple of intelligence agents to Corta, and I'm going to find out if something strange is really going on in that city. ”

Talking to the merchant about Corta at the reception last night, Donald's reaction was a little concerning, and some of the clues that he had discovered at the beginning lingered in his mind after that, vaguely as if he had discovered something, but it was difficult to grasp the details of the memory because too much time had passed.

"What are you looking into?"

Huxley, holding the wooden box, asked.

"This ...... I can't give a clear direction, it's just a personal instinct for the time being, and there seems to be something peculiar about the city of Corta. ”

Despite the many ideas in his head, it was a little difficult to actually get Donald to come up with a clue to investigate.

"Do we want them to start with the Craft and Forge Sect, after all, Corta is the mission city of their Sect, or we can send a few officers from the Renas Police Station to Corta in the name of exchange and learning, and take the opportunity to investigate possible special events or phenomena. ”

Huxley gave his own advice.

"The idea is good, just do as you say, pay attention to secrecy, and don't let outsiders know about this sword. ”

Nodding with some satisfaction, this is the advantage of having a big power, many things no longer need Donald to do it himself, he only needs to tell Huxley or the people in the city government of Renas to tell his ideas, and naturally someone will deal with it and give him feedback as quickly as possible.

"Understood...... I'm going to go to the blacksmith shop in Rainus to work on this sword. ”

Sensing that someone was approaching behind him, Huxley glanced back and found that it was Anthony and Stephanie who were coming from the side, knowing that they should also have something, so he took the initiative to find a reason to ask to leave, and Donald naturally nodded in agreement.

"Sewit, is there anything that came to us out of nowhere?"

Stephanie received Donald's communication when she was familiar with affairs in the city hall of Renas, and asked her to return to the manor, and met Anthony at the door, who had just returned from the Anomaly, and found out that the latter had also been called back by Donald.

"I have a plan, inspired by the longsword I bought last night, but because this plan is what I only started thinking about today, I need you to help me perfect it, if successful, maybe I can take advantage of the situation to solve the two problems that Renus is facing at once, saving a lot of resources and time. ”

Donald loves to discuss, especially when it comes to making such far-reaching plans, and despite the help of an agile mindset, he still needs advice from someone, not that he is worried that the plan will be flawed, but that Stephanie and Anthony can better understand his plan, and more recently, even if something unexpected happens after the plan starts, he can remedy it as soon as possible without having to go back and ask him about it.

And just as their discussion here had just begun, the two ladies of the Steve family had already traveled in a carriage from Marta City to the outside of Renas City.

As the nobles of East Germany, the mother and daughter naturally heard about the situation in Rainas City, and Scarlett even listened to the teachers in the school to discuss the development of Rainas City.

They each have their own opinions, but they are very unanimous on one thing, and that is that the city of Renas is a hell for the poor!

As a result, Scarlett has always had a bad impression of the city of Reynas, and when she heard about the decree issued by Sewvett Talos and the threat he used his identity to threaten the partners of Steve Minerals, she had a very bad first impression of this noble viscount.

She never imagined that one day she would wear such a revealing costume to ask for his asylum, and even be prepared to make some necessary sacrifices for it.

She wanted to run away, but when her eyes fell on her mother, who was also wearing a gown, there was only one thought left in her mind: protect her!

"Run, boys, the houses on Ryland Street still need to be demolished!"

"The work is almost half done, three days sooner than expected, so I decided that when the two houses are demolished today, I will invite everyone to drink and give you a holiday tomorrow...... Haha~ I have already received the government's project funds, so I am waiting for this day!"

"Santos, have you decided to buy a shop...... Why don't you apply for a loan from Renas Bank, the interest has been cut by another point today, I heard that our mayor has just approved it. ”

......

The sound of the carriage sounding one after another made the mother and daughter who had their own thoughts a little puzzled, and one of them opened the corner of the curtain of the carriage to see the situation.

Scarlett saw groups of men in pairs, carrying various tools on their shoulders, most of them were wearing old haunts, and there was no lack of dirt on their bodies, which made Scarlett a little scared, she thought that Sevet Taros was instructing these people to do something excessive, but after she observed for a long time, she was a little surprised to find that most of them were full of smiles.

They walked through the streets, talking, and occasionally bursting into bursts of hearty laughter.

Is this still the people at the bottom of her imagination living in the "hellish" slums?

On the other side, Mrs. Steve, Angel Steve, saw rows of new buildings in the neighborhood that were either being demolished or had already been erected, and she was in the midst of what she could believe in terms of the scale of urban construction throughout the poor neighborhood.

Because the height and footprint of those new buildings were something she had never seen in the downtown area of Marta City.

What happened in the city of Reynas?

When the two of them withdrew their gazes and looked at each other, they both saw the same question in each other's gazes.

"Mr. Andrew, may I ask what happened to Renas lately, the whole city seems to be ......"

Because of the difficult situation of the family, the original full-time coachman has long been dismissed, and now the coachman who brought them over is a person who travels to and from various cities in East Germany, so Angel wants to find out some news through him.

"I don't know, but I've heard some say that Mr. Mayor was rescued by a mysterious man during an assassination attempt, after which he decided to renovate the city of Reynas...... Lift up the curtains and look to the right, and when we pass the next street we will pass by the city center, where a statue of the mysterious man is being built, which is said to have been built by the mayor to thank him, but the citizens of Renus seem to prefer to call him the Black-robed Sage, and many people come here every day to pray that the good days will continue. ”

The driver slowly slowed down while controlling the reins, and said to the mother and daughter in the car.

The statue was naturally a deliberate move by Donald.

Renus is a non-faith zone, and it is not allowed to build churches and spread the faith, which is a rule of the Ryan Empire, and no one can violate it, so from an official point of view, it can only be a mysterious person and not a god who saves Mayor Renus and makes him change.

But that didn't stop Donald from erecting a statue of his "savior" just to show his gratitude, so he erected a stone statue in the center of the city, and no one could find fault with it, could he?

As for the faith of the people and the spontaneous prayer..... It is said that it is spontaneous by the people, and they want to worship a certain "person", but the government can't control it!

When the carriage finally passed through the street where the coachman had spoken, the mother and daughter saw that the tall stone statue, which had been specially funded by the government and supervised by the most skilled craftsmen of Corta, stood in the very center of the central avenue, and the original flower bed had long been bulldozed.

Scarlett's gaze rested on the stone statue.

It was a man dressed in a black robe, his robe mopping the floor and even enclosing part of the statue's base.

In his hand he held a book with a generous style and intricate patterns engraved on the surface.

No matter which angle he looked, he bowed his head slightly, his face hidden in his hood, as if he was reading the contents of a book, and as if he was thinking.

At noon, the light fell on him from the sky, and it happened that many women and children were surrounding the statue to pray and place some flowers around the statue.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but at this moment Scarlett only felt that the statue ......

Mysterious and great.