After a few days of settling in, the situation in the city of Beiselen gradually stabilized, at least on the surface, because the dark cloud of the orc invasion hung overhead, and many people were in panic, and some human merchants who had been lucky enough to escape the war begged Luo Lan to let them go and flee to the free city-state to avoid chaos. [Full text reading.]

But how could Luo Lan agree to such a request? At this moment, as long as one person evacuated, it would inevitably lead to a large number of escapes, which would then lead to large-scale riots, and in this way, the confidence of those who originally supported him would also be shaken, which was not what he wanted to see. So he sternly refuted these unreasonable proposals, and detained some of them on the pretext of guarding against orc spies, so that the rest of them were so frightened that they never spoke of it again.

On the contrary, the barbarians sent several tribal representatives, brutally demanded to take back the city, and threatened not to assist in the defense of Bethlehem, for these people, Luo Lan did not drive away, did not pay attention, and directly hung them there, several tribal chiefs were angry and screamed, but they were helpless, because they knew very well that as soon as the orc army arrived, they would eliminate the threat around the city, and the tribes gathered near North Selen were of course the first to bear the brunt, but they did not seem to be willing to flee from them, several tribes approached each other, as if they were ready to fight to the death with the orcs。

After a long journey, Xue Lin and Sharu finally arrived in a hurry, and they not only brought more than 300 guards from the territory of Sedaon, but also brought some important information, the diocese of the Middle Continent was already in constant friction, and wars were going on all the time, and it began to show a chaotic situation. However, this is good news for Luo Lan, because it means that no one will pay attention to him at this time, and he can get a period of ample time to develop and develop himself.

But in any case, what needs to be faced at the moment is the key, the news from the north is very vague, but the large-scale mobilization of troops cannot be concealed, it is said that this time the orcs have gathered no less than 100,000 troops, although this is likely to be a deliberate rumor, there should be a lot of moisture. But there are certainly tens of thousands.

The envoys of the Free City-State arrived quickly, almost the day after Xue Lin and his party arrived, but he had no intention of meeting with Luo Lan, and he did not come out of the noble hotel for several days.

Diplomat Dalles is rejoicing at the plan he has hatched.

They had reached Beiselen very early, and first put on a very sincere posture on the surface, since this was the case, he also hoped that the bishop would take the initiative to invite them to negotiate, so that he could take the opportunity to raise his own value and win a little bargaining chip before going to the negotiating table, this abacus played extremely well. For as the time drew on, so did the vanguard of the orc army, Darles was not afraid that the bishop would not come to him.

Adjutant Norka was a little worried, and cautiously reminded on the side: "My lord, is this appropriate?"

"What are you afraid of?" Dalles looked at him dissatisfied, and said with victory in his hand: "At this time, it is not us who really lack time, but them!

In the castle lord's mansion.

In front of Luo Lan stood more than a dozen human nobles and great slave owners, all of whom were originally upper-class people in Beiselen City.

Before the orc armies arrived. Luo Lan wants to quickly pacify the interest groups in the city, after all, it is easy to destroy, but it is not possible to rebuild a prosperous city from a ruin in a short period of time, so these people still have a role. Thankfully, most of the tricky characters had already been taken advantage of by Netomund to clean them up, which inadvertently paved the way for him.

A slave merchant shuddered, "We want to ask the Bishop. For. Why don't you form an alliance with the free city-states?"

"Bold!" Xi Jiesi, who was standing behind Luo Lan, snorted coldly and said, "Can you also point fingers at the bishop's actions?"

The slave owner trembled with fright, knelt down with a sad face, and said, "My lord, we are also worried about the safety of Bei Seleng!"

Luo Lan waved his hand, asked Xi Jiesi to step back first, and nodded, "Go on." ”

The slave owner emboldened himself and said, "Your Excellency. There were too few men to defend the city. Even with the Knights, the number of troops in the city was less than three thousand. Even if you add hundreds of barbarian mercenaries, it's just a drop in the bucket, just in case, just in case......" He paused and looked up at Luo Lan's expression in fear, as if he was afraid that the latter would suddenly become angry.

Luo Lan smiled slightly and said, "Go on." ”

The slave owner gritted his teeth, threw himself on his knees, and said in a hoarse voice: "We thought that except for the Bishop, the rest of Beiseleng might not be able to be favored by the God of Light...... After saying this, he lay on the ground, trembling all over, and did not dare to get up for a long time.

Luo Lan raised his eyes and glanced at it lightly, and found that everyone present at the moment had a worried face, and their thoughts were written on their faces, although Lord Bishop was a strong man who could control the dragon, but once the orc army arrived, he himself did not need to worry about safety, but the key was, how many people could he protect?

"That's the case, I think you have a lot of sense," contrary to what everyone imagined, Luo Lan was not angry, but nodded and smiled: "In this way, organize the slaves in the city to help defend first, and it doesn't take too much, tell them that I will dismiss them from slavery after the city lives." ”

Everyone chuckled in their hearts, and they all showed a look of panic, the Bishop was depriving them of their wealth in the open.

"But, it's obviously our private property......" a nobleman muttered secretly, of course, his voice was quiet.

Luo Lan patted the armrest and said lightly, "I remember that you all joined the Sect of Light?"

"It's the earth, but it's ......"

Now Luo Lan is the ruler here. Even if it's not for shelter, just to take a stand, he has to join, otherwise he will be able to see the sun the next day?

"That's good," Luo Lan stretched out his hand to interrupt them, slowly looked around, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring voice, "Now, it is the time for you to express your devotion for my lord!"

These aristocrats and slave owners were all crying without tears, originally just looking for safety. I didn't expect to lose myself, and it was such a grandiose excuse.

After sending away this group of people, Luo Lan snorted coldly and said: "As I expected before, the influence of the free city-state is indeed very large, if you choose between me and the free city-state, I believe they will definitely choose the latter, but the majority of the people are likely to stand with me." ”

Standing aside, Lemon said thoughtfully, "Free city-state...... What do they want from us?"

Merchants from the west and the south were frequent in the city of Northern Selen, so to speak, after the Great Wall of Somad. The city is a transit point for trade, transportation, and military, and radiates out of many control areas, and the inland trade meeting point between the Central Continent and the free city-states is here, but these may not be what the free city-states really value.

Lemon clenched his fists and said, "Mentor, we now have plenty of food, and the free city-states seem to have other agendas, we should reject them!"

"Nope. Luo Lan waved his hand and said, "It's not that simple. The influence of the free city-states is too great, and if we reject them, it will only take a few rumors to incite the people of the special city, and it is likely that some of them will lose faith in us, so what we need to do now is to do it. It's just to drag this matter first. And then slowly deal with it, I don't meet with them, and they can't do anything about us. ”

Lemmon was stunned for a moment, and said, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be very bad for us once they return like this?" He thought for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Does the master want to detain them?"

"Of course not. Luo Lan shook his head. Smiled mysteriously and said, "I'm not going to see them." But you can go. ”

Lemon perked up and said, "Mentor, what should I do?"

Luo Lan knocked on the table with his hand and said with a deep smile: "Since the free city-states have a great influence, what we have to do is to weaken their influence, and just take the opportunity to deter those restless guys again." “

After not seeing Luo Lan send a person to negotiate for a few days, the diplomat Darles began to become irritable in his heart, especially in front of the adjutant, his face was a little unbearable, he grabbed a porcelain cup and smashed it on the ground with hatred, and said angrily: "They have no sincerity at all, we will go back now!"

"My lord," Adjutant Norka said with a wry smile on his face, "Your Excellency has a heavy responsibility, once you leave, who else can handle this matter......

With the steps, Darles will naturally be able to go down the slope, and he will not open his mouth after snorting, in fact, he is just a tougher mouth, he will never dare to go back before he meets Luo Lan, the people of the free city-state only care about money and interests, and they have never cared about face, maybe only the old guys in the Adjudicator League still care a little.

"My lord," shouted one of the attendants from outside the door, "the men of the Holy See are here!"

Dalles turned around with a "swish", he glanced at Noka smugly, cleared his throat, made a serious look, and said, "Please come in, Lord Bishop." ”

There was silence outside the door for a moment, and then the awkward voice of the attendant sounded, and said, "My lord, I just came by a messenger, saying that I want to discuss the matter of Bei Seleng with you tomorrow. ”

Dalles frowned, although he knew that it was indeed impossible for the bishop to come in person, but he was still extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and said unhappily, "What about the messenger?"

"Man is gone......"

"Smack!" another delicate porcelain cup was shattered.

Adjutant Noka sighed, I don't know if it was a mistake to send the Dalls diplomat out this time, originally the city-state wanted to show a tough posture, because they thought that the bishop must be in a predicament in urgent need of support and help now, and the arrival of the city-state mission was a timely rain for this person, but now it seems that this inference is likely to be wrong, he shook his head, and his heart is not optimistic about tomorrow's negotiations. Lest everyone be nervous all the time, these two chapters shouldn't be considered nervous, right......