Chapter 210: The Situation (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Subscription)
Although Philip did not hide his relationship with Bing Ji from Solam, Philip did not elaborate on the entanglement between them, but Soram could hear that Philip was probably a little sorry for that woman, so Bing Ji shouted and killed every time he saw him. But the rest of the circus still had a good relationship with Philip.
So every time before Philip went to the circus, he would ask the rest of the circus if Bing Ji was there, and if he wasn't, Philip would run to the circus to hang out, and if he was, Philip would hide away. This time, it is estimated that the circus people think that this has been a long time coming, so they wonder if Bing Ji is discouraged, and they plan to let the two of them release their previous suspicions and continue the edge.
But now it seems that Philip is a scumbag in the end, and he has no intention of changing his mind at all, and he is also pitiful for that Bing Ji, who actually met such a scumbag.
After returning to Silvermoon City, Philip parted ways with Soram, and before leaving, Philip said that after he had carefully pondered the statue, he would take the statue to Soram, and Philippe would send several portraits of Elistra to Soram.
Soram didn't care much about it, he didn't have any special hobbies for Elistra, portraits or anything, Soram really didn't appreciate it, but he was glad that Philip was looking for him again.
It's not that Soram was bent by him, but Soram thinks this guy is very interesting, very free and easy, not pretentious, and very relaxed to be friends with him. And this person is also very mysterious, just being able to take out a few million gold coins is enough to be interesting.
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After Soram returned to the villa, the days returned to the daily routine of the laboratory.
Mavis was unhappy about this, but she didn't have time to control Solam lately, because the witch group had been on a lot of missions lately, and she didn't have time to go home. It is said that the queen seems to have sent some witches to support the Eastern Front, while other witches took over the work of those who left the witches. Mavis hadn't been sent out by the witches since she had just returned, but she had to take over the work that had stalled because other witches had gone to support the Eastern Front.
Not only Mavis, but even Jacqueline was busy to death during this time, and now she is not at home, it seems that the task assigned to her by the witch group is also very heavy, in short, Solam is now completely unattended.
Because they are not there, the Mithril that Soram bought back is of little use for the time being, and with Soram's current alchemy level, he is not capable of handling such a precious material. And forging Mithril directly into weapons, to be honest, is too wasteful, these Mithril should be of better use, at least Soram has a general idea of these Mithril.
However, it will only be realized after Jacqueline is free, and even if you have an idea, you will be blind if you don't have the corresponding level of alchemy. And the fossil egg that Soram bought back made Soram have no clue.
Soram can obviously sense the fluctuations of life, but this fossil egg is like a real stubborn stone, no matter what means Soram uses, there is no reaction, its life fluctuations are still so half-dead, in the end, there is no way, Soram can only put the egg into the culture tank, hoping that in a nutritious environment, the egg can change, but Soram does not have much hope for this.
After that, Soram left Mithril and the fossil egg behind, although Jacqueline was not there, Soram still consciously did some experiments within his ability, which can be regarded as accumulating experience.
While Solam was immersed in the experiment, the war on the Eastern Front also began to change dramatically.
The orc division that had been besieging Fort Adeba had been defeated by the army of the Silvermoon Kingdom, so that the kingdom's most important military base in the east could finally operate normally, which was good news for the battlefield on the eastern front, which was struggling to support.
But at the same time as the good news came, another bad news also came. Esko, the most important defensive fulcrum on the Eastern Front that had been struggling to support, finally fell under the attack of tens of thousands of orc coalition forces.
After the fall of the city, more than 8,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of citizens in the city were slaughtered by the orcs. Those orcs used those innocents to perform a grand blood sacrifice, and this blood sacrifice is estimated to be the largest blood sacrifice in the past thousand years. It is said that this blood sacrifice attracted all three dark gods, and although it was impossible for the three dark gods to come in person, they still sent their incarnations one after another.
After the turbulent years, the gods could not descend on the material plane at will, but if something big really happened, it was difficult to send one or two incarnations, but it was not impossible. Now that the three god avatars have descended at the same time, this means that the orc's actions have greatly pleased the dark three gods, otherwise, the three gods would not have spent so much power to send the avatars to descend.
At the same time, because of the advent of the incarnation of the three gods, it also means that the status of the orc king Hokdorf is recognized by the gods, and he is no longer just the nominal king of the orcs, but has become a real ruler. He will have irrefutable dominion over all orc tribes who believe in the three gods of darkness.
This is not good news for the Silver Moon Kingdom, it was not that there were no orc kings before, but those orc kings were actually only nominal leaders, and in fact, they did not have too strong binding force on each tribe, which also led to the fact that even if the number of orcs was large, to put it bluntly, it was just a plate of scattered sand, and there were many contradictions inside.
Such an orc alliance is actually not a big threat to the Silvermoon Kingdom, but if there is really a king recognized by all the Orcs of the Enok Desert, then the Silvermoon Kingdom will be in big trouble.
It is not without this kind of extremely dominant orc king in history, every time this kind of orc king appears, the Silver Moon Kingdom has to work hard to resist the attack of the orcs, and once it was directly surrounded by the orcs.
At the same time, because of this blood sacrifice, the power and influence of the three dark gods will increase greatly, and it is also expected that the power of the Dark Trigod Church will also be greatly developed during this time. This makes those good god churches extremely panicked, these evil god churches will not preach honestly and develop believers, they will only spread terror and despair everywhere to enhance the power of evil gods, which also means that the situation on the mainland will definitely be turbulent.
This is not good news for all good gods, only a calm situation can make the good god church better preach, develop believers, the turbulent situation will undoubtedly make the evil forces begin to rise, after all, the more turbulent the situation, the more uneasy the people's hearts, it gives those evil opportunities to take advantage of.
Therefore, after this great change on the Eastern Front, both the Good God Church and the Silvermoon Kingdom began to gather their greatest strength, and they must drive the orcs out of the Silvermoon Kingdom and recapture Esko.
The Church of the Good God did this in order to curb the continued expansion of the influence of the three dark gods, and the Silvermoon Kingdom was for strategic intent, after all, after the fall of Esko, the eastern part of the Silvermoon Kingdom was considered to be in no danger to defend, if the orcs could not be driven back to their hometown, then as long as the orcs invaded in the future, they would face a flat river, and those civilians in the eastern part of the Silvermoon Kingdom would lose their protective barrier, and even Silvermoon City would be under the threat of the orcs.
Therefore, Silvermoon City is desperate to drive the orcs back, and now that the winter has passed and the roads have begun to clear, the Silvermoon Kingdom has desperately sent troops from the Sebrin River Valley and the Elward region to the Eastern Front, and converged with the remnants of the Eastern Front. These troops, a hundred kilometers west of Esko, organized a defensive line to prevent the orcs from continuing westward, and at the same time gathered strength to prepare for a counterattack at any time.
The witch group also once again transferred a group of witches to the battlefield, and at the same time, the queen ordered that each family should also send the corresponding mage to the front line according to the size of the title, and now it is conservatively estimated that there are about 300 mages gathered on the eastern front, these mages are not the kind of low-level mages who mess around, all the mages have a professional level of more than level 5, including 3 legendary witches, which also shows the heritage of the Silver Moon Kingdom.
Not only that, in Silvermoon City, many nobles have sent their best members and retainers to join the reinforcements, this is a war with the orcs, they are duty-bound, if the orcs really ravage the territory of the Silvermoon Kingdom, in addition to the royal family, they will suffer the most, after all, they have a lot of territory and business, all under the threat of the orcs.
Although the Silvermoon Kingdom is one of the few centralized countries on the main road, the feudal system still exists. However, the autonomy is slightly less than that of the nobility of other countries. There is no law enforcement power, no legislative power, no tax power, but the income of the territory is still theirs. If these territories were occupied by the orcs, they would really lose their territory.
Can a nobleman who has no territory still be considered a nobleman? Those nobles who did not have a territory either became court nobles and their autonomy was greatly reduced again, or they faced decline or even lost their nobility.
However, the support of the Good God Church is not weak, and many Good God Churches have sent elite priests from the great temples of various countries to support the Silver Moon Kingdom, and for a while, many priests came to Silver Moon City. They are all supported by neighboring countries, and there is no reason for other governments to stop them, after all, the church is not subordinate to any national power, as long as they do not rebel, the countries cannot control it.
These Church of Good Gods know very well that if the Dark Trigod Church is allowed to develop again, it will be because they are not responsible for themselves, so their enthusiasm for fighting against orcs is no weaker than that of the Silvermoon Kingdom. Finally, in Silvermoon City, a chaplaincy of 1,000 people was gathered and drove to the Eastern Front.
There is even gossip that the queen is also on the front line. Although this news has not been confirmed, according to the character of the queen, this is not a small possibility, after all, the queen has never been one of those rulers who like to stay in the rear and watch the play.