"Holden and Audrey arrived in the New World this spring, and it just so happened that during their stay at Wilnoa, the siblings met a boy about Audrey's age, who was interested in vein exploration while working at a vocational school run by a local colonial company." "Just in May of this year, I received a letter from Audrey, in which she said that her new friend had good luck and had found a high-grade magic crystal mine in the area...... I didn't care at the time, but in retrospect, it was probably the boy who first discovered the Great Crystal Mine of Jotunheimt, but unfortunately the fortune was too heavy for him, and he was lucky enough to find the treasure, but he couldn't keep it. ”

Colossa stopped at the right time and did not continue the subject. Roland couldn't help but have many associations, suspecting that things were not as simple as Colossa said.

Did Ingrid and Holden really just run away from home on a whim, only to happen to be in the heart of the strife? Perhaps the royal family of Zion discovered the magic crystal ore earlier than other forces, but considering that its colonial power in the New World was too weak to eat this piece of fat, it simply spread the news and used it as bait to attract the Assanian Empire, Feizhen and the Three Kingdoms of Sea Blue to fight, so as to watch the fire from across the shore and reap the benefits?

If this is the truth, Roland has to admire the foresight of the Zion royal family, and at the same time rejoice that they provoked this dispute - it is precisely because the Assanian Empire is mired in war in the New World and has no time to launch a crusade that the Kingdom of Kolas can survive in the gap between powerful countries and obtain valuable development opportunities.

If the war in Jotunheim was really planned by the royal family of Zion, did the planners envision that the Far East would also benefit from it? Roland looked at Colossa, hesitant to ask him the question.

"What's wrong?" Corophas noticed that he was looking strange.

"It's nothing...... Roland reluctantly suppressed his doubts, and in order to dispel the embarrassment, he hurriedly changed the subject, "Are you familiar with Mayer Rosenthal?" ”

"Yes, but not friendship, he is my stepmother's brother, before he came, my stepmother specially told me to tell you a word......" Glova smiled and said Mrs. Judy's negative words, "As far as I know, stepmother attaches great importance to family affection, her angry words don't have to be taken seriously, if Mayer really can't afford to pay the ransom, she can't bear to sit back and watch her brother go to prison, she must always try to help him get out of trouble, as for whether to help Mayer raise money or personally rob the prison to rescue, it is difficult to say." ”

Colossa spoke lightly, but Roland's scalp tingled when he heard it. Lady Judy is not only the Queen of Canaan, but also the contemporary witch queen of the Rosenthal family, one of the eight psionic tribes of the desert! Not to mention that the Rosenthal family is so powerful that even the "Four Great Kou" have to act as its vassals, driven by it, and Madame Judy herself is not easy to mess with, it is said that she is a "messenger" with a legendary entity, if she is determined to rescue Meyer herself, no one in Mochizuki City can stop her.

"It's never wise to provoke a legendary psychic warlock, not to mention that the other party is also a proud lady, Glofa, I want to ask you for a favor." Roland decisively admitted.

"How can I help you?"

"How much money does that boy have in Mayer, can you give me an approximate number? I will demand a ransom according to this standard, lest the price be too high for him to pay. ”

Corofer smiled, and after thinking about it, he told Roland: "During Mayer's tenure as governor of Media, he did not squirt a lot of money, and with the income from the gold mines of Mount Mochizuki, seven or eight million gold talers were taken, and it would be difficult to exceed ten million. ”

Roland nodded, and decided to make a price of ten million gold talers. This ransom is not only enough to make up for military expenses, but also has a lot of surplus, but it is a pity that a local tyrant like Meyer is rare to see, otherwise he can't help but want to devote himself to the business of kidnapping a million profits.

"Thank you for your advice, and in return, I would like to remind you of one thing." Roland lowered his voice and said: "I personally interrogated Mayer, and both 'Honest Domain' and 'Seeing Through Lies' were used, and I asked him why he took the risk to start this war, and the result was very unexpected, in addition to vainly trying to seize the gold mines of Mount Mochizuki, Mayer and his cronies had an even more amazing conspiracy. ”

"What conspiracy?" Grofa couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Meyer is trying to annex southern Xinjiang by provoking war, and his main purpose in doing so is to get you into trouble. Meyer's party thinks that you, the crown prince of Canaan, do not have the blood of the Rosenthal family, and refuse to marry the Rosenthal family, and will definitely attack the Luo nobles in the country after succeeding to the throne in the future, in order to save themselves, on the one hand, they want to support Madame Judy's biological son, Prince Raymond, to compete with you for the position of prince, on the other hand, they want to try to cut off your foreign aid, everyone knows that you and I have a good relationship, they believe that the royal family of Kolas is an indispensable help for you to stabilize your position as the prince, so they do not hesitate to start a war to break the alliance between Canaan and the Far East, If the conspiracy of Meyer and his party succeeds, you may be in a very bad situation. ”

Listening to Roland's warning, Colossa smiled gratefully, and didn't seem to mind going into a deep dive on this sensitive subject.

"Before coming to Medes, my father left me alone to talk to Raymond, intending to untie the knot between our brothers, in fact, he was too worried, Raymond is not interested in power and politics, he only cares about seeking knowledge and improving his own strength, maybe this is the root of his becoming a high-level psychic warlock at a young age, without such superhuman concentration, without disdain for worldly fame and fortune, he would not have achieved what he is today." Glova spoke of his half-brother who had a level 14 "Heart Messenger" cultivation before he was twenty years old, and his words were filled with heartfelt appreciation.

Roland was deeply touched by his unintentional words and fell into a long period of contemplation. Life is short, and how to allocate limited time and energy is a proposition that everyone should think about seriously. The pursuit of wealth, fame and fortune or the focus on self-improvement are a pair of eternal contradictions, and Roland sometimes feels anxious about it, and it is difficult to make the best of both worlds.

"Seeking knowledge is a good thing, but the concept of seeking knowledge is too broad, even if he diligently pursues it all his life, the knowledge he can grasp is only a drop of water in the ocean of all truths, the more he knows, the more ignorant he finds himself, when a hundred years have passed, when we are dying, and finally fall on the road of seeking knowledge, what is the difference between those worldly mortals who were born in ignorance and died in chaos?" Roland shook his head slightly, deeply feeling that the path Raymond had chosen was full of difficulties and obstacles, and the future was bleak.