Chapter 57: The Devil's Deal
The day dawned, the golden city is still prosperous, the sudden attack on the dragon knight has cast a faint shadow on this huge city, who is destroying the peace behind the scenes, and wants to make this peaceful world make waves again?
In the forest of the southern part of the city, in a gorgeous manor. The servants bought the freshest fruits and vegetables and potatoes from the market. Wash it all up with clean water, make a salad of fruits and vegetables, puree potatoes, and serve the manor's breakfast.
Alan lived here, a small manor given by Mrs. Wen Li, which is said to be the private property of the Wen Li family. Alan was grateful to the Countess for everything he had done for him, and he remembered it in his heart. In previous lives, Alan had owned a similar estate.
At that time, Alan had been fighting the Divine Grace Continent for more than 40 years, and finally went from a second-order mage to a third-order mage. After spending half a lifetime of experience, he finally accumulated a lot of wealth, and after building a mage tower for himself and Shirley, the rest of the money was used to build the manor.
Such a manor, not counting the value of the land, requires hundreds of thousands of gold coins just for construction. Enough to supply a battalion of knights for a long time. In addition, in order to maintain the operation of the manor every day, various expenses are calculated together, and more than 30 gold coins are also required.
Over the course of a year, it was more than 10,000 gold coins.
A civilian may not be able to have so much money in his lifetime. And a baron, in his territory, may receive so many taxes in half a month.
This is the current state of the charismatic world. The aristocracy controlled the land, the army, the adventurous professional skills, and almost monopolized all the resources of the upper echelons. And the commoners and slaves, unless they have amazing adventures, it is difficult to make a breakthrough in their lives.
There is no absolute fairness or unfairness in the world.
Although the nobles have a lot of resources, in his previous life, Alan also saw that many nobles' loyalty and faith fought desperately for their people, and they just wanted to give them a peaceful and stable living space.
"The more you get on the land, the greater your responsibility."
This is a truth that will never change.
This is the second day that Alan has moved into the manor, and there are still ten days before he is knighted.
The manor is huge, but in reality there are only three owners: Ellen, Shirley, and Ini. The faithful servants prepared a sumptuous breakfast for the three honored masters. Shirley got up early, and when she saw it, she smiled and said to the people in the kitchen that such a portion could only satisfy one-third of Mr. Allen's appetite.
Hearing this, everyone was extremely surprised, but the servants also heard that their master was a strong man who could continue to fight underwater for three hours and survived the siege of third-order mages and massive skeleton monsters.
Early in the morning, Odro also came, and in the past day, the dwarven brother took advantage of the vigilance of the Golden City to continue to track down the murder of his followers, but the night passed, and there was still no gain.
When Alan woke up, he saw Shirley, Ini, and Odro with a nice smile on his face.
In order to help the Cayton Dragon Knight break through, Alan was besieged and killed by third-order mages several times, although he was lucky to survive in the end, but his muscles and bones were still injured a lot, and after a night of sleep, he barely recovered. Now he only thinks about one thing, and that is to hurry up and eat more.
After eating, digesting, the body will naturally recover.
During the meal, Alan and Cayton talked about the mysterious altar. Cayton told Alan about the situation on the streets now, not to mention the sacrificial religion, even ordinary gangsters, which are nowhere to be seen now.
Hearing this, Alan was shocked, and said secretly, it seems that Victor has really made full preparations to besiege and kill Cayton. Once the thing is done, choose to hide it immediately, so as not to expose your existence too much, and the plot of the Abyss Invasion. In a short period of time, he was able to quickly put away his minions, and it seemed that Victor was really unfathomable.
Now, although this undead knight still has no way to truly descend to the main plane of the Divine Grace Continent, his ability to control the forces under his command can be seen, and it has reached the point of prohibiting it.
The demons in the abyss have such strong ruling and management abilities, no wonder the fighting ability is so amazing.
Alan looked at Shirley, then at Ini, and finally at Odro. Thinking about the current situation, I sighed for no reason.
He robbed Lilian of something, but the phantom snake demon didn't make any follow-up actions, which made Eren feel uneasy, and the more he didn't come, the more likely he was brewing a terrifying revenge. Thinking of this, Alan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and the cold air was flowing straight up from the tail vertebrae.
Eren robbed the orc's wolf, thinking at the time that it was he who robbed Wild Heart, and if Lilian wanted to track it down, she would definitely follow the clues of Wild Heart. But after all this time, nothing happened.
Now that I think about it, this is a very serious event, and it is even very likely to bring orc disaster to the small town of Paraya. Thinking of this, Alan immediately wrote a letter asking Mayor Greno to take the wolves to his current manor instead of staying in the small town of Paraya.
Allen's plan was that when the Abyss invasion broke out completely, it would be best to form a team of beast cavalry for Shirley's father, if not for meritorious service, at least to protect this great father. By that time, the war has begun, and it doesn't matter who robbed whose mount, and all that remains is the fight of real swords and guns.
But for now, those giant wolves are likely to make the small town of Paraya the target of Lilian's revenge, so it's best not to keep it. After writing the letter, Alan didn't dare to stay, so he asked the servants in the manor to send it out on the same day, and told Mayor Greno to arrange it as soon as possible!
Next is Shirley's safety, although there is Eni by her side to protect her, but no matter what, if Lilian really hatches some terrifying revenge plan, then these two girls still have no ability to protect themselves.
Eren couldn't be with them all the time, so he had to do something for them.
After thinking about it for a long time, Alan found that he seemed to have fallen into a blind spot.
"Since I don't know what Lillian is doing, why don't I try it out?" Alan smiled slightly in his heart, although the abyss forces were hidden, he still had many opportunities to find them. At the thought of testing Lillian, Alan gasped to himself, this is not an easy decision to make.
However, since ancient times, the profession of warlock has been a special existence that seeks the skin of a tiger and wanders between justice and chaos. Warlocks are careful, bold, and judgmental, daring to deal with all horrors, and daring to make deals with demons. Deception for the sake of justice is also one of the dogmas that warlocks believe in.
Therefore, Eren decided that he wanted to be a brave warlock seriously. Tempting Lillian's what, now that the dimensional rift has not expanded, and the turbulence of time and space is terrifying, can Lillian still come back and kill herself?
Plop, plop.
What a bold idea, and Alan could feel his heartbeat.
"This matter does have a certain feasibility, but the specific details still need to be well planned." Alan calmed down and thought silently.
Seeing Allen's face wrinkled for a while, the partners smirked for a while, and they didn't know what this guy was thinking, so they just let him go.
"Shirley, how is your meditation going so far, have you been able to master first-order spells?" Alan asked suddenly.
Shirley didn't expect that Brother Allen would suddenly take the exam for his own schoolwork, his face was slightly red, and he sighed, and hurriedly said, "It's already okay!" ”
"That's good." Alan looked at Shirley and said, "I heard that the Mage Academy will open in a few days, otherwise you won't go to the school, there is a mage tower, you can learn a lot, and I can even hire two apprentices for you to help you study spells." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Shirley felt her heart beat even more. Although he once thought that it would be good if he could stay with Brother Allen and not have to go to school, he also knew that it was not easy for a mage to learn along the way, and he would not really want to give up his studies in the mage academy.
What is the purpose of Brother Allen's arrangement?
Alan saw Shirley's hesitation and nervousness and said, "If the teacher's prediction is not wrong, something very bad will happen in the coming year, and at that time, basically, the teaching of the Mage Academy will not be able to continue." ”
"And I hope that in the next month or two, you can learn some important spells to protect yourself, which are important to you and important to me, can you trust me? Shirley. Alan said seriously.
In fact, after testing, Alan found that Shirley actually had the ability to become a real professional mage. With such a level and his own teaching, why bother to go to the Mage Academy.
Looking at Brother Allen's serious expression, think about everything that has happened these days.
The attack on the mage's apprentice, the orc's attack on the Dark Elf village, the disappearance of Odro's retinue, and the attack on the dragon knight all prove that Mr. Allen's prophecy is likely to come true.
Shirley felt Allen's deep concern for her, and for Allen, Shirley always chose to believe. didn't think much about it, nodded, and said, "I agree with Brother Allen's statement, after Shirley told her father about this, she went to go through the withdrawal procedures immediately." ”
"Thank you for your trust, this is my honor, and you, it is also my responsibility." Alan said, "I will definitely protect you!" ”