The City of Gold in the middle of the night.

Grand fireworks light up the night sky and dot the glory of this huge city. In the remote slums, the helpless, pessimistic poor are already exhausted after a busy day. At this time, it would be a great pleasure to be able to drink a large glass of cheap bitter ale wine and eat some stiff bread with a little hot shredded salted fish.

No one realizes that in the aftermath of the Ghost Rebellion, a catastrophe is quietly brewing......

In the castle lord's mansion, fireworks are being set off at any cost, and the night sky is lit up by fireworks as if it were day. Under the service of the servants, the nobles began to leave. What happened tonight is constantly replaying in the head of every power holder.

Many people have noticed that the thoughts of this group of nobles at the moment will affect the direction of the Golden City and even the entire vast Raspar steppe, but no one will be able to truly understand what happened to Ali.

After the dinner, Antunia immediately found Alan and his female companion Dale and left them behind.

"Mr. Allen, please wait a moment, there are some things we need to talk about."

Alan had been waiting for the summons of the City Lord's Mansion all night, and the sudden title of hero also made Alan have many questions and curiosity in his heart. After receiving a letter from Mr. Grand Knight, Alan approached Lady Winley and briefly explained the situation.

"I'm also surprised, Allen, I didn't expect the City Lord's Mansion to send out the 'City Hero' badge silently, it seems that the City Lord also has the heart to recruit you!" To be honest, Wen Li is not very satisfied with the sudden situation tonight, in the Golden City, as long as the information is a little smooth, the upper nobles should know that Alan is his guardian knight who has not yet been sealed, and Enriquez's move made Wen Li a little passive.

The pretty Lord Earl looked at Allen as if his beloved thing had been snatched away, and some anxiety appeared in his heart.

Regarding the change in Mrs. Wen Li's demeanor, Alan saw it in his eyes, and seeing that there were no outsiders around, Alan said: "Madame, please rest assured, the promise I made in the Earl's Court that day still counts, and you are my lord." ”

"Well, with your words, I will feel at ease."

Bidding farewell to Mrs. Wen Li, Alan met Mr. Dragon Knight out of nowhere. As the leader of the knight battalion with heavy troops in the Golden City, the Southern Legion of the Duchy of Stormwind, and the second-generation ruler of the Berkeley family, Cayton will be valued wherever he goes on such an aristocratic occasion.

Now that they see Allen, the two can't help but chat a few more words.

Regarding the Hero Badge, Cayton said: "No matter what kind of arrangement or intention the City Lord's Mansion has, I think there is one thing you should be clear, that is, with your personal strength, you are fully worthy of this title today." Hopefully, it will be a boost to you, not a burden. ”

Hearing this, Alan nodded gratefully, and Cayton was worthy of being a visionary and epic figure, and his words came at a very timely time. In the face of sudden honor, many people are prone to excessive pride, loss, and even self-doubt, and finally stand high, fall hard, and become the target of praise.

Eren had been honored, so Mr. Warlock was not lost in the face of tonight's sudden surge in prestige and glory, but Cayton's remark was like a shot in the arm, which greatly deepened Alan's belief.

"Thank you Brother Cayton for the reminder, I have this in mind."

"Okay, then you behave well, and I'll leave first." After Cayton finished speaking, he didn't stop any longer, went to the beast pen and took out the earthly dragon, and left without looking back.

In the City Lord's Mansion, after a period of waiting, Alan and Dale finally see Antunia again. While waiting, Dale kept smiling and didn't have any conversation with Allen, but through simple language communication, everyone could understand each other's thoughts.

Although the city lord's summons this time was for Allen, as Allen's female companion, Daile could still feel that she was very nervous. Looking at Allen, the little girl couldn't help but wonder what was going on with this guy and why he didn't seem to be flustered at all. So many things happened tonight, if it were an ordinary person, I would have been unable to bear it for a long time, and I was so nervous that my palms were sweating.

Dale's hand was gently held by Alan, a little warm, no sweat, and it made people feel very comfortable. Dale knew that after this night of companionship, she and Alan were getting closer.

Follow Antunia and walk among the huge castles.

After a long time, Alan and the others came to the study of the city lord of Enriquez.

"Lord Castle, Mr. Allen has arrived." The Grand Knight Antunia made a brief announcement outside the door.

From the study, the voice of the city lord got up: "Come in." ”

When the door opens, you are greeted by a spacious study, opposite which is a large floor-to-ceiling bookshelf like a wall, filled with dense books. Under the bookshelf, a desk with a lot of history, but extremely noble, reveals the owner's elegant taste, on the desk, simple ornaments and books slightly block the view, so that visitors can not see what is being done in the study at a glance.

On the left side of the study, there is a huge oil painting, Alan saw that the person in the painting is quite the style of the Enriquez family, judging from the clothes in the painting, this should be the ancestor of the Enriquez family, and it is very likely that he is the brother of the previous old kings of the Principality of Storm.

The furnishings of the study are very simple, but when you walk into it, you feel extraordinary. Tens of millions of people in the Golden City, hundreds of millions of people in the Raspar steppe, hundreds of races of all sizes, countless people's past and future, and many decisions germinated here......

At the bonfire dinner, Alan once carefully observed the appearance of the entire castle. According to the location of the study, a strange idea popped up in Allen's heart, this study is much smaller than the outside from the inside, I don't know if there is another hole behind the bookshelf?

"Sit down." Enriquez looked at Allen, smiled and walked out of his desk to the comfortable sitting area, where he held out his hand and motioned for Alan to sit down.

"Thank you, Lord Castle, for your kindness." Alan and Dale each performed their respective professional etiquette, "Warlock Allen greets you on behalf of Lady Wen Li!" ”

"Okay, okay." Enriquez sat down first, "Say hello to Wen Li on my behalf." ”

After repeated gestures, Alan and the others also sat down. In the study, Grand Duke Enriquez sat facing east and west, Alan and the two sat opposite the city lord, and the Grand Knight Antunia sat on Enriquez's left hand side.

After everyone sat down, Enriquez first motioned to Alan and the others to enjoy the pastries on the table casually, looked at Alan and the others quietly, and after a long silence, Enriquez spoke: "Alan, I believe you must have a lot of doubts now, right?" ”

"Yes." Hearing this, Alan smiled relaxedly, the city lord was right, Alan did have a lot of confusion in his heart now. Why he was summoned by the city lord, why he was summoned at this time, what to talk about after the summons, and how to explain the hero badge are all things that Allen urgently needs to answer.

"Hmm." Enriquez was clearly pleased with Alan's unhurried and unhurried response. In front of himself, if Alan behaves too seniorly, or is complacent, then there is no need to continue tonight's conversation.

"It's good to be confused, because you are thinking, not passively accepting," Enriquez said. So now I'm giving you a chance to ask questions, if you could only ask one question, what are you going to ask? ”

As soon as these words came out, Alan was slightly stunned. I didn't expect the lord of the castle to use such a means to start tonight's conversation. This seemingly casual approach is actually a temptation, through a simple small means, throwing the initiative to Allen's side, according to Allen's question, the city lord can judge Allen's depth to a large extent.

It seems that the lord of the city handed over the badge of the city hero to himself, and he is really laying out, rather than simply commending his past behavior. In the face of Enriquez's temptation, Alan seemed to see some situations clearly, and his first question suddenly became particularly critical.

There was silence in the study.

The proposal to award Allen the "Heroic Badge" was actually made by the Grand Knight Antunia. Although Antunia's relationship with Eren is not deep, Mr. Grand Knight is still very impressed with this powerful warlock. In the past few days, the situation in the Golden City has undergone amazing changes, and in the face of the wolf competition between the lords, even the City Lord's Mansion is also very anxious.

In order to better reorganize the pattern of the Golden City in the next ten years, or even a hundred years, the staff of the City Lord's Mansion have made a total of three or four hundred decisions, and those nobles who have an abyss and an affair should be sentenced, how many people need to be implicated, how many fiefs should be recovered, how to recover, and how to divide the feuds again after being recovered.

The slightest carelessness may detonate conflicts and plunge the entire Raspar Plain into strife, and even the Enriquez family may not be able to bear these consequences.

Therefore, in this power reshuffle, Antunia put forward two major policies of "setting the tone and fixing the axis".

The so-called tone is to control the political and governance theory, everything related to the abyss must be eradicated, without mercy, no one needs to explain the people of the abyss, let alone rehabilitate the nobles involved in the abyss.

This point came quickly, almost when the City Lord's Mansion decided to take action against the Abyss Forces, it had already been decided, and after the policy proposed by Antunia was approved, this statement was unprecedentedly strengthened, and to a certain extent, it also helped Eren achieve the goal of completely clearing the Abyss Altar of the Golden City.

The second is the fixed axis, if a nobleman is taken, there will be a vacancy in the title and territory of the noble, so how to distribute these vacated noble resources and territories so as not to lead to chaos, Mr. Grand Knight also put forward his own opinion. The way to do this is to determine the axis, and in the process of expelling the abyss, the greater the contribution, the more you will gain. With this as the axis, it drives the distribution of interests among other nobles.

The aristocratic feud has been implemented on the Divine Grace Continent for tens of thousands of years, although there is a strict system, but every era, there is a special situation in each era, and if you want to operate such a thing well, there is no way to carry it out without enough foresight and courage.

After having a direction, if the nobles want to seize resources, they must tightly revolve around the word "contribution". For this matter, the major aristocratic forces sent a large number of materials to the City Lord's Mansion, and after a few days of combing, the City Lord's Mansion basically understood the big and small things that were happening in the city these days, and also found the real axis from this complicated material - Alan and his companions.

So, at Antunia's suggestion, Enriquez put Allen in a key position, and whether Raspar's movement and swing can be stable and excessive depends on how Enriquez uses Allen to make a fuss.

Before tonight's meeting, the city lord Enriquez was actually very unfamiliar with Allen, and when the city lord threw the problem to Allen, Antunya's heart beat fast, I wonder what kind of question Mr. Allen will ask? (To be continued.) )