"The Great Stone Shaper is the first to go to war? Oops, I didn't expect him to be so anxious. ”

I wasn't surprised at all when I heard the news that the Earth Elemental Lords were at war with each other, after all, it was better to take the initiative and start cleaning up the dissidents and consolidate the advantage now after the Elemental Throne was built again.

War never needs to be endorsed by both sides, it can be said that no war is expected by both sides, and as long as one side believes that it has obvious advantages and can gain great benefits from war, then it is only a matter of time before war breaks out.

At this time, the earth elemental plane is like the Colosseum that has lost its manager, all the beasts are put into a cage, and when they know that only one seat can reach the top, the strongest beast does not hesitate to start cleaning up the objects that can threaten them, and the weak beasts begin to huddle together to keep warm, then, the chain war begins.

Driven by the temptation to ascend to the throne, this war will probably last for more than a hundred years for the foreseeable future.

When the Earth Elemental Plane was in chaos, the seemingly peaceful Main Plane was in even greater trouble.

The fall of Rose and the ascension of Lady Storm have stabilized the order of the gods for thousands of years, and it is enough to make the lurkers in the shadows ready to move, and this is not the only god who has changed.

The fall of Om Diroken shocked the whole world even more, and from another channel it has also been determined, the god of the fire element has also hung up inexplicably, it has achieved a marquis of the sea of fire, and only two of the four ancient elemental gods are left, and they are still two weaker ones. This makes the immortals shudder. But it also makes the ambitions who are uneasy about the status quo ready to move.

And this is not the best "newcomer" in the near future. This honorary title is obviously occupied by the Sleepless, from an "obscure" city judge to the god of law, and then from a weak god to a medium god, and now he has also obtained the priesthood of the guardian saint of the Northland, and has been regarded as the state religion by several northern countries, this process that other true gods may not be able to do for thousands of years has been completed by him in two years, and it is indescribable with an epic legend, which is incredible.

A successful forerunner. It will inevitably bring countless imitators, immortal beings who are trying to ascend to the throne of the gods, those ancient gods who are gradually forgotten in history, if they do not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime "opportunity", they must take action.

They co-opted a barbarian tribe, or woke their own family members from their slumber, or simply changed their clothes and went on their horses themselves, and the third type of contact news in the last month has been on top of the past ten years, and all kinds of border conflicts have reached the sum of the past thirty years.

"The figure of the Flame Troll has appeared in the Amu Mountains, and it seems that they are descendants of the ancient Troll race. They attacked the hunters in the mountains, and seemed to regard it as their own territory. Reputedly. They have the characteristics of both living beings and elemental creatures, which is very powerful. ”

"A strange creature has appeared along the coastline of Casoran, like an octopus walking upright. They use very exotic engineering props and psychic magic. Enslaving local humans as hard labor, they began to build their own arc-shaped Tower of Babel. ”

"The Elven Kingdom in the southwestern mountains issued a statement announcing the establishment of a United Kingdom, and has begun to expel the humans in and around the country, and the elven gods are still silent, but without their instructions, this kind of thing cannot happen."

"The eastern human kingdom has cut off trade with other nations, and now it has begun to expel the envoys of the nations....... I have expected this day since they began to practice that strange voodoo religion a hundred years ago. Sooner or later, they will become things that are not human and ghostly. ”

"A new species of subhumans has appeared in the Plains of Aemond, who look like infant-aged humans, but are less than half the height of humans, and who have animal ears but are very good at taming wild beasts. It doesn't matter, the most important thing is that they are all very cute! It's a paradise for Lolicon...... There were quite a few people in the Gentlemen's Union who were willing to go and investigate first, but in order to avoid causing racial disputes, none of them were approved. ”

"The storm is coming." Even the most stupid people, when they see the successive war warnings, will sigh that when the outpost battle as a precursor to war is over, it will naturally be an eventful autumn after the storm.

But the only thing to be thankful for is that there has been a strange calm in the northland, which has just experienced the war, and even a strange vacuum period.

"It seems that it is still useful to kill chickens and monkeys, at least for the time being, there are no fools who don't have long eyes rushing to the Northland."

I'm afraid that in the eyes of most immortals, the Northland has become the domain of the Sleepless, and at least for a short time, no one wants to challenge this hot upstart.

And this period of relatively peaceful interregnum is also what I expect, and it will take a lot of time to truly unite the Northland countries, even if it is only to form a relatively loose alliance.

But it is not advisable to just react passively, this is like playing chess, no matter how well the corner of the chessboard is handled, if you lose the whole situation, you will still be powerless.

"Interfering in the name of the country and myself will cause a lot of trouble, and the intervention of the sleepless may lead to the siege of the gods, a neutral identity is the best....... perhaps, the mercenary group is an absolute gentleman's alliance, it can come in handy, it seems that it is to be sad to talk about it."

After thinking about it for a while, it is best to find that the mercenary group that came out on a whim is probably the most suitable identity for walking on the entire continent, although the relationship between the Gentlemen's Alliance and Donglan is very good, but from the beginning, with the efforts of the sad wind, it is an independent organization from finance to establishment, it can be said that it has an official color but no official background, such a mercenary group has the possibility of operating across borders, and it is also the most suitable identity for my actions.

"Don't mention it, forget it, I'm still the nominal head of the mercenary group, well, it seems that there are a lot of tricks that can be played."

In fact, when I returned to the main plane, I realized that the joke-like mercenary group had already become the chief mercenary group with branches in the country, and that group of bastards were buying troops under my banner, and officials everywhere had to give face, probably in the eyes of outsiders, this mercenary group had become my Roland's private soldier.

Of course. This is undoubtedly very fearful for the monarch. There are not many examples in history from mercenary kings to kings and emperors, but Donglan's special internal relationship, mainly my wonderful relationship with Renee, makes most people happy to see the expansion of this mercenary group, and even they see it as a supplement to the official soldiers.

The official army is always limited, and in this era when the strong are king, the force to protect oneself is always necessary. Mercenary groups have always been very popular, but the result of the lack of restraint is that some mercenary groups are usually mercenaries, but they are robbers when they are not working, and if they are asked to transport some precious goods, they must be careful whether they will become wild bandits halfway.

If the reputation of one place is bad, it is necessary to do it in another place, and in this world of constant strife, those who have force will never find food.

But compared to other wandering mercenary groups, the folk reputation of the Gentlemen's Alliance is excellent.

"The charge is on the high side though. But the strength is very strong and the reputation is good. Although the members are a little strange, they are all good people. Even if there are some complaints about their peculiar temperament and personal ethos, there are currently zero complaints about work ethic, and the return receipts of the trustees of mercenary missions are generally highly rated. ”

This is the evaluation of the mercenary union, which adds to their credibility.

"Yes, that Shu millet took the initiative to help me find a cat, and he didn't charge my pocket money, and if I wanted to hold the rag doll and laugh at them, it would be a commission, and they always had lollipops in their pockets, okay."

This is a subtle speech of some kind of Lori, and the expression of the person who hears this word is even more subtle.

"Most of the grassroots rookies are local soldiers and veterans, many of the middle and high-level are well-known powerhouses in the mainland, and they are also the heroes of this orc war, and most importantly, the head of this mercenary group is actually His Royal Highness Roland, even if such a team is a little expensive, it can be used at ease. But there is another rumor, which is said to be more and more strange for the members to join it....... it must be a rumor created by those who are jealous. ”

With credibility, strength, official guarantees, and local acquaintances, plus countless mission orders, and most importantly, outstanding merit in the orc war, it is strange that such a mercenary group does not go big.

So, under the hands-off boss of the No. 1 person of the mercenary group (me), and under the nonsense of the No. 2 person of the mercenary group (Sad Wind) (that girl went to do her own business), this strange mercenary group actually operated benignly on its own, getting bigger and bigger, and now it has become the No. 1 mercenary group in the north, winning the trust of the people, and unknowingly becoming a force that no one can ignore.

And in that far north, what Roland wants to do is actually on the road.

In a sense, Eliza is worthy of the "successor" he prepared for himself, and when this information was gathered, she did not hesitate to send a large number of spies, and even at her request, the mercenary group of the Gentlemen's Alliance began to establish branches in other countries, and the judges of the Church of Law also began to embark on the journey.

"It is absolutely not advisable to wait for news behind closed doors, and we need a lot of intelligence right now. The more the merrier, especially about the undead, and Byer's. ”

In fact, there was something that had not yet had time to be reported to Roland, and among the many miscellaneous pieces of information, there was one that was dismissed as nonsense that caught Eliza's attention.

"The Bayer Empire has discovered a skull gate made of giant white bones, which, judging from the records, seems to be the dimensional gate of the bone plane! And it is said that this plane gate has been stored for a year and a half. ”

This information is just hearsay, but Eliza takes it very seriously, and she has sent her own intelligence officers when other countries are still laughing at the undead scourge.

"Combined with the recent changes in the Bayer Empire, if the authenticity of this information is confirmed, if the gate of that plane really exists, it has been peacefully coexisting with the Bayer Empire for more than a year, then there are some things that really need to be reconsidered."

But before the task was arranged, a new order interrupted all deployments.

"Celebration? At this time? Is Roland sick again? ”

Yes, there was a letter from across the plane, which detailed the need to hold a festival called the Peace Day Celebration on the last Sunday of the end of winter, and included a slight mention of the planned programs, such as organizing circus tours, such as military parades, such as hunting at the end of winter, and inviting envoys from various countries to organize a drinking party.

"It's less than a month away, how did this come in time? We have not solved our long-term food problems, and we still have to arrange extravagant celebrations? The food consumption during the festival is at least three times that of normal days. ”

It's just a diplomatic, commercial and trade negotiation of the Lan Alliance. It has already overloaded Donglan's administrative officials. By this time. With less than a month to prepare, a nationwide celebration is to be held, and no matter how you think about it, you can't do it.

It is said that after seeing this order letter, a dozen administrative officials were immediately frightened to the ground, and the beds in the emergency room were directly tightened.

"His Royal Highness Roland simply wants his life, even if he fights for his life, it's too late."

This has become a private complaint, but someone suppressed all the complaints and worked overtime to make a task list. It's hard to make a propaganda campaign.

"Sister Kelly, you don't have to follow that guy's nonsense, this plan is too late."

Yes, as the chief female official of the palace, in fact, Kelly is also the number one civil official in the Donglan Palace, and she is the only one who has been forced to implement it with her long-term prestige, but looking at a large number of staff with sad faces, even Eliza can't stand it anymore, so she simply asked Kelly to discuss.

Hear the words. Kelly suddenly laughed.

"You still don't know Roland, others just forget it because of his nonsense. But you think so, it will make him very sad. ”

Eliza didn't understand a little, what was so strange about this sudden celebration?

"You see, this may seem like nonsense, but it's actually our focus right now. Organize a winter hunting competition, this is the original expected goal, if spring comes, the hungry beasts will dissolve on their own, then it will be very troublesome to deal with, but now that the war is over, the war weariness of the sergeants and civilians is obvious, and the generous use of troops is not necessarily a good thing, if it is a winter hunt competition, it is easy to arouse everyone's motivation. ”

"Then the one who invited dignitaries from various countries to a cocktail party and organized a military parade? The problem of grain reserves has not been fundamentally solved, and it is not too much to be extravagant and wasteful now. ”

Kelly shook her head, the smoke flowed, caressing the ends of her hair, as if she was snickering, as if she was sighing, and there was indescribable maturity and charm in her eyes.

"When I first saw it, I was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it carefully, this is a clever way to solve short-term diplomatic and commercial problems. It seems that even if he is not personally involved, little Rowland has been thinking about this aspect of the problem. ”

"Huh? What? How can it be? This is not so much a question as a grudge, and it seems that Eliza has accumulated enough resentment.

"You see, inviting dignitaries from various countries to organize a celebration reception is undoubtedly a great opportunity to solve the diplomatic dilemma, and the military parade is the most appropriate occasion for them to see our new arms and new war machinery."

"You mean? Arms sales? ”

This time, Eliza really fell into deep thought, the so-called compulsory military aid is actually a clearly marked price of arms sales, a long-scheduled work task, and a trump card to solve the future food shortage before the supply of new crops is stabilized.

But after a little reasoning, now there are constant turmoil, and all countries are actively preparing for war, and if Donglan, who has gained a lot of prestige in this war, organizes a military parade and arms fair, I am afraid that there will definitely be no fewer dignitaries and nobles who come.

Thinking of this, Eliza suddenly realized, and her eyes when she looked at Kelly became complicated, in a sense, this Kelly's sister was actually better known to Roland as her girlfriend, which made her a little surprised.

"That circus and float parade is nonsense, isn't it?"

Kelly shook her head, in her mind, that was the highlight of the celebration.

"Actually, when I saw this, I thought it was nonsense, but when I think about it, it was our negligence. There are some things that Roland saw, but we around us didn't. ”

While speaking, Kelly walked to the window and opened the window, and there was a prosperous scene outside, the renovation of the old city, the construction of the new city, the planting plan for next year, the military reorganization plan, and the crowd of people who came and went were busy and hurried for their own reasons, although most of them were tired, but their mental outlook was good.

"There are too many things happening in these days, although everyone is working hard for the future, but the strings that are always tight will break, and there will be so many things in the coming year, and it will be even busier at that time, if there is a year-end celebration at this time, let everyone celebrate the victory and relax for a few days, it can be regarded as ending this turbulent year from the soul."

Eliza pondered for a moment and nodded.

"I'm afraid Roland has another meaning, in fact, the Crimson Hound also served as a circus in Sulphur Mountain City, Roland named to see the circus performance, probably to figure out the performance of Guò close to the people, to eliminate the gap between the living and the dead."

Kelly laughed dumbly.

"I didn't expect it to be, it's really worthy of little Roland's girlfriend."

Well, this blunt surprise attack made Eliza's cheeks crimson, and she seemed a little overwhelmed, but soon, she pushed her glasses and calmed down, but as far as her eyes could see, it was the seemingly light but profound letter.

"Let's get started, we don't have much time, we need to organize the biggest celebration before Roland returns."

"Hmm!"

And a few days later, when a thick plan for the celebration arrived in front of me through the expensive teleportation device of the goblins, I still had mixed feelings.

“…… We'll be ready, don't worry, I didn't expect you to think so well. ”

Seeing this attached note, Heloise whispered it out, and then, she said in surprise.

"Oops, I really didn't expect so many people to have such a goal, you are really amazing. They can see that you have found a few good helpers. ”

After a moment's hesitation, I finally decided to go straight ahead.

"Actually, I didn't think about it, I just wanted to have a big party......."

"Then why are you holding a celebration? I just picked it on that day."

“…… Just to celebrate the victory, I didn't expect so much. ”

"That's all?"

Heloise's face was full of disbelief, she sensed from the contract of her heart, I probably still had some concealment, and it was not interesting to be stared at by the young girl who died, and I finally nodded helplessly.

"It was my birthday...... What do you look at me like this, I've worked so hard to hold a big birthday party, can't I? My requirements are not too high, just to watch the circus, hunt, and hold two banquets. That's not too much! ”

Glancing at the thirty or forty hundred pages of the plan, which was definitely worth calling it painstaking, Heloise wiped a cold sweat and became more sympathetic to the normal people under Roland's command.

This plan involves all aspects, thoughtful and detailed, without forty or fifty staff working overtime for half a month, it is absolutely impossible to do, and now it has only been three or four days to produce results, it can only be said that the creator is absolutely painstaking, with great enthusiasm to give up his life.

"This time, don't tell the truth. Just do what the plan says. Otherwise, I'm going to want to beat you up. ”

At this point, I can say nothing but nod. (To be continued......)

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