In this world, "money", "fame", "happiness" and "happiness" can all be obtained through hard work, but only "time" cannot be grasped no matter how hard you try.

When I was a child, the scene of my father walking through the city gate in silver armor is still vivid. More than ten years have passed, and although the scenery of Holier City has not changed much, the father in front of him has entered his twilight years and is about to enter that terrifying darkness.

Sally once thought that she was strong enough to ignore everything, but at this time, she was vulnerable in the face of "time".

"It's good to stay with me, what big thing can the 'Rosicrucifer' do you have to look for you?" Angmar smiled and gently wiped away Sally's tears, "Something big has happened in the territory during this time... I remember when you were a kid and you used to argue about listening to bards tell stories, what was your favorite part called?"

"It's called 'Song of the Nibelungen,' father. ”

Sally took Angmar's cold hands and replied obediently.

"Yes, I remember when you always asked me if I could defeat the dragon. Angmar closed her eyes slightly, recalling the scene when her daughter pestered her when she was a child, and said with a smile: "You were only four years old at the time, and you said that you would marry whoever could defeat the dragon, right?"

"At that time, I didn't know what a dragon was, but I thought it was a little more powerful than the wolves in the forest. ”

Sally remembered these clips, wiped the tears from her face, and replied with a smile, "Father, don't sell it, what's going on in the territory?"

"Someone really... Killed a dragon. ”

"How is that possible?" Sally didn't believe it at all, but then she saw that her father's expression was not a joke, and she asked with some hesitation, "Really, really? Who is so powerful? Not even wurm. ”

"The whereabouts of the dragons are not something we can spy on, but here they are, and I have nothing to say - the dragon's corpse is now parked in the village of Elsa. ”

"Elsa's Village, the one who slays the dragon... Yes..."

Sally's smile suddenly froze on her face.

"Who else but him?" the duke didn't notice his daughter's expression, gently hammered his leg, and whispered, "Count how many great things he has done and how many enemies he has defeated in the past year or so? There's nothing surprising about it. ”

"By the way, Roddy spent some time with you in the Temple, right?"

"Well, but then he had something urgent, so first... Went first. ”

Sally tried to calm her tone, but she was conflicted... Father knew that he liked Roddy, and he had never objected to such a relationship, but now how to explain to him about his quarrel with Roddy?

Will Roddy forgive himself after leaving like that?

For the first time, Sally had no confidence in herself, and in the face of Angelma, she didn't want him to have any loss and sadness.

So she finally chose to hide it-"He told me to go and get busy with Elson City, and he would come to me when he was done." ”

"Young man, he's always busy, and the city he found is really good, but..."

Angmar then sighed softly, "It stands to reason that there should be no such anomaly as him in the kingdom. ”

"If I had been fifteen years earlier, I would have been the first to think of getting rid of him. But now, times have changed, and internal and external troubles have also made the stability of the kingdom no longer exist. I must give him my full support, because if he doesn't, Evta will probably be in ruins. ”

Sally never expected her father to say this about Roddy, but she did understand why: a "rookie" with military power, resources, and a city in his hands was extremely dangerous for the old rulers, because no one knew if such a guy would choose to swallow everything.

"But the Rusiflon family can't just go down..."Angmar looked at Sally and sighed softly, "The biggest regret in my life is that I didn't see the birth of a new member of the family. ”

Sally held her breath for a moment, she understood what her father meant - the older generation wanted to see their children and grandchildren carry forward the family business, but Angmar had lost this opportunity forever.

He didn't have a chance to meet the next generation of his family.

The atmosphere between father and daughter fell silent, and after a few seconds, Angmar asked tentatively, "You... Do you think Roddy is the right fit?"

Finally, I asked the same question.

Sally felt a little throbbing in her heart, but there was a slight shy expression on her face: "I, I think it's useless..."

"Just call him in and ask him? Dragon Slayer Roddy, heh, this guy is destined to be a legend in the future. ”

Angmar didn't notice anything unusual about his daughter, his laughter was hearty, and although he couldn't see the scene of his children and grandchildren, it was enough for him to go in the direction he expected.

June 30.

For the Viper Cross, the battle of Brill Forest was a resounding victory, but they were undoubtedly the side with the most losses in the war.

The casualties of the soldiers were not to be feared, but the loss of the "Viper's Kiss" scepter angered the Pope - the scepter, which had taken countless manpower and material resources to awaken, was taken by a group of unknown men in battle, and returned to the "Temple" in peace.

Such things were said as if they were slapped in the face of the Pope.

The scepter placed in the "Temple" was difficult to recapture, and even the Pope of the "Viper Cross" gave up hope for a time. However, today, the henchmen of the undercover agent in the "Rosicrucifix" came a message that rekindled the Pope's hope...

The "Viper's Kiss" scepter has been "activated" by an unknown priest.

For the Pope, who knows about the "Kiss of the Viper", the artifact with consciousness will "choose" the user, even if it is as strong as Cardinal Goethe, he will not be able to exert his strength without the approval of the artifact.

In the history of the "Pit Viper Cross", every user recognized by the "Pit Viper Kiss" will be the "savior" who pushes the sect to the peak.

But what does it mean when Scepter endorses a Rosicrucian priest?

At a time when most people find this "ridiculous", the Pope sees it as an "opportunity" – an opportunity to truly dismantle or crush the Rosicrucian.

So after the news was confirmed, the "Pit Viper Cross", which had been dormant again, finally made a new move.

With the Pope's orders, a team of ten people left the eastern border of the kingdom and headed for Evta in the northwest.

June 31, Elson City, inside the Pachar Magic Tower.

"Temperature control inside the building? This circle does have it, but... I don't think it's necessary. ”

In the Pachar Magic Tower, Camilla, who had adapted to the role of "staff", looked at Roddy in surprise, and said with a puzzled expression: "I think it would be more appropriate for the first batch of spars to be used to open the construction circle in equipment manufacturing." As for temperature control... Isn't that a complete waste of energy for an empty city?"

Wearing a red robe, she has the taste of a "strong woman" at this time, which makes Roddy feel like she has met a "strong female colleague" in the office in a trance - although he is nominally the city lord and Camilla is a subordinate, but when there is a problem and an objection, Camilla always has to fight on the basis of reason, and she is very imposing.

"It's a waste if there is no one to live in, but if there is one to live, this energy is life-saving. ”

"Help, I don't understand what you mean. ”

Camila frowned, as if she had to make it clear to Roddy, "Is this going to be full of people this winter? ”

"You're on the point. ”

Luo Di handed over a plan written in advance, "The specific reasons are here, if you don't know anything, feel free to tell me, before winter comes, it's best to make these preparations... Whether our city can develop as soon as possible depends on this. ”

After a quick glance at the plan, Camilla showed a slightly surprised expression, but shook her head: "This is an uncertain thing at all, how can it be planned as an established fact?"

"Have you forgotten what I gave you?"

Unable to explain his unpredictable prophetic abilities, Roddy said, "It was the Shadow Dragon who told me that she wouldn't be boring enough to lie." ”

Although this explanation was far-fetched, Camila reluctantly accepted it after thinking about it, and then the two began to discuss other issues - and as an arcane genius and erudite researcher of high elf culture, Camila had reacquainted herself with Roddy in the past few days.

Because she had never seen anyone with such a "strange" idea as Roddy.

Ordinary lords would never have vigorously developed their troops, because that would mean "recklessness" and would starve them to death in a short time, nor would they go on a whim to create some "expedition team", because that kind of thing would have too low a yield.

If a lord does both, he is destroying himself.

However, this is Luodi's future development idea for his territory: use "PVE" to drive the growth of resources and wealth, lay a good foundation for "PVP", and accelerate development in the future chaos.

With Sodrore at its core, PVP leads conscription and basic training in Parr, and provides equipment, advanced training, and transfers from Elson City, aiming to build the best combat force possible, without having to worry about anything else.

PVE, on the other hand, is a little more complicated, but to put it bluntly, it is the idea of "mining": the PVE team with Luo Di as the core specializes in cultivating some dungeons or regions with scarce resources, and establishes a trade hub similar to "Elsa Village", earning a lot of resources and funds in the way of "less investment and more returns", and making every effort to improve the level and strength of the top team, laying a solid foundation for all-round development.

This sounds like nonsense, but it's actually the structure of several super-large "player guilds" in Ripp. Roddy was fortunate enough to have a superficial understanding, so he copied it as a "rapid development" policy - although it was difficult to sustain it for too long, but within three years, such a plan was definitely much more effective than a step-by-step conscription.