Nov. 15, Hollier City.

The first winter snow has gradually melted, the temperature has dropped considerably, and the hustle and bustle in Hollier has gradually calmed down, and every household has piled up firewood for the winter, stockpiled food, and prepared to go into a state of "hibernation" like a grizzly bear.

Even in the richest cities, homeless people and beggars freeze to death every year, and even a high-ranking duke has to resist the corrosive effects of the cold.

These days, Angmar has been coughing very badly, but for the successive "good news", he has forced him to suppress this physical pain.

"Tsk, kill Earl Irving, expel Durant, and send Howard away with the guys who want to fish in troubled waters... It's not something that can be done with words. ”

At the sumptuous luncheon, Angmar said to Bishop Benjamin, who was sitting opposite, as if showing off: "The point is, this kid still doesn't want to accept the title, and he has to continue to be his scout captain, it's really a headache!"

Benjamin couldn't help but laugh, and said helplessly: "It's surprising enough that he can kill Magda, but he can take advantage of the situation to pull out a few hard nails in the territory... This credit is of great significance to the Kingdom. ”

"Kingdom? He's helping Ivta, who cares about the royal family? they're busy with drunkenness and infighting, and you know what the royal family gave from my previous letter about the orc attack?"

Angmar waved her hand and sneered, "Just a piece of parchment with the words 'dispose of it at your discretion' - heh, it's really hard for them." ”

Benjamin didn't answer, and the duke complained about the incompetence of the monarch or something, and as a religious officer, he naturally tried to mix as little as possible.

"Forget it, say those guys are ruined. Angmar tightened the thick blanket on her body, "Every time this kid Roddy comes to the news, it almost makes me think that the letter is a forgery - leading sixty people to face an army of thousands of people, even when I was young, I probably couldn't do such a thing..."

"I've heard... Not a single person was killed in his troops?"

"Yes, when Wellington told me this, I would remember that look on his face for the rest of my life. Guess how Roddy did it?" Angmar sold, and when Benjamin couldn't guess the answer for a long time, he reached out and took a bottle out of his pocket and handed it over, "Look." ”

"Healing potions?"

Benjamin naturally knew this kind of thing, he carefully observed the bottle, and sniffed the residual smell of the potion: "It seems that it is still an excellent quality 'intermediate healing potion', could it..."

The old man suddenly thought of a possibility, and was stunned for a moment.

"Every soldier who went to war had it, and it was two bottles, and it was said that there was also a bottle of 'stone skin elixir'. Angmar laughed, "The value of these potions alone is estimated to be enough to re-form two identical teams... He really has the courage to dare to consume potions like this, it is estimated that there has never been such a luxurious army in the history of the kingdom!"

Benjamin sighed too, but before he could answer, Angmar's gaze came to him—"I wonder how the Rosicrucius is going to reward him?"

"I have limited resources at my disposal, so don't expect me to come up with too much. The bishop turned his finger around his golden ring, which represented his identity, and said in a low voice: "The news has been reported to Rubens, and if the 'Temple' is not stupid, it should be able to understand his value." ”

The old duke didn't smile when he heard this, but narrowed his eyes and said solemnly: "No matter how the sect rewards him, I just want to say... Don't continue to use him as a pawn. ”

Benjamin was stunned.

"The biggest reward I can give him is to let him develop unfettered and controlled. The old duke had a serious face and said very formally: "In the past, you and I could use him as a knife, and we could let him stand at the forefront without any scruples, but after this time, I won't do this, I hope... You don't want to do that either. ”

"Why?"

"Didn't you notice? Actually, when he did these things, he never expected you and me to help him much. From start to finish. He has a firm grasp of the 'initiative'. ”

Benjamin was a little silent, and finally whispered: "Naturally, I wouldn't think so, but the decision of the sect..."

"It's just a suggestion, not a request. ”

Angmar grinned, and his original seriousness was swept away, as if he hadn't said anything before, "He doesn't want to be a nobleman? I think he just doesn't want to be a 'noble'..."

Benjamin didn't pick up on the topic, and instead said, "There's interesting news from the south, it's related to the 'Pit Viper Cross'. ”

"To be honest, I don't care much about the news of the infidels. ”

"I wasn't going to say it, but I guess you're interested. Benjamin lowered his voice, "The annihilation of an 'executioner' and his team in Ivota is not a light blow to the 'Viper Cross'. ”

The meaning of "Executioner" to "Pit Viper Cross" is almost the same as the two guardian knights beside Angmar, and it is definitely not a trivial matter to hang up a "Executioner" and a team like this.

But... Why did Benjamin tell himself about it?

He stared at him and asked, "Where did they disappear in Ivotah?"

"Silent Forest. Benjamin looked out the window and whispered as if inadvertently: "During that time, Roddy was also in the Silent Forest. ”

The two old men were human spirits, and they understood what this meant in a few words, but the more this happened, the more Angmar shook his head: "I'm afraid that the 'Rosicrucius' will make a lot of articles about this..."

"I will support him as much as I can. Benjamin sighed, "The contradiction between the two major sects has gradually become acute, and the 'Pit Viper Cross' seems to be preparing to make a big move, it is estimated that there will be an investigation force here, and I will communicate with Roddy." ”

Angmar coughed twice and said casually, "Heh... It doesn't matter, let them come and go. ”

Naturally, Roddy didn't know that what he had done had such a profound impact, and at this time he had just returned to the manor's study, and was thinking about getting ready to start making new equipment.

Su Lun said that he could consider his solicitation, but Luo Di didn't expect the other party to follow him immediately, and happily gave the other party a month to think about it, and at the same time exchanged a bag of wine for a month's right to use leather making tools.

Originally, Su Lun also offered to help Luo Di make leather armor, but Luo Di finally rejected him and was still ready to "go it alone" by himself.

With the current level of leather making, Su Lun is really only enough to give Luo Di a hand, but Luo Di knows that his energy is limited, so he recruited Su Lun, to put it bluntly, in order to let him become his own "royal leather maker" - the other party's leather making talent is undoubted, in 597 years he became a well-known hidden "leather master", if he can use it for his own use, it is equivalent to solving his own equipment update problem.

But for now, Roddy still has to be "self-reliant".

In the study, he put the borrowed tools on the table, and Nata, who was like a follower all the way, stood behind Roddy at this time, she had just completed Roddy's task of "scouting the whole town", it stands to reason that Roddy should have praised him after such a task, but he didn't say anything, but raised his hand and said, "Give me your bow." ”

Without saying a word, Nata raised her hand and handed the short bow over.

Roddy tugged at the bowstring, raised his gaze, and asked, "Do you check your weapons every day?"

Nata nodded.

"Then you've checked it in vain. Roddy handed the bow back, "The bowstring still needs to be tightened twice, and the position of the arrow stand has also been offset, now adjust." ”

Nata silently held the short bow and whispered, "Yes, teacher." ”

Roddy's fingers twitched, but he quickly overcame it - teaching people is not an easy task, Roddy has never been a teacher, so all he can think of is to learn the way Nata taught himself, but obviously this method is very blunt, and even seems a bit "bullying" - because for several days in a row, Nata has always faced Roddy's extremely strict demands and reprimands, not even half a word of encouragement.

"By the way, you were attacked in Elsa Village before, what is it?"

He changed the subject.

"A red-eyed crow. ”

Nata unloaded the bowstring and adjusted the short bow according to what Roddy said, only to find that Roddy frowned and stopped what she was doing.

"Where did you meet it?"

"The ruins of Wagra. ”

Roddy's expression became solemn, and a sense of crisis appeared in his originally relaxed mood: "How did you deal with the corpse?"

Nata recalled the big bird she had killed and whispered, "It rotted quickly, and in less than an hour there were some black feathers left. ”

"Blood Raven... Summoning necromancers. Roddy frowned, "What does that mean, exploring the High Elf Ruins?"

He suddenly remembered the letter left by Ansadine, wasn't the city called "Elson" drawn on the map by the other party the city of the high elves?

And the "charged spar" that this guy is researching, there is just a lot of room in the ruins of Vagra!

His original action of arranging the leather slowed down, and Roddy silently weighed the information behind the evidence - the "Blood Raven" was a unit that necromancers would only use when conducting "ultra-long-range" investigations. Judging from experience, it is estimated that the necromancer is still far away from here at this time, and it is even possible that the main body is in the Tasman Kingdom.

The biggest role of the "Blood Crow" is to record the images in the eyes in the "Necromantic Core" in the body, but if the necromancer wants to see it, he must return to the front of him.

In this way, the hung "Blood Raven" could no longer transmit the picture back, so the necromancer had no way of knowing everything about the ruins of Wagra, and according to the nature of the "summoning", the other party did not even know the fact that the "Blood Raven" was dead at this time.

Simply put, Roddy still has plenty of time to respond.

"Charged Crystal... Elson, is this Augustine's goal..."

Luo Di silently wrote down this extremely important information in his heart, but he continued to choose the leather in his hand quietly - to put it bluntly, if you want to face any enemy in the future, it is more important than anything else to be strong.

At this time, making leather armor, one of which is for Nata, Roddy checked Nata's status bar, and after confirming that the other party has a basic level of 9, he asked seemingly casually: "What color leather armor do you like?"

Nata was stunned for a moment - no one had ever asked her such a question since she was a child, and she had always shown a rare hesitant look with an indifferent expression, and after thinking for a long time, she finally replied: "... I do not know. ”

Roddy looked up at Nata, but the silhouette of the "Iceberg Mentor" in dark red leather armor flashed in his mind...

"It's okay, I know. ”

This casual answer made Nata suddenly feel... My heartbeat seems to have missed a beat.