In late April, the interior of the Karen Kingdom was still calm.

Elson City has maintained a rapid pace of development as always, because Camilla's vertical management, efficient execution and even the mentality of city residents have gradually changed.

In any traditional territory of the Karen Kingdom, it often takes weeks or even months for a matter to be resolved from the release of the wind to the final action, such as repairing water conservancy, building granaries, or adjudicating on the large and small conflicts between the commoners and nobles in the territory, and many of them are even dragged and never mentioned again...

In Elson City, everyone has adapted to the lord's style of "ruling no night" and "governing without delay", so that there are few people in the city who are cheating or unclear about business - in other words, Elson City has never formed a real "underground gang".

After a few guys who tried to secretly claim the boss were hanged at the city gates for breaking the rules, no one dared to ignore the law set by Roddy. Grey businesses such as "casinos", "brothels", and "black markets" are now serious business establishments that have been opened openly in the city after applying for a "business permit".

To say that there will definitely be controversy, for example, Camilla doesn't understand why Roddy supports the existence of this kind of thing in the city, but Roddy's answer makes her seem to understand: "You can use high-pressure means to manage the troops, this is not okay with that, because we want 'discipline'." But you can't do that when you manage a city, you need to be 'stable'. A brothel, a casino, a black market, or something doesn't sound good, but it's great for stabilizing the mood of the poor, mercenaries or vagrants..."

The pile of words like "co-construction and harmonious development" in the back made people a little dizzy, but Camilla did make sense when she thought about it carefully, so she didn't ask more, of course, she still put forward a request on the "brothel" issue that Akasha and Naifi agreed with:

"You don't need to inspect that kind of place, Lord City, just let me solve any problems. ”

Luo Di said in his heart, "I'm the kind of person who messes with flowers--but when I think about my current emotional situation, I feel that this really doesn't seem to be clear...

So he could only nod his head in embarrassment.

Camila wanted to laugh at Roddy's appearance, but felt uncomfortable when she thought about it. But now after all, she was talking about business, so she lowered her face and took out a stack of documents: "There is so much information about Laciman that has been collected so far, and it seems that Charles II has suffered a lot of losses in the past few days. ”

"Sally wrote to me a few words, but Charles II is not a fool, he can grit his teeth and suffer, there must be something worth the price he pays. ”

After the topic changed, Luo Di became much more serious, he took the information and flipped through it, and said with a smile: "They used to be a religious country, but now they are controlled by magicians?

"It's normal for things that won't progress for hundreds of years to be eliminated. ”

Camilla, as a mage, naturally has the pride of a mage, and is not interested in the magic at all, but she is obviously not as profound as Roddy's understanding - Roddy, who is familiar with the history of later generations, knows very well how terrifying the power of "religion" is, and Rasiman can overturn all this, which must prove that his magical power itself is already strong to a certain extent.

Combined with the news of the visiting giant flagship and the "floating turret", Luo Di suddenly had a sense of crisis in his heart: the high elf civilization that was originally very advanced in his opinion was probably not as powerful as he imagined...

As if the runner at the front of the marathon suddenly found an opponent chasing after him, Roddy rubbed his temples and found that he wanted to survive in this chaotic world, and he really couldn't slack off for a second.

But this was not in a hurry, Roddy knew that he had to solve the current crisis first, so he put down the papers, took out another stack of previously bound documents, flipped to the back and said, "How is the preparation of '53'?"

"The sample is already undergoing final testing, and has been sent to the Magic Research Department for correction of the circle depiction, and it can be completed in three days. ”

Because of the research and development of the "Magic Research Institute", now with the military factory, a lot of powerful weapons or equipment have been quickly manufactured, in order to make it easier to call them, Roddy simply uses the number to refer to them, Camilla naturally knows this, so she continues to ask: "If you do a test, which one to start?"

"Install it on the floating tower and test the power and accuracy of the current maximum protection range of the city. ”

"Okay. ”

Thousands of miles away, the envoys of the Rasiman Kingdom have completed most of the objectives of this "goodwill visit" and are ready to embark on the return journey.

Had it not been for the news of the artificial rain in Elson, Houdini would have thought the trip was perfect, but after that night, Houdini was visibly absent-minded in his subsequent negotiations, and later simply relegated the power to his subordinates, and shut himself in his study all day, looking preoccupied.

On the other hand, the news of the "exchange students" made the mages of the Karen Kingdom excited at first, but seeing that Houdini had not appeared for several days, everyone gradually knew that the matter might have come to an end - among them, Merinthera was also a little disappointed, but she was worried about Elson... After all, the city has lost a golden opportunity to close the gap with the royal family.

As for the loss of her qualification to go to Raciman, Merin Sera didn't particularly care... After all, the self-confidence and pride of the dragon clan will not be annihilated with the disappearance of the dragon crystal.

But what everyone didn't expect was that just as the mission was about to leave, Houdini suddenly found the "Ice Crown" Kron, the "Arcane Ring" Scarlett and several other Magisters, gave 6 "exchange students" who could go to Raciman, and expressed his willingness to establish a cooperative relationship with the Mage Council of the Karen Kingdom!

This made the Cullen mages overjoyed, and also made Charles II, who had suffered a lot of losses, look a lot better - the Rasiman envoy is still sensible!

"Merin Sera, this trip will take a year, and I hope you will make the most of this opportunity in Rasiman. ”

Before saying goodbye, Mentor Crohn's words were not new, but his frequent glances at the flagship were obviously secretly envious. Not only that, but almost all the mages were jealous of the lucky six exchange students—a testament to the mage's quest for a higher level of power.

The six exchange students are all male, except for Mai Lensera, and the six of them are the protégés of the six Magisters, in the Karen Kingdom, these six can be included in the ranks of "magical geniuses", but since packing their bags and stepping on the flagship known as "Polatini", the other five young mages who are usually arrogant and pretentious are frightened as if they have never seen magic - the flagship of the Rasiman Kingdom represents the most advanced collection of magic in the current kingdom, even if it is the lighting circle that can be seen everywhere, its depiction is fine, The way it works also makes the "dirt buns" of the Karen Kingdom sigh.

The skills are not as good as others, and the background is even worse than 108,000 miles, which is an unavoidable thing.

Of these, only Merinthera was the most calm. She was also the only mage to be invited by Houdini to talk the day after her flagship left port.

This kind of behavior naturally makes people understand what it means to "treat them differently", but the other five mages have nothing to say about it, because the strength shown by Merinthera does deserve such attention, but they never thought about it... Archmage Houdini summoned Merinthra not to open a "small stove", but after inquiring about her relationship with Roddy, he solemnly proposed a plan to visit the city of "Elson".

"Take me with you to Elson City?"

Merinthera was surprised when she heard this request, she thought that the conditions she had put forward only needed Houdini to secretly send someone to negotiate, after all, they had the ability to monitor the political situation in the Karen Kingdom, and it was not difficult to do something in private.

In her mind, there was no essential difference between Elson and Charles II's imperial city, so she wondered: it was just a simple negotiation, was it necessary to pay so much attention?

"Originally, Lasiman had no plans to visit Elson, and if I went directly, I am afraid that it would cause unnecessary suspicion of Charles II, but if this matter is just that you want to meet an old friend, at least everyone will be able to get by. I don't know about this proposal... Do you agree. ”

This reason is actually ridiculous, but in matters of state, any ridiculous reason can become high-sounding.

Houdini knew that the mage in front of him was not as young as the other hairy boys—how could a guy who dared to play tricks with a few great mages be simple-minded?

Although she didn't mention the various magical materials that had been traded with the royal family, Merinsela believed that she had no room for refusal - and she was also curious about why Houdini suddenly became interested in Elson, so she immediately agreed, and asked, "What about the others..."

"Leave those guys alone. ”

Houdini's disdainful tone was like commenting on the stern garbage. His mood at this time was not good, he was not at all as strong as when he first arrived at Karen, but his eyes were bloodshot and his hair was a little messy - the result of the "prophecy" made him insomnia and anxious for days. At this time, he heard that Mailintha nodded in agreement, and he couldn't even wait for her to leave, so he called his subordinates and began to arrange the landing plan in detail...

Houdini's solemn appearance made Mai Linsera involuntarily suspicious:

Could it be that Roddy has done something earth-shattering again?

Speaking of the recent situation, I originally planned to start a business, but after talking to many people, I felt that I didn't even have the experience of working in a large company, and if I didn't even know the framework of the company, it was basically equivalent to a level 1 trumpet hell copy. So I decided to apply for a job instead, and I was successful in the interview yesterday, and I will join the company and go to work next Tuesday. During the interview, the four bosses heard that I was writing a novel, and asked me to type out the first chapter of the Black Scepter and the Demon Hunter Lord to them, which to be honest always felt weird. The HR director also asked me to write something on the spot, maybe this thing looks more reliable than the online article, and then everything went smoothly and passed successfully.

The place where I work is Mercedes-Benz 4S, but it's not a salesperson, if you want to consult in Beijing, you can go to the book friend group to find me.

It's a long way to work, but I think about how much I can do on weekends when I have time to write by hand.