"The Magic journal doesn't need to clarify anything, it's still published the way we did. ”

Roddy ordered Camilla: "Throw a few more bombs on the subject of periodic transformation to maintain popularity, professional journals are not gossip newspapers, and the most important thing is to do your job well." ”

Luo Di thought that the Red Dragon Clan was just making a statement, but he never thought that the other party would support the royal family led by Charles II with such strength.

"What are they supporting a waste for?"

Holding the information in his hand, Luo Di couldn't help but ask—in the final analysis, there was indeed something unbalanced in his heart: the agreements signed by the Frost Dragon Clan and himself seemed to be a lot, but there were very few really useful contents, and they were all superficial articles. At present, the five dragon clans sent people to teach magic, not to mention, they even built a magic tower for the royal family and gave some financial support.

If it weren't for Kardashian's steadfast side on her side, Roddy would almost think she was played by Victor from the beginning. But Kardashian also sulked a lot about it... No matter what the dragon clan says, it is also a good face, at the beginning she looked down on the "Ice Dragon Wings" that Basta gave to Roddy, and in order to show that she was more generous, she directly gave Roddy a personal necklace. And now Quiao's behavior is obviously slapping Victor in the face, so this eldest lady is very unhappy about this, if it weren't for her lack of ability, she would definitely choose to make trouble in the palace.

"If you can see the essence of Charles II, then the dragons should know better. But to put it another way, because it's waste, they're better at the mercy..."

Camila sat next to her and whispered persuasion to Roddy, who had to squeeze in time for dinner these days. If you want to start a war, the details of preparing for war are simply crazy to the point of being tedious. This wasn't one of the small-scale wars that Roddy had fought before, but a real "big war" - the gold budget spent on it, if you look at last year's revenue, it would take three years to barely fill the hole.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold. In the past, the war of a few hundred people made Roddy deeply aware of this, but when the order of magnitude rose to "10,000 people", this number began to explode exponentially.

Roddy was faced with various problems at once: the support of the dragon clan caused the prestige of Elson City to plummet, the morale of the people was frustrated, and all kinds of war mobilization were treated negatively by many nobles below; once the magicians who were temporarily blocked from the news knew about it, no one could guarantee whether there would be a vicious event such as a mutiny; not to mention the financial tension, Roddy's lack of experience in the war was highlighted here: he thought that one million gold coins would be enough to support this war for three months, but after Camilla's careful calculation, he found that the actual amount needed may be more than five million...

Of course, Roddy can't be blamed for this. If there was no Red Dragon Clan's sudden support for the royal family, the cost of this would naturally be reduced by half. But reality is always more complicated than planned, and after seeing today's news, Roddy involuntarily had the idea of retreating for the first time...

Perhaps, this war should not have been launched?

As soon as this thought appeared, it spread as if Roddy had found a way out in his heart. Even though Roddy had a moment to become a god, it was all in the air after all—he had never really held power and decided the lives of thousands of people, and his heart had never been subjected to such severe moral torture... As a result, he is now tormented.

All kinds of thoughts kept churning, Roddy rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and said a little tiredly: "Camilla, if you give up now-"

Before he could finish speaking, an obelisk hedron in the room suddenly began to flicker, a reminder that the Helsinki Magic Tower in Hollier City was communicating from a distance.

Although Roddy's words were interrupted, Camila still heard what he meant. The Guardian got up to turn on the comms and said, "You stop, but they won't." ”

Reaching out to hold the spar, Camilla stopped, although she wanted to share Roddy's worries, but in this case, she was really not qualified to make a decision on his behalf, because in Elson and even Ivta, Roddy is the absolute backbone, which must not be shaken.

"Hum..."

After a brief signal correction, the hedron connected to the energy of the magic tower, and a polished crystal wall next to the obelisk showed the beauty of Edith. The high elf saw Camilla and smiled: "The energy circle here has been stabilized, and it shouldn't be cut off halfway like last time." ”

"Thank you, Grand Arcanist. ”

Camila was very respectful of Edith, because this spell that was thousands of miles away but could display the screen in real time made her admire it from the bottom of her heart, and she had to be in awe every time she used it.

But Luo Di was obviously used to this kind of "video chat", he sorted out his depressed expression, tried to adjust his state, got up and said, "Is there a new situation?"

"Duke Sally has some things to discuss with the Prime Minister. ”

As a "subordinate", Edith is used to both Roddy and Sally in terms of position. Edith disappeared on the screen, Sally in a long white dress became clear from blur, her face was not good-looking, she was holding a stack of parchment in her hand, and she did not say hello, and said straight to the point: "Charles II seems to be planning to take advantage of the situation to unify the country, how do you plan to deal with it?"

At the previous "cabinet meeting", three of the other five members expressed support for the war and two expressed concern about the outcome. But if the meeting resumes now, it is estimated that everyone will not be optimistic.

Thinking of this, Luo Di hesitated for a moment, but still said what was in his heart: "To be honest, I'm thinking about whether to continue to take the initiative to attack... Wouldn't it be better to defend with terrain..."

As he spoke, he lowered his gaze, and now Roddy knew that this was not realistic. If he did not retract this statement after the military order was issued, otherwise wouldn't it have become a child's play? Such a toss and turn would inevitably have a huge impact on cohesion, so he was not so much asking for advice as waiting for enlightenment.

Sally naturally understands Roddy's character, this guy used to do everything decisively, but now he suddenly repeatedly, obviously because of "gains and losses" - this is like a gambler with a hundred gold coins in his hand, let him bet 1 gold coin at a time, there will be no fluctuations in his heart. When you bet all the gold coins, you will naturally feel nervous and excited, and you will bet a thousand on loan sharks... The average person simply can't bear this kind of pressure.

"Wars kill people, Roddy. ”

Although Sally is not very old, she is the Duke's daughter after all. The Duke of Angmar had never shied away from his attitude towards war, so Sally could understand the indescribable feeling in Roddy's heart right now... Fear.

"After all... This involves the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people. If it's orc killers or undead, I won't hesitate, but..."Roddy raised his gaze, looking a little haggard: "Why should this bastard Quio interfere... And it's also coercing all the other dragons to participate, this is no longer a normal war, and at this point, I even doubt that he will directly send the dragons to the battlefield!"

Thinking of this, Roddy couldn't help but slam his fist on the table - "I still took it for granted before, thinking that they would never personally participate in the human war, but I am not a dragon after all, and I don't know what they really want. ”

Sally couldn't help but clench her fingers in distress when she saw Roddy denying herself like never before, but she bit her lip and continued, "But you know now... They want obedient puppets! None of us want to be puppets, do we? This war has been changed by the dragons, but that's why we have to keep fighting!"

"What did my father die for? He died for the land and the people he loved... Win or lose, he's going to do it. And there is never a 100% winning war in this world, Roddy, this sentence is also valid for Charles II. ”

Sally reached out and pressed against the crystal wall, and could tell she was trying to hold Roddy's hand. The latter tried to take a few deep breaths, and after calming down, he also reached out and pressed on the crystal wall, and the hands of the two seemed to be attached together, although he couldn't feel the temperature, but Roddy's mood was obviously much better.

"Roddy, when he was very young, his father used to take the knights of Titus out to fight. I was afraid that he would not come back, so I cried and begged him to stay, but he left..."

Through the crystal wall, Sally stared into Roddy's eyes: "As he was leaving, he said to me: 'No one wants war to solve problems, but when war has to be waged, war is just, and when weapons are our only hope, weapons are sacred.'" ’”

"War is never a flood of beasts, people are. ”

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