July 20th.

The summer heat gradually envelops the city of Holier, and by midday, the sun-scorched streets are steaming with unbearable heatwaves.

After taking care of her father's lunch break, Sally, sitting in the study, carefully studied the annual income and expenditure data of the territory and the boxes of decisions that the Duke had made.

Every time she looked at the files with the dates transcribed, Sally felt more and more the speed of "time" passing... The days of fighting with Francis seemed like yesterday, and when I came back to my senses, I remembered that the traitorous brother had died in the forest outside the city.

When I think of him, I can't help but think of Roddy... As time and conversation came to mind, Sally only felt like she was in turmoil, and it was hard to see anything.

"Miss, there is some information I need from you... Deal with it. ”

Butler John's voice suddenly came from behind her, bringing Sally back to her senses.

"Urgent?" Sally asked, rubbing her eyes, turning around - now that Angmar had begun to let her take over decision-making, she was the first to ask Sally to judge.

"It's about the plague... The plague in the eastern towns was supposed to be suppressed, but it seems that the situation is not very rosy, and the latest reports show that a similar situation has occurred in the royal city of Ignaz, and..."

"Go on. ”

Sally's eyes narrowed, her father's vigilance was not untargeted, but for five or six days, no one had ever taken the plague as a threat... Did it really start to wreak havoc?

"There is also a case in the village of Tass outside Hollier, and the monastery has sent a priest to clear the disease today..."

"So close?"

Sally frowned, "Starting today, only the north gate will be opened, and the Rosiccross will be able to cast the 'purification technique' on all the soldiers who enter and leave the city, and it doesn't matter if you line up." ”

John nodded and then added, "One more thing—according to the previous information, Baron Roddy may arrive in Houllier City tomorrow. ”

"He's- um... I—I see, it's time to organize a short welcome ceremony, it's a necessary etiquette... Well, necessary. ”

Her heart beat suddenly, and Sally was a little flustered for a while, and she even stammered a little when she spoke.

"Miss, that's... Baron Winston from Pahainal, and Gris—"

"Leave them alone. ”

Sally waved her hand and replied dryly.

At the same moment, Roddy calmly raised his short bow and shot an arrow at the dark cave in front of him.

The "Arcane Shot" made the arrows make a bright trajectory in the air, and the next moment, a deafening howl rang out at the end of the cave... Thunderous footsteps rang out, and the beast hidden in the darkness roared angrily and rushed towards Roddy!

"Illumination preparation. ”

"Shield blessing. ”

"Nokia, on. ”

The moment Akasha raised her hand, the entire Ndel Mine Tunnel was bright, and the huge Kemera beast forty meters away cowered for half a second because of the dazzling light, and when it saw the small snapping turtle on the ground, it immediately raised its thick front paws and slapped it hard!

"Phew!"

Nokia, with the "Holy Shield", was smashed into the ground, although the movement was loud, but it looked unharmed, and it even stretched out its head and bit the claws of Kemeramon, "hissing" and ripped off a large piece of meat.

And in the space of two or three seconds, Roddy's "Concentrating Shot" has hit the head of the Kemera beast three times in succession, and the bursting arrows blew the head of the giant beast into a blur of flesh and blood, and it suddenly opened its mouth to spray flames, but it did not hurt Roddy at all less than thirty meters away...

Nokia was leisurely resisting the flames and attacks under Akasha's magic technique, Roddy's arrows did not stop for a moment, the bowstring seemed to have a string-like rhythm under his hands, and after eighteen arrows were shot, the Kemera beast in the distance fell to the ground with a "boom", and there was no more movement.

Luo Di exhaled slightly, but he sighed with emotion in his heart: in 591, this place was chartered by a guild team of thirty or forty people every week, and now it is only 589 years, and he can rely on his terrifying attributes to completely crush the other party...

Kemera Beast is level 20, although Roddy's total level is only two levels higher, but the powerful title, powerful equipment, cutting-edge technology, and Akasha's BUFF buff effect make his strength completely impossible to measure by level.

"Whew... Such a big monster, how did you know it was here?"

Akasha asked Roddy curiously.

The latter stepped forward, casually put the short bow on his back, reached out and touched the obstacle that he and Sally had pushed away together, and replied: "I passed through here last year, and I was almost burned to death by this big guy, heh... Do you remember the leather armor that I used to pass on? ”

"Really?"

Akasha's eyes widened, and she followed his footsteps with some curiosity, and naturally grabbed Roddy's palm, "You really hold a grudge, come and kill it a year later, heh..."

"Joke me, don't you?"

"Don't scratch... Don't scratch... I was wrong!"

The cavern that had once filled Roddy with a sense of crisis reverberated with Akasha's silver bell-like laughter, and Roddy let go of the palm on her waist, pointed to the lair of the Kemera beast, and said, "I'm here for that, or who wants to come to this place?"

After saying that, he bent down and patted Nokia's turtle shell: "Good job, man, there is a snack in the evening." ”

It was slapped twice or three times by the Kemera beast, but it seemed to it that it might not be any different from a raindrop, and at the sound of Roddy's words, it shook its head excitedly before crawling out of the pit in the ground.

The Kemera beast's lair stenched with the remains of various animals and humans, apparently left behind by the unlucky ones it had served as dinner, and Roddy kicked them away, rummaging through the deepest part of the lair, and then took out what he wanted—

Sixteen "Molten Cores".

Everything went more smoothly than Roddy had imagined, and the "Molten Cores" in his hands were also an additional bonus for the "First Wasteland" in the game, and now they became the first raw materials for Elson City to charge the "Charged Crystals".

Leaving the lair, Roddy began to skillfully dispose of the corpse of the Kemera beast.

"Anyway... Why did you go through here last year?"

"It's a long story. Roddy remembered the scene when he fled from the border to Hollier City with Sally, and couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic and sad, "Duke Angmar, you know, right?"

"Hmm... Seen in the town square. ”

Akasha's face darkened slightly, she was originally the priest of the "Pit Viper Cross", and she was quite "sensitive" to speak.

Roddy knew what she was thinking, reached out to stop her waist, and smiled: "Don't think about that, no one dares to trouble you now." ”

The corners of Akasha's mouth were raised, and she gently leaned into Roddy's arms, enjoying the feeling of being pampered and protected.

It's just Roddy's subsequent words that surprised her a little:

"At the beginning... I walked through here with Sally, the daughter of the Duke of Angmar. ”

"Miss Sally?"

Akasha hadn't been in contact with Sally, she just knew there was such a person, so she used the honorific title: "Why did she go here?"

Roddy didn't shy away from anything, and while handling Kemera's scales with a skinning knife, he told Akasha about the conflict between Francis and Sally.

Originally, he was afraid that Akasha would be unhappy because of some details, but because of the lessons he had learned in the temple, Roddy simply stopped trying to hide anything and told the truth.

"So... Miss Sally, she's always liked you very much?"

It's natural for girls to be jealous, and Akasha will also be disgusted by this or that reason, but hearing Roddy say everything so calmly, she can't feel any sense of crisis for this... His narrative was plain, obviously having let go of everything, but Akasha cared so much about something that she unconsciously asked the question.

"I guess, you know, I'm very slow to like and like, and there are some things that you may see obviously, but I never notice it. Roddy shrugged and bent over to chisel open Kemeramon's skull, "I'm good at... Well, it's that kind of thing. ”

He reached out and took it out, muttering strangely, "Why are there still four pieces?"

Magic crystals generally grow in the heads of monsters above level 30, while Kemera beasts are only level 20, so it stands to reason that there will be no magic crystals, but Roddy remembers that he had seen them in the auction house, so he made this attempt - but when he picked up the crystal in his hand and looked at it, he found that it was not a "magic crystal" in the standard sense, but a "consumable":

"Mutant Shard"

Uses: Casts a large amount of fire and explodes.

This is something that only "mutated" creatures have, and without the stability and abundant energy of magic crystals, they can only be used as "grenades".

He pondered the purpose of the hedrons, and when he looked up, he saw that Akasha was looking at him.

"Huh, what's wrong?"

"She's the Duke's daughter... You also said that after Francis's death, she will inherit the title of duke. ”

Akasha said earnestly.

"That's right, that's right. Roddy nodded, "And then?"

"I thought, I thought normal people would think about marrying her, after all, Duke Angmar's land is so big..."

Akasha, who was born as a pagan, has always been a little "inferior", compared to Sally's noble status as the "heir to the duke", she feels that she is simply a worthless mussel shell next to the pearl...

"I'm wondering, why don't you choose her-"

"I'm not in business. ”

Roddy interrupted Akasha's somewhat confused words with a smile, pinched her face, and said softly, "I like you, is this reason enough?"

Akasha's gaze drooped, and the empty feeling in her heart was suddenly filled with the happiness born of these words, and some inferiority complex disappeared.

Not long after, Roddy, who had packed more than twenty "epic" scales and put them away, walked to the side of the tunnel, and after carrying Nokia to the minecart with great effort, he opened the [Pet Attribute Bar] and upgraded Nokia to level fourteen, looked at all the upgraded skills and closed the interface, then reached out and pulled Akasha onto the minecart and pushed the brake lever...

"Next stop, Hollier City!"