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With the sun shining down, Elson City actually had a sense of bustling traffic during this time.

The increase in the permanent population is one thing, but the innumerable number of troops from all over the region is the main reason - and this vision is, in the most intuitive words of the commoners: the kingdom of Karen has changed!

Under the farce of "treason", the territory of Ivota issued dozens of decrees in ten days, and the subversion of their content made the civilians who had been peaceful for a long time a little confused.

Economic and military measures aside, the establishment of the "Evta's Cabinet" alone is enough to show the determination and ambition of Sally, the young duke.

Originally, Evta was only a dukedom and did not have a "council", but the appearance of the "cabinet" symbolized the appearance of the first "council" under the ruler Sally - but the "cabinet" is different from the "council", although it is composed of seven lords, it does not specifically clarify the political content of each person's responsibility as the Karen royal council.

At the same time, the "Cabinet" is not a permanent mechanism, but a temporary body set up with the goal of resolving "the current crisis facing Ivta". Among them, Roddy, the lord of Elson City, was named by Sally as the first "prime minister", and the other six nobles were "cabinet members".

And from the second day of the establishment of the "Cabinet", its efficiency was fully confirmed: in three days, more than 40 decrees were issued through the Cabinet, and almost in the blink of an eye, the current scattered aristocracy of Ivota was unified, and all decrees were carried out and carried out without obstacles!

In the past, it was impossible to complete such a restructuring that offended too many interest groups in a short period of time, but Evta, who coincided with the drastic changes, had "natural conditions" because of the death of eighty percent of the lords, and all the nobles in the cabinet were currently united, so when most commoners did not realize what was happening, Duke Sally and her cabinet had cleared all resistance, making "Evta" completely different from the "Karen Kingdom".

With this premise in place, all actions within Everta have become extremely efficient - the most notable of which is the tilt of the territory's "resources" towards Elson.

The cabinet leaders and Sally naturally knew the reason, but in the eyes of the common people, this move inevitably caused a lot of suspicion and criticism, even in the tavern of Elson City, there were still many people discussing this matter.

"I heard that the 'Prime Minister' just returned to the city today? Tsk, in the first week of his reign, he couldn't help but start filling his pockets? Didn't he know that the orcs were about to attack?"

Mike, a mercenary with a beard, poured ale wine and talked eloquently in the posture of an "old driver": "Look at the forced relocation of so many people from nearby territories here, what is it to say that 'in order to accelerate the development of the whole of Ivta', cut, such a high-sounding plunder is not ugly?

"Heh, aren't you like this, shouting that Lord Roddy is shameless, and at the same time bringing all the magic crystals to Elson to exchange money?

"Hahahaha..."

The tavernkeeper was one of the first "immigrants" to Elson, but he and Mike were old acquaintances, so they didn't have a good sense of getting along. However, after the laughter around him gradually subsided, his face turned straight: "But Mike, I advise you to talk less nonsense, Elson City is not another place, although no one has been punished for speaking ill of the city lord, but I have seen a few people who really want to do something... Didn't survive the next day at all. ”

This was obviously a bit bluffing, and Mike shook his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, can you still scare me with your tricks? If it weren't for the news of the massive acquisition of magic crystals here, I wouldn't have come here!"

He turned his head to look out the window: "But this place is really strange, when I entered the city, I heard that there were hedron-driven 'logging puppets' clearing a large area of arable land?"

"Yes, I saw it when the four big guys went out of the inner city, and they were very tall! I heard that it didn't cut the trees, but used some kind of 'wilting technique' to make the trunk dry up and pull it out directly, like a tree thirty or forty meters high..."

Someone next to him gestured with his hand, but apparently Mike thought he was blowing nonsense, and interrupted with a smile: "Didn't you wake up? I've heard that the area of cultivated land is beyond imagination, and even if it is used to compensate the farmers who have migrated, they are much richer, but obviously this city lord does not understand farming, and in such a big place, the farmers are so little, and he doesn't want to think about water conservancy, I think there is only one river here, how can it irrigate so many places?"

This mercenary is also well-informed, and what he says is basically the truth, and others, including the tavern owner, also feel the same way, and whisper a few words, obviously thinking that Roddy is indeed messing around like this.

"Hum..."

Before Mike could say anything, there was a loud bang outside the window, followed by a series of flashes of light into the tavern - but the vision didn't seem to attract much attention, and the people in the seats should eat and drink, and they continued to talk after raising their eyes, but Mike, who had just arrived, jumped up from his seat in fright, and shouted incoherently "enemy attack" and something like that, and was laughed at by the boss.

"It's not an enemy attack, don't worry, Mike, this thing has been happening a lot lately, haven't you seen that we're all used to it. ”

"W-What's that? Sounds like some kind of spell trap activating. ”

Mike sat down suspiciously, trying to hide his cowardice with a few sips of ale.

"Spell traps? no, no, no, that's the sound of a magical building activating - every time the Lord opens a building. ”

Mike looked dazed, he had never heard that the building still needed to be "started", he touched his beard and asked, "What do you mean?"

"You've only been here for a few days, and you don't know the difference between this place and other cities. Do you see those military factories?" the boss leaned forward, "I heard that the speed and quality of the ordnance made in it are more than five or six times higher than that of ordinary blacksmith shops!

"!

Mike choked on a sip of ale, and it took him a long time to breathe: "How come I've never heard of such a thing?"

His reaction fell into the eyes of others, but it made many residents smile smugly, and a tailor who was on vacation today continued: "Not only these, but we also have a store that can weave cloth quickly... I don't remember what it was called, but we all called it a 'loom'! It's amazing, it costs silver to start, and it's as efficient as dozens of weavers used to be!"

Another person answered: "Don't talk about this, the inner city has opened the academy a week ago to start recruiting students, saying that if you have enough talent, you can still be selected as a noble magician, and you can also reduce the tuition fee!"

"The 'Rosicrucian' has also begun to recruit believers..."

"The thing in the east of the city is called fresh, I heard that it is specially used to purify the sewage and garbage in the sewers, and someone in the square read these things out that day, saying that they can effectively prevent the plague or something... I even went to taste what they call 'purified water', and it tasted quite sweet!"

"The library is also open, and it is said that there will be a regular "learning words" course starting next month, and you can learn it for three months for only five silver coins! It would be better if I had the opportunity to learn magic. ”

Speaking of the difference between Elson City and other cities, these people around him seemed to have endless words, and Mike was able to keep up with the train of thought at first, but the more he got to the end, the more he felt that these people were uniting to blind himself!

How could a city exist beyond the limitations of the kingdom's technology and civilization? Even a royal city could not have so many novelties and advanced equipment!

His idea is actually a microcosm of most of the current Karen people - it is generally believed that the most prosperous and advanced city in the kingdom must and can only be the royal city, and if it is said that the other first-tier cities will also focus on the other southern port cities. "The southeast is rich, the northwest is poor" has always been the consensus, and Elson City is located outside the border of the northwest of the kingdom, just "a new territory that has just been developed", how can this kind of poor countryside suddenly emerge as a "super first-tier city"?

"Trust me, Mike, you're not the first to resist believing this fact, and you won't be the last. ”

The tavernkeeper laughed.

In the City Lord's Mansion, Camilla gently covered Roddy with a blanket.

She wanted to wake up Roddy and let him go to the bedroom for a good night's sleep, but she was afraid that he would continue to stay up and not want to rest when he woke up, so she had to let him sleep in this chair for a while.

Camila already had a general idea of what was happening in Pacaro City. Now that the "Parl Collar Firm" has spread all over Evta, these various shops also have the task of intelligence gathering in addition to their operations, and when the letters arrive in Elson City with carrier pigeons, she also has a basic idea of the causes and consequences of this attack by the orcs and undead. Now that Roddy and Nefi are back intact, the original worries in her heart have slowly been put down, but when she walks out of the bedroom, she feels as if something is missing.

After thinking about it for a long time, Camila realized that it was because she didn't see Nephi - it stands to reason that she must like to be around Roddy.

Camila paused, paused for only half a second before relying on her Guardian ability to confirm her daughter's current location, as Khadgar's legacy and the blessing of Guardian's power had made her more and more accustomed to her growing power. As the city's buildings opened and the city's level continued to increase, the power of her spells far exceeded her previous level.

At some point, Camilla even felt that the unattainable fellows of the Holy Congregation were no match for her now... But this emotion is always quickly suppressed by her, after all, Camilla understands that her power comes from the city, not meditation and accumulation.

She sighed and walked towards the city's "spell training grounds", but it wasn't until outside the training grounds that Camila realized a question: when did Nephi become so diligent?

Although his daughter is smart and extremely talented, her temperament has always been a little out of the ordinary, if she hadn't been forced to endorse and practice since she was a child, I'm afraid she wouldn't have today's magic achievements at all - but how could she follow Roddy out on such a trip to make such a big change?

Walking inside, watching Nefi bombard the elemental projection used as a "target" as if firing with all his might, Camila immediately realized that she probably didn't fully understand the whole truth of this incident.

"Mom. ”

Nephie reached out and wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead, his little face, which was a little pale because of the depletion of mana, tensed, and although he said hello, his eyes remained fixed on the front, and he did not stop until the spell succeeded in causing a chain to explode.

"It's... What's wrong?"

"Practice spells, Mom. ”

"It's good to come back safely, let's rest first. Such a desperate practice is not good for the body. Camilla knew that there must be something in her daughter's heart, but she also knew that she couldn't ask too directly.

Nephie lowered her head and sorted out the spell materials in her pocket, and replied in a low voice, "But... Brother Roddy didn't rest. ”

"He..."Camila was a little speechless for a moment, she remembered Roddy's haggard and thin face because of exhaustion, paused, and said: "The level of magic can't be improved overnight, if you want to become stronger, you must plan your time every day well, and there is no point in just exhausting yourself to the point of collapse." ”

That being said, remembering the large spell her daughter cast just now, she also realized that Nephie's strength seemed to have improved considerably. Camila was a little curious about the combat experience that Roddy had never talked about in detail, so she changed the subject and said, "That's all for today, come, tell my mother what I encountered this time... The enemy is strong, isn't it?"

If it had been before, Nephie would have jumped up and followed Camila and began to talk about her experience, but at this time, she followed silently and replied in a low voice: "Mom, is it amazing to be able to break the space-time portal with one blow?"

"Breaking the teleportation... What do you say?!"

Camila stopped suddenly.