The night is getting darker.

The conversation with the Duke of Angmar lasted for half an hour, and knowing that the old man was weak and needed to rest, Roddy politely took his leave. As he left the room, he could tell that Angmar was in a much better mood - it was clear that his plan for "Elsa Village" had worked.

Although the economic level of the Ivota Territory is in the middle and upper reaches of the kingdom, in the eyes of Roddy, a modern person, it has not even completely departed from the primitive stage of the "natural economy".

The luxury of the aristocracy was entirely due to their exploitation of the lower classes to the extreme, and the overall economic level was really lackluster.

To make an extreme comparison: in the modern society where Luo Di lived before he crossed over, even if he was from a humble background, as long as he dared to fight, he could still rely on hard work to find a similar job to support his family. If there is a good opportunity, it is not new to make a fortune, even if you are honest as a brick movers, the salary is enough to eat and drink.

But in this era, the fate of the peasants at the bottom is extremely miserable, no matter how light the tax is, they will not be able to earn a few dollars all year round, and they will not even have the opportunity to leave their villages for the rest of their lives... As for making a fortune and becoming well-off or something, it's basically a fool's dream.

Profitable trades such as mills, wineries, bakeries, and pigeon lofts were all monopolized by the aristocracy - monopoly meant windfall profits, but these profits were still not enough in the face of the sudden explosion of military spending.

At this time, the sudden appearance of "Elsa Village" is definitely a surprise: the difference between "Ripp" and the real medieval world is that it has the concepts of "magic" and "Warcraft", and "forest resources" in addition to providing ingredients, medicinal materials, and wood, the profits related to "Warcraft" are far more than most other basic industries!

If Elsa's village can become a harbor for humans in the "Silent Forest", it will be equivalent to opening the door of the forest's resources to the territory of Ivta.

Optimize the elven village, establish a resting place for mercenaries or adventurers to stay, open trade routes, collect taxes, handling fees, transaction fees, etc., and then monopolize the right to buy and sell alcohol, so that in less than half a year, the military problem can be effectively alleviated almost immediately!

This plan excites the Duke of Angmar, who had thought that the realm would be crushed by the war, but the sudden turn of events gave him hope - although Roddy had already surprised him again and again, and he could win and kill the enemy, but now it involved economic and political aspects, which forced Angmar to look at him again.

"You've taken advantage of the benefits you bring to the village, and I think even the most astute nobles in the kingdom can do that. ”

The Duke of Angmar's exclamation came from a reason, the more he looked at Roddy, the more pleasing he became, and before Roddy left, he didn't forget to take out a letter and said, "Sally's letter to you." ”

The wax seal was not opened, and it was clear that the Duke of Angmar respected privacy - which actually meant that he did not object to Roddy's relationship with Sally... And in this day and age, what such an attitude means is already obvious.

After leaving the duke's study, Roddy couldn't help but recall the girl with white and blonde hair: the confidence she rode on the horse when she met at the border, the coldness when she hacked Francis to death with her own hands, the reluctance to part, and the final determination... Roddy took the letter in his hand, and suddenly found himself inexplicably looking forward to the contents.

How is she doing over there? Has she been wronged?

However, this emotion quickly dissipated, and Roddy was a little confused and froze in place, feeling that his thoughts didn't seem quite right...

Why do you feel this way? Do you really think anything wrong with her?

Shaking his head, he thought it was just a concern for his friends - and as for Nephi...

"After the deployment, let's go to the village of Prague. ”

The little girl's village was more than a thousand kilometers away, but Roddy decided to find a chance to make a trip, provided that the first step of the Judgment of the Throne of Bones was completed.

Bowing his head and opening the [task bar], the conversation with the two old men of Angmar and Benjamin means that the last step of all the previous tasks is over, so in addition to the experience gained when killing Ansatine and others, the end of this series of tasks once again provided Roddy with astronomical experience, and Roddy dragged the record and counted, and the four or five tasks related to Ansadine, Magda, and Count Owen added up to 180,000 experience.

The remaining experience and these add up to more than 200,000, but because of the level increase, the required experience has also become a lot more than before, Roddy took a look, and found that the distance to the next level was only 350 experience points.

"It's almost that... I'll find a task tomorrow and I'll be done. ”

Roddy needs to upgrade this level 1 as soon as possible, because the higher the current level, the quality of the leather armor he makes will increase accordingly - of course, the bracers shown to Suren before are for Nata, and the base level 9 is required.

It was already dark outside the window, but the time was half past eight in the evening, and Roddy thought about it, and felt that he should have a brief exchange with Suren and Nata, so he asked the maid about their residence.

Two minutes later, Roddy saw Suren concentrating on the manuscript. Although he had been on the road for several days and had a tiring journey, Suren didn't seem to care about the fatigue at all, and when he found that Roddy had come to see him, he energetically discussed the leather making technique with Roddy.

Naturally, Roddy was not interested in teaching him a lesson now, so after a brief chat, he took his leave and left.

Walking out of the room, he asked about Nata's room again, then walked to the front of the room and knocked on the wooden door...

For Wood Elves, the time spent "bathing" is usually not too long.

When she was in Elsa's village, Nata's bathing place was a small stream not far from the village, because it was an underground spring, and the temperature of the stream was always a little cold. Summers are fine, but in late autumn, harsh winters, and early spring, the average Wood Elf doesn't choose to bathe there - with the notable exception of Nata, who is a clean man, and as long as the stream doesn't freeze, she still uses the icy stream of water to cleanse her body...

This is also a typical example of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

When she arrived in Kiger, Nata came into contact with such a thing as a "bathtub", and she also understood how to use it under Roddy's explanation, so she didn't have to confuse the purpose of the bathroom in front of her at this time.

The polished surface of the marble bathtub has a soft sheen, the circle-driven heating unit is topped with magic crystals, and the water temperature is constant at all times. Nata reached out and touched it, but she couldn't figure out where the petals in the bathtub came from, because she had the impression that these flowers would only bloom in summer, and there was no shadow to be found in the wild...

Humans are amazing.

Nata could only sigh like this, then took off her slightly heavy leather armor, reached out to test the temperature of the water, hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked into the magic bathtub naked.

Before that, Nata had taken cold showers, so when the warm water slowly wrapped her body, the comfort was something the wood elf had never experienced... She couldn't help moaning, and then immediately closed her mouth, her eyes widened, and she wanted to get up, but because her body was crispy and numb, she involuntarily continued to sink down-

After a while, after adjusting to the water temperature, Nata slowly exhaled, and after the originally tense body relaxed, she looked at the dome and magic lamp with exquisite murals above, and muttered, "This... Is it the life of a human aristocracy?"

There is no doubt that all this has had a great impact on Nata, compared to Elsa Village, the "substance" here is like heaven, she doesn't have to worry about the magic beasts here, she doesn't have to worry about the damage of the cold stream to her body, she just needs to enjoy it with peace of mind...

The relaxation of the hot bath was very significant, and coupled with the fatigue of the previous trip, Nata found that her eyelids quickly began to droop, she wanted to get up, but she was a little nostalgic for this comfortable feeling, and unconsciously closed her eyes...

"Dada. ”

When there was a knock on the door, Nata, who was already asleep, was unconscious.

Roddy stood outside the guest room, his fingers tapped twice more on the old wooden door, and the slightly muffled sound was not small. After waiting for half a minute, Roddy looked left and right to make sure he hadn't knocked on the wrong door - the maid said that Nata did live here...

It can't be somewhere else, right?

Such an idea was quickly rejected, and Roddy couldn't find a reason for Nata to do it, and according to the previous schedule, this time was not the point for Nata to sleep at all.

Twisting the handle, the door opened easily, and Roddy didn't push the door in, but asked through the crack in the door, "Nata, are you inside?"

No response.

Roddy was suspicious, frowned and pushed the door open and walked in - in the field of vision, Nata's cloak hung on a hanger, the short bow was placed horizontally on the weapon rack, and the room was neatly organized, without any traces of battle...

"It's weird..."

According to Roddy's understanding, the sound of pushing the door could even make the sleeping Nata detect and wake up, which was the instinct of a warrior, so he directly concluded that Nata was not in this room at this time.

So where would she go if she wasn't here?

Roddy stepped to the room on the left-hand side and pushed the door open without thinking... He didn't know the layout of the Ducal Palace's room, so he didn't realize it was a bathroom...

Then, Nata, who was finally woken up by the sound of footsteps, sat in the bathtub and took a picture with Roddy.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, Roddy's left hand was still on the doorknob, his gaze was quickly scanning everything in the room, and the focus didn't seem to be focused on Nata in the central bathtub...

And Nata, who woke up, sat up straight because of her instinctive reaction, and in the sound of "bang" water, the naked Nata exposed her upper body to the air, her skin, which was fairer than a human being, was more delicate under the illumination of the magic light, her long hair was soaked and hung down on both sides of her cheeks, and her big eyes opened in confusion, as if she hadn't figured out where she was at the moment...

After a second, the two finally made eye contact.

Roddy and Nata froze at the same time, staring blankly at each other, not even reacting to what was happening for a while.

But then Roddy felt as if his gaze was attracted by some magnetic force, and fell uncontrollably downward-this-this-this-this-this-this-this-this- Dazzling!