At night, Mayne tossed and turned, her mind still flashing the scene in the mine.

Grania thrilled Banner by describing an Elanis, who was happier and more orderly than Paradise Mountain, but full of details and made people feel very real. And Gronya, who looked at him, although her expression was calm and the corners of her mouth were faintly smiling, Mayne, who had grown up with her since childhood, was all too familiar.

Whenever Gronia had some idea, she would show this kind of smile that seemed to outsiders to be nothing more than calm and calm.

"Gronia......

She finally couldn't help but say, "I didn't dare to speak during the day when I was afraid of your business, can I ask now?"

Gronia, who was sleeping in the other bed, sighed, "I've been waiting for you to ask me, and now I'll tell you the answer directly." ”

She turned to lie on her side, the moonlight shining through the window and on her face, the coolness contained in the pupils of those eyes made Mayne shiver subconsciously.

"Remember when we were humiliated by Prell in Beta City?"

Of course I remember, I will never forget it for the rest of my life, it's a shame, Mayne said to herself.

"At that time, even the legendary Cheyenne did not use force to save us, because he knew that the consequence of doing so would be to make enemies of all the adventurers on the Godfall Plateau. ”

"What kind of forces are oppressing him? Is it Prell's crooked doctrine, or is it the justice of Cheyenne's faith? No, it's the hearts of those adventurers!"

"That's also a force, a very powerful force, once it gathers, even a legend has to bow his head. ”

"Compared to legends, these adventurers are as weak as ants, and they can be solved with a wave of their hands. But this will provoke greater hatred, allowing more ants to gather and eventually gnaw at powerful beings like demon ants. ”

"Prell is very powerful, he understands this truth, and he uses this power to make Cheyenne bow her head. After Cheyenne returned, she asked Nama to build the outer zone, just to compete with Prell for the hearts and minds of the people. ”

Gronia's eyes lit up, it was a clarification of her mind and the appearance of finding her way.

"During this time, I was mining and thinking about what I could do to fulfill my vow to the Scales of Tyr, and now I've figured it out. ”

Mayne wasn't stupid, and she understood, "Are you trying to pull someone like Banner out of Cheyenne Diari to fulfill that dream of yours?"

Gronia corrected seriously: "That's not a dream, it's my vow to the scales of Tyr!"

Again: "Banner isn't really suitable, but it's good to be a springboard." ”

Mayne stammered, "Even if you want to recruit colleagues, you must be like-minded, and you must be true and sincere to each other! How can you deceive him? Isn't this a trick and a demagoguery? Isn't this something that a holy warrior should never do?"

"My vow has been approved by the Scales of Tyr!

Gronia was a little annoyed: "This means that as long as it is beneficial to the fulfillment of the vow, all necessary words and deeds are just!"

Mayne was silent for a while, and her tone became bitter: "I knew it was like this, it was my fault. Gronya, I can't understand it, but I don't think it's right to go on like this. ”

"Mayne, how can you be so arrogant!?"

Gronia was really angry: "The scales of Tyr have approved of me, and mine is indeed the princess of Alanis! How can this be attributed to you?

"Go down ......"

Mayne sighed, "Yes, Gronya, what else can I do but walk with you?"

"Don't tell Flodo about these things", Gronia solemnly admonished: "This is not a game of hide and seek played when I was a child, your will is too weak, don't poke me in the basket!"

Mayne was a little scared: "I can't change it at all, if I really can't keep up with you, can you drag me away?"

Gronia gave her a blank look, "I'll kill you! You're so much heavier than I am, I can't drag you down." ”

The two looked at each other for a moment, then chuckled at the same time.

"Okay, sleep! You know you're lazy during the day, but I'm a real digger. ”

Gronia turned to the other side, looking at her back, looking at the long hair that glowed red in the moonlight, Mayne felt that this figure was extremely unfamiliar, and the smile on her face gradually faded.

..................

Early in the morning, another day in the Cheyendia Outer Zone begins. The so-called "Outer Zone" is just the name of the people of Cheandia insiders, and in the mouths of adventurers, this place is called "Sanctuary Valley", and they are willing to settle here because of the protection of the holy knights.

The adventurers came out of their rented huts in twos and threes, and went their separate ways. Some go to the dungeon to explore, some hunt monsters, and some go to the village entrance to set up stalls.

Others went straight to the ridge surrounding the basin of Cheyendia, where the paladins set up open mines, and if they registered their identity in the Sanctuary Valley and rented a house, they were authorized to exploit them. Of course, there is a limit to the amount mined per day, and a part of the ore must be handed over.

In the past, there have been people secretly mining in the ridge, but after the opening of the Beta City Adventurers' Guild, the number of people who poached has skyrocketed. While people take advantage, they are also worried about the reaction of the holy warriors. The paladins of Xia Andia are better spoken than the paladins of other places, but they are still believers in the mad god in essence.

Unexpectedly, the paladin reacted very calmly, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

If you can mine in the right light, and dig secretly outside the designated location, and the punishment of the holy warriors is extremely severe, then why take the risk.

So during this time, the sheltered river valley attracted many adventurers to settle down. Villages and towns are expanding rapidly, and river valleys are thriving.

In the tall wooden house, as adventurers call the "Valley Mansion", a ranger talks to Nama Ektor, the steward of the Sanctuary River Valley.

"Beta City has a shuttle bus to us, and there are ...... The two-headed tortoise carts and griffons outside the valley were from Beta? I thought it was a mutual aid service between adventurers. ”

Hearing the news, Nama was in disbelief.

"Beta City forbids private individuals to do such things, they have gathered the adventurers who provide these services and organized them...... The public transport group, which has set a flat price, is half the price of the previous one. ”

"Beta City is still expanding its roads, and it is said that a road will be paved directly connecting Cheyendia and Beta City, and even a two-headed turtle car will only take half a day, compared to three full days before. ”

The ranger's tone was also full of admiration: "It's so convenient......"

Nama gasped as if she had a toothache, and when she thought of something again, her face softened again: "What is the current situation in Beta City? They have built so many buildings, how many people do they have to recruit to fill them." In a month, we have doubled the number of regular residents in the Sanctuary Valley, and now there are more than a thousand, do they have that number?"

The other party smiled a little awkwardly, shattering the smugness in the heart of the girl holy warrior.

Nama asked cautiously, "Are they ...... There won't be 2,000 people, will it?"

The ranger shook his head, and Nama said again, "Three thousand, four thousand?"

The other party was still silent, and Nama was dumbfounded: "It's impossible to reach five thousand, right?"

The ranger said with some reluctance: "I don't know the exact number, but half of the residential areas in the outer city are inhabited, and if you roughly estimate it, there should be six or seven thousand people." I've also heard from the red-clothed, that is, the Crimson Cultists in Beta City, that I'm afraid that the new district will have to be built in less than half a year, a full half a year ahead of schedule. ”

Six or seven thousand people......

Nama smiled awkwardly, but a storm swept through her heart, outside of the Fallen Plateau, which was already the size of a town. The difference is that the vast majority of these people are transcendental.

"The accommodation offered to adventurers in the city of Beta is in good condition and at a low price. There are living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, storage rooms and even kitchen suites, which cost only three gold bushels a month, or 20 if you pay adventure points. Willing to undertake public welfare services, such as public security patrols, urban construction, administrative affairs and other work, can also be reduced by half. ”

Hearing the ranger say this, Nama's heart tightened, in the shelter valley, a small cabin with nothing but a bed, and two gold bushels a month.

When she set this amount, she had thought that it would be enough for adventurers to treat this place as a paradise, and the gold bushel paid was not just for the accommodation, but also for the safety and order provided by the paladin.

And then she notices something, Adventure Points?

"A ...... issued by the Beta City Adventurers' Guild Virtual currency, as the Crimson Cultists say, is the same as money, but there is no physical substance. There are many things that can be exchanged in the Adventurer's Guild, and the various services offered by Beta City can now also be purchased with points. ”

"Adventurers can also trade points with each other, and adventurers' own taverns, service clubs, and so on have also begun to collect points. Transportation from Beta City to the Sanctuary River Valley is very cheap with a two-headed turtle car at 5 o'clock. ”

The ranger's enthusiastic explanation made Nama frown deeply. Although she has not been dealing with merchants for a long time like Nicole, she manages the Sanctuary Valley, and she has enough sensitivity to matters related to the economy.

"In the past few days, I often see adventurers touching their wrists together, pointing and pointing, and I thought it was some special way of communication, but it turned out to be a transaction?"

Her face gradually became gloomy: "No wonder we receive less and less gold bushels, adventurers either take ore, or use other things to pay for various expenses, our warehouse is full of all kinds of unnecessary materials, forcing Nicole to go to Beta City twice in three days to trade." ”

"This can't be done, this is being sucked by Beta......"

The ranger shrank timidly and moved his wrist to the side, a familiar gesture.

Nama remembered that her sister was often like this in front of her.

She asked helplessly: "What you have on your wrist is what you trade with adventure points, right?"

Now that he was discovered, the ranger also came out, rolling down his sleeves to reveal the bracers he was wearing.

Leather base with a lot of mesh and quite breathable. Silk threads that were supposed to be magic guide metal were woven into a complex circle in the center, protected by a layer of transparent gum, and on the other side there were several small source stone areas that resembled the magic guide gun's sensing device.

The Ranger pressed his finger to an area of the Source Stone, and a transparent light and shadow were cast into the air.

"This is the Adventurer Assistant, there are many features, and storing and trading Adventure Points is just one of them. I heard that the 3000 version will add the magic SMS function, and now the 2000 version we wear can be upgraded for free. ”

Seeing that Nama was still silent, the ranger continued: "Actually, the Shelter River Valley can also be added to this point system, which is not only convenient for adventurers, but also can get more benefits in Beta City. Some adventurer settlements have already joined, and Beta plans to install protective enchantments in those settlements, which will not only protect security, but also back up the transaction history of each adventure point to make transactions more secure. ”

Nama glared angrily: "Shante, why are you speaking for Beta, although we are not hostile to Beta, we are not a vassal of Prell!"

The Ranger bowed his head and sighed: "I know, Nama, but the reality is like this, as for the vassals you said......"

He smiled bitterly, "You may not know that at least one-third of the more than 1,000 people in the Shelter River Valley now have settled in Beta City and then settled with us temporarily. Their area is farther west, so it's easier for us to settle down, but Beta City is their real home. ”

The Ranger was away for a while before Nama came to her senses.

She clutched her forehead, feeling a little dizzy in her head.

This is not the sheltered valley that the guru wants to see!

When the mentor returns, she finds that the sheltered valley has become a vassal of Beta, and the inhabitants of the valley obey the laws of Beta, which embodies the justice of Beta, how should she explain?

A third of them are from Beta, and they only use it as a temporary homestay. More and more people are trading Beta City's adventure points instead of gold bushels, and the tax-collecting plan she's conceiving simply won't work.

Coupled with the transportation services provided by Beta City and the roads under construction, this is clearly a conspiracy of the Duke of Prell to erode the paladins of Cheandia while turning the Shelter Valley into a vassal territory, and tie Cheandia to Beta City through economic trade.

That young duke, so vicious......

Nama thought so, and her heart fluttered, how could she be so young and powerful to such an extent?

She whispered to herself, "His plot must be crushed!"

But what to do? This is not a duel, nor is it the eradication of evil, justice...... There is no way to practice justice in this kind of thing.

And when the mentor left, he specifically told him not to conflict with Duke Prell, and Nama didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

In the evening, another mentor meeting was held.

This time, a red-haired teenage girl appears in the corner.

Gronia had completed a month of spiritual practice, and as was customary, she became a part of Cheyendia. And because she has reached the hero level and has been recognized by the Scale of Tyr, Banner nominated her to become a new member of the Mentor Society, including Nama, and no one objected.

Banner stood up to speak, and this time his look and words were much more firm than the last time.

"Who says the paladins can't create a good, righteous kingdom? I'm confident in that, Nama, I'm willing to accept the argument you mentioned last time!"

Banner said confidently: "In a month, you can see that the outer zone will become kinder, more orderly, and more prosperous!"

As people talk, Banner and Gronia exchange a look, gathering their strength for the fight against Nama.

The humming continued for a long time, and it was not until the magician Frances coughed that the cabin calmed down.

Frances asked, "And Nama, what about your opinion?"

Nama glanced at everyone, then at Gronia, and shook her head slightly.

Finally she looked at Banner and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Well, I have no reason to stop you from trying. Starting tomorrow, for the next month, the outer sector will be under your control. ”

The magician changed color, and the others gasped, and Nama left without saying a word.