Chapter 215: Crossroads Fortress One
God is always right. If something makes you suspect that God has made a mistake, it only means that you are not religious enough, and God is always right. So the correct way to understand this should be - the judge didn't ask the right question, and the old orc did deserve it!
So the result is obvious, the law is upheld, and the theocracy is feared.
The offender (the old orc) is punished, the innocent (Arthur) is exonerated, the judge deducts five points from the performance appraisal (calculated together after death), and the evil Luskan will come from someone who will get them ...... It seems that the ending is happy.
If someone suffers a loss, it seems that Shen Yan owes a favor to the orc god because of this?
Since Shen Yan "leaked the bottom" in the Great Temple of Tyre, all the gods, as well as the big and small forces in the Northland, have all paid much less attention to him - after all, that sky-high white light can't be faked, and although the god Bahamut is cold, the brand is hard enough.
So everyone naturally classified him into the wave of people who "have no benefit in making friends, offend but are very troublesome", and all the evil people walked around him, and all of them placed Shen Yan to play.
Even Tyr, the god of justice, didn't want to see this man dangling in front of him because he had just lost an adult.
Lord Nasher sealed Shen Yan far away, which is really expected.
But among the gods, there is another one who has always been paying close attention to Shen Yan, and that person is the orc god Gewush. He wouldn't forget what Shen Yan had done to the orc race—this person was covered in white light? Earth-shattering justice?
He didn't even believe a word!
Especially after Geush "accidentally saw" Shen Yan burying a stone in the foundation of the crossroads fortress, he even said thirty-two "slots" in his heart! His first thought was to move all the orcs from the vicinity to the other side of the mountain and the other side of the sea!
Otherwise, it will be ordinary orcs who will commit trouble in the future, but those who find fault may not necessarily find the stubble of ordinary orcs.
The vicinity of Neverwinter is too dangerous......
On second thought, I thought as if I had read a sentence in a book...... He turned his head to flip through the book, ah, it's this sentence, "The one who owes the debt is the uncle!" "I owe Shen Yan a request, so I'm the uncle?
Roll for me, you can roll me as far as Feilun goes!
Geush continued to flip back, and finally found the correct sentence in the book, "All favors are owed." ”
What does this say...... Makes sense.
So the incarnation of Geush went to find Shen Yan again, and said generously I have to ask you for another matter.
The orcs in the Winterless Mountain and the Winterless Forest are having a hard time, and they can't live anymore! I have to beg you, how about you open a stolen spot at Crossroads Fortress? All the things we have stolen from the orcs will be sold to you cheaply, and accordingly, you will have to help us buy more food. Also, I can ask the orcs to help keep the area around Crossroads Fortress safe and secure, and never drop the chain!
As a former civil servant, Shen Yan understands in seconds.
What kind of debt does this owe me a favor, you are here to give favors, this is to have a good relationship with me? Shen Yan and Tyr Na both looked at each other unpleasantly, but the old orc had a good image in Shen Yan's eyes, and he was quite upright.
So Shen Yan said, "Well, I just have something to trouble you."
He told me about the massacre that happened in Amber, and then said that the orcs were the enemies of the Northlands anyway, and that it would be right to rely on the orcs as long as the murderer could not be found. In that case, why don't you find someone to help me top the cylinder?
The incarnation of Geush immediately agreed to come down and say yes, no problem!
But wait for him to burn the tortoise shell...... Damn, there's a hammer on the top, it seems like we did it.
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The trial was won, but the result was bitter for Nasher.
Tonio, the ambassador of Lukans, left Neverwinter in anger and left a declaration of war before leaving!
She vows to use war to punish the injustices she suffered in Neverwinter...... I have to say that this is really a drama spirit, and I believe in my inner drama.
Inside, Nasher was absolutely willing to hand over Arthur to avoid a war, and the ordinary people of Neverwinter probably thought the same way. But under the banner of righteousness, no one dared to take the responsibility of "speaking this out", especially in the context of the victory of the trial and the slap in the face of Luskan.
In desperation, Nasher could only seriously prepare for war - if Neverwinter was well prepared, it would be Luscan's turn to be entangled, but if Neverwinter did not prepare anything, then Luskan would inevitably be caught off guard.
Fortunately, by mistake, the Winterless Collar repaired the Crossroads Fortress in advance. Although the foundation has only been laid, there is no doubt that it will be completed in a few months at the speed that can be seen.
A well-equipped and dangerous castle, even with only fifty soldiers, would be enough to hold a large army for several months, and it was not impossible to even repel it directly.
In the shadow of war, this is undoubtedly great good news.
Nasher spread the news to stabilize the people's minds, replacing "accidental" with "far-sighted", which is all normal operation. In addition, he also allocated 90,000 gold coins to Shen Yan for the "opening fee" and urged him to set off in advance.
Nasher hoped that the project would be completed as soon as possible, and sent him fifty soldiers to serve as the main force of defense.
Of course, Lord Nasher had no confidence in whether Shen Yan could stop Lu Skan. But that place was already Shen Yan's private territory, and he had no right to dictate, so Nasher hit the idea on Erebeth - Nasher was ready to send Erebeth to lead these fifty soldiers to "support", and with the relationship between Erebeth and Shen Yan, he could take over the command as soon as he arrived there.
However, the night before Erebeth departed, a massive plague broke out in Neverwinter!
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Shen Yan learned the news while chatting with Erebes.
He asked Sister A how she felt, and Erebeth said that she probably didn't have any special feelings because she had expected it......
Shen Yan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, today's Erebes is more talented, more powerful, and more complete than the one in history. But when it comes to how much the people at the bottom of Neverwinter love her, Sister A is not as loved as she is in history.
The root cause is that the one in history who has invested all her affection in the people of Neverwinter has run it as her home; And now this is just to enforce the law impartially and actively seek a new way of life for the people at the bottom, and that's it.
If you are emotionally invested, you will get hurt.
The more you put in, the harder it hurts!
It's like a company that can't name it keeps saying "Lenovo is my home" to induce employees to get emotionally engaged; When he turned around and made a large-scale layoff, he indifferently let people roll out of the building within two hours, and the anger induced by the huge psychological gap made the company popular all over the Internet overnight and became famous.
Because if you don't get close, you don't stay away, and if you don't have friendship, you don't care about betrayal.
A truly powerful person either has a strong heart or a strong family......
When Shen Yan crossed the mountains and returned to the crossroads fortress, he found that it had not been affected by any war.
The construction site is still in full swing, and from time to time you can see magicians flying through the sky and flashing portals. On the north side of the construction site, near the cliffs, there is even a spontaneous open-air market.
More than a dozen caravans were "forced" to be sent from Milkan in the north, from the west, and from all the way from Waterdeep. They came here with a lot of goods but didn't know who to sell to, and since everyone met together, it was fate, and the businessman was afraid of losing money, so he naturally started to do business.
After the exchange of goods, this wave actually made a good profit.
"Shen Yan!" Seeing Shen Yan appear, the granddaughter of the elder of the distant mountains who had been waiting here for a long time, Christina jumped and ran over, followed by a neat fifty elves. "Shen Yan, look, this is the militia I recruited for you, it's amazing!"
"I've seen adults." The fifty elves behind him saluted Shen Yan neatly.
Militiaman...... The corners of Shen Yan's mouth twitched...... If you say militia, then I'll be a militia at that time.
Ahem, it is also possible that the militia has been trained by the honor guard, and the quality of the militia can also be comparable to the elven kingdom guard, which is reasonable and logical. There are only nearby elven militias, and there are no professional soldiers of the elven kingdom.
"Your Lord." There was a commotion here, and a group of orcs came around, saluting Shen Yan one after another!
The elves immediately became nervous, and the inner and outer three layers protected Shen Yan in the middle. The order they received was to act as Shen Yan's guard, and by the way, they asked Shen Yan about the training method of the "Demon Archer" profession, and the former was the first.
"It's okay, it's okay, let me hear what they have to say." Shen Yan waved his hand to let the elves disperse.
“…… Your Majesty has asked us to protect the safety of the roads, and whoever causes trouble will do it! Is it that you eat and live? We live in the woods in front of us, and we are always on call. The leader of the lead introduced himself.
Shen Yan was speechless again, although the elves were in a row of two people and three people in a row, they walked out of the sense of ceremony, and there were still high and low levels. But the orcs are all level 13, what's going on?
Is it because I said, "Don't send high-level people, it's too conspicuous", so Geush sent fifty middle-level peaks? This is more conspicuous, okay!
Well, it's really orc......
"For the time being, the elves are on the inside and the orcs are on the outside. Orcs can go to the market to trade, but they are not allowed to enter the castle, and the rules are set first.
Also, we don't have an army here, it's all a militia, remember?
From today on, the orcs will call themselves the northern barbarians, mainly responsible for the security of the perimeter of the fortress, and the full name is 'Highway and Road Safety Starts with Me First Bureau', referred to as ...... Public Security Bureau. ”
Shen Yan turned his head to look at the elf. "It's the same on your side, it's all militia. The elves are responsible for the internal management and vigilance of the castle, and the full name is 'the Residents Act to Coordinate and Handle All Affairs Committee', well, it is simply called the neighborhood committee.
Alright, the distribution is complete, now it's all for me to act, dog! ”