Mera put down the book in her hand and hammered her aching shoulder.

She is the eldest daughter of the old king's heirs, she is almost thirty years old this year, although she has been in love once or twice in the past, but she has not been able to finally get married because of her identity.

In the aftermath of Scarley's Bloodcrystal, half of the people Mera knew died as a result of the Bloodcrystal's disaster, including her father, the Old King.

No... The old king was killed by her sister, and Mera was convinced of this.

She has no hatred for her sister Elena, more wariness.

Because now in the entire Scarley's royal power, only her sister is qualified to compete with her, and that usually stupid sister will be recognized by the core of the leyline!

This is something that Mera absolutely cannot accept, but more than half a month has passed, and Elena and those people in green clothes have really never returned.

"Food in the granary should last until the end of winter."

Mera flipped through a large pile of files on her desk, she was now the nominal ruler of Scarré, and at least the four surviving families, except for the Huberts, had bowed down to Mera.

This is the result that Mela has always wanted to see.

The power of the three major families is now far greater than that of the royal family, but as the owner of the Holy Crystal, Mera has absolute command power over those who hold the seal, and she is not like her own sister who is not good at handling interpersonal relationships.

Mera took advantage of the contradictions between the three families to find a place of counterbalance, in short, as long as Mera favored either side of the three families, they could completely annex the whole of Scarlet.

It was a dangerous balance, but Mera managed to maintain it, and on the premise of maintaining it, Mera began to rebuild the ruined royal city.

"The output of the Black Flame Stone is enough to survive this winter, but there are still too few people, and the nomads from the Southland haven't arrived yet?"

Mera calculates what the royal city needs for the next development, and what Scarre lacks most now is manpower, the buildings destroyed by the Blood Crystal Beast... Mera didn't feel distressed at all, Mera was distressed by the civilians who had been eaten by the Blood Crystal Beast.

The total number of inhabitants of the royal city of Scarre was only 3,600, and the number of nobles was only about 3,500.

"But it doesn't matter, just survive this winter, as long as the rumors of the Blood Crystal Beast are still raging, we should be able to buy some time."

Mera is still very optimistic about Scalley's future, or the future of Scalley in her own hands.

She is confident that she can lead the whole of Scarley to prosperity, as long as she is given enough time!

As Mera pondered what to do next, she jerked her head up.

"Your Majesty!"

A soldier suddenly rushed into the main hall and fell to his knees in front of Mera.

"What's wrong?" Mera put down the file in her hand, and judging by the soldier's face and breathing, she must have been running all the way from a very far distance.

"Black... Black Flame Mining Area. The soldier choked up and said in a somewhat trembling voice, "The miners of the Black Flame Mine... And... They all ran out into the streets, and they also attacked the soldiers. ”

"Mine slaves? Damn it! Didn't I remind those old guys of the Black Flame Crystal family not to push too hard! ”

When Mera heard the news, she threw the file on the table with some anger, the reason for her anger was not because of those miners, but because she had reminded the Black Flame Crystal family that they must be careful when managing those miners, they are no longer the original Scarley!

In order to motivate the miners to work as a miner, she also established a system of promotion to civilians according to their workload, and this system has spread to all aspects of Scalley's current situation.

But the problem is that the old stubborns of the Black Flame Crystal family have not really implemented this system, which is what Mera fears the most, so Mera goes around Scarre every few days.

She was in good condition when she visited the Black Flame Stone mines the day before yesterday, at least much better than the days when Scarre had been in his heyday, when the miners had to live without clothes.

"How many of those mine slaves are marching through the streets?" Mera gently bites her long thumb nails, a malaise she developed when she was under pressure as a child.

But Mera quickly came to her senses and directly controlled her instinctive actions.

Her nails were coated with anchovy juice, a popular cosmetic among aristocratic women from all over the Far South, which could dye her nails in a variety of bright colors, and it was very expensive!

Although Scalley is now in a state of despair, Mera will not be downcast in the enjoyment of beauty.

But now Mera must take care of this matter, or there is a good chance that her position will collapse in an instant.

"Your Majesty, are you going to send the city guards to suppress them? If Master Angern comes, it won't be long before he wants to kill those miners. A knight came forward to propose.

This knight is a member of the Roundshield family, and Master Angourn is the strongest of the surviving spellcasters of Scarley, and of course belongs to the Roundshield family.

"Kill them, who will dig the black flame stone for you to spend the winter!"

Mera whispered at the knight, Scalley was now short of manpower, and Mera used all the condemned prisoners.

"The Black Flame Stone reserve is sufficient, this is what your Majesty just said, if you continue to indulge these slaves, I am afraid that more slaves will come forward to challenge our power." A member of the Black Flame Crystal family stood up and said to Mera.

The moment Mera heard his proposal, she had already moved with killing intent, not to those miners but to the family.

He appears to be protecting the interests of the nobility and the royal family, but in fact he is threatening Mera.

The three families surrounded Mera like wolves, and could bare their fangs and bite Mera at any moment.

Mela is clear... The Black Flame Crystal family doesn't care if the country of Scarray can be rebuilt, they can be the Black Flame Crystal family of Scarley, or the Black Flame Crystal family of the Shuen Zhelai Kingdom.

If it weren't for the fact that they had the right to mine many minerals in Scarley, they would have fled to other countries in the Blood Crystal Beast Plague.

In fact, Blackflame Crystal and many other nobles of the family have fled abroad, even her older brother Kanther has done the same.

Scarley is not their own country for them, but a place where they can get benefits!

"Let the soldiers evacuate first, don't clash with the mine slaves, let me think again." Mera suppressed her killing intent, she needed the Black Flame Crystal family, the talent and manager of this family to be precise.

There were too few people who could read and write, and too few people who could manage the slaves well, and without these management talents, it was very difficult to get the slaves to work.