Volume 4 The Clash of Light and Darkness One Hundred and Forty-Eight, The Beginning of the War (II)
Mint was stunned: "People ran away?" Who? Then he reacted, "You mean Esparo them?!" How is this possible?! Didn't they burn to death together?! The Heddah family is preparing for a funeral! ”
"It's true, my people saw it, so I chased after it, but unfortunately they still escaped" Jada slammed his fist on the table in anger, "Nomonka still has a group of monsters whose whereabouts are unknown!" If we don't get rid of these guys for a day, we won't be able to put them out
Mint hurriedly comforted: "Even if they escape, you can order the checkpoints along the road to step up the investigation to prevent them from going back one step ahead of you Moreover, the group of monsters left in Nomonca, didn't Esparo say that they are just eggs?" As long as you find it as soon as possible and burn it clean, you'll be fine" After thinking about it, he said: "I see that this batch of demonic beast eggs is very likely to be hidden in Dongshan, do you remember what I mentioned in my letter?" There is an empty shell of the initial form of the monster in Dongshan, but it is larger than what we have seen, it should be that every time the shell is molted, it will become a little smaller At the time, I didn't know what it was, and I was in a hurry, so I didn't check carefully, you followed this clue to find, you should be able to find the spider silk ant traces Dongshan has a small population, and it is convenient to burn"
A hint of surprise flashed across Jada's face: "Letter? Do you mean the letter you sent me five days after you fled? ”
"I've only sent you one letter, what's wrong?"
"No... It's nothing," Jada turned away, clearing her throat, "the letter... There was a little accident, so I didn't see the contents inside, where did you see the Warcraft shell? Could you please say it again? ”
Hey? Minter looked at him in surprise, and after he urged him again, he came to his senses and told the whole story when Jada heard that Minter had passed through the secret passage marked by the stolen map, his face became a little ugly, and he gritted his teeth for a while before he said, "So that's the case... I wondered how you could have escaped back to Sico so quickly, it turned out... It's something on the map...", he asked nonchalantly, "Is your map still there?" Anyway, there won't be a war again, so give it back to me."
Minter's eyes widened, "Don't you have a copy?" ”
"My share... Stayed in the barracks and burned," Jada quickly found an excuse to hide the fact that there was no secret passage on his map
The map and information he got were obtained from Namu, a female spy from Wisha, and Namu peeked at it from Prince Lawler, and retold it because there was too much information, and she had to write it down in a short time, so she only remembered that the part of the secret road that was useful to Weisha was a shortcut to the east of Noja, but it was useless to Weisha, so she didn't write it down, and Jada naturally didn't know about it
When he heard that the things Minter stole were even more complete than the ones he had in his hands, he didn't feel good about it anyway
Minter hesitated for a moment and said, "The things have been handed in, I can't give it to you, but I still remember what the map of the secret passage is like," he took a piece of paper from the table next to him, drew the secret passage and the surrounding mountainous terrain according to his memory, and also noted the location where the monster shell was found
He handed the picture to Jada and said, "It's these things that can help you, this secret passage can probably allow thousands of people to pass through, but 30,000 people are a bit reluctant, you can do it."
Jada took the map and looked at it a few times, and immediately discovered the value of this secret passage, but he didn't show it on his face, and only after carefully putting away the map did he say: "Thank you, with this, I can return to Nomonka two days in advance, and now I know the way to deal with the Warcraft land, I am also relieved, but I still have to go back and solve it earlier!" He took out a few scrolls: "This is the land you found for the magician, you see, with them, those magical beasts are not a problem"
Minter looked at the scrolls carefully, he had seen many good magic scrolls, and he could see that these things were made of good materials, but they seemed to be very new, and they were made of high-grade blank scrolls from the Sicot region, and the surface was very recognizable
Who is the land? Minter pondered for himself, although he knew that there was a great magician in Sico, but his old man was so tired that he fell asleep after casting the big magic for so long, how could he still have the energy to make scrolls?
He reached out and touched the scroll, and immediately noticed that there was a faint layer of light magic on it, and the image of a young man wearing a dark blue robe couldn't help but appear in his mind
"Minter? Mintel? Seeing that he was stunned, Jada hurriedly called him a few times, and then he came to his senses and smiled: "What's the matter?" ”
Jada stared at him strangely before he said, "Our army will retreat soon, and the time is urgent, so I can't go to General Norvade to eliminate his understanding," he smiled, "I've been to your side once, if there's really anything important, please come to me and talk about it."
Minter tugged at the corners of his mouth, and he didn't want to say anything, so he had to say: "What the marshal means is that this time everyone cooperates against the enemy and gets along quite well, it is better to avoid conflicts in the future Anyway, now that the land here has been burned, and most of it has been polluted by the black ash left by those demonic beasts, and it is no longer suitable for farming, and there is no need for your country to occupy it again, it is better to sign an agreement between the two countries, and if you have difficulties in the future, we can also help."
Jada smiled after hearing this: "Yes, the land can no longer be used for farming, and it is a joke to run for nothing, right?" He glanced at Minter: "I will report the matter of signing the agreement to His Majesty, I don't have the right to decide such a big thing" Maybe when he returns to Normanka, he will lose even his current rights
Minter didn't know how to respond, when the soldier outside the door came to report: "Your Excellency, the box has been loaded" Jada hurriedly went out to check, Minter followed out, and saw that he was very careful to check whether a large wooden box one meter square was fixed, and felt strange: "What's in the box?" Why are you so nervous? ”
Jada stroked the surface of the box: "It's Sargent, I put his ashes together with the soil, we came together, of course we have to go home together"
"Huh?!" Minter was taken aback, "But the ashes..."
"Don't worry, the magician named Alex helped me purify it with light magic, and he said it would be fine"
Minter was relieved that Alex was indeed a cultist
Jada sighed and turned to look at Minter, "I'm about to go, this time... I don't know what to say, anyway, even if we settle down, I won't blame you again in the future, maybe... Take care of yourself anymore, my friend," he tugged at the corners of his mouth and patted Minter on the shoulder
Min Te's mood suddenly became a little heavy, and he hurriedly comforted him and said: "Actually, the matter is not so serious, you are also for the benefit of the country, you are just being used, and you fight bravely, command well, several times with the monsters, you have thinned the main force of the army, and won the final victory, with your king here, it will be fine."
Jada shook her head: "Although the war is won, but... More than 1,000 of our 30,000 troops have died, and the armaments we have accumulated for several years have been used up, and when I go back, I will have to pay the price. He smiled self-deprecatingly, "But you're right, with Your Majesty here, my life will not be in danger."
Minter sent Jada out of town and watched him lead the army to disappear into the horizon before returning to Sico, feeling nothing but a heavy heart
He returned to the South District listlessly, and saw Sauron hurrying towards him: "You came just in time, I have something for you to do" After that, he took out a bill of lading and said: "This is the list of materials I ordered with Paxila's magic raw materials, and I said that I would pick it up tomorrow, but now the magic power of the great magician of Sufa is seriously depleted, and I must go back to the academy immediately to recuperate, this time I asked him to take action, so I must take responsibility and send him back, it's too late to get this batch of materials, you can help me get it tomorrow, and then send it over" and then stuffed the list into Minter's arms
Minter hurriedly said, "But I still have to go back to the General Administration..."
"This is not in a hurry, these are all things that I usually use, I only bought them when I saw that the shopkeeper bought them cheaply, you just need to send them to me before winter" Sauron heard someone behind him call him to hurry back and answer two sentences, before he said to Minter, "Okay, that's it, remember to get everything and remember to review!" I don't have time right now, and the next time I see you, I'll have to give me Edith. Emers's "Eight Hundred and Eighty-Eight Commonly Used Magic Leaves" was done all over again, remember?! ”
Minter opened his mouth, and before he could protest Sauron, he left, leaving him to wail in his heart That book is a perverted textbook recognized by the demon world of the whole continent for thousands of years, even if it is the magic instructor of the orthodox magic academy, at least half of them have not finished reading the above formula, and among those who have finished reading, less than a quarter can make all of them Teacher Sauron, are you sure you are teaching a magic apprentice, not copying a Sepheus. Sauron?
Despite the resentment in his heart, he still put the list away, and as soon as he got home, he immediately began to memorize the recipe He walked to the temporary residence of the Security Department in the southern district, and the closer he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he hurriedly ran into the house, and found that everyone was also packing their things, and was surprised: "Boss, what are you doing here?!" ”
The white-haired Mallory turned to see him, and said: "Just right, I was about to tell you that I am going back to Ito tomorrow to go to this place, there seem to be a lot of mysteries behind it, I have to go back and report to His Majesty General Nornew will stay here to preside over the overall situation, I will take two people away, and other colleagues will temporarily stay to help the general You are the oldest of all people, but the person who knows the ins and outs of the matter the most, I will let you be the deputy team leader, and Faith will be the team leader, you have to assist him well When the matter is over, you will go back to the General Administration, Tell me more about the before and after of this mission."
Minter turned his head to look at Faith standing beside him, recognizing him as a rather low-key member of the General Administration, who had worked together once before, and nodded silently
The next day, when he saw off Mallori, he saw that the Heda family's carriage Aloy's eyes had not yet been completely cured, but Sico's environment was not conducive to the patient's recuperation, and the Wizard left in a hurry, so the family decided to return to Ito first, just in time to go with Lorri
It seemed that all of a sudden, everyone left, Minte's heart was a little empty, and he felt very dazed, and when Faith saw this, he smiled and said to him: "Everyone is tired, General Norvad, in fact, he rarely asks us to work, you just walk around, look at the situation in the town, we will signal something"
Minter thought about it, so he agreed that he would go to the magic raw material store first, and took out all the goods ordered by Teacher Sauron, and when he saw the amount, he was startled and hurriedly took out the list and looked at it, only to find that he saw a hundred kilograms as ten kilograms, and he didn't understand why the teacher ordered so many materials
Fortunately, his storage ring was specially made by Han Lin, and the space was ten times larger than other storage utensils, so he barely put down eighty percent, and the other two percent he put into the storage bracelet
He was a little curious, so he asked the shopkeeper, "Did my teacher mention why he bought so many materials?" This could have been used for years."
The shopkeeper, who described him as emaciated, replied: "Professor Sauron is a regular customer of mine, and I was about to end my business here, so I decided to transfer all the inventory cheaply, find him first, and sell it at once, your teacher is a good man, and he paid me an extra five percent Anyway, this thing will not break if it is stored in the storage utensils, and it will save me time to buy it later, but the land I sell is all of the best goods!" Absolute value! Minter complimented him and asked, "Why do you want to end the business?" Is it because there was a war here? "Probably not, right? Even if the land is polluted, most of the residents here make a living from business, so they won't be unable to do business, right? Looking at the endless stream of pedestrians on the streets outside, you can see that in fact, the post-war Sico is not much different from the pre-war period
The shopkeeper sighed and said: "It's not good, this time many shops have donated their own goods for the army to fight, the marshal is a good person, he didn't owe us money, we just made a small profit, don't hide it from you, young man, since the closure of the country, there has been a lot of depression in the market, and there are few residents near Xike, and the people in the north have preferred to go to Meiton to trade in recent years, and the domestic material store has gradually moved the shop to Watertown After all, it is closer to Shaonan, There's a big forest nearby, and I'm planning to go to Watertown to reopen a small shop, so when you need magic materials in the future, remember to come to me and send Cera."
Minter smiled and responded, stepped out of the store, and looked up, sure enough, there were more than a dozen stores on a street packing goods, does this mean that the material distribution centers of the whole continent are about to be reshuffled? The materials center that has been famous for more than 600 years will soon become a company?
He wandered around casually, and found that the situation on the other streets was similar, but the shops in the North District were not in this situation, but they began to feel uneasy, and the other shops had moved away, which would affect the livelihood and life of the residents of the North District, and some merchants began to sigh and sigh, and even counted the goods returned by the army before leaving, which was also a little careless
One merchant said to another, "Do you see that only half of the forty truckloads of sesame oil sent out have been returned, and they have really all been used up?" What the hell are they doing with oil?"
The latter smiled and said, "Of course it's used to set fire to the monster, haven't you heard?" That night the fire burned on the plain until dawn, and then it burned until noon."
The former saw his smile and felt inexplicably unhappy: "You are in a good mood?" Didn't you lose money?! ”
The latter raised his eyebrows proudly: "I'm sorry, I really didn't make a daily necessities, it's not like you are all oil, and I still have a few boxes of good things, and now the price has doubled, and when I find a buyer to get rid of, I will make a fortune."
"What's good?! Speak up, talk fast! ”
The latter smiled, walked up to a large wooden box in the store, and patted it: "It's spice!" The best Wisa spices! ”
Spices?
Minter suddenly stopped, frowned, and turned to listen to the conversation between the two merchants
I only listened to the owner of the spices: "... It was sold to me by a Nuojia merchant who was in a hurry to use the money at half price, there are a total of six boxes here, you know, now there is a shortage of spices, and they are all sold out outside, how much is it worth here, don't I tell you, right? He lifted the lock on the box and tried to lift the lid to show his friend the contents
Mint suddenly had a premonition of danger in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't open it!" ”
But he was a step too late, and the merchant had already pulled the lock open, and the lid of the box flipped open, and a two-meter-long demonic beast sprang out, raised two large claws, and swung at the human in front of him
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