The originally relaxed atmosphere in the room was gone, and Roddy's brows furrowed deeper and deeper after hearing Camilla's report, not only anger in his heart, but also an indescribable sense of crisis. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As he had said to Merinthra when he was drunk, it was only a matter of time before he found the undead to settle accounts. Not only is he researching spells these days, but all the research projects of the magic tower are not only for the benefit of people's livelihood such as "artificial rain", but the large-scale research and development for war is the main theme of Elson City. However, although Roddy put the research and development of the undead on the agenda early, it does not mean that he has the power to attack the undead at any time - if there are three more years, Roddy is confident that the undead will not return.

But when the orcs made a clear posture of preparing to attack, if the undead were inserted into the battle at the same time, the current Roddy would be at an absolute disadvantage.

Thinking of this, Luo Di asked carefully: "Take the cavalry team to reconnoiter carefully, don't let go of the clues, it is best to touch the opponent's troops and test them, I want to know their intentions." ”

Although the undead and the kingdom of Karen have always "not the water of the well", local skirmishes are one of the best ways to test the intentions of the higher-ups, both for the orcs and for the undead.

Camilla knew that this was probably a wake-up call for the imminent start of the war, so she hurriedly wrote down Roddy's order and prepared to carry it out, but she was stopped by Roddy just after taking two steps: "This news was just got?" ”

"Yes, intelligence information didn't go through anyone's hands."

This is the hallmark of Elson City - the "Guardians" have absolute control over the city, eliminating redundant procedures that could lead to leaks.

"In this way..."Roddy frowned and pondered for a few seconds, adding, "Block all messages, execute orders as secretly as possible, and remember not to let those Rasiman mages see the problem." ”

Camilla understood the reason after a moment's thought, turned and left. On the other hand, Mai Linser, who was still wearing high heels, said loudly: "I'm also a mage who is going to Laciman, aren't you afraid that I will say it casually?" Do you want to imprison me? ”

Having experience in the glacial plains, she had a strong confidence in Roddy, and at this time she didn't think he could have any problems, so it was a complete joke. But Luo Di didn't have time to joke at this time, waved his hand and sighed: "Things are a little troublesome, I have to think of countermeasures first." ”

He wasn't worried at all about whether Merin Sera would leak the news, the latter squinted his eyes in satisfaction with this trust, and then leaned up to the wooden collapse seemingly casually, stretched out his hand to cast the "Mage's Hand", and pulled a copy of "Monsters and Their Origins" from the bookshelf next to him, and said while flipping through it: "Then you think slowly, I'll just wait for dinner." ”

The gown that had just been transformed vanished, revealing her original red robes. But because she was lying on her back so casually, Roddy felt a sudden dazzle in front of him—there were no stockings or safety pants these days, and he looked up to realize that it was the long legs that Merinthera had unintentionally exposed.

With a tall figure and a buff in high heels, Merlene Sera can be called buried as a supermodel... However, she didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this posture, and while flipping through the book with relish, she reached out and lifted the long hair pressed behind her back, and leaned on the collapse in a more "paralyzed" position.

Roddy inexplicably felt a little dry in his mouth, but the news reported by Camilla pressed on his chest like a mountain, so he had no intention of appreciating the "beautiful scenery" in front of him, so he had to cough lightly and turn his head to the desk next to him.

But he definitely didn't know that the tips of her ears were red at this time, and her eyes were staring at the catalog of "Monsters and Their Origins" for two minutes without reading a word.

People sometimes do things that they find incredible, although Merinsera is a dragon, but at this time she also experienced an inexplicable entanglement - she didn't know why she did this, but she couldn't control it in her heart, but after doing it, she was shy and regretful, but she couldn't take her legs back now... But when she saw Roddy turn to leave, she couldn't help but scold Roddy in her heart for being a bastard, angry that he didn't dare to look at it twice and then express it.

In short, it's all Roddy's, it's wrong!

But Luo Di didn't care about taking care of her emotions at the moment, because the current situation made him really anxious.

He looked at the series of preliminary agreements that Houdini had written on his desk before leaving, and his brow furrowed into the word "Chuan". This stack of agreements includes not only magical technologies such as scroll circles, but also plans for the construction of a new deep-water port southwest of Ivota and the joint development of multiple projects.

In other words, these letters of intent are worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of gold coins.

Although Elson City has high-tech magic technology, the most important problem at the moment is that it does not have a deep population and wealth base. This is like the discovery of gold mines in a village in a poor mountainous area, and a simple vein cannot make the village rich immediately, and a series of investment attraction, infrastructure construction and electricity must be built to increase the per capita wealth here.

In other words, this "joint venture construction" of the Rasiman Kingdom largely determines whether Elson City can gain a firm foothold and develop rapidly in the next few years. And the key point of whether the two sides can cooperate harmoniously happens to be on the "cobalt gold mine"!

"If it were somewhere else, maybe the strategy would have been abandoned, but here... You really can't take a step back. ”

Roddy stared at the marked vein on the outskirts of the Gondola Mountains, silently opened the "City Construction Bar", and began to retrieve the research results of his various "R&D departments" over the past - he needed to count how many hole cards he currently had, and see if he could fight against the possible undead army.

In the afternoon, Nata, riding a duck, rushed back to Elson City.

It's better to return sooner than later, and Roddy is worried that he can't confirm the specific movements of the undead, and Nata's arrival couldn't be more timely for him. However, when the dusty Nata recounted the news she had observed, the little luck he still had in his heart was gone...

"The undead are preparing for war, and while some obstructions and obstacles can be seen, the signs of a build-up here, here, and here are very clear..."

"I saw these on my way back - including the patrolling undead forces here, who have begun to extend their tentacles outward, as if preparing to establish outposts beyond the gondola."

Nata didn't know about the attack on the cobalt gold mine, but simply told what she had seen and heard, and took out a hand-drawn map to explain it to Roddy in detail. This is also one of the compulsory courses of "Ranger", detecting and locating the enemy's movements, judging the enemy's intentions are all well-founded, these knowledge Roddy has carefully taught Nata, and now her judgment is also very consistent with these empirical common sense.

"It seems that Augustine is ready to be tough this time."

Roddy originally thought that the other party would be dragged out by the parliament for a while due to the frustration of his plan, but he did not expect him to push the war so strongly. Regardless of how much Augustine suffered in his deal with Parliament, Roddy must now face the fact that if the army of the undead were to come straight for Ivta, what should he do as "Prime Minister"?

"The situation is not optimistic," he asked, jotting down key information on parchment, "what about the orcs?" ”

"I'm afraid it's worse."

Nata glanced at Merinthera, who was already sitting upright next to her, nodded and continued: "More than 20,000 vanguard troops have gathered and set off, and more than 30,000 baggage troops are following behind. ”

"Their direction... Facing Everta. ”

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"Ring the alarm! Just go! Light the beacon fire! Fast! Fast! Fast! ”

The silence of the village was shattered by a group of scouts who had just returned from the edge of the steppe, and although there were only five of them, the horses they rode under their crotches were all tall and of great value. The sound of tapping echoed through the village, startling a crowd of birds.

"When! While! ”

The metal alarm bells, which had been brought in from Houllier only three months earlier, were small in size, but the bells were drifting far away in the wind. Within two minutes, a specially set up "beacon fire" in the center of the village was lit, and the flames caused a black smoke to slowly float up, as if it had been smeared on a clear clear sky.

Soon, black smoke after black smoke ignited one after another. In a short time, similar beacon fires were lit in all the villages along the border.

After experiencing an initial panic, the villagers soon began to evacuate under the orders of the officer on duty. They moved quickly, and it was clear that most of them were mentally prepared for today's scene, whether it was the elderly, women and children, they tried to keep their mouths shut and remain silent, and there was no chaos that often occurs when fleeing.

The standard scout team in the village has increased from eight to twenty-five in six months, and more than half of them are veterans specially pulled from nearby fortresses. As the villagers began to slowly retreat towards the fortress, all twenty-five scouts and captains had already equipped their combat leather armor and blades, checked the standard crossbows in their hands one by one, and turned over on their horses.

Whether it's alarm bells, beacons, warhorses, or the sophisticated equipment on them, everything has only gradually changed since Duke Angmar realized the threat of the orcs. When all the nobles ridiculed Angmar for "spending money indiscriminately", the duke withstood great pressure and pressed the objections of the nobles in the territory to carry out a series of resource transfers from the border villages.

This continued until the death of the Duke of Angmar and the succession of Sally to the title, if not to a greater extent. More and more farmers are becoming paid professional soldiers, and more veteran soldiers are being promoted from the bottom to replace the moths that occupy positions - and all these efforts are finally beginning to bear fruit today...

Except for one scout who was quick to report the news in the direction of the fortress, the rest of the scouts galloped away in the direction of the steppe without hesitation. Another village, seven kilometers away, also dispatched a scout party of 20 people after receiving the warning, and gathered and advanced at the designated location.

Twenty minutes later, on the vast grassland, the fifteen-man orc advance team encountered the scout force with a total of forty-five people. The roaring orc wolf cavalry charged excitedly - they had always accepted the notion that "humans are very weak" and did not feel that these human cavalry in front of them could threaten them.

So the wave of crossbow arrows that came in front of them made them experience the horror of "equipment suppression" straightforwardly.

The four unlucky orcs were shot through the body on the spot and fell directly under the wolf.

The rest of the orcs who had stagnated in momentum began a white-knuckle battle head-on - although the scout team could not form a neat charging formation, with the impact of the high war horses and the iron long blades in their hands, they shouted slogans and tore apart the orc team in front of them with a roar...

"For the homeland!"

"Guard Ivta!"

With blood spilled, the orcs' war of aggression against Evta and even the entire Karen Kingdom began.

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I was supposed to finish writing in the afternoon, but I was called out by a phone call to go out and do something else, and now it's even more. Tomorrow, my father-in-law will be discharged from the hospital, and I will get up at five o'clock to go to the hospital, and it is estimated that the discharge procedures will be completed in the afternoon, and then I will be placed in a nearby hotel to facilitate postoperative examination, so the update will be placed the day after tomorrow. I will be able to focus on this after four days when I check and confirm that I am fine, but I will write some when I have free time these days, and try to slowly adapt to the rhythm of daily changes.