The wheels of history roll forward, kicked by the Lich.

In the blink of an eye, it's December of another year. It's only been a year since Gray first came to the Lion King's capital. However, for the people of the Lion King Capital, it seems like a century has passed. The whole world has changed dramatically.

After the turmoil, people's lives have returned to order. However, peace is out of the question. Since Paladin Gray lived here, and various missions visited, it had become the center of the Southern Continent. After all, unlike the previous Holy See's reluctance to intervene excessively in the world, this paladin Gray is very willing to use his power to intervene in the world, as long as he feels that it is unfair, he will intervene. This made him the target of almost everyone in the entire Southern Continent for help.

And the agreement with the Holy Spirit and with the Demon Lord will be his greatest umbrella until the crisis comes. It has become a gap in the world where unconventional forces are invested, and it has also created a "Holy Spirit" who walks in the world.

Gray is busy every day, juggling all sorts of things. Now that he knows how heavy his identity is, he no longer makes decisions as rashly as before, and when he encounters uncertain questions, he will ask for the opinions of others more.

"What's going on with Elven Trade?"

"The elven trade has always been forbidden. Count Gruglu replied, "Elves are both men and women of good looks, and have a lifespan of more than ten times that of the average man. So, there will be a lot of nobles who want to have an elf as a slave. The price is also very high. As a result, there are many adventurers who will sneak into the Elven Forest to kidnap the elves and then sell them to the nobles. These trafficked elves often serve them for generations before growing old. Because of the yearning for the elves, the countries even wanted to conquer the elves for a time, but failed, failed miserably. After that, the elves made an agreement with the humans that the humans must ban the elven trade and punish the kidnappers and buyers. This is rarely the case now, but not because of an agreement, but because the elves have taken strict precautions, and it is difficult for the kidnappers to succeed. That agreement was signed between the Pope and the Elves on behalf of humanity, and each Pope reaffirmed the validity of the agreement. I think they are trying to test your attitude. ”

"Why is it that only the wood elves make this request, but the blood elves don't mention it. Aren't the blood elves handsome enough?"

"Not really. Mainly because the Blood Elves have always been hostile to humans, so they have taken a more extreme approach. Adventurers generally choose the more 'gentle' Wood Elves to start with. Presumably, the blood elves think that the agreement is already dispensable. ”

"Hostile to humans, and they asked me to support their excavation of the ruins of Krimatha?"

"Hmm...... I don't know about that. "Count Grugrew doesn't know everything.

Vivien understands this question, though.

"Krimasha is a magical civilization that was 10,000 years ago and has since declined. To be precise, it's not a place, it's an era. The age of Clematha, the pinnacle of human magical civilization. ”

"Humans still have a magical civilization?" Gray was shocked.

"Yes, there were. Actually, I read it in a book, after all, it was 10,000 years ago. Vivien said: "The lifespan of human beings is too short, although their intelligence may be the highest among the various races on the continent, but their own physical functions are also very limited. It's impossible to accumulate enough knowledge, and you can't gather enough magic. The best way to contact magic is to use the power of the Demon Lord, as you do now. In the past, it was common for humans to wield the power of angels or demons. ”

"That is, in that era, almost everyone was either a paladin or an emissary?"

"That's probably the case, but certainly not as many as almost all of them. After all, there are not so many angels and demons. In short, they used the power of heaven and hell to reach a very high level of civilization. But they were later abandoned, and the Krimatha era was a thing of the past. ”

"Why were they abandoned?"

"Uh...... I don't know much about that. And that's another topic. Vivien said, "Anyway, they were abandoned. But there are many things left behind, and these things are called 'Krimasa Ruins'. It is found in many places on the mainland. Your pendant was also excavated from the ruins of Klimasa. The Blood Elves have always been eager to gain access to the knowledge that humans have accumulated in the time of Krimasha, and the Holy See has always been opposed to this. The largest 'ruins of Krimasha' were in the territory of the Gustavus Empire, and the Holy See even sent a special army to guard it, forbidding anyone to approach it. I think that's what the Blood Elf Queen wants. ”

"Shall I promise them, or should I refuse them?"

"I don't know. But what I can be sure of is that if you reject them, it won't have any effect. And if you promise them...... Then you have to be ready for the expedition. After all, it was on the territory of the Gustav Empire. And...... You're not even familiar enough with the internal affairs of humanity, and it seems a little too early to deal with relationships with other races. ”

Gray thought for a moment, and could only reply, "Okay, then I'll tell them that I can't answer this question for the time being." ”

While Gray was tirelessly learning something new every day in order to cope with the burden that had fallen on his shoulders now, whether he accepted it or not, everyone in the Lion King Capital was also busy. The whole city is starting to come back to life.

The worst is behind us, and the days that follow, each day is better than yesterday. The whole city is filled with smiling faces. In addition to our former author of "A Knight's Guide to Becoming a Knight", and now the author of "Lich Paladin", Mr. Morka.

......

"What do you say? Nobody buys it? This can't be!"

"I know it's hard to believe, but it's the way it is, I told you a long time ago that no one likes to read a lich story. Even if the lich is a paladin. The mustache editor-in-chief spread his hands helplessly: "If you don't believe it, you can go to the bookstore and see for yourself." ”

Morka turned around and rushed out of the publishing house, thought for a moment, went back to the hand of Bubbles, who was hurriedly chasing behind, and went straight to the bookstore.

Soon, he saw a thick stack of Lich Paladins.

"Boss, is this book a good seller?"

"It's not easy to sell. The bookstore owner sitting at the counter said lazily: "These are ready to be returned, you can look at other books." ”

"Why is it not selling?"

"How do I know why it's not selling? I don't. ”

"It can't be a bad seller!"

"Isn't it hard to sell two copies after buying a hundred copies?"

As he was talking, a customer next to him walked in and handed a copy of "Lich Paladin" to the boss: "Boss, I want to change it." ”

"Isn't this a good one?" asked the bookstore owner.

"Pretty bad. The author of this book certainly doesn't know how to write books, the lich in it is not the same as the lich in other books I read, the church is not the same, the paladin is not like the paladin, and the Holy Spirit is not like the Holy Spirit. Anyway, it's terrible! Can't he just refer to it and see what other people are writing?"

"Yes...... Isn't it normal for different authors, different books, and different settings?"

"You think I'm not right?"

"No, you're right, the reader's words are always right. Go pick a new one. With that, the bookstore owner sighed and threw the returned book to the top: "Okay, now only one has been sold, and ninety-nine copies have been returned." Hey, who was that just now?"

......

The entrance of the bookstore.

There was laughter everywhere, except for Morka, who sat alone on the street walkway, covering his face.

"What's wrong?" Bubbles half-crouched down, holding her cheeks and looking at Morka.

Morka hung his head and said, "Didn't you hear? ”

"Is it because they don't have vision?"

"No, maybe I'm too confident. Patronizing and writing books, but not studying the tastes of readers. It was my fault. ”

Bubbles reached out and touched Morca's head, "It's okay. Just write a new one, anyway, we have food now, so we can write slowly. ”

"Probably...... It's not as simple as rewriting a new book. ”

A pair of boots appeared in Morka's field of vision, and looking up, he saw his editor-in-chief: "Sign this." ”

As he spoke, the mustachioed editor-in-chief handed over a piece of paper full of words.

"What is it?" asked Bubbles.

"The house. The editor-in-chief of the mustache replied: "Someone will go to collect the house early tomorrow morning, and I am willing to lose the bet." After deducting all the costs, you can still have dozens of copper plates left. ”

Morka reached out and took the pen and paper from the editor-in-chief's hand, and signed it silently.

"Good luck. ”

Got back the transfer contract, and the editor-in-chief left.

Morka still sat dumbfounded on the side of the road.

Bubbles whispered, "Then are we going to rent a house next?"

Morka shook his head: "We don't have enough money to rent a house. ”

"Sleeping on the streets?"

"Yes. ”

"It's okay, I'm used to it. I know there's a great place to spend the winter!" Bubbles said with a smile.

Morka rubbed his little head helplessly.

......

At this moment, in another corner of the Lion King's capital, a clergyman who had fallen because of Gray was sitting in his cramped cabin, eating bread and drinking milk, looking at the only copy of the Lich Paladin that had been sold.

"Are you still in the mood?" another clergyman standing next to him took a sip of water from his cup, looked out the window and said, "The Pope is coming, don't we have to prepare to meet him?"

"How are you ready?" the clergyman looked at and said casually, "We have no money, nothing." Half of the people in the church have gone to farming, and even Pierce Cathedral is not ours anymore. Now it's that damn paladin who lives there. And this one is very interesting, everyone else is singing the praises of the paladin, but this one actually writes the paladin as a lich. Hahahaha, it makes sense to look at. It's as if he's a lich. If only he were a lich, we could remove him from power very quickly. ”

"You just daydream. How could a paladin approved by the Holy Spirit be a lich?" said his companion, putting down the glass of water and turning and walking out.

The clergyman was the only one left in the room.

"it...... Oh my God, wouldn't it? Well, isn't it......?"

The expression slowly turned from playfulness at the beginning, to doubt, and by the end, there was already a hint of horror. His eyes began to flicker.

"Yes, this must be shown to the Pope......"

......

In December, there was a light snow on the lion king, and everything was covered with a layer of white, which was as beautiful as a picture. No matter what, everything is always going in a good direction. The grief and frustration of a few people does not affect the overall situation. After all, everyone had a good time.

Benedict II finally began to work hard, and people finally began to like him.

The Dwarven Legion was reorganized into Gray's second detachment of the Knights of the Silver Moon, and Stickhammer became the captain of the second detachment. He also wanted to learn the trick of robbery with the Bible, but unfortunately with the complete decline of the Holy See, there was no place for him to learn.

Camilla became the captain of the third detachment of the Knights of the Silver Moon, but there were only two men under her command, two of the paladins' henchmen, Bob and Barnett III's stupid son, Carey Carlson. From a normal point of view, the third detachment is undoubtedly the weakest of the Silver Moon Knights, after all, there is a woman and two children among the three people, and none of them can fight. But on the other hand, they may be the strongest. Because these three people can mobilize the power of three countries.

As for Jones, Dora, and Andrew, they were singled out as Gray's personal entourage.

Gray is still trying to learn all kinds of knowledge from the entire continent, looking at the various histories of each region, and understanding the grievances between the major families in order to accurately respond to various unexpected situations. Vivien and the black cat acted as his mentors, and the more they made up for the gaps, the more they found their gaps, and their scalps began to tingle. Vivien even discovers that Gray knows nothing about things between men and women.

"Should I tell him?" she said to herself, "It's impossible for humans to have anything to do with lichs, but succubi don't. While he doesn't understand anything, hehe, let me teach him......"

Vivien's face flushed and she snickered.

Turning her face sideways, she noticed that the black cat was staring at her.

"What are you thinking?"

"No, I didn't think of anything!" Vivien's eyes widened, a little panicked.

"I've guessed it, don't have a bad idea. Otherwise, I'll report you. ”

"I didn't do anything, what do you want to report me!"

"I'm going to fill in the parts that Gray doesn't understand. ”

"You, black cat, you remember me!"

In any case, the days went by like this. It was not until the end of December, near the New Year, that the Pope finally arrived in the Lion Capital with a delegation of cardinals from the Council of Cardinals.

Negotiations, which were enough to influence the situation on the entire continent, began......

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