Back in Lucky City, new problems arise.

The final departure was not difficult, and when Sosa, who gave up resistance, was inflicted by Lear with a weak and evil curse, the swordsmen who hurried in had no choice but to order them to leave.

Without the threat from Sosa, the warriors couldn't even get close to Lear's body, the orcs' axes and Ivo's arrows would slow them down, Haag's great axe and Mrak's longsword would stop their raids, and as long as Lear was given time to recite two or three intermediate spells, these people wouldn't be much better off if they weren't all buried, which was obviously not what Sosa wanted, and fortunately Lear didn't mean to embarrass them.

However, the question now is who should be sent to contact Count Svia to convince him that Lear is not targeting him, and the successive kidnappings are really due to misunderstanding and coincidence, after all, at this stage, Lear doesn't want a big man to engrave his name firmly on the head of the bed, and prick a villain to get up early and go to bed late three times, which is not noble.

Of course, Lear didn't really mind the above, and more importantly, in view of the shortage of strategic materials in Lucky City, Lear planned to extort 30,000 gold coins and 40 sulfur gems and crystals from Count Svia this time, but the mercury cost 60, which was a huge amount of money, because he wanted kilograms instead of grams.

After all, the price of sister flowers always has to go up a little.

The only problem was that Svia would be angry and refuse to pay, so the sisters' flowers would be a bit difficult for him to handle, after all, he didn't tell Alisha about tying Sosa and Eledrid back, and that carrying such a time bomb around him was really not good for his sleep health.

And you have to take care of the food.

But Lear still can't bear to hand them over to the Forest Council, after all, it's really unromantic to think of Eldred dressed as a beautiful maid and nailed to the flagpole.

As for Sosa, she would have shouted "Long live Erathia" and said shoot at me.

Ah, sorrow.

On the way back, Ivo offered to make a trip to Count Svia's castle on the plains of Bracaton, but Lear refused after thinking about it, there was a suitable candidate for this kind of thing, but it would take a while.

A month later, the man he was waiting for came.

"I thought you might be a little later. ”

Lear looked at the female mage in front of him with a smile, after not seeing her for two months, the magic fluctuations and temperament on her body had changed significantly, becoming deeper and calmer.

"I heard that you were in a little trouble, so I ended my practice early, but this is a loss you caused me, and you will have to pay it back later. ”

Adela brushed her messy hair from her forehead, she was indeed a little tired from all the way from Hot Spring City.

"No problem, but let's get down to business first, I'm going to help Lucky City upgrade the Magic Guild, but their strategic reserves are very different, so I can't help but tie up Eldred back again, oh this time and her swordsman sister."

I want to ask Mr. Svia to borrow 30,000 gold coins and some rare resources, but this matter can't be too big, Sosa will have a bad impact if he disappears for too long as the leader of the Erathia Crusader, although I don't know why there has been no movement on the Erathia side until now, but I think it is better to solve this matter as soon as possible.

You know, I don't want to get too involved in this war, whether it's the Forest Council or the Erathians, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, I just want to get what I want and leave. ”

Lear looked solemnly at his diplomat, who could only hope for Adela in this matter.

"When are you leaving?"

"It's up to the druids, I haven't talked to Alisha about this idea yet, but he probably won't refuse, if he agrees I will ask him to complete the sacrifice as soon as possible, if possible I will ask Alisha to allow you to enter the Magic Guild with me, but I'm not very optimistic about this, the first priority is that you need to bring back what we need as soon as possible, otherwise everything is in vain. ”

"It will take at least two months to get back and forth to the Brakkaton Plains, what are your plans in the meantime?

From the beginning to the end, Adela never asked what would happen if Count Svia didn't pay, and her strong self-confidence gave her a different kind of charm, which was what Lear admired the most.

"It depends on the actual situation, it's still the same sentence, I don't want to get involved in this war too deeply, I have spent so many resources to build a magic guild for the forest elves, if I just go in to visit, then I will lose a lot, so I plan to ask Mr. Alisha for some special compensation, two months is almost enough. ”

"Well, I'll go now. ”

As the conversation ended, Lear looked at Adela's departing back and fell into deep thought.

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Late at night, the elder's residence.

Unlike the extravagant and high-profile of human mages, even as an eighth-level druid, Elisha's residence is just a simple wooden house, with no guards or servants, and is built on top of the Dryad Gate, the only difference may be that it is slightly larger than the other elven wooden houses.

"Dear friend, I hope that your coming to me at this time can really provide me with some exciting news, otherwise I may ask you to compensate me for my sleep. ”

Alisha poured Lear a glass of water, and then joked, but the combination of these light-hearted jokes and his majestic face full of natural nicks made Lear feel very weird.

"Actually, I wonder if it's good news that I'm going to fund the Magic Guild in Lucky City to build the magic title page?"

Lear picked up the glass of water in front of him and took a sip gently, and the rich earth elemental aura instantly penetrated his heart, making him feel an inexplicable profundity and tranquility, and even the magic power in his body increased slightly.

It seems that it is true that the druids are close to nature, and such a glass of water will cost at least five gold coins if it is placed in the human world.

"If you really plan to do that, the foresters will miss you forever in these most difficult times. Please don't tell me you're just going to get into the Magic Guild to learn, because that's not at all proportional to what you're doing, and you and I both know that you're going to be paying a lot of money, even for a magician. ”

Lear's words made Elisha's eyes light up slightly, but that was all, and then he raised his own questions, dealing with smart people is like this, fortunately, Lear didn't plan to go around the bend.

"You may have misunderstood what I meant, but what I mean by assistance is that Lucky City is still responsible for most of the materials and construction, and I only make up the difference. ”

Lear hurriedly cleared up, don't accidentally let this old fox get into a trap.

"Even then, what you give is still not proportional to what you get, and if you have any additional requests, you can ask them now, as long as they do not violate the principles of the Forest Council, I will seriously consider them. ”

Elisha's attitude is actually exactly what Lear wants, but for some reason he always has a strange feeling that the reason why Alisha has been insisting on an equivalent exchange is that he doesn't want to owe him anything.

Although the two sides have a fairly solid foundation of friendship because of the good cooperation before, the other party seems to want to draw a line with him, just like he doesn't want to get involved too deeply in this war, and Elisha doesn't want to have too much to do with him.

As soon as people are wise, they are easy to approach, but fortunately, Lear doesn't need to figure out what Elisha is thinking.

"As you can see, I do have two small requests, the first is that I want to join the Magic Guild with my fellow mages, and the second is that I want to be your student for the next two months, if you don't think I'm dull and unteachable. ”

Let's be honest, the only rule of dealing with smart people.

"The first request is actually not a request, the magic guild you helped Lucky City upgrade, of course you have the right to bring people in, I can promise you this now, but the second one, what do you want to learn from me?"

Contrary to Lear's initial assumptions, Alisha directly agreed to the first one, but the second one got stuck here.

"Intelligence. ”

Lear made his wish clear, and then waited for Elisha's response.

"Hahahaha, boy, are you kidding? Not to mention that I don't know how to teach you this kind of thing, but in my opinion, the last thing you lack is wisdom. ”

Alisha reacted as if Lear had told a big joke.

"You know what I'm talking about, intelligence is not intelligence, and I thought the druids wouldn't lie. ”

Lear is serious.

"Then before I make a decision, I need to ask you a few questions, you can not answer, of course this will affect my final decision. First question, I can feel your indifference to this war, although you have been helping us, but I don't know why you are doing this until you make these two requests to me, but at the same time you are very hungry for power and knowledge, as if something has been chasing you all the time, can you tell me what it is?"

Alisha doesn't put pressure on Lear, but his wise eyes seem to be able to keep looking into the latter's heart.

"Death. Not death in the ordinary sense as you understand it, but a deeper, more impactful death, akin to despair. ”

There's nothing to hide about this, Lear didn't tell anyone after the failure to hunt down Sandru, his biggest pressure now is to race against death, as for this bloody conflict between the forest elves and the Erathians, he doesn't care at all, it's a matter of local war and all-out war, since Elisha asked, he doesn't mind talking about it, as for believing it or not, it's the other party's business.

"I don't know what this death you mean is, but my gut tells me that you're not lying, and that this death must be very heavy to make you look so lonely. So the second question is, what would you do if one day your vital interests clashed with the forests of Tulaone?"

"What I am going to do, there will be no conflict with the forest elves, and even at some point in the future we will become more determined allies, the situation you feared will not arise, if you need to, I can make an oath in the name of the Mage Tower. ”

Lear said sincerely.

"You're going to do it on your own, right?"

Alisha kept looking into Lear's eyes throughout the conversation, and he could feel the firmness in the other person's eyes, even though thousands of people had passed and had no regrets even if they were not trusted or supported.

"In fact, very few people would really believe in the Prophet, so I really have to do it myself, but I believe that in the distant future I will have allies, if it is still too late. ”

When Lear discovers that history hasn't changed much even after he took Haag with him, and even Sandru is more stoic and determined than he expected, the sense of urgency in the race against time grows stronger.

"I'll give you a little help, and I hope I won't regret my decision in the future. ”

Elisha said.

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