Chapter XXXVII: New Members of the Alliance

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As early as a hundred years ago, Malik instructed the night elves to mix with humans, and sent the offspring to collect intelligence in the big 6, under the guise of hating the blood of the night elves, coupled with their own qualifications, many of these descendants are mixed well, Claudia is one of the representatives. She has been in the Thorn of Shadows, Cobwebs, and finally entered Longyan Fort, relying on her own strength and finally climbed to the position of the leader of the scout group, and has been working for decades, so to speak, she is a figure of the same period as Alex, except for the commander and the forging grandmaster Dante, she is the oldest. So when Longyan Fort fell, many people were arrested and interrogated, but she was not suspected.

Unlike Claudia, Belloc himself does not like to fight, and is addicted to prop making, and later the Adventurer's Guild declined, and he was soon abandoned by the Night Elves as a hidden stake for many years. When Bridge connects with the Children of Nature and revives the union, which has come to an end, the Night Elves approach Belloc again and ask him for details about Link.

Belloc hesitated, on the one hand, he was sent to the Adventurers' Guild for this role. On the other hand, he has been in the union for decades and has long regarded the organization as a refuge. The elder is old but not confused at all, and once Link's disguise as Ranger Melville is leaked, he will inevitably be suspected. Except for Bridge, Belloc, and the branch heads of Vaolet, no one knew about it.

His mother had been dead for many years, and his father had many children, and if it weren't for the son of nature, he might not have remembered him as a mixed-race son. Thinking of Bridge, who treated him like a relative, Belloc finally chose to prepare the other half of his bloodline and inform Bridge that he was a Night Elf spy.

The president's words at that time surprised and frightened Belloc, the president actually knew his origin for a long time, but for so many years, he had never divulged important secrets. It didn't break.

Although Bridge said at the time that the union was declining, he could not afford to sacrifice a prop master.

Belloc knew that the cunning and witty old man had only given him a step, and that Bridget had not treated himself as a relative, and that the wilderness had become dangerous and full of wandering undead since the undead had invaded. Without the adventurers, the union's business was getting worse and worse day by day, and the clerks left one by one, and in the end there were only a few homeless people who had worked all their lives and refused to leave, and they had nowhere to go.

In addition to revealing the feud between the Children of Nature and the royal family, the Hall of Mirrors Conference also broke out an incident that made everyone from the nobles to the common people collectively angry -- the Baroness Claudia was a traitor who led the fall of Longyan Castle! For forty years, mankind could only huddle in the city walls, reminiscing about the past time over and over again. The pollution of the land is becoming more and more severe, the grain production is decreasing year by year, people are starving to death every day, and the people's grievances are increasing day by day, Claudia's case has become a breakthrough, which has completely detonated the dissatisfaction and anger in the hearts of the people, and the nobles have also taken the opportunity to put the blame on the royal family and this half-elf who had been in power for a while.

While denouncing the protests against the royal family, the people also took their anger out on the night elf hybrids scattered all over the place. Belloc is hidden in the union, and his safety is safe for the time being. But he worries about other people who have the same experience as himself. With Bridge's help, he rushed to Vaolet with all the Night Elf hybrids he could find, their last hope for now. Malik's switch of faction has not only abandoned the Night Elf cultists, but also their hybrids born to steal information, if not even the autonomous territories outside the United Kingdom will accept them...... On the surface of this earth, I am afraid that there is no place to live?

Listened to Belloc's request. Link fell into sedimentation.

This is to sanction Frannie's joint sitting, the original half-blood night elves are no longer welcome, after Claudia's matter is exposed, the night elf half-blood has no place to stay. In any case, it was I who led to such a result. Link's gaze shifted to the crowd that occupied the entire union hall.

"What did they do before, or what expertise did they have?"

There was a joy in Belloc's eyes that could not be hidden, and if the child of nature would say this, it meant that he was willing to help.

"There are people from all walks of life, and the lowest is expert. ”

"Hmm...... Is there an architectural aspect?" Link had already figured out how to explain it to Servis.

Belloc nodded to the crowd behind him, and immediately three people stepped out, pulling down their hoods, revealing the delicate faces of elves.

"O'Connor, Laplon, Lowry. Belloc named the three of them one by one, and then looked at Link, "They are all well-known architects, what can you do?"

"Two months ago, I forged an alliance between the dwarves of the Sander clan and the city lords, allowing them to put aside their prejudices and past conflicts. Unexpectedly, I left, and the dwarves who were bent on recovering their hometown ran away, and the construction of the new city had to be stopped. Before Valolet became independent and self-governing, it was famous for hosting artisans. You all have a skill and meet the conditions to enter the city, and I can act as a guarantee for him to contain you. But......" At this point, Link paused deliberately and looked fixedly at Bellok, who was hidden in the half-blood elf leader, "I don't want the same thing to happen again." ”

It's so clear that even a fool knows what it means.

Belloc nodded without hesitation and promised that as long as the city lord could accept them as rootless people, they would definitely regard this place as their home country and would never betray it.

Link asked Belloc to take the three architects with him to the Lord's Mansion to meet Servis in person, while the others stayed here for the time being. Because he had lived in the city lord's mansion for a while, Servis's private soldiers and guards had seen him, and no one dared to come up to check on him when he walked around the city with a few strangers wearing cloaks, and entered the city lord's mansion unimpeded.

Hearing that there was an important matter to discuss, Centurion Fern led them directly to the study, and at a long time ago, he heard the angry voice of Servis passing through.

"No way! Even if you were my father, I wouldn't accept such a condition!"

Link paused, Duke of Esson, Servis talking to him with the Messenger Stone?

Restarting, Link knocked on the door, startling Serves, who was facing away from him, and looked back to see Link standing outside the study with several people with their heads and faces covered. A flash of panic flashed across his face, but he quickly calmed down. Letting go of the finger that was pressing the communication rune, the human voice coming from the communication stone was completely gone.

"I didn't disturb the conversation between the lord and the duke. Link asked knowingly.

Servis smiled unnaturally, "Of course not. ”

Link walked into the study, followed by four people, and Fern looked at the slender figures of the men, and put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist. He closed the door with his backhand.

Belloc and the others took off their hoods, and Servis was stunned, then looked at Link, "This is ......"

"The city lord should have heard about the recent liquidation of the half-blood night elves in various places, right?"

Servis nodded, of course he knew, but because he was busy dealing with nobles who might come at any time, he didn't have the heart to do this at all.

"I want to vouch for them to take in these half-elves, who have become homeless. ”

Link's words made Servis embarrassed, even though he was short of people. But these half-breed descendants have a bad reputation, and he is worried that if Link leaves, these people will cause chaos.

Knowing Servis's scruples, Link and the half-blood elves who fled to Vaolet are all skilled, fully qualified for Vaolet to recruit residents, and there are also architects among them who can continue the rest of the expansion project in place of the dwarves.

Servis was a little moved. Fearing that the dwarves would repeat themselves, the Children of Nature could not stay in Vaolet forever. What if these guys, like the dwarves, had a more suitable place and ran away?

Belloc bowed slightly to Servis, "City Lord, the pure-blooded Night Elves see us as tools, except here. We have nowhere else to go. As long as you are willing to accept it, we are willing to make Vallet a lifelong home. ”

"This ......" Servis hesitated, although there were many craftsmen in the city, most of them were just ordinary craftsmen, unlike half-blood elves. No matter what line of work you do, you have a good performance. What he was most worried about was that he couldn't suppress these hybrids.

Link on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "Fear of the tail can't make a big deal, and the city lord doesn't want to be mediocre like your father, and after his death, he will only leave a formulaic record of the first generations of Dukes of Essonne in the history books, right?"

Provoked by him, Servis finally made up his mind and agreed to make the half-blood night elves a legitimate resident, but he had a request to join the militia to defend against the nobles who could attack Vaollet at any time.

Defense...... Thinking of the quarrel he heard in the hallway, Link couldn't help but ask, "Does Duke Essonne want to take the lead?"

Servis covered his face with his hand, "Yes, I don't know who instigated him to insist that I hand over the management of Vaolet, otherwise he will sever the father-son relationship with me." ”

Link clapped his hands, "Originally, you are the second son, you have no inheritance rights, and being an independent and autonomous city lord is no worse than a lord." ”

But Servis doesn't think so, his eldest brother is a mage, obsessed with spells, and he doesn't want to inherit the title at all, the third child is not visible at all, he is the only one who can inherit the duke's position, the old man doesn't pass it on to him, does he want to pass it on to outsiders?

What annoyed Servis the most was that his father, who was timid and fearful, and who only cowered in the castle no matter what he lived, actually led his troops to claim back Vaolet, who belonged to Esson.

"How many soldiers did your father have brought with him, and where have he gone?" Link came to the hand-drawn map hanging on the wall, and Servis reached out and pointed to a forest not far from Vaolet.

"He brought with him five thousand soldiers. If it's fast, it will come in the evening, and tomorrow at the latest. ”

"You're in luck. Link patted Servis on the shoulder with his backhand, "Five thousand is not much, but it is more than enough to take down the defenders of less than a thousand Vaolet." If I don't arrive in time, I'm afraid that you, the city lord, will really have to be replaced. ”

Servis kept silent, and Link didn't tease him anymore, but changed the subject to the outward expansion that had been suspended, "The dwarves ran away, and what about the planned map?

Servis glanced at Verne, and the centurion immediately walked over to his desk, took out a thick roll of parchment from a drawer, and then walked over to Servis. Together, the two of them unfolded a sketch that had been drawn, and although it was a draft, it was depicted in great detail, and the plan for the new city had been laid out. The triangle of the inner city remains unchanged, the outer city is set in a circle, and the three areas that are divided are the market area, the food and lodging area, and the camp area for militia training.

Link motioned for the three architects to come forward and asked if they could continue to build with this composition?

The half-elf named O'Connor nodded, then shook his head.

"What do you mean?"

"Dwarves have been underground for a long time, and their buildings have always been carved into hollow ground or hills, and although they look atmospheric, they are not actually suitable for the surface. O'Connor's words were echoed by the nods of the other two companions.

Rory continued: "Set the walls so high. There is no quarry nearby, so where are we going to dig and transport the stone?"

It was the first time Link had seen the detailed plan, and he glanced at Servis, who was a little confused, and there was a slight reproach in his tone, "Didn't you participate in their planning?"

Servis wiped the cold sweat from his head. "I didn't think about it that much at the time, it was they who insisted on using this design. ”

In fact, Servis himself has selfish intentions, he wants to build Vaolet into a magnificent city, in order to show his status and wealth, although it is still only a necessary place on the trade route, he believes that in the future it will become a big city no less than the new capital.

Lin Ke stroked his forehead, "I'll find a way to solve the stone matter." ”

Lapulen, the only one of the three architects who didn't speak, shook his head, "Even if there is stone." With the population of Valolet's labor force, it is impossible to build without and three years and five years. ”

"You don't care about this, just tell me a word, can it be built if there are enough materials and labor? If not, change the design drawings now, and it will be too late to overturn and rebuild. Link's words made Servis soften on his feet, and he almost didn't stand firm.

No, I've laid the foundation. Isn't it amusing me to say that it will be rebuilt now? Isn't it all the manpower and material resources invested in the early days in vain?

But Belloc on the side understood. He asked hesitantly, "What's this......?" Are the precepts of the Child of Nature allowed?"

"The precept only says that you are not allowed to participate in politics and the army, and you are not allowed to intervene in the internal affairs of the species, but it does not say that you can't do this or this. "There are only a few commandments of the Children of Nature, and Link has memorized them all by heart.

Servis's suspicious gaze scanned back and forth between Link and Bellok, and Leng didn't understand what the two were playing.

Link gestured to the high walls of the outer city. I asked if I could put some traps on it to defend or attack the enemy, and if I only relied on a garrison of less than 1,000 people, once there were a large number of casualties, the city would not be able to hold it.

"You can refer to the magic crossbow of Xindu. However, that was set up by the current magic god when he was still a great sage, and with Valolet's financial resources, I am afraid that he would not be able to come up with so much pure gold and high-energy crystals. Belloc was a prop master and quickly understood what Link meant.

The exterior walls can be erected first, and the internal structure can be done slowly, but as for whether it can be done, he is not worried at all, as long as the columns allow, what is there that the children of nature can't do?

Link admits that he can't compare to Bray in making zuò props, and he also knows that after the mages leave, Vaolet won't have much to use to make zuò magic props, and even if there is, most of them are in the union. Bridge was definitely willing to borrow it, but ...... With the little stock in the warehouse, it's okay to make magic props, but if you do large-scale fortifications, I'm afraid it's not enough.

"I haven't been to Xindu, can you describe to me what Ray's magic crossbow is. "Link wants to evaluate Bray first, so that it can be used as a reference.

"It's similar to a battering crossbow, except that it is fixed to the city walls and used to defend the city. Anyone attempting to cross the walls, whether alive or dead, will be considered an invasion, and the magic cannon powered by the Guò Crystal will automatically fire, and will continue to be tracked until it hits its target. ”

It's just a thermally homing missile, although it may be a little lacking in power. Link was sneering in his heart, and Doyle, who couldn't help but be curious, couldn't help but ask, what are thermal tracking and missiles?

[The weapons of our world can capture the heat of living creatures and track them.] As for missiles, you can understand them as very powerful magical energy, one can blow up a city, much more powerful than any meteor shower. As Link explained, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and what he thought of was not how to get the Earth's missiles out, but his own magic barrage. If you can set this spell on some kind of device, it can be unleashed as soon as it is unfolded like using a magic scroll, and there is a way to fill it with mana......

Luo Leilai, who has rarely intervened recently, gave a positive answer, [It can be constant on a ballista made of pure gold, driven by solid magic energy such as high-energy crystals, if you want to recycle, you can arrange a magic circle that absorbs elements in the city, and fill the energy into high-energy crystals, so that you can achieve a 'never-exhaustible' cycle. Of course, this inexhaustibility is only relative, and your magic barrage is originally only used against ordinary armies, and it will not be useful if you run into the battle mages of Hohenheim or the Knights of Dawn of the Dawn Sect. 】

As soon as he heard that this was possible, Link immediately spoke his mind, and Belloc nodded in agreement. For now, setting up a few of these magic cannons is the only way to go.

News of the Pillars of Earth's construction by the Children of Nature in Valolet soon spread throughout Big 6 through the cobwebs. The information of the spider web is never wrong, and the nobles do not believe it, and some of the nobles who have already taken care of the baggage and have already come out immediately stopped the march, except for the Duke of Esson, who was instigated, he is bent on recovering the Vaolet that originally belonged to his jurisdiction, and by the way, he teaches a lesson to the unscrupulous son who wants autonomy before Lao Tzu is dead. (To be continued!)