On the last day of August, Surdak did not go to the city hall of Mukuso, but stayed in the castle.

The castle of Ruyt, after Hathaway and Beatrice have been tidying up in recent days, has been transformed from a deserted, almost semi-deserted castle to a jewel of Ruyt, under the care of maids and gardeners.

The pool in the back garden is refilled with fresh water, and the whole pool looks like a sapphire in the sunlight, and the blue rocks at the bottom of the pool are clearly visible.

Beatrice was particularly fond of the castle's back garden, a platform that hung in mid-air larger than a football field, and now became green, and all the grass that grew was stripped away by the gardener, and the grass that stuck to the ground was neatly trimmed, like a huge green carpet on the platform.

There are twelve towering ancient trees growing on the east and west sides of the large platform in the back garden, and it is the developed rhizomes of these twelve huge ancient trees that firmly hold the entire platform firmly on the top of the mountain.

Hathaway and Hathaway were packing up a change of clothes for Surdak in the room, the bedroom window was open, the wind from the top of the hill blew the curtains out of the window, and Hathaway stood on the terrace to see Surdak by the pool in the back garden.

Surdak lay on the edge of the pool, watching Thea swim in the pool.

The water splashed, against the wet algae-green hair, Thea slammed out of the water, the clear water in the pool spread to the feet of Surdak, she put her snow-white arms on the edge of the pool, looked up and begged Surdak: "Surdak, you go to the battlefield this time, can you also take me?" ”

Surdak picked up a glass of ale from the small square table and motioned for Thea to add some ice cubes to it.

Thea patiently condensed a few lumps of ice and threw them into his cup.

Surdak took a big sip of great pleasure before saying to Thea: "You are not a second-turn powerhouse, even if you want to go to the Great Battlefield, I'm afraid this pass won't be able to take you with you......"

Thea rolled her eyes, climbed into the pool, and swam around the pool again.

Surdak lay on a wicker chair and said to her:

"Thea, aren't you in the business of the noble ladies of Bena City? Aren't you going to continue this business? ”

"Of course I do! But now that I'm in Ruit, what can I do? Thea came out of the water again, the tip of her nose and the tips of her hair dripping down quickly, her big blue eyes as clear as the pool water.

"I guess it won't be long before those Bena City ladies find that they can't find a replacement and will look for Hathaway and Beatrice again, and they will write letters and send people to visit, and then your business opportunities will come!" Surdak pointed to Thea.

Thea's eyes brightened, her upper body almost poking out of the water, and a fishtail kept swinging in the pool.

Thea said wistfully:

"When the time comes, as long as I can make money, I will build a larger swimming pool here, and the large platform in the back garden will be transformed into a large lake overhanging the top of the mountain, and then I will rescue all the Canas in the slave market, and then I will settle them in the place......"

"If you rescue them, don't you buy a magic airship ticket to the Strange Rock Harbor and give it to them?" Surdak asked, somewhat curiously.

Unexpectedly, Thea's eyes widened, and she shouted: "That's not good, they have to work for me, at least help me earn back the money I ransomed them, and I will let them go." ”

"What's the difference between you and other slave owners?" Surdak sneered.

Thea said confidently, "Of course, at least they can regain their freedom by realizing their self-worth, and I won't let them do things that are difficult for them to accept...... Slave owners were required to work until death. ”

"Well, I wish your dreams will come true soon." Surdak said with a weak wave of his hand.

Hathaway and Beatrice walked in front, and the servant in the back walked out into the back garden with a wooden box.

"Beatrice, how are you doing at City Hall these last few days?" Surdak asked Beatrice, the round-faced man sitting beside him, placing one hand on her soft waist.

Beatrice said with a sullen face:

"Actually, it's not that good, the numbers in the Treasury are going to blow up my head......"

Surdak reached out and pinched her somewhat fat face, and enlightened her:

"You have to let the professionals do the professional things, you just need to let them tell you how much money is in the coffers of the city, where they usually spend the money, how much the monthly tax is, and if you can figure out what the biggest property in Ruyt is, it will be even better."

Surdak asked Hathaway again:

"Hathaway, how's the work on the Territory Authority's side?"

Hathaway smiled softly and said:

"Fortunately, I found that almost all the land around Ruyt City is in the hands of several high lords in Ruyt, and this includes ...... We. ”

She leaned on Surdak's shoulder and said:

"We have a lot of land that Lord Macdonnell once owned, so most of the civilians around Ruit need to lease land, and this year the Battle of Talapakang broke out, and all the civilians are living very poorly."

Surdak asked, "So...... Do you have any good ideas about this? ”

Hathaway rolled her blue eyes and asked tentatively, "Why don't we rent out the land this year for rent-free, so that the burden of those civilians will be a little lighter?" ”

Surdak lowered his head and thought seriously for a moment, then said:

"It's a great idea, but if you want to implement rent-free benefits to commoners, you can't do it yourself, you have to pull in other nobles, otherwise you're the most typical good deed and will be hated by others, in fact, you don't need to reduce all land lease fees, some noble lords rely on this to eat, the lease fee is halved, and then there is Clay. With the help of Count Cushing, it should be possible to carry it out. ”

Hathaway blinked and said, "Dark, what you said is the same as Clay. The Earl of Cushing is about the same, except that Clay. Count Cushing is not as straightforward as you say......"

A few people were chatting by the pool, hiding in the huge shade of the towering trees, and the view in the distance was extraordinarily open, as if all the rolling hills were at their feet......

The butler went out into the back garden and reported to Surdak, "Lord Count, three of your retinues are waiting in the antechamber!" ”

Surdak could not even remember his name, and when he heard Gulitham, Andrew, and Samira coming, he quickly got up from his wicker chair and said to Hathaway and Beatrice:

"Alright, it's time for me to go, sorry to leave you here, wait for me to come back and bring you a gift......"

Hathaway and Beatrice followed suit and walked up to kiss Surdak.

And Thea could only plunge headlong into the pool......

"Thea, why don't you come out and pick me up and say goodbye?"

Before leaving, Surdak did not forget to make fun of the Naga mermaid.

"You don't want to take me with you......"

Thea ducked into the water and muttered.

It's hard to imagine how she pronounced it in the water.

……

When Surdak walked to the antechamber, he saw three of his men sitting together very leisurely, so he stepped forward and patted Andrew's broad shoulder very casually, and asked:

"Andrew, how is the family doing in the city of Warjmara?"

Andrew laughed heartily, and gestured with his hand to his waist, saying:

"My youngest sons have grown so tall, and the patriarch thinks I can feed more women, so he has sent seven more young girls to my family...... So...... Boss, I married seven wives at once when I went home to visit my relatives this time. Hey! ”

“……”

Surdak was speechless.

In terms of the number of wives, Andrew won completely.

After a pause, Surdak asked:

"Aren't you a native who lives in the city of Warzhmara? Haven't your tribes been assimilated by this city a long time ago? ”

Andrew replied calmly: "You are right, it is my tribe that has been assimilated by the city of Vozhmara, although we live in the slums of the city, my tribe has always been there!" ”

"Last time the Hell Demon Clan attacked Vorzhmara City, many of the city defenders who died in the battle were our natives, and the elders wanted to maintain the tribe, and the pressure on each family was very great."

"So I arranged seven wives for you in one go?" Surdak asked speechlessly.

Andrew scratched his head, just smirked.

"Hey, hey."

……

Surdak turned his head and asked Samira, who was sitting alone on the sofa:

"How did you feel about this trip to Dodan?"

Samira's gaze left her fingers, and she looked up at Surdak indifferently.

"Xigna clamored to come along, and she specially asked me to ask you in person, do you want them anymore?" Samira said lightly.

“……”

This time, Surdak was again speechless.

After a pause, he whispered:

"How so!"

Samira shifted her position, crossed her long legs wrapped in tight leather armor, and sat aside

……

The two-headed ogre Gullitham stepped up: "Chief, don't say it's a great journey from Bena City to Ruit City!" ”

"If you like it." Surdak was hit by the first two and had no interest in talking.

The two-headed ogre is a talker, and if you don't let him say a few words at this time, you can suffocate him to death.

"I'm looking forward to the battleground, hoping to meet something special over there, I heard that the demon's heart is very energetic, and it's very chewy to eat raw!" The two-headed ogre said expectantly.

"It's best not to let Aphrodite hear this......," Surdak reminded.

Gulit looked stunned, a hint of fear on his face.

Surdak stood up and said to the three, "Are you ready?" ”

All three nodded and stood up.

Surdak didn't want to delay time on the castle's side, so he led everyone to a pavilion in the front yard of the castle, which looked more like a half-meter-high circular white stone platform, surrounded by twelve white stone pillars with a diameter of half a meter, all of which were more than four meters high, and there was no roof on the top of the pavilion to protect them from the rain.

Four people stood on the platform, just in time for a panoramic view of the city of Ruyt.

Surdak took out the pass scroll from his arms, glanced at the other three, and without hesitation, the pass scroll was directly unfolded in his hand.

Surdak feared that the magic on the pass would fluctuate too much and hurt Hathaway and Beatrice, so he asked them to stand on the terrace on the second floor of the castle and watch from afar.

As expected, the pass turned out to be a high-level teleportation scroll.

After Surdak opened the pass, he saw that there were incomparably mysterious magic runes on it, each rune was very unique, it didn't look like it was written in the ancient elven language or the ancient Naga language, nor was it the rune language that Surdak learned, as if those runes seemed to be a higher level language.

Just after Surdak unfolded the pass, countless magic patterns extended from the pass, following some specific patterns, more like a precision roulette, and the powerful coercion born from those magic patterns was barely supported by even second-turn powerhouses like Surdak and Andrew.

At this time, Surdak finally understood that the reason why it was known as the Great Battlefield Pass and that only the second-turn powerhouse could enter, the real reason was probably that the strength of the second-turn powerhouse could resist the coercion released by the pass at this moment.

The patterns stretched beyond the gazebo, forming a dark red wheel of light.

Just as Surdak wondered if it would open a portal, arcs of light erupted from the light wheel beneath his feet.

Surdak only felt a tingling under his feet, and then he felt a terrifying aura press down from the top of his head, and he jerked his head up to see beams of electricity falling from the sky.

Some of these slashed lightning bolts fell in front of him, and some fell directly on him, and Surdak only felt numb and crispy all over.

If you don't go away, you're afraid you'll be baked by these lightning bolts that keep falling, and everyone else who stands with Surdak feels that way.

Samira's situation was slightly better, though, as the frequency of lightning fell

A dazzling white beam of light suddenly fell into the pavilion, enveloping the four of Surdak, and a huge energy impacted the bodies of several people.

The phantom of the four people's 'potential' all emerged at this moment, the sky behind Surdak used his wings to protect Surdak in it, the ogre's ancestor phantom rushed into his body, the elf Windranger also merged with Samira, her body even became the body of the wind elemental, and the eyes behind Andrew also opened again......

They resist the onslaught of these electric beams.

At this time, there was almost a strong feeling of suffocation in the electric light, and they almost lost all vision from the dazzling white light.

After about fifteen seconds, the electric beam in the gazebo subsided.

The entire gazebo became empty.

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