After rescuing Alves from the dungeon of Hoop, Rhodes placed him in his room while he slept in Dennis's room, while servants watched over Alves around the clock.

Unable to eat, Alves had his frail body unable to eat, so Rhodes asked the cook to cook some hot milk and liquids, and had the servants feed them at regular intervals every day. On the third day, when the little dwarf had recovered a little, Rod let the barber into the castle and shaved his hair. Thick hairs were like animal fur, stacked between Alves' jaw and chin. Wrapping his face in its entirety, and having not been cared for and washed for a long time, a strong smell adhered to it, and even the barber was wearing a mask to cut his hair.

After cleaning up, the Alves in front of him looked like the Alves in Rhodes' impression. The face is not delicate, but it is full of rational brilliance. Then Rhodes asked the servant to take Alves to take a bath and take care of it all.

It can be seen that the little dwarf is still very weak, he has been abused in the dark underground prison for two months, and it is not possible to recover in a while.

Rhodes just hoped that this guy didn't die, after all, he was the one who helped him convince Aubrey to send troops, and without Alves, Blackhammer Fort might have been gone two years ago.

"Rod, are you going to be too nice to him? I've heard a lot of people talking about you these days. ”

Caroline asked Rhodes with a puzzled face. Since the Battle of the Ring, she has followed Rhodes back to Blackhammer and has remained there ever since. I've heard a little about many things.

"Oh, talk about me, talk about me, talk about me, tell me. ”

Rod put his hand on Caroline's shoulder and asked curiously.

"They said you were too good to the dwarf, and gave him your room, and gave him the best food and servants. Caroline pouted, "It's just a dwarf." ”

"Not your average dwarf. ”

Rod replied with a smile.

"Alves is an old friend of mine, you know that. And he's probably a lot more capable than you think. Rod pursed his lips, "What's more, I actually did it on purpose to treat him so favorably." ”

"You did it on purpose?"

"Well, as a lord, the most important thing is not how strong the individual is, but to be able to gather a group of loyal and capable people. They will be a group, and everyone will be able to do their best in their position, and only then will Blackhammer become stronger. During this time, I had been busy with the internal affairs and management of the castle, and I was exhausted. It's not my specialty, but there's no one else in the city who can take over the job but me. So, the most important thing is talent. ”

"My kindness to Alves will be seen by the people, and it will cause the people to talk and think, and they will think that if a lord is so good even to a dwarf, then it must be better for others. This matter may be a starting point, spread out, and more and more people will come to us, they are good at all fields, they all have a skill, and gathering these people is a terrible force. ”

Rod explained.

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After a week, Alves' physical condition was finally much better, and he was able to feed and walk freely. And, clear-headed, smooth speech.

"Thank you for saving me. So, should I call you Lord Rhodes now, or should I call you Rhodes the way I used to?"

Alves stood on the balcony, holding a wine glass in one hand and holding the railing in the other. 315 Chinese Network

"Haha, whatever you want. Call me whatever you like, I won't mind. ”

Rod laughed.

"Then I'll call you as I used to, Lord Rhodes...... It always feels weird. ”

"What's wrong?"

Rod continued to laugh.

"I didn't call him that when Aubrey was there, I even called him brother in private. ”

"That's probably one of the reasons why Dean hates you so much. ”

"Not to mention that little brute, he actually attacked his uncle and took refuge in Chaos. ”

Alves gritted his teeth.

"It's that people are fallen, there are too many contradictions in the world, so people will pursue perfection, and people who take refuge in chaos are either pursuing the ultimate indulgence or the ultimate perfection, in order to erase the imperfections that they reject in reality, they are escaping reality, such as Dean He doesn't want to have an uncle like you. ”

"It's dangerous for you to think like this, Rod, you have to face up to these imperfections in the world, and the ultimate perfection is chaos. Order inevitably brings some imperfections, but it makes the world full of civilization. ”

Alves read. His tone became serious.

"Well, I'm just talking about it. ”

Rod laughed again, and went inside to pour himself a glass of wine.

"Let's talk about what's next. Alves pouted and followed in, "You laid siege to the Ring Fortress without informing the other lords of the North, they will talk to you and even question you. Also, the Ice Queen will ask you who gave you the power to attack the Hoop without permission. ”

"I've thought about this question. The Lords of the North will be grateful to me if I tell them that the Cultists of Chaos are trying to summon demons. They're going to believe it, and we have plenty of evidence to prove it, the corpses of the Chaos Cultists, the corpses of the Chaos Warriors, their armor and weapons, that's the physical evidence. And you are the witness. No one wants their castle to be destroyed unless the place where they grew up has been polluted and corroded. ”

Rhodes said.

"As for Katarina......," Rodt paused, "she could have sent someone to investigate and see if what I said was true." I expect the cops to come soon. And, they would soon conclude that Chaos had indeed been here. But this Queen of Kislev will not be grateful to us, she will only be secretly unhappy in her heart. Because she didn't have the credit for eradicating chaos. The populace will not go after her. ”

"It's true, they're going to get the answers they want, or they're going to meet their expectations, or they're not, but anyway, it's the truth, it's the truth. So my advice is to keep the ruins of the Ring Castle as it is, and don't touch it again. It's both a target for those who come after you to collect evidence, and it's also a physical evidence to promote your victory over the forces of Chaos, it's a tool, it's a warning sign. A warning to the North, and indeed to the whole of Kislev, that the threat of Chaos is not far away, on the contrary, it is all around us. ”

Alves said, sipping a little wine.