"What's next for you?"

Walking in the ruined city of Errengrad, Rhodes frowned and asked about the little man beside him.

Alves looked at him and kicked the stones on the ground. He was a little uneasy, the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, and there were some things that he thought he should do and change something. But in fact he couldn't do it at all, he couldn't change anything. At least, he couldn't do it in Hoop Castle, and in the whole of Kislev, not a single castle lord would be willing to let a gnome take care of his territory, let alone teach himself.

"I don't know, go back to Ring Castle and do what I can to get Dean back. ”

Alves whispered. The voice was so low that he couldn't hear it clearly. Perhaps, the once great steward of the Iron Ring Fort has also lost confidence. The world has changed and changed beyond recognition.

"You can't do it, believe me, Dean can't be saved. Rod said in a hoarse voice. "You are working hard outside, in his bedroom, next to his pillow, but there is another person whispering, whispering. This whispering happens every day. You have to wake him up from the warm bed, but he may not want to wake up at all. ”

"You mean that Sophia?"

Alves paused, turned around and asked. His gaze was full of hatred, and Rhodes knew that he hated not himself, but the woman, and his nephew's depravity.

"No, it's not just her. Even if you try to get rid of the purple-robed woman, there will still be a white-robed woman, a red-robed woman, and a green-robed woman. You can't get rid of it. Over the years, the followers of Slaanesh have blended into all corners of the Ring, and you don't notice it, but because it can't corrupt you. But privately, you know how many things happened in this castle? You may know very well financially, but you don't fully understand the private lives of the knights and nobles. ”

Rod said calmly. This kind of calm is the indifference after seeing through the world for a long time.

Alves lowered his head, and it looked like an impassable mountain in front of him. However, he still can't let go, and his brother Aubrey's last wish before his death is to see Dean build Fort Ring into a truly wealthy independent city-state, at least to maintain the way he ruled. It looks so prosperous, at least it just looks......

But Dean failed him, and now, even he has to fail him.

Alves was silent.

Before they knew it, the two walked to an abandoned tower. You can see that the tower was abandoned a long time ago. And not the massacre that was destroyed a few days ago.

"Tower of Witches. ”

Alves read.

Rhodes stepped forward and picked up a stone with half a letter printed on it, which was the second half of a person's name. Rhodes reckons that is the name of the tower's owner. As for the first master, it is unknown.

The tower itself has been badly damaged. The top half seemed to have been smashed open by a stone, leaving a shocking gap, but the bottom half had been burned by fire. The cornerstone was blackened.

Rhodes and Alves walked into the deserted tower on gravel. The inside of the tower was a mess, the furniture, glass and ceramics that had been burned to the ground and the skeleton were scattered, and even some charred corpses could be seen, and the blackened bones were exposed to the bleak sunlight, telling of the brutal destruction and torture. Rhodes had heard of the Frost Witch Tower, which was said to have targeted the city's Witch Tower a year earlier when the nobles of Erengrad rebelled.

Everyone knows that the Frost Witch is loyal to the Ice Queen. If you want to control Errengrad, you must destroy the Witches' Tower and kill all the witches in the city. Because almost no witch would betray the Ice Queen, they were brainwashed so thoroughly.

So, the nobles of Errengrad launched a campaign to burn witches. The mob destroyed the tower with a mob using catapults, and the mob stormed the tower under the leadership of the witch hunters. Although the witches in the tower resisted to the death, they were defeated in front of the outnumbered mob.

What happened next was outrageous, as the mob took control of the tower and went so far as to insult the captive witches...... In the darkness of the day, a dozen Frost Witches were insulted in turn, and their screams echoed through the tower. Without order, all people become wild beasts......

This is also the reason why the Ice Queen hates these nobles so much.

At this moment, standing in this bleak tower, Rhodes seemed to be able to hear the grievances and wails of those souls. 126 Chinese Net

"Let's go, it's not a good place to stay long. "It's a piece of history, but I promise Caterina won't make it into history." ”

"That's for sure, our queen will only leave in the biography her wise and great side, and her great achievements. ”

Alves scoffed.

"A huge city was reduced to ruins overnight, and a few people were happy and a few were sad. ”

Walking out of the tower, just to see the houses all over the city shrouded in misty winter snow, Rhodes couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"What do you mean?"

Alves turned his head and asked in confusion.

"Meaning - because of this rebellion, some people rejoiced, others grieved. ”

Rod explained.

"That's it. Those who were on the Queen's side before the war could make a lot of money in this slaughter. And those who rebelled against Caterina before are now in the dark dungeons. ”

Alves said.

"Isn't it? My people are still frustrated that they didn't participate in the plunder. They claimed to be the Norscan Marauders, however, when the greatest plunder opportunity lay ahead, they did not catch up. ”

Rod laughed at himself.

"But it's also an opportunity. ”

Alves rolled his little eyes and returned thoughtfully.

"What do you mean?"

Rod was suddenly puzzled.

"Almost all of Kislev's army was involved in this massacre and plunder. Only your troops, as well as the people of Heidelberg, Iceland, and Snowrock, did not participate in the massacre. What will the people of Kislev think of you, and your troops, in the future?"

Alves asked with a smile.

"The Teacher of Righteousness?"

Rod blurted out.

"Yes. In the eyes of the aristocracy, you are nothing. However, in the eyes of the common people, you are already heroes. The people's will is the key. Alves pointed. "Wealth can be built up slowly in the future, but the hearts of the people are not so easy to obtain, and you have already gained half of it. ”

After listening, Rod had a feeling of being sudden. In terms of financial resources, he will never be able to fight the queen, so if he wants to bring down the queen in the future, the people's will is the most important thing.