While Luke, Agatha, and Alec were discussing how to begin the mission, in some remote corners of Crescent City, Messenger Eagles rushed into the sky.

And then flew to the west.

The news of the arrival of the Imperial Mission in the West spread rapidly throughout the West with the wings of the Eagle.

One of the many westward eagles flew over the desert, past the scorched wood camp, and over the mountains into the Halmutu Basin. The topography of the basin is easy to retain water, and it is nourished by inland rivers and lakes, and it is a large oasis when viewed from the air.

The oases are dotted with large and small villages, with cultivated farmland, grazing livestock, and caravans carrying goods along the trampled paths. There are also castles standing in dangerous positions, and the flag representing the family flutters at the top of the tower.

The oasis is divided by yellow sand and streams, forming a natural dividing line between noble domains. The banks of the stream were patrolled by heavily armed soldiers, and the precious water source was the private property of the lord, and stealing water here was punishable by hanging.

The eagle continues to fly westward, the stream is slightly wider, and the abundant water not only feeds the more lush grasslands, but also the trees appear sparsely. But the sky was still full of dust, and those who went out had to wrap themselves tightly.

Further on, a rammed-earth wall appeared in the open land ahead, and inside the wall was a bustling city rarely seen in the west.

Prosperity is only relative.

Most of the buildings in the city are low-rise rammed-earth houses, and the houses are supported with blue and white striped tarpaulin, which can not only provide shade and cool down, but also collect rainwater on rainy days.

The exterior decoration of the slightly taller house is very exquisite, and the wood and wood art are luxury items that show their status in the desert, and then they are brushed with a layer of gold dust to add a sense of wealth.

In the middle of the city is a garden with a large number of transplanted trees, cultivated flower beds, and a variety of birds and small animals inhabiting it. There were also slave peasants who watered the vegetation inside, carrying wooden buckets of water, scooping water with wooden spoons to water the roots of the plants, silently counting in their mouths, and watering more than one spoonful and less would be punished.

In the middle of the garden is an artificial lake, and in the middle of the clear water is a small island with a castle built on the island and a bridge connecting the castle to the gardens outside.

The falconer landed on a towering tower of the castle, and the falconer who was waiting there took out a scroll of note from the wooden tube on the talon of the eagle, confirmed the seal information, and immediately ran down from the tower.

In the attic on the top floor of the castle's middle building, a tall, burly man peered out through an open window. The contrast between the lush gardens and the sandy yellow city is extremely stark.

"Count Ould, you are probably the only one in the entire Western Territory who has the financial resources to maintain such a large lake and garden, especially those tall trees, which consume a lot of water."

The man turned around to reveal a distinctly barbarian character, and if Viscount Iscoran was here, he could be seen at a glance.

Erguya, who once traveled to the city of Fury Waves as an envoy of the Duke of Celtic.

Count Ould, with a graying beard and hair, stood at Erguya's side, dressed in the traditional attire of the nobles of the western desert, blue and white in the colors of the Ould family.

The Earl of Ould was very respectful to the envoy of the Celtic Archduke: "In the desert of the West, the common rich show their wealth with wood, and the richer show their wealth with water.

The more wealth a place has, the stronger the attraction to wealth!

The annual harvest festival will be held soon, and many lords and chieftains are looking forward to visiting here. ”

Erguya was not interested in listening to Count Ould show off his wealth, and he said directly: "The purpose of my visit, Lord Earl, you already know. My Lord Duke has been persecuted by Augustine, and the Barbarian Legion is fighting against the main army of the Empire in the Tedgar Hills.

But this is not just a war for my Duke, Augustine's aim is to eradicate the Brotherhood of Blades that balances imperial power. Augustine reneged on the covenant of his ancestors, and he was able to sell his noble titles for money. As a member of the Brotherhood of Blades, it's time to fulfill your responsibilities. ”

Count Ould turned and sat down on a chair, and then said with great embarrassment: "Baron Erguya, I know that what you say is true, and I have also donated several considerable sums of money to the Tedgar Hills after the war began.

As for your request for me to send troops to attack the Crescent Oasis......

You know what's going on in the West, everybody is clinging to their own oasis, everybody wants to snatch someone else's oasis. I personally don't have the ability to attack the Crescent Oasis, and even as long as I send my army, someone will definitely attack me.

I'm sorry, please apologize to the Duke of Celtic on my behalf, and you can take a donation of mine and leave. ”

Before coming to see Count Ould, Erguya had already been to several nobles. Their answers were exactly the same as those of Count Ould, all of them were concerned about their own safety.

The aristocratic lords in the western part of the empire are very fragmented, and those who can support three or four thousand soldiers can be regarded as big nobles, and those nobles who only have more than ten or dozens of soldiers in their hands cannot be counted. But whether it is a big nobleman or a small nobleman, they are facing great pressure to survive here.

Where there is no order, the fist and the sword are order.

All the nobles were trapped in their own land, and their scarce resources left them to defend themselves, and they did not have much energy left to attack.

To let Ould lead his troops to attack the Crescent Oasis alone is to send him to death.

"What the Tedgar Hills lack is not money, but allies in a common crusade against traitors." Erguya sat down beside Count Ould and persuaded him, "The Brotherhood of Blades is a community of interests, and if the Tedgar Hills are captured by Augustine, he will definitely let the army invade the west next."

Will you be able to hold off the combined attack of the Imperial Western Legion and the Northern Legion? ”

Count Ould knew that Argu was right.

It has been a while since Alec, the second prince of the empire, arrived in the Crescent Oasis, and he came to the western realm in the name of suppressing bandits, but does the bandits need to send a prince?

Inserted in the Crescent Oasis to report, Alec integrated the Empire's military forces in the Western Frontier and reorganized them into the Imperial Western Legion. Now that trains are carrying military supplies into the Crescent Oasis every day, the Empire's Western Legion is growing in strength.

The pressure on the nobles of the Western Frontier is also increasing.

It is foreseeable that when the empire frees up its hands in the Tedgar Hills, the good days of the nobles of the western realm will come to an end.

"Baron Ergua, I know what to do as a member of the Brotherhood of Blades, but ...... I can't do it alone.

This harvest festival, I can help you invite powerful nobles to come here. As long as you can convince them to send troops, I will definitely send troops to fulfill the authority and duty that my ancestors have entrusted to me. ”

"Well, as long as they come, I'll be given the task of convincing them!"

Erguya is glad to have taken this step.

A harvest festival can't attract powerful nobles to attend in person, but with the invitation of Earl Ould and Duke Celtic, they should give this face.

It is definitely more efficient to gather all the great nobles together than to visit and persuade them one by one.

At this time, the falconer walked in with a note: "Master, there is urgent information from Crescent City. ”

"Bring it!"

Count Ould took the rolled up note from the falconer, and after confirming that the seal had not been opened, he unsealed it and unfolded it.

After seeing the contents of the note, Ould's brow was not only furrowed.

Erguya immediately asked, "What happened to Crescent City." ”

Count Ould handed the note to Erguya and said, "The Empire has sent a mission to the west, and they have arrived in Crescent City. The chief envoy of the Mission, the Imperial Princess, Agatha, and the Vice-Legion are the Viceroy of Angry Waves, Viscount Meteor.

With this kind of heavyweight mission specifications, Emperor Augustine really values us nobles in the Western Realm too much. ”

Erguya listened to what Count Ould said, and immediately read the contents of the note.

A few days ago, unconfirmed news came out of Crescent City that the Empire might send someone to participate in the Harvest Festival in the near future.

According to the current form of the empire, it is normal to send people to participate in the harvest festival to appease the lords of the western realm.

But they never expected that the mission sent by the empire this time would be of such a high standard.

The chief envoy is the only eldest princess canonized in the empire.

The lieutenant is the Governor of Stormy City, who holds the economic lifeblood of the Empire.

It can be said that the specifications of this mission have been stretched to the fullest, which made Count Ould, who had just discussed sending troops to recruit "traitors", suddenly change his tone and called him Augustine the Great.

Full of honor and pride.

It also gave Erguya a full sense of crisis.

He immediately said to Count Ould, "Lord Earl, there is one thing you must pay attention to. Agatha runs the Imperial Intelligence Agency, and Meteorite is also a high-level agent trained by the Imperial Intelligence Agency, and what they do best is assassination and subversion.

How they snatched the city from the Cross, you should have heard some rumors. ”

Count Ould replied with a smile, "Rest assured, I am only glad to have been treated with such great honor. I know that if it weren't for your arrival, the eldest princess would not have come to the Westland to eat sand.

I will continue to gather the nobles to participate in the harvest festival. If you can convince us to send troops, capturing Agatha and Meteor would be a fatal blow to the Empire. ”

Erguya couldn't help laughing: "Yes, if you capture Agatha and Meteorite, the imperial court will inevitably be in chaos!" ”

While Erguya fantasizes about convincing the nobles of the West to capture Agatha and Meteorite, and then gather a large army to attack the Crescent Oasis, Meteorite receives groups of visitors in Crescent City.

I wanted to rest, but I didn't have time to rest at all.

Who made him the biggest God of Wealth in the empire now, and after the economic explosion of Angry Waves City spread to the west, it was made up even more mysterious.

Now that the Governor of Angry Waves City, Meteorite, has come to the Western Realm as a deputy envoy, and those who want to make connections can be said to have done everything they can, asking for connections everywhere to meet the Governor of Meteorfall.

After Luke knew that there were too many people who wanted to see him, he simply held a banquet at the largest hotel in Crescent City in the evening, and invited all the big merchants in Crescent City.

Drinking wine and painting cakes coaxed everyone into a happy mood, as if Crescent City could soon become the center of the entire western frontier of the empire, just like the city of angry waves.

Doubled the price of land in the Crescent Oasis overnight.

Now Luke, it can be said that spitting is full of gold, and a casual word may affect the rise and fall of a place's economy.

The next day, the mission left Crescent City and marched towards the Halmutu Basin.

In order to demonstrate the strength of the empire, the second prince Alec deliberately transferred the most elite cavalry to Agatha. The all-armored cavalry reflected a dazzling light under the scorching sun. The knights in the team hold high the large royal coat of arms, the royal princess flag, the imperial western legion flag, the viscount flag, and the emblem of the city of Angry Waves......

The flag is displayed, and the military is mighty.

Camels, horses, pack animals, and vehicles were in the procession, and it was not only the missions, troops, and laborers who went to the Harmutu Basin this time, but also many merchants and civilians from Crescent City.

Sand thieves are rampant during the harvest festival, and it is definitely safer to follow the army than to go on the road alone.

At this point, the members of the mission left the protection of the empire and officially embarked on the journey to the west. They don't know what awaits them, or what they will bring to the isolated West.

The players all enter the game to see who can win the final game.

As Luke rode his camel through the desert, Clear Sky and his party crossed the Halmutu Basin after a week's journey. The caravan climbed a sand dune, and Kellhain jumped onto the camel's back, steadily holding a telescope and looking west.

"Miss Sunny Sky, this alchemy prop you gave me is really powerful, and it looks like something so far away is in front of me. This...... Is it really for me to give me such a precious thing? ”

Clear Sky took out the kettle, pulled open the mask and took a sip of water, then said to Kyle Hain, "I told you that the telescope is not an alchemy prop, and it is not a very valuable thing in the eastern part of the empire. The western frontier is really too closed and too poor in supplies to have no idea what is happening outside. ”

Jenfinie on the side also said: "If I hadn't come in person, I really wouldn't have imagined that the Western Frontier would be like this." It's like the ancient times described in history textbooks, but it's really in the same era as the place we live in. ”

Sitting back on the camel's back, he carefully put away the binoculars, and said cheerfully, "I have heard many travelers talk about the Empire in the East, and that it is another world than here. But the desert makes it difficult for things from outside to get in, and even airships are afraid of the unpredictable weather.

When I save up some money and leave here, I will go outside and see what the world is like, and I will definitely go to the city of St. Lun to find Miss Sunny Sky. ”

Clear Sky put away the kettle, and looked into the distance through the yellow sand: "It is not the desert that blocks the entry of things outside, it is the human heart, the greed for power."

Are we almost at the Ancestral Grassland? ”

"Come on," said Khairhain, "I can already see the meadow, and I will be able to enter the meadow before dark." ”

Kellhain urged the camels to move forward along the dunes.

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