During the rainy season in the Hill Continent, it was not a good time to fight, and the long absence of the sky and the continuous large amount of rain made the monsters of the whole continent begin to be active. Monsters can be found even near the city, and monsters can be seen everywhere in the forest. A plant-based monster disguised as an ordinary plant, waiting for its prey to approach. Herds of werewolves and tusks, as well as trolls that emerge from dark corners, make it dangerous to go off the beaten track.

At one point, several legions were wiped out when they ran into the Titans in the mountains while marching during the rainy season. And this kind of lesson is not only happening once, the lessons from ancient times to the present have made most of the intelligent creatures at this time stay in relatively safe cities or villages. Even those merchants who are unprofitable and cannot afford to make profits early are too risky and will not go to other cities to trade unless they have to.

Because of the arrival of the rainy season, Maro's invasion of Carthage also stopped, which gave Carthage, who was constantly retreating, a rare respite. But apparently not all of them stopped, not the girl who was marching, and she was planning to attack the weakly defended areas of Maro under the cover of the rainy season.

"It's terrible. The knight at the front of the line wiped the rain from his face and pulled the hood of his oiled raincoat. It was as if the sound of rain hitting rocks and raincoats in his ears, and the dampness on his body made the knight's heart a little irritable, and the mountain road was not easy to walk in such a ghostly weather.

The knight's boots were already covered with mud, and his soaked shoes were covered with mud and water, which made him even more depressed. He didn't know why the princess would believe the nonsense of a country girl, and even sent a dozen knights along with her own to such a team, surrounded by slaves from an unknown place. Almost every day, he worries about whether the slaves around him, who had only been working until a few months ago, will suddenly riot and kill him.

"What's wrong?" asked a woman beside the knight, who was also a knight, to him. It was not difficult to become a knight in Carthage, but it was not an easy task, and it was even more difficult for a woman to obtain the title of knight. Women who are naturally weaker than men in strength, many of them are difficult to pass even the minimum sword skills, and the female knights beside the knights have obviously put in more effort than ordinary people.

"Why should we march in the rainy season?" the knight heard the question of the female knight, and was originally going to stop complaining in his stomach, but at this time he seemed to find an outlet, so he complained to the female knight, "Isn't this time the time to stay by the fire and enjoy the rain while the fire is burning? ”

"That's because this is the time for the Maro to relax. The female knight heard the knight's resentment and said with a smile: "At this time, raiding the cities on the front line will definitely receive good results, as for the mud or something, there is nothing to care about at all, as long as you can achieve victory, what is it." ”

"That's you, Joanna. The knight glanced at the female knight and said, "I really can't figure out why you are from a noble background, obviously you don't have the temperament of a nobleman at all, how can you endure such a situation." I can't stand the weather anymore, and I feel like I'm going to rot in the mud if I go on like this. ”

"Compared to whether you're going to rot or not. The female knight named Joanna said, "I'm more worried about whether we will encounter a horde of monsters, those guys are our great enemies, if we encounter giants or trolls in such mountains, then our soldiers of more than 2,000 people will suffer heavy losses." ”

"Probably not. The knight looked at the dim forest around him, and became a little worried: "It's been so long since we started from the city, and we haven't even encountered goblins, so we shouldn't have encountered any powerful monsters." ”

The knight's words were also strange to Joanna, and the truth was just as the knight said. When they set out from Salasin, they had never seen a monster appear in front of their eyes, and it could almost be said that they had come to the front line all the way. If it was just luck at the beginning, then it was already the rainy season, and it was the time when the monsters were active and the number increased, so it was a bit abnormal that there were no monsters yet.

"Probably as the girl said. Joanna, who couldn't think of a reason, didn't bother with the question and said, "She is a messenger protected by God, sent to save Carthage." It's good not to encounter monsters as much as possible, but I don't want to cause losses to the team because of monsters. ”

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Carthage, which is not outside Elam, has changed somewhat after half a month. The SS troops infiltrated the cities in batches and made some preliminary preparations. They sent out thousands of propaganda about their dissatisfaction with the collection of taxes, hired scoundrels in taverns to complain loudly, and bribed some of the city's councillors.

Three days later, in the midst of rain falling from the sky, an anti-protest march led by some parliamentarians began. The crowd gathered in front of the square of the city castle, and the councillors read out their speeches aloud from the high platform, which not only refreshed their own sense of existence, but also catered to the crowd present.

The cessation of several welfare facilities in Thunder Cliff and the rising prices of Thunder Cliff products in the city have made these people very unhappy, and they have deliberately pushed them to blame the high income of Thunder Cliff by most of the legislators and set up such a tax bill. And in a city like Santa Fe where the Thunder Cliff factory was set up, the workers were all involved, angry for their own interests.

[***] for two days in a row, allowing more and more people to join in. Eventually, the mayors of the cities had to step in to appease the angry residents over the tax and promise to reconsider the proposal. But in fact, after the tax proposal for Thunder Cliff was withdrawn, it was not re-enacted, and everything returned to the original state, and the tax bill was declared bankrupt after only three or four days of implementation.

And the Flanders Chamber of Commerce, which promoted all this, was surprised by such a fact, and also received a warning from unknown forces. Some businessmen who are legislators wake up in the morning to find a sharp dagger stuck in their bed, and they can't help but break out in a cold sweat. They hurriedly did not participate in supporting the tariffs proposed by Lauren, and hired soldiers to strengthen their protection, and they were afraid of death when they owned a lot of property.

"It's not your fault, kid. The president of the Alika Flanders Chamber of Commerce looked at the pale Lauren and said, "Your ideas and methods are good, it's just that the monster has changed his ways." He incited the people to rise up and make trouble because he was afraid of such tactics. Even if we fail this time, we still have this chance. As for security, you don't have to worry, I'll send someone to protect you. ”

Lauren was just a young businessman who had just started his career, and he had never seen such a dark trick before he was exposed to a small business. Although he compared economic confrontation to war, he never imagined that such confrontation would sometimes really cost lives and bloodshed.

"I see. Lauren nodded and stood up and thanked the old man and said, "Thank you very much for sending someone to me, otherwise I really don't know if I will die, so I will put the tariff I proposed first." I was a little tired, so I went back to my room to rest. ”

The old man sighed weakly as he watched Lauren leave his office, if he hadn't noticed the anomaly and sent a team to find Lauren. Maybe this young businessman, who was very wealthy in his eyes, was already a cold corpse. The monster in Thunder Cliff was tough in a way he hadn't expected.

For a long time, Thunder Cliff has behaved very friendly, and has also obeyed the rules of mankind like a good gentleman, but what has happened now has made the old man realize that the monster of Thunder Cliff is not a good guy to talk to. If someone goes against him, he won't mind using any means.

On the wooden beams and pillars of the room, a dark figure squatted in it, silently looking at the contemplative old man below. Although the old man has been heavily guarded around the room, such guards are set up by people after all, and people can't really think about it.

"I'm so sleepy. After watching for a while, Matthew left the old man's house, yawned on the way back to his temporary residence, rubbed the corners of his eyes that were a little painful, looked back at the clubhouse of the Flanders Chamber of Commerce and said, "In this case, these people should be honest for a while." That guy Regel is still too soft-hearted, such a person will still do something very troublesome sooner or later if he just warns and doesn't kill him. ”

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Ask for collections,Ask for recommendationsAfter deep consideration, I don't think I'm going to travel.,I'm not going to play, so today's four chapters.