Benito Donrich, the fat mayor of Scotty, may not have been very good at cooperating and accepting other people's opinions—and appearances—but this is only one of the faces of the Padrosi aristocracy who have become more civilized.

As one of the three existing empires in the world of Rigal, the thousand-year-old empire of Padrosi is not easily understood by outsiders.

A succinct criterion for judging the distinction between "kingdom" and "empire" is usually the system of "centralization", in which the power of the local aristocracy is drastically reduced compared to the kingdom, and almost the entire country is guided by the emperor's personal will.

If this emperor is very capable, then the country will naturally prosper because of it, and if this emperor has an extremely thin presence like the current emperor of the Padrossi Empire, and has hardly done anything meaningful, then the situation will be like what we have seen.

From the big lords of the provincial capital to the minor local nobles, they often prioritize the interests of their own territory over the country as a whole.

The struggle for power was a tug-of-war, and the best thing for the nobles to do was to see the needles in the cracks, and when the royal family showed signs of weakness, the local power would be expanded, and if left unchecked, civil war would ensue.

and even division.

The shrunken icon in Scotti Square, a symbol of the fall of theocracy, was erected two hundred years ago and was supposed to be a wake-up call for the royal family in Padrosi, but Benito's opinionated ideas suggest that the royal family of Séxiyutu needs to do better.

But despite this, it is fair to say that this overly fat local aristocrat is still a promising mayor.

The sudden cold spell in the town of Scotti was mournful but showed no signs of anyone freezing to death, at least on the bright side, and the school, just south of the central square, with its students coming and going, was a testament to Benito's consideration for the town's future.

Yes, it is true that he enjoyed a far more privileged life as the mayor of the town, and was able to live a comfortable life when others were hungry and cold, but from the fact that the townspeople did not raise a flag against him because of this, Benito's enjoyment was still worth his efforts.

So as he was saying, the affairs of the Scotis were to be handled by the Scotis themselves, and how could they, who were only outsiders who had been in this town for two or three days and enjoyed the subsistence security provided by the mayor, have the qualifications to tell him to do what they wanted.

Mercenaries should look like mercenaries, don't meddle in things.

Henry didn't have the role to play in matters involving town management and army deployment, but that didn't mean that a few people would sit idly by.

There are so many things that can be done.

Then just get these things done first.

Unlike the existence of the Mercenary Guild in the small town of Scotti provides them with a way to solve these problems, unlike the small town nobles like Benito, who only believes in the existence of the threat of the Earth Dragon, and only makes the guards more vigilant against the undead, and only the five of them meet face to face and no one else can prove it, the Mercenary Guild is a place where all kinds of blood-licking outlaws are gathered.

There is a way to walk by the river without getting your shoes wet, and the mercenaries who accompany death have seen many bizarre and strange things, and the mercenary unions that sell death receive countless reports every year.

The scary thing is that at least 90 of these reports are genuine.

As blue-card mercenaries, Mira and Henry can be regarded as having a certain status within the union, coupled with excellent equipment and refined appearance, the report submitted by the two of them is even more convincing.

Going to the union branch to report this matter is the result of careful consideration, although they really have no other way, but once the news is revealed to the wrong person, the word will be spread

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Spreading the news will inevitably lead to chaos and widespread panic before adequate preparations are made.

Opacity, concealment, and concealment, may seem to the public to be the pedantry and stupidity of those in power, who only know how to cover up everything, and in some cases it does.

But more often than not, this kind of opacity is still aimed at keeping the situation under control.

Most people's first instinct when something goes wrong is to run away or blame others, and if these guys take the initiative in Scotty Town before making all kinds of preparations, then everything will collapse before the real crisis comes.

Most people in the leadership class understand this, and although Henry and Mira still believe in the goodness of the human heart, they still have to guard against some fools who want to make a mess of the world.

So they reported the matter directly to the top management of the union, and thankfully, the local top management was a very capable middle-aged man, and he immediately wrote a letter to report it to the chapters of the larger cities nearby, and at the same time used some of the connections of the mercenary union to start contacting the local lords and religious groups with fighting power.

Unlike Benito, the mercenary union is quick to respond.

However, there is a limit to what they can do.

The inaction of Fat Mayor Benito after learning of all this is related to the disrepair of the ancient road in the Bao Forest, and it is not difficult to speculate.

In contrast to Avenella on the west coast, the Padrosi Empire grew poorer the further south it went. The imperial capital of the Eastern Empire was built in the north-central region, so the center of power was naturally closer to the north. With a humid climate in the south, a series of small Lamanite states on the east coast that have been in conflict with them for many years, and a seemingly submissive but in fact unruly highland ethnic minorities, the southern part of the empire, with the Bhao Forest as its border, is almost as poor and backward as the west coast.

From Parnira to the south, there are indeed quite a few small towns in the northern part of the Bao Forest, but when it comes to the southern exit, there is only one Scotti.

And despite the fact that the population has exceeded 1,000, compared to the other towns of the same size in Laman, Scotti is still the type that cannot be supported in all respects.

The more promising emperors of the past also tried to improve the development of the south, so the roads were also built smoothly. However, due to the cost of maintenance and the lack of a market on this side, even the Scottites, unless they were really poor, went to the north by ferry, rather than by road, in the port city of Pavenzio, further south.

There are no inns, inns, and no human villages along the way, and the forests where wild beasts and even monsters are rampant, compared with the fast and calm ferries near the sea, the little money consumed is not more than Er, but the safety, convenience and efficiency are greatly guaranteed.

Words go back to square one.

There were minor frictions in the south, but large-scale wars did not break out. Although there are garrisons, in the case of the presence of sea transportation, the logistics and supply are basically solved by merchants.

With the exception of taverns and prostitutes that provided entertainment for the soldiers, there was little room for normal civilians to find work. Ironically, due to the long period of relative peace, the most demoralized places in the southern part of the empire were the city-states forts with large numbers of soldiers stationed on the border.

Crime and corruption were common in those cities, and given the distance, they wouldn't necessarily be able to catch up with all the crises in the boss when they got the news—and that's on the premise that the commander wouldn't throw the parchment in the fire and burn it as a joke.

In the end, the only things to count on were the more reliable lords and their armies in the vicinity, as well as the Knights of Jetinazon stationed in a larger city-state such as Pavenzio.

However, as Benito said, when these people arrive, who will pay for it?

Even if it is stated that this is a serious situation, the sudden cold wave has caused a shortage of various equipment and materials, and in order for the soldiers on Pavenzio's side to rush over, it is obvious that a huge amount of supplies to feed them is also needed

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The Scott Locals came out.

How many people do you need help?

How big can a town of more than 1,000 people afford to support an army?

Yes, they can carry supplies, but will Scotty still be there when enough supplies are mobilized to march in?

A simple refusal hides quite intricate reasons behind it. In the end, Mayor Benito chose to be conservative, not asking for reinforcements that could cause more damage to the town, but instead choosing to be vigilant with his current forces, hoping that the threats would turn around and return to the forest.

It's okay to say that he is cowardly, but as the ruler of a small town, he must be responsible for the people here.

Henry: They could not convince Benito.

People are sometimes like this when they don't have seen how terrible those threats really are, and they can't devote themselves to dealing with them.

Therefore, the five members of the sage chose to communicate with the mercenary union, report the matter to the local branch in detail, and then they forwarded it to the union branch of Pavenzio and the other two larger city-states, and the head of the city went to inform the local lord and ask them to send an army to help.

It was predictable how furious Benito would be when he learned about it later, but since they couldn't convince him, they had to make this decision.

He had his considerations and did what he had to do. And Henry, they also ran in their own capacity and did what they thought was right.

And what happens after this is left to fate.

At the same time as the mercenary guild sent a letter, Marguerite also sent a handwritten letter to Pavinzio. The letter was addressed to the Lord's Mansion in Parnira, and was requested for a sufficient amount of supplies.

As the largest commercial trading port on the East Coast, Margaret's family took out this amount of weight almost at their fingertips.

Considering the transfer of various letters, the transfer of personnel and equipment, it is another matter whether a part of this vast empire can be functioned in time and ready to deal with threats.

On the fifth day of Henry's arrival at Scotty, the whole area stretched from Parnila in the north to Pavenzio in the south.

Due to the delay in the exchange of letters, two more days passed, and the mercenary union went through urgent consultations with high-level personnel. After more than half a century, a rare trade union listing mission with extremely high gold content was issued.

Ordinary tasks are issued by the client in the union, while the union listing task is issued by the union itself.

This kind of quest is not charged as much as half of the usual commission, but is given to the mercenaries in full, and the pay is very high. In addition, mercenaries who participate in missions can also get a high evaluation within the guild, which can be said to be the type of mission that people who want to mix in this industry will try to participate in, but they can encounter it.

On the one hand, the reason why the union is so generous is that Margaret has identified herself and told her that she will do her best to support her. But at the end of the day, it's the union side that wants to attract enough brave men with high pay.

After all.

People in their right minds will choose to stay away when they see that the recommended level of the mission is a red card, and the object of the crusade is the existence of ghouls and earth dragons.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

While this was all going on, our Sage and Mira had left Scotty once again and returned to the Forest of Bao.

There is only one direction on this ancient road, and Konstantin and his party have not been able to reach it after so many days, which is obviously a ghost somewhere.

The two of them didn't have to be present to request reinforcements and arrange supplies from the town, so they restocked their supplies, rode back to the forest on two horses, and carried extra provisions, trying to find their companions.

Snowflakes are falling slowly.

A week after the cold spell arrived, it dropped to minus 10 degrees near the Bagnatto-Aukinson forest.