Section 99.xiii
The Countess is coming for revenge!?
There was a noisy chatter in the temple hall:
"Teoro County...... Almost to the north? What are the city-states along the way for? ”
"I'm in Teoro County, that's true...... Fake news...... Nezumi ...... Nezumi thing...... Didn't come! Teoro ...... Safety ......"
"Come and read me, the Horned Rat is a mongrel—"
"Silence."
"What are the Southern Lords doing! Why did you let the nezumi clan run to the north! ”
"The alien order has made my prostitution parlor out of business, and the rat man came at the right time......"
"If I kill all my people, I won't be turned into purgatory by the rat people!"
"Silence!"
"The nezumi clan going north is the McKenn clan...... Leaders of the North, get ready ......"
In the echo of the grand admonition, the Council of the Holy Temple came to an end.
Annan woke up from his bedroom in the Lord's Mansion in the middle of the night.
Outside the window, Xingyue Bay was silent, and the sound of dark waves poured into the room with the windows opened. Annan sends ogres to the Olmedo family to reminisce about experiences that have not yet been forgotten.
"I dreamed of the Temple of God again, and they said that a nezumi clan called McCain was heading north." After opening the portal again, Annan told Olmedo with a tired face on his cheeks.
"Where do they come from?"
"Teoro County."
"Teoro County...... Tina, bring the map of the continent of Allen. ”
In addition to the map and a wet handkerchief, Olmedo wiped his cheeks briefly, lifted a wet strand of blonde hair, and looked at the map seriously.
Teoro County is in the Kingdom of Gurlo, which is in the northern part of Middle-earth on the continent of Allen, a landlocked country with an area of one-third of the Kingdom of Yorikanal......
"You heard them say that the nezumi broke through there?"
"Hmm."
The kingdom of Rikaner and the kingdom of Guluo do not border each other, and the rat people who go north may not run to the kingdom of Rikaner in the northwest.
"I'll send my men south to investigate." Olmedo said.
Annan also wanted to say so calmly, "Let my people investigate", but it will take some time for residents who have just learned the lingua franca to become talents.
Even if the nezumi went north day and night unhindered, it would take a year to break into the county of Plann's Grace. Moreover, the northern border needs to have a cold winter for resources, a cold winter for the population, and a cold winter for livability...... There is no reason for the Nezumi to abandon the hotbeds of the South. The best-case scenario is that the rat people take root in Middle-earth, which has been protected by the Great Wall of the South and the North for hundreds of years, and has nothing to do with the North.
"You can't go wrong with being ready...... The thirteen clans of the nezumi, the McCain clan are good at summoning rat tides and spreading plague. ”
"What clan are the nezumi we met before?"
"The Stoun clan, they're good at intrigue and stealth."
By the way, Annan told Olmedo that there were only twelve royal shadows on the thirteen thrones - and the sacred temple did not erect a plaque, and the members were forbidden to spread it.
"Thirteen strange seats are the thirteen human supreme kings...... Mithril Throne, Golden Throne, Black Iron Throne...... The king of the Tatoon Empire is one of them. You said there was a seat vacancy...... What kind of throne is that? ”
"Mud ......"
"Mud Throne, Golfalos......"
Then Olmedo said a bunch of place names, people's names, nouns that Annan couldn't remember. Thankfully, the portal is only 10 minutes long.
When the portal was about to disappear, Annan remembered something: "Why are the Human Supreme King and the Nezumi Clan both thirteen?" ”
Could it be that there is some connection between the High King and the Nezumi Clan......
Olmedo didn't know what a blasphemous thought Annan had: "Because our Supreme Thirteen Kings were established to fight against the Thirteen Clans of the Nezumi. Or, rather, the Supreme Thirteen Kings of all living beings......"
Long ago, elves and dwarves ruled the continent, and humans slowly became equal to orcs like today's minotaurs and gnolls. At that time, the Supreme Thirteen Kings were held by the leaders of various clans, and something happened later...... The elves retreated into the forests, the dwarves burrowed into the mountains, the orcs migrated to other continents, only humans remained in the temple of the gods, and the Supreme Thirteen Kings all became human kings.
"Good night." Olmedo's greeting drilled through the unstable portal.
"Good night."
The portal disappears, and the bedroom falls silent.
Nezumi ......
Annan looks out at the distant starry sky. The good news is that the nezumi have one year left, and the bad news is that the nezumi only have one year.
In just one year, Starmoon Bay can transform from a town into a small city-state with a population of nearly 10,000, with two hundred elite elements, thirteen white dragon knights, and allies recruited by Annan as a warlock.
But in front of the world-destroying rat tide presented in "The Fall of the Mage Tower", it is like a sailboat on a stormy sea.
Even if the Frost Giant not so long ago had not been so "cunning" and attacked directly, Starmoon Bay would have suffered heavy losses.
Not yet sleepy, Annan left the lord's mansion lightly.
The cool and wet sea breeze was blowing on his cheeks, and the sunflowers on both sides of the cobblestone road were almost knee-high, but there was still some time to leave the flowers.
Coming to the street, Annan walked towards the sea under the eternal magic street lamp.
"Your Lord!"
The soldiers on patrol greeted in muffled voices. Druid-mutated birds will also circle a few times before flying away.
On the coastal street, the Dawn Tavern is closed, but Andrew Luna's Morrowind Tavern next door is still open, and there are still many customers. When Annan came over, there was an endless stream of respectful and curious greetings.
Annan saw quite a few familiar faces—they wore the badge of "Starmoon Bay vs. the Frost Giants Strike Back" on their chests, either reading magical newspapers or gathering together to play cards.
"Why are you here?"
Andrew Luna waved his hand like Annan.
"I can't sleep, I go around."
Andrew Luna brought him a glass of juice and asked him if he wanted to add fish grass. ”
"Plus what?"
"This, many people love it to death." Andrew Luna pulled out something that looked like kelp.
"No ......"
Ordinary residents did not dare to talk to Annan because of their status, and the professionals and adventurers were not afraid of this, they asked questions, and a dwarf complained to Annan, saying that he could no longer do without magic newspapers and magic images, and that cards were its life, but he had to return to the clan. When will Starmoon Bay be able to break into the mountains and conquer its clan?
Annan's worries gradually faded from the bustling tavern, and after drinking the juice handed by Andrew Luna, Annan returned to the lord's mansion, found some food to bring the fire crow to the study, and then wrote a letter to the Ausulond leader to get the eldest and second sisters ready.
After turning around like this, Annan still couldn't sleep, and he had meditated today, so he had to open the portal to the new Initial and let the napping crew call Francois.
The new Initial is very calm, and the pirates and the port are not fighting?