Richard looked at the wide streets, the dense greenery, and the well-developed sewer system, and casually asked the general a few questions about taxation and population, and he quickly sketched a financial statement in his mind. Almost immediately, he noticed that there was so much investment in people's livelihood in the city that Alyselle could barely make any money, and on the contrary, she might have put a lot of money into it.

At the city gate, Richard suddenly dismounted, carefully studying the deep hoof prints on the ground. Among the countless horseshoe prints, these rows of hoof prints are exceptionally deep and huge. This is no ordinary heavy cavalry, but only horseshoe prints left by the knights. Constructed Knights are so powerful that they can bear the heavy armor and weapons that far exceed those of ordinary heavy cavalry, and their mounts also need to be specially selected, which ordinary mounts cannot handle.

Fasqi's gaze also fell on those hoof prints, and his heart immediately jumped. Even she could see that the hoof prints were still fresh, and they would not be more than an hour at most, and Richard could not see them? If Richard had the heart, he would not have to use a fast horse, but only a griffin on his horse, and he would have been able to catch up with Ellie's troops.

But Richard squatted there and watched for a long time, but he stood up as if he had found nothing, turned over his horse, and said to the general, "Let's go and see the barracks!"

Fasqi breathed a sigh of relief and broke out in a cold sweat again. The level in front of her was actually passed, which made her feel incredible, and then she couldn't help but secretly complain to Alyselle in her heart, how could she run so late, if the griffin brought by Richard was of a higher grade, or if she didn't rest on the road for twenty minutes, wouldn't she be blocking Alyselle in the castle? No matter what happened at that time, Ellijie was embarrassed to run away.

Richard and the general walked around the barracks, and the general specially called out a small group of soldiers to perform a set of combat skills. Richard then followed the general towards the castle without comment. The steward had already waited respectfully there, arranging a room of the upper class.

Richard offered to visit Ellie's study, and the general was embarrassed again, but he looked at Siqi's eyes, and this time readily agreed.

The overall style of Ellie's study is strongly Babylonian, whether it is a table, chair or bookcase, it is one-third larger than the general size. Decorative carvings can be seen everywhere, but the patterns are not complicated, the lines are smooth, and the handwork is extremely exquisite, showing low-key luxury, very old aristocratic style.

The downside is that a lot of the furniture and décor are too new, and the fireplace lacks traces of smoke and smoke over the years. All in all, the difference between this study and the real magnificence lies in history and time. And as one of the two most important rooms in the aristocratic castle, the various decorations and antiques placed here are far from the standard of the real nobility, and there are even imitations hanging on the walls.

There was an entire empty wall in the study, and a partial map of the Holy Alliance's frontier area was hung, indicating Elijie's territory and the surrounding area. Richard stood on the edge of the map and looked at it for a moment before he walked over to her desk, sat directly on the table, as he was used to in his room, and then looked at Fasqi.

Fasqi was sweating again, she never expected Richard's gaze to be overwhelming. In fact, Richard doesn't have a terrifying momentum, it's just that she has a weak heart.

Richard said lightly: "It can be seen that the earl is not rich. ”

"Yes. The Count spent all his money on the development of his realm and the welfare of his warriors. Fasqi admits that this is true, and apart from Sauron and Goliath, who have a history to inherit, Akmund is not wealthy, and Gordon is not much better than Ellie, not to mention personal enjoyment, and even the most basic military equipment is not good.

Richard placed the box containing the seven sets on Ellie's desk and said, "Then I'll keep this first." ”

Faski's mouth opened, but he couldn't make a sound. She knew very well the value of this sealed box, and it was worth nearly 9 million in it! Such a huge amount of money was several times the total income of Alyselle's current territory plus plane!

Fasqi suddenly felt weak and nodded.

Richard smiled, didn't say anything, and asked Fasqi to take him back to his room to rest.

That night, Richard meditated in the starry sky.

In the wilderness, Ellie's soldiers were busy setting up camps, and the generals were gathering together to make the pre-battle preparations more detailed and perfect. Ellie herself, full of restlessness, left the camp alone, walking aimlessly, not knowing where to go. Not to mention that there is no purpose for walking, even this dispatch did not have a goal in mind, so they fled in a hurry.

Blame those seven damn builds! Why is it a set?

When I said it casually, I saw that others couldn't meet my own conditions. And even if Richard had this ability, he shouldn't be so fast, right?

The first set sent by Richard said that it was a deposit, but in fact, she privately counted it as the price of containing Sauron and Goliath so that the situation on the floating island would not completely deteriorate, so she received it without guilt. But as soon as the latter seven sets were delivered, the nature of them all changed.

As soon as Elijie thought of the seven outfits, she became more and more irritable, and her heart became even more irritable. She suddenly threw a punch and smashed a thick tree alive! Feeling the tingling pain coming from her fist, she felt a little better.

Under the stars, Ellie continued to tear down the woods irritably, while Richard meditated calmly.

Early the next morning, Richard mounted a griffon, followed by three heads into the blue sky, circled and headed south-east. Fasqi stood on the ground, looking up at his figure, which gradually rose into a small black dot, and finally merged with the clouds, unable to see clearly, and let out a long breath that he held for a whole day and a night.

This flight is three days and three nights. Richard had crossed almost half the continent, and finally in the early morning of the fourth day, he saw the endless sea.

And behind him, there was a war that was not too big or too small.

Count Elliejie swung his army through the territory of the two nobles, and attacked the Dukedom of Solam like lightning. The war came so suddenly that Duke Solam was caught off guard and had only time to gather a small army and fight Ellie in the small town of Hula, forty-seven kilometers from the border.

In this battle, Ellie Jie reversed her erratic military style in the past and fought a rare head-on decisive battle with Duke Solam. Although the battle lasted for a short time, it was fought extremely fiercely, and the overall strength of Duke Solam was still superior, and he occupied the terrain of the home field, but in the end he was defeated by Ellie's exquisite command of the battle. But Ellie Jie also paid a great price, not to mention that the battle loss ratio was the highest in her war in recent years.

After Duke Soram withdrew, Ellie Jie also immediately withdrew from the Dukedom of Solam.

To the outside world, this is an inexplicable war, and it is not clear why Ellijie would venture through so many noble territories and deep into the territory of the enemy to fight a war that seems to give nothing.

The Duke's side did have a loss, and the town of Hura, a famous spa resort in the dukedom, was almost completely destroyed after this battle, and most of the thermal springs were destroyed, and they could not be restored for at least the next ten years.

But because it was a resort town, the population was not large in normal times, and there was no wealth and resources to plunder, so Ellie Jie was destined to not get any valuable loot in this battle. Is it just to vent the evil spirit of the past?

Although this battle defeated the enemy with superior troops, there was also a legendary powerhouse, which greatly subverted the impression that Ellie Jie could only use strange soldiers, and established her invincible prestige. However, the nobles who were proficient in military affairs had reservations when they evaluated it.

In the past, people feared Ellie for her clear and sharp strategic vision, and every time she could force her enemies to fight the wrong war with herself at the wrong time and in the wrong place, and grab the maximum benefit at the minimum cost. However, in the battle with Duke Solam, although Elijie is victorious, it can still be regarded as a defeat, because she has nothing to gain in the end. Unless there is some unknown reason behind it, the destruction of a resort town will not even hit the Duke of Solam's economic strength.

It is said that after that battle, Ellie asked the mage to make a large basin of ice water and pour it directly over her head.

This small detail increased the interest of the over-curious aristocracy, who repeatedly discussed the psychological activities of the goddess of war after dinner. However, at the same time in the county, four griffons came after night and left at dawn, barely noticed.

At this time, Richard was already standing on the territory of the Saxon family, and in front of him was a magnificent palace with a strong barbarian style. Inside the hall is the teleportation array leading to the continent of Kalando. The hall was heavily guarded, and under the protection of dozens of high-level warriors above the thirteenth level, not even a bird could fly in.

The old man he met in Faust's shop that day was standing next to Richard, pointing at the map of the continent of Callandor that his family kept, explaining to Richard what he needed to pay attention to after setting foot on the continent of Calando.

As can be seen from the map, the continent of Carlandor is not much smaller than Norland, but apart from two large mountain ranges and a large river, the map of the Saerson family is only a small area to the west that is detailed and detailed. The rest of the place, almost blank. Saelsen could only do so for hundreds of years with the power of one family. It was difficult for them to get out of the sphere of influence of the Great Chief tribe back then, and once they left, they could immediately incur a fatal blow from the barbarians.

After the explanation, the old man smiled helplessly, stuffed a scroll of the map into Richard's hand, and said, "That's all I can help you." Once there, someone will arrange for a ship to take you to the continent of Calando. You are the guest of honor of our Saerson family, and the barbarians over there are called the Twindden Tribe, and they are friendly to the Norlanders. But once you leave the territory of the Treadmill Tribe, danger can arise at any time. ”