Along the way, many people looked at Richard with curiosity and surprise.

The sun never sets on the city, and there are strong people who come and go, and there are many very young people, but it is really rare to see people who are young and low in rank to this kind of Cheng dù. A powerful family may send a young disciple to the Peerless Battlefield to open their eyes, but in such a treacherous place, the fragile Cheng Dù of a Rank 13 mage is just like the magic apprentice on the Norland battlefield, even if he is equipped with a guard, he may not be absolutely safe.

However, since Richard was walking in the white night, these people wisely chose to ignore Richard.

In the end, White Night took Richard to the top of the city where the sun never sets, and from here, the thousand-meter tower looked extremely magnificent. The base of the giant tower has been occupied by the Hall of the Eternal Dragon. The teleportation array that returned to Norland is also here.

"It's spectacular. The tower was once one of the seven most famous temples in this plane. To date, there are few buildings in Norland that can match it. But the race that built the tower was completely wiped out by Norland. The voice of the white night added a bit of indescribable flavor to this history.

Bai Ye pointed behind Richard again and said, "Look back." ”

Richard turned his head, condescending, and his eyes were the post-apocalyptic scene of the land of dusk. This time, the footing is higher than when I first arrived, and the vision is stronger and broader.

"Do you know why I brought you to the Peerless Battlefield?" asked Bai Ye.

Richard shook his head, he had guessed a little, but he wasn't sure.

Bai Ye said lightly: "Plane war is our fate, and it is also the only way for all truly strong people. You may think that dimensional warfare is too cruel, but without the resources and wealth plundered from the numerous secondary planes, there would be no such powerful Norland as it is today. If Norland loses the war with Daxoldas and the other main planes, then what you see now is Norland's tomorrow. The Land of Twilight will eventually be completely destroyed, this plane will be destroyed, and we and Daxodas will open up a new battlefield of the Peerless Domain. It's the most brutal and real battlefield, and killing is just as instinctive as breathing. And when a person is new to dimensional warfare, he often goes to two extremes, one is to doubt the meaning of killing, and even begin to pity the enemy. The other is to immerse yourself in the killing and seek pleasure in it to numb yourself. ”

Richard's heart was shocked, and he smiled wryly and said, "I seem to have both, so what should I do?"

Bai Ye said indifferently: "Remember! Killing is only your means, not your goal. You just have to think about whether the means will achieve your ends. Superfluous things, don't think about it. ”

Richard pondered for a long time before he said, "I see." ”

Kill when you need to kill, give up when you don't need to, it's so simple.

Before stepping into the teleportation array, Richard was still pondering.

This trip to the Peerless Battlefield was tantamount to a cruel spiritual baptism for him. At the level of Norland as a whole, a plane war has long been inevitable, either to continue to ascend or to be ruined like the Land of Twilight. In this case, it would be pointless to discuss the meaning of dimensional warfare. So for Richard, it's either to face it or to avoid it. And White Night used himself to show Richard his attitude to deal with killing.

When he returned to Norland, Richard felt like his heart was covered with iron.

In the foreseeable future, the land of twilight will definitely be a stop in his life.

Richard was still present on the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke's floating island, and although he had spent a full ten days in the Land of Twilight, time in the Land of Twilight was eight times faster than that of Norland, so only a little more than a day had passed in Norland. Upon hearing the news of Richard's return, Agamemnon rushed over and returned all the equipment he had kept for Richard.

At the first sight of Richard, the corners of Agamemnon's eyes twitched. The taciturn young man stared at Richard for a few minutes, until he looked a little creepy, and then nodded and said, "You're finally all right." ”

"You know I'm in trouble?" asked Richard, a little curiously. Anyway, the specific reason why Bai Ye suddenly took him to the Peerless Battlefield was not very clear to him. But when they recalled the expressions on Agamemnon and Nereus at dinner that day, they clearly saw something at the time.

Fortunately, Agamemnon did not hesitate to salivate this time: "Everyone who has spent a year or two in the plane war, especially in the initial pioneering period, will always have some psychological problems. Going to the Peerless Battlefield is not the best, but it is the most direct solution, either tenacious from now on, or completely insane. ”

Richard's expression immediately became a little bitter, stared at Agamemnon, and asked, "You did the same?"

"That's right. ”

"Was it your own idea?" Richard did not believe that Agamemnon would have such determination and courage. If you stay in a place like the Land of Twilight for a long time, everyone will go crazy except for a few people who are naturally optimistic and strong-willed.

"No, it's in the white night. And so it was.

After a brief chat with Agamemnon and the delivery of the next batch of enchanted equipment, Richard left the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke's floating island and returned to the floating island of Akmund.

On the way to the castle, Richard met Fasqi on the road. She stopped Richard and looked at it carefully for a long time before she said with certainty: "Richard, you seem to have changed a little again!"

Richard smiled: "Handsome again, right?"

Fasqi was immediately defeated, so Richard laughed and went back to his study. He had to hurry up and explain some things to the old butler, and then he would return to Faro. Before entering the Green Forest Plane, he had to rearrange Faro in case of accidents.

After walking out of the study, passing through the long corridor, Richard suddenly saw Coco standing in the corner of the long floor-to-ceiling window, looking down and struggling with something.

Richard didn't care, just glanced at her, didn't pause at his feet, and hurried to the stairs. Coco also saw Richard, but his expression changed significantly.

The slight change in her expression had been caught in Richard's eyes, so she stopped and asked, "Coco, is there something wrong?"

"No, no, there's nothing ......" Coco shook her head desperately.

Richard nodded, didn't dig deeper, and hurried downstairs to the warehouse area.

It wasn't until Richard walked away that Coco stomped her foot hard, hating herself so much. She obviously wanted to plead with Richard for something, but when she really saw Richard, she couldn't open her mouth anyway. Miss this opportunity, and the next time you see Richard, you don't know when it will be. In a hurry, her tears had fallen again.

She sobbed for a while and walked towards the old butler's office. But she hadn't gone far before she remembered that Richard was about to set off again, and that the old butler must be by his side. At least in the evening, when Richard had left Norland, would the old butler have time to see her.

Late at night, Coco knocked softly on the door of the old butler's office. Although it was late, the lights were still on in the old butler's office. Generally, the old housekeeper has not fallen asleep at this time, and it will not fall asleep until about one o'clock. And the next day, around six o'clock, he would get up again. This routine has been the same for decades, almost never changing.

The old housekeeper's office was very cramped, and all kinds of documents were piled up, occupying most of the office. Seeing Coco, the old housekeeper motioned for her to sit down at the table, and then finished reading a few documents in her hand, and then raised her head to look at Coco, waiting for her to explain her intentions.

"I want to ...... Ask about my father and brother......" Coco said apprehensively.

The old butler lifted his glasses and said slowly, "Didn't you communicate with them?"

"There is a correspondence, but the letter says that they are in a bad situation right now. ”

"Wait a minute. The old butler took out a copy of the document from the Wen Jiàn cabinet, opened it, looked at it, nodded and said, "Well, it is true." If your father is unable to repay the arrears within three months, the realm will be temporarily held in trust by the local council of nobles. ”

"I hope ...... Able to borrow some money from the family to help my father get through this time. ”

The old butler took a deep look at Coco and said, "Actually, this won't solve your father's problem. Besides, what are you going to pay it back? Your credit limit in the family has long since been used up. ”

Coco lowered her head deeply and whispered, "First ...... Let's talk about it after this time. Pay back...... I, I'll figure it out. ”

"You can't help it. "The old housekeeper was very direct.

Coco burst into tears and whimpered......, "I've done my best!" Now there's another Luoqi! I'm ...... I can't beat her at all. ”

The old butler shook his head, sighed, took out a piece of paper, wrote a few lines on it, signed his name, handed it to Coco, and said, "I think this will buy you another half a year." ”

Coco took it, and it was a check agreeing to withdraw 2,000 gold coins, to be paid from the old butler's private account.

"Ahh She knew that the old butler was never greedy for fraud, and often used his name to fund some poor Akmund warriors, as well as some promising young foot knights from ordinary families, such as Erwin in the past. So the old butler has almost no savings, and this money may be all the cash he has on hand now.

"Alright, take it! that's the last thing I can do for you. The old butler sighed, slipped the check back into Coco's hand, and said, "As for yourself, learn from Luoqi!"

Richard didn't know what had happened to Coco, and he didn't need to. Now he's back on the Pharo plane, gathering all of his followers in the camp to begin assignments on the larger map of the Bloodstained Lands and the Redwood Kingdom.

The horse bandits in the Bloodstained Land have been wiped out. Fiercely wounded in the war across the line, all sorts of ferocious aliens have moved to the depths of the bloodstained lands, where the terrain is more complex and treacherous, and they have lurked to recuperate. It will take more time and patience to get them out of the land once and for all.