296. Archon 4
(Today's chapter is not divided)
Count Griffin didn't look at Roy standing at the square table at all, he set his eyes on Addison Cizer, the leader of the rebels.
The negotiators of the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom also stared at the rebel leader, who had proposed to the negotiators of the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom two days ago that a non-Silvermoon Elf Archon would be needed to build the Barrier Town here in the future.
He hoped that the negotiators of the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom would make concessions, and that Andison Nishizawa would compensate in other ways.
In this way, in the future, the fortress town will slowly become a real half-blood elf town, just like the town of Partington.
But he never thought that this old-fashioned and mean-looking Earl Griffin would choose to recommend a young half-elf to come out.
Andison Nishizawa squinted at Roy's immature face, his face was a little cloudy, and the other rebel officials were also very bad.
Last night, they were still discussing together how to convince the negotiators of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom to get the Archon of Barrier Town.
"Roy is capable of the job of consul, you can't make a decision yet, and you won't know until you take office, if you have no other doubts, will this resolution be passed?" Viscount Euphelia took the opportunity to ask.
Andison Nishizawa looked at the rebel leaders beside him and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”
One of the rebel leaders frowned and said, "Since the archons of Fortress Town are half-elves, I hope that all other positions in the town hall will be filled by half-blood elves......"
Viscount Euffia hurriedly said, "How is this possible? Obviously, you proposed that the town consul is not a silver moon elf, so the town officials should have half of the positions of half-blood elves and half-elves, of course, you only have the right to recommend, as for the right to appoint...... It should be in the hands of the new consul, Roy. ”
"In such a remote plane town, there will be no Silver Moon Elf willing to serve in the Barrier Town......"
The two sides once again began a new round of negotiations, and the choice of the consul was decided.
The rebel leader, Andison Nishizawa, sat in the center of the long table, his hands clenched into fists on the table.
He suddenly realized that if this article was passed, the peace talks would be over, and the next step would be to enter the implementation phase.
A little disheartened at this moment, he closed his eyes......
After his negotiation is over, he will face the trial of the Inquisition of the Council of Elders of the Silver Moon Elves, and it can be said that if there are no accidents, he may not be able to leave the Pallam Island Prison in his life.
This time, he led the half-blood elf rebels against the tyranny of the noble lord of the Silver Moon Elves, and may go down in the annals of the elves' recent history.
But for Andison Nishizawa, the rest of his life could be extremely dark.
Reopened his eyes, looked at Count Griffin and said, "I hope that in the next restoration project of Fortress Town, the Silver Moon Elves can provide material support. ”
"Of course, the aid includes food, building materials, and construction tools, etc., which will be delivered by the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion to the new Archon." Earl Griffin agreed very happily.
Andison Nishizawa rose from his chair, and the rest of the rebel leaders rose to their feet......
Earl Griffin asked the clerk at the conference table to bring in the draft "Barrier Village Peace Negotiation Agreement", and the ink on the last page of the treaty had not yet dried.
As Andison Nishizawa signed the peace treaty, other rebel leaders signed their names on it.
Earl Griffin looked at the peace treaty, his eyes showed a hint of pride, thinking of the worries of His Majesty Jenris before leaving, now that the half-blood elf problem has been successfully resolved, the burden on his shoulders is suddenly relaxed.
The face, full of wrinkles and serious expressions, finally showed a faint smile.
……
After signing the peace agreement, the leader of the rebel army, Andison Nishize, was officially arrested by two elven warriors, and staggered out of the command post under the silent gaze of a group of rebel leaders.
The other rebel leaders also returned to their residences to pack their belongings, although they were not liquidated by the Silver Moon Elves for the time being, but everyone did not want to live in the Barrier Village, most of these rebel leaders were elven hunters who wandered in the jungle, and now that the rebels were disbanded, they would go back to their old ways.
The peace treaty was immediately announced in the Barrier Village, and although the Silver Moon Elves promised that they would not liquidate the half-blood elves in the rebel army, a large number of half-blood elves still left the barrier village in droves.
Many of the half-blood elves who originally planned to live in the barrier village were also panicked by these half-blood elves who had evacuated the barrier village......
There are also some half-blood elves living in Padstow City, and they are planning how to return to Paddestow City.
The Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion quickly posted some notices on the bulletin board at the entrance of the walled village, which clearly stated that the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion had set up thirteen aid stations in the public territory to provide food supplies for the half-blood elves returning to Padstow City along the way, and if they encountered a monster attack, they could also go to the aid station to seek help from the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion.
Many of the half-blood elves became a little confused, and they didn't know what the future would be.
A portion of the rebels left the Barrier Village, returning to the jungle to continue their life as hunters, this time with the Silver Moon Elves making all the lands south of Padesto and north of the Griffon Barrier Mountains a communal territory for the Half-Blood Elves to hunt and gather as they please.
The other part of the rebels will stay in the barrier village, close to the jungle of the barrier mountain range, the resources of demonic beasts and magic herbs are abundant, but because the rebels have been stationed in the barrier village for nearly half a year, the nearby fruit trees and berries are almost all collected, and the half-blood elves want to get something to eat, they need to go farther into the jungle to collect, of course, the benefits are not without benefits, all the monsters in this area that are threatening to the elves have long migrated to other places.
There will also be a part of the rebels who will return to Padstow, these half-breed elves have treehouses in Paddestow, they are used to city life, and their time in the Barrier Village makes them miss Padstow immensely.
The rebels disbanded in the same place as the Barrier Village, and the elven warriors of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion quickly took over the Barrier Village.
……
Roy came out of the somewhat filthy command post, unable to accept that he had become the Archon of Fortress Town.
It seems that from the beginning to the present, no one has asked Roy if he wants to be the consul of Fortress Village.
Roy remembered that Earl Griffin had summoned him the previous afternoon, and it seemed that he had only talked about some family matters, and even asked about his life in Castletown, but that did not say anything about making him the Archon of Fortress Village.
He went to school at the Elven Academy and studied magic in the Statue of Liberty, so how could he have time to be the archon of the Barrier Village?
The instructors had just heard the news, and they all approached Roy to ask him, why did he suddenly decide to be the archon of the barrier village?
Roy smiled wryly and explained that he had just learned about it, and it felt like a farce.
"Roy, Lord Earl Griffin wants to see you, come with me." The three elven guards found Roy again and spoke to him.
"We're going to ...... too," Instructor Nora said.
With that, the instructors followed Roy to Earl Griffin's carriage, and Instructor Nora tried to follow Roy into the carriage, but was stopped by the elven guards with their arms.
"Let them all in." The voice of Earl Griffin was heard in the carriage.
The instructors and Roy walked into the carriage, and Earl Griffin pointed to the couch around and invited Roy and the instructors to sit down.
"Isn't it a little surprising that this decision was made, and I don't understand that we made such a decision without consulting your consent?" Count Griffin leaned back on the sofa, and a faint smile appeared on his old face, which looked very amiable.
"It's a little bit incomprehensible, after all, I didn't receive any prior notice about this." Roy replied tactfully.
"Haha, in fact, we can't be sure how the rebels will react until we negotiate this morning, and we can't promise you anything." Count Griffin said calmly.
"I didn't expect them to agree to our proposal and agree to let you be the first consul of Barrier Town."
"I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, of course, we don't think we need to communicate with you in advance, in fact, considering that you are still studying at the Elven Academy in Castletown, in fact, as the consul of Barrier Town, you are just a name, of course, it is not ruled out that you will serve as the consul of Barrier Town in the future, but during the construction of Barrier Town, we don't need you to do anything here, the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion will send a special manager to manage the Barrier Village as your assistant."
"The follow-up will be handled by the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion......"
Count Griffin said calmly.
Hearing Earl Griffin say this, Roy and the instructors breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that they were just using their own name.
Hearing the news, Roy's heart instantly felt a little lost.
I thought that I was only one step away from the mayor......
"Okay, let's talk about it, what do you instructors want to do with me when you follow Roy to me?" Count Griffin's gaze fell on the faces of Nora and the other instructors, and he asked happily.
Instructor Nora hurriedly stood up and said sincerely: "Hearing you say this, we understand what is going on, the purpose of our coming to you is very simple, after all, I brought Roy to the Partington plane, and I am responsible for him." ”
Earl Griffin looked at Instructor Nora and nodded.
"Count Griffin, since the peace talks have ended successfully, the purpose of our group this time is to find out the group of slave traders from the rebels, and now that the task has been successfully completed, we will leave the barrier village first and return to Castletown City." Instructor Nora said again.
"Of course, your party has always been free." Earl Griffin said.
"Then, Count Griffin, if you have nothing else to do, we'll take our leave."
With that, Instructor Nora and the party left Earl Griffin's carriage with the group.
Instructor Nora then resigned to Captain Terrence, and Instructor Nora didn't plan to wait any longer in the Barrier Village.
Captain Terrence saw that the peace talks had ended smoothly and that there was no reason for his side to continue to restrain the Elven Academy Adventure Party, so he nodded and agreed to the adventure group leaving.
Not only that, Captain Terrence also lent several horses provided by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion to the adventure group, and Instructor Nora only needed to return the horses to the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion's logistics office after arriving in Padstow City.
In the evening, Instructor Nora rode out of the negotiator camp with a group of adventuring party members.
The horse Roy rode had a large box strapped to it and looked very clumsy.
Roy rode the same horse that was originally Woods.
As for Woods, he didn't leave Barrier Village with the party this time, because his uncle lived in Barrier Village.
After the peace talks, Woods found his uncle, and the two discussed it, and decided to live in the barrier village for a while, and then participate in the reconstruction of the barrier village, the great druid who had been hiding his identity decided to provide some help to the half-blood elves in the barrier village.
Woods sent everyone a long way before reluctantly returning to the Barrier Village.
……
The return to Padstow was a very smooth one.
Along the way, you can see groups of half-blood elves returning to Padstow City, all you have to do is follow the team north.
Moreover, the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion was worried that the food carried by these half-blood elves would not be enough, so several supply stations were added along the way, and the fruits here were supplied for free.
Because a large number of elves appeared, those magical beasts living in the jungle were too frightened to come forward, so there was no danger along the way.
The expedition party successfully reached the almost empty city of Padstow, and when they were sent to the logistics office, the logistics officer told them that the Earl of Swinburn was currently in the city of Paddestow, and specially ordered him to be notified when the adventure party arrived in Padstow.
Therefore, Instructor Nora did not return to Partington Island as soon as he got the teleportation pass, but decided to spend the night in a hotel in Paddestow.
Sure enough, in the afternoon of the same day, the Earl of Swinburn's personal guards found the hotel and invited the members of the adventuring group to the command post of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion, where the Earl of Swinburne summoned everyone.
……
"You have done a very good job, and you have been able to successfully negotiate peace with the rebels this time, thanks to several of you."
The Earl of Swinburne sat in a chair, signing reports one by one, and spoke to the group without raising his head.
An adjutant cautiously left with a thick stack of reports in his hand, for fear that the high stack of reports would fall apart......
Everyone sat in the study and waited quietly, no one spoke, even Miss Christine sat obediently in her chair, and everyone only made eye contact occasionally.
After a while, the Earl of Swinburne finally signed the paper.
He raised his head, moved his somewhat stiff neck and arms, then stood up and led everyone out of the study.
It is a castle-like treehouse building with many rooms.
The Earl of Swinburn led the group through a long levitating passage to a treehouse opposite.
There are two guards guarding the door to the treehouse.
When the guards saw the Earl of Swinburn, they hurriedly saluted the Earl, and the Earl of Swinburn told them to open the door, and then led everyone into the room.
There are more than a dozen rows of shelves in the room, each with five floors, and they are filled with various types of suitcases, which look like a high wall.
And the shelves are covered with all kinds of labels, and it looks like a warehouse for supplies.
And judging from the style of the suitcase, there should be some high-end goods stored in the box.
Sure enough, at this time, I heard the Earl of Swinburn turn to everyone and say:
"On the shelves, these are some of my treasured magical items, you can all pick and take the one you like."
The instructors looked at the labels on the shelves around them, this kind of reward...... No one will be polite to the Earl of Swinburn.
Roy was going to follow Instructor Eleanor, who he thought would find the best......
However, the Earl of Swinburne did not give Roy this chance, and stood at the door of the warehouse and shouted:
"Roy and Sabrina, come with me."
Roy and Sabrina hurriedly stopped, and the instructors ignored them and went to find a suitable gift for them.
Only Miss Christine gave them both a quick look.
Roy and Sabrina were taken by Earl Swinburne to a room next door to the warehouse, which was not too large and was supposed to be a common room.
There was a leather case on the ground, and Roy didn't have to open it to know that it should be a set of magic pattern structures inside.
His box with the magic pattern was similar to the one on the floor......
The Earl of Swinburne stood at the doorway, and said to the two:
"Last time on Partington Island, it was the two of you who saved Christine, I didn't express my gratitude to the two of you, in fact, I didn't expect any suitable gifts, this time Sabrina successfully promoted to the sword dancer, this gift is specially prepared for Sabrina."
After saying that, he opened the box, and sure enough, there was a delicate set of light brown leather armor inside.
The two of them are not unfamiliar with this set of magic pattern construction, and many Silver Moon Elves from wealthy families in the Elf Academy will wear this kind of thorn-tailed crystal lion skin armor.
In addition to the Magic Pattern Structure, the Earl of Swinburne took two heavy swords with scabbards from the weapon rack, handed them to Sabrina, and then said:
"A set of Thorntail Crystal Lion Skin Armor, two Theruki swords, and in addition, there is an apple orchard ten kilometers north of Padstow City, this is the title deed of the apple orchard, don't be busy refusing ......"
He took out a land deed from the desk next to him and gave it to Sabrina, and turned to look at Roy:
"Roy, as for your gift, this is ......"
The Earl of Swinburne took out another deed, but it was not supposed to be a title deed.
Roy took the contract in his hand and took a serious look at it, only to realize that it was actually a letter of appointment from the Archon of Fortress Town, and Roy's name was already written on it.
The Earl of Swinburne smiled and said:
"No matter when, now, ten or twenty years from now, as long as you arrive in Barrier Town with this letter of appointment, you will be the Archon of Barrier Town, and the surrounding area of Barrier Town belongs to public territory, and you have no salary to receive as an Archon, you can only get 30% of the town's taxes, which means that when the town has a tax deficit, it is likely that you will have to put money into it...... Roy, if you want to open up an apple orchard, you have to figure it out yourself, as long as you can clean up the demonic beasts in the Blackwater Swamp, the land over there is very fertile. ”
Roy was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect the Earl of Swinburn's thank you gift to be this.
"Okay, put your things away, let's go see what the instructors have chosen......"
With that, the Earl of Swinburne turned and walked out of the room.
(End of chapter)