The people of Linfeng City were surprised to find that it seemed that overnight, the direction of public opinion in the city changed instantly.

Before today, there had always been gloom in the tavern: the steppe people had burned and looted their land, but Peak City had never made a decent counterattack.

Many people have lost their jobs, their hometowns, their relatives and friends, but they have no outlet to vent, so they can only borrow alcohol every day to kill their sorrows, and they are even more worried because their alcohol money is about to run out.

And this morning, everyone was excitedly discussing in the tavern, last night the mercenary group at the peak cleared an entire stronghold of enemy troops, not only recaptured their own supplies, but also rescued a group of refugees.

No one doubted the authenticity of the victory, as everyone had heard the fanfare outside the city last night.

Harrison's mercenaries also showed up, trumpeting the hard-won victory of last night.

This injected a shot of strength into the people of Linfeng City, who were originally depressed: it turned out that the grassland people were not as terrible as the City Lord's Mansion advertised!

Even the civilian mercenary regiments have won the grassland people, if the city lord's mansion dispatches an army to recover the lost territory and exterminate the enemy army, won't it be easy to capture?

In this way, the flames of the War of Resistance quietly spread through the word of mouth of the masses.

……

Uptown, the Baihat family's carriage stopped at the door of Noren's alchemy workshop.

Evelyn got out of the carriage, only to see a strange servant standing at the counter of the workshop.

It's strange, is Nolan's guy recruiting a newcomer?

She muttered to herself and stepped forward to ask, "Is Noren here?" ”

"Ah, my lord." The servant looked a little reserved, and hurriedly replied.

Receiving an affirmative answer, Evelyn went straight into the workshop, and was shocked by the scene before her.

There are many tents set up in the already small courtyard, and a total of more than a dozen people are resting, where is this alchemy workshop? This is clearly an open-air camp for refugees!

"Ah, Eve!"

Yuna saw her as she passed by, and came over to say hello, "You weren't hurt in the battle last night, right?" ”

"No, no, it's a piece of cake!"

Evelyn smiled, then asked, "What's going on with these people, they can't all be Noren's minions, right?" ”

"Ah, they were refugees from the stronghold last night, and Noren felt that it was too dangerous outside the city, so he used his connections to smuggle them into the city."

Yuna folded her hands and pleaded, "Please, Eve, don't report this matter to the City Lord's Mansion to know!" ”

"I'm not so idle!" Evelyn couldn't help but laugh, "However, I didn't expect Nolan to have this kindness...... Hmph, a little bit of a change in opinion of him. ”

"What, talking about me?"

Nolan poked his head out of the room next to him, "Good morning, Eve. ”

"Eve, what you can call too?" Evelyn glared at him, "Do you understand politeness, call me Evelyn!" ”

Eve is her nickname, and is usually only called by elders and close friends.

Noren took a moment to say: "Yuna is my person, if I call you Lord, then she must also call you Lord, otherwise wouldn't it be a mess of etiquette?" ”

"She calls me Eve, you call me sir, let's go our separate ways."

"You dare!" Nolan glared at Yuna instead.

Yuna had no choice but to look at Evelyn with watery eyes: "Evelyn ......"

"Nolan!" Evelyn screamed, "You're not allowed to bully Yuna!" ”

"Boom, that's not what you say."

Kidnapping Yuna to make Eve's matter be understood by him.

Evelyn came over this time, mainly to report her safety to Yuna, and after a few casual words between the three of them, she was ready to leave.

"That's right, Evelyn." Nolan finally talked to her about business, and said seriously, "I'm going to try it one last time to see if I can talk to Ivan's mind." ”

"Just try it...... What do you want me to do? ”

"Tomorrow morning, a team represented by refugees will go to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion to ask for battle, and at that time, please don't let the guards of the City Lord's Mansion drive them away.

"If you can, I also hope that you can talk to Ivan, so that he can also come out to listen to the speech and understand the wishes and needs of the people of Linfeng at this time."

"You're going to organize a war march?" Evelyn was amazed, "I thought you were going to ask me to introduce you to Ivan."

"I can help you, but you'll have to discuss the parade with the city guards beforehand. Otherwise, even if the guards of the City Lord's Mansion don't chase you, the guards on the street will drive you out. ”

"I know what I know." Nolan nodded.

"That's right." Evelyn seemed to remember something, and finally said, "I saw that you were relatively close to Harrison last night, so I would like to remind you that he is not a good stubble, and you better keep your distance from him." ”

"Huh?"

"Harrison is a profit-oriented businessman, and the City Lord's Mansion doesn't have a good impression of him. The main purpose of his attack last night was also to recapture his goods, not really out of patriotic feelings to defend Peak City. ”

"But he's very provocative, so you have to be careful not to be taken advantage of by him." ”

"I'll take notice."

Saying goodbye to Evelyn and watching the carriage of the Byhart family leave, Nolan exhaled slowly and murmured:

"It seems to be sanctimonious, but in fact he is ruthless, and he will do everything to achieve his goals...... Of course I know exactly what kind of person he is.

"However, if you don't rely on the radical plans of such people, how can you say that the stubborn lord of the castle will go to war? At this point, we have no choice. ”

"Nolan?" Yuna looked at him worriedly.

Something was wrong with Nolan when he came back last night, and he was preoccupied and seemed to be making a big determination.

"It's nothing...... Nolan shook his head vigorously, clearing the distractions from his mind.

Tomorrow was decided, so he simply stopped thinking about it and began to prepare his own team plan.

Who will be the main person in charge of his alchemy team, he already has a clear candidate in his heart.

……

Compared to Nolen's alchemy workshop, the atmosphere of the puppet shop next door is much more laid-back.

Aisha is playing in the store with a few children in their early teens, who are young but have their own skills.

One of the little boys was wearing a wide and bloated black robe, and when he brushed his sleeves and shook his head vigorously, he suddenly had a crying mask on his face.

Then there was another flick of his sleeve, and the crying face mask immediately turned into a smiling face.

"Dangdang, dangdang—"

He played a rhythmic face-changing trick with music in his mouth, and the masks of various colors on his face quickly switched, causing a wave of amazement from Asha and the other children.

The masks were all adult-sized, and the children were even more comical when they wore them, causing them to laugh out loud in amazement.

When the face-changing trick was over, everyone applauded, and then they realized that there was an extra audience member in the store at some point.

"Hey, Nolan! What are you doing here? Aisha's eyes lit up.

"Well, haven't you been here for a long time, come and hang out."

Nolan smiled, "The little brother has a good trick, and you can see that he usually doesn't work hard." ”

"Hee-hee, I learned these from my father, my father is the best entertainer in the city!"

After receiving the compliment, the little boy was also very happy and said, "Big brother, I'll give you a mask, I brought a lot of masks from the family to play with today, everyone has a share!" ”

Nolan glanced at it, and sure enough, everyone had a mask in their hands, Aisha was holding a Shiba Inu mask, and the other children were holding a grimace mask and a fox mask.

"Okay." Nolan didn't shirk either, "I want a Raven Mask, do you have it here?" ”

"Raven? I'll look for it. ”

The little boy flipped through his backpack and said, "Ah, I found it, not only the black raven, but also the precious white raven!" Which do you want? ”

Noren looked at it and saw that the mask was quite exquisitely made, and the raven portrait painted on it was quite artistic, and the two masks had the same pattern, but the color was different.

"Children make choices, adults want all."

He took the two masks and took a silver coin from his pocket and gave it to him, "Of course, adults never eat overlord meals. ”

"Oh, my brother is atmospheric, my brother is in good health!"

The little boy took the silver coin with a hippie smile, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain when he went out to play this time.

"Oh Nolen, you can't spend money indiscriminately, do you know how many masks you can buy for a silver coin."

Ai Xia crossed his waist and pretended to be dissatisfied, "Since you are so generous now, you are also here to take care of the business here!" ”

"A must, a must."

Noren put away his mask and walked to the studio in the store with a smile, "I'm going to go to Uncle Luo Zhen and talk to him about a big deal of a few hundred gold coins!" ”

Seeing that he was about to leave without chatting with him, Aisha pursed his lips and muttered, "Hmph, bragging......"

Arriving at the door of Rogen's studio, Nolan restrained his smile, knocked on the door, and then pushed the door in.

Luo Zhen carved the puppet's arm in front of the workbench and glanced at Nolan: "Something?" ”

"There's something, and it's a very important thing."

Nolan, the old man with a strange temper, didn't talk nonsense, and directly put the prepared pile of drawings on the workbench and said, "I'm going to order these alchemy equipment - the sooner the better." ”

"What's that?"

Luo Zhen stared at the thick pile of drawings, blew his beard and glared, "What do you need so many drawings, you kid want to go to heaven?" ”

"How do you know I'm going to heaven?"

Luo Zhen: "? ”

Nolan explains, "There's not just one piece of equipment here, there are several. In other words, I'm bringing you a big list this time! ”

"Then I really thank you!"

Luo Zhen sprayed him in the face, "The old man is too lazy to take such a big order, you better find someone else!" ”

"No, these alchemy equipment is extremely special, and I don't feel at ease with others."

Nolan said seriously, "Only you, uncle, can be counted as your own person, and these equipment can only be handed over to you to make." ”

"Special? What could be special. ”

Luo Zhen snorted and said disdainfully, "When I was young, I was also an alchemist who traveled through the empire, and I can see much more whimsy and tricks.

"A lot of young alchemists will blow up their work in order to earn gimmicks, and when they are busy at the end, they find that it is just a scrap of manuscript, and I don't want to participate in this kind of trouble."

"I invented a single soldier flying equipment that can be used in real combat!"

"Since you're also an alchemist, you'll know what this invention represents," Nolan reminded. If you can help me make it, your name will also go down in history and be worshipped by all the alchemists in the future! ”

"Blow, you can blow hard."

Luo Zhen smiled, "I found that your kid speaks really well, I was fooled by you before, so I leaked all the family's secret skills to you."

"But young man, I have to advise you as an elder, you have to eat bite by bite, and you must do research in a down-to-earth manner, not just to make a big news......

Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound in front of the workbench, and Luo Zhen's preaching came to an abrupt end.

His eyes widened, and he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief—

I saw Nolan reach out and grab the arm of the puppet in front of him, and a purple magic array aura suddenly unfolded on his wrist!

Blue-purple electricity jumped in his palm, instantly blackening the puppet's arm and breaking it in two.

"Just because others can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it."

Nolan retracted his hand and said calmly, "I never do gimmicks, I only do what I am sure I can do." ”

"Wait!"

Luo Zhen didn't care to be angry about the destroyed puppet arm, he jumped up from his chair and shouted, "Wait, wait...... Wait—wait!

"What did you just do? I'm not mistaken, you used the circle to activate the second-order spell "Electric Shock"! But where did you hide the circle? Show me! ”

"Want to know?" Nolan grinned, "Then come and help me make alchemy weapons, my secret is hidden in these alchemy weapons."

"Let's witness the moment of revolution together and bring the world ...... together Turn the world upside down! ”

His expression and tone of voice showed an almost insane confidence in himself, which was close to extreme, but also quite contagious.

Even Luo Zhen was shocked by his momentum, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty:

"You, don't worry, making alchemy equipment is not so simple, first you have to have forging tools......

"I can give you two hundred gold coins of start-up capital for you to build a special manufacturing room, and I will continue to increase the investment of funds in the future."

“…… That's not enough! You also have to have the raw materials to make equipment, and some of the materials are not so easy to obtain......"

"I've prepared ready-made materials, and I'll ship them to you later."

“…… You have to have manpower! I can't do it alone! ”

"I have more than 20 people here, and I can even arrange a senior alchemist to be your deputy, so there will be no problem in terms of manpower."

“…… You kid! ”

Luo Zhen gasped, "You've thought about everything, don't you think you've already eaten me!" ”

To be honest, the feeling of being led by a teenage man by the nose made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Promise me, uncle."

Nolan whispered, his gaze moving across the studio, focused on the void in the distance.

"The war is about to begin, and we ...... There's no time left. ”