Lord Chronicle

Chapter 138 The undead strike
The next day, Zhenkou.

The knights who followed Sol from the capital lined up neatly, making preparations before departure.On the other side of the team, Sol and others were saying goodbye to Walsa Yiyi.

"With the protection of these knights, you should be fine. I have asked Tavia to hire a team of mercenaries for you to take you back to Arcos when he arrives at the capital," Sol told him.

Walsa's injury has not fully healed, and some parts of his body are still wrapped in bandages. He nodded after hearing this: "Thank you, I will be careful."

As he spoke, he opened his arms to Marlene beside him: "Come on, little Marlene, your brother Walsa is leaving, give me a parting hug."

Marlene was holding a box of snacks in her hand, and was about to hand it to him, but she immediately hid behind Jessica in fright, only showing a small face.

"Jessica?" Walsa was not discouraged, and moved his target to Jessica.

Jessica didn't move, just glanced at him slantingly out of the corner of her eye.

Walsa immediately shifted the target knowingly: "Then what about Miss Kafir?"

"Click..." Before Kafir could speak, Lesta, who was standing behind her, snapped her fingers.

"Then..." Walsa turned around again, only to realize that Mary was in front of her.

Mary flicked her hair and straightened her proud chest: "They ignore you, come to my sister."

Unexpectedly, Walsa turned around without hesitation: "It's getting late, I'd better set off quickly."

"Hey, what do you mean?" Mary was furious.

Sol walked up to the knight captain Tavia and whispered some instructions to him. Tavia bowed and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Marquis. We will definitely protect the safety of Mr. Walsa to the death."

At this time, on the other side, Jessica walked up to Mary: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

"What do you want?" Mary looked wary.

Coming to a place where no one was around, Jessica put on a business-like face: "That's right, since you currently have no ability to repay, I decided to launch a mandatory plan to urge you to pay off the debt owed by the territory. "

"Forced plan?" Mary was taken aback.

Jessica raised her finger to tick, and Reed immediately walked up with a stack of documents.He coughed dryly: "Hey, at Miss Jessica's request, I worked out this repayment plan overnight, Miss Mary, please listen carefully."

Following him, he opened the document and read it: "You owe the territory a total of 42 gold coins, including the construction of the workshop and the purchase of equipment, as well as the initial start-up funds. Later, the workshop was damaged twice, and the town's engineering team helped rebuild it. The reconstruction costs total 3 gold coins. The other two workshops were damaged, repaired and re-purchased alchemy equipment, a total of 15 gold coins, and currently you owe the territory a total of 60 gold coins."

Mary was taken aback: "How can there be so many!"

She snatched the documents from Reed's hand, flipped through them for a while, and then threw them back with an ugly expression: "Well, even if there are so many, so what? I won't refuse."

Jessica snorted: "Although you will not renege on your debts, given your current poor business situation, this money is no different from being owed or not. The funds in the territory cannot be used by you for nothing, so we must take compulsory measures." means to make you pay back."

Mary gradually understood what Jessica wanted to do, but it was a fact that she was in debt, so she had no choice but to say, "Then what do you want?"

Jessica glanced at Reed, who immediately said: "That's it. First of all, since you borrowed the money for business purposes, we count it as a business loan. Therefore, starting today, the money We charge three percent interest every month."

Seeing that Mary was about to yell, Reed waved his hand to stop her: "Please note, this is already the minimum. If it is a loan from the four major chambers of commerce, you can receive up to 20.00%."

Following Mary's panting, he said again: "In addition, according to this plan, you must repay at least 1 gold coins every month, of course, the more the better, until the debt is paid off. "

"But no one bought my work at all..." Mary said anxiously.

Reed turned to the second page of the document: "So in order to ensure your minimum repayment ability, we have the following regulations. If your turnover in the current month cannot pay off the minimum arrears, we will forcefully delegate to you You work and get paid to pay off the money."

Mary asked in surprise, "What job?"

Jessica interjected: "Not necessarily. In short, we will let you do whatever the territory needs. Maybe it's helping Manson's workshop with some auxiliary work, maybe making items for residents in need, or going to the mountains to collect Precious raw materials and more."

Mary had gradually calmed down, she knew very well that Jessica had come prepared, so it would be better to see what kind of tricks she was going to play.

She said: "So if I can't hand over [-] gold coins every month, no matter what you ask me to do, I must obediently do it?"

Jessica nodded: "You can say that, but don't worry, all you need to do is the job of an alchemist, and I won't deliberately make things difficult for you."

Mary sneered and said, "That's really nice to say, so what are you doing now?"

Jessica retorted unceremoniously: "Compared to some people who owe a lot of money but don't realize it, I have more confidence."

"You..." Mary's eyes were burning with anger, but she couldn't refute.

"How about it? Do you want to cry to the lord? Or do you want to use some shady means to escape the debt?" Jessica sneered.

"Who would do such a shameless thing, don't underestimate people." Mary was furious.

Jessica pointed to the document: "Then sign it, this will at least guarantee you one day to pay back the money."

After looking at Jessica viciously for a while, Mary gritted her teeth and said, "Here!" She snatched the document from Reed's hand and signed her name on it.

This is where Mary is worthy of praise. She may have many shortcomings, but she is never vexatious on key issues.Even the previous frantic sales promotion regardless of the target was just a means of raising money to pay off debts.

If she made up her mind not to sign and was determined to stay with Lovell, with her relationship with Saul, Jessica really couldn't do anything to her.But in the face of this compulsory repayment letter, Mary chose to accept the fact.

Repaying the debt, although the agreement was a bit harsh, Mary still did not evade her responsibility.

Jessica originally thought that Mary would tear up the documents, or even negotiate terms, but she didn't expect her to be so straightforward, and she couldn't help seeing something different in her eyes.

"Look, one day, I will pay all the money owed to you!" Finally, Mary shoved the agreement back into Jessica's hands.

Jessica said lightly: "I will be very happy to see this day. But with your current performance, it is not even the slightest convincing."

"You...you...you're so mad at me!" Jessica said the truth, and Mary could only go crazy alone in depression.

Today, she won a small game. Seeing Mary's distorted face, Jessica handed over the agreement to Reid, and walked past this old enemy with a relaxed hum.

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Jessica just won a beautiful battle over there, and the knights here are also ready to go.Following Tavia's order, the team slowly moved out of the town.

At this moment, a defender hurried over and whispered something in Sol's ear.

"What!?" Saul's face changed suddenly, and he looked at him in disbelief.

Facing Sol's gaze, the team member nodded affirmatively, indicating that what he said was true.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Kress on the side noticed his expression.

Dazed for a moment, Sol murmured: "Quick, go and stop them, it seems that they can't leave."

Although he didn't understand at first, Kress nodded and hurried to the cavalry.

"Sol, what's going on?" Kafir walked up to him.

Sol smiled bitterly: "I hope it's just a false report."

Following him, he quickly said to Lesta: "Brother, ask someone to close the city gate immediately, and all the guards must gather and stand by. In addition, send someone to call back all the residents who are still outside the town. You must hurry!"

His voice finally alarmed the people nearby, and Jessica and the others all looked at him for a while.After all, after staying in Diviji Castle for a while, Lesta had already learned what order and prohibition meant, so he left immediately to carry out the order without asking.

"Lord, what happened?" Jessica asked with a puzzled expression.

Saul looked left and right, and all the core members of Lovell who came to see Walsa off.So he took a deep breath and said slowly: "Just now the defense team reported to me that a dead spirit was found outside the town."

"What!?" For a moment, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

The last time the undead invaded, everyone still remembered it vividly. When they heard that the traces of the undead were found again, they were all surprised and frightened.

But Jessica, who knew the inside story, immediately understood what was going on, and she said solemnly: "Did you still not escape after all?"

Sol breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the biggest test of the territory is coming."

At this time, the cavalry who were intercepted by Kress also turned around, but they obviously didn't know what happened, and they all seemed inexplicable.

Walsa vaguely guessed something, he pulled up his horse and galloped up to Saul, before he got off his horse, he said with a solemn expression: "Is that it?"

Thor smiled: "Exactly, it seems that someone wants to keep you in the territory for a while."

Walsa couldn't be as relaxed as he was, he said anxiously: "What should I do, they still found me."

Sol comforted him and said, "It's okay, the news hasn't been finalized yet, maybe the garrison team missed it. Besides, even if the necromancer really came, we might not be able to repel them."

Walsa was already spinning around in a hurry, and he was about to rush out as soon as he lifted the rein: "Before they surround this place, if I rush out now, maybe I can lead them away."

Thor was taken aback, and quickly pulled his rein: "Are you crazy? This is simply death."

Walsa's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed dejectedly: "You're right... Well, Saul, I finally got Lovell involved."

Sol helped him get off the horse, and said disdainfully: "What is this called? You decided to leave the territory, and you have fulfilled your responsibility. Now that the matter is imminent, what else is there to say? Do you want me to hand you over? Next, it should be my lord's responsibility."

At this time Tavia also came over, he looked at the busy people around, and said in surprise: "Master Marquis, what's going on?"

Pulling him aside, Sol said, "Tavia, I need your help."

Tavia said without hesitation: "Master Marquis, please go ahead and say that before leaving the capital this time, the king gave an order that our cavalry squadron will follow your orders outside."

"Okay." Sol nodded: "I won't hide it from you, Lovell may be attacked by necromancers, and I need to use your strength to fight."

"Necromancer!" Tavia couldn't help exclaiming: "How dare they attack the king's territory?"

Sol couldn't tell him the truth of the matter, so he said: "You must have heard the rumors of necromancers appearing on the battlefield, right? There is evidence that these undead are secretly colluding with Lulin, and there must be something ulterior this time." the goal of."

Tavia took a deep breath, and said firmly: "I understand, and regardless of the duty of a soldier to guard the territory, the duty of a knight does not allow me to watch these evil creatures do whatever they want."

Following him, he stood up solemnly and gave a knight salute: "According to the law of the battlefield, I will obey the orders of the supreme commander in this area. From now on, the cavalry squadron will belong to your command."

Sol couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately they killed their arrogance on the frozen plateau, otherwise how could they have gained the command so smoothly.He said to Tavia: "You immediately put all the cavalry on standby, and send someone to escort the officials to a safe place in the town."

Tavia responded and immediately went down to carry out the order.

Follow Sol and wave to Jessica and Kress.He first said to Kress: "You immediately lead someone to patrol around the town, and report back immediately if there is any situation."

After Kress leaves, Sol turns to Jessica.Looking at the person he trusted the most in front of him, he felt a warm feeling in his heart: "Jessica, if there is a real fight, I'm afraid you will have to work hard again. The dispatch of materials in the territory, as well as the arrangement of personnel, all have to be done." It's up to you to worry."

Looking at the entire Lovell, whether it is logistics deployment or personnel organization, Jessica is the core of operation.It can be said that this beautiful female steward is equivalent to the engine that supports the smooth operation of the entire territory.

Without any extra words, Jessica just nodded lightly: "Leave it to me."

"Sol."

Sol had just sent Jessica away when he heard a voice behind him.Turning around, Kafir was standing behind him at some point.

"Kaffir, what's the matter?" Saul asked strangely.

Glancing in the direction Jessica was leaving, Kafir bit his lips: "Is there anything I can do?"

Sol shook his head: "Not yet, you go back to town first."

Kafir's face suddenly became extremely depressed: "You, you mean, I'm still the same as before, and I can't help you with anything?"

The reason why Kaffir took the initiative to go to the front line of Diviji was that he hoped to find his own position by Saul's side, instead of someone who had to hide helplessly behind when something happened.She knew very well that she might not be able to be Sol's indispensable right-hand man like Jessica, but she also wanted to narrow the distance between the two.

So when she saw that Sol entrusted Jessica, but she still had nothing to do, a sense of self-pity and frustration rose from her heart.

Sol immediately understood that what he said just now hurt the girl's self-esteem, and at the same time, he couldn't help being moved by Kafir's dependence on him.

He smiled easily: "What are you thinking about, of course not."

Kafir raised his head in surprise: "But you said..."

Sol pretended to be distressed and spread his hands: "The battle hasn't started yet, and I can't find any wounded for you. How can I ask you to help?"

As he said that, he held Kafir's shoulders, and said seriously: "I feel very lucky, because you can be by my side now. You know, I need you to lead the medical team in the town. Once there is a fight, the wounded It's all up to you."

His words immediately made Kafir burst into tears, and she wiped the corners of her eyes embarrassedly: "I understand."

"Remember, don't let me die alone." Sol put on a scary face.

"Promise to complete the task!" Kafir saluted happily.

"call…"

After watching her leave, Saul wiped off his sweat.

"That... Sol." At this moment, another voice came from behind him.

Sol had already recognized who it was, he rubbed the bridge of his nose helplessly, turned around, and it turned out to be Mary.

"what?"

Mary stood there pretty, with her hands folded ladylikely on her chest, biting her lips in embarrassment: "Is there anything I can do?"

Not knowing what she wanted to do, Sol could only say, "Not yet."

Mary's face suddenly became extremely depressed, with tears in her eyes, and she said in a crying voice: "You, you mean, I'm still the same as before, and I can't help you in anything?"

Thor:  …

Mary: ...

"Go back to your workshop, don't make trouble for me!" Saul chose to kick this woman unceremoniously.

"Don't pretend, I saw it just now, it's really touching."

Dodging Saul's flying kick, Mary suddenly looked at him with a very strange expression.

"What do you want?" Saul really had nothing to do with her.

"Speaking of which, are you really Saul?" Suddenly, Mary asked for no reason.

For a moment, a cold sweat soaked Thor's back.

"Why, why do you say that?"

Mary looked at him seriously: "Because we haven't seen each other for just two years, you are so different from the Sol I know. Compared with the good-for-nothing before, you are really surprising."

"Ah...hahaha..., people can grow up, it can only show that you misunderstood me before." Sol laughed dryly, but his heart couldn't help beating.

Mary nodded thoughtfully: "Probably so, then you have really become an impressive guy."

With that said, she turned around and walked towards the town: "Okay, I won't hinder you. But seriously, if there is anything you want me to do, just come to the workshop to find me."

After Mary left, Sol patted his chest in fear, my god...

Then, he couldn't help feeling proud of Mary's words.From hearing the news to now, he has made arrangements one after another in a short period of time and mobilized all the forces that can be mobilized at present. This kind of efficiency and decisiveness is indeed different from when he first arrived two years ago.

Maybe, I really have grown up?

(End of this chapter)