Lord Highlander

   Chapter 639 628. Choice

  In the shed of the sulfur mine, a village supervisor brought a pot of tea to several people.

This is tea made from the roots of a tree called sap tree. This tree is only found in the Pagolos Mountains, and it is almost extinct on the Oak Ridge. These roots were also obtained from an adventure group by the village supervisors. In exchange, the water boiled with this tree root has a faint sweet taste, and it can moisten the throat and clear the lungs when drunk. A tree root can be boiled dozens of times.

  The kobold slaves were still mining sulfur in the mine, but as the sulfur mines in the lower reaches of the lava river were on the verge of exhaustion, the kobold slaves had to travel farther to the upper reaches of the lava waterfall.

  Suldak wants to move the sulfur camp closer to the current mine, but he hasn't selected a suitable location yet.

  Andrew sat on a volcanic rock, scooped a large spoonful of tea and drank it.

He is very uncomfortable with the environment here. In order to avoid inhaling the volcanic ash flying in the sky, he must cover his face tightly. It will fly into the eyes. At this time, you must not rub it with your hands. You can only take out the water bag and rinse it with clean water. After entering the shed, the dust cloth can filter the volcanic ash outside, and Andrew is more comfortable.

  He took another big sip of water before saying:

"Everything is fine in the village. The old village chief said that this year is probably the best year in Wall Village. You don't have to worry about snowstorms, and you don't have to worry about which winter storage is not doing enough. You will be hungry throughout the winter. It was the last blow. After the desert bandits, although those desert bandits have lived in peace for a while, recently some gangs came out of the desert and robbed the villages in the barren land, which makes people a little annoyed!"

Speaking of the desert robbers, Andrew became a little annoyed, and complained to Suldak: "They have learned to be smart this time, and they will never stay in any village for more than half a day, and they will not go the same way when they return. The whereabouts are always unpredictable, and the militiamen who were stationed in the villages in the militia battalions died quite a bit.”

The number of militiamen in the militia battalion itself is not large, and they are all retired veterans with some disabilities. Although they live in hardship, they definitely do not lack the courage to fight. When the desert robbers attacked the village, some militiamen led the villagers to rush up to resist , they would rather die in battle than be spurned by the villagers.

  As a result, the militia battalion, which was originally not large in number, rapidly reduced its staff after entering the winter. Recently, Andrew almost ran back and forth between the villages, but he still couldn't stop the occurrence of this attack on the village.

  Suldak was silent for a while, and then said: "It seems that the number of militia battalions still needs to be strengthened, and the basic defense forces of each village must be formed!"

   To form a militia battalion, you need to recruit young and strong villagers from various villages. You can apply for weapons and armor from the Hailansa City Hall, and you can also get a monthly subsidy of money and food subsidies.

The Nanai native fighters are naturally warlike. Although they are naturalized natives of the Maca plane, their blood is deeply imprinted in their blood. Andrew said to Suldak: "Dark, I'm here to find you this time. I want to go for a walk in the desert and see where those desert robbers are hiding!"

Suldak said: "It's too dangerous for you to go deep into the desert alone. Once you are targeted by those desert robbers, as long as the other party uses wolf pack tactics, just chasing you and waiting for an opportunity, so that you can't get enough rest, you may die. It will be too much."

  He actually wanted to go into the desert with Andrew after he taught the red dragon Iser the rune language and lifted the dragon's blood curse.

   After all, for this barren land, the southwest is next to Oak Ridge in High Lansa. The southeast region is a barren mountainous Jedi called Death Valley, while the northern part of the barren land is closely connected with the southern foothills of the Paglos Mountains, and the north of the east is a vast desert. According to the villagers of the barren land , even the adventure group is reluctant to cross the vast desert, because there is almost nothing there except a few oases and desert robbers.

  Andrew put his arm around Gullitum's broad shoulders. Gullitum was sitting almost as tall as he was standing. At this time, he was adding water to the iron pot.

   To the ogre, this pot-bellied iron pot is more like a teacup.

  Andrew said: "So I want to pull Gullitum!"

   Then he asked the ogre: "I heard that desert bandits have a lot of camels in their hands. Maybe we can get a few in the desert. Gullitum, do you want to try it?"

   For ogres, nothing is more important than eating.

Especially when eating salamanders made him very angry, he couldn't wait to eat some other fresh and tender meat. Of course, the gazelle in Woer village was also very good, but he had hardly eaten camels, so he almost didn't eat them. He agreed without hesitation:

   "Of course, I'm going to catch those salamanders in the lava mine all day long, and I'm going to burn my whole body. Going to the desert to catch a few camels, I think it's a good idea!"

  The two hit it off almost immediately.

  Andrew said to Suldak: "With Gulitum joining, it is estimated that there will not be too many people in the desert who can threaten us."

Seeing their eagerness to try, Suldak knew that he could not stop Andrew, who moved freely, and said, "Anyway, you must be careful not to provoke those powerful monsters. By the way, since you are going into the desert, this I will lend it to you for now, I don't need it right now..."

   As he spoke, he took out the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern suit from his magic pocket, and piled it in front of Andrew.

  The value of such a set of top-level magic pattern construction is almost more than two hundred magic crystals.

  For small noble families, such a magic pattern structure can be regarded as a family inheritance from generation to generation, and it is more valuable than land in some remote and desolate areas.

"You are actually willing to lend me this set of 'Earth Shield' to wear, so you are not afraid of running away in this set of magic pattern structure. I heard that such a set of magic pattern structure is in our city of Vozmara, and it can be exchanged." Come to a valley." Andrew said while taking off the guard battalion armor from his body.

  He couldn't wait to put the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern on his body.

  Although the magic-weave structure was a bit tight for him, when the mana flowed from the magic-weave and a little bit of power from the structure injected into his body, Andrew wanted to pick up the butcher and wave it around a few times.

  Suldak said indifferently: "You are much more important than the Earth Shield magic pattern."

  Hearing what Suldak said, Andrew grinned even wider.

Suldak dug out some scrolls from the magic pocket. If these scrolls could not be put into the magic pocket, they should be put into a wooden box if they were carried around, so as not to cause unnecessary troubles due to extrusion, deformation and damage. Of course, it is best to dress them up The container of the magic scroll is a magic sealing box, but this kind of box is a bit thick and not easy to carry.

Put the scrolls into a long and narrow wooden box, and Suldak said: "Bring more scrolls for gathering water and gathering fire, and bring enough rations for the march. Don't ignore Gullitum's appetite, military rations and other things , let him carry it on his own!"

Andrew didn't want to bring those water-gathering scrolls, so he said to Suldak: "It's snowing in the desert too. Melt the snow into water and drink it after boiling it. We plan to hunt wild camels in the desert, so we don't need the marching rations." Carry too much."

   "Then we must be able to find those wild camels." Suldak stuffed the wooden box into Andrew's hands.

  That night, Andrew wore the magic pattern structure and left the sulfur mine with Gullitum.

   Every three to five days, a horse-drawn convoy from Wall Village will bring various living supplies and transport the sulfur mine back to the village.

  He wasn't too worried about what would happen to these mines. He filled his backpack with red crystals, and Suldak returned to the lava mine.

  …

   Recently, the Bena City Guard Battalion has done several major events that have won the hearts of the people, which has greatly changed the status of the Guard Battalion Knights in the hearts of the citizens.

Among them, the most widely circulated among the citizens is that Mrs. Dorothy Newman was hijacked in a lover's house. It is said that the scene was quite glamorous. As for whether those hunters and robbers had any sparks with Mrs. Dorothy, citizens They also have different opinions. However, this time the Knights of the Guard Battalion were full of positive energy in this incident. It took almost one night for the Knights of the Guard Battalion to capture the hunter and the robbers and rescue Mrs. Dorothy who was imprisoned in the Dandelion Hotel.

   Today, the Dandelion Hotel, located on the edge of the Jushu Square, has become a check-in place for many citizens to travel in winter.

But now, the unlucky Gophero family has become a hot topic among the citizens of Bena City. Everyone knows that the Gophero family has been cheated out of a large sum of money. The borrowing of the world.

Just when everyone started to ask where those crooks went, the Bena City Guard Battalion issued an announcement, saying that the gang of liars had been wiped out by the guard camp. The mastermind, Jack Kennelly, died unexpectedly while fleeing Bena City. At present, some members of the liar gang have been arrested and brought to justice, and the other members are hiding in the city of Bena. I hope that the citizens will actively cooperate with the report...

  The citizens of Bena suddenly realized: ‘I don’t know when the guard battalion knights moved so quickly. '

But the most regrettable thing is that the large sum of magic crystals has not been recovered. Many adventure groups in the city have heard the news and started to act. It is said that they are looking for clues all over the world, trying to find the huge amount of magic crystals. .

In the council of the House of Representatives in Bena City, Chairman Lance put forward several requirements on "commitment to seek help from other provinces under the current situation in Bena Province", and then the weekly routine government approval was passed, that is, members Approval is proposed at the meeting, and if no one raises objections, it will be considered as a pass. If a member raises an objection, then a show of hands must be voted on the spot. At least two-thirds of the people must support it before the administrative approval can be passed.

  Aristocratic lords with status and status in the city are almost all councilors here.

  Marquis Luther sat in the corner of the rostrum. As one of the most prestigious nobles in Bena City, he also had a place on the rostrum.

  He stood up from his seat, picked up an application form for government approval, and strode up to the podium in the middle. Suddenly, countless eyes focused on him.

  He is a representative of the main combat faction in Bena Province and has the support of many alliances. Any move he takes will have a certain impact on the evidence of Bena Province.

"Everyone, what I want to talk about this time is a proposal for the expansion of the Constructed Swordsman Corps under my command." Marquis Luther glanced around the council hall and said, "Under the current situation, plane wars are happening frequently in various places. , not only the dark abyss forces invaded from various connection channels, but also various private planes took the opportunity to become independent and separate from the Grimm Empire, and they are gradually encroaching on the land that originally belonged to us, which we cannot bear."

   "I will go to the Bailin plane to change defenses this spring, and I am currently making active preparations, so... I am just stating this matter. In fact, I have already obtained the official authorization of the Duke."

   "My proposal is to expand a formal cavalry battalion in my legion. I hope everyone can support my proposal for expansion."

  Marquis Luther stood in front of the podium, put down the written application report in his hand, and looked around.

The councilors around started to talk a lot, and some people didn't understand Marquis Luther's approach, so they stood up and asked: "It's just a cavalry battalion, Marquis Luther, you just need to sign an official letter and you can set it up. Is it necessary?" Do you want to apply for an official number?"

   "Yes! A cavalry battalion... that's all! Isn't this a Constructed Knights?"

   Members of Parliament have echoed, they also think this is a bit of a big deal.

  Marquis Luther coughed twice and said, "Ahem, I need the official number issued by the Military Department of the Province of Bena, so I hope everyone can support it!"

   "Om..."

There was a whispering discussion in the council hall, and there was no secret among the nobles. Everyone speculated why the Marquis Luther would solemnly apply for the official title of a cavalry battalion. Naturally, some nobles who knew the Marquis Luther would not It's hard to guess why.

   "It's probably paving the way for that person. I saw that person at the ball. He is a very nice young man." Someone said.

   "Didn't Luthor have no son?" The nobleman who was not familiar with the inside story moved his head closer and asked suspiciously

  A nobleman who was very close to Marquis Luther immediately said very dissatisfied: "Hey! We are talking about the fiancé of his favorite daughter—Hathaway!"

  The noble next to him immediately said: "I guess, this may be part of her daughter Hathaway's dowry!"

  The nobleman who is very close to Marquis Luther said: "Of course, it is said that he is going to marry a noble baron. He wants to get the fastest promotion in a short period of time. Of course, he wants to participate in the plane war..."

  Chairman Lance stepped onto the rostrum again, and said to the MPs in the audience: "Everyone, show your hands and vote!"

  The nobles raised their hands one after another, and the number soon exceeded two-thirds. Seeing this scene, the hesitant congressmen also raised their hands one after another.

   "Proposal passed!"

  Chairman Lance picked up a small copper hammer and hit the wall clock on the rostrum table hard.

"Ding…"

  The sound is crisp and pleasant...

  …

Seeing the scene in front of him, Count Gophero, who was sitting in the back row, felt a little uncomfortable. He remembered the young man who was waiting at the gate of the manor after the heavy snow that day, hoping that he would agree to propose to Beatrice. He wanted to marry Beatrice to Baron Jack Kennelly.

   And now...

  The young man is about to board the chariot of the Luthor family and go to the Bailin plane.

   And that damned Jack Kennelly was already lying in a cold coffin.

  (end of this chapter)