Chapter 314 The Second Turing

April 12, Holy City.

After the harsh winter, the Duke of Angmar's condition finally eased. The old man, who could only wrap himself in a blanket in front of the fireplace, was finally able to go outside and breathe the so-called "resurrection of all things".

But for the old man, this may be the last time he feels spring.

The news of Roddy's "annihilation" is still widely circulated in the territory, but the Duke of Angmar knows very well that after the New Year, those soldiers who went to dig the foot of the mountain quietly sent back the news: Under the avalanche, there were no dead bodies at all. .

And then there was a secret message from Sola sentry: Rody's troops were intact, they participated in the battle to siege the orcs, and they had already gone to Erson, preparing to fight to the death with the undead Belom's troops.

This should have been an exciting and good thing, but in the three months since then, the Duke of Angmar has not received any news about Rody, as if he just disappeared.

Could it be...he didn't beat Bellom after all?

Information about Bellom has been gradually collected and made public: "Baron Frost", one of Augustine's most combative and powerful death knights, is almost a child's night terror for the Kingdom of Karen , and Roddy he...

"My lord, the tax statistics have been completed."

Butler John's voice interrupted the Duke's thoughts. The afternoon sun was shining in the back garden of the Duke's mansion. The neatly manicured plants and flowers were pleasing to the eye, but the Duke of Angmar didn't care to observe. He just stared into the distance and said with his hands behind his back: " So fast? I am afraid that the harvest is the worst in these years, right?"

This kind of question made John hesitate. He wanted to say yes, but he dared not... wanted to say no, but Angmar's guess was right: the tax situation this spring was extremely not optimistic, even half of the level of previous years.

Since the Duke suddenly decided to support the border forces last year, the territory's originally reasonable financial revenue immediately fell into a state of tension. Wars have always been expensive, and even if it is only in the "preparatory" stage at present, the manpower and material resources it consumes are far beyond imagination. If this continues, let alone continue to support the border, I am afraid that if it continues, the Duke's Mansion will soon be unable to function normally up

"This year's tax revenue is probably... only 50% of previous years."

Butler John told the truth that he couldn't hide this kind of thing. But after the words fell, he found that the Duke didn't show any expression, he just nodded slowly, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Another looting bandit?"

"Indeed, there is, but the information reported by the Knight of Wellington said that they have gone to siege, and the reply letter from the Knight of Titus has not yet arrived.

"

This is the second thing that makes the duke depressed... Taxes cannot be collected, and some villages are always looted by bandits. This makes the financial situation worse, and he has to provide several knights to suppress bandits at the same time. The sale was really big, which made the duke quite unbearable.

He rubbed the space between his brows, and then asked, "Is there any news from Sola sentry?"

Seeing John shaking his head, he sighed, somewhat dispirited, waved his hands and said, "Say something else, there's no good news?"

"There is one," butler John thought for a while, and whispered: "Captain Roddy made a plan for the wood elf village trade before leaving, and now the first batch of fruit wine has been sold in various cities in the territory The prices are sky-high, the volumes are phenomenal, and the margins on it... are higher than any wine ever made before."

In such an era, the supply of "wine" was basically monopolized by the nobles. The cheap ale in the tavern was no better than horse urine in the eyes of the nobles, and the really expensive fruit wine could not be sold by the common people. Not surprisingly, the wine earned an unimaginable return within two months as soon as it was sold

"If this supply chain can be done well, its profits can even fill in the tax gap, but..." Butler John glanced at the Duke of Angmar, and didn't say anything, but everyone knew: Roddy has never heard from three It has been a month, and I am afraid that something unexpected has happened. If the so-called "profit sharing" is taken away by the Duke, no one will stand up to oppose it.

"Leave what should be left to him, I can still hold on."

Angmar waved his hand, showing no signs of being tempted.

"Yes, sir." John lowered his head in response, but then he added with some concern: "Those nobles seem to be tracking down the source of the wine. I think it won't be long before someone will get the wood elf's attention."

"Notify Wellington that anyone who dares to attack the wood elf will be shot to death."

Duke Angmar narrowed his eyes slightly, waved his hands murderously, "Go down, let me be quiet."

He breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to take out the letter that Bishop Rubens wrote to himself three months ago...Looking down at the words on it, the old father's brows were full of worry—

"Destroy the heretics... Sally, don't do anything stupid."

The warm wind came in from the window, the delicate curtains fluttered slightly, and the air with the fragrance of flowers brushed over Camilla's face. After unconsciously taking a deep breath, she slowly opened her eyes.

This was the most peaceful sleep Camilla had had for a long time. There were no nightmares, no palpitations, and no physical discomfort. Instead, she felt refreshed after her energy was restored.

But... where is he?

The long eyelashes fluttered a little, and Camilla looked at the wooden ceiling full of hollow carvings, and the silent memory in her mind was suddenly stirred—

Walls... Hedrons... Escape...

Scenes flashed by, and Camilla suddenly recalled the last fragment in her memory: at the moment when she wanted to cross the city wall but was hit hard, countless huge runes flashed out of thin air that day.

What it is?

Camilla sat up suddenly, and found that she was still wearing the red robe that Rody had given her—she was startled, and when she looked around, she found that this was the bedroom where she changed clothes before.

How did I get back?

The memory after the coma was completely blank. No matter how Camilla recalled, her mind was always in chaos... She clenched her fingers slightly, feeling the powerful arcane power at her fingertips, exhaled slightly, and then she was ready to escape from the Here's to getting ready.

Getting up and walking to the window, she closed her eyes slightly.

The feeling of seeing everything reappeared, and everything around him came to mind: soldiers patrolling not far away, Soderol who was reading a map in another mansion, Akasha flipping through books in the room on the second floor ,But…

Where's Roddy?

"Boom boom."

The sudden knock on the wooden door startled Camilla. She instinctively raised her hand to condense the elements, and was ready to attack—but when the wooden door slowly opened and Rody appeared in the field of vision, the elements in Camilla's palm trembled suddenly, and then disappeared with a "crack" no trace...

She pursed her lips tightly, after all, she still couldn't make up her mind to attack Rody.

Roddy noticed this, and somehow felt warm in his heart, but the two were still on opposite sides at this time, so he had to maintain an indifferent expression, pushed the door into the room with a very aggressive attitude, looked up at the The elegant and exquisite high elf wooden chair sat down straight down.

"Do you have time to talk now?"

Camilla didn't move, even if she felt owed in her heart, it didn't mean she would give in. Camilla has the same strength in her bones, so she didn't lose any momentum. She looked down at Roddy, frowned and said, "I have my reasons for doing these things, there is nothing to talk about."

She is uncompromising.

Rody just looked at her like that, and Camilla's expression was so similar to Nefer in his memory, which invisibly touched the few emotional thoughts hidden in his heart... But such emotions were quickly suppressed, He is very clear that he is not talking about human feelings and reasoning now.

Tapping the armrest with his fingers regularly, he slowly said: "You should have noticed that now you can feel everything in this city, and you have a power that you have never experienced before—right?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he grasped the initiative of the conversation, and Camilla secretly had some bad premonitions in her heart, but she immediately shook her head and said, "Khadgar left something that should have been given to you on the top of the tower, but it was a coincidence that I gave it to you." Got it, so it’s not uncommon for me to become stronger, speaking of it... I should say sorry to you.”

She said she was sorry, but Camilla changed the topic in disguise.

But Luo Di didn't take this at all. He leaned forward slightly, narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you know what Turing was before he lost control? It's Elson's 'central' - the guardian of this city."

"It controls all the defenses of the city, and its power is with the city."

"And now...it has disappeared, and the defense system of Elson City has lost its guardian—I don't know the specific reason, but I have reasons to believe that you...have become the second Turing"

Second Turing.

Camilla's heart skipped half a beat in an instant, and she took a step back uncontrollably, but she was distraught, and retorted feebly: "Impossible...you are talking nonsense"

Rody shook his head and stood up, but this time he looked down at Camilla, who was already a little dazed, and said in a low voice, "Why didn't I stop you at the city wall? Because 'Guardian, you can never leave this place. I don’t have to do anything in this city, and you can’t go out.”

"The guardian will be imprisoned in this city forever, do you understand?"

Although these words were cruel, in order to let Camilla understand the situation, Roddy said it word by word—

"You—Camilla, you can't leave here anymore"

"Your mission is impossible to complete. For the people behind you, you have lost the final use value, understand?"

These words were like a bucket of ice water, pouring a chill on Camilla's heart.

She pursed her lips tightly, she wanted to speak but couldn't speak out, there were countless elements condensed in her clenched hands—but it could be associated with all the encounters in Pasha'er Tower, Camilla had to admit...

Roddy's words are 100% true

If he is really imprisoned here, and the mission of the "Holy Meeting" can no longer be completed, what will Nai Fei do? Will she...

Camilla couldn't think about it anymore, and the cruel reality that Roddy said made her completely unable to calm down—Nafei was the whole driving force for her to live, and if she could, she would rather exchange her life for the chance of Neifei's survival

She took a deep breath, suppressed the panic and bewilderment in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "What evidence do you have to prove all this?"

Rody didn't answer her immediately, but sighed, and sat back in the chair by himself, while whispering to Camilla, "Sit down."

Is he ordering himself? Is he crazy?

Just as this thought came to her mind, Camilla found herself uncontrollably sitting on the bed behind her...

"Why... this is—"

She was terrified and wanted to get up, but found that her body was a little out of control

"I am the lord of Elson City. According to Khadgar's original design of the magic circle...I have absolute control over the 'center' of the 'defense system.'"

He sighed again, but his voice calmed down: "So——if I want to keep you, all I need to say is one word."

Camilla wanted to ask something back, but was stunned by Roddy's seemingly plain words, unable to speak out for a long time.