Chapter 452 Jealousy

Chapter 452 Jealousy

"It's disgusting that they are still carrying the price of food even now."

Sally exhaled lightly, trying to calm herself down—but when she thought of those nobles who were always against her, she felt angry, but it was useless to be angry. In desperation, she had to open a few letters to divert her attention .

The first few letters were sent by the denomination, because Sally became the duke of the territory and concurrently served as the priest of the denomination, so now the "Rosie Cross" attaches great importance to her identity, and the bishops of Rubens and Benjamin Support, her current status is already much higher than that of a "priest". But such an identity also gave her certain responsibilities, and she had a lot more things to worry about.

The letter reported in detail the recent strange movements of "Viper Cross". Sally couldn't help but sighed after reading it, and said to herself: "What good things can the royal family do? It's hopeless!"

After the blow of the last war, the "Viper Cross" should have been seriously injured, but within three months, it started to move vigorously in various regions, and even blatantly began to recruit believers in the southeastern territory of the Kingdom—if there is no The "royal family" was playing tricks secretly, and Sally couldn't believe that they dared to be so arrogant even if she killed her!

Balance, balance, the kingdom is riddled with holes, and you still think about how to control the power alone, it is really unreasonable!

The higher the status and the more information she has, the intentions of the top classes in the kingdom become clearer—but the more she does this, the more disappointed she is... because looking around, the whole kingdom is like the sun that is about to set. heavy.

"Miss, this is news from the east. Regarding the ownership of the Baska Mine, they don't seem to intend to make concessions."

Hearing John mention the "Baska Mine", Sally immediately narrowed her eyes, and said with a serious tone: "Then continue to confront them, it was already within the range of Efta's territory, and now that there is a mine, start bullying I, really think I'm made of mud?"

This is what Sally is most concerned about recently, because someone discovered a "rich thorium mine" on the edge of the territory directly under Efta, so several big nobles in the neighboring territory were concerned about this, and decided to bully Sally Li was young and weak, and she was born to want a piece of the pie—and Sally's reason for her refusal to give up was also very simple: Rody could not do without these ore raw materials if he wanted to develop his army.

It doesn't matter if you are at a disadvantage, what you want to give to Roddy... you can't let it go!

"The matter of the mine must be settled, and any new news must be told to me as soon as possible."

She waved her hand vigorously.

"Yes, miss."

Sally's methodical attitude of processing information made the housekeeper John sigh. That serious look really has the demeanor of her father, the Duke of Angmar.

Efta really has successors!

But as soon as this idea appeared, John was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground with a scream...

The duchess who was sitting upright held the last letter, jumped up from the chair as if she had been electrocuted, and then started running around with a flushed face, muttering: "Hurry up and find someone, I want to change it." Hairstyles, John? Go get my favorite cloak ironed, and have dinner ready in five days, don't be dazed!"

"Miss, this is..."

"The bad guy is finally coming back!"

Sally completely threw away her ladylike posture, and ran out of the study, leaving John and all the maids stunned.

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At the same moment, the "bad guy" in Sally's mouth was sitting at the banquet, chatting with a group of nobles.

It has been eleven days since we walked out of the "Corridor of the Brave". Since entering the border of the Karen Kingdom, Rody hastily sent a few letters to report his safety. Now the team is hurrying along, without much rest along the way. Only then did he take a breath and rest on the spot for two days.

But even so, Roddy and Suo Deluoer are not idle at all: visiting Archbishop Benjamin, presenting the staff they carefully selected, and connecting with each other by the way, these are the things they must do as "lords" .

And today, Benjamin specially held a "farewell banquet". It stands to reason that this kind of temperature is not suitable for large-scale banquets, but the archbishop of the diocese is hard to refuse, and Rody finally did not shirk, and went to the party with Suo Deluoer feast.

There were eight great lords in the Bogdo parish, and five of them were present, which also proved from the side that Benjamin's position in the parish was stable.

"I thought you would return earlier, but I didn't expect it to be delayed until now," Benjamin said with emotion: "Today is mainly to see you off. The banquet is a bit tacky, but such a gesture still needs to be made. After all, this set of rules lays out , It’s not good to be too jumpy.”

This is actually a political connection and statement. To put it simply, it is to tell others that I am in the same team as Roddy and Suo Deluoer, so that they will have less trouble and more cooperation opportunities.

Bishop Benjamin, who hadn't seen him for a long time, is now in high spirits and looks younger than before. Power is sometimes more effective than magical powers. Rody feels that with his current state, it is not an extravagant hope to move towards the "Bishop" within ten years.

"Politics is so empty, I really don't like it." Rody smiled and raised his glass, because it was a banquet held by the monastery, so the glass was full of fruit juice, "But I think other than you being friendly to me, those who Guys don't seem to like me?"

This is actually quite obvious. The three of Rody seemed to be squeezed out everywhere in the venue. Except for the people from the monastery who were willing to come closer to chat for a few words, almost all the other dozen or so nobles were "on the sidelines" and talked to themselves. hot.

"Well, you're the one who set up Parring Firm?"

"Yeah." Roddy nodded, and then suddenly realized: "Oh... What's going on, I'm so busy on my way, I almost forgot about this."

The hoarding of firewood and food by the unknown prophet was arranged half a year ago, and by now, those goods must have been cleared long ago. Not to mention the effect of "lowering the average price", in terms of actual benefits alone, he has definitely made a lot of money - the exact amount is not yet known, but the settlement of Elson City and Paarling for two to three years Financial issues are absolutely out of the question.

Looking at it from another angle, it's no wonder that the other nobles didn't hate him for swallowing so many gold coins in one gulp.

Knowing this, Rody really understood when he looked around again—speaking of which, the hostility of this group of nobles did not focus on himself, but generally aimed at Suo Deluoer... The reason is not difficult to guess: The lord of "Parling" in the firm's name is exactly Suo Deluoer.

In the eyes of the nobles, the name "Roddy" didn't seem to have much sense of existence, so Suo Deluoer lay down a few shots firmly.

While talking about this topic, Suo Deluoer just sat down with a gloomy face, and muttered: "What's the matter with this group of people? I wonder if they are drinking some kind of spoilage potion. All of them are strange... A guy asked me how the territory was doing, and I said I hadn’t returned to the territory for half a year, and the result? They said I was hypocritical! What is this?”

Luo Di explained with a wry smile, and Suo Deluoer finally understood, and complained: "Goddess Siqi, no, I want to apply for compensation, and I have to change to a better shield."

"You can choose whatever you want."

Rody is absolutely generous in this regard. After chatting with Suo Deluoer for a while, he suddenly looked at the distance and stopped for a few seconds, then asked Benjamin: "The bearded man second from the left, what else is there?" Who is the thin pole next to him with a smirk on his face?"

"They? Oh, they are Viscount Anru and Earl Bollach, two 'big lords' in the Bogdo parish." Benjamin raised his eyebrows, "Why do you suddenly ask them?"

"Maybe it's because I don't like it, and I've been discussing how to teach me a lesson."

The attitude of "environmental sensitivity" is not in vain, and Rody can hear what the other party says from a long distance. But to be honest, Rody wasn't interested in their small fights, so he smiled and completely ignored the two of them. And Suo Deluoer next to him was also noncommittal, and he didn't even bother to say extra words.

Benjamin has a deep understanding of Rody's ability, so he naturally doesn't think they can pose any threat to Rody, but added: "These two people don't usually give face to the sect, and this time they are probably aimed at you. It's also a coincidence , The territory of the two of them is very close to Efta, and there was a little friction between them in the past, but recently they seem to be discussing cooperation, but I don't know exactly what they are doing."

"It's still tossing in the cold weather, it really doesn't stop."

"Gold coins are the last word, they don't care about the life and death of their subordinates. Alas, the nobles are still thinking about making money, but because of this weather, the whole village in many places has become a bandit, let alone grabbing food. Some even treat people as food..."

The bishop spoke of the cold reality behind the glamorous banquet, which made Rody feel inexplicably heavy: these drunken nobles don't know that in the near future, this country will encounter disasters more terrible than ice, snow and severe cold...

The banquet with a bad atmosphere came to an end not long ago, but before leaving, Benjamin quietly gave Roddy two books—to Rody's surprise...these turned out to be Priest Guangming's high-level skill books and books.

Requirements: Holy Priest Advanced Level 10

Cost: 350 mana

Base casting time: 1.5 seconds

Effect: Make all units within a radius of 15 meters into a silent state for 3 seconds.

Cooling: 10 minutes.

Requirements: Holy Priest Advanced Level 10

Cost: 580 mana

Base casting time: 5 seconds

Effect: Create a wall that can resist attacks, lasts for 1 minute, and the damage absorption value is determined by the mental value and casting materials.

Materials for casting: mantra scroll, magic crystal.

These two skills can be said to be precious, because they have high application value in actual combat, and they can be learned immediately by Akasha.

"The magic staff you gave me yesterday, I think I can become a family heirloom. This is a return gift."

Facing Roddy's puzzled eyes, Benjamin smiled, and didn't explain too much - the actual reason is actually he didn't want to say it... The war is coming, these things at the bottom of the box are worse than keeping them for Roddy useful.

Compared with those aristocrats who only know hatred, the old bishop who speaks with actions made Rody feel very moved. However, he was not in the mood to argue with those nobles. When the orcs invaded and the undead approached, humans would stand in the same trench after all.

At least...Rowdy thought so.