Chapter 341 Confrontation
The passage of time is always so fast that people are caught off guard. The change of the six seasons seems to be long overdue but it makes people feel rushed. Before you know it, the cold winter in the world of Faerun has quietly arrived. At this time, there are still many farmers who have not harvested the remaining crops, even if the newborn calves have not yet grown the fat to resist the cold, even if the poor on the street have not collected enough silver coins to buy cotton clothes for the winter... But the footsteps of the cold girl are not Not slowed down by anyone's prayers.
When she arrived with ice and snow, the temperature of the entire Faerun world dropped suddenly overnight, and the snowflakes covered the earth with a dazzling silver coat in just one night. The pure white snowflakes on the ground were lightened by the sun. Lightly brushed, the golden luster makes the field and the city look beautiful.
It's just that this kind of magnificence is only relative to the nobles and professions who have the leisure to appreciate the beautiful scenery. For the vast majority of poor people with four walls, the cold winter is destined to be the most difficult season.
As the saying goes, there is no worst, only worse. If the previous cold winters were only "difficult", then for the poor in the Maple Leaf Kingdom, this year's cold winter will undoubtedly be a hell of a narrow escape.
There is no way, the Maple Leaf Kingdom, or Joni-Zodas, has never had such an "advanced" concept that "winter is not suitable for mobilizing troops", even though the cold winter has frozen all the lakes and rivers in the Howth Mountains area by three feet Yes, but in Joni's eyes, these only represent the convenience of marching.
As for the soldiers who were forcibly recruited from the old, weak, sick, and poor, and the poor who were hungry and cold and wandered on the streets, would they freeze and starve to death? Joni's words of righteousness - as long as you have the honor of keeping your heart, the severe cold will surely disappear without a trace in the flame of courage!
Well, this statement is really very magical, whether people believe it or not, anyway, the whole Zordas family believes it.
In the huge Maple Leaf Kingdom, Joni's decision is authority, truth, and supremacy. No matter how ridiculous it is, no one dares to resist his decision...except for a certain one who is not afraid of this master-level paladin. "Outsiders".
"Brother Sai'an, Joni, a religious idiot, is already crazy. Are we really not going to persuade this guy? If the Maple Leaf Kingdom collapses, it will only make Ovacin happy"...
In the hotel lit by a warm fire, Ben Rachel looked out of the window at the poor people and children who were kneeling and begging to enter the house for warmth. Complain.
At this time, it has been a week since the last conversation between Punk and Ben Rachel. During this period, Gioni seems to have been busy making final preparations for "Dragon Slaying", and Punk has been running around carefully outside to cast "" Ash bone virus stock solution", until yesterday he ensured that a large amount of gray bone virus had completely multiplied in the streams of the Maple Leaf Kingdom.
However, when Punk finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the hotel, he saw Ben Rachel who was chattering more and more:
"Joni is really a lunatic. He lied to the truth that his family must perish, but now he looks like he doesn't care whether his country can continue... This is a kingdom. Tens of millions of people! In Gonni's eyes, it is not as important as his so-called glory and revenge. The most incredible thing is that Gonni is still a real kind and lawful camp-this shows that he has always firmly believed that My actions are correct, kind and orderly! Seriously, brother Sai'an, I think this kind of lunatic with distorted values is much more dangerous than Ovacin..."
"...Mr. Nocanny, when did you become so nosy? If you want to help those boring ants so much, I suggest you burn them clean with a fire and watch them outside How painful it is to see them, sending them off early is not more useful than you complaining here"?
Tired of listening to Ben Rachel's complaints, Punk rubbed his brows helplessly and said his "good way" tirelessly.
"By the way, please rest assured that at least the Maple Leaf Kingdom will not riot until Ovacin dies. If there are some ants who don't have eyesight and jump out to make a revolution at this time... I don't mind helping Joni to suppress it! So you can relax and eat duck meat, or that sentence, when you encounter a battle, you only need to be responsible for setting fireballs behind, can you please shut your mouth now?"
Punk's call was extremely unkind, because he is not in a good mood now. He is a spellcaster who hates noise very much, and Punk has begun to get tired of the poor people who are begging outside the hotel door.
"... Punk Sai'an, are you serious?"
Hearing punk's "dehumanizing" words, Ben Rachel's complaints came to an abrupt end.
At this moment, this fat old man looked at Punk with an extremely serious expression, and his eyes were even full of unconcealable anger and...horror!
"I've always been very serious, Mr. Ben Rachel-Nokani."
Hearing Ben Rachel's tone become low, Punk also put down a book in his hand and looked up.
In his deep pupils, the cold magical radiance began to slowly rotate, and the eyes under the shadow of the hood were as deep as a deep lake.
However, this time, Ben Rachel did not give in with a haha like before. He also stared at Punk without changing his face, and a trace of subtle fire element fluctuations began to appear beside his bloated body.
Seeing the two master-level powerhouses faintly showing signs of starting a fight, the trainee-level mage envoys standing next to them were all trembling with fright—it is no exaggeration to call the destructive power of the two master-level powerhouses human-shaped nuclear bombs , If these two big brothers really fought here... Thinking of this, the young waiter felt like he was about to faint.
Fortunately, Punk and Ben Rachel didn't do anything in Maple Leaf Kingdom after all.
Because... outside the door of the hotel, Oakes' respectful voice sounded quite timely:
"My lords, General Joni invites you two to the palace to discuss the dispatch of troops to the Dragon Roar Kingdom. Do you have any questions, my lords?"
"there is none left".
Originally, he didn't even think about playing punk, and replied to Oakes in a neutral manner. At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity, he turned and left the living room of the hotel as if nothing had happened.
Punk didn't want to really fight with Ben Rachel at this time. In his opinion, a seventeenth-level evocation mage is an important combat power and an enemy that is not easy to provoke.
Seeing Punk leaving the hotel in the black-and-red robe, Ben Rachel had no choice but to give up the confrontation while talking to himself.
"...Well, I've been stuck in the mage tower for too long, and I've forgotten what a bad old man I am. Maybe I went crazy before I left the mage tower... who knows?"
The helpless Ben Rachel muttered to himself silently, and then he followed Punk out of the hotel.
Punk's mysterious plan, Gioni's arrogant plan... These things are very important, and Ben Rachel has not forgotten why he came all the way to the Hoth Mountains