Chapter 377

Of course, among this batch of participating magicians, there are very few first- and second-level dabblers. Most of them are third-level professional magicians, hired by Chelinina through the Adventurers Association.

In order to build up the reputation of the Ministry of Construction, Chelinina spent a lot of money to buy horse bones and specially hired a sixth-level magician as the commander-in-chief of the construction team's magician team.

Therefore, in just a few months, a brand-new new urban area of ​​Antica City was built, and several urban problems that Antica City originally faced were solved almost instantly.

Initially, Mary was worried that the citizens of Antica would be unwilling to leave their hometown, but it later turned out that Mary was simply overthinking.

If there is a location with a more comfortable environment and better overall atmosphere, and it is right next to the original home, citizens will definitely be more willing to move there.

At the same time, after this round of construction of new urban areas, the city of Antica, whose population growth had gradually stopped, has regained the motivation to attract immigrants.

Originally, the reason why the Duchy of Antica could not develop was because the core city of the Duchy was too small.

As a ducal capital, Antica City can only be regarded as a medium-sized city in the empire. After this round of expansion, Antica City can barely enter the ranks of large cities, but compared with the capitals of other duchies, it is still far behind. Far away.

In the ranking of cities in the empire, the first place is undoubtedly the capital city of Saint Laurent, followed by the city of Romulus in the Duchy of Naples and the City of Prussia in the first echelon of big cities. The city of Brandenburg, the city of Parry in the duchy of Orleans, the city of Navarre in the duchy of Aragon and the city of Neva in the duchy of Lucia.

In the second echelon of large cities, there are also the second core cities of the royal domain and other duchies, which is a large city that spontaneously formed far away from the capital of the dukedom.

Next came the city of Antica.

After all, it has a lot to do with the late establishment of the Duchy of Antica.

The western part of the Duchy of Antica, including the city of Antica, was a territory directly under the royal family at that time and was not an economic center to begin with. However, in the eastern part, in the newly conquered territory, many cities were formerly independent city-states. , it is difficult to unite together for common development.

This time, the development of the core city of the Duchy of Antica can drive the development of the entire Duchy of Antica.

This is how Orson convinced Lucius and Mary to adopt Chelinina's construction

The reason why the team built the new town of Antica.

At first, when Orson proposed the construction of a new city, Mary also agreed. However, Mary only saw the ways in which the new city could alleviate the old problems of Antica City, but ignored the new things that the new city could bring to the city of Antica. hope.

But at this moment, when the role of the new city was slowly becoming apparent, Mary was shocked to realize Orson's foresight.

But what followed was deep fear.

I originally thought that Orson was only very good at literature, Taoism and martial arts, but now it seems that Orson also has insights in governance that are far beyond ordinary people.

If this is the case, when Orson returns from graduation, will there be no place for him in this family? I should have to give up the financial power by then, right?

After all, although Mary has firmly controlled the financial power of the duchy over the years, she has only ensured the smooth development of the duchy. No accidents occurred along the way, and she has not allowed the duchy to achieve substantial rapid progress.

And Orson, with just this plan, seems to be able to activate the economic mobilization of the entire Duchy of Antica.

This kid has obviously never touched money since he was a child. Why is he so powerful?

Wisely it's like living two lifetimes.

Mary thought so and walked to the door of Lucius' room.

Pushing open the door, Mary saw Lucius lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

She fell to the ground in shock.

"Hurry...someone is coming! The Duke has been assassinated!" With that said, Mary quickly shouted behind her.

Randall was the first to arrive. He came to the door, looked at Lucius who fell to the ground, and hurried over to lift him up.

Then, the butler Albert also ran over.

"Master! Master!" He said this, came to Lucius's side, checked Lucius's nose, and found that he was still breathing, and quickly ran out to call the doctor.

The entire Duke's Mansion was extremely busy today.

…

On the other side, at the border of the empire, where the Dukedom of Antica meets the orcs, more and more orcs have gathered at the border in recent months.

The reason is that the population of orcs has exploded, and the food in the desert cannot supply the huge group of orcs. Therefore, the orcs have made plans for humans.

Orcs with green skin and sharp fangs are born warriors.

This world is unfair, just like humans and orcs. Humans need twenty years of vigorous growth to transform from a helpless child into a strong warrior, while orcs only need half the time, and Power far beyond that of an average untrained human.

Moreover, orcs who grow up normally make a living by hunting in the desert and have more combat experience than humans.

With the same hastily assembled troops, three thousand orcs could defeat thirty thousand conscripts.

But compared with the standing army that leads the troops, the threat from the orcs is not that great.

It can even be said that in terms of high-end combat power alone, human elite troops can even crush the orc army in equal numbers.

But the price paid was certainly not small.

On the border, a tall orc with dreadlocks and a fur coat looked up at the sky.

In the sky, a giant eagle circled down and slowly landed in front of the orc. A letter was hanging in its beak. The orc leader took out the letter, looked at the contents, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"The time has come, it's time to attack." He said this in orcish, and then rode on the strong giant wolf and ran to the back.

On that day, all the orc tribes gathered at the border received the order of the joint chief Baru to immediately launch an attack and plunder food from the human territory.

The soldiers guarding the border have been ready for battle. After more than ten years, the young soldiers who participated in the battle have now become officers.

An officer stood on the wall of the border acropolis, frowning at the endless desert in front of him.

In the desert, a sandstorm was blowing at the moment, making it difficult for the soldiers guarding the city to see the scene in front of them.

All they heard was a slightly shrill horn sound in the desert in the distance.

The recruits didn't understand the meaning of the horn, but when the veterans heard the horn again after more than ten years, their bodies subconsciously tensed up.

They reminded the recruits around them to prepare for battle.

Then, everyone saw what might be the last scene they would see in their lives.

In the dust storm, groups of orcs rushed out and ran straight towards the Acropolis.

They shouted something in orc language, and the killing sound was deafening.

Feeling the tremor from the earth, it seemed as if the city walls were shaking. The recruits had never seen such a posture before, and the weapons in their hands were a little unstable.

The officers guarding the city also drew their swords at this moment.

"Soldiers! Now, you are participating in the most glorious and greatest battle in history! You are protecting tens of millions of people in the empire behind you. For the sake of the empire, keep these barbaric orcs out of the city!"

...

"What? Father was assassinated?" On the third day after the midterm exam, Orson received the news that Lucius was assassinated. He looked at the little maid in front of him with an extremely surprised expression.

"Yes, Master Orson!" Vivian nodded. She looked extremely anxious at the moment. After she learned of this information, she rushed to the imperial city as soon as possible.

"The master is not in danger of life now, but can only lie in bed to recover. I heard that the front line has been attacked by orcs..."

"..." Orson frowned when he heard this, and then he looked at Vivian.

"Well, Vivian, you wait for me outside for a while. I will ask for leave from the college to go home, at least to stabilize the situation on the front line first."

Orson certainly knew what Lucius's fall meant as the commander-in-chief of the front line.

Although Lucius arranged a deputy for him, Lucius was a general who had participated in the last war after all, and his absence would inevitably bring a major blow to the front line.

Then, Orson returned to the dormitory and began to pack up.

Lit looked at the anxious Orson and asked, "Orson, what happened?"

"My father was assassinated, and the orcs took this opportunity to attack." Orson said briefly.

Although there were few words, the information conveyed was not less at all.

When Lit heard this, he also covered his mouth and showed a surprised look.

"Orson, why..."

"I don't know either." Orson shook his head, and then he went to the dean's office.

"Dean Luca, I want to take a leave to go home." As soon as Orson entered the office, he directly stated his purpose.

"Is there a problem at home?" Luca also knew about the recent problems in Antica, but in his opinion, with Lucius in charge, the front line could not be foolproof, but at least it could resist for a while.

But who knows, Orson said: "My father was assassinated, although his life is not in danger, but the orcs took advantage of this period to attack. The front line is leaderless and needs someone to stabilize the situation."

"Ah?" Hearing the news of Lucius's assassination, Luca also frowned.

This should be the first time in his life that he heard the news of the Duke's assassination.

You know, in the empire, besides the royal family, the most honorable is the Duke. Even in the local area, the Duke's voice is much greater than that of the emperor. It is unheard of that a Duke would be assassinated.

"I know, this leave is approved. In addition, if Li Te wants to go back, I will also approve his leave." Luca said so, and wrote two leave notes on paper and handed them to Orson, one for him and one for Li Te.

"Go back as soon as possible to stabilize the situation. The Council will make a decision soon, and then everyone in the college will go to the front line to support you."

"Thank you, Dean Luca." Orson said so, nodded, and then he hurried to the Student Union with the leave note.

He called Olivia and Manuel together.

"President Orson, what happened?" Manuel asked in confusion when he saw Orson in a hurry.

"I have to ask for leave to go home. Before the board of directors discusses the tasks for the second half of the semester, the work of the student union will be handed over to you."

Olivia certainly knew what had happened to make Orson so anxious to go back. She didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded.

"Orson, take care of yourself." With that, Olivia walked forward, stretched out her hand, and hugged Orson.

"...Yeah." Orson nodded when he heard it.

Then, he separated from Olivia and left the student union building.

When he returned to the dormitory again, Litt had packed his things. She looked at Orson and said, "Orson, I want to go back too."

"Yes." Orson heard this and did not refuse Litt's request.

In his opinion, as a member of the family, Litt also had the responsibility to take part of the responsibility for Lucius when he was injured and could not go to the front line.

"Litt, please help me contact a group of people." Orson said so, whispering a string of names in Litt's ear.

"Please help them tell them about this matter, I need their help."

When Litt heard the names Orson said, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

...

Three hours later, at the gate of the Imperial College, Orson and Litt walked out.

Vivian, who was standing at the door, was anxiously waiting for them. After seeing the two of them, Vivian waved to them.

"Master Orson, Master Lit!"

"Let's go back." Orson said so, using the magic carpet and taking the two people to the Duke of Antica.

Chapter 1: Going Home

Antica City, Duke's Mansion.

Orson traveled day and night, using magic to speed up the magic carpet, and finally shortened the original two-day journey to one day.

At this moment, four days have passed since Lucius was found assassinated.

Orson couldn't figure out who the Killing Angel said to him in Saint Laurent City that someone would attack someone around him in three days.

It was clear that the target of the attack should be Lit. After he instigated the assassin, he did relax his vigilance and thought that the matter was over.

But now he was told that something happened to Lucius.

This made him begin to doubt what the Killing Angel said to him that day.

You know, Lucius was a general of the empire before. Although his main specialty was commanding troops and fighting, his military strength was not low at all, and he had the strength of the seventh level.

The assassin who could make the seventh-level Lucius fall in a pool of blood must obviously have the strength of the seventh level or above.

Generally speaking, if someone with such strength really wanted to kill Lucius, it would be very easy, and he would not give him a chance to breathe.

But when Vivian found Orson, she told him that Lucius was not in danger of death.

This was very strange.

It was already afternoon when Orson returned to the mansion. The Duke's mansion temporarily added a lot of guards because of this assassination.

The guard at the door let Orson and others in after verifying their identities.

As soon as he entered the house, Orson saw the old butler Albert standing in the living room waiting.