Chapter 394: Two Women

July 20th.

The heat of summer gradually enveloped Houllier City, and at noon, the sun-baked streets would be steamed with unbearable heat waves.

After taking care of her father's lunch break, Sally, who was sitting in the study, carefully studied the territory's annual revenue and expenditure data and the decisions made by the Duke.

Whenever she looks at the dossiers with the date written on them, Sally will feel more and more the rapid passage of "time"... The days of fighting openly and secretly with Francis seem to be yesterday, and when she recovers, she will think of the traitor His elder brother had died in the forest outside the city.

Thinking of him, I can't help but think of Roddy... When a period of time and conversations appeared in front of my eyes, Sally only felt distraught, and couldn't look at anything anymore.

"Miss, there is some information that you need to... deal with."

John's butler's voice suddenly came from behind, bringing Sally back to her senses.

"Is it urgent?" Sally rubbed her eyes, turned around and asked - now Angmar has started to let her take over the decision-making power, so these news are the first time to ask Sally to judge.

"It's about the plague... The plague in the eastern towns has been suppressed, but it seems that the situation is not optimistic, and the latest report shows that a similar situation has occurred in the royal city of Ignaz, and..."

"Go on."

Sally's eyes narrowed, her father's vigilance was not aimless, it was only five or six days, and the plague that no one had ever regarded as a threat... actually started to wreak havoc?

"There is also a case in the village of Tas outside the city of Houlier. The monastery has sent priests to eliminate the disease today..."

"So close?"

Sally frowned, "From today onwards, only the north city gate will be opened, and the Rose Cross will cast the 'purification technique' on all soldiers entering and leaving the city. It doesn't matter if you line up.

John nodded and wrote it down, and then added: "There is one more thing - according to the previous information report, Baron Roddy may arrive in Houlier City tomorrow."

"He yelled at me, I got it, let's organize a brief welcome ceremony at that time, this is a necessary etiquette...well, it is necessary."

Her heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and Sally panicked for a moment, even stuttering when she spoke.

"Miss, then... Baron Winston from Pahainar, and Gris-"

"Don't worry about them.

"

Sally waved her hand and replied very crisply.

At the same moment, Rody calmly raised his short bow and shot an arrow at the dark cave in front of him.

"Arcane Shot" made the arrow draw a bright trajectory in the air, and the next moment, there was a deafening howl at the end of the cave... The sound of thunderous footsteps sounded immediately, and the giant beast hidden in the darkness roared angrily. Roddy comes straight

"Preparation for the lighting technique."

"Shield blessing."

"Nokia, go."

The moment Akasha raised her hand, the entire Endel Mine tunnel was brightly lit. The huge Chimera beast 40 meters away was cowed by the dazzling light for half a second, but when it saw the small snapping turtle on the ground, At that moment, it immediately raised its thick front paws and slapped down hard.

"sip"

The Nokia with the "sacred shield" was smashed into the ground. Although the movement was loud, it seemed unharmed. It even stretched out its head and bit the Chimera's claw, and "hissed" tore off a large piece The meat comes.

In these two or three seconds, Rody's "Concentrated Shot" has hit the Chimera's head three times in succession. The bursting arrows blew up the head of the giant beast, and it opened its mouth suddenly. Spraying flames, but it can't hurt Rody who is 30 meters away...

Under the magic of Akasha, Nokia was leisurely facing the flames and attacks. Roddy's arrows kept on shooting, and the bowstrings seemed to be rhythmic like zither strings under his hands. After eighteen arrows were shot, the distant The Chimera fell to the ground with a "bang" sound, and there was no more movement.

Rody exhaled slightly, but he felt quite emotional in his heart: In 591, this place was booked out every week by a guild team of 30 to 40 people, but now it's only 69 years, and he can rely on his terrifying attributes to completely crush the other party Already...

The Chimera is level 2. Although Rody's total level is only two levels higher, his powerful title, powerful equipment, cutting-edge technology, and Akasha's bupf buff effect make his strength completely unable to be measured by level.

"Huh... such a big monster, how do you know it's here?"

Akasha asked Roddy curiously.

The latter stepped forward, put the short bow on his back casually, touched the obstacle he and Sally had pushed away together, and replied: "I passed through here last year, and I was almost burned to death by this big guy. Heh... Do you still remember the leather armor I passed on? It was made of the scales it shed."

"Really?"

Akasha's eyes widened, followed his footsteps curiously, and grabbed Rody's hand very naturally, "You really hold a grudge, and you came here to kill it after a year, hehe..."

"Are you kidding me?"

"Don't scratch...don't scratch...I was wrong"

Akasha's silver-bell-like laughter echoed in the cave that once filled Rody with a sense of crisis. Rody let go of the palm on her waist, pointed to the chimera's lair and said, "I'm here for That thing just came, or who would want to come to this place?"

After finishing speaking, he bent down and patted Nokia's tortoise shell: "It's good, buddy, there is extra food tonight."

It was slapped two or three times by the Chimera, but in its eyes, it might be no different from raindrops. Hearing what Roddy said, it shook its head excitedly, and then crawled out of the pit on the ground.

The chimera's lair smelled stench, and there were all kinds of animal or human corpses everywhere, obviously left behind by the unlucky ones it used as dinner. Rody kicked these things away, and rummaged through the deepest part of the lair After searching a few times, he took out what he wanted—

Sixteen pieces of "Molten Core".

Everything went smoother than Rody imagined. The "Molten Core" in his hand was also an additional reward for "first land reclamation" in the game, but now they have become the "charged spar" for Elson City. The first batch of raw materials for charging.

After walking out of the lair, Rody began to skillfully dispose of the Chimera's corpse.

"By the way...why did you pass through here last year?"

"It's a long story." Rody thought of the scene where he fled from the border with Sally all the way back to Hollier City. He couldn't help feeling nostalgic and sad, "Duke of Angmar, you know?"

"Well... I saw it in the city square."

Akasha's complexion darkened slightly. Back then, she was the priest of "Viper Cross", so she was quite "sensitive" when she said it.

Knowing what she was thinking, Luo Di reached out his hand to stop her waist, and said with a smile: "Don't think about that, no one dares to trouble you now."

The corners of Akasha's mouth raised, and she leaned gently into Roddy's arms, enjoying the feeling of being pampered and protected.

It was just Rody's subsequent words that surprised her:

"At the beginning... I passed through here with Sally, the daughter of the Duke of Angmar."

"Miss Sally?"

Akasha has never been in contact with Sally, she just knows that there is such a person, so she used the honorific title: "Why did she come here?"

Rody didn't shy away from anything. While processing the Chimera's scales with a skinning knife, he told Akasha about the conflict between Francis and Sally.

Originally, he was afraid that Akasha would be upset because of certain details, but because of the lessons he learned in the temple, Rody Yu Jian no longer tried to hide anything, and told the truth.

"So...Miss Sally, she has always liked you very much?"

It is natural for a girl to be jealous, and Akasha would also be jealous for one reason or another, but she couldn't feel any sense of crisis after hearing Rody say everything so frankly. His narration was very flat, obviously already She let go of everything, but Akasha cared about something so much that she unconsciously asked this sentence.

"It should be, you know, I'm very slow in liking and liking, some things may be obvious to you, but I still don't notice them." Pulling the beast's skull, "I'm good at...well, this kind of thing."

He stretched out his hand to pick it up, and muttered strangely: "Why are there still four yuan?"

Magic crystals generally grow in the heads of monsters above level 3, while Chimera beasts are only level 2. Logically, there would be no magic crystals, but Luo Di remembered seeing them in the auction house, so he made this attempt. — But when he took a look at the crystal in his hand, he realized that it was not a "magic crystal" in the standard sense, but a "consumption crystal".

"Variation Magic Crystal"

Use: Cast a mass of fire that explodes.

This is something that only "mutated" creatures have. Without the stability and abundant energy of the magic crystal, Yu Jian can only be used as a "grenade".

He thought about the use of these crystals, and when he raised his head, he realized that Akasha was looking at him.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"She is the duke's daughter... You also said that after Francis died, she would inherit the title of duke."

Akasha said seriously.

"That's right, that's right." Roddy nodded, "And then?"

"I thought, I thought normal people would think of marrying her, after all, the land of the Duke of Angmar is so big..."

Akasha, who was born as a pagan, has always been a little "inferiority". Compared with Sally's honorable "Duke heir", she feels that she is simply a worthless clam shell placed next to pearls...

"I was wondering, why didn't you choose her—"

"I'm not in business."

Luo Di interrupted Akasha's somewhat helpless words with a smile, pinched her face, and said softly: "I like you, is this reason enough?"

Akasha lowered her gaze, and the feeling of emptiness in her heart was suddenly filled with happiness from these words, and her low self-esteem disappeared.

Not long after, Rody, who packed more than 20 pieces of "epic-level" scales, walked to the side of the tunnel, and after struggling to put the Nokia on the mine cart, he opened the [Pet Attribute Bar] and upgraded the Nokia to level 14 , looked at all the upgraded skills and closed the interface, then reached out and pulled Akasha onto the mine cart, and pushed the brake lever...

“Next stop, Houllier City”