A strange world

Chapter 171 Section 25. Dangerous Ideas

The snow-covered Breeze City shines in the sunlight that breaks through the clouds.

The carriage without concealing the emblem drove into Breeze City, and passersby just stared at it - nearly three months had passed since "The Fall of the Mage Tower" was released. Although the classic will never go out of style, the coldness of the north is enough to extinguish enthusiasm.

Occasionally, someone would wave to the carriage, or follow it, keeping a comfortable distance for Annan—previously, the people of Breeze City seemed to be possessed by an elf mentor.

Speaking of the elf mentor's gift, Annan hasn't thought about it yet... The gift needs to make the elf mentor like it but not make her animalistic.

So exclude yourself.

Annan, who returned to Breeze City, first went to the warehouse. This warehouse belonging to Andrew Luna became a spinning mill, Annan temporarily lived in, and then became a spinning wheel workshop. Now it has become the warehouse placed by Xingyue Bay in Breeze City.

Annan approached Andrew Luna by the way and asked him about his willingness to open a tavern in Xingyue Bay.

"Well...as long as it's not too expensive."

"Actually, I'm going to give you a tavern, but you have to pay the normal taxes."

Annan hasn't figured out how to sell the house in Xingyue Bay yet, so he asked Ingrid to copy the tax rate from Breeze City and make some modifications to the tax rate.

"Aren't you afraid that I will take away too much of Fast's business and drive him back to Pinglin Town?" Andrew Luna said deliberately.

“When I came back, I asked the mayor to demolish the Morningside Tavern,” Annan said. He also left a letter to the bard. However, rumors of the "King of the North's Territory" were spreading in the northern reaches of the Kingdom of Rikaner, and the biting cold wind should have brought the news to the bard's ears.

After taking the gifts prepared in advance from the warehouse, Annan returned to the manor.

The magic ring was just filled with magic power. Annan waved his hand to activate it, and a large fire element appeared on the summoning array.

"Go out and play, don't run too far."

Annan asked the fire element not to leave the snow-covered garden and enter the mansion.

Everyone who knew Annan was back came to the living room. Fast still wore the same dirty shirt in the winter, and Lindy pushed Mr. Victor in the wheelchair.

"Oh, my little Annan, you see you have lost a lot of weight..."

Aunt Susan hugged Annan warmly.

"Have I lost weight?"

Annan looked down at his body shape in confusion. The cold makes people want to eat more, but my diet these days is no different from usual.

"Your legs are not as thick as Aunt Susan's wrist..." Aunt Susan said distressedly, "It's been a long time since you have eaten the food cooked by Aunt Susan. Do you still want to eat it?"

"certainly!"

Then, Annan distributed the gifts: Fast's gift was the tavern in Xingyue Bay. As expected, he was not happy at all. It was Evelin's coquettishness that made him look forward to the future.

"Where's my gift, cousin?" Martin came over.

Then Annan asked Mr. Fast not to punish Martin these days. Fast readily agreed, but for some reason Martin seemed unhappy...

Go back to the bedroom, open a wooden box, and put a fly tied with a bow into a glass bottle.

"This is the fly I finally found in the goods coming from the south."

Annan lay down in front of the glass bottle and said to the little spider crawling towards the prey. Being in a constant temperature environment and with sufficient food, the little spiders do not hibernate.

Watching the little spider entangle the poor fly, Annan hurriedly ran to the city lord's mansion.

"What happened to Gemma and her Glacier Harbor?"

The young city lord's answer was "I can't understand": Gema has received full support from the Diatra family. Even if the road is blocked by heavy snow, goods are shipped out of the city every day. The road from Bethal City to Glacier Port forms a long road. convoy.

It seems that it is not a simple story of "thirty years east of the Pulani River, thirty years west of the Pulani River".

"Perhaps just like you got the pessimistic conclusion that the North will be captured by the Skaven from clues, they also got the revelation that 'controlling the port means controlling the lifeblood of the North'."

"Are you interested in going to Betar City?"

Annan stood in front of the window and overlooked the deserted square: "Forget it... The Diatra family letting their second son disguised as a man rob the port shows that they don't want to put the dispute in the open. My appearance may intensify the conflict..."

As for Gorma and her Glacierport...your soldiers are few, and my elemental legions are endless.

"Pretending to be a man?" Olmedo turned his attention away from the official business on his desk.

"My second sister said it."

Leila had no reason to lie to herself.

Spreading the rumor that Gema is a ratman before departure is only of use in Breeze City. Bethal City is under the control of the Diatra family. Anyone who dares to slander someone will either disappear the next day or be imprisoned in a dungeon.

Speaking of the dungeon, Annan asked: "How are Palha and Black Tierres doing?"

"Palha and Hetierres were both hanged for 'falsely accusing' you, the King of the North."

"Where's Steele King?"

Olmedo took a moment to recall the name: "The guy you were in the dungeon with? He's still in the dungeon."

"Can you give him to me?"

It was the right time for Xingyue Bay to employ people. Steelkin had a strong sense of justice and was a professional, so he was suitable to be the captain of the guard.

"good."

Annan looked seriously at Olmedo, who was gradually furrowing his beautiful eyebrows: "Thank you for helping me during this period. I cherish this relationship, but everything must end... It's time for me to leave."

When Olmedo almost asked "Where are you going," Annan continued: "See you next year."

"...Bloem, kick him out."

"I'll go by myself."

Annan, who had deceived Olmedo, was in a happy mood, wrapping up his final affairs in Breeze City and embarking on the road back to his territory.

Bypassing the mage tower and passing through the church area in the southwest corner of Breeze City, Annan couldn't help but have the dangerous idea of ​​summoning gods. He temporarily stopped the car and let Blom and the knights stay outside and entered the Church of Fortune.

A solid gold statue of the Goddess of Fortune stands in the church - something only the Goddess of Fortune and her followers would do. Some believers whispered mass in the lobby benches.

A priest greeted Annan. Annan looked up at the statue of the goddess of wealth with downcast eyes and asked, "Can I touch it?"

"Respectable King of the North, even you should not blaspheme a god..."

"You misunderstood. I very much agree with the philosophy of the Church of Wealth." Annan handed over a bag of gold coins.

“The Lady will always be kind to those who identify with Him.”

The pastor accepted the money bag with a friendly smile and led Annan to the statue of the god.

"I felt the radiance of the gods."

Annan, who touched the toes of the golden statue, said goodbye to the satisfied pastor, left the church, and left Breeze City.

Summoning gods requires taking risks. If the goddess of wealth is really summoned...

Next, the team sped up and at noon, three days before the apocalypse forecast, a beautiful bay town appeared in front of them.