The promise of slow wear for the rest of your life

When the words fell, Arnold looked at Kord again, and said: "Tomorrow, you will send someone to the West Three Counties to deliver my order, and notify the knights staying there, and immediately lead all the leaders of the West Three Counties to retreat to Thorn City. The area is too large, but our strength is too small, we must close the front line."

Ke De hesitated: "If the people there don't want to withdraw to Thorn City, what should they do?"

Anol hesitated for a moment, then he calmed down and said: "If you don't want to withdraw, then don't force it. Just let them bear the consequences. We can't divide our troops anymore, so we have to protect them separately."

"I've made a note, sir." Cod said solemnly, "I will send someone to convey your order as soon as the day breaks."

After Arnold finished talking about this matter, he immediately talked about the next thing.He said: "Nick, you will mobilize a hundred slaves tomorrow, and first transport all the grain and oil stocks in the warehouse of the manor to the warehouse of the lord's mansion in the city for storage."

"Eligert, tomorrow you go to inform all the teachers in the academy to immediately suspend their studies and lead all the students back to Thorn City. In addition, send someone to notify the leaders of the nearby villages that within seven days at most, they must retreat to Thorn City. city, or you will bear the consequences.”

Elrigett and Nick responded in unison: "Yes, sir/uncle"

The winter days are short and the sky brightens quickly.

After Arnold gave the order, Ke De and others hurriedly left the reception room and went to follow the order.

In a blink of an eye, there were only Arnold and Olgus left in the reception room.

Anol didn't sleep all night, and he was almost unable to hold on until now, so he yawned without holding back.

Upon seeing this, Olgus said, "It's time for you to rest."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep today. Let's talk about it at night." Anol said, taking a sip of cold tea, intending to dispel sleepiness.

Olgus's heart tightened slightly, and he wanted to say that there is no need to worry if he is here, but what he said was not this sentence: "How sure are you that you can win this battle?"

Arnold looked at him with his head tilted, and said meaningfully: "It depends on who you are."

Olgus was slightly startled: "Is it related to me?"

Arnold said: "It's a big deal."

Olgus raised his eyebrows and asked, "How?"

Anol took another sip of the cold tea, and the old god Fang said: "If you are a real dragon who needs to come to the human race gathering place in the ancient continent to experience, I have only [-]% chance to win this battle. "

"If you are the king of the dragon clan, I have a [-]% certainty that I can win this battle. If you are the last dragon god on this continent who has never fallen into a deep sleep, then I am [-]% sure that I can win." This war."

Olgus didn't say who he was, but said: "You will win. So, you don't need to worry. Go to sleep."

"Then I will lend you a good word." Arnold replied with a smile, and found a guest room with intact doors and windows to sleep.

In order to prevent people from disturbing each other, Olgust set up a magical barrier outside the guest room.

Arnold slept until half the night before making up for the missing sleep.

When he walked out of the guest room in good spirits, Ke De and others were looking for him like crazy.

As soon as they heard that he had appeared in the castle, Ke De and others immediately rushed over.

Among the few people, the one who rushed to Anol's side first was Ke De who was closest to him.

As soon as the two met, Arnold heard Korde say very fast: "Master, the administrator sent someone to say that the king activated the magic circle and ordered you to immediately hand over the tree of life of the elves that grew in Thorn City. It is accompanied by the spring of life with the elf tree, and hundreds of elves in the city."

Arnold spat out the mouthwash and asked, "Didn't you ask the administrator to report my determination?"

Kord said: "Let it go. The administrator also reported it. It is for this reason that the king only ordered you to hand over the tree of life, the spring of life, and the elves, instead of directly asking you to hand over Thorn City."

Arnold sneered confidently: "He thinks beautifully. The city I funded to build, how could he hand it in as soon as he said it. You just ask someone to report to the administrator. Just say what I said, I I will guard my territory, I will defend my city, and my subjects will be protected by me. If the kingdom does not help, but takes it by force, then let’s go to war.”

Cord was taken aback: "This...is the attitude too tough?"

Arnold asked back: "We are enemies on all sides, so we are afraid that multiple enemies will fail?"

Corder: "..." That's right.

Arnold: "..." It should have been.

Cord: "Then I'll let someone report back to the administrator according to what you said."

Arnold: "Well, let's go."

After Ke De left in a hurry, Sarri rushed over and said, "My lord, the woodland where the elves in the south of the city are located was surrounded by members of the Magician's Guild and the Assassin's Guild early in the morning. There are also many leaders Run to watch the excitement."

"After I received the news, I hurried over with my troops. Although we managed to control the situation, we have too few people and we can't hold on for too long. What do you think we should do? Are we going to fight those people?"

Anor put down the cloth towel that wiped his face casually, and said without thinking: "Let's forget about the civil war. You can just ask your people to drive away the leaders who join in the fun. There is no need to disperse troops to protect the elves in the forest. If they even Even if we defend Thorn City for a while, we won't be able to protect them forever."

Surrey didn't dare to say anything: "My lord, do you know that there are only more than 300 people in the elves, and all of them are useless people who have lost their magic power and can no longer use magic to protect themselves! But the people who surround them, few It is said that there are more than [-] people, and none of them are ordinary people!"

Arnold said: "These are not important. You just need to know that even if the magic power sea is abolished, the elves will not become powerless waste. They are the darlings of the forest, and the woodland is their home field."

"What's more, it is still a woodland formed by ancient war trees that have already borne fruit, and there is a tree of life in the center. If they can't cope with the attack of only [-] people in such a home field, then they There is really no need to be guarded."

Surrey was almost stunned by the news revealed in this passage: "Ancient war trees that bear fruit? Are you talking about those iron-shelled fruit trees that are almost all over our Thorn Ridge?"

Anol admitted frankly: "Yes. It's time for you to know about the matter now. Those trees are not iron-shelled fruit trees that cannot be opened, but ancient war trees in legend."

"By the way, ask the people to inform the citizens, don't forcefully pick the fruits if you have nothing to do. Those ancient war trees whose fruits were forcibly picked by them will complain to me all day long. If I hadn't instructed those ancient war trees in advance You can’t hurt people, their bodies have long since been blown up.”

After getting the right words, Sally felt very excited: "My lord, there are already ancient war trees all over the city of Thorns, and those ancient war trees have already borne fruit."

Arnold sighed: "Yes. Everyone has worked hard for more than 20 years to plant a forest land with a radius of thousands of miles. Compared with the huge Thorn Ridge, it still seems a bit too small."

Surrey was very satisfied with such unexpected joy suddenly: "That will be our strongest line of defense, my lord, we really have hope of winning this battle."

Arnold said: "Of course there is hope of winning, otherwise why would I let you prepare for the battle."

"My lord said so." Sarri nodded, and then changed the topic suddenly: "My lord, didn't you expect that Thorn Ridge would eventually face this war?"

Arnold told the truth: "I expected it. I just didn't expect it to come so fast."

Or it should be said that he never expected that the growth cycle of the tree of life could be completed in an instant.

If he had known that it could grow so fast, Anor would definitely not have asked him to help him as soon as he knew that Orgus could help him break the seal of the Spring of Life.

At least he will wait until there are more troops cultivated in the territory, and the ancient tree of life spreads all over Thorn Ridge, and then ask Orgus to help lift the seal of the spring of life and plant the tree of life.

Surrey naturally had no way of knowing these details, and he couldn't help but sighed that Arnold was so good at predicting things.

Then he left the castle in a hurry, rushed back to the city, and acted according to the order.

When Eligot found him, Arnold had just sat in the dining room and was about to eat the meal that Mina asked Illya to deliver.

Since Illya got married, she no longer took care of Elliott, but was transferred to the kitchen by Kord to learn Mina's cooking skills.

Elliott was replaced by two male servants of the same age as him.

At that time, Eligot was not used to being taken care of by others, and he even made a fuss for a few days, but later, seeing that Kord still refused to transfer Illya back for him, he also gave up.

Later, Eligot gradually got used to being taken care of by peers, and instead liked the two servants of the same age even more, and even liked to take them everywhere for a while.

It wasn't until he got older in recent years, after Eligot got married, and his temperament became more stable, that Arnold didn't often see those two servants following him in and out of the castle anymore.

This time, Elliott also came alone.

Arnold beckoned him to sit down and dine with him.

Eligot, who was hungry, didn't talk politely to him. He sat down and gnawed two big mouthfuls of bread. Because he ate too fast, he was still choked. Smooth out the piece of bread stuck in the throat.

Anol waited for him to calm down before he said, "Didn't you eat at noon?"

Eligot smirked and said, "Eh, I forgot."

Arnold said: "No matter how hungry you are, eat slowly."

Elliott bit the bread and nodded repeatedly: "Yeah."

Seeing that he had listened to the advice, Arnold didn't say anything more.

The two of them finished the dinner including breakfast and lunch quietly before talking about business.

I only heard Eligot say: "Uncle, as of now, all the students and teachers in the college have moved into the city. The leaders of the nearby villages have also received the notice from me to send people down."

"Some of the villagers who moved faster in several villages have already moved into the city with their own food and belongings. However, there are not many vacant houses left in the city for housing villagers from all over the country, so I let the villagers and their acquaintances People are crowded and live first. Do you think this arrangement is okay?"

"Yes. You did a good job." Arnold continued; "Aren't there still more than a thousand rooms vacant next to the Lord's Mansion in the city? If the citizens who move into the city have no place to squeeze, you Let someone arrange for them to live there."

Eligot was surprised: "Is there a residence for the slaves in the manor?"

Arnold said: "Most of the slaves in the manor are going to the battlefield. No one will live in those vacant houses in a short time."

Elliott: "Okay then."

After talking about the business, Arnold turned to private matters: "You, your wife Lucia, and your son Brinas, move into the Lord's Mansion in the city tonight, and take care of your servants Bring them all, and Illya's family, and let her family be responsible for preparing three meals a day for you."

Eligot didn't want to leave Arnold behind: "Uncle, I want to move into the city with you."

Arnold said: "You can, but Lucia and Brinas can't. Didn't she just find out that she was pregnant again a few days ago? You can't let her stay with you with a child at this time Are you scared outside the city?!"

Eligot hurriedly said: "Then I will let them move into the city first, and I will stay with you outside the city."

Arnold said firmly: "Lucia and Brinas need you more, Elliott."

Eligot heard the irrefutable meaning mixed in his words, so he had no choice but to respond: "Okay, then if you have something to do, you can send someone to the Lord's Mansion in the city to look for me at any time. I will be there whenever you are called."

"Well. Let's go." Arnold agreed without hesitation, but he didn't intend to follow suit.

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