Blood tax

Chapter 418 The Eastern Clipper Incident ([-])

After dinner, Griffith went back to the room to wash up and went out again.At this time, he had absolutely no reason to stay in his own cabin, and was going to spend the night on the floor of Galadia's room tonight.

The hull design of the Typhon adopts a traditional structure. On the deck are the mast, the captain’s cabin and long-range weapons. Psionic generators, warehouses, sailor cabins, galleys and hold.

Thanks to the blessing of magic, the crew of less than 50 people can complete the navigation and service work in shifts, so that important passengers can have a comfortable space.

"The speech just now was really good," Griffith sat down on the sofa familiarly as soon as he entered the room, "I feel like the consul of Canaan is sitting in front of me."

"Really?"

Galadia was writing at the desk, and it seemed that there was something important that had to be done tonight.

"What are you writing? Can I help?" Griffith asked.

"Um... this one~
"The Canaan City Construction Adjustment Plan and Draft Resolution will be voted on by the Senate at next month's meeting. I am drafting my own opinion."

Griffith thought of the magical country in the birch and maple forest that he had visited.There is the center of the magical world surrounded by boundless forests, swamps and frozen soil, and the wonderful city of "eternal brilliance" on the banks of the Tierne River, decorated with white towers and suspended mid-air crystals.

"There, what needs to be adjusted?" Griffith felt that the construction of Canaan was perfect enough, and even the underground world of the sewer had a different mood.

"Adjust the energy supply," Miss Elf said, "The transmission efficiency of the underground magic energy network is getting worse and worse, and failures are frequent to the point where some urban areas can no longer maintain it this winter. The initial opinion submitted to the Senate is to repair the pipeline to reduce the transmission process The waste in the city, and then abandon part of the urban area, and concentrate the residents."

"..."

The first time Griffith heard this, he thought the girl was joking.

However, Galadia's expression was very serious: "The Canaan Senate has finally sorted out the situation and confirmed my seat as a senator, so I have only grasped these situations."

"Are you the elder?"

"That's right~ I'm already an adult! The members of the Villanoy family suffered heavy losses in the summer incident, and my brother's situation is unclear, so I can only take responsibility. Ashura, Melrose, Harlan Dill and the others are the people my mother summoned to help me," Galadia said, "There are also an endless stream of elves contacting me, hoping that I will respond to their demands and provide shelter."

In this way, not only Bayeran has encountered financial and parliamentary crises, but the situation in Canaan is also not optimistic. Is this a coincidence... Griffith looked at Miss Elf and fell into deep thought.

"What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?"

Galadia, who was writing rapidly, raised the quill and shook it at Griffith, "Don't be dazed, take a rest when you have time. You can sleep on the sofa."

Galadia restrained her usual detached personality.She was sitting at the desk, her long black hair was like a waterfall, hanging down her slender waist along her slim figure.

Hey, she's so pretty when she's serious!Griffith couldn't help but raised his legs and put his hands on his chin to appreciate it.

"You can't use your brain~" said the elf.

"I do not have."

"Then why are you staring at me?" Galadia turned around, "Because you're here, I can't even concentrate."

"I'm thinking……"

"What do you think?"

"I thought of Krista."

"Daughter's name?" Galadia suddenly clenched the pen, "Please cherish this opportunity to organize words!"

"Do you remember the state of Christa in front of the believers?" Griffith expressed his worries calmly, "Whenever believers and beliefs of the Holy Light gather, her personality will weaken. , the concept of Anjou's girl is strengthened, and can even guide her actions."

"Are you trying to say that I have been controlled and my personality has changed drastically? A certain god or strong man's will came down and said that just now?" Miss Elf reacted quickly, and immediately took over, "No good Well! Please call this my growth!"

"The growth rate is really fast," Griffith said. "When we were adventuring in the Black Field, you couldn't even deal with a group of cockroaches; even in October, when we were fighting in Odessa, you couldn't do that. All in all, it was a little sudden."

Galadia looked at the ceiling above her head and thought for a while:
"If you put it that way...

"When Sonia and the others were in distress in Verona, you went to the rescue alone. At that time, did you independently command a brigade or a squadron? Have you been independently responsible for the logistics and battlefield intelligence of combat troops?"

"No." Griffith replied honestly.

"That's right, but in such an environment, as a trainee knight and petty sergeant, you not only immediately came up with a reinforcement plan, but also gained control of the local city defense army and militia, and repeatedly mobilized the rebels with limited supplies to destroy their plans." Offensive, and finally strategically deployed a decisive battle to win more with less. Isn’t it strange that such operations and deployment of troops can suddenly emerge?”

"I was forced," Griffith sighed, "and I have the assistance of Russell (name changed) and Fiona."

Galadia smiled slightly:
"Isn't that right? Responsibility makes people grow.

"Before coming to Bajelan, all my friends lived in Canaan. That's my hometown, Alyosha and Celia, um, the daughter of Lady Serrandis, you've seen it, too Their home. Hundreds of thousands of kind-hearted citizens live there.

"Right now, my fellow citizens are shivering in the cold nights because of insufficient heating, no food, no hot water, no medicines. When I hear the news, I just want to go back and help as much as I can."

Griffith nodded.Although he did not witness Canaan's difficulties with his own eyes, it was not difficult to understand.Galadia is the daughter of the former consul and the current elder, so it is only natural to contribute to overcome the current predicament.

"This is also the reason why I said what I said just now," Galadia continued, "The investigation of the Senate shows that the root cause of the current problem is the problem of the supply of magic power, which makes the past enough to be ignored. Loss is taken into account.

"If the Sacrifice of the Chosen One can get a miracle, the Canaan problem will be easily resolved. It's worth our risk."

"Easy?" Griffith couldn't help frowning.

"Of course," Miss Elf replied, "the miracle will bring enough energy to Canaan again. It doesn't matter whether it's in magic power or in other forms. This will solve the problem fundamentally."

"But, what if neither you nor Amon got a miracle?"

"Then we can only adopt an alternative plan." Galadia sighed softly. "For many years, Canaan has been investing in the human world, acquiring land, storing resources, and winning allies. If nothing can be done, These prior reserves will become the key to Canaan's survival."

This should also be the reason why the elves invested in Roland, but they probably didn't expect that Roland planned to renege on the debt from the very beginning...

The two chatted for a while, and Griffith lay down to rest first.

He fell asleep on the sofa, and he didn't know how long he had slept in a daze.Suddenly, I felt someone shaking me.

"Griffith Griffith~"

Galadia's pleasant voice echoed in her ears, she must have encountered some serious emergency, and abruptly called for the true identity of "Miss Laura".

Griffith sat up immediately, and at the same time grabbed Hanguang and Conviction.

"It's dangerous," Miss Elf said, "Just after twelve o'clock, the location sensor of the selected person shows that two selected persons are near us!"

After saying this, Galadia rang the bell on the wall again, preparing to ask the waiter to alert the whole ship.

However, after waiting for a while, no waiter came.Canaan's best magic clipper fell silent.

problem occurs!
Griffith hurriedly protected Galadia: "Don't go out yet, use the Scroll of True Sight to check the nearby psychic signals."

The Scroll of True Sight is a mysterious item used by Miss Elf not long ago. It can conduct a large-scale precise search through the medium of psionic ripples.After the spreading psionic ripple touches other psionic creatures, the echo marks their location on the scroll.The stronger the target signal, the stronger it will be.

A wisp of delicate silk-like touch spread out immediately.Somewhere, Griffith heard the ethereal echo.

"Ding-dong-"

The Scroll of True Sight has been activated.

The knight and the elf looked at the scroll together, and saw the spot of light marking themselves and a few clusters of firefly light nearby. At the edge of the scroll, a spot of light covering the sky and the sun was sweeping towards them...

(End of this chapter)