Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 222 Chapter [-]

Knowing that "Master Elliot Igor of Frost Maple Ridge" was standing in front of him alive, Alexios fell into a huge shock.

The demon businessman couldn't figure out why the lord of Shuangfengling, who was resolute in rectifying the wasteland and whose reputation resounded throughout the Soul Cracking Land, was actually a human offspring who was much younger than himself!
You know, after a busy trading season, some news about the newly appointed lord of Frost Maple Ridge has already begun to circulate among the boring wasteland merchants:
Some people say that Elliot Igor is a peerless talent secretly cultivated by the Whitehall of Rose City and the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Rosario;

Some people say that Eliot Igor is the king of imperial soldiers who returned from the most intense "bloody front" of the East War, and that he has killed enough orcs in his life to form a federal brigade;
Some people say that Eliot Igor was originally an unborn magical genius, but after losing his talent, he was divorced by his family friend Lanchester family. Afterwards, he discovered the soul of an ancient old mage in the school city and returned to his peak... …

There are even some big demon chauvinists who threaten that the Lord of Frost Maple Ridge is an undercover agent secretly sent by His Majesty the Demon Emperor to the human territory, and that when the time comes, he will bring the entire Soul Breaking Land to surrender to the demons... …

Such absurd rumors have already rendered the image of Lord Shuangfengling among the merchants into a grotesque shape. The wasteland talent re-employment training center, also known as "East Bingku", even wrote several legendary novels based on this;

It is foreseeable that, as these merchants leave the Land of Broken Soul and head north, rumors about Lord Frost Maple Ridge may spread throughout the entire empire...

After actually meeting the lord, Alexios discovered that the other party was just a human noble son in his early 20s:

Raven-colored half-length hair, a gorgeous gown with golden goshawk patterns and a dragon-scale vest, plus a polite smile on his handsome face, all of this looks nothing like a typical imperial dude difference;
The only peculiarity is that the lord does not wear the one-handed sword that the sons and brothers often use to pretend to be aggressive. Instead, there is an iron crowbar hanging on his waist, which is strange and does not know what it is for.

It's one thing to go mad at a group of migrant workers, but it's another thing to face a real master of the territory.

Alexios was also a fallen nobleman in the Demon Realm. He hastily followed the etiquette he had learned as a child, and expressed his apology to Lord Shuangfengling for his anxious and impolite just now. Express gratitude for the care I received in the rest area of ​​​​Spiritbreaker.

Xia Houyan, after returning the gift, mentioned that he had received a report from his subordinates, knowing that Alexios had been shamelessly deceived by a liar in Rock Creek City—the lord swears to Alexios in the name of the god of death that he will definitely arrest him. Bring out those bastards from the Grand Duchy of Houston, and seek justice for my dear demon businessman friends!
My own tragic experience is actually still kept in mind by the dignified Lord Shuangfengling...

Apart from being a little ashamed, Alexios was so moved that he couldn't help himself.

Since an official aristocrat whom he favored was present, Alexios was ashamed to continue haggling with the pawns of the Counties of Halledin and lose his identity;

After throwing a few harsh words, he could only accept the reality in dejection:
With bandits infested, it was impossible to go northward through the Sunset Forest, so he could only follow the example of Frost Maple Ridge, bypassing the Earl of Halladine from the west;

As for his time-limited order - it must be impossible to keep up anyway.

It can only be said that suffering losses due to various emergencies such as robbers, bandits, thieves and liars, and unscrupulous lords is also a major feature of the process of transnational business, and the Demon Chamber of Commerce has to taste it;
Alexios, who has just stepped into this profession, must have made more comprehensive psychological preparations in the future journey.

Since the two sides were on the same road, and Igor's convoy brought a lot of guards, Alexios calmly asked the lord if he could go with the Frost Maple Ridge convoy;
Of course, Xia Houyan had no reason to object to this proposal:

It's easy to do it at will, and by the way, you can be a fat sheep in the wasteland... Ah no, it's not too profitable to gain reputation among the caravans in the wasteland.

So, a few people bid farewell to the Halladine soldiers who were blocking the way, and after some chaotic formation adjustments, they changed their way around the Sunset Forest by the path on the west side.

After all, the country of Halledine is a well-known forest country in the empire. Most of the entire country is in the forest. This path on the west side is also a boardwalk opened in the woodland. The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. Quiet and serene.

Except for Alexios, who was anxious about the delay of the goods, everyone in Shuangfeng Ridge was happy to enjoy the natural scenery on the road:
The nature of normal people still has a preference for beautiful flowers and plants. Except for a few people with mental problems, who would like to eat soil every day in the land of broken souls where there is no grass?
This is even more so for the noble lady Katerina who was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child.

"Oh, it would be great if the empire assigned us to this kind of place... Mother loved to tend flowers and plants before she was alive..."

Katerina was sitting in the carriage, holding a cup of freshly brewed ginger tea, staring out the window in a daze.

——Since there were no territorial affairs to discuss, Xia Houyan resolutely drove the bad old man, Master Laurie, out of his exclusive compartment, and replaced him with good sister Katerina and little maid Anjie:

Needless to say, the air in the car suddenly became fresh.

"You can't say that." Xia Houyan flipped through "The Essentials of Necromancy", and said one by one, "Katerina, don't look at the beautiful scenery here in Halledine, but apart from the small size, There is really no room for development—look at this dense forest, it takes half a day just to cut down wood to build a house, and the cut wood is not ready for use..."

"I also know that our Frost Maple Ridge has great potential..." Katerina gave her younger brother a reproachful look, "I have seen the changes in these days clearly..."

"Staying in such a small place, it is easy to have no ambitions and waste time." Like the most fundamentalist geographical determinist, Xia Houyan gave a verdict on the environment of the Earl of Halledine.

But when it comes to "no ambition", he can't help but glance at his sister's rather "ambitious" breasts.

Katerina put her hands on her cheeks, looking out of the window with some melancholy:

"Having no ambitions and wasting time... Actually, there is nothing wrong with it."

"During the period of territorial construction and development, you are not allowed to say such depressing words!" The lord pretended to criticize his sister's ideological line.

Katerina stretched out her hand quite skillfully, and twisted the flesh around her brother's waist in a circle:
"Okay, you, are you used to swearing at the streets in meetings in the territory? Even your sister?"

"Just kidding, just kidding..." The lord bared his teeth.

Katerina rolled his eyes at him, leaned gently on his shoulder, and murmured:
"Really, I don't care how Shuangfengling is, how many people you recruit, how famous you are...Father and mother have already left, I just hope that nothing will happen to you..."

Xia Houyan's heart trembled, he quickly took a sip of ginger tea, and said vaguely:

"Don't worry, I'm covered..."

"If something really happened, Rosario might not be able to protect you." Katerina shook her head.

Xia Houyan rolled his eyes wildly:
Who the hell said that old fox Rosario, isn't my big brother Hades awesome?Ah, isn’t the Sha County that you invited me to eat delicious?
——Actually, it doesn’t seem too delicious. After eating Shaxian during the advanced journey, he actually had diarrhea for several days in reality, which makes people quite suspicious. Is the phantom restaurant cooking phantom big ribs? Sometimes I used phantom gutter oil.

But when Katerina mentioned this, Xia Houyan couldn't help but squinted his eyes.

To be honest, if something really happened, it is really a matter of whether Brother Yan Wang can and will protect him, a small fellow on earth:

Whether it is Chinese or Western gods, there are not too many dirty things like asking people to sacrifice their sons and so on. In the few times I had exchanges with Lord Yama, my mouth was as smeared as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The airtightness of 502 has been made, so that Xia Houyan doesn't even know what the earth god wants to do when he comes to another world.

If one day he was suddenly betrayed by Lord Yan, Xia Houyan would not be surprised at all to be honest.

Is it necessary to find another backer as a backup or something... He smacked his lips thoughtfully.

Of course, according to historical experience, similar careful thinking must never be shown in front of the current boss. Don’t tell the boss that you are looking for another job, which can be regarded as a lesson in blood and tears from countless beaters;
At least in the future visible to the naked eye, Xia Houyan will maintain his status as a non-staff member of the Underworld.

The earth fellow is still much more reliable than the bullshit alien god... I guess.

Katerina didn't know that her younger brother was thinking about these strange metaphysical issues in his mind, but An Jie, who was sitting opposite the siblings, looked out of the window like a curious baby, and suddenly shouted:
"Master Elliott! Miss Catalina! What do you think is that?"

The two followed An Jie's instructions and looked out the window.

Beside the boardwalk winding through the woodland, there is a small open space. In the center of the open space stands an ancient stone statue as tall as a person. The surface of the stone statue has been eroded by the years and is covered with mushrooms and moss.

Judging from the shape, this stone statue should be carved with some kind of humanoid creature, but now the face has long been unrecognizable;

Xia Houyan judged from the slightly raised chest of the stone statue that it should be a statue of a woman.

"This one looks very old..." Katerina blinked curiously, "The empire doesn't have a similar sculpture style, it must be a relic from the 'Desolation Era' or even the period of the Great Elf Empire...Eliot, what are you learning? Cheng should have learned the history of mainland sculpture related to puppet making, right? Can you recognize it?"

Xia Houyan didn't even know that there was a course called "Continental Sculpture History" in the Academy City.

Fortunately, there was an unexpected character who helped the ignorant lord out of the siege.

"This is a statue of the folk gods worshiped by the ancient ancestors, probably nearly 400 years ago."

While saying this, Lena Leslie picked up the curtain and climbed into the carriage, only to find that the seat next to the lord had been occupied by Katerina, so she pouted and sat next to Anjie.

"Lena, why are you here?" Katerina didn't realize that she was in the way, and smiled at Lena.

"It's so boring to stay in the carriage and read a book." Lina rolled her eyes.

Xia Houyan felt a little regretful:
Except for himself, there are girls in this carriage. It was a great opportunity to exercise and enjoy life during the journey, but unfortunately, my own sister is also in it, so I can't be too presumptuous...

If Katarina is replaced by Alice or Welf, then he will be lore.

It's a pity that I can't change it.

So he began to think about Lina's single car again.

Only Anjie is still concerned about historical issues:

"Folk god? Sister Lina, what kind of god is it?"

Lina, a top student in the academy city who was highly appreciated by the Distinguished Professor Hugh Hosseini of the Master's College and was in stark contrast to the lord, stared at the ancient stone carvings outside the window for a long time, and finally shook her head regretfully:
"No, it's too badly weathered... I can only infer from the materials used and the orientation that it's placed, it should be a female god."

Xia Houyan thought that if he only saw this, then I can do it too!
However, Lina was immediately delighted to see Liexin, and began to show her historical knowledge:

"This stone sculpture and the surrounding open space should be a kind of primitive altar opened by the local residents during the Era of Desolation. Judging from the environment, this god is likely to be a female goddess related to the forest. The ancient residents would Regular offerings of food, spices to this altar of gods in order to be blessed in hunting and life."

"Wow..." An Jie opened her mouth wide, "But now they are all abandoned..."

Lena Leslie nodded:
"Yes. After the coming of the Supreme Holy God and the establishment of the empire, at least in the human settlements, the beliefs have been unified, and the gods with a slightly larger number of believers have been absorbed into the pantheon by the benevolent Supreme Holy God and become a part of the Holy God system. members, but these relatively small local beliefs have completely disappeared in the years.”

"I seem to have learned related content in school..." Katerina clenched her fist and knocked on her head, and smiled apologetically, "I can't remember exactly, I just remember that these gods seem to have fought..."

"That's right, that was the 'Battle of the Gods'." Lina sighed, "The Supreme Holy God blocked the siege of other races and gods for mankind, and then personally wore the thorn grass ring to pay for the sins of mankind... Otherwise, the empire would not have been established so smoothly."

The only materialist in the car thought that this plot sounded familiar, and sure enough, the routines of religions on all planes were similar...

"It's just that the authority of the Supreme Holy God is not as good as it was back then." Lina said with emotion, "In the past, we magicians believed that the magic power of each attribute came from the gift of different gods, but now there are a large number of 'truth faction' in the school city. Magicians, trying to find the 'true source' of magic in their minds, in order to completely eliminate the concept of gods from the magic system."

"Eliminate?!" Katerina was shocked, "But... but the gods do exist! Didn't those gods really manifest themselves on the mainland?"

"It's been a long time." Lina bit her lips, "The Supreme Holy Spirit seldom manifests himself. It is rumored that His last miracle was nearly a hundred years ago, and the one that appeared recently A god, Merleone, the god of fire, forging and war, his last appearance was six or seven years ago... A few years ago, the "truth faction" even had the most daring magician Friedrich William , chanting the arrogant slogan of 'The Holy Spirit is dead', which became all the rage in the magic world."

"Ah..." Katerina covered her mouth, "This lunatic magician... is he still alive?"

Lena rolled her eyes:
"The last time the god of fire Merleone manifested himself, he personally burned him alive."

Xia Houyan: "..."

(End of this chapter)