The mage arrives

Since both parties took what they needed, an agreement was quickly reached.Gordon called Chuck and asked him to be in charge of arranging the mobilization of troops and the deployment of the territory after he left.In terms of supplies, all the food is provided by the Aikan people, and Gordon only needs to prepare consumables such as arrows.

After the two sides finalized the joint operation plan to wipe out all the hostile tribes headed by the Salois, Vinia began to heal Miss Jier's injuries.

Before coming to meet Gordon, the female druid had already sent someone to inquire about the toxin in Jier's body in advance, and this time she came prepared.

Venia came to Jier's bedroom and carefully inspected the young lady of the Phoenix family who was lying in a coma.Then she borrowed Gordon's alchemy laboratory in the castle and began to prepare antidote potions.

Sigrid was walking around in a hurry, but she didn't dare to disturb the other party.

After successfully concocting the antidote potion, the female druid fed it to Jier, and then supplemented it with natural magic.The whole treatment process lasted about an hour.Finally, Sigrid, who had been in a semi-anxious state since coming to Haiwen Peninsula, breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Jier lying on the bed slowly opened her eyes, the female knight almost cried with joy.

"Your Earl! Ms. Venia! I will never forget your kindness." The female knight stood upright, and thanked the two with the most solemn knight ceremony.

The female druid smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing, it's just a matter of little effort. And I was entrusted by the lord. So if you want to thank Miss Sigrid, you should thank the lord."

The female druid knew that she was not familiar with Sigrid and others.Then he left quietly, leaving the rest of the time for them.Moreover, the agreement reached with Gordon is of great importance.It can be said to be a turning point in the fate of all Aikan people.She also needs to be alone for a while, to think about it.

Due to being bedridden for a long time, even if she woke up now, Ji'er didn't have the energy to sit up.Gordon even noticed that the other party's brilliant blond hair had also become dull in color due to the long-term coma.It's a little bit close to white.

It seems that she needs to rest for a long time before she can recover.

Gordon called Mrs. Dayna, and asked her to cast Jill with several magic spells that would help her recover quickly.One after another, rays full of positive energy beneficial to the human body sink into the body.The eldest lady of the Phoenix family finally had a little blood on her face.

Even those big wine-red eyes had some sparkle.

"Gorden...are you a human or a ghost? How could I see you?" The first question the eldest lady asked almost made Gordon spit.

"You can ask such a question. It seems that Jier is recovering very well." Gordon laughed.

At this moment.When the eldest lady saw Sigrid standing by the bed, she finally had a smile on her face: "Sigrid, that's great, you're fine!"

Her last memory before she was injured and unconscious probably stayed at the time when she was attacked by pirates at sea.So seeing the female knight standing in the room intact at this time, a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"I'm fine, Missy." Sigrid glanced at Gordon, "Thanks to Earl Freeman. We escaped from the pursuit of pirates. He also asked someone to cure the poison in your body."

"Thank you... Thank you..." Ji Er glanced at Gordon and said coyly.

Gordon knew that this was the character of the young lady of the Phoenix family.So don't take it seriously.Seeing that Jier still wanted to ask Sigrid about what happened during her coma, he said again: "Eat something first to replenish your strength."

He had asked Chef Bud to prepare a thick soup suitable for people recovering from a serious illness.

After eating the hot food, Ji'er's energy improved a lot and she started talking more.She chatted more and more with her friends.

Seeing that he couldn't get in the way, Gordon gave some instructions to let Miss Jier, who had just woken up and looked a little excited, go to bed earlier, and then she said goodbye and left.

After seeing Gordon leave, Sigrid suddenly leaned over to Jier and asked in a low voice: "Miss, when you were at home, didn't you keep saying that you were going to the north to meet Earl Freeman? Did you really see it today?" Now that he's here, why have you never spoken to him other than a hesitant thank you?"

"I...the last time I parted from him, he was just a baron, a little-known little mage. But now, his identity is very different. The change is too great, and I don't know how to deal with him at all. Communicating..." A faint blush floated on Miss Ji'er's slightly sickly face.Her fingers kept stirring the sheets, showing the entanglement in her heart.

Sigrid knew that this good friend of hers grew up in an environment surrounded by stars.Let her instruct her servants to do things, naturally she is very familiar with it.But it might be a bit difficult for her to communicate with others in an equal and proactive manner.

This is also a communication disorder.

Sigrid knew that Jier seemed to be very interested in Gordon, and since returning home from the Northland, the topic of chatting with her every day was always inseparable from the mage.But now seeing her in quite a tangle, with a blushing and shy look on her face, the female knight suddenly felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.That mood was like when another competitor suddenly appeared for a good thing that I was looking at when I was shopping.

"What's wrong with me..." The female knight was a little afraid to look at her friend's face.

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On the third day after Jier woke up, Gordon led the Freeman family army, one hundred Redstone Guards and five hundred private troops who had recently completed training, and set off from Sea Cliff Castle together with Ms. Venia Sterling , heading further south on the peninsula.

Except for Chuck, who was in charge of commanding the army, and Hernandez, who was in charge of collecting intelligence along the way, Gordon did not bring anyone else with him.After all, all the work in the territory is in full swing, and people are inseparable.

The sparsely populated Freeman family has only two members. Now that Gordon has left, he has the title of Countess Freeman on his head.Xiona, who still wears the halo of "Battlefield Angel", naturally became the highest person in charge of the territory.In fact, her life has not changed much, except that she takes time to listen to various reports from her subordinates every night.Still spend a lot of time on fencing practice.

From the very beginning, Gordon did not intend to be the kind of diligent ruler who does everything by himself, and tried to assign various tasks to his subordinates to complete.So even after leaving Sea Cliff Fort, all work in the entire territory is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Brian was wearing that set of iron armor, running around every day, making various statistics.Dalinar acted as the deputy to the mysterious iron-faced butler in everyone's eyes.Although every day is very busy.However, he followed Brian and learned a lot of first-hand knowledge from the period of the Netherdulan magic empire, which benefited a lot.

Rufus and Woodrow were jointly responsible for the defense of the Isthmus of Cork.After all, although the Aldrich family has fallen into civil strife.But still can't take it lightly.The half-elves shouldered the daily security work of the territory.As the scale of the new town expands day by day, more and more people are loyal to Gordon and relocate to live near Sea Cliff Castle.So all kinds of security incidents.Also increased.

Although most of them are small things like fighting, stealing and robbery.However, handling these matters well can demonstrate the Earl of Haiwen's law enforcement ability, and make these peninsula residents subtly agree with Gordon's rule, so it is also very important and cannot be sloppy.

And Theodore, who was addicted to being an instructor, had [-] more recruits on hand and needed to practice hard.

Anyway, after the Ikan people surrendered, the food under Gordon's rule would definitely be abundant, so he boldly continued to expand the army.

According to the ratio of civilians to soldiers one hundred to one.If you add the Aikan people, there are already close to 10 people under Gordon's rule.So he prepared to maintain an army of thousands of men.

Men are busy.Women are also unwilling to be lonely.For example, Mrs. Dai Na has already devoted herself to missionary work.

Although among the aborigines on the peninsula, there are Salo people who believe in Zehir, the god of poison and murder, and Aikan people who believe in Sivanus, the god of nature, but there are also a considerable number of residents who believe in some primitive people. Totems or natural symbols, never really believed in a god.

The goddess of enjoyment and pleasure, Lilya, is not very powerful. As her follower, Mrs. Dana doesn't dare to offend other gods and snatch believers from them.However, those aborigines with primitive beliefs are a very good missionary group.

Seeing Mrs. Dana excitedly discussing the spread of the Goddess' teachings every day, Gordon couldn't bear to pour cold water on her.

In the Freyton Empire, most of Lierya's believers were concentrated among nobles and merchants.And on the Haiwen Peninsula, if you talk about pleasure and joy with these aborigines who can barely guarantee food and clothing, it's like playing the piano with a cow.

Is it to encourage these people to go to the open air to have sex every day when they have nothing to do?

Sexual enjoyment is only a kind of enjoyment.

In fact, Gordon felt that in this half-ignorant and half-civilized land, spreading the teachings of Erasis, the god of civilization and law, or Ioun, the god of knowledge, was the most correct choice.

When he was in Clearwater City before, with the help of Gordon, Grand Duke Antaello successfully invented movable type printing.This unique technology in the world of Telos is now quietly lying in Gordon's dimensional bag.In fact, he already has a vague plan in his heart. After the entire peninsula is unified in the future and he has sufficient resources in his hands, he can continue the previous plan of the Grand Duke to build schools, popularize education, and spread the teachings of Ioun.

After all, he is also a believer in the God of Knowledge. Although he is not very devout, he has to do something to make sense.Moreover, the God of Knowledge is quite generous to believers.The last time Gordon invented movable type printing, he got such good things as the truth and the warning eye.If the God of Knowledge really has the largest group of believers in the peninsula, then he will definitely get a lot of benefits.

However, the issue of faith, for Gordon now, is just a long-term plan, not a plan that needs to be implemented immediately.

Although everyone in the territory has tasks and is busy all day without touching the ground, there are some exceptions who are leisurely and carefree every day.

This person is Miss Jill Phoenix.

Although she was hunted down by pirates and rescued by Gordon before, behind this young lady is the Phoenix family, a great aristocrat in the south of the empire, and now she can be regarded as the most honored guest in the entire Sea Cliff Fort.

Every day she either takes Sigrid around.Appreciate the unique scenery on the peninsula, or just enjoy the delicious food made of various tropical fruits, and the life is very pleasant.

But even so.The eldest lady was also very dissatisfied.

When she heard that Gordon was going to take the army to fight in the depths of the swamp, she immediately asked to go with him.Of course, her request was mercilessly rejected by Gordon.

Although I know that Gordon is worried that she has just recovered from her injury and is still in the recovery stage, unable to travel long distances, let alone participate in battles.However, the eldest lady still complained and scolded Gordon next to the female knight every day.Then while chatting, the eldest lady changed the subject.He began to worry about whether Gordon would be in danger in the swamp, or when he would be able to return.

And Gordon, who was missed by the blond lady far away in the Sea Cliff Fort, was struggling in the depths of the Blackwater Swamp.

The word "big" in the Blackwater Great Swamp.It's not some rhetorical exaggeration.This swamp, which occupies a quarter of the entire Haiwen Peninsula, is indeed worthy of the word "big".

Originating in the southwest of Yunlin City, the White River at the foot of Weisula Mountain flows southward.Finally, it flows into the Sea of ​​Stars at the southernmost tip of the peninsula.And on the way across the entire peninsula.The Baihe River diverges continuously at low altitudes, forming a dense water network.Coupled with the peninsula's climate with abundant rainfall, a large swamp wetland has been formed over the years.

"The place of origin is the White River, but the swamp it formed is called 'Black Water'. It's really interesting to get such a name." Gordon said to the female druid while riding on his horse.

Vinia was also on the horse.But unlike Gordon, she needs equipment like saddles and stirrups.The lady just sat sideways on the horse's smooth back with ease.You don't even need to hold the horse's neck with your hands to keep your balance.

With the special ability of druids.Vinia's mount is not just a means of transportation, but also a friend who shares her heart.So naturally this lady can sit on horseback more easily than the most skilled knight.

When she heard Gordon's words, she didn't give much explanation: "You can go to Mount Weisula and see for yourself, and you will know why the river is called 'White River'. As for the Blackwater Swamp, I actually think the name It is not very appropriate. Because the water in the swamp is not black, it is actually the color of the soil. These black soils full of humus are rich in nutrients. If the swamp water is drained and simple transformation is carried out, it can become For fertile fields."

Seeing Vinya's yearning look, Gordon felt a little strange, so he expressed the doubts in his heart that he had been having since meeting her.

"Ms. Venia, you are a druid, why are you so passionate about farming? You even hesitated to mobilize your tribe to transform the swamp into fertile land. Isn't this against the teachings of druids?"

In Gordon's consistent impression, druids are characters of the absolutely neutral camp, and it is their duty to maintain the balance of nature.Some aggressive druids even attack human settlements that carry out development activities in wilderness areas.They believe that agricultural activities such as land reclamation destroy the balance of nature.

So this time, it was really strange for Gordon to meet a druid like Viniya who was keen on opening up wasteland and farming.

The corners of the female druid's eyes curled up, revealing a coquettish and charming smile: "My lord, you don't know about this. The druids in your impression are called natural druids. And I am A fusion druid."

The so-called naturalist druids, in the traditional sense, are those who take maintaining the balance of nature as the highest task, and maintain an attitude of not supporting or disapproving of the civilization pioneering movement of any race such as humans, dwarves, and even elves.Even radicals will take radical actions such as burning farmland, killing loggers, and attacking settlements to express their opinions.

As for the fusion druids, they believe that all civilized activities such as the establishment of settlements, the development of wilderness, the cultivation of fields, and the mining of mineral deposits by human beings and other races do not contradict nature.Because nature contains everything, the existence and development of civilized races such as human beings are originally part of nature.

The responsibility of the integration druids is to try to guide the various ethnic groups so that their civilized activities will not cause destructive results to the natural environment.

"When I lead the tribe to transform the swamp, I will notify the animals living in the swamp in advance. And even if I carry out the activities of transforming the swamp, I will not go on without restraint. I have invented a lot of things that can improve the unit over the years. In this way, the wasteland can be reclaimed as little as possible, the swamp environment can be changed, and the entire Aikan tribe can be fed.”

"But even then, these activities have an impact on the natural world. If I were a vole living in a swamp, I wouldn't want to have to move for no reason just because humans were clearing up land for farming."

"This is indeed an impact on nature. But if there is a famine in the Aikan tribe due to lack of food, and many people starve to death, isn't this also an impact on nature? Human beings are also part of nature. Moreover, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes Wreaks, earthquakes and tsunamis...these disasters that have killed and displaced countless creatures are also natural phenomena."

"Okay." Gordon nodded.

In fact, he quite agrees with the philosophy of fusion school druids.

Although some natural druids accused fusion druids of heresy, rebels corrupted by civilized material life.However, since the fusion druids still possess the power of nature, it means that their philosophy has not deviated from the way of nature, and there are merits. (To be continued..)