In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

Previously, after resolving his misunderstanding with Dixia.

Kusela chose to betray the legacy of the God-King, taking all his subordinates with him.

at the begining of.

He was also worried that his blatant act of defection would invite terrible retaliation.

In particular, the Mustache of Ahmar has criminal records sufficient to convict them, which remain at the headquarters of the Legacy of the God-King. If the Legacy of the God-King hands over these records to the Council of the Church, they will be in a lot of trouble.

Life is good now.

The brothers went from initially not understanding to willingly and even excitedly participating in the construction of Aru Village.

Kousela had seen all of this.

So he had considered secretly returning to the Land of the God-King many times, but when he actually put it into practice, he was caught and brought back by Candice as soon as he left the village.

That's right.

They were captured.

Rhodes had long suspected that Kusela might sneak back to the God-King's Relic, attempting to sacrifice himself in exchange for Ahmar's true freedom for the rest of his life.

Therefore, he asked Candice to allow Kousera to have his freedom unrestricted, but he absolutely could not allow Kousera to return to the desert.

Candice kept her promise very well.

After several unsuccessful attempts to evade Candice's surveillance, Kusera had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​leaving and anxiously awaited the retribution of the God-King in Aru Village.

The large number of mercenaries who suddenly appeared outside Aru Village overnight made Kusela keenly realize that it was likely a belated revenge from the remnants of the God-King.

When he saw a familiar face among these mercenaries, he became even more certain of it.

"The legacy of the God-King".

Upon returning to Aru Village, Rod did not rush to drive away the mercenaries. Instead, he stood on the hilltop outside the village, gazing at the noisy mercenaries from afar.

His expression had calmed down by now.

I was indeed quite angry when I first heard about this in Sumeru City.

But I'm not angry anymore.

Knowing who's behind it all makes things much easier.

Rhodes initially thought it was some troublesome person causing trouble behind the scenes, but it turned out to be that bunch of scum from the Legacy of the God-King.

Their methods are quite clever.

They know how to use rumors to create trouble for themselves.

On the way back to Aru Village, Rod made a point of listening to the sounds along the way.

Indeed, quite a few people are talking about Aru Village.

Especially Kawan Post Station, which borders Aru Village.

The anti-desert sentiment there was already quite strong, and now they have found even more reason to spread it. Many of the most outrageous rumors have originated from here.

"What are you going to do?"

"Should we go directly to the headquarters of the God-King's Legacy?"

As soon as Dixia finished speaking, she immediately rejected the idea: "Didn't you say that the Grass God only gave you two days of rest? If you go to find the God King's Relic, there won't be enough time."

I didn't bring Dina Zede on this trip back to the desert.

Rhodes and Desia flew back at top speed.

Even so, it was already evening when they arrived at Aru Village. If they wanted to go deep into the desert to find the headquarters of the God King's Relics and resolve the matter, the time Nasita had given them was definitely not enough.

And before entering the World Tree.

Not only does Narcida need to get into top form, but so does Rod.

It's not a good idea to waste all your rest time rushing around.

There's no need to go looking for them.

Rhodes hadn't planned on going to the headquarters of the God-King's Legacy anyway, and a wicked smile crept across his lips: "Let's go find Candice."

"Oh fine."

Dixia couldn't figure out how he planned to solve these problems, and followed him in bewilderment.

soon.

They bypassed the mercenaries' spies and found Candice in the village.

"Mr. Rhodes! When did you get back?"

When Candice, who was on duty in the watchtower, saw Rhodes, her wary expression immediately turned into one of surprise and delight.

She was really getting fed up with this lately.

Aru Village is not like it used to be.

In the past, if anyone dared to tarnish the village's reputation like this, Candice would definitely send them to be eaten by wild animals.

But now.

The village needs to build a good reputation, so the old methods of violence are no longer suitable.

The rumors that came from who-knows-where caused Candice even more distress.

Terrible.

Candice truly understands these four words deeply.

She and Uncle Anpu went to see the businessmen who had previously cooperated with the village, but they either avoided meeting them or made various excuses to avoid them.

In short, given the current sensitive situation, none of them want to get themselves into trouble.

Although merchants pursue profit, they must first ensure their own safety before pursuing profit.

The rumor of rebellion.

It is indeed difficult to reassure these businessmen about cooperating with Aru Village. Everyone is afraid that if the Religious Council issues any ban on this matter, their investment could easily go down the drain.

The Order of the Fathers has done this many times before.

Given past experiences, businessmen are genuinely unwilling to take this risk.

And there was another factor that led to this.

That is, Sumeru's military strength is composed of outsourced mercenaries.

Therefore, the rumor that Aru Village wanted to gather mercenaries to rebel would certainly not have caused such a stir in other countries with regular armies. However, given the national conditions of Sumeru, such an absurd thing is not impossible.

In addition, desert dwellers have always had a bad reputation in the rainforest region, and the rainforest and desert regions have recently been arguing fiercely over job competition.

This only added fuel to the fire.

Rhodes knew.

Besides the legacy of the God-King, there must be someone else behind the scenes stirring things up and amplifying these rumors that are detrimental to Aru Village.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Rhodes came up with a very good solution.

Amidst a murmur of whispers.

Candice and the unsuspecting Desia were first taken aback, then their mouths dropped open in surprise. Finally, both of them wore strange expressions. After a while, Desia finally asked, "Is your method really going to work?"

"Hey, there's no better way than this."

Rod chuckled and raised an eyebrow at Candice, saying, "Right, Candice?"

"This is indeed an unexpected method."

When asked this, Candice stopped thinking about it and nodded, saying, "I think it's okay, but Mr. Rhodes, won't doing this displease the Little Lucky Grass King?"

"It's fine."

"rest assured."

Rhodes waved his hand, giving a "you can trust me to handle things" look, and said, "I'll talk to Nasida, she won't say anything. You agree, right? As long as you agree."

"Of course I agree."

Candice laughed: "There's no better way."

"Okay, as long as you agree."

Rod chuckled and said, "Make proper arrangements for the manpower. We'll bring all those bastards out into the village tomorrow."

With this statement...

Desia and Candice didn't linger on the lookout tower and went back to prepare for what was to come the next day.

The next morning.

A cry of surprise shattered the tranquility of Aru Village.

"The Order of the Church declares Aru Village to be an autonomous territory of Sumeru, to be governed by the Red King's clan. Under the premise that Aru Village remains part of Sumeru territory, Aru Village may maintain its Red King faith on its own, and its laws and regulations shall be based on the original system of Aru Village. Armed forces shall be established independently, and the Order of the Church shall no longer interfere with Aru Village in any way!"

"By the God of Grass, what am I seeing?!"

This is a new announcement from the Council of the Void Terminal.

The poster, Little Auspicious Grass King, used the highest authority of the Order of Religion, demonstrating the legitimacy of this new rule under the Sumeru Law.

Everyone who saw it, from the rainforest area to Aru village, was dumbfounded.

The coverage of virtual terminals in Aru Village is relatively low, so there hasn't been any major disturbance yet.

The rainforest area was in complete uproar!

After arguing for so long, Aru Village wants to become independent.

As a result, the Little Lucky Grass King directly admitted to this.

Of course.

The premise of Aru Village's self-established new regulations is that they will not actually rebel; otherwise, the Religious Council will launch the most brutal suppression, which is clearly written in the regulations.

But that's enough.