Your war hammer is too fake

"Uh, Sir?" Gustav was stunned. Beside him, the mercenaries led by the bald man looked at each other. They slowly approached each other and put their hands on the handles of their weapons at the same time.

Last night, although it took a lot of effort and they fell several times because they were afraid to light the torches, Gustav and his mercenary bodyguards finally succeeded in entering the high elves' camp after going around in circles and have stayed there until now.

Soryak's lieutenant, a magic swordsman, met with Gustav and asked him about the riot, then left them alone. Somehow, Soryak himself did not appear until dawn, and as soon as he appeared, he gave the order to attack. Then, time came to the present.

Roderick ignored Gustav. "Bring him up!" The Holy Grail Knight turned around and shouted to his few remaining subordinates. Under everyone's gaze, Gustav's liaison officer, the rather embarrassed-looking Shadow Mage Ian, was dragged over by two Battle Pilgrims.

Ian's right eye was so swollen that he could hardly open it. His entire face was beaten beyond recognition. He barely raised his head. He looked at Gustav, as if he wanted to say something. The next moment, the Battle Pilgrim, who had been observing the captive's every move, slapped the Shadow Mage hard in the face, blocking the words Ian was about to say.

"It was you who instructed your wizard to incite this rebellion! I saw with my own eyes that wizard was with the rebel leader, and he also used his unclean witchcraft tricks to attack us!" Sir Roderick stared at Gustav, his back teeth creaking. "In the name of the lady, the truth is beyond doubt. You are the one behind all this!"

"... Damn it, I don't even know what you're talking about!" Gustav finally recovered from the shock of Ian's arrest, and jumped up and down, shouting in injustice: "I don't even know this person!"

"You can keep denying it, you evil thief!" Sir Rodrick scolded, "But you can't fool me. I have found evidence!" Then, the Holy Grail Knight took out a piece of parchment from his waist: "This is a letter found on your wizard. You were bribed by Druzy and were willing to act as a spy for those cruel pirates!"

Solyak waved his staff gently, and a gentle breeze blew the parchment in Roderick's hand and sent it into the hands of the blind archmage. "Fendor," the blind elf called to his adjutant, "Read it."

"Yes, Lord Soryak." A magic swordsman stepped forward. He bent down and took the parchment with both hands. He first read it in Rexperre, the language used on the parchment, and then translated it into Breton and Elsalin and read it again. When he finished reading, the scene fell into an indescribable silence.

The content on the parchment was not complicated. Basically, Gustav reported to a dread lord named Drasiel Bloodscar about the recent actions of the High Elves-Bretonnian Expeditionary Force and his progress in connecting with the old farmers of Breton. At the end of the letter, "Gustav" assured Drasiel that the Bretonnian Expeditionary Force would soon be destroyed by civil strife.

"Since you think the evidence is conclusive, why don't you dare let this person speak?" Gustav swallowed his saliva. He not only felt but also clearly heard his heartbeat gradually accelerating. "Master Solyak is a big shot from the White Tower of Hoeth. Are you still afraid that someone can practice witchcraft in front of him?"

Sir Rodrick stared at Gustav but did not refute. The Holy Grail Knight turned his head and nodded to the fighting pilgrims. The latter immediately let go of Ian and let the shadow wizard collapse to the ground like a bag of bread without support.

"...This is a frame-up," Ian struggled to stand up from the ground, "I have never incited any riots, and my allegiance is not to Druzy. As for this letter, it did not appear in my arms until I was arrested."

"Who is your master, then?" asked Sir Rodrick.

The Shadow Mage responded to the Holy Grail Knight's question with silence.

"Catch them," said Soryak suddenly.

"Don't resist!" Gustav, with cold sweat on his forehead, shouted at his bodyguards without turning his head. The mercenaries exchanged glances with each other, and finally they let go of their weapons and let the Asur soldiers hold them down.

Weapons, armor, kettles, fire starters, dry food, compasses...Except for clothes, the high elves took away everything from Gustav and his companions. Even their pants and shirts were stripped off and checked repeatedly. They were returned to them only after they were confirmed to be in good condition. Naturally, Gustav's star iron can was also searched, and only the small glass tube hidden behind the former explorer escaped by chance.

Under the watchful eyes of the Asur soldiers, the people, who were left with only their clothes, got into the prisoner wagons obediently without any irrational behavior. These prisoner wagons were found in the Bretonnian camp. The crazy arsonist rebels burned almost everything in the Bretonnian camp during the riot, but these things survived miraculously. They were originally used as mobile torture instruments to punish old farmers who made mistakes but were not guilty of death. Now they are used to hold 22 prisoners.

While Gustav and others sat in the prison car, anxiously waiting for the verdict of their fate, outside the prison car, the rebels' crying and cursing before their death never stopped - Soryak disagreed to let his soldiers execute the rebel prisoners, so Roderick ordered the remaining dozens of combat pilgrims to be responsible for this task.

The sky gradually darkened, and night fell again. When the Asur soldiers responsible for guarding the prisoners completed a rotation, Gustav finally found an opportunity to talk to Ian.

The author says:

Author's Note: Reply to reader "Bergman Ranger":

GW has always been vague about this kind of quantitative issue, but the Hammer community generally believes that the total number of Footwash Knights in Bartor is no more than a few hundred.

Answer to reader "zzz17746":

The system high precision does not join the discussion by default.

Chapter 417: Slughov Fortress

Kislev, Eastern Province, Slughov Fortress.

As part of the aid plan for Kislev, An Jiyue exchanged four grasshopper gunboats and four grasshopper transport boats, as well as the promise to provide a certain amount of supporting spare parts, consumables, and ammunition every year, for a thirty-year lease agreement (see Chapter 353) from the Ice and Snow Court. The lease object was the Slughov Fortress guarding the Black Blood Pass.

Slughov Fortress is located at the northern edge of the Eastern State. To the north are the mountains of the Norse Peninsula, and to the west is the vast wasteland known as the Troll Kingdom. It is worth mentioning that although it is called the "Eastern State", it is actually located directly north of Kislev, and Slughov Fortress is located in the north of the Eastern State. If the Norse dwarves are not counted, this is the border of the civilized world, and there is only endless wilderness and darkness ahead.

The boyar who ruled the fortress, Ivan Petrovich Slaghov, gave a banquet in his wooden castle and welcomed the guest with the greatest ceremony he could muster - even though the latter's arrival meant that he would soon no longer be the boyar here. In compensation, Ivan would receive a position at the court of Boris Bokhari that was commensurate with his contributions.

Half a year ago, Constantine, the second in command of the Great Orthodox Church, signed a lease agreement with An Jiyue on behalf of his boss. Afterwards, a mini fleet consisting of four gunboats and four transport boats flew north under the guidance of Aurora soldiers. They stopped briefly when passing through Kislev City, and then headed north to the Slughov Fortress.

As part of the agreement between the two parties, the Slughov Fortress was not only leased to the Cathays, but it was also selected as a base for training the Kislev Air Force. Soon after the mini-fleet arrived, Boris sent the first batch of trainees: not surprisingly, everyone who could come here had obvious Gospada ancestry, and almost all of them came from the Southern States. There were very few trainees from the Western States. As for the Eastern States...

Prager also received a batch of grasshoppers, which was exactly half the number of the royal court. Due to the shortage of manpower in An's Zhendan, it was impossible to open a second training base, so the students sent by Prager could only attend classes together with those sent by Kislev City. During this period, various fights broke out one after another, and at one point, group fights were about to become a regular activity on a weekly basis.

Fortunately, the instructors sent to the north were not pushovers. Following the guidance of "having enough strength to fight means the training intensity is still too low", the kind-looking but vicious instructors made all the trainees obedient. No matter how loud and noisy the troublemakers were, once they were spotted by the "kind" eyes of the instructors, they would consciously move to the playground to start extra training.

After four months of intensive training, the Kislev cadets were able to drive the flying gunboats properly, although key positions such as captain and navigation chief could only be filled part-time by Aurora instructors. During this period, the mini fleet followed Boris' orders and went on two missions. Under the command of the instructors and the control of the cadets, they bombarded the Earth Wolf Cavalry and Norse Pirates. The Kislevites were able to repel the enemies who invaded their homeland with much less losses than in previous years.

It is said that the direct losses caused by the grasshoppers alone are equal to the cost of a mini fleet, and there is even some left. The Red Tsar was naturally overjoyed and sent courtiers to send a batch of vodka to comfort the students - of course, the people of the Eastern State did not get any, although the students shared the drinks without any scruples at the celebration banquet.

"According to the current teaching progress, this batch of students is expected to be able to fly solo before the end of October," the leader of the Zhendan instructors, a former Eagle Guard leader, reported to An Jiyue, "but if they want to independently maintain the normal operation of the fleet, they still have a lot to learn. In addition, the demon rats have become more and more restless recently. They are either spying on military intelligence, poisoning and setting fires, or simply looking for opportunities to assassinate us. Anyway, they refuse to stop at all."

"After all, you are facing the Hell Pit, although Mrs. Kislev knows nothing about it," An Jiyue raised her head and looked at the topographic map of the fortress hanging on the wall of the office, "How much have we lost?"

"We lost quite a few Jinyiwei brothers, and even more were injured," the instructor shook his head with a heavy expression, "but we didn't let the demon rats get the upper hand. In the past six months, the brothers have killed at least two to three hundred black-clothed demon rats."

"Stay alert and don't slack off. Those idiots won't give up," Jiedu tapped the desk with his right index finger. "The hard times are almost over... After the handover procedures of the fortress are completed, I will deploy a new secondary anchor point here. As long as we hold out until the order field is solidified, these rats will die no matter how many come."

"Yes. Um, General, I actually have something else to say..." As he spoke, the instructor secretly raised his head, trying to observe the expression on An Jiyue's face, "I have a good relationship with Ivan, the defender of this city. A few days ago, Ivan heard that the general was coming, so he came to me, hoping that I could say a few good words in front of him..."

"Hmm? There is no affiliation between him and us," the girl asked curiously, "What does he want you to say in a good way?"

"General, Lao Yi has a daughter named Yulika, who has been good at spear and stick dancing since she was young, and is skilled in archery and horse riding. When we first came to this city, the mutant Rongdi invaded in large numbers, and I sailed to fight them and defeated them. Since then, Lao Yi's daughter has been wandering around the camp all day long, asking questions to anyone who comes out of the camp, even if she doesn't speak the same language. Later, when the students came, this troublesome girl managed to disguise herself and sneak into the school building, causing chaos..."

"Wait," An Jiyue frowned slightly, "Is the full name of the person you are talking about Yulika Magdova Slaghov?"

"It seems to be her name. Why do Westerners have such long names?" The instructor scratched the back of his head. "Anyway, Lao Yi came to me with a bottle of good wine, hoping that I would say a few good words for his daughter so that the commander would allow her to sit in on classes at the academy. I would like to ask the commander to allow her to sit in on classes for the sake of her sincerity and eagerness to learn. She has learned the official language of the imperial court in just half a year. How about that? It's just adding a chair."

An Jiyue did not answer immediately, but thought about the plot she knew. Obviously, at some unknown time point, the fate of Felix Jaeger's ex-girlfriend, Yulika Magdova, quietly changed: she did not get involved in the mess of a magic treasure, and then met the vampire who changed her life.

For some reason that An Jiyue didn't know, after the attack on Praag by the Tzeentch champion Alec Demonclaw was thwarted, Yurika returned to her hometown, the Slughov Fortress, the territory of her father Ivan Boyer, and has stayed there until now, accidentally avoiding the fate of being transformed into a vampire.

By the way, no one knows where the invincible Mr. Gao and his code pendant are adventuring right now... Anyway, Malakai should be in the Nuln Gunnery Academy, after all, he has nowhere else to go.

"Since you have the ambition to join the army, why do you just sit in?" The beautiful girl with silver hair and red eyes smiled and shook her head. "Since Miss Yulika is interested in flying battleships and can learn the official language of the court by self-study within half a year, why not go to Xuanshui Aviation School for further studies. I will write a letter of recommendation for her, and you can give it to Ivan later."

"Yes!" The instructor leader was delighted: "I would like to thank you on behalf of Lao Yi!"

After sending his men away, An Jiyue sat in the office for a while. Eureka probably wouldn't become a vampire, which was actually a good thing. The vampires in Warhammer were essentially corpses that could move and talk (Note 1). Although they could acquire physical functions far beyond those of humans, and those with outstanding talents could develop various powerful vampire abilities, the price was too high.

If you can be a human being, it is better to try to be one.

……

Note 1: This is the description in the Vampire Army Book. As we all know, the descriptions in the Army Book, official novels, tofu blocks, and expansion rules often conflict with each other. GW has made a clear conclusion on this: the Army Book has the highest priority.

Chapter 418: Bretonnian Tolerance

Somewhere in the northern part of the Southland.

The Bretonnian expeditionary force, which at its peak had hundreds of knights and five thousand old peasants of various kinds, no longer existed. The foundation of the alliance agreement signed between the Bretonnians and the high elves was destroyed by this rebellion, which was full of weirdness. After watching the remaining combat pilgrims and executing all the surrendered rebels, Sir Rodrik took the initiative to find Archmage Soryak, hoping to replace the original agreement between the two parties with a new agreement that was more in line with the actual situation.

The Holy Grail Knight was prepared to hear the Archmage say "I made a difficult decision", but to his surprise, the Archmage did not say anything more about the matter and directly agreed to Sir Rodrick's request to change the terms of the agreement: except for the holy relics left by Gilles, the Bretonnians would no longer demand any spoils of war. According to the terms of the new agreement, the High Elf Expeditionary Force would not only get the floating city itself, but also all the magical treasures except the holy relics.

The remaining Bretonnians will continue the expedition and fight alongside their High Elf allies. After all, a Holy Grail Knight still has some weight, and Asur has no need to offend the Bretonnians for a human holy relic. Instead, he can take this opportunity to improve his relationship with the Knight Kingdom. For the High Elves, who value and excel in diplomacy, this approach is only natural, and they haven't really paid anything for it anyway.

The alliance between the two sides was maintained, but the Bretonnians and the High Elves still had some conflicts and disputes over certain issues: more specifically, how to deal with the "spies" who had been captured before.

Sir Rodrik insisted on executing all the spies, since the evidence was irrefutable; while Solyak said that they might be able to use these spies to trap their Druzian competitors. Although the Druzian nobles were all "professionals" who had fought through endless conspiracies and intrigues, it was difficult to deceive them, but it was worth a try.

When discussing this matter, the atmosphere between the two sides could hardly be called friendly, but fortunately, the two sides continued the discussion. In the end, the army was almost completely destroyed, and the Holy Grail Knight, who lacked confidence in speaking, made concessions and agreed to the Grand Master's plan of "forcing these spies to send false information to Druzy and lure Druzy's army into an ambush."

"…This is your last chance. As long as you are willing to atone for your espionage, I swear in the name of the lady," Sir Rodrick's tense face twitched a few times when he said this, "I will forgive your deception and other crimes and give you a decent death."

"What a generous sir," the bald mercenary captain sneered upon hearing this, "Do I need to thank you for your kindness?"

"Say something meaningful, sir," Gustav leaned on the railing of the prison car and raised his eyelids slightly, "'Dignified death'? Do you want to listen to what you are talking about? Maybe I should remind you that without my sponsorship." In fact, it was the money of a certain elector, the former explorer thought guiltily. "You can't even come to the badlands."

After a pause, Gustav glanced at Ian who was imprisoned in the prison car opposite: "Sir, how could you be deceived by such a lame frame-up? If I wanted to destroy your army, I could just sit back and watch the people of Remas throw you all into prison, and then bribe the jailers to deal with you. Believe me, it won't cost much, at least much less than the money I give you!"

Sir Rodrick was an excellent knight, speaker, and general, as well as a third-rate financial officer. The army he assembled owed a huge sum of money before it even reached the Badlands, and the Holy Grail Knight was almost thrown into prison for not being able to pay the money. In the end, he was saved by the generous donation of Gustav, who happened to pass by Remas.

According to the information Gustav had inquired about, Roderick, who had no way out of the dilemma, was ready to go to the arena of Remas to sign a contract as a gladiator and use the bounty from the gladiatorial games to repay his debts. Considering Jazz's status as a Holy Grail Knight, his signing fee must have been a very staggering figure.

Sir Roderick was moved when he heard Gustav's words. He wanted to say something, but the next moment he recalled the many colleagues who died at the hands of the rebels, and his eyes became firm again: "That only shows that your conspiracy is more complicated than I imagined, and you want more than just the lives of a group of loyal knights. In any case, your crimes cannot be denied."

As he spoke, the Holy Grail Knight looked at Ian who was imprisoned in another prisoner car and said, "Wizard! I saw you appear in the rebel army with my own eyes, and they treated you like a distinguished ally. Are you trying to tell me that what I saw with my own eyes was false?"

"Why does seeing it with my own eyes mean it must be true?" The bruised and battered shadow mage opened his mouth with several teeth knocked out and said slowly, "Shadow magic has many ways to create illusions that are indistinguishable from the real thing."

"I don't want to talk about witchcraft with you. Just thinking about these unclean beings makes me feel sick," said the taciturn Sir Rodrick with a frown. "As long as you turn back from your mistakes, you can be forgiven. Isn't that enough? You used despicable tricks to incite rebellion and murdered 81 noble knights with the help of the mob. Even if you have committed such a heinous crime, you still have a chance to redeem your filthy souls. What are you hesitating about?"

"Mirmidia! Look at this Bretonnian, he thinks he's so generous!" The bald mercenary captain couldn't stand it anymore and laughed loudly: "Please stop being so kind, my good sir! Otherwise, I will die of laughter before you send me to the gallows!"

Hearing this, the Holy Grail Knight was so angry that he trembled all over, but he didn't know how to refute. To be precise, in his own eyes, every letter of what he just said was an irrefutable truth. Why could these foreigners, these pagans who did not believe in the Lady of the Lake, be so dismissive?

"Enough!" Sir Rodrick tried his best to restrain his anger, because rage was against the spirit of chivalry: "Since you would rather choose to fall than embrace the only salvation, then so be it!"

After saying that, the Holy Grail Knight turned around and strode away. Looking at the man's receding back, until he was sure that the other party could no longer hear what he said, Gustav restrained his mocking expression and looked at the Shadow Mage who was not far from him.

"What's your name?" In front of the hired mercenary bodyguards, the former explorer pretended not to know them. "Why were you arrested? Are you really a wizard?"

"Only ignorant people would call magic witchcraft," the shadow wizard said darkly, "As for my name, that's not important. What's important is that I think you all won't live long. Well, do you need me to help you think about how to write your suicide note?"

"You'd better keep that for yourself," the former explorer said grumpily. "You talk as if you're going to live forever."

"How do you know I can't?" Ian asked back.

Gustav was about to retort, but suddenly realized that the other person was talking about something else: "Let's talk about you. We are all going to More's garden together soon, why don't we share each other's stories?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two Asur soldiers who were in charge of supervising the prisoners turned around and glanced at them. Gustav felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. Perhaps Sigmar finally heard his not-so-pious prayer, the two high elves then withdrew their gaze and had no intention of stopping them from chatting here.

"My story..." The shadow mage also noticed the caretaker's actions. "My story is not much to say. I am indeed a spy, but I was also framed. Let me think, where should I start..."

Gustav and the mercenaries stretched their necks, and even the two Asur soldiers twitched their pointed ears.

"Forget it, secrets are secrets, let me take them to the grave," Ian said, closing his eyes and pretending to go to sleep, "Good night."

After about two seconds, the prisoners began to speak their beautiful native dialect.

The author says:

Author's words: Reply to reader "Reader1659590858":

I don’t know, this is her full name in the official setting.

Answer to reader "Bergman Ranger":

Yes, so even if vampires don't need to disguise themselves, they still have to take care of their bodies regularly. If they do need to disguise themselves, it will be even more troublesome.

Answer to the reader "Invincible pure and cute person":

The whole territory of Kislev is a mixture of different ethnic groups and intermarriage. Kislev actually has many ethnic groups, with the Gospadars and the Ugors being the main ethnic groups, but not all. As for why the Western States are excluded here, something as important as the flying fleet must only be touched by the most core descendants.

Answer to reader "Yuanyuan":

Theoretically, yes. However, although the Jade Blood Clan has been formalized, we still have to wait for the official announcement to know the specific situation.

Chapter 419 Anchor Points

After the handover of Slughov Fortress was completed, An Jiyue immediately purchased and deployed a new secondary anchor.

Including this place, Anshi Zhendan already has seven secondary anchor points. If arranged in the order of deployment, they are Squighorn Mountain, Iron Rock (Xuanshui), Devengard (Kequbao), Gravel Bay (Jingning), Age Oak, Weijing and Slughov Fortress. As for the main anchor point, it is located in Granni Stone Hall.

Among the eight anchor points mentioned above, the main anchor point of Granni Stone Hall plus the three secondary anchor points of Squig Horn Mountain, Xuanshui, and Jingning have all reached 100% of the order field solidification progress. As for the remaining four anchor points, the progress of the order field in Kewang Castle, which is close to the Arctic wasteland and has been attacked by the northerners for many years, has stopped after barely climbing to 50%, and occasionally drops a few percentage points; the second lowest is the Oak of Ages. The Athel Loren Forest seems to be a place of natural beauty and a blessing from heaven and earth, but this place is actually one of the few natural strong magic wind areas on the surface of the planet except for the North and South Poles.

Even An Jiuyue didn't know whether it was because the veil here was naturally weak that the Old Saints planted the Oak of Ages here, or whether it was because of the Oak of Ages that the existence of this super magical plant itself caused the veil to become weak. In any case, the result was that the secondary anchor point of the Oak of Ages was deployed, and the initial degree of order was only a damn 42%... Fortunately, after the Morgul was completely destroyed, the Chaos forces around Athel Loren suffered heavy losses, and were also plowed back and forth by the group of Paravons and Quinaris next door who were crazy about becoming Holy Grail Knights, so that the degree of order has been steadily increasing and has now exceeded 80%.

Compared with the secondary anchor of the Oak of Ages, the Slughov Fortress, which is right outside the Norsca's doorstep, has an order level of 55% when the anchor is deployed. Considering that there are Norse dwarves living further north, this number seems to be quite satisfactory? Anyway, Weijing's initial order level is an invincible 91%. It can only be said that the Great Five Elements Compass is so terrifying.

Empire, Altdorf.

After deploying the anchor points and personally inspecting the situation around the Slughov Fortress, An Jiyue brought Jin Zhifan to the capital of the Sigma Empire and moved into the Aurora Embassy in a dignified manner.

Since sending someone to stab Di Enqing to death during the chaos in Aldorf (see Chapter 148), the embassy of the Zhendan Dynasty in Aldorf was taken over by An Zhendan, and it has been running steadily until today. After An Jiyue established contact with the Tianting and was officially canonized, Weijing acquiesced to the fait accompli.

After all, even if they wanted to, they couldn't control An Jiyue and Xiao Yiyue, the two military leaders of the vassal state.

Compared with the past, since An's family settled in Sanhe Prefecture, the exchanges between Zhendan and the Empire, especially the economic exchanges, have increased more than tenfold. Many merchants in the Old World, whether they are from the Empire, Tyrell, Estalia or Kislev, have made a fortune through trade activities with Sanhe Prefecture. The only ones who didn't benefit much were the merchants of Bretonnia, because the land in Sanhe Prefecture is fertile and there is no shortage of food, and the people of Zhendan don't like their old farmer's foot skin wine. After removing these two things, the Bretonnians basically have no competitive products left.

After the initial development period, Sanhe Prefecture is gradually becoming a new grain export site. With the irrigation of three large rivers originating from the World Edge Mountains and countless tributaries, the agricultural potential of Sanhe Land, which has never been fully utilized due to the badlands next door, is being developed little by little by the hardworking farmers of Zhendan, from scratch, from "promising future" to real comprehensive national strength, and by the way, it also feeds the Akendorff Autonomous Region, whose primary industry has always been half-dead due to the relatively poor land.

In fact, if it weren't for the need to export affordable grain to the Mountain Kingdom and the Akendorff Autonomous Region, Sanhe Prefecture could have exported agricultural products on a large scale last year. Even so, under the personal coordination of Karl Franz, Sanhe Prefecture still signed a five-year affordable grain export agreement with the famine-stricken Stirling Territory last year. In exchange, the Zhendan people obtained the right to levy taxes throughout Sylvania for five years.

"So, Steele County is right next to Ivy County and Mute County, so how could they still be suffering from famine?" As she spoke, Evelyn raised the glass bottle of iced happy water and gently clinked it with An Jiuyue who was holding the same drink.

"There's no need to make things so clear about the Empire's affairs," the Jiedushi took a sip of iced happy water and said with some disapproval, "If the Styrians are too poor to buy food, then the mutton and beer from Ostermark are not given away for free (Note 1)... In comparison, I'm really surprised that the Crazy Count agreed to let the grain from Sanhe Prefecture pass through. If the grain is not destined for Styrian, then the interests of Ivy will be harmed."

"It's really not necessary to make it clear what Marius Redolf ​​thinks," the Elector of Westland complained, "After all, he is a mental patient in the medical sense, although this does not prevent him from being a military genius. Speaking of which, I only heard about Sylvania's taxation rights today. So, are you going to raise Man Baldhead?"

"It's just an idle move. I don't know when it will be useful. After all, there are too many things that need my attention. I'm very busy, although I'm not as busy as the one who has no time to die (Note 2)." The governor replied, "I even considered sending a reliable person to follow Gotrek and Felix. When they meet Baldy Man, they will send a signal, and then I will personally chop off this bastard and put an end to the trouble. But after thinking about it, Baldy Man is not a high priority."

"Because Li is the ultimate evil, right... huh?"

An Jiyue picked up the glass bottle covered with water droplets and took another sip: "What's wrong? What happened again?"

"Let me see... Tsk, something new has happened in the Badlands," Knight Princess said with a frown, "The person I sent to inform Gustav to retreat was captured. Didn't you send a flying ship to pick up my people? After they sent my people to the destination, they didn't wait for them to come back, so they reported the matter. It wasn't until the field worker lost contact for more than 24 hours that Madam Melinda confirmed that the person had been captured."