Alien world

Chapter 1173 Chapter 95. Can’t Cheat Money
Annan had a dream. He dreamed about the future of Liberty City: with the help of the bred Fruit of the Original Heart, everyone would be a warrior, a magician, or even a professional who practiced both magic and martial arts.

Of course, there is no original fruit tree in Liberty City, and Annan cannot dream.

There are only seventy-seven Original Heart Fruits left in my hand. Giving ten to Dad will most likely yield no results. But even if the chances are slim, I have to give it a try.

It's easy to choose between a bag of coins and an unknown gold mine.

The Chuxin fruit tree is the future. Annan withdrew his gaze from the distance and returned to the present.

Olmedo stood in front of a huge map of western Middle-earth.

To the south of Free City are the Forest Mountains and the great lords on the other side of the mountains. To the east is the border of the Empire and a bunch of small forces caught in the cracks. To the north is the Principality of Montamblelock, which is their ally in name but actually a younger brother.

Olmedo's eyes were focused on the gray line representing the city wall.

Currently, there is only a section of city wall that has just begun to be built in the north of the principality, and the other two directions are temporarily vacant.

Outsiders thought Olmedo was thinking about strategic issues, but in fact she was worried about the jobs of more than 100,000 unemployed homeless people in Liberty City.

The Gem Bay is full of farmers cultivating farmland, and the factories and docks cannot absorb so many people, so the best way is to build city walls.

To this end, Olmedo sent letters to the surrounding forces, stating that the Free City would provide materials and workers to build the city walls for them free of charge, and they only had to pay the money.

But even with such relaxed conditions, the surrounding forces rejected it.

No noble would be foolish enough to spend his own money to build useless walls.

Fermi volunteered to fight, saying he had a way to knock down the doors of these forces.

"Forget it. I just told the students of the kingdom that stability is the most important thing, and now I'm going to play the game of hegemony..."

Annan had no intention of creating panic in the surrounding areas. Who knows if the Empire knew about it, it would fight with them on the grounds of "the little guy has finally grown up and learned to show off his muscles", "what are you going to do to my vassal", or "you step with your left foot first when you enter the door".

"Let's send an invitation letter to the surrounding forces first, and I'll talk to them."

Speaking of which, even though the Free City had been established for such a long time, Annan had never had any contact with them - when it was weak, it had no time for diplomacy, and after it became stronger, Olmedo took charge.

Soon, invitations were sent out in the name of "maintaining law and order in the western region of Middle-earth."

The third mushroom house is being built, the wizard tower is being constructed all day long, the farmland in Gem Bay is expanding... While things are changing rapidly every day, a major event that few people know about happens in the city: Cathy is adopted by Idyllia and is officially given the surname Reeves.

The population of the dwindling Reeves family increased by 33% - from three people to four.

"Sister Idelia, Sister Laila, I have a father now!" Cathy said excitedly as she threw herself into her eldest sister's arms.

"Uh...you should just call me brother."

After all, Cathy is only ten years younger than Annan.

The three siblings were familiar enough with Cathy before the adoption, so except for Cathy who cried because she finally had a family, the others simply gathered together to enjoy a family meal.

"Annan, you are not young anymore..."

Just as Idilia was about to say something, Annan interrupted her and said, "I suddenly remembered that I forgot to water the Otherworld Tree!"

Annan fled in panic, and faint voices of conversation could be heard from behind.

"Sister, didn't he find an elf woman?"

"It is difficult for elves to give birth..."

……

In mid-April, the forces that received the invitation letters arrived in Liberty City one after another.

"That's Sir Sumant, and behind him is a great noble of the empire."

"He is the Great Knight Bernard, and he governs a knight territory." "He is the head of the Jemima family. His territory is a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. He has a lot of trade with us..."

Annan and Olmedo stood in front of the window and caught up with her about the forces surrounding Liberty City.

"What about that?" Annan looked at a young man dressed as a knight.

His demeanor was most different, with a hint of arrogance.

"The people of Ennius Franco are the great lords west of the Forest Mountains."

Annan had some impression that the population of the Franco territory in the west was about the same as that of the current Gem Bay.

"By the way, in whose name is the banquet held?"

“It’s not yours,” Olmedo said knowingly.

"That's good……"

The banquet began in the afternoon.

Except for the Franco Territory which sent envoys, the leaders of other forces mostly went there in person or sent their children.

They were polite about how amazing Liberty City was, but it was unclear how much sincerity they had in their words. Halfway through the banquet, Annan brought up the matter of Liberty City "helping" them build the city wall.

The noble lords hesitated.

"Everyone, you should know that we ended the war with the kingdom at the beginning of the year. At that time, the ratmen were already ready to make a move. As the northern border becomes civilized, they may move south at any time... We need a city wall to protect ourselves."

"The Empire will protect us..."

"Without the city walls to delay time, even if the Empire arrives, it will be too late."

Annan's sincerity made some forces tempted to take action, but when they saw that no one around was willing to take the lead, they also kept silent.

The elves' betrayal inevitably had an impact: the surrounding forces of Free City did not take Annan's words seriously.

"what's your name?"

"Bro, Lord Annan," replied the young knight from the territory of Franco.

Annan made a last-ditch effort and asked, "Do you think as they do? Bro, the ratmen and demons are in the north."

"I am only attending the banquet on behalf of the lord. I have no right to make any decision." The young knight raised his head and looked at Annan calmly.

Annan gradually frowned: "You have no respect for me at all."

The invisible pressure surged, making it difficult for Bro to breathe. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that even if he had not formed an alliance with the elves, the boy in front of him had defeated a powerful lord of a kingdom.

His attitude became humble and he lowered his head: "I have no intention of provoking you, but Lord Franco is a confident lord. He will not believe your warning unless he sees it with his own eyes."

Annan shook his head, completely losing the desire to talk: "Enjoy the party, I hope you will like Liberty City."

"Thank you for your understanding." Feeling the invisible pressure disappear, Bro saluted as a knight.

Looking at the messenger's back, Olmedo said, "He is a smart man. He came here to test our confidence and see if we have become a soft persimmon."

"The result is neither soft nor hard?"

"Yeah, not soft, not hard..."

They don't want to provoke Liberty City, but they also don't want to listen to Liberty City.

They couldn't rely on other forces, so they could only think of a solution carefully... such as building a circle of walls at their own expense to surround the entire Gem Bay?

(End of this chapter)