Alien world

Chapter 1197 Chapter 119. The arrival of distinguished guests
"Please forgive my previous rude probing, but this is a necessary step..."

Betula York suddenly stood up and apologized to Annan.

"you……"

Annan looked up in surprise and was about to say something when he suddenly remembered something.

The Third Prince was the one who stood behind Aidan and protected him. So was it possible... that they were on the same side?

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince wants to cooperate with me?" Annan made a bold guess.

"Yes," the young executive admitted frankly.

"Why? Just because I helped Aidan and the Third Prince?"

"Yes."

Annan changed the question: "Excuse me, what can I do?"

Betula York's eyes flashed with ambition that he had never had before, and he said word by word: "Break the order."

"...I'm afraid I can't do anything to help. I do sympathize with Aidan's actions, but that doesn't mean I agree with him. I can't accept his mistakes just because of his misery." Annan shook his head, thinking that the third prince must have misunderstood something.

"Is this so..."

Betula York was not too disappointed by Annan's refusal. He just said, "Your Highness, I have one more thing to say. No matter what you answer, I hope it will not affect our relationship."

"I think so too."

Who can refuse someone who gives you a bunch of gifts?

If it was the third princess, it would not be a problem for Annan to make some sacrifices.

After completing the two tasks assigned by the third prince, Betula York said goodbye to Annan and prepared to return tomorrow.

After seeing Betula York off, head maid Abby came in with Maria.

"Gail just came to see me."

As Maria sat down, her tail automatically wrapped around her waist. "She asked me how many ratmen she should bring so that you wouldn't be mad. I suggested she bring 100 ratmen."

"Too little."

They have to dig a tunnel that is dozens of miles long, and they can even add a ten thousand character at the end.

"Too many ratmen will make things too easy for Stuhn Rat." After staying in Liberty City for a few months, Maria had already turned into Annan. "You might as well treat her as a cheese road for Gale and lead her into your spider web."

"I think so too."

The next day, Gail came to Annan and said he wanted to go back to the Holy Clan.

Gail had been shrouded in shadow for so long these days that when the haze faded, Gail seemed to be reborn, like a cheerful little chipmunk, and even a little reluctant.

Annan also expressed a little concern and sent the Punishment Corps in the Principality to escort her for a while.

I thought it would take at least a month or even longer for Gail to come back, but before the end of May, as soon as the bandits in the Principality were cleared out, news came back that she would be back soon.

It seems that the Stoun ratmen also cultivated in Middle-earth...

After half a month of surveying in the forest mountains, Yili found a solid rock formation suitable for digging holes not far from the coast and was ready to start work at any time.

If we start construction now, we can barely complete it before the McKeon Ratmen launch the "Autumn Offensive" - ​​provided that the Stuen Ratmen can help.

The Hellfire Legion and the Punishment Legion within the Principality are being withdrawn one after another, the Liberty City Prison is overcrowded, and the nameless cemetery in the wild is empty.

Because the skulls of the wicked were used to build a small mausoleum outside the walls of Liberty City. Annan did not want to do this at first. Building a mausoleum with skulls is certainly a deterrent, but it is too wasteful.

Wouldn't it be better to use the complete skeleton to make a skeleton farmer?
But then Annan discovered that the bones of those killed by the burnt girl, which had lost their humanity, could not be used as materials to summon skeleton soldiers.

So the only options left are to use the skulls as landscape and crush the skeletons to use bone meal as fertilizer.

In short, the Principality Bandits fell and the Otherworldly Tree was full.

When the druids left, the Otherworld Tree had just grown to the same level as the City Lord's Mansion, but now it is much taller than that, with its lush crown emerging from behind the eaves.

The people and tourists in Free City just thought that there was a tree growing very fast, and no one connected it to the "World Tree". Even the elves thought that Annan was doing some kind of wonder to imitate the World Tree. Even if Annan said it was the "World Tree", no one believed it.

The communication distance of the Leaves of the Other World Tree also increased, from the previous three or four hundred meters to almost one thousand meters, and the usable time also increased from three days to five days.

It can already be used for communication and cope with many scenarios.

The first group to be given the leaves of the Otherworld Tree were the Guards and the Hellfire Legion. The former was convenient for them to guard and maintain the law and order of Free City, while the latter was always loved by Annan because of his loyalty.

As for the other four legions, only the legion leaders and commanders hold them. After all, the other world tree is still in its growth period, and it is not good to pick too many leaves.

In addition to the leaves of the tree from another world, Annan also gave the 110 bottles of mountain essence sent by the third prince to the commanders of the three legions, Fermi, Losey and Jack, and asked them to reward the soldiers who had made meritorious services.

The Punishment Corps and the Foreign Aid Corps are all professionals and have no use for this thing.

"It's still not enough..."

"What's not enough?"

Idilia asked Annan who was talking to himself.

"The essence of the mountains is not enough, and neither are the death row prisoners... Big sister, can you contact the surrounding forces? We can help them maintain law and order, for free."

"It's not free." The eldest sister suddenly said what Annan would say.

"That's right. If you offer it for free, they will only suspect you have ulterior motives... Then let Francois negotiate a suitable price."

Two days later, Francois, Deputy Foreign Minister of Liberty City, visited the small forces in the east and put forward Annan's demands.

The lords looked at each other in bewilderment. It was enough for them to have one empire around them, and now you tell me that another small empire has emerged! ?
But they didn't dare to refuse. Not only was the relationship between the "small empire" and the empire good, but also because... they were indeed cost-effective.

Francois did the math for them: Liberty City would send people to wipe out all the bandits in the territory, and they would only have to pay 50 to 700 gold nars depending on the size of the territory.

With a cost of less than 700 gold nars, the security of the territory can be greatly improved, and with the after-sales service, even the stingy lord will consider it.

Francois soon returned with a pile of orders.

Annan gave this opportunity to the Musketeers and the Foreign Aid Corps, and held a celebration banquet for the retreating Hellfire and Punishment Corps.

The Black Widow wore a sequined black dress and sprayed perfume. At the beginning of the party, she deliberately approached Annan in the name of reporting.

"After our cleanup, the Principality has become free of looting and traps. Residents will look for the guards when they see anyone suspicious."

"How can you be sure?" Annan asked with interest.

Then Black Widow said that the soldiers of the Punishment Legion deliberately threw money on the ground, disguised themselves as girls to seduce officials, and pretended to be bandits wandering outside the town.

Annan was speechless. After all, it was a legion filled with a lot of prisoners, so it was normal to have such unhealthy tendencies.

Halfway through the banquet, the guards rushed in and said that a group of rat people had come from outside the city.

Annan put down the juice glass and said, "It seems our distinguished guest has arrived."

(End of this chapter)