Alien world

Chapter 174 28. Spy
The Gilman sisters run an art gallery.

Close relatives, cannibalism, eccentricities, belief in evil gods... These traits, which no normal person can accept, are the natural soil for cultivating art in the eyes of artists.

Elves weaving necklaces given to dwarves for centuries?Unbearably vulgar.

A heart made of a hundred heads of different races?What an art!
Moreover, the Gilman family did have certain attainments in art, so this art gallery was quite famous—then they were rejected when Lorna proposed to move to Xingyue Bay.

It is still too early for the people of Xingyue Bay to accept this level of art.

Moreover, artists will not come to Xingyue Bay, which is not shitting, to visit the art museum that is not paying attention.

"We are brother and sister."

Rhona Gilman corrects Annan's misunderstanding that her brother only possesses some of the characteristics of a woman.

Annan recalled the "girl" paralyzed on the carriage: "Is he not in good health?"

"Hypermania..."

"Is there no way for priests to heal?"

"This is the price of blaspheming the Goddess of Life..." Lorna whispered in frustration, without the fanaticism she had when she first met her, nor the rationality she had not long ago.

There are still three days left before the apocalypse forecast on January 999, 1 in the Saint Laurent calendar. Annan seized the time to finish what needed to be done.

First up are the guards.

The Elemental Corps plan made the training of guards unnecessary. Annan reduced combat training such as horseback riding and swinging swords, and extended physical training such as standing posture and carrying.

Crean, the lucky one selected from the New Territories, muttered in a low voice.He could understand letting them carry materials and collect ores.What's the use of standing up straight and lining up?

Kerian, who was standing in line, saw their lord coming, accompanied by "Stinky Face".

It sure works!Kerian thought almost frantically, puffing out his chest.

Sweep past the reserve guards who seem to be waiting for inspection.After two months of training, they began to emerge the outlines of soldiers—at least these young people who were taller than Annan looked much better than the idle guards of Breeze City.

Annan didn't make a long speech, and directly inspired the magic ring to summon a large earth element.

"Beat it," Annan said.

The reservists looked at the large earth element that needed to look up, and hesitated.

"It won't fight back, it will only resist your attacks."

The captain of the personal guard ordered: "Raise your weapons and attack!"

The reserve guards turned into a tidy torrent and flooded towards the earth elemental.At first they did well, but as they broke into the viscous realm of the elemental earth, it was like running through water, swinging swords, like snails besieging a beetle.

There is an insurmountable gulf between elite professionals and civilians.Annan made up his mind.

The summoning time ended, the large earth elemental disappeared, and the exhausted reserve guards fell in the cold wind, leaving only a few Krian standing still.

This battle shattered the self-confidence of the reserve guards—100 men could do nothing to an earth elemental.

"Don't be discouraged. This battle is not a blow to your self-confidence, but an inspiration." Annan said to the reserve guards who raised their heads: "In the future, it will become a teammate of the guards and patrol with the guards."

"Xingyue Bay currently has 1500 citizens, and 100 guards are too many. Therefore, only 50 of you can become real guards."

At present, Annan has permanently summoned five water elementals and seven earth elementals—including the one he just summoned.

Fifty guards just form a five-man squad with four soldiers and one element.

Then Annan remembered that he had forgotten to go to the Mage Tower to learn the four-element language and master the common language, so he had to wait for the apocalypse forecast.

Before returning to the big house, Annan passed by the residence of the Gilman brothers and sisters and saw that Rona's brother was suffering from hypochondrosis, twisted and deformed like an octopus, and moaned in pain.

Only human flesh could lessen his pain, but then the siblings would never escape the fate of the Gilman family.

Annan asked the knights to disperse the gathered citizens, called Wood, pointed at the dazed vampire and said, "A vampire can endure the temptation of human blood, so can you."

But Rona's brother never stopped crying, and Francois realized something, and said to Annan in a low voice: "A very hungry person will lose his mind because of a piece of bread."

"You mean I'm the bread?"

Francois said nothing, and Annan guessed that he thought so.Tentatively backing away, the howling sound was indeed gradually weakening——

Annan asked Francois to stay and take care of the Gilman brothers and sisters, and retreated to the big house with a guilty conscience.

"Abby, I want a cup of coffee."

The little spiders in the glass bottle still showed no signs of hibernation.

Annan flipped through the briefings Ingrid sent early in the morning, all of which were trivial matters.For example, the milkmaid stole raw milk and had diarrhea, and Ingrid had to order all the milk to be boiled before drinking it; the new leader who came yesterday had a guy who hid a bottle of wine, and ended up getting drunk and fell down in the snowdrifts , was spotted by patrolling reserve guards.Although his life was saved, he lost three toes.

Near noon, the captain of the guard suddenly rushed to say that a leader was missing.

But not the most dubious of the Gilman siblings.

The knights quickly found the missing lord in the field - he was walking through the knee-deep snow.The knights followed from a distance, and found the person who was responding to him about ten miles away from Xingyue Bay, and then pulled the net and brought them back.

These guys are just minions, and they revealed the truth before they were seriously interrogated: they came from Glacier Port, and asked their companions to pretend to be refugees in Breeze City and sneak into the team to Xingyue Bay, inquire about information, and then bring the news back to Glacier Port.

Rough planning is practically fine, and many realms don't pay attention to insignificant subjects.

"Let them do hard labor until Gema comes to redeem them."

Annan didn't take the episode to heart.The limestone is still being mined, and the elemental army is still keeping secrets. Even if they go back, all they can say is "Xingyue Bay built a lot of beautiful houses and dug a lot of trees."

Annan then discussed with Ingrid and François in the big house for a whole day.

The next day, the citizens who got up early in the morning discovered that there was actually a tavern in Xingyue Bay.

However, the [-] leaders together couldn't make up a few copper coins, and no one paid attention to the tavern that had little to do with them. As a result, after the end of the day's work in the evening, everyone got a few copper coins to a dozen copper coins. The salary——Lord Annan said that these were the remaining salary after taking away the board and lodging.

The tavern was packed that night, and a glass of rye was only five coppers.

In the bustling tavern, while watching "The Fall of the Mage's Tower", the leaders laughed at the unlucky guy whose private wine was poured on the snow and froze a leg, an egg, an eye, and a finger—the rumors always followed The spread is getting weirder and weirder.

A new day, a new change.Residents waking up from the cool morning one after another found that there was an additional announcement in the camp: the new town was officially opened, and housing prices were discounted.

(End of this chapter)