The Ring: Sell Dung Beetles in Junction

Chapter 57 Conscience
Greg sat on the carriage, watching the bleak scene in the city.

There were fires all over the place, and soldiers sprinkled water constantly.

When the cuckoo knights found that Greg returned to the defense, they immediately dispersed, leaving only a mess.

"Despicable cuckoo!" Greg clenched his fists angrily and smashed down, and a dozen hands of different sizes made tinkling music.

Cuckoo is the only force unleashed by the Academy of Magic in the Shattered War.

And this force is not as elegant and noble as the royal knights of Kalia. Their performance in the Shattered War can only be described by one word: bandits.

The academy was closed, and these soldiers were freed from high-level restraints, showing their reckless side.

They used the war to carry out bandits and thieves in various places, extorted money in the name of war, and pretended to be bandits to slaughter villages and cities.

These soldiers even betrayed their allies and attacked the Kalia royal family's stronghold, completely tearing up the superficial friendly relationship between the royal family and the academy.

They are a pack of wolves, going to show their strength wherever it is beneficial.

Greg also didn't expect Du Juan to focus on Stonewell City.

"Their attack on Kalia Fortress, the defeat was not tragic enough, and the lesson was not deep enough?" Greg gritted his teeth.

The generals looked sideways.

But isn't it true that they have taken it down? Who is to blame?

A large number of supplies in the city were looted, and if they were not robbed, they were burned to the ground.

The only thing that can be said to be lucky is that Gregor loaded almost all the treasures into the carriage and was not robbed by the cuckoo.

After the Shattering War, the demigod forces retreated to their own territories, living in peace and harmony. There has been no conflict for too long, and Gregor did not expect the cuckoo to attack at all.

It's still the day when I set off on my own.

"There must be an inner ghost!" Greg jumped, "Otherwise, how could it be possible to attack at the right time!"

In fact, Grek made a lot of noise for the expedition. A large number of soldiers gathered in one place, and the logistical supplies needed were quite large.

There is absolutely no need for Du Juan to obtain Gregor's whereabouts through the ghost.

If the cuckoos are really only for plunder, there is no need to wait until they have just set off.They can wait for Greg to go out for a while before looting as much as they want.Back then it will be more difficult.

But the generals did not dare to say anything.

On the one hand, no one wants to touch Greg's head, on the other hand, Greg is unpopular, and it is not surprising that there are ghosts.

Among the people present at Baobuqi were several insiders.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Greg became more and more irritable:

"We must catch this ghost!"

Greg also has his own little thoughts.

As long as the blame is thrown to the "inner ghost", his stupid decision-making mistakes will not be remembered.

Everything is the fault of the inner ghost, not the problem of the golden king.

As soon as he said it, Greco immediately began to "clean the emperor's side" in full swing, letting people around him report and expose each other.

As soon as Gregor made such a move, the people in the city immediately panicked.

But it was Gotok who panicked the most.

Others don't know that Getok is a real insider, and he has developed a large number of sales outlets in the city, which greatly increases the possibility of his exposure.

He never expected that Gregor would begin to eliminate the spies in the city in this way, and Gotok didn't want to be discovered for such an inexplicable reason.

Gotok began to think about how to keep himself safe.

There are too many ghosts in the city, and it is too difficult to simply hide yourself quietly. The best way is to divert Greg's attention.

And be sure to divert Gregor's attention before Gregor notices him.

Otherwise, even if it is for the sake of face, this brutal monarch will execute those "inner ghosts" he believes.

Gotok dug out a few dung beetle dew drops from the warehouse, pried open the tree root packaging outside, and sprinkled the golden tree essence full of blessing and healing effects on a burnt body.

With the pouring of dew, vitality reappeared on the scorched body, the tissue that had been necrotic began to fall off, and new skin and flesh and bones re-grown.

The man's chest began to heave and he regained his breath.

This is a knight of Grek. He wanted to grab Grek's side and protect his lord during the turmoil of Du Juan's siege, but he was ignited by Grek's dragon flames, and he was on the verge of death screaming in pain.

Under the influence of chivalry, there will always be such loyal subordinates to the lord, but it is a pity that Gregor does not know how to cherish them.

The necrotic nerves recovered, and the itching and pain woke the knight up, causing him to struggle.

Gotok took a few steps back, waiting for him to regain his composure.

It was a whole day later that the knights in the hut became quiet.

The knight was sitting on the bed, watching Gotok calmly when Gotok entered with a plate of gruel.

"You saved me? Thank you," said the knight.

Gotok handed the porridge to the knight and sat aside:
"You are very loyal, but unfortunately you are not very smart. Greg is a demigod anyway, and he doesn't need you to save him."

Gotok reminded the knight of the cause of the burn and observed the knight's expression.

He wanted to see whether the knight's current mood was resentment or anger.

Neither, the knight is just sad:

"You're right. I was reckless, and I was accidentally injured by Mr. Greg. I have to waste a lot of medicine to treat me."

Still calling Gregor my lord...

Gotok weighed in his mind.

The knight remained loyal to Grek even though he was burned to the brink of death by Grek's dragon flames.

However, this does not affect Gotok's plan.

Rather, the more foolish and loyal a person is, the more suitable it is to help him divert Gregor's attention.

Gotok said: "You are very loyal, loyal people don't deserve to die in vain. With you around, Mr. Gregor can feel more at ease."

"Thank you." The knight took a sip of the hot porridge.

"But now the adult is very disturbed, he is paranoid," Gottok said.

"What's wrong?" The knight didn't know about the commotion in the city.

Gotok began to guide the knight calmly:

"Master Greco said that there was an inner ghost in the city, otherwise Du Juan would not have robbed during the expedition, so she put the expedition on hold for the time being, and is going to find the inner ghost first."

Gottok was distressed:
"Master Greco is very panicked now, and so are the people in the city. I'm afraid something will happen sooner or later."

The knight nodded and continued to drink porridge.

"Aren't you worried?" Gotok wondered, "Even a loyal knight like you will be executed by Lord Gregor without hesitation."

The knight said calmly:

"That's Lord Greco's decision, I can only accept it."

The knight spoke calmly, with the consciousness of seeing death as home in his tone, which made Gotok speechless for a long time.

Although stupid and loyal people are easy to fool, being too stupid can be tricky.

"It's you, why are you so worried?" the knight said, "Are you the ghost?"

Gotok stared in amazement at what he thought was a foolish knight.

The knight continued: "And you didn't call Gregor your lord at the beginning, you were not loyal."

The knight looked at Gotok with cold eyes.

Gotok swallowed, as if being targeted by a beast, his head exploded, only thinking about running or fighting.

Gotok turned his horror to anger and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" the knight wondered.

Gotok sneered: "Of course I'm worried, I'm in the logistics department. Do you know what will happen if you stop a large army in the city to investigate the ghost?"

Gotok waved his hand: "This war will be lost!"

The knight was suppressed by Gotok's sudden outburst, and was shocked by Gotok's shocking remarks.

Gotok said:

"The lords from all over the country are stationed in the city with their soldiers, but the food and grass resources are still consumed. If the cuckoo is really let in by the ghost, then the cuckoo should wait for the big troops to go far before looting. You can't even return to the defense. It can't be done. Have you ever thought about why the cuckoo chose this time to invade?"

The knight reacted after being touched by Gotok:
"Is it to hold back Lord Greco? Dujuan is the caravan's helper?"

"I don't know, but the current situation is obviously beneficial to the caravan, isn't it?" Gotok said, "Whether there is an insider or not, as long as the city's defense force is sufficient, with the help of Stone City's natural moat advantage, it can prevent Dujuan. Now Lord Greco stayed in the city, wasting supplies."

The knight nodded again and again:

"You're right, that's the truth."

He struggled to get up.

"I'm going to see the lord and tell him these things, even if he wants to execute me..."

The knight put on his cloak and went straight to Gregor's bedroom.

Seeing the knight leave, Gotok heaved a sigh of relief, slumped on the bed, and laughed:
"As expected of a loyal knight."

Gotok was full of his own interests, and he only thought about not revealing his identity as the ghost. As for the life and death of Ailey Church, he didn't think about it at all.

He's not loyal to Greg, and he's not loyal to Nameless either.

He also secretly charged an extra 10,000 runes for the dung beetle dew drops sold in Stone City. Up to now, he has been greedy for an extra [-]+ runes.

Gotok is only loyal to his own interests and has no conscience.

A moment later, Stonewell's troops moved again.

Sure enough, as Gotok expected, the knight persuaded Greg to give up the witch hunting activities in the city, and the army set out again.

And this time, Greg "wisely" left a large number of troops to garrison Stone City to ensure that Du Juan could not harass the rear.

In this way, Gotok was finally safe.

He remained safe in the city, and neither the cuckoo's harassment nor Greg's capricious cruelty could harm him.

The only pity is that Greg left the city, and the faders would never come again.

He can't make money from the faders, and he can't pick up the corpses of the faders.

Although Gotok liked to pick up corpses, the battlefield was still too dangerous for him to go to the front line.

Just at this time, another roar sounded from the sky.

The familiar chirping of eagles and the ringing of bells.

Rhododendron is here again?
Gregor came out of the room, wanting to see the cause of the commotion.

He looked up at the sky, suddenly his legs trembled and he slumped on the ground.

Several flying dragons hovered over Stone City, pouring down magical dragon flames.

Shi Dongcheng once again fell into a sea of ​​flames.

"Flying dragon, it's a flying dragon!"

"Ballista, push the ballista over here!"

"The ballista was burned by Lord Gregoire!"

Amidst the loud shouts, Gotok crawled back to the house, locked the door, and leaned against the door to breathe.

With fear and panic, Gotok organized his thoughts.

He found himself making a mistake.

He and Gregor, like everyone else, had miscalculated one thing.

They subconsciously regarded Du Juan as a gang of thieves, and when they saw the oil and water, they wanted to grab a piece of it. When they encountered such stubborn stubble as the regular army, they would naturally flee.

Just like wolves, like sparrows, they just come to harass.

Although it is vicious and sinister, as long as you pay more attention and take precautions, it is not a big problem.

They forget that the cuckoos are also an army.

They burned, looted, and banditted, but when they wanted to make a real war, they were strong enough.

Even after experiencing the disastrous defeat of the Kalia Fortress Defense War.

Du Juan is not harassing, they really want to capture this city.

Gotok realized a fact that startled him:

While Greg mobilized his troops to prepare for another war, the junction that had been silent for a long time became commotion again.

A large-scale war enough to involve the Shard King reappeared.

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Islay Church
Nameless and Tuff were sitting together, watching Tops indulge in his magic.

Once he started to study magic, Tops' timidity disappeared, and he even went out of the range of the protective barrier unconsciously.

Wuming asked Nock to help solve the crisis on Gregor's side, and borrowed the Radagon's notes kept in the Magic Academy's secret collection by the way.

Wuming didn't know how Nock would deal with Greg, but this note had nothing to do with Nock at all.

Wuming and Patch went back from the mine, and saw the faded back.

According to Tufu, Lani agreed to his request and lent the notes to Tufu.

So Dafu took the note and sent it directly back to Ailey Church.

Only then did Wuming know that Tufu could not only see blessings and guidance, but also freely transmit them through blessings.

You can come if you want to come to Ailei Church, and you can go back to Kalia Walled City anytime you want.

In terms of blessing and care, Fading can be said to be the most popular Fading that Wuming has ever seen.

Topps got the notes in this way, and started the research on the protective array in a very ordinary way.

Tops is obsessed with studying magic, and his original teaching work can only be undertaken by Selian.After Selian finished teaching the students, he also helped Topps to research the subject.

However, the two magicians enjoyed it very much, and they huddled in a corner every day, not going anywhere.In addition to drawing blueprints, reading notes and discussing problems, and occasionally experimenting with magic, but all experiments are done in a corner, and they don't even go out of the church door.

Serlian had just finished a magic test and took a break.

Wuming leaned over, a little ashamed:

"Thank you for your hard work, I will give you a raise."

Se Lian also promised to give her new magic knowledge when she joined the job, but because Wuming has been very busy, except for writing a few crystal magics for Se Lian at the beginning, she has no chance to exchange magic with Se Lian after that.

"It's all right, I'm free anyway," said Selian.

"Is there anything you want to study? We have enough pyroxenes now." Wuming said, "Keeping you busy with other people's affairs will damage the image of my boss—you should do your own affairs."

"No, I'm fine," said Cerlian.

"Is there really nothing wrong with me?"

"I study the stars."

"I can help you build the observatory." Wuming said, "Although resources are tight to deal with Gregor, the observatory happens to be an area I am familiar with, so it won't consume much resources."

Selian pointed to the sky:
"What do you see in the sky?"

Anonymous look up:

"Golden tree, a big moon, and an inconspicuous moon next to it."

"Where are the stars?" asked Cerlian.

"Not many, but if the observatory is built well, the interference from the golden tree and the moon should be eliminated, right?" Wuming said.

Cerlian shook her head. "It's not that simple. If you spend a whole day looking at the stars, you'll find that they can't be called stars anymore—they don't move."

Wuming scratched his head: "Don't the stars never move?"

Sir Lian said: "As long as you observe for a long time, you will find that the stars will flow. From the changes of the stars, we can find the truth of the world and explore the source. But now the stars don't move."

Selian sighed:
"Latarn shattered the circulation of the stars, and also sealed the fate of all stargazers."

"It's so powerful." Nameless said, "But I heard that Ratan is going to die, and many people rushed to participate in his battle ceremony."

"Who knows, the demigod's death is always long and tortuous." Serlian said, "In short, I can't carry out my research until the stars resume their circulation. Researching Topus' project is also a kind of adjustment."

She finished her break and went back to continue testing Topus' magic.

The two have jointly designed dozens of magic combinations, and the testing of these magics is purely manual labor, requiring repeated debugging and testing.

With Cerlian's help, Tops didn't have to complete these heavy testing tasks independently, and was curled up in a corner and sleeping soundly.

In the past few months, Tops has lived a regular life, ate a healthy diet, and has begun to grow hair on his head.

However, because he felt that it affected his thinking, he asked Burke to act as a barber with a tailor's scissors.

Selian looked at the sleeping Tops with a happy face, a little envious.

Although she said it lightly, but she couldn't study her own school, after all, she was very concerned and regretted in her heart.Seeing that Tops can devote himself to research so wholeheartedly, how could Serlian not be envious.

When Selian was staring at Tops, Wuming was also staring at Selian, and couldn't help admiring himself:
"Nice man."

Not much salary, teaching students for free, enthusiastically helping colleagues, hard to get sleepy without physical body, and even refusing to raise salary.

If it wasn't for Wuming's conscience, I really want to list Selian as a model employee and let others learn from her.

With the bit of conscience in his heart, Wuming still felt that he should make up for Se Lian:
"Speaking of stars, do you know this?"

He came out of the Church of Alley, led the Fallen Star Beast to the pillar near their corner, and called to Cerlian.

Wuming showed Se Lian the hazy big eyeball of the falling star beast:

"Are you interested in this, I can borrow you to study—"

Se Lian suddenly dodges, like a ghost, dodging to Wuming's side, staring at the azure eyeball of the falling star beast.

Se Lian's voice, which has always been calm and calm, trembled a little:
"Children of the Stars?"

Wuming was taken aback by Se Lian's sudden excitement, and nodded, "I heard it came from an alien planet, it came with a meteorite."

Cerlian came back to the corner with lightning speed—and dragged Tops to his feet.

Tops was still drooling and his eyes were confused:
"What's the matter? The experiment was successful?"

"You can do the experiment yourself, I still have something to do." Se Lian dropped this sentence, returned to Wuming's side vigorously, and said to Wuming:
"Let's put aside the teaching task, you can find someone else, I want to study the child of the star first."

Neither Wuming nor Tops reacted, their eyes were confused:
"what?"

　My conscience is that I originally wanted to code [-] words to finish the job today, but ended up typing [-] words

　　
　
(End of this chapter)