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Chapter 104 The End of the Civil War

After listening to Wang's report, Ralph's eyes straightened: "The caveman's problem has been solved?"

Wang: "If my guess is correct, when we are sleeping and resting, mercenaries should return one after another."

Ralph nodded: "Yes, about seven or eight mercenaries came back after you fell asleep. They reported that they didn't encounter any cavemen. I thought they were just lucky."

"No, the troglodytes are all dead, because we cut off the connection between Lamashtu and the evil Lich's creations, and the palace of fetal movements that stored the creations also collapsed. These cavemen are all created by the power of Lamashtu , the native cavemen are almost dead."

Ralph: "Understood, we will organize an expedition team to confirm the situation at dawn, if the underground threat is really lifted..."

Wang: "You can continue mining."

Ralph raised his forehead: "Yes, I can't believe that our family's long-cherished wish from my grandfather is about to come true. You must be Lancelot's messengers!"

Flint shouted in dissatisfaction: "It's Kailin's emissary, our team has only one servant of God, and that's me, Kailin's chosen one!"

Ralph shrugged: "The main feeling is that Kailin is not a god who would take care of such things."

Wang: "Based on my observation of the pastor's ring promotion this time, as long as you tell Kailin that there is fun down here, Kailin will happily send his priest down."

Ralph had an expression of "what the hell are you talking about?" It seemed that as an ordinary person, he couldn't accept Wang's tone of treating God as an equal to himself.

It should be said that mages are the absolute minority, and he might try to do quantitative analysis on Kailin when he sees Kailin.

Ralph excitedly picked up the quill pen, scribbled something in the notebook on the table, then tore off the page and handed it to the orderly: "Go back to town and tell my dad that the caveman incident may It's settled, invite him to witness together tonight."

Wang: "Witness?"

"Yes, we will also arrange to resist the caveman tonight. If the caveman does not come, it will prove your speculation to a certain extent, and we can start celebrating at night. Of course, at this time, I must call my father, Earl Ximu.

"Don't you want him to send troops to overthrow Stoke, who now claims to be the Duke? If he comes here, it will be easier for you to talk about things."

Wang nodded: "You are very reasonable, then please inform your father."

**
That night, the old duke personally waited for the arrival of the cavemen in the underground fortification of the fortress together with the defenders of the fortress.

Even the mercenaries who survived yesterday's operation came to prepare to witness this legendary moment.

Especially the bards in each mercenary team, these people are going crazy, this is an opportunity to experience the legend, every bard dreams of writing a song for the legend one day.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Elizabeth looked super nervous and kept pacing back and forth on the platform where the team was.

Wang: "Don't be so nervous, there is a high probability that cavemen won't come."

"You only said high probability!"

"I did this to make the statement more accurate. In fact, the reason why low-probability events are low-probability events is that they generally don't happen. Therefore, when we do experiments, we must use statistical methods to filter out outrageous results. .”

Elizabeth: "I don't understand what you're saying! Anyway, what you're saying is that the cavemen probably won't come, but you're not sure about it, are you?"

Wang thought for a while, then nodded: "Semantically, that's the case. Mathematically, it's not. But you don't know math, so it doesn't matter."

Elizabeth turned to Xiaobai who was eating ham: "How is it? Did you hear the caveman's footsteps?"

"No." Xiaobai replied very simply.

The elf echoed beside him: "There is no caveman's voice at all. The mage is right. He probably won't be here tonight."

At this time Ralph came over: "Because the usual caveman attack time has passed, I was going to withdraw, but my father insisted on waiting. The old man seemed very excited, and he couldn't believe that the moment he had dreamed of had finally come."

Wang: "Then when he is sure that this moment has really come, remember to thank us a lot, ah, ah, why are you stepping on my feet?"

Elizabeth smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, he is just so outspoken."

Ralph: "Of course we will thank you very much. However, our county is very poor and basically has no magic equipment. We do have a little scrolls and wands, but they have been exhausted in the war with the cavemen. We also use a lot of assets I bought poison, and the poison is almost used up."

Wang: "I understand what you mean, do what you can. In fact, as long as you help us bring down the fake duke and help us restore the duchess' rule in the valley, we will be satisfied."

Elizabeth added: "I think the duchess—the husband, my brother, will reward you for your achievements. Maybe you can mix up the title of the valley leader and take charge of the work of reopening the mine."

Ralph laughed loudly: "It would be great if this is the case. Everyone who is not a fool now knows that reopening the mine means a lot of oil and water. After all, many nobles who owned mines went bankrupt back then. Only our family firmly believes that there will be more in the future." The aristocrat who will reopen the mine one day, insists on buying the land deed, and plans for the future."

As he said that, Ralph waved his hand: "You may not be able to imagine how big our family's territory is now. The former mines are no longer wanted, and the villages have all run away. These lands are clinking poor, but when the mines come back Open... I don't even dare to think about it!"

Flint suddenly uttered two lines from the famous dwarf song "Song of the Lonely Mountain": "We must set off at once, before the dawn breaks, to find our lost gold coins."

Ralph: "Yes, we must leave immediately. When I was born, the territory was already ruined, and people continued to laugh at my grandfather as a lunatic and a dreamer. In the end, my grandfather died in depression, leaving the only admonition: we must retake our land. mine.

"I think this is the same as the wealth that the dwarves have been obsessed with being occupied by the dragon."

Flint: "We were robbed of our homes and wealth by giant dragons, and you were robbed by troglodytes. Can that be compared?"

At this time, Earl Ximu came over with his entourage.

He solemnly saluted everyone: "Thank you very much for lending a helping hand."

Wang: "You're welcome, we just solved this problem by the way."

Earl Ximu: "I heard that Her Royal Highness paid the mercenaries with the funds from the mission. The total expenditure exceeded [-] gold coins. Although we want to pay for it, we cannot afford such a huge amount. Excuse me. Does Her Royal Highness have any other requests?"

Elizabeth: "We just solve the problem by the way, and you don't need to pay for it. We will pass through your collar in the future, and it will be convenient for us."

Earl Ximu insisted: "We have to pay, because we are the beneficiaries, and the people of the entire Earl of Ximu are the beneficiaries. We have to express it. You can just ask."

Wang: "Sometimes free help is the most expensive help. You should ask them for some benefits to save them from being suspicious."

Elizabeth thought for a while and said: "Well, you don't have any money now, so you can pay with mineral futures bonds. In this way, we will take the futures bonds to Minos City and help you promote the mines in the River Valley Territory. It has been restored, so there will be miners who come to seek a living and immigrate to your place."

Earl Ximu beamed with joy: "Very good, very good! Let's do it this way. We will issue you futures certificates that are valid for five years. When our mine resumes work, whoever brings the futures certificates can trade."

At this time, Nini said, "Aren't we losing money in this way? These coupons can only be used after the mine is restored. And isn't our journey going along the Ma Xunya River?"

Wang: "Commerce in the Elven Kingdom should be underdeveloped, so you have never seen futures. These futures bonds can actually be exchanged for money in Minos, the capital of Monrovia. Minos has a trade city with business contacts, and it can also be sold to the local chamber of commerce."

Nini looked confused.

Wang patted her on the shoulder: "Let me tell you about futures when I teach you the arcane class."

Nini nodded: "Well, I'm waiting."

**
For the next two days, Ximu Town hired adventurers who survived the underground to go underground to search for the cavemen.

It is said that Earl Ximu learned a new operation from paying the princess team, and decided to issue a mineral futures bond and use these to purchase mercenary services.

Most of these mercenaries often take the route from Minos City to Langdon City, and they are not afraid that Earl Ximu will not fulfill his promise.

After careful investigation, there are no traces of cave dwellers in the shallow underground of Ximu Town. Most of the caves in the deep underground have collapsed, and a new underground structure has formed. Even if there are cave dwellers surviving, they will also be sealed. In the ground.

It is basically certain that the underground threat in Ximu Town has been basically eliminated.

Then the remaining thing is to send troops to assist the princess to overthrow the rule of the "Duke".

By the way, as the news of what happened in the Earl of Ximu spread throughout the River Valley, the lords everywhere fell into a state of shock.

The lords first discovered that there were no traces of caveman activities in their ancient mines, and then the lords discovered that the cavemen had made the ground full of holes, and their ancestral mine road maps were no longer useful.

So the special envoys of the lords from all over the world rushed to Langdon City in the upper reaches and Minos in the lower reaches, preparing to hire geological prospecting talents in these two cities where a large number of talents gathered, re-determined the location of the mine deposit, and formulated an excavation plan.

The originally lifeless river valley collar became full of vitality.

And all of this is due to the younger sister of the Duke of Langdon, Elizabeth Langdon's adviser, and the disciple of the legendary mage Wang!
Then, there is no doubt about what the remaining lords have to do, and that is to offer their loyalty to the Duchess of Langdon—her husband!
**
Another four days passed.

"I will never admit it!" Stoke patted the table, "I am the Duke! How dare these rebellious nobles disobey me! The reopening of the underground mine must be a hoax concocted by that damned evil mage ! You can’t believe a word of this kind of evil mage!”

His son Little York turned his head and glanced at the window of the castle, and said, "But the outside is already full of allied forces of the princes."

Stocker: "They were bewitched by that witch! That woman must have slept with them! Or the Duchess came over and slept with them herself! Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why they suddenly changed their minds and supported Langdon's outsiders! I am from the orthodox River Valley family!"

Little York said coldly: "My cousin is too."

"Enough! Quickly think of a way to make these damn rebels retreat!"

Little York: "There is no way. According to the information we have confirmed, they still have dragons to help them out. Once they start attacking the city, that dragon alone will be enough for us—no, we can't deal with that dragon at all. We only have a few A common protection energy scroll. And it was mentioned in the report that the dragon also likes hand-to-hand combat and is immune to the finger of death."

Stoke: "This is a trick to deceive the enemy!"

Little York sighed: "Enough."

"What did you say?" Stoke stared at his son angrily, "Why did you talk to Dad!"

Little York raised his voice and roared, "Enough of your foolishness and nonsense! Guard, 'The Duke has gone mad, take him down, and put him in death row!'"

The guards didn't move.

Stock laughed: "You think I don't know that you are cultivating a brotherhood with these guards? I am your father. I have eaten more pepper than you have eaten salt! Guards! My son is crazy Yes, take him down!"

Several guards looked at Little York hesitantly, and one of them took a step forward with an ax and gun——

Before long, a huge black shadow blocked the door opening of the room, and by the way blocked all the windows on the same side as the door.

"Hello/?" A majestic voice outside shouted, "I am the black dragon, and I am here to give you an ultimatum! If you don't want to die, surrender the city and release the deputy sent by the husband of Duchess Ruth Otherwise, I will start tearing down the tower!"

Saying this, the dragon slapped the tower with its wings.

Due to the decline of the River Valley Territory, Lakeside City has not been maintained for many years.With the wings of the giant dragon, the ceiling of the huge study room crumbled and crumbled.

Although Stoke looked terrified, he still laughed and said: "They used the dragon, come on, prepare the defense according to the plan, we have to delay it for an hour, after the mage turns back into a human, we will all Destroy them, and arrest that damned Princess Langdon..."

Puff.

It took Stock a long time to understand what the sound meant.

Little York slowly pulled the sword out of his father: "No, you don't have that chance anymore. I've had enough of your shitty mind without any wisdom, and I've had enough of your 30 years of constant nagging.

"No, you're not a duke, you're just a pathetic, imbecile clown. Don't worry, offering your head to the duchess should get me a good end. This is the only way I can save my wife and children."

Stoke stared at Little York unwillingly: "You damn rebellious son! Obviously everything will be as I wish..."

"No, it won't be as you wish. It's all an illusion produced by your dull head. I even wonder if you have eaten too many hallucinogenic mushrooms, so you have hallucinations." Little York just pulled out the His sword pierced his father's stomach again.

Stoke twitched, looking at the ceiling: "Is this... death, this feeling, so... special..."

The death of "Joker" Stoke ended the civil war in the Dale Territory, and he was "Duke" for a total of 31 days.

In all official records, the Duke appears in quotation marks.

(End of this chapter)