Our family is in decline

Lance left, and he didn't have much time to waste entertaining them.

After going out to suppress bandits and train for a few days, there were many things waiting for him to deal with in the town.

The woman was waiting outside. When she saw Lance coming out, she quickly went into the reception room to see the elder.

"Elder?"

A somewhat doubtful shout awoke the old woman from her thoughts, but she was seen shaking her head and whispering to herself.

"I thought that I came here to endure humiliation for the Roma people, but I never thought that the person who really endured it for the Roma people was an outsider..."

The woman didn't understand the incomprehensible words, so she could only ask instead: "Elder, what should we do next?"

She didn't ask what they had just discussed in the meeting, nor what the outcome was, but directly asked herself what she needed to do. Sometimes this is what makes a truly smart person.

"Go meet Tamara and the others. There are some things that need to be explained. I hope they can understand us."

Lance kept his promise and did not restrict their activities. Their carriage left the training camp and drove into the small town of Hamlet.

It's just that the old woman didn't care about admiring this bustling town. Instead, she found the two Roma carriages based on her extraordinary power.

In fact, since the last time, Tamara and the two left Lance's house and came to the residential area of ​​​​the town.

"I'll call them over."

"No, I'll go there myself." The old woman rejected the woman's proposal. At this time, it was meaningless to show respect to the elder.

The woman didn't say anything, she just stood aside respectfully.

Although the elder did not show any signs of dignity along the way, every move he made was majestic. But after coming out of there just now, his aura disappeared and he became like an ordinary person. She didn't know what happened inside. , but also know that the impact is huge.

Tamara heard the noise outside. When she opened the car door and saw the old woman, her attitude softened.

"Elder, please come in."

The old woman entered it and couldn't help but sigh when she saw the situation inside.

"My child, you have worked hard these years~"

"It's okay, at least I didn't lose control." Tamara said nonchalantly, but everyone could hear the strong resentment.

Back then, he lost consciousness because he spied on an inexplicable scene during an astrology ceremony. When he woke up, he said that he could easily lose control and wanted to give up. This was why he was unwilling to run away.

Mentioning this now is nothing more than teasing their judgment back then. I have been away for so many years, and I have not fallen into evil without your seal.

The old woman obviously knew what happened back then, and had a thorough understanding of Tamara's situation before coming here. She understood that no matter whether it was an apology or anything else, there would be no good results, so someone needed to take the blame.

"We elders actually don't know the exact situation about you back then, because this matter..."

He set up a target, and then fabricated the struggle and persecution within the organization. In a few words, he passed all the responsibilities to the subordinates.

In the end, it was explained that their elders only found out because the matter was a big deal, so they came here just to clear up the misunderstanding and overturn her case.

The identity of an elder has always had a filter for Tamara, so her hatred naturally turned to the teacher's opponents, believing that what happened back then was the opponent's smear campaign.

"Your teacher actually did this to protect you back then, so are you willing to bring your talent back to the organization and prove yourself to them?"

"Of course!"

Tamara is still too young. Once her heart is seen, she will be taken down in just a few words.

At the same time, this also shows that the old woman is actually really scary. Her incompetence is more due to helplessness due to pressure, because she is facing Lance.

An impeccable man.

Compared to the rebellious Tamara, Amanda's attitude has always been very conservative. The old woman just met her once and dealt with her with a few words of comfort.

After appeasing the two of them, the old woman did not leave in a hurry, but began to contact other elders.

The psychic network in the empire is indeed out of order, but as an elder, she has special means.

The old woman told others exactly what happened. To be honest, the situation now far exceeded their expectations at the time.

"This man is destined to occupy a place in this world in the future. I suggest that there is no charge for these things. These things can be given directly to him as a favor."

The old woman spoke violently, and her words immediately aroused the opinions of other elders...

On the other side, Lance and Greendale were walking in the refugee camp set up outside the town and talking about the past few days. Everything else was on track, and the only important thing was about the reception of refugees.

Then he heard about what happened just now, and he was immediately amused.

"It's still panning. If I were there, I would just ask someone to fork her out."

Panning is not about jumping in line and doing what Kong Yiji did, right?

Greendale was very calm and said the most rational solution.

"There is a shortage of teachers now. I think she can actually be sent to labor reform. If she suffers a little bit, she should still be able to use it."

"No, no matter how powerful this kind of garbage is, we don't want it, let alone recruit it into the school." Lance stopped joking and emphasized very seriously, "The school is Hamlet's future, and the teacher's ability can be a little less. But the quality must be good.”

Lance knows better than anyone else what students represent. Corruption of a regime is inevitable, but as long as there is fresh blood and timely replacement, it can develop and continue.

But once the education system is broken, the blood will be contaminated...

Greendale didn't know why the lord had such a big reaction. Naturally, she was very sensible and did not talk about it anymore. Instead, she talked about the situation of refugees these days.

The composition of the refugees is different, and the proportions are also different.

In the past, it was farmers who could not survive and fled with their families and families, but now it is the urban population affected by the war who are fleeing to avoid the war.

The advantage is naturally that the quality of these refugees is much better, and many craftsmen and literate people were found in the initial screening.

"More than 300 people have come to Hamlet in just a few days, and the number is still increasing. The pressure we are facing will be increasing. Many people have caused trouble in the past few days."

"After the three-day process, ordinary people were scattered and assigned to various farms to clear up wasteland, and the craftsmen arranged work for them. These blacksmiths can alleviate the needs of the people.

Those who are literate can do an inspection. I plan to set up schools on several farms, which are simple literacy schools and are free for everyone.

If anyone makes trouble, send them directly to the north. The project to develop the wilderness is short of people. "

There is actually nothing strange about what Lance said, it was just what he had been doing before.

But what makes Greendale feel strange is that she once held power briefly before, but took it back after he came back, and she was also arranged to study the witch's legacy.

So when she came back this time, she had already made preparations for the handover, but it was clear that she didn't mean to take back the power based on what she just said.

Instead, he indicated that he should continue to deal with the matter. Why?

"Do you have anything else to do?" Greendale said directly. It was agreed between the two parties that if you have anything to do, talk directly and don't engage in any intrigues.

"Well, counting the time, Geralt and the others should be back. I will lead the troops to completely clean up the remaining cult forces in the wilderness, so that the results of our large-scale development can be guaranteed. Things in the town will happen when I leave. I can only rest assured if I leave it to you."

Lance explained directly that he had nothing to hide, but he also realized that he should pay more attention to her.

"How is your research? Is it stressful?"

"There are samples. The fungus has been cultured and is being improved according to the conditions you gave. It will probably take a while."

"Thank you for your hard work. I feel a little sorry for you. After joining me, I didn't enjoy the blessings, but suffered all the hardships."

“The stronger Hamlet is, the more likely my revenge will be successful.”

Greendale's words made Lance understand that there was still no real let go between the two, and she still regarded revenge as everything to her.

"I said this matter is my business, you don't have to think too much, I will solve it when the time comes."

Lance took over the matter arrogantly, emphasizing that the two had a common goal.

Before they could continue, the news that Geralt's team came back from the other side made both of them calm down.

"Walk!"

Lance rushed over quickly with Greendale and saw the team who had obviously experienced a battle and was in a bad state.

"How's it going? You're not hurt, are you?"

"It's okay, but we have important information to report to the lord."

"Come in first, sit down and have a drink of water." Lance was not in a hurry to know, and instead waved a few people into the room.

"This is the map we drew." Geralt presented the map and then began to describe the situation he encountered.

The Ascension Cult abandoned the camp and retreated into the wilderness, but left behind some small groups of troops wandering around.

"It's a very reasonable arrangement. They know that once they gather and are discovered by us, they will be encircled and suppressed by the army. On the contrary, spreading out and harassing like this will involve most of our energy."

Lance looked at the several abandoned camps found by Geralt and the others on the map, and quickly guessed their plan.

In fact, during many confrontations here, Lance also gradually figured out that the power of the Ascension Sect is not very powerful. It is also composed of a pyramid structure, and most of them are ordinary believers. The extraordinary power is not a bad thing, and only occupies a small part. .

Then the ancestor also realized this after being knocked out of several camps by Lance, and it was reasonable to adopt this method to deal with it.

In fact, this also proves from the side that Hamlet's current overall strength is actually not much worse than the Ascension Sect.

"We think so too, but now I think the greater threat is not the cultists, but the monsters that haunt here." Geralt raised his hand and pointed on the map, which was the entrance to the sewer.

"Monster..." Lance muttered as he looked at the pointed location.

He probably guessed something, and this guess was later confirmed by Geralt's description.

They discovered the Pig Man's whereabouts and used this to find the destroyed entrance.

"This is the skin of a monster we hunted." Geralt took out the cloth bag he had prepared and opened it.

A strong stench mixed with the smell of rot emanated, but Lance didn't mind. He unfolded the skin in the past. Part of it was somewhat similar to human skin, but soon the characteristics of a pig appeared on it.

Greendale looked at this thing with curiosity. There were a lot of various monsters in the mountains. I even heard that there was a rat-man monster that looked like a rat but could stand upright. Under the mountains.

But this is the first time I have seen this pig-man monster that looks like a pig, or even the first time I have heard of it.

"What on earth did the Ascension Sect do inside? To create these disgusting monsters!" Lance showed doubts and confusion, while revealing strong disgust.

Of course he knew that the existence of pigmen was caused by his ancestor, but the Ascension Sect had to take the blame for this, and he could only "hate him deeply".

However, he did not continue to delve into the origin of the pigs, but instead asked Geralt and the others for a price.

"Okay! This news is worth thirty gold coins, plus the ten gold coins for the map, and my subsidy of two gold coins for you to maintain the equipment, the total is forty-eight."

Lance waved his hands and placed a heavy bag on the table. The crisp collision sound made people feel inexplicably happy.

"You've worked hard these past few days, go and take a rest first."

Geralt and the others didn't react much and simply divided the money.

But Tardif was also very excited when he got twelve gold coins in his hand. Walter was right, there was no shortage of money to be had with this lord.

As for the danger? The job of a bounty hunter is to keep your head in your belt.

As long as he was given enough money, even a god would dare to chop him with an axe.

Geralt and the others retreated, and Lance turned to look at Greendale, "What do you think of this?"

"Obviously the reason why the cult gave up was that it was difficult to cope with the army's encirclement and suppression on the one hand, and on the other hand it probably wanted to release these monsters to deal with us and slow us down."

"Yeah, what should we do now?"

"The cult squads are scattered everywhere. These are elite squads. Even Geralt and the others are under a bit of pressure. If our army goes in, not only will they not be able to find them, but they will also be easily led around, and eventually they will be divided and defeated.

Even though I don't know the specific situation inside the sewer, I also know that the terrain is definitely not suitable for large-scale troops to enter. Similarly, if guns and artillery cannot be used, our army will be weaker than the monsters.

Therefore, the best way is to find a way to blow up the entrance of the cave, completely sealing the monster's route, and then continue to promote the wilderness development plan according to the original plan. As long as the road is repaired and artillery can enter, the strength of the army will be greatly improved. By then, those scattered The cult team was defeated without attack. "

Greendale analyzed the situation she was facing now, and the army was not suitable to attack at such a time.

And what she means is very simple. Leave the beast cave alone and develop the wilderness with all your strength. When the army arrives at the ruins of the old city, those cultists will return to the defense. Attacking the enemy must save them. Regardless of your small moves, just rely on your strength to crush them. .