Carry the Ring of Elden with you

Ecosela did not care about Elizabeth's feelings, and re-cut the index finger and middle finger according to the process of cutting → connecting → pouring red dew drops, and returned the index finger and middle finger that were originally connected in the wrong position to their original positions.

At this time, Elizabeth was about to faint from the pain, but the red dew drops not only healed her physical pain, but also healed her originally weak spirit, allowing her to feel the changes in her body more clearly.

"Come on, continue. I'll ask, you answer." Roland put the little hourglass again on her belly that was rising and falling rapidly due to rapid breathing, and the devilish voice sounded in Elizabeth's ears, "Friendly reminder, don't let the little hourglass come back again." It slipped through.”

Elizabeth showed desperate eyes. She realized that the person in front of her was a ruthless tyrant. Any resistance would only lead to more intense torture.

So she nodded, hiding her resentment and resentment in her heart.Elizabeth slowly adjusted her breathing so that the small hourglass could stand quietly and steadily on her abdomen, with the fine golden sand inside flowing rapidly.

"What's the real reason why you were hunted down by Regeas and the others?" Roland asked the same question as before.

Elizabeth spoke, her voice slightly weak, but her words were different from before: "I am Marek's mistress, and my family has business dealings with him. Because I discovered everything he was doing behind the scenes, plus It was discovered that I was keeping a lover behind his back. Marek was furious and killed all my family members in Dogu City. I ran out with the help of Marek's subordinate Wellington."

"Wellington is your adulterous lover, right?" Roland asked.

"Yes···"

"That's right. I learned from Regeas that Marek is an old man and he probably can't satisfy you." Roland touched his chin and continued to ask. "What's Marek's business behind his back?"

"He secretly sold salt and sugar, and smelted metal to hide armor and weapons. Moreover, he also had contacts with envoys from another country... I came back from Wellington that night and found him discussing something with a stranger. , the clothes on his body have the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Louis. I don’t know the rest,” Elizabeth said.

Roland nodded, counted down the hourglass again, and continued to ask, "Then how do you know me?"

"I have heard of you and seen your portrait. 'Immortal' Roland, no matter how he is killed, he will appear with the same appearance after a while. Decades later, he will remain immortal." Elizabeth answered with some fear. road.

Roland laughed and said: "What the 'immortal' Roland, you guys really give me a nickname. Where did you hear about it?"

"I... I was a guest at a relative's house when I was a child. I saw your portrait in his study, as well as some of the deeds I recorded." Elizabeth replied.

Roland was even more curious, but he didn't show any interest.He turned the hourglass over, reset the time, and continued to ask: "What is the name of your relative?"

"Luyi Stacey."

"Okay, I understand." Roland nodded, confirming that there was nothing wrong with him, took the hourglass and earrings away from her abdomen, and stood up.

Elizabeth felt a lightness in her legs that had been oppressed, and said in a panic: "No, I've told you everything. Don't kill me. You can treat me as a slave. I don't want to die."

"I didn't say I wanted to kill you. Do I look like a murderous person? Since you read the description of me when you were a child, it shouldn't have said that I like killing people, right?" Roland was stunned, not understanding why she would I felt like I was going to kill her.

Elizabeth is still of great use. The destruction of Regeas and others will definitely attract Marek's attention, and subsequent pursuers will definitely come.My tree son has grown taller and bigger, and it is bright at night.Sooner or later, it will attract the attention of surrounding forces.

So he made up his mind to strike first. Since Lord Marek took the initiative to bring the flaw to his door, he wouldn't be polite.

The reason for low-key farming is because I can keep a low profile. With the growth rate of my son, I can't keep a low profile.

"No, it's recorded in the book... it's recorded..." Elizabeth was thinking about the right words.

"What is recorded about me? How do they describe me?" Roland was quite curious about how the people he met before viewed him.

"The book says you are a very generous and naive person," Elizabeth said.

Okay, in other words, it's just a fool who took advantage of him.

"Do you remember the way back?" Roland asked, buying a piece of clothing to avoid the cold from the system store and throwing it to Elizabeth.

Elizabeth took the clothes and nodded: "Remember, what do you want to do?"

"I want Farrugia and the others to take you back to meet Lord Marek and give him a gift." Roland showed a bright smile, but it made Elizabeth shiver.

Chapter 11: How did a good RPG turn into a difficult RTS?

Under Elizabeth's expression of resistance but not daring to resist, Roland fed her some seasoned stew again and let her lie down with her mistress Wellington and fell asleep.

Roland then ordered Farrugia and others to clean up the camp that had just been in a mess due to the fighting.Although the corpses of the mercenaries were absorbed by the tree sons, the clothes and weapons they left behind were scattered on the ground.

Moreover, there was a lot of noise between Farrugia and Ikosela just now, and the tents they set up were basically demolished by them.When Roland discovered this situation, he found that both Farrugia and Ikosela had embarrassed expressions. He couldn't blame them. After all, efficiency and life-saving came first when fighting.

So the King's Army began the task of cleaning the camp, and Roland was able to think carefully about his next course of action.

First of all, low-key development is definitely not possible.Although I don’t know how long it took Marek, the city lord of Duogu City, to realize that Regias and others were missing, he will definitely continue to send people to check.

Roland was certain that as long as Marek's people walked this way, they would definitely be able to see his tree son.The golden tree you planted is not as big as the sub-trees in the game, but it is definitely much bigger than other trees in the forest.

The most important thing is that once it gets dark, the tree son is simply a large LED energy-saving lamp, just like a lighthouse encountered when the sea is lost, guiding Marek's people.

Although the soldiers of the Royal Army under his command are all very powerful, their numbers are too small.

Moreover, according to Elizabeth, Marek was still hiding armor privately and did not report it to his lord.This is a serious crime, and you will be beheaded if found out.

So besides the fact that Marek was cheated on Elizabeth by her, the bigger reason for Elizabeth being hunted was that she saw something she shouldn't have seen.

Secondly, Roland also knew that Marek had contacts with envoys from neighboring countries.It was unclear whether the mercenaries in Regeas knew about Roland, but he was sure that Marek had some crooked ideas.

Think about it, you are a city lord on the edge of your country who secretly hides soldiers and colludes with envoys from neighboring countries.No matter how you look at it, you don’t look like an honest and peaceful master, do you?

The most likely possibility is that Marek wants to take Duogu City to defect to a neighboring country, or that the country he colludes with wants to declare war on Marek's country, and is now making early preparations.

"So you have considered resurrecting me here? Find me an opponent nearby who is neither very strong nor very weak, but cannot be easily solved?" Roland complained to the system in his mind.

He has died so many times that he doesn't have to worry about the system harming him. If it really wants to harm him, he can just refuse to be resurrected.

The system was also depressed for a while, and replied: [Didn’t you say that you would find a place with no country and few people to dig you out and resurrect you?I chose this forest. Not to mention it was not inhabited by people, and there were not even a few monsters in it.The only nearby city is dozens of kilometers away. 】

[Moreover, the roads in the forest are complicated and there is no way for people to run on horseback. Who would have thought that someone running for their lives would just come over.I think you can hold back your growth and farm in the wild for a year or two, and then directly explode and take away the surrounding cities with a wave of troops.Then occupy the mountain and become the king and live your own happy life. 】

"Then it seems that we are just like this. We don't look for trouble, but trouble comes to us." Roland lamented in his heart, "System, do you know which country is colluding with this city lord? What is the situation nearby? My eyes are completely dark and I don’t know anything.”

Roland's current situation is like playing a game. He thought it was an upgraded Japanese RPG from farming and killing monsters. However, when he went out to mine, he found two cruel computers gearing up to test each other around the gold mine.

What I co-authored is the campaign mode of a highly difficult RTS game.

[I can only detect the terrain around the resurrection point when you are resurrected, and I don’t know what is further away. 】The system is a little aggrieved.

"I thought you could use it as a mini-map, but fighting like this is just bullying." Roland said regretfully, "Then what was the surrounding terrain like when you resurrected me here?"

[Forest, forest, still an endless forest.However, there is a large river crossing the forest, and any further distance would be beyond my detection range.About 20 kilometers away in the direction in which these mercenaries came, is the city that I detected when I resurrected you, which is the Duogu City mentioned by those mercenaries. 】

"So I am completely unreasonable? If this group of people hadn't come here, if these forced mercenaries hadn't understood their evil intentions, I would have been able to survive for a long time?" Roland was speechless. "How big is the city?"

[The scale is not very large. It is said to be a city but is actually the size of a town. The population may be less than [-].It is an edge city among edge cities, or a town. 】

"Hmm..." Roland pondered, thinking about the possibility of a certain plan.If it is a small town, then there are still opportunities for operation.

This world is not like the world before he traveled. Even on the earth where Roland was originally located, it would be very dangerous to plunge into a 20-kilometer-deep forest without any preparation.Not to mention that this is equivalent to a different world in the Middle Ages. It's really lucky that Elizabeth and Wellington didn't get lost on the road, starve to death or be picked up by wild beasts.

You must know that when Ikosela was looking for a water source, he encountered a black bear that happened to come to the river to drink water and hunt for food.

Of course, it is also possible that these two people never got rid of their pursuers and were followed by twenty strong men who were charging all the way.In the absence of Warcraft, ordinary beasts would naturally hide as far away as possible.

Roland felt a stomachache. What a coincidence it had to be for him to encounter this.

It would have been better if Elizabeth hadn't seen Marek secretly hiding armor, and she would have just given him a cuckold to die and ran into the forest.

Now he was afraid that Marek would think that his intention to defect to a neighboring country was exposed, and would kill Elizabeth, and then none of the twenty mercenaries sent out would come back.

Good guy, I can't sleep even if you put me in this position. I must send more elite soldiers over to see what's going on.Roland complained crazily in his heart.

Okay, just treat it as the novice campaign level for the human race in "Warcraft 3".The army built a few human infantry and went to Stannblad Town to fight the orcs.

But I can’t say that. I was given a hero unit, Alsace, in the battle, and I also had a big brother, Uther, who patrolled regularly at home.That's why stupid Arthas dared to take a few infantrymen to challenge the orc tribe with the sword master.

I don't have a big brother like Uther here to take care of everything. I still have too little development time and I don't even have the authority to summon a homeless knight, so I have to figure it out for a long time if I want to take the king's army out.

Maybe there are no orc sword masters in many ancient cities?Roland touched his chin and started thinking quickly with his low IQ.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, I still had to take the king's army to carry out micro-management.But before that, Roland decided to use the 300 points of ether energy he had just obtained to summon 1 Grik Knight and 3 Grik Soldiers.

Roland's current situation is that he has too few manpower, and judging from the battle against the mercenaries just now, at least the fighting quality of the king's army is overwhelming.Therefore, instead of summoning two Gray Knights, it is better to use the combination of elite + ordinary soldiers to take advantage of the number.

Thinking of this, Roland contacted the system and summoned his second corps.

As the golden light lit up, it also attracted the attention of Farrugia and the others. Knowing that their former comrades would also be summoned to this world, they temporarily put down what they were doing and gathered around.

Roland did not stop them from watching. Anyway, as the golden tree grows, the number of summons will definitely become more and more frequent, and it is not an invisible secret.

The blessing of gold caressed the dry body, gradually filling the soldiers who had lost their minds due to the broken magic ring.Soon, the new four kings' army regained their sanity.

Farrugia's expression moved slightly, and he recognized the knight Greco in front of him even before he took off his helmet.But he didn't know the other three Grek soldiers.

"Pon Bowie, praise the golden tree and give us blessings again." Just as Farrugia had just been summoned, the knight who took off his helmet and the three Grek soldiers behind him knelt down on one knee and said respectfully.

Roland was still not used to people kneeling down to him. He stepped aside slightly and stepped forward to help Pang up. He turned to Farrugia and said, "Farrugia, if you know him, please explain to me the whole story. Wait." After explaining, I’m going to assign tasks.”

Then he turned back to the knight with short brown and black hair and said, "If you have any doubts, let Farrugia explain it to you. I'll ask the chef to prepare a few more meals."

The knight named 'Pang' was obviously a little surprised that Farrugia was here.Farrugia saw Pang's surprised expression and smiled slightly.

He walked over with a smile and put his arms around Pang Gou, without any of the captain's airs before.

Taking this opportunity, Roland, the other three Grik soldiers, also took a cursory look, two men and one woman.The two men are sword soldiers like Ikosela, and the women are crossbowmen.

Seeing the happy but unfamiliar looks in Ikosela's eyes, Roland knew that they didn't know each other, and their joy was just to welcome their new comrades.

They only had time to salute Roland respectfully, and then looked at the golden tree with pious expressions before being called over by their captain to listen to Farrugia's explanation. During this period, they looked at Roland with increasingly respectful eyes from time to time.

It seems that Farrugia himself added something to the story.Roland looked at the increasingly respectful soldiers and thought, it's not a bad thing.

Ikosela and others continued to work on their previous affairs, while Roland waited boredly for Farrugia to finish explaining.

After a while, Farrugia came to Roland again with the newcomers.

"I roughly understand the cause and effect. If Lord Golden Tree wants to spread the glory of gold in this new world, then it is my duty to go through fire and water." Pang and three soldiers raised their hands and swore an oath.

Roland nodded and said, "Let me introduce my team members first."

As the number of people increased, Roland could foresee that he would no longer be able to remember the names of all the soldiers he summoned.But before that, he planned to memorize each one.

"Acker, Bavel, two-handed swordsman. Katherine, crossbowman." Pang introduced in a concise and capable manner, and the soldiers whose names were called nodded one by one.

Ake is a young man with short blond hair who looks to be about the same age as Robles and Amber. He has a handsome appearance, but seems to be shy.Pavel has a face in the style of a Nordic strong man, with a bald head. He is much older than Acker and about the same age as Farrugia.

Kathleen has short black hair. She is about the same age as Verena, and her appearance is not far behind.

"Welcome, but unfortunately I don't have time to communicate with you one by one. Acker, Bavel and Kathleen, you first go to the girl with short platinum hair and ask for a dinner. Her name is Verena. If If none of you can cook, then she will be the only chef in our group. But don’t offend her." At the end of the sentence, Roland joked, relaxing the somewhat tense atmosphere and letting Ake and the three of them cook. A smile was evident.

Not far away, Verena naturally heard Roland's joke and rolled her eyes helplessly.Anyway, as she got to know Roland well, she knew that the beloved Lord Golden Will didn't care about these small details.

"Then Farrugia and Pang stay. I have something to discuss with you. I'm sorry, Captain Pang. Your dinner time will be a little later." Roland said apologetically.

After hearing this, Pang waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, your matters are more important. I'll be hungry for a while but I won't starve to death."

"Okay, let me stop talking nonsense. I want Captain Farrugia to perform a mission with you. Farrugia, if you are asked to attack a mansion whose guards are slightly stronger than those mercenaries, Are you sure?" Roland asked simply.

Farrugia frowned, thought for a while and replied: "If we are on alert in advance, it may be difficult. It is difficult to guarantee that we will win without losing our own side."

Roland's tactical retreat was actually considering the possibility of clearing the level without taking any damage?

Then he added: "Then if you are allowed to enter the situation where the inner center blossoms, how sure are you?"

Farrugia said without thinking: "As long as the opponent does not have a guard with the strength of the Lost Knight, I can solve it in less than a quarter of an hour. If there is only one guard like the Lost Knight, Captain Pang and I need to cooperate and then we can easily win it. . If there are more, I can’t guarantee the casualties.”

The reason why casualties were taken into consideration was not because Farrugia was afraid that members of his team would be harmed. The soldiers had to be willing to sacrifice.He considered that the manpower available to Roland was not enough at all, so it would be better if he could win without casualties.

Roland looked at Pang, who nodded in agreement with Farrugia's statement.

Roland then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, then I'm relieved."

Then he looked at Elizabeth and Wellington, who were still sleeping. It was up to these two to allow Farrugia and the others to enter the palace of the city lord.

Chapter 12: Laughing to death, AI can’t recognize the golden tree at all

Roland planned to do this: let Farrugia and the others pretend to be Regeas' men. After all, they still had their clothes and weapons, and kidnap Elizabeth and Wellington back → make the first move when they saw the Lord Marek. He assassinated him out of force → Roland pretended to be the city lord and occupied Duogu City.

This idea is quite whimsical, but Roland thought about it carefully and it was really feasible.

If Duogu City was a big city, then Roland would definitely not do this.The various complex forces in the city alone cannot be dealt with by just a few royal troops, and Roland has been to large cities with a population of 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands.The city lord is basically a person related to the nobles or the royal family. It has dual certification of the city lord seal and the magic seal, and cannot be faked.

But for a small town like Duogu City with a population of tens of thousands, the royal city doesn't care who the city lord is.As long as you pay taxes and money to the lord you swore allegiance to on time and in amount, that's all.

This also resulted in the fact that many residents in towns did not care who the city lord was, and they might change someone that day.Anyway, he was sucking blood from his own body, and he didn't care what he called him.

What if we find that the city lords of these small towns are disobedient and do not pay taxes?It's very simple, just send troops to fight back.The city defense capability of small towns is almost 0, coupled with the policy of not allowing private hiding of armored soldiers.Facing the knights wearing fine steel plate armor sent by the nobles of the royal city, he could only get beaten.

You wouldn't expect those mercenaries who were paid to do things to defend the city, right?Even Roland knew that he had to rely on those duplicitous mercenaries to defend the city. When the war started, they would just put the enemy into the city and then join the other side to plunder the city.

Therefore, in theory, Roland could directly seize the position of city lord of Duogu City.All that's left is to fight with the envoy sent by the neighboring country to buy himself time to grow.

There are still too few soldiers on hand.Roland sighed, life is not easy.

[The mission has been triggered: Occupy Duogu City.Mission reward: 2500 points of ether energy; Blessing teleportation point unlocked; Morn City (1/4) unlocked; Troop: Exiled Soldier unlocked; Elite Troop: Homeless Knight unlocked.As the saying goes, the brave will starve to death.Instead of praying, take the initiative. 】

Seeing this generous reward, he said to the system: "Are you really trying to lure me to occupy Duogu City?"

[If you don’t have this idea, I can’t issue the task.It's better to say that I don't have the authority to actively issue tasks and tell the host what to do.All the tasks I can release are based on the situation around you, the host.As for the rewards, I can't decide. The rewards are determined when the task is generated. 】