A strange world

In the orange dusk, Annan woke up slowly.

The figure sitting behind the desk raised his eyes, his long golden hair dyed with a touch of orange: "Do you want to sleep for a while longer?"

"How long have I been asleep...?"

Annan looked at the broken clouds outside the window. His head was still awake and he couldn't tell whether it was early morning or dusk.

"Less than three hours."

Annan followed Olmedo's instructions and looked at the clock in the corner, "I am preparing to report the rat attack to the royal capital. For the reward part, I took the initiative and asked for the gold coins for you."

Annan, who was lazily leaning on the sofa, lost sleep: "How much?"

"It should be a box of gold coins."

About a thousand gold coins. But Annan thought of something warily: "Are gold coins the most valuable currency?"

"What's the meaning?"

"It's just like copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins. Will there be crystal coins, gem coins, or other currencies with higher value?"

Annan doesn’t want his hard-earned money to turn into a pile of cheap metal in the blink of an eye...

"No. Kinnaur is the most valuable currency, certified by the Goddess of Wealth." Olmedo watched Annan lift the blanket, "You can rest for two more hours."

"I'm going to visit Martin...how is he doing?"

The young city lord sighed indifferently: "I haven't seen him for a while. The servant said he is still the same."

That's the good thing about Martin, he never gets into trouble.

"I'm going to take him back."

"That's good."

Entrusting Olmedo to recruit five hundred refugees first, Annan said goodbye to Olmedo, who was still busy with official duties, and walked out. When he was about to leave the city lord's palace, he met Michael who came to see him, and also met an enthusiastic fan. ——He complained that he watched "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" during the day and listened to the choir singing "My Heart Will Go On" at night. He could count the number of steps from the lobby of the Wizard's Tower to the second floor, the number of freckles on Ruth's cheeks, and the size of Jack's clothes- —

Michael testified for him: The rich man's son bought five Philosopher's Stones, which means that he has watched "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" more than 40 times in the week since it was released.

Annan thought he wanted an autograph or something close to him, but the wealthy son said he didn't want that because familiarity would make the beauty disappear, and he just didn't want to buy the Philosopher's Stone every day.

"But an eternal magic stone costs 1,000 gold coins..."

"no problem!"

Annan hurriedly agreed before he could say the price. There is no way to raise the price any more, so I can only express my gratitude to the loyal audience by saying that I will deliver the magic stone tomorrow.

Michael lamented that this was simply a money grab.

Stealing money? It's not as fast as grabbing money to take magical images.

Annan and Michael then went to Martin's residence.

"Cousin, why are you here?"

Martin standing in front of him was fatter than the last time he saw him.

"I'll take you back."

"Not yet!" Martin lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I collected evidence that Augusta colluded with the Rat People..."

Annan was surprised that Martin could call Augusta, and he was surprised that he could actually find the evidence.

"Where's the evidence?"

"I heard people outside saying that Augusta National colluded with the Rat People..."

Annan and Michael looked at each other, and Annan had no choice but to tell Martin that Aunt Susan and Uncle Hollin were already on their way to Breeze City, and asked him to follow them back obediently.

"We just took away the gem sword and clothes." Annan said to the butler who couldn't contain his joy.

As the carriage drove out of the manor, Martin couldn't wait to shout: "I want to go to the tavern!"

"You can't drink yet."

"I think Martin means to go to the Morrowind Tavern to show off his power." Michael said.

Annan did not refuse, and it just so happened that he came back to visit these friends this time.

Arriving at the street outside the Morrowind Tavern, Annan and Michael put on wizard robes and hoods respectively. This kind of dress is not uncommon in taverns. After entering the tavern, many people who observed them did not look at Martin.

"Have you heard...the Ratmen are going to invade Breeze City..."

The sound of discussion coming from the corner caught Annan's attention.

"Is it too late for me to learn rat language now?"

"As long as the mage tower is open, the rat people can't get in..."

"It sounds like something is going to happen to the Mage Tower soon."

"Don't you know yet? The Mage Tower has collapsed... People everywhere on the street are saying..."

Ignoring the two drunken men, Annan and the others came to the second floor.

"Our King of the World is back from his territory? Thanks to you, the tavern business is getting better and better." Andrew Luna greeted Annan cordially, and then looked at Martin, "Our good guy is also back ?Oh you have gained a lot of weight..."

Then Martin couldn't wait to brag about his spying on the Olmedo family, but it was overshadowed by Annan's achievements: "I personally killed five vicious rat men at that time."

Michael touched the callus next to his ear.

Since Annan would soon return to the territory, Andrew Luna proposed hosting a dinner party.

"Forget about the dinner... let's have a party," Annan said.

Annan returned to the manor first, while Michael and Andrew Luna went to call the wine lady and Olmedo.

As night fell, everyone started a relaxed party in the manor hall.

The ogres, orcs, and Soruman Bronzebeard were playing cards nearby, while Michael, Olmedo, and the others were talking about the profits from "The Fall of the Mage Tower."

Francois said it would exceed ten thousand gold coins in a few days. One city has ten thousand gold coins, several cities have tens of thousands of gold coins...

Michael said he was too optimistic. In the past two days, counterfeit record magic stones have appeared, selling to those who want to collect but cannot afford the price of 100 gold coins for genuine magic stones.

Like Susan Spinning Machine.

The spinning machine factory in Annan currently only produces about two to three hundred Susan spinning machines, but there are at least two to three thousand "Susan spinning machines" in the entire north and parts of the south.

Compared to the Susan spinning machine, the price of cotton has increased five or six times, but it has brought more benefits.

In order to get ahead of piracy, Annan entrusted the wine lady to use the Winchet family's sales channels to promote Breeze City, but it was difficult to replicate the miracle of Breeze City.

Their conversation gradually progressed from magical images to rats swarming the city. It was a bit heavy at first, but then a cheerful atmosphere filled the living room after Annan talked about his underground experience.

"It's been two minutes since I heard the story about Annan killing the Rat Man." Michael said deliberately teasingly.

"You asked me how many ratmen I killed? I can't remember. Do you remember how many glasses of wine you had?"

"I didn't ask you."

They mentioned the corpse in the dungeon in passing - it was an elite spellcaster three hundred years ago.

Late at night, Soruman Bronzebeard and the ogres had a fierce card night. Annan and Michael stayed away from the noisy mansion and came to the wizard's tower. Annan found the epic spellcaster and politely proposed that he needed an eternal magic. Stone thing,

Then, Annan asked the demon behind him to put down the wooden box:

"Here are 500 gold coins as a thank you gift for you."