A strange world

Chapter 262 Chapter 115. Man, Woman, Liliana

The vacant houses in Xingyue Bay were filled by residents of Lewis City.

Eli Gravel had no time to build new houses, because all the manpower was diverted to strengthening and expanding the city walls.

The northern city wall is two meters wide and five meters high. The southern and eastern city walls are even more perfunctory and only two meters high. You can climb over it with a little jump, and even the dwarves can't stop it.

If the rat people continue to go north along the Kingdom of Ruikan'er, they will hit a wall in front of a 10-meter-high city wall - but there seems to be no difference between a two-meter-high and a ten-meter-high city wall in the face of the overwhelming rat tide.

Xingyue Bay, which had been idle for a few months, was busy again.

The things Ulmit needed were piled into the warehouse one after another. Tools and cement could be provided by Xingyue Bay, while food and horses could only be transported from Breeze City.

Ingrid and Annan reported on the price of food: "Each pound of wheat flour has only increased by two copper coins compared to previous years, but as the rat men approach, the food shipped from the south will become less and less or even disappear. We need to stock up on more food. ."

"I'm worried that if there are more of us, there will be fewer civilians." Annan said hesitantly.

Ingrid said Annan's worries were unnecessary - by then all food would be monopolized by the nobles.

Annan signed the decree with confidence, allowing Xingyue Bay to acquire farmland on a large scale, and then told Olmedo about this before the new issue of "Xingyue Bay News" was released. As a result, she said that the city government had already begun the acquisition.

"why did not you tell me?"

"I thought you knew... weren't you buying food?"

"Ok, I know."

Annan asked Leila to tell the eldest sister the news, and then mobilized all residents to pickle the sea fish and dry it in the sun. Dried salted fish will not go bad after being stored for several years, and can be used to defend against intruders when necessary.

A beautiful scenery soon appeared in Xingyue Bay - rows of salted fish hanging on the clothesline, and the smell of fish was everywhere.

"Do you want some?" Annan asked Urmit.

"No……"

There are still two months until the autumn harvest. With the speed of the rat people and the territory of the Rekaner Kingdom...it will be at least next spring before the rat people have a chance to enter the north.

But Annan couldn't imagine why the Rat Man would run to the foot of the snow-capped mountains, just like he couldn't imagine why the Thirteen Rat Man clans would go straight to the north.

Three sailboats set out earlier today. Their purpose was to go to Yongye Port to find Haiying to buy more ships. Annan was inspired by Louis City. If the Rat Men really arrived, they could also escape to the island.

After working hard for several days and purchasing enough food, a new week has arrived.

The new issue of "Xingyue Bay News" is on sale. Evelin's voice sounded in Xingyue Bay, Breeze City, and Snow Mountain Fortress at the same time:

"Thirteen rat clans are heading north!" The Violet Kingdom has fallen! The Kingdom of Rekaner has set up a defense line! 》

"The Skavenmen of McKenna crossed the Obiris Strait, crossed the Elf Pass and the Black Iron Mountains, and captured the Violet Kingdom. The king and the royal family met with doom. Only Earl Ulmit was left to take refuge in Star Moon Bay. "I want to return Home, rebuild the kingdom one house at a time! "He said. The Rat Man army is pressing on the border, and the city-states along the way have moved to avoid it. The Kingdom of Ruikan'er is in danger!"

"The second prince Vitalig was poisoned and died on suspicion of rebellion. The King of the North was framed for participating in the rebellion and was wanted."

"Vitalig, the second prince of the Kingdom of Ruikan, died of poisoning. He was suspected of treason by the eldest prince acting as the king. At the same time, the King of the North, who was thousands of miles away, was also framed and participated in Vitalig's rebellion plan. Lawrence. The previous head of the special family said: That [expletive] is simply impossible, [expletive] Annan simply will not [expletive] do the [expletive] dirty work for the [expletive] nobles, this is what the [expletive] royal family wants to [expletive] fight for rights."

"..."

"This week's weather forecast: There will be a massive rat tide in the southern part of the Kingdom of Rekaner."

…

"How far are we from Xingyue Bay!"

The girl poked her head out of the shaking car window and asked.

"Three weeks at most." The merchant leader in front quickly replied, "We are not far from Breeze City."

"Oh, I've finished reading the Philosopher's Stone."

"Uh... do you want another magic stone?" The merchant leader's heart was bleeding.

"No, do you have any books here?"

"Yes! It's just been seen...do you mind?"

"The teacher said that the more people know, the closer the knowledge is to the essence, of course."

The business leader ran back to the truck, snatched the book that an apprentice was holding, and gave it to the girl.

""The Law Breaks the Sky", written by Annan Reeves, King of the North... Huh?"

"This is true. The locals all know that Mr. Annan hid in the town to recuperate after being attacked, and wrote this book, as well as the sentence "Thirty years to the east of the Pulani River, thirty years to the west of the Pulani River!" shouted the apprentice who was following.

"Thirty years east of the Pulani River...?"

"Lord Annan didn't use thirty years. It only took him three months to catch his attacker, solve the crisis in Breeze City, and uncover the rat-man conspiracy!"

The excited apprentice was filled with admiration for Annan.

"Then I want to take a closer look... Is this your book? This is for you." The girl took off one of her rings and threw it to the apprentice.

"I...I can't have it." The apprentice returned the magic ring under the crazy hint of the caravan leader.

"Take it, exchange the things you like for the things I like, the equation is established."

The girl retreated into the carriage, and the leader of the caravan stared covetously at the magic ring on the apprentice's hand: "I gave your book to her..."

As the words fell, dust rose from the road in the distance, and a group of knights galloped past.

A few days later, the dusty knights came to the city gate of Breeze City, but they were blocked from the city gate by the guards. The knight captain took out the king's decree and declared: "We come from the royal capital with the king's will!"

People around the city gate stopped to look.

"The King of the North, Annan Reeves, colluded with the second prince Vitalig to rebel."

Everyone in front of the city gate stared at the knights whose armor was covered with dust. Someone suddenly shouted: "They are the bastards who framed Jack!"

"Get out of Breeze!"

"Get 'em!"

The raging shouts caught the knights off guard, and they pulled out their swords with their exhausted bodies: "What are you going to do!"

"Sorry, they have some misunderstandings with you..."

The guards pouring out from the city separated the crowd from the knights. The guard captain raised his head and said to the knight captain:

"I suspect that you are pretending to be a knight of the kingdom. Please dismount and accept our investigation."

…

With all the busyness these days, Annan always felt like he had forgotten something. Layla's fishing? Urmit's supplies?

It wasn't until he came to the study and saw the broken magic mirror that Annan finally remembered what he had forgotten.

Picking up the broken magic mirror, Annan thought for a while and asked: "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"

Cold words emerged from the broken mirror:

"Lilliana Lorre."