A strange world

Chapter 597 Chapter 254. They are back

"I am Joan Ecosela Maria Behdad Claremont Montreal, the princess of the Golden Family!" Joan shouted with a deliberately northern accent.

She has neat short shawl hair, a masculine dress, and a delicate face, but Joan is still doing her job...but she was a little restrained in front of Annan before.

The largest city-state in the north of the Kingdom of Dimon, Levanttu.

With permission from the city lord's palace, Joan set up a tent in the garden square and introduced the return action to the old residents who had received the leaflets.

The dark crowd stood in the cold wind, staring at the figure who seemed to be a big shot.

"I know her, she is Lord Annan's friend!"

Someone hiding in the crowd shouted.

This made the people who had stayed in Levanttu for a whole year really think that there was such a person beside the former King of the North.

Joan An was introducing Liberty City, which has more beautiful scenery than Star Moon Bay, better treatment than Liberty City, free accommodation, jobs provided, and the mayor of Breeze City and Annan's sister as deputy city mayor... but avoided exaggerating the crisis in the north. ——This is the request of the City Lord’s Mansion.

They could sell some friendship to the rising champion warlock, but they couldn't allow them to bring chaos.

But some locals sneered: "If it is so good, why come here to recruit old people?"

"It's just because they are so good that they recruit the old people... Mr. Annan and Mr. Olmedo have never forgotten your support. Otherwise, why would they choose to give you a sum of money when they parted? They hope that you will survive and reunite in the future. "

As a person who once drove a carriage alone to do business between Breeze City and Bethal City, Joan's eloquence made many old people shed tears when they remembered their past life.

They are not only people from Xingyue Bay and Breeze City, but also people from the Kingdom who have fled here.

Joan spoke softly: "Not just you, but all the old people who were homeless after the fall of the kingdom can go to Liberty City... because Lord Annan is not only the lord of the city, but also the eternal King of the North!"

"But... Your Highness, what if we already have a family here?" asked a man who was wearing warm clothes and seemed to be doing well.

"If you want, you can bring your relatives there."

The person who had sneered before quickly spoke to a woman next to him: "Beautiful lady, am I lucky enough to be your husband?"

"Stay away from my wife." The strong man wearing thin cloth in December in the north drove him away.

Joan, who was being stared at by many eyes, continued: "If you are willing to go to Liberty City, please sign up here first. You will set off with the team to Typhoon Shelter Town, which is the territory of Olmedo, the former lord of Breeze City. , you will be taken to your new home and start a new life."

"I used to be a fisherman, can I still continue in the past?"

A gust of cold wind brought trembling shouts.

"I know many people don't understand Liberty City now, so I brought these things..."

Joan held up the magic stone that was familiar to many old people.

The mage group of Levanttu raised a constant-temperature barrier in the square, and the people who signed up crowded towards the camp.

They first gave the registered residents a cotton coat and a Fast coat, and then gave them a bowl of hot soup that warmed the hearts of the people in the cold winter. Then they sat in the warmed barrier and watched "When Freedom Knocks." Door".

There should be three to four thousand old citizens gathered in Leventu, and counting the old citizens of the kingdom, there should be six or seven thousand... not too many, but with the publicity, the old citizens of nearby towns will also be attracted.

On the first day, they collected a total of 723 people, of which less than 300 were from Xingyue Bay and Liberty City.

But on the second day, things changed.

People from the city lord's palace came to her and asked to go to the banquet and show the magical image at the banquet. Joan couldn't shirk it, so she had to choose "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" and "Annan Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to attend the banquet.

They didn't know Joan's identity and thought she was really the princess of the Montreal family, so they presented them with gifts and treated her like nobility.

Joan is still a little clever. She pretended to be the princess of the Kingdom of Rekaner, not the Empire of Tatooine.

Anyway, the Kingdom of Ruikan'er can't make a sound now, but the empire can cause trouble for her at any time... The rigid officials of the Empire's Etiquette Department are even afraid of the real princess of the empire.

Moreover, the status of a princess who "forsakes the darkness and turns to the light" can always gain favor and bring her closer to the old people.

Joan enjoyed the crowd while trying to maintain her identity.

In the middle of the banquet, "The Fall of the Mage Tower" also came to where the rat tide was approaching. At this time, a heavily armored knight carrying the cold wind from the outside came in with heavy steps.

"your Highness."

The heavily armored knight knelt down on his left knee to perform the knightly salute, and a dull female voice came from the armor.

If Annan were here, he would recognize her: Klein.

A member of Michael's team at the time, Annan later met her in the outer courtyard of the Royal Capital of DeOrth Academy and gave her a New Year's gift.

But now neither Joan nor Klein know each other: "Who are you?"

"I am Klein, Annan's former companion. I want to ask you, will he fight against the rat men? If so, I will go with you."

The surrounding guests looked at this, some people knew her and frowned.

Joan thought for a while and said: "Annan's honor does not require me to explain too much. Even if you don't know, you should know that the second expedition was initiated by Lord Annan."

"I can't give you a specific answer, brave knight. But I promise you that you can always believe in Annan's determination to regain the north."

The knight raised his head, but she still didn't take off her helmet: "Then I'll go to Liberty City with you."

…

There is never enough money to spend.

Liberty City's finances have never been stable—either skyrocketing or plummeting.

Originally, this kind of financial change was considered "normal", but with the turmoil in the north, they suddenly had more places to spend money.

Even if the crisis occurs a year later, Liberty City will not be as embarrassed as it is now.

Annan thought of many ways to make money,

For example, issuing bonds, opening a bank, or releasing special edition products: signed version of Fast Clothes, expanded version of magic image, endorsed version of lemon soda, Jack's version of the waistband, Liberty City version of playing cards...

But no one can make hundreds of thousands of gold coins in a short period of time.

Annan needed to make quick money.

"If you really want to make money, why don't you go to the south?" Olmedo suggested. "The business atmosphere there is strong and it has not been robbed by magical images."

"You should have said baptism."

"As long as you understand, it just so happens that we have just established a foothold in the Steel Duo Territory."

Annan was thoughtful. He had indeed harbored the idea of ​​going to the south to see the customs and customs a long time ago...

But there's still some unfinished business here...

Annan, who was looking forward to his journey to the south, decided to set off on New Year's Day - which happened to be the day of the "apocalypse forecast".