Rise of the Dark Witch

Roja felt a deep crisis.

If he was alone, there would be absolutely no problem in escaping and surviving.

But what about his family and friends?

"Haha, why are you looking so heavy? We also have Captain Luke." Captain Lei Lun suddenly burst out laughing.

"Yes, we also have Captain Luke!"

When the name Luke was spoken, both Roya and Captain Laylen felt a sense of relief.

Luke is the son of Baron Horn, the heir to the Baron Okomen family, and the captain of the Silla Town garrison.

He is the number one genius in Silla Town and the most powerful person in Silla Town.

Roja, a swordsman genius, is still struggling as a knight at the age of eighteen.

However, Luke entered the realm of knights at the age of seventeen, became a senior knight at the age of twenty-five, and officially surpassed his father, Baron Horn, in strength at the age of twenty-eight.

Luke, who is now thirty-five years old, must have already half-stepped into the realm of a great knight, right?

Even if Luke couldn't stop the wolf in the end, wouldn't there be Barney the witch doctor?

Thinking of this, the haze in Roya's heart was swept away.

"Is this right? What does it look like to have a miserable face all day long?" Captain Lei Lun poured a full bowl of wine for Roja, "Come, come, come, celebrate your recovery."

Just like this, you had a drink and I had a drink, and Captain Roja and Captain Lei Lun happily drank and ate meat.

Before I knew it, the sun had set and the sky was getting dark.

In this quasi-medieval world without factory exhaust pollution, you can normally see stars in the night sky.

But Roja looked through the window towards the night sky and saw only a strong miasma floating in the sky, blocking all the stars, making people feel extremely depressed.

"In a few days, we will set off to attack the Wolf King under the leadership of Baron Horn."

"Really? Have a safe journey."

"If I fail to come back, help me take care of my daughter Maggie. That little girl has always made people worry."

"What are you talking about? Captain you will definitely come back safe and sound."

"Haha, I hope so."

In the end, Roya sent the drunk Captain Laylen home.

…

Riding the night.

Accompanied by the undulating howls of wolves coming from a distance, Roya returned to Kaitri Castle.

As soon as he approached the door of his house, Roja immediately felt something was wrong.

Because there are carriages filled with medicinal materials parked at the door of Kaitri Castle, ready to go at any time.

The medicinal materials carried on these carriages exceeded 90% of the medicinal materials stocked by Kaitli Medicine Store.

Why are so many medicinal materials loaded into the truck at night?

Realizing that something was wrong, Roja quickly quickened his pace.

Once inside the castle.

Roja's eyes were immediately attracted by the three people standing in the middle of the hall.

His father, Derry, and his stepmother, Aunt Siren, were fawning over an old man with a goatee.

The old man with the goatee, Roja, knew him as Steward Jason, one of the three chief stewards of the Baron Okomen family in Silla Town.

Steward Jason specializes in managing commerce in Silla Town, so he often travels between major merchants. The Luo Ya family often invites Steward Jason as a guest.

"Steward Jason, can you please be accommodating?" Derry secretly stuffed a small bag of gold coins into Steward Jason's pocket.

Steward Jason accepted the gold coins, but did not intend to let go.

"The wolf plague is coming. There are too many people injured in the town, and the demand for medicinal materials has surged. The Baron has ordered that all medicinal materials in the town be collected and distributed for use. Do you want me to disobey the Baron's order?" Manager Jason said coldly.

"No, no, that's not what I meant." Deli rubbed his hands humbly, "You took away all the medicinal materials from our medicine shop at once, why do you have to make some preparations for us?"

"What preparations do you want to make? Hide the medicinal materials in advance?" Manager Jason's eyes stern.

"How could it be?" Deli shook his head violently, "Since it is the Baron's order, I naturally dare not disobey it, but..."

"Just what? We didn't get your medicinal materials for free, we paid for them." Manager Jason interrupted Derry and said.

"money?"

Deli's face was distorted by anger for a moment, but soon returned to a humble look, "Buy all the medicinal materials of our Kaitli Medicine Store at the lowest purchase price in history... This will cost the life of our Kaitli Medicine Store!"

"At least you are still alive, but some of you are already dead!" Manager Jason said coldly.

"Steward Jason, can you ask for a favor from the Baron?" Derry begged.

"Delhi, Lord Baron originally planned to ask you to donate the medicinal materials for free. It was because of my plea that it became a low-price purchase."

Seeing that Derry was still about to speak, Jason waved his hand and said, "I have to go to the next medicine store, so I won't leave here."

Manager Jason left with almost all the medicinal materials from Kaitli Medicine Store.

Looking at the carriage carrying the medicinal materials leaving, Deli collapsed on the ground, as if he had aged twenty years all of a sudden.

Aunt Siren stood beside her with her lips pursed and her fists clenched, trying to persuade Derry, but she couldn't say anything.

She was also very angry, but she was just the widow of a down-and-out knight family. What could she do in the face of the Baron's order?

"Father."

Roya walked over.

"Roya, is it you?" Deli smiled, his smile was so sad, "This morning I was still thinking that this was an opportunity. One could defeat the other two medicine shops in one fell swoop and become the largest and most powerful medicine shop in Silla Town. opportunities.”

"opportunity?"

"Haha, bullshit opportunity!"

"Bandit! Beast!" Deli hammered the floor, "I spent all my working capital on the medicinal materials that I had worked so hard to hoard, and yet he took them all away in one fell swoop!"

"It's over, it's over."

"Our Keteri Medicine Store is finished."

Derry raised his head and stared at the ceiling, tears streaming down his face.

Looking at his father, who had only been gone for a few hours but whose hair looked much grayer, Luo Ya let out a long sigh.

When faced with a disaster, it is unscrupulous to hoard supplies and make money regardless of the life or death of others, which is very consistent with the identity of a businessman.

Roya didn't like this behavior, but he didn't intend to stop it.

The question is, will others watch you hoarding supplies and making money?

The baron, who is more noble, more powerful, and more powerful, takes money, supplies, recruits people, and fights against the wolf disaster with his life.

Then a small knight family that didn't even have a territory and had no close relationship with the baron himself, hid under the protection of the baron and made a lot of money regardless of the life and death of the people.

Maybe there will be a scene where the Baron family suffers heavy casualties, but their small knight family makes a lot of money?

If the Baron allows this to happen, then there is something wrong with the Baron's mind!

His father's behavior this time was really short-sighted.

When he heard this behavior, he had a vague feeling that something would happen, but he didn't expect it would happen so quickly.

Maybe let his father feel uncomfortable for a while so he can reflect on himself?

Just looking at his father who seemed to have aged more than 20 years suddenly, Roja still couldn't bear it.

He opened his mouth and comforted:

"Father, I think this is both a crisis and an opportunity."

"Are you mocking me?" Derry asked coldly.

"Father, this is a world where the strong are respected, and only strength can gain everything!" Roja clenched his fists, "Guys who only have money but no strength are just fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered."

"Fat pig?"

Deli smiled bitterly, isn't he just a fat pig left to be slaughtered?

"Due to the wolf plague, even two towns fell. Many knights and barons died. Post-disaster reconstruction will definitely create many new knights and barons."

"Son, what do you mean?" Deli's breathing suddenly became rapid.

"I want to take the opportunity to fight hard and become a knight with a knighthood!" Roja said with a fist.

Deli looked at Roya steadily.

Roya's bold words left Delhi at a loss for a moment.

Because this is a path he never imagined!

Being able to marry into a knight family and have the noble surname Kaitri, he felt that this was the pinnacle of his life.

In the future, the most I can do is make more money and leave more property for my children and grandchildren.

He never thought he could become a noble with a territory!

"Is it really okay?" Derry's lips trembled.

"Father, just look forward to it." Roya patted Deli on the shoulder, "I won't let you down."

Looking blankly at Roja who walked back to the room to rest, Deli was speechless for a long time.

After a while.

Deli sighed with emotion: "I have a good son!"

Aunt Xilin on the side nodded slightly in agreement.

Because of Roya, the two of them temporarily forgot about the existential crisis of Kaitri Medicine Store.

After all, what is a mere medicine shop compared to a noble territory?