The Witcher: My backyard leads to London

It seemed that Paris had mixed emotions about the Great Crusade mentioned in his words.

"The Great Crusade..."

When Ricardo thought of this word, he also had some imagination, but he soon returned to the present moment.

"This is too far away... In this lifetime, unless the wizard reaches a high level or becomes a god, how can a mortal live for ten thousand years?"

"Parris, it seems that even though you have been back home for many years, you are still determined to pursue a future."

When Paris heard this, he shook his head helplessly.

"I'm just an ordinary person. As for you, ten years ago, I saw that although you were young, you had the wisdom to organize apprentices to trade and make profits..."

"You gave me the impression of a true genius at that time. You should know that wizards actually recognize qualifications more based on wisdom than innateness..."

When Paris said this, he looked at Ricardo with a slightly solemn look.

"I thought at that time that I hope you will one day go further and take a look at the stars above and the ocean of truth for those of us who have been like this in Shagang County all our lives."

"But, finally, now, I'm back, back to normal life."

Ricardo showed a wry smile. He did not sigh, but just shook his head.

"Hahaha, it would be great if we were in the bar now. Let's take advantage of the situation and have a drink."

"However, now that you have become the redeemer of evil, it turns out that you are not really ordinary."

"It is impossible for ordinary people to become the saviors of evil situations!"

Paris showed a cheerful smile and said casually,

"Are you planning to take a rest? Tomorrow morning, after the Demon Hunter Knights are summoned, they will go to the Wind Wolf Baron to do business. You'd better come with them. If the Wind Wolf Territory is going to bleed, the Ice Lake Territory will probably benefit the most."

Ricardo thought for a moment and nodded.

"For your good advice...if I can take a look at the stars above one day, I will treat you to a drink."

Ricardo was still moved by the topic of stars and sea mentioned by Paris.

It was already late at night. He put away his military rank and clothes and asked Paris how to rest and about the gathering of demon hunting knights tomorrow morning.

The demon hunter knights were summoned around nine o'clock in the morning.

Ricardo and Teresa can now go to the monastery dormitory of the Constellation Church, or sleep directly in the lounge on the third floor of the office.

Ricardo was very tired. He didn't want to move too much now, nor did he want to stay on standby in the office and go back and forth to a London hotel to rest after Vera's shock.

He chose to take Theresa to rest directly on the third floor.

Paris is a senior wizard apprentice, with a status comparable to that of a great knight.

There are several lounges in the office on the third floor, all of which are very luxuriously decorated. Under the influence of steam pipes, there is even hot water inside.

Ricardo took Theresa to a lounge, washed himself briefly, and then slept together.

He is too tired today.

Not long after lying on the bed, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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The next morning.

Ricardo opened his eyes and found a faint elegant fragrance coming from the tip of his nose.

He saw Theresa wearing rattan armor, lying on the bed with her upper body and kneeling on the ground. She was holding some wizard books he saw yesterday.

Ricardo scanned the covers of wizard books.

After a brief evaluation, I found that they are all considered precious introductory books for wizards.

"It seems that when I was away yesterday, Paris...or Vera, I had a chat with her and gave her some help."

Ricardo patted Teresa gently on the arm.

The latter immediately woke up:

"Ricardo...my lord!"

Teresa stood up in panic.

"Good morning, Teresa, we have to get ready to go."

Ricardo didn't say much and directly changed into the knight's uniform of a demon hunting knight.

Teresa helped him hang the shoulder straps with the rank of Imperial Lieutenant Colonel on both shoulders of the military uniform.

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Shagang County is the third largest port city in the empire.

A long time ago, the third word here refers to the port city of Shagang County. In addition to the top two ports in the empire, ships can also periodically go to the Wizarding Continent.

In fact, the original Shagang County was not very prosperous.

However, with the evolution of steam age technology in important cities in the empire, the trade in Sargang County gradually prospered, and municipal construction boldly used new steampunk technology.

Over the years, it has gradually become what Paris once called "the third largest port city in real terms."

The entire Shagang County has a population of five to six million, and the population of the entire county area is close to two million.

Excluding the urban and imperial public domain, the county has four viscounties, dozens of small baronies, dozens of large lordships, as well as scattered independent knights and knights.

The reason why there are no high-ranking nobles above the earl is because the original Shagang County was just an ordinary city, and it was only in recent decades that it began to enter the central sight of the empire.

A viscount is a backbone noble. It is disrespectful to send a baron in diplomatic affairs between countries, but no one thinks it is inappropriate to send a viscount.

The area of ​​a viscounty ranges from one thousand to several thousand square kilometers. The smaller viscounty areas often include the territory of urban areas.

In the entire Shagang County area, there are probably tens of thousands of apprentice knights or junior knights, two to three thousand intermediate knights, and three to four hundred senior knights.

This number is a bit exaggerated, but it includes many apprentices who are going to the Wizarding Continent, guardians of the Wizarding Seeds, as well as the forces invested by major forces in the prosperous port.

On the bright side.

After deducting the additional force deployed by the major forces on the port and the large number of professionals who temporarily settled in the port city, this number would be much more reasonable.

If you then deduct the junior, intermediate, and senior knights owned by each lordship and barony in the county and countryside, you will find that there are only 500,000 or 600,000 people in the county and only a few qualified local professionals.

And now.

When Ricardo, wearing a black imperial knight uniform, walked out of the large flat room on the third floor and came to the corridor stairs outside the office building.

He saw a large number of knights gathering on the platform in front of the office building and on Telegraph Street.

"Good morning, Ricardo!"

Paris was on guard duty for the rest of the night. He had just been downstairs, and now he walked upstairs and happened to say hello to Ricardo.

"How many knights are dispatched? Why do I feel that compared to ten years ago, there is a feeling in Sarport County that knights are inferior to dogs."

Ricardo pointed blankly at several teams of knights gathering downstairs.

He counted and looked at the origin of the team. They were more than forty demon hunting knights wearing the same military uniforms as him, more than a hundred port patrol cavalry, and the Knights of the Constellation Church.

At a glance, there are about six or seven senior knights below, more than fifty intermediate knights, and hundreds of junior and apprentice knights.

"You don't think that the possibility of Baron Wind Wolf colluding with the 'Evil Thieves Order' is trivial, do you?"

"At least, the fact that they have evil spirit casters has been confirmed by the apprentice arrested yesterday, and the Thieves Guild is also involved."

"And the apprentices who were arrested also confessed that over the years, the Thieves Guild has been involved with many bandit groups, doing the same things as officials and bandits."

Paris pointed to the back of the Demon Hunter team, where there was a prison van.

Ricardo saw in the prison car a black-robed apprentice who was covered in enchanted shackles and had been tortured to the point of being scarred.

He looked at the imprisoned apprentice and met his eyes.

Flower of Evil: 118%…124%

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