Chapter 591 248. Damn Politics
Annan actually wants to recruit soldiers in the fortress.
Even regardless of their strength, the knowledge these warriors possess in hunting demons is a valuable asset. Even if the Skaven and demons invade Middle-earth with overwhelming force, they will be found outside the Free City and bump into the fortress.
It’s just that they still have relatives and beliefs, and they will probably return to their families. Brinor Janna said that she would ask questions for Annan about those people who were homeless and harbored hatred and wanted to avenge the Kingdom of Rekaner.
The portal disappeared. Annan regained some of his emotions and looked up to find the dean.
Dean and Lilith stood at the door of the mage tower.
The early morning sunlight fell on Lilith’s cheeks, which had no trace of lines and were like delicate porcelain, so beautiful.
"There are currently one hundred and sixty-four mages in the Mage Tower, fourteen of which are elites, and there are no masters." Lilith's quiet eyes fell on Annan.
"It doesn't matter, this way you can control the Mage Tower more easily."
The strength of the Tower Spirit depends on the Mage Tower... The current Mage Tower has nothing but the future.
Tower spirit Lilith hides her identity and plays the role of the tower owner. Anyway, she can do everything the tower owner can do.
Dean Brahim is Lilith’s teacher, and he was nominally forced to do so by the deputy tower master, Annan. The dean has paid too much for Annan. Although he is nominally thanking Annan for his contribution to Solz Magic Academy, what he has given has already exceeded what Annan has given. As a person who never treats his companions unfairly, Annan wants the Mage Tower to become Dean Blehim's reliance.
By the way, I am bound to the dean more deeply.
"When will combat strength be achieved?" Annan asked.
“It depends on when the items on the list will be delivered.”
"Ingrid has already gone shopping."
Including the orichalcum needed for the second level of the mage tower.
They came out of the mage tower. When they were farther away, Annan turned back and looked at the whole view of the Mage Tower.
The appearance of the Liberty City Mage Tower is no different from other Mage Towers. They all look like ordinary brick and stone exterior walls, except that it is huge... Its area is almost equivalent to a village.
So the orichalcum they spent nearly half a million gold coins on can only be used as a skeleton, and its appearance is still masonry.
In any case, just standing here is enough to make the enemy hesitate for a while...if the enemy can recognize that it is a mage tower.
Annan went to see his ancestors and urged Ingrid to hurry up and make purchases.
Ingrid was silent for a while: "Do you know that our finances are in deficit again?"
"Why are we running out of money so quickly... Our fourth magic image is not Is it still showing?”
“Because it’s not as fast as you spent on the Mage Tower.”
Mage Tower, Orichalcum, Floating City... Annan makes money as fast as he spends money ten times faster.
Ingrid added: "And the income is still decreasing..."
Annan thinks this is normal, but Ingrid said that the speed is abnormal, at least it is faster than "Annan Poe" "Special and Philosopher's Stone" is abnormal.
"Because the protagonist is not me? Or do they not like the orc protagonist? Or..."
Annan suddenly guessed the truth: "Because of the situation in the north?"
"Yeah."
The turmoil in the north suddenly made wealthy people afraid to spend money. They were more willing to spend money on hoarding food, money, and weapons, and lost the desire to consume.
In fact, the problem is not that serious yet. The more than twenty theaters still make Liberty City earn thousands of gold coins every day, making countless nobles jealous, but Annan, who is used to earning more, suddenly feels the gap.
“You won’t make much money by filming the fifth movie at this time. Let outside businessmen continue to build theaters.”
New works determine the upper limit of income, while theaters guarantee the lower limit of income. Then Annan went to the garden to see his ancestor and told her about his connection with the northern fortress: "Is there any way you can get the Sacred Temple Council to convene tonight?"
"Huh? When did little Annan become a member of the parliament?" the ancestor asked with a smile.
Annan said shyly: "I hadn't come to Middle-earth at that time."
The ancestors were no different from gods. That night, Annan appeared in the sacred church.
A majestic voice echoed from the Throne of Skeletons: "A friend of mine told me that demons poured into the north through the gap in the snow-capped mountain fortress. The fortress that defended the demons was in name only, and they were preparing to withdraw from the fortress..."
This is exactly the opposite of what previous think tanks from various countries had speculated, so doubts continue to arise.
Facing the doubts of the councilors, the King of Bones simply said: "They are the ones in contact with the devil, not us."
The sacred temple sounded like the noise of a market. Seeing the quarrel in the Holy Council, Annan suddenly felt tired.
They each have their own private interests... understandable. Even Annan would think about the problem from the perspective of Liberty City. But macroscopically, Annan hopes they will unite.
In the final analysis, it is only one of the thirteen clans of rat men that is wreaking havoc in the north. If there were no betrayers, they would not be able to capture the snow-capped mountains like no one else.
Now they should deal with the McKean clan while they still can, and drive the demons back north of the snowy mountains...
But this is politics: a group of the smartest people in the world will do countless stupid things for the sake of profit. thing.
Now, Annan just wants to return to the fairy tale-like Free City and continue playing house with friends and aliens.
"Hey - shh -"
A call came from behind. Annan turned around and saw Khamis VI calling him three floors away.
"My lord told me that a boat came into the Bear River. Is it yours?"
"Yes."
"What? I can't hear clearly-"
< br>"Yes!" Annan nodded.
"That's good, you can come to my royal capital next spring at the latest." Khamis VI said, "My theater has been made available for you, don't let me down!"
"Don't worry."
The MP between them was standing up and yelling, while Annan and Khamis VI hid in the gap under his arm and whispered.
The Northern Unrest is too far away from Khamis VI in the east, so it doesn't feel any pressure. Khamis VI asked curiously: "Who do you think the friend the King of Bones is talking about could be?"
"It's me."
Hamis VI opened his mouth wide.
At this time, the Parliament, which had been arguing for dozens of minutes, finally came up with a solution under the suggestion of the King of Bones: launch a third expedition - Annan's Free City expedition was actually included in the second one.
With the Tatoun Empire as the boundary, all monarchs and lords in the north and west of the Tatoon Empire must participate in the third expedition.
But the proposal was rejected because winter was approaching. As long as the Skaven hide underground, the expeditionary force will make the same mistake again.
The new proposal of the Gold King and the Copper King is: headed by the Tatooine Empire, send a team to the snow mountain fortress to investigate.
The King of Bones agreed.
This result is neither good nor bad - the lords are still conserving their strength, but at least they are aware of the serious consequences of the demon's invasion of the north.
(End of this chapter)