Chapter 4 Are you short of money?

Chapter 4 Are you short of money?

Say to each other ‘Gan! ’ After finishing her morning prayers, Princess Viola moved to a conference room.

She asked her knights: "What do you have to say about our future direction?"

It's definitely a good thing to get the attention of the legendary Demon King God, but you can't just ask God and worship Buddha to handle everything.

It is very difficult for an existence like a god to interfere in the mortal world. Whatever purpose it wants to achieve is usually done by the priests or believers of the temple, and will only take action personally when necessary.

Princess Viola believed that the Demon King must have consumed a lot of divine power when repelling the bandits. She felt that she had received divine enlightenment, which is why the Demon King valued her so much.

But you can't be arrogant because of your favor. If the Demon King gets tired of it and walks away, Viola will lose her last support.

For problems that humans can solve, try not to trouble God.

With this idea in mind, Viola summoned more than a dozen of the most respected knights to discuss future strategies.

All members of Viola's Knight Guards are female, and they all come from noble or important ministers' families. At least everyone knows arithmetic and literacy, which is much better than most ordinary people. Coupled with the influence of their family environment, they are not only officers and guards, but also Viola's most valued staff.

"Zola, what do you think?"

A female knight on Viola's left heard this and said:
"Your Highness, should we immediately gather people to compile the teachings of the Demon King and God King?"

If God has no doctrine, it will be very difficult to spread faith. This is equivalent to God’s goals and responsibilities. If outsiders don’t know what your God wants to do, how can they agree with it?
"No, we cannot act rashly. The existence of the Demon King and God has long been turned into a legend. If we rashly compile a scripture, we may be displeased by your Majesty."

You must be cautious when dealing with questions about God. Viola added: "But the transformation of the audience hall into a chapel must be done as soon as possible. I can't hear the holy voice of the Demon King clearly, which may also be related to this."

If the current conditions were not really prohibitive, Viola would have asked someone to build a large temple.

"I understand, then, please allow me to explain the current situation."

Viola nodded slightly, and Zola coughed a few times and said:
"First of all, the city defense. Fortress of Leon was originally a fortress built by predecessors to explore where the border of the world was. Hundreds of years have passed. , the fortress is in disrepair, and the city defense facilities are almost paralyzed. Although we have blown up the only canyon road in and out of Leon's territory by this time, it is still unknown how long we can hold off the pursuers, not to mention that we may also have to deal with the defeated army and the refugees. robber."

Although the Leon Territory is a remote area, and even though the Demon Kingdoms that have carved up Avarus look down on this poor place, they will definitely want to capture Viola back and completely eliminate any chance of Avarus making a comeback. possible.

"Secondly, there are supply issues such as food and medicine. We left in such a hurry, and with the consumption along the way, the food has reached the bottom, and the medicines have been completely exhausted. Many of the wounded can only use bandages to treat their wounds."

"The doctor in Leon Territory should have some medicine in hand. As for food..."

Viola thought for a while:

"I remember that there are some villages and towns to the north of Leon Fortress on the map. We still have some gold coins that we brought with us. We can buy food and necessities. If we don't have enough money, we can sell off the art we brought from the palace."

"It's best not to sell the art, Your Highness. Those are the glory and history of your family, and once the art is sold, it will be easy for someone to lock you in the Leon territory."

"I understand that it will only be considered if there are no other options."

Zola coughed lightly and continued: "I think the issue of recruitment and training of soldiers can be postponed for a while. The locals are not familiar with us. Forcibly recruiting soldiers may also lead to a deterioration of our reputation. This is not only detrimental to your highness, but also to the Demon King and God. It is unfavorable. Moreover, my subordinates believe that the local lord, Count Leon, does not welcome our arrival. Although he ostensibly lent us the castle and army, I doubt his loyalty. Among the local civilians in Leon Fortress, he The reputation is also very bad, I think it must be treated with caution.”

"I understand. The problems Zola mentioned will be our urgent short-term goals to be solved. If you have any opinions, you can put them forward now."

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I think back then, Li Chengqi was like, "If you dare to confront me, how many mothers do you have?" ’, but now he has become more Buddhist. Anyway, he has no need to form a group to play black games. After the headset broke, he never bought a new one.

After choosing a headset that could be delivered as quickly as possible on the online shopping platform, Li Chengqi turned his attention to the laptop again.

At this time, the chapel was empty. Li Chengqi moved the mouse to see where everyone had gone.

When the cursor moved to the edge of the screen, the screen moved to one side. Only then did he realize that the lens was not fixed, but could move freely.

Of course, the so-called 'palace area' cannot have only one chapel. Li Chengqi used the mouse movement to see the guards patrolling the corridors of the castle, the maids cleaning vases, and a group of knights training in the inner courtyard of the castle.

By clicking on the small up and down arrows on the edge of the screen, you can also switch the floor display, and when you hold down the left mouse button and turn the wheel, you can zoom in and out. When you zoom it to the maximum, you can clearly see the details of every pixel of the character. , when it is shrunk to the minimum, it is almost like opening the map. The place where Fortress of Leon is written becomes a small circle in the upper left corner of the map.

This is not to blame for Li Chengqi's hindsight. After all, this game has no novice guidance from the beginning, and you have to explore all functions by yourself.

Resetting the camera, Li Chengqi switched the castle floors up and down, and soon found the two-headed Q-version pixel-style princess Viola on the floor above the chapel. He saw her sitting in front of a round table with a circle of knights, seemingly... In a meeting.

But Li Chengqi couldn't see what they were talking about, and there was no dialog box floating above his head.

There are only two situations where a dialog box exists. One is when the vertical painting of Princess Viola appears, and the other is when many people are shouting, such as the shouts of kill when bandits attacked the city. At that time, there was a dialog box above the character.

Li Chengqi glanced at it for a few times and was a little curious about what they were talking about, so he moved the mouse and clicked on Princess Viola.

This time, a cartoon-like dialog box popped up above the princess' head, and it said, 'As for the gold coins, we may be able to ask Count Leon for help...'

A dialog box also floated over the knight next to her: 'The count's intention is temporarily unknown, and his subordinates believe that he will not easily take out the gold coins.'

Not only the princess's dialogue can be seen clearly, but also the dialogues of other knights conversing on the same round table.

Li Chengqi suddenly realized that if he wanted to see the conversation, he needed to click on an NPC participating in the conversation, otherwise there would be no dialog box.

This setting is normal. After all, if there are too many NPCs on the same screen, the dialog box will almost fill the screen, and it is impossible to know who said what.

But then again...

"Gold coins? Are they short of money?"

(End of chapter)