Arcane Journey

Chapter 292 Preparations for the floating city
"It's rare that you, the genuine lord, have time to care about your own territory. Let's go."

Myrcella stretched out her slender fingers, brushed the hair from her forehead behind her ears, smiled lightly, and stood up gracefully. The soft mage's robe was close to her graceful and delicate body, exquisite and protruding, showing a slender and plump figure.

Brian and Myrcella left the tower together and went to inspect the city wall area of ​​Mokou Town.

With the increasing number of enemies, the original city wall of Mokou Town is very passive in the face of tall hill giants or other humanoid creatures who are good at climbing.

Therefore, under Brian's instruction, a new city wall was rebuilt in a targeted manner.

Looking around, it seems that the magnificent city walls are shining in the sun, as well as the spell turrets and guard towers made of obsidian that faintly exude a faint magical aura, making it impossible to regard them as what they used to be. small town.

The fact is exactly that, Mokou Town at this moment, called Mokou City, has no problem at all.

When the town was founded, it was built on the scale of a city.

Now, with the completion of the new city wall, the interior has undergone major changes, and it is located at the junction of the Enook Desert, Mokou Town has gradually developed into a bustling city no less than Araby City.

Between the new city wall and the old city wall, there is a large piece of sand with scattered grass. Walking on the thick sand, the soles of your shoes will make a creaking sound.

Looking up, the sky is clear and cloudless, bright blue, and occasionally a breeze blows into the neck, bringing a bit of coldness.

This made Brian realize that winter was coming.

"How's the defense going?" Walking up the city wall, he asked the commander of the city defense army who was in charge of the garrison.

Five days ago, this place had just experienced a fierce defensive battle. Although the gnolls that Gewo condemned ended in failure, occasionally small groups of enemies would still appear in the area of ​​the territory.

"It's much better than last time, my lord." The captain who spoke was a middle-aged man with a beard and a scar that had healed on his face, but he looked relaxed.

"Most of the soldiers of the First Army have been on the battlefield, and they have the assistance of mage groups and spell turrets. A section of the city wall of about 5 meters only needs ten people to guard it, and it can suppress the humanoid creatures living below. And Our new city wall is [-] meters higher than the previous stone wall. Even the most agile abyss gnolls can hardly jump directly to the top of the city. Orc shaman, they don't even think about getting past the line of defense."

"That's good."

Brian and Myrcella boarded the city wall together, and the soldiers along the way held their heads high, all showing surprised expressions, and then saluted them.

Although Brian is the lord of Mokou Town, he seldom shows up in public. The defense of the town and the mobilization of troops have always been in charge of the old sword saint Baleris and the dragon vein warlock Salo.

When he suddenly appeared on the city wall, most of the soldiers even showed puzzled expressions, wondering why this stranger could appear here with the duchess of Araby City.

While walking, it can be seen that this beautiful female lord is still vaguely headed by him.

It wasn't until they learned the real identity from their companions who had good eyesight or recognized the lord, that they realized that this was their hidden BOSS in Mokou Town.

Looking at these soldiers, Brian nodded in satisfaction.

Judging from the mentality of these people, they are no longer the same as the original militia fighters and chaotic adventurers.

Most of the militiamen at that time were slaves who had regained their free status. Although they stood on the city wall and seemed to be doing basic defensive training neatly, it was just a conditioned reflex formed by repeated training of an action.

Their eyes were full of numbness, and their movements were stiff. If you looked closely, you could find that most of their legs were trembling slightly.

Not to mention the adventurers who joined the army, they would spend a lot of time just letting them line up and train in the phalanx.

But now the soldiers, with a confident look in their eyes, turned their eyes to the front again after saluting, and continued to monitor the surroundings to get everything.

Brian stood on the top of the city wall and looked far and wide, and he had a panoramic view of the whole city.

Mokou Town is built on the mountain, not far from the castle is the bustling neighborhood, several white mansions are located close to the castle, the mansions are surrounded by flowers and trees, cool and quiet, the extended pavilions, gardens and squares are the places where residents hang out Places for recreation, open-air dance parties are often held in these places.

In the distance, several brick warehouses are heavily guarded, and the tall steeple bell tower is sometimes surrounded by white pigeons, facing the castle far away.

Several wide main roads converge here, and the streets are full of traffic. Every day, hundreds of commercial carriages carrying grain, vegetables, fruits, cloth and spices come from outside the city and pass by here.

Occasionally, patrolling guards rode past in armor. The star emblem on the armor was dazzling and majestic.

There are various shops on both sides of the street, and the windows of the wooden house hotel are wide open. Beautiful flowers and vines are planted on the window sills, giving people a refreshing and comfortable feeling.

The wine shop was full of people, people of all colors gathered inside, the laughter and the singing of bards spread far and wide.

There are narrow streets outside. Every morning, these streets will be open for business. The brightly colored fruits, flowers and spices attract many girls to stop, and the noise of vendors and pawns resounds throughout the day.

Further outside is the residential area. The small buildings with red roofs are closely and neatly arranged, extending to the city wall in the distance. Numerous narrow alleys are densely packed like cobwebs, shuttling between the buildings, forming the lifeblood of the entire city. .

Together with Myrcella, walk along the city wall to the south gate.

Compared with the prosperity of the city, this place looks lonely.

Because the temporary residences built for slaves and civilians who fled here from the Kingdom of Sambia were arranged in this area.

Looking down from the city wall, one can only see the edge of the forest, long strips of soil slopes arranged in parallel one after another, like undulating wavy lines.

If you observe carefully, you can find that there are more than ten houses inside each raised slope, and their structures are exactly the same as cave dwellings.

The thick soil wall can maintain the indoor temperature, and it is equipped with a fire pit for heating. As long as it is covered with sackcloth, it can keep away from the coming winter.

This is a resettlement method that Bryan came up with on the spur of the moment when a large number of refugees who fled here appeared in Mokou Town after the disaster in the Kingdom of Sambia.

As a result, a large number of spellcasters were called in, and even the leader of the stone giant came here. They raised the flat ground by casting magic to temporarily accommodate these refugees.

The entire residential area is close to the cultivated area reclaimed after the negotiation between Brian and Emerald Garden, and is mainly divided into two parts.

The area near the city wall is called the northern area, which is used to resettle the civilians of Sambia, while the southern area away from the city wall is allocated to slaves from all over the world.

Here, people from the city will be sent here every day to distribute food to them, and the refugees also need to provide logistical work for the army guarding the city wall until they are eligible to live in the territorial town.

As for those slaves who spent money to buy or liberated from various places, they need to assist the nearby villages and towns to undergo labor reform. If they complete all the indicators during the labor reform period, they will become freemen and have the opportunity to settle permanently in the villages and towns.

After inspecting the city wall, Brian and Myrcella left Mokou Town and appeared in the surrounding villages and towns.

They were walking on a road from Traveling Village to Golden Oak Village.

This is a road paved with gravel, and most of the main roads in the entire territory of Mokou Town are built according to this standard.

The passing horse-drawn carriages walked on the spacious avenue without feeling any bumps at all, and there were no mud pits and puddles as imagined after the rain and sunny days.

"It can be seen that the construction methods of these roads must be done by you." Myrcella walked side by side with Brian with light steps, and said with a smile: "If allowed, I think these methods can be extended to The whole kingdom."

"Indeed." Brian nodded slightly in agreement.

It is because he understands the principle of 'to get rich, build roads first' that he pays special attention to the road works in his territory.

If the current conditions do not allow it, and the plan about the demiplane and Miser energy core has not been completed, he has already planned to build a railway from Mokou Town to Arabe City.

And his method of building roads is naturally knowledge from the real world.

If you want to build a solid and flat road suitable for horse-drawn carriages, you first need to remove the soft soil on the surface until a solid soil layer appears, and then build stones on both sides of the road to determine the main range of the road. stones as a foundation, then smaller stones to fill the gaps in the big stones, then a layer of sand and clay mixture to fill smaller gaps, and finally sand on top of that, there is no road like this Viscous, in rainy days, the water on the road surface can penetrate into the ground, and there will be no stagnant water, which will bury the shoulder of the road.

Of course, there will be stone wheel compaction in the follow-up.

This is a continuous work, and in the end the pavement will be high in the middle, low on the sides, and slightly sloped.

The advantage of this is that the rainwater will leave the road, and a ditch will be dug 20 meters away from the center of the road. There will be no vegetation or obstacles from the ditch to the roadside, so that you can have a better line of sight and avoid the sudden fright of wild animals. It can make it difficult for robbers and robbers to hide on the road, and it can also be used as a drainage channel.

In a world where the maximum tonnage is no more than a horse-drawn carriage, this kind of road is perfectly adequate.

Soon, they came near Golden Oak Village.

In fact, after Bryan occupied Mokou Town, the five villages that were divided around the territory have gradually turned into five small towns that can accommodate nearly [-] people with the growth and development of the population.

That's why he didn't choose to build more villages.

Because within the scope of his territory, there are five small towns and one city, and there is no problem in accommodating hundreds of thousands of people.

And if his territory wants to reach a population of this size, it may take a long time to develop.

Within the territory of Golden Oak Village, except for the lush woods in the area near the Horn of the Storm Mountain Range, most of the land here has been reclaimed into fertile fields.

The winter wheat of this season has been planted, and the tender buds are exposed. Looking around, everything that can be seen is green.

On the land around the villages and towns, vegetables are mainly grown.

Brian and Myrcella walked straight to the wasteland area ahead, a place surrounded by crowds.

In order not to attract people's attention and cause unnecessary trouble, they cast a simple illusion spell, so ordinary civilians could not recognize the identities of the two at all.

Coming to the wasteland surrounded by crowds, Brian saw a mechanical puppet made of steel, with four jagged wheels at the bottom, and behind it was a row of high-speed rotating blades sunk deep into the ground.

With the dust flying all over the sky, this mechanical puppet, under the control of his student Oak Lane, is like a modern small rotary cultivator, quickly reclaiming land on the wasteland, and attracting crowds of onlookers from time to time.

Among the onlookers, there was also a group of priests and druids of the Mother Earth.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Brian nodded in satisfaction.

He had known for a long time that Oranke, the moon elf mage, was almost obsessed with mechanical puppets, so he made the best use of everything and asked him to take charge of the golem factory in the city of Aldus.

But Brian only needs to express his ideas in detail in the form of drawings, and leave the rest to Orlak.

Facts have proved that this student who is obsessed with mechanical puppets and the former leader of the Silver Scholars Association has done a good job and has developed a mechanical puppets with the function of a rotary tiller.

"Is this also the result of your research?"

Myrcella withdrew her surprised gaze, looked at Brian beside him, and sighed: "If this kind of mechanical puppet can be promoted, the efficiency of the improvement is simply unimaginable."

"This mechanical puppet is called: The Reclaimer, and it is just the initial result of the Golem Factory." Brian introduced to her: "If the technology matures, there will be other mechanical puppets suitable for agricultural planting, such as the Sower and the Reaper."

In Brian's view, if the technology of mechanical puppets is really mature, it may be more advanced than modern technology.

Because these mechanical puppets are all constructed creatures, the characteristic of the constructed body is to act on orders, and can earnestly complete various tasks assigned by the master.

This is an advantage that cannot be compared with those agricultural machinery that rely entirely on manual start.

"It's just... let the mechanical puppets reclaim the land."

Myrcella looked hesitant, and said: "I'm afraid the cost is a bit too high, after all, even ordinary wizards can't afford to activate the power to construct creatures, let alone commoners."

"You're right." Brian didn't deny it. "Energy is also one of the issues we need to solve the most right now."

"However, I have already thought of a possible solution." He glanced at the mechanical puppet galloping in the flying dust, and said to her: "As long as we create an ultra-small Miser energy core and let the demiplane provide energy, Then the problem will be solved.”

"That being said." Myrcella looked at him and frowned her slender eyebrows, "But...do you really have a way to obtain the technology of the Mithr energy core?"

"At least [-]% sure." Brian pondered for a moment, met her beautiful silver-gray eyes, and said with a smile: "At that time, the task of researching Miser's energy core will be completed by you."

His intuition told himself that the time when the little prince Brenas of the City of Shadows found Iolum was rapidly approaching.

If even the Legendary Archivist couldn't find Elaento City in Iolum, then it would be even worse if it was him.

Seeing Brian's confident expression, the female lord smiled and readily agreed.

Brian didn't bother his students, and led Myrcella into a portal, and disappeared quietly.

Accompanied by the heat wave and the pungent air, Brian and Myrcella appeared in the city of Aldus of the gray dwarves.

This is the furnace workshop of the gray dwarves, forged red-hot steel, and dozens of never-ending smelting, which are continuously supplying steel.

A group of gray dwarves were busy banging and beating in the room, and the mechanical sounds of clanging, hammering and grinding were constantly echoing.

Seeing Brian's arrival, the deep king of the duergar welcomed his arrival like a bearded kin.

This is understandable, after all, with the help of Brian, they shattered at least five plans of the demon lord to infiltrate the city of Aldus.

After learning of the future turmoil in the Underdark, the King of the Deep chose to join him without hesitation.

"How is the task I entrusted to me?" Brian said directly to the deep king of the gray dwarves.

"It's finished, my lord." The Deep King grinned and stretched out his hand as an invitation gesture, "Please."

Brian and Myrcella, who was full of doubts, came to a small room deep in the forging workshop.

In the dim room, there was only a dirty old gray dwarf wearing glasses, sitting behind the table, holding a magnifying glass, studying metal intently.

The old gray dwarf raised his head, the bags under his eyes were drooping like two bags, he glanced at Brian and the others, and nodded slightly in greeting.

Then, he got up and took out a wooden black from the counter behind, and said in an old and hoarse voice, "Your Excellency, the synthetic materials you need are ready, please check."

With a thought in Brian's mind, the wooden box opened automatically, and a small piece of bright silver metal fell into his hand.

"This is?" Myrcella asked subconsciously.

"Alloy." Brian weighed the amount of metal in his hand and explained to her, "This is an alloy steel that I fuse into steel with a small amount of mithril and fine gold, using magic elements. It can also be called: Arcane alloy."

"That's right, it's called 'Arcane Alloy' quite in line with its characteristics." The old gray dwarf pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, raised his head and said, "This alloy is not only harder than steel, but also has very good anti-corrosion properties." The adaptability of magical energy."

"This is the information I found in the Golem Handbook of Grand Arcanist Opus." Brian handed the alloy in his hand to Myrcella, "This metal is the most suitable material for making golems or constructing creatures .”

In Brian's impression, the challenge level of ordinary steel golems is about level 15. According to his speculation, the challenge level of golems made of arcane alloys can reach at least level 18.

And compared to the steel golem, the biggest advantage of the golem made of arcane alloy is that it can be enchanted to give it a certain ability to cast spells.

After all, the price-to-performance ratio of the legendary-level Adamantite Golem and Mithril Golem and the Arcane Alloy Golem can beat the former by more than ten blocks.

Next, his development direction for constructing creatures is mainly to focus on arcane alloys and adamantine, trying to research mechanical puppets of legendary level.

"I can feel the hardness and magical affinity of this alloy." Myrcella looked at the arcane alloy's beautiful eyes, and then asked curiously: "How much is its production cost? Mass production?"

"It's about 2.5 times that of ordinary steel." The deep king of the gray dwarf gave the answer, "but the cost performance is at least 5 times higher than that of ordinary steel."

"Problems that can be solved with money are not problems." Brian said indifferently, "Technology is the fundamental."

Although he is not as rich as he imagined now, and occasionally went to Suzar City to look for Hesaiah, and by the way took a few practical items from her small treasury, but if his future plan is successful, then he will follow With the development of time, money may become a string of data for him.

Then, they stopped disturbing the old gray dwarf's work, and under the leadership of the King of the Deep, they came to a relatively quiet living room.

Brian sipped the tea in his cup and said to King Deep, "How is the production of obsidian bricks?"

The so-called 'obsidian brick' was the main material he used to build the wizard tower.

This kind of material is not too much for the floating city that is going to be built next.

You know, a complete floating battle fortress needs at least ten wizard towers to sit in it.

If the owner of every wizard tower is a legendary spellcaster, then for the entire continent of Faerun, it will be a powerful group that can counter any force.

For example, the Supreme King and the Twelve Shadow Princes in the City of Shadows, as well as the huge number of spellcasters, are like this.

But in Bryan's group of spellcasters, Suzall's power is not counted for the time being. The only legendary spellcasters are him and Myrcella. Combined with Mokou Town and Arabe City, wizards and battle mages around the fourth level are also Only about a dozen people.

Among them, apart from Ru Yin from the Silver Scholars Association, who is under Brian's subordinate, the other fourth-order spellcasters are all Myrcella's people.

That is to say, with his current situation, even if the Floating Void City is established, there is no huge group of spellcasters to support it.

In this case, he could only wait patiently for the casters of Haruah.

After the ranger Pulanda came back from the Harua Kingdom, the inspection team from Harua also followed him to Mokou Town. They observed here for about a week before returning to the Harua Kingdom.

It was obvious that he would bring back the results of the investigation and think about whether to join Mokou Town or not.

"My lord." Hearing Brian's question about the production of obsidian, the King of the Deep suddenly showed a bitter face, and even the wine he brought up was not fragrant. "You should know the situation in the Underdark region better than me, so..."

He didn't go on, but Brian already guessed why.

He flicked the tea in the cup, looked at the small whirlpool splashed in the water, frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said to Myrcella beside him, "Tell me, is it feasible if we make obsidian by ourselves?"

In Brian's plan to build the floating city, obsidian, which has affinity for magic, is the main material.

Although the construction of the floating city is to cut a mountain to serve as the foundation, but the overall layout, including various military buildings, as well as the transformation and strengthening of the underground of the floating city, all need this material.

After all, what he built was not just a city that could fly into the sky.

His ideal floating city can at least travel through various planes, and even without any magic protection, it can still resist the attacks of high-level spells.

Ordinary mountain peaks obviously can't do it, even if they are strengthened by various magics, they don't have the ability to resist high-level spells.

However, adding obsidian to the foundation of the mountain will allow the foundation of the entire floating city to have strong magic and physical attack resistance, as well as future plasticity under the amplification of various strengthening magic.

It is not that the floating city cannot be changed once it is built. With the improvement of strength, the overall defense of the floating city will continue to strengthen.

Therefore, for him right now, obsidian is more in demand than steel.

At the beginning, he also thought about building the floating city with pure obsidian, but the old dragon turtle who used to be the steward of the floating city immediately dismissed his idea.

Because the use of mountain peaks as the overall framework of the floating city represents a stable land, like a small island in the ocean, with a complete ecosystem.

The ecosystem represents nature, which allows all the energy of the earth veins to be transplanted into the interior of the mountains, making it like nature, living endlessly, as if in an independent small world.

Obviously, this is completely impossible with pure materials.

"Manufacturing obsidian?" Myrcella was slightly taken aback, and then seriously thought about the feasibility of this method.

"Obsidian is formed when a volcano erupts, and the magma is rapidly cooled and condensed into blocks when it encounters a low-temperature environment, and then formed after a long period of condensate and magical elements." volcano."

"If you give me time, I can create a volcano." Brian said to her after a moment of silence.

Among the high-level spells of Netheril, there is a ten-ring spell "Maven's Volcanic Creation" and "Maven's Stable Earth".

The former is to generate a small earthquake within the range of the spell. Within a week, dust and steam will be ejected from the surface, and within a month, a completed erupting volcano will appear.

During the period of the Netheril Empire, in order to expand the territory, the great arcanists used this spell to destroy many orcs, goblins, and even the territories of elves and dwarves.

"Maven's Stable Land" is mainly for digging deep underground mines in dangerous areas. In this way, a large area of ​​underground tunnels will become stable without collapse or other accidents.

This spell is also used in the floating city, because it can greatly stabilize the foundation of the floating city.

"Well...if it is really possible to create a volcano..."

Myrcella thought for a moment, lightly brushed the tip of her hair on her forehead, and smiled at Brian, "It's not impossible. I'll study it carefully when I go back. It may require the help of some lava mephits of the genie."

Next, after discussing some details about the arcane alloy with the King of the Deep, Brian brought Myrcella back to the Wizard Tower.

Before you know it, night falls and the sky is full of stars.

Brian stood at the window, looking at the city under the night through the glass.

The dim shadow continued in the night, outlining the outline of the city wall. Against the backdrop of the lights, the two walls showed subtle differences.

The nearest inner city wall is light gray, and the burning turpentine torches hanging on the wall illuminate the surroundings. At first glance, it looks like a gemstone belt with overlapping light and dark.

Farther away is the outer city wall, gray with black, like a long snake winding around the city, even in the middle of the night, the city wall is still shining brightly.

It wasn't until now that Brian realized that this was the first time he had seriously looked at his territory.

Although there was an invasion of the Gnoll tribe five days ago.

But this fierce and short war had little impact on the people at the bottom and wealthy businessmen, and the night was still the best time for them to indulge in joy.

"What are you thinking?" Myrcella's soft voice came from behind him.

As the female lord of Araby City, she was not in a hurry to return to her own city and stayed here.

Because Brian is going to the Far Sea Swamp tomorrow.

There is hidden the glass palace of the star elves in ancient times.

Before he returned to the territory, the old sword saint Baleris had already rushed there with the dragon warlock Salo, the tiefling warlock, and the patriarch of the Temple of Knowledge.

This also saves him the trouble of cleaning up the mobs, and he can go straight to the point to face the big boss of the Glass Palace, the leader of the Death Screamers.

The glass palace in the swamp of the far sea hides a world that leads to the world built by the star elves with the strength of the whole family, a beautiful and mysterious demiplane, forever illuminated by the twilight of the stars in the sky.

If this half-plane can be obtained, and then fused with Mizusawa Fairy's plane, it may be possible to elevate the half-plane to a new level.

He turned around and looked at the female lord who was approaching slowly. Under the soft magic light, her beautiful face reflected a hazy sense of beauty.

This made Brian sigh secretly: the reason why he has such deep affection for the Kingdom of Cormyr is entirely due to the charming female lord in front of him.

This is not something to be ashamed of. As a game player, for him, the biggest motivation for joining Cormier's camp should be seeing her from time to time.

He came back to his senses and said with a smile, "I'm thinking about the future of the territory."

"The future?" Myrcella raised her beautiful slender eyebrows, staring at him curiously.

"Then what plans do you have for the future, to make Cormyr a magical kingdom, or to re-establish an arcane empire in the Ennook Desert?"

"This is not the future, it's just my plan for the future." Brian shook his head slightly, and said seriously: "I'm thinking about an ideological system and an ideal system."

"So you still know how to govern a country." Myrcella's beautiful silver-grey eyes flickered slightly, revealing a look of great interest, and she couldn't help smiling: "Then can you tell me what the ideal system is in your heart. "

"Actually, I don't know how to govern the country. I'm just lucky enough to stand on the shoulders of giants and see their ideals." Brian first denied the previous sentence of the female lord sincerely, and then sighed with empathy With a breath, he said slowly:
"In my opinion, the public ownership system is the most ideal social system for a civilized society, and it is also the highest form of civilized society development."

"Oh?" Myrcella showed a thoughtful look, then glanced at Brian, and said with a smile, "Can you tell me in detail?"

"Of course." Brian saw through her little thoughts, and said indifferently:

"Because when the public ownership civilization completely defeats the private civilization, the king, political power, commodity economy, currency economy, etc. will disappear completely. Finally, human beings will enter an ideal life. At this time, there will be no difference between urban and rural civilizations, differences in treatment between people and The division of labor will disappear completely, and everyone can get open education, medical care, and transportation. They no longer need fixed jobs every day like private ownership. Under the protection of open resources, we no longer pursue material life.”

"Exploring the mysteries of the multiverse will become their first need. The magic civilization will be very developed, and with the help of magic, people will be able to meet the needs of a high-quality life with the lowest workload. At that time, all Property is owned by all the people, and the living resources are all taken according to their needs. A person enjoys public welfare equally from birth, and can make full use of resources to explore the mysteries of the universe and the mysteries of magic."

"Everyone will not be limited by the division of labor, they will reach the stage of 'each according to his ability, each according to his need'."

"It does sound like the most ideal country." Myrcella was silent for a long time. After recovering, she first glanced at Brian in surprise, and then said calmly:

"But this is only an ideal country. It is obviously difficult to realize this ideal. After all, people are selfish, and desires are unlimited. Desires will also be greatly improved with the improvement of one's own strength. , undeniably, including myself.”

She said in a soft tone: "I can only say...Brian, you think this world is too perfect. In fact, it is a cruel world."

"Without bold assumptions, how can we try cautiously."

Brian smiled, leaned towards the female lord inadvertently, and only when he smelled a faint scent of gardenia, he continued:
"I'm just saying that in my eyes, it belongs to the most ideal country. Well, I admit that I may not be able to complete it with my own ability, but having this most perfect system as a reference is undoubtedly tantamount to pointing out the future for myself. direction of development."

He paused for a moment, then said in a soft tone, "This is the future I'm thinking about, and this is the future I'm trying to get out of."

"The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel." Myrcella made a comment with a smile.

"It is true, but in my opinion, this is my direction, a direction towards the light. Since it is a direction, there is only a beginning and no end, but as long as you move forward, you will take a step forward, Walking every day means making progress every day. At this time, the result is not important, but the process is getting more and more exciting."

"It's like, we are all walking towards the mountain in different places at the bottom of the mountain. Although the paths we walk are different, but there is only one goal-the top of the mountain. Although we will never reach the top of the mountain, this is what we exist. significance."

After a long silence, Myrcella raised her eyelids and stared at Brian through her long eyelashes.

"What you said is very reasonable, and you think about the ideological system very well. Brian, I have to admit that you are really a very strange person. I believe that I am not the only one who feels this way, because the more The closer you are, the easier it is to realize that you're really different from everyone."

She said in a gentle tone: "As the priest of the goddess of fortune said, you are 'a person beyond fate'. As long as anything has something to do with you, the final result will always deviate from the original track."

Brian looked at the female lord standing in front of him, and listened quietly to her evaluation of himself.

In fact, he had heard this comment from other people in the small world, so he didn't care about it.

After all, I know my own affairs best. As a time traveler, it is not strange to be called "a person beyond fate".

It was just the first time he looked at her from such a close distance, and he was a little dazed for a moment. Her thin bangs were draped over her forehead, and sporadic hair ends fell naturally around her cheeks.

This made him couldn't help stretching out his index finger, rolled up the tip of his hair, put it gently behind her ear, and said to her in a soft tone like a ghost, "Miss Myrcella, then you are willing to accompany me with this double-edged sword?" Jian, do you want to go down together?"

After saying this, he suddenly felt a little regretful.

Although he liked the female lord from the bottom of his heart, he had always hidden it in the depths and never voluntarily said it out.

Of course, not saying it didn't mean he didn't want to accept her, but he didn't think it was time.

Who would have thought that on such an occasion, he would blurt out uncontrollably.

The frivolous action caused a faint blush to float on the female lord's cheeks.

But she calmed down quickly, looked directly into Brian's eyes, and said in a slightly flat voice: "We have always been in the same camp now."

"You've misinterpreted what I really mean." Brian said calmly, meeting her eyes.

From his point of view, words spoken are like splashed water, since it has already been said, he simply took this opportunity to take it down.

This kind of woman who is both powerful and powerful, and more beautiful, can't be cheaper than others, right?
Staring into Brian's deep eyes, Myrcella's expression showed a look of panic for no reason, and subconsciously dodged and said: "This...it's impossible, don't think about it, besides, don't you already have hope? Saya and..."

"Only children make choices."

Brian suddenly stretched out his hand forcefully, grabbed her slender waist like lightning, held her in his arms, looked directly into her eyes like a deer, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Because if you change It's me, I'll take it all!"

He knows that when you meet a strong woman, especially one like Myrcella, you just need to act stronger than her and make her feel safe, and it's easy to take her heart away.

"you……"

This unexpected action made Myrcella almost exclaim.

Her towering chest rose and fell sharply, apparently controlled by Brian's sudden soft and hard attacks.

…………

(End of this chapter)