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[Assistant] So we know the ID tile, we know the ID, we'll just go here and look up the ID, find the ID in here. And the way we find it is simple, right? This is 0, 1, 2, it's sequential. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, whatever, right?


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[Assistant] To have an array of integers. So in here, in the map for the game, you see we already have, and this is a pointer of tiles. Right? And a single tile has an id and a position. Uhm.


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[Assistant] I just need an array of integers. That's really all I need, right? Yeaah, that's really all I need.


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[Assistant] So in here, I'm gonna make an array, uh, of integers.


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[Assistant] Is however, however big my grid is. So I have a 10 by 5 grid. So I'll make a 10 by 5 array, which is 50 elements. And I'll start filling uhm, data in these elements. Alright, that's kind of the idea. Alright, let's do this.


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[Assistant] If I make this an array, I have to hardcode the value of the map in here. Which is 50.


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[Assistant] Uh, but I don't want to hard-code it, I want the user to be able to select it. The problem is,


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[Assistant] With an array, you have to set the array size before you compile your application. And since I don't know what my array size is, I have to make this a pointer. And so now this is a pointer that points to an array, and that array size will be decided later on in the program. That's kind of the idea. So this is my tile IDs, right?


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[Assistant] Right now it's maxPrites, but it's gonna change later on, so let's do tallad is equal to new int maxSize


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[Assistant] This is a pointer, which needs to be nullptr over here. I sell nullptr, it's nullptr, which is pointer, null pointer, called nullptr, whatever.


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[Assistant] Okay, so mouse tile gets sprite. This will have the current sprite that's selected.


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[Assistant] And we have, so this is the ID of it, or sequential number, the index of it.


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[Assistant] So I want this, I want this class to, did I ever create a variable that tells me the ID that's currently selected of the tile? Just m underscore tile. So m underscore tile, how am I doing this? Again, I'm looking at code that I've written a while back guys, so bear with me here. So if I press a, it's 12.


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[Assistant] But initially it's 11, right? So it's an 11. It's a hard coded value. Okay.


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[Assistant] So, I'm gonna make a, ehm, a private variable. And this is going to be an int, a currentTileId.


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[Assistant] Don't do that please. It's 11. It should be CurrentTileId.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and I'm going to go ahead and change that.


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[Assistant] So I need a way to grab this variable, so I'm gonna make a getter for it. Again, and this is really important, I never want the player, or I never want anyone, uh, the programmer, whoever's gonna program the map editor, I never want them to change this variable, ever. Because if they do, it's really bad, so that's why I need a setter, uh, no, sorry, not a setter, a getter.


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[Assistant] Okay, so here, this line of code,


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[Assistant] Just to remind you if you don't remember, this line of code gets the integer i.


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[Assistant] Zero, right? Because this, this, this array over here, this is the array that is representative of the entire grid, right? So, this is tile IDs.


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[Assistant] This over here, what I'm highlighting, is tile ID.


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[Assistant] Right? And so if I am saying tileID at i, i is wherever I clicked on the grid, will be equal to the current tileID that I selected previously. And this just returns a hard-coded value of 11.


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[Assistant] I saved the value, actually it's 11, so this is 11, right? It's hard to see. This is 11.


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[Assistant] Okay, and I clicked here, this is also 11. I didn't click here, so this is 0, this is 0, this is 0. Now if I press A, I change the tile. And remember, this is tile 12. So I click here, 12. 12. This is 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. This is 11. Now I change it to 12, right?


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[Assistant] Uhm, so there you go. That's what the code does.


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[Assistant] I check, uh, when I click on the grid, you'll have I, and I'm accessing tile IDs at I, which is the map, it's literally the entire, this is an array of the grid itself. Like this is an, this is the array, think of, like tile IDs is this grid, in form of numbers, right, in memory. Right, so I'm saying,


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[Assistant] Uhm, I know it's a hard code with a value of 50. So, in here.


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[Assistant] Uh, map-saver, right? This will be map-data.get-data-length. And this is a hard-coded value of map.


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[Assistant] Cause map sprites get... get...


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[Assistant] Get map IDs, cause this is map sprite.


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[Assistant] So I can do dot, getMapIDs, and this is my data. I'm passing in my data. Alright, and this is the moment of truth. So.


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[Assistant] Uhm, mapdata.get. Oh, Jesus. IntelSense, please, I beg of you, work with me here. This is gitmap.mdata, it's called gitdata.


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[Assistant] Uhm, that's it. This, this is not great, uh, cause I'll show you why it's not great. We'll, we'll make it pretty, but I just wanna test it. Press here. So now it should just do 50 zeros. Woah.


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[Assistant] But it's not zero. Why is it not zero? Because...


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[Assistant] The C++, the Microsoft C++ compiler does in the background. So it sets all the memory to this value. If we switch to release mode, it will be actual garbage value in memory. But in debug mode, it will not be. So if I go here, and I click on save, you will see now,


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[Assistant] So if I load it, it's gonna be, this is, this is the debugger. The debugger will write, uh, will fill the memory with this value. So to, to fix this, uhm,


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[Assistant] I believe it was a map, right? So I need to loop through this array and set their values to zero. Right? So I need to make a... So I can do that. I can make a... So there's two ways I can do this. I can have a for loop. I know the size of my for loop. It's this size. I can say, hey, at i equal to zero. I can do this, right? This works. Okay, it's not super fast. Uh, but it works. So now if I go here.


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[Assistant] Okay, I forgot, right? So you can see some of them are zero, others are not. Because the size here, so this is the size, the size is in bytes. So how big is this array in bytes?


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[Assistant] But here I just specified 50, so this value is 50, where, where is it?


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[Assistant] 50, we have 50 elements multiplied by 4. Why 4? Because...


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[Assistant] It works, beautifully. And memset is much, much faster than looping through the area and just setting everything to zero. Uhm, as far as I know.


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[Assistant] How this function works, uh, you can do some research, right? Because I researched this back in the day and they had an explanation and I completely forgot the explanation. So I'll leave this as a research topic for you. Go ahead and research why memset will only work on zero. I think it will only work on zero and another value. I don't remember what the other value is or I could be wrong. Maybe it's only zero.


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[Assistant] But uhm, yeaah, go ahead and research why that happens. But anyways.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I'm gonna go here, so now it's all set to zero, right, which is good. So now if I, if I click here, click here, click here and click here and click here, and I save, it is now 11 over here, 11, and 11 over here, right, those two 11s, and those, fuck's sake, I need to fix this problem.


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[Assistant] So we're gonna have the x in on inside, the y on top.


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[Assistant] Okay, uh, this is no longer called getDataLength. Uh, this should be 9. I'm just hard coding these values for now. Sorry, this is 9 and this is 5. Sorry, this is 10.


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[Assistant] Okay, so look at this. Uh, do that, do that, do that, do that. Save it.


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[Assistant] Second row, third row, fourth row and fifth row. You can see the corners, all the corners are, you know, what we set. I mean, obviously it's messed up. Let's fight over it again.


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[Assistant] Right? Corner, corner, corner, corner. I'm gonna put two 12s in here. I'm gonna save this. Go here. Click on, okay. Can see here. Right? Let's see. I can't see.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you can see the 11, 11, 11, 11, right in the corners, 11, 11 in the corners, and 12, 12 in the middle, right? So, it's a little bit better to see visually. It's a little bit nicer. Now, how does this work? Well, essentially,


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[Assistant] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Right? So I have ten, uh, in a row. And I have five rows. So I'm saying I would like to first do the rows. So I say y is equal to zero.


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[Assistant] If I have a 2d number like x and y and I'll convert it to a one dimensional number to access my array.


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[Assistant] So essentially I go in the file, I write my numbers. I write number 11 or 0 and then comma. And then the next loop iteration. So the first loop iteration will be


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[Assistant] If I actually put a tile in here, so if I put tiles in...


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[Assistant] This is like, not very nice. And the reason it's not nice is because we have data over here. It's not aligned. I'm lucky to be like this. So it'll be a little bit nicer to see. I feel like. Right? So what I'm gonna do is, I'm just gonna...


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[Assistant] Save that. Load the file. 1212, 1212, 1212, 1212.


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[Assistant] We do much like this. So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna put two spaces.


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[Assistant] So when I write my thing, I'm gonna put a comma.


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[Assistant] No, that's not gonna work, because if I put three, if I put three here, this has to be one, two, three, four. If I put one, two, three, I need to put four for single digits. Uhm.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna say, and this is my solution to this, I'm sure there's a better solution than this, but this is my solution for it.


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[Assistant] That's i. Is less than 10.


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[Assistant] If it's a single digit, I want to put one, two, three, four.


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[Assistant] Then I will put three spaces. If it's three digits, then I'll put one space.


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[Assistant] Should be like this, two digits, one space, two digits, two spaces.


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[Assistant] So if this current number is two digits,


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[Assistant] Alright, we're saving it to a file, so congratulations to us, guys. Look at us. So, we're so good.


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[Assistant] Okay, cool. Uh, we accomplished our task today.


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[Assistant] Which was to write stuff to a file. Uhm, I wanted to clean up this code rather than passing all this data, just pass it in the grid. So I wanna do that next before I wrap up today for today.


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[Assistant] Map, reference, map again, cause I don't wanna, I don't wanna do a copy. Uhm, and so grid, I can do grid.getPosition.x. I can do this over.


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[Assistant] Uh, or, uhm, map size. And the data would be dot, uh, getTileIDs.


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[Assistant] That's much, much nicer code. Much, MUCH nicer code.


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[Assistant] No, that's fine. So what I was thinking is, before, the way it was done before, it was in, it was not relying on the grid and the map. And so if, if the grid and the map are deleted,


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[Assistant] I don't have to rely on them because there's a bunch of integers, but now they're tightly coupled. As in like, they reliant. If the grid is dead, is deleted, if I delete that file, this will have an error in it.


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[Assistant] I think this is a-okay. Let's first rebuild this, make sure everything works.


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[Assistant] Oh, I remember why I need to delete this. Okay, you know what? I need to fix this later. Uh, because, yeaah, I'll just fix it later. That's fine. Alright, everything works. Uh, the ma- the editor works, the game is absolutely broken. I- I'm able to save files to, uh, disk now.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I'm able to, uh, you know, which, which is good, right? I'm saving all my data over here. Uhm, one thing I want to solve is


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[Assistant] Uhm, I believe if I, if I do this, I just click in here.


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[Assistant] Right? Look, look at that, I knew. So I don't, I wanna fix that. The way I can fix that is essentially say, don't paint if, uh, this window is not in focus.


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[Assistant] Uhm, put this over here.


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[Assistant] It's a RPG game. Alright, so, we've done a lot of work.


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[Assistant] Okay, sure use. We added the core project, we added the core dependencies.


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[Assistant] Alright, commit this, uh, push it.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I don't think I want to show this on stream. I'll probably, guys, already saw it. Let's just do this. Oh, they're public keys. Public keys are fine. Okay. Uh, either way, I don't want to show my keys, so...


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[Assistant] So, we finished the stream, uhm, for today. Did a bunch of work, which is awesome. I really wanna spend more time working on this game, because at the rate that I'm going, it'll never be done. Like, absolutely never. And the entire goal was to finish this in a year. And the year is almost over, like...


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[Assistant] I started in November, we're already in August, so I need to pick up the pace if I want to actually reach that goal, which I don't think it's possible now, because I took a break from March until August, March, April, May, June, July, four months, over four months.


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[Assistant] That's second thing. The third, the third shameless plugin that I would like to talk about is I have a podcast with a colleague and I know there's a million podcasts. Like there's literally a million podcasts. Why the hell would you watch mine?


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[Assistant] Uhm, well, there's absolutely no reason for it. We just talk about life, stuff, we talk about game development, whatever is happening in the industry.


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[Assistant] Thing that are like personal to us and tips and tricks and things like that, I don't know. Uhm, it just, honestly, it's just an hour where me and my colleague just wanna catch up and just chat for an hour and talk for an hour, right? Uh, you might be interested, that's great, you might not, that's also fine. Uh, it's called...


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[Assistant] He takes care of all the uploading and managing the channel. And I just show up and talk. For an hour. So I need to... I need to like, you know, be more involved.


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[Assistant] Alright, here's the channel. This is me, by the way. This is how I look. You've never seen my face. I do realize you've never seen my face. This is my colleague. This is me on the right. Uhm, and this- Jesus, I really need to-


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[Assistant] But if you, if you wanna go and listen to it, go for it. If not, that's completely okay. It doesn't matter. Uhm, and that's it. That's all the self-promotion plugin stuff that I wanna talk about today. Uhm, yeaah. That's it.


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[Assistant] And they also would have beaten you up, Tilly said. So it was reasonable for you not to tell. This sort of thing will never happen again.


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[Assistant] I thought that the extra space in your head was used to store knowledge. She didn't respond and changed the topic. Now it seems that's not the case. Besides this panda, is there anything else new?


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[Assistant] When he heard her get tongue tied trying to pronounce this strange word, Roland couldn't help but smile. Of course, countless things. When I get a chance, I'll tell you more. There was no doubt that Tilly was smart.


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[Assistant] He believed that she would understand him even if he didn't tell the whole story.


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[Assistant] Indeed, a lot of unpleasant things had happened before, but the past is the past.


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[Assistant] No matter what, you and me, or border town and sleeping island shouldn't be bound by bad memories.


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[Assistant] If you have any trouble in the future, you can come to me anytime. I'll be your elder brother forever.


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[Assistant] He paused for a while and said, Happy birthday, Tilly. He opened the door.


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[Assistant] The two witches were immediately stupefied and stared at each other with confusion.


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[Assistant] The prince smiled and said, Stop quarreling. I was the first.


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[Assistant] Otto wandered the streets dejectedly with Andrea's words still lingering in his mind.


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[Assistant] The lady of the Quinn family died five years ago, which was exactly what father wanted.


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[Assistant] He didn't agree with her, but he couldn't find any excuses to contradict her with.


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[Assistant] These days, besides observing border town, he spent the rest of his time wandering near the market.


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[Assistant] He hoped to see her again, but was ultimately disappointed.


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[Assistant] Otto went to the stone bench next to the square, flicked away the snow on top, and sat down slowly.


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[Assistant] Although thoughts were surging in his heart, he still didn't forget the reason why he came here.


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[Assistant] Except for the Koran battalions, he had gone through every corner of this village and had a comprehensive understanding of this area.


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[Assistant] For example, the villagers' lives weren't so affluent at the very beginning and had been no different from those of regular slums.


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[Assistant] All these changes were due to the Lord, His Highness Roland Wimbledon.


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[Assistant] He led the people against those blood-curdling demonic beasts and invented various magical machines and tools to improve people's lives.


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[Assistant] Auto had witnessed the black machines operating in the mine area.


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[Assistant] Just two or three iron lumps could easily finish the work of tens of people.


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[Assistant] Also, it was said that the high tower alongside the Redwater River could send water to each resident's home.


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[Assistant] There were the quickly built city walls, residential communities, and docks as well.


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[Assistant] In addition, it seemed that the ditches that were being dug would make the installation of heating equipment easier and the inhabitants would no longer fear the cold. News like this could be seen on the bulletin board in the center of the square every day.


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[Assistant] More astonishingly, most of the villagers could understand the official documents on the board. The more he observed, the more astonished he felt.


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[Assistant] Changes were happening everywhere in Border Town and were totally beyond his imagination.


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[Assistant] Opening his notebook, Otto intended to take down today's new discoveries, but someone suddenly grabbed the hand holding his pen.


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[Assistant] Looking up, he saw two patrol officers with black uniforms in front of him. Are you Silver Eye?


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[Assistant] That was a false name he used when disguised as a businessman.


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[Assistant] Otto answered calmly and when he looked around, he found out that there were also people with black uniforms appearing on the other two sides of the square. However, they just stared at him and didn't come closer. They came here for me. Otto's heart sank.


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[Assistant] Before, he thought that the patrols here weren't like what he saw elsewhere and behaved appropriately, so he didn't expect to get into trouble. What's up? He asked with a cold voice.


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[Assistant] Faced with these bullying and greedy people, there was no benefit in flattering them.


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[Assistant] Even if they wanted to blackmail him, he wouldn't let them run their mouths.


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[Assistant] In the worst case, he would have to use his identity as a nobleman. However, the uniformed officer's answer surprised him.


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[Assistant] According to the report we received, we suspect that you are conducting espionage.


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[Assistant] Now, keep your hands behind you and follow our instructions.


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[Assistant] If there's any resistance, we can't guarantee your safety. Espionage? What a strange reason. Could it be that they want to find a fall guy? Otto thought silently. I don't understand what you are saying. He shook off their arms.


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[Assistant] I'm from the Lewashi family in the city of Glow, a noble of the Kingdom of Dawn. I'm not A.


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[Assistant] As soon as he shook off their hands, his belly was suddenly punched severely, and more than half of his strength disappeared immediately with an acidic taste filling his mouth and his body curling up involuntarily.


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[Assistant] After staying in jail for a day, Otto felt hungry and thirsty and finally saw the one whom people called his Excellency Carter.


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[Assistant] Entrusted by the King of Dawn, I came to this kingdom of Grey Castle for allies to confront the Church. I'm not the spy you accused me to be. I want to meet with your Lord, His Highness Roland Wimbledon. He had long heard about the shady dealings in jail.


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[Assistant] Patrols always colluded with rats and imprisoned foreigners to be scapegoats.


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[Assistant] If they thought that he was an unimportant stranger he probably wouldn't live to see another day. Carter was shocked. I haven't asked you anything yet. He turned his head. What do you think my answer will be?


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[Assistant] But then, in a scene that shocked Otto, a girl came out from the shadow, her body covered by a white robe and her face concealed by a hood.


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[Assistant] However, judging from her figure, she seemed no different from the Flower of Glow. What he said is true, she shrugged and said. Really? Does this mean he's indeed an envoy from the Kingdom of Dawn? Carter put his hand on his forehead. It seems that we caused some trouble for His Highness.


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[Assistant] Chapter 436 The Indeterminable Appointment


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[Assistant] Finally, Otto met the legendary Prince Roland of the Kingdom of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] After confirming he was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Dawn, Carter brought him into the castle.


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[Assistant] Then, as the attendants served him with toiletries, new clothes, and some hot food, Carter frisked him.


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[Assistant] This might be the most offensive reception that Otto had ever seen.


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[Assistant] Prince Roland was in a north-facing room on the castle's third floor.


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[Assistant] The French windows, which occupied half of the wall, first came into sight as the door was opened.


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[Assistant] The snow-covered landscape brightened up the room, which was particularly warm, despite there being no lit fireplace.


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[Assistant] The prince was sitting at a mahogany table, reading a black covered book in his hand, which Otto realized was his own notebook.


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[Assistant] In addition, the diplomatic documents and the family seal were set on the side.


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[Assistant] It seemed that the hotel that he was staying in had been searched thoroughly.


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[Assistant] Although Prince Roland had the same gray hair as Timothy, and there was some resemblance in their features, they gave people an entirely different impression.


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[Assistant] Both his sitting position and expression seem to be very casual which conform to the rumors that Prince Roland liked to persist in his old ways.


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[Assistant] Noticing Otto, he closed the book, smiled and said, Are you the envoy from the Kingdom of Dawn? Have a seat. Otto bowed in accordance with noble etiquette.


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[Assistant] No matter how awful the prince behaved, he had to do this. After all, although Prince Roland might not care if he was treated as a joke, he represented the royal dignity of the Kingdom of Dawn. I have read some of your notes. The prince laughed and said,


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[Assistant] Some were recorded in great detail, so it's not surprising for them to mistake you for a spy.


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[Assistant] Also, my people didn't know where you were from, and they enthusiastically reported you to me because of my orders. I'd like to apologize to you here. The people reported me? Auto frowned and thought.


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[Assistant] However, no explanation could excuse rudely offending a noble, not to mention that the offender was just a man without any title of nobility.


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[Assistant] If it wasn't for his mission, he would definitely ask the prince to bring the man who assaulted him to justice.


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[Assistant] Otto restrained his innermost negative emotion and said, No, you don't have to. Your highness, you just do this for the peace of the people. It's just.


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[Assistant] That it may hurt innocent strangers, and I'm afraid most people couldn't provide documents to prove their identities like me. You don't need to worry about that.


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[Assistant] The collection of evidence by the judicial department is irrelevant to the identification documents, and we have all kinds of measures to protect the innocent people.


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[Assistant] Prince Roland waved his hand and continued, What's the saying?


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[Assistant] We would never wrong a good man or let a single bad one go.


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[Assistant] At this he smiled and said, I heard about your arrest. If you did as they commanded, then you wouldn't have been harmed.


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[Assistant] The process was a little brutal, but it's also done with reluctance.


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[Assistant] You know, some of the most vicious people may take out a weapon and fight back at any time.


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[Assistant] Otto Wonderin asked, Does this kind of thing happen often?


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[Assistant] Once or twice a month, said the prince, and it's probably because Timothy is so bored in this endless winter. The prince openly showed his hostility toward the new king.


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[Assistant] Otto realized that the contradictions between the two sides couldn't be reconciled.


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[Assistant] Then he hesitated for a while and said, When I went to the King's city, I heard a rumor.


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[Assistant] Your Highness, are you really going to overthrow Timothy's authority?


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[Assistant] Did the rumors say that the new king's throne is hung by a thread?


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[Assistant] The prince said bluntly, Timothy shouldn't be the new king. In order to usurp the throne, he murdered his father, blamed it on his elder brother, and expelled Garcia out of the kingdom of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] The entire southern territory was destroyed in the war, and the people became destitute and homeless. These are all the crimes he had committed.


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[Assistant] The only way to restore the past prosperity of the Kingdom of Grey Castle is to overthrow him.


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[Assistant] Otto held his breath for a second and thought, Roland Wimbledon is more active than Timothy. At least Timothy's fighting resolve isn't so strong.


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[Assistant] It seems to be a reversal of both status and momentum.


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[Assistant] I came here at this time to bring the alliance agreement of Deegan Moya, the King of Dawn. Oh, said the prince with interest. Where is it?


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[Assistant] In order to avoid the message being leaked, I didn't carry the document with me.


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[Assistant] However, his majesty has granted me the right to sign the agreement. Otto repeated the alliance agreement again.


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[Assistant] If the two countries can help each other, we can effectively hold the church in play and avoid going down the same road as the kingdoms of Everwinter and Wolfheart. That's it? The response of the prince perplexed Otto. What does that mean? I've made myself quite clear, he thought.


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[Assistant] The determination of the Church to annex the Four Kingdoms is much stronger than you think, let alone the combative God's punishment army in witches. Your troops stationed along the border might be surrounded and destroyed by the enemy before they've even departed.


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[Assistant] God's punishment army and witches asked Otto in surprise.


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[Assistant] It seems that you know nothing about the ambition of the Church, said Prince Roland.


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[Assistant] He took a sip of tea and continued, I'll tell you all the information we know. And I hope you can bring these messages back to the Kingdom of Dawn so that your king can re-examine the alliance agreement.


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[Assistant] If we want to defeat the church, we need not only a deterrent, but one big attack.


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[Assistant] The meeting didn't come to an end until the evening when the prince put his cup down, and the wilderness and forest behind him were all in the dark.


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[Assistant] A strange light lit up in the room, which was brighter and purer than a candle, but Otto had no mind to notice this.


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[Assistant] He felt his clothes soaked with cold sweat on his back, his hands inadvertently held into a fist, his palms were creamy, and the words of the prince were echoing in his mind.


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[Assistant] The extraordinary warriors created by utilizing wild witches, secret combat witches, and pure witches.


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[Assistant] And the purpose of the church to eliminate the four kingdoms at all costs is to usher in the coming battle of doomsday. The news was just too incredible.


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[Assistant] However, many details coincided with the information that he had collected, such as the Pill of Madness, which the Church used to weaken the resistance of the Kingdom, the carriages transporting female orphans to the Holy City.


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[Assistant] Of course, this is a matter of life and death for the two countries, the Prince calmly said. And you can't be too careful. But don't forget, our time is running out.


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[Assistant] Ah, she used to be a noblewoman of the Kingdom of Dawn, but unfortunately she became homeless and came into the Kingdom of Grey Castle afterward. The prince lifted his eyebrows and asked, Why? Do you know her? Yes, answered Otto with his heart beating strongly. Could you allow me to see her?


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[Assistant] The prince nodded and said, I can help to arrange it, but whether or not she'll meet you will be up to her.


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[Assistant] After Otto Lewashi left the office, Nightingale stood by Rowland.


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[Assistant] What he said isn't completely true, especially the part about his experience before he came to Border Town. No surprise.


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[Assistant] He must have negotiated with Timothy in King City before coming to the western region. Roland smiled.


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[Assistant] If I were him, I wouldn't put all my eggs in one basket either. You mean, they might not stand on our side? At least, they won't hurry to make a decision. He picked up the kettle to refill his teacup.


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[Assistant] When the King of Dawn receives this news, how much of it do you think he will believe?


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[Assistant] Nightingale searched for an answer for quite a while until she finally said, I don't know. Me neither.


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[Assistant] At these words, Nightingale pinched Roland's shoulder. He was not telling the truth. One thing is obvious though.


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[Assistant] The King of Dawn is probably not going the swing to us because of this news.


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[Assistant] It sounds terrifying, but it's something that will only happen several years from now. Besides, we can't even give him an exact date.


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[Assistant] The threat of the church, however, is right under his nose.


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[Assistant] Given that the church may launch the attack in the coming spring, he's most likely to stand by watching battles between Timothy and me until either of us wins.


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[Assistant] If he's clever enough, he'll probably be on good terms with both of us for future returns. Politicians often handle these kinds of issues this way.


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[Assistant] They preferred smooth gains to risky investments, especially in the case of wars which were normally highly profitable.


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[Assistant] If there had been no threat from demons, Roland would have been happy to join this game, setting a trap for his opponent and then reaping some profits. But he was not in the mood for this diplomatic game now.


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[Assistant] In the following year, Border Town would have to launch an attack and stabilize the situation.


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[Assistant] The Kingdom of Dawn isn't our real enemy, after all.


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[Assistant] I'm not sure how much the nobles there will believe the story about demons, but they'll definitely spread the word about the church's ambition. It'll weaken the ruling of the church, Roland explained.


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[Assistant] Without people's support, the Church won't be able to use the Kingdom's resources that easily.


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[Assistant] When he broke the news to Otto, he only mentioned the part about demons, but not the part about the witch's empire and the two battles of divine will.


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[Assistant] The former was even more unbelievable than the existence of demons and might cause unwanted effects.


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[Assistant] It could be purposely distorted into a witch's scheme because of people's general hostility towards them.


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[Assistant] The latter might shake people's confidence in fighting against the demons. They had failed twice before. What were their chances of winning this time?


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[Assistant] Anyhow, he had already hinted that the two kingdoms should fight the demons together.


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[Assistant] As to the result, it would depend on the reply from the Kingdom of Dawn.


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[Assistant] Three days later, Roland met Otto Lewashi again. He could guess the answer from the disappointment in Otto's eyes.


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[Assistant] Your Highness, Otto hesitated for a moment and said, I would like to ask you a personal favor. What is it? Please take good care of Andrea Quinn for me. Andrea was a witch from Sleeping Island.


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[Assistant] You should actually ask Tilly Wimbledon to do that. Not me, Roland thought with a sigh, but still he gave his promise.


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[Assistant] At the top of the castle, Andrea stood, facing the howling wind and looking south toward the Redwater River. Aren't you going to the dock?


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[Assistant] Shavy shivered in coldness, hiding behind her invisible barrier. I hear he's going to Lealeve by boat.


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[Assistant] If, if I catch a cold, Miss Lily will cure me and I can take two, two days off. Then I'll have more time to play cards. That sounds reasonable.


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[Assistant] Andrea gave her a thumbs up and turned her gaze to the Redwater River.


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[Assistant] Through the falling snow, she could vaguely see some rising sails and something red fluttering at the top of a mast. It was the sailing signal. This was good.


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[Assistant] Time would dilute, all the attention and forgetting would be better for everyone, she thought.


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[Assistant] Andrea somehow knew Otto's love for her, but she still chose to avoid him.


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[Assistant] Both he and Oro Tokat should marry someone more suited to their status. They were the most famous noble families in the city of Glow. A relationship with either of them was doomed from the start.


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[Assistant] Besides, she was not willing to return to the land which had abandoned her. Avoiding him was the best choice. Farewell, my friend, Andrea thought. The looming sail soon disappeared on the horizon.


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[Assistant] After sending off the messenger, Roland threw himself into the construction of Border Town.


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[Assistant] The Three Supplies project, which included a water supply, a power supply, and a heating system had officially launched.


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[Assistant] The three pipes were embedded in underground tunnels, reaching every residential community.


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[Assistant] It was easy to adapt each household because every residential house had been designed with reserve openings for the pipes.


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[Assistant] The key lay in the location of boilers and water towers.


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[Assistant] In order to save materials and reduce loss during transportation as much as they could, Roland changed the plan.


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[Assistant] Instead of drawing water from the Redwater River, they would draw from underground springs.


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[Assistant] Given that Border Town was rich in underground water and that it was not deep, it was easy to dig wells.


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[Assistant] Besides, in this era, there was no need to take water pollution into consideration.


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[Assistant] With the help of Sylvie, Roland quickly picked out four spots as water access points for the town.


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[Assistant] They could purvey water not only for daily uses such as drinking and cleansing, but also for the heating system and boilers.


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[Assistant] Based on the construction plan, Roland set up a workroom with all the equipment to build an efficient three-supplies project system.


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[Assistant] The complete set of equipment included a steam engine, an electric motor, a power supply unit, a boiler, and two water tanks.


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[Assistant] Together with the water tower outside the room, they formed the workings of the three supplies project system.


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[Assistant] The steam engine pumped the water up into the water tower and the water tanks.


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[Assistant] The former was to provide the residential communities with water for domestic needs.


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[Assistant] The ladder was the water supply for the boiler and the heating system. The first level water tank was higher.


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[Assistant] Limestones and washing stones, which were used to soften the water by precipitating magnesium and calcium ions, and it were put inside the tank.


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[Assistant] The water in it would then flow into the lower second level tank through a filter screen specially made by Soraya, which would stop the floating objects in the water from entering the second level tank.


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[Assistant] The boiler's water supply was controlled by an electric motor.


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[Assistant] When the water level inside the boiler was too low, the ballcock inside would start the electric motor to bring water in until the water level got back to normal.


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[Assistant] This process was more stable than both the manual control and the steam engine system, saving the trouble to arrange someone to observe the site all the time.


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[Assistant] The water supply and heating systems had already been successfully tested. Roland was confident that their construction would go smoothly. His current focus was on the power supply. It was a brand new thing for the town.


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[Assistant] Neither Carl nor other members of the Mason Guild had any idea of electricity.


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[Assistant] Given that Roland did not know much about electricity himself either, and that all his knowledge of electronic circuits remained at the high school level, he decided to build a model in his courtyard first.


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[Assistant] If he succeeded, he would explain it to the Ministry of Construction.


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[Assistant] Once he had a stable power supply, the first step then was to create that traditional emblem of electrical power, a light bulb.


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[Assistant] With that in mind, Roland put on a fit coat and set out for his courtyard on the North Slope Mountain.


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[Assistant] It normally would take a quarter of an hour to walk to the courtyard, but with the help of nightingales missed, they arrived in scarcely four minutes.


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[Assistant] When the wooden door was pushed open, Anna and Lucia immediately noticed Roland. Anna, busy with her work, just nodded to him.


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[Assistant] Lucia happily ran to him and said, Your Highness, good morning.


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[Assistant] Good morning, Roland nodded with a smile and then walked to Anna. What are you busy with? The new gun barrels and locking mechanism.


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[Assistant] She pointed to several long steel pipes on the desk with a serious look on her face. Some aspects of your drawings don't make sense. I think it'll be better this way.


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[Assistant] My amazing Anna, Roland thought and could not help stretching out his hand, trying to touch her head, but she refused it by rocking back and forth. Well, this scene seems familiar.


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[Assistant] He coughed, banished his thoughts of Anna, and said, Good, do whatever you want. Roland did not mind her questioning his designs.


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[Assistant] He knew he would naturally have mistakes and shortcomings based on his minimal design experience.


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[Assistant] He felt like Anna was not only more talented, but also had a keener eye for fine detail, and he was convinced that one day she would surpass him in skills.


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[Assistant] Almost done and here are the results. Lucia gave him a stack of books and said, but I'm afraid it'll take a long time to test on the mixtures of them and rolled steel. There are just too many individual elements. It's already pretty good. Roland encouraged her. This was part of his material improvement plan.


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[Assistant] He had already improved the rolled steel quality by reducing carbon content and eliminating impurities, and now all the elements in the north slope mine area could be utilized. They had to try one by one. There was no shortcut.


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[Assistant] Roland glanced over the books, looking at the features of the elements separated from ores and the mines. He soon found the element with the highest melting point.


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[Assistant] He poked his finger at the testing sample marked with number 12 and asked, where are they? Lucia quickly found them.


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[Assistant] They were a crude stone and a bag of elementary particles, both sealed in transparent coated bags.


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[Assistant] Roland Thody recognized this crude, black stone from somewhere else.


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[Assistant] Wait, isn't it the same as the black stone sent to my office earlier? I gave it to alchemists and then totally forgot about it. I've never thought twice about it since then.


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[Assistant] Could it turn out to be the mineral that has the highest melting point on the North Slope Mountain?


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[Assistant] Anna could not measure the exact temperatures at which the materials melted, so she described them roughly by words such as normal, high, and relatively high.


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[Assistant] Only the melting point of number 12 testing sample was described as extremely high.


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[Assistant] The elementary particles in the bag were silvery white, similar to most of the other metallic elements. He thought, is it Wolfram? Whatever, as long as it is difficult to melt.


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[Assistant] Roll and let Anna make the particles into very fine wire. Twisted the wire into a spiral and fix it onto a glass shelf, which was then put into a glass bulb. The main part of an electric lamp was completed.


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[Assistant] To make it a stable light, there were two more steps which were also considered to be the most difficult part in making electric bulbs.


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[Assistant] The first one was to evacuate the bulb, preventing the filament wire from reacting with oxygen.


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[Assistant] The second was sealing it to ensure that the air could not enter the bulb.


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[Assistant] Without a doubt, only witches could realize those two steps. Roland soon thought of Agatha.


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[Assistant] The filament would become extremely reactive at high temperatures.


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[Assistant] It would easily oxidize, produce new oxides, and eventually melt down.


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[Assistant] That was why the bulb needed vacuum inside. But filling the bulb with inert gases could achieve the same or an even better effect. Pure nitrogen was an excellent choice for this.


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[Assistant] As nitrogen was lighter than the air, using a simple downward exhaust method, the bulb could be easily filled with nitrogen. It was much simpler than the vacuuming process.


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[Assistant] When the other end of the exhaust was also pure nitrogen, Saraya quickly sealed the bulb. A simple incandescent lamp was made successfully.


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[Assistant] Looking at the electric bulb as small as his palm, Roland felt all sorts of emotions welling up in his mind.


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[Assistant] It was something outdated, but now represented the most advanced manufacturing skills of the town.


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[Assistant] The following night, he summoned all the members of City Hall to gather in front of the castle and ordered his guards to put out all the torches in the courtyard.


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[Assistant] In this dark, snowy night, Roland switched on the circuit.


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[Assistant] All of a sudden at the center of the courtyard an orange light lit up.


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[Assistant] It would not sway and extinguish in the wind like the light of a candle, and it never flickered like fire.


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[Assistant] Though it could merely light up within a radius of a few meters, a stable light in the wind was something that the people had never seen before. At this moment, everything was self-explanatory.


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[Assistant] The fixed look on everyone's face and the silence of the scene told everything. He had brought electricity to this world.


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[Assistant] Chief Knight said that our uniforms are the symbol of our status, and thus we must wear it neatly when we're on duty.


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[Assistant] What's more, there's a punishment for dirtying the uniform, let alone for not wearing it.


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[Assistant] Whistle kept looking left and right as if he was afraid of being spotted by a colleague. Stop nagging. It's symbolic enough to wear it.


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[Assistant] Standing in the midwinter snow in the black uniform will alert everyone in the vicinity that policemen are around. How are we supposed to catch any criminal?


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[Assistant] Vader spat on the ground and then continued, you're both from Border Town, right?


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[Assistant] The two policemen became more spirited the moment Vader mentioned this.


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[Assistant] My father was a hunter who used to live on old street, and his skill was remarkable.


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[Assistant] But my father often told me that hunting was an unstable career, and he preferred I became a miner. He'd even prepared a hoe for me.


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[Assistant] Had his highness Roland not become the new lord, I would have spent my days in the mines. I can tell. Vader shrugged his shoulders.


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[Assistant] Only the children of hunters would have such uncommon nicknames, he silently thought.


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[Assistant] Since you're both locals, surely you're more concerned about the public order in the town than I am, right?


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[Assistant] If even I'm not afraid of being punished, why are you afraid?


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[Assistant] Is wearing the uniform more important than enforcing the rules and laws laid down by His Highness?


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[Assistant] The duo hesitated briefly before they replied with conviction, you're right. But, brother Vader, you're not an outsider. Haven't you already received your identity card?


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[Assistant] His Highness once said that anyone who possessed the identity card are considered to be his subjects, whistle muttered. Vader laughed and did not say a word.


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[Assistant] Instead, he fixed his gaze on a row of cave dwellings on the eastern side of the temporary housing area.


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[Assistant] After serving as a policeman for nearly three months, he had grown fully accustomed to life in the western region.


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[Assistant] Before he became a policeman, he thought that a patrol team would have nothing to do apart from extorting and cheating the people.


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[Assistant] Little did he know that there would be more work than could possibly be completed every day.


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[Assistant] The police were required to accept refugees and handle disputes among the citizenry


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[Assistant] It was also the police's duty to catch criminals and spies.


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[Assistant] Whereas, apart from fighting against the demonic beasts, the First Army did not help or intervene in the internal peacekeeping of Border Town.


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[Assistant] This was completely different from what he had initially expected.


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[Assistant] In Valencia, the patrol team was more like the city guard's backup. They handled menial tasks and were not of much use.


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[Assistant] This was the reason why many patrollers would seek money from illicit sources.


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[Assistant] However, in Border Town, the police and the First Army belong to different systems.


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[Assistant] The former handled internal affairs while the latter handled external ones.


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[Assistant] What surprised Vader more was that the majority of the patrol team's targets came from public reports instead of direct orders from their superiors.


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[Assistant] Indeed, the citizens of Border Town had changed his perception of commoners.


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[Assistant] This bunch of lazy and stupid people would actively watch out for suspicious characters and report them to the city hall.


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[Assistant] Whenever a foreign merchant ship arrived in the town, the Ministry of Justice would receive a handful of such reports.


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[Assistant] Vader soon realized the tremendous power that lied within the town. No foreign spy could shut himself off from the public or integrate into society quickly unless he grew up here.


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[Assistant] With everyone serving as a vigilant watchdog, what enemy could hide among the populace?


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[Assistant] But of course, not every arrest operation would be successful.


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[Assistant] For example, the sneaky characters whom they arrested during the previous operation turned out to be a noble from the Kingdom of Dawn.


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[Assistant] Vader was prepared to be punished, but his superiors showed no reaction and seemed unperturbed that he had beaten up a noble.


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[Assistant] Ignore him and just pretend that you're sweeping the snow. Vader said calmly.


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[Assistant] He didn't bring any goods, which means he's only here to check on the situation. Gold was the code name of their current target.


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[Assistant] The Ministry of Justice received a report two days ago that a serf was trafficking grains.


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[Assistant] His Excellency Carter attached great importance to this issue and immediately assigned the task to Vader.


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[Assistant] He demanded that the serf was arrested alive together with the goods and called this the gold hunting mission. However, the mission did not start out smoothly.


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[Assistant] After making some inquiries, they began to uncover the identity of the target.


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[Assistant] Subsequently, a team of six people took turns to monitor the temporary housing area, but not a single trace of the target was found.


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[Assistant] To Vader, it was clear that the reason for the lack of development was because the policeman's uniforms were too conspicuous.


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[Assistant] He had lived in the western zone for some time and naturally knew that whenever a city hall official was in the area, news of it would spread rapidly among the residents. It was no different in the eastern zone.


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[Assistant] The people who lived here were serfs, and thus the black uniforms of the policemen were as striking as fireflies in the night sky.


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[Assistant] That explained why he was adamant that Firehead and Whistle should take off their uniforms and put on a tattered coat.


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[Assistant] In this way, they could disguise as snow sweepers and stand on the thoroughfares of the eastern zone and border town.


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[Assistant] The suspect would not be able to escape their sites as soon as he appeared.


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[Assistant] They saw gold walking around the eastern zone briefly before returning to a cave dwelling.


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[Assistant] Don't be rash, Vader said and beckoned with his hands.


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[Assistant] His Excellency Carter said that he wanted the target arrested alive together with the goods. We shall split three ways and act.


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[Assistant] His instructions were in accordance with the previous operation to Saram Rat.


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[Assistant] Firehead, you'll mobilize immediately and go to the old city wall area first. There's only one route for him to enter the inner city. Yes. I'll follow the target.


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[Assistant] Although the three policemen were similar in rank, they acted in full compliance with Vader's plan.


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[Assistant] Vader carried a broom and calmly walked a couple of steps in front of gold.


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[Assistant] According to his experience, following the target from behind would easily arouse the targets suspicions.


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[Assistant] Instead, by leading the way, the target would be much less cautious.


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[Assistant] If he was fairly certain of where the target was heading, this would be the safest method of tracking.


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[Assistant] He fully concentrated on gold. He was confident that the instant that he heard a slight change in the target's footsteps, he could trip the target and prevent him from fleeing.


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[Assistant] After passing through the old city wall, Gold stopped walking and rested by the corner of a street.


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[Assistant] He was ostensibly aware that if he headed towards the center of the town there would be a high chance of encountering policemen.


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[Assistant] Vader took a dozen more steps forward and turned into a side path where he waited for the buyer to show up.


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[Assistant] A short while later, a local who was pushing a handcart appeared.


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[Assistant] He looked around the vicinity before he slowly walked up to the surf.


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[Assistant] After inspecting the contents of the sack, he took out a handful of coins to close the deal.


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[Assistant] At that very moment, Vader gestured for the two policemen to act.


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[Assistant] The three of them dashed towards the target from different directions. The dealer was so dumbstruck that he did not move at all.


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[Assistant] Vader pressed the surf down on the ground, accompanied by the clinking sound of coins scattering all over. He yelled, you're under arrest.


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[Assistant] Roland was studying the power grid layout of a residential district when he heard the news.


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[Assistant] After Carter had concluded his report, Rowland put down his quill pen and sighed lightly.


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[Assistant] Although he knew that something like this was inevitable, he felt helpless and sad that it truly happened.


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[Assistant] He had repeatedly publicized the strict ban on private sales of food, yet there were people who still took the risk for the sake of a small profit.


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[Assistant] As this was the first case of its kind, it was clear to him that a heavy sentence should be issued to deter others.


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[Assistant] In addition, he felt the urge to finalize the loss, and then to recruit specialized legal officers to conduct interrogations and handle cases.


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[Assistant] After all, when the city was fully constructed, criminal cases would only increase, and he would not have time to play judge to all of them.


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[Assistant] It was decided that the trial would be conducted in the castle hall.


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[Assistant] Roland had requested for Baruff to come to the castle, and together, they would hear the case of this food smuggling crime. In the hall, the two suspects knelt on the floor.


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[Assistant] Their ghost pale faces and vacant eyes suggested that they were new to this sort of occasion.


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[Assistant] Roland took his seat on the throne, cleared his throat, and said, Explain everything that you did.


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[Assistant] You'll be doubly guilty if you hold back or lie about anything.


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[Assistant] The two suspects seemed as if they had just awoken from a dream.


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[Assistant] They scrambled between themselves to tell their personal accounts of what happened, particularly the serf, who shouted at the top of his voice, Your Highness, Lord.


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[Assistant] I know that what I did was wrong, but if I didn't sell the wheat, I wouldn't be able to live on. Those officials didn't buy wheat according to your demand. I had no choice but to do this.


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[Assistant] The case turned out to be very simple, and Roland cleared his emotions halfway through listening.


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[Assistant] In order to reassure the citizens, the city hall had set the individual quota for purchasing grains to be slightly higher than the actual consumption.


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[Assistant] Therefore, there would be a small excess of wheat every month.


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[Assistant] Parker, who resided in the sixth residential area, smelled a business opportunity.


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[Assistant] He would grind the excess wheat into flour and add in a few of his self-grown herbs to make savory pancakes.


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[Assistant] It sold well. Fortunately, the sale restrictions in the convenience market only applied to staples, while poultry and eggs could be freely sold in the stalls. The business brought in some silver royals for him every month.


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[Assistant] However, there was only so much excess wheat, and hence, he had to reduce his own consumption in order to expand the scale of the business.


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[Assistant] Parker thus set his sights on serfs who did not sell all of their food to the city hall and soon got in touch with gold to establish this trafficking deal. However, the serfs' final words puzzled Roland. Why didn't the officials purchase wheat according to the rules? Does this affair involve the city hall? Roland looked at Baruff.


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[Assistant] The latter faced him back and said softly, The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of purchasing.


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[Assistant] The minister is Sirius Daily, whom I believe is unlikely to have made such a grave mistake. You can call him in for questioning.


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[Assistant] Roland nodded and had his guards summon the Minister of Agriculture to the castle.


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[Assistant] Sirius Daly rushed to the castle hall, and after making a very impressive night's bow towards Roland, he inquired if his highness had any decree for him.


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[Assistant] His mannerisms retain the style of the Wolf family's knights.


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[Assistant] The prince delineated the parts of the case which he did not understand. Did you ever refuse to purchase the serf's grains?


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[Assistant] Your highness, this was what happened. Serious answer without hesitation.


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[Assistant] As prior demands, we didn't stop the purchases after the bumper harvest.


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[Assistant] However, we lowered the purchase price according to the diminishing quality of the wheat.


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[Assistant] In the first two months, there was little difference between our purchase price and the original price.


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[Assistant] Sirius paused before he continued, after winter arrived, because the majority of serfs didn't have proper storage places for the wheat, and they were relocated from the shacks to the temporary housing areas. The quality of the wheat deteriorated substantially.


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[Assistant] When we do the purchases, we would often find wet, discolored and moldy food, and therefore our purchase prices reduced by 20 to 30 percent.


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[Assistant] The food of this particular surf was largely wet, moldy, and couldn't be stored any longer.


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[Assistant] Therefore, the price that I offered was five times less than during the bumper harvest. Your highness, that's as good as not buying. The serf shouted. I spent my entire year working on the farm. This price was even lower than what I would get on Black Street. Didn't you say that the prices wouldn't change? But you have to sell it on time, idiot. Barov snapped angrily. Do you think that nobody knows why you hoarded wheat?


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[Assistant] Had there been a food supply problem in town, you would have sold your stock at three to four times the usual price. Everything about the case became clear. However, the results slightly surprised Roland.


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[Assistant] He had thought of it as a simple issue of food trafficking, but instead discovered a case of black-hearted food selling.


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[Assistant] Parker was obviously aware that this batch of grains was of extremely poor quality, and yet he was fine with buying it at half the price on multiple occasions.


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[Assistant] He probably did not care whether the moldy wheat was actually edible.


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[Assistant] While there was no doubt that the surf had committed a grave crime and should be punished heavily, Roland was uncertain about how to punish Parker. He had heard Skrull's stories about the life of the poor.


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[Assistant] When they had no food to eat, they would satiate their hunger with branches, grass and leaves, let alone moldy bread.


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[Assistant] This was precisely why Scroll had repeatedly emphasized what a noble and great thing it was for all citizens to be able to eat wheat.


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[Assistant] Parker used to be poor too, and he was probably not aware that it was a severe crime to use low quality ingredients to make pancakes.


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[Assistant] After discussing the issue with Barov for a while, Roland finally passed his judgment.


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[Assistant] He stood up, looked over the entire audience and then said solemnly, I pronounce the two men guilty. The serf disobeyed the ban and trafficked grain.


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[Assistant] He knowingly violated the law and hence is doubly guilty. I shall sentence him to ten years of labor in the mines.


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[Assistant] If his performance and behavior are good, the number of years may be reduced.


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[Assistant] Resident Parker also violated the ban and furthermore used low quality wheat to make pancakes which he sold to other citizens.


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[Assistant] For these two crimes, I shall sentence him to ten years of labor and a fine equivalent to three times of his earnings from the sale of pancakes. My judgments shall be enforced immediately.


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[Assistant] The two convicts turned feeble and fell on the ground as if paralyzed.


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[Assistant] The guards standing on one side walked up to them and dragged them out of the hall. The prince then instructed Sirius.


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[Assistant] Write this matter into a bulletin and then hand it to Bariff for review and publication.


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[Assistant] I want to let all citizens know the entire sequence of events and make sure that this never happens again. Yes, your highness.


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[Assistant] After the trial ended, Roland summoned Chief Knight to his office.


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[Assistant] Did you hear that the person who arrested the criminal was Vader again? Carter nodded. However, they overdid it this time.


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[Assistant] They took off their uniforms while arresting the criminal and in the process, they were also reported for getting into a fight with commoners. I'll warn them about this. Don't do that.


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[Assistant] In fact, you should commend him, Roland said, stroking his chin.


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[Assistant] Isn't it expected of a plainclothes policeman to adapt to the situation and to understand how to apprehend a criminal?


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[Assistant] Vader was formerly a patrol team member and also understands the Black Street force as well. He's, quite simply, a natural born talent for inspection work.


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[Assistant] When the time's right, I shall recruit him into the security bureau. Roland quietly thought. Nightingale's lacking some manpower after all.


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[Assistant] It was a secret room of the Tower of Babel in the Hermes Cathedral.


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[Assistant] Teyfun stared at the witch across him and couldn't help but sigh. Is his holiness mane really so busy? Of course he is. The witch stroked her golden curls. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent me to meet you. Let me introduce myself.


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[Assistant] My name is Isabella, and I'm a pure witch of the Supreme Pontiff. Your Excellency Teyfun, this.


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[Assistant] The other two newly appointed bishops, Soli Dahl of the Judgment Army and Elle of the Tribunal stared at each other.


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[Assistant] Although they knew about the church's secret witches, they never expected them to be allowed to participate in such important meetings.


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[Assistant] She's a direct subordinate of the pope with the same rank as a bishop. She just doesn't have an official position in the church. Explain Tafon with a sigh.


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[Assistant] This is highly confidential and only the supreme pontiff knows about it. Why would we want to raise witches? Elle seemed quite annoyed.


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[Assistant] If the believers find out, the church's reputation will be terribly damaged. Of course, they can help you take care of shady business. Isabella raised her eyebrows.


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[Assistant] Your Excellency El, I already said that the Pope's pure witches are of equal rank as bishops and should be seen as his representatives, so you should show them some respect.


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[Assistant] And Lady Isabella, please refrain from making these jokes.


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[Assistant] They aren't as old and near-death as me, and might get very angry at what you said.


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[Assistant] As you wish, your excellency, Isabella said with a smile. Mff. Elle uttered a nasal sound and ignored the witch.


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[Assistant] I don't understand why His Holiness Maine is suddenly asking all of the local church groups to send their captured witches to the holy city.


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[Assistant] Her tone sounded harsh probably because of her anger towards the pure witch.


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[Assistant] Ever since the order was passed, we've captured three witches.


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[Assistant] While they were being sent over, one broke out of her cage and killed the accompanying guards, and we have yet to find her.


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[Assistant] Wasn't she restrained by a metal leash? Asked solely.


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[Assistant] Not all churches are equipped with the most advanced God's locket of retribution, said Elanoidly.


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[Assistant] We lost 16 believers to this witch, including four who were supposed to become Judgment Warriors.


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[Assistant] If something like this happens again, people might be too afraid to capture witches.


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[Assistant] But we all know that combat witches are a minority, and most of the fallen aren't capable of fighting back. So this kind of issue is very rare, said Isabella nonchalantly.


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[Assistant] Also, every time you bring back a wild witch, the church can gain two new God's punishment warriors. So I shouldn't have to explain to you which is more important.


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[Assistant] I agree with Lady Isabella, solely said, nodding his head.


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[Assistant] With the stress on Hermes' line of defense increasing every day, we desperately need more God's punishment warriors to fight the demonic beasts.


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[Assistant] One God's punishment warrior has the fighting ability of three or four judgment warriors and even more warriors in training.


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[Assistant] Since the Supreme Pontiff has made his decision, we should just carry it out to the best of our ability.


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[Assistant] Teyfun turned to SoliDol and asked, what's the situation at our line of defense? Very difficult.


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[Assistant] Regular demonic hybrids are easy to deal with, but every time a fearful beast of hell appears, a god's punishment warrior gets injured or killed. Sully shook his head.


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[Assistant] Burying snow powder and detonating it is a good idea, but we can't guarantee that they walk over the snow powder every time.


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[Assistant] His holiness has also considered this, said Isabella frankly, and he plans to use the siege beast ahead of time. What's that?


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[Assistant] A siege weapon controlled by pure witches with a range, accuracy, and power that far exceed those of the manganelle, and the key to conquering the kingdom of Wolfheart, explain the pure witch.


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[Assistant] The siege beast was originally used to fight demons and giant demonic beasts, so since the fearful beasts of hell showed up early, we should start using it. Why didn't we use it from the beginning? Sully asked confusedly. Because of the potential damage. Isabella shrugged. We can't build new ones and can only repair parts of it. So where did it come from? Elle asked with a frown.


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[Assistant] This is top secret, so you don't have the clearance to know. You.


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[Assistant] As the secret room fell quiet, Tayfun broke the silence by clapping his hands and saying, Alright, since you all brought bad news, I shall share a piece of good news.


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[Assistant] Besides a few cities in the Kingdom of Wolfheart that are still resisting, all the other nobles have pledged their allegiance to us, just like the weaklings in the Kingdom of Everwinter did.


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[Assistant] There will be more believers joining the Church, and by next summer, the Holy City's resources and judgment army will double in size.


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[Assistant] Also, the Kingdom of Dawn caused an uprising because of its hostility against believers, and our people are secretly helping them fight the noble, which might last until the end of the months of the demons. Finally, some good news. Elside, I thought the church was done for. What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Solely glared at her. Aren't we progressing exactly according to our plan? Good job.


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[Assistant] Isabella nodded approvingly and glanced at the three bishops.


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[Assistant] Since you're all done talking, I'll share the Supreme Pontiff's new order.


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[Assistant] The three archbishops all immediately looked at the pure witch.


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[Assistant] His Holiness orders that we adjust next year's attacks by targeting the Kingdom of Greycastle first and the Kingdom of Dawn last. What? Solidal was stunned.


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[Assistant] But all of our strategies were made in accordance with the Kingdom of Dawn, including our resources and reinforcements. So if we change our plan now, we'll have to delay our date of the attack.


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[Assistant] Wasn't this plan already in place when Pope O'Brien was in power? Why are we changing it now? Elle asked curiously.


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[Assistant] Both kingdoms will fall eventually, so why does the order of attacks matter? Teyfon was silent.


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[Assistant] When His Holiness Mane ordered him to send pure witches to the Kingdom of Grey Castle to plot the western region, he had already predicted this change.


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[Assistant] His Holiness wasn't interested in King City, but in the border area of the Kingdom of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] After the two men stopped bickering, Tayfun said quietly, I have nothing against the order itself, but there's a lot at stake, and I want to see His Holiness main before we carry it out. Can you pass the message for me? No need for such trouble. Isabella smiled. It just so happens that His Holiness wants to see you too.


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[Assistant] As he walked down the stairs to the bottom of the church, Tayfun felt an inexplicable chill.


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[Assistant] In the eerily quiet church basement was the core secret of the church, the Hermes underground castle. It was the first time for him to come to this place. His holiness main really wanted to meet me here.


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[Assistant] According to the convention, only the Archbishop who was in line as the Pope was allowed into the secret area, but he was too old to be Maine's successor.


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[Assistant] You've served the Church for so many years and have worked together with His Holiness, so He trusts you deeply, Isabella said with a smile.


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[Assistant] Also, past rules don't apply to war times like these, and God's will shouldn't be hidden underground, but used to guide the lost believers and lead us to face our final challenge. Is this His Holiness's idea? That's right, she said gently.


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[Assistant] When they entered the secret area, they were greeted by two judgment warriors.


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[Assistant] My lord bishop, his holiness is currently testing magic stones. So if you are carrying a god's stone of retaliation, please give it to me for now. It might affect the stone's magic power.


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[Assistant] Teyfun nodded and handed a string of stones to the judgment warrior. His holiness is right here. Please follow me.


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[Assistant] Isabella turned into a long passageway and pushed open the metal door at the end.


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[Assistant] Following the screech of the hinges, Tafon saw another masked pure witch.


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[Assistant] She blocked the doorway like a ghost, her white skin peeking through the black silk covering her body, and she wore nothing else besides this chiffon.


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[Assistant] The most striking thing about the witch was her dull grey eyes that were different from those of ordinary people.


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[Assistant] They seemed to have whirlpools inside them that sucked him in if he looked for too long. Tayfun subconsciously lowered his head.


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[Assistant] It was only then that he noticed that she was barefoot and her toes were covered with flecks of red.


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[Assistant] The Archbishop recalled Isabella's sentence that witches are completely different from regular women. Dammit, are all these witches demon spirits?


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[Assistant] Those delicate feet soon moved out of the way, and Tafon heard Isabella's voice. M'lord? Ahem. Tafon broke out of his thoughts and walked into the room.


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[Assistant] The room was not big, and even though the rosin torches on the walls were burning brightly, they didn't give off their usual sweet smell.


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[Assistant] For pure witches sat around a stone table and were fiddling with a clear stone, while the incumbent pope, His Holiness Main, stood by the table.


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[Assistant] Teyfun was about to kneel in respect when Mane grasped his arm and stopped him.


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[Assistant] In two months, Maine's forehead had become much more wrinkled, and he had grown a few more strands of silver hair, but his humble tone was still the same. You can't do this. Taifun's heart suddenly felt warm.


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[Assistant] Even if there aren't other believers here, I still have to follow the Church's rules. And I make the rules. The Pope smiled nonchalantly. Anyway, are things alright above ground?


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[Assistant] I originally wanted Isabella to bring me the news, but since you're here, you can report directly to me. Yes, Your Holiness. Teyfon nodded.


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[Assistant] After he shared the recent state of the church, he mentioned the order that Isabella had brought up earlier.


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[Assistant] All of the resources we prepare up until now are specific to the Kingdom of Dawn, so adjusting our target will take a lot of effort.


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[Assistant] Why do you suddenly want to attack the Kingdom of Greycastle first? That's also why I called you here. Main side.


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[Assistant] The Kingdom of Grey Castle is starting to show signs of decline because the royal decree on the selection of Crown Prince and Pill of Madness are achieving their expected results.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Dawn is in even more chaos, so both of them will eventually fall, and it doesn't really matter whom we attack first. I agree, but... Grey Castle is still a formidable enemy.


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[Assistant] I have two reasons for changing our plan of attack, said the Pope slowly, clasping his hands behind his back.


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[Assistant] The first is basically the reason why you're worried. The Kingdom of Grey Castle is vast and rich in resources, which means it's a high risk, high return opponent.


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[Assistant] If we can make it a territory of the Church earlier, our benefits will be much greater than if we conquer the Kingdom of Dawn.


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[Assistant] If I had ten more years, I would definitely act according to Lord O'Brien's plan, but we don't have enough time.


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[Assistant] The appearance of the fearful beast of hell means that the bloody moon may appear even earlier than predicted in the holy book.


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[Assistant] In times like these, a little risk and more sacrifices will be worth it.


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[Assistant] Roland Wimbledon of the Western Region, the Pope said decisively, You mean, Prince Roland of the Kingdom of Greycastle? Tafon was shocked.


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[Assistant] By combining the past year's reports, I've discovered something incredible. Maine patted the bishop's shoulder.


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[Assistant] Both the Church and the Kingdom of Grey Castle failed in all their attacks against him.


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[Assistant] The first failure can be traced back to the one when Duke of the Western Region attacked him. And what did Roland have at the time? Nothing but a rundown small town.


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[Assistant] Outsiders think that he defeated the duke's knightage by succumbing to the demons, but we all know that besides extraordinaries, a few witches have nothing against knights equipped with god's stones of retaliation.


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[Assistant] Also, the reports have only become more and more confusing, such as the secret letter sent to the Holy City two months ago, which stated that King Timothy once sent 2,000 crazed soldiers to attack the western region and was immediately defeated. What does this mean? Tafon couldn't help but gasp. 2,000 crazed soldiers. Even in Hermes, this is a considerable force.


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[Assistant] If these messages are read separately, they might seem normal, but when combined, they're very shocking. Roland Wimbledon has never lost a single battle, the Pope said quietly.


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[Assistant] Also, our reports show that his power is growing at a concerning pace, and he seems to be preparing for expansion.


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[Assistant] If we delay for another year, the entire kingdom of Grey Castle may fall into his hands, so it'll be even more costly to try to defeat him. He paused and turned to Teyfon.


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[Assistant] There are a lot of matters to be dealt with in the secret area, and I have no time for the operation and expansion of the upper levels of the church, so I can only entrust them to you.


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[Assistant] After the Archbishop left, the appearance of the room suddenly changed.


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[Assistant] The torches on the wall, the pure witch who was studying the magic stones, and the stone table disappeared.


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[Assistant] The figure of the pope also gradually faded, leaving only Isabella, Zero, and the woman in black.


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[Assistant] If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have known that Prince Roland of Kingdom of Grey Castle was so interesting, said Isabella.


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[Assistant] Why do I get the feeling that he, rather than the church, is more likely to defeat the demons?


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[Assistant] In the so-called battle of divine will, only the final winner can be protected by God. She looked expressionlessly at the two witches.


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[Assistant] As for who will receive the approval of God, the Union, or a Prince of the Kingdom of Grey Castle, I think this war will give us the answer.


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[Assistant] Somewhere to the north of Longsong Stronghold, the western region of Kingdom of Grey Castle Sir Eltec was sitting by the fireplace contemplating.


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[Assistant] They had not heard anything from Miso Eltech since he had left the night before. It was morning now, and he had yet to return. Sir Eltech felt a deep sense of unease.


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[Assistant] Recently, Miso had been very close with the major families in the western region.


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[Assistant] As the prince's agent in stronghold, the honeysuckle family had announced his highness' intention to integrate the western region.


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[Assistant] All territories would adopt one law and the enfeefment rights of the nobles would be taken back, which meant they could not expand their subordinate nobles or recruit knights to fight for them.


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[Assistant] As for lower nobles like the Eltecs, they felt little influence and enjoyed many benefits.


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[Assistant] As the rumor went, anyone who was loyal to his highness would be rewarded his favor.


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[Assistant] Right now, the less influential nobles were the safest people because they would determine the success or failure of His Highness' reform plan.


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[Assistant] Consequently, the smartest thing to do is wait and see.


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[Assistant] However, Miso Eltec hadn't shared that philosophy.


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[Assistant] They've searched the taverns, casinos, theaters and brothels and still can't find him. Beltec was increasingly anxious.


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[Assistant] He had dispatched two companies of scouts to search for Miso. The first one went to the homes of lower nobility nearby.


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[Assistant] Most of these nobles were vassals in the employ of Duke Ryan and retained a status comparable to the Duke's family.


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[Assistant] Miso often went to these places for parties or dinners.


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[Assistant] The second group went to the entertainment venues, popular spots for young nobles.


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[Assistant] Seeing both parties return empty handed, the night's sense of dread intensified.


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[Assistant] He stepped to the window, looking toward the eastern territory. The territory of the elk family lay in that direction. It was the largest earl domain in the western region.


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[Assistant] Since the collapse of Duke Ryan, Petroff from the Honeysuckle family had completely swung to Prince Roland and the Elk family had edged ahead to become the leading power against the Prince. Hell, had me so gone there. My lord, the Second Master has returned.


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[Assistant] Suddenly an attendant ran into the study, breathless.


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[Assistant] He's changing clothes in the hall, and it seems he is getting ready to go out. What?


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[Assistant] The night immediately grasped his crutch and rushed downstairs, disregarding the steward's pleas for restraint.


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[Assistant] The moment Eltech stepped into the hall, he felt his anger rise to a new level.


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[Assistant] He saw Miso replace his thick coat with a thin and soft leather.


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[Assistant] The shiny armor of a knight was in front of him and two squires were doing their final preparation work. Where did you go yesterday? The old knight couldn't help shouting. Where you up to now?


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[Assistant] Father, our chance is coming, Miso said excitedly, a chance to be barren. Maybe even Viscount. Eltech felt his blood pressure increasing. Who told you this? Shock Med, he brought the king's confidential order. Eltech took two steps back, his heart sinking. Shock Med was the eldest son of the Elk family. Never mind the involvement with Timothy.


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[Assistant] Everyone knew that Timothy wanted to eradicate Roland Wimbledon.


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[Assistant] His worst nightmare had occurred and now it was even more serious than he had anticipated. What did you hear?


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[Assistant] Lord Med summoned the nobility of the western region into his castle and opened his majesty's holograph.


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[Assistant] It's said that if someone conquers Longsong Stronghold, the king will promote his title and expand his domain. It seemed that Miso was still immersed in the grand scene.


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[Assistant] Lady Miller from the Wildrose family, Lord Cavan from the Maple family, and Lord Remi Noa from the Wolf family all pressed their fingerprints and pledged an oath of allegiance, without hesitation.


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[Assistant] The rest of the nobles knights are determined to follow the four families and remove the honeysuckle family. It was ridiculous.


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[Assistant] Had you forgotten how they had treated King Wimbledon III when Duke Ryan was guarding the western region? When had they become so loyal?


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[Assistant] The only answer was that this was a complete fraud to convince the lower nobles to become pioneers in the movement.


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[Assistant] The plan would commence in a few months and the four families might agree on the benefits after finding success. Eltech opened his mouth but didn't share his thoughts.