Violet and the Thorn Bird

Money can block eyes and ears, and Roseanne seems to have never appeared.Tabor lost a group of snake people. He circled around like a flock of sheep, revealing his meaning from all aspects.He asked Borg to return the snake man and leave with his tail between his legs.But Lian has been pretending to be deaf and dumb, and Gal walks around the streets holding the cub every day, almost treating this time as a trip.But it would never last, as they all smelled Tabor's mounting anger in the tense atmosphere.

"I don't think there should be conflicts with Liberation in the city anymore." Stoke's conference table was full of people, and someone was the first to speak, "The damage will spread to the entire city, and repairs will require new expenses, and we can't afford this amount of expenses." You can get it from Liao, and you can only extract it from the tax money of everyone here."

"Then fight until that bastard pays." Fitch said at the conference table, "Why should we be afraid of him? He only has 100 people, and we still have an army. Violet shouldn't back down, your fear of him makes him even stronger Rampant, look at him now, he's already in the room, and we're still here for a meeting? Fuck negotiating, why should I be on an equal footing with a bastard?"

"Only Tabor can beat the bastard you're talking about." The man who spoke first was blond and blue-eyed. His name was Misen, and he was Tabor's think tank.He crossed his fingers and said to Fitch, "A tough attitude will only intensify the conflict, which is very detrimental to us. Borg is a wanted criminal with a high bounty, and so far only we, Stoke, are acting, everyone They are all on the sidelines. I don’t think they will help at critical moments, including the temple. Unless we pinpoint Borg’s fatal spot and kill him with one blow, we should spend less time talking and prepare for negotiations.”

"Let Stoke bow his head to a bastard," Fitch glanced at Tabor, who was in the top seat, "it's better to die."

"Okay." Misen spread his hands flatly, "Then what do you want to do? We spent the second half of the budget to buy the Snakeman from Randolph, but the business has only just started, and now it has already suffered a loss. Not only that , We also paid in advance for Randolph’s snake man in December, and there is no extra money to subsidize it. The brothel is completely abolished, and that street needs to be rebuilt. Borg will never enter the kingdom unprepared, and this moment is a stalemate. But he's going to find allies soon, or he probably has, and we have nothing to gain by going to war with him."

"He can only get the support of some adventurers," Fitch said, "and adventurers only look at money."

"Maybe." Misen smiled, "But we happen to have no money."

He looked at Fitch with a smile, as if looking at a vexatious child, even though it didn't say "contempt", but the feeling of being watched still made Fitch angry with embarrassment.

"The king won't approve of us negotiating with wanted criminals," Fitch said. "He will never approve."

"Don't say it too early." Misen took a sip of hot water, sighed a little, and looked at Tabor, "I don't want to slander His Majesty's ability, but he is indeed under the Green people's line. Maybe he has Potential to become a lion, but at the moment he is just a young man who is relying on Green to secure the throne. Such a monarch does not have the ability to promise, and anything he says may change for the situation. We should not give hope to the Saint Vers, that's not the place of the Violet. Guys, Stoker was born in the fire, and the Violet blooms on the steepest cliffs. We spent hundreds of years building the Violet City, occupying the western part of the kingdom. We are here The masters of the Violet City—only we can be trusted. I said that negotiating with Liao is not to ask Borg to give you a high hand with generous terms, but to hope that he can withdraw from the scope of the Violet City. He carried out a violent strike."

Misen stood up, and the servant behind him spread out a huge map on the table, and he circled the table and fingered on the map.

"Borg wants to lead to the Deep Forest. The City of Violet is the only road to the southeast. We are the gatekeepers, and we hold the only key. If we can't stop him from passing by in the end, then we must also get reasonable compensation from him. Tolls." Misen swiped his finger to the right, the east-west center line is above the City of Violet, and then eastward continues along the Limon line, and then the Silent Ice Vein, "His original direction was to go to the Silent Ice Vein, but the temple It's not a momentary interest that made him turn his head, but he had to turn his head, he didn't think he could challenge the pope at this moment, so he had to turn his head to us. But you, as our old friends all the time, the temple They have been criticizing Borg for a long time, so why didn't they take advantage of the trend and let Borg enter the Silent Ice Vein, and then catch the turtle, but drove Borg to our territory?"

"They're afraid of the Borg." Fitch said contemptuously, "They often don't do what they say, they're just a bunch of soft bones."

"Afraid?" Misen laughed again, "If this world must elect a supreme power, then he must be Pope Feiji."

"The temple is afraid of the entry of outsiders." Tabor rubbed his fingers at the corner of his lips, "Perhaps Borg's entry into the Silent Ice Vein will cause unexpected trouble, so Fei Ji told him to turn his head and hand over the trouble to me."

"Yes. Not long ago, the demon king in Ice Lake City lost his eyes. As far as I know, the temple is very dishonest." Misen drew a circle on the location of the Silent Ice Vein, "The demon king's subjugation order has reappeared, it is the temple It was the first to propose. Winter is coming, and the Silent Ice Vein will fall into a long night. At this time, let Borg enter the Silent Ice Vein, and it is likely to bring in their most feared demon king."

"The Demon King?" Fitch raised his voice suspiciously, "That's a joke, who knows what they're doing, maybe they just want to use the name of the Demon King to intimidate the Greens and give them more benefits. The lost eyes of Ice Lake City, the rumors Randolph is the most suspect, and I wouldn't be surprised if he took it. Are you afraid of Borg enough to use this kind of reason? Devil, fuck the devil, that is nonsense. Pope There are many reasons why you don't want Borg to step into the Silent Ice Vein, after all, Borg is not popular."

"I always envy you." Misen said bluntly, "A fool always lives happily and fills the world with love."

"How do you want me to negotiate with the Borg?" Tabor looked at Misen, "Although I don't think the Borg will bring the Demon King, but the temple must be hiding something, so I am very afraid that the Borg will enter the Silent Ice Vein .”

"Tell Borg to retreat." Misen said, "Let him exit Violet City, it's best to go east. It's best if he stops along the Limon line, where we can discuss cooperation with the temple. There are only 100 people in Borg , It is not impossible to destroy him."

"Cooperation again." Fitch said, "You just said we have no money."

"When the Borg stops along the Limon line, cooperation is a must. If the temple refuses, then please ask the Borg to continue east and let the temple take full responsibility. This cooperation does not require money, at least we do not need to pay any bounty." Misen said, "If possible, it's best to let Borg lose the scabbard before he leaves here."

Borg has lost the flames, but he is still able to rely on the scabbard so far, so take away his scabbard, what is left of him?

"I can make him back," Tabor said, "without losing his scabbard."

"Okay." Misen leaned on the table understandingly, "Violet's 'justice'."

"How could he leave obediently." Someone said, "He won't leave. He understands the disadvantages of the situation. After retreating from the Violet City, he will have to face many enemies again. He will lose his current chips and value."

"That's why it's more necessary for him to retreat." Misen looked down at the map, "Only when he retreats can we win... Tabor repelled him head-on, and I will arrange the rest." He finally Looking at Tabor, he reminded, "Please be merciless, use the Dawn Blade to repel him forcefully, and let him realize that he is no longer the 'glory' who once stood at the forefront of the knight order. He It's a shame, Violet's shame, he should learn to be obedient."

"Then what do I do?" Fitch said, "I can also..."

"Happy newlyweds." Misen said, "You can take care of the house."

When Fitch returned to his room from the meeting room, he met Eugene in pajamas in the corridor.Eugene hugged the puppet, his eyes were red from crying. He stood at Fitch's door and said timidly, "Eugene dreamed about a snot-nosed monster again, and Eugene was very scared. Fitch, Eugene can talk to you today." sleep?"

"No, go back to your room." Fitch pushed open the door violently, "You're already big, Eugene, stop crying all the time, you're too much like your mother, but you're a boy."

"But Eugene is really scared." Eugene looked at him. "Eugene feels very lonely."

"I bought you a lot of dolls." Fei Qi frowned, "Why do you still feel lonely, do you need me to sing you a lullaby every day? Please, I grew up like this too, stop acting like a baby. I am Very unhappy, do you understand? Go back to your room."

"Fitch..."

The door was slammed shut, and Eugene, sobbing, walked back in his slippers.The lights in the corridor flickered, he went down the stairs very slowly, and before he stepped on the bottom, he saw the shoes parked in front of him.

"My lovely Eugene." Misen knelt down and stroked his hair, "What's wrong with you?"

"Eugene had a nightmare." Eugene choked up, "The snot monster is here again, it's so disgusting, Eugene hates it."

"May I accompany you back to the room? Until you fall asleep." Misen got up and took his hand, leading him back to the room, "Do you like the new doll?"

Eugene nodded, "It's very good, it can't be broken or broken, Eugene likes it very much."

Mason pushed open the door.Eugene's room is very large, and there are dolls of various colors everywhere.The puppet was cleaned this time, wearing a gorgeous and cumbersome skirt, and even the hair was neatly combed, with stars and flowers dotted in the braided hair.It was leaning against the bedpost, humming softly and shaking its calves.

"You're really great." Misen looked at the puppet in admiration, "It's as cute as if it's alive."

"Eugene likes it." Eugene crawled into the bed, hooked his fingertips lightly, and the puppet lay beside him, hugged him, and patted his back.

Two equally childish faces are leaning together, innocent and innocent.

"I can tell Eugene a story." Misen sat down beside the bed, "but Eugene needs a little help for me."

"Kill the bastard," Eugene said. "Eugene finds it hard...he's powerful, and his fire scares Eugene."

"No." Misen smiled, "This time, I'm going to kill that man, the man who hugged the nasty snot beast and beat your doll with his fist."

Eugene shrank back under the covers and said sleepily, "He sounds familiar to Eugene...Eugene is afraid of his eyes."

"Don't be afraid." Misen stroked his hair, "He is just a human being, and Eugene is stronger than him. Kill him, and I will give Eugene a better gift."

"Okay," said Eugene. "Eugene will kill him."

After Misen left, Eugene opened his eyes again.He looked at the ceiling for a while, covered the puppet with a quilt, and then whispered, "...But he won't die... How will Eugene kill him..."

The puppet's eyelashes, which had been drooping all the time, suddenly moved by themselves.

"Eugene is lonely." Eugene didn't notice, he muttered to himself, "but the doll is unconscious, and Eugene wants to talk to you, and Eugene likes girls."

The puppet stared quietly at the other end.