What did you do with the dice?

It is certainly difficult to determine the time. We all know that it is impossible to take over Alice City by relying on our own military strength. This realistic world is not like Heroes of Might and Magic, where recruitment troops can be refreshed every week. Recruiting soldiers takes time, and training also takes time. We can either wait, or we can only see the situation in the central part, and whether Theresa is willing to make a big move. We just need to participate.

Or wait for the two of them to find an opportunity to upgrade to around level 20 and see if there will be any qualitative changes.

But if they were really invincible at that time, Sanita and Rusalka would probably find a way to go home. Even if they had to stay, it would not be for long, unless they either could not find a way to go back, or Rusalka was looking for a way to take Phoenix back with them.

During Rusalka's absence, Silver City was well managed by the patriarch sent by Esdi. Sanitta has always given high praise to Esdi's governance ability. In Sinidi, as long as you are willing to spend money to solve people's livelihood problems, you can be praised as a good lord even if you replace him with another one.

Moreover, the policies issued by Sunny Tower are relatively simple and easy to understand. They leave out unnecessary details and have legal basis for management. Esdi also praised this and said that they plan to move to Esdi to pilot the popularization.

Rusalka: (It's over, the legal scholar meme is going viral.)

Sanitta: (Don't be ridiculous. The God of Contracts and Laws next door is the orthodox one. I've studied their code. Although it's mixed with a lot of theological and subjective school disagreements, most of the ideas in it are far ahead of Hammurabi's Code. If they were sorted out, they could be put together into a bound volume. But even so, it hasn't spread. People's hearts are the biggest obstacle to legislation.)

Rusalka: (I don’t understand this. I only know how to “make laws here.”)

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At the recent God's Council, Theresa has been cosplaying as an elf, probably because she knew that Rushaka was fighting the elves recently.

However, she was not just cosplaying an elf, but the most "primitive" elf. She was not wearing a breathable and lightweight green ranger outfit, but only wearing underwear made of leaves, which barely covered the vital parts of the original elf.

Rusalka's evaluation is: (There's a reason why wearing less means higher defense. If the entire Ranger team wore this, I would probably be reluctant to kill them.)

Sanita: (What about the man?)

Rusalka: (Male elves wear this too? 100% taunt rate, core tank gear. I'll have nightmares if I don't kill them.)

The good news is that Theresa said that for unknown reasons, the El Empire stopped expanding and supporting Sinidi, and instead began to shrink its national strength and set its sights on excavating a large number of underground ruins left by the Time Master of the Past Era within the Dwarf United Kingdom. It seems that the country is devoting its entire national strength to cooperate with the Nine-Tailed Council to study something.

Rusalka: (I know this. They're probably planning to use Zaifei Technology to blow up the entire world. Let's kill them!)

Sani Iron Tower: (You're a bitch! They can still destroy the whole world without any technology upgrades. Giving Esidi time to prepare and deal with the conflict in the neighboring kingdom is actually fatal. Once the civil war in Sinidi is settled, and we do capture the kingdom for Esidi, Esidi will not only have a large resource base in the rear, but can also focus all its attention on dealing with the El Empire.)

The bad news is that the sea people who have been hiding in the coastal cities have started to move again. Their troops had a big fight with the border troops of Estron, the kingdom of the God of Law and Contract. The two sides are still fighting. As a result, the support that Grand Duke Gode gets is probably in jeopardy.

There were two main rumors about this sudden war. One was that the Sea Clan had solved the water shortage on the shore, and the Ocean God wanted to continue expanding his influence westward. The other was that the Sea Clan shot down the airship that the God of Contract and Law was carrying to Dragon Island. They believed that the Sea Clan had violated their border stability and airspace freedom, and planned to drive them back to the Palovara coastline.

However, the Council of Gods had core intelligence. Based on the "inside information" that the Naga Grand Mage Aquarius heard from several royal families of the Sea Clan, the "first-hand information from colleagues" from Libra, and the "heard from the Mother of Dragons" from Taurus, they discovered that the cause of this war actually had nothing to do with the rumors from the outside world.

The truth is that there is a blue dragon among the members of the neighboring tribunal. Seeing that the mermaids next door are also good-looking, he feels that they are quite attractive, so he suddenly had the idea of ​​trying some seafood.

It just so happened that he was in charge of connecting with Dragon Island. He usually walked through the ocean, so it was convenient for him to go to the sea tribe. So he transformed himself into a sea dragon, deliberately slept with a mermaid princess who was very love-brained, and used the characteristics of his immortal body to play some heavy-handed games like "Nuclear War Shelter Bar".

After a while, he got tired of it and felt that the mermaids were just so-so and not as fun as magic, so he just packed up and went back. The mermaid princess was heartbroken when she learned the truth and she cried every day.

The mermaid princess's father happened to be a king who doted on his daughter very much. In a rage, he went to Dragon Island to ask for an explanation. The Church of the Goddess of Wealth on Dragon Island said that the mermaid princess was an adult blue dragon and was now a councilor for the God of Law and Order. She did not believe in the Goddess of Wealth, so it was no longer under their jurisdiction. They suggested that they go to Esterlun to ask for the dragon.

This is the case with the dragon clan. Although the vast majority of them believe in the goddess of wealth due to their innate "dragon syndrome" (greed for money), due to their personality of liking to go it alone, occasionally some of them will be born due to the influence of their living environment and believe in other gods.

Afterwards, the Merman King sent messengers to ask Esterlund for an explanation. However, as everyone knows, the believers of the God of Contract and Law passed the buck and said that it was not easy for them to resolve matters like yours using legal standards.

That would have been fine, but the point is that the person who wrote the reply happened to be a guy with no emotional intelligence. He wrote the document according to the original rules of conduct, saying that since you said that one of our congressmen slept with your daughter and did not take responsibility, then you have to provide us with evidence, and we will hold a trial for you based on the sufficiency of your evidence.

And then? Then it exploded.

You're asking me for proof that my daughter was molested? Okay, wait until I've crushed you all and burned the evidence for you to see!

The sea people are like this. Every family joins the war. Although there are many struggles among the various factions within the sea people, everyone inside will more or less understand the truth of this matter and feel that the neighboring Esterlun is bullying the fish too much.

Of course, this was just an excuse. The fight was going to happen anyway. The reason why we were hesitant to fight the God of Contract and Law before was because they had the "power of God" in their hands. If we broke the rules and went to war with them without reason, we would be punished.

This time they had a legitimate reason to start a war. No matter whether this reason sounded ridiculous to outsiders, at least the sea clan was not wrong to use the excuse of "I want to help my good brother next door."

Rusalka was numb after hearing this. Maybe this is the fantasy world.

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing to complain about. Let's put aside the fact that Sanita had been looking for a reason to vent his anger on the Grand Duke for a long time. The fuse that Rusalka and the Grand Duke ignited before was just because of the very inexplicable reason that two of his marquises suddenly had the idea of ​​coveting the territory of Pearl Tear Territory.

They had not considered the cooperative relationship between the Pearl Tear Territory and the Chamber of Commerce at all, nor had they investigated whether Rusalka's finances had normal income or deficit, and they had not thought about whether Esdi next door would intervene. They really just thought that if they killed Rusalka, they would have the opportunity to swallow up the border territory, so they did it.

In an era when the economic system was not so developed, there was really no great economic logic in the outbreak of war. It was not impossible for the two sides to go to war based on a sentence like "What are you looking at?" and a reply like "What am I looking at you for?" After all, you couldn't expect every lord to have a normal mind.

Rusalka: (They've made me afraid to play with the little mermaid anymore. If you dare break up with me, they'll raise an army and wipe out your entire country. This is even more cruel than the Qing-style extermination of nine clans. What kind of yandere is it that will destroy a country? When I feel that Sinidi has let me down, I'll go find the little mermaid and fall in love with her. Before we break up, I'll tell her that Sinidi has me under house arrest. Then the sea tribe will wipe out Sinidi, right? At the command of the Mermaid Queen, 800,000 sea tribe guardsmen will crush Sinidi to the ground, just to rescue me. Such a cool female-oriented novel, so terrifying.)

Sunita: (Uh, I don't think your speech is as scary.)

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The story of the Eastern War could only be heard as an anecdote. After returning to the City of Silver, Rusalka and Sanita were not greeted with a warm home and a leisurely afternoon tea, but with nobles and merchants who came to their door tirelessly to wait for their visits.

They came to visit when they won the battle before, but this time they emphasized that the western expedition was a change of plan and they temporarily withdrew.

The implication is that they failed, yet they still came to visit.

The gift for winning is called a congratulatory gift, and the gift for losing is called a support gift. Anyway, they have a reason to send something.

It wasn't to ask for a favor, and I didn't expect Rusalka to remember the name of the person who gave the gift. I was just on guard against him remembering the name of the person who didn't give a gift.

Rusalka was complaining about so many things, and the door of the city lord's mansion was almost knocked down. Why not adopt a son to receive gifts for him?

As he was lying on the sofa with this thought in mind, an idea suddenly struck him. He ran out and found the eldest prince, who was about to leave for the training ground. He patted his shoulder as he saw the prince's bewildered look and said, "You've been performing well recently. From now on, I'll appoint you as the second-in-command of the Pearl Tear Territory."

Uh, from the eldest prince to the chief of staff of the Pearl Tear Territory, or the second chief of staff, so am I promoted or demoted?

Charlence, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, nodded and asked, "Then what do I need to do?"

"Didn't you say before that you were good at handling state affairs?"

“I only know a little bit…”

"There are so many people looking for me at the door right now. I'm quite busy, so you can use this identity to receive them on my behalf. It's up to you to decide what to do. I will evaluate you based on your performance." Rusalka handed him the family crest she carried with her, then fumbled in her bosom for a long time before finally pulling out a dagger engraved with the Pearl Tears family pattern and handing it to him: "This is your token of enthronement. Go! Don't let me down!"

After saying this, he turned Challens, who had not yet digested the information, and pushed him towards the conference room. He waved his hand, turned around and told the servant to take him to the conference room. Then, the second aide of Pearl Tears would receive the guest.

Rusalka felt so good after doing all this. This is the effect of wisdom. It directly solved for him the tedious reception work that originally required the loss of time, spirit, energy and even a lot of saliva. Otherwise, why do we say "read more and do less"?

When he was about to walk towards the gate on behalf of Challens' "will" and was also preparing to go to the training ground to play and gamble for fun, a black mist tentacle wrapped around his waist, turning him 180 degrees and heading towards the road leading to the bedroom.

Cold sweat ran down the tip of his nose: "Hey, can we reconcile?"

"No." Judge Cat Cat's gavel dropped, and the death penalty was carried out immediately.

Chapter 173 Short Daily Life (1)

Sanitta took out the priest's book and began to draw green runes on it. After he finished, he slapped the big tree in front of him.

Rusalka-style narration: The brothers seem to be using the ancient Confucius' method of encouraging learning. They hold the book in their hands and hit the target hard. With momentum and strength, they let the knowledge in the book take advantage of the moment when the other party is dizzy, the brain is blank, and formatted, and use the generated vibration to transmit the knowledge to every brain cell of the other party and then imprint it firmly, completing the "teaching" process.

Under the influence of this most primitive, ancient, mysterious and impactful teaching method, even a big tree with a cell wall as an impenetrable barrier in its body can be enlightened by this book-like enlightenment of "teaching without distinction and teaching according to aptitude". It is so moved that it can't help but stand up from the ground, and a smile of joy for gaining knowledge is revealed on its trunk, and it finally becomes a wise tree man.

Normal narration: Sunita successfully cast the spell, turning the big tree into a tree man that can be seen and controlled by commands.

Sanitieta was extremely satisfied. After a month of diligent training, he had finally mastered the Treeman Summoning technique! For a mage, success once meant success every time. After that, all they needed to do was strengthen their memory and practice repeatedly until they had developed muscle memory that would allow them to cast without interruption or make mistakes due to distraction. Only then would they have completely mastered the spell.

Among the two elves on the side, Shana was happily applauding and congratulating Sanitta. Her smile was genuine and not fake at all. First of all, she didn't know this spell, nor did she understand what Sanitta's successful spell casting meant. In her opinion, any elf who learned magic could do this, so isn't it normal for Sanitta to learn it?

Moreover, the success of the Sanita Tower meant that he would be free from now on. This way, he would have no other excuses to shirk and could only concentrate on teaching them magic. When she thought of her future heroic figure who would be able to control thunder and fire, how could she not be happy?

But Alice knew how difficult this spell was to learn, so she was stunned. She even counted the days on her fingers and muttered, "It's only been less than a month, and you already learned it?"

Sanita shrugged: "As you can see, I learned it."

Seeing Sanita looking over, Alice immediately displayed her excellent elf expression management skills, replacing her surprised expression with a teachable attitude. She nodded and said, "Well, not bad, it's worth my careful guidance these days. Back then, it took me a whole week to learn this spell. You were able to master it in a month, which is very commendable for a cricket human."

Rusalka was not good at remembering other things, but she was best at remembering people's shortcomings. She immediately exposed the shortcomings and said, "Didn't you say before that you studied for a month?"

Although Alice had no idea where Rusalka had heard that, she immediately exploded in anger and retorted, "I was also learning a lot of other magic at the time. It took me a month in total, but this one alone took me less than a week. What's the problem?"

Rusalka nodded, her attitude taking your advice as given. "Of course, no problem. I admire your rebellious nature. I hope you can maintain this attitude when you learn Fireball later."

"So, Lord Pearl Tear...what do you want to do here? Do you want to learn magic too?" Alice wanted to say something to Rusalka who was making sarcastic remarks on the side, but the oppressive feeling revealed by Phoenix next to her was too strong, and the murderous aura was more effective than any memory-enhancing drug, which quickly made her recall how to use honorifics.

Rusalka, protected so well by Phoenix, instantly satisfied an inexplicable vanity. So, with a tone even more confident than an elf, she spoke with her head held high and chest puffed out, "I can't guarantee anything else, but I can say this about magic. If you can teach me how to use magic, I'll immediately let you take over as Lord of Pearl Tears."

The two elves thought for a long time before they understood the logic behind Rusalka's words. They were really puzzled. What was there to be proud of if they couldn't learn magic?

If Rusalka knew what they were thinking, she would definitely answer: Because I am pure.

"Okay, okay, you have already learned the treeman summoning technique, hurry up and teach us magic!" Shana couldn't wait any longer and knocked on the small table that suddenly appeared in front of her.

The two of them managed to recreate the classroom atmosphere by growing two vines, using the exposed part as a chair and the flat part as a table. They then took out paper and quill pens to prepare for class, and even asked Sunita if he needed a wooden board to write on the blackboard.

It has to be said that the elves' emphasis on education is quite commendable. You should know that in Sinidi, there are only two ways to learn magic. One is to be born into a wealthy family with a silver spoon in your mouth, and then ask a teacher to teach you after your spellcasting talent is detected; the other is to learn by yourself. After your luck is discovered, a wizard will be willing to accept you as an apprentice.

As for becoming a soldier, it's similar. Usually, the old ones teach the new ones, or the militiamen are driven to the battlefield, and they become successful when their talents are revealed during the fighting. Things like classrooms don't exist at all. Not to mention whether the noble lords are willing to spend money to run the place, hire teachers to teach, control the teaching quality, etc. Even ordinary civilians are not very willing to send their children to school every day, let alone spend money.

What if he doesn't learn it? It would be a waste. Why not teach him some survival skills?

This is the drawback brought about by institutional problems. People always envy those successful people, but they always deny themselves with the words "others have talent, but I don't", and give up the possibility of working hard.

In contrast, the situation is different for Esdi next door. Their faith education determines that everyone will strive to try their best to grasp the possibility of holy light, and their feelings towards paladins and priests are more of "yearning" rather than "jealousy".

The interpersonal relationships between them are relatively simple. Even if they have difficulties in life, the neighbors will provide some relief. The pressure of survival is not as great as that of Sinidi, so children will have a lot of time to "accept doctrine" when they are young and will not be forced to invest in skills for their future livelihood.

As a result, there are very few people who are "capable of enlightenment but are ignored."

As for the elves, one sentence can explain why they can make everyone a skilled person and everyone can learn.

They are few in number but have strong talents, and the forest treasure house has abundant resources. They don’t worry about livelihood issues at all, over.

Sanitieta saw that the two of them were staring at him with burning eyes, looking very eager to learn. No matter whether their enthusiasm was just a passing fad or not, at least as a mage, he did not want to disappoint the enthusiasm of the two seekers of knowledge, so he took out two very thick books from his arms and placed them on the vine table in front of them, one for each of them.

Six large characters were written on the cover: "Introduction to the Mage's Apprentice"

Alice slapped the cover of the book and shouted in dissatisfaction, "Mage Apprentice?! What? Are you kidding us again? You're bullying the elves too much! Even elves have tempers!"

Rusalka: "You don't want to read it, but others are vying for it. Phoenix, go get the book. It's time to become a magic cat!"

Phoenix gave Rusalka a blank look. Orcs had no magic circuits in their bodies, so she was as pure as Rusalka.

Sanitieta ignored her complaints and said, "Open Chapter 1, Theory of Elemental Composition. Pages 5 to 8 cover the origin and basic introduction of the element of fire. I'll give you half an hour to read. After you finish, I'll ask you some questions to check your reading progress. If you can't answer these, then don't study. Learning requires self-awareness. People like Lord Pearl Tear are very self-aware and never touch magic."

Rusalka was unhappy and cast a shield spell on him. She pointed at the transparent barrier beside her and said, "What do you mean? I know the shield spell!"

Phoenix used a dagger and the power of shadow to pierce Rusalka's shield. Obviously, the strength of this thing was not up to standard.

The price of 10 points to buy the shield spell is indeed exaggerated, but if you think about it carefully, it can allow Rusalka, who is unable to learn magic at all, to learn a spell, so this thing is indeed worth 10 points.

Anyway, Rusalka refused to admit that she had made a loss in the purchase, and insisted that one day the whole world would be able to control the shield technique.

The two elves complained, but they actually turned the pages of the book quite quickly. After taking a look at what Sanita said, they immediately stopped talking and began to read quietly.

Rusalka and Phoenix stood by with nothing to do: (Give me a copy too, so I can learn what magic is all about.)

Sanitta did not prepare a book like this for Rusalka. He knew that this kind of book would only be used as a weapon in Rusalka's hands. So he took out a book called "Pet Hair Care Materials Illustrated Book" and gave it to Rusalka and Phoenix. The main point was to teach students in accordance with their aptitude.

Phoenix didn't mind the name of the book and started to read it. Although she usually maintained the image of "I have two forms, fighting and being shy", she was also a cat who paid more attention to her personal appearance. This could be seen from the fact that she actively cooperated when Rusalka asked a tailor to make clothes for her.

As for why he threw it to Rusalka to watch together, it was because Sanitieta felt that Rusalka needed to learn to use his status as a lord and use the guild or commission to issue tasks, instead of thinking about doing everything himself. This bad habit of an adventurer must be changed.

Just as I finished thinking this, I heard Rusalka leaning against Phoenix, pointing at the book and saying, "Hey, I've heard of this grass. It seems that our Pearl Tears Territory produces it. I'll take you to pick some someday when I have time."

Sani Tower: 6.

Sanitita said that after the time was up, the two elves were still reluctant to leave. Although they had similar books on magic, they were all elven works and did not contain any basic descriptions of the fire element. This book from Snidi, the Lord of Arcane and Pan-Faith, suddenly opened a new door to the magical world for them, making them sigh, "So this is what magic is."

The elves are like very good carpenters who know how to make a small raft so that it can float on the water and can make the raft big, stable and strong. At this time, a physicist suddenly appears and tells them that not only rafts can float on the water, but also iron blocks can float, and gives them a buoyancy formula and knowledge theory.

"Multiple choice question one. As we all know, elements enter the main plane through the projection of adjacent elemental planes. The Arcane Overlord itself acts as a stabilizing barrier between planes, balancing the elemental ratios. In a volume of normal ideal air at 27.4 degrees Celsius, what is the concentration of fire element? If we want to raise the temperature of 32 cubic centimeters of ideal air by 2 degrees Celsius, how much equivalent amount of fire element is needed?"

Two elves: Ababa Ababa.

Sanitta: "You don't know this? Turn to page 7, bottom right corner. There are several element formulas. Substitute the temperature into them and calculate."

Shana was born as an archer, and her main characteristic was that she was thick-skinned and didn't hesitate to ask questions. She raised her hand and said, "Teacher, we haven't learned the symbols above, so we can't understand them."

Alice was embarrassed to say it directly, but she nodded anyway.

Sanitieta was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and realized it was within his expectations. "Oh, then you can turn to the last page of the book. There is a table of symbols on it. Memorize it yourself. How about this, I will mark the content for you to memorize first. After you have memorized it, I will come back to teach you tomorrow. Otherwise, you won't learn anything at all."

Alice complained, "Is it always so difficult for human mages to cast spells? How long will it take to learn Fireball? Can't we learn more efficiently like us elves, starting directly from understanding nature? For example, teach us how to accurately grasp the fire element in the air and then use our spirits to guide it to achieve the desired function.

As for the fireball, wouldn't it be just gathering the fire elements together and releasing them? This would definitely be quick and convenient!"

Sani Iron Tower: "Hello, yes, you can. Here's how. Go west to the Kingdom of Snidi. Go to the end, cross the border, and walk about 20 kilometers. Look nearby for a mountain range with a raised top. It's called a 'volcano'. Go directly to the big hole at the top and look down. You'll see a red liquid. That's called 'magma'. Jump into the magma and wash for about a week before coming out. Then, forget about Fireball, you can also directly comprehend the 'Incineration Explosion' that you've been dreaming of."

Alice's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Sanita was starting to lose his temper. "That's fake! Why don't you just go hang yourself with a noodle and pray that you'll be reborn as a Hellfire Demon in your next life! If you want to learn fire magic, memorize it now. If you don't want to, get out of here! Instead of wasting your time on blabbing, you might as well memorize a few more symbols."

Alice and Shana's ears drooped, like students who heard the exam syllabus and realized they didn't have enough time to study.

Sanitieta did not forget to add, "Also, what you just said, 'The fireball only gathers the fire elements and releases them,' is completely wrong. If you don't use runes and the correct structure to guide the fire elements into a semi-stable structure, it will explode before you can complete the magic. If you want to die together with the opponent, this method is indeed correct.

Fire, wood and water are different elements. The latter two are "aggregating" elements, while the former are "discrete" elements.

Now I understand why the elves won't teach you other magic. They're afraid you, a bunch of illiterates, will ruin yourselves."