What did you do with the dice?

Sani Tieta: (Sorry, the divine power can only give a "yes" or "no" answer. The prophecy can provide some useful information, but only within the next seven days. It's just perfect for predicting the weather. The weather prediction I got the day before yesterday was [Snow, Snow, Sunny, Cloudy, Snow, Snow]. And the prediction for this trip to Test Town is [Ball-headed Hammer].

The weather forecast at the beginning was straightforward and easy to understand, but Rusalka was a little confused about the following hint: (Huh? What does a round-penetrated hammer mean?)

Unexpectedly, Sanita's 18 IQ couldn't explain his confusion: (I don't know either. This is the strange result you get when using divination to predict divergent possible events. This usually happens only after the event is over. When you take the event back and apply it to the prediction, you will find that although it is outrageous, it still seems to fit.)

Rusalka finally understood. This was theology. Did God say it?

Rusalka was envious of the wizard now. She felt that wizards were so much fun outside of combat. How could they have so many different magic tricks? Why could she only wrestle with Phoenix?

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On the tower, two soldiers were rubbing their hands and talking to each other.

"Huh—this damn weather is finally clearing up."

"Yeah, but clear skies aren't necessarily a good thing. The line at the door for goods delivery today is way too long. Luckily, my second uncle's eldest cousin's sister-in-law is the wife of a Chamber of Commerce member. She informed the captain here in advance, so they assigned me to be on guard duty today. If I were responsible for escorting or checking goods, wouldn't I be busy from day to night?"

Another soldier sighed, "I'm a local from Tester Town. I got this sinecure by helping the captain snatch that red girl's first night's spot. I really envy you guys who were sent here by the Chamber of Commerce directly because of your connections. Unlike us, we can only be whipped like cattle and horses."

"Don't say such depressing things. After your shift change tonight, how about going to the black market to have some fun? I heard they caught some new guys recently."

"Forget it. The Chamber of Commerce has been conducting strict inspections recently. I heard that the Chamber of Commerce and the Brotherhood are having another falling out. Let's just forget it."

"What does it have to do with us if those big shots fall out? They don't care what we do. You know what kind of people are in the underworld. If you don't take advantage of the money, you idiot. Believe me, as long as you have money, it doesn't matter where you're from. Even if someone from Silver City comes, they'll risk their lives to recommend him a top performer."

The two soldiers laughed for a moment, then lit a cigarette and began to smoke. As they puffed away, they couldn't help but start chatting about the kind of topics men simply can't help but talk about. "Sigh, I'd say this Lord Pearl Tear is no match for him. He's run Test Town like a complete mess, and all sorts of freaks are trying to get a piece of the action. It used to be pretty good when our Chamber of Commerce was the only one in power, with generous bonuses. Now, not only are the bonuses nowhere to be found, but even salaries have been slashed."

"Yeah, they insisted on bringing in the Ward Group and the Brotherhood of Desperadoes. They're really obsessed with money. If they keep going like this, the town will be doomed sooner or later. He's so high up in the sky and far away from home, all he cares about is making his own Silver City so prosperous, like it's a paradise on earth. He doesn't care about our town at all, he just cares about collecting taxes. What kind of great knight is this? He believes in the goddess of wealth, right?"

"Look at it more openly. All nobles are like this. I heard he even set up a slave-hunting team to capture slaves in the neighboring El Empire. He risked his subordinates' lives for his own pleasure. I heard he captured quite a few slaves from the Filin tribe and had parties in his city lord's mansion every day. The Eight Honors and Eight Shames are engraved on his armor for us outsiders to see. Isn't it also a birth when he takes off his clothes?"

"Alas, knight!"

"Alas, nobles!"

They exchanged a mock sigh and then burst into laughter again. "Damn it, but on the other hand, if he's willing to bring his leftovers to the underworld for us to enjoy, I promise to hang his portrait in our house."

"Look at you, you're such a coward! Why don't you just apply to join his slave-catching team? And try your hand at it yourself?"

"That won't work. I think it's safer to buy it with money."

"But it's such a pity. If it weren't for the recent martial law, I would have taken my daughter to play in the snow outside the town. The weather is really nice today, and it's not cold even with the sun shining."

The soldier turned his head to look outside the town and was stunned.

Another soldier sighed, "I envy you for having a happy family and a daughter. The girl I was dating here before only asked me for money. But I heard that after we broke up, she was sold to the black market. She could keep me for a night for 20 copper coins. Tsk, tsk, when I think about it, I really lost out."

Seeing his companion didn't respond, he turned around in confusion and patted his back, then leaned over to look out together with him: "What are you talking about? You're so engrossed in it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cigarette in his fingers fell to the ground. The cigarette butt was still red, emitting wisps of white smoke.

Looking around, the convoy that had just run a few steps out of the door was stopped by a group of more than a dozen cavalrymen.

Faced with the bright scimitars in the hands of the enemy, the horses crawled on the ground in fear, especially when a cavalryman drove out of the team, showing the war hammer and an unclear object in his hand. The cloth armored guards who had been asking for attendance fees under the banner of "escort" just a moment ago did not dare to move, and many of them simply threw their weapons on the ground, raised their hands, and let the enemy surround the car.

The guard who had come with the Chamber of Commerce rang the bell nearby without hesitation. The local guard from Test came to his senses and snatched the bell hammer from his hand. "What the hell are you doing?"

The former had already bent down and squatted on the ground very skillfully to avoid being hit by the rain of arrows. He grabbed the pants of the local guard next to him and said, "You are crazy, get down quickly! The other party is wearing regular army equipment. This must be an enemy attack!"

"Look carefully at the flags those cavalrymen are carrying! They're the flags of the Pearly Tears family! It's over."

But it was too late for him to say this. After the bell rang, the guards at the gate subconsciously raised their heads and looked towards the tower. It took them about ten seconds to react. They immediately abandoned the caravans they were inspecting, quickly picked up their weapons and ran up the town wall.

“Enemy attack—!!!”

"Hurry, hurry, everyone, run! Crossbowmen, get into position!"

After the captain of the guard at the city gate drove the team onto the city wall, he ran up the wall at a rapid pace, picked up the telescope and looked outside the city. He was also dumbfounded.

Suddenly, a long arrow flew through the air and hit the stone pile beside him.

Looking further into the distance, behind the Filin tribe member riding a pure white bird, a knight without even a helmet was slowly lowering his crossbow. It was obvious who had shot the arrow.

"Sir, are you alright? The enemy is already within range. Do you want to shoot?"

He immediately slapped the helmet of the soldier who had spoken up next to him hard to relieve his nervousness and guilt: "Let go of your (beep) head! Are you blind? This is our lord! Quick, put away your weapons and open the town gate. (beep) Who the hell sounded the enemy attack alarm!"

He was the one who shouted the loud enemy attack just now. Even though it was winter, the sweat on his face could not be stopped. He could only pray that the enemy was far enough away and did not hear the sound, and everyone just pretended nothing happened.

After shooting the arrows, Rusalka stretched out his hands to the giant sword and shield behind him. As a result, he saw the soldiers on the top of the city wall who were aiming at him with fixed crossbows and hurried down again. Not long after, the gate slowly opened again. He felt as if he was stopped and felt very disappointed.

Just now he was talking to his brothers, look, they have sounded the alarm over there to report the enemy attack, even the town gate is closed, this must be a rebellion, tell the Ranger team not to move forward, and watch him and Phoenix go up and take down the town wall.

This made Rusalka so happy that she couldn't stop smiling: "Hey? How did you know I just got promoted?"

Rusalka is already level 11 now. You are just a human infantry. If you can’t beat the legendary creature, how can I beat you?

If Sanitita hadn't said in the PL channel, "It might be a mistake, let me shoot a warning arrow first and see what happens", the arrow he just shot would have gone straight to the head of the commander opposite.

Tsk, now seeing that the other party has reopened the door, the crossbowmen have retreated, and even the commander has raised his hands above his head to make the universal humanoid surrender gesture, Rushaka was immediately dissatisfied: This is unreasonable, how can they suddenly stop rebelling?

Rusalka: (Brother Fei, I actually know a little bit about the law. This behavior of the other party shouldn't be considered an aborted rebellion. At the very least, it's an attempted rebellion. I think Officer Rusalka of Pearly Tears Elegy shouldn't let any criminal behavior go unpunished. I request police dispatch.)

Sanita: (I see you're in a rush to dress the other side in enemy uniforms. Come on, judging by their stance, it's just that there's a sentry there who doesn't recognize our Pearl Tear Banner. The most you can do is say the sentry is inconsiderate and punish him.)

Rushaka suddenly felt bored, so he rode back and asked the army to capture the guards who followed the caravan. Then he let the caravan go and followed him into the town.

As Rusalka rode her Chocobo in, she saw the captain of the guards hurried over with two sentries. They pushed them to the ground and knelt prostrate before Rusalka, explaining, "I'm so sorry, Lord. That was truly an accident. Those two blind creatures didn't see your flag clearly, so we mistook them for enemies."

Rusalka thought that since she couldn't kill him, she could only praise him: "That's good. A sentinel should be vigilant. It's better to be prepared before a disaster strikes than to make plans after it happens."

The captain kicked the two men's buttocks and said, "Why don't you thank Lord Pearl Tear for his mercy?"

"Thank you, Lord Zhulei."

"Alright, you two should get up too." Rusalka watched the captain of the guards scold the two people who had stood up and leave. Then she looked at the caravans gathered at the entrance, blocking the road, and asked, "Why are there so many caravans gathered here? And I see you've sent people to follow the caravans out. What kind of escort service is this? How thoughtful!"

He snapped his fingers, and several rangers came over and threw the bound guards to the ground. Rusalka said, "I just thought there was no need to delay the caravan, so I invited them in for some questioning. I'll send them back to you after that."

The captain of the guards didn't dare to ask his men to untie them. Instead, he opened his mouth but didn't speak. After thinking for a while, he said hesitantly, "I'm not too sure. I just received an order. Recently, a big shot from the Chamber of Commerce had a batch of goods robbed by the black market. They were worried that they might be mixed in with the convoy and sent out, so they checked more strictly.

Oh, you didn't even inform us before you came. Otherwise, our leaders would have cleared the area earlier to leave a clear path for your soldiers."

Rusalka smiled and said, "Do I need to notify you in advance that I'm coming here?"

The captain of the guards was stunned for a moment. After looking at the cavalry behind him, he quickly waved his hands, "No, no, no, of course not. I just want to provide better reception services for your army. You are the master here, so you can do whatever you want. I'll go and have someone clear the way for your army! All of you go and untie those people on the ground. Don't just lie there. Hurry and work together for Lord Pearl Tear!"

Following a round of shouts from the guards he led, the caravans' vehicles were parked on the left and right, leaving a path wide enough for three horses to pass side by side - although it was very narrow, it was already the limit.

"Send this caravan out, then close the town gates. No one is allowed to open them until I give the order." Rusalka gave the order to the captain of the guards, who stood upright nearby. Then he turned to the Ranger squad behind him and said, "The first 20 riders will follow me into the town. Custer will lead the rest. You and the other soldiers will spread out nearby. If you find anyone trying to escape, capture them immediately. If anyone resists, kill them immediately."

"As you command, Lord."

Rusalka turned back to the captain of the guards, who bowed his head and accepted the order, and said, "Send someone to take me to see the person in charge of your side."

"Uh, Lord Crown isn't in town lately."

Rusalka smiled: "I know, he is at my house."

Seeing the captain speechless, Rusalka could only make things clear. "There must be someone in charge during Clown's absence. Take me to him. If that doesn't work, take me to your superior. If you say you're just a gatekeeper and don't know anyone in charge, then I suggest you pack up and go back. Whoever knows you can take your place."

"I know him, of course I know him. You, go and lead the Lord to find Boss Adam."

The captain immediately selected a soldier, asked him to ride the horse tied nearby, and lead Rusalka and his group to the processing plant area.

Chapter 182 Tester's Reorganization (2)

"Oh no, boss!" A guard knocked on the door hurriedly, shouting as he knocked.

Adam had been in a bad mood for the past two days. When he heard his subordinates reporting the death at the door without any reason, he was furious.

He was about to stand up and curse, and open the door to give this unknown crow mouth a slap in the face, and ask him if he rinsed his mouth when he got up, when he heard the ghost at the door say the second half of his sentence: "Lord Pearl Tears is coming with his army!"

His steps paused. Well, that seemed to be absolutely bad news. At least for now, nothing could be worse than this short sentence.

He hurriedly put on his helmet, opened the door, grabbed the guard who was a little caught off guard, and left: "Where is he? At the main gate or the side gate? Take me to see him!"

"You don't have to go so far. The Lord is in the reception room downstairs and wants to see you."

If Adam wasn't in a hurry, he really wanted to slap this guy and then kick him. There was no reason, just to vent his anger. Forget about the speech, he wasn't even mentally prepared. You tell me that the other party is already sitting downstairs in his house, calling him by name and accusing him of an offense?

Were those gatekeepers blind or fools? Even if the Pearl Tear Lord arrived with his army and didn't dare to stop them, didn't they know how to send someone to report in advance so that they could be prepared?

As a result, his heart sank when he walked in the corridor. With just a quick glance, he found that the guards originally arranged in the corridor had been replaced by soldiers wearing standard Pearl Tear armor.

Even at the meeting door, there were two of Lord Pearl Tear's men standing. When he walked over, the two soldiers took the initiative to open the door for him, but used their sword sheaths to block the guard who was delivering the message.

Although it was already known that bringing an army here was a very dangerous signal in itself, the threats and ill intentions were so severe that it was clear that the notorious Lord of Pearl Tears had expressed the words "I am very unhappy" to the fullest.

He walked in with his head held high and took a look. Wow, the conference room was packed. There were already six people sitting inside. They had specially moved the seat opposite the Lord of Pearl Tears aside for him to sit. This whole arrangement made him look like an invited guest.

Rusalka pointed to the seat in front of the open table with a pot of tea already poured. "Adam, you're quite a handsome man. I heard you're the chief security officer here. Take a seat."

Although his attitude and tone seemed peaceful, Adam did not dare to take this friendliness seriously. After all, the soldiers at the door had already given him such an obvious warning, and his current attitude must be fake.

Rusalka: (So why do you let our soldiers guard the gate instead of them?)

Sanita: (Doesn't this make you look impressive? It can scare the other person.)

As the servants were serving them fruit plates, Rusalka heard Alice whisper, "Do you have any milk or rock sugar?"

Even Rusalka wanted to complain. What kind of occasion is this to ask such a question? Can milk tea be addictive after drinking it for a while?

He sipped the tea leaves and smacked his lips. It smelled nice, but wild boars really couldn't eat such fine bran. Sometimes he envied these two heartless guys. Because of his status, he couldn't ask such cheap questions. In fact, he also wanted to drink it with milk and sugar.

The servant thought for a moment and replied, "As for milk, the kitchen should have it, but I don't know about rock sugar. Is white sugar okay?"

Shana: "All right, give us more, and get us some bigger cups and make more tea."

The teacup in front of me is indeed too small. It's just right for drinking high-end tea, exquisite and elegant, very tasteful. But it's definitely not suitable for drinking milk tea. Who drinks milk tea in small cups and drinks it in half sips?

When they drink milk tea in Zhuleiling, they hold up the super-large cup and drink it with their heads raised. It would be best if they ask Sanitieta to use an ice rune to make the milk tea iced, and then drink it in one breath. That's the real enjoyment.

It's a pity that they are out now and can't ask Sanitieta to help them chill the milk tea. But it doesn't matter. They have recently encountered a bottleneck in their fire magic, so they simply adjusted their state, changed their goals, and used iced milk tea as the original motivation to start studying ice magic related to water.

Although you can't drink it iced, the tea here looks better than the tea in Silver City. I guess the milk must taste better too. Wouldn't the resulting milk tea be twice as delicious?

Seeing this, Sani Tieta could only secretly curse them for wasting food by using this tribute-grade tea as milk tea.

Of course, the servants had no right to complain or make suggestions. After all, they would always meet all requests from the guests, especially the guest today who was told to "try your best to meet all requests." He nodded, turned around and left, and went to the kitchen to get milk and sugar for the two of them.

Seeing that no one else was around, Adam took the initiative to ask, "My Lord, I know that some unpleasant things have happened in this town recently, but please rest assured that our Doug Chamber of Commerce will definitely resolve these problems smoothly."

Rusalka was a typical nitpicker and said, "If nothing happens, can't I just come over here and take a look?"

The only response he got was Adam's "Of course no problem".

This one-sided, overwhelming conversation instantly made Rusalka, who had just finished enjoying himself, feel bored again. No one argued with him, and it felt like punching cotton, with nowhere to apply his strength. "Of course, since I'm here, I definitely haven't come for nothing. Let my staff talk to you."

Sanitieta took over the conversation smoothly and habitually, "Well, Mr. Adam, I heard there was a serious armed conflict here. Many people died, including the tax collector who was stationed here by Silver City."

Adam took off his helmet and wiped his sweat with a towel. "Well...it's true, but I think you've probably heard about it. The Pitko Brotherhood in the black street next door are ruthless and don't take you seriously at all. They even threatened to overthrow you, Lord. They killed the tax collector. We were just about to wipe them out, and you're here with your troops to support us. I'm really happy."

After saying that, he shouted to the door, "Go call Sodexo, the director of trade next door."

But no one moved at the door. He was stunned for a moment, then saw Sanita smiled, snapped his fingers, and lifted the soundproof barrier. He said, "Go find their people and have them bring a supervisor named Sodexo to the conference room. Tell them that the lord is looking for him."

"Yes, sir." The cavalry at the gate immediately went out to find the guards who had been driven to the garden at the gate and asked them to lead the way.

Sanita: "There's a barrier here. If you want to call the guards, I can do it for you."

The implication is: In this conference room, no one will come to save you even if you scream at the top of your lungs.

To hide his nervousness, Adam smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I didn't explain it clearly just now. The thing is, he's mainly responsible for all the trade processes. I thought you would definitely ask about the goods later, so I called him here in advance to answer the questions."

Sanita re-enacted the barrier. "I won't ask about the goods. If Arlot, not Crown, was in charge of the follow-up orders, he wouldn't have let the goods get out of town, right? So, the goods are still in the Brotherhood's possession. Can't we just go get them ourselves?"

Adam was about to nod, but then he remembered that this wasn't going to work, so he replied, "There's no need for you and the Lord to personally take action against these thugs. We just need to have the soldiers cooperate with our guards to eliminate the Brotherhood in the Black Street. The terrain in these black streets is too complicated. If you were to injure any of the lords, it would be disgraceful for our Chamber of Commerce if the news got out. Please rest assured and give us another chance to make amends. I'll lead the operation myself this time. If we fail, I'll be beheaded."

There is a difference between the fact that this thing was snatched back and returned to Rusalka, and that it was snatched back by the lord Rusalka himself.

The former will at most get a reputation for incompetence, and should be punished and compensated as needed. People are result-oriented. Although the process was a bit bad, Rusalka did not experience it because he did not participate in it himself. For him, it was like a written report, and a good ending would definitely calm him down.

As for the latter, it is hard to imagine what punitive measures Rusalka will take against Doug Chamber of Commerce after personally handling the matter from beginning to end with a rage in her heart.

Rusalka thought for a moment and asked, "Is one day enough?"

Adam looked a little embarrassed: "This..."

Rusalka wasn't really teasing this time; she was simply puzzled. "Your Doug Chamber of Commerce has been operating here for over two years, and you can't even handle a gang of... well, gang-on-gang thugs? Then let me do it."

When Adam saw Rusalka stand up, he also stood up and reached out to stop her. He stood up too hard and overturned the chair behind him. "Enough, enough, enough! Your army is here to support us. These are just some small-time hooligans from the black streets. I guarantee that we will capture them all and bring them to you within a day. I'm going to gather everyone!"

After saying this, he hurried to the door, opened it, and shouted as he ran out, "Quickly notify all the guards and patrols. Anyone who can hold a weapon, call them to assemble! Anyone who doesn't arrive within an hour will be kicked out!"

Rusalka said to Qingfeng, "Qingfeng, you and Shana should go to Old John's house and deliver some things."