What did you do with the dice?

The weather was clear and sunny, a perfect day for an outing and a date. Rusalka called the old coachman who looked increasingly healthy, and took Phoenix with her. They would occasionally take a ride together to the town of Teste for a stroll and to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Sanita: (The war is about to start. When are you planning to come back?)

Rusalka: (You're talking like my dad. Every time I go out to play, he always asks me to go home early, for fear that I'll get taken away by someone else. Look, I've been adhering to male ethics, which has led to me being single on Earth and traveling through time.)

Having said that, Rusalka still replied that it would take at most two days to go back and forth, because he was a loyal lord.

The journey to the town of Test was smooth. When Rusalka arrived in the town this time, she found that the whole town had changed drastically: all the low walls of the previous black street had been demolished, and the casinos and the like had all been converted into cockfighting arenas. This industry, which seemed to be the same old thing, had actually boosted the town's chicken farms and restaurants, and expanded some jobs.

The entire residential area of ​​the town is also under renovation. Scaffoldings are erected all over the place, and busy workers are painting walls and patching tiles everywhere. The residents of the town have also changed their previous lifeless appearance. Everyone is busy with their own lives with energy. You can also see many women gathering in the open space to knit winter clothes and chatter about family matters.

In addition, a large free trade market, commonly known as a flea market in modern times, was established in the town's black street, which is dedicated to small and medium-sized businesses to set up stalls freely. This avoids direct trade conflicts with large businesses in the central commercial street area, and there are no disputes over the ownership of shop land.

If residents really want to buy something cheap, they just need to spend some time going to the market and back.

Rusalka refused the guards' accompaniment when she entered the house, and did not bring weapons or shields when she went out. Phoenix also wore a black hooded coat, so the two of them could hide their identities and wander around the town.

Rusalka and Phoenix squeezed through the crowd of people bargaining for groceries and finally found a slightly quieter open space.

He happened to be standing next to an empty jade stall, so he figured since he was already there, he might as well pick out a bracelet for Phoenix. (I have to say, this place has been renovated quite nicely, it's much busier than before.)

Sanita: (Of course, Shapaelo does have the ability to govern. It's just a matter of whether he wants to be a good official.)

Rusalka wanted to show Phoenix the bargaining skills she had learned on Earth. She picked up a bracelet and compared it with Phoenix's wrist before asking, "How much is this?"

"This is a rare jade mined deep in the mine next door. The worker secretly hid it and came to sell it to me. It's absolutely top-notch merchandise. I won't bargain for even a single silver coin!"

"Go away, ten copper coins or not." Rusalka threw out ten copper coins, acting like a stubborn person who said, "Sell it if you want or not, get out of here."

"Okay!" Unexpectedly, the other party was not angry at all. Instead, he took the copper coins with a smile and stuffed the bracelet into Rusalka's hand, fearing that he would go back on his word.

Rusalka knew that what she bought was 100% fake, but she waited for the other party to pretend and raise the price. In the end, her psychological transaction price was about 40 copper coins.

But I didn't expect it to be such a worthless fake, not even worth 10 copper coins. What the hell are you selling, you bastard? You're selling pure handmade fees, right?

Damn, where is the Market Supervision Administration?

It turns out that if there is no one at a stall, there must be no one there.

The other party seemed quite fearless. After all, the small shops in the flea market were neatly arranged. It was definitely not due to the poor quality of the merchants. It was also thanks to the dozen or so fully armed soldiers patrolling nearby, ready to catch the troublemakers at any time. It was obvious that they had received protection money and only arrested the buyers, not the sellers.

Come to think of it, if you want Shapaelo to stop being greedy, that would be like costing him his life. I have to say that his good brother can see through things. Even though he was threatened like that at the time, it was like putting a noose around his neck. After Rusalka left, he still couldn't help but reach out to take some money and secretly put it in his pocket.

Rusalka was too lazy to argue with these small vendors. After all, it was already good enough to create such a large free market that did not disturb others or occupy the road. It was too beyond the environment to expect it to have a regulatory bureau. It was only ten copper coins, which was the price to buy Phoenix's happiness.

(Author's note: There are so many things to write about management and construction in Pearl Tear Territory, but I feel that everyone probably wants to see Tata open sooner, so I will speed up the pace next.)

Chapter 225 Brother Fei, my family is famous!

A red-haired man in a crimson robe walked slowly on the road leading to the town.

He has twin dragon horns on his head and a pair of folded red wings behind him. He does not try to hide his appearance and proudly displays his identity as a dragonborn.

Ignoring the humans around him who were running away in panic, trying to stay as far away from him as possible, the dragon-born man raised his head and looked at the clock tower on the town wall with his red eyes.

The loud buzzing sound of the alarm bell on the tower after being struck by the sentry really made him feel a little irritated.

So he raised his hand, stretched out his finger and lightly pointed towards the clock tower, and a low growl that was not human came out of his throat: "Flamme"

A fiery red circular magic circle with a radius of one meter blossomed at his fingertips as he finished speaking. Then a pillar of fire as thick as a bucket instantly burned the soldiers on the entire tower and the bell into charcoal.

It was finally quieter now. He nodded in satisfaction and once again looked down at the ancient map in his hand, which had dried out and wrinkled, and yellowed to the point of turning black. He frowned and looked up at the town name sign hanging in front of him. He muttered to himself, "Pearl Tear Town. Although the location marked on this map of the Kingdom of Snidi is not quite the same, this should be the home of the Lord of Pearl Tear."

After saying that, he walked directly to the town gate in front of him that had just been closed. He stood at the door, took a deep breath, and then opened his mouth and blew a breath of hot dragon breath towards the door. In an instant, the iron door was melted into sizzling molten iron.

He waved his arms to disperse the steam, and walked into the town step by step, as if there was no one around, completely ignoring the soldiers around him who were trembling with weapons, and the crossbows and other devices on the city wall.

He stopped after entering the town's gate and spoke as if to the air: "Hey, let Lord Pearl Tear come out to see me."

After hearing this creature, which shocked their instincts, say these words, the guards nearby mustered up the courage to shout at him, "The Lord doesn't live here; he's in Silver City!"

"Silver City?" The red-haired man once again took out the map that looked like it would shatter into pieces if squeezed hard. After searching for a while, he frowned and said in a somewhat displeased tone, "There's no such place. Are you kidding me?"

Of course there is no such place, because the date marked on the lower right corner of the map is the 375th year of the Sinidi Kingdom calendar, and this year is 546. If Rusalka saw this map, she would probably send it to the museum as soon as possible.

Without waiting for the soldier next to him to speak, the man lost his patience as if he was having a manic attack. A ball of fire suddenly rose from the priceless antique map in his hand. The map, which had lasted for a hundred years without breaking, finally came to an end and was burned to ashes.

The man gnashed his teeth and said, "Enough! I've had enough! Not only did the great Red Dragon Baron Garces come here in person to deliver the message, but even a mere human didn't know how to come to see me in person, and even lied and tried to hide! Is it because we haven't been active on the continent for too long that you ants have forgotten the most basic courtesy!

I'll give you ten minutes. Either have that Lord Pearl Tear come to me in person with gifts of apology for his neglect, or I'll burn his lair to the ground! See how he can hide!

As he finished speaking, the wings behind him gradually opened, and he flew into the air. He folded his arms across his chest, staring indifferently at the town below.

The soldiers were terrified. Rusalka was in the City of Silver. Even if they used magic to communicate with him, how could he get here within ten minutes?

"How to do?"

"What can we do? He's determined to kill us all! Instead of just sitting there and waiting to die, we might as well fight him!"

The crossbow on the city wall slowly rose and aimed at Garces, who remained indifferent after being targeted in the air.

Immediately afterwards, the first crossbow arrow flew through the air and hit Garces in the chest, but before the soldiers could cheer, they found that the crossbow arrow collided with his body, making a sound of fine iron collision and then broke into two pieces, falling straight from the air.

Garces's black pupils suddenly condensed within his golden eyes. Scales appeared on his face, and he revealed a ferocious smile. A stream of white, high-temperature steam emerged from between his sharp teeth. "Haha, you arrogant ant."

With this crossbow bolt as a signal, countless arrows and simple magic tricks flew into the sky.

Thus, a massacre began without any suspense. The dragon man didn't even change back to his original form. He just waved his hand and opened a flame barrier to block all the incoming attacks.

Then, he unfolded a magic circle in the air, which continuously cast a rain of fire downwards to all parts of the town. Before long, fires began to burn everywhere in the originally peaceful and tranquil town below.

After doing all this, he looked down at the people crying and fleeing and trying to put out the fire. He spoke in a deafening voice from a high position: "Go tell the Lord of Pearl Tears that the Agent knows his secret. When he comes to Alice City, the Agent will give him what he wants."

After saying this, Garces, who was about to turn around and leave, seemed to feel very dissatisfied that he had done such a menial job, so he turned his head and looked at the town below. After a cold snort, he growled: "Brian (brennen)"

The flames that ignited the town suddenly grew stronger. Even the flames that had been extinguished by water and mud until only sparks remained, burned fiercely again as if they had been reborn, devouring everything around them.

After doing all this, he looked at the town that was now completely engulfed in flames. The sight of lives and buildings burning in the flames relieved some of the pressure in his heart. He nodded with satisfaction and finally turned around and flew away.

After all, to him, this is just a pleasure-seeking behavior, just like humans pouring water into ant holes.

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"Then, I hope that everyone can work together to make the weapons of the Pearl Tear Territory bigger and stronger, creating greater glory, and finally, to expand them to the world, so that all soldiers can hold weapons engraved with the Pearl Tear pattern."

"Good~"

There were scattered applause and cheers. In order to prepare the venue in advance for Rusalka's visit, everyone worked and cleaned the whole morning. A group of men wiped the floor cleaner than wax, and they almost wore off a layer of the floor.

For this reason, they haven't had breakfast or lunch yet.

Rusalka raised her arm, clenched her fist, and concluded her impromptu speech. "Also, to celebrate the official opening of the processing plant, my wife Phoenix and I will, as usual, give each new employee a bonus of one week's salary. That concludes my speech."

"it is good!!!"

Thunderous applause and cheers continued, which showed Afanti's wisdom - the sound of the gold coins could not really fill people's stomachs.

After Rusalka finished speaking, she was planning to have a cup of tea, some snacks and some fish with the senior executive of the Maosi Chamber of Commerce when she suddenly noticed a column of black smoke rising into the sky in the distance.

He subconsciously asked, "What's going on over there?"

Of course, every word of Rusalka was regarded as an imperial decree, and the person in charge certainly didn't dare to reply with "Haha, I don't know either."

His face suddenly grew serious, and he immediately called over a nearby guard and sent him to investigate for Rusalka: "I'll send a sentry to the top of the bell tower to check for you. You, take this and go to the top of the bell tower over there and see what the smoke over there is!"

"Yes!"

The town of Test also has its own clock tower, and it is located in the processing plant area, only a few hundred meters away from here. The guards called by the person in charge immediately took the binoculars and ran all the way to the top of the clock tower. After a few minutes, they ran all the way down again.

The round trip distance on flat ground is one kilometer, and there are 12 floors of stairs to climb up and down, including the time for lookout, it took less than ten minutes in total. He is worthy of being a physical person in this world, and I feel that he can meet the standards of a national first-class athlete.

Rusalka asked casually at first, not paying much attention. That was until the sentry from Tester Town returned. He first let out a long breath to regulate his breathing, then saluted and reported, "Your Majesty, it seems there's a fire in Pearl Tear Town. The fire is very, very, very big!"

He didn't have any good adjectives in his head, or he didn't have much culture, so he could only use three "very" in a row to express emphasis, so that people could tell that it was really big when they heard it.

what?

Rusalka was also a little confused. She looked up at the sky. The sun was shining brightly, the sky was clear, and there was no thunder, let alone a bolt from the blue.

Besides, even if lightning struck a tree in the town, or even if a fireball exploded into it, it wouldn't cause such a big fire, right?

The black smoke rushed up to the sky. At first glance, it looked like a black tornado. It felt like the whole town was on fire. The cause of the fire was a bit confusing.

The head of the Chamber of Commerce was very understanding. Before Rusalka could give any orders, he immediately shouted, "What are you still standing there for! Go and gather everyone you can, and get in the car and go put out the fire in the lord's town!"

"Yes!"

"Don't worry, Lord. You are right to trust our Maosi Chamber of Commerce. As long as your territory is within our reach, we will definitely protect it well."

Rusalka nodded, but he didn't really listen to the person in charge's boasting. Instead, he reported to his brother in the private chat channel: (Brother Fei, my house is on fire!)

"Alizee, how many times have I told you that privately drawing runes is prohibited in the Mage Tower? What do you mean you want to decorate your own room? You really think this is your home...huh?"

Sanita, who was gritting his teeth, was startled by Rusalka's sudden words in the private chat channel. He left Alice, who was full of confusion, and trotted to a window in the Mage Tower. He looked out the window at the City Lord's Mansion, but saw nothing.

So he released his magical pet eagle and scanned the City Lord's Mansion in all directions for a long time, but still saw nothing.

Finally, with a skeptical but still cautious attitude, he let the eagle land, switched his perspective, and sensed the distribution of fire elements in the City Lord's Mansion. Except for the kitchen, there was no place with a particularly strong fire element.

To sum up, according to the "theorem" of the relationship between the concentration of magical element particles and phenomena in this world, if Rusalka was not referring to the fire in the stove, then there was no fire anywhere in the City Lord's Mansion.

Sanita was just about to teach Alijie a lesson for DIYing a heating rune on the wall, but after being scolded, she pretended to admit her mistake but was actually smiling. She even dared to talk back. He was already annoyed. Without thinking, he directly scolded Rusalka: (Shengsheng, what are you angry about! The City Lord's Mansion is fine! And aren't you in Test Town now? How do you know what happened in the City Lord's Mansion?)

Rusalka: (Ah, not Silver City. I'm talking about Pearl Tear Town.)

Sanita was truly impressed. The words he had just thought of to scold Alijie and the momentum he had built up were all destroyed by Rusalka's attack. He could only wave Alijie away and tell her to go away, saying "this won't happen again": (It's called Pearl Tears, so it's your home? Let me ask you, have you ever been there even once?)

Rusalka was about to say that it was impossible that she had never been there, but after thinking carefully, she realized that this was the only small town power she had at the beginning, but she seemed to have never been there once.

When the game was first launched, it was really like that, my brothers had to open maps and complete tasks, while I got the rewards at home.

Thinking about it now, there were fewer things to do back then and it was pretty cool.

Rusalka couldn't win the argument with his brother and started to talk nonsense: (Yes, this is Rusalka, staying in the Extra Deck and unable to be put on the field without Fusion Summoning.)

Sanita said helplessly: (You see I don’t even have time to check the private chat channel, you know I’m very busy now and don’t have the heart to chat with you. By the way, why did Pearl Tear Town burn down?)

Rusalka: (Good question. I'm on my way to find the answer. I'll tell you in private later.)

Sanitieta thought it would be better to read the messages himself. Listening to Rusalka speak would not only require more brain cells than reading the message log, but it might even cause Sanity loss. So, for now: (Farewell, I get it. I'll pay attention to the automatic backup messages later.)

After hearing what her brother said, Rusalka also flipped through the private chat channel: (By the way, Brother Fei, were you just scolding Alijie? And she even said something back at you?)

Sanita's vigilance suddenly increased, and he immediately launched a series of three questions and blocked the opponent's position in advance: (What are you doing? Is there a problem? What do you want to say? I'm going to warn you first, don't spread dirty rumors.)

Rusalka: (What a shame! This was such a great opportunity! You should have said, "Don't talk nonsense to your superiors!")

Sanita was so angry that he laughed: (Shit, Rusalka!)

Rusalka: (Haha, that feels good.)

Sanita felt that he still couldn't dodge it and lost sanity: (I give up.)

Chapter 226 Exploded with him!

Before the carriage reached the town gate, a stream of hot air rushed in directly from the window.

Driving a little further, we heard countless loud shouts, children crying, chickens crowing, and dogs barking, all mixed in. Mixed in with the crackling of houses collapsing, the bursting of flames, the howling of the wind, the sound of water splashing, and the sounds of firefighters trying to save things—a thousand sounds all rang out simultaneously.

Rusalka stuck his head out and finally saw the tragic scene that moved him a little - everywhere he looked was a hazy red color, and the whole town was left with only smoke and flames. Life seemed so fragile in the face of this disaster, and the collapse of a burning wooden house could easily crush the people buried under the debris, making them unable to move, and eventually choked to death by the smoke and dust.

The head of the Maosi Chamber of Commerce shouted to Rusalka, who was about to get out of the car to rescue the refugees, "My Lord, the fire is too big! Please step back. We will do our best to rescue all the residents."

"No, this fire is not a problem for me. Saving lives is more important."

Rusalka rushed straight into the town, with flying wood chips and sparks hitting his face continuously.

He really couldn't bear to see the pain of the people around him who had lost their homes and loved ones, so he took the initiative to rush into the flames, causing fire damage to himself, activating his passive skill, and completely getting rid of all his negative emotions, and then began to focus on saving people.

"Help! Ahem."

Rusalka ran to the place where the call for help came without hesitation, and with one Holy Slash, she directly cut off the wooden beam that was pressing on the poor man's leg, and then used the Holy Healing Pool on his bloody thigh.

It only took a few moments of holy healing, and the rotten flesh and broken bones on the civilian's thigh quickly recovered in the light of holy healing. As long as the key parts were not lost, holy healing could also cure this devastating disability.

"My child, my child is still down there!" The latter struggled to get up and weakly dug at the rubble beneath him. His lungs were wheezing like a bellows, and it seemed that he had inhaled a lot of smoke and dust.

Rusalka watched the blood trickling from beneath the ruins. She reached out and grasped the exposed hand. Seeing that Holy Healing couldn't be infused into it, she shook her head, grabbed the man's shoulders, and forcibly pulled him up from the rubble. She poured a mouthful of Holy Healing into him, relieving the "poisoning" caused by inhaling so much smoke and dust. "It's too late to save him. Let's go."

"No, no, Master Knight, you must be lying to me... He must be fine, right? I want to rescue him..."

"If you don't want to die, leave!" Rusalka shouted, scaring the man silly, but the latter still refused to accept the reality. He tried to crawl back with tears and snot, and used his hands that were covered with blood marks to move the pile of extremely hot rubble.

But soon, a black shadow tentacle stretched out from the side, directly picked up the desperate man and pulled him away.