Chapter 22: Peace Comes
Buck stared at Donn, licked his lips and said, "If you don't want her to die, throw away the weapon and kneel down yourself, I cut off your head, and I will naturally let her go." ”
Don raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I'm like a fool?" ”
"What do you mean?" Buck was furious, "Do you want to see her die?" ”
"Idiot."
Don pursed his lips and said to Fiona, "The magic scroll of the fourth-order spell Flame Storm is it, right?" Tear it apart, and everyone will die together. ”
Fiona, Elsa, Severed Finger, Buck, and the others around them were stunned.
Buck took a breath of cold air and yelled, "You're crazy!? ”
"I'm not crazy, am I just a life? Who's afraid of whom? ”
Don looked like a broken jar.
Fiona was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what Donn meant, her eyes lit up, and her hands violently ripped open the leather paper that she had rolled up casually.
Severed Finger was so frightened when he saw Fiona's movements that he forgot to stop her.
Buck exclaimed, turned and fled!
I used all my strength to escape!
However......
The corners of Donn's mouth curled and he stomped his foot gently......
"Boom!"
A loud bang, a blaze, rising into the sky!
The flames had cleared, and there was no sign of Buck and his party on the streets of Ellington.
All of them turned to ashes.
"My head!"
Brian howled, "Damn it! Cheap him! ”
Don gave a thumbs up to the frightened Fiona, his teeth shining: "It's worthy of a fourth-order spell magic scroll, and its power is not ordinary!" ”
"Hmm...... Hmmm......"
What else can Fiona say? I could only hold back the tears that came out of my fright, and cooperate with Don to continue acting.
"The Gods Are ......"
Elsa was stunned: "This is the power of the magic scroll?" ”
Uncle Depp corrected Elsa: "It's the magic scroll of the fourth-order spell Firestorm, the fourth-order spell!" ”
Uncle Depp felt that he didn't emphasize enough once again, so he said again: "That's a magic scroll of fourth-order spells!" When I used to be an adventurer outside, I once saw a magic scroll of the first-order fireball technique, which was worth a hundred gold coins! I'm afraid that the magic scroll of this fourth-order spell is more expensive. ”
As he spoke, Uncle Depp was speechless, apparently aware of what a precious thing Fiona had just used.
"It's nothing."
Anyway, it's acting, and she doesn't really use a magic scroll, Fiona looks very relaxed: "It's just a magic scroll, that kind of thing we have in the Golden Rose family, I want as many as I want, right?" Lord-Lord-Great-Man!? ”
Don smiled, walked straight to the center of the square, and announced loudly.
"I'm Donne! Lord of Ellington! ”
The sound was heard throughout Ellington by the effect of the wind element, and everyone could hear it clearly.
"Buck and all his followers have been killed!"
The residents of Ellington, who had been hiding, suddenly heard the good news, and all of them couldn't believe it, because the news was so unbelievable!
The new lord, on the first day of his tenure, solved the big problem of bandits?
"I hereby announce that the former Ellington Militia Guard has been renamed the Ellington Guard today, and the former captain Ronnie has been dismissed, and Elsa is the captain of the guard!"
"After investigation, the former Ellington militia captain Ronnie is an Ellington ghost, because he colluded with the bandit Buck to mutilate his compatriots, and tried to assassinate the lord today, and he has been killed! If there is any objection to this matter, Captain Elsa and the other members of the guard can testify! ”
Suddenly hearing the news, the residents of Ellington were all stunned!
Militia Captain Ronnie, is actually an inner ghost!?
He actually colluded with the bandits!?
Listening to what the lord said, and Elsa they can testify, it can't be fake, right?
No wonder the militia guards tried to suppress the bandits in vain, that Ronnie was actually a traitor!
"Damn, that Ronnie has been in Ellington for ten years, right? How could he bear to betray everyone!? We've left him with the security problem! ”
"So, he probably was with Hogg from the beginning......"
Many people discussed it in low voices, but no matter how they discussed, the result was not going to change.
"From today! Citizens of Ellington, you are safe! ”
You're safe!
Safe?
Peace, that's it?
There are still many people who can't believe what they heard, and this is not to blame them, just because they are used to being robbed every once in a while.
Leave?
It's not safe outside Ellington at all, and ordinary people will only die on the way when they leave here!
This is how Hogg smoothed their edges little by little, and made them stay here honestly and work for him.
But now, Donn's arrival has changed all that!
Ellington, it's safe!
No more bandits, no more danger!
Now, they only hope that Don En can become a qualified lord, and as for anything else, such as saying that Don can reduce taxes, they don't even dare to think about it.
Tax cut?
Taxes are the main source of income for the lord, and if the tax is reduced, what will the lord rely on to earn gold coins? Perhaps there will be even more terrible means.
So they would rather accept the current heavy taxation than any other way.
People came out of their hiding places, walked out into the street one by one, looked at each other, and realized that everyone had heard the same thing.
"Long live Lord Donn! The gods protect Ellington! ”
"Long live Lord Donn! Ellington will rise! ”
I don't know who shouted the first first, and these voices changed from small to loud, and gradually converged into waves to gather in the square.
People rushed to the square, hoping to see Donne, as if only then would they feel at ease.
So Don stood there to be admired, and it was not until dusk that everyone dispersed.
"Whew, I'm so tired."
After returning to the Lord's Mansion, Don suddenly lay down on the sofa.
Never before on Earth has Don Enco had such a high-profile experience.
"Your lord, you've scared the hell out of me today."
Fiona sat across from Don, but Don regretted that the graceful sitting posture that the girl had cultivated since childhood was completely impeccable.
"I was negligent, and I should have left you some means of self-preservation."
Don smiled, and after a deep groan, a stack of scrolls suddenly appeared in his hand, and he muttered as he tossed, "These are the scrolls of the meteorite fall, these are the scrolls of the Prayer Technique, these are the lava hell...... Permafrost Abyss......"
Listening to the name of the spell that popped out of Don's mouth, Rao is Fiona already knew that Don's strength was very strong, and she was still shocked enough.
She didn't know how many orders those spells were, but just hearing the name made her feel powerful.
"I'm afraid...... At least it's a fifth-order spell or higher, right? ”
Fiona tried her best to think as high as she could, but I was afraid that no matter how bold she guessed, she would not have thought that these spells were all ninth-order spells.
That's right, the stack in front of Tang En was full of magic scrolls of ninth-order spells, and there were even scrolls of several legendary spells mixed with them, and even ordinary people could see the brilliant light overflowing from them.
"Nope...... There's nothing that will work for you. ”
Tang En reluctantly threw it away, and a stack of scrolls fell to the ground, scaring Fiona next to her, and subconsciously jumped onto the sofa with her head in her hands.
"Uh......"
Don looked at Fiona with a stunned expression, and it took a long time for Fiona to come back to her senses and sit down again with a red face.
"If the scroll really breaks out, it's useless for you to hold your head and squat......"
Don laughed and laughed, and put away the scrolls casually.
Fiona hid her embarrassment, her eyes dodging: "Are you looking for something for me?" ”
Tang En said nonchalantly: "Yes, I will prepare some self-defense things for you, but there are no ready-made ones now, if you find the materials, I will get some for you." ”
Fiona was speechless for a while, magic scrolls are extremely popular things, although high-level magic scrolls are still only available to magicians, but low-level magic scrolls can be used even by ordinary people, and those mercenaries and adventurers are happy to prepare a few and put them on their bodies in case of emergency.
However, there are not many magicians who are willing to make magic scrolls, and the success rate is not high, so the price of magic scrolls has always been high.
Looking at Donne's appearance, as if he could make a lot of it casually, Fiona was naturally surprised.
"By the way, how are the statistics for you today?"
"I have a rough impression."
Hearing Donn mention the matter, Fiona perked up and said, "Ellington's problem is bigger than she thought. ”
"Oh?"
"Due to Hogg's years of exploitation, the average monthly income of the inhabitants here is less than fifty silver coins, and the disposable income is less than ten silver coins, do you know what this concept is?"
Seeing Don shake his head, Fiona continued: "In the entire empire, this belongs to the special hardship line! No wonder those guys shook their heads at the mention of Ellington, and no one wanted to come. ”
Fiona sighed, if she had known about Ellington's situation earlier, she wouldn't have chosen to pass through here in the first place.
However, if she hadn't chosen to pass through here, she wouldn't have met Done.
"In addition to the per capita income, the food production here is also low, and the land here is fertile, but I don't know why the production is so low."
Fiona's face was puzzled.
"Isn't that easy?"
Don En shrugged: "The bandits come every three or five times, how can they be in the mood to take care of the farmland?" The harvest is naturally poor, and I believe that after the bandits are resolved, the situation will be much better this year. ”
Fiona was stunned: "I was negligent and forgot about this...... In addition, there is another very important place, and that is the various taxes set by Hogg. ”
Don perked up: "What do you say?" ”
Fiona said: "In addition to the basic taxes of the empire, Hogg has formulated many private taxes, and after calculating more than a dozen miscellaneous taxes, Ellington's tax rate has reached seventy percent. ”