For the entire continent, the hottest news at the moment is Rhodes' Void Realm, and wherever you go, you can hear people discussing that new territory. The mercenaries were eager to go on adventures, the merchants coveted the abundant resources, and even the general public was enthusiastic about the territory, especially those close to the Void Realm, and even the stranger told outsiders about the strange sky, the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars. All kinds of news spread throughout the continent, and the first to bear the brunt, Moon and the Land of Light were naturally swept into the whirlpool of news.

"Really, you haven't seen it, but the sun is so ............big there!!"

In the tavern, an adventurer salivated at the audience around him, drawing a large circle in the void with his hands.

"I don't lie to you, it's really that big, much bigger than the sun we have here, and it seems to be closer to the sky, let me tell you, the moon there is enough to cover half the sky!! With such a big sun, it should be hot there, no! I can tell you that it's not hot at all, it's so cool and cozy, and a friend of mine lives in it now, and he told me it's paradise! The soil is so fertile that you can grow a large patch if you throw the seeds down and don't have to worry about anything! ”

"Oooh oh!!"

Listening to the mercenary's narration, the people around him couldn't help but shout, they didn't care how the other party knew the news, for these local people living here, they couldn't be as free as the mercenaries, they could go wherever they wanted. But just listening to the other party's description, people can't help but yearn for it. For most people, the appearance of the Void Lord. It's just an after-dinner conversation.

For some, though, it's a matter of life and death.

"The emissary of the Void Lord has once again asked us to submit to the Void Dragon under his leadership."

Putting down the letter in his hand, the young man in front of him showed a little worry in his eyes. He looked up at the old man sitting at the top.

"Lord Castle, I think we should really think long-term, no matter what your thoughts are, now that the entire Highland City is under the protection of the dragon soul, we have no choice at all. As for the Council of Light, I don't think they're capable of delivering on their promises, and besides, it's not good for us, is it? ”

"Nonsense!"

Hear the rebuttal of your own subordinates. The old man's beard stood up, and he frowned and glared at the man in front of him.

"Don't blind your eyes for the sake of momentary greed, that so-called Void Realm is just a newly born territory, what is he capable of fighting against the Kingdom of Light? If you make a stupid choice now, then it will still be our people who are unlucky, have you forgotten what happened to those guys before? We can't afford another blow like this now! ”

"Yes, the lord of the castle is right."

"Compared to the Land of Light. Now that Void Realm is not at all out of the world, we just accidentally entered the range of the other party's power. The first thing to do now is to stay calm, and if you can't do that, then how can you lead the whole city? ”

The young man didn't say anything more in the face of the old man's remarks, he just shook his head, and then retreated back into the crowd. The old man looked at him with dissatisfaction. Then he raised the mallet in his hand and struck it hard.

"So, it's decided that we won't respond to the Void Realm for the time being. As for the envoys of the Land of Light. We can properly reveal our bottom line to them, but not too obviously, get it? Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most important moment for us in Highland City, and it is up to us to decide whether we can get rid of our immediate fate!! ”

The hammer was hammered down, announcing the end of today's meeting.

The man walked out of the hall helplessly, and soon, he saw several figures coming up to him.

"How? Cliff? What did the lord say? ”

"No, my lord, he still hopes for the Council of Light, and there are still many people who support him, so I can't convince the city lord to change his mind..............."

Speaking of this, Cliff shook his head helplessly. As one of the deputies of the castle lord, he actually didn't agree with the castle lord's opinion, but now he couldn't do anything about it. The original Highland City was just a city that barely wandered on the border of order and struggled to survive, they lived a hard and poor life here, enduring the exploitation and oppression from the mainland of the Light, which has made many people, including Cliff, unable to endure the explosion of the Council of Light, but they have no way, as a border area, Highland City itself does not have any particularly strong strength, nor does it have anything to rely on, most of the food needs to be imported from the inland, and it has to cost a high price. Although there are many valuable mineral deposits buried under the land eroded by magic due to its proximity to the Land of Chaos, Highland City has not been able to turn into a second Soragon Mountain Land, on the contrary, they have become fat in the eyes of the Koh-kwang Chamber of Commerce. Those precious deposits did not bring much profit to Highland City, but they brought disaster to them. Many people in Highland City make a living from mining, but their remuneration is only half of that of miners in other areas, and not only that, but even the inland chambers of commerce do not buy ore with gold coins, but gold coins and grain——— just these grains, and they are all old grains!!

Historically, Highland City has not rebelled against the tyranny of the Land of Light, and those once unbearable miners once gathered to hold protest demonstrations, demanding their due benefits and treatment, and finally the protest demonstration turned into a huge demonstration, and even drove away several representatives of the Koh-no-Koh Chamber of Commerce.

However, the Council of Light responded, characterizing the protests in Highland as riots and sending troops to suppress them, although it is true that the army of the Land of Light is no longer good now, and the fight against the undead is basically crushed. But it's no problem to deal with these miners in Highland City, who don't even have formal equipment, and are all shirtless and wielding hoes and muscles. If only such a group of miners could not deal with it. I'm afraid this huge country is really going to fall apart.

Eventually, the miners' "revolt" was suppressed, and several leaders were imprisoned and subsequently executed. After this, the Land of Light also strengthened its "management" of Highland City, and is now in Highland City. Almost all affairs are handled by the five major consortia, whether it is food, water, ore, or even commercial trade, and here, the inhabitants of Highland City do tiring work for little pay, and even food and clothing are sometimes a problem. And those high-level representatives sent by the Chamber of Commerce are eating the most delicious food. Drinking the sweetest wine, living a life of extreme luxury.

This naturally made many Highland City people, including Cliff, unaccustomed to what the other party was doing, but they had no choice, since the previous riot, the soldiers in Highland City had increased a lot, and all of them were private soldiers affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, and the military strength of Highland City itself was only a pitiful hundred or so guards............ What can a man do? If it was before. They can only endure each other's oppression, but for now. With the advent of the Void Lord, Cliff and the other young people find themselves with a new opportunity.

If they can get the help and care of the Void Lord, then they may be able to get out of the current situation of being exploited by the Realm of Light and live an even better life than they are now. It's an adventure, but young people aren't afraid to take risks. After perceiving the current situation in Highland City, Cliff had carefully studied the territory and inquired about many lords of the territory——— Rhodes. Elant's message.

Of course, in the realm of the Land of Light, there are naturally more bad things to say about Rod than good ones. However, this is good news for Cliff, the ruler of the Void Lords is a thoroughly reflective council, which is a great opportunity for Highland City, if they can win the support of that person, then they will be able to find a new way out of the current predicament of being bound by the Land of Light.

Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with this idea.

Many old people, including the city lord, were deeply skeptical about this, they didn't think that the Void Realm was very powerful, after all, it was only a nascent territory, but the strength of the Realm of Light was something they had witnessed with their own eyes——— of course, on the entire continent, the current Realm of Light itself was like a terminally ill elephant, there was no medicine, anyone could bully it. But on the other hand, an elephant that is terminally ill is also an elephant, and it doesn't take much effort to trample an ant to death, does it? And Highland City, it's the ant. Therefore, the old people, led by the city lord, were not willing to change their doors, after all, they were used to this kind of life, and they were also used to finding their place in such a life. But if you change the Void Realm, then it means that everything has to be restarted. Will things go in a better or worse direction? No one knows what to do, but in the eyes of those old people, not changing the status quo is the right choice.

What made those old people excited was that just some time ago, the Council of Light actually sent representatives to Highland City to convey to them the news that the Council of Light was willing to help Highland City with development and construction. This immediately made those old people excited, and they also understood that it was because of the current matter of the Void Lord, so the Council of Light, which had been ignoring it all along, began to show favor to them unusually. And this is also very good news for them, many people, including the city lord, are considering taking this opportunity to raise the status of Highland City and make it the most important target of the Council of Light, they believe that once the Council of Light realizes the importance of this place, then the treatment of Highland City will be much better, and they will benefit from it.

But Cliff scoffed at this, in his opinion, those old people were simply rigid, completely bent over by fear, and they didn't want to think about it, if the Council of Light really valued this place, how could they be comfortable leaving such an important city to them to manage? At that time, the Council of Light will definitely send a more senior official to take over the current position of the city lord, and the city lord himself may be directly abandoned like garbage that will be thrown away when it is used up. I don't know where he got so much confidence now, and he is so sure that he can definitely gain the trust of the Council of Light.

If Cliff was from Earth, then he could describe the performance of the city lord in one sentence - I would have been looking for the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch. The so-called falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless. How could the Council of Light trust a puppet?

And what makes Cliff even more troublesome is that in Highland City, in addition to the two parties led by Cliff and the city lord, there are also neutral third parties, and their dreams are even more speechless——— they even expect that with the special status of Highland City, they can go back and forth between the Land of Light and the Void Realm to gain benefits, and then become independent and become a key area that can influence the existence of the Land of Light and the Void Lord. At that time, no matter who they are, they will have to act according to their eyes, and this is what it is............ Hahaha, that's so cool...............

Cliff wasn't even in the mood to refute this, he couldn't think of anyone other than an idiot who would agree with such an opinion, indeed, after the Dragon Soul Shelter was unfolded, the role of Highland City was immediately highlighted. But because of this, they are also in absolute danger. Such a critical place, neither the Council of Light nor the Void Lords will let go. Let you be independent and lead them by the nose? Do you think they're all stupid?

As for the city lord's fear of the Council of Light, Cliff can only say that it is really stupid to the extreme, the Council of Light is indeed terrifying, but is the Void Lord a good character? Although the country of light is full of smears against Rod, there is always a factual basis, and it can be seen from this that he is definitely a ruthless person. If those rumors in the Land of Light are true, aren't you afraid of slaughtering the city directly after provoking the other party? For Rhodes anyway. The most important thing is the location of Highland City, not the people who live on it. Cliff didn't believe the rumors, but if they were true, it was certain that the young lord named Rhodes was a much more difficult presence to deal with than the Council of Light. At least the Council of Light will have to show face, but the young lord will do whatever it takes to achieve his ends. You dare to provoke this kind of person, are you really tired of it?

"Hey..............."

Hearing Cliff's answer, several of his subordinates also showed a little helplessness on their faces, but now they didn't have a good solution, after all, these young people didn't have any rights in Highland City. They also don't want to get too close to the merchants of the Land of Light, so although they are worried about the future fate of Highland City, they are powerless in the face of such a situation, after all, their power is too weak.

"Forget it, Cliff, those old guys won't give up their rights, I think we should fight for and change our destiny ourselves. Now that the old guys are swinging, isn't that the best opportunity for us? We should take this opportunity to contact the Void Realm privately, and if we can succeed, then we can get rid of the days when we continue to be oppressed by the Council of Light! There is only one chance, and if we lose this opportunity, we will probably have no choice to go! ”

"Of course I know, but now is not the time."

Cliff frowned at the sound of his companion's somewhat eager speech, and he lowered his voice after glancing left and right to make sure that no one else was eavesdropping on him.

"Now the Council of Light is gathering eyeliner everywhere, if we act on our own now, then maybe they will find out, and then it will be useless, we are not without a chance, but we need to be patient enough. If we don't even have the patience for that, what's the difference with those old guys? Don't be impatient, we still have a chance. ”

Cliff waved his hand.

"That's it, I'm going to greet the merchants from the Land of Light now......... Hmph, those guys, they're in a hurry now, they never looked at us before! ”

Cliff grumbled a little, then he turned around, sighed, shook his head, and turned away.

It had been half an hour since the guests arrived at the Highland City.

Seeing the luxurious, gold-rimmed carriage speeding all the way down the road, Cliff couldn't help but pout. He never had much affection for those businessmen, in their eyes, nothing but money was important, only money was the most important. Anything can be bought and sold, and there is nothing that money can't buy......... What Cliff hates most is the self-righteous appearance of those merchants, but unfortunately, as the deputy of the city lord, he still has to do his job.

Soon, the carriage came to Cliff's side, gradually stopped, and then the door opened. By this time, the indifference and disdain on Cliff's face had long since vanished, and was replaced by an unprecedentedly warm smile.

"Dear guest, welcome to Highland City, I'm Cliff. Babette, we're here to help. ”

He walked almost mechanically to the carriage, lowered his head, and enthusiastically uttered the lines that had been repeated hundreds of times, but the moment Cliff's eyes fell on the carriage, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

In the carriage, a girl with blond fluffy curly hair and a beautiful girl with long black silky hair were quietly watching him, and the gaze was so peaceful that even Cliff couldn't help but tremble a little, and soon, he heard the other party's answer.

"Hello, Mr. Cliff. I'm Miranda from the Sailor Chamber of Commerce in the Land of Light. Salem ........."

PS: Today the damn bastard downstairs is working on the circuit, and as a result, my PS3 is smoking!! It's damning!! I don't know if the road can be repaired and come back............ T_T (To be continued......)