In Richard's view, this harshly worded ultimatum was tantamount to a disguised show of weakness.

If the Holy Tree Dynasty is really tough, then what explanation is needed, just send troops to fight directly. Just like Richard did with Brahms, he directly sent troops to defeat your main force, occupied all your territory, and then slowly 'investigated' the whereabouts of those gods Mu Ugin, which is called toughness.

But there was naturally some tacit understanding among the aristocracy, and such an ultimatum was one of them.

Richard wrote a letter on the spot, and then called the mage who was waiting for him to find a messenger to deliver the letter to the Holy Tree Dynasty. Of course, it was impossible for the emissary to go through the ultra-remote teleportation circle, which would be too expensive and would take too little time on the road.

As soon as Richard looked at the plate, he knew that the lords of the Holy Tree Dynasty wanted to stall for time, and that was exactly what he wanted to see.

So the emissaries sent by Richard would set off on griffons, but with a limited number of hours per day. So that after about ten days, the response to the ultimatum will reach the cabinet of the Holy Tree Dynasty.

In response, Richard certainly denied the accusations against him, stating that the Marquis of Brahms died in a fire. It was an accidental death, and it couldn't be counted on Akmund's head.

Such a response, like Brahms's original response to Richard, was a lie that could not be refuted. Unsurprisingly, the Holy Tree Dynasty will also send an ultimatum that will refute Richard's claims and demand a new explanation.

Then Richard explained again, and the dynasty rebuked. If it was a few back and forth, months would have passed. When both sides have dignity and steps, the time will come to decide whether to fight or make peace.

When the squire mage left, Richard put the matter aside. It seems that Saint-Martin is still quite capable, and he doesn't know how to do it, so he really delayed the time.

Although Richard still couldn't figure out what St. Martin's true intentions were, or even friend or foe, at least so far, he had worked well with the young, sunny, and charismatic son.

Richard raised his hand, and a few points of light appeared in the palm of his hand, and then converged into a soft ball of holy light. This is the light of the Lord of Light, and the source of the priesthood of the Church of Light.

Whether it is the golden flame of the archangel Michael or the blood-colored flame of Midalen's battle posture, they all essentially come from this holy light. It was precisely because Richard had mastered the power of the Holy Light that he was able to drive Midalen's combat version.

This light does not come out of nowhere. Its origin is the emblem of the Lord of Light that St. Martin gave to Richard. In the emblem is the origin divine power of the Lord of Radiance, and Richard relied on his true talent to see the trajectory of the divine power, and analyzed it with the powerful computing power of the wisdom talent.

During this period of time, although the analytical model of the divine power of the Lord of Radiance had just been established, from the perspective of rule control, Richard had already touched the rules of the Holy Light. The use of the power of the Light is no longer under the cardinals.

It can be said that what St. Martin gave to Richard was what was really valuable. For Richard, neither wealth nor equipment was an issue, what he lacked was at least the core materials of the minor lord level, and all kinds of powers that could parse strong rules.

Richard clasped his hands together and gathered away the light. With the power of the Light, Richard will have a huge advantage in dealing with the clergy of the Church of Radiance in the future.

Richard picked up another piece of information, and the envelope of the information was marked with a scarlet exclamation mark. He pulled out the information, looked at it, and his face became solemn.

The thin two-page paper was read several times by Richard before he put it down. He thought for a moment, and then in his consciousness asked a Darkblade Knight to call Aceris over.

When Aceris walked into the study, Richard handed him the two pieces of letterhead. When the dark priest saw it, his face changed slightly, and he said, "Firefox is still alive?"

Richard nodded and said, "This is information sent by Marquis Sauron. It is said that in the southern part of the thousand-year-old empire, someone once saw the whereabouts of the firefox. He seemed to be heading towards the sea of sand. I remember that in the case of the kidnapping of the Wald family's children, many clues pointed to Firefox. But his whereabouts could not be found at the time. ”

Aceris took a deep breath and said, "That's right. Firefox's strength is not outstanding, he is only a sanctuary-level killer, but he is extremely strong in disguise and absconding. It was very difficult to find him. The group of people who held Wald's family hostage in the first place were instigated by Firefox. But not only Wald, but also Semir back then, as well as Kellan and Cade, all had similar experiences, and there were also shadows of Firefox behind the scenes. ”

Richard raised his eyebrows and said, "So, he's targeting his father's Thirteen Knights?"

"Nope. I feel that Firefox is just an ordinary executor, and there should be someone else behind him. He was supposed to be targeting Lord Gordon. ”

"Father's enemy" Richard smiled, crumpled the two pages into a ball, threw them into the paper basket, and said slowly: "With my father's character, I don't know how many enemies there were back then, I have no way, and there is no need to investigate them one by one, after all, this matter has been a long time ago."

At this, Richard fell silent, and the raging fire in his memory once again came to his mind. Gordon's youthful recklessness earned him the glory of storming the Forest of Eternal Night, but he also lost Illani forever.

Richard took a deep breath to free himself from his memories, and then said, "We won't pursue this matter anymore, but that doesn't mean it's over." Since that firefox is so active, then he can't think about it for the rest of his life! The current Akmund is no longer the Akmund of his father's time, and no one can be safe after hurting us!"

Richard stood up, paced back and forth in the study a few times, then stopped in front of Aceris and said, "Since you said that Firefox is difficult to deal with, then we will leave it to the experts to deal with him! Asiris, in the top three killer organizations in Norland, have issued a bounty, I am willing to buy Firefox's head for five million gold coins!"

"Five million!" Asiris took a deep breath, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and said, "I see. By this time tomorrow, the bounty for Firefox will appear on the list of the major killer organizations. ”

Richard nodded and said, "Although we can't catch the guys behind the scenes for the time being, it will be much more difficult for them to find other lackeys after killing Firefox." ”

At this time, an attendant mage knocked on the door of the study and said, "Your Highness Richard, this is an urgent message teleported from the dark blue. ”

Richard smiled at Asiris, "It looks like black gold is going to surprise me again." ”

The squire mage brought in a thick envelope containing hundreds of drawings, all of which were designed for the Night Elves.

Heavy bed crossbows as large as an entire squad to pendants that can be loaded onto weapons, each with a detailed design. And now the mages of Deep Blue know Richard's minimum requirements, everything can be mass-produced.

Richard looked at them one by one, and it took him a full hour to go through all the blueprints. Aceris is also full of praise for these designs.

These pieces of equipment are practical, simple, easy to maintain, and powerful. And the materials used are either materials that can be purchased in large quantities, or special materials that can be produced in large quantities by Richard's private plane.

For example, the hand crossbow does not use the common bow arm of highly elastic steel wire mixed twist, but uses wood. This wood has excellent toughness and strength, and is a special tree species produced in the green forest.

Richard handed the blueprints to Asiris and said, "Go to Nolan and get the workshops on her territory to produce the equipment as well." I need to order a thousand sets first. ”

A thousand sets of equipment means a thousand Night Elves. This is at least fifteen levels of powerful warriors! I believe that when the giants of Norland hear this number, no one can still be calm.

But Aceris didn't ask in detail, he knew very well what he could know and what he shouldn't.

When Asiris left, Richard stood in front of the magic map, deep in thought, silent for a long time.

After a long time, he found that he was still able to take a gap of about seven days to do what he wanted to do. So Richard rang the magic bell and had Semir called.

The Blood Paladin hurried over, and as soon as he entered the door, he said, "Hey, Your Highness, don't assign me any more tasks! I can't keep busy!" Each of the four planes that Brahms got has to be suppressed, do you think you'll be fine if you grab it? Those guys seem to be deferential, but in fact they don't have a good bird. If we don't clean them up, they might stab us in the back at any point!"

Richard patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, these planes are windfalls anyway, if they want to rebel, then let them make trouble! We can just see which guys are ambitious, and then wipe them out, how easy it is! There is indeed something that needs to be done immediately, and it won't take us much time." ”

Semir shrugged and said, "You have the final say!"

"Pack your things and follow me to Hulan. You have one day to prepare. ”

"Hulan, isn't it already our world? I don't seem to have heard of any unusual behavior in there lately?"

"You forgot? There's a hidden rat in Hulan!"

"Who?"

"Dragon Star. ”

"That guy is a legend!"

Richard slowly floated into a cold smile: "The legends I killed are not less!"

A day later, Richard and Semir arrived on the Huland plane.

This impossibly small plane is the same as ever, nothing has changed.

The people of the plane are accustomed to Akmund's rule, and there may be some who always dream of killing all the invaders, but most have come to terms with life as they are.

ps: The Weibo voting for the title of the ninth volume is in full swing. ，