So when Roddy's team entered Elsen City, at least half of the people in the city spontaneously gathered around to celebrate the team's triumphant return. Even the floating-space tower came over to scatter flower petals all over the sky. The soldiers sang loudly. The joy brought by the victory was like a cup of mellow wine, leaving an endless aftertaste.
Roddy knew that he had been too low-key before. Not to mention the Kingdom of Karen, even the people of Efta rarely heard of his name. More than half of the civilians had not even heard of the great contributions he had made before. After this great victory, Roddy knew that it was time for him to stand up.
Since he was going to lead Efta forward, he must be the focus of everyone's eyes, and let them realize his strength and invincibility!
Feelings of admiration and worship were spreading, and this was what Roddy needed. The grand welcome ceremony was just an appetizer. Under the guidance of someone with ulterior motives, he brought the expedition team to the city square. Together with Sodelor and the captain of the cavalry, he personally went up to the stage and awarded them the "Guardian Knight" medal!
This medal did not confer the title of "Knight", but pure glory. But just when the onlookers thought that this was the end, he directly threw a heavy bomb: each "Guardian Knight" would receive a reward of at least 100 gold coins!
This was not an empty promise, but real gold and silver. Roddy asked Camilla to prepare three days in advance, just to let most of the people in Elsen City witness this moment …
So all the onlookers watched an Elsen City transport ship slowly enter the venue, and a whole ship of gold and silver coins was pulled over.
Because gold coins were scarce, most of the 10,000 gold coins were eventually calculated into silver coins and distributed to the soldiers. When the whole ship of coins was piled up together, the visual impact was indescribable …
A real mountain of gold and silver.
That was especially so when Rody asked his men to count the gold and silver coins. He also personally handed the bags of gold and silver coins to the decorated 'Guardian Knights'. Each of the bags was filled with coins. Some of the soldiers took one bag while others even took three. The 'clattering' sound of the coins was endless. It was so heavy that it was difficult to carry them.
And Roddy did not forget to let seven or eight people take turns to go on stage, and in front of the audience, he used a magic amplification spell to slowly describe these soldiers' amazing achievements in retaking the fortress several times and killing thousands of Orcs.
"Aftali Blade!"
"You are our glory!"
"Orc Reaper!"
When Sodelor went on stage to give a short speech, all kinds of nicknames had already been loudly shouted by the people. Although many of them were "shills" who had been arranged in advance, most people had already heard of this general's strength through Camilla's propaganda. Now that they were facing the general who truly protected their safety, they all followed suit and shouted.
The onlookers were not at all impatient from beginning to end. They swallowed their saliva and quietly watched all the soldiers receive their rewards.
In this regard, Roddy was extremely satisfied.
This kind of award ceremony had a very far-reaching impact. Most of the time, only nobles had been awarded the honor, but now, as soldiers, they had won a huge amount of money and honor. This made the civilians feel a different political atmosphere compared to other cities …
Then, Roddy did not forget to give a short speech. He did not say anything false, but directly admitted the fact that he led the army to kill the 100,000 undead army, and the fact that he had schemed to kill Augustine!
This was also a moment of historical significance.
All the guesses were personally admitted by Roddy. The titles of "Strongest Lord", "Strongest Prime Minister", "Invincible", and so on were completely confirmed. This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Elsen City and all the people of Aftali. The group of people who still had doubts in their hearts completely let out a sigh of relief, and then in the midst of the cheers, shouted the slogan "Long live the Castellan" …
In the cheers of thousands of people, Roddy and the soldiers slowly left the scene. The soldiers returned to the barracks, and Roddy stepped on the transport ship, returning to the Castellan's mansion with Camilla and the others.
As soon as they stepped on the transport ship, Naifei's figure rushed up like the wind, and directly jumped into Roddy's arms. Smiling, Roddy lifted her up and spun her a few times, but when he was about to put her down, he found that the little girl was not willing, so he simply raised his hands and let her ride on his neck. Naifei giggled, and her eyes looked around. She was so beautiful that the corners of her mouth were almost raised to the sky.
Camilla on the side tried to persuade her, but she could not. She knew that Roddy spoiled Naifei very much, so she could only talk to Roddy, whose hair was messed up by Naifei, about the current situation of the war.
"Sauron's troops went to Bergen Territory? And now they are heading east out of the country? "
When he heard this news, Roddy did not know how to react for a moment … History was completely messed up. The Orcs' invasion had ended before it even started, and Sauron's troops, who were the absolute main force, actually escaped from the border of the kingdom. Roddy could not help but admire this guy's courage. If it were him, he probably would not have made the same choice in the end.
If Sauron's troops wanted to survive, the best choice was to stay in the gap between the borders of several countries. It was easy to hide thousands of people in this kind of "ungoverned" area. Even if they came to Callun from time to time, Charles II would definitely not be able to do anything.
"Now, we can't care about them. Next, we need to solve the matters in the territory. There is a bigger challenge waiting for us."
Camilla was a little stunned when she heard this. Bigger challenge? Was the attack of the Orcs and the crisis of the undead not big enough?
She suddenly thought of something, but she could not confirm whether it was true or not. However, Roddy had already smiled and turned to say hello to Houdini and the others. She could only swallow the question in her heart.
As the group of people traveled on the transport ship, Roddy talked with Houdini about the lethality of the lake while glancing at the map bar. After the crowd in the city gradually dispersed, Teflin's troops were quietly entering the city from the north gate, which had the least number of people. Under the leadership of the soldiers, they were placed in a separate area.
The residential area in this area was located in the most deserted area of the outer city. The reason why Roddy arranged this was to temporarily isolate Teflin. Although they used to be human, ordinary people could not accept the changes in their appearance and figure. If they were allowed to live with the civilians now, it would definitely lead to conflicts.
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