Chapter 319
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"Damn! These barbarians have become so cunning!" Rudolph's face was gloomy: "Immediately send our informants to check the military's movements. Let's see how they choose. This time the barbarians broke into the fortress. They must have been planning for a long time. Also prepare the carriage. I'm going to the consortium for a meeting."
"Yes." The butler replied.
In another room of the castle.
There was a bedroom of hundreds of square meters. There was a large bed with a pink mosquito net. It was five meters long and four meters wide. The bed was padded with thick cotton velvet. The servants had to use a stick to make the bed. At the moment, a beautiful figure was sitting on the bed. She was using a pair of scissors to cut a card. There were two small figures on her feet. One was a man and the other was a woman. She was cutting a huge card in her hand. It looked like a castle building.
On the other side of her hand was a law book. When she was tired, she would stop to rest and read the book.
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Mel family.
In a luxurious office, a dark red carpet covered every corner of the room. The light golden curtains were decorated with hollow butterflies. The light from outside shone through the curtains onto the carpet. When the wind blew against the curtains, the butterflies seemed to be dancing on the carpet. All the decorations in the room exuded a sense of elegance and femininity. There used to be a portrait of a famous actress hanging on the ceiling of the room. Now it was replaced by a magnificent map. The map was square. It was the outline of the entire giant wall. The central area of the map was dark. The periphery was very small. It was sandwiched between the outer wall and the inner wall. It looked like a narrow sewage drain. There were four areas inside the map. In addition to the garbage dump, the other three areas were sequentially isolated.
The drawing on the map was rather detailed. One could vaguely see the outlines of the buildings in each area, ranging from simple to prosperous. On the periphery of this area, there was an extremely small line and a black dot marking the symbol. Outside the symbol was a scarlet wasteland.
Outside the wasteland was the outline of the giant wall. The four sides of the giant wall had a large number of color plates with small numbers written on them.
Under this magnificent map sat a slender and delicate young lady. Her golden hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall. Unlike the curly hair that most noble ladies liked, her hair was as straight as a pencil, and the bangs above her eyebrows were neatly cut. She was full of a capable and experienced temperament. She was dressed in dark red clothes with a black skirt on the outside. She was dressed elegantly like a lady.
Her father used to sit in this position. Now she was sitting in this position.
She was the young lady of the Mel family, Sarah Mel.
"Miss, the King's Fortress has been broken. Will the military dispatch the guards to encircle it?" A fair-skinned, big-eyed maid next to her asked in a low voice. She was dressed differently from ordinary maids. Her clothes were more neutral and full of heroic spirit. With her short brown hair, she looked like a slim and handsome young man at first glance. However, the bulging breasts in front of her chest betrayed her gender.
Sarah Mel was sitting in a chair looking at the small map in front of her. She thoughtfully said: "If the guards are used here then they will be able to force the barbarians to retreat. But the other fortresses will be attacked by the barbarians. The losses will be even greater. This is probably the first step of the barbarians' strategy."
"Barbarians don't have the environment to learn knowledge. How can they be so cunning?" The maid was puzzled.
Sarah Mel slowly said: "We humans are born to attack. It's just like how beasts are born to hunt. In a long battle, if they don't grow, they would have been eliminated by us long ago. This time, they dared to invade during the Day of Blessing. The strategists among these savages are far smarter than we thought. I'm afraid this will be a long and drawn-out battle. Damn soldiers, they can't even defend a fortress! "
The maid didn't have much fear in her face as she saw her angry face. She just said in a worried tone: "If it is a protracted war then the losses to our consortium will be too great. The position behind the King's Fortress is the Red Maple Mountains. It is the mining area of our Mellon consortium. After the barbarians capture the fortress they are bound to occupy the Red Maple Mountains. The terrain there is dangerous. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is very likely that it will be the first stronghold of the barbarians. Our consortium will fall into a disadvantageous position in the war against the Scott consortium."
Sarah Mel looked up at her and smiled: "You didn't follow me for so long in vain. You have a good perception."
The maid was startled: "It's all thanks to you, Miss."
Sarah Mel smiled: "Then I'll take this opportunity to test you. What do you think we should do now?"
The maid's eyes turned: "Miss, you said that the mining industry is a place that our consortium must fight for. It is also the foundation of Mellon consortium's financial resources. So we can't lose the Red Maple Mountains. So we can only find a way to help the military expel the barbarians. We can temporarily rent a large number of war supplies from the military to share the burden of the war. After the war is over, we will have time to collect the debt. Even if we can't collect the debt, the military will owe us a favor. In the future, our consortium will be more convenient than other consortiums."
Sarah Mel couldn't help but smile: "You little devil, this idea is good."
The maid's eyes lit up: "It's all thanks to you, Miss."
Sarah took back her eyes and said: "The idea is good but it's not feasible. Other consortiums can think of this method. The military can also think of it so the effect is not great. Moreover, you underestimate the background of the military. If the time comes, they can immediately send the Imperial Guards to expel the barbarians and plug the gap in the fortress."
The maid was startled: "Then … why didn't the military act? If we let the barbarians ravage then the reputation of the military … "
"Lisa, you have to look at the long term. Just a little bit more and it will be enough." Sarah Mel's finger gently tapped on the table: "Each of our consortiums including the military have to face more than one enemy. In this world everyone is an enemy. You have to remember this sentence! Therefore, some cards can't be exposed until the critical moment. As for reputation? The eyes of the masses can see what we want them to see. Who knows what we don't want them to see? "
The heroic-looking maid called 'Lisa' was startled. She lowered her head and said, "Miss, you are smart."
"At least I am better than my brother." Sarah Mel's eyes flashed: "He only knows how to work for the Holy Church. What is the use of being a knight of light? He is just a lackey of power!"
Lisa's face slightly changed. She didn't dare to say anything.
"Get ready. Uncle Rudolph should be impatient to hold a meeting to discuss how to solve the problem. The Red Maple mine is the property of the Burong family. If they lose it then how will they be able to be on equal footing with our Mel family in the future? If it wasn't for Rudolph's shortsightedness then the most talented architect in history 'Dean' would have been a member of our consortium. At that time our consortium would unify the economic wealth outside the giant wall. Wouldn't it be a matter of time before we unify the wealth outside the giant wall? What a vulgar guy! "Sarah Mel coldly snorted.
Lisa nodded again and again. She secretly looked at Sarah Mel but didn't say anything.
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Temple of Elements. Apostle Castle.
This was the place where architects who were below master level would receive orders. Dean showed his identity medal and entered the Temple. He went through a series of procedures and finally received his senior architect medal. He also got an additional production fund of up to 50,000 gold coins. Although this amount of money wasn't much for him. The price of the 'lightning rod' could reach more than 500,000 gold coins. But as a bonus it was extremely high.
In addition to the bonus he was transferred to a new castle. There was a separate research room. He didn't have to worry about being disturbed by the people next door or upstairs or downstairs.
Dean took the things back to his room. He hired a staff to pack up all the letters on the ground. He took his other tools and left the place. He met other people in the castle. They saw Dean's outfit and knew that he was ready to move out. They were envious of him. A few of them wanted to take the opportunity to build a good relationship with him. They wanted to pave the way for the future but Dean politely refused.
Dean came to the 13th castle according to the instructions. He saw a familiar figure at the door. The latter also saw him and was startled. After a long time he squeezed out a stiff smile: "I heard that you are promoted to senior architect. Congratulations."
Tiffany didn't expect that she would meet the boy again so soon. The last time they had argued in the Temple, she had failed. Later on, she thought that the crossbow was a blasphemy against her master's work. Not only did it surpass her proudest work, but it also surpassed her master's tri-star snake crossbow. This matter had a deep impact on her. But the most profound thing was that the boy had said: the best way to pay respect is to surpass others!
For this reason, she put aside her thoughts and painstakingly studied her own Divine Incantation. However, when she had just entered the final stage of her Divine Incantation, she found that the other party had once again created a great uproar. He had produced an even more outstanding work. Moreover, it was a cross-discipline work, and he had become one of the few dual-discipline Divine Incantation users. Moreover, because of this work, he had reached the status of a senior Oracle, and was on an equal footing with her. What was even more unexpected was that the other party had actually been assigned to the same castle as her!
Dean didn't expect to meet this woman here. But it was a trivial matter for him. He smiled: "I didn't expect to see you here. Are we going to be neighbors in the future?"
Tiffany's heart relaxed as she saw Dean's relaxed smile. She didn't know how to respond if Dean was going to pursue the matter. However it seemed that Dean didn't care about the past. Tiffany smiled: "I was in the ninth castle but now I have moved here. I didn't expect such a coincidence. If you need any help in the future just tell me."
"Alright." Dean smiled.
Senior architects were people with a wide network. It was better to have one more friend than one more enemy.
Tiffany saw the staff of the Temple behind Dean holding a huge bag: "You have just arrived. Which building? I'll take you there."
"It's alright. I'll find it myself."
"Don't mention it. I don't need this." Tiffany smiled.
Dean didn't refuse anymore. He told Tiffany the Temple's number and followed Tiffany to complete the check-in procedures. He gave the key to the previous room to the staff of the Temple and asked them to hand it over to the Temple.
Dean casually glanced at the floors of the building after saying goodbye to Tiffany. He saw some scattered furnishings but he was too lazy to tidy them up. For him this was just a temporary foothold. His goal was to reach higher!
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Dusk.
Dean saw the servant of the Ryan family standing in the hall waiting for him when he returned to the castle. The servant saw Dean and immediately came forward to greet him. Dean went out of the hall and returned to the Ryan castle with the servant.
Two hours later Dean appeared on the second floor of the Ryan castle. Sander was also present in the study room of the old patriarch.
"I've just heard about it." Old Fulin lowered his voice: "The King's fortress has been broken. I heard that it was broken this morning. The barbarians should have marched to the Red Maple Mountains behind the fortress. If the military moves fast enough then they can stop them before they enter the Red Maple Mountains. But if they are slow then it will be a long war."
The surprise on Dean's face receded a little bit. His eyes flashed slightly. He frowned and pondered: "Is the Red Maple Mountains ownerless? Or does it belong to a consortium?"
"It's the territory of the Mellon family." Old Fulin replied.
Dean was startled and lost in thought.
Old Fulin and Sander looked at each other. They didn't make a sound as they waited for the youth.
Dean looked up: "How much do you know about the barbarians?"
Old Fulin and Sander were startled. Old Fulin said: "Do you want to help? This isn't something we can intervene in. The barbarians are extremely fierce. They are led by military counselors. They are brave and good at fighting. Their physique is far stronger than our soldiers. Moreover, there are some crazy blood barbarians among them. They have amazing physique and are as terrifying as hunters. Moreover, their strength is greatly increased when they are enraged. They are like beasts and are extremely difficult to deal with. "
Dean's eyes slightly moved as he pondered.
After a moment he stood up: "We will pay attention to this matter for a few days. The Mellon consortium is bound to keep an eye on our recent actions. You don't need to do anything. I will handle it."
Old Fulin looked at him and nodded: "I'll leave it to you."
Dean nodded slightly, put on his coat and turned to leave. Old Fulin wanted to send him downstairs but was stopped by Dean: "Let uncle Sander send me. You should go back and rest."
Old Fulin's eyes saw the servants in the hall. He hesitated for a moment but nodded.
Dean told the coachman to go to a nearby hotel after leaving the Ryan family. "It's too late. I won't go back to sleep tonight. I'll rest here." He opened two rooms, one for the coachman and the other for himself.
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