Faced with the dwarf landlady's kind offer to stay, Corny finally chose to refuse.

Although it is indeed tempting to stay in this city-state called Minas Tirith, if they really make such a choice, wouldn't they be tantamount to abandoning all the past and living up to Jenny Sal's love for them?

Carefully cultivated?

This is the bottom line that Kony sticks to in her heart. Maybe this place is beautiful, but she does not belong here after all, at least, not yet.

If everything promised by the silver dragon lord is true, then she can at least choose to let more people have this choice and immigrate to this magical and vibrant city-state to welcome a new and hopeful life.

In the distant future, she hopes to lead some of these people who have received gifts, learned advanced knowledge and skills in Minas Tirith, and have the power to resist tyranny, to return to Kalishan and overthrow those tyrannical pashas.

, liberate the slaves throughout Calushan, rebuild their homes there, and create a city-state as free and orderly as the White City.

This is how it should be.

But she never expected that the war with Luskan broke out in the Northland just on the agreed date, so that the Silver Dragon Lord would still have the energy and willingness to continue his original population immigration plan in Kalishan.

?

This made Kony feel uneasy and scared like never before.

Sometimes the inadvertent despair is not the endless darkness, but when you are dying and struggling, you think you have found the dawn of salvation, but when you turn around, you find that it is just a meteor for a moment.

"Sister Koni, what should we do?" Xu Shimaria also felt her messy mood at the moment and asked crisply.

Corny half hugged Maria, took a deep breath, raised her head suddenly, looked at the highest point of White City, and said resolutely

"We will go directly to him. If he chooses to give up on our 'Jenisa', I will find another way."

'If that doesn't work, I can at least beg the lord to let Maria stay here, and then I can smuggle myself back to Calinshan by sea from Kaishui City in the North. If I save some of the money I've earned in the past few days,

It should barely cover the cost of the return trip.'

But just as she prepared for the worst, there was a heavy roar behind her, and then a familiar voice sounded behind her.

"It seems that you are ready, Miss Corny, come with me to see the lord."

"Okay, Mr. Hotz."

Corny couldn't help but turned around in surprise, and saw the sturdy jackal leader riding a black-skinned monitor lizard, and stretched out his big furry hand towards her, so the half-elf ranger instinctively took his hand.

Go up.

Immediately, he found that he and Maria in his arms were being lifted up like a cat. After a while, the world was spinning, and they landed on the back of the giant lizard, and the whole person seemed to be trapped in a furry leather cushion.

It's so soft and comfortable. It's much more comfortable than the plush mattress in a hotel dormitory. It makes people want to just sleep on it.

The body's instinctive reaction made Kony's face turn red. She grew up in Kalishan, but she was not as shy as those wild elves. She could even be seen being led by slave traders or nobles everywhere on the street.

The Chiguo slave who left has never seen anything like this.

It's just that the feedback from her body was somewhat unexpected to her. In her opinion, she should be relatively resistant to such contact with the opposite sex.

'Maybe it's because Mr. Hotz is not a human being?'

Corny couldn't help but find a reason for herself, and then classified the other party into the category of large plush dolls.

After calming down, Corny soon discovered that with Zeelandia's declaration of war on Luskan, the entire street was not as depressed as she had imagined, but instead was extremely lively, with merchants constantly driving in from outside the city with loaded trucks.

, and then set up stalls in the open air in several designated areas under the command of the "Jackal City Managers".

Some Zeelandian soldiers accompanied by their families were buying and selling as if they were free of charge. Soldiers wearing leather armor or armor could often be seen gathering in the direction of the military camp in groups of twos and threes, talking and laughing, and seemed to be talking about

Talking about this sudden war.

What was a bit difficult for Kony to understand was that although they looked a little nervous, they didn't have much fear. Instead, they looked more like they were full of anticipation and excitement.

In Corny's impression, every time Corel's pashas recruit troops to go to war, the entire city-state is often deserted and depressed, because most of the people are hiding, and they are afraid of being captured by those brutal soldiers and used as soldiers.

Even if the hard laborers and cannon fodder return victoriously, their heads will most likely be chopped off to serve as military honors.

But even so, many unlucky people were forcibly recruited every time. Even when the number of auxiliary soldiers was insufficient or military rations were scarce, they would openly smash into civilian households and force food and military service beyond the tax limit.

In Kalishan, the people at the lowest level do not have the right to choose most of the time.

Corny shook her head violently to expel all kinds of thoughts from her mind. Now was not the time to think about these things.

She hesitated for a moment, then asked with some anxiety.

"Sir Hotz, did Mr. Levi come to us with a change of plan?"

But what she didn't expect was that the voice behind her said, "The plan remains unchanged. We will set off for Kalishan today."

"How is this possible?" Corny was a little stunned, and then asked doubtfully, "But haven't you already declared war on Luskan?"

Originally, in her imagination, since the silver dragon lord invited her to go, it was enough to show that the other party still attached great importance to the immigration plan in Kalishan, but there was a high probability that it would be postponed, such as after the war.

"Declaring war also requires pre-war preparations. Maybe we don't need that much time, but that's not necessarily the case for the Silver Moon Federation and Water City. This period of time is enough to complete the planned plan in Kalishan."

Hotz did not tell the complete truth. After all, borrowing the path from Kalishan is still a strategic secret.

Kony opened her mouth slightly. This answer should have made her happy, but for some reason, she always felt that the battle plan, which was related to the life and death of their 'Jennie Sal', seemed to be just a trivial matter that could be dealt with in the eyes of the other party.

, this gap made her feel a little complicated.

"What does Mr. Hotz think of this war against Luskan?" Corny couldn't help but curiously asked after she had resolved her worries.

When Hotz heard this, he couldn't help but grinned, revealing his ferocious fangs.

"This is a once-in-a-century opportunity, we are going to make a fortune."

"Get rich?"

Kony was dumbfounded as she chewed on this somewhat unfamiliar word, but it did not prevent her from feeling the desire for war in the other party's heart.

Hotz shook his head and said rather proudly

"You don't understand, you don't know how long we have been longing for this war.

"Perhaps for me, it is just an opportunity to get rich, but for many civilian soldiers from the lowest background, this war is an opportunity to change their destiny.

"Due to the reward and punishment regulations of our city-state, although there are many promotion paths based on ability, merit, and political performance, such as the joint entrance examination of Zelandia Magic Academy, and the unified interview recruitment of the Magic Research Institute, this is after all

Those brains give guys a chance, but a fool like me who has a headache wants to break through the restrictions of civilians and become a citizen, a dragon knight, a general, or a consul, what else can there be than war?

Is there a quicker way than military merit?”

Corny couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

In Corny's view, ordinary people went to the battlefield, and a few returned safely. Just like Maria's father, who died in a rescue operation, and Maria became an orphan from then on.

If she had not been born in 'Jennesar', she would probably have faced an extremely miserable fate. Even starving to death might be a mercy.

Thinking of this, Corny couldn't help but feel a little proud, proud that she had joined a benevolent organization.

"No one is afraid of death, but since we have chosen to become a warrior, dying on the battlefield is our destiny."

Hotz didn't know what he thought of, he smiled and looked down at the thin half-elf in front of him and said

"Do you think what I said is hypocritical? But if it's you, you know that even if you die on the battlefield, your family will receive a generous pension that ordinary people can't save in half a lifetime, and you know that your children will

The city-state is responsible for raising, caring and learning until adulthood? Do you still think death is so terrible?

However, before Kony could speak, Hodes took a deep breath and said, "Maybe death is still scary, but it is worth risking everything for wealth, glory, and protection. We should face death calmly without any worries!"

"His Majesty Levi is truly a great and benevolent being."

Corny was speechless except for saying a rainbow fart, and the small sense of superiority she had for being Jenny Sal was turned into ashes by the luxurious dream treatment in front of her, and she almost turned into a lemon essence.

trend.

Hotz smiled, feeling very excited. When this battle is over, he will have enough money to marry a few more she-wolves.

Times have changed. If it were still a tribe in the Underdark, with his position as the leader of the Gnolls at that time, he basically had the right to mate with the female wolves in the group, except for the spouses of other brothers, and most of the other female Gnolls also had the right to mate.

I won't refuse, but due to the lack of food, generally the wolf queen will not allow other female wolves to give birth to little jackals.

Nowadays, living conditions have improved and food is no longer scarce. However, due to the seriously unbalanced sex ratio in Zelandia, some shameless beasts have actually taken up the idea of ​​​​their female gnolls. Female gnolls undoubtedly also have

More choices.

He couldn't do what Fisher did to comfort the young drow woman every day, so where would he put the face of the Horusman Wolf King?

In the words of the master, then your wolf device will collapse!

When he thought of those cute little she-wolves raising their tails shyly towards him, the jackal commander instantly became convinced.

Kony in front of her suddenly frowned and said with some doubts

"Sir Hoz, what did you get me?"

Hotz suddenly became stunned, opened his eyes and lied.

"Oh, that's my knife handle. I'll move down and I'll be there soon."

When Kony and the others arrived at the square of the Seventh City, they saw three army phalanxes consisting of a hundred people ready to go, and beside the army, there were several steam locomotives carrying ordnance.

But on the other side of the ground, there were four metal rectangular cabinets that looked like coffins. One of them was completely red. It was just lying there so quietly. No one knew what was inside.

The Silver Dragon Lord seemed to have just finished speaking to the soldiers below, and then gave some instructions to several subordinates on the side. After everything was prepared, he looked at the nervous Kony and showed a gentle smile.

smile

"Miss Corny, how have you been these past few days?"
To be continued...