Cthulhu Gonfalon

Patter, the rain mixed with a little snow and snow fell and fell, so there was a fascination between heaven and earth.

This is the first rain of the year, and it has been eaten a lot more than in previous years. Fortunately, there is no shortage of rainwater in the northwestern region. Even if the snow and ice accumulated in winter melts, it is enough to provide water. It is not necessary to worry about "spring rain is as expensive as oil."

Along with the spring rain, there is still a surprising news.

Located in the central part of the main plane, the world's oldest human country, the eagle kingdom, split.

In the east of the eagle kingdom, it belongs to the famous Grand Duke of the Griffin. The first generation of the Griffin Grand Duke was a half-god lion cub, and the eagle's **** made an unbreakable covenant and became his most powerful subordinate. Later, the **** of the eagle challenged the glory of the Lord to fail, and died under the sacred hammer of the Glorious Lord. The Griffin Grand Duke was severely wounded by the Knights of God and had to use the mystery to reincarnate. After reincarnation, He re-enclosed God and became the **** of state and diplomacy, also known as the **** of kingship.

The **** of the king still retains his memory as a priest of the Griffin, obeying the original vows and guarding the kingdom of the eagle. In the years that followed, He and His followers and churches have always been one of the pillars of the eagle kingdom. The lions and grandfathers who have inherited his blood are also the most reliable arm of the eagle kingdom. They guarded the eastern part of the kingdom, resisted enemies from all walks of life, and built the Duke of the Griffin to be extremely prosperous, claiming to have one-third of the strength of the entire Griffin Kingdom.

But all this changed 150 years ago. The **** of kingship was killed by a mistress and the priesthood was taken away. His church and faith removed the lost part of the collapse, and the rest became the possession of the new aristocratic god. The **** of the nobility is not going to follow the covenant between the Grand Duke of the Griffin and the **** of the eagle. Under his influence, the Duke of the Griffin quickly diverge from the eagle kingdom, and soon there was a split.

In the "Sun Battle Day" campaign last winter, the Eagle Kingdom was hit hard, and it is conservatively estimated that it will recover in 20 or 30 years. So the Duke of the Griffin, who had not suffered any losses during the war, finally put the plan of independence into practice. At the recent sowing ceremony, he declared independence and established the "Gryphon Principality".

Independence is not only the area led by the former Duke of the Griffin, the eastern part of the eagle kingdom, and the two counts near the Duke of the Griffin have also announced their participation in the Principality of the Griffin. In terms of land area, the newly-born Gryphon Principality accounts for almost 30% of the entire eagle kingdom. In other words, the current territorial ratio of the Eagle Kingdom and the Gryphon Principality is roughly two to one.

This ratio is not very outrageous. Considering the difference in the degree of prosperity between the two sides and the current predicament of the eagle kingdom, it is certain that the eagle kingdom has no ability to rebel in the future for a long time to come. Even, maybe it will never be there.

Leon, who got the news, was silent for a long time and eventually did not go to his hometown. After thinking about it, he thought that this kind of thing was actually sooner or later. Even if he could barely stop it once, he could not stop it all the time.

More importantly, even his own, there is not much recognition for the eagle kingdom.

Time is the most powerful weapon. Thirty years of time is enough to make the former prince no longer a member of the kingdom. Even though he still remembers the blood of his eagle, it is nothing more than that.

If one day, the eagle's people are in crisis, he will probably save. It is possible to split the harbinger early and not let him shoot it.

This made Carissa greatly relieved and happy. She has been worried that Leon will not rush back after receiving the news, trying to use her own force and prestige to stop the split - in that case, Leon will become a thorn in the eyes of many people, and may encounter other dangers!

As the city owner of Gals City, the contemporary Earl of Riley, Carissa is interested in the eagle kingdom only in "that is the hometown of Leon" and "Leon likes to eat hometown dishes", something else, she is all not interested!

Well, for her, if the eagle kingdom only has those hometown dishes, it is the best. Last time, in order to save the eagle kingdom, Leon actually ran to a sneak peek with a hollow mask. Being an enemy is simply terrible!

"The Duke of the Griffin is independent."

“It was expected.”

"In the current situation, he is not independent but it is a strange thing."

Like this, it has been circulated in various countries of the mainland. No one is surprised by this. Even the new king of the eagle kingdom was silent for a long time after receiving the news, and then sighed deeply and said: After all, the coming will come, forget it."

For the residents of the city of Huishi in the northwestern part of the ash forest, the division of the eagle kingdom can only be regarded as a talk of leisure time. For them, the most important thing in front of them is the first trial harvest of the “artificial vein” of the mayor of Felix.

Wearing a thick protective suit, Reif and the three equally cautious excavators used a sickle to separate the upper part of the gray-black mushroom that was born at the bottom of the tunnel at the end of the tunnel, and placed it in a special sealed box. .

The mushroom can continue to grow as long as it retains the lower half, and the negative energy it absorbs is condensed on the part of the canopy, so it is quite easy to harvest. All that is needed is just enough protection and full care.

The heavy protective clothing made the original easy harvesting work a lot more troublesome. Everyone's movements were awkward, and the sickle cut into the hands more than once. Fortunately, the protective clothing from the arm to the hands are particularly thickened and reinforced, the sickle is not sharp, so cut a few times, not to mention injury, even the pain.

After a hard day's busy work, they finally harvested the first batch of mushrooms, and filled them with six large boxes. These boxes were moved out by other workers and transported to the magic school, where they were extracted in a special extraction room, turned into a high-value negative energy essence, and a residue that can be used as a mushroom fertilizer.

After the work, Reif walked out of the tunnel and stood for five minutes in the purification circle according to the regulations. When he left the circle, he hurriedly took off the sultry protective clothing.

Raindrops mixed with tiny snowflakes fell on the body, cold and cold, and he was so comfortable for him to be sweaty!

But the young magician in charge of the supervision immediately yelled and yelled, and he immediately returned to the lounge and put on warm clothes to protect him from the cold.

"Strong exercise, sweating and then cold water, are you so anxious to die?" The old man Parker, who is in charge of the duty room, said very rudely, "You are only thirty years old, even your wife and children are not, it is hard to live." Why are you thinking about it when you are on a stable day?"

Riff smiled bitterly, and he wanted to tell the other person that he actually had a wife and children.

At least, there used to be...

But after all, he still didn't say that all the memories and thoughts turned into a silent sigh.

If you can meet such a good person as the mayor of Felix, then how good it is...

Reif did not have depression for a long time. When the last excavator came out from the tunnel, received purification, and took off the protective clothing and went to the newly built lounge next to the duty room, the young magician took out a sounding staff and passed it inside. Came to his teacher, the voice of the mayor of Felix.

"Everyone has worked hard during this time. The yield of mushrooms is good and the texture is also good. The first stage of the artificial veins can be said to have achieved great success. I would like to thank everyone for their hard work."

The excavators laughed. Although they have no culture, they have no wits and wrestling experience, but at least they can hear that the words of gratitude are not perfunctory.

The mayor of Felix then went on to say: "The next three days off for everyone, the salary is calculated according to the usual standards. Then, I have to pay a bonus!"

When I heard this, the excavators cheered. For the poor, the paid holidays are already very good and the bonuses are better. In particular, the mayor of Felix has never been stingy. Since she said that she would like to send a bonus, she would never have the same meaning as a former copper miner.

“How many bonuses will you send?” An acute child couldn’t help but ask.

The young magician shook his head and he was not clear.

"Anyway, certainly a lot!" Another more steady smile said.

"Yeah! There may be five silver coins, maybe even seven, no, eight silver coins..." This is like guessing.

Reif smiled, wiped the sweat and rain from his body with a dry cloth, picked up his own cup on the wooden shelf, went to the big wooden bucket and picked up a cup of hot wheat tea and drank it.

Today's wheat tea is slightly spicy and slightly sweet. I want to put those herbs that can prevent the cold from getting sick.

that's nice!

He sat on the bench, listening to the enthusiasm of the workers, and sipping from the throat to the stomach, and warming from the stomach to the whole body of hot tea, watching the puffy spring rain outside, forbearance Can't help but laugh.

Such a day is really a comfortable one!

After a while, a patrolman braved the rain and sent the "bonus" that the mayor just mentioned to everyone.

Not the same as guessing, not seven or eight or five per person, but one per person - gold coins!

The miners were stunned as they looked at the golden coins.

Although in theory ten silver coins can be exchanged for one gold coin, in fact, for the vast majority of poor civilians, the next year may not be able to take a gold coin. Even before the Mayor of Felix came, most of the people here had no chance to touch even a gold coin.

Life is so difficult, just "live" has already let them do their best. Saving money? gold? Dreaming?

More than one excavator turned over the golden coins and looked over and looked at them. They were flustered to find a place to collect, but they didn’t know where to collect them.

Rif still held the cup firmly in his right hand, and his left hand spread out. The golden little baby lay quietly on his palm, reflecting the reassuring light.

He clenched his left hand and felt the hard feeling of the palm of his hand. He raised his neck and washed the hot tea, his eyes full of hope and confidence.

"Our days will definitely get better and better!"

He talked to himself so much that it attracted everyone's attachment.