I kissed the statue at the beginning and I vomited all over the floor

Chapter 445 The Old City Lord's Secret Collection of Books

Finn Huiyao is the name of Xiuman’s father.

This old city lord who was extremely kind in public and always chose moderation in his political statements was, in Xiuman's memory, a dead old man with no ambition at all.

Five or six years ago, Xiuman, who had just ended his free life and was taken back to the City Lord's Mansion to receive training as a candidate for City Lord, felt that his understanding of government affairs was completely incompatible with that of his father.

Xiuman, who was younger and more energetic than he is now, always believed that those useless nobles from the capital were vampires who plagiarized the achievements of Radiant City;

And those stubborn people in the temple will only make the residents of Huiyao City have no freedom at all.

What the Huiyao family needs to fight against is not those clowns jumping around in the parliament, but these outsiders who don't seem to be able to bite.

I remember when I expressed these views to my father in indignation, that old man who liked to be a good guy just gave me an ambiguous smile.

"Enemy? Xiuman, to Huiyao City, everyone can become an enemy.

But as the city lord, I have to make these enemies become our friends before they change."

In the past, Xiuman was very disgusted by this kind of behavior of playing both sides.

The city lords he admired most were those predecessors who relied on powerful military force to protect the stability of the city and expand the city's borders.

The Huiyao family has been in charge of the city for so many years, but it is not by making friends and networking that they have gained such a large territory.

However, the old city lord did not seem to intend to change Xiuman's mind, which made Xiuman even more unable to identify with his father.

His thoughts are very simple -

If Father Finn's strategy was right, why was he never corrected and told why he had to have it both ways?

Do you really intend to let your son do whatever he wants after I die?

Sitting in the rocking carriage, Xiuman touched the book in his hand.

“I really don’t know what the damn old man was thinking. Did he foresee at that time that he would encounter a titled knight coming to cause trouble?

It's actually related to the missing magic goddess Mystra?"

After hesitating for a long time, Xiuman finally let go of the cover of the book.

Then, the line of small words on the homepage made Xiuman's pupils tremble violently.

"Since the establishment of the Third Holy Empire, the human royal family has been played by gods who defected from the astral realm in turn."

……

The tracking ability of the Elf Ranger Lin Liya is second to none in the entire druid settlement.

She easily followed Ariella's footprints and found the tree trunk pierced by the heavy sword.

"East side?"

The elf ranger half-knelt on the ground, picked up a handful of soil with his fingers, placed it on his fingertips and carefully felt the changes in humidity.

Even after becoming the captain of the bombardment team, Lin Liya did not give up her old training.

Although there was no obvious change in Lin Liya's rank at this time, she was much stronger than when she had just left the Elf Courtyard.

In particular, she had mastered various ranger skills, such as being able to judge from the changes in the mud whether it had been stepped on by some creature or hit by heavy weapons.

There is a deeper footprint near the tree trunk - this should be the place where Tirian last appeared.

But the messy footprints around overlapped together, making it difficult for Lin Liya to identify who it was. However, the two lighter footprints definitely belonged to the elves.

Tirian should have been rescued by these two elves, and then left first.

Several other pairs of footprints started later, also in the same direction.

What concerned her most was that there was a special existence among these footprints, and it seemed that its weight obviously exceeded that of ordinary creatures.

Finally, it seemed to follow the direction of the footprints and headed east.

Ariella's footprints were also in this direction, and judging by the freshness of the soil, she should be with the heavy creature.

“It seems that Ariella did not confront the human cavalry head-on, and Tirian should still be alive.

I have to go and meet up with Paul right away..."

The elf ranger stood up. In order to speed up, she did not intend to move on the ground like the others.

Lin Liya found a sturdy oak tree and climbed up it nimbly and gracefully.

For the Elf Ranger, the tree canopy is her home turf.

……

Until the carriage stopped for a long time, Xuman continued to flip through the book in his hand in silence.

As he read further and further back in the book, his expression became more and more solemn.

"Damn it! You old man, you didn't even tell me such a big secret!

If I had known this was the case, why would I bother with it..."

Xiuman's hands were shaking slightly, with fear of the truth in the old city lord's book and a bit of anger towards his father.

After a long while, he finally opened the curtain at the front of the carriage and shouted to the guards driving the carriage.

"Go straight out of town to Nield!"

The guard sitting in the coachman's seat was stunned for a moment, but soon drove the carriage according to Xuman's order.

When the carriage had moved forward a dozen steps, Xiuman's voice came again from behind the curtain.

"Wait, let's go back to the City Lord's Mansion first.

I can't just go to Nield alone."

The servants in the City Lord's Mansion were a little surprised to see the City Lord's carriage return just after a short while.

But Xiuman had no intention of explaining anything to these servants.

He jumped off the carriage in one swift step, and without asking anyone to inform him, he ran straight into the former orphanage.

“Master Vulkan, there is something I have to do... but unfortunately, the Kingdom Knights have transferred all the forces in Brilliant City.

I need your help—more specifically, I need a squad of githyanki at-arms."

The elderly Vukan looked at Shuman who had come back and roughly guessed what he was thinking.

He signaled the Gis people around him to leave first so that he could talk alone with the city lord who took in the Gis people.

“Lord City Lord, you took us in when we were expelled from the southern border.

According to the customs of the Gis people, even if we know that the mission will lead to our death, as long as you propose it, we will not refuse it.

However, I don't quite agree with your involvement in the war between the elven and human pantheons.

Even if we all go into battle, we have no chance of winning."

Xiuman looked at Wokan, and slowly raised his slender fingers, pointing to the south where the capital was.

“Master Vulkan, those guys cannot represent the human pantheon.

I also have no intention of helping the elven pantheon - although after joining the war, the elven pantheon and I will inevitably stand on the same side.

I just don't want these guys who are literally eating people to continue ruling this kingdom.

Neither my political ambitions nor my aristocratic education would allow me to ignore the existence of these blood-sucking worms.

Besides, only mortals are qualified to govern mortal kingdoms."