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Chapter 289: Town Arrangement, Magic Practice Class and Going Down the Mountain for Training
The top leaders of the Adventure Guild received the summons and quickly rushed to the royal capital, where they were received in a side hall of Zhang Mu’s palace.
Everyone sat down, all with solemn expressions.
After taking a quick look around, Zhang Mu guessed what they were worried about.
Because time was tight, the summons did not go into too much detail, only simply stated "Come to the capital as soon as possible."
The royal family suffered heavy losses and the number of city lords decreased sharply, so they were urgently summoned to the royal capital. The top brass probably mistakenly thought that the royal family wanted to recruit them.
After receiving the order, these people probably were unwilling to come.
As the flames of war spread across the continent, Lake seemed calm and peaceful like a pure land, but in fact its destruction was not far away.
Who wants to be on a sinking ship?
If the inference is correct, the Adventurers' Guild has already planned a retreat by now - to withdraw from Lake immediately after one year.
Of course, I won’t be idle for a year.
They would send people to neighboring countries to look for suitable kingdoms and cities to settle down in order to restore their glory.
As for how Lake would deal with it, he only needed to act obedient and docile, and never get angry unless his bottom line was touched.
But the reality is not as good as imagined.
Lake still has three saints, a force that is enough to crush the Adventure Guild.
Although all the city lords in the inland area have died and almost all the high-level professionals have been wiped out, the city lords sent by Blois and Pestoia have taken office and successfully stabilized the situation that was tending towards chaos.
These people are direct descendants of the two grand ducal families. Not only are they extremely powerful, but their ideological development also started after they learned to read and write, so their loyalty can be guaranteed.
The border of Jialek was still firmly in the hands of the two grand dukes, so the plan to escape from the city naturally failed.
Therefore, if the Adventurers' Guild felt that Lake had temporarily lost control over the cities within its borders and that they could rely on this to ignore the royal orders, they would be very wrong.
Fortunately, they were still sober and rushed to the royal capital as quickly as possible, otherwise Zhang Mu would have to think of a new plan.
"Everyone, don't be afraid. I'm not calling you here because of the royal family's needs, but because of my personal reasons."
Hearing this, the expressions of the dozen or so people sitting around the table visibly relaxed.
They also knew that if the royal family really wanted them to help, they had no right to refuse.
And once they join, if they harbor disloyal intentions and try to wait for war to break out in Lake in a year and then escape in the chaos, they will probably meet the gods before the royal family.
"Mr. Zhang Mu." The man who spoke stared at him with strange eyes, "I'm very curious about why you were... you know."
Not everyone is qualified to be remembered by God.
He felt that if he were targeted by the church, even the regional bishop would not bother to take action personally.
Zhang Mu was very busy and had no intention of answering questions for the time being, so he got straight to the point and said, "Once the matter is settled, if you are still interested, I can take time out to chat with you.
For now, I will explain in detail the work entrusted to you.”
Everyone was busy concentrating their attention, fearing that they would miss a word.
Later, Zhang Mu spent an hour explaining his requirements clearly.
After hearing this, everyone was visibly stunned.
Mobilizing the entire Adventure Guild's top leaders just to design a mission suitable for ordinary people?
Mr. Zhang Mu, are you kidding us?
I was complaining in my heart, but I dared not say it directly. Instead, I had to be respectful, even a little flattering:
“Mr. Zhang Mu, you may not know much about the Adventurer’s Guild.
It is like this, the design and release of tasks are all handled by a group of dedicated people, we..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Mu interrupted him: "You mean you can't do it?"
"We, uh..." He was about to tell the truth, but when he noticed the unfriendly look from the young man sitting in the main seat, he hesitated again.
Zhang Mu stared at him, cold sweat gradually seeping out of his forehead.
In the end, it was the president of the Adventure Guild who came to his rescue.
The president understood the situation of himself and others, and also knew what kind of ruthless character the man in front of him was.
Although I don't know the other party's strength and character, just the gaze of the God of Light has already explained a lot of problems.
So he stood up and responded very tactfully: "Mr. Zhang Mu, please rest assured, we will definitely get it done."
Wouldn't it be better if you said this earlier? It's such a hassle.
Zhang Mu nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and left.
During the hour or so they were together, he was clearly in a pleasant mood most of the time, but everyone still felt relieved after he left.
"President, we are indeed not familiar with each other. What if they are not satisfied with what we hand over..."
"Idiot!" the president yelled, "I think you've spent all day in the arms of women in the tavern, and your brains have been soaked!
You don’t understand, why don’t you call the guild’s designer?!”
After a moment of shock, the man was overjoyed: "The president is wise!"
"Stop talking nonsense and go pick them up quickly."
"Yes!"
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After leaving the side hall, Zhang Mu walked towards Avril's palace with his hands behind his back and shaking his head.
Walking on the wide cobblestone road, I wondered why Avril hadn't been seen for a month.
A month ago, before Zhang Mu left the city to gather his troops, she pulled his ear and whispered to him.
Actually, I didn’t say much, except that there’s no one in my palace tonight.
At that moment, Zhang Mu was shocked and flew out of the city in a hurry. He was anxious to deal with the legion, and then returned to the city and got into Avril's bed.
It's just that urgent matters kept coming one after another, and later on they were so seamless that he was so busy that he completely forgot about this matter.
"Strange, I stood you up, but Senior isn't angry?"
Judging from his limited experience in love, having only watched a few romance movies, if a woman is stood up on a date, she would probably go to the man’s house angrily to demand an explanation, right?
How come a month has passed and it's still quiet?
Zhang Mu couldn't figure it out, so he went to Avril's palace.
The palace guards were affected by the previous war and were all sucked dry by the blood sacrifice array. Although people were transferred from nearby cities later, not many of them met the recruitment requirements for the palace guards.
At that time, Zhang Mu picked for a long time, but only picked out a few ugly ones. In a fit of anger, he simply decided not to recruit guards.
Therefore, only servants were moving around in the huge palace at this time, and Avril's palace was naturally unattended.
Zhang Mu walked through the palace gate carelessly. He had been here once not long ago and knew the way. He followed the route he remembered and walked to the bedroom door at the end of the corridor.
"Hey, isn't this Mora? It's been a year since we last met. What have you been busy with recently?"
Looking at Mora who was standing at the door with a stern face, Zhang Mu was very sensitive to the fact that something was wrong, and walked forward to greet her with a wry smile.
"My junior is very busy, I can't disturb him. He will visit me when he remembers."
After saying this in disappointment, Maura pointed to the bedroom door and said in a low voice: "Your Highness had this expression at that time."
"Uh..." After a moment of awkwardness, Zhang Mu leaned over and pinched his throat, "Is senior sister very angry?"
"I think..." After a moment of hesitation, Maura said, "You just need to coax her a little."
Coax a woman?
I don’t know how?
Zhang Mu scratched his head, hesitated at the door for a moment, and then pushed it open and walked in.
The bedroom still had the same layout as when I came back last time, and the furnishings had not changed.
Perhaps she heard some noise outside the door, Avril, wearing a slim long dress, sat in front of the dressing mirror with her graceful back.
Taking small steps closer, Zhang Mu coughed.
"coming."
"I'm busy until today."
He felt a little cold around him, with the chill running straight up his neck. He looked around the room uncomfortably and found that some of the furniture was broken. He said:
"There was quite a big commotion a month ago. Was this cabinet damaged by the commotion?"
"Ah."
"Why don't you change?"
Avril didn't turn around: "It has already been changed. The bedroom has been redecorated."
Zhang Mu felt something was not right.
What do you mean?
Have no idea.
Fortunately, he is not the kind of person who likes to nitpick, so he just puts it aside for the time being.
Then he happily took out an ice-blue ring from his storage bag, walked behind Avril, and handed it to her over his shoulder.
"See if you like it. I think it's pretty, but a little low grade."
Avril took the ring and looked at it in her palm: "Did you buy it in Gol City?"
"No."
Is that what you get in the maze?
She remembered that Zhang Mu had only entered the maze once, in the city of Bala.
Thinking of the city of Bara awakens the sadness sleeping deep in my heart.
Although the root of this sadness has been cut off, it still remains for a long time, and when I recall it now, it is still clear and profound.
People are still here, it's not easy.