Ride and Cut

"It seems that even though I'm not here during this time, you guys are doing well." Li Cha is no longer simply satisfied.

Although what the old white tiger said one by one, it sounds like luck is dominant. But you must know that when he left, he took away most of the combat power, leaving only dozens of centaurs and a large number of civilians, and the entire Alpine Castle was very empty.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for the left-behind personnel to maintain their airs.

"You should thank Sister Melissa very much. When we were short of troops, it was the elf guards who took the initiative to stand up and hold up half the sky." Buckland said with admiration, "The elves came to seek asylum at first, but this time they have to bear so many burdens, and they don't have any complaints. It's rare."

"It must be." The lord looked at the old white tiger with a swaying face, wondering if this guy had a second life.

"If you have to think something you shouldn't be thinking, at least please don't show it so clearly on your face." Buckland sighed deeply.

As a pioneering nobleman, the lord of Alpine Fort's military power is undoubtedly beyond the standard, but in other aspects, the naturalist always feels that he has not improved at all.

"I also want to tell you some good news. This time, the lord will bring back the entire Tiger Spirit Tribe, and it will arrive in a few days." Li Cha forced the subject to change, "All the things they need must be prepared first, weapons, clothing, housing...all are handed over to you."

"I think you want to exhaust me, old man." Buckland rolled his eyes angrily.

"It's hard work for those who can." Li Cha cheekily slapped him, not feeling any embarrassment at all.

There are not too many strong men who can fight and kill in Gaoshanbao. The blood and tears of countless enemies since his debut have proved this point. But if Gunther or Abu were to handle the internal affairs, it would be a disaster that would absolutely destroy everything, and anyone with a little sense should try to avoid it.

Only Buckland could handle these chores. Sometimes Richard felt that he was lucky to meet such a bad-tempered old man.

"Especially weapons, we must let the artisans hold on tight. The tiger spirit has developed too many bad habits with primitive weapons. The sooner it is changed, the sooner it can be rectified." The lord continued to warn.

"That's no problem." Buckland nodded. "The ordnance business is so lucrative and enviable. After you disappear with most of the soldiers, we old, weak, sick and disabled dare to continue to operate. The output in recent months has been stored in the warehouse."

"That's fine." Before Richard returned to Alpine Fort, he was already prepared to deal with the mess. But the reality was once again far beyond his expectations. Since the overall situation was still stable, he thought of those less important things:

"The mediation meeting should have been over long ago, right? What was the result?"

At the beginning, because of the reappearance of the undead, the Church of Light tried to organize a mediation between Stuart and Pompeii. According to the original plan, Richard also had to attend the meeting as a representative of Pompeii.

However, he remembered that before he left, there was still a month before the mediation meeting, so the time should have expired long ago.

Buckland was originally looking listless, but when he heard this sentence, he suddenly became energetic, and stared at the lord of the Alpine Castle unblinkingly with his slightly cloudy eyes, showing a sense of oppression: "No! That meeting has been postponed, and the restart is nowhere in sight!"

"That's right." Li Cha snatched a handful of melon seeds from the passing halfling cook, and listened while eating.

"You probably can't imagine how many things have happened in the past few months!" Buckland said with a wry smile. "Although the Alpine Fort is still relatively peaceful, other than that, the whole continent is almost completely in chaos!"

"What's wrong?" The lord didn't realize the seriousness, and looked at him strangely.

According to what he knew about this old man, he had always only swept the snow in front of his own door, so why did he care about the situation in the mainland for the first time.

Buckland sighed long and loudly, and the heavy news came out of his mouth, which shocked Richard: "First of all, Pompeii has officially declared the Church of the Snow Goddess to be illegal. At present, the clergy of the Church of the Snow Goddess are being expelled all over the country, and all the churches have been destroyed. Now the Church of the Holy Light has officially become the state religion of Pompeii. A while ago, the Noble Court asked me if I needed to send a priest to preach, but I refused."

"That must be rejected. A small rural place like ours can't be stained with religion." Li Cha frowned and thought for a while, but he had no idea after all. "I've heard that there has been a struggle between the reformists and the conservatives in the upper echelons of Pompeii. It seems that the reformists have completely won."

"Also." Buckland said with an increasingly strange expression on his face.

"On the same day that Pompeii issued the decree, Stuart declared the Church of the Holy Light illegal and expelled all the clergy. He also accepted all the clergy from the Ice and Snow Goddess Church who fled from Pompeii. Now the Ice and Snow Goddess Church is Stuart's state religion!"

"This..." Li Cha was finally completely dumbfounded, and asked like a cannonball: "What's the matter? The two countries played a religious swap? Are you really kidding?"

"How dare I make fun of this kind of thing!" Buckland rolled his eyes in return.

"Submitted!" The lord's face twitched slightly.

The beliefs of Pompeii and Stuart, each with a long history of thousands of years, are very deep-rooted. Who would have expected that in just one day, each would run wildly towards the other's original direction, becoming the appearance they hated the most before.

This is a drama that even the most absurd low-brow comedy dare not take lightly!

"You should be able to imagine how chaotic the situation on the mainland is right now. Moreover, this year's climate is abnormal, agriculture is not optimistic, and all countries are devastated. So, I don't think it will be possible to restart the mediation meeting in a while." Buckland shook his head repeatedly, "But this is a good thing for us. Now the Noble Court doesn't even know that you disappeared for several months."

"Mediation cannot be delayed indefinitely." Li Cha calmed down and shook his head lightly, "The reappearance of undead on that scale will leave a stain on the history books if it is not handled properly. As long as your majesties do not give up on themselves, they will definitely not delay for too long."

"But how long is too long, a month, a season, or a year? Sometimes a small stagnation in history is a lifetime for us mortals."

"Two or three months at most, that late mediation will usher in a reopening day!"

"Ah... Judging from the current situation, if mediation is started at that time, I'm afraid it will be a life-and-death struggle between several major powers." Buckland was worried about this and was very pessimistic.

"Who knows." Li Cha smiled coldly, "But it seems that I have to go to Kelun City recently and ask Sauron to inquire about it."