Black Robe Mage didn't listen to Claire's words at all. He turned his head and wanted to escape, and his body transformed into black mist.
The next second, Claire appeared above him, raised his foot high, and kicked him to the ground. With a "boom", a small deep pit was made in the ground.
Claire looked down at the other party condescendingly and said lightly, "Didn't I tell you? You can't escape."
Just as Black Robe Mage was about to get up, Claire's legs fell firmly on his chest. Although the speed was slow, it pressed him back firmly like a heavy weight.
"Can we talk now?"
"Impossible! I... well!" Black Robe Mage spit out a mouthful of blood before he finished speaking.
Black Robe Mage stared at his chest with wide eyes. Claire's toes had already sunk his chest, and it was still falling. He could even hear his ribs creaking. If there was a certain degree of depression, his ribs would be broken.
"What now?" Claire asked calmly again.
"Poof!" Black Robe Mage spit out another mouthful of blood, quickly raised his hand and shouted, "Stop! I said!"
Claire then slowly floated up and established contact with the other party using Mental Connection.
"Don't lie." Claire pointed at his head, "You can't lie to me."
Black Robe Mage also sensed something. He rubbed his chest vigorously and said slowly, "The lords of several nearby cities paid me to come here. They knew that I had certain skills in controlling Warcraft, so they paid me to come and cause damage."
Claire is a little surprised, but if you think about it carefully, the answer is reasonable.
Surprisingly, apart from some conflicts with Count Grein, Claire had no conflicts with the lords of several other cities. When the other party first said it, Claire was a little confused, but he soon understood the reason.
Nafu City of Claire and the nearby cities make up most of the southern region of the kingdom. Resources in this area are limited. If one side has more, the other side will get less. In other words, as Nafu City develops, the resources in this region will be concentrated on Griffin Barony, and their cities will get less resources.
Just like the previous incident where Claire hired a blacksmith at a high price, talent is also a resource. As Nafu City develops, people in their city will definitely flow here. Without talents, it will be even more difficult for their city to develop.
Claire has no interest relationship with them. Even if Nafu City develops, it will not exert an agglomeration effect to drive their development. It will definitely take the lead in developing various affairs in its own territory, such as Nakin Town or the agricultural town under construction.
So there is an irreconcilable conflict of interest between them, which is why those lords sent people to Nafu City to destroy it.
Although it was understandable, Claire did not intend to forgive the other party and asked, "Which lords are there?"
Black Robe Mage was a little hesitant at first, but when he sensed the very faint but extremely pure killing surprise from Claire and Mental Connection, his little thought was immediately dismissed.
"Count Grein of Cosi City, Count Evan of Augon City, Count Kairay of Haiya City, Count Vian of Portland City, Viscount Harvey of Lianli City..."
When he heard Count Grein, the corners of Claire's mouth couldn't help but turn up. Sure enough, this guy was here. But except for this guy, almost all the lords of several nearby cities were involved. It seems that my popularity is not very good.
After saying the name, Black Robe Mage closed his eyes resignedly and said, "Okay, I'm done, please give me a good time."
"No, it's more important for you to be alive than to be dead." Claire chuckled. It's also important to have a good reputation.
Black Robe Mage opened his eyes and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Claire disconnected Mental Connection and asked with a smile, "Wouldn't it be nice to live a little longer?"
"No, the process of waiting for death is more terrifying than death itself."
"Oh, don't worry, I'll let you die suddenly."
"..."
How could a person whose mouth was over 30 degrees say such cold words.
Then Claire tied him up with a binding spell and flew him in from the city gate. Below were the adventurers and knights who were cleaning up the battlefield after defeating Magic Beast Tide.
Facing the eyes of so many people, Black Robe Mage felt a little embarrassed, "Can't you go from another place? There are so many people."
"I just want everyone to know that you were caught by me. Otherwise, how will the rest of the matter progress?"
"What's the matter?"
"You're going to die, so stop asking so many questions."
"..."
Black Robe Mage felt suffocated in his heart, "Has anyone ever said you can't speak?"
"Yes, but they are all dead."
"..."
Magic Beast Tide After the crisis ended, Claire gave a large amount of money to the adventurers who defended the city for consumption, and Nafu City ushered in a three-day carnival.
Claire's industries in Nafu City are also free for three days. For example, Grand Theater Wendy performed for three days in a row. Some small vendors in Nafu City also spontaneously launched three days of free activities with Claire.
There are still many things to be dealt with in the follow-up, such as the city walls damaged by the cannons of Warcraft and Isaac that need to be repaired, and the pensions of those City Guard who died while defending the city and the adventurers. Originally, The adventurer's pension does not need to be paid by Claire, because the beast tide cannot be blamed on Nafu City. It is a natural disaster like an earthquake and tsunami, and adventurers can only consider themselves unlucky if they encounter it.
But because they died while defending the city, Claire still paid a large pension to each of them. What he needs most now is money, the monthly taxes for the shops opened in Nafu City, and Adventurer's Guild's share, as well as his property in the royal capital, can give him nearly ten million Gold Coins every month. Now this money can no longer be spent on Claire's normal use and maintenance of Nafu City's normal operations.
Moreover, the money spent can also gain the goodwill of those adventurers, attracting more adventurers to come to Nafu City, which can be more conducive to the development of Nafu City.
At the same time, Claire sent Regan out to direct the construction of the agricultural town and build it as soon as possible.
The Warcraft siege reminded Claire that once a situation arises outside, the residents living in Nafu City will be fine, but the residents living in villages across Griffin Barony will not be so good. In order to avoid unexpected situations, Claire specially sent people to bring all the residents in those villages to Nafu City.
After Magic Beast Tide retired, although Nafu City could accommodate so many people, the employment of these people was still a big problem. They could not make money in Nafu City and could not live at all, and some people only knew how to farm, which made them uncomfortable living in the city.
Therefore, the agricultural town can move all the people from those villages into it and form a large-scale planting method. By then, Nafu City's food will no longer need to be imported.
Chapter 2, there is another chapter after that, I will finish it before going to bed