Chapter 962 (2/2)

”I see You may take your leave,” Roland said

”Yes, Your Majesty”

When Edith withdrew, Nightingale showed up looking discontent ”How could a lord be wrong to care about his men? She obviously crossed the line!”

”I don't think she's wrong” Roland sht to their own beliefs A wise leader must listen to all the different points of view in order to reed in his heart He had to think twice and take all aspects into consideration because he could not bear any losses at present His soldiers were not a rabble of mercenaries and serfs Almost all of them were literate Some officers even understood charts and were able to make reports He would take any action to reduce casualties

Just as Nightingale was about to sayacross her chest suddenly glowed

Roland's heart skipped a beat He asked, ”Is there some new movement from the demons?”

The coht after Roland asked out loud, Nightingale gave her answer, her hand still pressed onto the sigil on her chest, ”No, it's good news The third batch of the witches fro Island, led by Lady Ca”

”It was Tilly who sent the news” Roland felt relieved ”Go and tell Wendy to welcome them in the same way did the last two batches”

These witches would be the last batch to move in, which accounted for al Island Now that Neverwinter had built the fra Spell, Roland could rest assured that Wendy would be able to take care of everything, including counting all the witches' abilities and recruiting them For the rest of the witches, he believed that they would sooner or later accept the fact that the Kingdom of Graycastle was different from the one they remembered

”No probleotten Edith's words As she was about to enter the misty world, Roland suddenly stopped her

”Hang on Did you say that it was Cao to the Sealine with Joan?”

”Yes, what's wrong?”

”Let me see” Roland pondered for a moment ”The scenario Edith presented assumed that the demons always had the initiative But e of vision”

”Ugh, are these two things correlated?” Nightingale asked in a state of confusion

”I'reat interest ”I need to talk to Camilla personally when she arrives”

As the boat sailed along the Redwater River into the Western Region, the fields on both sides of the river turned yellowish-brown, a color of harvested straw mixed with soil

Judging froh piles of straw, this year must have been another bumper year

Standing at the bow of the shi+p, Andrea gulped the refreshi+ng air of autuled with a unique s her an inexplicable feeling of relaxation and contentment

She did not knohether it was the lingering char home

Maybe both

”Don't they collect the straw?” A curious voice suddenly ca”

Andrea turned around and saw that it was a God's Punish Her name was Carol, if she remembered correctly

”You know about it?” Andrea had asked her father about the strahen she had been a little girl She had wondered why the far the wheat Her father told her that they had done it for the sake of living

He had said, ”They don't have enoughthat can ainst the cold winter winds The straw is a very good fuel, flammable and accessible, which is also preferred by many nobles who often use it to start a fire When the people are short of clothes, they often use the straw as quilts Although it produces thick smoke when it burns and pricks your skin when you sleep on it, it keeps the people fro to death You may think the straw is useless, but for those who need it, it's as integral to their lives as the ear of wheat”