Chapter 296: Workers on the Rhine
"There is one more thing. Zoe may be in danger when she goes to Blood Harbor this time. There are many cultists causing trouble there. Ash, you should personally lead a team to the sea area near the port to provide support."
"Understood. To what extent do you want to respond?"
"In an emergency, you are allowed to shoot. If it is particularly urgent, you can rush into the dock to save people." Hughes said without hesitation.
This basically allowed Banshee to do anything. Zeus trusted Ash's judgment; she was the best at commanding battles.
As for the prince, although the new Grand Duke of Tis has a good reputation and many people praise him, to Zeus, the lives of Zoe Connor and the Crusaders are more important.
After all, the Blood Harbor cultists are rampant, and the danger level is quite high.
Ash took the order and left. The Banshee swam very fast in the sea and it only took her half a day to reach Riften City.
But it would take several days to bring the Black Pearl back. It was just a wooden sailing boat and it had difficulty reaching 5 knots.
The banshees would continue to lose vitality if they left the range of the symbiotic contract, but a few days would not be a big problem. Ash quickly finalized the candidates and set off.
On the other hand, Zoe encountered some troubles.
A group of people came to the door, led by a big man who was as strong as a bear.
After seeing Zoe, he quickly took off the wrinkled hat on his head, put it in front of his chest, bowed slightly, and spoke in a flattering tone:
"Hello, Miss Zoe."
Not long after, there was another knock on Hughes' office door.
"Come in."
Xius was selecting the extraordinary people who would be traveling with the team. When he looked up, he found that Zoe had walked in with a large group of people, and there were some people outside the door looking in.
Judging from their appearance, they should be factory workers, right? Hughes's expression became serious. If there was trouble or an accident in the factory, the supervisor should come to him, but now a group of workers came. It didn't look like a small matter. Hughes had once required that workers could report problems to higher levels, and if they encountered serious problems, they could come directly to him.
This is to prevent factory supervisors from abusing their power and deceiving their superiors.
Now that so many workers have come here, it must be something important. It can't be for a pay raise, right? "Lord, do you need any help?"
The banshee's voice was heard through the mind link. The banshee's duty room was nearby, so it could be considered a precaution. If anyone wanted to harm Zeus, the banshee could come over quickly.
It's really fast. Banshees usually go through the door, but that doesn't mean they can only go through the door.
The walls of the two rooms were deliberately not reinforced with steel bars, so the banshees could break in in the next second if they wanted to.
Sensing the movement in Zeus's room, the banshee on duty was ready and could provide support at any time if needed.
"It's okay. Those who come here are workers. I'll find you if I need anything."
"receive"
Hughes raised his head and looked at the workers.
He still had a high level of trust in these workers, who, regardless of their origins, had experienced the war together in Castres.
Whether on the battlefield or in the factory, they have all contributed a lot to Castel. Even if there were spies among them, they should be Castel people now.
So Hughes stood up without hesitation and walked up to these slightly reserved workers.
"You guys. Huh?"
Xius suddenly blinked. These workers looked familiar.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Kyle, Hodge, are you coming from the Rhine?"
The workers were a little surprised. They didn't expect that the lord could remember them even though they had only met him once.
Of course, for Xius, these are the co-workers with whom he has spent a lot of time.
Hughes's eyes softened a lot.
The short Hodge stepped forward and bowed respectfully. "Lord, we are all from the Rhine. We heard that Miss Zoe is going to take people to the mainland. We, we want to go back and take a look."
He then quickly added, "We are not leaving all of us. We know that Castel is very short of people right now. We just want one or two people to pass on a message for us. You know, we have been away from Rhine for a long time and we are a little worried about our families."
Hodge spoke very sincerely, he had practiced this rhetoric many times. Their group had stayed in Castel for more than half a year, and there had been no news from the Rhine long ago.
Although some of these workers are orphans, some still have relatives who depend on them, but so much time has passed that no one knows what the situation is like.
Originally, Zeus was planning to send a ship to pick up their families, but unfortunately, Castel was soon pulled into another space and only came out now.
Rheinius sighed secretly.
He called all the workers into the house. There were quite a few workers and the house was a little crowded. People looked at Xius with some trepidation and anticipation.
This made Xius feel even more depressed.
"Everyone, I already know your needs. It's a very reasonable request to want to visit your relatives."
The workers were a little agitated, and some looked happy. Did the lord allow this?
But the smarter ones felt a jolt in their hearts. Looking at Xius's face, they always had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Hughes' next sentence took a sharp turn for the worse.
"But the current situation on the continent is not very good. The queen was assassinated, Tis Territory became independent from the empire, and several major churches united to control the upper echelons of the empire."
The room fell silent. Every word of these sentences was like a bolt from the blue. These workers were all young and had only seen the glorious days of the empire. How could they have imagined that such a change would occur?
"We need to visit the Principality of Tis this time. It is confronting the Empire on the border. You can't go there even if you want to."
Feeling the solemn atmosphere in the room, Xiu Si quickly added: "But there is no need to worry too much. Although the continent is in chaos, the Rhine is still very safe. After all, it is the capital of the empire, and the impact from outside cannot reach there."
Most of the workers were from the Rhine. Although they were the lower-class people who died in large numbers in the slums every year, they still benefited from the city.
The war cannot reach there.
"Kyle, I remember you served in the Skitarii?"
The sturdy man shuddered and quickly bowed: "Yes, sir!"
"You will be the leader of the Crusader Army this time. Go check out the situation across the sea."
Hughes's eyes swept across the crowd and lingered on Hodge for a moment.
Hodge seems to have a sister named Lina, right? (End of this chapter)
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