Jelly tilted her head and stared at Jelly in front of her, her sleepy eyes, and her steps that were already somewhat unsteady.

Now after having an attack, she looked even more tired, as if she was just hanging on for a breath and holding on until she spoke.

In the past, he just thought that the youngest necromancer in the guild was a cute girl with a very out-of-the-box personality.

But now he realized that in addition to being a cute and lively girl, she was also a necromancer who believed in death and had a strong personality.

...Oh, forget it. After all, he is still a member of a guild.

Thinking about it carefully, there is no need for Jelly to let Coco continue to hold on like this just because of the slight discomfort in his heart. Now, the entire guild members should rest as soon as possible instead of consuming themselves internally here.

After thinking about this, Jelly finally exhaled, lowered his head and looked at the ground. After holding it in for a while, he reluctantly spoke——

"Coco...sister..."

Pat pat pat——

At this moment, the cold breath of death in the entire hall disappeared instantly. The undead soldiers that had gathered just now all turned into dust and disappeared.

Jiji raised his head and saw that Coco, who was still furious just now, fell to the floor with a thud, his eyes closed, and he seemed to have fallen asleep as if dead.

Brad stuck out his head, felt the temperature in the air for a while, and then breathed a sigh of relief. He covered the parfait in his hand and whispered a few words of comfort. Parfait was really tired now.

With comfort, I finally fell asleep again.

It's just that Brad just wanted to settle his companion as soon as possible, so he didn't come to help Coco, but said casually: "Well, Jiji, you take her back to the room and arrange for her to sleep too."

After saying that, Brad protected Buffy with his hands, placed her carefully on the table, and at the same time took some milk and put it in front of her.

Jiji turned around and saw Coco lying on the ground snoring. He could only sigh helplessly, stepped forward, picked up the necromancer, and started walking along the stairs towards the second floor.

.

At this time, the door to the guild hall opened again, and a large group of guild members headed by Ariel finally walked back with tired steps.

As soon as he entered the door, Cheese ignored his physical fatigue and glanced directly at the hall, saying, "Where's Mochi? She came back first."

Brad immediately replied: "Jiji took her back to the room to rest."

Hearing that his compatriots were now resting, Cheese also breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this time, Margot also saw Jie Jie who was walking on the second floor carrying Coco on his back, and asked casually: "What is our little handsome guy doing now?"

Brad didn't even raise his head: "Help Coco go back to the room. Coco was angry at Jelly just now, and she was very angry. It seemed that it was because Jelly refused to get closer to her. Moreover, Ke Ke also scolded her.

He's a playboy."

At that moment, the entire guild members stood at the door as if struck by lightning. No one spoke or moved. Everyone's eyes fell on the one-armed man on the second floor, silently

Watching him help Keke into her room. All the while, silently, watching...

"Okay, let's stop the gossip here. Everyone is tired today... take a rest first."

Although Ariel also wanted to know what happened here, did such and such ambiguous relationships suddenly appear in her guild without her knowledge? However, these gossip news can relieve the tension, but they cannot be regarded as

Look at things seriously.

She asked other members to pile a lot of information on the table nearby and said: "After we have rested, we have a lot of things to deal with. Our next work... can be said to be very arduous."

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Maintaining a guild is one thing.

But maintaining a city is another matter.

The difficulty of managing a dozen people in a guild is completely different from the difficulty of managing tens of thousands of people in a city. Don't look at the fact that everyone in the Adventurer's Guild has special skills, which are extremely powerful. But there is no Pelican.

In the rear area of ​​​​the city, no matter how powerful the guild is, it will face the situation of falling apart.

But now, there are two problems that are definitely not small in Pelican City.

The emergence of these issues also represents the focus of Ariel's next work.

The next day, Ariel immediately summoned all the prominent people and government officials in Pelican City, and also invited the flower fairies and members of the vampire clan. Together with her own guild members, she came to the Mermaid Song Guild to start discussing the recent situation.

Problems that arise in Pelican City.

That afternoon, when everyone arrived one after another, Ariel had already asked the members to decorate the entire guild hall, ensuring that everyone had a seat and placing some simple tea fruits.

After everyone was seated, Ariel nodded slightly, and the little round cheese on the side responded with a nod and said: "Now, we have a meeting. Today's meeting is hosted by the mayor of Pelican City and the Mermaid Song Guild.

The president, Ariel Viscount Garcia, is here to discuss the two major issues currently occurring in Pelican City. Now, I would like to invite Mayor Garcia to speak."

Under everyone's gaze, Ariel cleared her throat slightly, stood up, and said——

"Thank you for coming to this meeting at this time, so I won't say any more polite words. I believe everyone has heard about the murder of Mr. Gatlin two days ago, right? I have compiled it here.

Let me give you the general cause and result of the incident. Just in case, I will give a basic line of events so that we can all stand on the same starting line."

As Ariel finished speaking, Brad and Coco behind him had already lifted up the whiteboard and pasted clues on it one by one.

Afterwards, Ariel briefly introduced the story of the Gatling murder incident, then slowly exhaled and said——

"This is the information we have at Mermaid Song. If there is anything that is not very detailed, you are welcome to add it. But now, let me raise an urgent question that we have so far. That is..."

Ariel paused for a moment, then exhaled and said——

"What should we do with our elemental gun?"

As soon as these words came out, many people present couldn't help but take a deep breath. Even though some people had been mentally prepared for a long time, they were still surprised that the mayor was now speaking outright about this matter.

Be surprised.

Ariel saw that everyone here had complicated expressions, and then continued -

"There is no doubt that the elemental gun helped us defeat the Royal Knights and defeat the former president of the largest guild in the Blue Bay Empire in one fell swoop. This is definitely a record to be proud of and cannot be denied no matter what."

"But now the problem has arisen. The elemental gun helped us defeat the enemy. But when we were preparing for war, these weapons were extremely intimidating. It was so powerful that even my guild members could not approach rashly.

Be careful about the risk of getting hit."

"Although he is not a member of my guild, the elemental gun shot two days ago injured a member of the vampire clan. According to the information I got, the vampire friend has not recovered yet, right?"

Bronze Hand, the representative of the vampire clan, nodded and said: "The power of the elemental gun is beyond our imagination. Although it is not as good as the injury caused by being directly bathed in the holy light, the bullet cracked in the body, shattering the muscles and

The destructive power of the internal organs, and the sequelae of the fragments still remaining in the body, it is not that easy to recover."

Ariel nodded and continued: "Yes, the elemental gun is very powerful. In my opinion, such a powerful weapon should not be kept in the hands of ordinary people. Although we relied on everyone's strength two months ago to attack

The enemy has been driven away, and the elemental guns have remained in your hands. But now, I still hope that you can tell the people in the city that the elemental guns should be collected again and cannot be placed in the hands of ordinary civilians. Everyone, I think this is the case

How?"

In response to Ariel's proposal, everyone's faces showed some expressions of agreement. However, there were also some people whose expressions were very complicated, far from the tone of easy agreement.

"Mr. Mayor, as the current acting leader of the militia, I have something to say."

The one who spoke now was a civilian who had performed very well in the battle before. Because of his steady character, Ariel appointed him to manage those who held weapons.

The militia leader - Vodka Tiepao crossed his hands and said seriously -

"There is no doubt that I also agree with the power of elemental guns, and I also agree that elemental guns should be controlled."

"But please don't forget that we are still preparing for war. We don't know when the Blue Bay Empire will attack. We don't even know if they will go directly through Lagoon City when they attack. If we encounter

If there is a sudden attack and our soldiers have no weapons in their hands, the result will undoubtedly be fatal."

Ariel should have known something like this.

This... thing about "power".

Compared with mages who can always hold the most powerful swords in their hands and can cast magic at will, ordinary workers and farmers seem to be born with nothing to do with this "power".

After all, they work very hard just to feed themselves, and they don’t have much energy to continue to exercise and improve themselves without giving birth. Even those who have magical talents, in the years and life, they can continue to exercise their bodies and improve themselves.

It is impossible to become strong under pressure.

Therefore, power seems to have no connection with them.

From the moment they were born, they seemed destined to become these hard-working working people, and nothing would change throughout their lives.

But now...the elemental gun appears.

This kind of power does not require much exercise, and as long as the hands are sound, it can exert the same power as those knights and magicians who have been training diligently for a long time. Now it is in their own hands!

Right now, the threat from the Blue Bay Empire is not gone.

It has only been two months since the last battle ended. It is probably barely enough time for the news to spread back and forth and for the Imperial Army's troops to assemble. It is conceivable that there will definitely be more in the near future.

There is a difficult battle. In that battle, the enemy will definitely be mentally prepared, and it is completely impossible to have an honest and open confrontation like a cavalry charge.

Ariel is not worried that these people are afraid of death.

If they were afraid of death, they would have left Pelican City long ago and rebelled along with them.

What they fear is that when facing those well-trained enemies, they do not have the "power" in their hands that can compete with them...

In other words, after seeing the power of the elemental gun, a large part of the elemental gunmen in the entire city attributed their victory to the development of this new weapon, rather than to the unity of everyone in Pelican City to fight against the enemy...

…

At this time, if Ariel insists on taking back the elemental gun, it will naturally make them lose their support and feel that they have become weak again.

Ariel was certainly not unprepared for this issue.
To be continued...