Maned Wolf City, there is a huge suite in the Earl's castle, which has a complete living room, reception room, study room and bedroom, and even an exercise room and meditation room.
Everything here is customized according to the floor height of 10 meters, and the sports hall of several hundred square meters even has a super height of 30 meters.
The owner here, the northwestern Earl of the Dragon Kingdom, Kempins Maned Wolf, once built this lord-specific room after he broke through to become a Silver Knight. At that time, he firmly believed that he could continue to break through to become a Sky Knight and fly in the air with fighting spirit.
At this moment, the 3-meter-tall Earl is resting in the living room. He is thin and half-lying on a magic rattan chair. This kind of chair can adjust the angle and length, is very sturdy, and is very popular among those who support magic.
The count closed his eyes and recalled the days more than ten years ago, when he had just become the Silver Knight.
The most important thing for every noble is to continue to make breakthroughs, for the family to obtain excellent bloodline inheritance, and for the territory to continue to produce extraordinary output.
Earl Maned Wolf was no exception. At that time, he was very ambitious. In order for his family to take a step forward, he had to continuously serve a big family.
Until that day he took his wife into the trap of conspiracy. . .
"Master? The eldest young master is already outside the door." The housekeeper stood behind him at some point and reported softly.
The count opened his eyes. "Oh, he's coming? Let him come in."
The 4-meter-high door was opened, and a handsome knight walked in quickly.
"Father, I just received it." The person who came was Fernando Maned Wolf, the eldest son of the Count. This young man has been the most dazzling child in the entire Maned Wolf City since he was a child. He was already a junior knight at the age of 15 and broke through to the intermediate level at the age of 20. Already broke through to the senior ranks two years ago at the age of 25.
The earl took the note and sighed, "Lot is really good at making money. 10,000 gold coins in 7 years. Aren't you afraid of choking to death?"
"This greedy guy only sells salt and iron, but he dares to smuggle armor and war horses to the Frostwolf family," Fernando said through gritted teeth.
"The nobles' way of doing things is to give their subordinates space to develop, but not to be too indulgent. In the past few years, I have focused my attention on Dragon Tooth City and neglected the management of these border nobles." Earl He attaches great importance to the cultivation of his eldest son, hoping that he can realize his wish to revitalize the family.
"You will face the same situation in the future. If you want to handle it well, you must have a good attitude."
"How should I master it?"
"Let the knights assemble, but don't set off yet. I want to teach Lot a lesson."
"Yes, father"
In the eyes of the Earl of Maned Wolf, the winter of 996 will be a little cooler on the border, but it is only slightly colder than previous years. As long as his Maned Wolf Knights are in hand, there will be no accidents.
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Roth territory, Viscount Castle study room. Although Viscount Roth and Baron Galloping Horse belong to the same clan, the magnificence of Viscount Roth's castle is far beyond that of Baron Galloping Horse.
The Viscount's castle also has three floors. It is very similar to Hack's castle in function, but is three times larger than the Baron's castle in area. Besides the main castle, there is also a large auxiliary castle and warehouse.
The current Viscount of Roth, Bob Roth, was once the deputy leader of the Knights of the Maned Wolf. Eight years ago in 988, there was a large-scale barbarian invasion. The then Viscount Lot entrusted the people of the territory to Huck Galloping Horse, and he led his knights to deal with the barbarians, and unfortunately died.
Bob inherited the Lott Territory, which has developed rapidly since then. There are two ways of running Bob's business: merchants in the Benma Plain and the Wangdu relationship network.
He hooked up with the Frostwolf family, a large trading firm in the royal capital, Longya City, and sold specialties from the Galloping Horse Plains to the royal capital through Frostwolf, earning higher profits.
Today, the Viscount Roth has 60 households and a population of more than 600. There are 5 knights in the Roth family, 12 family knights in the castle, and 8 knights in the 4 fiefdoms (including reserve knights). Such strength lies in 8 It was accumulated through Bob's management on the basis that the group was almost wiped out a few years ago.
At this moment, the Viscount is in his study. He has just finished writing a list of supplies to be sent to the Gray Goose Tribe.
Although Viscount Bob was the deputy leader of the Knights, he once studied in Dragon Tooth City, and his business contacts also came from his school days.
Bob looked at the list in his hand and felt reluctant to part with it. These were all the things he had worked hard to save over the past few years. Every copper coin should be used for more meaningful things.
In Bob's opinion, when the critical moment has arrived, it is a normal operation for a big noble to scatter the side branches as bargaining chips.
More than ten years ago, the Frostwolf family in the royal capital was involved in a scandal involving liaisons with barbarians, and the business manager at the time was directly pushed out to take the blame. It is said that the whereabouts of the brother and sister were later unknown.
Now I am just following the practices of the big family.
He didn't agree with his brother's idea of rushing to the front and letting his subordinates take care of the people.
In his eyes, the Roth family, as the main branch, should be preserved.
But this side branch was so unconscious that he actually fled with all the people in the territory with only one knight apprentice left, a knight apprentice. Even if you keep the people in the territory, you can't inherit the barony. Why can't you contribute yourself to keep the entire Lot territory?
Every year when Bob went to the Galloping Plains to do business, he brought Huck with him. Over the years, Huck and his sons were considered the best barons in the entire northwest earldom.
Why should I make you rich? Isn’t it just to let you come in at the critical moment? Why don't you show any gratitude, and now you actually need me to pay so much money to feed those barbarians?
Viscount Roth was very angry.
The study door was pushed open, and Bob's son Del Rote came in, "Father, is the list finalized? That Gray Goose messenger can't wait."
"Then let him get lost!" Bob roared. Bob cared very much about the identity and status of the nobles. He could not tolerate an ordinary barbarian demon wielder bossing around in front of him.
"Tell him that the count's knights will be here tomorrow, and then his gray duck leader will have to lead them back to the plains like flying."
"Father, this is the second thing I want to say." Del took out a note, "This was sent by Captain Croni Red Dragon."
"What?" He just sent someone to hand over this note? Crony Red Dragon is the nephew of Kempins Maned Wolf and once worked with Bob Rote in the Order of the Maned Wolf.
The two are not only classmates in the capital and colleagues in Earl City, but also partners on the business route from the Galloping Horse Plains to the royal capital.
Now that he is in dire straits, after asking for help from Maned Wolf City, only a note came from him?
Bob finished the note, took one look at it, then rolled it up into a ball and threw it to the ground. “This jackal, this scavenging hound, this unfed fool!
He actually said that the Knights were temporarily unable to mobilize due to repairs? Do you think that if you bleed me, those barbarians will be able to leave after smelling the blood? "The above words are scolding the Maned Wolf family. In fact, Bob Rote and Fernando Maned Wolf have a better relationship.
Fernando Maned Wolf has become the first deputy leader of the Maned Wolf Knights since he broke through to become a senior knight three years ago.
The leader is Count Maned Wolf, the first deputy leader is Fernando Maned Wolf, the second deputy leader is a senior knight in charge of training, and the third deputy leader is Crony Red Dragon, Red Dragon The surname is the royal surname of the Dragon Kingdom.
The Earl of Maned Wolf intermarried with the Red Dragon family, and invited a nephew of the Red Dragon to come to the Knights to serve as the deputy leader in charge of external liaison to show his favor with the royal family.
Since Bob started large-scale smuggling 7 years ago, he knew the danger of eating alone, so every time he went to Maned Wolf City to do business, he would give Fernando the Maned Wolf a share.
Fernando Maned Wolf naturally accepted Bob's overtures, so in Bob's view, Maned Wolf City acquiesced in his business.
Not only Fernando the Maned Wolf, but also Croni, the steward of the Earl of the Maned Wolf, and the captain in charge of city defense often received Bob's benefits.
"Are these bastards so blinded by the gold coins that they think I can just pick up a random horse on the plains and sell it to the Maned Wolf City?"
"Father?"
"Every time I go out in a caravan, you have to share. My iron armor can only be sold to you at a low price. You always want to keep the best of my black scale horses. When I bring the Frostwolf family into the plains, you are better than Frost." It's hard to feel a wolf entering your castle.
Now that I am rich, I actually stood idly by when the barbarians invaded. Even if the barbarians drained my blood, they would not feed it to you! ” Bob was furious now.
People are always like this, they seem so justified when sacrificing others, and they even feel that the person being sacrificed is not very sensible.
When you are sacrificed, you will feel that the whole world has betrayed you.
"Tell the barbarian downstairs that these things will be delivered to Galloping Horse Territory in three days." Bob handed the list in his hand to his son, "Let all the knights gather at the castle. These barbarians will not be fed so easily. We have to Let them learn to keep their promises.”
"Yes, father"
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In a small hotel in Maned Wolf City, two young people were drinking in a room.
"Everything is going according to the chief's plan. The Baron of Galloping Horse has been emptied. Gray Goose's next step will definitely be to eat Lot. The maned wolves who sit back and watch their subordinates being destroyed by the barbarians will be punished by the dragon and the empire. This The two territories will become the chief meat in the multi-party game."
"Those are just two border territories. They live on a little private salt and private railroad every year. What really matters is guarding the Cornico Pass."
"Yes, the chief has captured Lot, which means he has closed the door to Cornico. At that time, people can be sent to explore Yeqi City, as long as the magic circle in Yeqi City can be restored."
"Then the Dianqian Secretary will become the master of Ye Qi and own the entire Benma Plain!"
"At that time, Yeqi City will become a stage for civilian mages and knights."
"Brother, just because you are a senior mage, you will definitely get a bigger stage. When the time comes, brother, you have to think of me."
"No way, aren't you the chief's fellow student?"
"What fellow disciple? Chief, when he was studying under Master Zhuo Qin, I was still a child. By the time I joined Master Zhuo Qin, the Chief had already entered the palace department."
"Hey, then you are also from the same sect. At least in the eyes of us outsiders, you are brothers."
"What? I'm just an intermediate mage. Back then I was just an apprentice among the master's disciples. Now I'm afraid I don't even have the chance to break through to the advanced level."
"How could it be possible? Once the Dianqian Division captures Yeqi City, we middle-level mages will have the opportunity to break through."
"Come, let's do it for Ye Qi"
"cheers"
"You are going to Brown Bear tomorrow, and I am going to the salt mine too. Let's take care of ourselves. See you in Yeqicheng in the future."
"Take care of yourself too"
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When the Gray Goose leader saw Viscount Roth's supply list, it was already several hours later.
"It seems like what the human boy said, the maned wolf will not rescue Lot." The gray goose leader smiled, which was very consistent with the information he had received before.
"I'm still worried. Is your plan too risky? On the human territory, their fighting spirit is stronger than our armor and war horses." The speaker was a priest from the Gray Goose Tribe. This priest's level was similar to that of an intermediate priest.
"Don't worry, Count Maned Wolf won't react until we take the Lot Castle. Even if we take it, he will only lead a large group of knights to hide behind the stone castle in the east and try to scare us."
"Old Maned Wolf used to be a Silver Knight"
"But he is not now. I have received news that this old wolf was cursed by a strong man when he was chasing fame and fortune a few years ago, and he has not been able to get over it now. As long as he dares to come out and fight me."
"Are we going to activate the curse on him? But then our horses won't be able to fly over the stone wall."
"Who said I have to jump over the city wall to fight them? There are so many nobles under the Maned Wolf around him, so wouldn't it be very easy for me to be a guest in the homes of these little nobles?"
"So you want to hold back the main force of the Maned Wolf and sweep through other noble territories?"
"Yes, there should be some magic doorways in Maned Wolf City, and we won't get any benefits if we go there.
But as long as the main force of the Maned Wolf is contained in the Blue Magpie Castle, our cavalry can quickly harvest the territories of 3 or 4 barons and viscounts nearby. These territories will provide us with at least a hundred slaves. This is what I want Really fancy. "
"Then after we sweep through, will the maned wolves directly fight us?"
"No, we don't need to take away all the demon-wishers and demon-free ones, we only need to take away half from each territory, so that the feudal nobles under the Maned Wolf will have to return to support the territory. The Maned Wolf doesn't have enough knights, so Don’t come back and cause trouble for us.”
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Facing the upcoming October of 1996, everyone had their own plans, and they all had new plans because of Rand's actions.
