"Ah... Viscount Lant, I also say hello to you." The eldest son of the Maned Wolf looked at Lant, and once again recalled Lant's blood-stained armor under Blue Magpie City, he couldn't help but shudder.
"My father has always told me that our Benma family's caravan relies on your care every time it comes to Maned Wolf City." Lant said while asking someone to bring a magic sealed box. "I'm here specifically this time." I brought you some specialties from the plains, I hope the eldest master won’t dislike it.”
This magic-sealing box was specially modified by Lant and Wendy. It looked even more gorgeous, which made the eldest son's eyes widen when he saw it.
"This... Viscount is too polite, what is here?
"Specialty, a pair of magic pattern iron armor"
"What?" The eldest young master who just picked up the box almost didn't catch it.
A pair of plate armor worn by an intermediate knight needs animal skin as an inner lining, and is equipped with an iron plate, arm armor, and skirt armor. Generally, it does not come with a helmet or boots. The price of such a suit in Rand is 200 gold coins.
Drawing magic patterns and magic circles on iron armor generally requires a junior mage or above to do it alone. The material cost alone requires 1 gold coin. The price of drawing is calculated separately. Generally, for a junior mage to draw a magic pattern, it costs at least 1 gold coin, and a painting Although there may only be 2-3 effects on the armor, the same magic pattern needs to be painted on all unconnected armors. In addition to the premium, armor with a magic pattern array starts at least 250 gold coins.
Such a price is indeed extremely profitable, but the only place in the entire prairie that can produce iron armor is the iron ore area in the southwest of the prairie. It is said that there is a group of semi-dwarves among the barbarians there, so they have an iron armor production process that far exceeds that of humans. In addition, It is Kuryagan from the salt mine who has the ability to flip armor. The armor made by other humans is much inferior in terms of materials and craftsmanship.
Before Lant came, he made 4 sets of magic pattern armor. The armors were repaired by Kur Yagan who found 4 sets of good quality among the previously seized Gray Goose armors. As for the magic patterns, they were naturally drawn by Wendy herself. .
After looking at Bob's accounting, Lant found that the eldest son of the Maned Wolf had been spoiled by the Viscount. It would be difficult to tempt him with trivial tricks, and would even make the eldest son feel slighted.
So I decided to use the magic pattern iron armor to knock the young master unconscious. As long as Lant could connect to the earl himself as soon as possible, the expenses for the eldest young master could be saved.
"My father doesn't have magic-patterned iron armor yet. This is not good..." The eldest son held the magic-sealing box tightly in his hands and kept muttering.
"By the way, I also prepared magic pattern armor for the earl, and asked the eldest master to recommend it." Lant whispered in the ear of the senior knight, "Don't worry, yours is of the same quality as the earl's."
"Ah, yes, the Viscount is here today. My father specifically told me to invite you over as soon as I see you." As he said this, the eldest son got on his horse. "You guys, don't charge me. Didn't you see that this is my hall?" Brother? They are all family members."
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"Kebbins Maned Wolf! You clown who betrays your oath and betrays your oath for profit, I curse you in the name of the Dragon King!"
"Your Majesty, can you look at the flags behind me? The owner behind these flags is the entire kingdom. You have lost the support of the nobles!"
"Oh? Why do you think that in your eyes, the various big families that account for less than 1/5 of the demon possessors are all the nobles of the kingdom?"
Even though he already knew that he had once again fallen into the nightmare of the past, Earl Kempins could not escape from such a real dream.
"Then let me calculate with you how many people there are in your so-called entire kingdom!
All the demon possessors of the earl and above families control nearly 1/2 of the demon possessor families. The demon possessors of this family only account for 1/5 of the entire kingdom. Among them, the main head of the family, the master, controls less than 1/2 of the demon possessors. /10, even if it is strict to junior level and above, it only accounts for less than 1/5.
You, less than 20% of the knights, priests and magicians, are planning to dethrone the king based on their own surnames and bloodlines? "
"Your Majesty, you really believe what the Palace Chief said. They have always wanted to separate the royal family and the nobility, the nobility and the vassals. Please think about it, you are also among the small group of people you mentioned!
It is true that the kingdom's big families have a small proportion of demon possessors, but the proportion of those who are high-level and above is much larger. When it comes to legends, they are basically all from big families.
Without the powerful professionals and legendary experts from the big family, who would protect the entire kingdom? "
"You are putting the cart before the horse!"
As the argument between the earl and the king became more intense, the flames in the palace grew larger and the temperature grew higher.
"Master! Master! Wake up! Come quickly and put out the fire!"
The earl was awakened by the butler. As expected, white smoke was coming from his abdomen. Servants kept running outside the door of the lord's room.
The water mage from the count's family in the castle was invited over, and the white flames on the count's body were suppressed by water magic.
"Father! What's going on?" Fernando happened to come in and encountered this scene.
"It doesn't matter, it's an old problem. The curse personally placed by His Majesty back then has been able to last until now." The earl smiled bitterly.
His current dream and the Long Yan wound on his body are all part of the curse. The Dragon King of those days stood on the throne and cursed that he would never be promoted and that his family would not last long.
The old maned wolf knows that this is a former friend who still misses some old feelings, otherwise he will force him to go to the palace in public. Even the pillars of the country cannot withstand the curse of His Majesty the throne.
"Father, the Viscount Lante is here." Fernando said.
"Really? Just let him come see me later."
When the count heard that Fernando had called Lante yesterday "that lucky boy" and "the fourth boy of the Galloping Horse family" and now he had become "Viscount Lante", he knew that his son was collecting other people's things again.
"Sir, the bishop is here." The butler walked in
"Okay, after the bishop finishes treating me, let Viscount Lant come to see me."
"Yes, sir."
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The entire Earl's Palace is a medium-sized castle. In addition to several 5- and 6-story high-rise buildings, there are also several complete gardens, ponds, complete city walls, city gates, towers and stables, and even a small vegetable patch and magic potions. plantation.
The eldest son led Lant around and around, passing several small gardens, and stopped in front of a six-story building in the center of the castle.
The eldest son went into the building alone to report, while Lant was waiting in the garden outside the building.
"Isn't this Rand? My brother"
Lant didn't expect to meet relatives in this castle. The speaker was Lant's third brother, Perry Galloping Horse, who was sent to the Temple Alliance Church in Dragon Tooth City not long after he inspired his bloodline to be a priest apprentice. , at this moment he followed another young man dressed as a mid-level priest out of the building, and saw Lant at a glance.
Perry Galloping Horse is much older than Lante. He only goes home once a year when winter is approaching to spend the New Year with his family, and will return to Dragon Tooth City after the New Year.
"It's really you, Pelli, oh, my brother." Rant was indeed a little surprised, because he had almost forgotten what Pelli looked like.
"Yes, I didn't expect that you have changed so much in less than a year."
"Yeah, I've been through too much in the past two months." Lant pretended to be recalling, and suddenly asked, "Aren't you in Dragon Tooth City? Why did you end up in the Earl's Mansion?"
"Due to the recent unrest among the barbarians, the Archbishop was ordered to patrol the noble territories throughout the northwest to spread the oracles of the righteous gods. He also happened to lead the Dragon Knights to protect the believers."
"Having said this, I would like to thank you, Viscount Lant," another priest said, "Without you, I don't know how many disasters the Northwest Territory would have suffered."
"I forgot to introduce you. This is Fikri Maned Wolf. He is the third son of the earl and also my classmate in Dragon Tooth City."
"Hello, Third Young Master"
"If you can, please call me Priest Fekoli. I firmly believe that everyone is equal under the temple."
"Of course, Priest Fekoli," Lant thought to himself, "Everyone is equal under the temple, but some people will secretly become gods."
"Lant, let me tell you some good news. After I finish my work here, I can go directly back to the Galloping Horse Territory. This year, the archbishop specially allowed me to go home earlier."
"Great, I'll leave a horse for you, and you can just find our caravan outside the city."
Before Lant could finish chatting with his third brother, the earl butler walked out of the house.
"Viscount Lant, your lordship invites you to come and see him."
