"Lord Viscount, we meet again"
To Lant's surprise, outside the tailor shop, Lant met Dugan Blue Dragon, the school's combat examiner, senior knight, and former captain of a certain knighthood, who was vying for him.
"What a coincidence." Lant was quite surprised to see Du Heng. In his impression, the examiner had some opinions about him.
"It's no coincidence. I'm waiting for you here specifically." Dugan's attitude was sincere, but Lant didn't understand why Dugan was waiting here.
Dugan Blue Dragon invited Lant to a high-end restaurant. Compared with the small restaurants near the school, the decoration here is very grand, and even the drinks are extracted from magic plants.
"I want to join your territory." Dugan said bluntly, "To be honest, I used to be the squadron leader of the Palace Knights. Nine years ago, I was assigned to the school as a teacher because of some things."
Of course Lant knew that Du Hei must have changed from a knight squadron captain to a school examiner because of the palace coup that year.
"You are a senior knight. There must be many nobles who want you to be a family knight, right?" Lant didn't know Dugan's true thoughts.
I just thought it was a little weird that he suddenly brought it up, so Lant wanted to make fun of it and get over it today.
“I’ve been at the school for nine years.”
Lant thought it was right, so he simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly. "In that case, why do you want to join my territory?"
"As far as I know, you now have a knighthood of hundreds of people, but there is no senior knight or grand knight to lead the team. And I have very rich experience in this area. I am willing to bring several groups from the past palace knights I leave the skills to you.”
Lant didn't say anything, but he was really moved. With the number of junior and intermediate knights he had, he only needed one or two senior knights as captains, and his Galloping Horse Knights would be able to overwhelm the Maned Wolf Knights.
But Dugan has an inherent flaw. His surname is Blue Dragon. Now Lant is really not sure whether Dugan simply wanted to come here on his own or was appointed by the Blue Dragon family.
Although Lant is only a viscount now, he had regarded the entire southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains as his own territory two months ago, and he did not want the powerful Blue Dragon family to take a fancy to it.
"I do have a knighthood of hundreds of people, and I do need a strong captain," Lant finally spoke, "But Mr. Dugan, why would you condescend to form a knighthood of a viscount?
Although I have many demon supporters, most of them are miners in the salt mines, and they may have to return to the salt mines to continue working in the future.
I have no war to fight at the moment, and I have no intention of starting a war with my lord. "
"I know that if you have any dissatisfaction with the Maned Wolf family, you can just raise it directly in front of Blue Magpie City," Dugan smiled, knowing that Lant at least did not reject him.
"I chose you because you have already taken over the Lot territory and will definitely open up the entire Galloping Horse Plains in the future."
"I am not the first Viscount Roth."
"But you are the first Viscount Lot to sweep across the Galloping Horse Plains. You can't let the barbarians farm to feed themselves, right?
There are not only salt mines but also iron mines on the plains. Only by capturing the iron mines can you truly gain control of the Galloping Horse Plains.
But even if you are secure, you still need a group of senior knights and even great knights to guard you. "
Well, everyone is aware of my little thoughts. The steps Du He mentioned are basically Lant's future plans.
Lant found that even on the frontier, it was difficult to hide his plans.
"So I really want to know if you came to me today because of your family's kindness?"
"The Blue Dragon family has good intentions towards you, but it has nothing to do with me. There are more than 40 families under the Blue Dragon surname. In my family, there has only been one magister, and I am the first high-level knight."
"Well, before I answer you, I want to ask you something old."
"Sir, I'm afraid it's not convenient for me to answer what happened 9 years ago."
"It doesn't take 9 years, it only takes 5 years," Rant replied while thinking, "Who wants to care about your coup 9 years ago?"
. . . . . . .
"Are you talking about the conflict between the nobles and the civilian mage apprentices five years ago? I understand," Dugan said, as if he was lost in memories.
"I remember that girl's name was Wendy, right?
She was truly an unforgettable girl. At that time, the Tower of Purity had given a special quota."
Lant didn't expect that this matter could actually involve the Imperial City. He originally thought it was a matter of jealousy among students.
"What happened to the Tower of Purity?"
"You don't think that a noble boy can kidnap a civilian student on his own? After all, this school was founded by Mr. McLaren."
"When Wendy came here, a group of intermediate magicians from the Tower of Purity came to serve as teachers. This was an exchange project between the Tower of Purity and magic schools in various kingdoms.
At that time, Wendy had already demonstrated magical talents that were far beyond ordinary people. She could even communicate with magical fairies, which was considered something only a magister could do.
So when the project was about to end, the magicians of the Tower of Purity invited Grand Magister Teferi. Grand Magister Teferi has been committed to discovering potential magic apprentices. After conducting a series of tests, he The Dragon Kingdom secured a spot to go to the Tower of Purity.
That quota allows the kingdom to send a magic apprentice directly to the Tower of Purity. Although it is not stated clearly, this quota is obviously for Wendy. "
"So it was that quota that harmed Wendy?"
"Yes, the Tower of Purity means the road to legend, and no one will be tempted."
"Whose child is there?"
"Flying Dragon"
"I see." Lant understood somewhat, "But are they so merciful? Didn't they kill Wendy?"
"You... you should stay in school for a few more days to learn the basic knowledge," Dugan said awkwardly.
"After the church was unified, that is, starting from 300 years ago, after a believing demon holder dies abnormally, his resentment and afterimages will be noticed by the church and sent to the adjudication department of the empire. Once the adjudication is made, The company believes that the demon possessor has been deliberately murdered, and will send corresponding forces to verify and punish." Dugan explained.
Therefore, the investigation consisting of the remnants of the deceased is called the final appeal of death. Officially, this system ensures that the battles between the human demons will basically not hurt lives.
Of course, such a death appeal system would be difficult to work on the Galloping Horse Plains due to the turbulence of magic. The barbarians would not kill the human demon possessors just to increase the number of slaves. The human race's refusal to kill each other was a real guarantee for the gods.
This also explains that in the previous fighting assessment, Dugan has been playing foil with Lant, and Lant has been using fatal moves, because in Dugan's eyes, both warring parties must avoid accidentally killing people; while Lant has been running Ma Pingyuan was fighting, all he knew was to avoid missing kills.
"This is what children must learn in the first month of school, and it is the three main points that must be remembered as a demon holder. However, you are on the Galloping Horse Plains, so you probably won't need this."
"That's why there are so many exiled or ostracized demon supporters on the Galloping Horse Plains." Lant finally understood why he had been able to "pick up" so many subordinates in the past two months.
"Of course, there are always exceptions to everything. It is said that the nobles of Kirislav were very rough in their work. They often got their enemies drunk and threw them into the river in winter. Because the final complaint of death requires the deceased to have strong resentment, so drunken drowning is unlikely to cause death. Final appeal.”
"But there will always be doubts," Lant could probably guess. "Examiner Dugan, I really need a senior knight, but I also need someone who can prove your ability."
So Lant arranged a task for Dugan and asked Dugan to help him find student information.
Of course, Dugan didn't just come with his mouth. He gave Lant a letter and asked Lant to pass it on to Count Corbin Gioson, saying that the count would take more care of Lant after reading the letter.
