Accompanying Mallus were more than a dozen apprentices he had trained personally, as well as several newly recruited wing cavalry and Varangian guards.
Lothar asked Mallus to select a site to build a blacksmith shop, while the Hussars and Varangian Guards returned to their respective groups.
It is worth mentioning that Pepin also changed his profession to a hussar, which meant he entered a circle that Lothar could trust without reservation.
"Get Julia here."
Julia, this female vampire with wheat-colored skin and long brown hair, has distinctive Dacian features.
"Stephanie, I'll leave it to you, can you do it?"
Julia looked embarrassed: "She has been wary of me for a long time. If she prepares guards with magic-blocking gold in advance, I may not be sure to kill her."
"You can't even assassinate a secular lord?"
Lothar frowned deeply.
Isn't this vampire too embarrassing?
Julia whispered: "I am just a small fifth-generation vampire. I am not that powerful to begin with. If Huaiya is still alive, I still have some confidence."
When it came to Huaiya, she didn't feel much regret.
Vampires don't have such deep feelings between each other. They just fly away when disaster strikes. It was precisely because she flew early that she died under Jeanne's holy spear.
However, Julia's talk of belittling her ability was actually just a shirk. She was still sure of killing Stephanie.
I didn't do that originally because people who wore shoes were afraid of going barefoot.
That's not the case now. Even the territory has been taken away anyway, and it doesn't matter whether the identity of the vampire will be exposed.
"Fifth Generation?"
Lothar frowned: "Tell me in detail how your vampires are classified?"
Julia said happily: "This is not a secret. It is purely measured according to the concentration of the blood of the true ancestors inherited in us."
"The fifth-generation vampires like us are the most numerous. They often refer to young vampires who have reached adulthood but are under three hundred years old."
"The average age of the fourth-generation vampires is over five hundred years, and they exist widely in Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia as lords. The third-generation vampires are even dubbed 'Duke' ' or 'prince title', and beyond that it's just a legend."
"Then what generation do you think Fringilla is?"
"It should be the third generation, but I...I can't be sure. The lady's breath of blood is completely different from what I know. She is more alive and energetic."
Lothar thought for a moment and felt that the idea of sending Fringilla alone to try to unify the vampire forces was too risky, so she gave up for the time being.
"One more thing, do you know which places have the strongest power and are the most notorious?"
He was said to be a local tycoon, but he actually owned manors and raised private soldiers. He was no different from a lord, except that he had no legal support and had to pay an extra layer of tax to the lord.
"Hussein near Henus Castle was a cruel and stingy man who secretly funded many bandits. At the beginning, some tax collectors in my territory also cried to me that he robbed their caravans, but this Hussein He paid me a tribute in a sensible manner, and I left it alone."
"That's it."
Lothar thought thoughtfully: "How many people does this Hussein have?"
"On the surface, there are only a dozen guards, but it is said that the gang of robbers he funded has hundreds of people."
Lothar couldn't help but said: "You already have hundreds of people armed, but as the lord of Henus, you don't even care?"
Julia said nonchalantly: "I am a human noble here to enjoy myself, not really to manage the territory? If he annoys me, I will find a time in the dead of night to kill his whole family."
Lothar frowned and said, "Okay, I understand, be prepared and set out immediately to assassinate Stephanie. The technique must be clean and neat, so that no one can detect the clues."
Julia was dissatisfied: "Sir, I told you I can't do it!"
Lothar stood up, and the blood magic lingered. The majestic magic formed the outline of a ferocious beast behind him, with dark scales, huge eyes like lanterns, and a pair of eyes that just curled up and occupied The giant wings covered the entire wall.
It is so towering and terrifying.
The majestic body seemed to hold up the dome of the entire castle - this was a dragon, an ancient dragon lurking in Lothar's dragonborn bloodline.
He emphasized his tone and said again: "Start immediately. If you can't do it, you will die."
Julia's face was pale, and the fangs at the corners of her mouth stretched out unconsciously, piercing her lips. She stayed there without speaking for a long time.
Until the shadow of the evil dragon dissipates.
Julia just sat down on the ground.
Her lips were trembling.
My heart is screaming.
"I, I'm so stupid, really. I just knew that this guy was so lucky and had the allegiance of witches, werewolves and vampires. It turns out that this guy is the real most terrifying monster."
Lothar raised her tone: "Did you hear that?"
Julia hurriedly said: "I heard it, I heard it. I will set off immediately. Even if I risk my life, I will kill Stephanie - her husband. If you need it, I can also take care of it."
Lothar waved her hand: "No, just take her life. You are too weak and of limited use to me. If this thing cannot be done, I will let Fringilla cancel your blood contract." .”
Julia asked tentatively: "You want to set me free?"
Lothar smiled, showing two rows of white teeth: "What do you think?"
Julia immediately understood that what Lota meant was that if she had no use value, she would not be qualified to occupy a blood contract quota in Fringilla.
The natural outcome is death!
...
After spending the first few days of busy life before being sent away, Lothar became leisurely again.
As a lord, a normal life involves indulging in pleasure every day, hunting in his spare time, bullying unruly people, and playing with maids. How can there be so much government affairs to deal with?
Let's just say that I have been quite busy these days, and I am also busy accepting interviews and visits from lower-level vassals.
There were a lot of gifts, but there were very few things that really needed him to deal with.
As a lord, just collecting taxes is enough.
Malus's blacksmith shop has been opened in a manor on the Jordan River.
Most of the iron ore currently used was purchased by merchants in the territories of his vassals.
Lothar didn't rush to slay the dragon immediately, because he had a lot of things at hand recently, and he couldn't have vassals who were tired from traveling and came to visit, only to find that the rightful owner was not there.
There are many kinds of creatures like dragons, but except for a few dragons' shame or dragons in the juvenile stage, most of them are extremely powerful.
If many human nobles find that a giant dragon appears in their territory, they will either spend a lot of money to hire witches and other spellcasters to drive it away.
Or a reward could be issued to encourage a group of landless knights who were not afraid of death to go on a journey to slay dragons - often the result was that the dragons they annoyed could not sleep peacefully and had to leave while cursing their bad luck.
But there are a few dragons that are actually killed by the knights. The dragon slayers gain fame, and the corpses of dragon creatures are used as prizes to show off their bravery.
At this time, the monetary reward is not important.
Because reputation is sometimes more important to knights than money.
With the reputation of a dragon slayer, not only could one be accepted as a vassal by a lord and join the ranks of true nobles, one could also marry a beautiful widow and directly inherit the latter's power, which could be said to be a step to the sky.
In short, this is a method with great benefits, but a very small success rate. For decades, Lothar has never heard of the deeds of a truly famous "dragon slayer".
"A reputation as a dragon slayer should be able to scare away many people with ulterior motives."
Lothar said to himself.
Outside the Lord's Hall, there was the sound of horse hooves.
More than a dozen winged cavalry were ready, and Lothar decided to take Jeanna, Prajna and Fringilla with them, all of whom were dispatched, leaving only Ulm and other court officials to deal with matters in Hebron.
