Chapter 162 My target is the king
Leaving the gate of Ironforge, Raven thought that after a long battle, the nobles would have almost left. Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw that it was still crowded. The carriage was even more chaotic than when it arrived.
Already far away from their carriage, Eric and Vesdon saluted.
Denise opened the curtain and was relieved at first when she saw Raven returning safely. Then she looked at Raven carefully up and down, and then she breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that he was not injured.
Walking back to the carriage, Raven looked at the chaotic scene in front of him and asked, "What's going on?"
"A group of frightened quails." Vesdon looked disdainful: "I thought that after experiencing the chaos of the Death Hand Order, they would be more stable, but the result... bang!"
Leaven A smile appeared on his face. Vesdon, who had been tempered in the bloody highlands, was indeed qualified to look down on this group of nobles.
Compared to Vesdon, Eric was much more stable and began to explain the cause and effect of the matter to Raven.
The fighting broke out too suddenly at the funeral. Many of the nobles' grooms were still dining in the servants' rooms of the castle. Fear and panic were contagious, which resulted in many nobles who did not know how to drive. He panicked and tried to drive away.
Everyone wanted to be one step ahead, but they collided with each other due to their poor control of the car and their urgent mentality. Some nobles wanted to go around on both sides of the road, but they forgot that the carriage was more important than the horse itself. It wanted to be wider, so the entire road was blocked tightly.
After listening to Eric's story, Raven shook his head and smiled bitterly. Just as he was about to step forward to relieve the congestion, Denise asked: "Raven, why did you insist on staying in the castle before?"
"President Denise can't figure it out?" Raven joked, and then said: "Actually, I just went to get a bargain."
As he said that, Raven showed the signed contract. in hand.
Denise took it in her hand, with a look of astonishment in her eyes: "Yingbei Mountain, Thousand Needles Jungle, and Gray Mountain Mine, Raven, have you really done it!? ”
Hearing these words, Vesdon also came closer. Eric couldn’t get close, but he also looked at the content with his peripheral vision. For a while, the three of them had excited expressions on their faces, but The reasons vary.
Denise's focus was on the Eagle Beak Mountains, where the granite was produced.
Granite is a high-end building material that can only be produced by Yingzui Mountain in the entire Nord province. However, the market for high-end buildings in Nord province was close to saturation before, so the income was not outstanding.
But things are different now. The province of Nord has just experienced a turmoil, and the three counties have been wiped out. The nobles who fill these vacancies are not afraid to spend big money to build castles - after all, it is the face of the nobles. .
Denise predicts that within at least five years, Eagle Beak Mountain will bring net income of at least tens of thousands of gold coins to the Griffith family every year!
Eric pays more attention to military uses. What makes him happiest is the Gray Mountain Mine, which is the largest iron mine in the five northwest counties of the province. Now there are people proficient in forging in the workshop. The gray dwarves can basically eliminate their dependence on the outside world in terms of armor and ordnance.
And Vesdon tried to look at this problem from the perspective of a lord. What he paid most attention to was the Thousand Needles Jungle. The recovery of this land made Eagle Castle farther from the border of the Eagle Territory, and was more able to ensure that Eagle Castle safety.
At this moment, Viscount John's voice rang out: "Baron Raven, what are you talking about, why are you so happy?"
Denise put away the contract, Vesdon, E. Rick saluted Viscount John one after another.
Lei Wen said: "Nothing, just chatting about family matters. What did Viscount John do just now?"
"Help with some chores." Viscount John turned his head : "No."
Following his gaze, Raven found that the road had been cleared and the nobles were leaving in an orderly manner. It seemed that this was the result of Viscount John's busy work.
"I can't get involved in the private affairs of the Wharton family. You seem to be in it all the time." Viscount John talked about business: "How is the situation?"
Leaven sighed after hearing this. , told the facts in detail, but omitted the part about asking Judra to sign the contract.
After hearing this, Viscount John was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Alas!!"
In the Keynesian Empire, it was not the first time that nobles caused bloody massacres in order to fight for inheritance rights. But after seeing it, Viscount John was still a little touched.
He and Angel didn't have a close personal relationship, and this sigh was probably due to the sorrow of a rabbit dying and a fox hurting its own kind. Angel's death meant that there was one less old man in his generation.
While being touched, Viscount John was a little lucky. He used to be worried that he only had one son, but now he is more open-minded - at least there will be no tragedy like the Wharton family in his family, let alone death. In the end, even the body could not be saved.
Viscount John would not say such words, but just sighed: "Mark is really favored too much. He dared to use force at the funeral. It is really unwise. Even if he can succeed, can he? Aren’t you afraid of the scrutiny of the Noble Council?”
Lei Wen said with disdain, “Expensive. The guys on the clan council are just a bunch of money-hungry dogs. As long as the gold coins for the succession are handed over, they don’t care who inherits the title.”
Viscount John nodded with a wry smile: "Hey, I don't know when the empire became this kind of moral character."
While they were talking, the road was clear and the carriages of the nobles were almost gone. Upon seeing this, Viscount John turned around and said goodbye.
Raven also wanted to invite Viscount John to sit at Eagle Castle for a while, but Viscount John declined, and Raven did not force him to stay. The two carriages left Ironforge one after the other.
Back in Ironforge, Denise went back to her room to rest, Eric continued to supervise the training of the army, and Vesdon chose to train martial arts.
Only Raven stayed in the hall, flipping through a blank card in his hand that exuded a faint blue color and had a metallic texture.
The card appeared in his carriage, and Raven knew that this was a warning of Annuo's arrival.
Not long after, Annuo's figure appeared in the hall. Raven stood up and bowed slightly: "We meet again, Ms. Annuo."
Annuo nodded slightly in return: "Baron Raven, you Do you have a clearer understanding of your own destiny? "
"How can you see clearly when you are in the long river of destiny? "Lei. Wen Dao: "Do you want to give me another divination?"
"You have already seen a part of your destiny. Any more divination will be harmful and useless." Annuo looked into Raven's eyes calmly: "I'm here to make a deal with you."
As she spoke, she tapped the silver scepter on the ground, and Xiao Mo's huge body appeared next to her.
There was a trace of surprise in Raven's eyes. He had seen this kind of monster in the book before, called "Deep Rock Dragon Lizard Beast", and it contained about two and a half percent of the dragon's blood.
Considering Annuo's strength, having this kind of magic pet does not surprise Raven, but it is really... a bit fat. Instead of calling it "Deep Rock Dragon Lizard Beast", it is better to call it "Deep Rock Dragon Lizard Beast" Dragon pig beast".
"Xiao Mo." Annuo said softly.
Xiao Mo opened his mouth and spit Mark onto the ground with a pop.
After seeing the light of day again, Mark gasped for air and slowly regained his energy. The moment he saw Raven, his eyes suddenly widened.
Just as he was about to shout loudly, Annuo flicked his fingers, and a ball of purple light immediately sealed his mouth, then turned into a rattan, tying him up tightly.
Looking at Mark on the ground, Raven's eyes moved back to Annuo's face: "This is indeed a good bargaining chip. I don't know, what do you want?"
Annuo said quietly: "I need a knight's collar."
A knight's collar is about two to ten square meters. A square kilometer is not a burden to Raven now, but he still instinctively felt something was wrong: "To be more specific, what are you going to do with it?"
Anno's expression became a little complicated. , but did not hesitate: "I need to build a college, a college specifically for recruiting witches."
Raven was still wondering before. With Annuo's strength, no matter what he wanted, he could cooperate with the great nobles and even the royal family. No one would refuse a divine blood witch.
Now he understands.
The status of witches on the mainland is basically equivalent to that of undead creatures, and is closely linked to words such as evil, cruelty, and insidiousness. The nobles are afraid to avoid them, and the Light Church's attitude towards them is that they would rather kill them by mistake, or kill them by mistake. Don't let it go, "witch hunts" are not uncommon in history.
In this context, Annuo's desire to establish a witch college is simply a whim. No big noble will accept it, not to mention offending the Church of Light. He is simply taking advantage of himself. The future is a joke with the family's future.
Raven rubbed his chin and shook his head slowly: "Witch Academy... no."
The look in An Nuo's eyes dimmed slightly.
She knew that her request was unreasonable, so she didn't have high expectations beforehand, but now that the reality was approaching, she was still in a low mood, so she had to say goodbye and leave.
"Oh, oh, don't worry." Raven raised a smile at the corner of his mouth: "I mean that the witch academy is not good, but that doesn't mean that other things are not good, such as-orphan care home?"
Annuo was stunned for a moment: "What does this mean?"< br>
Leaven explained: "It means that I can give you a piece of knighthood. But I can't use the witch academy as a sign. As long as it makes sense in name, I will encircle it with a wall. What will be done specifically? You have the final say.”
Annuo has never thought about the problem from this perspective, but Raven's proposal is indeed feasible.
Anno himself is a witch. When he was a child, he was regarded as a freak because of his extraordinary performance and was kicked out of the house early.
As far as she knew, she was far from the only witch who had the same experience, and those who could survive, go on adventures, and grow up safely like her were quite rare.
That’s why Annuo wants to build a witch college to take in those homeless people of his kind, and also hopes to use this as an opportunity to integrate them into normal society.
“Then it’s settled.” A clear smile appeared on Annuo’s face and he nodded seriously:
"...Thank you!"
Raven smiled back: "It's just a fair deal."
If the Eagle Leader was inside the Nord province, Raven would definitely not agree to this request. , but the Nord province is on the border of the Keynes Empire, and the Eagle Territory is on the border of the Nord province. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so no one will notice.
What's more, it can be exchanged for such a powerful helper as Annuo.
Having solved his biggest worry, Annuo felt much more relaxed: "It's just a mark, but the value is not quite equal. You can make another request."
Raven thought for a moment and said: "Since you want to establish a college, you won't just put your treasure on me. You must have traveled to many places. No information is available in Nord Province. I wonder if you can tell me about the situation outside?"< br>
Annuo agreed happily, raised his finger lightly, and a dark blue stream of light flew out from his fingertips. An irregular outline was drawn in the air: "This is the map of Middles continent that I saw when I visited the Mages Guild. Now that it has been reproduced, it should be eighty-nine percent accurate."
Lei There was a trace of wonder in Wen's eyes. This was the first time he had clearly seen the situation of the entire Middles continent. Judging from the shape, the entire continent is like a piece of sesame seed cake that has been bitten into. The whole continent is oval-shaped, long from east to west, short from north to south, and the southeast corner is missing as if it has collapsed.
The Cairns Empire is located in the central and western part of the continent, bordering the Feton city-states on its northwest and northern borders, the Insa Empire on its northeastern border; the Papal States and the Kingdom of Lozeron in the east, and the Kingdom of Lozeron in the southeast. At the bottom is the Kingdom of Podomich; to the south is the Miracle Mountains, and across the mountains is the Orc Empire; to the southwest is the ancient forest, and the Elf Empire is among them.
Generally speaking, the five major forces of the human race firmly occupy the most fertile central part of the continent. The elves have shrunk to the southwest corner of the continent, the orc empire has been squeezed to the far south, and the dwarf kingdom has been compressed into the millions of mountains in the northeast corner of the continent. .
"Speaking of which, what's going on with the Death Hand Order now?" Raven asked, "I heard before that they were making trouble in multiple countries at the same time, and they were quite powerful."
"It has basically been extinguished." Annuo said: "However, the losses caused are different in different places. According to my personal observation, whether it is the Insa Empire or the Feton city-states, , they dealt with the Order of the Hand of Death in a very timely manner. The Kingdom of Lozeron is close to the Papal State, so it was eliminated the fastest."
"Among the five major human forces, only the Cairns Empire and the Southeast are where you are. The Kingdom of Podomich suffered the most losses and suffered the longest delay.”
Leaven raised his eyebrows slightly, this is not good news.
To put it nicely, the Keynes Empire is in the center of the continent; to put it harshly, it is the place where the four wars took place. Now that it is showing this "fatigue", it is likely to attract the covetousness of surrounding forces.
But this is not a headache that Raven should have. If the sky falls, it is the king and the nobles who should bear it.
Suddenly, a clear "Gululu" sound sounded in the hall. Raven turned around and saw that it was coming from the belly of the deep rock dragon lizard named "Xiao Mo".
Lei Wen couldn't help but laugh, and said: "It seems that I did talk for too long and wasted a lot of your time. Is that enough for today? It just so happens that I also have something to say to Mr. Mark."
Annuo nodded: "Please do so."
Mark on the ground twitched when he heard this.
After clapping his hands, some soldiers came in. After Raven gave a few instructions, two soldiers took Mark into the dungeon, while others went to prepare food for Xiao Mo.
"Then I'll excuse you first."
With that said, Raven turned and left.
Soon, several soldiers carried two freshly slaughtered pigs and placed them in front of Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo's fat tongue licked his lips in a very humane manner and started biting the meat on the ground.
Surprise, Xiao Mo has meat to eat today (starry eyes, eat eat eat)...but a piece of raw meat (eating while crying)...
Looking at Xiao Mo's eating posture, An Nou gently stroked its head.
Although he is powerful, Annuo is only eighteen years old after all. He has been traveling on the mainland for many years and has rarely been able to talk to people.
Even if she can, as long as she shows a little bit of power, the attitudes of those people will change dramatically.
Only when Raven spoke to her, there was neither forced arrogance nor condescending flattery. It was like... a friend?
She seemed to like the feeling of communicating with Raven.
But Mark didn't like it. His heart twitched when he saw Raven's expressionless face.
However, the aristocratic demeanor cannot be lost. Although he was locked in a cage and had shackles on his wrists, he still sat leaning against the wall, raising his head and saying in a somewhat condescending tone. : "Raven, you are indeed lucky to be able to make friends with a strong man like Annuo. The big existence has caught me in its hands."
"There is no personal enmity between you and me. You choose to interfere in my family affairs for nothing more than profit. Let's make it clear, you. Let me go and I can bring you greater benefits!”
These words were conceived from the moment Mark saw Raven. He must constantly emphasize his own value, so that he can survive in Raven's hands.
Leaven seemed to be interested: "What benefits?"
Seeing Raven take the bait, Mark breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he made a more arrogant posture: "A nobleman who became a monk halfway is a man of knowledge. Short-term, since you don’t understand, I’ll explain it to you!”
"You and Judra colluded together for nothing more than Eagle Beak Mountain and Thousand Needles Jungle, but you were so unwise that you actually participated in the murder of my father. Do you know that this is quite Yu put the handle into Judra's hand?"
"It's simply stupid!"
"Fortunately, you found me, and I can show you a clear path."
Leaven smiled: "What clear path?"
Mark sat up straight and looked at Lei Wen Gou hooked his fingers: "I'm not used to looking up at others, sit down and listen to me slowly."
With a smile, Raven walked into the iron cage, and Mark patted the straw in front of him.
Leaven raised his right foot, but instead of sitting down, he kicked Mark's left knee hard!
Click——
The clear sound of bone cracking echoed in the dungeon. Mark's face instantly turned pale. He twitched and took a deep breath of cold air. He hugged his knees with his hands and wailed like a pig: "Ah , my legs, my legs—!"
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and trembled. Shaking, he looked at the culprit:
"Raven!"
"You think your design is perfect? As long as there is even the slightest bit of news about the Witch Academy, you will be wiped out! ! ! The Slater family, the Fox family, and the Church of Light will not let you go!”
"Judra can even kill our father, do you think he will obey you?! Once my death is confirmed, he will be the first to stab you!"
"You You are seeking your own death!”
Leaven nodded slowly: “Oh, that’s it”
Then he raised his foot and stepped on Mark’s right leg. One grind.
Mark felt his knees explode directly, and the broken bones pierced into the flesh and blood. The pain made him roll his eyes, his neck twitched and shook, and tears poured out uncontrollably.
At this moment, Mark finally understood that he was not qualified to talk to Raven on an equal footing. The status of both parties had long been reversed. Now, he was just an inconspicuous ant!
For a time, the desire to survive overwhelmed his dignity and pride, making Mark just want to live:
“Spare my life, Raven, Baron Raven, Lord Raven!!! "
"I am still useful, I am really useful! If Judra dares to have any objections, you can replace him with me. I guarantee that you will be ten times or a hundred times more obedient than him!"
Leaven looked at Mark condescendingly: "He is really from a noble family! Master, do you still want to be a baron?”
Mark swallowed: "No, of course I don't dare. I will listen to you!"
Looking at his ugly look, Raven sneered: "Don't worry, I won't kill you."< br>
"However, I won't let you go, just live here slowly."
After saying that, Raven turned around, closed the iron cage, and walked out of the dungeon.
Mark endured the pain and rushed to the edge of the iron cage, holding the bars with both hands: "Baron Raven, wait a minute!"
Raven turned back: "What else do you want to say?"
"I, I'm sorry...my attitude was too rude before." Mark said in a low voice: "But my suggestion is serious!"
"Judra is unreliable, and his son is dead! If he can't give birth to a son in the future, then I will be the only one left in the Wharton family. "
"Give me a manor and put me under house arrest. I promise to do nothing but give birth to children. Then my son can inherit the title of the Wharton family, and you can also get it. The allegiance of the Wharton family!”
“This will do you no harm, only good!”
Raven's expression softened a little: "You have some brains, this is indeed a method, but the problem is, I don't want to wait so long."
"Now I hold the complete Eagle Collar, Xuefeng County Also in my hands, my power is far greater than that of the Wharton family."
"If Judra remains loyal to me, then he can live; If he wants to betray me, I will flatten his territory and take over the Iron Furnace Territory completely!"
Mark said: "But... this is against the rules. According to the laws of the empire, nobility is not allowed! Attack each other!”
Leaven sneered: “Do you know what I hate most about you nobles?”
"Everything you do follows the rules. You follow the rules for one thing and the law for the other. You are procrastinating, have no opinion, and have no achievements!"
"Either he is a follower of the great nobles, or he is a yes-man of the royal family!"
Mark looked at Raven in horror. He knew that Raven was arrogant, but he didn't expect that he would be so arrogant.
These words are simply a complete contempt for the royal family and do not look down upon all nobles.
“Raven, what do you want to do!?”
"It's very simple." Raven grinned and said:
"I want this world to run according to my ideas. My words are the rules. Only what I make can be called law!"
“My goal is the king!”
“ Madman..." Fear, surprise, shock and many indescribable emotions came to his heart. Mark's hand holding the railing trembled uncontrollably, causing the entire iron cage to tremble with clanging sounds: < br>
“Crazy——!!!”
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(Volume 1, end)
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