Chapter 253 This is politics
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Vlaf sent the letter to Eric, who destroyed it after reading it, and then just like nothing Just as it happened, continue to prepare for the next round of competition.
Three days later, Game 4 of the 8th round came to an end.
Following Gul'dan, Akori, and Eric, Shankief, the third-level knight of the Slater family, won the last four semi-finals seats in this competitive conference.
This result is not unexpected. After all, the more you rely on a big family, the more resources you get, and the stronger you are within the same level.
The only thing that is a bit controversial is Eric. It’s not that the fight is fake, but it’s too real.
After these two games, Eric not only showed no signs of being unfamiliar with entering the third level for the first time, but also used the third level fighting spirit with ease. He also had a set of second-level enchanted plate armor to assist some spectators. The person feels deeply unfair.
The Griffith family is really rich.
Some people even suspect that, judging from Eric's proficiency in third-level combat qi, he may have mastered a third-level combat skill, but he has just been hiding it without using it.
This also attracted widespread approval.
The attention paid to Eric is not only reflected in his strength, but also all of his past has been dug up.
When his resume appeared in front of everyone, it immediately aroused the jealousy of many knights.
If Eric is a genius, like Gul'dan and Akori, everyone can have a balance in their hearts - violets always bloom in winter.
But as early as when Eric started following Donald at the age of 24, he was already a first-level transcendent; until Donald's death, he was still a first-level transcendent at the age of 40.
This doesn’t seem like a gift.
But since he followed Baron Raven, Eric jumped two levels in three years and became a third-level knight. This cannot be explained by accumulated experience.
And not only Eric, but all the extraordinary people in the current Eagle Leader were trained by Raven, especially Simon, who has grown from an ordinary person to the second level!
This shows that Eric's growth is not a coincidence, but that Baron Raven is generous enough and willing to train his subordinates!
This made a large number of knights jealous, and they wanted to immediately jump to work for Raven, but due to the noble tradition of loyalty, they could only think about it.
The mercenaries did not have such restrictions, and they all started to make moves.
It's a pity that the Griffith family has strict requirements and doesn't want to become a knight as soon as they enter the door; those mercenaries with some reputation and family background are not willing to start as big soldiers.
However, many frustrated mercenaries immediately took action and chose to settle in Eagle Town. The reason was the same - I had no chance, but my children could.
Baron Raven is still young!
For a time, housing prices in Eagle Town and Gold Flash Town skyrocketed. In the past, the price of a two-story hut with a yard that could accommodate four or five people was only 3 or 5 gold coins. Now it has risen to 30 gold coins, which is no less expensive. The city of grace.
Raven's territory has developed so rapidly that every noble here can see it clearly, and there is no lack of envy in their words.
In addition to envy, there are also some nobles who can share the wealth brought by the competition, mainly the nobles of Xuefeng County, and the one who benefits the most is undoubtedly Viscount Broca.
All the prominent nobles from the Nord province came to Eagle Town, and daily social activities took place almost every day. The nobles gathered together, in addition to chatting and gossiping, they would also talk about business.
In the past three months, Broca has received orders worth a total of 74,000 gold coins, enough to produce them until this time next year.
Broca felt more and more that the words of Marquis Anthony were not exaggerated, and Raven could indeed be regarded as a role model for the younger generation of nobles in the entire Nord province.
Even in his opinion, not to mention the younger generation, even his generation, there are few people who can compare with Raven.
"Genius? Hey, this kind of word cannot describe Baron Raven."
After all, even he has made so much money. As the organizer of the competition, God knows that Baron Raven How much is earned.
Not to mention the new orders received, Broca himself can tell that the number is quite large.
The most intuitive example is those knights participating in competitive competitions.
Losers don’t count, those guys who advance to the top 200 and get bonuses don’t have the ability to take all the money away.
Since you win, you always have to spend money to treat yourself to celebrate and show off. This is also the tradition of the nobility.
My own feudal lord should invite, fellow knights should be invited, and nobles with close connections should also be invited. It is also common for invitees to bring new guests, so a celebration cocktail party can have at least thirty to fifty people. .
For a banquet with nobles, the location must not be random. In addition to the Crystal Palace, it is the Wallace Hotel, which costs a lot of money - the wine used during the celebration, Angel's Tears is the basis, right? Local specialties are also inevitable, right?
As a result, a rather funny reality has emerged. The loser has nothing to do with it, while the winner not only spends all the winnings, but also pays back a fortune himself!
According to what Broca has observed during this period, this situation is quite common. It is estimated that the more than 20,000 gold coins in the prize pool will all go back to Baron Raven in the end.
This does not include the daily consumption of nobles like them and the rake of each game in the arena!
And how many industries have been stimulated and how much sales and reputation of Tears of Angels have been improved, that is an unpredictable benefit.
On the other hand, Eric's strong performance also drew people's attention to Raven's exquisite enchanting technology.
I heard that many people have contacted Baron Raven recently, hoping to purchase a set of second-level enchanted armor.
“Second-level enchanted armor.” Viscount Broca sighed with envy.
The magician his family enshrines is only a first-level magician. Although he is good at enchanting arrows, he is basically blind to the craftsmanship of enchanted armor. Not to mention the second-level magician, even the first-level magician cannot do it.
“Or, I can also customize a set?”
The second-level enchanted armor is indeed enough for the Viscount family to inherit, but at this price, who cares? .
A complete set of foggy iron armor costs 18,000 gold coins. The price of enchantment will probably not be lower than this amount. It is normal to be higher. Overall, it should not be less than 40,000 gold coins.
While Broca was deep in thought, the door was suddenly opened, and his son Howell rushed in like his butt was on fire: "Father, this is bad!"
"Calm down. Broca glanced at him: "Could he be a barbarian from the Insa Empire?" Called over again?"
Howell hesitated: "That's not true..."
"If not, just sit down first." Broca poured his son a glass of water: "Don't be anxious about anything, think it through before speaking."
Broca looked at his son with loving eyes.
Howell is only 17 years old and is already taller than Viscount Broca, who is 1.75 meters tall.
I didn’t inherit my mother’s double eyelids, but her green eyes are pretty bright; my eyebrows are slightly thicker like Broca’s, and my nose bridge is a bit short. Fortunately, my nose is not too big, my cheekbones are just right, and my chin is quite good. type.
His clothes are also quite good. He wears a Luden brand brown-yellow narrow-sleeved and low-cut dress on the upper body, white cotton trousers from Vatican on the lower body, and a pair of custom-made black calfskin boots on his feet, which are clean and simple. , quite chivalrous.
Overall, he is not very handsome, but with his short brown hair that is trimmed just right, he can still be called an above-average appearance.
Howell's character is the same as his clothes. There is nothing wrong with him. He is not pure and honest, but he is quite upright and has never done anything out of the ordinary.
The only shortcoming may be that his talent is not very good in terms of political and personal martial arts. Although he is 17 years old, he still cannot see the sinister nature of people's hearts, and he speaks and does things with impulsiveness.
But Broca is the kind of person who has long looked away - there are not many wizards like Baron Raven in the entire continent, and most of them are just ordinary people who are confused.
Broca's father, Viscount Fisher, was the kind of person who had ordinary talents but felt that he was different.
How did it end? Not only did he die, but he also dragged down many people.
As a son, Broca did not think his father had done the right thing; as a father, his expectation for his son was to keep the family business and live a safe life.
No one is born knowing everything. If there are shortcomings, just teach them slowly.
Howell drank some water, his breathing slowly calmed down, and then he said: "That's it, father, the 4,000 enchanted crossbows we sold to Viscount Titus this time are in Yesterday... I was robbed." "What?" Viscount Broca asked immediately. "What exactly happened?"
Howell bit his lips and his expression became gloomy: "The escort team set off by land. It was calm at first, but they just left the territory of Baron Zeyi. Not long after leaving, he was attacked by a group of unknown men.”
"There are about 30 people in this group. They are all heavy cavalry wearing armor. There are no markings on the armor, but they are well-trained. Although the leader does not use fighting spirit, he can definitely be a third-level knight."
"The escort team of 37 people, including the leader, Teacher Jia Peng, was completely wiped out. Only one seriously injured guard escaped by pretending to be dead among the corpses and came back to report."
Howell The more he spoke, the redder his eyes became.
Viscount Broca's brows frowned more and more. He could understand his son's sadness.
His father, Viscount Fisher, burned the family's elite in the previous battle with the Order of the Hand of Death. Jia Peng is the only second-level knight left and has served the family all his life. Howell's swordsmanship teacher.
Not to mention Howell, Broca himself felt very sorry.
"Sadness and anger cannot solve the problem. The top priority is to find the murderer of this incident." Broca said: "Who do you think did it this time?"
Howe Will was stunned for a moment: "This... I don't know."
This was the first time he had experienced such an event since he was a child.
"It doesn't matter, think about it slowly." Broca followed suit: "Being able to have 30 uniformed cavalry and a third-level knight as the leader can easily kill 36 of our soldiers, even Jia Peng died among them. It can define the scope itself. ”
"On this basis, let's think about who has gained the most."
Howell nodded slowly and continued to sort out the ideas given by his father.
There are only four families in Xuefeng County that can afford to raise third-level knights and thirty expensive armored cavalry. They are the Leiden family, Judra's Wharton family, The Kowoga family of Wessassin, and... the Griffith family of Raven.
Their family will not fight against itself; Judra and Wessassin have no old grudges with the Leiden family, and there has been no conflict of interest recently.
The Leiden family is a viscount family and is qualified to compete for the position of county commissioner. What's more, the rapid recovery of vitality in the past two years is enough to make Raven feel threatened, so...
"I understand!" Howell's eyes lit up: "The mastermind behind this matter is Lei——"
"It's Wessacin." Viscount Broca interrupted his son decisively. .
"Huh?" Howell's eyes were full of confusion: "But Father..."
"It's Wessacin, there is no other possibility." Broca said expressionlessly. Authentic: "He has been running an escort business recently. We If we transport the goods ourselves and don't go through his channels, he will naturally hate us."
"Taking action on our family's freight force is threatening other families. Don't try to ship the goods out without going through them! ”
The confusion in Howell's eyes became even stronger. In his opinion, Viscount Broca's words were completely untenable, not to mention that the motive itself was very ridiculous. Even if it was true, how could Wessassin be able to do so? Do you know his freight route in such detail?
Only Raven who has mastered the Skyhawk Platform can do this.
"Father, what are you talking about?" Howell stood up: "With your wisdom, you can't see the problem?"
"This is Raven You're doing something wrong!"
"Shut up!" Broca looked at Howell deeply: "Baron Raven would never do such a thing, there is no chance."
"This matter can only be done by Weisazin."
Howell almost laughed in anger. He hesitated for two steps and frowned: "Father, I don't know what you are afraid of. It’s just Raven. He is rich, but we are also a viscount family!”
< br>"Father, when did you become so cowardly!?"
"Alas..." Viscount Broca leaned on his chair and sighed: "This is not cowardice, child."
“This is politics.”
"Baron Raven is not something we can fight against."
"You don't dare, I dare!" Howell rushed out: "I'll go find Raven and let him give me an explanation!" I don’t believe it, can he still kill me?”
Looking at the shaking door, Broca sighed heavily.
The housekeeper walked in the door: "Master, do you want me to bring the young master back?"
"Let him go." Broca lowered his eyelids: "You can do it in my name immediately You send a letter to Xie Cha and order the army to prepare for war."
"Uh...ah?" The housekeeper blinked: "I don't quite understand, who are you going to fight with?"
"...deploy to the east, I will write to Baron Zeyi when the time comes. I will borrow his territory.”
The steward was startled. The east side of Baron Zeyi’s Minay Territory is the territory of Baron Wessassin.
On the other side, Howell easily found out Raven's location and came all the way to the auditorium.
The decoration of the auditorium was still elegant and noble, but in Howell's eyes it was indescribably abominable.
As soon as he entered the door, a maid brought him some wine. Howell waved his hand impatiently for her to leave. He walked inside with his eyes wandering and finally saw Raven.
At this time, Raven was holding a cup of Angel Tears and chatting and laughing with two nobles, namely Baron Kate from the Merle Territory and Baron Sereva from the TEDA Territory.
“Speaking of which, I have been busy with the competition in the past few months and have neglected to communicate with you. This is my fault.” Lei Wen raised his glass slightly: “We belong to the same county, and we will still be in the future. The best thing is to be as close as possible."
Kate nodded quickly and clinked glasses with Raven: "Of course, Baron Raven, although you are busy, you still have to entertain. But there is no problem at all.”
Although he had an old grudge with Raven, Baron Sereva still did not dare to express his dissatisfaction in front of Raven, and praised: “Yes, you are like this. The scale of this grand wedding can be said to be unprecedented in Xuefeng County. I think that even in my later years, I will still mention this grand wedding to my grandchildren.”
"Haha, you two have done a great job, as long as you are not dissatisfied." Raven took a sip of Angel Tears and said, "I thought it was because of the poor wedding reception, so you two decided to get married and hold a grand wedding. You’ve outshone me!”
The originally harmonious scene suddenly turned cold.
Kate and Sereva do intend to get married. The children of their two families are already old, and their territories are adjacent, so becoming one can bring greater benefits.
"Oh, I was just joking." Raven asked very naturally: "Isn't it funny?"
"Haha, no, no, you are really funny." Kate laughed dryly. Voice: "Actually, Sereva and I just... discussed it, but we haven't really decided yet."
Sereva also smiled: "It was just that the two children got along well, so we got together and chatted for a few words, not counting!"
"Oh, it seems I misunderstood. " Raven looked at Kate: "I also said that based on the friendship between the two of us fighting side by side, your daughter will be the best. Even if you want to get married, you should consider my younger brother.”
Baron Kate’s Merle Territory and Baron Sereva’s Teda Territory together form the eastern border of Xuefeng County. If the two families are united together. , would be able to block the eastern exit of Xuefeng County, which Raven didn't want to see.
Howell’s eyebrows stood up as he listened to the entire process.
Even when his grandfather, Viscount Fisher, was still alive, he never interfered so violently with the marriage of nobles in the county. Raven actually dared to do this. Did he really think he could dominate Xuefeng County?
Separating everyone, Howell stood in front of Raven:
"Leaven, you are really going too far!"
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(End of this chapter)