Chapter 316 The Marquis and Shagang County reveal
Shagang County, the entrance and exit of the secret realm in the forest on a snowy night.
The city square at the entrance was already filled with various buildings. These steampunk-style buildings even stretched deep into the forest on the snowy night.
Although the remaining evil spirits in the snowy night forest are difficult to eradicate in a short time, there are still groups of extraordinary people preparing to settle on both sides of the road from the entrance to the black mausoleum.
Outside the city square, on the top floor of the Adventurer's Guild building.
Ricardo once met Vera here.
At this time, a large number of nobles gathered here, all dressed formally, to welcome the arrival of a certain high-ranking member of the empire.
"I heard that after Lord Ricardo's application for promotion to Marquis was approved, the Empire Center also confirmed the long-pending candidate for the governor of Shagang County." "Who is it? Is it Lord Ricardo?" "How is it possible... In the past,
Shagang
County? Although Port County was the third largest port, it was only a small port. Perhaps the position of port governor was still possible... But now, Port County has developed rapidly in the past few years, not to mention the current entrance and exit to Linxue Province. Two have already appeared in the Sargang County area..."
A group of people whispered, and in the end it was unknown who leaked the governor's choice.
"His Majesty's final choice is a branch of the Downton family, the younger brother of the contemporary Grand Duke Downton, the deputy master of the Imperial Land Exorcism Hall in the capital, Lord Winston!" "Your Majesty, Lord Winston, is a
true A wizard, and was already a famous legendary demon hunter decades ago, later turned to the body-refining wizard, and is now a first-level senior body-refining wizard with quasi-second-level combat power!" "It is said that in the future
, Lord Winston, the Marquis, may serve as the deputy master of the Exorcist Palace of the entire West Coast Knight Empire!" "
Arranging a candidate for governor with such strength shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to our Sargang County!" "
It is said that when the governor arrives this time, he will come first. The Adventurer's Guild has a deep connection with the Adventurer's Guild because when you were a legendary demon hunter, it is said that Paris's son-in-law and brother Lei Luo also have some relationship..." ...The people on the top floor of the Adventurer's Guild were talking a
lot
.
The time came to noon.
The special envoys from the county center and the empire center who announced Ricardo's appointment as marquis and the new territory of Kanyu had already reached the top floor, and the new governor was belatedly arriving.
A burst of hot air approached.
Several rooms on the top floor have been connected to each other and turned into a hall because of this incident.
At this time the hall door opens.
A white-haired middle-aged man wearing black demon hunter armor strode into the scene.
There were several waves of people following behind him, including those wearing the uniforms of the Exorcism Hall, the Night Watch Officers, the Imperial Central Council and County Council uniforms, as well as those from the Adventurer's Guild, the Holy See, and the Church of the God of War... As for the nobles who followed
him There are also families, such as the Viscount Panshan family...
"Mr. Marquis Winston!"
"Mr. Bishop Vanas is here too! I didn't expect Lord Varnas to know Lord Winston!" "
Maybe it's the Church of the God of War and The reason for the demon hunter group? Speaking of which, Master Vanas was able to be promoted to bishop after what happened last time. His background is really profound..." After Winston
entered the hall, he did not take a seat, but walked directly to the empire center. The position of the envoy.
at this time.
On one side of the hall, where there used to be a table on the top floor, Sir Parson from the county center was talking with the special envoy from the empire center.
They planned to go to Ice Lake to collect the second half of the documents for Marquis promotion to Ricardo after meeting with the Governor today.
The reason why it was not completed last time was because Ricardo's promotion to Marquis this time involved exchanging points from the Exorcist Alliance for a large amount of territory in the Panxue Mountains.
Ricardo was not only promoted to marquis this time, but also obtained the territory of the Panxue Mountains, which was larger than the duchy.
The expansion at such a speed is also the reason why Ms. Vera, the top executive of the Constellation Church, made arrangements in advance.
Anyone who knows a little bit knows that the entrance and exit of the Linxue Province branch in the Ice Lake Territory was built by Lady Vera of the Palan clan. It is impossible to leave public territory around such an important pass for other nobles to exchange for profits. .
"Sir Parson, let's put aside the exchange of public domain territory in Sarport County for now."
As soon as the new port governor, Marquis Winston, arrived, he made a voice that surprised the whole audience.
Next to Winston stood Bishop Vanas of the God of War Church and several bishop-level figures from the Exorcism Hall.
At this time, some of the bishops' entourage took out the map of Shagang County's jurisdiction that they had brought with them.
He just spread the map on the table next to him.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Winston, the ceremony for Lord Ricardo's promotion to Marquis has been completed, and the exchange of those public territories through the exorcism coalition is led by the core senior leaders of the Constellation Church... Have you really thought about it clearly..." Sir Parson
himself He is also a descendant of a branch of the Paran clan. At this time, he saw that Winston was acting unkindly and was obviously coming to cause trouble for Ricardo, the great benefactor of the Paran clan. He immediately spoke out.
However, after Winston saw someone opening the county map next to him, he glanced directly over and ignored Sir Parson's response.
In a sense, although it is very rude, the status of a field marquis with strong combat power is very different from that of just a knight.
When Sir Parson saw this scene, he directly greeted Paris, who was standing in the crowd.
As a member of the Palan clan's interest circle, his greeting was to ask Paris to think of a solution.
"Every entrance and exit to the secret realm of Linxue Province is the public property of the empire! It is already a huge benefit for us to allow the Ice Lake Territory to operate independently. How can we still allow the Ice Lake Territory to rely solely on the merit points of the Exorcist Alliance? , come to exchange for such precious related land? You are stealing from the empire's pocket, everyone!" "The
Panxue Mountains themselves are of inestimable value. Have you forgotten the tombs of the Storm Clan unearthed over the years? , How can we just hand over the entire mountain range so easily..." On
the first day he took office, Marquis Winston rushed over immediately after learning the news from the God of War Church, Viscount Panshan's family and other forces who came to report the news.
He chose to leave the wealthy Imperial Land capital area and come to a remote port like Sargang County to take up a position because of the port's status as a transportation hub between the two continents.
After the land route is established, the bloody coffin and the black mausoleum are the two most important entrances and exits.
That is to say, the two most important related assets, how can we let this kind of core fat slip away from our mouths!
As for the possible objections of Ricardo himself...
the other party may not even be a wizard...
The Constellation Church that protected him was originally in the capital, which did not mean that all forces were afraid of it, and the people directly related to it were heard to have left Shagang County... The process of the
other party acquiring territory and The legality is not so perfect. It depends on the territorial war revenge and the redemption of merit points from the exorcist coalition...
When Winston thought about these problems that would help him receive money and water in the future, he felt his heart burst into laughter, imagining the benefits he could obtain in the future.
Although he has turned white-haired, as a once legendary witcher, he has left beautiful witcher-like stories in various provinces of the empire. He has various habits of enjoying life like a witcher. Naturally, he also inherited the demon hunter's lack of money.
"It's a troublesome lord..."
Paris walked out of the hall silently.
As a former legendary demon hunter, although the other party has an old relationship with Lorient's younger brother Lei Luo, the several Ice Lake Territory forces that Ricardo serves as the leader are all very important. The members of the Palan clan among them are very important to them. recognized.
In addition, Vera herself seems to be trusting Ricardo more and more...
With this prospect, Paris has decided that he must side with Ricardo.
He went directly outside, quickly made a message with a spell scroll, and then called a letter owl and asked the owl to find Ricardo.
The letter owl was specially left by Ricardo at the night watchman's office in the county town.
This owl has undergone special messenger training. .
Special action paths can be made for letters of urgent warning.
And this time the letter.
It belongs to the urgent alert type.
After flying out of the sight range of the Night Watchman's Office, the owl directly unfolded an extra scroll on its body, and then used the scroll to send an alarm to the Card Puppet Cafe. Although it finally turned back towards the secret realm of the snowy night forest.
Inside the Pai Puppet Cafe.
Celia directly received the simple message from the owl, and then she used its characteristics as a slave of the mutated vampire succubus to communicate with Ricardo who was far away from the cafe.
After Ricardo received the news, he immediately teleported to the Card Puppet Cafe, and then based on the specific content of the news obtained from Celia, he teleported directly to the entrance and exit of the secret realm in the Snowy Night Forest.
soon.
Ricardo and the letter owl met.
He had just organized the entrance ceremony for the territory's wizard apprentice school in the past few days, and then traveled back and forth between the wizard world and the wizard civilization in the modern world.
Some of the infrastructure equipment of the modern world's magic technology industry were transported to the territory.
These are waiting for the first batch of apprentices to complete their training in school, and then start learning to operate after taking a crude version of the industrial apprentice potion.
"Come to the top floor of the Adventurer's Guild!"
After receiving the message from the owl's scroll, Ricardo's face darkened and he tore up the scroll.
Then.
With one step, he flew directly into the air and rushed out of the secret entrance of the snowy night forest.
It appeared directly between the entrance and the top floor of the Adventurer's Guild.
He unfolded a certain strength of the wizard's force field around him.
Scarlet light flashed in his eyes.
It slowly floated down on the outer corridor on the top floor of the Adventurer's Guild.
boom!
After kicking open the door of Viscount Frostwind's castle a few days ago, Ricardo kicked open the door of the top floor hall of the Adventurer's Guild again.
This time it was even more exaggerated than last time.
The last time there was only one family in the Castle of Viscount Frostwind, and the Frostwind family was originally just a baron-level family, but in this generation, Viscount Frostwind was promoted to the viscount family, and the related relatives were not high-level... And these are the ones in front of you
. Nobles attending the meeting...
"Who!!"
In the parliament hall, members of several forces who had followed Marquis Winston suddenly turned around.
Especially the personnel of the Exorcism Hall and the God of War Church.
Ricardo felt a special faint malice directly from the personnel of the Exorcism Hall and the God of War Church.
"Who dares to touch my territory!?"
Ricardo's cold voice penetrated directly into the hall.
The nobles who came to attend the meeting because of two important events in the hall suddenly felt cold in their hearts.
They were also surprised where the Binghu family had the courage to dare to be so arrogant after eating the Frostwind Viscount...
"The new Marquis of Binghu?"
Marquis Winston was originally on the edge of the map, talking to him. People above are discussing the situation and the readjustment of the future interest structure.
At this time, he looked at Ricardo, narrowed his eyes, and turned his head away, as if he was questioning whether Ricardo's mind was normal.
"Governor Winston, right?"
Ricardo identified the source of the voice, and based on the other party's clothing and the content of the owl letter, he also confirmed the person and cause and effect.
He walked towards the other party.
The second-level wizard force field on his entire body was like a spear, stabbing at the opponent's position.
"Hmph, it looks like you have been promoted to an official wizard."
"You think that you can do whatever you want as a wizard. You are really overconfident..."
Marquis Winston and the others around him, including Vanas, were a little surprised by Ricardo's behavior.
In public, how dare you provoke an established wizard and legendary demon hunter just because of your newly promoted wizard level?
As for the news that Ricardo was a new wizard, the nobles present also guessed it from the details of some documents about the annexation of the Frostwind Viscounty by the Ice Lake Territory.
Of course they could not have imagined that Ricardo was already in the second ring.
The time is so short, a certain amount of energy and hard work have been spent, and coupled with talent and luck, it is within the acceptable and understandable range to be promoted to an official wizard now.
"Well..."
Before Marquis Winston could finish his response, he felt a majestic pressure, pressing directly towards his chest.
He didn't even have time to react before he sat down straight.
Sitting on the ground, my butt landed directly with a bang.
If he leaned forward a certain amount, he might even be sitting on the ground.
"This is..."
Winston didn't react for a moment.
He mobilized his quasi-second-level body-refining wizard magic power, but the majestic pressure on his body lightened a little, and it was still impossible to shake it...the second level
! ?
Winston waited a few beats before finally reacting.
But he was pressed heavily to the ground at this time, and he could not speak at all under the majestic pressure.
"Stop talking."
Ricardo felt the special difference of malice and the small curse power behind the malice.
His eyes shifted from Winston to Vanas, the God of War Church on the side.
He did not have a good impression of this member of the God of War Church who had cooperated with the Storm Marquis Tagula to extract the ice and snow divinity of the Mirror Temple, which indirectly led to the death of Lorient.
At this time, I felt something weird about Vanas.
The wizard's force field directed at Winston immediately expanded to Vanas.
And...
it has the power of a world-purifying force field!
At this time, Ricardo also happened to walk in front of Winston, and the range of the force field at this time was enough to cover him!
"Ah!!"
Vanas felt the same majestic pressure and suddenly screamed. Then he fell to his knees, and his whole body began to emit a faint black flame.
"Can it be purified?"
"As a church bishop, you can actually be purified?"
Ricardo was a little surprised.
(End of chapter)