Chapter 92: Smooth sailing
Hesse Islands, Seagull Hotel.
Beside Meles, the two girls fell asleep in a drowsy way. There was no joy or anger on his face. He heard the news of Brian's death, and he didn't even throw two cups to vent his anger.
Made stood on the ground, feeling terrified and frightened.
"Have you got the stuff?"
"Yes, Annie brought it with her and returned to the Sunflower."
"This task is quite confidential, and few people in the family know the location of the ruins. I will report to investigate the matters of the insider. You can do a few things now."
"Um."
"Brian has two sons. The older ones will be sent to the Knights and the younger ones will be sent to the Mage Tower. Be sure to let the Mage Tower accept him and use my favors. Second, go to the Storm Temple and talk about the Chucheng adventure group. You want the Storm Temple to give the Sunflower family a face and don't protect them. Third, the other adventure groups, except Brooke, are dealt with, and count them on Chucheng, and then issue a wanted order on the Sun Continent so that they can't come back."
"Yes, the other side of the Temple of Dawn..."
"The Aurora badge in Chucheng is of the fourth level. The Temple of Dawn will not give up on him, but it doesn't matter. Next time I see Chucheng, I will kill him directly."
Seeing that Mad hadn't left, Meiers patted the sleeping girl's butt and asked, "What, are you going to come?"
"Why don't you conquer Chu Cheng? He can kill Brian head-on, which is also a talent."
"How did he know the secret of the ruins? There must be someone behind him. What's the use of subduing him? Are there many nails inside the family?" Meiers rubbed his brows and said, "Just deal with it like this, I'll talk about the Duke."
Made left, and Meles' expression was a little decadent, and he lay on the bed, not wanting to get up.
Fortunately, the family found what they wanted. Otherwise, my mistake would be enough to lose the captain's position and win over Chucheng? How could it be that only the temple dared to accept the people in the other world of Chucheng.
People in other worlds have no integrity and only talk about interests and will turn against each other.
Four people from Chucheng boarded the Shire, which was the merchant ship of Count Nicholas. Count Nicholas was a powerful lord in the north of the Continent of the Gods. The family territory was huge, with vast forests, a large number of coal mines, and various gems were produced on the territory.
Although he is an earl, his status in the Holy Empire is only a little worse than that of the duke. In terms of strength, he is no less than that of the four major dukes of the Holy Empire.
The Charles took their fleet and headed south along the coast from the north, and was almost at their destination.
They want to stop in the middle of the Gods Continent, sell the goods they transported, then purchase the goods here and transport them back to the northern part of the continent. This is a relatively lively route, and of course there will be many pirates coveting them. However, the Charles is also a powerful magic ship, so they are naturally not afraid of any pirate attacks.
Chu Cheng and others had three temple badges on them. After checking the matter, the people from the Charles reported the matter and Chu Cheng was taken to a luxurious cabin.
The floor of this cabin is decorated with an environmental magic circle. On the sea, there is a wet sea breeze blowing, and the cabin is still dry. The ground is covered with carpets made of magic leather, and there are bookcases on the walls. There are a lot of books piled up on the bookcases. It is not like posing or reading the book condition, but it should be read frequently.
Sitting in front of the bookshelf was a magician in his twenties, wearing a white magic robe.
Chu Cheng came in, and the magician stood up and expressed his welcome.
"I am Little Nicholas Don, Mr. Necromancer, welcome you to my Shire."
"I am Chu Cheng, an adventurer from another world." Chu Cheng straightforwardly revealed his identity.
"Are you coming from the mainland of China?" Little Nichola asked Chu Cheng to sit down, opened a bottle of wine, poured it on him, and at the same time cast a toxin detection magic on the wine glass.
"I came from the Sun Continent, and I came over there."
"That's a pity. I thought I could talk to you about the charm of China Mainland. But it doesn't matter. You and your companions are welcome." Little Nicholas was gentle and elegant, without any aristocratic airs.
Chu Cheng clearly knew in his heart that if he was born in the mainland of China, how could he have the fourth-level Aurora badge?
But when chatting, I’m most afraid of talking about the topic to death.
"Xiao Chu, so, are you going to the Continent of Gods to find a background?"
"Yes, Nick, I have invested all my family fortune and prepared to acquire the status of a hereditary nobleman. Anyway, the integration of the two worlds is inevitable, and I have to make plans for my descendants and grandchildren."
"I can help you with this matter..." Little Nichola paused bluntly.
"What am I going to do?" Chu Cheng didn't turn around. This little Nichola was ambitious and did not delay his work, so he could date.
Little Nikola took out a piece of paper, used a magic pen to brush dots on it, and drew a map.
"This large area is the Holy Empire, this is our family territory. Then this is the Principality of Maggie. I want you to go to this position and be a baron lord. The Principality of Maggie is now in chaos. The Grand Duke can no longer suppress the ambitions of the nobles in the Duke's internal affairs. He is also short of money. As long as you are willing to spend money, your identity is either a problem or your territory is not good."
Little Nicholas pointed to a location near the sea and said, "This place is mainly a mountainous area. Although there are rivers flowing into the sea, it is not a good channel. The entire territory is not small. The problem is that there is very little arable land and it can feed three or five thousand people."
"The Empire is going to attack the Principality of Maggie?"
Little Nichola looked at Chu Cheng for a while and smiled, "I just guess that if the war doesn't break out, you will lose."
"What if it breaks out?"
"I want to lend your territory, hide five hundred soldiers, and then go south and attack Kuoye City. From this position, it is a dangerous road, but it is very close to attack. After the event is completed, I will not only reward Kuoye City, but also divide a piece of territory to you in the north. In that case, you, the baron, can raise more than 100,000 people."
Seeing Chu Cheng pondering, Little Nicholas said: "I have been looking for candidates. I didn't have any plans to buy this territory suddenly. If things are done, our family can be promoted to duke. At that time, you will be my inner supporter and naturally you can become the hereditary baron of the Holy Empire. Don't be a baron, your status is much worse."
"How come you trust me?"
"Why can you trust you? Everyone has exchanged interests. You are a native of another world, and it is the same for everyone to join. With the identity of a sacred empire, it is a good choice for your children and grandchildren. Your territory is indeed not very good, but with a broad-leaved city and the surrounding arable land, others can only envy you."
"But, there is no port."
“You can build it yourself.”
"The location on land is not good, and no one will come to do business if there is a port."
"You can build a fleet. After the matter is done, I will leave it to you for my private caravan guards. Don't think that income and expenditure are not good, and look at it in the long run. If you start a war with the mainland of China, your port will be valuable. If you don't start a war, you are from another world and you can open your own route and go to China to do business."
Chu Cheng pondered that Little Nicholas was an interesting person, but it was hard to say. If he used his hand and swallowed himself up, it would not be impossible. After all, buying a noble identity requires an outsider, and those who have something to do with the Holy Empire are obviously unqualified. No matter how stupid the Grand Duke Maggie is, he cannot enthrone the people of the Holy Empire, right?
"What is the attitude towards the undead mage?" Chu Cheng still asked this question. If he didn't ask, little Nichola might not be relieved of him.
"What attitude can you do? Just don't cause trouble. Sometimes when fighting wars, you have to rely on the necromancer. I have two friends, both of them. Xiao Chu, you have to understand that fighting and taking risks are not the same thing. When I need you in the future, I will not let you attack the tough, but let you destroy your morale."
When Chu Cheng heard this, he knew that Little Nicholas was a war-capable man.
The undead mage is indeed powerful and can summon the undead continuously. However, what about facing the purification magic? In the end, competing for magic? Then you can compete with the opponent's mage group.
However, at critical moments, letting the necromancer finish the knife and summon battlefield corpses to join the battle will quickly collapse the enemy's aura.
The problem is that the smarter the little Nikola is, the more guarded Chu Cheng is.
"I agree to the matter, but in terms of territory construction, I have to build a magic tower and a bone cemetery."
"Bone Cemetery?" Little Nichola frowned.
"The main thing is to create zombies. You have given me some broken places. There are so many mountains that farmers can do. I don't even have time to farm. What taxes are there?"
"Okay, but don't create something too eye-catching. Going north for more than three hundred miles, and crossing the area I control, there will be a temple of light."
"Don't worry, when I settle down, I will go to the Temple of Light and donate some money to them."
"That's good!" Little Nichola felt a little more at ease. Chu Cheng was quite good at doing things. Although people from other worlds were not very reliable, they could use them as long as they were willing to take root.
"Also, I have to go to the Temple of Dawn, from White Coral City."
Little Nichola glanced at his Aurora badge and said, "I will send someone to you. It will be not convenient if you hire a carriage."
Only then did he remember that the other party's identity might be more special.
"Don't worry, the temple will not care about me and you, as long as I do it on my own." Chu Cheng "comforts" Little Nicholas.
"Bai Coral City is in the south. After you have been there, go back to the Principality of Maggie directly. I will arrange for someone to meet you. Two months will be enough? If you have the status of a person and go back to the territory, you will be able to recruit enough people. As long as you have no problem with your noble status, although these people are sent by me, you can rest assured that they are loyal." Little Nicholas was afraid that Chucheng would not understand the rules of this world, so he explained to him in particular.
He arranged dozens of soldiers, all of whom he spent money to train. Now he gave them to Chu Cheng is considered to invest in relationships.
Chapter completed!