Chapter 68 The Messenger
Viscount Arger, the tiger man, half-squinted his eyes, feeling a little annoyed.
After his father passed away, as the eldest son, he naturally inherited his father's title.
In the Orc Empire, there are two main types of nobles.
One is the hereditary noble, which is commonly known as the lord. As long as the lord of the territory has successors, his title and territory can be passed down from generation to generation. This kind of noble is equivalent to a prince. Even the imperial emperors have no right to interfere in the affairs of the noble territory without sufficient reasons.
Another type is the nobles who have no territory.
After this kind of nobleman dies, his eldest son will automatically inherit the title, but the title level will decrease accordingly. His father is an earl, and his son can only inherit the title of viscount. If his descendants are not successful, they will become civilians again in a few generations.
When the old Count was still alive, Alger's family conditions were very good. His father owned many industries in the city of Corotti and was considered to be a prominent family.
However, since the death of the old Count, the situation has changed.
First, his younger brother was unable to repay the huge debts due to gambling, so he chose to commit suicide; then their family property was suppressed and suffered heavy losses. In less than a year, Alger went bankrupt and his wife left him with her children.
In order to avoid the debt-chasing person, with the help of his father and friends, Alger finally received the task, so he took his nephew and left Corotti City overnight.
If the emperor's tiger skin was involved, those debt collectors would not dare to attack them.
Now the two are penniless.
"Uncle, wake up quickly and stop sleeping. It has been more than ten days since I left, why haven't I arrived yet?" The young man shook the middle-aged tiger man's shoulders hard.
"You little bastard, why are you anxious? You should be here tomorrow."
The middle-aged tiger man opened his eyes and sat up, saying unhappy.
"We ate all the food we brought last night. We've been hungry for a day. You promised my father to take good care of me." The boy raised his face.
"How can you not be hungry when you are jumping up and down?" The middle-aged tiger man looked outside the car, "Horse, when we arrive at the territory of the Taurus, you can eat as much as you want."
"Give it, I still have some bread here." A wolf cavalry next to him took out a few breads and handed them over.
"Thank you, brother." The tiger boy took it with a look of surprise.
The middle-aged tiger man looked at the bread in the boy's hand, licked his lips, turned to look at the wolf cavalry beside him, and said with hope: "Brother, are there any more?"
The captain of the Wolf Cavalry shook his head. This was the first time he had seen a nobleman who had been so ripped off.
In the upper right corner of the beast car, a transparent little bug was quietly floating in the air.
"Oh, is this the envoy sent by the Empire? It seems different from what I imagined?" Barr opened his eyes.
During this week, Barr's level was increased twice, reaching level 37, and he received many summons. These transparent bugs were the biggest gains in his summoning this time.
This strange creature is called Void Floating, and the one beside Barr is just a female insect floating in Void Floating.
Single Void Floating has only simple biological instincts, and they do not have wisdom in themselves, but under the leadership of the mother insects, these creatures become very different after they form groups.
There is a special spiritual connection between each individual floating in the void. Through the mother insects, they can form a whole. This strange spiritual connection network is like a complex biological computer, with a high degree of intelligence and can integrate and share the sounds and images collected by the individual through the mother insects. This is a strange group intelligent life.
Judging from the system introduction, this void float should be the companion beast of the ancient king whale orcs.
The ancient king whale orcs are said to be thousands of meters tall and are giants living in the deep sea. They are born without eyes and ears, and Void Floating plays this role. These Void Floating plays have special space talents and can hide themselves in an alien plane, which is extremely difficult to be seen.
There are no records of the floating void in existing historical materials. People usually believe that the king whale orcs have a special perception system.
There are thousands of void floaters summoned this time. Barr can receive all the information from void floaters through the female insects. The transmission distance can reach thousands of kilometers, and the distance will continue to increase as their level increases.
"Here, yes, it's here, let it go."
"Be careful there too, don't damage the lifting platform below."
On the city walls on both sides of the gate of Hailan Village, some goblin workers were busy. John and the old werewolf stood beside him, directing the goblin workers to install the m-2oo magic turret.
A few days ago, the village wall had been successfully upgraded to a low city wall.
This short city wall is more than six meters high and has a thickness of more than five meters, and has greatly improved its defense.
Barr walked up the steps inside the wall to the top.
"How is the progress?" Barr walked to the two of them.
"Sir, just fix the main body of the turret to the lifting platform, and the installation is completed." The old werewolf said respectfully, "But now we do not have a stable source of energy, and the cost of using magic crystals will be very high. A magic crystal can support four hundred medium-level attacks. If the maximum output state is maintained, 1% of the energy will be consumed for each attack."
After more than 20 days, with the efforts of Joseph and the old werewolf, the m-2oo magic turret was finally successfully manufactured. Due to the need to be made by hand, only two were made in total.
After testing, the attack frequency of the magic turret can reach every five seconds. According to the input energy, there is also a considerable gap in attack power. With Bart's current strength, he can't hold on for long under the full load attack of the two turrets. In addition to the slower attack, the rest is acceptable.
"The security of the territory is the most important thing. As for energy collection devices, you can take it slowly." Barr responded.
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The next afternoon.
The weather in October has begun to slowly turn colder, and the monsoon blowing from the northwest finally brought the first rain in Hailan Village.
It was drizzling.
Barr was sitting in the chamber of consularity and came to the Land World for so long that he was rarely free today. The floating female insect in the void emitted a burst of blue light, and the guests he was waiting for finally arrived.
"Sir, there is an animal cart outside the village, and a team of wolf cavalry followed. They were holding the imperial flag and said they were messengers sent by the empire." A guard hurriedly ran in.
"Go out and welcome it." Barr smiled slightly.
After all, it was an envoy sent by the Empire, so this etiquette cannot be lost.
Bar stood up and headed to the entrance of the village.
"I don't know if the distinguished guest is coming, and I'm not surprised. Please don't be surprised." Barr ordered the guards at the door to make way.
There were ten fourth-level wolf cavalry standing outside the door, which happened to be a small team. Their wolf had been put away for a strong werewolf. Behind the team was a beast cart, a chubby middle-aged tiger man walked down from the beast cart, followed by a tiger boy.
"Haha, I have heard of the name of the Bar brothers for a long time. I am young and promising, and I am young and promising." Alger smiled as he walked, "I am the viscount of the Empire, and this time I am here to convey the instructions of the Empire."
"It turns out to be the Imperial Envoy, please come from the Viscount." Barr smiled.
"This armor should be worth a lot of money, right?" The tiger-man boy behind looked at the armor on the guard with envy.
"Come here!" Alger's face was a little embarrassed by the tiger man behind him, "Brother Bar, don't be accustomed to me. This is my nephew. I have never seen any world before, so I will make my brother laugh."
"Haha, nothing, please come inside."
"please."
The two walked side by side towards the conference hall, and the wolf cavalry behind them hurriedly followed.
"I wonder what happened to Lord Viscount this time?" Barr asked as he walked.
"The territory of the Barr brothers has been upgraded to level three. According to the regulations of the empire, the first thing is to send the empire's lord token. The second thing is, according to the regulations of the empire, all lords in territories above level three are obliged to join the imperial army."
The two of them said while walking.
In the chamber, the two sat opposite each other. Bart and John sat beside Barr, and the wolf cavalry captain and the young tiger man were following him sat on the side of Alger, with various desserts and fruits placed on the table.
Chapter completed!