Although with the obstacle of orcs, it is simply a dream for other ordinary nobles to expand their territory, but Narant is a time traveler and has a system.
Even Stormland, the original land of doom, couldn't do anything to him, let alone the orcs?
"Hey, is there a castle here?"
And when Nalant followed the knights of the Blue Shield Empire and continued deep into his own territory, after more than two hours of journey, an incredible scene appeared in front of him. There was actually a castle standing on a hill.
Although this castle is dilapidated, its scale is actually much larger than his original Lucky Castle. Judging from the scale, this is a proper viscount castle.
"Baron Nalant, this is what Lord Roll told me to tell you!"
"Actually, this territory originally had a viscount. At that time, the orcs' territory had not yet expanded to the Black Rock Plain. This viscount had lived here for decades, so he built this viscount castle."
"At that time, the population of this viscounty was at least 70,000 to 80,000."
"It's just that with the expansion of the orcs, they finally plundered this viscounty territory in one year!"
"Although the viscount's descendants escaped in the end, all valuable property was stolen by the orcs, and the viscount did not dare to stay here any longer."
"The orcs are so blatant, and your empire doesn't care?"
In Nalant's view, a viscount was not comparable to a knight, and his lord would definitely not be able to bear this tone.
"Baron Nalant, that viscount is not a noble from the six empires, but a noble from the Green Onyx Principality!"
"In the past, this area was the territory of the Green Onyx Principality, but due to the threat of the orcs, it has retreated to the rear."
"The nearest border of the Green Onyx Principality is now more than ten days' journey from you." The knight explained immediately.
"It turns out to be a principality!" Narant understood.
Although the principalities in this world are stronger than the Agate Principality and the Northern Principality, they are not much stronger.
Therefore, when faced with the harassment of orcs, it was natural that they could not afford to offend them and had no choice but to hide.
After all, the orcs are not only extremely vicious, but also extremely shameless. Hit and run is their most effective tactic.
After the robbery was successful, they immediately went into the forest. Facing the dense woods, even if a hundred thousand troops walked in, there would be no results.
"Let's go to the castle and have a look!" However, no matter what, this castle is really an unexpected surprise for Nalant.
Castle!
It will take at least ten or decades to build one.
Although it is a bit dilapidated, it is definitely easier to repair than to build directly.
Soon, Nalant led his subordinates to the castle.
The scale of the construction of this castle is much larger than that of Lucky Castle.
This is not only because of the scale that the Viscount Castle needs to achieve, but also because the hill where the castle is located is very wide.
It can be seen from the location selection that the lord of this viscounty not only spent a lot of money, but also had considerable ambitions.
Because there is a large flat open space behind the hill castle, it is obvious that the viscount lord is planning to slowly plan the open space behind it to become part of the castle when he has enough funds.
If this plan is really completed, it will probably not be inferior to any Earl's Castle.
As for safety, the surrounding area of the hill has been dug into steep rock walls with a height of tens of meters, and the traces of manual excavation are obvious. This is why Narant said that the viscount lord spent a lot of money on it.
Just digging the edge of this oval hill into a steep overhang would take a lot of manpower and material resources.
After walking up a gentle slope of seventy or eighty meters, Nalant and others arrived at the gate of the castle.
The gate of the castle is naturally open at this moment, and the original solid door panel has long since decayed.
However, at this moment, you can still see several large holes of different sizes on the rotten gate, which should have been made by the orcs back then.
As for the wall, although some of the city wall stones were damaged, the whole was still intact. It seemed that the orcs did not destroy the castle after they breached it.
After entering the castle, there is a vestibule that is more than twice as wide as the Lucky Castle.
The vestibule was now covered with weeds and flowers, some of which were as tall as a person. If one were not riding on a war horse, one would not be able to see the deeper scenes.
"Baron Nalant, our mission has been completed, so we will not disturb you anymore. We will return to the empire now!"
While Nalant was observing the scene around the vestibule, the blue shield imperial knight spoke respectfully to Nalant.
"Everyone, why don't you stay for two more days until I have my subordinates clean up this place and entertain you all for a few days? After all, this journey is too hard!"
"Thank you Baron Nalant for your kindness. There is no need to entertain you. You are a friend of His Highness Rolle. We will definitely complete what His Highness told you!"
"And you must have a lot of things to do when you first arrive in the territory, so there is no need to delay because of us!"
"All right!"
The Blue Shield Knight was right. It was not because there was danger here or because he didn't want to see Nalant that he left, so Nalant stopped forcing him.
"Thomas, give each of these knights a jug of wine and a pound of brown sugar!" Nalant waved to Thomas the steward, who was following not far behind.
"Yes, sir!" Thomas stepped forward immediately and handed the wine and brown sugar to several knights.
Several knights had already tasted the sweetness of brown sugar bread on the way here, and were naturally very grateful after receiving the brown sugar and wine.
At the same time, he reminded Nalant to pay attention to safety and returned to the original route.
Immediately, Nalant watched the Blue Shield Knight leave, and then gave Thomas the order to clean up the castle.
Immediately, a large group of serfs rushed into the castle, took tools, and began to clean up various weeds in the front yard.
At the same time, various decaying wooden houses and sheds in the front yard were demolished.
Nalant continued to move towards the gate of the inner castle. At present, it seemed that the appearance of the Viscount Castle definitely satisfied him.
This is a big mistake. Although it has been abandoned for many years, thanks to the care taken when it was originally built, the overall defense structure is still intact.
Now what Narant wants to see is the inside. If the inside is as good as the outside, then he will be really happy.
"Wow, what a big castle! Sister Vivian, we can live in a bigger castle with adults in the future!"
Just before Nalant was about to arrive at the inner castle, little girl Shirley and Vivian and other lucky girls saw the Blue Shield Knight leaving. They couldn't bear their curiosity and came to the castle.
"grown ups!"
After the girls stepped into the castle, they quickly found their master!
"Well, come here, let's go inside the castle and take a look!" The women are still wearing long linen skirts. These days, Nalant has reduced his contact with them.
Now that there are no outsiders here, we can naturally regain the closeness we had before!
"Yes, sir! Congratulations on getting a big castle!"
"Sir, you are truly a nobleman favored by the God of Glory!"
When Vivian and Catherine approached Nalant, they immediately offered their greetings and others' greetings.
On the way, they also saw many nobles acquiring new territories, but those new territories had ready-made castles.
And even if there are one or two lucky nobles, the scale and integrity of the castle are definitely not as good as my own!