Contrary to expectations, the lord of Kaisi City did know that a marquis came to his territory, with the same title as himself.
However, he did not communicate with Lu Yu and ask him where he came from and where he wanted to go.
On the third day after Kaisi City was closed, Lu Yu learned a piece of news.
The Star Knights, one of the three major knights of the Grand Empire, has sent people to Kais City.
Not only did Kaisi City enter a state of lockdown, but the lords of several surrounding towns were also afraid of being attacked by dragons and restricted their access. It was also because these lords collectively went to the capital that the Star Knights moved so quickly.
The lord was disturbed by the presence of the giant dragon, so naturally he didn't care about Lu Yu's name.
"Is there such a big movement?"
Because Lu Yu couldn't get used to the breakfast in the tavern, he simply bought the ingredients and made it himself in the tavern.
Logically speaking, this is a slap in the face of the tavern, but the tavern owner can't control it. After all, Lu Yu revealed himself as a marquis yesterday.
Sigrid complained in a low voice: "I don't think a mere knight order can deal with Hogu."
"I asked before. The average combat power of magicians in the Grand Empire is four to five levels. There are also many knights with the same combat power as magicians. The top combat power in the empire is a sixth-level wind attribute magician.
And two crystal-level warriors who are good at close combat."
According to Lulutis, the overall strength of the Grand Empire is already very good, and mobilizing them all is enough to deal with ordinary dragons.
And this also proves that this area is far richer than the backcountry where Ass is located. After all, Assna really wants nothing. The average combat power of magicians fluctuates up and down three levels, and the highest monsters can reach gold level.
Huo Gu is the natural overlord there.
Lu Yu really didn't expect that things would develop like this. How long will this dragon disaster without a dragon last?
Even the strongest knights in the empire are in place, and they have an attitude of not leaving until the dragon is slain.
But the problem is, among the people coming from the Star Knights this time there is a crystal-level ruthless character. Why does he still maintain the lockdown when he is in place?
Lulutis clicked her tongue: "This is a fiefdom, the knights have no right to interfere, stupid."
Just as Lulutis said, Hester, the leader of the Knights of the Stars, hopes that Felton, the lord of Case City, will no longer seal the city. After all, several towns that had previously heard about the dragon's attack and sealed the city are now hearing about the arrival of the Knights of the Stars.
Everything has been open since then.
However, Felton rejected Hearst's proposal and made it clear that the city must be sealed off until the threat of dragon disaster was eliminated.
"This is my right as a lord, and the Knights have no right to interfere."
Felton silenced everyone in the Knights of the Stars with just one word.
If other towns lifted their lockdown upon hearing the arrival of the Knights of the Stars because they believed in their performance, then Felton made it clear that he did not believe in the Knights of the Stars.
In the lord's mansion, Hester and Felton looked at each other in silence, refusing to give in to each other.
"The Knights are responsible for exterminating the dragon, but they always need information support. Now that the Marquis has gathered all the adventurers in the town, the Knights must search for traces of the dragon alone in the forest and even on the surrounding islands..."
The woman's voice was soft, like a cool stream, dispelling the anger in Hester and Felton's hearts.
The chill on Felton's chubby face suddenly disappeared, and he looked at Heather with a smile in his eyes.
The woman continued: "How about the Marquis of Felton issue a reward to the adventurers in the city and ask them to help find traces of the dragon. In this way, we can complete your Majesty's mission as soon as possible, and the Marquis can find peace as soon as possible."
"Ms. Heather is indeed a great magician who is proficient in wind magic. Even her words are as gentle as the breeze." Felton glanced at Hester's dark face and replied, "For Ms. Heather's sake
Yes, I will only close the city for another seven days and issue special passes to adventurers starting from today."
Hester snorted, ignored etiquette, turned around and left with the others.
Heather, who was walking at the end, was stopped by Felton.
"My men found a manuscript left by a sixth-level magician in the collar. I wonder if you are interested?"
Heather was stunned for a moment, with a trace of desire on her pretty face, but it was immediately covered up by a smile.
"Let's talk about it later." After saying that, Heather left with the remaining group members.
After all the knights had left, Felton's butler stepped forward in confusion and asked, "Isn't it inappropriate for the master to do this?"
"Oh, you also think it's wrong for me to close the city?"
The butler lowered his head: "I just don't think we should have a conflict with the Knights of the Stars. What they want is not to lift the lockdown, but to save face."
"The surrounding lords have given face to the Knights of the Stars. My insistence on sealing the city is tantamount to telling everyone that I don't trust the strength of the stars. Lifting it after seven days is more like a disguised provocation. If the stars within seven days
If they cannot find the dragon and cannot slay it, then they will be ridiculed by the other two knights."
Felton was relatively fat and felt uncomfortable all over after standing for a long time. After sitting down, he let out a long sigh of comfort and drank the tea in one gulp.
Seeing that the housekeeper was hunched over, not daring to raise his head to look directly at him, Felton waved his hand: "Okay, okay, you already know something, can I not know it?"
"You don't need to say any more. Let the people below take care of the supplies. Don't let what the mob caused last winter happen again. I don't want to be embarrassed in front of the Knights."
After the butler left, Felton snorted.
If he didn't, would the Star Knights have stayed in Keyes City longer?
The whereabouts of the giant dragon are erratic, how can it be so easy to find?
Although His Majesty has sent a group of knights to help, they will most likely report to Your Majesty after they cannot find it, saying that there is no trace of the dragon and it is very likely that it will leave this place.
Felton knew this all too well.
Only by using provocation to tie up the members of the Knights of the Star can he sit back and relax.
After all these efforts, after seven days, the Star Knights will definitely continue to look for traces of the dragon for their own sake, and will not leave until His Majesty calls them back.
and…
If he didn't do this, how could he create an opportunity to get along with Heather.
A sixth-level magician who is not yet thirty years old. Such an outstanding woman has no one she likes yet, and she is busy with the knights all day long.
If he can create some opportunities to get along with her, develop a relationship with her, and finally succeed, his status in the empire will definitely rise.
Felton likes that sentence very much, opportunities are created by yourself.
Dragon disaster is a bad thing, but he can forcefully create a situation that is beneficial to him. This is his skill.
Felton, who became more and more proud as he thought about it, tapped his fingers on the table and suddenly remembered something.
“…”
"Forget it...just leave it alone, I still have important things to be busy with, I'm just a Marquis from another country."
On the fourth day after arriving in Case City, Lu Yu found that there were a lot fewer people in the tavern after getting up.
Before the city was closed, many adventurers who were bored came here to get drunk. After getting drunk, they checked into a room and lay down. For them, one day was already over.
But today there were only a few people in the huge tavern, and they were all ordinary residents.
"Boss, why has your business plummeted?" Sigrid was also puzzled.
"It's not that my business has plummeted. It's that last night, the lord issued a reward order. Anyone who provides the whereabouts of the dragon will be rewarded with a thousand silver coins. If the knights succeed in slaying the dragon, the person who provides the information will receive a portion of the dragon.
Blood."
"No, after the announcement was made late last night, the lord's guards immediately issued passes for leaving the city at the city gate. Only magicians and people with adventurer ID cards can receive them."
After thanking the boss for the information, Lu Yu had a hasty breakfast and rushed to the east city gate, where he found that there were indeed many adventurers queuing up to receive passes.
When it was Lu Yu's turn, the Lulutis on Lu Yu's shoulders attracted the attention of the city gate guards.
"This is my summon."
Hearing this, the guard tested it and found that Lu Yu indeed had magical powers, so he handed the pass to Lu Yu and told him to take a closer look at the reward amount.
"As long as the information provided is accurate, you can get rewards even if you don't participate in the dragon slaying. You should be careful!"
The guard pointed at the bounty notice and shouted to the adventurers lining up.
This loud voice made Lu Yu's head buzz.
After leaving Kaisi City, Lu Yu grabbed an adventurer out of curiosity and asked, "Are you really going to look for traces of the dragon?"
The adamantine-level adventurer nodded: "Of course you go. As long as you provide information, you can hope to get a thousand silver coins, and you might even get dragon blood. Where can you find such a good thing?"
After saying that, the adventurer patted Lu Yu on the shoulder: "You are magicians, right? Why don't we form a team? Don't worry, if the rewards are given out at that time, we will split the points in half!"
Lu Yu politely declined.
After all, absolutely no one can get that thousand silver coins and that dragon's blood.
Except for the two people in the Star Knights who were stationed in the city to recover information about the adventurers, the rest of the Knights of the Stars went out to look for traces of the dragon.
Heather doesn't like working with a group of people, and she spent most of her time as a lone ranger when she joined the Knights of the Star.
Along the way, she also met many adventurers who wanted to form a team with her, but she declined them all.
Because most of the Knights were active near Case City, Heather chose to search east of Case City.
There are many active monsters in this area, and many adventurers are afraid to go deep, but for Heather, this is not a problem.
A large number of low-level monsters were crushed by the wind blade before they even got close to Heather. Monsters that relied on their numbers to break through to her had no time to attack, and would be pierced by the pointed cones protruding from the wind shield before they could attack.
Heather's method of gathering information was simple. She broke into a giant woodland spider's lair, found their leader, and asked him if he had seen the dragon.
The giant woodland spider has never seen such a ferocious human being, and most of his children were wiped out in the blink of an eye.
"I've seen it. Just a few days ago, a huge dragon flew over here. We felt its power and we all hid. I really don't know anything else!"
The giant woodland spider trembled, fearing that if it was too late, it would die suddenly on the spot.
Most of the high-level monsters can speak some human language. After listening to the giant woodland spider speak a strange spoken language about what he saw and heard, Heather thought for a moment and put down the wind blade on the spider's eyes.
.
"Can you feel how strong the other party is?"
"...My children and I are no match for each other, that's for sure."
If the gold-level giant woodland spider has this premonition, the opponent is at least a crystal-level dragon.
A dragon of this strength has never appeared in the surrounding area.
Creatures like dragons cannot be rated based on their current combat power. If the opponent is crystal level, then you must be at least one level stronger than him to deal with it safely.
There are no seventh-level magicians in the Grand Empire, and there are no Amber-level warriors. If the opponent is really a crystal-level dragon, even if all members of the Star Knights explode, they may not be able to retain the opponent.
As Heather left the giant spider's lair in the forest and walked on the road, the shadow in her heart grew bigger and bigger.
Where did this giant dragon come from, and what was he planning to do when he passed through a human town?
Why did he just show up and never show up again?
Where is he now?
This is the fear brought about by powerful beings. They don't need to do anything, just show up a little, and they will make countless people panic.
Even if he disappears, this uneasiness will not disappear immediately, but will continue to torture everyone.
Heather is like this now. She desperately hopes that the dragon will appear immediately. Even if he destroys the town and wreaks havoc everywhere, it is better than not being able to hide.
"who!"
In Heather's field of vision, a black shadow flashed past a towering tree in the distance.
Having dealt with monsters all year round, Heather quickly searched for information on monsters similar in shape to the black shadow in her mind.
Heather boldly walked up to where the shadow disappeared, and then she saw a horrifying scene.
A human leg is revealed.
The legs were kicking in a panic, as if they had been subjected to inhuman torture.
The black mist stretched out countless tentacles and tied them to the victim. The mist shrouded it like a demon.
Right next to the victim, there was a man, a woman, and a strange white mist.
Without thinking, Heather immediately threw out the wind blade and chopped it into the tentacles of the black mist.
The picture of the tentacles breaking in her imagination did not appear, and Heather heard a dull impact.
Heather was stunned for a moment, controlled the flowing wind, condensed it into an invisible battle ax, and slashed hard towards the core of the black mist.
"boom."
Although Black Mist stretched out its tentacles to block it, it was still knocked back by the blow.
Applying wind-type acceleration magic to herself, Heather dodged and came to the fallen victim. With just one glance, she could tell that the man was poisoned.
All this happened within a few seconds, and Heather used her speed to the extreme to avoid getting into a chaotic fight.
Wrapping the poisoned person in the wind, Heather glanced at the black fog and her heart trembled.
"Intact?" She subconsciously shouted.
Even if she didn't use her full strength, this was a blow from a sixth-level magician.
This monster doesn't have to dodge, but it can still float after being hit?
wrong…
The aura of this monster is very strange. It seems to be a fusion of various strange monsters?
"You hit my summon twice without saying a word. Doesn't this magician think he is very rude?"
The man's words made Heather tremble all over. Without thinking, she turned around and ran away with the poisoned man.
After Heather ran away, Lu Yugen Sigrid was stunned.
"No, why did she run away? She hit someone and ran away. She is sick!"