The city of La Calera is the capital of the Earl of Samuel. As a local powerful nobleman, his life has not been easy recently.
His territory does not have any special products, and its various industries are also below average. In the eyes of the big boss in the capital, it should be regarded as a typical backcountry. The only thing worth looking forward to is probably being the first statue of the neighboring Kingdom of Largos.
In a decent territory, border trade is relatively prosperous, and at least 70% of the income of the Earl's Palace depends on taxes from border trade.
Due to the domestic political instability since last winter, the number of Lagos merchants choosing to come here has dropped sharply recently. It seems that this year's taxation will be a problem, and life has suddenly become very difficult.
But it seems that things have turned around recently. Not only is the big businessman Cindy still planning to continue the contract, but they also choose to vacation here. It is also a great political opportunity.
This Lady Caroline is a delicate daughter of a distant relative of the royal family. She has the royal surname of Milan. Although she has not much direct connection and has no right to inherit the throne, her father, Duke Harold, is a big shot who even the princes have to give face to.
, as a princess, young, beautiful, intelligent, and with a distinguished surname, Caroline has many suitors in the country.
Such a person chooses to come to his territory. While Earl Samuel is full of joy, he is also beating a drum in his heart, fearing that he will offend the other party accidentally.
So, the earl invited the best cooks and theater troupes in the territory. He held a grand welcome banquet at his mansion. He invited the nobles and squires from the surrounding counties. He also invited the benefactor from the East, and even
It also suffered some criticism.
In the eyes of nobles, dealings with businessmen may yield benefits, but it is definitely not suitable to be put on the table. After all, it is just "the business of inferior people."
And I, as the benefactor of a foreign financial backer, also happily attended the banquet.
Hmm. I am just happy to get new information, but I am definitely not happy to eat and drink for free.
Okay, I admit that the Bayer-flavored spicy noodle soup is very suitable to my taste. The New Year apple pie is very fresh and delicious. Even the spices on the skewers of barbecue are also very good. The Alitong grilled chicken legs are even better.
The taste is very good, plus the pudding is delicious, and the vintage of the red wine is not low... I have lost sight of the rations I ate along the way. Anyway, there is no chance to meet in the future, so you can point your fingers at it.
My mouth was watering, so I swallowed it in one gulp. I am a countryman who has entered the city. You can say whatever you want. Forget about face and stuff, let’s fill our stomachs first.
Those who had originally planned to come and have a chat after looking at the ** master's robes, saw the appearance of this starving ghost reincarnated, and simply gave up. Even Cindy shook her head and gave up her plan to introduce the dignitary.
And since there was no one to disturb me, I was happy to enjoy the rare and sumptuous dinner. I didn't have to stop until the main character of the dinner arrived.
When the princess appeared outside the door, she attracted everyone's attention.
Let’s not talk about jewelry and other things. After all, we are from a wealthy family in the capital, and our temperament and facial features are above the passing line. But after everyone politely put down their wine glasses, in order not to attract too much attention, I
I could only follow suit and put down the pudding cake in my mouth helplessly.
"Hey, it's such a grand ceremony. Look at the family crest, is it really a princess?"
I have seen too many beauties and so on. Not to mention the princess, the princess is not worth much, but the entourage behind her surprised me. It turned out to be a lively and jumping lich.
Others may not be able to tell the difference between skeleton mages, skeleton soldiers and lichs, but to me, the soul fire of a lich is as clear as a light in the dark midnight.
"This is Lord Rex. He is also the imperial envoy who travels around the world under the emperor's orders. He represents the will of His Majesty Oros."
Okay, it seems that I accidentally traveled through the fairy tale novel and used a lich as the traveling minister? Am I crazy, or Oros is crazy.
But the emperor's will agent's identity is so noble, and there is a distinguished princess to introduce him, plus the rumors he has heard before, even if he is not discerning, he will know what choice to make, and even more
Don't mention these local aristocrats who are wallowing in the political arena every day.
Applause and cheers continued. Lord Samuel took the lead in expressing his welcome. All the nobles kept flattering, and even a few famous young women and courtesans habitually winked. Then they realized that something was wrong.
, the lich seemed to be glaring at people with an expression of 'are you kidding me', and quickly lowered his head to eliminate his sense of existence.
And when I heard that the lich actually became the messenger representing the royal power, I was so surprised that I almost choked. I quickly drank two sips of century-old Omto red wine to calm down my shock.
Only later did I learn that this was part of the plan of the undead emperors. In order to completely conquer Bayer, they laid out their plans in units of hundreds of years. Now, it is time to harvest, and in order to consolidate their "authority", let
The great nobles of the capital parade around various territories with high-ranking undead, and establishing authority is part of it.
"Look, even the great nobles in the capital have recognized that high-level undead are nobles among nobles, so what are you worried about?" Try to eliminate human resistance to the upper echelons of the undead and avoid any accidents when the plan is implemented. This is probably what they are doing.
what is expected.
But this is obviously limited. With the pressure of His Majesty the Emperor, it is still possible to accept some undead nobles. However, if it is found that the upper echelons of the kingdom have been ruled by the undead, I am afraid that this country will also come to an end. Perhaps, it is precisely this information that
The news made the Holy Church determined to "eradicate evil".
But I'm afraid the undead are just trying to feel at ease now. As for being exposed later... When all the undead emperors arrive, so what if they are exposed.
If the appearance of this "protagonist" was just the first show tonight, then when the princess who had just come from the capital whispered softly in Earl Samuel's ear and pointed at Cindy, I felt faint
Yueyue guessed that the God of Doom had favored me again.
The legendary perception ability of twenty points made my five senses super sharp than ordinary people, and the naughty wind brought these words to my ears. In the end, Samuel changed from surprised and disbelieving, to contemplation, to an expression of joy and hope.
The changes also let me know how to choose.
"Damn, it's so much fun, maybe I should go to the temple of the God of Destiny to worship."
But by now it's too late.
"Come here, take down those spies!"
It seems that Earl Samuel has figured it out and made a conclusion. In fact, there is no need to hesitate at all. Since the two countries have entered a state of war, no businessmen can be expected to interact with each other in the foreseeable few years. So,
It's better to eat all the current batch of goods first, this is a real immediate benefit.
What's the reason for eating the goods? Why are you still running business when the two countries are at war? Isn't this a clear-cut spy? I've seized all the goods. If you pay a ransom, I'll release them. If you don't, I'll keep them.
If the relationship between the two countries eases? I am not afraid of easing, can these foreign businessmen still retaliate? At that time, new fat sheep will come to the door. If the other party takes the road, the ransom given is enough, and it is not impossible to continue cooperation.
And at that moment, it was not only Samuel who figured it all out, but Cindy was not a fool either. Such a plot had long been expected. As soon as the word "spy" was uttered, he did not hesitate to take it out of his sleeves.
A scroll came out and was torn open.
The five-ring arcane random dimensional gate was so sudden and moved so fast that even the Lich had no time to intercept it. Cindy had been randomly teleported within three kilometers of the surrounding area.
It seems that this is the trump card he uses to escape, and he is always ready to trigger it.
"I'll go with you, Uncle Cindy, have you forgotten something? You don't want to trick your teammates like this."
Dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at me. When the protagonist ran away, my supporting role was automatically upgraded.
"Well, I said he and I are not on the same team, do you believe it?"
"Catch that guy!"
"Well, that's what happened."
"So you didn't hesitate to bring all the pursuers here? Aren't you just cheating your teammates?"
The dead cat who had just hid in a small forest roared at me. Seeing the loss of the souvenirs she had just collected, she was already jumping out of her skin.
"Isn't it just a lich? If you just kill it, it's over. Why don't you run away like this?"
"...Do you think if a lich is just gone, there will be more trouble in the future? Besides, I am only a gold-level person now. Do you think it is possible to fight against a group of soldiers and legendary lichs alone?"
"Do you dare to touch your conscience and say such things? You can't handle a lich?"
The weakest Lich is a Legend, but judging from the intensity of the magic power fluctuations and soul fire, Lich Rex is the highest Legend, and it is also a parallel legend that was forcibly raised by external forces.
Although after passing the legend, intelligent undead are generally stronger than human professions of the same level, but based on my understanding of necromancy, ordinary legendary lich is really not that difficult.
Especially since that guy seems to be majoring in ice magic besides necromancy, and he is also a big swordsman in front of Guan Gong. It is not difficult to deal with it, but I have other considerations when I don't move him.
Most of our pursuers in front of us are private soldiers of the lord, and most of them are rookies of the Black Iron rank. If we really want to fight back, it will be the same for anyone, but I am the only one who suppresses the mercenary group.
They did not alert the enemy, but unfortunately, although I wanted to go our separate ways and live in peace, the other party seemed to remain unyielding.
With the tip from the people in the territory, in this environment where everyone is an enemy, the pursuers soon came to pursue him.
"Seize that mage, or the lord will tear us apart."
"Asshole! Is that guy really a mage? How can he run away like this?"
"Don't mention it. Ah San was knocked away by his staff and is still embedded in the wall. That guy definitely has ogre blood."
"Hurry up and chase him. The lord is very popular this time. If we lose him, none of us will have an easy time."
After hearing the discussion behind her, Xiaohong, who was already a little irritable, looked at me in surprise, as if asking me what I had done.
"I didn't do anything. Since I couldn't defeat him, I took hostages and escaped. Maybe the lord felt that he had lost face in front of the beautiful princess and couldn't stand it."
"...I think your method of hijacking was wrong. First of all, you should have used a knife instead of a chicken leg on the hostage's neck. Secondly, if you found that you took the wrong one, you should not have made the mistake. After eating the chicken leg in one bite, take
Holding a chicken bone, pointing at other people's arteries and shouting, 'Don't come here, if you come again, I will stab him to death with a chicken bone.'"
"The count who was almost stabbed to death by a chicken bone? I think he would really rather be stabbed to death by you when the news spreads."
It's really troublesome to have a familiar demon pet, especially when she seizes the opportunity to cause trouble for you. Do you think I don't want to use the knife? Who knows that I picked up the wrong one.
"By the way, not only that, but later he even thought the other party was noisy and made the pudding... oooooo!"
Without hesitation, he stuffed the last chicken leg in stock into the dead cat's mouth, and finally became quiet.
"...If I'm not wrong in my calculation, maybe this is an opportunity. Well, let's go and fight with the uncles first. I also want to recover my mental damages."
"Don't change the subject! We are looking forward to the follow-up! How on earth did you escape with chicken legs?"
