The sword was raised from bottom to top, from right to left. It crossed Leka's thigh, lower abdomen, and knocked his sword away after his right chest.
The wound was not deep, but it was very long. The damage caused by the black iron sword was terrible. His blood flowed out from the cracked armor and formed a line on his body. Leka looked at me numbly.
His eyes gradually turned gray, he covered the wound tightly with his hands, stepped away step by step, and sat down on the ground with a "pop".
This is a tease.
No matter which country's martial arts there is this move, the name may be different, but the action is the same, it is all from bottom to top, it is very sinister and vicious.
I wasn't ruthless enough when I struck. The correct approach should be to use the knife to pull him up from between his feet and break him into two equal parts. But this is a palace, a competition between nobles. If that were the case, it might be "serious"
It violates the most basic demeanor and cultivation of a nobleman." I don't want to joke about this newly acquired title.
The sword that was knocked away fell down and was inserted not far from the Zuo Xiang. The Zuo Xiang and the other people looked pale. Their quick movements did not get a trace of blood on the blade, so I put the sword back into its sheath.
"The competition is over!" the captain of the guard shouted loudly, "Koen Keda wins!"
There were chaotic footsteps around him, and the palace magician hurried over to treat Leka...
"I declare," His Majesty stood up and said, "Both fiefs will be granted to today's victor, and Cohen Keda will be promoted to Viscount at the same time."
"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion." My father said, "There is still a certain distance between the two fiefs. This is not very easy to manage!"
"Governor Visu Keda!" the left minister said sternly, "If you can get these two pieces of land, you must be able to manage them well!"
"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of the Left." My father seemed to be in a good mood. "Should we provide some conveniences to young people who are entering politics for the first time? Isn't this what Your Excellency the Prime Minister of the Left has always advocated?"
"You don't need to say any more." His Majesty said, "I have already thought about it."
"Your Majesty! Please be careful!" Zuo Xiang was anxious.
"There is indeed a distance between the two pieces of land. In view of this situation..." His Majesty slowly said his decision, "I decided to combine the two pieces of land and the middle area to form a new city-state. As for the name, just
Let’s call it Dark City after the Dark Forest, and appoint Cohen Kedar as the first governor.”
"Your Majesty! You can't do this!"
"No need to say any more! I understand what you are thinking!" There was a hint of displeasure on His Majesty's face, "Since you agreed to the competition between two young men using fiefdom as a bet from the beginning, you should accept the result now! This is my decision
!”
"Yes." Zuo Xiang hesitated, "Follow... your order."
"Cohen Keda." His Majesty said to me.
"Ah, yes!"
"From now on, you will be the governor of the Dark City." His Majesty said, "I will give you three years to rectify the law and order and clean up the place. After three years, the royal family will begin to collect taxes from you. Whoever governs you will be in charge.
It can't be done, but if it fails... think about it yourself!"
"Yes, I obey!" Oh my god, if you want me to manage a city-state, wouldn't it be more convenient to chop off my head?
"What's wrong?" Fichet patted me on the shoulder, "You are the governor now! Can you be happy?"
"Yeah!" Kelly said, "It was like this when he came back. I thought he lost the fight."
"Well, boss!" Mafa leaned over and said, "You are the governor now, can you also give it to me...hehe."
"Hehe..." I also laughed, "Hey, how about you, how about I give you the governor?"
"Cohen," his father said, "don't worry, this is a good thing."
"Dad!" I cried, "I just thought it was a fiefdom. How did I know that Your Majesty still wants me to be the governor?"
"Isn't it bad?" Fichet said, "There are two governors in one family, which is rare in the entire empire."
"Brother! You can do whatever you want with your fiefdom." I complained to Fichet. "But the governor has to do things!"
"Hey! Are you a little self-conscious, okay?" Fichet nodded my head with his finger, "Don't you have many ideals? You told me so many!"
"It's just talk." I pushed his hand away, "Do you believe it?"
"Okay, okay, don't you still have three years? You can take your time." My father said, "To be honest, I didn't expect that His Majesty would appoint you as governor. No one expected that what happened today would be so unexpected."
It’s too fast. The left prime minister is not prepared at all. Your Majesty’s hands are really powerful!”
"Ah? Dad, what's going on?"
"Of course you don't understand, let me tell you." Dad said, "Because your land is in trouble, it has never joined the empire's establishment, and the empire only regards it as an enclave. Apart from it
, basically the rest of the empire is under the jurisdiction of the governors. Now, these governors are divided into two factions. One is our royal faction, and the other is the temple faction headed by the left prime minister."
"Ah? There are also factions? What does a leftist prime minister mean?" I asked, "Your Majesty is not satisfied with him, so why don't you just cut him off with a knife?"
"The problem lies with the left prime minister." My father was very serious. "The left prime minister is an official sent by the temple to the empire!"
"Temple... lower sect? What is that?"
"It is the temple's tradition to place officials in important countries." Father said, "It can better control the subordinate empire."
"Is that so?"
"And the left prime minister is an ambitious man." Father lowered his voice, "He has established his own power over the years and is in danger of becoming powerful! If he controls your land again this time, we will be very passive. Your Majesty
Doing so is weakening and limiting the influence of the left prime minister."
"Look!" Father opened the map and pointed with his finger, "Your fiefdom is now almost as big as the Dark Moon, and it also has a long coastline. This is a settlement of alien races and sparsely populated. This place turned out to be a commercial city.
, is a city that developed based on commerce and shipping alone..."
"It seems like there's a lot of money and water. Why didn't the empire send a governor here earlier?"
"First, the problem of foreign races has not been solved. Second, everyone wants it." My father said with a smile, "Every time we get a seal, we have to fight, and neither side can win! This time, thanks to that list, the left prime minister must be
I thought he had the ability to defeat you, so he agreed to put this piece of land away."
"I understand!" I said loudly, "Actually, you have been secretly managing this land, right?"
"That's what you said, but I didn't admit it!" Dad laughed, "Your Majesty found a good opportunity this time!"
"Then it's up to you to take care of it!" I said, "I can't!"
"Impossible!" said the father. "I have more things to deal with. I will leave this place to you. I can give you some help."
"Then what should I do?"
"You can appoint lower-level officials and form an army to maintain public security and fight against bandits." My father said, "You can decide on daily matters and just pay taxes after three years."
"It's easy to say!"
"Speaking of which, you have good relations with foreign races, so it is not difficult to govern." Father said, "The difficult part is this commercial city called Wanpu. This city is composed of merchants and laborers. Your future taxes will mainly be
It comes from here. But many of the merchants are also nobles from their own country, and coupled with the interference of the left prime minister, it will bring you some trouble."
"Oops... I have a headache!" I said.
"Stop pretending!" My father hit me on the head, "Get ready! Let's leave tomorrow!"
"No need to be in such a hurry, right?" I said.
"Why are you not in a hurry?" said the father, "Where is your current dark city?"
"ah?"
"You brat! You have to go find a location to build your dark city right away!"
"So." My mind became confused, "I started from scratch?"