Chapter two hundred and ninety-eight influence and coming
royal palace
Renne, who had just married his daughter, could not see a trace of joy on his face. He was sitting on the throne with an expressionless face, listening to Harris report to him about his good son-in-law Richard.
"According to the investigation of the Black Prison, the ten ceremonial knights who entered the city together on the day of Lord Richard's wedding should all be masters of the earth level."
"You mean, the Hunter family now has at least two sky knights, a red dragon, and ten earth knights?"
Richard did not deliberately conceal the existence of Fred. He had already taken action twice in the capital. How could he still hide it? The current situation no longer needed to be as cautious as when the Stone Castle was first established. Instead, it should be shown appropriately.
The more strength you have, the more benefits you can reap.
"I'm afraid it's not just..."
"He, the Marquis, is richer than me, the king."
"There are still dragon knights in the kingdom..."
"It will be gone soon."
Sol's entry into the Sky Level was originally a great event. The combination of the Sky Knight and the Golden Dragon is not only stronger in combat power, but also has an unprecedented intimidation effect. Unfortunately, now the top brass of the Golden Dragon Kingdom have confirmed that the Golden Dragon will leave.
Even if Thor reaches the sky level, it will be difficult to offset the loss of five dragons.
"Forget it, my son-in-law, please go back to the Northland for me in a few days. Don't cause trouble in the Northland. I don't have time to care about him anymore. Let's talk about other things."
In normal times, Renn might have put his mind on the Northland to test the Hunter family, and even considered suppressing the less honest Richard to establish his authority, but when the orcs were about to invade in full
, Renn completely gave up the idea of causing trouble. As long as Richard stayed in the North, did not cause trouble, and treated Messiah well, he would acquiesce to the fact that Richard would become the king and hegemon in the North.
First, the strength shown by Richard cannot be easily suppressed by the kingdom.
But the Northland area was originally an enclave with little profit for the kingdom. It turned out that the most important thing was to receive some of the refugees who could not survive in the river valley, and to enfeoff some new knights who had made military achievements and wanted to develop.
Even if the Northland completely loses control, it will not be a huge loss to the kingdom.
"According to the news from Longxi Pass, the orc army mobilized frequently. Before Longxi Pass, the orcs mobilized at least five more legions, nearly 100,000 troops."
Renn raised his head and looked at Harris. It was self-evident what happened. The orcs probably got the information that the Dragon Knight would become history and had already started to prepare. This news was very unfriendly to the human race.
This means that the Golden Dragon Kingdom has less time to prepare.
"Let's check to see which company leaked the news."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The matter of the Golden Dragon's dissolution of the alliance is not an announcement. It is just an internal secret among the top officials. The only people who are qualified to know about this matter are the powerful marquis or above and big figures such as the left and right ministers.
Of course, even if there are not many people who know, it is still more than the number of hands. It is difficult to get conclusive evidence. We can only find a few suspected targets through elimination. It is worth mentioning that only Richard is in the Northland.
As far as they knew, the Lanster family was kept in the dark.
"Now that the orcs have noticed it, we need to make bigger preparations for war. There is no need to do any more cover-ups."
"Any more news?"
"Recently, the Southern Sea Tribe has been attacking the port, and there is even a tendency to approach the big city. The situation is more serious than reported by several governors, and the help of dragon knights may be needed."
"There are no dragon knights transferred to them now. Isn't the Fourth Brother very powerful in the south? Let him handle it."
How could Parley's operations in the south escape Ren's eyes? The entire Black Prison was reporting to Ren on the situation of several princes at any time. Even Parley himself had no intention of hiding it. The kingdom's control over the south was only limited to Ren's.
Limited to a few large cities and some directly affiliated armies, it was even a good thing for him to compete with the local wealthy merchants and nobles for food.
"yes!"
"After all this talk, is there no good news?"
"One more thing. Lord Julius successfully advanced to become an Earth Knight a few days ago. Someone should be here to inform His Majesty soon."
"Um"
When Ren heard the news, he was unexpectedly a little cold. Julius was also one of the kingdom's dragon knights. He had been stuck at the half-step earth level. Now it is not strange to advance to the earth knight. The previous
The five dragon knights, except Thor, the other four are only at the peak level of the great knight.
Now that Julius has been promoted to the Earth Knight, it is something worth celebrating. In addition to the ceiling-level Thor, Ren's only one secret guard and Marshal Mel in the court are Earth Knights. Qingzhi cannot be mobilized.
Renn never counted it as the fighting power in his hand, but regarded it as the trump card left by Aragon to the Charman family. The addition of an earth knight was worthy of celebration in the past.
Even Ren would be happy from the bottom of his heart.
But after being tormented by Richard, there was an additional earth knight, which actually made Renn feel a little boring. However, Renn still followed the normal procedure and said:
"When the official report comes out, I'll draft an order. Julius will be promoted from earl to marquis, and will be rewarded with manors around the three royal capitals."
This marquis is not a real title like Richard. In order not to distract the dragon knight, the title obtained by the dragon knight does not have a matching territory. It is just an honorary title. But if the dragon knight is expected to work hard, of course it is impossible to give him only an honorary title.
Titles should still be given with real benefits. Many of the more valuable manors around the royal capital will be used to reward dragon knights who have made meritorious deeds or have made great breakthroughs in strength.
"No need to pay attention to the Northland for the time being. Don't waste manpower. Return your attention to Zhenbeiguan and bring more people back to the Great Plains. Some people need blood stimulation to wake up."
"yes!"
Renn's words were very calm, but Harris, as the wolfdog of the royal family, quickly smelled the smell of blood in his words. The war was imminent, and Renn couldn't care about it anymore. In order to complete the integration of the country's power, it is estimated that there will be a lot of people.
Heads fell to the ground.
However, Harris will not be embarrassed by the upcoming cleaning task at all. This is what they do in the Black Prison, to share the king's worries, to be the knife in the king's hand and the arrow in the dark...
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afternoon
Inside the Marquis's Palace
Richard was taking Messiah for a walk in the garden. Messiah's health was much better than Richard had imagined, and she was able to walk normally within two days.
As newlyweds, they were in a state of close relationship, and outsiders were too sensible to disturb them, allowing Richard and Messiah to enjoy their world together for two days.
"Richard, I'm tired from walking!"
The garden of the Marquis' Mansion is indeed very large, but not so large that a person like Messiah, whose physique is close to that of a quasi-knight, would be tired after walking around for two times. However, Richard was wise enough not to expose it and just bent down silently.
He held Messiah's waist with one hand and the crook of her knees with the other, and continued to walk forward.
Messiah, on the other hand, hugged Richard tightly, as if she wanted to bury her whole body in his arms. She was still a little shy and did not dare to look at Richard. She only glanced at Richard's close eyes with her peripheral vision from time to time.
The perfect profile, the expression becomes more and more infatuated.
"Messiah."
"Um?"
"In two days, we will set off back to the North."
"Ah, okay."
Messiah, who was obviously held in Richard's arms, was a little lost. She didn't realize what Richard was saying for a moment and just responded blindly.
"If I leave the royal capital this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in a short time."
After Richard understood what he said, Messiah realized that she was inevitably a little depressed. After all, Wangdu was where she had lived since she was a child. Although Ren was an old coin, he treated Messiah well, even if he didn't care enough.
But the basic feelings are still there, and it is somewhat sad to have to leave suddenly.
However, after Messiah sorted out her emotions, she still said to Richard:
"As long as I stay with you."
Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Richard, full of love. Richard was so moved that he couldn't help but peck her.
"Sir Richard, Prince Ward wants to see you."
The messenger's voice was a little weak, and he was obviously hesitating whether to disturb Richard at this moment.
"Make him wait!"
Richard was slightly annoyed at being interrupted. Although the servant shouted softly, Richard's hearing was twice that of ordinary people at this moment, so he still understood the words clearly.
"My dear, my eldest brother probably has something to do with you. You'd better go and take a look first. I'll wait for you here."
Richard slowly put down Messiah. His last sentence was just an angry word, just like someone occasionally gets angry. After the anger is over, he still has to do what he needs to do without telling the other person's identity.
, even the artifact sent to Ward cannot leave people alone.
"Did His Highness Ward say you had anything to do with me?"
"That's not true. It's just that there is a teenage boy with Prince Ward."
"Well, let's go and greet His Highness Ward."
As soon as Richard heard this, he naturally understood why the eldest prince came to him now. After taking the benefits, it was time to get to work...