Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

Chu Ming looked at the shimmering soul box in his hand, and he suddenly asked: "Carlos, tell me, how long can you live if you store your soul in the soul box?"

Carlos was silent for a moment and hesitated: "A thousand years should be no problem. After all, I am not a real lich."

"If I can have a chance encounter, maybe it will take thousands of years."

After hearing this, Chu Ming's eyes lit up slightly.

If Carlos really lives for thousands of years, maybe we can meet him in the next writing.

At that time, he might be able to let Carlos continue to shine and provide him with help.

Thinking of this, Chu Ming fell into deep thought.

Chu Ming suddenly became silent. Carlos panicked and thought Chu Ming had lost him. He hurriedly shouted: "Narende, we have a life-long friendship, you can't do this to me."

"It's so noisy. Aren't you trying to find a solution for you?"

Chu Ming exited the thinking state.

"Carlos, I can give you a demon doll body, but you'd better not run around, at least don't leave the Fengyang Empire."

Carlos said in a serious tone: "This is natural, Narender, you think of me as an ungrateful guy. I still want to go to your Tower of Knowledge to help you study the spiritual wizard system."

Chu Ming glanced at the soul box in his hand. Isn't this guy just coveting the inheritance of spiritual wizards? He put it so nicely.

"Okay, you go to sleep first. I will wake you up after I find the body of the devil."

…

One month later.

Earldom of Coutts, Wizard's Cottage.

Allen excitedly came to Chu Ming, who was reading a book in the living room, holding a skinny puppet.

He said with a somewhat excited tone: "Narende, do you see what I found?!"

Chu Ming put down the book and looked towards Allen, only to see that the old puppet he was holding in his hand was carved with mysterious and mysterious patterns, and its thin limbs were hanging weakly.

He asked doubtfully: "Is this a demon doll?"

Allen smiled and said: "I heard that this is a sword puppet used by some knight families to practice swordsmanship in the Magic Era. Although it has no special abilities, the material used to make the puppet is surprisingly tough. Even after so long, this puppet is still It's just that the exterior is a little worn and the wooden material has become a little brittle, so please handle it carefully."

"Excuse me, Allen."

Chu Ming thanked a few words, said goodbye to Allen, and carefully carried the devil into the laboratory.

Putting the golem on the experimental table, he began to think about how to use the golem in front of him.

"Golem, golem... it should be driven by magic power. I don't have magic power..."

Chu Ming looked at the stigmata mark on the back of his hand.

"I don't know if divine power will work."

He covered the puppet's head with his palm, and the green mark on the back of his hand flashed a few times, and a surge of life poured into the puppet's body.

The golem's crystal eyes suddenly lit up, and the wooden material that exuded a decaying smell came back to life, and green leaves grew.

The puppet moved its fingers and climbed up from the table.

"Sword...swordsmanship, please give me some advice."

He looked at Chu Ming with his shining green crystal eyes, waving his sword skills in his hands.

"It's really good."

Chu Ming was stunned for a moment, then he took out the crystal soul box and woke Carlos up.

"I found the devil for you, how do you want to borrow the body of the devil?"

Carlos slowly woke up from his deep sleep. When he realized that Chu Ming had found the devil, he excitedly asked, "What type of devil is this?"

"It is said to be a swordsmanship golem used to train knights in swordsmanship."

"ah?"

Carlos was stunned for a moment. He, a wizard, was using a sword to use the body of a golem, which was not professional.

But now is not the time to be picky. He thought for a while and said: "I remember that this low-level devil has an area on the back of its head that contains thinking logic. Just put me there."

Under the curious gaze of the sword demon, Chu Ming knocked on the back of its head.

After some groping, he finally opened the sword golem's skull and found a crystal ball with three-dimensional patterns inside.

Chu Ming took out the ball, and the sword magic puppet's eyes became dim and fell into panic.

Then he put the soul box into it and closed the skull.

Chu Ming observed that the devil just lay paralyzed on the ground without any movement.

Just when he suspected that he had misplaced the soul box, the demon's eyes suddenly lit up and it came to life completely.

"Swordsmanship... bah."

The devil got rid of the inertia of his thinking and stood up, his eyes shining with the light of wisdom.

"I didn't expect that I, Carlos, could come back to life again."

The man's tone was quite excited, with a bit of emotion.

"Narende, I really saw the right person."

Chu Ming waved his hand and said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. You can get used to your body. I'll have someone take you to familiarize yourself with Earl Kutz."

"Oh, by the way, I used my weak divine power to maintain this demon. I don't know how long it will last. You'd better find a way to refine the magic power yourself and provide it with magic power."

Carlos just nodded, not sure if he understood.

Now that Carlos's body was solved, Chu Ming was not interested in chatting with him anymore. After driving him to the Tower of Knowledge, he teleported to the Earl of Winter.

After a month of rest, all the major counties have regained their strength, so a meeting about the future of the empire is planned to be held in Winter City. The contents of the meeting include the honorary name of the king, the location of the new royal capital, the restoration of the southern territory, and the spiritual On issues such as the promotion of the wizard system, it can be said that this meeting will determine the direction of the empire for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Half an hour later, Chu Ming arrived at Winter City, and a group of knights invited him into the castle hall.

In the hall, the sun was shining from the windows, and Edel, Borrett, seven earls and a group of epic wizards were sitting on a long table discussing things.

After Chu Ming arrived, everyone enthusiastically invited him to his seat.

Chu Ming nodded to everyone and sat next to Edel, but he did not speak. He just narrowed his eyes and listened quietly to everyone's discussion.

Regarding the location of the new royal capital, the earls believed that it was most appropriate to establish the royal capital at the old site in the south, so that both the north and the south could be considered.

Edel had different opinions. He planned to establish the royal capital in the new capital of the Earldom of Kutz.

The earls couldn't understand this decision. It was too dangerous for the royal capital to be close to the dark place, so they kept persuading.

After Edel saw Chu Ming coming, he glanced at the counts and said: "Everyone, the reason why I set the capital in the Earl of Kutzkutz is that I have only one purpose, and that is to open up the dark land and completely Open up the passage to the King’s Peninsula and make the new royal capital a hub connecting the old territories of the empire and the XJ territory.”

After the words fell, the earls looked at each other, with a look of shock on their faces.

Opening up the dark land is what every empire leader wants to do, but there are basically no people like Edel who open up the dark land and open the passage, because this is almost an impossible task.

But things are different now. The number of epics in the Fengyang Empire has swelled to hundreds. This number is almost close to the top combat power of the Fengyang Empire in the early days of the Dark Age.

Coupled with the fact that the legend Chu Ming is in charge, opening up the passage does not seem so far-fetched.

The earls discussed it and felt that it was very feasible to open up the Dark Land, and finally nodded in agreement.

The meeting continued, and several people talked about the recovery plan for the southern border.

When Eder proposed establishing a local administrative system, the earls subconsciously frowned and wanted to veto it.

They were accustomed to an empire managed under an aristocratic system, and they were internally resistant to this new system and doubted its effectiveness.

Edel was not in a hurry, and just said slowly: "Do you want a new earl to be born in the south?"

The earls were shocked when they heard this.

If the Southern Territory continues to be managed by the aristocratic system, the empire will indeed have more new counts, and their power will be dispersed by the new counts.

This was unacceptable to them. After chatting for a while and weighing the pros and cons, several earls decided to agree to Edel's plan for the local administrative system.

At this point, Chu Ming and Edel had achieved most of their goals. Edel struck while the iron was hot and continued to put forward the proposal to relax the restrictions on titles. He also made a big picture, saying that as long as the earls could carve out their own territory in the dark land, that territory would be It will be allocated by them.

Count Madeleine, whose territory is close to the border, immediately agreed: "Your Majesty is kind, if it lasts for a long time, the territory of our Fengyang Empire will definitely become wider, and we can accumulate more power to fight against the darkness."

Several other earls also responded. After all, their clans are all faced with the problem of title succession. The inheritance of many titles is accompanied by invisible bloodshed. They, the earls, have gone through this all the way, and naturally they do not want future generations to repeat the same mistakes.

If the title and territory can be distributed to other heirs, the problem of title inheritance will be solved.

As long as they can open up the dark land, their family's territory will be greatly expanded and their influence in the empire will be increased.

Chu Ming was observing the reactions of the earls. How could he not understand what these people were thinking.

But things will not go as they wish. As long as the local administrative system can be established, the power and strength of the central government will expand rapidly. By then, even if their territory is doubled, those scattered territories will be naturally isolated. The cooperation of these nobles could not concentrate their strength to resist the behemoth of the empire.

Of course, Chu Ming could also directly use force to force the earls to surrender and submit to the new management system.

But this approach did not solve the real contradiction and could only sow the seeds of disaster for the empire.

Relaxing the restrictions on titles is like boiling a frog in warm water. By the time they react, they will no longer be able to resist the empire.

The atmosphere at the negotiation table was harmonious, and everyone smiled, feeling particularly satisfied with the proposal.

The meeting continued, and the next proposal mentioned the promotion of the spiritual wizard system.

Regarding the promotion of the spiritual wizard system, Chu Ming promised to relax the restrictions on the inheritance of spiritual wizards and build wizard towers in the major counts. However, all construction costs and early investment in cultivating wizards will be paid by the major counts.

The earls were overjoyed. They did not expect that Chu Ming would really let go of the restrictions on spiritual wizard inheritance, and they all nodded in agreement.

Although they have to pay for the construction cost of the wizard tower and the investment in cultivating wizards, these are nothing compared to the inheritance of spiritual wizards. At best, they are investments in the future of the territory.

In the second half of the meeting, Chu Ming put forward a proposal to support the development of Life Church. The proposal was to let the earls spend money to help Life Church build new churches in major towns and provide resources needed for pastor training.

If the earls still needed to weigh the pros and cons of the previous proposal, then this proposal was approved by the earls without much thought.

After all, these earls have experienced the horror of aberrations. Even William Stearman, who is the king, cannot escape the fate of contracting the aberration disease. How dare they risk their lives.

Even if they have objections, they just have different ideas about the allocation of funds for building churches.

…

The meeting lasted until the next day. Chu Ming and the other three walked out of it, especially Edel, with smiles on their faces.

After returning to the camp where the knights were temporarily stationed in Winter City, Edel couldn't help but said: "Narende, as expected, they did not object as you thought."

Burrett on the side sighed: "If this century-old plan can be realized, the empire will usher in a radical change."

"Narende, you are really a god."

Chu Ming smiled and said: "In the end, this world still depends on strength. If I don't sit down today, maybe these earls can talk about these proposals over and over again for several months."

Having said this, he patted Edel on the shoulder, "It is important to govern the country, but don't neglect your own cultivation."

Edel grinned and said: "Of course, I want to become the King of Witch Riders."

Bert looked at the two high-spirited young people and sighed in his heart, feeling that he had aged several years.

The man said: "When will you decide to start exploring the dark land?"

Edel hesitated and looked at Chu Ming.

Chu Ming thought for a while and said: "Opening up the dark land cannot be done overnight. Maybe we can start preparations now."

"If we can spend decades to develop a passage to the King's Peninsula in advance, we can use the passage as a basis to expand outward and continuously expand the territory of the empire."

"It just so happens that I also want to go deep into the dark place to see what's going on inside. I will help the empire deal with the dangerous dark creatures along the way, but you still need to open up the passage yourself."

Edel nodded seriously, "That's enough."

"With rune equipment, the average strength level of the knights and wizards can reach the level of the previous royal knights, and the number is many times greater than the royal knights. It is not a problem to open up the dark land. Even if there is danger, there will be epic wizards. solve."

"It just so happens that we can take this opportunity to cultivate real Imperial Knights and Imperial Wizards."

He paused for a moment, looked at Burrett, and said with a wry smile: "Father, I can't balance the two tasks of opening up the Dark Land and rebuilding the Southern Territory. Maybe I'll have to worry about you getting old."

Burrett moved his body and said with a smile: "My old bones can just use some exercise."

"But the southern territory is, after all, an important position for the future of the empire. You should come back and take a look occasionally. I don't want you to be criticized as soon as you take the throne."

Edel didn't care and said: "Let them talk, whether they call me radical or impulsive, now that I have the strength, there is no reason to give up exploring the dark land. History will prove my merits."

Chu Ming sighed slightly and expressed his understanding of the dilemma faced by Edel, "The Fengyang Empire has just survived the disaster, and it is indeed difficult to build the southern border and open up the dark land while facing the threats of aberrations and dark wizards. "

"But fortunately, the Tower of Knowledge has also cultivated hundreds of spiritual wizards over the years. I will ask Allen to lead these wizards who have not reached the epic level to go south to resist the dark wizards."

Edel's eyes flickered and he said: "We can't let those counts stay in the territory so comfortably. Why don't we also send them to the southern border to contribute to the reconstruction of the southern border."

Brett nodded and said: "This is indeed a way."

The three of them chatted until midnight, and after arranging all the matters, Chu Ming teleported back to the wizard's cabin with Edel.

Edel stayed in the wizard's hut for a while, because there were still matters related to the enthronement that needed to be arranged, so he left in a hurry.

…

A month later, Edel's coronation ceremony was held in the New Metropolitan City Hall Square.

Both nobles, dignitaries and common people gathered in front of the square at this time.

Under the gaze of everyone, Burrett crowned Edel with the crown in his hand. The ceremonial officer announced Edel's achievements on one side and announced the honorary name of the new king - Lord Edel.

Under the stage, the cross-flag of rice ears representing the Pongyang Empire moved in the wind, colorful ribbons fluttered on the streets, and the people cheered.

Chu Ming and Isabel stood not far away, witnessing the new beginning of the Fengyang Empire.

Allen also led a group of wizards to applaud and cheer in the audience.

Everyone's faces were beaming with joy, and their hearts were full of expectations for the future.

The enthronement ceremony lasted until the afternoon. People rushed to leave in the streets of Xindu and started a night-long carnival.

After everyone left, Chu Ming was also ready to leave.

Isabel raised her head and looked at the man, "Mr. Wizard, don't you go and see him?"

Chu Ming smiled and said: "He is busy enough today, so I won't disturb him."

"On the contrary, it's you. I heard Maria say that you are going to the south, right?"

Chu Ming stared into the girl's pure sky-blue eyes, waiting for her answer.

Isabel lowered her head and hummed softly.

"The churches in the south have been destroyed. There are no priests. The people there have no resistance to aberration. I must go there."

"Purifying forbidden knowledge and exorcising distortions is an agreement we made with the gods. I will try my best to complete it."

"Although I also want to go with you to see the scenery in the north..."

The girl's voice gradually became softer, and the more she spoke, the lower her head lowered, almost hitting Chu Ming's chest.

Chu Ming took her into his arms, stared into her misty eyes, and said with a smile: "It's not like I can't see you anymore, why are you so sad? It only takes me one day to get to the south from here, and I will visit you often in the future." .”

Isabel nodded slightly, wiped away her tears, and her eyes became firm, "I will definitely drive out the distortion."