The lord is red again

The team was not allowed to enter the palace directly, but they could stop at a familiar noble manor.

Now, only Alman and Druids were left in the whole Goliath with the owner's noble manor.

The former was not familiar with the Griffin Castle, while the latter welcomed everyone, but no one was willing to visit.

"What's wrong?"

Dorothy looked at her brothers. Although William was only a bastard, the upbringing customs of the Griffin Castle made it difficult for them to have a difference in status, and everyone was always brothers.

Bastards without inheritance rights would do their best to help brothers with inheritance rights and cooperate with each other. Dorothy was the most favored one.

When she was a child, no one dared to provoke Dorothy, because if she provoked her, more than a dozen brothers would jump out.

Even when he first met the eldest prince Kurt, he kept smiling.

Even if you are a prince, you can't refuse a duel between knights, and this is a round-robin battle.

"Did Goliath have this before?" William pointed to the huge tower-like building in front of him. Unlike ordinary towers, the tower always emitted some kind of energy fluctuations.

"No." Dorothy recalled the legends about Lind she had heard on the way here, which did not include this tower.

Perhaps it was just an inconspicuous part of Lind's countless "great achievements".

"Do you feel something is wrong?"

"No," William shook his head, "but I am very interested in the Duke, and I hope to persuade him to go to the Great Rift."

They finally chose to wait for the summons in the newly built tavern of Goliath. The dusty journey made people tired.

Dorothy needed to wash briefly and eat a little to fill her stomach.

The horses also needed to be fed, and the soldiers needed to take off their armor and take a breath.

"They are all great knights." A griffin soldier couldn't help saying.

"Every one!" Another nodded.

It was like crazy. Who could imagine such a scene? The great knights who could be elite or even serve as officers in the Griffin Castle could only patrol and maintain law and order here, and even led the way for them.

Everyone felt that it was a very correct thing for them to swear allegiance to Goliath again, otherwise they would die very ugly on the day of the war.

Entering the tavern, it was very spacious.

This place looked more like a huge hall or a noble's ballroom than a tavern, with dozens of tables lined up to the end of the sight.

Some people were already dining in the tavern, and several bards were singing, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy.

The sound of flutes and whistles followed the drum beats of the bard's leather boots hitting the wooden floor.

"That bard, is he an undead?" Dorothy walked into the tavern with her skirt lifted, which of course attracted a lot of attention.

"No doubt." William nodded.

Then a very beautiful undead walked onto the stage, lowered her head and whispered a few words, and the music style suddenly changed.

"What song is this?" Dorothy thought the song was pretty nice, and it was a song style that the Kingdom of Rand didn't have.

"Let it go" An undead came over on his own initiative.

Dorothy was used to the offenses of the undead. They seemed to always want to get some "tasks" from her, but that didn't mean they liked working or were willing to be loyal. On the contrary, the undead were very picky, lazy, and undisciplined. They would beg her to give them some tasks, but if the rewards of the tasks didn't satisfy them, they would just turn around and leave.

Dorothy was angry that the dignity of the nobles was trampled on the ground, but William would always stop her and give the undead great tolerance.

So, Dorothy ignored him and went upstairs with her skirt.

The undead just now looked at Dorothy's figure leaving with her chin raised, curled his lips, and returned to his own table: "She is much worse than our poster girl!"

"Nonsense, don't you see that those poster girls were snatched back by Lind, only this one was sent to me at the first opportunity, but she is really beautiful."

"She is like a little princess. If I have that time, I might as well go to improve Tione's favorability and cheat on Lind!"

"I have an idea! How much have you improved your favorability?"

"Red name, you have to draw your sword and nuclear explode me when you meet me. I am hiding now."

"Hahaha!"

Dorothy went to the room under the guidance of the tavern maid, and the accompanying maid went to prepare water for Dorothy to wash her face. William had no servants, and his attention was on the undead.

Sitting alone at a long table, William ordered a local specialty.

When the food was served, William was a little surprised. It was completely different from what he had eaten in Griffin Castle.

"What kind of meat is this?" He didn't dare to eat it directly.

"Chicken" The waitress serving the dish was a little confused. How could anyone not recognize such a big chicken leg?

"Chicken, you have chickens here?!"

His sudden shout made the whispering undead turn their heads and look over subconsciously.

"Oh my god, this NPC is quite fierce. He went to the tavern to find chickens."

"Hey, come on, why didn't you see the chicken farm?"

"You can't even take off your pants, what are you looking for?"

"I can satisfy my craving for chickens, right?"

"Yes, Goliath has a chicken farm." The waitress nodded. She didn't understand what was so surprising.

Meat has always been a scarce resource. Compared with human mutation, animals are more likely to mutate. Even in Goliath, meat will only appear on the tables of palaces, dukes and others. Soldiers who join the army can occasionally If you eat something fishy, ​​other than that, you need to go to a tavern to spend money.

The high price of meat is closely related to its difficulty in cultivating and breeding.

"Sorry, I just..." William reached out and grabbed the chicken leg, opened his mouth and took a bite.

This was a very satisfying meal for him. Even in Griffin Castle, he could not always eat such delicious dishes. At the same time, it also made him more and more curious about Lind.

It was not until evening that soldiers finally came to summon them. They would be allowed to go to the palace and have dinner with the queen, the duke and others.

William changed into a noble robe, but did not wear a badge. He belonged to Griffin, but he was not Griffin.

The soldier who came to lead the way was chatting. The other party happened to be one of the vanguards who had participated in the "Dragon Slaying Battle". He vividly told how they and the Duke defeated the dragon-turned-soldiers and rushed into the palace. middle.

In his words, Linde was described as a "walking god in this world", and the soldiers worshiped him like crazy belief.

Victory will make people worship, and constant victory will deepen the worship until it goes crazy.

The steps to enter the palace were not cumbersome. The soldiers stopped at the entrance of the palace, and then the palace maid led the way. The journey was a bit boring.

In the audience room of the palace, Dorothy and William saw Queen Rania.

"Dorothy Griffin from Griffin Castle, pays homage to the Queen." She said in a surrendering manner.

William followed closely behind, but his eyes were immediately locked on the two figures standing next to him.

The figure on the left was about four or five meters tall. If this was not a palace but a private residence, he would not be able to enter it. The aura exuding from the other person was very strong, but not so strong that William had to look at him.

His eyes moved to Linde's body. The lion badge was not difficult to recognize.

But when William secretly looked at Linde, Linde's eyes immediately turned around, and his sharp reaction was like a thorn.

A powerful aura immediately rushed towards William.

William felt like a griffin cub that had just hatched out of its shell and had not yet learned how to fly. In front of him was a Warcraft lion looking down at him with its huge mouth open.

He could even feel the manic hot wind mixed with the aura of death hitting his face with Lind's gaze, and his hair seemed to be slightly curled under his gaze.

It was like seeing a horrific fantasy at the moment of death. Even at that moment, William had a ridiculous feeling that he would die in Linde's next attack.

"William! William!" Dorothy's voice came to his ears, and William woke up from his sluggish state.

"Huh?" He looked up and found that the three people in front of him were looking at him.

"Sorry, Her Majesty the Queen!" William knew that he should take responsibility for his mistakes at this time.

But Linde's voice also came: "He seems a little distracted, don't be too harsh on him."

William was surprised, but he no longer dared to look directly into those lion eyes.

"The unification of the kingdom is imperative, and no one can divide the land!" Raniya said: "I can still agree that Igor's territorial ownership is valid, but you must implement new laws within the kingdom's territory, including paying taxes, And fight for the kingdom.”

"Yes." Dorothy nodded. She had been fully prepared before coming.

But when it comes to taxes and responsibilities, she has to strive for more.

"besides……"

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!" Linde suddenly spoke.

Dorothy looked at Lind and frowned slightly. Even though Lind, as a duke, still had no right to interrupt the queen when she was speaking.

She thought her previous conjecture might have some deviations. The country might be back in the hands of the queen, but the queen was not independent. She had to depend on the man in front of her.

This discovery made Dorothy uneasy.

"If you want to continue to be loyal, you must assume some obligations, and you are not allowed to refuse!" Linde said.

"What would happen otherwise?" Dorothy couldn't hold back the bitterness in her voice.

"Start the war!" Linde said calmly.

He was just as bloody as the image he had heard about, which made Dorothy's sense of Lind go down to the lowest level.

At the same time, Lind noticed the emotions expressed by the two Griffin brothers after they entered the visiting room. There was no need to detect them by himself. Their emotions were actively wrapping around him as if they had tentacles.

Before rushing over, Linde had already had a general understanding of "William", and he hoped to obtain the hero potion formula on him.

Then he can go one step further and successfully open the path to the epic Storm Rider.

Lord Leon, the Executioner of Disaster, went to fight on the front line of the Abyss at the epic level, which also shows that the epic level is the most basic level of [Expedition of the Great Rift Version 1.0].

Linde can analyze the strength of the enemies he may encounter through the level of the undead, but this is only as a reference and cannot be fully trusted.

At this stage, the undead level is only open to level 20 (great knight), and even level 21 (high-ranking great knight) is not open, which means that the enemy's strength will not be too strong at all.

But with the previous sudden public beta, Linde can be sure that the "official" control over this world is almost zero.

In order to get the formula from William, Lind made various preparations based on his behavior.

Taking by force, the success rate is very low.

The other party is obviously the character of the protagonist of the version. He can get the series recognition of the village chief of the novice village, so he must be very determined in his heart. I don’t know to what extent he has been brainwashed, but according to the fact that the stronger the target is, the weaker the brainwashing effect can be inferred that William should still retain his self-awareness.

Then the only thing left is to outsmart him.

He had never tried it before, but this time he wanted to try to improve the favorability of a male NPC.

The other party was peeking at him as soon as they met, and Lind took advantage of the other party’s offensive gaze and successfully invaded with emotions.

Favorability: 10

It surprised Lind a little. They had never met before, so why did he have such a high favorability for himself.

Just when he was about to improve William’s favorability, Dorothy’s emotions suddenly broke out. The small face under the big glasses was full of resentment, and the favorability dropped directly to the freezing point.

Dorothy? It doesn’t matter at all!

When Lind finished talking about starting the war, Dorothy calmed down. Because her favorability had dropped to the lowest point, her mood was very "stable", but her breathing became a little short and her breath was not smooth.

William's attitude also changed, and his favorability towards Lind decreased by -2.

Lind was not surprised by this. After all, "favorability" is just an emotional manifestation, and numbers cannot represent everything, because a person's mood is always changing, just like Rania, whose favorability towards him was over 90 before, has now dropped to 81.

It was originally 79 points, but because Lind put on clothes that he rarely wore before, Rania's favorability suddenly increased to 90 points, and then dropped to 77 points. After several rounds of ups and downs, it finally stopped at 81 points.

Just when Lind said "start the war", Rania's favorability increased by 1 point.

Wait a minute! How come the Red Knight's favorability increased by 3 points!

He was sure that if he kept using favorability as a "plug-in" to communicate with others, he would be exhausted and die, because human hearts are unpredictable.

However, the Red Knight was a bit dangerous, so Linde turned his body slightly to avoid facing him.

"Griffin Castle must open up trade routes!" Linde said, "It is necessary to ensure that merchants can pass through the kingdom, the grain tax needs to be lowered, and the weapons and minerals can be appropriately raised."

Ah?

Dorothy and William were stunned. This was a good condition for them.

There are many mines near the "King of Ashes", but the corresponding southern territories are difficult to produce food, and people can only eat some mutant food to fill their stomachs.

"Also, we must send troops to participate in the expedition." Linde continued, and he was about to start using his big moves.

"Expedition?" William asked subconsciously.

"Yes, south of the Morpheus Gate, the abyss disaster of the Great Rift is ready to move. We must concentrate more power there. Every lord and soldier has the obligation to contribute to the future of mankind."

William's Favorability +10

Linde smiled slightly. You are the great and glorious protagonist, so how can you dislike me, an NPC who conforms to the version.

"Soldiers who join the expeditionary force will receive the same treatment as the Rand Corps, and the weapons will be provided entirely by me."

William's Favorability +10

"The expeditionary force will be stationed at the Morpheus Gate for a long time. You must send generals to the scene, and I will also be there, using my life as the last line of defense!"

William's Favorability +10

Every time Linde said a word, William's favorability would soar.

Because the content he mentioned included the welfare treatment of soldiers, the preferential treatment of undead, and the attitude towards the abyss, etc.

And he completely set an example and sacrificed all the interests of nobles.

If the person standing here today was not William, but other nobles, they would definitely hate Lind. Every decision made by Lind was cutting flesh from them.

But the one standing here today was William, a protagonist of this version.

Dorothy? She is not important.

William also wanted to implement the decision made by Lind at this moment, but he knew that he could not do it, so he could only get some benefits from other details to the undead.

William always believed that the undead were the main force against the disaster.

How could we not dare to reuse warriors who are not afraid of death and will not die just because we are afraid of their power?

He could understand the nobles' stinginess with wealth, but he did not understand their decision to stop eating because of choking.

After the dinner, the two left in a hurry.

Dorothy was indignant: "He is just a powerful minister, a treacherous minister! Didn't you see that he was commanding the queen the whole time? The whole kingdom is his land and his soldiers! He even asked us to sacrifice all our interests, everything!"

William, however, suppressed his joy, because every decision made by Lind was what he wanted to do but couldn't do.

William: Lind is the me in my dream!

This Saturday and Sunday, 20,000 words a day, a little faster.

I've been re-watching 2077 recently, so I've been a little lazy in updating.