Transcendent Noble

Redwood Fort is the central castle of Schultz’s Baron. It stands on the banks of the Kasan River and has a history of more than 100 years.

This huge fortification covers an area of ​​15 acres, all made of limestone. The thick and sturdy city wall is about 40 meters high. The walls are smooth and there are no gaps in sight. The moat on the periphery of the city wall is connected to the Kassan River.

The huge iron oak suspension bridge spans a 10-meter-wide river. A dozen strong soldiers guard the winch. Once the guards on the watchtower sound an alarm, they can pull the suspension bridge up at any time. There are also several teams of guards patrolling on the high city wall. The chain mails on their bodies are polished, their lances are gleaming, and their heads are high and their chests are high. Their spirituality is trembling, and they appear uncommon martialism.

The Schultz family has ruled this territory for more than 300 years. Except for the monsters in the territory, they have hardly experienced real wars. The father and son of the vassal soldiers led by Baron have maintained the same size of 300 people. They usually guard the two small towns respectively. They are in charge of patrolling the territory and public security of the town. Their silhouettes are rarely seen on the Redwood Fort. .

The residents of Redwood Town are very curious. It is the first time they have seen Fief Lord gather so many soldiers to guard the castle. However, Redwood Town is located in the hinterland of the kingdom. It has always been stable and peaceful, and the residents will not feel nervous because of this. This is just a chat after a meal, and they still have a lot of work to do.

The residents are busy with their livelihoods, while Schultz Baron is busy entertaining VIPs.

Schultz Baron is a Knight. He is 40 years old this year and he is very young. Like all the country nobles, he abides by the responsibilities of a lord, making an all-out effort to guard his territory and people, and has never left Baron for half a step. Schultz Baron does not regret this. He has a territory of 2,600 square kilometers, more than 19,000 registered citizens, 2 towns, 11 villages, 3 Knights, and 8 trainee Knights. This strength is in the leadership of Baron. It's also Peak's. The inexhaustible wood in the dark forest attracted many caravans, who brought wealth, prosperity and a dazzling array of commodities to the town of Redwood.

Redwood has all the good things, so what are you going to do?

In fact, Schultz Baron believes that the neighbors of the poor ghosts are a group of turtles, and he himself is the real Knight noble.

The self-proclaimed Schultz Baron paid close attention to the deeds of the great nobles. When he heard that Viscount Randal was about to visit his territory, he was surprised and delighted. Although Schultz Baron doesn’t know what Wind Travel’s shooter means, he knows that the Viscount Randal’s bloodline is noble and has silver-level strength. Not only did he shoot and kill the Great Knight of the Beria family, he also occupied the Viscountess of Beria, and he accepted the question of the Elder’s Council. Without being punished, these are enough to show that Viscount Randal is a real nobleman.

Schultz Baron began to prepare for the visit of Viscount Randal. He first arranged for Mrs. Baron to go home to visit relatives. He didn't want to die because of his wife's beauty. After sending away the reluctant wife, Schultz Baron ordered the servants to clean the castle, wash the moss on the city wall, and spread the newly purchased red carpet, and called the guards to serve as a guard of honor, and asked them to make sure to use the best The spiritual outlook greets the distinguished guests.

Under normal circumstances, the lord should entertain guests in a comfortable aristocratic manor, because the castle is not suitable for living. However, Schultz Baron is preparing to entertain the Viscount Randal from afar in the Redwood Fort. This is the most decent building of the Schultz family, and his manor is no different from those of the lords who go to the countryside. They are all earthen wood houses. , I really can't get it.

Although the study in Redwood Fort is spacious, the low roof gives people a feeling of depression. The narrow windows can only let in a little sunlight. Fortunately, hundreds of gray-green candles make the room. The light is bright, and the heavy redwood table exudes the taste of the years, which can reflect the foundation of the Schultz family.

Schultz Baron sat down on the redwood sofa, secretly regretting it. Viscount Randal is not as brutal as the rumors describe, but an elegant and modest young lord. The two close maids of the Viscount are much better than Mrs. Baron in their looks and manners, and their bloodline is noble. They are both from the York family's female trainee Knights. It is not rude only if Mrs. Baron entertains them personally.

This is all to blame for the rumorous caravan manager! Next time his caravan comes to Redwood Town, he must charge him three times the tax!

Decided to retaliate fiercely against the caravan that humiliated him. Schultz Baron felt much better. He said with a smile: "Your Excellency Randal, please taste the fungus tea. This is our comfort A special product of Ertz collar."

The silver cup on the coffee table is steaming, and it is filled with pale-yellow liquid. It smells like broth. The rich aroma makes you appetite. Drink it. The feeling in the mouth can only be described as delicious.

Well, this is indeed mushroom broth, just to get rid of the oil in the broth, but it still retains the fatty taste.

"Very unique taste." Victor resisted the urge to drink dry and gave a tactful comment.

"The raw material of this kind of fungus tea is collected from the unique red fungus in the dark forest. The quantity is scarce and the flavor is unique, but it is not as good as the coffee produced by Randal. It is a pity that the element of coffee is compatible The drink is so precious that most nobles have never experienced the mellow and smooth taste." A handsome young nobleman shook the head and said to Victor: "My father is full of praise for coffee, he I think that drinking coffee for a long time will help Knight resonate with the Fire Element position, and the Fire Element position is the most difficult element for Knight to touch. Your Excellency Randal must know the mystery, right?"

"I am not Knight.. .... However, Mrs. Sylvia and Marquis Goron have similar comments." Victor lightly said.

Some people tout the power of coffee, Victor doesn't mind pushing it again.

"Then it won't be wrong." The young nobleman said with a big smile: "I recently resonated with a Fire Element position, precisely because of continuous coffee drinking. Speaking of which, I also thank you Your Excellency Randal invented coffee."

"Your Excellency Solim, you are so kind." Victor found that the atmosphere in the study was a bit wrong, and changed the subject at the right time, "Your Excellency Schultz, I found your candle It’s very special. It’s the first time I saw a green candle."

Schultz Baron looked a lot better, he said slightly, "This kind of candle is also a specialty of Schultz. It's called the green sedge. It is a commodity that the major caravans are vying to purchase."

"The green sedge is actually a butter candle mixed with green sedge, which is unique to the dark forest. The candle does not have the smell of ordinary butter candles. It is more resistant to burning and brighter than ordinary butter candles. It is indeed a good specialty." The young nobleman nodded admired, but his next sentence is not so friendly, "Of course, cow Oil candles are still butter candles, and no amount of spices can be mixed with water lizard oil candles mention on equal terms."

Schultz Baron took a deep breath, trying to calm the resentment in his heart. He does not have coffee, but there are a lot of water lizard oil candles in the warehouse! In order to entertain Viscount Randal, Baron Schultz didn't take much care. In his opinion, Viscount Randal is noble. What good things have not been seen? Although fungus tea and Lusha candles are not precious things, they are also special products of the territory, which always make VIPs feel novel. But Clifton Solim has repeatedly frigid irony and scorching satire, how can he not make him angry.

I don’t even look at what my family’s decay has become. There is only one Marquis in the Great Knight, which is the bloodline. You, the second son who is not even an heir, dare to point fingers at me! ?

When angry turns into anger, Schultz Baron has no way to express his dissatisfaction. The Schultz collar is a good independent collar, but after all, it is the bloodline of the southern lord. Early-Stage, which pioneered the territory of the family, once relied on the support of the Solim family. The two families have also been married. Although the Schultz family has never intermarried with the Solim family in the past 100 years, Schultz Baron does have the Solim family bloodline.

The Solim family is declining day by day, and even the family heir is not Knight. Schultz Baron has been on the bloodline of the Solim family not much, so when the second son of the Solim family arrived in the town of Redwood, Schultz Baron was also very indifferent to him.

Victor doesn't want to care about the troubles of the Solim family, and he doesn't need to care about other people's opinions. He is very interested in Lusha candles.

"Give me a Lusha candle."

The attendant quickly took off a candle and handed it to Victor. Picking up the candle, Victor smelled a delicate fragrance. He praised: "Amazing."

"Haha!" The haze on Schultz Baron's face was cleared, and he said boldly: "If you like , I will have someone prepare a car of green sambal for you."

"Thank you for your generosity, I really can’t bring so many green sambals." Victor put down the candle and said, "I mean invention The person with this kind of candle is very remarkable."

The presiding priest of Schultz, Moy said in an interface: "The green candle was invented by Father Kagra. Father Kagra is the predecessor of my predecessor. He It was discovered that the land near the gloomy forest could not grow crops, but instead was full of this unique green sedge. For the livelihood of the people, Father Kagera spent five years studying green sedges and finally invented the green sedge."

"Can't the land on the edge of the dark forest produce crops?" Vic asked in surprise.

"It's not that it can't be planted." Schultz Baron shook the head, and said: "Green sedge is too tenacious. No matter how clean the farmland is, it will soon regenerate this thing. Fortunately, Green sedges only grow on the edge of the forest. Other land can be planted with crops, and there is a big harvest every year."

"It is not just green sedges that are tenacious. The mangrove trees in the dark forest also grow very well. Hurry." Clifton said sourly: "The trees of the dark forest can grow into towering trees in only 20 years, even taller and thicker than those hundred-year-old trees. Any lord who is close to the dark forest can only cut down the trees. All of them have made a fortune."

"At the beginning, no one thought that this remote country could make a fortune!"

Schultz Baron’s tone was full of teasing. Clifton was coldly snorted, turned his head and stopped looking at Baron.

"This is my lord's favor." Father Moi folded his hands on his forehead and said seriously: "It was the might of my lord who created this magical forest!"

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Everyone bowed their heads and praised: "Lord of Radiance is glorious and immortal!"

After the ceremony, Victor pointed to the painting on the wall and asked Said: "Schultz Baron, is the Knight in that painting your ancestor?"

When Victor first entered the study, he noticed the painting on the wall. The content of the painting is this A Knight carries a long sword in his hand and a monster with his foot on it. The monster has indigo skin, ape-shaped sheep head, short lower limbs, but very strong arms, and the pair of curved horns have broken golden stripes, which looks very beautiful.

"Yes." Schultz Baron proudly said: "This is the second generation of the Schultz family Baron, my great-grandfather. This painting depicts the ancestors in the dark forest The deeds of killing the sheep's head."

"The sheep's head? Not the sheep's head?" Victor asked curiously.

"It's indeed a sheep's head monster." Clifton looked at Schultz Baron triumphantly, and said: "The sheep's head is much larger than this monster, with straight horns. And this kind of monster has a curved horn. Sheephead is a monster unique to the dark forest. It is timid by nature and never shows up in front of humans. Except for the Schultz family hunted and killed one, no one has ever seen such a monster. monster. The horns of that sheep’s head monster is hard and beautiful in texture. It is still stored in the treasure house of our Solim family. You can go to our Solim family to watch this Rare Item."

"Your Excellency Randal, our Solim family is looking forward to your visit, and my father hopes to meet with you as soon as possible. You see, do we leave as soon as possible? Anyway, the Schultz Baron collar is not the Beria Viscount collar. Neighbors will not participate in our plan."

Clifton’s words made Schultz Baron complexion ashen. Victor's gaze flickered, said with a smile: "It's a rare dark forest. I really want to pay a visit to the magical forest opened by Lord of Radiance...Let’s go to Kasan Town for a two-day stay tomorrow. Then leave to visit your father."

"Alright!" Clifton nodded, Faint Smile said to Schultz Baron: "Lord Baron, do you want to accompany us?"

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According to the traditional etiquette of nobles, the lord cannot pick up and drop off the nobles passing by, and at most send heirs to accompany him to show respect, but he must personally accompany his lord. Victor is distinguished, but he is not the lord of Schultz Baron after all, but Clifton counts him as half of the lord.

If Clifton were not here to disrupt the situation, Schultz Baron would be happy to continue to accompany Victor, but he really didn't want to see Clifton's face, let alone bow to the Solim family.

"Your Excellency Randal, the territorial affairs are so busy that I can hardly get out. Please forgive me for any negligence. I will arrange for Cruther Knight to accompany you to Kasan Town tomorrow, how about." Schultz Baron went to Victor A Knight ceremony.

Victor replied, saying: "I welcome members of the Schultz family to Centaur Hills at any time. If your children visit Randal, I will treat you wholeheartedly in return for your hospitality."

Schultz Baron is overjoyed, thank you again and again. Being able to get Victor's invitation was enough for him to brag to his neighbors for a while.

Victor ended this unharmonious gathering on the grounds that he needed a break. After returning to the house, Sister Alina saw Victor's expression uncomfortable, so she cleverly massaged him to relax.

Victor really has a headache. He went around in a big circle and visited 7 families. The most important purpose was to go to the dark forest to explore the remains of the Alchemy Empire. However, since Judy returned to Wild Willow City, Victor has always been surrounded by all kinds of people.

When he arrived at Schultz’s Baron, the Marquis of Solim asked his second son, Clifton, to greet him in his car. The most terrible thing is that the church along the way was afraid that Victor would be poisoned. Every time Victor went to a territory, the local presiding priest would accompany him by his side. Thain Bishop was also worried that the Solim family could not guarantee Victor's safety. He arranged for a warrior to serve as Victor's escort.

The ruling warrior is not an ordinary character. It is said that the three warriors combined with the divine technique of Level 4 priests can compete with Peak Knight. The verdict warrior itself has the silver Knight's battle strength, and the senses are extremely keen. Under his strict protection, it is difficult for Victor to hide from his eyes and ears and sneak into the dark forest.

After a while, Renault's footsteps heard outside the door, and Victor signaled the sisters to avoid. When the two of them walked out of the room, Victor hurriedly asked Renault, "How about it? Have you contacted Mercury?"

"Yes, sir." Renault said, "The host that Mercury stayed here. The man is the monkey. He learned from the sheriff that Clifton likes hunting very much. In addition, he told me that the closest Schultz leader is not the town of Kassan, but the Thornthorn Manor, which is Lay. Lord Lila Schultz’s Fiefdom."

Victor began planning a trip to the dark forest six months ago. He not only arranged 30 Concealed Ox militias, 40 siren militias, and 25 alchemy war mastiffs. Forty golden crows lurked in the dark forest, and they had also ordered Barol to lead manpower in Schultz.

After the convoy entered the town of Redwood, Victor was unable to get out, so he had to order Renault to contact the people at Mercury to see if he could think of a solution. Victor didn't expect that Barroll's staff in Redwood Town was actually an old acquaintance, and he was able to get in touch with the sheriff in such a short period of time, and touched the hobby of Clifton.

"Like hunting..."

Victor thought for a moment, said with a smile: "I remember, Barbarians sent me a letter saying that there was a Baron for To please the second son of the Marquis Solim and support the leader of the mountain people to open up a forest hunting ground. As a result, that person was killed by the Warhammer mercenary group, which forced the Hammers to escape into the dark forest. It turned out that Baron wanted to please Clive. Pause!"

"Since you like hunting, you can go to the dark forest...The key is what to do with the Knight who judges the warrior and the Schultz family?"

Victor brows tightly frowns, lost in thought.