Transcendent Noble

Strictly speaking, the Grand Duke is not a knighthood but a position, which corresponds to the second-rank succession right.

The Royal Family with strong bloodline always finds itself in a difficult fertility situation. In order to maintain the purity of the bloodline of the royal family, and to avoid the vast number of low-bloodline heirs competing for the throne, kings would rather have fewer births than excessive births. They usually have to wait until the 36 elemental ranks resonate before they begin to have heirs.

The time span is so long, what should I do if there is no heir to the throne?

The royal system arranges everything. Out of the need for political stability, after the new king ascended the throne, one of the brother sisters will be designated as the second successor, and the title of great duke of the kingdom will be appointed. Therefore, the king does not have to rush to give birth to offspring, his younger brother or younger sister is the heir to the throne.

The succession rights and titles of the Grand Duke cannot be hereditary. When the king eldest son inherits the throne, the second son of the king takes over as the Grand Duke. However, neither the title of the court duke nor the succession to the third throne can be passed on to future generations.

So, Dagong is an alternative to inheritance, commonly known as a spare tire.

Williams is such a spare tire.

The king has no right to depose his canonized prince, unless the king eldest son inherits the throne, the former grand prince will give the title of the grand duke and the second-in-line succession to the second son of the king.

The former king Lane once wanted Edward to be the first heir, which violated the throne succession system. But rules serve politics. If the king is Golden Knight, his authority is unshakable. However, Ryan’s proposal was strongly opposed by the two family elders. They were not grieving for Williams, mainly because Edward was still young at the time and had not yet shown extraordinary knight innate talent. Marquis Goron and Tofoven wizard still want to wait and see... What if Lora changes his mind again?

Williams is not very concerned about this.

A direct heir of the Augustus family, he has a wide range of interests and values ​​family affection over power. Not everyone wants to be a king. The elder brother Ryan is Golden Knight, with a long lifespan, and the king's eldest daughter Lora innate talent is outstanding. Williams has no turn to take the crown.

Williams is very happy, normally taking his wife and children, cruising around, life is very comfortable. If it weren't for Marquis Goron's efforts to stop him, Williams would be willing to publicly express his support for his brother to make Edward the first heir. However, a sudden change pushed him to the cusp of the storm.

In the name of punishing treason, Neowest invaded the three eastern provinces of Gambis. Ryan died in battle, and Gambis' main force, Legion, was restrained by Dodian. Lora led the Glorious Knight regiment and broke into the Rand Empire leader. She defeated the unicorn Knight regiment with successive victories, but she went deep alone and looted and slaughtered the two small towns, which caused dissatisfaction with the church.

The situation in Gambis Kingdom suddenly became precarious. Williams has no time to grieve, he must assume the duties of Grand Duke Gambis.

Williams discovered that Neowest hadn't personally attacked the Glorious Knight group. He guessed that this might be because Sylvia's intentions were unknown, and the York family had not connected with Neowest in advance.

He made a decisive decision and first withdrew the lord’s army assembled in Deepwater City to the central town of the kingdom, and then entered Fang City alone. After reaching an agreement with the York family, Sylvia led the Fang Legion to take Lora’s Glorious Knight regiment. Took it out. Immediately afterwards, the Dodo Kingdom, Naville Kingdom, El Kingdom and the church intervened and eventually the three counts who betrayed the Imperial Family were ordered to be executed by Neowest, and the Eastern Three Provinces and York were brought under the Rand Empire. Sylvia moved her family to Centaur Hills. Gambis' crisis was eased, but dark clouds still hung over the Augustus family.

Williams made a remarkable performance in his first appearance, not only won the respect of the lord, but also clarified his own path.

In the process of handling the crisis, Williams clearly felt the malice of all parties towards Gambis. He was angry and anxious about it, and at the same time excited and high-spirited, a force gushing out from his deep in one's heart continuously.

For Knight, stepping into Peak is not the goal, nor the end. Knight cannot be a slave of power, otherwise it will be assimilated by the sea of ​​elements. The same is true of power for the descendants of the Augustus family.

The kingship has never been the shackles of Augustus bloodline, but a kind of fun brought by responsibility, a fun of struggle.

Lane is determined to be a great king, Lora wants to be a commander, bard, knight-errant, adventurer, mercenary... She has too many ideals. And Williams found the fun and the way forward in the battle of wits and courage with all influence.

You want a weak Augustus, I just want to make Augustus stronger! This is the determination and pursuit of Grand Duke Williams.

Williams believes that as long as he works in this direction, he can also achieve Peak.

If you want to realize your ideals, you must first gain power. Williams felt that he did a good job. He used the land of Centaur Hills to win the support of the Spiritual God Knight, suppressed the ambitions of Emperor Rand and stabilized the political situation of Gambis. Use the prestige brought by the resolution of the crisis to win over the local lords and royal nobles, compete with Catherine for control of the kingdom, and then use the flustered and exasperated queen to suppress the overbearing York family.

Ant-Man invaded Centaur Hills, and the York family lost the objective conditions for sitting atop a mountain to watch the tigers fight. Under pressure, Williams and Catherine switched from fighting to cooperation, and he got his wish and became the Gambis Regent King.

The Regent King acts as the king's power. Edward wants to be in power. At least he has to become a Great Knight of the Silver Order before he is qualified to challenge the Regent King. By that time, Williams might have stepped into the Golden Domain. Of course, if Edward showed outstanding political talent, Williams would not mind assisting his elder brother's son.

However, the expansion mentality of the York family due to Spiritual God Knight is always an unstable factor.

Williams believes that as long as you deal with it properly, there is nothing to worry about. The arrogant York family can instead prompt the major lords to bow their heads to the Kite Castle.

Centaur Hills has rich iron essence resources. The York family is unwilling to sell iron essence mines before they have completed the iron essence resource reserve. Williams took this as an opportunity to secretly request the major lords to increase prices to restrict the flow of materials into Centaur Hills, forcing the York family to sell iron essence at a low price, and Kite Castle was a powerful backing for the lords.

This is in the interests of the lords. Of course, the heads of the Great Family will unswervingly follow Williams' instructions.

Pull out every gold coin in the York family's pocket, guide the migrants and hired workers into Centaur Hills, build fortresses and infrastructure, and keep the York family's material reserves always at a low level. The York family, which is hungry and starving, relies heavily on the royal family economically and politically, and can only obediently become a barrier for Gambis to resist the ant colony.

Although Centaur Hills has a 20-year tax holiday, Kite Castle’s think tank believes that if this policy is implemented, the York family will not be able to turn over within 30 years.

The facts have been startled. The York family grazes pigs, promotes field potatoes, and implements deep plowing and meticulous planting. It only took four years to achieve self-sufficiency. They also invented giant brick kilns, dug earth to make bricks, raised canals with bricks, and built unprecedented water conservancy projects. They seized the opportunity to create a Beria business collar and introduced kidney beans, and the Wellington family immediately raised the white flag. The church greatly appreciated the York family's feat in building water conservancy projects, and provided 1 million Kingsall in funding, and Williams' blockade policy was declared bankrupt.

Sylvia also alluded to the murder of Viscount Randal by the Williams lord Austin, causing Williams to become politically passive. Lora seized the opportunity and casually broke the deadlock between the grand prince and the queen and pushed Edward to the throne. Marquis Goron also had to give up the idea of ​​forcing Lora to succeed, because he and Williams were both to blame.

More than three years ago, Raymond, the heir of the Peter family, sent "Throat Slasher" to assassinate the bloodline nobleman. Williams wanted to take the opportunity to murder Victor. Although Marquis Goron prevented Night Owl's assassination, he did not remind him Sylvia, but chose to sit and watch the changes. He also wished that Viscount Randal would be killed by "Throat Slasher".

On the surface, Williams was trying to obtain the Marquis position for Solon Wimbledon, but in fact, he and Goron knew that it was just an excuse.

Centaur Hills has achieved self-sufficiency, and the failure of the economic blockade strategy is just a setback for the Augustus family, neither too big nor too small. If you think about the problem from another angle, this may not be a bad thing.

After the tax holiday expires, the York family has developed more than 100 million acres of arable land, and 20 million acres of output belong to the royal family. The York family raises more pigs, cattle, sheep, horses and more. The greater the benefits. As for strategic materials such as purple cane wine, raw sugar, and iron essence mine, the Augustus family also accounts for 20%. Centaur Hills can also absorb the excess population of Gambis.

The most important thing is that the York family has a fatal flaw.

Spiritual God Knight’s bloodline cannot be delivered, and the strength of the York family can only last for a hundred years at most. Without the noble bloodline, the family lacks centripetal force. Without the golden bloodline, the York family is not enough to occupy such a rich territory. Williams can foresee that after the death of Sylvia, it will be difficult for the Duke of Enbis to subdue the soaring power of the vassal family. No matter they adopt soft or tough measures, they will not be able to solve the family's internal conflicts. Because they have the same bloodline, regardless of priority, the Sect Master family is not attractive to the vassal lords.

At that time, the Augustus family only needs to push, and the York family will be beaten back to its original form. That's why Sylvia particularly favors Sophia. She hopes that Sophia's purple-eyed bloodline can preserve part of her legacy.

Williams snort disdainfully on this, what if Sophia is promoted to Golden Knight? Purple eye bloodline or purple eye bloodline. The purple eye bloodline strengthens the patrilineal bloodline, which has limited potential.

The Aileano family is beautiful on the surface, but in essence it is the fertility tool of the six duke families. Queen Eleanor wanted to replace the main bloodline in her dreams, but the six Duke families of Suse did not allow it. Otherwise, why did Queen Cynthia have not been able to love the elf bloodline for the next generation? Otherwise, why would her lover be assassinated? If the six duke families did not secretly intervene, Williams would never believe it.

The York family came out of Golden Knight hundreds of years ago, but how many types of bloodlines are there today?

Williams may not care about the purple eye bloodline, but he must not care about the ancient bloodline of Wimbledon. Night Owl found out that Victor was a Wind Travel shooter. Williams and Marquis Goron both had murderous intentions on him. The difference is that Williams is taking risks while Marquis Goron is more stable.

No one expected that Victor, the new Wind Travel shooter, would actually have an affinity with Fire Element. He might be the second sword saint! Archbishop Lazarus, on behalf of the Radiance Knight regiment and the Cardinals, warned Kite Castle: The church did not want to see any forces assassin the Viscount Randal.

The reason is simple. Victor has a very good relationship with Father Miller. If he can really become a sword saint, the church may be able to ask him to take action against the orc leaders in the northern wilderness.

No matter whether Victor can become the second Drawin or not, his bloodline is no different from the golden bloodline. It can be said that Victor made up the biggest flaw of the York family. Just by looking at Sylvia's changing form, you can know how happy she is.

The servants of the Kite Castle cultivated by Catherine have now become the core members of the York family. One can imagine the depression of Williams.

Fortunately, Sister Lora and Victor have been close since childhood. Williams immediately changed his attitude and strived to make Victor the link between the Augustus family and the York family. In fact, the political landscape of Gambis has stabilized because of Victor.

On the condition of the bloodthirsty potion formula, the Kingdom of Borui hopes that Gambis will announce Sophia's death. Williams even thought about it and refused. If Victor obtains the freedom of marriage, it means that his legal connection with Yubao will be broken, which will definitely break the existing balance and will be extremely detrimental to the Augustus family.

As for the bloodthirsty potion formula, Tofoven wizard has already deduced it with potion samples. What qualifications does Borui Kingdom have to impose conditions on Yuanbao?

Williams and Marquis Goron agreed that Sophia cannot be deprived of the marquis status, but the wealth she transferred must be confiscated.

However, things have taken a major turn.

On the eve of Williams welcoming Sophia and Barbarian, Queen Catherine told an amazing secret.

Victor is the test product used by the chief wizard Tofoven to reproduce the sword saint bloodline. His human bloodline has been locked by the medicine. Only after the age of 65 can he reproduce his offspring, or take the help of Dame with a specific medicine. He inspires human bloodline in advance. And Catherine herself is the Dame who took the inoculation potion.

Williams was surprised and delighted after listening.

What's surprising is that Catherine's scheming is so deep that he still hides such a hole card! When she uses this hole card, the Grand Ducal Party will only be defeated, without any chance of a comeback.

Catherine's roots are shallow, and Edward's succession to the throne is also known to be unfair. Except for the Lora and Wellington families, most people are not optimistic about Edward. If Marquis Goron gives up on Lora and turns to support the royal prince, Catherine will use Victor as a condition to persuade Sylvia to change her position and support Prince Edward to inherit the throne. She can also obtain a strong bloodline offspring for the Tyrell family. This child not only promotes the political status of the Tyrell family, but also closely connects with Victor. This is Sylvia's long-term support for Edward.

The good news is that Victor will definitely return to the embrace of the Augustus family around this secret re-layout. The York family lost Victor, and wanting to fight against the Augustus family can only be a daydream.

Williams was pleasantly surprised and immediately went to Tofoven wizard to verify the matter. The family elder revealed more details to him.

Little Victor manifests the Moon Elf bloodline, and his father wants to sell him to the Suse royal family at a high price. However, the northern counties have always been the territory of the Augustus family. Minsk county has a young elven bloodline noble, how can he hide from Night Owl's eyes and ears. Just as the identity of Sylvia Spiritual God Knight was revealed, the outer lord of the York family began to stir. Tofoven decided to train a sword saint to deal with the impact of Spiritual God Knight. If it succeeds, it's the best. If it fails, send a bloodline nobleman to comfort the lonely Spiritual God Knight.

The elven bloodline nobles are the best companions of high-level Dame. Putting Victor by Sylvia's side can at least affect the three silver Dame of the York family. However, you can't send it clearly, otherwise Sylvia will definitely kill Victor. Tofoven set his sights on Sophia. So the old wizard and Ryan took advantage of Catherine and gave Victor to Sophia as their husbands.

The experiment did not achieve the expected results. Tofoven decided to implement the second plan. Night Owl agent Amy Mei followed his instructions and suggested that Sophia send Victor to Sylvia.

Things are going very smoothly. Night Owl will use the inoculation potion to activate Victor at the right time, allowing him to continue to influence the high-level Dame of the York family. Tofoven didn't expect Victor's Moon Elf bloodline to wake up further.

Tofoven emphasized that Victor has unlimited potential and is a pivotal role. The family must change its strategy and strive to win his favor. If necessary, you can cooperate with Sylvia to deprive Sophia of the marquis status and let her return to Victor's side. In this way, it can not only divert the pressure of Radiance Knight's diplomacy against Barbarian, but also release goodwill to Sylvia. If one day, Victor returns to Kite Castle and Sylvia has Sophia by his side, as long as their marriage is still there, even if Sylvia learns the truth, she won't be able to turn her face with the Augustus family.

Williams admires prostrate oneself in admiration for deep plans and distant thoughts of the family elders. Compared with Tofoven, Catherine's scheming is simply insignificant.

Now, Victor is right in front of him, what Williams has to do is to plant a seed in his heart in advance!