Warlord: King of All Clans

Leo was not so easy to trust others. He stared at Locke with a half-smile, "From this point of view, your Kurolov family has really been wronged."

Locke quickly bowed his head and said, "My Lord Earl, my father also has great ambitions. It is impossible for him to form a secret alliance with Count Brutus without any effort."

"But this is how it works when you are trying to seize the world. If you offend the Earl, you should be punished."

"Mr. Earl, Locke is willing to offer you a compensation that will satisfy you on behalf of the family."

Leo sat back on the throne and continued to look down at the guests from above.

Locke looked at him with sincerity in his eyes, and both of them ignored Gerrard who was running all over the field being chased by Valheer.

Freya followed behind them, cheering for Valher loudly.

After a while, just when Locke could no longer hold back his facial expression, Leo suddenly smiled and said, "You are a guest. Stay here for a few more days. We will discuss matters of compensation and alliance."

Locke heaved a sigh of relief and bowed his head, saying, "My Lord Earl is wise!"

When the few people came out of the hall, Gerard looked listless, and his newly bought high-level enchanted armor was torn to pieces by the bear's claws again, and one of his hands was strangely twisted.

But all of them were filled with joy at having survived the calamity. Their experiences in the palace had shocked them so much that no one had expected that they could escape.

Their team had the ability to escape even if they encountered a Saint, but in the Golden Palace, they had almost no ability to fight back and had nowhere to run.

Gerard crossed his arms and asked Locke, "Master, what should we do next?"

Locke showed his usual smile again, "What else can you do? Just stay still. Since I've persuaded you this time, you'll only be in trouble next time, but your life won't be in danger."

"I never thought that there would be such a person in the North."

In the palace, Freya was very angry. She turned into a human form and rode on Al's back. She said to Leo, "Leo, why did you let them all go? I don't like you anymore!"

Leo said helplessly: "Then what do you say? Kill him on the spot?"

Freya immediately got scared, grabbed Al's horns and swung them left and right, talking about other things, "Just, just beat him up a few more times!"

Leo looked at Al, "How true are his words?"

"Nine points. The Kurolov family must have participated in the assassination of the queen and the pursuit of the princess, but they did not contribute much."

Leo nodded. "Most of the good words are true and only one is false. This Locke is quite something. He is so eloquent at such a young age. He should not be underestimated when he grows up."

Al looked in the direction of the palace gate and hesitated. "There's more than one thing. This Locke seems to have hidden a lot of secrets, but I can't see them!"

The only people whose memories were completely searched by El were Leo, who was nearly killed by the sword intent of the ancient orc swordsman, and the Scarlet Queen Meredith who wanted to seize control of the Emerald Tree.

Although the former's soul was saved by Master Bobak, he was also seriously injured and was only awakened by Al's rescue. During this process, his mind was inevitably invaded.

The latter attempted to occupy El's body, the Emerald Tree, when he woke up, triggering the highest level response of the Atrium's defense mechanism. Not only was his memory completely copied, he was also forced into hibernation.

But for the rest of the targets, because of the restrictions on Al's authority, he could only read minds and exert mental influence to varying degrees.

Leo was hostile to Locke's team from the beginning, but he didn't hate them to the core. After communicating with them, he started to make other plans.

The Kurolov family is now the only family in the North that can compete with the Northern Duke's Mansion. It is very powerful, and is secretly assisted by the Blood Moon Sect and allied with the Count Brutus family in the South.

If such a family easily kills the eldest son of the family, Hewan will also face a huge disaster.

Unless he took everyone to hide in the courtyard and never came out, the strong men of the Kurolov family would retaliate, and few people in Hewan would be able to withstand the strange assassination of the Blood Mage.

Furthermore, the Kurolov family has been dormant for two years and has already digested a lot of the spoils they had previously gained, so now is the time to make a move.

They are located in the eastern part of the North. To the southwest is the Earldom of Odalov, which is directly governed by the Grand Duke of the North, and to the northwest is the Earldom of Beboos.

Leo is the adopted son of the Grand Duke of the North, so of course he has to share the pressure with him.

Hewan’s presence is not big right now and it doesn’t have the capability to launch expeditions, but it can still do a lot of things in the rear.

For example, form an alliance with Kurolof, Beowulf, Forelov, and Odalov, and work together to divide the territory of Beboos!

This proposal is bound to be exciting, attracting the attention of the Northern Earls and alleviating the pressure on the Northern Grand Duke.

The winter before last, Count Beowulf's army launched a surprise attack on the city of Asgar in Beboos, attracting all the troops of the Beboos family.

Count Hermann Froelof of Frovald also brought his own alien army to aid Beowulf.

However, the Beboos family occupied the northern border and had a deep foundation. They were able to fight against the two earl legions on their own and keep the war on the border.

Leo has already trained 4,000 new troops in the river bend. With the full equipment change of the previous regular army, an earl's legion can be formed. It is time to start external expansion.

This is the bad thing about troubled times. If you want to farm in peace, your neighbors won't allow you, so in order to save your life, you can only station troops like everyone else.

However, if other people's troops are stationed to fight, they will be eaten by the enemy, while you station troops to continue farming, and the output is just enough to support the army, you will gradually fall behind the times.

Even Leo, who has always been content with a small fortune, had to step out of his comfort zone and enter the big stage where heroes compete for supremacy.

Moreover, when looking at the map of the North, Leo always found the city of Abros downstream extremely annoying.

The city of Arbroath, located downstream from the city of Isembor, is one of the four cities in the Earldom of Beboos.

The Beboos family built a branch city in a dangerous area upstream of the Anzeno River and occupied the place for a hundred years, blocking the water and land trade routes from Isenpore to Ancerst and preventing direct trade between the two places.

Leo wants to sell his products to his adoptive father, the Grand Duke of the North, and he has to pay a 10% tax in Arbroath!

If the city of Arbroath could be taken, Leo's territory would border on that of the Grand Duke of the North, and both economic and military assistance to each other would be greatly enhanced.

Three days later, three teams of Pegasus flew into the courtyard one after another.

Taran Beowulf, the eldest daughter of Hader Beowulf.

Grant Odalov, the second son of the Grand Duke of the North.

Count Hermann Frolov.

They all came to the atrium and were received by Count Leo Mondo of River Bay and Locke Kuroloff representing Count Kuroloff.

In the side hall of the top floor palace, Leo arranged for everyone to sit down and began to propose the alliance.

The five lords of the North join forces to divide Beboos!