I really just want to be a big lord

Chapter 79 Have you noticed anything unusual? (2 in 1)

At the dinner, presiding judge Pan De naturally mentioned the attack on the "Holy Law Church" by Shengyou Palace.

He didn't say how Shengyou Palace discovered the "Sacred Law Church" in Yulang City, but said that the "Sacred Law Church" had been operating in Yulang City for a period of time, and had penetrated into the territories of many lords, bewitching many Leaders and even contract servants.

Then directly explain the results of the attack on Shengyou Palace:

The key members of the "Sacred Law Church" in Yulang City's jurisdiction have basically been eliminated, so that the lords can rest assured that these "evil insects" are now unable to turn the tide.

Then he said that there are still many members and believers left in each territory, and some even have contracted servants of a certain level. Those who have been identified by the Punishment Knights will be arrested and punished directly. If the lords notice that there are contracted servants If there is an abnormality, you can also investigate by yourself or apply for assistance from the Knights of Disciplinary Order.

Anyway, without their organization, they must have to hide like mice and dare not do anything else.

In addition, if the bewitched citizens in the territory can be found out to be members of the "Sacred Law Church", it is recommended to deal with them. If they cannot be found out, they can increase the "Sacred Law Church"'s evil propaganda in the territory.

Speaking of which, Pender also asked the former Jaeger magister to come up and instruct the lords on how to carry out propaganda.

In short, it is to tell ordinary citizens that the "Church of the Holy Law" was born in the most evil and darkest area in the Western Territory, and continues to spread all kinds of black magic, including but not limited to necromancy, various curses, and so on.

The so-called world where everyone has the opportunity to be a nobleman brought about by the elimination of the lords, the Holy Blessing Palace, and the soul subordination contract as preached by the "Holy Law Church" is actually bringing disaster and destruction. Their essence It is to destroy the world, turn all people into undead, and make them tireless and emotionless slaves and tools.

Anyway, it is vigorously propagating in the direction of evil, darkness, and destruction. Specific cases such as human body refining, soul control, and eating children are all placed.

To be honest, in the ears of Kaios, who has a certain understanding of the "Sacred Law Church", this set of propaganda words is really not a fabrication. It can even be said to be [-]% true, [-]% exaggerated, and [-]% false.

Not to mention the ordinary citizens who never knew what the "Sacred Law Church" is, even those real members of the "Sacred Law Church", after hearing this, it is estimated that many people will really think about what the "Sacred Law Church" is. Not really going to die...

In addition to the matter related to the "Holy Law Church", the presiding judge Pan De also announced several new regulations promulgated by the Holy City Shengyou Palace at the banquet.

In fact, not all new regulations are announced for the first time now, most of them have already been promulgated and implemented in the past six months.

It’s just that many lords may not be like Keos, who not only read the briefings sent by the city every two days in their own manors, but also go to the city library to read the latest briefings of the Holy Blessing Palace and various The contents of the newly published book catalog have already been familiar with what Pan De said.

The new rules basically have no impact on most of the lords, except for minor adjustments to the application criteria for titles at all levels, changes in the patrol area and time of the punishment knights within the jurisdiction of Yulang City, and changes in the number of punishment knights , Fine-tuning the taxation of industries in the city, etc.

What really caught Keos' attention was that Pande mentioned that the exchange of "economic territory" every five years is about to begin. This year's magic plant farming territory has a newly developed planting magic plant, and the unit output has greatly increased. It is recommended that the lords can Pay more attention.

However, Pan De didn't emphasize how much he had improved, but simply mentioned that the lords in the banquet hall were basically still paying attention to the "Sacred Law Church", and few people paid attention.

After all, the new economic territory just developed by Shengyou Palace must be exchanged for the "birth territory" developed by the northern and western boundaries. Without the "birth territory" in hand, it is useless to pay attention.

What's more, farms are heavily invested in assets. For every additional piece of land, corresponding manpower and living places must be allocated.

In the inherent cognition of these lords, there is no concept of frying "farm land".

At the end of the dinner, Pan De announced the [-] title applications or changes that passed the final review of the Holy City Shengyou Palace this year, and everyone toasted to celebrate the [-] lords.

Among the sixteen title changes, five were the change from Erye title to Sanye title, seven were the success of Baron Shen Erye, the lord without title, three were from baron to earl, and one was from earl to marquis.

After the lords of the Holy Blessed Alliance obtain the title, they will receive a badge made of special materials. The badge has a base similar to a clover, and in the middle is the family badge or code name designed by each family.

The three leaves, each leaf has a special meaning, and each has a different color, material, and shape.

Lords of different strengths, even if they are both barons or earls, can tell the difference at a glance.

The three leaves are divided into 4 levels, and each level has its own standard. The left leaf represents the amount of assets and the size of the territory, the right leaf represents the strength of the contracted servants and the number of people, and the upper leaf represents the honor points given by the Shengyou Palace.

If a lord without a title wants to obtain a title, he can apply to Shengyou Palace when at least two leaves have reached level 2. After the review, he can get the title of Baron Erye.

And if Sanye has reached level 2, it is Baron Sanye, and in terms of status, he is higher than Baron Erye.

Further up, when Liangye reaches level 3, you can apply for earl, and after Liangye reaches level 4, you can apply for marquis.

If the three leaves are all level 4, you can apply for the duke.

However, the duke’s application will only be reviewed every ten years, and you have to queue up. The Holy City Shengyou Palace holds a meeting where all the dukes participate to vote, and it is not guaranteed to pass if the hard standard is met.

So many Marquis Sanye, in terms of hard power, did not lose to many dukes.

The left and right leaves of the three leaves all look at hard power, which is actually on the surface.

As for the honor item of the upper leaf, it is more metaphysical. There are many sources. It is easy for some lords to get it, but it is a headache for others.

For example, the upper leaf of the Li family is the 3rd level far beyond the baron level, because Kaios Li's grandfather held the thigh of the then Yulang City Judge Mbolton and spent a lot of money and resources , Participated in many things - including building the largest library with the largest collection of books in the entire Holy Blessed Alliance.

Theoretically, as long as one of the two items of "asset territory" or "contracted servant strength, number of subjects" reaches level 3, Kaios is eligible to apply for the title of Earl.

After the banquet, Keos deliberately stayed behind, but did not exchange greetings with other lords, after all, he basically did not know them.

After waiting for a while, it turned out that Dominic came to look for him.

But Dominic told him first: "Master Pender is looking for you, you go to see him first, and we will talk later."

Kaios was a little apprehensive, but he felt relieved when he saw the still yellow halo behind Pender's head.

The place where Pan De met him was not the huge office last time, but the balcony on the top floor of the main building of Shengyou Palace.

"The area where the 'Sacred Law Church' is mainly active this time happens to include several of your territories. The Retribution Knights have confirmed that there are many believers and members in your territory, including contracted servants. You have Did you find anything unusual?" Pan De asked in a serious tone while holding on to the railing.

Keos had actually thought about various situations before, so he was also prepared for this question, but instead of throwing out the prepared answer immediately, he frowned slightly, pretended to think about it, and then said:
"I did find something wrong before, that is, when I woke up from a strange coma in April, a contracted servant of the lord's house went crazy because of the 'spiritual energy' and rushed into my Beishan Manor. Later, I was investigating this matter. At that time, a contracted servant also had a sudden "aura rushing to the brain" and died in front of me. Recently, I found out some situations and asked my strongest contracted servant Benan to come back from the northern border to help me, but I did not expect him As soon as I came back, I was also 'spirited'. But I just thought that it might be that my uncles in the family still wanted to take my property and soul contract, and colluded with others to do something."

Keos knows that there are many things that cannot be concealed, so it is better to simply use this as a basis to fabricate a "fact" that is beneficial to him.

Since in the banquet hall, the special light magic of that intensity did not find that he had practiced the secret method of the undead, nor did he find Little Luna in the ring, then he is safe for the time being.

The hidden danger now lies with the "caster of the curse". I don't know if he is dead or not.

After hearing what he said, Pan De nodded: "If you have trouble dealing with it, you can ask for help from the Punishment Knights, or you can go directly to Dominic. I think you have a good relationship with him. Hehe, he seemed to treat you like There are some prejudices, it seems that your social skills are very strong?"

Kaios said with a smile: "Master Dominique just misunderstood me before."

"Frequent occurrences of 'spiritual energy rushing to the brain' must be abnormal. In order to control the members of the 'Sacred Law Church', those who are talented in cultivation will bewitch them to practice black magic when they were young, and then plant curses. So Don't be a pity, the 'spiritual energy rushes to the brain' are all their people, and they have to deal with it anyway. After this time, the overall strength of your contracted servants may drop significantly."

Pan De said, looking back at Kaios: "At first, I thought that at the auction at the end of the month, you would buy a few more potential contracted servants, and you could apply for an earl in about two years..."

Keos said: "When encountering such a thing, there is no way. But it is good that those people can be caught in time in the Holy Blessing Palace, otherwise in a few years, a new wave of contracted servants who spent a lot of resources to cultivate will come again. It's really hard to be a member of the 'Sacred Law Church'. Now, after all, I'm still young, I just inherited the title and territory, and I still have time to develop slowly."

But Pan De suddenly asked: "I heard that you are collecting 'birth territory' everywhere?"

Kaios was taken aback, and said with a panicked expression: "I thought that there should be very few 'life territories' that I could collect with my magic coupon, but I didn't expect to cause such a big commotion, even the presiding judge knew about it."

Pan De shook his head: "It's not that there's a lot of noise, it's because I specifically told the affairs officer who integrated the news of the nobles and lords, you and the Li family's news, you should pay special attention to it, so basically if you have any special operations, they will report to me .”

"This... troubles my lord." Kaios was really a little panicked this time, but whether it was Pender who said it directly, or the full yellow light circle behind his head, it all showed that he was more kind to himself and care.

It's just that Kaios really has too many secrets. If people focus on him, he will inevitably feel hairy and a little guilty.

Pan De asked, "How much 'birth territory' do you plan to buy?"

"Well... I originally planned to buy as much as I could." Kaios said, hesitated, and continued: "I also thought about combining my original farm territory with some less core assets. Dispose of it, raise a little money, and invest in the acquisition together. This will just happen to buy the new magic planting land, and the people can be moved there."

He decided to express euphemistically how optimistic he is about Xin Mozhi, and see if he can get some hints and suggestions from Pan De.

Anyway, based on his own "research" during this period, through Xiao Zhuo'an's collection of information on the development of other industries and magic technology, he made a judgment that he would continue to be optimistic about the new magic plant, and be more firm in some of his previous strategies.

But what he never expected was that Pan De actually said to him directly: "Don't sell the property. If you are short of magic coupons, go to Earl Vaux tomorrow and I will say hello to him. You can borrow some money." Magic coupons to operate."

"Lord Pan De, this..." Kaios was not sure what Pan De meant by his words for a moment, whether he simply wanted to help him solve the financial problem, or secretly revealed that the economic territory for planting new magic plants is indeed of great investment value. Let him be a "white glove" to grab this wave of benefits.

With his hands behind his back, Pan De turned around to look at the starry sky above his head and the inner city of Yulang City where the lights were shining brightly in the distance, and said, "Maybe I can stay in Yulang City for two more years. , meeting the earl's application requirements."

This is too straightforward!

Kaios immediately understood that the reason why Pan De did not suggest him to sell assets and territories to raise magic coupons to collect "birth territory", but to provide him with other methods of magic coupons - this is to tell him that it is indeed beneficial to settle new magic plant economic territories It's a good idea, but let him accumulate enough assets and territory to meet the Earl's application requirements as soon as possible.

Originally, he was closer to level 3 in terms of the strength of contracted servants and the number of leaders. In addition, the Li family was already level 3 in terms of the "Honor Contribution Points of Shengyou Palace" in the previous leaf. Earl eligibility.

However, this wave of "Sacred Law Church" incidents made the Li family not advance but retreat in the aspect of contract servants, so they could only focus on their original weak assets and territories.

Pan De's obvious support made Kaios wonder for a moment whether the original owner was the judge's illegitimate son...

Of course, he knew that this was definitely impossible, because he knew very well when the turning point of Pender's attitude and perception towards him was.

"Yes, don't worry Lord Pande, I will definitely live up to your expectations."

Keos didn't thank or decline much, he knew that Pan De cultivated him and supported him so much, it was definitely not just because he admired his paintings or wanted to get his thanks.

What Pender needs is that his influence should grow to a certain level, and he can help him at certain times.

However, the reason why Pender did not reflect those top lords who are already earls and marquises, but because he is such an unknown little baron who has just inherited the title, must have something to do with what he said that day.

After seeing Pender, it was quite late, and Dominic personally sent Case out, and even took him and Salvira to the outer city in the carriage of the Holy Blessing Palace—their carriage was parked at the junction of the inner and outer cities, There is a station dedicated to serving the mounts and vehicles of nobles over there.

On the carriage, Kaios noticed that the staff in Dominic's hand was the "rare" staff he gave. can't put it down.

Since he gave this staff to Dominic on his birthday, every time he saw Dominic, he carried it with him, even in the banquet hall just now, when he appeared with Jaeger and other magisters, it was in his hand. This staff.

"Unexpectedly, Seke is actually a member of the Church of the Holy Law, tsk tsk, no wonder I thought something was wrong with him before. From this point of view, before he and Van Boer Lee proposed a special procedure to you, Baron Keos, when What a shame! Maybe Fan Boer and Tritter are also members of the Church of the Holy Law. Alas, I didn’t know it at the time, otherwise, if you kill them, the Baron, Shengyou Palace will give you a bonus, and you will also give Honor points." Dominique said with some emotion.

(End of this chapter)