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“Now that we have obtained everything, I need to ask you a question.”

Allen calmly looked at the four Earls below: “Are you willing to follow me?”

As soon as Allen finished speaking, all the Earls showed expressions of joy and excitement on their faces.

Although they knew Allen would say these words, they still couldn't help but feel excited and tremble.

Because this was a supreme honor.

Allen, in his capacity as the ruler of a country, formally extended an invitation to them, giving them ample respect.

As soon as Allen finished speaking, Earl Earth Lizard and Earl Albert had already stepped forward. Earl Earth Lizard had long decided to follow Allen.

As for Albert, although it seemed incredibly strange for a father to follow his son, he knew that this was the best choice.

Because he was Allen's father, the Thistle Flower family had gained supreme glory in Allen's hands, but at the same time, the Thistle Flower family would become a thorn in the side of Grand Duke Lion.

There was no way around this. A monarch would absolutely not want a relative of another monarch to be his subordinate.

Because if the two sides were hostile, then his subordinate might betray him.

Moreover, given Allen's status, he also did not want to see Albert still being a noble in another person's country.

In any case, Albert and the Thistle Flower family had to stand on the same side as Allen, and this was something that neither Allen nor Albert could change.

Among the remaining two, Earl Copper Mountain, after pondering for a while, also chose to pledge allegiance to Allen.

Allen nodded in satisfaction, his gaze falling on the last Earl, Garrick.

This Earl's expression was slightly complicated. He didn't remain silent for too long, and soon this Earl took a breath and stood up.

“Lord Allen, I cannot swear allegiance to you.”

Garrick said with a slight bitterness.

Allen's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this. In fact, Allen had already anticipated this situation to some extent.

After all, unlike Earl Copper Mountain and Earl Earth Lizard, Earl Garrick was a person loyal to Marquis Mad Lion.

Being able to become an Earl under a Marquis meant that Earl Garrick was deeply trusted by Marquis Mad Lion. Perhaps this Earl was cultivated by Marquis Mad Lion bit by bit.

The bond between them was definitely very deep.

“Garrick, hey, what are you joking about? This is a great opportunity, and you're actually going to refuse!”

Earl Earth Lizard's face changed. During this period of getting along day and night, he had established a deep friendship with Earl Garrick, and the two had become good friends.

He didn't understand why Garrick would refuse Allen's kindness.

Being Allen's direct subordinate was countless times better than being Marquis Mad Lion's direct subordinate.

“Earth Lizard, don't try to persuade me. I've already decided. I've already sworn allegiance to Marquis Mad Lion. That lord once saved my life and changed my destiny. If it weren't for him, I would have starved to death in a small town in winter.” Garrick said in a low voice: “I swear that I will follow Marquis Mad Lion forever, so, Lord Allen, please forgive my selfishness and ignorance, I cannot accept your kindness.” Garrick said solemnly.

Allen smiled upon hearing this: “Garrick, I already expected you to say that.”

“As you wish, Garrick. Your loyalty, courage, and kindness are the most brilliant light on you. Go back, go back to your city, and continue to serve Marquis Mad Lion until you die of old age or are killed in battle. This is your choice, and it is also your glory.”

Allen waved his hand, and immediately, outside the main hall, carriages that had been prepared were pulled out.

There were many carriages, nearly three hundred in total.

They were full of gold, silver, jewels, various supplies, and even some fairies and spirits of nature.

“This is my gift to you, and it is also the benefit you deserve, Garrick. Return with glory.”

Allen's words moved Garrick. What Allen gave him was far more than the resources he should have originally possessed.

After all, the cities he truly conquered were not many, and most of them had already been abandoned. The nobles had already run away, so the gains were not particularly great.

However, Allen had prepared generous rewards for him, which made Garrick extremely grateful. “Thank you, Lord.”

Garrick knelt down and saluted Allen, and then, taking advantage of the bright sky, this Earl led his warriors and rich supplies on their way home.

Chapter 246: Five Marquis Candidates, Visits from Earls from All Over (Seeking Subscriptions!)

The allegiance of the three Earls added three confidants to Allen. Of course, Allen would not forget his subordinates and people in the Skywolf Territory far away.

However, Allen did not intend to immediately bring his people from the Skywolf Territory over, or rather, he did not seem to intend to give up the Skywolf Territory.

After all, this was a territory that Allen had spent countless efforts and gold coins to fully develop. If he gave it up just like that, Allen would feel more or less reluctant.

After sending away Earl Garrick, Allen ~ did not have too much time to spare.

Although he already had territory, it was, after all, seized. It would still take some effort to completely digest it.

Now that he occupied the Duchy of Shack, Allen had no intention of joining the Northern War for the time being.

Just kidding, he could completely develop comfortably in the south, and then go and grab some merit points after the turmoil ended, wouldn't that be great?

Did he have to join those wars, leading his men to fight in the east and west? Would it be comfortable to fight with those old cunning people until their brains were like dog brains?

Moreover, those Grand Dukes were all old cunning people, one thing on the surface, and who knows how many things they had behind their backs.

Allen was still relatively disgusted with these things. With this effort, wouldn't it be great to improve his strength and cultivate a million Dragon Blood Warriors to push all the way through?

Of course, a million Dragon Blood Warriors were just Allen's thoughts. Given the current situation of the Duchy of Shack, it would be difficult to gather even 500,000 warriors, let alone a million.

After all, Grand Duke Shack took away a batch when he went north, and he slaughtered another large batch.

The current Duchy of Shack did not have much military strength left.

If he wanted to cultivate them, he could only recruit warriors again.

Alan, on the other hand, didn't need to worry about this, after all, he had already obtained a large number of merit points. Before coming to the Duchy of Shack, Alan already had about 1.8 million merit points.

Later, after completing the achievement task, and the system assessed Alan's contribution to the recovery of lost territory as 90%, this gave him another reward-like merit point, a full one million merit points.

After that, there was the battle of the Duchy of Shack, in which he gained more than one million merit points just by slaughtering soldiers and knights.

It seemed like quite a bit, but after all, the interior of the Duchy of Shack was already empty at this time, with not much defensive power left.

So the merit points were a little less.

However, after beheading Duke Shack, Alan's merit points skyrocketed by one million!

Don't underestimate this number, you should know that an ordinary soldier can only bring Alan one merit point.

One million merit points is enough for Alan to exchange for two dragons.

After unifying the Duchy of Shack, the system judged and gave Alan a reward of two million merit points.

Now Alan's merit points have risen to the position of seven million.

This is already a huge fortune.

"Seven million, this is just the empty Duchy of Shack, if it were complete, it would have to have ten million merit points..."

Alan thought with emotion.

At this moment, with the three earls pledging allegiance to him, plus Marco and Thomas under his command, Alan was already prepared to build his armed forces with these five as the core.

As for the civil officials, there were nine ministers who had already pledged allegiance to him, so there should be no need to worry at all. At worst, he could call Sparrow and others over later. "Father, Earth Lizard, Copper Mountain, since you are ready to come to Shack to assist me, then I will definitely not treat you badly."

After Alan sent away Earl Garrick, he immediately said with a slight smile to the three earls who were looking at him with anticipation.

"You are my confidants, and I will do my best to train you to become marquises." Alan's calm words directly brought smiles to the faces of the three.

This is what they followed Alan for, higher status, more resources, and a brighter future!

"Thank you for your cultivation, Lord!"

Earth Lizard and Earl Copper Mountain immediately bowed to Alan and said, Albert was a little embarrassed.

Alan smiled: "Father, you don't need to bow, you are my father after all."

Albert nodded in relief.

"Lord, the earls from all over are already waiting outside the palace."

At the moment when Alan and Albert were talking, a knight walked in from the hall and knelt in front of Alan and said.

"Oh? So fast?"

Alan raised his eyebrows, he thought these guys would have to arrive in the royal capital tomorrow, but he didn't expect them to arrive so quickly.

It seems that the identity of the Dragon Knight has a great deterrent effect on these guys. "I know, you go down."

Alan waved his hand and asked the knight to retreat. Now his knight order has fully accepted the defense of the entire palace. One hundred thousand Dragon Blood Warriors are waiting in the royal capital, and there are eleven Beamon beasts guarding outside the royal capital.

In addition, in the palace, there is also a dragon resting in an open area.

I believe these earls have already seen the Beamon beasts outside the city.

Alan hopes these guys won't be scared silly.

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Alan led Albert and the three through the palace corridors, gardens, and ponds, and came to a huge castle.

This castle is where the Grand Duke usually discusses matters with his ministers.

The decoration and layout are extremely solemn, reflecting the majesty of a monarch.

Alan led the people into the castle. The entire castle has only two parts. One part is the front hall. The hall is extremely empty, surrounded by knights, and in the middle are two rows of statues from the gate to the golden throne at the innermost part. . . . . . Ask for flowers.

These statues include knights, magicians, archers, knowledgeable people, blacksmiths, farmers, etc.

It seems that the occupations of the entire country are carved on both sides.

The dukedom's ministers and earl nobles are now inside the hall.

There are some stairs on the surrounding walls of the hall. There is a second-story corridor built around the walls of the hall, from which you can clearly see the scene below.

The other part is the space behind the hall, which is equivalent to the Grand Duke's office or temporary rest place, etc.

Alan's appearance caused everyone to focus their attention on Alan.

Oliver took the lead, and the civil officials immediately lowered their heads to salute Alan and made way.

Seeing the reaction of the civil officials, the earls from the various earls also reacted one after another, and immediately lowered their heads to salute and retreated.

Alan led Albert and the three to the deepest point. There were nine steps here, and above the steps was the throne symbolizing the monarch.

Alan sat on it casually, Albert and the three stood on the steps, and below were the civil and military ministers and nobles.

"Respected Dragon Knight Lord, new master of the Duchy of Shack, we represent all the nobles of the Duchy of Shack to express our submission to you, and we are willing to be loyal to you."

In the crowd, an old earl with a slightly older age spoke to Alan on behalf of everyone.

Alan calmly watched everyone below. Alan did not look at the civil servants, but at the nobles who came from all over.

These are the most fundamental forces of a duchy.

Alan counted, and there were actually less than ten earls left.

This means that large swaths of land will have no managers.

This is not good news. Alan raised his eyebrows slightly. He had already thought about today's situation. After all, where is there a reason for no deaths in a national war?