#92 - Section 92 - From Baron to Lord

Florde had no choice but to suppress the unwillingness and anger in his heart. After all, he was not yet the Steel Fist Earl, and he could only listen to his father's words.

"Alright, you can leave now. I want to rest for a while," the Steel Fist Earl said.

Florde could only lower his head and retreat.

Walking in Steel Fist City, Florde could hear the surrounding civilians discussing the Skywolf Territory at any time.

"A miracle has appeared in the Skywolf Territory!"

"I heard that you can still enjoy some benefits if you go there now!"

"Oh my, I heard that the malt candy, the perfume used by the noble lords and ladies, and the Rose Night liquor that is loved by many people are all made in the Skywolf Territory!"

"My goodness, Earl Skywolf is so amazing. So many industries are theirs."

"That's not all! The fruit cream cake that is now popular throughout the country, oh my, that's the food of the gods. I was lucky enough to have eaten it once, and the taste is indescribable."

Listening to the praise of the Skywolf Territory from almost everyone along the way, Florde's expression became more and more ugly.

"Mommy, Mommy, I want to eat cream cake too!"

At this time, a little girl on the roadside was staring at the fragrant fruit cream cake in a gourmet shop not far away, swallowing her saliva.

This scene made Florde's anger surge.

"Eat, eat, eat, what are you eating?! You are the people of the Steel Fist Territory! Not the Skywolf Territory! Damn it!"

Florde roared with an ugly face.

"Wah, wah!"

The little girl immediately cried loudly, and the surrounding people looked here in astonishment.

Florde's expression was gloomy: "Remember, you are only the people of the Steel Fist Territory!"

Saying that, he swaggered away.

The little girl and her mother did not dare to say anything more, after all, this noble lord in gorgeous clothes was not someone they could afford to offend.

Florde came to a brothel and found his favorite woman, ready to relax, but found that there were some more people in the room.

"Who are you?!"

Florde looked at these people with a slightly wary expression.

These guys were covered in black robes, making it impossible to see their faces, and at first glance, they didn't look like good people. "Hehe, Viscount Florde, don't worry, we are not enemies."

The leader of the black-robed men made a low voice, and he sat down opposite Florde very calmly. "Not enemies? Heh, appearing here dressed like this, your words are not credible at all." Florde held the hilt of the sword beside him with his right hand, and said vigilantly.

The black-robed man smiled, and very calmly took off the hood of the black robe, revealing a slightly old face.

"Viscount Florde, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Duru, I come from the royal capital, and I am a subordinate of Earl Guster." Duru bowed slightly and said calmly. "Earl Guster?"

Florde raised his eyebrows slightly. He knew this person. Earl Guster was the boss of the largest brothel in the royal capital, and also the largest operator of brothels in the Lionheart Principality.

Including this store, it is also the property of Earl Guster.

Being able to make the business so big, this earl is also one of the top figures in the Lionheart Principality. "What are you looking for me for?" Florde frowned slightly.

"The Earl asked me to say hello to you on his behalf. In addition, I just saw that Viscount Florde seems to have some dissatisfaction with the Skywolf Territory," Duru said with a smile.

"Humph, that's my business, it's none of your business!" Florde snorted coldly.

"Maybe we can cooperate? In fact, our Earl Guster is also dissatisfied with those Skywolf Earls. If you are willing, we will give you the greatest support." Duru showed a smile.

""Heh, support? Don't think of yourself as too smart! Want to use me as a gun?" Viscount Florde said with a contemptuous expression.

"Hahaha, Viscount Florde is joking. If it were peacetime, Earl Guster would not let you take action, but the current situation is not peaceful..."

Duru said meaningfully: "In fact, you don't know, the major southern principalities have already begun to stir up trouble. Although you are about to become an Earl, after the death of the Steel Fist Earl, there will be no second Gold Knight in the Steel Fist Territory. You are only a level six knight now, right?"

"Look at what Earl Skywolf is doing. He is trying to win over your people. By doing this, he is completely disregarding the Steel Fist Territory." Duru revealed some of the news that the Lionheart Principality was about to erupt into chaos and turmoil, which stunned Florde.

"Viscount Florde, cooperating with us is a very beneficial thing. At least you don't have to worry about the situation of the Steel Fist Territory during the turmoil in the future. With the support of Guster and His Highness the Second Prince, you can sit in the Earl's position safely."

"And don't you think that your neighbor is a huge threat? This time he was able to pull away a trace of civilians, and it is hard to guarantee that he will not continue next time. How many civilians are there in the Steel Fist Territory?"

"Why don't we take advantage of this turmoil and cooperate well? Earl Guster said that if the cooperation is successful, the territory of the Skywolf Territory will be merged into the Steel (Zhao Hao Zhao) Fist Territory, and you can also get dividends from the three major industries of the Skywolf Territory. You should know how profitable those industries are..."

Under Duru's temptation, Viscount Florde slowly revealed a hesitant expression. He would not forget his father's words.

But the Skywolf Territory was really hateful. If he could own the territory of the Skywolf Territory, wouldn't he have a large number of natural spirits?!

Moreover, Earl Guster also promised that he could share the profits of the three major industries of the Skywolf Territory.

This was a huge temptation!

He couldn't refuse!

"But even if what you said is true, when the turmoil happens, I don't have enough power to deal with the Skywolf Territory, let alone the Thorn Flower Territory next to it! You just said that we in the Steel Fist Territory don't have a Gold Knight."

Viscount Florde shook his head slightly. He had to recognize his own strength.

"Don't worry about this. If you agree to cooperate, we will give you the combat power of two or more Gold Knights, which is enough to sweep the Skywolf Territory!"

Duru said with a smile.

Florde's breathing suddenly stagnated, and then he let out a breath of turbid air: "Okay, I will cooperate with you!"

"Happy cooperation, Lord Florde."

Duru showed a bright smile.

Chapter 145 Equip the Knights with Magic Beast Mounts (5 Request subscription, request self-subscription, request monthly pass!)

In the Skywolf Territory, the official in charge of the population was already too busy to find the north.

Large numbers of people poured into the Skywolf Territory, and the officials began to busy themselves.

The Skywolf Territory now has large tracts of fertile land that can be distributed, and Allen can allocate these to the commoners, of course, only renting them out, but the rent is very low.

Large numbers of people were assigned to various small towns, and of course, some were willing to stay in the towns or form their own villages, which was all the same to the Skywolf Territory.

Soon, large batches of farmland were distributed, and Allen could obtain an inexhaustible supply of seeds from Lucy, of all kinds, completely satisfying the needs of the commoners.

While the entire Skywolf City was bustling, Allen was lying in the sun, comfortably sunbathing.

"Lord, the arrow towers have officially started construction. With the Treants here, a solid arrow tower can be built quickly. Also, Lord, we don't have armor for Minotaurs and Centaurs to use."

Marco had been busy with the defense works recently, running around outside every day, looking a little tired.

"I didn't pay attention to that. The Minotaurs and Centaurs should be about the same size. Order some from the Roland Merchant Guild," Allen said, raising his eyebrows slightly. Originally, he wanted to use these Beastmen as multi-functional soldiers.

In peacetime, they are construction teams or factory workers. In wartime, they put on armor and take up weapons, and they are definitely a stronger army than humans.

"Yes, Lord, I will arrange it now."

Marco nodded slightly: "Lord, when will our Magic Potion 737 Division arrive? The brothers in the Knights are already impatient."

"Of course, the most important thing is the issue of aerial cavalry, Lord."

Marco sighed slightly and said: "Lord, although our aerial cavalry has already selected personnel, we don't have mounts."

"Originally, the plan was to wait until the knights had improved their strength enough before equipping them with magical beast mounts."

"But now the potion masters haven't arrived yet. Waiting any longer would be a complete waste of time. I think we should distribute mounts to the knights first and let them get used to them."

"After all, a magical beast mount is equivalent to a magician. The cooperation between a knight and a magician, although it can unleash powerful combat power, also requires enough understanding."

Marco's words surprised Allen, and then Allen nodded: "Marco, you're right. I overlooked this."

Allen immediately stood up: "Fortunately, you are here, otherwise I would have really wasted time."

Allen wouldn't forget the time it took for his sea cavalry to get used to their mounts.

"Let's go, Marco, let's go see my Knights," Allen said with a smile. Since these knights were eager to get their partners, Allen would naturally fulfill their wishes.

Soon, the two arrived at the Knights' camp in the West District.

"Lord!"

The knights immediately stood in formation respectfully when they saw Allen.

Allen smiled and nodded: "I heard from Marco that many of you guys are thinking about new mounts, right?"

As soon as Allen said this, the surrounding knights nodded one after another, looking forward to it.

"Lord, we've been thinking about it for a long time!"

"Lord, when will you assign us mounts?"

"Lord, what kind of mounts are our aerial cavalry going to have?"

These knights were all warriors who had participated in the national war with Allen. Allen would usually come here to hang out and chat with these knights when he had nothing to do.

In short, in private, Allen and the knights had a very good relationship.

So the knights were not polite at this time. They knew when to be serious and when not to be polite.

Allen smiled when he heard this: "Since you are all impatient, then I will give you your mounts in advance."

"Really? Lord, can we get our mounts in the next few days?"

The knights immediately became excited. For knights, their mounts were their closest companions, even closer than their wives.

Of course, they were very concerned about the matter of mounts.

Allen smiled: "Does this matter need a few days? Since I'm here, you can have your mounts now."

A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Allen's mouth. Apart from the fifty sea cavalry and fifty wolf cavalry, the others did not have magical beast mounts.

According to the previous arrangement, the division was 500 wolf cavalry, 300 aerial cavalry, and 200 sea cavalry.

Without saying a word, Allen directly purchased 460 Silvermoon Wolves from the system with gold coins. Although Allen's wolf cavalry had 50 people before, 10 of them had already become knights, so 460 Silvermoon Wolves were needed here.

In addition, there were 150 Sea Lion Beasts (cfbh) and 249 Griffins. Because he had obtained 50 when unlocking biological species before, plus the one purchased with merit points, he had exactly 300.

Allen could release the Silvermoon Wolves and Griffins directly here, but the Sea Lion Beasts' territory was in the sea, and it was not suitable to release them here.

So Allen first brought out the Silvermoon Wolves and Griffins.

Streams of light flashed, and in everyone's stunned situation, in the wide training ground behind them, imposing Silvermoon Wolves appeared there.

The Griffins appeared in the sky, a full 300 of them, with slender bodies and full of power.

This is a magical beast with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle.

In the magical beast sequence, it is a mid-level magical beast, on the same level as the Silvermoon Wolf and the Sea Lion Beast.

They can fly in the sky, are proficient in wind magic, and have terrifying attack power and extremely fast speed.

They are one of the few flying magical beasts that humans can tame.

"Heavens, it's a magical beast!"

"Is it a miracle? Did the gods directly send the magical beasts to us?"

"Praise the Lord!"

"Incredible."

This time, Allen summoned the magical beasts directly without any concealment.