Chapter 225: Three Rivers Land

It would be different if it was obtained from Lord Ilmet's auction. At least the Lord of Battle Valley had to support him in name.

Even if it wasn't for this, it would be worth it for the mist barrier that Lord Ilmet had people set up in those manors.

Even the simplest mist barrier is a seven-ring ritual spell. Even if there are familiar mages, it will cost more than 30,000, and not all mages who have reached the corresponding level can make it.

At least Lord Virginia doesn't know the spell of mist barrier.

It's just that plans can't keep up with the speed of change.

I didn't expect that the ghost manor I was optimistic about would collide with the paladins of the Hammer of Justice.

But it's good this way, just let them help me test the water.

As for whether they can solve the problem of Vizeme Manor, Gavin is really not worried.

From the information he collected, Vizeme Manor has formed an ether closed loop and has its own operating rules.

The key to solving this kind of supernatural event is to find the core of the closed loop and solve the crux.

This often relies on intelligence, puzzle information, rather than pure force. In this regard, I have obviously taken the lead.

In addition, I can take the opportunity to build a good relationship with these holy warriors.

Human society is different from the kobold tribe. One-man rule does not work here.

Laws and regulations are the most useful weapons to rule here.

Holy warriors are a model in this regard, and Tyr Holy Warriors are the best in this regard.

The Dun Hills where the Hammer of Justice Monastery is located is only separated from Vizeme Manor by a river. Once it is really taken over, there will be many opportunities to deal with them.

Even if Daniel and his team are really capable of taking over Vizeme Manor, it doesn’t matter.

There are many ghost castles in the Battle Valley. Just take some time and choose another one.

With this mentality, Gavin took Anna and followed the three holy warriors on the road to the Three Rivers.

Unexpectedly, the Battle Valley's princess Regina also followed. It was obvious that she had great expectations for Daniel. Maybe she could use the hand of the Hammer of Justice to solve the ghost incident in Vizeme Manor, and by the way, clean up the entire Three Rivers Land and turn it into the new granary of the Battle Valley.

The Three Rivers Land definitely has such potential.

Because its geographical advantages are excellent.

It is wrapped in a V shape by the Asaba River that runs through the entire valley.

The Sambo River, which originates from Lake Seber, and the Gramre River, which originates from the remnant of the Thunder Mountains, meet and merge into the Asaba River here.

So it is called the Three Rivers Land.

There is a large area of ​​impact plains here, with fertile soil, excellent soil, and convenient irrigation, which is an excellent environment for cultivating good farmland.

This is what the wine merchant Kronfer from Sambia saw. He spent all his family fortune to buy dozens of square kilometers of land here and built the Vizeme Manor. He spent ten years turning this place into a large vineyard, building a wine workshop, and brewing the Vizeme crystal wine that is famous throughout the valley.

Everything is thriving. As long as he persists for another ten or eight years, the refugees who heard the news will rely on the Vizeme Manor, reclaim land, and build villages. He will no longer be a self-proclaimed knight, but a noble lord with real power, with absolute power of life and death over the surrounding areas.

But all this ended due to the brutality of Sir Kronfer. He murdered his wife and daughter in the stable with a mattock in the Vizeme Manor on a rainy night.

It didn't take long for Sir Kronfer, who fell into a semi-crazy state, to commit suicide by taking poison in the Vizeme Manor.

As the group hurried on their way, Regina told the story of the Vizeme Manor in detail in her infectious voice.

She is indeed a bard, and a bard with a high professional level and superb skills.

This tragic story was vividly portrayed by her.

The cruelty of Sir Colognefer, the gentleness and virtue of Esther, and the weakness and loveliness of Amanda were revealed without a doubt.

It was as if she was an eyewitness to the whole thing, and witnessed with her own eyes how the cruel Sir Colognefer smashed his wife's head with a mattock on that rainy night, and how he smashed his weak daughter into a pulp.

In order to cover up this matter, he calmly and cruelly dragged them into the barn and shot his beloved horse to cover up his crime.

Even if everyone knew what the truth was, no one could judge him.

At least in the Three Rivers, in the Vizeme Manor, no one could judge him at that time.

But the judgment of his conscience did not let him go, and he committed suicide by taking poison on a rainy night not long after.

"This doesn't make sense!" David, the young paladin, said with a puzzled look after hearing the story, "If Sir Kronfer is still alive, the ghost incident in Vizeme Manor is a typical vengeful ghost, who wants to seek revenge on him. But Sir Kronfer is obviously dead, and the vengeful ghost's resentment has disappeared, so he should be reincarnated again."

"Those who have entered Vizeme Manor said that Sir Kronfer did not die completely, but turned into a ghost." Regina added.

Another paladin apprentice, Dick, waved the war hammer in his hand and said: "This is not simple. What the revenge ghost wants is a just trial. Although Sir Colonfell is dead, he has not been punished. In some trials, we even have reason to suspect that the ghostly incident at Wezeme Manor did not start after the death of Sir Colonfell, but had already begun during his lifetime.

The ghosts transformed by his wife and daughter haunted him. Finally, unable to bear the torture, he committed suicide by taking poison. Someone who had worked as a maid at the Vizeme Manor didn't mean that Cologne Fell had been muttering in a low voice before committing suicide. , they are back, they are back, I think they are his wife and daughter he is talking about. "

The more he talked, the more Dick felt that his guess was reasonable, and finally he said a little excitedly: "If this is the case, this is not a confession, but another way of escape. As long as we find the ghost transformed by Sir Colonfell, we will be able to escape." His trial should bring the whole matter to an end."

Darnell asked Regina: "I remember it was mentioned in the information that a paladin had already visited Vizeme Manor before us."

"That's right." Regina said familiarly, "He is a powerful Paladin of Tom. Although he failed, most of the information in our hands was brought back by him. Only a Paladin can be so selfless."

Regina didn't mean it as a compliment, but as a compliment from the bottom of her heart.

They have already auctioned off dozens of access tickets to the Ghost Castle.

However, after the mission failed, he still went to great lengths to send the information back to Ethebra for reference by those who came after him. This Paladin of Tom was the only one.

Although Darnell did not preach, he used the actual situation to wake them up.

Since they can think of that Paladin Tom, it is impossible not to think of it. I am afraid that things are not as simple as they thought.

From Ethebra to the Vizeme Manor in the Land of Three Rivers, it traverses the entire Battle Valley diagonally, covering nearly 200 kilometers.

The scenery along the way fully explains what it means to have a vast land and sparsely populated areas, and what it means to have a vast plain.

While on the Rosaville Road, you can see one or two villages, towns or settlements every three or five kilometers.

When we came down from Rosaville Road and turned onto a country road, we couldn't see one for ten or eight kilometers.

Even if there are, most of them are manors with high-walled compounds, or directly castles, and they are highly vigilant against figures coming from afar.

It wasn't until he saw Regina that he put down his guard and showed a friendly smile. Her reputation in Battle Valley was not very high, and her footprints were very far. These manors and castles had all been helped by her.

Especially when he saw three paladins and a priest accompanying him, the enthusiasm went up several notches.

Here, they will inevitably stay for an hour or two to help the injured and sick patients and solve their problems.

Not to mention the three paladins, even Anna couldn't refuse.

Compared to the manors and castles with people in them, there are more deserted ones. Without asking, you know that 80% of them are the work of those Sambian merchants.

It is too easy for these wealthy businessmen who have lived in safe cities for a long time to expand their territory in the wilderness.

The most difficult thing is not to spend money to buy the land, nor to send hired workers or slaves to cultivate it.

But how to permanently protect this land and prevent it from being violated.

This level of difficulty will be greatly increased.

Not to mention the sparsely populated places, where various beasts, warcraft, and other intelligent races are everywhere. Those evil humans also act unscrupulously here, and many devastating damages are often caused by them.

In the final analysis, it is caused by too small population.

The total population of the entire Battle Valley does not exceed one hundred thousand. This does not only refer to humans, but also includes elves, half-elves, dwarves, halflings and other intelligent creatures who stand in the human camp.

It sounds like a lot, but on a land of nearly 30,000 square kilometers, it is really sparse.

In fact, this is the case in most of the inland areas of Faerûn, except along the coast, in some very few large cities.

Here, kind and intelligent creatures, led by humans, are the minority.

Goblin tribes, hobgoblin tribes, gnoll warbands, orc tribes, and bandit lairs are everywhere here, many of which are much larger than those in the rocky land, and their simple farmland can even be seen nearby.

The land here is fertile, the output is large, and the population that can be fed will naturally be large.

Only kobolds were rarely seen, perhaps because this is a plain area and is not suitable for them to dig holes.

This situation becomes more and more serious the further you go to the Three Rivers Land.

By the time they arrived at Vizeme Manor, they had already traveled twenty kilometers without seeing a single human settlement.

The group of people killed many heads along the way, including various monsters and human bandits.

This is a situation that a few people will inevitably encounter when traveling on a wilderness trail.

The site of the Vizeme Estate and its associated vineyards is called Griffon Hill.

It is a small mound with a height of no more than fifty meters, and the Vizeme Manor is located on the top of the mound.

"It's so beautiful. I've long heard that Vizeme Manor is like a paradise in the upper realms. I didn't expect that the reality is even more beautiful than the rumors. With this scenery alone, this trip is not in vain." Regina couldn't help but express her heartfelt words. sigh.

Standing at the gate of Vizeme Manor, you can not only overlook the entire vineyard, but even the Asaba River in the distance is looming, with waves rolling into the sky.

The Vizeme Manor stands in this background, looming in a layer of mist. You can see its white walls and three-story structure with gray roofs, but the details are not clear.

Without using the admission ticket, no matter how you walk towards the Vizeme Manor, you will find yourself spinning in circles, and you have not walked five meters from beginning to end.

This is the most basic function of the mist barrier.

"Come together." Daniel invited Regina and Gavin.

Regina smiled and shook her head and said, "Sorry, my ability is basically ineffective in this situation. I will be a burden to you inside. I'd better stay here and wait for your story."

Gavin also shook his head and said, "It's agreed that you come first, until you are sure that there is no way to solve it, I will try again. If we follow now, if it is solved, it is easy to cause disputes. If it is not solved, we are taking advantage of you."