La Calera City is the capital of the Samuel Earl Territory. As a local real power noble, his life has not been very good recently.
There are no special products in his territory, and all kinds of industries are also low-medium. In the eyes of the capital’s grandfather, it should be regarded as a typical backcountry. The only thing worth looking forward to is probably being the first model in the neighboring Lagos Kingdom. In a decent territory, border trade is relatively prosperous, and at least 70% of his income in the earl's mansion also depends on the taxes from border trade.
Due to the domestic political instability since last winter, the number of Lagos merchants who have chosen to come here has plummeted recently. This year's tax revenue seems to be a problem, and life has suddenly become very difficult.
But it seems that things have come to work recently. Not only the big businessman Cindy intends to continue the contract, but even the bright pearl of the capital city Heisler, Caroline A. Milan, chooses to vacation here, which is a great political opportunity.
This Lady Caroline, but the delicate daughter of a distant relative of the royal family, has the royal surname of Milan. Although there is not much direct lineage and no right to inherit the throne, her father, Duke Harold, is a big man who even the princes have to give face to. , As the county master, young and beautiful, with a wise name, plus a distinguished surname, Caroline has many suitors in the country.
Such a character chose to come to his own territory. While Earl Samuel was full of joy, he was also beating a drum in his heart, for fear that he would accidentally offend the other party, then he would have fun.
So, the Count invited the best cook and theatrical troupe in the territory, held a grand welcome banquet in his mansion, invited the nobles and squires of the surrounding counties, and also invited the gold master from the East, and even also suffered some criticism.
In the eyes of the nobles, dealing with businessmen may be beneficial, but it is definitely not suitable to be placed on the table. After all, it is only "the business of inferior people."
And I, as the head of the foreign sponsor, also happily attended the banquet.
Well, just being happy to get new information, definitely not happy to be able to eat and drink for free.
Well, I admit that this Bayer-flavored oily and spicy noodle soup suits my taste very well. The Chinese New Year's apple pie is very fresh and delicious. Even the spice on the skewers of barbecued meat is also in place. Alitong's grilled chicken legs are even more delicious , In addition, the pudding is delicious, and the vintage of the red wine is not low... I have faded out of the food rations on the road, and I won't have a chance to meet in the future anyway.
I was drooling, and I swallowed it in one bite. My countryman has entered the city. Whatever you say, it's okay to save face, let's fill our stomach first.
Those who were looking at the robes of the archmage and planned to come and talk, saw the reincarnation of the starving ghost, and they simply gave up. Even Cindy shook her head and gave up the plan to introduce the dignitaries. Since no one was bothering me, I was also happy to enjoy the rare sumptuous dinner, and I had to stop until the protagonist of the dinner attended.
When the princess appeared outside the door, it attracted everyone's attention.
I won’t say anything about jewelry or something. After all, it’s still a big family from the capital. The temperament and facial features are above the pass line, but after everyone politely put down the wine glass in their hands, in order not to attract too much attention, I I could only follow along, and helplessly put down the pudding cake in my mouth.
"Hey, what a pomp, look at that emblem, is he really a county master?"
Beauty and so on, I've seen it a lot, not to mention the princess, the princess is worthless, but the entourage behind her that appeared on the scene surprised me - it was actually a lively lich.
Others may not be able to tell the difference between a skeleton wizard, a skeleton soldier and a lich, but to me, the fire of the lich's soul is like a light in the dark midnight, which is clear at a glance.
"This is Lord Rex, and he is also a commissioned minister who was ordered by the emperor to tour the world. He represents the will of His Majesty Oros."
Well, it seems that I accidentally crossed the fairy tale novel, this is using a lich as a parade minister? Am I crazy or Oros is crazy.
But how noble is the identity of the emperor's agent of will, and there is also a noble county master who introduced him, plus the rumors that have been heard before, even if you don't have long eyes, the hairy boy knows what choice to make, and more Not to mention these local aristocrats who roll around on the political stage every day.
The applause and cheers continued. Lord Samuel took the lead in expressing his welcome. The nobles and gentlemen continued to flatter, and even a few well-known young women habitually threw a wink, and then found that the situation was not right. , the lich seemed to stare at people with a 'you're kidding me' expression, and hurriedly lowered his head to eliminate his sense of existence.
And I, when I heard that the Lich had actually become the messenger of the kingship, almost choked with surprise, and hurriedly drank two sips of the century-old Omto wine to suppress my shock.
Only later did I know that this was part of the plan of the undead emperors. In order to completely eat Bayer, they laid out in units of a hundred years. Now, the harvest time has come, and in order to consolidate their "authority", let the The great nobles of the capital toured various territories with high-ranking undead, and establishing authority was part of it.
"Look, even the big nobles in the capital have admitted that the high-level undead are nobles among the nobles. What are you worried about?" Try to eliminate the resistance of humans to the upper-level undead, and avoid any accidents when the plan is implemented. This is probably them. expected.
But this is obviously limited. It is still possible to accept some undead nobles under the pressure of His Majesty the Emperor, but if it is found that the upper level of the kingdom has been ruled by the undead, I am afraid that this country will come to an end. It was rumored that the Holy Church made up its mind to "eradicate evil".
But I am afraid that the undead will be at ease now. As for the exposure later... When the undead emperors are all descended, even if they are exposed.
If the appearance of this "protagonist" is only the first show tonight, then when the county lord who just came from the capital whispered in Earl Samuel's ear and pointed at Cindy, I faintly Jojo guessed that the god of doom had once again favored me.
"The Pope... Heresy." "War!" "Enemy..." "Seize" "Make a fortune."
Twenty o'clock's legendary perception ability made my five senses more sensitive than ordinary people, and the naughty wind sent these words to my ears, and finally Samuel went from amazement and disbelief, to contemplation, to overjoyed expression Change, but also let me know how to choose.
"Damn, the fun is big, maybe I should go to the temple of the God of Destiny to worship God."
But by this time, it was too late.
"Come on, take down those spies!"
It seems that Earl Samuel has already figured it out and has come to a conclusion. In fact, there is no need to hesitate at all. Since the two countries have entered a state of war, in the foreseeable few years, do not expect businessmen to come and go, then, It is better to eat all the current batch of goods first, which is a real immediate benefit.
The reason for eating the goods? When the two countries are at war, why are you still running a business? Isn’t this a clear spy? I have detained all the goods. If anyone gives the ransom, they will be released, and if they are not, they will be detained.
What if relations between the two countries ease? Don't be afraid to ease, can these foreign businessmen still be able to retaliate? At that time, a new fat sheep will be delivered to the door. If the other party goes on the road, the ransom paid is enough, and it is not impossible to continue to cooperate.
At that moment, it was not only Samuel who figured out all this, but Cindy was not a fool. Such a plot happened as expected. When the word "spy" came out, he did not hesitate to dig it out of his sleeve. A scroll came out, and it was torn open.
The five-ring arcane random dimension gate, because it was too sudden and too fast, even the Lich did not have time to intercept, Cindy has been randomly teleported to within three kilometers around.
It seems that this is the trump card he uses to escape, and he is always ready to inspire.
"I'll go, Uncle Cindy, have you forgotten something? Don't take such a trick teammate."
Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at me, the protagonist ran away, and my supporting role was automatically upgraded.
"Well, I said I'm not with him, do you believe it?"
"Get that guy up!"
…
"Well, that's what happened."
"So you brought all the pursuers without hesitation? Aren't you just cheating your teammates?"
The dead cat who had just hid in a grove and roared at me, seeing the lost souvenirs she had just collected, made her jump.
"Isn't it just a lich? Just kill it and it's over. Are you running like this?"
"... Do you think that one lich is gone, and will it be more troublesome in the future? Besides, I'm just a gold rank now, singled out a group of miscellaneous soldiers and legendary lich, do you think it's possible?"
"Do you dare to feel your own conscience and say such a thing? You can't handle a lich?"
The weakest Lich is the Legend, but from the perspective of the magic fluctuation and the strength of the Soul Fire, the Lich Rex is also the Legend Cap, and it is still a parallel legend that was forcibly raised by external forces.
Although after the legend, the intelligent undead is generally stronger than the human occupation of the same level, but just based on my understanding of the undead spell, the ordinary legendary lich really has no difficulty.
In particular, the guy seems to be outside the undead magic, majoring in ice magic, and even playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong.
Most of our pursuers in front of us are the lord's private soldiers, and most of them are rookies of the black iron rank. If we really want to fight back, it will be the same for everyone, but it's just me suppressing everyone in the mercenary group. They don't scare the snakes, but unfortunately, although I really want to go their separate ways and get along peacefully, the other party still seems to be unyielding.
There was a tip-off from the territorial people, and in this environment where everyone was an enemy, the chasing troops quickly chased and killed them again.
"Grab that mage, or Lord Lord will tear us apart."
"Bastard! Is that guy really a mage? How can he run like this."
"Don't mention it, Asan was knocked flying by his staff and was embedded in the wall. That guy definitely has ogre blood."
"Come on, chase, this time the lord is very popular, if we lose it, none of us will be better off."
Hearing the discussions behind her, Xiaohong, who was already a little irritable, looked at me in surprise, as if asking me what I had done.
"I didn't do anything. I just took the hostages and escaped since I couldn't fight. Probably the lord felt that he had lost face in front of the beautiful princess and couldn't hang up."
"... I think your way of hijacking is wrong. First of all, you should use a knife instead of putting a chicken leg on the hostage's neck. Secondly, if you find that you have taken it wrong, you shouldn't just take it wrong. Chicken bones, shouting 'don't come here, come again, I'll stab him to death with chicken bones.'"
"The earl who was almost stabbed to death by a chicken bone? I think he would really rather be stabbed to death by you when the news spreads."
It's really troublesome to have a magic pet who has the same mind, especially if she takes the opportunity to dismantle you, do you think I don't want to use a knife, who knows that I have taken the wrong one.
"By the way, not only that, but later he thought the other party was noisy, so he put the pudding... woo woo woo!"
Without hesitation, he shoved the last chicken leg in the stock into the mouth of the dead cat, and finally it was quiet.
"...If I didn't make a mistake in my estimation, maybe this is an opportunity. Well, let's go and fight with the uncles first, and I will also get back my mental damage fee."
"Don't change the subject! We are looking forward to the follow-up! How on earth did you escape with chicken legs?"
"Forget the chicken legs!"
"That pudding?"