Duke came out of the ground with the feeling of seeing the light of day again.

The horrific hellscape inside challenged his nerves and made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Now seeing the familiar sun and his subordinates again, he felt a sense of stability that he had not felt in a long time.

"Lord, are you alright?"

Joseph pulled out his handkerchief and walked towards Duke, but Duke waved it away and dodged it.

Who knows how many times he has used this little handkerchief!

Now he and Lenia are indeed a little disgraced, not only from the monster's attack and drag on them in the first place.

They later got a lot of dust and dirt when they destroyed the pits and cult altars.

So now both of them can barely see their original faces.

"We're fine, and by the way, we smashed the cult altar of Baron Rhein, and got evidence of his collusion with the cultists. ”

Duke said lightly, and by the way, he raised the reddish-brown notebook in his hand and showed it to his subordinates.

Vlavich and Joseph looked at each other in the same way, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

They didn't expect Duke's trip to be so dangerous and so rewarding.

"Let's go back to the castle first. ”

Vlavich was the first to react, and he motioned with his eyes to Duke to pay attention to the soldiers and other miscellaneous people gathered around him, and wanted to go to the castle to discuss further arrangements.

Duke nodded, returned the note to Lenya, and walked at the front of the line with his head held high.

"Later, when I pack up and rest, I'll write a report letter and give it to the Church of Light, so that they can send someone to investigate this matter. ”

As soon as he sat down, Duke couldn't wait.

The brutal actions of the cultists have provoked his anger, and now he needs to contact professionals to continue punishing these cultists.

"By the way, we will hand over the imprisoned Baron Rhine and his magical advisors to a righteous trial. ”

Lenia echoed the words, reminding Duke that the perpetrators of the tragedy were still being held in the Dungeon.

"Lord, I understand your feelings, but can you tell us what is going on underground, so we can better handle it. ”

Vlavich reluctantly said to Duke, who watched Duke and Lenia get emotional, but didn't understand why they were so indignant.

Duke smiled wryly, and could only start from scratch to tell Vlavich and Joseph about his thrilling battle underground.

Lenia also added a few words from time to time, which surprised the other two ministers and admired the heroism and wit of their lord.

After Duke and Lenia had finished their story, Joseph was still amazed, but Vlavich closed his eyes slightly and said nothing.

Duke didn't bother him, for he knew that this was the way of thinking that belonged to the Home Secretary alone, and at this moment a myriad of thoughts were flashing through his head.

After a long time, Vlavich opened his eyes and said with some suppressed excitement: "Lord, this is a great opportunity, a chance to reclaim the Connaughton region. ”

"Oh, what kind of chance?"

Duke was a little surprised, because even if Baron Rhein had colluded with the infidels, it was he who would ultimately judge.

The property he owned was not repossessed by the royal family or the church, which was a basic right of the nobility.

It will even be inherited intact by his son in the end.

"The only legitimate heir to Baron Rhine is his son, who served as a knightly guard in the Templars, and is considered half a clergyman. ”

"As a clergyman, if his family members are in collusion with the cultists, then they need to prove their innocence. ”

At this point, Vlavich paused, still thinking about the feasibility of the plan, before he continued: "We have done something about the motives of Baron Rhein's collusion with the cultists, and let his son be involved. Eventually, in order to prove his innocence, he had to swear eternal allegiance to the church and to the gods. ”

Finally, Vlavich added: "And a full clergy does not have secular inheritance. ”

Duke's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he felt a little abnormal for a while.

The notebook in the basement only recorded that Baron Rhein wanted to forcibly improve his stagnant cultivation through cult rituals, and by the way, cultivated an unprecedented killing weapon.

However, the purpose of his cultivation of such a big killer was not clearly stated, and Duke only thought at first that he suddenly felt like a young man and had the ambition to expand the territory.

If all this is added to the old father's crazy move to allow his son to have a larger fief, and then falsify some obscure intersection between father and son in his notes, then the son of Baron Rhine will have a suspicion that is difficult to clear.

At the moment, it is very likely to be successful!

"You...... Is there a way to do it?" Duke was still a little hesitant, because forging notes and handwriting required the help of some professionals.

Vlavich nodded, and as he flipped through the notes, he said, "Joseph knows some people who specialize in these things, and I have found that there is more than one person who recorded this notebook, and a knock from a third person can have the same effect. ”

Duke looked at Joseph with some surprise, he didn't expect this fat man to know so many characters who were active in the gray area.

Then he thought about Vlavic's proposal carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled.

The abundant iron ore in the Connaughton region was something he had coveted for a long time, and now he finally had the opportunity to get it without much effort.

Duke put away his smile and continued to ask Vlavic, "So what do we need to do now?"

"All you need to do is issue a decree declaring you vicarious lord of Connaughton and exercising your rights as Duke of the North. Then he revised a letter to explain the situation to the imperial capital, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to allow you to become a regular. ”

Vlavich replied with a smile.

"Well, I'll issue the decree now. ”

Duke cleared his throat, waited for Vlavich to take out a pen and paper, and began to say in a characteristic tone: "I, the guardian of the Empire's North, Duke Flewoff, the present-day Duke of the North...... For the vicarious lord of the land, it shall take effect immediately from the time of the decree. ”

He first spoke of a lengthy title, then reluctantly decided to become the vicarious lord of Connaughton by exposing the evil deeds of Baron Rhine, saving the people from fire and water, and with great compassion to continue to protect the people of Connaughton, and unable to resist the retention of the enthusiastic people, so he finally reluctantly decided to become the acting lord of Connaughton.

Vlavich continued to polish it in the process of writing, highlighting Duke's noble character and the helplessness of finally agreeing to become a surrogate lord, so that the image of a shameless feudal lord jumped on the page.

Duke looked at the decree with satisfaction, and changed it to the guards to go out and read it to the entire Connaughton area.

He himself bid farewell to the three ministers, and happily returned to tell the Church and His Majesty the Emperor again by letter of his great achievements.