In the Continent of Gods and Demons, Count Waltz actually granted him the status of a knight after meeting the young blacksmith!

Although knights are only the beginning of the aristocratic class, and even for the more sophisticated nobles, knights are not nobles at all. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, the canonization of a knight is still not a trivial matter.

The average baron family can obtain the allegiance of three foreign knight families, or the barons of the past generations can divide three knight domains and give them to the vassals to establish a knight family, which is already a sign of strength.

Although knights are the starting point of the aristocracy, they are also the cornerstone, hereditary replacement, not meritorious and unrewarded, and not loyal ministers.

A mere blacksmith, where does the merit and loyalty come from?

The earl's wanton granting fiefdoms to commoners, and even the status of nobility, is not called magnanimity, but the rewards and punishments are unknown!

Those in high positions can be mean and harsh, but they can't be uncommitted!

On the surface, such a thing is just that the earl is taking his own family's territory and rewarding outsiders, is it okay?

In fact, the promotion of nobles has a common opinion, there is a potential rule that restricts the proliferation of aristocratic status, and no one can break this at will, no one can!

Every nobleman should take the initiative to protect the basic rights and interests of all nobles, otherwise he is not a qualified nobleman!

Even a king can't give a commoner nobility for no reason, because that would be seen as a provocation to the default rules!

If such an inexplicable person can be rewarded, what are those who are reserved for doing things for the superiors?

If you casually divide your own family territory, without a reasonable reason, what will the clan think? Such a person is qualified to become the head of the clan?

Besides, what will the vassal families that have finally become the aristocratic class think if they wantonly canonize their vassals? What will the superiors and bystanders think?

The superior person does things, and it seems that he has great power and can do anything.

In fact, as long as the rights of the superior are still linked to the inferior, then the superior will always be restricted.

In a group, the higher the status, the more it affects the whole body. Every word and deed, you must think twice, and you can't be rash!

If it weren't for the fact that the earl himself was a high-level mage, in addition to the status of the earl, his own strength was also a deterrent, and he had a certain amount of authority. He met the young blacksmith, and no one watched in the process, and outsiders didn't know what kind of transactions he had in private, so he finally had an extra layer of cover.

If this were not the case, I was afraid that the Earl's promotion of the untouchables would immediately cause an undercurrent to surge, and the nobles would complain, and the reputation of the virtuous and fair would be ruined!

in his position.

There is a way for the child to let the pear elder. The emperor broke the earth and sealed his brother, and there was a way to take death.

When Ling Qi gave Wang Kui the status of knight, he didn't think about it that much, because he didn't care about the reactions of the natives at all, with different levels and different visions.

Ling Qi needed Wang Kui to do things for him, and the status of the blacksmith was too low, so he naturally had to be promoted.

In fact, even if he is a new knight, he can only help him beat the side drum, but it is better than following the crowd and staring.

As for whether Count Waltz's reputation in aristocratic circles will be damaged, what does it matter to him?

A day later, under the deteriorating complexion of his own "lady", after Ling Qi gave the blacksmith "Jack" the status of knight, he rewarded some people of unknown origin, not only knights, but even knights of a higher level!

This kind of practice does not cause any undercurrent, but a monstrous uproar!

The most unacceptable thing for the nobles of the Bright Empire was that Count Waltz canonized so many grassroots nobles without even reporting to the royal family in advance!

At this time, more than a dozen knights and lords were canonized, and he actually submitted a bill to the royal family after completing all the award ceremonies.

Even if the Bright Empire, like most countries in this world, implements a system of monarchy division, the big nobles have the right to canonize the grassroots nobles within their own territory.

But after all, the nobles still nominally swore allegiance to the royal family, including the great nobles, so this successive process...

Whether it is given the status of nobility by the royal family or directly canonized by the great nobles, there is a big difference!

Count Waltz is not weak, but he is not the founding duke after all, and there are not ten nobles who are stronger than him in the Bright Empire. So, strictly speaking, he does not have the right to independently canonize the nobility of the empire at all!

It is precisely because Count Waltz is barely a great nobleman of the Bright Empire, and for a while, no one really has more bad thoughts because of his radical behavior, such as Count Waltz wants to rebel, but he thinks that the little earl has been stimulated by something and is crazy!

"Are you crazy!!"

A shrill voice rang out on the second floor of the castle.

The servants immediately shrunk their necks, knowing that it was the gentle mistress who was furious again.

In the last few days, the hostess, who had always been very kind, was like she had eaten gunpowder, and she was furious at every turn.

Of course, some knowledgeable people can also understand. Who is the change, the original descendants of their own descendants have hope to inherit the Nuo family's property, but a little bit by a "neurotic" defeated, I'm afraid I can't be calm anymore!

The old butler, who happened to walk to the door of the master's bedroom, couldn't help frowning when he heard the screams coming from inside, sighed and turned to leave.

He had been in the Count's house for a full 68 years, having grown up in this place since childhood. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all stewards of the Earl's Court. Not surprisingly, in the future, his eldest son, eldest grandson, and great-grandson will also be the earl's butler!

The old housekeeper was very satisfied with this state of affairs.

Don't underestimate the position of a mere butler, the butler of the general small nobles is the second son of other nobles, or a declining nobleman. As for the butler of the great nobles, like the nobles themselves, they are passed down from generation to generation, and only the eldest son is eligible to inherit, an absolute iron rice bowl!

An earl's butler not only has a lot of power, but also has a high social status, comparable to a knight or even an honorary baron.

There is absolutely no shame in being a butler for the nobles!

Not to mention the earl's butler, even if it is the chief attendant of the country knight's house, I am afraid it is an errand that the commoners can't ask for!

Unless you are willing to start as an ordinary handyman or attendant, it is simple. However, if it weren't for the ancestors who were commoners, even the declining aristocracy would not be willing to "condescend to the noble"?

It has only been in decline for three generations, and the nobility has retained its basic dignity. They can be scholars, they can go into business, they can be middle and lower-level managers, but they will never grovel to the point of selling their labor or even their dignity.

Even if the aristocracy wants to manage the lowly business, other nobles will intervene when they see it, which is a social atmosphere that has been formed since ancient times.

There is a saying in this world that is well said and is known as an aphorism for the ages.

More than 2,000 years ago, there was a great emperor who said: There are only nobles who starve to death, and there are no nobles who kneel to death!

The ancestors of the old butler were also nobles, and of course the glory of the ancestors had been exhausted many years ago.

Now aside from being the earl's butler, he is a commoner. So, he knows exactly who his power comes from. The old man had always been loyal to the Earl's family, and had never thought of changing anything, until...

Suppose that a large number of people who have recently been canonized as nobles are gentlemen in the territory, meritorious officials of the town hall, and even well-known university scholars and descendants of declining nobles, this is all that!

But even a casual blacksmith and a group of newly relocated black households can become nobles, why can't he, a housekeeper who has worked hard all his life!

The old butler will definitely not say these "big rebellious" words, and the education he has received since childhood does not allow those bad thoughts that occasionally appear in his heart to be declared, but this does not mean that he has no hidden thoughts in his heart!

The little earl was raised by him, and to say something disrespectful, it was really the same as his own son!

He knew the little earl, so he knew—

The Earl in front of him was definitely not the Count Doug Waltz he knew!

The former earl was friendly, but he had an aristocratic class vision in his bones. The current count, who looks even more terrible, actually treats everyone equally!

He wasn't sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing, but he knew it was probably his chance!

He didn't care if the count was in his body or not, he was loyal to the Waltz family, and the count obviously had no intention of overthrowing that. So, to face the reality, the old housekeeper is willing to accept the status quo!

Of course, he also understands that the status quo is not something he can accept if he wants to.

Judging from some of the Earl's recent actions, he is afraid that he will make a big move to do! And his own generation of old servants has no choice but to follow his master all the way to the dark!

The only hope of the old butler now is that the master can "make things happen", no matter what it is. After the success, the Earl did not forget him, an old servant of the industry, so he did not make a choice in vain!

The old butler stepped on half of his feet in the coffin, and he did not expect that he would be canonized as a nobleman in his lifetime. But his son, his grandson - he always has to keep a thought of himself!

If it had been the "former" little count, he would not have had such unrealistic thoughts. But now this "strange" count...

In the master bedroom on the second floor of the castle, Ling Qi pushed the beautiful woman with teeth and claws onto the bed.

The Countess, who had been a wife for several years, was actually not yet 20 years old. It's just that she usually dresses maturely, which makes people inadvertently ignore her age. Only when she is extremely emotional, can she see the youthfulness of a girl.

Ling Qi had no intention of explaining to this woman at all, and his willingness to maintain this unnecessary marriage with her was already a great mercy in his own eyes.

Moreover, he did not believe that this woman did not see his purpose at all.

The same bed and different dreams, but also the same bed, he does not hide things, this woman really does not understand that he is no longer the Earl of Waltz?

Not to mention a skin-to-skin blind date, even if it is a servant and the like, as long as you look closely, it is not difficult to find some clues!

Not to mention anything else, just those "newcomers", speaking the jerky lingua franca of the God and Demon Continent, can see how problematic these people's identities are!

Ling Qi is a golden immortal, Wang Kui is a "player", many places that are not a problem for them at all, those "stowaways" who look similar to the natives of the Gods and Demons Continent are as eye-catching as lights in the dark night, not to mention that Ling Qi also holds these lights high!

I'm afraid that this woman's behavior, including the recent dispute, is just testing herself! Testing the bottom line of her "new earl"! At the same time, she shows an attitude that has nothing to do with herself!

She had apparently guessed that she had a big plan, and was not at all optimistic about herself, so she did not want it to affect her, let alone her archduke father. This is not to say how much she cares about the interests of her family, but after she falls, she will have a way out!

But she really knew what she was trying to do?

There are some things, there is no way back!

Status is limited by vision, and vision determines mind.

The people close to the earl may be able to infer from the clues that their master is going to do a great thing.

But no matter what they thought, they would never have imagined that what Ling Qi was seeking was not a further title at all, nor was it an imperial throne, but this heaven and earth!

Ten days, in just ten days, when the situation in other worlds is getting more and more intense, the Gods and Demons Continent is also full of rumors. Especially the Bright Empire, which is known as the strongest in the south, completely looks like it is about to be in chaos!

Count Waltz went crazy and wantonly canonized the rank and file nobles?

It's okay, drive him crazy!

The little nobles are all in danger, and the big nobles are calm!

Count Waltz sold his soul to the devil, and his newly canonized nobles were not God's people at all?

It doesn't matter, God's shepherd will take care of everything!

The royal family watched coldly, and it was not the first time that the Pope ordered the temple in the county to investigate this son!

Count Waltz possessed by the devil and ordered his soldiers to kill the temple guards and expel all the clergy from the realm?

The Emperor finally couldn't sit still and condemned the count's crazy behavior!

Archduke Lodge, thousands of miles away in the Duchy of Dragonman, has announced that he has severed all relations with the Count!

The pope of the Temple of Light, the capital of the Empire of Light, held a meeting overnight, at which Count Waltz was convicted of blasphemy against the Cult of the Illuminati, and the Pope called on the people of God to punish him!

On the tenth day, the mercenaries from all sides are ready to move and begin to organize manpower, waiting for the Church of Light to release the mission!

The great nobles of the Bright Empire began to fight hard, especially the several nobles near the Waltz Earl, and there were signs of joining forces!

The Emperor of the Empire summoned the Minister of War, the Duchy of Dragonman and the Kingdom of Incro in the west made a temporary truce, and the strongest Iron Legion under the command of the Grand Duke drove to the south of the Duchy, pointing to the Waltz County from afar!

The Church of Light issued a holy war order, calling on all believers of the God of Light to join forces to destroy evil, and at the same time, the Knights Templar left the Imperial Capital City of Light, and the Knight Chief Hamson threatened not to turn back until he set foot on the Qia Plain!

In a matter of days, the eyes of the entire continent were all focused on the waltz county of the Bright Empire. The nobles of the Bright Empire are staring at the cake that is about to be destroyed. The county of Waltz, on the contrary, was silent, without the slightest movement, and there was no so-called beautiful talk of believers responding to the call!

"It's magic!"

"Count Waltz has sold his soul to the devil and turned all his people into undead!"

The Church of Light manifesto has become the mainstream of the outside world, at least in the diocese of the God of Light, the faithful have come to regard Count Waltz as a devil.

As night fell, the Emperor of the Empire of Light received the latest report from the county, and after reading the report, the "Child of Light" and "Angry Dragon" were unexpectedly silent!

The aristocratic coalition that had already arrived at the border of the county had tacitly stopped their march after several mercenary groups disappeared silently on the Qia Plain!

The city of Miranda, the economic and political center of the Counts of Waltz.

After five generations of development, Miranda City has already become a large city, even if it is quite inferior to the Imperial Capital City of Light, but among all the remaining cities in the empire, it is expected to rank in the top ten!

For the past 200 years, the city of Miranda has been known for its commercial development!

A number of warriors in black armor patrolled the city, these warriors were more than two meters tall, and when wearing armor, they looked even more tall and mighty, and they looked better at fighting than orc warriors.

Ordinary orc warriors, one can defeat five imperial elite soldiers, these armored warriors-

Mirren, who was hiding on the second floor of the "York's Beard" hotel and was on a heavy duty, peeked through the crack in the window, and saw the black-armored soldiers walking downstairs, silent, and couldn't help but feel cold.

Just looking at it, that kind of heaviness that is almost comparable to that of a knight makes Mirren feel weak!

As an elite of the Empire's intelligence system, although Mirren is not good at frontal combat, he also has the strength of a high-level assassin, and he is a high-level professional who is unique in a hundred!

Mirren is stranded in the city of Miranda, in addition to sending back first-hand information every day, he also has the intention of spying on the Count of Waltz... Spying on the High Mage, His Excellency the Earl, of course!

In the Empire of Light, in the territory of every noble, there is a high-ranking assassin like him. They did not have to aim their swords at the lord of the realm, and generally acted only as the eyes and ears of the emperor. Unless necessary, they will turn into the Blade of Darkness and assassinate disobedient nobles! Normally, these spies must at least have the strength to threaten the nobles!

Low, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, and Grandmaster are the Sanctuary and Legend!

Due to the rules of the world, the sacred realm of the Gods and Demons Continent is far from being comparable to the Martial Saint of the Martial Immortal World. However, high-level professionals are still upper-class people in the Gods and Demons Continent. If you are a master or a grandmaster, you can become a guest of honor for the Grand Duke and the King. As for the Sanctuary and the Legend, they are all powerful people in various countries, and they rarely show up!

Mirren is a high-level assassin, an eagle in the night, and if he is assassinated, the master and the strong man cannot be killed.

He has the pride of being a high-level professional, an assassin professional!

But this pride, in the face of the large group of warriors that the Count had recruited from nowhere, which was comparable to the high-ranking professionals, was completely shattered!

Take a high-level professional as an infantryman?

This is something that Mirren dare not imagine! Not even the emperor of the Empire of Light can imagine!

Even if it is the strongest empire on the continent, even if it is the strongest empire and the most elite legion, the entry criteria are only professionals, it doesn't matter the level!

A lot of mercenaries, soldiers, and even just ordinary people with some military training, not professionals!

A legion of pure high-level professionals?

Mirren prays that these are just a façade used by the crazy Earl Waltz to bluff ...