Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Scarlet Continent
In addition to Viscount Bernard, there are four barons in the hall, they are Baron of the White Stone Collar, Baron Julian of the Green Grass Collar, Baron Bouz of the Catch Collar and Baron Curit of the Ironstone Collar.
Except for Baron Curritt, who was the Baron Alan had seen since he crossed over, the other three Allen had all recognized him through memory.
The white stone collar, the green grass collar, the fishing collar and the green wilderness collar are the four coastal territories within the Musen collar, and the four territories are next to each other and are connected in a line. Among them, the Qinghuang collar is on the far left, the fishing collar is on the far right, the white stone collar and the green grass collar are adjacent, the white stone collar is close to the green wilderness collar, and the green grass collar is close to the fishing collar.
Baron Balke, who had a white stone collar, was tall and thin, about the same age as Viscount Bernard, with gray hair, and belonged to the kind with half a foot in the earth.
Baron Julien, who was blue-collared, was thin and middle-aged, and he was talking happily with Viscount Bernard, and his smile was a little flattering.
Baron Buze, who was caught in the catch, made an even deeper impression on Allen, with a middle-aged appearance, relatively dark skin, a scar on his face, and a broken arm on his left hand, giving people a fierce temperament.
The reason for Baron Buzz's severed hand, Allen had heard that compared with the Blue Desolation Collar, the White Stone Collar and the Green Grass Collar did not develop the coastal territory, gave up the coastal territory to avoid the invasion of the Kraken, but the Fishing Collar vigorously exploited the interests of the coastal territory and earned a piece of the pie from the ocean, which also led to the Fishing Collar being very strong and prosperous.
It's not that the other three territories don't want to develop coastal trade, there are countless riches in the ocean, who doesn't want to get rich, it's just that the other three territories don't have a natural small port like the fishing territory, which can be used for maritime trade, plus the Kraken invades the territory from time to time, the other three territories have given up this idea, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Baron Buze's left hand was bitten off by the Kraken while defending against the Kraken, and the scar on his face was also caused by this, and if he wanted to get more benefits, he also had to pay the price, and the Catcher had to withstand the Kraken in order to develop the sea trade.
Since Alan was not familiar with the others except Baron Curitt, and had nothing in common with them, he was ready to retire first.
"Lord Viscount, boy Alan has a reluctant request!" Alan said slowly to Viscount Bernard.
"Oh, Baron Allen, please!" said Viscount Bernard curiously.
"I heard that the Viscount has a rich collection of books at home, and the boy is very interested in reading, so he asked the Viscount to give Alan a chance to take a look. "Alan is very religious.
Viscount Bernard smiled when he heard this, felt that it was not a big deal, and immediately agreed to Alan. The other barons only looked at Alan curiously, but did not speak.
"Butler, take Baron Allen to the library of the castle and have a look. Viscount Bernard commanded.
"Yes, Lord Viscount. ”
Led by the butler, Alan walked out of the hall and towards the library. The reason for this request was that Alan really didn't want to listen to them talk about some non-nutritious topics and praise each other, and second, Alan really wanted to go to the viscounty's library to have a look.
The lack of books in the Green Desolation Territory, Allen's understanding of this world is only the memory of the predecessor and a few travelogues, and he knows too little about this world, and he happens to be in Viscount Bernard Castle now, and the Viscount's collection of books must be much richer than that of the Green Desolation Collar, so why not take a look!
After going around again, Alan and the housekeeper came to the library room, entered the room, and what greeted Allen's eyes was the three-story high bookshelves, which were full of thick books, looking at so many books, Alan was also happy in his heart.
After taking Alan to the library, the butler left, only to call a servant to wait outside.
Since there are three storeys of bookshelves, you have to go up from the wooden spiral ladder if you want to get the books from the heights. Looking at the dense books, Alan picked out the book he wanted at a glance.
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A Brief History of the Continent
Knoll's Travels
War Brings Peace
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The Splendor of Charlemagne
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Alan seemed to be fascinated, and from time to time he read a book and then pulled out a book, one after another, until the evening dance began, and under the reminder of the servant, Alan put the book in his hand back to its place with difficulty, and returned to his residence.
Through the books in the library, Alan can be regarded as having a basic understanding of the mainland.
There are now two major empires on the continent, the Charles Empire and the Luo Empire, which are hostile to each other, and there are some powerful kingdoms in the continent, and there are a large number of principalities.
Alan learns that the Duchy of Cain is bordered by the Duchy of Blue to the east, the Duchy of Linton to the north, and the Duchy of Sid to the northeast.
There are alien forces in the continent that are hostile to the human race, such as the Flame Demon tribe in the east of the continent, the Kraken in the Evil Black Sea, the jackals on the other side of the Black Dragon Mountain Range in the Principality of Kane, and the barbarian tribe in the wilderness in the north of the continent......
There are also many forbidden places in the continent, which are difficult for life to enter, and the legend hides great secrets, mysterious and intimidating.
There are also some forces that Eren is more curious about, such as the dragon clan, the seven pirates in the legend of the evil black sea, the troll clan that rarely appears in hiding, and so on
At this moment, Alan discovered that the Scarlet Continent was really large, and there were many continent countries, for example, according to Allen's estimate, a principality was probably similar to a province on Earth, not to mention that the Scarlet Continent had a large number of principalities, many kingdoms, two empires, and a large area of land occupied by aliens.
And the Qinghuang Collar is just a very small and inconspicuous place in the continent, and Allen, who has just achieved a little bit of success, has suffered a head-on blow.
understands that these days he is indeed a little complacent because of the development of the territory, and feels that the strength of the Qinghuang Territory is already the first in the Mu Sen Territory, but he doesn't know how big the world is, and he has only made a little achievement, and the frog at the bottom of the well unconsciously began to reflect on himself.
There are many strong people in the continent, and a principality needs to have a town-level knight-elemental knight in charge, not to mention what kind of strong people are in the kingdom and empire, and only the strength of the middle-level knight-high-level knight Alan is not enough to see.
If Eren offends that principality, others don't need to send elemental knights at all, just an army of tens of thousands can drown Eren out.
Allen, who reacted, began to demand himself more strictly, and not being complacent was just one of them, for Allen, who wanted to become a viscount, an earl, or a duke.
"Knock!" the knock on the door pulled Alan back who was in a trance, and it turned out that Baron Baird had come to inquire when he saw that Alan had not come to the ball for a long time.
No longer thinking about what was in his head, Alan changed into a ball costume and came to the ball hall under the guidance of Baron Baird.
In the palatial hall, beautiful music was playing, men and women were dancing and dancing, some were talking to each other, others were sitting in their seats and drinking wine, but Alan had little interest in the ball, but it was not easy to lose Baron Baird's face, so he found a place to sit alone.