The sea has a grand and raw power, and when it is calm, people always think that it is overcome.

But when black clouds roll up and ships capsize, people must acknowledge its power to destroy all things.

Marshal Slyer sensed this.

The black-robed man in front of him, with a soft expression and a straight back, sat on a tree stump in a very ordinary posture, his eyes were calm and focused, looking at the fisherman fishing in the distance, as if it was some beautiful scenery.

The marshal could feel a calm force in him, and sitting beside him seemed to feel the wind quieting down, and all the noise gradually calming down.

A deep thinker, this is the first impression anyone has when they see him.

But Marshal Slais could see something deeper, and beneath the calm surface of the sea, the raging currents were gathering momentum, ready to roar out and pour out his power.

"There's nothing interesting about fishing, but it's the labor and the laborers themselves that fascinate me." Lu En shifted his body, giving him half of the stump, then turned his head to look at the person behind him.

The hair just hung down over the ears, like the mane of a lion, the beard was thick, but it was very neatly groomed, and he was not wearing armor or military uniforms, but a common outing dress for male aristocrats, that is, large leather boots, loose pants, and the upper body was dressed like a shirt, and he was also wearing a small vest, which would be very easy to wear, not as tight as a dress or military uniform.

"Labor? Laborer? The dignified king of monsters still has an interest in doing hard work? Marshal Slyer asked, and he didn't sit down, perhaps thinking it was too crowded, so he stood next to Lu and spoke.

"That's not hard work, imagine it, it's such batches of people, 10,000, 100,000, millions, tens of millions, who get up every day and start working like this, working until the evening, and some of them don't even get a rest at night."

"But such a work full of sweat and toil, and hard work that you do not look down on, has built an entire empire, you see, such a majestic empire, splendid and magnificent, golden light, elegant manners, intricate art, splendid palaces, and the heroes among you, beautiful as jade, heroes like rainbows." Lu En looked up at the sky.

He unconsciously rubbed his cane, it was wooden, Kara made it, she picked an old wood, then sharpened it with her fingernails to look like a cane, and finally dried it, painted it with black lacquer, and then smeared a layer of varnish on the outer layer, it took a lot of work, and it took Kara about ten days to complete.

But this cane can only be sold for eleven silver coins on the market, and it also counts the material money, because Kara has not seen any skills such as cane making, and the maid's skills naturally cannot be imitated, so it is purely hand-sharpened, and from a technical point of view, it can be regarded as a waste of materials.

"Isn't that an amazing process? All the beauty and majesty are built on this little bit of hard work, you were born and raised in the empire, maybe you can't see it clearly, but I am an outsider, I just think it is like a miracle, so I think these laborers themselves are very intoxicating to me, looking at them, I seem to see the whole process of the empire from birth, to construction, to the present. Lu En said with emotion.

"You are indeed a thinker, and Your Majesty may be wrong about you." Marshal Slyer originally thought that what he said was too mysterious, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was surprisingly reasonable, so he couldn't help but admire.

"What does Your Majesty say about me?" Lu En asked curiously.

"He said you chose to grovel and submit to the Empire, so the Empire can accept you because you have enough value." Marshal Slais said, not seeming to find it offensive to say anything.

"Hit the nail on the head, it's a good point, but I don't want to call this submission, the empire is the biggest aggregate of interests in this world, I'm just, join, there's a joke that says well, if you can't beat it, join it~." Lu En didn't think it was angry, and it didn't seem to take it to heart at all.

"It makes sense, Your Majesty should have ordered, he gave me a handwritten edict, you sign your name, and you can be knighted directly, Count Elloh, Earl of Frontier." Marshal Slais said casually.

"Count Angler?" Lu En frowned.

He divided his soul to erect the boundary monument and cut the concept, the purpose was not to mix with the empire, but if he accepted this title, the land of Anliu would be linked to the empire again, and the boundary monument would naturally become invalid.

This emperor has a good calculation, but he is really willing to bet.

Border Counts, in the imperial title system, have fiefs and real power, except for the wasteland of Ann Liu, which has no value, the gold content of this title is boundless, and the border counts can almost be said to be the same as the dukes, they are the highest nobles under the king, and they are the direct vassals of the emperor.

This is sincerity and threat, and it is not up to him to choose.

This is the hegemony of the Empire.

"It's easy to say, but I've already found a good home, and I will directly seal the border earl, and in the future, Anliu will no longer be the border, then I will become a duke when the tide rises, how can I deal with myself?" Lu En said tentatively.

"It's okay, Your Majesty also said, if you have an idea, you can also do it yourself, the edict is there, it's a big deal to erase two words, at most it's not good-looking, when it is signed, it will take effect as well." Field Marshal Slyer also began to pay attention to the fishermen in the distance, watching him silently compete with the fish.

The reason why they don't go to the dead net, but people drag it, is actually because some things under the water are also hierarchical, whether they are plants or brute beasts, in fact, they also have hierarchies, although they have no mind, they can't be regarded as intelligent creatures, but the rule of rank is useful for everything in the world, even stones.

"I know, maybe it's the situation of the monsters that makes you have some misunderstandings about the empire, we have seen what you have done in Angleau, and seen the business routes you have opened up, as long as you are loyal to the empire, everything you want to do can be done, you can let the monsters live with you, Angleo is very big, you work hard, with the ability of magic 9 to change the climate, little by little, water milling kung fu for a hundred years, it is estimated that it will be about the same, for you, it is not long, by that time, the monsters will also have their own spokesmen in the upper echelons of the empire, and the situation will be much better." Marshal Slyer admonished.

Lu En didn't speak, and the scene was silent for a while.

Is what the other party said right? Of course that's right, but if the status of the monster increases, will the empire change overall? Of course not, but there will be another group of people who will return to the bottom of the current monster hybrid.

Nothing has changed except for monsters and monster hybrids, there are always so many people who are suffering, and nothing will change.

Seeing that Lu En didn't answer, Marshal Slais simply sat down and continued: "Besides, the empire is not just what you see. ”

"A lot of gentlemen and philanthropists are working to improve their lives, you know, the empire is about equality, as long as you have the ability, everyone can live a good life like you, for a lot of hopeless, sitting and waiting to die, outsiders can't help them."

"After you become a Border Count, you can communicate with them and work together to improve these situations, but if you are always on the move, shaken by the mustard in front of you, then you will never be able to do what you want to do."

Listening to the other party's words, Lu En was still silent.

Yes, philanthropists, good aristocrats, gentlemen.

These people, they are respected figures, they are honored, they are the pillars of the state, society and the church, they take a part of their excess wealth to support public and private philanthropy, they give to institutions, they are philanthropists, they are good people.

In private life, they are kind and considerate, filial to their parents, gentle to their children, courteous to all, and they are law-abiding -

But there is one sign that these gun-wielding gentlemen are recognized: they will wake up roaring like beasts of prey as long as they threaten to reduce the profits of their money, ruthless as savages, cruel as madmen, brutal as executioners, and then, like that...... If it is seen, then all the fools must repent and clearly understand in their hearts where the money they donated came from.

But Lu En didn't say much, he remained silent, closed his eyes, and kept rubbing his cane, obviously in thought.

Seeing Lu En's appearance, Marshal Slais decided to pause his persuasion and stop talking.

About ten minutes passed, and Lu En opened his eyes: "The Walder family has a son, who is on the sea, you should know, right?" Bolarn Wald. ”

"Of course I know, his sentence will end soon, and he will come to serve in the army soon." Slyer nodded, indicating that there was such a person.

"I want him to be my lord, and I'll be Lord Wald's retainer, no problem, right?" Lu En paused for his cane.

The son of a duke, born with the title of Lord, proves that he has the right to inheritance.

“…… But you're the Earl of the Border, he's just a lord. ”

"Is there a rule that says that a Frontier Earl cannot be a retainer of a certain lord? Besides, he's Wald's son. Lu En smiled.

"There's no rule, but it's not very decent and it makes it harder for Bollaun." The marshal shook his head.

"I'm not going to make it difficult for him, besides, it's a great thing for Duke Wald, a huge addition to his strength, isn't it?" Lu En picked up his cane from the ground, and some dirt was already glued underneath.

"But I remember that you didn't have a very good relationship with him, you demolished his house, you beat his wife, Wald...... If you hold a grudge, you may be very embarrassed. The marshal looked a little troubled.

He never thought that the King of Monsters wanted to run under the command of Duke Wald, and as his vassal, he didn't have the face to be a strong man?

"Shame? Do you think I care? Besides, isn't this just an opportunity to heal the rift in our relationship? I don't know much about the nobility of the empire, so I might as well choose a familiar one, I think Bola Enwald's choice is very good, not to go directly to Wald himself, but through his son, I can also take this line, isn't that good? Lu En smiled: "So, is it okay?" ”

"If you insist......" The marshal felt powerless for a while, but since the other party was willing, it would be better.

When he had finished speaking, he took out a thick piece of parchment, on which was sprinkled with many flowery words, but the general meaning was similar to what Marshal Slyer had said, and the Empire would not play with words in this regard.

It's not necessary, and it's a drop.

But Lu En still looked at it carefully, and then with a wave of his hand, a delicate and complex rune was imprinted on it.

Boom!

He only felt that there was some kind of power instilled from his body, and the magic power in his body seemed to have some kind of subtle connection with the land under his feet, and the power of the leylines gushed out from above, communicating with his body, so that his magic power was quickly restored and greatly strengthened, and the casting strength was increased by at least 5%.

Don't underestimate this 5%, the magic strength of Magic 9, even if it is increased by 1%, is an extremely amazing statistic.

At the same time, some kind of mysterious and mysterious strange blessing appeared on his body, making all his skills below level 9 increase by 1 level, which seemed to come from some kind of blessing that he didn't know something.

Lu En could almost perceive that his strength had increased by a whole small notch, and among the level 9, he was probably enough to fight two new level 9s at a time.

He had a similar experience, that is, the blessing of the power of the realm, although it was not as good as the one in hell, but how could this have a bonus similar to the power of the realm?

Seeing Lu En's suddenly shocked expression, Marshal Slyer looked very satisfied, and he opened his arms: "By the way, welcome to the Empire, you will know in the future what wise decision you have made." ”

"What is this blessing...... What is it? Lu En rubbed his temples.

This is information that he doesn't know, but the leylines do know, Daedalus once said, but what is the matter with that mysterious and mysterious blessing?

"A brand new achievement from the Grey Lady and the Academy, designed to compensate for the Empire's lack of 'home advantage'."

"The original idea came from His Excellency Daedalus, I have to admit that there are traces of him in all aspects of the empire, and his death is a loss to the whole world, he once pulled the entire imperial leyline out of the ground and blessed all the nobles with authority, but this only provided the convenience of energy and physical recovery, and did not greatly improve the strength."

"So the follow-up improvement is an array that covers the entire empire, I don't know the specific principle, but it can increase all levels below level 6 of those with authority by 1, increase the strength below level 8, and raise a small level above level 9."

"This is the Empire! Even if you're Magic 9, you've probably never thought of such a grand project, right? Marshal Slyer said proudly.

Lu En was silent, and then said slowly: "Indeed...... I really didn't expect that. ”