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Wren, who had just married his daughter, could not see a trace of joy on his face now, and he was now sitting on the throne expressionlessly listening to Harris report to him about his good son-in-law Richard.

"According to the investigation of the Black Prison, the ten ceremonial knights who entered the city together on the day Lord Richard welcomed him should all be masters of the earth level."

"You mean, the Hunter family now has at least two Sky Knights, a Red Dragon, and ten Earth Knights?"

Fred's existence, Richard did not deliberately conceal it, he brought the royal capital twice, how can he hide it, the current situation, there is no need to be as cautious as when the Boulder Fort was just established, but should properly show his strength and reap more benefits.

"I'm afraid it's more than that..."

"He, the marquis, is more generous than me, the king."

"There are dragon knights in the kingdom..."

"Soon it won't be there."

Thor's entry into the sky level was originally a great event, the combination of sky knight and golden dragon, the combat effectiveness is not a little bit stronger, and the deterrent power is definitely unprecedentedly improved, but unfortunately now the high-level of the Golden Dragon Kingdom has confirmed that the golden dragon is leaving, even if Thor enters the sky level, it is difficult to offset the loss of five dragons.

"Forget it, my son-in-law, obediently go back to the Northland for me in a few days, don't make trouble in the Northland, I don't have time to care about him, let's talk about other things."

In normal times, Wren may still put his mind on the Northlands, to test the Hunter family, and even consider suppressing the not very honest Richard to establish his authority, but when the orcs were about to invade in a full-scale manner, Wren completely gave up the idea of making extraneous branches, as long as Richard did not cause trouble in the Northland and treated the Messiah well, he also acquiesced to the fact that Richard was the king and hegemon in the Northland.

First, the strength shown by Richard is no longer something that the kingdom can easily suppress.

It was the place in the Northland, for the kingdom, it was an enclave with no income, and the biggest important thing was to receive some of the displaced people who couldn't survive in the valley, and to divide some knights who were interested in opening up some new military achievements, even if the Northland was completely out of control, it would not be a great loss for the kingdom.

"According to the news of the Dragon Breath Pass, the orc army is frequently mobilized, and before the Dragon Breath Pass, the orcs have at least five additional legions, nearly 100,000 troops."

Wren raised his head and glanced at Harris, what happened is already self-evident, the orcs probably learned the information that the dragon knight will become history, and has begun to prepare, this news is very unfriendly to the human race, which means that the Golden Dragon Kingdom can have less time to prepare.

"Check which one leaked the news."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The matter of the Golden Dragon's dissolution of the alliance is not announced, it is just a high-level internal secret, and those who are qualified to know about this matter are only the existence of the Marquis of real power and the big people like the left and right ministers.

Of course, even if there are not many people who know, but it is more than the number of hands, it is more difficult to catch conclusive evidence, and only a few suspected targets can be found through elimination, it is worth mentioning that only Richard is in the Northland, and the Lancet family is kept in the dark.

"Now that the orcs have noticed it, the action of preparing for war is a little bigger, and there is no need to do anything to cover it up."

"Any other news?"

"Recently, the Southern Sea Clan has been attacking the port, and there is even a tendency to move closer to the big city, the situation is even more serious than reported by several governors, and the dragon knights may need help."

"Now there are still dragon knights to transfer to them, isn't the fourth child quite powerful in the south, let him deal with it."

Where can Paley's business in the south escape Wren's eyes, the entire black prison is reporting to Wren about the situation of several princes at any time, and even Parley himself has no intention of hiding it, the kingdom's control over the south is limited to a few big cities and some of the directly subordinate armies, and he went to compete with the local rich merchants and nobles for food, which is even a good thing in Wren's opinion.

"Yes!"

"Having said all this, there is no good news?"

"One more thing, Lord Julius successfully advanced to the Knight of the Earth a few days ago, and someone should come to inform Your Majesty soon."

"Hmm"

When Wren heard the news, he was unexpectedly a little cold, Julius is also one of the dragon knights of the kingdom, and he has been stuck in the stage of the half-step earth step, and now it is not a strange thing to advance to the earth knight, the previous five dragon knights, except for Thor, the other four are only at the peak level of the big knight.

Now that Julius has been promoted to the Earth Knight, it would have been a thing worth celebrating, in addition to a ceiling-level Thor under Wren, there is only one Dark Guard and Marshal Mel in the court is the Earth Knight, Green is an unmobilized force, Wren has never counted it as the combat power in his hands, but regarded it as the hole card left by Aragon to the Charman family, and there is one more Earth Knight, which is something worth celebrating in the past, and even Wren will be happy from the bottom of his heart.

But after being tossed by Richard, there was an extra earth knight, which actually made Wren feel a little bored, but Wren still spoke according to the normal process:

"When the official report comes, an order will be drawn up, and the title of Julius will be elevated from earl to marquis, and the estates around the three royal capitals will be rewarded."

This marquis is not Richard's kind of real title, in order not to distract the dragon knight, the title obtained by the dragon knight does not have a matching territory, just an honorary title, but to count on the dragon knight to work hard, of course, it is impossible to only give an honorary title, or to give real benefits, some of the more valuable manors around the royal capital will be used to reward dragon knights who have made meritorious contributions or have made a big breakthrough in strength.

"Don't pay attention to Beidi for the time being, don't waste manpower, put your attention back to Zhenbeiguan, and bring more people back to Dapingyuan, some people need blood stimulation to wake up."

"Yes!"

Wren's words were very calm, but Harris, as the wolf dog of the royal family, quickly smelled the blood in his words, and the big war was imminent, and Wren couldn't take care of it much, in order to complete the integration of the national forces, it is estimated that many heads will fall to the ground.

But Harris will not be embarrassed by the next purge task, this is what they do in the black prison, to share the king's worries, to be the sword in the king's hand, the arrow in the shadows...

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Afternoon

Inside the Marquis' Palace

Richard was taking the Messiah for a walk in the garden, and the Messiah was much better than Richard had imagined, and within two days she was able to walk normally.

The newlywed Yan'er was like glue, and outsiders were very interested in not bothering, but let Richard and Messiah enjoy the world for two days.

"Richard, I'm tired of walking!"

The garden of this Hou Mansion is indeed very large, but it is not so big that a person like Messiah, whose physique is close to a quasi-knight, will be tired after walking two laps, but Richard is very knowledgeable and does not dismantle it, just silently bent down, holding Messiah's waist with one hand, and holding her horizontally at the crook of the knee with the other, and continuing to walk forward.

And the Messiah hugged Richard tightly, wanting to bury the whole person in Richard's arms, she was still a little shy and didn't dare to look at Richard, but from time to time she glanced at Richard's almost perfect side face, and her expression became more and more infatuated.

"Messiah."

"Huh?"

"In two days, we'll be heading back to the Northlands."

"Ah, yes."

The Messiah, who was obviously held in Richard's arms, was a little distracted, and for a moment did not realize what Richard was saying, and just blindly responded.

"Leaving the royal capital this time, I'm afraid I won't be back for a short time."

After Richard made his words clear, the Messiah reacted, and her mood was inevitably a little low, after all, Wang Du was where she lived since she was a child, although Wren was an old coin, but he treated the Messiah well, even if he didn't care enough, but the basic feelings were still there, and he was a little sad to leave suddenly.

However, after the Messiah sorted out her emotions, she still said to Richard:

"Just follow you."

The beautiful eyes were staring at Richard tightly, his eyes were full of love, and he was so moved that he couldn't help but peck at it.

"Lord Richard, Prince Ward asks to see you."

The voice of the messenger was a little weak, obviously hesitant to disturb Richard at this moment.

"Let him wait!"

Richard, who was interrupted, was slightly annoyed, although the servant shouted quietly, but Richard's hearing at this time was several times that of the usual, and he still understood the words.

"My dear, it's something for the eldest brother to look for you, you better go and have a look first, I'll wait for you here."

Richard slowly put the Messiah down, his previous sentence was just an angry sentence, just like someone occasionally gets up angry, after the anger is over, he still has to do something, not to mention the identity of the other party, just at the artifact given by Ward, and he can't hang people.

"Did His Highness Ward say anything about me?"

"Not really, it's just that Prince Ward is still accompanied by a teenager."

"Well, let's go, let's go meet His Highness Ward."

As soon as Richard heard this, he naturally understood what the eldest prince had come to find him at this time, and the benefits had been taken, and it was time to work...