Viscount Tigerman Alger half-squinted his eyes, a little irritated in his heart.

After his father's death, as the eldest son, he naturally inherited his father's title.

In the Orc Empire, there are two main types of nobility.

One is the hereditary nobility, which is commonly referred to as the lord. As long as there is a successor to the lord, his title and territory can be passed down from generation to generation, and this kind of nobility is equivalent to a prince. Even the Emperor had no right to interfere in the affairs of the nobles without a good reason.

The other is the nobility who have no territory.

After the death of such a nobleman, usually his eldest son will automatically inherit the title, but the rank of the title will be reduced, the father is an earl, the son can only inherit the viscount title, if the descendants do not fight, a few generations will become commoners again.

When the old count was still alive, Alger's family conditions were very good, and his family owned a lot of property in the city of Corotti, and it was also considered a famous family.

But since the death of the old earl, the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

First, his younger brother committed suicide because he owed a huge debt due to gambling and was unable to repay, and then their family business was also suppressed and suffered heavy losses. In less than a year, Alger went bankrupt and his wife left him with their children.

In order to avoid the debt collectors, with the help of his father's friends, Alger finally received this task, so he took his nephew and left the city of Kroti overnight.

Pulling the tiger skin of the empire, those debt collectors will not dare to take action against them.

Now the two are penniless.

"Uncle, wake up, don't sleep, it's been more than ten days since you left, why haven't you arrived yet." The boy shook the middle-aged tigerman's shoulders vigorously.

"You little rabbit, you dare to complain, you should be there tomorrow." The middle-aged tiger man opened his eyes and sat up, and said angrily.

"We ran out of food last night, and we've been hungry all day, how did you promise my father in the first place?" The boy stretched his face.

"Can you jump up and down without being hungry?" The middle-aged tiger man looked outside the car, "Bear with me, when we get to the territory of that minotaur, we can eat as much as you want." ”

"Here, I've got some bread here." A wolf cavalryman next to him took out a few loaves of bread and handed them over.

"Thank you, big brother." The tiger boy took it with a look of surprise.

The middle-aged tiger man looked at the bread in the young man's hand, licked his lips, turned his head to look at the wolf cavalry next to him, and said with a look of hope: "Brother, is there anything else?" ”

The captain of the wolf cavalry shook his head, it was the first time he had seen a nobleman who had mixed up to such an extent.

Next to the beast cart, a small transparent insect was quietly suspended in mid-air.

"Oh, is this the envoy sent by the Empire, which doesn't seem to be the same as I imagined." Barr opened his eyes.

During the week, Baal's level increased twice, reaching level 37, and he received a lot of summons, and these transparent bugs were the biggest gain in his summons.

This strange creature is called the Void Float, and the one around Baal is just the Void Float motherworm.

Individual Void floaters are simply creatures of their own right, and they are not intelligent in their own right, but under the leadership of the mother, when these creatures form a colony, they are not very different.

There is a special spiritual connection between each floating individual in the void, through the mother worm they can form a whole, this peculiar spiritual connection network is like a complex biological computer, with a high degree of intelligence, can collect the sound and shadow of the individual through the mother worm to integrate and share, this is a strange group intelligence life.

Judging from the introduction of the system, this kind of void floating should be the companion beast of the ancient king whale orc.

The ancient king whale orcs are said to be thousands of meters tall and are giants living in the deep sea. They are born without eyes and ears, and the Void Floaters play this role, and these Void Floaters have a special spatial talent that allows them to hide themselves in the Alien Plane, making them extremely difficult to detect.

In the extant historical sources, there is no record of floating in the void, and it is generally believed that the king whale orcs have a special perception system.

There are thousands of Void Floaters summoned this time, and Baal can receive all the information from the Void Float through the mother worm, and the transmission distance can reach thousands of kilometers, and the distance will continue to increase as their level increases.

"Here, yes, this is it, lightly."

"Be careful over there, too, so as not to damage the lifting platform below."

On the walls on both sides of the entrance to Hailan Village, some goblin laborers were busy, and John and the old werewolf stood beside them, directing the goblin laborers to install the M-200 magic guide turret.

A few days ago, the walls in the village have been successfully upgraded to low walls.

This low wall is more than six meters high and more than five meters thick, and the defense power has been greatly improved.

Barr walked up the steps on the inside of the wall.

"How's it going?" Barr walked over to the two of them.

"My lord, as long as the main body of the turret is fixed to the lifting platform, the installation is completed." The old werewolf said respectfully, "But now we don't have a stable source of energy, the cost of using magic energy crystals will be very high, one magic energy crystal can support four hundred moderate attacks, if you maintain the maximum output state, each attack will consume 1% of energy." ”

After more than 20 days, with the efforts of Joseph and the old werewolf, the M-200 magic guide turret was finally manufactured, and due to the need to build it by hand, a total of two were manufactured.

After testing, the attack frequency of the magic turret can reach once every five seconds, according to the size of the input energy, the attack power is also not small, with Bart's current strength, it can't last long under the full load attack of the two turrets, except for the attack speed is slower, the others are acceptable.

"The safety of the territory is the most important thing, and as for the energy harvesting device, you can take your time." Barr replied.

......

The next afternoon.

The weather in October has started to slowly turn colder, and the monsoon blowing from the northwest finally brings the first rain from Hailan Village.

A light rain was pouring down.

Barr was sitting in the council hall and was distracted, he had been in the Rand world for so long, and it was rare to be free today, the void floating female worm emitted bursts of blue light, and the guest he was waiting for had finally arrived.

"My lord, a beast cart has come from outside the village, and a team of wolf cavalry is following, they are waving the banner of the Empire, saying that they are envoys sent by the Empire." A guard hurried in.

"Let's go, go out and greet you." Barr smiled.

After all, it is an envoy sent by the empire, and this courtesy cannot be lost.

Barr got up and headed for the entrance to the village.

"I don't know if the guests are coming, and I don't welcome you from afar, please don't be surprised." Barr ordered the guards at the gate to get out of the way.

There were ten fourth-order wolf cavalry standing outside the door, which happened to be a squad, and their wolves had all been put away, led by a sturdy werewolf. Behind the team was a beast cart, and a chubby middle-aged tiger man stepped out of the beast cart, followed by a tiger man boy.

"Haha, I've heard the name of the Barr brothers for a long time, young and promising, young and promising." Alger smiled as he walked, "Down there is Viscount Alger of the Empire, and this time he has come to convey the instructions of the Empire. ”

"It turned out to be an imperial envoy, Lord Viscount, please." Barr smiled.

"This armor should be worth a lot of money, right?" The tiger man in the back looked at the armor on the guard's body with a look of envy.

"Come here yet!" Pulling the tiger man behind him, Alger's face was a little embarrassed, "Brother Bal, don't be surprised, this is my nephew, I haven't seen anything in the world, let my brother laugh." ”

"Haha, it's nothing, please inside."

"Please."

The two walked side by side towards the council chamber, and the wolf cavalry behind them hurriedly followed.

"I don't know why Lord Viscount is here this time?" Barr asked as he walked.

"The territory of the Bal brothers has been upgraded to the third level, according to the regulations of the empire, one is to send the lord token of the empire, and the second thing, according to the regulations of the empire, all lords of the territory above the third level are obliged to join the imperial army to serve."

The two talked as they walked.

In the chamber, the two sat opposite each other. Bart and John sat next to Baal, followed by the Captain of the Wolf Cavalry and the Young Tigerman, who sat on Alger's side, with various snacks and fruits on the table.

The tiger boy was constantly stuffing the snacks on the table into his mouth, and the captain of the wolf cavalry next to him looked like he didn't care about himself, and the old god sat there comfortably.