"A person with high merit can become the owner of a territory, which means that adventurers who participate in the battle also have a chance?"

"Yes, that's right. According to www.biquge.info tradition of the Federation of Seven Cities, adventurers will participate in the war as mercenaries, and will receive the same military merits as the regular army. The territory obtained by the extermination of the goblins this time will be used as a feudal territory, although the area is not large, but after the calculation of a friend of mine, there will be about three lords. ”

Arras had obviously made enough preparations, and even calculated the possibility of being able to divide several lords.

"There's nothing wrong with the news, is it?"

"You can rest assured, sir, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I've confirmed it repeatedly, and just next week, Falcon City will officially send an army to exterminate the goblins. ”

Adam sat in his seat and was very excited by the news, as the class level increases, the types of troops he can recruit will increase, and the number of troops will increase significantly.

When the time comes, he needs a suitable place to place these troops, and he needs to have a base base for him. The Light Spirit and the Timberwolf can also be blocked as a summoner, but the militia and later humanoid units cannot be treated as simple summoned beasts.

So far, Arras has been the only one who has seen Adam summon the militia. However, Arras is already a follower of Adam, so he can ignore it for the time being, but other people, especially the big forces in this world, will definitely be aware of the secrets hidden behind this.

The best way to do this is to find a place where no one is around and build a Templar base on your own, but it will take a lot of manpower and material resources. There is no problem with manpower at all, the key is material and financial resources, which are precisely what he lacks.

But the news that he could become the lord of a piece of land gave Adam an excellent opportunity, and becoming a lord meant having the supreme power in the land, in the words of the current society, the emperor of the land. He had few obligations other than being responsible for paying a certain amount of taxes to Falcon City and not rebelling against Falcon City.

What's more, the lords of this world are extremely powerful, and after becoming a lord, unless they commit other major crimes such as betraying the main city, such as colluding with demons and other genocide of humans, there is almost no possibility of being revoked as a lord (these are all materials from Arras).

In this way, this territory can become Adam's best base of influence in the world, and build the most solid and safe base camp.

Therefore, this time it is indeed a rare opportunity to exterminate the goblins in Falcon City's sphere of influence. Of course, the premise is that they can build up enough merit in this battle to satisfy the upper echelons of Falcon City. A lord doesn't just confirm it casually.

Sufficient and even convincing merit is only one aspect, and the other is to ensure that the merit is recognized by the high-level, so that the position of lord can be truly obtained.

Build enough merit Adam has enough confidence, and with the current class, considering the safety and hole cards, the Militia and the Timberwolves are the best options in this battle.

He himself acts as a white mage who can summon a little, and the strength of such a class is actually not much different from that of ordinary army squads.

Coupled with the ever-changing and dangerous nature of the battlefield, a white mage is destined to be the most popular existence, and Adam can guarantee that no one can refuse a warm healing technique.

In this way, whether it is offensive or therapeutic, Adam can get enough attention and respect to play 120%.

The only thing that worries Adam is what if there is already a quota for the leader? For example, this operation was supposed to be a gilded trip for the quota members, so the possibility of Adam becoming a lord was relatively small.

"Okay, Arras, where is the place to sign up, you take me there, let's work hard and see if we can come back as a lord." Adam decided to give it a try, and if successful, he would have a solid rear base in this world.

"But before we sign up, you and I are going to visit Martin. There may be more to come. ”

***

The next day, Martin's estate.

"Yes, there is indeed news of this. Goblins have become the biggest obstacle outside of ogres, and every year I don't know how many caravans are robbed by goblins, these hateful green-skinned dwarves. Exterminating the goblins is an unshirkable duty and responsibility of Falcon City. ”

Speaking of goblin Martin, he was quite disgusted, and he wanted to clean up all the goblins immediately.

"Actually, I'm planning to get involved, and a lord's name at least sounds good." Adam took a sip of the wine Martin had offered.

Adam was stunned when he saw Martin, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"Of course it's good, if I don't have enough strength, I really want to get a lord. You know that businessmen are running all over the world, and they seem to make a lot of money, but they are too unsafe. ”

"So, Martin, do you have any thoughts on this goblin cleanup?"

"Yes, I do hear some rumors that this operation, including the proposal to raise the morale of the army and mercenaries in the position of lord, was proposed by the deputy lord of the city. The Federation of Seven Cities holds a meeting of the Seven Cities once a year, and if there are no other surprises, next year's meeting will be held in Falcon City. But you know, Falcon City is the least powerful in the Federation of Seven Cities, and it is only separated from the Southern Council of Nobles by a forest of ashes, and the pressure is enormous. Coupled with the lack of harassment from the goblins and the inaction of the city lord, Falcon City's sphere of influence is shrinking. ”

Having said so much in one breath, Martin hurriedly took a sip of water and continued.

"It's a real world, and if you don't have enough strength, you'll be ruthlessly eliminated. There were many high-ranking people in the city who thought that the goblins should be exterminated at least before the next meeting of the Seven Cities, so that they would not be looked down upon by the other six city-states. ”

"The Confederation of Seven Cities is more competitive than the aristocratic councils of the South, which emulate the aristocracy of the Siser Empire, and all strife is shrouded in political struggle. The Federation of Seven Cities doesn't have so many rules at all, to be honest, whoever has the biggest fist is the truth. In just ten years, Falcon City has changed three city lords, and I think you know what I mean. ”

Ten years to change three city lords, Adam naturally didn't understand this matter. Adam glanced at Aras on the side, and the other man nodded to indicate that Martin was not wrong at all.

"This city lord challenged the previous city lord six years ago to take the throne, and in recent years, it is said that he has been practicing his fighting qi martial arts hard, hoping to advance to the gold rank, so the big and small affairs in the city fall on the deputy city lord. If you want to take advantage of this battle to become a lord, this is definitely a good opportunity. In addition, the strength of the warriors under your command is also good, definitely much stronger than those adventurers who rely only on brute force. ”

"Thank you very much, Martin, your message is very important to me. I'm worried about my status as a White Mage, though, as the Southern Council of Nobles has the support of the Lord of the Dawn, and the Church of the Dawn has always had a good relationship with the Silver Tower of Yuple. ”

It is indeed of great help, and the city lords of Falcon City can be replaced by a military challenge, so that a fire called ambition ignites in Adam's heart. When he has enough strength, can he also become the lord of a city in this way?

"You don't have to worry about this, the identity of the white mage looks a little embarrassing, but who is not injured in war? Compared to life, even the Black Mage would welcome it, trust me. What's more, now that the power in Falcon City has been almost divided, the new lord will definitely become a point of contention for the high-level battles in Falcon City, as long as it has nothing to do with the Dawn Church, the identity of the white mage is nothing. ”

Hearing Martin say this, Adam felt that the future seemed to be brighter.

"If this operation can really successfully wipe out the goblins, there is no doubt that Falcon City's sphere of influence will not only recover the territory that originally belonged to Falcon City, but more importantly, it can justifiably move the territory of Falcon City to the edge of the ash forest."

"But behind the ash forest is the territory of the Southern Noble Council!"

"Absolutely correct, if I'm not mistaken, the lordship is only to motivate the army and mercenaries in this operation, and the real purpose of Falcon City is to build a fortress on the edge of the ash forest. In that power vacuum comes with the great possibility of giving birth to a third general in Falcon City, who controls an army. Of course, this is just my guess. ”

"No, it's very important to me, you made me make a decision. I'm going to sign up for action now, and I'll come back to you if there's anything I need, and I think we've been very happy working together. ”

"Of course, it's very pleasant."

When Adam left, Pepin, who had been silent, spoke.

"Are we going to invest more in Adam? And that's not even counting the information you just gave. A manor and a silver tower wand are worth more than a black iron rank white mage, even though he saved your life. ”

"Don't you think there's something mysterious about his origins? You've also investigated in the past few days, and there are no spells about this kind of holy light in the entire Silver Tower. Either they have a mysterious and ancient white magic heritage, or they are the heirs carefully cultivated by a certain family. And his fierce warriors and creatures of light who can unleash white magic, I only had the opportunity to invest while he was still weak, and when he was strong, he couldn't get that good results. ”

Martin didn't care, a manor house and a wand didn't seem to be worth much to him.

"So you just told some lies to lure him?"

"It's not called temptation, Piping, it's called future planning."