Everything was as Gawain expected.

News from the south would have made kings and nobles nervous, and with the warnings of a resurrected ancient, the tension might have risen to the level of a little panic - but that was the end of it.

These people who have not experienced the Demon Tide, and who can't imagine the Demon Tide, will not react much because of these news that is limited to words, even if Gawain brings some sword armor that has been corroded by elemental power to corroborate, it is impossible for them to make a higher level of response.

After all, although there are not many "anomalous natural phenomena" that can cause swords and armor to be corrupted by magical power, they are not impossible, and they cannot be used as ironclad evidence that the demon tide is about to make a comeback - in fact, even Gawain himself has only made some bold speculations based on the information in his memory, and he himself does not dare to pat his chest and say that the end of the world is coming.

Francis II was not wrong in his response, he could not have put the entire kingdom into war readiness because of these sudden news, and even if he wanted to, the bloated and backward system of aristocratic feudal feuds would not allow him to do so. And even if the Tide does come, it would be unwise to prepare the whole country now - the monsters and the upsurge of magic in the south are just a symptom, not even the vanguard of the Tide, and the real Tide may not appear until months or even years later (if it does appear), and until then, everything will be calm.

Asking for national war readiness when the wind is calm and there is no evidence can be found, if it was the Moen family in its heyday, it might be possible, but now the Second Dynasty ...... There is no longer such appeal.

Francis II even ordered the Duke of the East not to move.

A resurrected founding duke may be full of weight in terms of prestige, but it would be a bit too much to use this prestige to interfere with the order of the kingdom today, and Gawain is very clear at this point, he knows that his right to speak here is actually a flower scepter - splendid but powerless, the foundation of the Cecil family is gone, there is no land, no soldiers, no generals, and even the travel fee to the royal capital is borrowed from others, which is a very embarrassing situation for the always pragmatic aristocratic circle.

So Gawain pressed Rebecca, who still wanted to speak, and looked at the king opposite: "We have sent a message and issued a warning, as for the follow-up specific response, it is your business." ”

"We will take your warnings seriously," said Duchess Victoria Wild, in a cold voice, "and all investigations will be launched as soon as this meeting is over, and you will be informed as soon as possible." ”

"Investigate...... That's all there is to it," Gawain nodded, and changed his words, "Then this matter is over, now let's talk about the private affairs of the Cecil family." ”

This time, the atmosphere was really tense in an instant.

"Relax, don't look like 'the old ancestor jumped out of the coffin and asked to cash in the paper money burned over the years,'" Gawain smiled and waved his hand when he saw this, and then found that no one could understand his cold joke......

Good TM embarrassment.

"I know what happened a hundred years ago, and frankly, I really want to kill that unworthy descendant," Gawain twitched cheekily and cut straight to the point, "So I have no intention of overturning the case in this matter, I just want to get back something that belongs to me personally." ”

Francis II and the Grand Dukes looked at each other, and the expressions on everyone's faces were more or less relaxed - Gawain took the initiative to talk about the earth-shaking event a hundred years ago, which made them breathe a sigh of relief. After all, on this sensitive topic, whoever takes the initiative to speak is a psychological pressure that can make blood pressure soar to two hundred, and it is really relieved that this living ancestor in front of him can be so sympathetic to the younger generations.

But after breathing a sigh of relief, they brought up their hearts: what could be the things that belonged to Gawain Cecil personally?

Everything belongs to the lord - this is the rule of the nobility, everything in the former Cecil family, including fiefs, vassals, titles, etc., is the personal property of Gawain Cecil, which one is he referring to?

Everyone tensed their muscles in places where others were noticing, and only Francis II glanced at Gawain with a calm face, and nodded slightly without moving.

"Don't worry, most of the things I had in my life have already been passed down to my heirs, and I can't force them back if they are all gone," Gawain laughed, "I'm talking about the parts that can't be inherited, like ...... My right to pioneer. ”

The nobles and advisors looked at each other, and then the learned gentlemen and ladies immediately thought of the ancient and sacred edict of development.

It is a glorious commemoration of the second frontier, a testament to humanity's desperate survival, a mortal's ironclad oath in the face of nature, and to this day it is still part of the basic code of the four great kingdoms – a decree that no longer has a chance to take effect, but no one dares to repeal it.

The original version of the Pioneer Decree was even inscribed separately on a platinum plate and enshrined in the halls of every human kingdom.

But everyone keeps it as a souvenir! It's for future generations! It means that he inherits orthodoxy!

Why is this going to take effect again all of a sudden?!

But in addition to the consternation, the expressions on everyone's faces hid a trace of sincere relaxation, and this little change in expression did not escape Gawain's eyes.

So he relaxed and began to discuss with the people present about the permanent development right.

Gawain believes that this matter will not be too difficult.

Compared to a living ancestor who returned to the world to demand the cashing of the paper money that was burned back then, and by the way, to ask for a large fief that was almost a country within a country seven hundred years ago, a mere permanent development right is nothing - although the latter sounds bluffing, it will not affect the vital interests of anyone on the scene, and if it does not affect his own interests, every nobleman (including the king himself) will be quite easy to speak.

And this is also the result of Gawain's deliberate promotion.

He was high-profile all the way, spreading all kinds of news, and even took out all the flags from seven hundred years ago when he entered the royal capital, looking like a person who was not good at coming and was aggressive, which was actually inducing everyone's thoughts - making them think that this living ancestor was rushing to overturn the case for the Cecil family and recover all the family fiefdoms, so everyone would make a response plan under this premise, and be prepared to talk about how to protect their existing interests.

Gawain's goal, however, was only to develop the right to perpetuate it.

This gap is basically equivalent to going out to buy a watch, the original price is 860,000, and the discount is 25 - I feel that I have picked up a big bargain.

I can't help but wonder if the watch is fake.

But even if the twenty-five yuan watch is fake, the ancestor is real, if he really just wants a permanent development right...... So what else do you say?

Okay, well, give it to you, hurry up and take your old man's development rights to open up the wasteland, and don't come back to .jpg.

If Gawain hadn't had any foreshadowing before, and had proposed the right of permanent exploitation at the beginning, maybe things would not have gone so smoothly, and the greedy nature of the nobility would have made them want to deduct a sum of money even in this kind of matter, but with so much preparation, it would be much easier to talk about the right to exploit.

The kings and dukes present agreed that the right of exploitation itself should be recognized—if not, it must be recognized, because it was not only Ansu that signed the right to exploit at the beginning, in fact, the four great kingdoms of mankind at that time and the various ethnic countries bordering the four kingdoms also recognized this decree and promised that it would take effect permanently, and these "co-witnesses" included the elves from the silver empire in the extreme south of the continent......

Those gods chatter, and they are especially alive elves.

Those guys with an average lifespan of more than 3,000 years, and who are extremely rigorous and honest, are notoriously stubborn, and it is precisely for this reason that the elves were one of the witnesses when the permanent development decree was signed: in order to make this edict more solemn and credible, the monarchs of the four kingdoms even wrote a copy of the elven language and handed it to the Silver Empire for safekeeping.

Although everyone knows that the first generation of pioneer knights could not live forever, it is probably a human quirk that humans would write such a decree with the "permanent" mark and let a long-lived race be a witness......

Anyway, the elf representative at that time brought the copy back to China while muttering "humans are really weird", and then the elf queen happily stamped a stamp on the copy - seven hundred years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the elf queen, who was still a hairy girl who had just ascended the throne, is now ...... Or the Elven Queen......

She can clearly remember the stamp she stamped back then, don't you admit to trying?

Anyway, Gawain mentioned that if Ansu didn't recognize the right to explore, he would take his family around half the continent to join the Silver Empire, anyway, there are still undeveloped places around the elven forest, and many of those elves are acquaintances, so they will definitely get along well with the Cecil family......

The ancestor of his own founding country was squeezed at home and couldn't live anymore, so he dragged his family to live in a foreign territory and lived in a tree.

Therefore, everyone present unanimously agreed that the right to develop should still be retained, but where is the specific development...... This is up for debate.

"There is no wasteland in the kingdom where people can live, and every inch of land has its owner," stood up the king's former prime minister, Aiden Alfred, a calm man who was the right-hand man of Francis II and who knew the state of affairs of the kingdom as a whole. Your Excellency, where do you intend to explore? ”

Gawain waved his hand: "Bring the map." ”

The map was presented, and Gawain couldn't help but frown slightly after looking at it.

Even though the world has handy magic, and assistive abilities such as Eagle Eye, Forest Perception, and Surveying can help people draw maps, the map in front of them is still crude, and even has problems with scale.

Compared to the "satellite perspective" in my mind, it is like graffiti.

Probably because magic is too convenient, it affects the development of many things?

Gawain thought as he mentally compared the exact map to the exact map, and then he pointed to an area on the rough map, "I'll start here." ”

It was a mountain range bordering the Gondor Wasteland and Typhon's border.

Dark Mountains.