Therefore, even if Chen Mo privately occupied the territory of the noble barons under his command, he did not make any reaction, but just kept watching from the sidelines.

In this way, time passed quickly, and the mysterious lord did not make much of a move except for often buying various ores and other resources from the surrounding territories.

It wasn't until a few days ago that he received a letter from the mysterious lord, hoping to buy a batch of fine war horses from him at a high price, and stating that due to the limited number of troops in the territory, he hoped that the Count of Valen would send someone to escort him to the territory, and a large piece of gold of high purity was sent at the same time as the letter.

According to the price of the war horse at this time, this gold is enough to buy the war horse he needs, and the lord Gu said in the letter that these are only half of the deposit, and after the war horse is escorted to his territory, he will pay the remaining half of the gold.

Although he was a great lord, Count Valen owned a vast territory and more than a dozen vassal nobles, and the annual income from the domain plus the taxes paid by the subordinate nobles was a huge amount.

But at the same time, maintaining the extravagant life of the nobles and supporting the powerful army under his command also cost him most of his funds, and what Chen Mo took out could be regarded as a huge amount of money.

Selling Chen Mo a hundred war horses at more than twice the price, in the eyes of Count Valen, he really had no reason to refuse.

Even if Chen Mo had a war horse, it would be impossible to train a powerful cavalry unit in a short period of time, and any knight would be born after more than ten years of careful training and life and death experience.

Moreover, Count Valen still has his own mind.

Initially frightened by Chen Mo's terrifying strength and the large number of werewolf corpses, as time slowly passed, Chen Mo did not make any moves, and Count Valen gradually had other ideas.

The knight is already the strongest combat force among the human race, and even the most powerful knight cannot defeat a single werewolf alone, let alone kill dozens of them alone.

It's simply not possible!

The more he thought about this matter, the deeper Count Valen's suspicion of Chen Mo became, how could human beings be so powerful, now that I think about it, this matter itself is full of strangeness, it is really a little too absurd.

Chen Mo's killing of dozens of werewolves alone has always been just a legend, and no one has seen it with their own eyes.

And the pile of werewolf corpses, Count Valen guessed, it was likely that the original lord and the knights and soldiers under his command died together with the werewolves, and the corpses of these werewolves were specially collected after Chen Mo was discovered and specially used to scare them.

had intended to test Chen Mo, but before he could make any moves, Chen Mo sent him to the door instead.

Looking at the gold in the box along with the letters, Count Valen was surprised that Chen Mo was so negligent, and at the same time, he also became extremely interested in the wealth in Chen Mo's hands.

This mysterious lord who suddenly appeared, what kind of huge wealth in his hands, would so easily offer twice the price to buy valuable war horses from him in large quantities, and put such a large amount of gold directly in a box for his soldiers to deliver, even without chaining.

Is he too rich to care, or is he stupid and defenseless?

How could Count Valen know that with the cooperation of Chen Mo's keen perception and extremely developed brain, he had the ability to perceive people's hearts.

One year is enough time for Chen Mo to thoroughly understand the hearts of everyone under him.

Chen Mo knew all the personalities, morals, family situations, acting styles, and loyalty to each of them.

Not to mention that the soldiers he sent would not disobey his orders and open the box without permission, even if he accidentally knew that it contained a huge amount of gold, it was basically impossible for him to betray him and abscond with the money.

Not to mention, this soldier is still a dutiful son, and it is even more impossible to ignore his parents and betray Chen Mo for gold.

Gradually losing his jealousy of Chen Mo's strength in his heart, and coveting the large wealth that Chen Mo possessed, Count Valen decided to agree to Chen Mo's request, and sent a powerful knight force enough to wipe out any of his subordinate territories, the purpose was to find out Chen Mo's truth, kill him, and snatch all the gold back!

At this time, five days had passed since Count Valen sent out the Knights.

This place is not too far from Chen Mo's territory, and it can be reached in a day at the fastest speed of cavalry, but the knights have a large number of war horses, and the speed will definitely be affected, plus the time delayed in Chen Mo's territory, it is almost time to come back.

I wonder how much gold his knights brought back to him?

If it was enough, he would build an even more majestic and luxurious castle.

Just as Count Valen was contemplating what his new castle should look like, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came to his ears.

It must be my knights who are back!

A hint of joy appeared on Count Valen's face, and he was a little eager to see what the Knights had gained.

He wondered how much wealth the lord had left him with the deception for a whole year to atone for his sins.

Pretending to get up from the chair slowly, calmly arranging his gorgeous noble robes, Count Valen was just about to personally go to the gate of the castle to greet his victorious knights, but was stunned by the alarm bell that rang next, and stood in place, not reacting for a long time.

It's been a long time since I've remembered the castle's alarm bells, and the last time was when werewolves struck a few years ago.

The territories of more than a dozen vassal nobles distributed on the periphery of his direct territory are his natural barrier against external attacks, except for the werewolves who act quickly and secretly, no one can silently break through the territory of the peripheral nobles and directly attack under his castle, unless, it is the territory under his command that rebels!

In his immediate territory, there are a large number of war horses, and they are coming at this time......

A terrible thought crossed his mind, could it be him!

Doesn't that mean ......?!

Count Valen was very hopeful at the moment, it was the soldiers guarding the watchtower who made a mistake, or even if the other nobles under him rebelled, in short, it must not be Chen Mo who came!

Although he knew that this was almost impossible, just listening to the loud sound of horses' hooves in the distance, he knew that the number of war horses in this team was definitely more than a hundred, and the only one who had such a number of war horses under his command was Chen Mo, who had just purchased a war horse from him.

If it was really Chen Mo who came, it meant that his knights had been killed, and Chen Mo's strength was indeed as powerful as the legend, he didn't think that Chen Mo could train any powerful soldiers in just one year and kill the dozens of knights he sent.

The legend that he had thought was a rumor resurfaced in his mind again, how should he deal with such a powerful Chen Mo?

Don't let them in!

Thinking of this, Count Valen could no longer care about maintaining the demeanor of a nobleman, pushed away the coffee table full of various precious fruits in front of him, and rushed towards the city wall with two knights.

At this time, outside the castle, a group of men and horses were all wearing cold silver armor, and the heavily armored knights numbered more than 100 people, with an indomitable momentum, under the leadership of a black-robed knight in the lead, like a silver sword, rushed straight towards the gate of the castle.