Chapter 222: Above the Clouds (Part II)

"Young man, what is it that gives you the courage to feel that after stealing my wealth, you can still stand in front of me as if nothing had happened?"

Looking down at Robin condescendingly, the silver pupils of Marquis Brunes Timos seemed to be brewing a storm, and the invisible waves of air blew a terrifying hurricane in the main hall, making people feel a cold and piercing strange feeling very abruptly. 【High-quality updates】

This extremely sudden change in temperature caused Robin to narrow his eyes, and after a moment of thought, he replied without hesitation: "If I remember correctly, I remember that I took the Barnard system from Baron Vernal. ”

"That's the territory I gave him!"

"But he didn't keep your gift." Robin smiled contemptuously, "Lord Marquis, since you have gifted the Barnard System to Baron Vernal, then this territory has nothing to do with you. Is it because Baron Vernal is incapable of guarding this territory that you are still prepared to take back your gift? ”

...,," Robin's witty rebuttal made the Marquis of Timos frown.

As Robin said, since it is already a gift thing, there is absolutely no reason to take it back. Robin seized the Barnard system because Baron Vernal was incapable of holding this territory, and he was entrusted by the Marquis of Timos, so fundamentally, he did not have any conflict of interest with the Marquis of Timos.

Robin's clever words made the Marquis of Timos a little difficult to cope with for a while, since becoming the Marquis's authority in the Brady system, no one has dared to try to take advantage of him in the war of words like Robin. There is no doubt that the Marquis of Timos has been enraged by Robin's arrogant rhetoric.

As a blue man, he holds the high position of marquis, and presides over the Brady system, which was once the old capital of the Empire. This makes the Marquis of Timos have to face pressure from all sides all the time, and only by always maintaining a strong posture can he suppress the unruly counts and viscounts under his command, and can he gain the loyalty of those lower-level nobles and continuously enhance his strength.

In other words, the pressure on the Marquis of Timos was actually far greater than others could have imagined. Because of his blue skin, his position among the nobility of the empire was very awkward, and he could not easily gain the allegiance of the lower nobles like other marquises. It is only by giving heavy profits that the allegiance of the new nobles who have no roots in the empire can be gained. And these new nobles like Baron Vernal are limited by the growth time of replicants, so they can't provide any help to the Marquis of Timos in a short period of time, and they can't immediately convey enough benefits to the Marquis of Timos. Therefore, the Marquis of Timos is actually supporting a large number of lower-level nobles by himself, intending to cultivate a circle of influence that truly belongs to him in the future.

Using one's own personal financial and military resources to cultivate the personal power of the lower nobles is something that no great nobleman in the empire is willing to do. Because the direct consequence of this is to weaken its own strength, so that its own strength is always in a vicious circle of negative growth. And in the living environment of the empire, which is similar to a pack of wolves, the only consequence of weakening its strength is to be torn apart and annexed by other nobles.

The Marquis of Timos was not ignorant of this, but he was criticized for his skin color, but he had to resort to this risky approach. Therefore, he is the only big nobleman in the empire who is directly involved in the operation of low-end projects, and the number of foreign lords who have taken refuge in him is also the largest, and he is desperately trying to amass wealth by all means to make up for his expenditure on cultivating low-level nobles, and weaken the decline of his own strength to a minimum.

At first, the situation faced by the Marquis of Timos was greatly improved by the discovery of the genius of Ansel Ausveld. By running the high-quality replicant warriors of Anse El and the female replicants of the Mellon family, the Marquis of Timos has been able to break even, which is a huge breakthrough for him. And he will give his private Barnard system to Baron Vernal, which is also to support the development of Ansel Osveld in the Federation in this way, so that Baron Vernal and Ansel Osveld can support each other and provide him with more help in the future.

It's a pity that this idea of his was completely destroyed by Robin, who came out of nowhere. Because of Robin's appearance, Baron Vernal was killed in battle, and even Ansel Osvid, a genius who could bring him great benefits, was indirectly assassinated because of Robin's connections.

This suddenly caused the Marquis of Timos to suffer a huge loss, and its consequences even directly affected this extragalactic conscription.

If it weren't for the new advanced potion developed by Leona, the Marquis of Timos would never have tolerated Robin living until now.

But the current bad situation makes it impossible for him to make such a decision recklessly, he needs Leona's new advanced potion, although this low-end product can't deliver him a lot of benefits like running high-quality replicant warriors, but it can allow the young replicant warriors under his command to quickly improve their combat power. This is definitely a factor that cannot be ignored now that the call-up order has been clearly issued.

If Robin hadn't appeared in front of him with such a swagger, the Marquis of Timos would have been ready to ignore the existence of this enemy and acquiesce to him under his nose. But he never imagined that Robin would have the audacity to appear directly in front of him, which was undoubtedly an affront to his dignity and a challenge to his absolute authority as a marquis.

"Your arrogance has crossed my line, and I think I must teach you how to be respectful of a nobleman."

Marquis Timos's deep voice contained his irrepressible anger, he slowly raised his hand, and suddenly, a team of heavily armed replica warriors rushed into the hall, surrounding Robin and eleven others in layers.

"My lord! ~" Shocked by the scene in front of him, A095, who was originally kneeling behind the Marquis of Timos, hurriedly got up and hurriedly tried to stop it.

"Untouchables! ~Are you ready to stop a nobleman from exercising his rights? "The roar of the angry Marquis of Timos.

"No, he's just stopping you from doing something stupid!"

As he said this, Robin's body suddenly erupted with a terrifying wave of aura. The rich flame enveloped him, making Robin feel like he was in flames, but if you look closely, you will find that the space Robin is in seems to have some kind of subtle distortion, and even the air in the hall seems to be attracted by a force to gather like him, converging into an invisible vortex.

"This ...... It's ......"

Turning back in shock, the Marquis of Timos stared at Robin with an incredulous gaze.

As a great nobleman who could stand above the clouds, the Marquis of Timos naturally knew what this level of spatial distortion meant. This level of spatial distortion and airflow movement is no longer something that can be generated by simple heat changes, but represents a kind of power that is called the strongest force in the universe today, the Holy Order.

"Force Field...... How can it be a force field......"

The Marquis of Timos looked at Robin blankly, even if he had already known that Robin had a good personal combat power, he definitely did not expect that Robin would be so strong, this is even a level of strength that even he can't touch.

"You say I'm doing something stupid?"

After a moment of silence, the Marquis of Timos forced the shock in his heart. He looked at Robin with a hint of vigilance in his eyes, and the position between the two also changed dramatically at this moment. It was only now, at least, that the Marquis of Timos really began to put Robin on an equal footing with himself, seeing him as a different from his own. [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ]