Upon arriving at his team's camp, Salian saw Manstel and his two elven maids basking in the sun on a meadow. www.biquge.info When Baron Barenberg saw Salian smiling towards him, he waved his friend to lie down beside him and sunbathe with him. But Salian, who had always prided himself on his pale complexion, politely declined Manstel's offer.

By this time the girls had gone to rest in the tents they had arranged, and after a long journey, they had much to do. Salian went to Baron Verdon and talked to him.

"Uncle, nothing big happened when I was away, did you!?"

"Well, everything went well, but on the way we met a group of petty thieves who wanted to rob us, and they have been wiped out by us and the baron's subordinates. ”

"Yo, someone has found my team without a long eye, don't they know the banner of the Dark Dragon?"

"Hey, it's been a long time since we terrifying knights have done anything earth-shattering on the mainland, everyone probably thinks we're all dead!"

"Hahahaha, then let's make a good mess!"

"Oh, by the way, the leader of the thieves was caught by me, and he is still a dark mage, although he can only summon some of the weakest demons. He's locked up in a tent over there, young master, do you want to interrogate him personally?"

Sally was startled, feeling that something was wrong, and replied calmly.

"Of course, take me there, I want to see what character is so bold, is it really the ignorant who are fearless!?"

In a tent guarded by two soldiers, Salian saw the bandit leader tied to a pillar. From the shabby black robe and gray beard, it can be seen that he is an old warlock, and there are still blood stains on his face, but his complexion is not bad, and he does not dare to deal with this kind of mentally strong character Salian, he directly used the strongest force to attack this person's soul.

But after just a minute, the matter was over, this warlock didn't even have time to struggle before he collapsed and died, it may be that Salian used too much secret magic power a few days ago, and his body was tired, and the old horror king knight felt that his young master was not in good condition and needed to rest, and there was no shortage of wine and beauty.

Then when Salian and Baron Verden walked out of the tent, he asked the soldiers at the door to dispose of the corpses inside, and then asked the old general if he had any loot, and the baron replied that there was a broken magic book, and Salian told him to keep it safe, and it would be of great use when he returned to Schwartenen, and Baron Verden, although he did not know why, still agreed to this.

When Salian returned to the tent prepared for him and lay down to rest, he couldn't help but laugh at a small mistake he had made, it turned out that the old warlock that Baron Verdon had captured was the target of Constance's gold-level mission.

This man is an ambitious bandit mage who wants to take advantage of the inaction of Ulrich, the mediocre lord of Vreauburg, to make a career here. As a result, the merchants and travelers in the past became his targets, and after amassing a certain amount of wealth, he began to arouse the thoughts of several other bandits in the vicinity, and recently became the leader of the bandit alliance within a radius of 100 kilometers, but unfortunately his ambition was completely ended by the blow of Baron Verden.

Salian summed it up in his head, and found that his only problem was that he was attracted by the powerful aura of the witch Ellubi the day before yesterday when he searched for the power of the dark arts, and he missed the old magician.

Now that all the men were in place, after a day of rest, the well-equipped team set off for Sindelbron, the capital of Ulrich.

Perhaps it was a matter of personal interest, but their leader, His Excellency Hohenstelingen, Count of the Frontier, wore a pair of heavy plate armor that was already very outdated at the time. Wearing the ancestral magic titanium long-tailed helmet, although it looks powerful, this old-fashioned outfit looks very strange at the moment, as if the ghosts of the knights reappeared when the empire dominated the continent hundreds of years ago.

One autumn morning, at the golden gates of Sindelbronn, the soldiers defending the city were suddenly horrified to find a procession of flags marching towards their city, but they did not ring the alarm bell in a panic, for according to the orders of Lord Ulrich, no one was allowed to ring the bell before eleven o'clock in the morning, not even the bells of the cathedral and the abbey. This is due to the fact that the lord revels until the early hours of the morning every day and needs to rest well.

In front of the closed gate, Salian reined in his horse, lifted the goggle on his helmet and looked up, and saw the panicked eyes of the soldiers guarding the city, although he was very unhappy that there were such soldiers in a large city of the Empire, but he still shouted very politely.

"I am Salian von Hohenstlingen, Count of the Neumark, and I am here today to discuss important matters with the Duke!

The soldiers, of course, who heard this, could not call the shots, and they immediately sent a non-commissioned officer to the Duke's palace to inform the butler, but it was only eight o'clock in the morning, and no one could wake up the great lord Ulrich. As a last resort, the butler had to go to the bishop's palace in the city and ask Ulrich's number one thinker, the duke's uncle, Bishop Jurgen of Ulm, to call the shots.

The Bishop was worthy of the title of the Chief Wise Man of Froburg, and he asked the non-commissioned officer to hurry up and invite Salian and his party into the city. Arrange for Salian to rest in the VIP room of the Duke's Palace.

Subsequently, Jurgen and Salian met first, Salian had already found out in advance, the old man in front of him in a white bishop's robe, wearing a crown on his head, and kind eyes was the "regent" here, and the actual principal, as long as he was dealt with, there would be no problem.

"Your Excellency the Earl of the Border District, I don't know what you are doing here this time?"

"Your Excellency, there must be some secret room in the Duke's Palace, I want to visit it. ”

The clever Bishop of Ulm immediately understood what Salian meant, and under his guidance the two men went to an unnumbered lower room in the Duke's Palace, and then entered through a secret door in the wall of the room, up a spiral staircase, and then into a study, where the bishop pushed a beast's head on an armchair, and after the walls parted, an elegantly decorated chamber finally appeared. Salian felt that this experience had given him a lot of inspiration to renovate the castle.

They first talked about caring for each other in the secret room, and for Bishop Jurgen, who was also familiar with the affairs of the Empire, the fact that Vroburg was in a state of great importance that did not arrogantly compete for the throne allowed him and his nephew to reap the greatest benefit by adopting a policy of waiting for the price. A number of self-righteous candidates have written to the Duke of Ulrich asking for an offer, but none of them understand the importance of intelligence and simply want to buy Ulrich. As a close neighbour in the Schwartenn region, Salian was naturally aware of the importance of the Bishop in the political arena of Würöburg. Relying on the generosity of his good friend Manster, he was very confident to win this vote.

"My lord, you see that you are my elder, and I will not lie to you, in fact, for the sake of this vote in the duke's hand, I am willing to donate five thousand guilders of gold to the great religious cause of the diocese of Ulm, and another ten thousand after the deed, what do you think?"

Salian was so polite, and the bishop of Ulm naturally greeted him with a smile, but bargaining was necessary.

"Your Excellency, we don't speak secretly, but if you can donate 10,000 guilders now, and 20,000 gold coins for the sacred cause afterwards, I am sure that my nephew Ulrich will give you the ballot. ”

Sally thought at ease, it was directly doubled, the greed of the uncle is no worse than that of the nephew, it seems that the ruling power of this family must be entrusted to Aphroa and Ivan in the future, and when they go back, they can educate the two sisters and brothers to become talents, and they must not become people like their father.

However, Salian felt that this was acceptable, but he could not agree to it as easily as he seemed to be, otherwise it would be bad for the Bishop to regret it.

"My lord, you know that my territory is all remote areas of the empire, and it is difficult for me to come up with this money!"

"Haha, Your Excellency the Earl of the Border District, I don't think you would want to be the emperor with your strength! Who do you want to give our vote to?! When the time comes, the benefits will definitely be more than tens of thousands of gold coins, and I know all of this, so how about five thousand first, and then fifteen thousand?"

This utterance, uttered by a well-dressed bishop, gave Salian a strong sense of disobedience, but it was exactly what he wanted.

"Your Excellency, the Duke is so fortunate to have an uncle like you! ”

The two of them, who had been talking happily, left the chamber after an agreement, and it was past eleven o'clock in the morning, and the Duke of Ulrich awoke punctually, and he was accustomed to get up and eat some warm food to warm his stomach, and then practice vocal music for a while, during which he would think of what he was going to enjoy at luncheon. Today, however, while he was singing, he received a report from the adjutant that the Count of the Hohenstringen region had come to visit. In order to show his wealth, the duke, who rarely had guests, sent someone to arrange a grand luncheon for the earl.

In addition to Salian and Ulrich, the Bishop of Ulm, Baron Wilden, and Baron Barenberg were accompanying the luncheon, and none of the girls came, because Aphroa hated Ulrich so much.

"Whaha, my good neighbors, welcome to you! By the way, why do you have time to visit today? You should have sent someone to inform me earlier, and I can prepare more good things for you!"

Sally thought to himself that if he had informed Ulrich in advance, he didn't know how much money and time he would have squeezed the people for today's lunch.

"I'm here to tell you, dear duke, that you can hunt freely in your own territory with peace of mind, and I've eliminated two bandit gangs for you!"

"Oh, yes, yes, last time, the necromancer gang in the Dark Forest was exterminated by your subordinates, what did Myer do?

"Hehe, that's the problem I just solved for you on the way over, a gang of thieves who robbed passers-by, and it was actually solved by Baron Wilden himself. ”

"Ah, I see, thank you, Baron Wilden, I heard that you are the first warrior of the north of the empire, I will toast you, come, Earl of the Borderland, Baron Barenberg, and Uncle Jurgen, please drink openly, I have a lot of good wine here, you must not be polite. Haha!"