Lady Dolly finally mentions the Rant Empire, and Victor reveals his true strength.

It doesn't matter, a sharp awl will always show out of the pocket. In order to repair the Alchemy Tower, and to seek the support of the power of magic, Victor must stand in the foreground and openly support the Pope in the struggle with the Paladin family for the right to speak within the Church. It is inevitable that he will be noticed.

Before coming to Neville, Victor guessed that the Knights of Radiance might try to intervene, but he didn't expect Neovest to jump out first, and he didn't expect Lady Dolly to act as a broker for the Emperor of the Rand.

In fact, the conversation in the hospitality hall was normal, and Mrs. Dolly did not reveal any hints that would lead to a private meeting between the two parties. Victor will have such a judgment, and he will start with the doctrine of noble heraldry.

In the eyes of knights and nobles, blood is power, family is the foundation, and the two should not be confused.

That is to say, based on the family, family affection is much higher than blood kinship.

The knights believe that their birth is the will of the elemental sea, and that blood and kinship alone are not enough to push them to the top. It's like Sylvia, she was not born in the family of her biological parents, but she was born in other families, and since the blood family gave up on her and left the opportunity to other children, there was nothing to be nostalgic about. And the York family handed over the thousands of years of accumulation to her, so that she had the foundation to build her beliefs. Assuming that Sylvia's blood relatives have the ability and intention to destroy the House of York, Sylvia will never show mercy to them!

Victor also had a hard time accepting the transcendent knight's view of family affection at first, but the earth world was not so good that even in the ancient feudal kingdom where filial piety culture prevailed, there were countless examples of royal blood relatives killing each other.

On the surface, it is for profit, selfish and cruel, but in essence, it is for self-realization, and there is no compromise.

For example, Emperor Wu wants to sweep away the Xiongnu, and the crown prince wants to cultivate and recuperate, if the prince fully supports Emperor Wu's policy, how can the father and son fall for the villain's divisive scheme? Emperor Wu and the crown prince are in the same step, how can there be villains who want to separate father and son, in order to soar?

Knights, especially transcendent knights, can easily satisfy low-level needs, and they pursue self-actualization needs. The arrogant knight respects family affection, but does not hide the coldness of blood and family affection, and is above board.

However, the life span of a knight is far beyond that of a mortal, and the youth of a transcendent knight is eternal. The knights and nobles were scattered all over the place, and as long as they intermarried with each other, aristocratic ethical problems arose.

Therefore, the heraldry of bloodline and family is mainly to help the nobility find their place in the knightly circle, to avoid intermarriage between blood relatives within two generations, that is, the children of brothers and sisters cannot be combined, and the third generation can marry each other.

Although heraldry itself does not involve kinship, no one can ignore the diplomatic function that it entails.

Catherine asks Baron Robert de Caeser about his relationship with the Duke of Red Eagle, but Victor doesn't care at first. When Lady Dolly mentioned that her territory bordered the Rand Empire, Victor was immediately alarmed.

The Eleano family relied on the support of the Rand Empire to create the kingdom of Seuss. The relationship between the Souss nobility and the royal family of Lant is intricate and difficult to separate. The Mackenzie family, one of the six giants of Seuss, has been disconnected from the Rand royal family to this day. The cousin of the current Duke of Red Eagle is married to His Royal Highness Adrian of the Rante Empire, and the distant great-grandson of the Duke of Red Eagle becomes Lady Dolly's young husband. This means that Baron Robert de Caeser is a distant blood relative of the Duchess Adrian.

With this relationship, the Neovester family was able to exchange letters and establish diplomatic ties with Lady Dolly.

The X-3's powerful memory function makes the complex heraldic science simple and straightforward. Madame Dolly never dreamed that the young Viscount Randall was so proficient in the dull and boring heraldry.

Victor had long wanted to control a port on the shores of Lake Fes in the territory of the El Cult and the Rand Empire, which would open up a route from the Centaur Hills to the Borui Kingdom, and the Randall family's fleet could even rely on this route to reach the sea. However, the Knights of Radiance, the Cardinals of the Holy See, and the Presbyterian Order of the Monastic had no incentive to establish a port on Lake Fez, and they preferred the status quo of the El Church to be maintained rather than the Nakhtigarh King taking the opportunity to cultivate a pro-papal influence in the El.

The Rand Empire was in dire need of a port, but Neovest killed Ryan August and formed a blood feud with Gambis.

Last year, the old Marquis of Solim fought for the family's last time when he proposed to the Senate that the port of the Chebman Territory be moved to the mouth of Lake Fez, but was unanimously opposed by the majority of the Senate. Victor egged on Sylvia to get the Duke of York to cast the only vote in favor.

The news must have reached the ears of Neowest, who may want to meet privately with Victor to see if the Yorks can intervene to reconcile the two sides, deal with the fish-men together, and move forward with the plan to build a port on Lake Fez.

Victor supported the old Marquis of Solim's proposal, just to guide Neovestre's idea of building a port in advance, but he was not prepared to contact Neovest personally.

As the lord of the Kingdom of Gambis, the basic political stance must be adhered to.

Viscount Randall can't hook up with Neowest, but the Golden Regiment can.

The lifeblood of the Golden Order was actually in the hands of a few high lords, but it was by the nature of relying on the Holy See's Union of Free Men and Merchants. No matter how naïve Sophia is, she will never admit that she is the head of the Golden Regiment, even if everyone knows the truth behind the scenes, there is still nothing they can do with her.

Since the Golden Order is a neutral commercial organization that relies on the Council of Cardinals, its hiring of armed mercenaries is legitimate and legitimate. And the Rand Empire did not have the strength to build its own port of Lake Fez.

Victor planned to wait for the Randall family's fleet to be launched, and the Golden Regiment would negotiate with Nyovist, with the Cardinals guaranteeing the construction of a neutral port on the shores of Lake Fes in the Randal Empire in the form of a permanent lease.

What are you kidding, if you have the ability, you will build your own port, and if you don't have the ability, you will honestly collect rent, and you have no other ideas.

Lady Dolly enticed Victor to a secret meeting with Neovest in the remote city of De Kaiser, much to his chagrin.

Gambis's comprehensive national strength was ten times stronger than that of the Rant Empire, and in the face of the Glory Knights formed by Roland, Adria did not dare to confront them head-on, until the Glory Knights slaughtered the militia of a town, he came forward to meet the enemy, and almost died at Roland's hands. If it weren't for the military pressure exerted by Duoduo and Neville, and Nakhtigar hiding in the shadows, eyeing Roland, the Knights of Glory, all composed of knights, would really be able to completely annihilate the unicorn knights of the empire.

The barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, Neovestre dares to pull teeth, what else does he dare not do?

Victor is not prepared, Neovest is prepared, once the two sides collapse, who knows what he will do? Victor's bloodline is related to the future political pattern of Gambis, and Neowest has every reason to attack him to coerce Silvia to cooperate. Even if Neovestre didn't dare to be rude, and he told him about the meeting, Victor wouldn't be able to eat and walk around.

However, family ties are higher than blood ties, and Lady Dolly has a closer relationship with the York family than the Rand Empire, and she has no reason to murder Victor. So what means does she have to control the situation?

Or is it the force behind Lady Dolly that can keep the legendary knight Neovest restrained?

Whoever they are, they have made a very serious mistake by daring to treat Victor as a character who can be manipulated at will.

The strong should not be taken lightly, and the lord hates accidents. Victor has learned to take the initiative and try to control the variables. Lady Dolly could have saved him a lot of trouble by creating a so-called chance encounter without him, but not even if she had good intentions!

Therefore, Victor didn't mind exposing his strength and letting her understand that he was facing a Highness.

The request must be made clear that His Highness Randall is the one who will make the final decision.

Of course, these are Victor's preliminary judgments based on heraldry, and they may not be accurate. He also wants to see from a geopolitical perspective how deeply Lady Dolly and Neovest are deeply linked.

Victor went to the rented villa, asked the liaison officer Encino for a map of the kingdom of Neville, and went into the study alone.

He spread the map on his desk and looked at it carefully, frowning his eyebrows.

Lady Dolly's territory is located in the southernmost part of the Neville Kingdom, next to the northern plains of the Rand Empire, with a total area of nearly 8,000 square kilometers, and the location of Warhammer Camp 4 has also been included in the sphere of influence of the De Kaiser family.

The map does not mark the terrain of the county in detail, but the Alchemy Militia surveyed the 1,500 square kilometers of mountain forest, resources, and mountain people around Warhammer Camp 4.

As far as Victor knew, the mountain forest was originally not under the actual control of any lord, and there were about 7 cottages scattered inside, with a total of about 4,000 mountain people. They are standard savages, exchanging goods with the Barons of Garrot in the west and the villages of the Rand Empire in the south, but not in the name of any liege. In the mountains, there are only a few scattered narrow valleys where castles and settlements can be built.

A year ago, these valleys were overrun by gnolls and goblins. Victor wasn't sure what was going on, he hadn't been in touch with Warhammer Camp 4 for months.

In order to gain de facto control of the territory, Lady Dolly must not only clear the valley of the orcs, but also build a stream reservoir to obtain a stable source of water.

The problem is that there are no mines in those 1,500 square kilometers of mountain forest. If there were valuable minerals in it, it would not be Victor's turn to build Warhammer Camp 4 there.

The Lord of Neville is best at mining in the mountains.

The Dekaizer family spent so much effort to clear the orcs and build reservoirs for a few barren and narrow valleys?

That's not all, Lady Dolly has put the entire southern mountains and forests into the De Kaiser family's sphere of influence, and the Neville and Rand empires have lost their buffer zone. Without the approval of the Neovistes, the Neville Senate could not have agreed to Lady Dolly's demarcation.

However, due to the squeezing of the mountains, those narrow valleys are faintly located on a north-south line.

Victor constructs a map in his mind, following the line all the way south, landing on the shores of Lake Fes in the Rant Empire. A trade route about 300 kilometers long has appeared!

It runs north and south, connecting the Ranth Empire and Neville to the shores of Lake Fez!

Victor's slender fingers tapped on the tabletop, leaning back in his chair, and a playful smile appeared on his face:

"Interesting...... It's so much fun. ”

If the kingdoms continue to fight among themselves, Neovest has a chance to recover. Now that the kingdoms shook hands and made peace, each opening up outward, the legendary knight was dumbfounded. If he doesn't do anything, in a few decades, the young eldest princess Roland will have to clean him up with her backhand.

However, the Rand Empire had no hope of expanding northward, so it could only choose to cross the river and expand south. Nantuo must first build a port, and Neovester does not have the strength to defeat the fishmen on the shores of Lake Fez, unless the Kingdom of Gambis launches an onslaught on the fishmen at the mouth of Lake Fes to share the pressure on him.

It was difficult to get Gambis to abandon his previous suspicions, but it was not without opportunities, at least, Viscount Randall's attitude at the meeting of the Senate of Gambis gave Neovest a hope.

Neovest went to Mrs. Dolly and asked her to try to get a private meeting between the two parties on the condition of the trade route.

The significance of this trade route to the kingdom of Neville is extraordinary!

The kingdom of Neville relied heavily on the Sassan Empire for its food imports, and Dordor choked her main trade routes. Don't think too far, in the more than 20 years since Neville built the water project, Sasan and Dordor can take care of the Neville people at will. With this trade route, the grain of the Rand Empire can flow directly into Neville, continuously increasing their food reserves.

From Mrs. Dolly's point of view, the Dekaiser is just a nascent family, younger than the Randalls, and they are not capable of gaining any advantage in the Northern Extension War of the Neville Kingdom. Moreover, Neville's time for the Northern Expansion was set to be eighteen years later, and in such a long time, Lady Dolly's sharp energy to impact the Elemental Sea was also exhausted. She opened up this trade route, and the importance of the county of Decaeser was immediately highlighted.

In fact, no matter what Victor and Neovest talk about, the Rant Empire will strengthen ties with Neville. It is imperative that the two sides open up this trade route. Mrs. Dolly is just a middleman, and even if Victor doesn't agree, she has nothing to lose.

But there is a problem here, if Lady Dolly lures Victor to the south, and the plan to meet Neovester is tacitly approved by the Neville royal family, how can the Neville people guarantee that the violent legendary knight will not attack Viscount Randall? You know, Neowest is the nominal lord of the Three Kingdoms, and he can take the opportunity to detain Viscount Randall to drag Neville into the water and fight against Gambis.

"No, Lady Dolly can't be behind the Neville Kingdom, and they and the Emperor of Rand together are no match for our Gambis. ”

Gambis is the strongest of the Three Kingdoms, and Victor doesn't know how many knights Auguste has, anyway, all the Swift Dragoons are trainee knights. Neville didn't have to risk it for the sake of Neovestre, and Neovestre wouldn't be stupid enough to provoke Sylvia.

So who is the guarantor for this private meeting?

Victor paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, calculating the key points.

Pope Tournans was not in Neville, he could not suppress Neovestre, nor was Patriarch Tamor capable of doing so...... A most unlikely force suddenly flashed in Victor's mind.

Could it be the Knights of Radiance?

The presence of two gold-level paladins could suppress Neovestre, and Viscount Randall would not turn around and leave. If Neovest had let go of the hatred he had had over 700 years ago, he and the Knights of Radiance would indeed have a chance of marrying.

With the sudden migration of the Centaur Hills and Mountain Dwarves, the Knights of Radiance are the core of the Church, and they cannot be unwary of future changes. Once there is a problem in the northern continent, the Jinshui River is a natural barrier against strong enemies, and it is still necessary for the El Sect to build a port on the shore of Lake Fes as a way back.

However, the Knights of Radiance are the leaders of the Northern Expansion Strategy, and they are openly building a port on the shores of Lake Fez, so they must have entered the water...... The Radiant Knights are ready to go back, and the lords of the Sasang Empire still have the heart to expand north?

The Knights of Radiance secretly supported the construction of a port by Neovest to prevent panic from spreading, and on the other hand, it would cut off the worldly power of Nakhtigar.

The most hated object of the Pope is the Knights of Radiance. There is no possibility of compromise between the two sides.

For Neville...... Who said that we can only expand to the north, not to the south?

"Ha, Neville is going to train recruits with the Fishmen on the shores of Lake Seuss, and then ask Neovest for the right to use the port, provided that I convince Gambis to expand the scale of the Fish-Man War and build a port at the mouth of Lake Fez...... This game is all alive. ”

Victor smiled dumbly, sat back in the single sofa chair, rubbed his smooth chin, and thought:

"Who said I can only expand south, not north? I'm on the coastline of the Eastern Alliance, how about taking root in advance?"

Outside the door came the crisp and pleasant sound of Catherine's high heels, and Victor was about to put the map away, thought about it, and spread it out on the table again.

After the knock on the door, the dressed Queen Mother directly pushed open the door, she was wearing a black off-the-shoulder tunic dress, tiptoe and turned, the skirt of the slit design was like a flower petal blooming, and the long legs with beautiful lines were just a flash of surprise, and they were re-covered by the petal long skirt.

"Honey, is it pretty?" asked Catherine, who was bright and moving, bowed gracefully and smiled.

Victor was dumbfounded, his eyes straight.

What do I see? Stockings...... Dresses are there, and now stockings are there...... I just made a high-heeled boot for Gillian.