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Allan. The Earl of Benton looked at the glass vase on the windowsill with some nostalgia, and although the flowers in the vase had withered, there was a wry smile on his face, and the wrinkles on his forehead were so deep.

"Oluria, help me get those things out......" Alan . The Earl of Benton called softly to the young man who was standing by his side.

With red eyes, the young man walked to the cabinet without a sound, took a parchment bag out of the cabinet, and walked over to Allen. In front of the Earl of Benton.

"Turn it on......" Allen. Benton was weak and struggled to speak every word.

The file bag was opened by the young man, and inside were several magical parchment title deeds, as well as a gold seal.

The young man named Olulia gave the title deed and seal to Surdak.

Each title deed had a detailed description of the area and land boundaries, and Surdak counted seven of them, and the magic parchment at the bottom was not a title deed, but a letter of recommendation.

The last right that every logistics minister has before leaving office is to recommend the next logistics minister, Alan Brown. The letter of recommendation that the Earl of Benton brought to Surdak was a letter of recommendation that had been written and signed by himself, and the only blank space was the name of the recommender, which also meant that Surdak could fill in anyone's name on it.

With the recommendation of Earl Allan Benton, it will be easier for Surdak to promote his own people.

This letter of recommendation and those title deeds and official seals are probably all Allen. The ...... prepared in advance for Surdak by the Earl of Benton

Surdak saw a map of the suburbs of Ruyin hanging on the wall, this map could almost completely explain all the territories owned by the Benton family, and there was a large red graffiti on this map, Surdak looked down at the title deeds again, only to find that these title deeds in his hand had been completely erased in the map on the wall.

Surdak estimated that the seven title deeds in his possession occupied at least two-thirds of the land owned by the Benton family on the map.

Allan. The Earl of Benton looked at Surdak with no pleading in his gaze, but a kind of anticipation before relief.

Surdak looked down at the title deeds in his hand, and put them, along with the letters of recommendation and the official seal, into the file bag, and then into the magic waist bag.

"That's the end of what happened before." Surdak vs. Allen. The Earl of Benton said.

Allan. The Earl of Benton even felt a sense of relief in his eyes at this moment, and whispered, "Thank you!" ”

Then he slowly closed his eyes, a smile on his face that was hard to form, and Surdak could clearly feel the last shred of life in him begin to fade away.

Surdak hurriedly stepped up, trying to send some of the power of holy light into his body, but he grabbed Allen. When Earl Benton held his hand, there was not even a trace of warmth in his palm, and Surdak immediately reached out to Allen. The Earl of Benton's chest, only to find that his heart had stopped beating,

Then he stood up, and everyone in the room stood up and walked towards Allen. The Earl of Benton was silent for a moment.

Allan. The wife and children of the Earl of Benton entered the room, and the room was packed.

Surdak took the opportunity to walk out and stood in the hallway to breathe.

It seems that the people in the manor have known about Alan for a long time. The Earl of Benton was dying, and the news of his death did not make the manor chaotic, and even some of the magic caravans that were about to leave slowly stopped on the side of the road, and the family members in the carriages returned one after another to pay their respects to Alan Anderson. Benton said his final goodbyes.

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Surdak didn't expect Alan. The Earl's last wish was that his body would be burned to ashes, and his ashes would be placed in an altar before being buried in the cemetery.

The wooden table where the corpses were burned was erected in the back garden, and when I walked to the back garden, Surdak found that there were actually two incineration platforms here, both of which were very resistant to burning and rich in oil, and some fire oil was poured on them.

Each wooden table is about three meters long and only one and a half meters wide, and the firewood is so densely arranged that it looks like a large single bed.

Surdak was a little curious about who the other incineration table was, but he couldn't ask the busy servants.

While wandering through the garden, Surdak spotted Mariliana in a long black dress, with a black top hat on her head, a black veil over her face, and a servant behind her who even carried a suitcase, looking like she was about to go away.

She walked over to the gazebo where Surdak was, bowed slightly, and said hello.

It must be said that Lady Mariliana was the best among the wives of the old Earl of Benton, and Surdak turned to her and asked, "Lady Mariliana, why are there two tables here?" ”

"On the other incineration table lies Lady Jeanne...... "Lady Mariliana said as she stood at the edge of the pavilion and looked in the direction where the incineration table had been built.

Surdak thought for a moment before remembering that Lady Jenny was the youngest lady of the old Earl Benton, and at the funeral of Old Benton, the young woman with a beautiful face made a deep impression on him.

Mariliana then told Surdak the story of Lady Jenny.

Lady Mariliana said that she had wanted to tell Surdak something she knew at the last time the old Earl of Benton was at the funeral, but unfortunately she had not had the opportunity to say so.

Although Lady Jenny was not a necromancer, she was very obsessed with necromancy during her lifetime, which should have been influenced by family factors.

It's just that due to her talent, she couldn't awaken the magic pool, so she couldn't learn magic.

Old Benton met Mrs. Jenny exactly two years ago, when she had fled Mucuso with her parents and had nowhere to stay, and it was Benton Sr. who had taken them in.

Later, her parents left him in the Benton family, and was supposed to marry a young member of the Benton family, but at the time of the wedding, it was discovered that the person who married her was the elder Benton.

For this matter, Alan. The Earl of Benton even had a very unpleasant quarrel with Old Benton, although everyone knew that Old Benton was notoriously romantic, but for physical reasons and family honor considerations, everyone did not want him to continue to marry a wife, because they did not want him to die in the belly of a woman one day.

Unfortunately, the old Earl Benton did not accept everyone's suggestion, and the wedding went on as usual, and Lady Jenny became the last wife of the old Benton Earl.

Old Benton came into contact with necromancy because of Mrs. Jenny's relationship, and at first because the elixir of the dead allowed him to find his own second spring.

Later, as he learned more about it, the old Earl's mind slowly changed, perhaps because of the fear of death, the old Benton began to have a strong interest in the Eternals, although he knew that the souls of the Eternals would fall forever into the world of the undead, but the other sense of immortality gave him some new ideas.

It was this young Lady Jenny who would set the old Earl Benton on a path of no return.

This made Surdak never expect the truth to be like this, and he saw that Lady Jenny's face was too pale at the funeral of old Benton, and thought that the death of old Benton Earl had hit her too hard, and he did not expect that she would be a lover of necromancy.

Thinking that if he had known the truth of the matter earlier, he might have been able to discover Viscount Du Wei's conspiracy earlier......

Surdak shook his head vigorously, putting these thoughts behind him, there is no regret medicine in the world, this world may have two planes with different time flow rates, but it is not a reverse flow of time and space.

After saying this, Lady Mariliana exhaled a long breath, and her eyes under the black veil stole a glance at Surdak, and said:

"I'm leaving here, so before I leave, I want to tell the secret that I hold in my heart."

Surdak turned to look at her and said casually, "Are you going to leave the Benton family and leave Ruyint?" ”

I saw her turn around, walk towards the courtyard in front of her, and said casually: "Well, I plan to go to the bustling imperial capital to have a look, in this life, you always have to take a walk and take a look, otherwise how can you know how wonderful the outside world is." ”

She said as she walked, but she didn't look back.

Surdak looked at Allen with his own eyes. The Earl of Benton lay down on the incineration table, and the whole person quickly disappeared into the fire and smoke.

Sitting in the magic caravan, on the way back to the city of Ruinte, Surdak suddenly thought that maybe one or two cremation crematoriums should be built in the city of Ruinte, this way of cremation does not require the purchase of expensive coffins, and for those poor people living at the bottom, maybe it can reduce the burden of life.

It's just the old concepts and customs of life, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to accept cremation, because usually they are judged to be pagans or demons, undead, etc., and will be burned at the stake by magicians.

Thinking of this, Surdak sighed slightly, I am afraid that there is still a long way to go to change some of the deep-rooted beliefs of the citizens.

He didn't expect Allen either. Benton will finally take this step, not hesitating to sacrifice himself and most of the territory, but also to continue the Benton family.

But this really saved the Benton family, the carriage drove on the forest road, and a group of constructed knights slowly came out of the dark woods, one team after another, slowly converging into a whole group of constructed knights.

If it weren't for Allen. Before the death of the Earl of Benton, Surdak wanted to dissolve the Benton family and confiscate all the territories tonight.

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The reason is that although it seems that Viscount Du Wei is leading this matter, in fact, the abomination is the protagonist of this plague event, but there are some mistakes in the process of cultivating and fusing the soul, and the soul of Old Benton is not completely integrated into the body of the abomination, so that the combat power is greatly reduced, and it affects the devouring ability.

If this abomination had a clear mind and could devour enough souls, it could be a devastating disaster for the city of Ruinte.

Now that things have finally settled, although the city of Ruyin has suffered huge losses, Surdak is a mixed bag for it, first of all, the plague event has allowed the city of Luyin to gain a large public territory, and all nobles who have anything to do with Viscount Du Wei will be punished, and according to the laws of the Grimm Empire, the nobles can pay a fine to reduce the punishment.

In this way, Surdak will be able to confiscate a large amount of public land, which Surdak does not intend to be included in his own territory, but will turn it into the public property of the city of Ruyin, and then this part of the land will be leased to the poor people in the city at a low price in the future, so as to improve the living standards of the poor.

Moreover, the new logistics minister of the city of Ruinte, Surdak, intends to let Baron Martino take the position.

The important position of the Minister of Logistics controls the material dispatch of the entire city, and has almost the same power as the Minister of Finance, especially at this time when the city construction is in full swing, this position must be his own person to ensure that the wealth of Luyette City does not flow out.

Apparently Allen. The Earl of Benton was also well aware of this truth, which is why he gave Surdak a blank letter of recommendation.

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Jiali. Decker got into the carriage and sat side by side with Thea across from Surdak.

At this moment, the sky is gradually brightening, and the magic caravan is passing through the mountain road full of dense fog, and the wet mist carries a smell of grass. Decker took off his helmet, shook his dew-soaked hair, took the towel handed by Thea and wiped it carefully.

"I really hate this foggy weather, even my breath is wet......" Carrie. Decker complained. "I thought I would encounter the resistance of the Benton family's guard knights, but I didn't expect it to end like this?"

Surdak vs. Karry. Decker said, "Let the other cavalry regiments withdraw as well, and then let me see who else is on the list that Aphrodite gave us." ”

Thea hurriedly took out a piece of magical parchment from her bosom, which was filled with the names of nobles.

I have to say that Aphrodite's charm and hypnosis are simply spells born for interrogation, even the strong-willed Viscount Du Wei has confessed a list of nobles under the charm and hypnosis.

"Shall we clean up like this?" Thea looked at the list and asked Surdak.

Surdak nodded, and said as a matter of course, "Of course, this is the only way to get a clean city of Ruinte, and I don't want another plague event like this to happen sometime when we leave Ruinte!" ”

"Chief, where are we going next?" Jiali. Decker asked.

Surdak scratched the stomp on his chin and said, "Go to the Marley family estate." ”

Jiali. Decker determined the next destination, and without waiting for the magic caravan to stop, she directly pushed open the door of the carriage and jumped in, she wanted to lay out the next course of action of the Constructed Knights.

Only Thea remained in the carriage, and she rolled up the list of parchment rolls, raised her head and asked Surdak:

"Dark, are you leaving Ruyin City? Is there any news from the military department? ”

Surdak shook his head and said, "Not yet, but I think since I was the first to touch the cake on the White Forest plane, the next thing is that when it's time to pay the price, there must be a lord army to go to the Warsaw plane and help Duke Newman deal with the mess over there......"