There was chaos at the gates, and all the innocent people ran to the right of the gates, while the city guards blocked the Assassins to the left of the gates, and cooperated with the knights to storm the Assassins. The merchant stood there bewildered, staring blankly at the battle, which had nothing to do with them.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?" shouted the captain of the city gate, ran quickly, and when he was close to the thunder, he jumped up, and suddenly a thin sword appeared in his hand, stabbing out with lightning speed.

Thunder jumped off his horse sideways, dodged the attack, and stabbed the squad leader in the chest with a backhand. Bright red blood gushed out, making him a little nauseous and wanting to vomit, this was the first time he had killed someone.

"Kill them all. He endured his discomfort and gave the order. Having been assassinated twice in a row, he was already out of rage. If it weren't for the Eye of Fate this time, he would have been seriously injured if he didn't die.

Screams rang out continuously, and people continued to die. Among them were Assassins, but many more were city guards. For every Assassin killed, five or six soldiers were sacrificed.

"Withdraw. After half of the Assassins had been killed, the leader could not resist giving the order to retreat. With all his might, he forced Fafer away and ran into the crowd.

"Where to go. Farfer let out a loud cry, the muscles in his arm bulging high, and slashed his sword at his back with all his might.

A smile crossed the ordinary face of the leading assassin, and he reflexively blocked, and the surging power shook the Douqi shield violently, and cracks were everywhere. With the help of the force of the shock, he flew high, skimmed three feet through the air, and fell into the city.

"Damn, it's a trick. Fafer slapped his head hard and said angrily.

Lei Ming looked at the figure in the sky, took out a small magic crossbow, silently raised the crossbow, aimed, and pulled the trigger. A white arrow of light shot out, sending a graceful light across the sky and striking the Assassin leader in the chest.

"Magic crossbow? He let out a scream of disbelief and fell to the wall with a loud bang.

"Dead?" Fafer's face was blank, this is neither a knight nor a great knight, but a knight of the earth!

The screams gradually stopped, and none of the more than a dozen assassins who attacked them ran away, either killed or desperate and chose to commit suicide.

"Send someone to clean up, and we'll go into town. Lei Ming got on his horse, turned a corner, and walked towards the little door.

This is the noble passage left by the ancestors when they built the city in order to cope with the dangers that will occur in the future. It can only be used by the Grant family and is generally not commonly used.

"My lord, there doesn't seem to be a magic crossbow on the continent that can shoot the Earth Knight!" Fafer hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but ask.

"Why not?Isn't the Sun God Crossbow made by the Church of Light?" Thunder Ming looked a little unhappy, he offended Winston last time to prevent revenge, and spent two million gold coins to send the Shadow Knight to secretly buy a Sun God Crossbow from the black market, but he didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.

It was really cool to shoot the leader of the assassins just now, but now that I think about it, it is very distressing, this arrow is 100,000 gold coins.

Seeing that his expression was not good, Fafer vaguely guessed something, and kept silent, concentrating on his journey.

When he walked past a grain truck, Lei Ming's expression naturally pulled out his long sword and stabbed it hard. An incomprehensible snort came out, and he calmly pulled out his long sword, as if he had done something insignificant, and the fighting spirit poured into the blood on the sword and inserted it back into the scabbard.

"My lord, my subordinates are not doing well, please punish them. Fafer dismounted and knelt on the ground, and said in fear.

"Get up! Lei Ming dismounted and helped him up, although anyone was vigilant after being assassinated, his heart was still inevitably relaxed, this was the opportunity. The man who laid out the layout was a master, and he grasped the weakness of the surname, and he was certainly not Winston's doing. "It seems that the magic tower will be built sooner rather than later. ”

"My lord, the blueprints for the medium-sized magic tower have been obtained, and they will be sent back to the territory soon. Fafer said.

"It's useless to just have a magic tower, and the magicians have to recruit quickly, I'll leave this matter to Lisa, you pay more attention." Lei Ming's gaze seemed to sweep around inadvertently, and a black light that was invisible to the naked eye emanated from his eyes. "By the way, how much did the magic tower blueprints cost? I'll send someone to deliver them when I get home. ”

Fafer's hand holding the hilt of the sword stiffened, and his expression was a little strange, and he said, "Archduke Catherine didn't ask for a penny. ”

"Catherine?" Lei Ming raised his eyebrows, a hint of surprise crossed his face, he had been known for a long time for this famous mainland grand duchess.

Archduke Catherine is not only the kingdom, but also the only female archduke in the Sea Blue Continent. Not only is he beautiful, but he also has a fief of 60,000 square kilometers, and the most important thing is that he is still unmarried. If anyone marries her, the descendants are likely to inherit the territory and title, and no one will be unimpressed. I heard that the royal family sent several members to pursue her.

He secretly pondered, his family didn't seem to have anything to do with this female archduke, why did the other party help him so much?" ”

"Yes, sir. "Fafer didn't understand what the lord was thinking, if others could get such preferential treatment from Archduke Catherine, they would have been happy a long time ago, how could they refuse?

Lei Ming seemed to see his doubts, and smiled but did not explain.

Although he was an otaku in his previous life, he had never been in love. But I've read a lot of love books, and I have a lot of theoretical experience. In my previous life, I don't know which cattle man once said: If a woman is curious about a man, she will not be far from falling. I don't know if it's true or not, but it never hurts to give it a try.

Although he didn't want to get Catherine, he didn't mind having a super-friendly relationship if the other party took the initiative.

As for the dukedom, although Lei Ming was also very greedy, he knew that it was impossible. The other party can sit on the female archduke at a young age, and he is by no means a simple character. It's not hard to get that territory.

Dismounted and walked into the Viscount's Mansion, and said to Lisa, who ushered in her: "Lisa, count the grain harvest tomorrow, and then hand it over to me." ”

After Lei Ming finished speaking, he went back to the bedroom and fell asleep. After a busy afternoon, he was really tired from being assassinated.

The next day, when he had woken up, Lisa came in and said, "My lord, despite the news of the locust plague in advance, only one-fifth of the food of the previous year was harvested. ”

"So little?" Lei Ming secretly estimated, plus the grain stored last year, it was only enough to last eight months, and it was four months before the next crop matured. "What about the surrounding territories?"

"My lord, they are not much better than us. Lisa reminded vaguely.

Befriended the nobles with the Grant family, although he got the magic letter in advance, he only received one-third. The fast horses sent the message even worse, and some of them came before the locust plague was delivered, and the grains were not harvested.

Lei Ming leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and pondered. I don't know how big this locust plague is, if the other kingdoms are okay, they can buy food cheaper and survive this crisis.

"My lord, this is a magical letter from Archduke Catherine. Lisa pulled out a letter and handed it over.

He didn't shy away from taking it, and took it apart and looked at it. Catherine's letter mentioned that this locust plague is not limited to the Sea Blue Continent, and several nearby continents have also broken out of locust plagues, and the only ones who have survived are a few island countries in the sea.

His body was shocked, and he hurriedly said: "Lisa, immediately send a fleet of family merchants to buy grain from several nearby island countries, the price is not a problem, it should be fast." ”

"Follow your will. Lisa saluted and walked out.