Chapter 173: Gathering
Lisa, who came out to check, was stunned for a moment, saw that the corners of Lei Ming's mouth were bloody, her face was pale, she opened her mouth, and stopped talking, and finally nodded obediently, turned around and called the maid to handle the matter.
"Your Excellency, are you alright?" Fafer was a little worried and blamed himself, as a guardian knight, but he couldn't protect the lord, although it was excusable, it was tantamount to a dereliction of duty.
The more than twenty family guardian knights in the back looked even more concerned.
The lord had no heirs, not even close people. In the event of an accident, the realm will be taken back by the kingdom. This makes the future of these canonized guardian knights worrying.
Most importantly, now the devil and demons are raging and the continent is in turmoil. Without the protection of the lord, it is difficult for them to survive. Every time the year of the gods is not only a disaster for the commoners, but also a catastrophe for the nobles. Large nobles are slightly better, and ordinary nobles are not even as good as cannon fodder if they lose their protection.
"It's okay, don't forget that I'm a son of the plane who even the Temple of Light recognizes, how can I die so easily?" Lei Ming looked at everyone's thoughts, half joking and half seriously reassuring. "Fafer, you take these guardian knights and go to form an army. All but the necessary guards of the territory are recruited. ”
"Yes, sir. Fafer respectfully accepted the order and retreated.
The maids who were watching from a distance also dispersed in twos and threes. They were just alarmed by the storm and came to check, but they didn't expect to see the lord of the dragon who had not seen the head and tail recently, which was really unexpected.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and there was a lot of traffic outside the Earl's Palace, and there was an endless stream of nobles coming and going.
Suddenly seeing so many big people, the people in the city, in amazement, there was a lot of discussion. Those who have seen a lot of people continue to explain the origins of these big people, which has caused a lot of admiration.
Such a grand occasion. Naturally, it attracted the attention of many forces, and spies were sent to investigate secretly. It's just taken in the majesty of the thunderous past, and no one dares to make trouble.
During this time, after Lei Ming recovered from his injuries, in addition to dealing with official business, he has been staying in the mansion to familiarize himself with the growing fighting spirit in his body. Recently, the promotion has been too fast, and the control of the fighting spirit has decreased significantly. Seeing that the war is imminent, I don't expect the fighting spirit to be the same as before, at least I have to be proficient in cao control.
"Earl, the guests have arrived. The banquet is ready, is it time to start?" Lisa pushed the door in, watched Lei Ming put her hands behind her back, and looked out the window, her tall figure was like a mountain. Standing calmly by the window, a hint of obsession crossed his eyes. I couldn't help but hug him from behind.
Thunder came back to his senses. Smelling the body fragrance of jasmine, his heart was hot, he turned around, held her pretty face with both hands, kissed it deeply, and continued: "The banquet is postponed." Let the servant lead all the nobles to the hall. ”
"Follow your will, my count. Lisa, with a charming and beautiful look, looked up and kissed back. Walked out briskly.
"Leprechaun. The corners of Lei Ming's mouth raised slightly, revealing a hint of a smile. He took a deep breath, suppressed the ripples in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"
The maid rushed in with a brand-new earl's suit and changed him into a new one.
Lei Ming looked in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction. Although the earl's suit is inconvenient to wear, it fits quite well, and it can bring out its own temperament even more after wearing. Take a step and walk towards the hall.
In the hall, hundreds of nobles had all arrived, and they were gathering in twos and threes to talk about something. Seeing the thunder coming, whether they wanted to or not, they gave salutes one after another.
"It is a great honour for Earl Ben to come, and I may take your seat. Lei Ming stretched out his hand and sat down on the main seat first.
Among the nobles who came this time, there were three fiefdom viscounts, more than 20 fiefdom barons, and the rest were all ordinary nobles. In addition to the invitations of the fiefdom nobles who received autographs, there were also five ordinary counts who received the same invitations, and the other nobles were all ordinary invitations. Almost all the nobles who received the invitation came.
"Didn't you come to a banquet? Why does it look like you're going to hold a battle meeting?" Some fiefdom nobles faintly felt bad in their hearts, and Lei Ming's actions during this time had already spread in private.
It's good to clean up the territory demons, and it's nothing to pay for the territory. But when everything is divided, it is natural to be grateful for sending charcoal in the snow, icing on the cake, and rewarding, which is hateful. Especially the pay is not low, 100 square kilometers of land! That's the equivalent of two knights, this is cutting meat on the nobles.
Ordinary nobles watched coldly, anyway, they had no territory, and it was naturally impossible to clean up the demons, so they didn't care about themselves and hung high. Looking at the embarrassed fiefdom nobles from the side, full of schadenfreude.
"I invite you here today to discuss an important matter, and that is to deal with demons. The thunder took in everyone's expressions, but the surface was silent.
"Count Thundering, your helpful qualities are well known to everyone. It's just that the demons in our territory have been cleaned up, so you won't bother. An elderly fiefdom baron, his face changed, and he squeezed out a smile and said.
"Yes, it does. Someone came forward, and the eyes of the other fiefdom nobles lit up, and they hurriedly responded.
"In that case, I'm relieved. Originally, I was worried that you would be held back by the demons of the territory and would not be able to use all your strength, but now it has all been resolved. The corners of Lei Ming's mouth raised slightly, and he seemed to be very happy.
The nobles of the fiefdom looked at each other, and a sense of foreboding swelled in their hearts.
Before everyone could speak, Lei Ming stretched out his hand, and a palm-sized black crystal ball appeared in his hand, threw it casually, and landed firmly in the center of the hall. "This thing must be known to everyone, so I don't need to introduce it. After everyone has read the content, we will talk about the rest. ”
Stretching out his hand, a huge screen appeared on top of the black ball of light, and scenes began to play.
"Shadow Stone?" all the nobles were stunned for a moment, then reacted, held their breath, and looked fixedly.
The screen shows Thundering's previous experience, starting with entering the Black Domain, including conversations in the city, and ending with the destruction of the altar.
"I think everyone has already understood, if the Demon Blood Sacrifice is successful, our current territory will be reduced to nothing. Even if you can escape, you will have to face the pursuit of the Temple of Light. Lei Ming looked at everyone's pale faces, and said lightly: "Calling everyone here today is to discuss how to deal with it." ”
"Do you have any ideas, Count Thundering? Speak up, and we will support you. Baron Bivis's eyes lit up, and he said solemnly.
The pensive nobleman reacted and had the heart to scold his mother. I had heard that this guy Bivis and Count Thunder Ming, and even the title was obtained with the help of Thunder, but I didn't expect it to be underestimated, Bivis is a dog of Thundering! They didn't doubt the authenticity of the contents of the Shadow Stone, and as soon as they checked this kind of thing, they knew that Lei Ming didn't need to lie at all. (To be continued......)