Before the banquet was over, Huls finally mentioned the reward, and the female lord on the side immediately put down the wine in her hand and pricked up her ears.

Hulse once again praised Ilea and her army for their performance in the previous battle, and thanked them for defeating the invaders and defending the West.

It was then announced that a bounty of four golden lions would be given to each of the warriors who traveled to the Dragon's Back Mountains, whether dead or alive.

Before his words fell, he won the applause of the whole room.

Because the reward that Hulse said was not only the five thousand men brought by Miss Rabbit, but also the ten thousand troops who had originally followed the Marquis of Cullen on the expedition, including those who died in battle.

The female lord simply calculated that the Figuerala family needed to spend more than 60,000 golden lions this time, which was undoubtedly a huge amount of money.

I believe that the fighters who got the money and their families will be grateful to Hulse.

However, according to the tradition of the Western Realms, usually these bounties are given to the lords who lead the troops, and they then distribute them among their subordinates.

This time, Hulse directly overstepped the line and helped everyone divide the money, although the nobles felt a little strange, but they didn't think much about it.

After all, the Marquis of Cullen had just died before Hulse became the owner of this land, and it was understandable that something would go wrong for the first time to do such a thing.

However, the female lord still had some doubts in her heart, because before entering the mountain, she had promised that she would be rewarded with two golden lions for each enemy killed, and Huls was now giving each of them four golden lions, which felt like she was deliberately trying to crush her.

The thought only flashed through Miss Rabbit's mind, and then she saw Huls look at her again, and said with a serious face.

"Ser Ilea, you are the commander of this army, and you have the greatest credit for thwarting the dwarven plot to invade the West, and this is the second time you have saved the West, and everyone in this land is grateful to you."

"This ...... It's not as exaggerated as you say. Miss Rabbit said modestly.

That being said, the girl's face was now red, and her ears on her head involuntarily trembled.

Anyone who knew the female lord knew that she was very proud of her right now, especially when she heard Hulse say.

"I've been discussing with several important officials in the city these days how to reward you, and we agree that we must come up with a heavy reward of sufficient weight."

"Ah, I'm so embarrassed to let you break the bank again, hahahaha, but then again, how much is the reward?"

Miss Rabbit laughed and didn't forget to ask the count.

However, Hulse said, "No, as far as I know, you are not short of money now, so this time I have decided to reward you with another piece of land." ”

"Land?" The female lord was stunned.

More than 900 years have passed since the founding of the Empire, and there are no ownerless lands left in the West. Therefore, it is becoming more and more difficult for the major families to expand their territory, and it has become almost impossible.

In this sense, land is indeed very precious.

However, Miss Rabbit doesn't know if she has been particularly attached to the land lately, and this is the second piece of land she has acquired in a short period of time.

"I don't know what piece of land you're going to give me, Lord Huls." The female lord asked.

"Just three days ago, Wilkin, the head of House Kovat, approached me and told me that he and his family could no longer serve the Figuerola family, so he decided to return his fiefdom." Hulroads Road.

"You promised him?"

"No, the ancestors of the Kowat family followed my ancestors to the West, and it was because of their bloody battles that the prosperity and stability of this land have been achieved.

"And the Kovath family has also been loyal to the Figuerola family for hundreds of years, and now that they are in trouble, I, as their lord, cannot sit idly by."

"So after reclaiming their fiefdoms, I decided to re-seal Fort Acorn to them. The original owner of that castle, Hugo, the head of the Ville family, betrayed my father.

"I've sent an army against him, and Wilkin is with him, and he'll be the next master of that castle."

"But in that case, Fortify is borderlands, and given its location in the westernmost part of the Empire's borders, separated from the Dwarven kingdom by the Dragon's Back Mountains, I hope to find a warlike lord to guard it.

"And the first thing that comes to my mind is you, Sir Elia."

Miss Rabbit frowned when she heard this, she actually wanted money more than land if she had a choice, although the latter was obviously more valuable in terms of value alone.

After all, in the Red Lion Empire, you can use land to pay for it, but even if you have more money, it is difficult to buy land.

And unlike Cape Crab, which is far away in the New Continent, Solid Stone Fort is not far from the green field, only four or five days away.

But because it was located on the westernmost border of the empire, and there were no specialties, no one usually passed there except for a few travelers who were really idle.

In addition, as Hulse said, it is very close to the dwarven kingdom, and it was fine when the two sides were peaceful before, but now that the Marquis of Cullen is dead, the relationship between the western realm and the dwarven kingdom has immediately become tense.

The Solid Stone Fort is also important militarily, but it has been sacked by the savages before, and it is almost the same as a piece of white land.

If the female lord really wants to take over that piece of land, she will have to build a fortress and garrison troops on it, and it will cost a lot of money.

The female lord felt that this deal was not very cost-effective, but the blow of the nobles, including Huls, had already blown her into the patron saint of the West.

Now Miss Rabbit is unlikely to find a reason to refuse Hulse's reward, and looking at the new head of the Figuerola family, it seems that she has no intention of paying for her anymore.

Eventually, the female lord accepted her new fiefdom, giving her an additional Baron of Stonecastle behind her already long title.

When Li Yu came to work in the evening, the girl told the prophet of the Shuangxiu Sect about what happened during the day, and hugged her knees on the bed.

"Really, originally I just wanted some money, just like the last time I slayed the dragon, didn't the Figuerola family give me 20,000 yuan very happily, why did I become so stingy this time."

Li Yu listened quietly to Miss Rabbit's complaints, and then said, "That's because your reputation is not the same as before." ”