-4- Tourist-style rush

The county of Castel is located in the northern part of the Crescent Kingdom.

It takes about a month to travel overland from Boulder in the south to Castres in the north.

Perhaps the powerful transcendents would be a little faster when they traveled alone, but for Castel's mighty convoy of 1,000 people, a month was already a fast time.

Of course, in addition to the land route, there is also the sea route.

The western part of the Duchy of Boulder is close to the sea, and if you go west, you will reach the western coast of Boulder, then take a boat north, and then pass through the Xingyue Strait in the northeast, you will also reach Castel in the Northland.

If you take the sea route, you might be able to get it a little faster.

However, Charlotte did not choose land or sea.

One is that the war between the Falling Star Kingdom and the Crescent Moon Kingdom ended not long ago, and the sea dominance of the Star-Moon Strait has always been superior to the Falling Star Kingdom.

Not only that, the Duchy of Bouat in the west of the Crescent Kingdom is the feud of the Duchy of Boulder, even if Charlotte doesn't wait to see the Duke of Boulder again, she belongs to the Duchy of Boulder after all, and it is easy to be remembered.

Not to mention that when you pass through the Star-Moon Strait, you will have to pass through the Romance Duchy, an enclave of the Falling Star Kingdom located on this side of the Star-Moon Strait.

To sum up, Charlotte thinks it's better to be cautious.

During the decades-long Star-Moon War, Castel Territory has always been one of the important territories coveted by the Falling Star Kingdom!

Second, Charlotte also wants to take this opportunity to get to know the world she lives in.

Although she already knows a lot about this world from books, she finally feels shallow on paper.

Compared to the sea and land, where you spend most of your time at sea, you can enjoy the customs of the Crescent Moon Kingdom by land.

From Boulder north to Castel territory, avoiding the feud Boois to the northwest, and by land you would need to pass through two other ducchies and two earls.

All four lords were direct vassals of the Crescent royal family and swore allegiance directly to the king.

Among them, the two strongest principalities are the Duchy of the Moon Protector and the Duchy of Violet, one south and one north, which are the properness of the Duchy of Boulder and the close neighbors of the Countdom of Castel, respectively.

The full name of the Principality of the Moon Protector is the Principality of the Moon, and the ruling family is a branch of the Crescent royal family, a loyal supporter of the royal family, and one of the few great nobles who support the king to strengthen the centralization of power.

The Duchy of Violet is located directly north of the kingdom, and is the neighbor of the Principality of Roman, an enclave of the Falling Star Kingdom, and the Earldom of Castell, and the main battlefield of the Star-Moon War.

As for the other two countries...... They are all vassals of the Principality of the Crescent Principality, the direct territory of the Crescent royal family.

They are sandwiched between two principalities, and they are very close to the royal family, the lords are all side branches of the royal family, and a little further northeast is Crescent City, the royal capital of the Crescent Kingdom.

Not to mention the two states that were far inferior to Castel's strength, although the relationship between the two necessary principalities, one south and one north, and Boulder was not good, it was far from the level of evil.

By land, Charlotte is far safer than by sea.

Charlotte did her homework in advance.

Unlike the already urbanized city of Boulder, Charlotte left Boulder to move to the vast countryside, and Charlotte really saw what the feudal kingdom of this era was really like.

Boulder City was the capital of the principality.

Such large cities are rare even in the kingdom, and the vast area of the Crescent Kingdom is more dotted with castles, manors, churches, and villages.

Every castle represents at least one baron; Every manor almost means a knight of the extraordinary; And almost every church means a priest.

Regardless of whether they are advanced or not, they are at least transcendent, and their strength is far beyond that of others, and they also have their own retainers or servants.

Almost all villages were built around manors, churches, and castles, and were sheltered by nobles and priests.

Even those cities tend to develop gradually around noble castles, and the places that can develop cities are either located on transportation arteries, or local nobles with relatively large influence, and generally at least the viscount starts.

These cities are much smaller than those of Boulder, and most of them may be towns with a population of no more than 20,000 or 30,000, and those with more than 50,000 are considered large cities.

However, there are many of them, and they are distributed over a vast land like stars.

These cities, castles, manors, and villages formed the bloodline network of the entire kingdom's rule.

Cities, castles, estates and villages are often surrounded by large areas of farmland, but a little further afield, there is endless wilderness.

The wilderness is not safe, harboring robbers and robbers who attack passing caravans.

However, these robbers and robber mercenaries rarely appear to be advanced transcendents, and they threaten more ordinary people.

In addition to them, what really makes ordinary people take refuge in the nobility is the demonic beasts roaming in the wilderness.

The origin of Warcraft is not known, and the more accepted view is that Warcraft's power comes from those fallen gods.

The transcendent power of the world of Miria originates from the gods, and so do the magical beasts that wield the transcendent powers.

Believed to be monsters born from the corpses of fallen gods, they have multiplied from generation to generation, covering the entire continent of Miria, and are a force to be reckoned with as a threat to civilization.

It is precisely because of the presence of demonic beasts that the nobles who control the extraordinary power will become the main force to protect ordinary people, and become lords large and small.

Compared to robbers and robbers, Warcraft is the existence that caravans were most afraid of encountering in the past.

Robbers and robbers are often just seeking money, but once they encounter a magical beast, even the lowest level of magical beasts, those caravans that do not have extraordinary strength to sit in will face the danger of total annihilation.

Charlotte's convoy encountered a monster not long after leaving Boulder.

In her opinion, the strength is not strong, but it is just a demon wolf that is not at the top level, Sebas calls it the Wind Wolf Beast, a kind of magic beast that can use the Wind Blade and Light Body Technique.

But the problem is that it is a wolf pack of more than thirty wind wolf beasts.

An Rank Transcendent may be able to wipe them out easily, but for an ordinary caravan that can't afford to hire an Rank Transcendent, and can't meet a passing mercenary adventurer, it is difficult to survive encountering them.

Of course, Charlotte didn't let them go.

She took the knights to take action in person, and more than thirty wind wolf beasts quickly turned into more than thirty fine wolf skins.

According to the merchants in the caravan, this wolf skin can be sold for ten gold tanas in the market!

"It's so expensive?"

Charlotte smacked her tongue.

"Hey, master, the price of things related to extraordinary power is expensive, and the wolf skin of this wind wolf beast can be regarded as a good magic material, and it is one of the best materials for making mage robes."

Sebastian Cop said.

So saying, he added:

"By the way, you don't think Castel has a lot of income, but that's under the premise that we don't cultivate transcendent power on a large scale, if you want to cultivate transcendent power on a large scale...... The income of the territory doesn't seem to be that much. ”

Charlotte was thoughtful.

The county of Castel was a vassal of the Duchy of Boulder, and many times the pressure on the otherworldly side was borne by the Duchy.

For example, the Boulder Mage Order, who once followed the Counts of Castel, although the Castel family shared most of the salary, many of the extraordinary goods were provided by the principality.

Perhaps the income of the Duchy of Boulder is not much higher than that of the county of Castel, but with its vast land, the income of the Duchy of Boulder is far more than that of the county of Castel.

And the transcendent material...... In many cases, it cannot be measured in money, and it is also valuable and belongs to important strategic materials.

If you have money, you can't necessarily buy it, and if you can buy it, you can't buy enough.

In the future, Castel is likely to be separated from Bord, and in this case, Charlotte will definitely have to develop her own supernatural powers.

She is not extravagant enough to consume blood divine power to cultivate transcendent power and use money to buy transcendent materials, but she is far from controlling the origin of transcendent materials.

Charlotte remembered her silver mine again.

The silver ore associated with the Mithril Mine is considered the most important source of strategic materials for Castel, and Mithril is not only valuable, but also a hard currency for trading transcendent materials.

"It seems that when I return to the territory, the first thing I will do is to investigate the depletion of the Mithril mine."

Charlotte said secretly.

She hadn't been idle for most of the past six months, and after comparing the bills of the territory, she found that the time when the Mithril mine had been depleted was just after the Countess of Castel sent all the transcendents back to the territory.

It's also too much of a coincidence.

Charlotte always felt that there might be something to do with it, and that the depletion of the Mithril Mine might not be as simple as she thought.

The convoy continued on its way to the north.

The mighty team is naturally eye-catching.

In the Second Star-Moon War, the Castel family, which was one door and two blazing suns, was also out of the limelight, especially the Romans campaign that prevented the Falling Star Kingdom from attacking Castel almost became famous, and most of the nobles in the entire kingdom knew Castre's Black Hawk family crest.

Although the Castels are gone, the Castel family's territory is still there, and they are still rich, even if they are placed in the kingdom, they are not considered petty nobles.

For this reason, everywhere Charlotte went, she was warmly welcomed and entertained by the local aristocracy.

From viscounts and even barons, to counts and even marquises, they would send messengers to invite her to dinner parties and even social balls while the convoy stopped to rest.

The aristocracy was like that.

If there is no real feud that cannot be reconciled, in most cases, the atmosphere is warm and friendly after the meeting.

Even if it is encountered on the battlefield, in many cases the other party's life will be spared, unless the sword has no eyes, otherwise it will be caught alive, and then a ransom will be charged.

It can be regarded as the rules of the game that the nobles of Miria agree on.

One more enemy is better than one more friend, the nobles care a lot about expanding their circles, especially the noble circles, and a big nobleman like Castel, who has a long history and is quite wealthy, is naturally the object of friendship with many nobles.

Not to mention that Castel still has a lot of business in the hinterland of the kingdom.

Although more and more nobles have begun to do business in recent years, the vast majority of nobles still live on estates and taxes, and there are not many nobles like Castel who do business and have dealings with many families.

As a result, whether it was a friendship or a business discussion, the nobles along the way were extremely enthusiastic about the Castel family's convoy, and Charlotte, who already had a "tourist mentality", did not refuse, and the banquet continued almost every day.

The only thing that made her uncomfortable was that there were too many nobles at the banquet who wanted to invite her to dance, and the young nobles looked at her too hotly.

Even after a year, Charlotte still doesn't get used to this kind of sight.

But she's not what it used to be.

In the innate magic of the blood clan, whether it is the memory domination of the spiritual path, the spiritual shock, or the enchanting language, it can teach those who are too much to be human.

Charlotte only needed a look, and the guy who had just been presumptuous would immediately fall under her rose dress.

Not to mention, this kind of feeling of using spiritual magic to manipulate others is quite refreshing, but Sebas couldn't stand it anymore, and carefully reminded in a low voice:

"Master, you have a special identity, walking outside, we should keep a low profile."

"Don't worry, I'm measured."

Charlotte replied.

The people I met along the way were all small and medium-sized nobles, and at most they were no more than the strength of the second order of the silver moon.

As long as you pay attention, it is relatively safe.

That's it, Charlotte's tourist-style rush stops and goes.

And the result is...... The convoy went even slower.

A month's journey, almost half a month has passed, and I haven't walked out of the Moon Protector Principality.

But Charlotte felt pretty good.

Everywhere he went, he was hospitalized, and while making friends, he also broadened his horizons and learned a lot of information among the nobles of the Crescent Kingdom.

What's more, she also learned a lot of information about the Blood Clan from these nobles, more precisely, the information of the Blood Demon Order.

The Blood Demon Order is rampant in the Crescent Kingdom, and although Boulder's power has been removed, their shadows can still be seen in other places.

And as a zealous person who loves peace and justice, Charlotte naturally will not let go of these rampant cultists.

Those uncertain news are enough, if there is accurate local information, Charlotte will not hesitate to take action to solve these activities for the local nobles.

Unexpectedly, he harvested two more fragments of the Holy Codex, and it can only be said that the Blood Demon Order is really worthy of being hamsters hoarding goods, and if they don't like anything else, they love to collect cursed pages.

Charlotte really loves these cultists to death.

The repercussions were palpable, and as Charlotte eliminated several strongholds of the Blood Demon Order along the way, her name spread with passing caravans and troubadours.

Especially after the vision of her coming-of-age ceremony somehow spread, it became more and more outrageous.

What kind of dependents of the gods, natural saints, purifiers of blood demons and so on...... Charlotte scratched her head when she heard this, and even felt a little weak.

Such a high profile will certainly make her blood's identity better hidden, but if it is passed on like this, it will not really attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Holy Royal Court one day, right?

Charlotte couldn't help but mutter.

Half a month after her departure, Charlotte finally saw a second large city that was no less large than Boulder, or more precisely, much more prosperous than Boulder.

Located in the northern part of the Principality of Tsukigo, the capital of the Principality, Anro Castle is a large city with a population of more than 500,000.

The Duke of Moongo, who had already received the news, sent an emissary before the convoy entered the city and invited Charlotte to a dinner party in the Duke's Palace.

At the same time, Charlotte also learned another piece of news from the other caravans that had entered and exited the city of Anro.

Tonight, there is another distinguished guest in the Duke's Palace in Anro.

Accompanied by his wife Eleanor, he traveled south to the third prince of the Crescent Kingdom in the Duchy of Boulder, Philippe de Valva.

2-in-1

(End of chapter)