^/very/^ Collection [], to provide you with wonderful novel reading. Richard didn't answer, but walked directly to the maid, picked her chin and said, "Good looks"

The maid's face was slightly red, and instead of dodging, she straightened her chest and said, "Thank you, Lord Richard, for the compliment."

"How many of those people in the room have played with you"

Under Richard's calm eyes, the maid Qi Nian disappeared and cold sweat crawled all over her body in an instant, she opened her mouth, and finally decided to tell the truth, and named three names

Richard nodded, threw a few gold coins to her, and said, "Okay, I like people who tell the truth, you go down."

When the maid left the study, her mind was still confused, Richard neither possessed her nor punished her, could it really just ask casually, this is also incredible, but a few heavy gold coins in the palm of her hand are telling her that what happened just now is true

The maid didn't know that Richard was really just asking, but Richard sighed in his heart that most of the maids used by Duke Wolf when Duke Blue Wolf was there, they were mainly well-behaved and clever, and their appearance was passable, let alone the matter of getting involved with maids, and it was only two months since the castle was made like this by these people

When Richard walked into the conference room, the aristocrats who were talking inside immediately fell silent, and all eyes fell on Richard, but their eyes were more frightened than angry

A few murderous knights in the conference room can ensure that all the nobles are seated honestly, even if Lord Bear is as strong as the moon, and he may still have the courage to fight Richard on the battlefield, but facing the knights of the same Sanctuary in the limited space is tantamount to suicidal behavior

However, looking at the expressions of the nobles, it can be seen that they still did not give up, trying to deal with Richard again in politics and negotiations

Richard's gaze swept across the entire conference room, and he suddenly felt a little tired, wrestling with these careful nobles was a complete waste of time for Richard now

In the end, Richard's eyes first fell on Lord Moon Bear, this Farro Sanctuary is a strong personal force, and knows how to lead troops to fight, was originally a member of the Duke of Blue Wolf, a fierce general, and one of his confidants, when the Duke led the army to participate in the campaign to destroy the invaders, he was assigned to guard the dukedom

Richard sighed and said to Lord Moon Bear, "I am surprised and sorry that you have met again, so you will always be a lord from now on, and if this time you plan to leave the duke and throw yourself into the arms of another lord, then you and your lord will become my enemies."

This is a great contempt, no less than a direct declaration of war

Moon Bear's face changed greatly, and he snorted angrily and was about to get up, but at this moment, several knights standing in the four corners of the conference room burst out at the same time, and the momentum that was not weaker than that of Lord Moon Bear pressed him back into his seat

Richard raised his hand to stop the nobleman who wanted to speak, and his faint words suppressed all his voices: "I am not here to listen to your opinions, but to announce my decision, first of all, Toffler will become the next Duke of Blue Wolf, inheriting the rights of Duke Bilie, and secondly, the dukedom must remain intact."

The nobles in the conference room were in an uproar, but before they could express their opinions, Richard had already continued: "I remind you once again that the Duke of Toffler is already my natural ally, and any provocation against the Duke will be regarded as a declaration of war against me Richard Akmund."

The nobles turned even paler and fought with Richard

In the evening, most of the nobles were expelled from the hill town

The city defense was reorganized, and all the officers who had been installed were stripped of their posts and driven out of the castle

Only one officer from the anti-Toffler faction, led by the Marquis of Mikaboro, was left behind, and that was the fat officer who quickly changed direction at the city gates

Richard directly appointed the fat officer as the commander-in-chief of the city defense army, and from then on he could use the honorific title of His Excellency the General, which made the fat officer pinch his thigh from time to time for several days to see if he was dreaming

The expelled nobles will certainly not be reconciled, but whether they dare to take practical action is another matter, Richard did not care about their movements at all, but acted according to his own plans and steps, and the next morning Richard bid farewell to the new Duke of the Blue Wolf, Toffler, and began to go to the county of Duis

The Count was one of the nobles who had been deprived of his rights in the Bloodstained Lands and had to open his territory to Richard, and the Count was quite brave in response to Richard's arrival, with 5,000 private troops

The battle lasted more than half an hour with five hundred against five thousand, most of which was spent on chasing and crushing the remnants of the enemy, and in the first assault of the Constructed Knights, the Count of Duis's central army was gouged through, and the Count himself was slapped and captured alive by the ogre mixed with the Constructed Knights

The final result of this battle was that nearly 200 of the Earl's private army were killed in the battle, more than 4,000 were captured, only a few hundred of them moved quickly enough and managed to escape, most of whom died in the first assault of Richard's troops

These unlucky guys wanted to test Richard's strength first, and then decide whether to surrender or not, their idea was not wrong, after all, the number of Richard's side was too small, but it was a pity that people were smart enough, but their luck was too bad, and Yan Zòng overestimated their strength, and they couldn't even parry the full force of the humanoid knight's blow

Richard's casualties were only in the single digits, most of them were minor injuries, and the only one killed in the battle was a tenth-level humanoid knight, who happened to be stabbed in the vital position by the opponent's cavalry spear

The private army was completely destroyed, and the castle surrendered, and Richard directly announced the trial of the Count of Duis: because the count was engaged in armed confrontation with the church, it was an unforgivable hostile act, because those convicted of blasphemy would be sent to the bloodstained land to serve hard labor, and the title and domain of the count would be inherited by the descendants who had the right to inherit, and as for whether the county would be divided into three viscounts by his three sons in the future, Richard was not interested in knowing at all

After Count Duis, Viscount Dim was obedient and expressed his will to obey Richard's orders completely, so he paid only the price of losing the benefits of the Bloodstained Lands, followed by Count Lore

In the county of Lohr, Richard encountered 20,000 nobles, and the private army on Richard's list, as well as some nobles attached to the royal family, united and gathered all the troops he could muster, ready to fight Richard's 500 men to the death

At that time, Richard pointed to the black oppressive aristocratic private army on the opposite side and smiled at the followers around him: "Look at their little bit of interest"

The followers all laughed, and the fact that they were still so tight with 20,000 to 500 only showed that these nobles were weak-minded, and they had gathered such a military force, and they wanted to show their strength and demonstrate to Richard, so as to solve the problem at the familiar negotiating table, but Richard had no interest in negotiating with the nobles, but directly attacked with his army

Five hundred ferocious warriors formed an unstoppable torrent of steel and cut through the opposing line directly from the center, and then Richard switched the battle formation, and then rushed through the opponent's confusion and after a moment to kill the enemy line, and after repeatedly cutting through the coalition camp four times, the coalition finally fell into confusion and began to retreat

This time, Richard was unable to pursue and kill, and the number of soldiers under his command was too small, and the numerical disadvantage was fully evident when the pursuers were routed and captured

At night, the coalition army finally regrouped in the rear, but when night fell, the two archmages Lina and Mito appeared in the sky above the coalition camp, and the range of killing magic bombarded the noble private army, and the newly assembled army collapsed again, and those scattered arrows and magic with huge levels on the ground could not pose any threat to them at all

In the end, when Richard captured the Count of Lohr from his ruined castle, the 20,000 nobles' private army had long since been wiped out, and how to deal with the 13,000 prisoners became Richard's biggest headache

The nobles who organized the coalition were captured by Richard one by one and taken to the bloodstained land to serve hard labor, but Richard did not plunder their territory and wealth, but left all of them to the heirs of the title, and even after the castle of the Count of Lore was breached, Richard did not touch the count's private property, but announced in front of the count that the inheritance went to the count's wife and sons, and Richard was also not interested in the subsequent distribution of the heirs

After this battle, no one on Richard's target list was willing to resist by force

A few days later, Richard led his strongest men on the final target of the trip, Barony Okarle

The area of the barony is not small, but most of it is mountainous, not rich in products, but the scenery is very beautiful, and it is one of the most famous resorts in the Sequoia Kingdom

Richard made a big trip and ran to this remote place bordering the turbulent place, in fact, he wanted to take his followers to relax, and as for the baron's rights, Richard didn't pay attention to it

The most famous view of the Barony's Territory is called the Azure Sky Pool

This is actually an extinct volcano in the mountains, and the crater has long been turned into a huge lake over the years, and the lake is as blue as a jewel, which makes people feel intoxicated, but the most touching scenery is the top edge of the volcano, which is covered with snow all year round, and the lake water will not freeze for many years under the action of earth fire

The lake is constantly overflowing, flowing out from the lowest part of the mountain pass, forming a 100-meter waterfall, and then turning into a stream, all the way down the mountain

When Richard came to the waterfall outside the Azure Sky Pool, he was already admiring the magic of creation, and this beautiful scenery made him feel refreshed even in the eyes of Richard, who had stepped on several planes