Marles was accompanied by more than a dozen apprentices he had personally trained, as well as a few newly recruited hussars and Varangian guards.

Lothar asked Marles to choose his own site and prepare for the construction of the blacksmith's shop, while the hussars and Varangian guards returned to their respective teams.

It is worth mentioning that Pepin was also transferred to the hussars, which can be regarded as stepping into the circle that Lothar can trust without reservation.

"Let Julia come over."

Julia, a female vampire with wheat-colored skin and long brown hair, has the distinctive characteristics of a Dacian.

"Stephanie will be left to you to solve, can you do it?"

Julia's face was embarrassed: "She has long been wary of me, if she had prepared a guard with a demon blocking gold in advance, I might not be sure to kill her." ”

"You can't even assassinate a secular lord?"

Lothar frowned deeply.

This vampire is too embarrassing, isn't it?

Julia muttered: "I'm just a small fifth-generation blood clan, I'm not that powerful, if Huaiya is still alive, I'm still a little sure." ”

When it came to Huaiya, she didn't feel much regret.

The vampires don't have such a deep affection for each other, and they just fly separately when disaster comes, and it is precisely because she flew early that she died under Jeanne's holy spear.

However, Julia belittles her ability, but in fact she is just shirking, she is still sure that she wants to kill Stephanie.

Originally, I didn't do that, because I was afraid of bare feet when I wore shoes.

Not now, even the territory has been taken away anyway, and it doesn't matter if the identity of the vampire will be exposed.

"Fifth generation?"

Lothar frowned, "Tell me more about how you vampires are classified?" ”

Julia said happily, "It's not a secret, it's purely measured by the concentration of the True Ancestor's blood that has been passed down from us. ”

"The fifth-generation vampires like us, which are the most numerous, often refer to young vampires who have reached adulthood, but are under the age of three hundred."

"The average age of the fourth generation of blood families is more than 500 years old, and they are widely used as lords in Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia, and the third generation is even given the title of 'duke' or 'prince', and beyond it is just a legend."

"And what generation do you think Frigila is?"

"I think it's the third generation, but I... I can't be sure that the smell of the lady's blood is completely different from what I know, and she is more vigorous and energetic. ”

Lothar pondered for a moment, and felt that the idea of sending Fryn Gila alone to try to unite the vampire forces was too risky, so she gave up for the time being.

"And one more thing, do you know which places are the most powerful and most notorious?"

It is said that it is a powerful place, but in fact it owns a manor and raises private soldiers, which is no different from the lord, but there is no legal support, and there is an extra layer of tax to the lord.

"Hussein, near the castle of Henus, he is a cruel and miserly man, who secretly finances many bandits, and there were also tax collectors in my territory who cried to me that he had robbed their caravans, but this Hussein was very sensible and offered me a tribute, so I didn't care about it."

"That's right."

Lothar pondered: "How many people are under this Hussein?" ”

"On the surface, there are only a dozen guards, but it is said that the bandit gang he financed numbered in the hundreds."

Lothar couldn't help but say: "They are all armed with hundreds of people, and you, as the lord of Henus, don't even care?" ”

Julia said indifferently: "I'm here to enjoy being a human nobleman, and I'm not really here to govern the territory?" If he provokes me, I will find a dead night and kill all his family. ”

Lothar frowned and said, "Okay, I know, get ready, let's go to assassinate Stephanie immediately, the technique should be clean and neat, so as not to be seen." ”

Julia was dissatisfied: "My lord, I said I couldn't do it!" ”

Lothar stood up, blood magic lingering, majestic magic, behind him formed the outline of a hideous beast, pitch-black scales, huge eyes like lanterns, and a pair of huge wings that just curled up and occupied the entire wall.

It's so majestic, it's terrifying.

The majestic body looked as if it was holding up the dome of the entire castle - it was a dragon, an ancient dragon lurking in the bloodline of the Dragonborn of Lothar.

He accentuated his tone and said again: "Set off immediately, and if you can't do it, you will die." ”

Julia's face was pale, the fangs at the corners of her mouth unconsciously sticking out, piercing her lips, and she stayed where she was, not speaking for a long time.

Until the shadow of the dragon dissipates.

Julia sat down on the floor.

Her lips were trembling.

I was shouting in my heart.

"I, I'm stupid, really, I just know that this guy has shit luck, and has the allegiance of witches, werewolves, and vampires, and it turns out that this guy is the real scariest monster."

Lothar raised her voice, "Do you hear that?" ”

Julia hurriedly said: "I heard it, I heard it, I will set off immediately, even if I risk my life, I will also kill Stephanie - her husband, if you need it, I can also solve it together." ”

Lothar waved her hand: "No need, just take her life, you are too weak, and you are of limited use to me, if this matter is not done well, I will let Frigila break your blood contract." ”

Julia asked tentatively, "You want to set me free?" ”

Lothar smiled, showing two rows of white teeth, "What do you say?" ”

Julia immediately understood what Lothar meant that if she had no use value, she would not be eligible to occupy a blood pact spot in Frigila.

The end is naturally - death!

...

After the first few days of her hectic life, Lothar was back at ease.

As a lord, indulging in pleasure every day, hunting in his spare time, bullying the people, and playing with maids is a normal life, how can there be so many government affairs to deal with?

Let's just say that I have been busy these days, and I am also busy accepting the audience and visits of lower-level vassals.

He received a lot of gifts, and there were very few things that he really needed to deal with.

With the status of a lord, it is enough to collect taxes.

Marles' blacksmith shop has been opened on an estate on the banks of the Jordan River.

Most of the iron ore currently used was purchased by merchants in the territories of his vassals.

Lothar didn't rush to slay the dragon in the first place, because there were a lot of things at hand recently, and the vassals couldn't come to visit after a long journey, only to find that the main lord was not there.

Dragons are a wide variety of creatures, but with the exception of a few dragons who are disgraced or in their infancy, most of them are extremely powerful.

Many human nobles who find a dragon in their territory will either spend a lot of money to hire a witch or other spellcaster to drive it away.

Either that, a bounty is offered to send a group of landless knights who are not afraid of death to embark on a journey to slay dragons - often with the result that their annoying dragons cannot sleep peacefully, so they have to leave while cursing bad luck.

But there are also a few dragons that have been dealt with by the knights, and the dragon slayers have gained fame, as well as the corpses of dragon creatures as a prize for boasting of their prowess.

At this time, the reward of money is not important.

Because reputation is sometimes more important to a knight than money.

With the reputation of a dragon slayer, not only can you be accepted as a vassal by the lord and become a true nobleman, but you may also marry a beautiful widow and directly inherit the latter's throne, which can be called a step to the sky.

In short, this is a very profitable, but very small success rate, and for decades, Lothar has never heard of a real "dragon slayer".

"A reputation as a dragon slayer should be able to scare off a lot of ill-intentioned people."

Lothar muttered to herself.

Outside the lord's hall, horses' hooves sounded.

More than a dozen hussars were ready, and Lothar decided to take Jeanne, Prajna and Frigila with them, and all of them were dispatched, leaving only Ulm and other courtiers to deal with Hebron's affairs.