Chapter 42: Promotion to Baron
At the merit exchange office of the Rhine City Hall, sporadic adventurers were exchanging merits, Fang Chen and his party pushed the door directly, each carrying a huge backpack, which attracted the attention of countless people.
"Baron Caesar, please wait a moment!"
As soon as Lena, the counter lady at the Meritorious Exchange Office, saw Fang Chen and his party, her face suddenly changed slightly, and she squeezed out a sweet smile and said. She knew she was going to work overtime again.
It didn't take long for many city hall staff members to come out of it and begin to count the exploits of Fang Chen and his party.
"That's the head of the King of the Hogheads!!"
"The head of the orc leader!!"
"King of Orcs!! That's the head of the Orc King! How did they get it? Could it be that they killed the Orc King? ”
“.…..”
When the head of Gordon, the Orc King, appeared in front of everyone, the entire town hall was in a stir.
The King of Orcs is a B-rank monster, and even a B-rank knight may not be its opponent if it goes head-to-head. Moreover, it is basically among the many orc guards, and if you want to kill it, even if the knights are dispatched, it will be difficult.
"Baron Caesar, you have earned a total of 25,764 merits."
After the counting, Lena showed a sweet smile, showing her most beautiful side in front of Fang Chen's eyes. She understood that a new baron was born.
Fang Chen bowed slightly, and chose to exchange for the baronial title and two additional fiefdoms.
Lena said, "Please wait a moment! We have informed the Count of Rhein, who will come to confer on you titles and fiefs. ”
In the Kingdom of Herenys, knights and barons-to-be belong to the low-level nobles, and they are the goal of countless adventurers for a lifetime.
However, in the eyes of the circle of nobles in the kingdom, only the real nobles above the baron can be called nobles, and the quasi-barons and knights are only some existences that are slightly stronger than the free people.
Barons can split their own territories and canonize knights at will. However, titles above the baron are only eligible for canonization by the royal family!
Of course, in general, the big nobles above the earl divide their own territories to canonize barons and other nobles, as long as they make a point, the royal family will basically agree.
The real nobles above the earl level are the real big people in the upper echelons of the kingdom, and only the royal family is qualified to be canonized.
Fang Chen followed Lena to an elegant meeting room in the town hall, and it didn't take long for Count Rheinland to come to the meeting room.
"Caesar, you have performed a great feat for the kingdom, and this is your baronial ordination. From now on, you are the baron of the kingdom. ”
Count Rhine smiled slightly, and handed Fang Chen a letter of appointment to the barons and the rights of the three small towns.
Originally, according to the procedures of the Kingdom of Herenys, it would take a long process to obtain the appointment of a baron, and there would be many twists and turns. However, under the influence of the mysterious power, Fang Chen completed the task, and he was able to obtain the task reward reasonably through various ways.
Fang Chen took the letter of appointment, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he saluted: "I am willing to serve the kingdom!" Serve Your Majesty! ”
Before Fang Chen was promoted to baron, Count Rhine basically didn't want to say a few more words to him. And after he was promoted to baron, the Count of the Rhine regarded him as a person with whom he could communicate and began to talk freely.
Fang Chen said, "Lord Earl, I heard that you are worried about the displaced people who have poured in from the major towns? ”
Count Rhine frowned slightly and said, "Yes! Those damn pariahs, all too lazy to eat, hide in the slums, like stinking maggots. I have to spend a lot of food every day to help those maggots, it's a real headache! ”
After the outbreak of the demon tide, most of the towns around Count Rhine were attacked by monsters. Most of the nobles who ruled the town abandoned the town and took refuge in the Rhine with their possessions.
In addition to the nobles, a large number of townspeople also tried their best to flee into the city, causing the population of the city to skyrocket.
The guaranteed population also caused a rapid deterioration of law and order in the city of Rhine, and in order to maintain order, the Count of Rhine had to use his own food to relieve the refugees from starvation on a large scale.
Fang Chen said: "My territory needs to be developed by population, and I also ask Lord Earl to sell me some grain." I can settle the refugees in my territory. ”
Count Rhein smiled: "No problem! ”
After sending off the refugees, Count Rhein can also make a lot of money on food, which is equivalent to earning twice, so naturally he will not object to Fang Chen's proposal.
After chatting happily for a while, Fang Chen said goodbye and left.
After returning to the villa, Fang Chen found Ryan.
Fang Chen said, "Ryan, I have been canonized as a Kingdom Baron!" ”
Ryan couldn't hide his joy and said, "Lord Caesar, I knew that you would definitely be able to become a nobleman of the kingdom!" ”
In the eyes of ordinary adventurers like Ryan, the Baron of the Kingdom is a truly remarkable big man. Many B-class adventurers will be recruited by the Count of Rhine and other big nobles, and become the lackeys of the big nobles, eager to establish meritorious deeds, obtain the canonization of knights, and enter the aristocratic class.
Ryan also aspired to become a nobleman of the kingdom, so he was recruited by Fang Chen. After Fang Chen was promoted, he naturally rose as a follower, and he was expected to be promoted to knight in the future.
Fang Chen said: "You take people to the slums of Rhine City to recruit those displaced people and let them go to my fiefdom to cultivate. As long as they are willing to go, I can give them five acres of land to cultivate, and forty percent of the annual harvest will belong to me, and no other additional taxes will be charged. As long as they cultivate for five consecutive years, the land is theirs. In the first year, I was able to lend them food, seeds, farming tools, and help them build their houses. ”
Ryan exclaimed, "Lord Caesar, you are truly a benevolent lord! ”
Most of the lords in the kingdom of Herenis levied on their own people, eager to snatch the last copper in the pockets of the lords, and the lords who levy sixty or seventy percent of the taxes abound. Fang Chen only harvested forty percent of the harvest, and he was already an extremely conscientious lord.
Ryan took his younger brother to the major slums of the Rhine City to publicize it, and many paupers flocked to it.
After Fang Chen made a series of arrangements, he began to settle and return.
"You've completed the Tide Ward quest and you're starting to settle the bill."
"Completing the mission rewards 5,000 game points and 3,000 experience points."
"You have killed 13 Goblin Kings and gained 65,000 Game Points, 26,000 XP, and 39 D-Rank Elixir of your choice."
"You killed 4 Hog-headed kings, earned 40,000 game points, 12,000 experience points, and 40 bottles of D-rank elixir of your choice."
"You killed a half-orc king and gained 50,000 game points, 20,000 experience points, and 10 C-grade elixirs."
"You have contributed up to 85% of this large-scale E-level secret realm mission, annihilated most of the monsters, killed the king of the half-orcs, and obtained additional rewards: 200,000 game points, 50,000 experience points, 20 bottles of C-level self-selected elixir, an A-grade soul talent awakening stone, a bottle of A-grade [Evolution Potential Growth Elixir], and A-level [Origin Enhancement Stone]*2."
"My D-class elixir of choice has overflowed! It's just right to train Elena and them! ”
Fang Chen directly consumed 30 bottles of C-grade elixir, increasing his physique and strength to 70 points, and at the same time increasing his agility to 55 points.
"Do you consume 100,000 game points to fuse the C-level skill [Brute Force] into the A-level skill [Strange Power], and increase the A-level skill [Strange Power] by 1 level."
"Yes!"
Fang Chen's mind moved, and a ray of light shone from the statue and shrouded his body. There were bursts of sharp pain in his body, and mysterious runes appeared in his bones and blood.
After the enhancement was completed, Fang Chen spent another 2 A-grade [Origin Enhancement Stones] to strengthen the skill of [Strange Power].
"You have obtained the A-level skill [Strange Power], the current level is 4, the maximum level is 6, and the current maximum can be increased by 2.2 times the base strength."
Fang Chen then drank the bottle of A-grade [Evolution Potential Growth Elixir], and then consumed 100,000 game points to assist in evolution.
A white light shot out from the statue again and shrouded Fang Chen's body, making him feel that his warm soul was very comfortable.
"Evolution Level B+ (LV95)."
"You have reached the conditions for advancing to D-rank, do you want to spend 10,000 game points to upgrade D-rank?"
"Yes!"
White light shot out from above the idol again, strengthening Fang Chen's body.
"D-rank enhancement bonus: Strength +15, Agility +15, Defense +9, Intelligence +15, Constitution +15, Perception +15, Mental Power +15, Charisma +15. All Attribute Resistance increased by 15% and Skill Groove +1. ”
Fang Chen consumed game points and added all the 20 free attribute points obtained by upgrading to level 56 to his magic power, once again increasing his magic power.
"Fang Chen."
“LV 56。”
"The current level is D-level, skill groove 3, and I already have skill monster power."
"Evolutionary potential B+ (LV95)."
"Strength 70, Agility 55, Defense 7, Intelligence 70, Constitution 70, Perception 70, Mental Power 70, Charisma 50, Mana 110, MP1100, Lucky 1."
"E-level enhancement bonus: Strength +5, Agility +5, Defense +3, Intelligence +5, Constitution +5, Perception +5, Mental Power +5, Charisma +5. All Attribute Resistance is increased by 5% and Skill Groove +1. ”
"D-rank enhancement bonus: Strength +15, Agility +15, Defense +9, Intelligence +15, Constitution +15, Perception +15, Mental Power +15, Charisma +15. All Attribute Resistance increased by 15% and Skill Groove +1. ”
"P.S. E-rank enhancement and D-rank enhancement are dual existences."
"A-Rank Skill: Strange Force."
"You have obtained the A-level skill [Strange Power], the current level is 4, the maximum level is 6, and the current maximum can be increased by 2.2 times the base strength."