288. The Price of Protection
On the night of 18 May, Rand mingled with the nobles in the palace of Longtai Mountain, but Albert was called aside by a waiter and led to the room of the palace's underground ruins.
In the ruins, Albert sees a legend from the imperial capital, Ben Kaul.
"Congratulations to your family for gaining control of Night Qi City" Ben showed a relieved expression, this is the promise he made to Albert at the beginning of the year, and now it has finally been fulfilled.
"You're not just here to congratulate me, are you?" Albert was indeed very excited just now, but looking at Ben's eyes, he felt that it was not that simple.
"Yes, Teacher Crane told me that I am afraid that before the end of the year, the orcs will make a move, maybe sending the two major tribes of Hinduker, or they may send troops directly." The chief disciple of the God Emperor, the founder of the Starry Sky Magic Society, and the legendary mage Crane, has just discovered according to the astrological signs that the two Warcraft Gods who directly guard the Galloping Horse Plains are already watching Rand.
"Send troops directly? Do they really want to take over Night Kir City? "A few decades ago, Albert had met Ben Kaul a few times, and Ben told him that the orcs had left the city not because of the Empire's counterattack, nor because the orcs were kind-hearted and peace-loving, but simply because the orcs could not restore the industrial production of the city, and the cost of continuing to occupy it was too high, so they had to retreat, allowing the barbarians and orcs to occupy the plain.
"They may not be able to occupy Night Qi City," in fact, the easier way is for the Warcraft God to intervene directly, but the beasts on the Galloping Horse Plains can't do it, but just the malicious gaze from the Warcraft God is enough to harm Rand in essence, so Ben even asked a special soul magister to protect him.
It's just that Ben couldn't tell Albert all the things about God, and it was useless to say it, so the legendary mage could only comfort: "Maybe the orcs simply want to drive you away, don't forget that your family is now the largest barbarian tribe, if you don't let Rand do it, you can accept it by changing to a barbarian orc."
"Is there anything I can do?" Albert knew that he was a mid-level knight and could do too little, but he was unwilling to do nothing in the family's affairs.
"I heard that Julianne is divorced, why don't you try to chase her? She's a Magus now! Ben saw that Albert was silent, and sighed,
"He is the heir of the marquis, the winner of the Dragon Literature Award, or the heir of the Zhuoqin family, why don't you look down on others?"
"I'm just an ordinary knight, if it's not for my nephew, I'm a junior now, how can I look down on others," Albert also sighed,
"But what qualifications do I have to make people look at me?" Ben looked at Albert's deflated appearance, and knew that his niece Julian Zhuoqin might not see Albert for a while, and could only hope that Albert would not age too quickly in a short time, which would make Julian too sad at that time.
"Continue to stare at the western border of Night Qi City and the Galloping Horse, I have already asked Your Majesty for control of all the people on the Galloping Horse Plain, if necessary, I will personally take action."
"But you're not suited to fighting, are you?"
"Isn't it okay for me to call Granny Sorwell and Teacher Crane?" Ben was a little speechless, how could everyone know that he was not good at fighting,
"One more thing, if Rand can accept it, I can arrange a magister tower for him in the imperial capital, and he will bring Tania and Wendy over, maybe he is more suitable to be a mage."
"Eh" Albert did not continue to speak, he knew that this was the best future that Ben Kaul could plan for Rand as a person.
。。 On May 19th, in the royal capital, in the palace of Longtai Mountain, His Majesty King Dusen Baixiao was holding a meeting in the Hall of Mirrors.
"Pillars, nobles, yesterday the Imperial Capital has passed our proposal, and the Archon of Night Qicheng will be the nobles of our Dragon Kingdom!" Dusen said happily that today's attendees included the Prime Minister, the National Pillar, and the Southern, Eastern, and Southwestern Lords, and now the Earl of the Northwest, Earl Kempins, was no longer invited to attend the small meetings of the kingdom's high-level.
"It's really good, the area of Night Qi City is larger than Dragon Tooth City, and in order to deal with orcs, they have a very high demand for knights" McLaren Blue Dragon is very happy, there will be a establishment if there is a demand, and if there is a formation, it will provide a large number of jobs for the noble children of the dragon.
Rand probably couldn't imagine that even in another world, compilation was so important.
"Your Majesty is still far-sighted, as soon as the Night Qi City was restored, a ban was issued prohibiting other members of the Galloping Horse Clan, otherwise the galloping horses from all over the country alone would be able to fill the entire plain!" Earl of the Southwest, Entre Blue Lion, complimented him and expressed Dusen's careful thoughts.
The ban between the dragon and Kirislav was a double-edged sword for Rand, on the one hand, it ensured his control of the Night Kirk City, and on the other hand, it hindered him from gaining support from his own family, but there was no doubt that the ban was a lucrative business for the Dragon Kingdom.
"But the problem is also here, with his family's ability, I'm afraid he won't be able to defend the entire plain, and even it will be difficult to defend Yeqi City, how much strength will we have to invest to help him at that time?" The speech of the Marquis of Warnat Elk in the south brought the nobles back to reality.
"Everyone, rest assured," said the legendary dragon priestess Golkash Red Dragon, who rarely spoke.
"A few days ago, the construction of the Red Dragon Rock was carried out by Viscount Rand, so that the Legends and Demigods were very satisfied, as far as I know, the Queen has received more than 30 decoration orders, if the hundred and ten legends on the Red Dragon Rock heard that the orcs plan to kill their decoration team......"
"Then I'm afraid they can rush directly to the orc royal court!"
"Of course, but please list it as a legend, I'm afraid this cost is not small, if you want me to say, you can set up a mentor magic tower near the Red Dragon Rock, or simply let the viscount live in the palace of the Galloping Horse family back then, and in the future, he and his mages will serve the legends and demigods on the Red Dragon Rock." Gorkash said.
"What about the night Qicheng?" Dusen asked.
"That's not easy, of course it's in the hands of the Gruea," said Gorkesh,
"Your Excellency Revendia has already said that if Gurea goes, maybe her two brothers will also go, and if necessary, he will even go himself."
"Ah~" Everyone made a voice of sudden realization, is Gurea really free to actually manage as a preparatory legend?
Of course, it is still the chief secretaries assigned by the dragon nobles to Rand to manage the Night Qi City, and when the time comes, give Rand a real position in Dragon Tooth City and let him serve the Red Dragon Rock, and the legendary house dragons will definitely be happy to share their magic with Rand, and maybe let him ascend to the legend; The great nobles present can carve up the extra knight establishment in Night Qicheng City, and let the family add a large number of fiefs.
The legendary dragon mage Bennet Wyvern was also inspired,
"Speaking of which, our family also has a legendary descendant, and it is also suitable to marry that viscount, maybe we can get together, and the strength of the national pillar on the galloping horse plain will be complete!"
"That's great, I'll order someone to clean up the galloping palace," King Dusen finally concluded,
"Please communicate with Gu Leia and let her go to Night Qicheng with the Dragon Knights in June, I believe that with the protection of the dragons, Night Qicheng will once again become the pearl of the Galloping Horse Plain!"