The Maned Wolf Earl's Court, a small building belonging to Kempins.

The lord's bedroom was not very large, and Kempins Maned Wolf was lying on his hardboard bed at the moment, his face covered in sweat.

Next to the bed, Elenda Maned Wolf brought a bucket and wiped her father's upper body with a square towel dipped in water.

"Those people from the Blue Dragon family are too bastards, they don't even let the housekeeper come in to take care of you!" Elenda said angrily as she wiped it.

The entire Lord's Mansion had been controlled by the knights of the Blue Dragon Family before they returned, and when the Count was sent in, everyone except for Elenda was stopped by the knights, making it clear that they were letting Kempins' injuries worsen.

"Yi ......" Count moved his right hand, and he couldn't say the full words in his mouth, "Lan ......"

"You want me to call Rand?" Elenda guessed her father's thoughts.

"You...... Marry" The Earl at this moment also knows that if he wants his bloodline to continue to stay in Mane Wolf City, the best way is to let Rand marry his daughter, and now he is no longer able to do it, and only this path can keep the fruits of these years.

"Father, I don't want to ......" Elenda shook her head desperately with tears on her face, no matter what kind of grievances she had with her father before, she hoped that Kempins could live at this moment, "I don't want to be a countess, I go to Rand and ask Queen Tenya to treat you, you will definitely survive this." ”

The Count's hand slowly reached out to the girl, wanting to touch his daughter one last time, but suddenly froze.

"Father, your belly ......" Elenda noticed that Kempins' stomach began to smoke again, and quickly dipped a towel in water to try to cool down, but this time, the towel full of water was placed on her stomach not only did not extinguish the smoke, but became hotter and hotter.

"Why not let the earl's family take care of him! What do you mean by that? Rand's shout came from outside the house, and he angrily questioned the knight of the Blue Dragon family.

"Sir, Kempins has been cursed by a powerful fire system, which will cause a fire when he dies, and it will burn down the entire building!"

The Blue Dragon Knight's loud reply caused silence outside the door, and after a while, Rand walked into the bedroom.

The noise outside did not affect the hustle and bustle in the bedroom, and after finding that the simple towel could not cover the gradually burning flames, Elenda wet the pillows, sheets, and clothes on Kempins's abdomen until the water was poured directly on him.

"Elenda......" Rand called softly.

"Rand! You're finally here! The girl saw the savior, and directly knelt on her knees and cried, "Please, you must have a way!" ”

Rand glanced at Kempins and sighed helplessly.

In the net, the Count's whole body became fuel for the flames, and as the knight outside said, if Elenda continued to stay here, I am afraid she would also be on fire.

"Elenda, get out of here!" Rant grabbed Elenda and led her away from the Count, unleashing a spell with his other hand, limiting the flames to the Count's bed.

"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”

The Count let out a frantic cry that sounded as if it came from hell.

"Ariana! Forgive me! ”

Kempins Maned Wolf used his last strength to call out the name of his deceased wife, and at the last second of his life, the only thing he expected was still her forgiveness.

"Father!" Elenda watched her father turn into a flame in bed, screaming almost out of force.

In just a few seconds, the equivalent of a legendary curse burned Kempins' body and soul together, turning into white smoke.

This is the curse of the dragon throne for all the rebellious ministers, after the breakthrough of the Silver Knight, the Kempins Maned Wolf was lured by several great nobles with blood and elves, and became the vanguard of the rebellion of the palace 10 years ago, but at that time, he did not expect that everything he had and expected would be completely lost that night.

……

In the early morning of November 4th, all the vassals of the Northwest Territories attended the funeral of Kempins Maned Wolf on the outskirts of Maned Wolf City.

With a wooden box containing the ashes, a high priest reading the eulogy, and less than 20 vassals and 15 family members in attendance, the funeral of a generation of high counts was unbelievably simple.

At the front of the crowd, Huck Maned Wolf and Gantt Elk, Viscount Jeo Mormont of Whitetree City, looked at Rand beside the priest, looked at each other and nodded.

If it weren't for Rand to gather everyone, I'm afraid that few vassals would really come to the small church on the outskirts of Mane Wolf City, after all, according to common sense, only the cursed or guilty demon bearers held their funerals here, not to mention the burial place of his two sons next to the earl's burial.

About two hours later, the vassals returned to the council chamber of the Earls of Maned Wolf City, where Prime Minister Richelieu Landarin personally read out the appointment of Rand to act as Earl of the Northwest.

Rand's takeover went smoothly and was expected, but the only thing that surprised everyone was Rand's speech later.

"Colleagues, since I succeeded Viscount Roth last year, I never imagined that one day I would be so trusted by His Majesty and the Parliament to take on the responsibility of defending the Northwest Frontier Territory." Randt's voice was deep and steady, and though there was some sadness, it wasn't much.

"Now that the Northwest Territory has been war-torn for a long time, and various towns have been attacked by barbarians last year, I am determined to lead you to recuperate in the next three years, and focus on key areas such as road construction, magic plant cultivation and monster breeding......

Rand's idea was simple, except for Whitetree City and Maned Wolf City, the other areas of the Northwest Territory were more suitable for agriculture and breeding, and there was no need to set up magic workshops in these scattered areas, so it was necessary to build roads and dredge rivers, so that the barons and viscounts could not only have their own advantageous industries, but also get enough benefits from these industries.

When agriculture and farming develop, there will be one more industrial sector and a mature market in Rand's territory, and when the time comes, it will only be the demand of these barons and viscounts for magical industrial goods, and his investment in infrastructure will be recovered.

"Colleagues, in the future, the Northwest Territory will conduct extensive commercial exchanges with the Galloping Horse Plain, Night Qicheng, Iowa, White Wolf City, White Tree City and Maned Wolf City will form a business alliance and form a joint chamber of commerce, your specialties will be sold to the entire continent, whether it is the Orc Plateau or the Imperial Capital, it will be your market!"

"Thank you, Lord Earl!"

"Thanks Rand!"

Sure enough, when the vassals heard this, they showed enthusiastic support, knowing that they could reap huge benefits from these investments, and that such an inclusive investment had not been made by the Maned Wolf family in the past few hundred years.