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Judging from the awe-inspiring attitude of those people around him, as well as the fragments of thought that accidentally leaked out, this person is naturally the city lord here, the Duke of Greenland.

Of course, in fact, the unique aura of a person who has been in a position of power for a long time is enough to corroborate it.

It has to be said that the timing of this meeting was quite awkward, but the duke's grasp of the situation was so accurate that Edward was a little surprised - after a short period of busyness, and after a conversation, the archduke waved his hand, and a butler-like figure led him out of that place first, and after a quarter of an hourglass scale, after some busyness, the two were already in a study, sitting facing each other.

There was a brief silence.

Edward lowered his gaze, seemingly maintaining the usual indifference of a spellcaster, but in fact, he was looking through his heart and forehead, taking in the sights around him.

It is a huge space like a standard palace building. The ceiling is decorated with alabaster carvings along the perimeter of the slabs. A row of large carved lattice windows that occupy almost half of the wall are not closed, and the reddish light of the early morning shines through the translucent curtains and falls on the maroon wood mosaic floor, but the main source of light comes from a three-tiered crystal chandelier hanging in the middle of the roof.

It was almost the most luxurious of all the rooms—there was little furniture in this huge room, except for a corner of the room, next to an oak-trimmed fireplace, a large, conspicuous brown walnut desk, and a dark green embroidered carpet underneath. Beyond a few carved green velvet high-backed seats, only the surrounding walls are inlaid with hazel wooden wainscoting and a few paintings of unknown date.

Oh, and of course, there's a knight lord's room that can't be missing, full armor and weapons, but only two...... A simple half-length armor with a long sword, with tiny scars all over it. It looked a little gray, and compared to it, the black, gilt full-body armor was simply brilliant, but in Edward's eyes. The effects of each enchantment. It's the opposite.

"It's a shame that people don't take care of you so much that you get something unpleasant and hurt. I hope that His Excellency the Viscount can look at it with a magnanimous mind. Don't produce anything ...... mustard."

The middle-aged man spoke calmly. The silence was broken, and a slight cough in the intervals made his voice a little hoarse: it seemed that he was suffering from some kind of hidden disease of the lungs: "So, Your Excellency Viscount Vincent, Edward, I would like to take the liberty of asking, I don't know you are in the cold house. What's the matter?"

The lackluster diplomatic rhetoric, and the last question was so indifferent that it seemed to reject people thousands of miles away, and there was not the slightest apology for what had just happened.

However, Edward only smiled and nodded, not showing any dissatisfaction.

Of course, for Edward, this incident was not an unwarranted disaster, although the madman-like woman did almost kill him, but if he hadn't run to the top of the tower to please his own woman, there would not have been such a follow-up...... Got injured by breaking into someone else's home. Naturally, it is impossible to get any compensation, this duke has a high and powerful position, and he is not related to him, and he has no mood to win over, so it is naturally impossible to give himself any good color. Everyone is passable on face, and it is already a good table.

And most importantly...... He also broke a rather big peachy secret in their family, and even the duke had to be implicated, so that he could have a pleasant conversation with him here instead of directly avoiding it. It's already quite a face-saving gesture for him.

"Although I would love to answer that I was just passing through this place because of some assignment from the Academy. But to do so would be insincere. Picking up the teacup on the table, I took a shallow sip of rose tea, feeling the special sweetness brought by the fragrant and mellow petals. Edward pondered the vocabulary and chose a more casual beginning.

"Alas, in the past month, things have really been too much, the imperial invasion has just been defeated, but there are some small troubles in the country, the wedding of His Majesty the King should have been a happy event, but after the marriage, His Majesty has recently been slightly ill, which is worrying. ”

"Your Majesty's body has always been healthy, but this time I feel a little sick, as long as I am well conditioned, I think there will not be too many problems," the duke's sword-like brows furrowed.

"May the gods bless, as you hope. ”

The young man put down the cup in his hand, bowed quite solemnly, and then smiled: "Speaking of which." The name of His Excellency the Duke, I and other juniors, have admired it for a long time...... Although the battle you became famous for was twenty years ago in the valley of Quebec, and I was not yet born, every time I heard the description of that battle in the Psalms, I also felt my blood boiling, and I admired it. It's very gratifying to have the privilege of seeing you today. ”

"Where, just desperate and desperate fighting, thanks to the protection of the god of war, I was lucky enough to get some achievements, but without the courage of the soldiers, without the senseless sacrifices of the knights, I alone would not have been able to do anything. ”

The Duke smiled and replied nonchalantly.

But his heart is by no means so calm and waveless as it seems.

The blue-gray eyes under his sword eyebrows stared at the young man in front of him with a peaceful smile, an ordinary face, and even a little inconspicuous, as if he wanted to see something from the subtle changes in his expression, but the other party's eyes seemed to have some kind of magic, and when the gaze was opposed, the brown eyes always made the duke's eyes gray, as if he was hallucinating, a piece of silver.

Edward Vincent.

He repeated the name in his mind - in fact, it was a figure who had made a name for himself in the aristocratic circles of the capital.

A mage apprentice who had just entered the academy this year, a little-known young lord of the small place of Burgundy, and a new courtier canonized by His Majesty the King......

It doesn't seem to be a big deal - after all, every emperor of the Fernandez dynasty will give magicians, especially those with great prospects, some small favors to win them over, territories, knighthoods, are just clichés, for a duke, this can only be regarded as a small piece of gossip worth remembering.

But what if you add some embellishments to these seemingly ordinary conditions?

An apprentice of the ** division, a lord who once resisted the military operations of the Blackhawk family head-on. Moreover, the Prince of Strand, who is under the title of Trainer, has actually become the one who has the nominal supreme rule in the Kingdom of Tumenis......

As a result, the simple-looking young man in front of him has undoubtedly become a pivotal figure.

So. This little big guy is here. What do you want to do? Or, what do you want?

On the face of it, his purpose is not difficult to guess, at least. The place where he appeared before is enough to say something...... I heard that in his territory, there are some half-elf deposits, in fact, there is very little knowledge of him. It is also from the recent unfathomable and treacherous actions of the half-elves.

The duke's brow couldn't help but furrow even more.

Although in the eyes of those commoners, the nobles are always the shadows dancing in the ball, the human form sitting upright on the golden mountain, or the butterflies floating around in the fat pink flowers, but a qualified nobleman can not only appear gracefully at various balls and drinking parties, dancing and chanting. Bathing in the autumn waves of those celebrities and ladies is qualified. Not to mention the head of a family, a duke lord.

He must have the vision of a most seasoned captain, in addition to a keen judgment of the forms around him, and leadership. In addition to the wealth of knowledge, it is necessary to understand and screen all things in the country, and to screen out reasonable and valuable information. In order to ensure that we can find something that is beneficial to the family, whether it is help. Or is it a navigation beacon that determines the direction......

It is precisely because of this that the Duke thinks that he can only know a little about this young man.

In fact, even all the nobles in the entire kingdom seemed to know about him from more than two months, and the previous part was blank, and the information obtained from any source was just as short and terrifying. And it's as clean as a white veil, which makes people wonder if this guy fell from the sky.

Is his personality mild or extreme?What hobbies does he have? How does he get used to thinking?Is he suitable as an ally?Or is he on guard? No one can see through this young man, not only because a spellcaster is more treacherous than ordinary people, but more importantly, there are too few places to speculate.

Reputedly. He possessed extremely strong strength, and in just two months, he built a city that was strong enough to withstand the army of the Blackhawk family, and it is said that he was quite brutal, and once nailed hundreds of soldiers of the Demon Wolf Knights who offended him, who should have been in the same camp as him, to a wooden frame and placed them on both sides of his territory......

It's all said.

But at least one thing is for sure, his power.

The marks on the ground in that small courtyard were enough to tell a lot of things, and even without asking, the duke had a rough idea of what was going on...... It can even be deduced how fierce the conflict of forces reached in that short battle!

But is it so easy to gain power? A ** master can turn his apprentice into a sexist with at least high-level mage achievements and a royal swordsmith in a few dozen days?

If those mages really controlled such a power and were able to cultivate such a powerful figure in such a short period of time, then ......

The kingdom no longer needs any nobles.

"Recently, I happened to hear a saying in the big 6 of the foreign country, which is called that people are harmless and tigers are harmful...... I wonder if Your Excellency the Duke has ever paid attention to this sentence?" the young viscount suddenly said, "To put it simply, it is necessary to make some more important preparations before encountering certain major events. ”

"Oh, then there is a reminder from His Excellency Viscount Lao, but for the cleaning up of the surrounding demonic beasts, the family is confident that it has done a good job, and there will be no problems with fierce beasts hurting people. ”

"Your Excellency the Duke is joking, and you naturally understand what I mean. ”

"It's just a disease of scabies, and you don't have to worry about it, Your Excellency the Viscount. The duke's face became more and more expressionless, and his voice was as calm as water: "Or maybe you have heard some rumors, but they are just rumors, and they are not enough to believe." ”

"Oh, gossip. But forgive me, but I suspect that you're dealing with more than just scabies, or whatever you think. And what I thought of. Not a thing?" the young man didn't mind, but just raised the cup in his hand: "Well, I'm sorry to be able to meet a legendary figure. I was so excited that I almost forgot the proper etiquette. ”

"This is a little meaning, not a tribute, and I hope the Duke will laugh at it. ”

The young man spoke lightly, and then took a large rack of things out of his pocket.

It was a simple piece of armor.

A shell-type chest armor, with arm guards, skirt armor and shin armor, and a set of chain mail is more painful, but the smooth appearance has a thin groove line, which looks a little rough, in fact, this is indeed not a masterpiece of some famous artist, rough pattern. The simple inlay makes it look like it's at a disadvantage even compared to the time-old bust in this room...... As for the matching weapon, an unsheathed broadsword more than an arm long and four fingers wide. Not to mention.

In fact, if it weren't for the cracks, the thing would have looked three points worse than a wooden sword used by nobles for training, and there was not even a calyx on the bare hilt.

But. The Duke of Greenland is clearly past the age at which the value of something is judged by appearance.

"Adamantite products?"

His gaze glanced at the metal surface. The Duke nodded—Adamantite is a metal that often has a deep underbelly, is not easy to mine, and the amount of money in circulation on the Big 6 is quite scarce, even for a mage, Adamantite is a rare material. However, in connection with the form of this equipment: "You own a shipment of this?"

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, your eyes have embarrassed me, yes, this is a gift and a sample. As for the quantity......" The young man smiled slyly, "Then it depends on your requirements." ”

"My request?" the middle-aged man's eyes tightened.

Although in those so-called epics, the survival of a hero will bring about the change of an era, those who have really experienced the battlefield know very well that it will never be a few heroes who will decide the outcome of most wars, but the majority of those who are unknown.

Therefore, only a huge number of cheap cast weapons is the key to determining the outcome of a battle&...... Naturally, the Duke knew this.

But it's not that simple, you have to take into account strength and toughness, but it's precisely the balance between the two that is the hardest to grasp......

Taking swords as an example, swords cast with hard pig iron are easy to crack and break, while flexible wrought iron is easy to deform and roll. Of course, the method of thickening the blade body is the easiest, but even if the humans in this plane have a strong physique, there is a limit. If you don't make the sword so heavy that most people can't use it flexibly, you'll have to sacrifice length to reduce the attack range. Although this plane has hard metals such as pure gold, excellent materials are expensive and scarce and cannot be produced in large quantities, and only superior casting technology can effectively improve the combat power of the army.

However, the superior forging technology is often only mastered by a small number of blacksmiths, so the number of blacksmiths has become the key to balancing the military power, and it is also the biggest heart disease of the lords...... Moreover, these are only the troubles of forging, and on the other hand, the collection of raw materials is even more elaborate, and in fact, in the eyes of those who know the inside story, mining requires no less investment than the recruitment of good blacksmiths - to dig the ore out of the deep underground caverns, and then hammer and refine it, and turn it into billets, although it does not require much skill, but it requires countless manpower to contribute to it.

Therefore, the thing in front of you, and the affirmative reply of the other party, is undoubtedly very tempting.

For any lord it is.

And considering what he just said......

It doesn't seem to have much to do with it, it's just gossip, but if you think about it, it's not so simple.

Concerning the question of His Majesty's illness...... Is he showing himself that he has some power as a princely trainer?But if you connect with that proverb that you don't know where you heard it, but it seems to imply your own question, is there a question about the half-elves? What kind of connection can there be between them, and the following report claims that he appeared in the temple of the secret buildings of the half-elves?

And these armors that he sent...... What is the intention, is it that he already knows some of his deeds?

"Opportunity is only for those who have been prepared, isn't it? And maybe it will come soon. You are a talent, the gods have bestowed upon the kingdom of Thumine, and I think whoever they really need is not a good lord, but a good general...... The kingdom needs it, your majesty needs it, and your family, too. ”

"You've overdone it, Viscount Edward. The Duke's eyes. Slightly flickering.

He certainly knows the problems facing the country today.

The king is difficult to get up, the prince lacks experience, the ruling authority of the dynasty has been turbulent, but looking around, there are hidden worries, if the situation shows a mistake, it is likely to be out of control, as one of the only two dukes in this country, he naturally has to do something at this time,

Therefore, whether he chooses to be loyal to the royal family or to pursue his own interests, now is the time to make a move...... In fact, Blackhawk, already one step ahead of him.

People are harmless and tigers are harmful, and tigers are hurtful?

Is this little guy hinting at the southwest, what the thirty-year-old acquaintance is going to do next?

Or, perhaps, yourself......