my age of magic

Chapter 765 265. Earl of Trum

In the Grimm Empire, countless newly-promoted aristocratic families are like mushrooms springing up from all directions. The rise of these new forces means that the territory of the empire is constantly expanding.

Countless new planes were discovered by those legendary powerhouses when they explored the star field. They broke through the outermost barrier of the plane and entered the low-level plane for a short stay. They left the magic beacon in that position face.

After returning to Green, the legendary powerhouses used the magic beacons left on the planes to create portals to those planes.

The nobles purchased the development rights of these planes from the legendary powerhouses. The Yero plane is a fertile plane under development. The various resources here are very rich, and the civilization of the local aborigines is still quite backward. Adventurers who enter this plane are almost picking up money everywhere.

If it weren't for the dark forces in the abyss to open up the connection channel, the Duke of Samoyed would still be very nourished in this plane.

There is a vast and fertile land here, a vast black forest here, and mineral deposits as dense as stars. The civilization of the aborigines here is completely in the Stone Age. There are powerful creatures on the top of the high cliffs here, such as: Yalong family.

Noble lords are eligible to be knighted by the Emperor of the Green Empire only after they have expanded their territory.

The map that Brandon brought over was spread on the table like a tablecloth. The geographical layout drawn on it showed mountains, rivers, jungles and cities very clearly. exhaustive.

At a glance, I saw an oval outline circled by a black line in the Dustwallow Marsh area on the map. In that oval area, the parchment paper was actually blank, and it was marked with a red brush. The two eye-catching characters of "Forbidden Area" looked so glaring on the parchment map, and the side hall became extremely quiet for a while.

"...Ahem, it seems that this land has some security problems!" The Duke of Samoyed looked at the striking red writing on the map, and said thickly.

The old magician Eugene glanced at me and asked me again: "Are you sure you still want to buy that place? What attracts you there?"

I said: "My team previously hunted spider warriors in the area south of Trum, and found an open-pit iron mine near that area. Magic iron mine." I looked at the blurred area on the map, and then said: "If I have the ability, I would like to build a small town near the mine."

I know this sentence must be in the heart of the Duke of Samoyed. After the fall of Trum, the Duke of Samoyed should very much hope that someone can build satellite towns around Tanton City. It can greatly share the firepower of Tanton City.

Sure enough, when he heard what I said, Duke Samoyed’s eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and praised: “It’s a good idea to own a small town, maybe in the near future, your feats on the plane of Yero will be more powerful.” Let you be promoted to earl."

The Duke of Samoyed went on to say: "It is still necessary to prepare a small town for yourself early, but you must be cautious in choosing the location of the town. In fact, in that area, there is no place like the Trum stronghold. Geographically More defensive advantages." The Duke of Samoyed continued.

I picked up the soft leather bag next to the corner of the table and put it on the square table. The bag was full of black magic crystals.

I patted my pocket, smiled at the Duke of Samoyed, and said, "Actually, I'm ready to be promoted to Earl this time."

After finishing speaking, I reached out and untied the thin hemp rope at the mouth of the bag, revealing a bag full of black magic crystals. Countless black magic crystals were shining brightly in the pockets on the wooden table in the side hall. These black magic crystals were as big as It was very uniform, each black magic crystal was about the size of a pigeon egg, and there were only [-] black magic crystals in this bag.

Seeing so many black magic crystals coming out of me at once, even the seven second-rank knights behind the Duke of Samoyed couldn't help but make some surprised sounds.

One of them couldn't help but exhaled: "With so many black magic crystals, it's incredible that a hunting team can hunt and kill so many spider warriors in such a short period of time. How is it possible?"

The shield warrior Alden stood in the crowd and said to his companions: "It seems that maybe Disraeli is right. They wiped out the spider warriors from the Trume stronghold and killed them abruptly."

The Duke of Samoyed looked calm, and said to a clerk in the logistics department standing aside: "Carefully count these black magic crystals, I need to know how many spider warriors the Jijia magician captured in Trum .”

"It is not an easy task to be promoted to Earl. I still clearly remember that when I took you to the desert west of Tramayi Mountain in the western border, we wiped out those sand robbers in the desert. We spent a lot of money It took three years to bring back a total of [-] Sand Pirates' left ears before I was promoted to Earl. Looking back now, those things seem like they happened yesterday."

The Duke of Samoyed thought of the past, and the eyes of the second-turn knights behind him were full of nostalgia.

"Of course, those desert sand thieves are almost incomparable with spider warriors. At that time, our fifteen constructed knights and five hundred light cavalry were rampant in the desert."

"And now, those spider warriors are constantly causing us trouble in the black forest. It is these spider warriors hiding in the forest that hinder our attack. If it weren't for the fact that only Constructed Knights can fight against spider warriors, we With these few Constructed Knights, the spider lairs in the southern part of the jungle have been burned up." The Duke of Samoyed said unwillingly, hitting the table with a fist.

"My lord, there are a total of [-] black magic crystals with only imprints!" The clerk said respectfully from the side after counting the number of black magic crystals in his pocket.

"Are there only three hundred? If you want to be promoted to the earl, if you only have these black magic crystals, it is far from enough!" The wrinkles on the Duke of Samoyed's forehead stretched a little, and he said to me kindly: "Let's not talk about the viscount. How much merit is required to be promoted to an earl? Three hundred black magic crystals are just enough for you to be promoted from a third-class baron to a third-class viscount. If you want to be promoted from a viscount to an earl, you need a huge amount of merit .”

"However, even so..." The old magician Eugene's eyes fell on those black magic crystals, and he said with a sigh: "That's pretty good."

The Duke of Samoyed sat down, with his arms flat on the square table, his fingers crossed in front of his chest, and he said to me very seriously: "His Majesty Charles officially named you the third-class baron of the Green Empire when you awakened to magic and became a magician. , and rewarded you with a piece of barren land, but that piece of land has almost no other purpose other than to show your status as a baron."

As he said that, he took a quill and drew in the area north of the edge of Dustwallow Marsh, saying: "But the achievements you have gained from me are very different. These three hundred black magic crystals will let you You can be promoted to three consecutive levels, from a third-class baron to a third-class viscount, and as my reward, you can also get a piece of territory. The plane of Hierro is not like those planes with poor resources, where gold is everywhere. "

He pointed to this small area and said to me: "This is much more reliable than the swamp you chose. You can slowly develop this territory, build a small town, open a mine, open a forest farm, and set up a supply chain." Stand, do whatever you want! Then form your own team."

"After graduating from the Royal Academy of Magic, if you want to obtain meritorious service in the fastest way, then quickly form a mercenary regiment, and then join the war of planes. It is estimated that that day will come soon, and you are welcome at that time Join the crusade against the army in the Hierro plane, and I will provide you with the greatest assistance."

Said, Samoyed in order to show that he will give me full support, took another dose of strong medicine, he said: "You want to buy Trume later, if it has not become the territory of other nobles by then, then It must be yours!"

I have been hunting spidermen in the area around Trum for the past few days. Of course I know what Trum means. It faces the vast southeast area of ​​the Black Forest. I didn’t expect the Duke of Samoyed to build it himself. The line of defense is dismantled, and this important defensive stronghold must be given up.

I quickly asked the Duke of Samoyed: "Is it true that the Trum stronghold will also be sold?"

"Of course it is true. No one has ever dared to question what the Duke said!" Just as Samoyed frowned slightly, the old magician Eugene hurriedly interrupted my question.

Then, he explained to me: "Tanton City is the territory left by the Duke to the Marquis of Armand, and the Trume area is the direction of the future development of Little Hollus. However, since the Duke drove him back to Green, I am afraid that the little Horace will not be able to set foot on Hierro in the future, so Trum will need a new master!"

At this time, I realized that what Felix said in the warehouse of the Trume stronghold was not groundless. It seemed that he had already guessed that the Duke would be disappointed with Earl Horace and wanted to send Trume The area was given over to a general who was better suited to open up the frontier.

I didn't expect Samoyed to be so disheartened towards Earl Horace.

Qige, who was behind me, pushed me impatiently, and then I remembered the purpose of this trip, and then took out a first-class baron's noble medal from the magic pocket, put it on the right chest, and turned my head He asked the clerk who was using a square ruler to measure the area of ​​Dustwallow Marsh: "Then, may I ask you, clerk, how many black magic crystals should be needed to be promoted from a first-class baron to an earl according to the provisions of the Grimm Empire Nobility Promotion Act?"

The clerk seemed to be very familiar with this process, and without even raising his head, he blurted out, "1000 two hundred pieces, my lord magician!"

I was slightly relieved to hear the answer given by the clerk.

In the eyes of many people, it is definitely a very rare thing for a student of the Magic Academy to wear the noble medal of the first baron. Although it is not difficult to do so, it is nothing more than earning meritorious service on the battlefield, but For weak magicians, before they have no self-protection ability, unless they are forced to do so, they seldom go to the battlefield recklessly.

Therefore, many magicians will choose to appear on the battlefield after graduation. Few people like me have been promoted to a first-class baron before graduation.

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, I touched my nose and said helplessly: "In fact, I have lived in El City in the northern province of Sloit since I was a child. Human harassment, so it is not difficult for our people to get a little merit."

While explaining, I took out three leather pockets of the same size as before from the magic pocket, and put them on the table. When I opened those pockets one by one, black magic crystals of the same color appeared from the pockets. , the whole side hall became quiet again.

Almost no one could imagine what kind of power it would be able to wipe out an army of more than a thousand spidermen.

Seeing Samoyed's puzzled gaze, I had no choice but to spread my hands and say, "I know you will find it hard to believe, but... Anyway, just like that, the four spider warlords were all killed by the fire phosphorus bomb, Tru Mu City was also destroyed in the explosion, but at least we won, didn't we?"

I described the hunting process in the wilds of Trum, the battle of Trum, and the destruction of those spider warriors.

Of course, I won’t tell you that at the beginning of the fire phosphorus bomb explosion, the orc warriors and I had already hid in Xinliu Valley. I just said that we hid in the basement, and we didn’t leave the basement of the tavern until all the spider warriors were destroyed. out.

The Duke of Samoyed rubbed his numb face with his hands, waved his hands slightly, and said to the clerk who stood aside and was struggling to measure the water area of ​​Dustwallow Marsh: "Let Brandon go to the inner library to get an earl's nobleman. Orders and a blank coronation paper."

After the clerk walked out, he said to me again: "Okay, from now on you will officially become an earl. As for your territory, it will be in Trum!"

"Also, you owe me a city of Trum, Earl Giga! I want you to compensate me for my loss with a box of fire phosphorus bombs that have the same power as the big explosion in the Trum stronghold. It was built with a huge sum of money. You have to compensate me for a city. In addition, I need you to re-establish the Trum stronghold on the original site within at least three years, otherwise I will take back your land in the Trum area. Earl Jijia! "

His last few words were deliberately accentuated...

……

My head was still a little dizzy until I walked out of the political hall.

The Duke of Samoyed exchanged with me thirteen boxes of magic scrolls and a cart of magic herbs that can be formulated into healing potions with the entire Trume area.

Thirteen magic-sealing boxes, each containing 95 different types of scrolls, the total number of these scrolls is 230, including 840 cheap frost scrolls, worth about 170 magic crystals, 'Frost There are a total of 390 magic scrolls of "Nova", "Ice Lance", and "Ice Wall", equivalent to about 390 magic crystals.

In the end, I didn't let go, and sent out the extremely powerful fire phosphorus bombs that Qige gave me, insisting that all the purchased fire phosphorus bombs were used up. When the Duke of Samoyed asked about the fire phosphorus bombs The source, I said it was the Imperial Academy of Magic, the old magician Eugene looked a little awe-inspiring.

In order to buy the entire Trume, I had to spend all the Black Magic Crystals that had been exchanged for meritorious service, and I had to provide the Duke of Samoyed with twenty bundles of hemostatic grass.

Originally, these hemostatic grasses were continuously supplied to the Grimm Empire from the Pai Plateau of the orc tribe. The price was so low that no one planted hemorrhoids in the Grimm Empire. Until recently, the war broke out, which directly led to the consumption of a large amount of healing potions on the front lines. , There is an extreme shortage of hemorrhoids in the Green Empire. Now the price of these hemorrhages has increased by [-] times compared to the original price, and there is still no market for them.

In addition, I took out another 1000 or two hundred black magic crystals, and this was considered to be the purchase of the Trum stronghold and the surrounding area.

I had the coronation document in my hand, on which the seal of the Duke of Samoyed was very clearly printed. The moment I stepped out of the political hall, facing the bustling crowd on the street, Qige and I looked at each other, and held our hands together. Lightly tap together.

(End of this chapter)