I really just want to be a big lord

Chapter 117 Crisis
As long as Kaios has time to enter the city, he will go to the library to read the briefings from various parts of the Holy Blessing Palace. Briefings everywhere.

With the help of Delby, who used to work in the library, basically important information will not be missed.

In addition, Dominique would often give Kaios some "inside information" that only the Holy Blessing Palace could know, so he knew that more than five months ago, the presiding judge of Valli City, Piltmore, went out for an inspection. Injured by the assassins of the barbarians of the West Realm, he has been bedridden.

Although the assassin was shot and killed, and a powerful doctor immediately treated the Presiding Judge Piltmore and controlled the injury, but he has been recuperating in bed during this period, and it is difficult to work normally as before.

More than a month ago, the Holy City sent a super-magic doctor to Valli City to treat Presiding Judge Piltmore.

But after the great doctor arrived, he came to the conclusion that the wound of Presiding Piltmore was deeply cursed, because there was no condition to remove the curse at the first time, so now there is no way to heal quickly, only slowly For recuperation, it will take two years at the fastest to truly recover, so that the actions will not be affected.

So naturally, the Holy Blessing Palace wanted to take Piltmo back to the Holy Capital to recover from his injuries, and also sent a presiding judge to Valli City.

Based on what Keos learned from Dominique's chat, the candidate to replace Piltmore should have already been decided.

Normally, judging from the time, the replacement should have already gone to Valli City.

According to the general procedure, the successor would have to make some handovers with Piltermo before he set off for the Holy Capital.

But now why did the presiding judge Pender be transferred to Valli City suddenly?
What about the original candidate?

Presiding judge Pan De is indeed ready to leave Yulang City, but not now, at least one to two years away.

Moreover, Dominic told Caios that Master Pender's next stop is to return to the Holy Capital.

At that time, Dominic will go back with him.

Pan De also told Caios that before leaving Yulang City, he would be promoted to the title of Earl.

But now...

Although he has not received other information except the news that Judge Pande is going to Valli City, there is a high probability that the Marquis of Steel Heart either knew in advance that Judge Pande was going to Valli City, or the matter itself There is also participation.

This can explain why the Marquis of Steelheart could hold back for so long without making any moves after the duel with the contracted servants, not only towards him, but even in a low-key manner in all aspects.

In the eyes of others, it even looks a bit like the Marquis of Steel Heart was beaten into autism by Kaios in a contract servant duel, his mentality was traumatized, and he couldn't recover for a while.

But judging from the character of this generation of Steel Heart Marquis Joey Steele that Keos learned, this is obviously impossible.

For a long time, it has been the basic philosophy of Kaios to hug the thighs of Presiding Judge Pan De and Shengyou Palace.

But after Judge Pan De, who valued him, intended to support him, and gave him more leverage, was about to leave Yulang City, his situation would undoubtedly be much worse.

However, Kaios was only worried and a little worried, but he didn't have too much fear or panic.

Kaios is the kind of person who sits in the classroom and sees a big fan spinning above his head, and imagines that the fan will fall and cut his head. Think about things in the worst, worst, most pessimistic direction.

So he had already considered how he would deal with the Marquis of Steelheart or other lords stronger than him trying to deal with him without the support of Judge Pan De.

He even thought about how to protect himself to the greatest extent when even Judge Pender suddenly turned against him and asked Earl Vaux to take back the magic coupons that he lent him in advance, or use other means to prevent him from controlling the assets in his hands. .

So much that I can’t keep anything, how should I take Salvela and a few trusted contracted servants to the western realm, what route to choose, what method to use, and after arriving in the western realm, should I go directly to Guan Yao star, or take He has thought about the details of Little Luna's visit to the "Extremely Evil Forest" and other details. He also made a more detailed plan in his notebook, and made some arrangements in the direction of the west boundary in advance.

Of course, the current situation is definitely not that bad. The first thing he needs to consider now is the impact of the replacement of the presiding judge of Yulang City, and the next operation of the Marquis of Steel Heart.

The simplest thing that can be thought of at the first moment is naturally that the Marquis of Steel Heart finds an excuse and reason, and directly applies to the new presiding judge to start a war against him.

When the presiding judge Pan De was in office, and even the previous presiding judge, he rejected several war applications submitted by the Marquis of Steel Heart. After all, he did not have very strong and legitimate reasons.

Even now, it would be impossible for the Marquis of Steelheart to apply for war on the grounds that Kaios' contracted servant killed his contracted servant in a duel and took away two pieces of rare equipment from him. It will pass, otherwise not only Joey Steele will become a joke, but the presiding judge who passed will also become a joke.

Therefore, assuming that the new presiding judge is someone who favors the Marquis of Steelheart, he still needs one more step before applying for a full-scale war—creating enough disputes with Kaios to file an application.

That is to say, he still has some time to prepare.

Of course, Keos would not think about how to avoid such a dispute. Since the Marquis of Steel Heart can bear it for so long, there will be no room for him to avoid it.

No matter how much preparation Kaios has made now, the absolute strength gap between him and the Marquis of Steel Heart is huge. Once the application for war is passed, it seems to be hopeless.

But in fact, there is still a solution to this question. It seems that the Marquis of Steel Heart has had many lords who have made up their minds over the years, and it is not true that for any lord, he could not find enough reasons to apply for war to Shengyou Palace.

In fact, after realizing the danger, those lords have found their own ways to protect themselves.

For example, deep binding with other marquises.

For example, Earl Hughes, who had in-depth cooperation with the "creator" of Kaios and was already preparing to build the assembly plant and sales point of the "magic refining system" in other main cities, he and Grant, another Marquis of Yulang City, The Marquis made a deep bond.

This year, the second son of the Earl of Hughes is also engaged to the granddaughter of the Marquis Grant, and will soon have a relationship by marriage.

So once Earl Hughes was launched into war by one of the lords and he chose not to fight, he would enter a state of full-scale war, and then the Marquess of Grant could apply for direct participation in the war for very good reasons.

Once it turns into a big melee involving many marquises, even if the Marquis of Steel Heart can win the battle, he will face a lot of follow-up troubles, and will consider whether the cost of fighting this battle is worth it.

Kaios is not attached to any Marquis now, but during this period of time when he was running the "Magic Refining System", because of his idea of ​​"everyone has money to earn together", he has attracted many partners to join, so at least he has been with One marquis, nine earls and very direct interests and cooperation.

This relationship alone is of course not enough to allow them to participate in the war that the Marquis of Steel Heart may launch against him, but it has at least established a communication network and bridge.

In addition, his identity as a well-known painter is also very useful. Basically, if he wants to visit or contact him, as a painter, the lords in Yulang City who may be below the marquis will not refuse, at least he can communicate with them. Up.

Even at the level of Marquis, his identity is still useful.

Just like the night he attended Christina's birthday party, he correctly guessed that the author of a certain painting was the Marquess of Alan Miles, and also commented on the painting's artistic conception and emotion, even including the previous works of the Marquis of Alan. What are the differences from this work, what are the advantages of the two styles, and so on.

Then within a few days, the Marquis of Alan sent him a letter, directly calling him an excellent painter and connoisseur, appreciating his comments on Christina's birthday party that day, and inviting him to participate in several A month later, a famous painter from the holy city will hold an exhibition in Oz.

Naturally, he replied politely, expressing that he would definitely participate at that time, and asked the Marquis of Alan for his advice.

Of course, this does not mean that the Marquis of Alan will provide any help when he is facing an all-out war, but this is at least a way to communicate and get in touch.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for another baron or even an earl to contact or even meet the Marquis of Alan without a suitable reason.

Kaios first sent people to Yulang City to inquire about the situation, and at the same time sent people to set off immediately to the northern border, and called back a few of their contracted servants with certain combat power from the Fengyuan No. [-] camp in the northern border, and suspended the development of the northern border advance.

In addition, he asked the housekeeper Pete to send people to all his farms to gather full-time farmers and send them all to the "Linhu Territory" - that is, he arranged for Qi Weiyu and other farmers to undergo intensive training before, so that they could become "magic circle magic servants" The place.

That territory was bought by Kaios when he was preparing for the project. It was originally an abandoned factory building. After he leveled it out, he rebuilt the required buildings and surrounded it with a large wall.

That place was originally designed as a camp for 3000 people, so it was more than enough to gather all the full-time farmers in Kaos.

Even if there will be more farmers in the future to do the training of turning demon attendants, and the upper limit of 3000 people will be exceeded, they can build new residences and expand the scope of the training ground at any time. The territory he bought is quite large enough to expansion.

Moreover, this place is not far from Beishan Manor. Kaios is considering further increasing its construction investment, including buildings and magic circles, and building it into a temporary fortress.

Originally, Keos didn't want to train so many people at the same time before the first "Magic Servant Formation" formed combat power, because the pace was too fast, and it was easy to mess up.

But there is no way, he is too short of time now, and must prepare with all his strength.

Then, Kaios called Harvey and Lu Hao to the study room, handed one piece of rare equipment, one piece of excellent equipment to Lu Gao, and three pieces of excellent equipment to Harvey. It was obtained, and according to Kaios' request, it was handed over to his refining team for transformation.

There are actually two pieces of rare equipment in the loot, but one of them is a magic staff. No matter how you change it, it cannot be used by auras, so Kaios only gave Lu Hao the rare pendant that can summon frost giants. He's more likely to get the most out of this gear.

Lu Hao and Harvey were taken aback by suddenly receiving so much expensive high-end equipment.

Although they all know that Kaios has the habit of stacking equipment for contracted servants, like Salveira who has exaggerated three pieces of rare equipment and a lot of excellent equipment and magic items, but they all know that Vera has a lot of equipment for the master. It's very special, and they already have a lot of excellent equipment given by the master, and it's a bit wasteful to get higher-level equipment.

However, after Kaios said meaningfully, "Judge Pandor and Magician Dominique will leave Yulang City soon", the two of them didn't hesitate anymore, and happily took over the equipment.

As Kaios' confidantes, they certainly knew about the relationship between Kaios and Judge Pender, and the grievances with the Marquis of Steel Heart, and they knew that the master might have gotten some news, and there might be a fierce battle going on.

But when Kaios told them about some of the modified features and functions of these equipment, the two of them immediately understood that these equipment were not given to them after encountering possible dangers, but were designed for them from the very beginning. What they prepared - the features and functions of those transformations are all perfectly adapted to their characteristics.

Lu Hao and Harvey were naturally moved in their hearts, and Kaios could also see their emotions and attitudes towards themselves from the constantly flashing and deepening circle of light behind their heads.

However, these two confidants and contracted servants have long been in the full blue circle, and their basic favorability is too full.

But no matter how much Kaios raised their favorability, they still couldn't see a little bit of pink.

Therefore, Keos also speculated that the difference between Salveira's unique pink aperture and other apertures should not be in quantity, but in quality, which probably means a bit of love between men and women?
That night, the person sent by Keos to inquire about the news did not come back, which made him even more worried, and he ordered Lu Gao to raise the alert level of the protection formation by one level, feed all the mounts, and some necessary dry food and carry-on clothes. Everything was packed, and he himself slept in his clothes, making all possible preparations.

Fortunately, the person he sent to the Holy Blessing Palace to find Dominic to inquire about the news came back early the next morning. There was also a punishment knight from the Holy Blessing Palace who was also there when he had a contract servant duel with the Marquis of Steelheart last time. in Gigliotti.

Gigliotti followed, on the one hand to ensure the safety of the person who inquired about the news, and on the other hand to personally bring back the news that Judge Pender gave him.

Hearing that it was not Dominique, but Judge Pender who gave him a direct message, Kaios was also a little dignified, invited Gigliotti into the study, and served him the fragrant broth that he had prepared long ago.

After Gigliotti thanked him, he didn't eat the broth first, but told Caios the message first.

This message is very simple, but it contains a bad news and a good news.

The bad news is that the situation in Valli City is very critical, so the presiding judge Pender must leave immediately, and he will leave today. Because of this, there were too many things to deal with last night, not only the presiding judge, but even Dominic Can't go away.

But the good news is that Judge Pender did not forget him, and told him directly that if the Marquis of Steel Heart or other high lords of the Marquis level went to war against him, Marquis Ericson would declare war and join him, so he didn't have to worry.

After sending Gigliotti away, Kaios pondered for a while in the study, but he did not cancel the preparations he had made before.

Although Presiding Judge Pender directly threw him an amulet named "Marquis Eriksen", he intuitively believed that the crisis had not yet been resolved.

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　　This book is about Lu Zhishen's journey through Chongzhen. In fact, I suggested that he name it "Sajia Chongzhen, Pulling Out Huang Taiji"...

　　Summary:
　　I don't cultivate good fruits in my life, but love to kill and set fires. I received a letter from the tide on the Qiantang River, and I didn't know it was me until today.

　　Monk Hua turned into Chongzhen, killed treacherous ministers with fists at the court, shouted at Li Chuang, and went to fight Jurchen with me!

　　Key words: late Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, no cruelty, invincible force, post-Jin Dynasty
　　


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