Don't call me evil god

Chapter 763: Nochima’s defense is impregnable!
This kind of negotiation situation is the most embarrassing.

Because there is nothing wrong with either party!
Prince Vladimir could not find any fault with what Nochima said. Instead, he had to praise him because Marquis Nochima was very vigilant.

Some noble lords within the kingdom have been at peace for a long time. In order to facilitate business or other activities, they would even cut corners on the "personnel and material inspection" which should be very important.

For example, under normal circumstances, every new face appearing in the noble territory should be checked and registered to prevent cultists from infiltrating.

Just like what the three border lords did at the defense line.

But doing so is too troublesome.

Some lords of noble territories began to turn a blind eye, assuming that there was no problem with people entering their territories, and allowed everyone to pass.

Marquis Nochima has been strictly enforcing this requirement.

When they arrived at the Nochima Territory, Fradin and his companions were asked to stay and wait for inspection and registration. However, two heavyweights, Nicole Ceylan and Commander Griffin, came forward to guarantee them, so they were exempted from the waiting and could go directly to the Marquis' Castle.

Fradin turned to Nicole to confirm the situation.

"Is it true that this new car cannot be sold in Ceylon?"

Nicole nodded helplessly: "Your Highness, this question is a little difficult to explain because it involves the basic knowledge of discrete arcane magic."

"In short, you can understand it this way. Before we complete the optimization, the driver of the new car must not only be a spellcaster, but also have to understand discrete arcane knowledge, so that when the device fails or has problems, it can be repaired and adjusted in time."

"If you don't know how to handle it, parking and breaking down is a small matter, but if the device is unstable and there is an accident like explosion, it will be troublesome."

"It's not that we don't want to sell it, but we really can't sell it now unless we also 'sell' the driver who comes with the vehicle."

"But Nochima Hou was unwilling to accept such a sale condition. He insisted that he only wanted the car, not the people."

Fradin clenched his teeth and took a deep breath uncomfortably.

"This is such a stubborn thing!"

The Ceylon leader did a good job indeed.

The crux of the problem lies in Marquis Nochima's stubborn and single-minded character.

Although the people of Ceylon could sell this new car directly to Marquis Nochima, what they were selling were clearly bombs that could explode at any time.

Discrete arcane knowledge or something.

Fradin had heard Nicole and Gail discuss a few sentences before, and he could understand every word, but when they were connected into sentences, he felt like "Are these two still speaking a common language?"

There are many members of the Church of Knowledge who know nothing about the Discrete Arcane Lore.

Not to mention outsiders.

For someone like Ford, although his job is just to drive a new car, in fact, in Ceylon, this is definitely a technical job, and a high-paying one!

Because he actually performed multiple duties including repairman, rescuer, maintenance worker, etc. while serving as a driver.

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"Forget it, forget it!" Prince Fradin waved his hands helplessly and decided not to dwell on this issue.

He could not persuade Marquis Nochima.

Not to mention him, even his father Kenredin found it difficult to change Marquis Nochima's mind. This guy's stubbornness is well-known throughout the kingdom.

How stubborn are you?
Some important industries in Nochima Territory, such as the storage and sale of daily necessities such as food, salt, oil, various minerals, and most importantly - all kinds of materials needed to cast divine arts and magic.

All these things were managed by Marquis Nochima's trusted men who were personally appointed by him.

From purchasing from other places, to transportation and storage, and then to sale within the territory.

All the links were handled by people trusted by Marquis Nochima.

In the territory of Nochima, these industries are prohibited from being privately operated, and merchants are also prohibited from selling or purchasing them privately. Violators will be directly fined heavily and imprisoned for a period of time.

According to Marquis Nochima, this was a measure he took just to be on the safe side.

Judging from the results, this iron-blooded and high-pressure policy is indeed effective.

Ever since he was appointed to guard the border, there has never been any trouble caused by cultists in the area, and every once in a while, he would catch a few people who tried to infiltrate secretly with ulterior motives.

Later, even the cultists became smarter and realized that anyone who came to this place would be arrested, so they simply gave up trying to infiltrate the Nochima Territory.

Every year after the monster red tide ends, when it comes to clearing out the remaining wandering monsters in the territory, the Nochima Territory is the fastest among the three border territories.

Because this task was carried out by Marquis Nochima himself. There was no need to wait for mercenaries and adventurers to accept commissions one by one, nor did he have to wait for the Crusaders to rest, adjust, and purify the pollution. Marquis Nochima was like a god of war. As soon as he left the defense line, he would continue to devote himself to the task of fighting the monsters in his territory.

This time, after meeting Marquis Nochima and talking about the new vehicles, the other party proudly invited Prince Fradin to visit the newly renovated border defense position.

"Your Highness, I can assure His Majesty and you!"

"From now on, until the day I am too old to lift a knife and kill monsters, the border of the Marquisate of Nochima will never fall!"

"In recent years, I have used almost all the border subsidies and grants sent by His Majesty to strengthen the border defense line!"

"The defensive capabilities of the Nochima Line have been greatly improved, far exceeding their previous levels!"

"The solid rock from the Northern Kingdom serves as the foundation of the defensive wall, doubling the thickness and tripling the height!"

"Filling is done with slime mold secretions from the Deep Region, and 15 architects skilled in divine arts regularly bless the city walls with divine arts to reinforce them!"

"Behind the defense line, the logistics warehouses, food supply points, rest areas, Glow Priest treatment points, weapons and equipment repair offices, and material collection points have all been expanded to 2 to 3 times their previous size! Under the premise of continuous fighting, the King's Army and the Crusaders will have enough supplies to fight the monsters for two weeks. This is absolutely an oversized arrangement!"

"The Nochima defense line is impregnable! This will become the kingdom's most solid barrier. Those evil monsters will never be able to cross this line of defense!"

The Marquis spoke with great conviction and insisted that Prince Vladimir must go with him to see the current state of the border defense line of Nochima Territory and the achievements he had made on the border over the years.

Prince Fradin couldn't persuade the stubborn Marquis, so he had to agree.

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(End of this chapter)