From Baron to Lord

Allen felt a burst of pain, "Those damned fellows."

Soon, Thomas, the vanguard, sent a message, "Duke, there's a team ahead."

"Team?" Allen was puzzled for a moment, could it be the scattered soldiers from the Norton Kingdom's army after being defeated?

However, if Allen wanted to properly annex the Norton Kingdom, these original Norton Kingdom guys were indispensable.

They not only knew the Norton Kingdom very well, but Allen also needed to spend a fortune to recruit talent, letting them see that he was maintaining the stability of the Norton Kingdom.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, Allen ordered the entire army to stop and went ahead to take a look himself.

As soon as he reached the front of the army, Allen saw a group of people dressed in tattered clothes, covered in dirt. If they weren't wearing armor and holding weapons, Allen would have suspected they were beggars.

"Are you soldiers of the Norton Kingdom?" Allen asked uncertainly.

"Duke Allen, it's you!" A person quickly ran out from the army.

That person looked very excited, rushing over with tears and snot streaming down his face.

Allen watched, his mouth twitching. He wouldn't let this person touch him, so he raised his hand to block him, and an invisible wall immediately appeared in front of him.

"This, uh, do we know each other?" Hearing his voice, Allen felt somewhat familiar.

"Duke Allen, it's me! Duke Will, have you forgotten?"

That person was blocked not far away, looking at Allen with a resentful expression.

"You, you're Duke Will? How did you end up like this?"

Allen looked disbelieving. It wasn't that his eyesight was bad.

It was just that in this continent, it was the first time he had seen such tattered soldiers and a duke.

Putting aside everything else, as long as they were knights, they could at least use some extraordinary power to keep themselves clean. How did Duke Will end up like this?

"Duke Allen, you have no idea how miserable we've been," Duke Will lamented.

"When the undead attacked, His Majesty gathered the national forces, and I also led my troops to the royal capital of the Norton Kingdom to fight them to the death."

"But later..." Duke Will said with a mournful face, and Allen couldn't help but interject, "Unexpectedly, the undead were too strong, and you all lost."

"That's right, even His Majesty died in battle, and the undead even reached the royal capital, and even the three princes were not spared."

"Fortunately, I wasn't on the front line, and those monsters didn't pay much attention to me, so I took some of my men and horses and escaped."

"These days, we've been hiding everywhere, it's been terrible. Even so, they keep finding us."

Looking at Duke Will's pitiful appearance, Allen understood.

They had been on tenterhooks all the time. Forget about being clean, just being able to save their lives was good enough. "Duke Allen, I didn't expect you to be okay."

Duke Will looked at Allen with a look of emotion and disbelief.

After all, in his opinion, even the Norton Kingdom couldn't resist, so these duchies naturally couldn't resist either.

Duke Will must have thought they were long gone, so he was very surprised to suddenly see this army of 200,000 people.

"By the way, Duke Allen. What is this?" Duke Will finally reacted.

"Well..." Allen showed a kind smile. ... ... ... Seeking flowers ...

"Didn't I hear that the situation in the Norton Kingdom wasn't good? So, as soon as I had the opportunity, I came to help you."

"I'm afraid it's not helping us, but harboring ill intentions, right?"

Duke Will wailed in his heart, looking at the ill-intentioned Allen and the 200,000 troops behind him, he closed his mouth.

After all, the situation was stronger than people, and Duke Will wasn't a fool.

Seeing Duke Will like this, Allen was very satisfied. If this Duke Will was still stubborn, he wouldn't mind giving him a lesson.

"Duke Will, we are not very familiar with the terrain of the Norton Kingdom, I wonder if you could help us lead the way?" Allen stared at Duke Will.

This could be regarded as an olive branch he threw to Duke Will. If Duke Will agreed, it meant that he had accepted Allen's recruitment, and Allen would not treat him badly. . 0 If Duke Will disagreed, Allen would naturally not be polite to this ignorant fellow.

Duke Will wasn't stupid either, and he immediately thought of this, but he had no other choice.

Leaving aside Allen's force, now that the Norton Kingdom had been destroyed, he didn't know if he could keep his title of duke. Now that he had finally met Allen, he naturally had to seize the opportunity.

"Willing to serve you, great Duke Allen," Duke Will quickly straightened his position.

Not long ago, he was still arguing with Allen, but now he was already Allen's subordinate.

Allen let Duke Will and his men eat a meal first, cleaned up properly, and then began marching again.

Two days later, under the guidance of Duke Will, they reached the royal capital of the Norton Kingdom in the fastest time.

At this time, the entire royal capital of the Norton Kingdom looked dilapidated, and the walls were pitch black, all of which showed the intensity of the war.

Duke Will and Allen sighed when they saw it. "I didn't expect to be back so soon."

Duke Will said, and then led Allen to the royal capital.

At this time, the entire royal capital was in ruins, with corpses and blood everywhere, and many broken bones.

"Haven't all the people here died?" Allen said to Duke Will with a somewhat ugly face. Several.

Chapter 429 Everything goes smoothly

"This, probably not," Duke Will also widened his eyes, looking around.

Allen took a few more steps forward, and the soldiers behind him entered the city one after another.

At this time, Allen, with sharp eyes, saw an eye appearing under the window of a room, secretly looking at Allen and the others.

That person was very alert. Seeing Allen's gaze, he quickly closed the window and hid back.

Allen was not angry but happy when he saw it. Fortunately, this Norton Kingdom was not a dead city, otherwise, he would have a headache.

Allen summoned Marco, "Marco, take a team and post notices in the city, and carefully check how many residents there are. Remember, don't scare them."

Marco immediately accepted the order, "Yes, Duke."

Next, Allen took Thomas and the others to the outside of the royal city, to the location of his original Dragon Ranch.

Now, there are no more dragons here, and the place is a mess. There isn't even a barrier, and Allen and the others can see the empty space inside at a glance.

"Alas," Duke Will sighed as he looked at the Dragon Ranch, "This Dragon Ranch is probably ruined."

"Why?" Allen was a little puzzled, the space still looked good.

"Duke, you don't know," Duke Will said, "The most important thing about the Dragon Ranch is the power of the dragon. Only that can allow the dragons to stay inside peacefully, and allow the dragons to gain more benefits."

"And the power of the dragon can only be obtained in small amounts through secret methods after the death of a dragon. This Dragon Ranch was originally completed with the help of the Radiant Empire, plus the accumulation of the Norton Kingdom for hundreds of years. Now that the barrier is gone, the power of the dragon has disappeared, and this Dragon Ranch is useless."

Duke Will looked a little distressed and resentful towards the undead.

Allen looked at the Dragon Ranch thoughtfully.

He didn't lack the power of the dragon. Not to mention anything else, there was still a lot of stuff in the Dragon Nest, and the system also rewarded him with things from time to time.

But Allen was still considering whether to restore the Dragon Ranch.

Although the Dragon Ranch had a place to cover people's eyes, Allen had the Dragon Nest, which was not only more concealed, but also more effective.

However, the Dragon Ranch was also a different space, and it couldn't be wasted like this.

Allen still sent some people to keep an eye on the Dragon Ranch.

Next was the most important thing, the Norton Kingdom's treasury.

As soon as Allen thought of the Norton Kingdom's accumulation of hundreds of years, he couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart, and he couldn't wait to say to Duke Will, "Duke Will, where is the Norton Kingdom's treasury?"

Duke Will said helplessly, "Duke, this is the highest secret of the Norton Kingdom. Only His Majesty knows, and even the crown prince is unaware. How would a mere duke like me know?"

Allen also felt that he made sense, but in any case, there was no hurry. The Norton Kingdom would definitely not be crazy enough to put the treasury outside the royal capital. It must be in the royal capital, most likely in the royal palace.

Allen ordered his soldiers to enter the royal palace to search carefully, of course, he strictly forbade the soldiers from stealing or destroying anything.

Allen didn't believe that 200,000 troops couldn't search a small royal palace, well, not a small royal palace.

Allen and Duke Will had nothing to do, so they strolled around the royal palace.

Allen had only been here once before, when he was conferred the title of Grand Duke. He didn't get a good look at it then, but now that he had the opportunity, he began to admire it.

It must be said that although the Norton Kingdom's combat power was not as good as Allen's Duchy now, the royal palace was much more beautiful than Allen's palace. After all, it was the accumulation of nobles for hundreds of years, which they couldn't compare to.

Although it had been destroyed on one side by the undead, it still made people feel very good.

Even the flowers and plants planted in the royal palace were rare magical plants that were hard to see outside, not to mention their value.

Before long, Thomas came, "Your Grace, we have searched the entire royal palace and found nothing."

"Nothing?" Allen didn't believe it. "Did you search carefully?"

Thomas immediately knelt down on one knee, "Duke, we have searched carefully three times, and there is indeed nothing."

"Get up." Allen was a little depressed. He thought he could be lazy, but now he found that he still had to do it himself...

Allen rose into the air and enveloped the entire royal palace with his mental power, carefully examining it.

"Huh, nothing?" Allen himself couldn't believe it. He checked it again, unwilling to give up, but it was still the same.

Allen's face suddenly became a little uneasy. He thought for a while, summoned Luca, and sat on its back.

Suddenly, with Luca's help, his mental power greatly improved in both quality and scale.

Finally, with Luca's help, Allen swept over a seemingly ordinary place, and instead of ignoring it as before, he instantly reacted.

Wrong!

Allen's eyes narrowed, and he instantly swooped down there.

Duke Will and Thomas and others behind him quickly followed.

When Allen arrived there, he saw an ordinary small room, and there was nothing special inside, but what he discovered was not in the house.

Allen waved his hand, and the entire house was instantly moved to the side.

What appeared on the ground was not black soil, but a large piece of silver-white gate.

"So that's it, it's hidden really deep." Allen looked at the countless magical arrays on the gate that blocked and confused mental power, and knew the reason for his failure.

But Allen was also troubled by how to deal with this gate.

Looking at the appearance of the gate, it felt like it was quite thick, and the large magic-forbidden stones that flashed from time to time on the gate showed that it had greater resistance to magic.

Allen 1.7 also didn't know how the Norton Kingdom embedded magic-forbidden stones while drawing magic arrays on it.

"Forget it, there's no hurry for now." Allen still gave up the idea of opening it for the time being.

Anyway, the treasury was already in his hands and wouldn't run away. When the time came, he would hand it over to the alchemists, and those guys would be very happy to see such a thing.

Allen gave up on the treasury and said solemnly to Thomas, "Take good care of the treasury and don't let anything go wrong."

"Yes, Duke." Thomas also looked serious and personally led a team to guard the front.

Allen returned to the main hall of the royal palace, which should have been where they convened meetings, but now it looked very deserted.