Imperial Crown

This news also spread back to the Snow Maple Territory. After receiving it, Mrs. Doreen who lived in the castle was as excited as if she had received a love letter from her crush.

She dressed up carefully. The clothes on the outside were more heavy and conservative, but the clothes on the inside were particularly exciting. It was a full set of lace underwear, and she lit up the angel's kiss that Raven gave her. She walked gracefully in the corridor, bringing excitement. A fragrant breeze.

Knocking on the door of Lei Wen's library, Doreen said Nuo Nuo as soon as she entered: "Baron Raven, thank you so much for taking back this port so that our Simpson family can continue."

"I don't know, how can I thank you?"

Raven smiled slightly: "This sentence is too much. Baron Romney and I are comrades fighting side by side, how can we not be grateful?"

"Wouldn't you help me without my late husband?" As she said that, Doreen walked around the desk and walked to Raven.

If she had seduced Raven just for profit, now Doreen really wants a young and capable lover like Raven.

She leaned down slightly, put her hands on Raven's shoulders, raised her knees, and placed them on Raven's legs.

Raven felt the fragrant aroma penetrate into his nostrils, and his hands gently lifted the hem of the black skirt...

Lady Doreen's face turned crimson.

At this moment, a rapid horn sounded from the window, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Cuman, the administrative officer of Xuefeng County, rushed in: "Lord Baron, it's not good..."

He was stuck mid-sentence because he saw half of Mrs. Doreen's white thigh exposed, and Raven's hand placed on it.

He immediately lowered his head, not daring to say more.

On the contrary, the two parties acted as if nothing had happened. Doreen put down her skirt and left the study. Raven coughed: "If you have anything to do, tell me."

Cuman whispered: "The Bear of the Earth attacked Green Forest Town in the west!"

Inwardly speaking, Kuman was not convinced of Raven. He was used to Viscount John's governance style, and Raven's approach seemed radical and domineering.

This approach has its benefits. In just ten days, Raven successfully established his authority in Xuefeng Territory through a small and expensive banquet, and created a "just" and "powerful" persona. .

But precisely because of this, the few elite forces at Raven's disposal became even more empty.

Now that Eric hasn't come back yet, and the Earth Bear is a powerful second-level monster, Raven can only stare blankly.

He continued: "This Earth Bear attack caused a total of sixteen houses to collapse, eleven people died, and twenty-six people were injured. At least thirty people are still buried under the rubble and their lives are unknown."

"I suggest that you follow the way Viscount John handled it before. First send some soldiers to clean up the ruins and treat the wounded, and then..."

Raven nodded and said: "You have a good idea, Volaf!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Volaf pushed open the door and walked in: "Lord Baron!"

"Immediately lead your soldiers to the disaster site, treat the wounded, and maintain law and order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation." Raven said as he walked out: "Brother of the Earth, leave it to me!"

Cuman was stunned when he heard this. Baron Raven actually wanted to personally go out and deal with the Earth Bear?

"But, Lord Baron..." Cuman still wanted to persuade him, but saw Raven quickly walking out of the door.

With a snap, Volaf slapped him hard on the shoulder: "The Baron's order cannot be doubted. I will call for someone right away. You and I will be responsible for leading the way."

Kuman still couldn't turn his mind around, and followed Volav blankly.

You must know that the Earth Bear is not an ordinary second-level monster. It is known as the "darling of the earth." As long as it has four feet on the ground, its burst of power is even stronger than many third-level monsters. Ordinary second-level extraordinary beasts are not at all their opponents.

This bear of the earth suddenly appeared almost nine years ago. Every year in July and August, it would rush into the town like crazy, destroying buildings, killing people, and devouring its residents. It would only leave after eating and drinking.

At first, Viscount John thought of ways to capture and drive away this monster, but it was too cunning, and its unique "earth perception" was able to detect a radius of several kilometers.

If you send people to guard in advance, if there are only one or two levels, then it will not be its opponent at all; if Viscount John is personally stationed, then it will not come at all, or choose to attack weak points. Not only will it not have any effect, but it will make Viscount John disgraced. .

Viscount John had also contacted the mercenary guild, hoping to hire experts in this field, but the price for those with higher ranks was too high and the gain was not worth the loss, and those with too low ranks were incompetent, so it was in vain.

In the long run, Viscount John had no choice but to respond passively.

Shrink the population and industry inward to minimize the damage caused by the bears of the earth. As for the serfs who are eaten - at most a hundred every year, at least dozens, Viscount John can afford to pay.

Even if he valued his sense of honor, Viscount John was still a nobleman. In the eyes of most nobles, including him, serfs were just numbers, two-legged animals, and movable property.

Cuman heard Viscount John lament that he wanted to deal with this bear of the earth unless he could fly!

Although Baron Raven is a second-level magician, if he wants to achieve this, he is a bit overestimating his abilities...

At this moment, a shadow passed before his eyes. Cuman looked up and saw a hippogryph rising into the sky with a cry, galloping toward the southwest of Xuefeng's leader!

"Don't just stand there." Volaf slapped Kuman's shoulder: "Lead the way quickly. If we haven't arrived at the scene by the time the Baron has dealt with the beast, it will be too embarrassing!"

Raven, sitting on Xiaobai's back, breathed the air in the sky and flew all the way to the west.

Xiaobai flew very fast. In just over ten minutes, he saw the ruins outside Green Forest Town. The whole street was completely destroyed, with rubble and broken bricks everywhere, and blood splashed everywhere, just like it had been blown up.

After hovering in the air for a while, Raven came up with a plan and let Xiaobai fly away from Green Forest Town and land outside the town.

In the magic pool, the dead white mark trembled, and magic was poured into it. After a burst of smoke, the figures of two undead guards emerged.

It was Brother Kun holding an axe, and Xiao Heizi holding a bow.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Raven feels that the bones of these two are more crystal-clear than when they were just summoned.

As mentioned before, the way undead creatures observe the world is different from living things. They can see the traces of the flow of life energy, and the Earth Bear is undoubtedly the creature with the most abundant life energy nearby.

Raven only gave a few orders, and the two undead guards moved and began to run wildly in one direction.

Unlike the clumsy ordinary cannon fodder skeletons, the second-level skeleton guards are extremely light in weight. Now they move very fast, not inferior to any warhorse.

Raven rode Xiaobai and flew into the air again, slowly following the two skeleton guards.

The Earth Bear is running.

As an adult Earth Bear, it has an extremely strong physique. Even if it is on all fours, its nose is three meters from the ground, and its body length is more than five meters. It is covered with brown fur, and each bear palm is as thick as straw. If it lies on the ground, it looks like an eternal boulder from a distance.

Its limbs were thick, and each leg was like a pillar. Its thick claws were pitch black and very sharp, and there was a little blood between its hair.

At this moment, the Earth Bear suddenly stopped. It panted, shook its hair, and its eyes showed a kind of impatience and contempt in a very human way.

Not long ago, it found that there were two second-level creatures chasing behind it, who were not afraid of death, and they never slowed down as if they were tireless.

Second-level!

So what?

The Earth Bear had a sneer on his face. He had seen too many second-level human warriors who coveted his fur and magic core, but these people became his food without exception.

It stopped leisurely, ready to teach the two guys who followed it a little "lesson".

Finally, the two second-level extraordinary appeared in the eyes of the Earth Bear, which made it stunned.

The ones who came to chase it were actually two... skeletons! ?

The one in front held a giant axe, and the one behind held a giant bone bow. The green soul fire in his eye sockets kept jumping, and the eyes he looked at the Earth Bear were full of greed and hatred for living things!

"Ah——" The Earth Bear let out a low roar, it arched its body and launched a charge, and its heavy footsteps fell on the ground like a war drum.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At this moment, the bone guard behind took off a bone arrow as thick as a short spear, put it on the giant bone bow, and pulled it into a full moon. The gray-white dead spirit breath was infused, and a gray fire line was drawn in the air, and it shot out with a whoosh.

The Earth Bear narrowed his eyes slightly, exerted force on all four feet, and his body like a hill crossed several meters, and it was about to dodge the bone arrow.

However, at this moment, the soul fire in the eyes of the skeleton holding the bow trembled, and the bone arrow in the air suddenly turned and stabbed into the giant bear's eye socket!

Blood spurted out.

"Ah——" The intense pain made the Earth Bear scream. It didn't understand why the undead creature could use martial arts.

The panic of half of its vision blackened made it stand up, and its claws slammed on the ground. Then the ground under the two skeletons changed, and two rock pillars as thick as two people hugged rose from the ground!

Innate magic, giant rock stab.

The skeleton holding the bow seemed to have extremely deep experience. After firing an arrow, it immediately started to move, and did not stay in the same place, which also made the rock spike fall in the air.

The skeleton holding the axe had already been alert, and immediately held the axe in front of it. With a thud, the tip of the rock spike broke, and the scattered stones scraped its body, and even the right foot bone was smashed in half.

If it were a living person, even if he did not lose his fighting ability, the pain of the broken bones would make his movements deformed. However, the skeleton holding the axe was a undead creature, and as long as the soul fire was not extinguished, he would not be considered injured!

The axe-wielding skeleton opened his mouth and roared silently, then used his legs to leap high under the influence of the spirit of death, and swung the giant axe to chop down the Earth Bear!

The spirit of death wrapped the axe, and it fell like a meteor. It was no longer clear whether it was the skeleton swinging the axe or the axe pulling the skeleton!

The wind pressure blew away the hair of the Earth Bear, and a vicious look spurted out of its only remaining eye. With a low roar, the ground under its feet seemed to begin to melt.

The melted earth flowed upward, wrapping its entire body with a layer of solid rock armor, which faintly revealed a diamond-like luster!

Innate magic, body protection gem.

Bang——

The giant axe hit the armor on the top of the Earth Bear's head, and the blade was rolled up immediately. As the steel flew away, the rock armor also broke apart, and the gray-white spirit of death penetrated into it, dyeing the originally brown-yellow hair into iron gray!

Although this attack broke the Earth Bear's armor, it was not fatal.

The Earth Bear immediately pounced and pressed the axe-wielding skeleton in mid-air to the ground. Under the pressure of its claws, the soft soil became harder than steel. The solid black armor on Brother Kun's body was flattened like a can, and the ribs in it were also broken.

The Earth Bear raised its head and bit the head of the axe-wielding skeleton fiercely, wanting to completely destroy and erase its existence.

At the critical moment, the bow-wielding skeleton who had been waiting for an opportunity loosened the bowstring. The bone arrow swam in the air like a spirit snake and suddenly pierced into the nose of the Earth Bear. This was the only place not covered by armor, and it drilled into its mouth from its upper jaw!

"Ah--"

Blood was splashed, and the Earth Bear let out a shrill wail. The softest part was severely injured and it lost its mind. One front paw pressed the axe-wielding skeleton, and the other paw was raised, trying to pull out the bone arrow!

This should have been a foolproof move, but the axe-bone showed the cruelty of the undead creature. He supported himself with both hands and exerted force suddenly. With a click, the entire sternum was torn off, leaving only a head, a clavicle, and two arms connected by the clavicle.

Without the burden of his body, the axe-bone became even faster. Before the Earth Bear could react, he had already grabbed the bone arrow on its nose and climbed up to its head. His fingers were wrapped in gray-white dead fire and pierced into the only remaining right eye of the Earth Bear!

At this moment, the Earth Bear's body was shaking violently, and it groaned like a defeated dog. The darkness in front of it made it at a loss. It could only shake its body frantically, shake the axe-bone to the ground, and then turned around and ran away!

A sound of breaking through the air came, and the bow-bone had shot the third arrow of this battle.

The Earth Bear accelerated its run, with the blessing of the earth, and ran desperately again. In just a few seconds, it had run more than 50 meters!

In mid-air, Raven clearly saw that the bone arrow shot by the skeleton holding the bow shot out, and when it flew halfway, the tail suddenly exploded, and the speed suddenly increased. It turned around as if it had eyes, circled in front of the Earth Bear, and suddenly pierced into the tail of its right eye bone arrow, nailing the arrow body into its brain!

The Earth Bear's body twitched violently, and then fell to the ground with a bang, using inertia to plow a deep trench of eight or nine meters long on the ground.

Its limbs kept flapping on the ground, like a fish out of water, splashing a large amount of dust, digging four deep pits, but life still passed away irreversibly.

The top powerhouse among the second-level monsters, the darling of the earth, died in the hands of two second-level undead creatures.

A shadow shrouded, Raven rode Xiaobai and landed from mid-air. After a while, Xiaoheizi came over holding the remains of Brother Kun.

Looking at the huge body of the Earth Bear, Raven showed a satisfied smile and looked at the two skeletons: "Well done."

The main purpose of dealing with the Earth Bear was to test the actual combat capabilities of the two skeleton guards.

Now it seems that it has far exceeded Raven's expectations. Its choice of fighter planes and the exquisiteness of fighter planes are not inferior to any second-level knights of the human race.

Raven did not issue any specific instructions during the battle. This is not like the undead creatures that Raven has encountered fighting only on instinct.

He touched his chin and moved his eyes on Brother Kun and Xiao Heizi's faces: "You two, do you really have no consciousness?"

They still stood there, as if they didn't understand anything.

Raven shrugged and issued an order. Xiao Heizi picked up the battle axe that Brother Kun had thrown on the ground and chopped it off with a fierce blow, cutting off one of the Earth Bear's hind legs that were thicker than an adult human.

Throwing Brother Kun and the leg together, Raven chanted a spell, and suddenly a cloud of gray mist rose up, covering the bones and thighs.

After more than ten minutes, the gray mist dissipated, and the bear leg turned into a piece of rotten mud, while Brother Kun's bones had been completely restored, and even taller than before.

First-level necromancy magic, body shaping.

This is an indispensable magic for creating undead creatures, which can transform the bones of other creatures into the desired shape.

As for the missing armor, Raven plans to find a set for Brother Kun after returning.

Looking at the huge bear corpse, Raven was a little troubled for a while. His Xiaobai couldn't pull this behemoth weighing several tons, but it would be a bit wasteful to throw it here.

That's a second-level monster! Just the leather can be sold for more than a thousand gold coins if it is stripped off and made into leather armor.

After thinking for a while, Raven's eyes fell on the tree next to him and smiled.

Two hours later.

Kuman stood outside Green Forest Town, pacing back and forth anxiously, his heart in turmoil.

Raven had been gone for too long!

It didn't matter if the expedition against the Earth Bear failed, it was just a loss of face. What he was afraid of was that Raven would show off his ability and die in vain at the hands of the Earth Bear.

If that happened, God knows what those soldiers who finally defeated Raven would do!

Just then, he heard a strange sound, not sharp, but low and harsh, like a cloth bag dragged on the gravel ground.

Looking up, Kuman was almost scared to sit on the ground!

The Earth Bear is coming!

After calming down, he saw clearly that the Earth Bear was not walking, but was wrapped in a net bag woven from leaves and vines, and was dragged over by the horned eagle!

The mouth and nose of the Earth Bear opened wide, and his eyes turned into two blood holes. The blood that flowed out solidified on his fur, and there were flies and mosquitoes flying around.

The Earth Bear is dead!

With a whoosh, Xiaobai fell to the ground, and Raven turned over and jumped down. There was no scar or dust on his body, as if he just went out for a walk.

Kuman was stunned: "Baron... You... You are really..."

He couldn't find the words to describe Raven.

This monster that has troubled Xuefeng County for nearly ten years actually died in the hands of Raven, who was only in his early twenties!

This is a feat that Viscount John couldn't do!

At this time, the townspeople of Green Forest who heard the noise rushed over. When they saw the body of the Earth Bear, they shouted and called for their relatives, friends, and neighbors to witness this scene together.

Some people laughed, but they burst into tears; some people were expressionless, but tears kept flowing down their eyes; others rushed forward, punched and kicked the Earth Bear, and shouted for it to return its relatives.

"Thank you, Baron Raven!"

I don't know who said this first, and then such voices came one after another, and the people of Green Forest Town rushed to kneel down and express their gratitude and gratitude to Raven.

If it weren't for Volaf and other personal soldiers to stop them, many of these people would come to kiss Raven's boots.

Kuman was also stunned by this scene. He has been in power in Snow Maple Town for many years and has organized many activities to flatter Viscount John, but this is the first time he has seen the people of the territory so grateful to a lord from the bottom of their hearts.

They may be ignorant, or ignorant, and they don't know what kind of governance philosophy Raven has, but they know one thing - it was Raven who rescued them from the dire straits.

"Kuman." Raven did not respond directly to the gratitude of the people, but called Kuman: "You stay here and take people to deal with the Earth Bear. I have taken out the magic core. You only need to peel off its skin. As for the meat, give it to the people here."

This decision caused another round of cheers. The serfs may not eat any meat for a year, let alone the meat of a monster?

Especially, this monster once killed their relatives!

Kuman immediately ordered people to dismember the body of the Earth Bear, and the local people also started to make a fire and set up a pot.

Kuman finally found an angle to flatter Raven: "First, Viscount John wiped out the goblins, and then you killed the Earth Bear. Our Snow Maple Territory is really lucky to have such an excellent lord!"

"Goblin?" Raven was stunned: "When did it happen?"

Kuman thought for a while: "About ten years ago, Viscount John led his army to destroy a goblin tribe and captured their leader. He should still be imprisoned in the dungeon of Snow Maple Castle. Don't you know?"

"Oh, I remember." Raven nodded slowly, with a hint of realization in his eyes.

Raven and Viscount John have been exchanging letters. In a communication after Angel's funeral, Viscount John mentioned that he had imprisoned a strange creature in the dungeon, saying it was a small gift for Raven.

At that time, Raven thought it was some kind of woman with exotic customs, such as drow or orcs.

But later, there were too many things, so Raven put it behind his mind.

Now that I think about it, the Goblin Tribe and the Earth Bear probably formed a certain balance, so after the Goblin Tribe was destroyed, the Earth Bear started to cause trouble.

After ordering Volaf to withdraw his troops with his personal soldiers, Raven rode on Xiaobai and rushed back to Snow Maple Castle.

I don’t know what this goblin looks like, but Viscount John actually called him a “gift”.

Raven was full of curiosity.

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