Imperial Crown

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"The winner - Vesdon Griffith!"

Engla's voice echoed in the arena, letting out all the tension and uneasiness, with an unconcealed pride.

After a brief period of confusion, the audience began to shout in unison:

"Vesdon, Vesdon, Vesdon—"

Vesdon "won" his first two games.

But this time, his name was chanted without any derogatory meaning.

It feels...so good.

It's great to be able to persevere... ! !

With a sigh of relief, the sword fell to the ground with a clang, and then Vesdon fell to the ground.

Someone rushed up immediately, carried Vesdon onto a stretcher, removed his armor, and gave him a can of Beacon.

When the cool and sweet fruit entered his mouth, Vesdon's strength recovered a little. He opened his eyes and saw Raven who was smiling.

"Brother!" Vesdon struggled to sit up, then lay down with a cry of pain due to the wound on his shoulder, and grinned, "I didn't let you down, did I?"

Raven patted the back of his hand: "Good job."

"You kid, why are you working so hard?" Denise touched Vesdon's cheek, her eyes still red and swollen: "If something happens to you, I..."

"Mom, I'm fine." Vesdon shrank his head, trying to avoid Denise's touch, which made him somewhat embarrassed as he thought he had become an adult: "And you see, didn't I win?"

Normally, Denise would have definitely scolded Vesdon, but this time she just glanced at him slightly angrily and let him be carried off the field to rest.

Fortunately, he ended early, otherwise the impression Weston left on the outside world would have been greatly reduced.

Because as he regained consciousness, the ice on Vesdon's shoulders melted, and the feeling of numbness, itching, and swelling after being deeply frostbitten came together with the severe pain of the wound caused by the spear.

It screamed like a pig was being killed!

Weston's upset victory had such a huge impact on the outside world that until the end of the game that day, it was still the most lively topic in the entire Eagles.

Most people are unhappy with this result.

There are not many people who have any prejudice against the Griffith family. What really bothers them is money!

Based on Vesdon's previous performance, many people do not think that Vesdon can win, so the pre-match betting part is basically to beat Vesdon to fail and Batum to win completely. Some radical ones will even bet on Vesdon on the spot. Giving up, Vesdon abandoning the game, Vesdon being beaten to tears, etc.

As a result, everything was lost!

Baron Vesassin was one of them. He pressed a total of 150 gold coins, and the pressure was divided into three parts. The content was that Vesdon failed, Vesdon surrendered, and Vesdon was beaten and cried.

What he was thinking at the time was that Vesdon was beaten so hard by Batum that he couldn't take care of himself, and then he cried and surrendered.

Even if you don’t hit all the marks, it’s still fun!

In the end, Wei Dong was fine, but he himself felt so painful that he wanted to cry.

150 gold coins! In previous years, this was 1/6 of his territory's income.

Two months of profits were lost in one breath!

It was just a matter of losing money. What made Vesassin most uncomfortable was that because there were so many people who failed to beat Vesdon this time, it was the arena who acted as the biggest bettor on Vesdon's victory.

In other words, most of the money he lost went into Raven's pocket!

When he thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tighten.

But not everyone is as unhappy as Viscount Wessassin.

This is not referring to Judra. Although his position is biased towards Raven this time, he does not think Vesdon will win.

Out of moral support, Viscount John took advantage of Vesdon when the odds were the highest before the game, reaching 7.5 to 1, and earned 55.25 gold coins with a principal of 10 gold coins.

The real big winner was Viscount Broca. The smile on Vesdon's face never disappeared from the moment he won.

Not only because he won 276.25 gold coins, he was happy for Vesdon's victory from the bottom of his heart.

Broca is a nobleman without much ambition. Because of this, he is happy to see Xuefeng County have a strong leader like Raven, who can unify his voice and lead everyone to make money together.

After all, facts have proven that any noble who has a good relationship with Raven will develop well.

At least Viscount Broca's income this year can be at least double that of previous years.

With this round of solid victory, the previous rumors about the Weiss winter vacation can only be speculation no matter how true they are; and starting from the next round, there will be very few first-level players. Even if Weiss gives up the game, no one can say what.

A public opinion storm was eliminated, and it even boosted the reputation of the Griffith family.

It is widely speculated that Vesdon's outstanding performance on the field is related to his following Raven's expedition to the Bloody Highlands.

It is reasonable for a knight who has fought in a real battlefield to defeat a knight who has never experienced a real battle.

On the other hand, Vesdon had just become extraordinary and could defeat the senior first-order knight.

So Raven, who has already become a third-level magician, how terrifying will his strength be?

However, although in face-to-face communication, there are many people who approve of Vesdon, on the Tianying platform, there are still many people who are jealous and hold the opposite view.

Some people say that Vesdon's equipment is simply too good. Without the foggy iron armor worth 18,000 gold coins, he would have lost long ago!

Some people say that Vesdon won because his fighting style was unreasonable and was simply a street gang fight with no technical content at all and could not be considered a win.

Some people also said that Knight Batum played a sophisticated game in this game and lost to Vesdon on purpose in order to leave a good impression on Baron Raven.

When it comes to doing business, Viscount Broca may not be good at it; but when it comes to quarreling with others, Viscount Broca will not admit defeat, so he responded to these remarks one by one... Oh no, he refuted them.

"The difference between humans and animals is that they can use tools. You said Vesdon's armor is good, but Batum didn't go on stage naked? Just go and make more money!"

"Are you praising Vesdon or scolding Batum? Doesn't it make Vestoun more powerful if he was defeated by a random beating? Your rhetoric must have been taught by the chef at home, but you can't even curse."

"Batum is so shrewd that he plays with the world to such an extent. You can see it, which means you are smarter than Batum! Then why don't you show your favor to Baron Raven? Do you not want to? Or are you? Are you not qualified to see Baron Raven at all?”

After some impassioned talk, Broca felt more and more refreshed.

This Sky Eagle platform is really good. It can not only vent your emotions, but also maintain the dignity of being a viscount!

Also lamenting the benefits of the Skyhawk Platform are Mark and Doug, who are trapped in the dungeon. They have not seen the light of day all year round and can only understand the situation in the outside world through the Skyhawk Platform.

These two "brothers in prison" have been living a good life recently. Due to Raven's wedding, their food standards have also been increased. After all, there are too many people and the kitchen has no time to prepare separate prison meals for them.

So not only can they eat meat and soft white bread, but they can also taste the leftover angel tears from the guests.

It simply made these two former nobles feel like they were living in paradise!

But of course the Book of Magic cannot be sent to them. The reason why they can understand the contents on the Skyhawk Platform is because of their new roommates, the vampire William and the witch Margaret.

These two people have special identities. The people coming to this wedding are quite mixed. There are priests from the Holy See among them. If someone accidentally exposes their identities, or simply bumps into Archbishop Thomas and is "purified", it will be very unfair. How wronged.

So Raven was stuffed into the dungeon to avoid the limelight.

Because he was really bored, William would often read some news from the Skyhawk platform to Mark and Doug, which could be considered a communication.

"Is there any new news?" Doug followed the Romans and rubbed clay balls on his neck skillfully: "For example... the Order of the Hand of Death or something?"

Mark, who was catching lice next to him, snorted: "It's starting again. Are you still dreaming about someone being able to fish you out? There are four fifth-level people in the Eagle Territory now. Unless your Pope comes here in person, Otherwise, it’s all for nothing!”

This sentence made Doug choke up: "But you have to think about it a little bit. Are you really going to be locked up here for the rest of your life?"

"What's wrong with being locked up here for the rest of your life?" Margaret swayed and walked out of the curtain next to her. Her white lotus-rooted arms were wrapped around William's shoulders. She leaned her head against William's face and hooked her slender fingers on his chin: "Okay, we're tired enough. Let's go and rest for a while."

Of course, William would not refuse this request. He took Margaret's arm and returned to the room isolated by a gauze curtain.

The sound of the creaking bed and the shaking of the bed began to echo in the room, accompanied by the deep voices of various men and women.

Doug has been imprisoned for a year, and Mark has been in prison for more than two years. They have not touched a woman for a long time, and now hearing this voice, their mouths are a little dry.

Inadvertently, their eyes met, and at the same time they turned away with a chill.

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Raven was relieved that Vesdon could win.

Although we have made plans and disposal methods in the event of Vesdon's failure, it is of course best if we don't use it.

He was sitting in his study room, leisurely humming a ditty that only he could understand, flipping through the stacks of thick documents on the table, and unconsciously raising a smile on his lips.

What a double blessing today!

In addition to Weston's victory, Old Gordon finally led a group of clerks to start from May 8 and end on June 25, that is, within nearly 2 months after the start of the competitive meeting, various events in Eagle Town Income is calculated.

The quantity was indeed quite large, enough to satisfy Raven.

The bulk of the profits come from the margins on the arena bets.

In every game of the athletic conference, there will be people placing bets and gambling.

The rake of the Arena varies between 15% and 40% depending on the betting method.

Generally speaking, for an ordinary duel, the gold coins in the gambling pool are about 200-600. If there are 15 games every day, the total amount will be around 3000-9000; if there are 20 games, the total amount will be around 4000-12,000.

The two rounds of competition lasted a total of 41 days, so according to Raven's estimation, the income from this aspect should be approximately 60,000 gold coins.

But the statistical data surprised Raven quite a bit.

The initial revenue from the competitive tournament was similar to what he expected, but as the schedule progressed, the total amount of the betting pool became higher and higher.

Starting from the second round, the stakes in almost every duel will not be less than 500 gold coins.

And some eye-catching matches, such as those played by Gul'dan, Akori, and Conchi, can sometimes even bet more than 3,000 gold coins.

So the total revenue from the betting in the arena alone is as high as 93,357 gold coins, almost more than half of what Raven estimated.

This alone is enough to cover the cost of entertaining guests for Raven's wedding, and even make back all the money he paid!

Outside the arena, the income of other shops has also increased significantly.

The Crystal Palace and the Paramount Hall are overcrowded, and the Wallace Hotel is always full as long as it opens. Without an appointment, you can't get a seat at all, so you have to start a takeaway business, and the amount of drinks and meals sold by takeaway is even more than the dine-in itself!

All in all, in less than two months since the start of the competition, Raven alone has earned 135,779 gold coins.

Counting the revenue from other aspects in the past few months, the gold coins in Raven's small treasury have now increased to 570,000.

Moreover, this competition has brought many changes that cannot be counted at present, but are visible and can be checked in person.

The most typical one is the tourism industry, which has almost grown from nothing.

The idle nobles are not willing to just play in Eagle Town, and their footsteps have almost traveled all over Raven's territory.

Various industries that serve them have also been born.

Hunters who have lived on the edge of the mountains and forests since childhood and made a living by hunting and gathering have changed their jobs to become guides; unemployed young people wandering in towns have become brokers; old farmers who can only make one or two special snacks have been pushed to the front and won the title of "countryside food master".

So much so that during this period of time, the nobles have mentioned seven or eight "special foods" and "unique scenery" that Raven himself has not heard of.

There is even a saying of "Three Scenic Spots of Eagle", namely Eagle Beak Mountain, Gray Mountain Mine and Thousand Needle Jungle.

As a local, Old Gordon expressed his incomprehension. What on earth is so good about those hills, piles of slag and those broken forests?

But Old Gordon kept these words to himself, because the nobles were indeed spending a lot of money.

As Eagle Town itself is the venue for weddings and competitions, the 445% increase in commercial tax in the first quarter cannot explain the problem, but Shining Gold Town and Snow Maple Town are typical enough.

According to Philip's report, Shining Gold Town's commercial tax revenue in the first quarter of this year increased by 314% compared with the same period last year, reaching 530.66 gold coins.

And from Kuman's report, it can be learned that the commercial tax revenue in Snow Maple Town in the first quarter not only increased by 284% compared with the same period last year, but the new floating population was more than in the previous year!

Looking at these data, Raven sighed: "I used to wonder why every country in the past life was scrambling to host the Olympics. Now I understand."

A large number of foreign populations, especially those who are rich and have free time, have a significant stimulating effect on the economy.

Of course, once the competition is over and the nobles leave, the above data will decline, but the industry has been formed, and it has both word of mouth and the Eagle platform as a guarantee. Raven believes that this industry chain can be maintained.

However, some things are not so smooth, such as the construction of the new castle.

According to the plan, the new castle should have been built by now.

But in order to prepare for the wedding, a considerable part of the labor force had to be drawn to build houses and halls, which delayed a lot of time. Now it is the rainy season and large-scale construction cannot be carried out, so the completion time has been postponed. According to the current progress, it may have to wait until the end of the year.

In fact, during the construction of the new castle, Raven had visited it several times. Every time he went there, he felt that the current Eagle Castle was too cramped.

"Tsk, I really want to live in the new castle soon..."

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