Imperial Crown

Thank you very much for the 101 rewards from Qidian Dad [Lord of Devouring Stars]! (I will make up for it later, 10 chapters are owed)

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Volaf sent the letter to Eric, who destroyed it after reading it, and then continued to prepare for the next round as if nothing had happened.

Three days later, the 4th game of the 8th round came to an end.

Following Gul'dan, Akori, and Eric, the third-level knight Shankifu of the Slater family won the last semi-final seat of this competition.

This result is not unexpected. After all, the more you rely on a big family, the more resources you get, and the stronger you are in the same level.

The only controversial one is Eric. It's not that he played fake, but that he was too real.

After these two games, Eric not only did not show any awkwardness when he first entered the third level, but he used the third-level fighting spirit very well, and he also had a set of second-level enchanted plate armor to assist, which made some spectators feel unfair.

The Griffith family is really rich.

Some even suspected that, judging from Eric's proficiency in the third-level fighting spirit, he might have mastered a third-level combat skill, but he just kept it hidden and didn't use it.

This also attracted widespread approval.

The attention paid to Eric was not only reflected in his strength, but his past was also dug out.

When his resume appeared in front of everyone, it immediately aroused the envy of a large number of knights.

If Eric was a genius, like Gul'dan and Akori, everyone would be able to balance their hearts - violets always bloom in winter.

But as early as when Eric began to follow Donald at the age of 24, he was already a first-level extraordinary; until Donald died, he was still a first-level at the age of 40.

This doesn't look like a talent.

But since following Baron Raven, Eric has jumped two levels in three years and became a third-level knight. This can't be explained by accumulation.

And it's not just Eric. All the extraordinary people in the Eagle Territory are cultivated by Raven, especially Simon, who has grown from an ordinary person to a second-level!

This shows that Eric's growth is not a coincidence, but Baron Raven is generous enough to train his subordinates!

This attracted a large number of knights to be jealous, and they wanted to jump to Raven's subordinates immediately, but due to the loyalty tradition of the nobles, they could only think about it.

The mercenaries did not have such restrictions and began to move.

It's a pity that the Griffith family has strict requirements and there is no reason to become a knight as soon as you enter the door; those mercenaries with a little reputation and family background are not willing to start from the big head soldiers.

However, many unsuccessful mercenaries immediately started to act and chose to settle in Eagle Town. The reason is the same-I have no chance, but my children can have it.

Baron Raven is still young!

For a time, the housing prices in Eagle Town and Shining Gold Town soared. In the past, a two-story cottage with a yard that can accommodate four or five people cost only 3 or 5 gold coins. Now it has risen directly to 30 gold coins, which is not inferior to the city of Monen.

Raven's territory has developed so rapidly that every noble here can see it clearly, and there is no lack of envy in their words.

In addition to envy, some nobles can share the wealth brought by the competition, mainly the nobles of Xuefeng County, and the one who benefits the most is Viscount Bloka.

All the prominent nobles in Nord Province have come to Eagle Town. Daily social activities are held almost every day. When the nobles get together, in addition to chatting and gossiping, they will of course talk about business.

In the past three months, Bloka has taken orders worth a total of 74,000 gold coins, which is enough to produce until this time next year.

Bloka feels more and more that what Marquis Anthony said at the beginning was not exaggerated. Raven is indeed a role model for the younger generation of nobles in the entire Nord Province.

Even in his opinion, let alone the younger generation, even in his generation, there are few people who can compare with Raven.

"Genius? Hey, this word can't describe Baron Raven."

After all, even he made so much money. As the organizer of the competition, God knows how much Baron Raven made.

Not to mention the new orders received, the amount that Bloca could see was not small.

The most intuitive example is the knights who participated in the competition.

The losers are not counted. Those who advanced to the top 200 and received the prize money can't take all the money away.

Since you win, you always have to spend money to celebrate and show off. This is also the tradition of the nobles.

The lord of the family must be invited, the knights of the same family must be invited, and the nobles with close relationships must also be invited. It is also common for the invitees to bring new guests, so a celebration party must have at least 30 to 50 people.

The venue for entertaining nobles must not be random. In addition to the Crystal Palace, there is the Wallace Hotel, which costs a lot - the wine used for celebration, Angel Tears is the basis, right? Local specialties are also inevitable, right?

So that a rather funny reality has emerged. The losers don't have much, and the winners not only spend all the prize money they get, but also have to pay a sum of money!

According to what Broca has observed during this period, this situation is quite common. It is estimated that the more than 20,000 gold coins in the prize pool will all return to Baron Raven in the end.

This does not include the daily consumption of these nobles and the commission from the bets of each game in the arena!

Moreover, how many industries have been driven and how much sales and reputation of Angel's Tears have been improved, that is an unpredictable benefit.

On the other hand, Eric's strong performance also made people notice Raven's exquisite enchanting technology.

I heard that many people have contacted Baron Raven recently, hoping to purchase a set of second-level enchanted armor.

"Second-level enchanted armor." Viscount Broca sighed with envy.

The magician his family worshipped was only first-level. Although he was good at enchanting arrows, he was basically clueless about the craftsmanship of enchanted armor. Not to mention second-level, he couldn't even make first-level.

"Or, should I customize a set?"

The second-level enchanted armor is indeed enough for the Viscount family to pass down, but the price is so high that anyone can see it with a grin.

A full set of misty iron armor costs 18,000 gold coins. The price of enchantment will probably not be lower than this number. It is normal to be higher. Overall, it should not be less than 40,000 gold coins.

Just as Broca was lost in thought, the door suddenly opened, and his son Howell rushed in as if his butt was on fire: "Father, it's bad!"

"Calm down." Broca glanced at him: "Could it be that the barbarians from the Insa Empire have come through again?"

Howell paused: "That's not the case..."

"If not, sit down first." Broca poured a glass of water for his son: "Don't be anxious when you encounter anything, think it through first."

Broca looked at his son with loving eyes.

Howell was only 17 years old, but his height had already exceeded that of Viscount Broca, who was 1.75 meters tall.

He did not inherit his mother's double eyelids, but his green eyes were also bright; his eyebrows were slightly thicker than Broca's, and his nose was a little short, but fortunately his nose was not big, his cheekbones were just right, and his chin was quite stylish.

His clothes are also quite good. He wears a brown and yellow narrow-sleeved low-necked dress from Luden on the upper body, white cotton trousers from Vanti on the lower body, and a pair of custom-made black calfskin boots on his feet. He is clean, simple, and has a knightly style.

Overall, he is not very handsome, but with the brown short hair trimmed to the right degree, he can be regarded as an above-average figure.

Howell's character is just like his clothes. There is nothing wrong with it. He is not pure, but he is honest and has never done anything out of the ordinary.

The only shortcoming may be that he is not very talented in politics and personal martial arts. Although he is 17 years old, he still cannot see the evil of people's hearts, and his words and actions are full of impulse.

But Brocka is the kind of person who has long seen through it - there are not many geniuses like Baron Raven in the whole continent, and most of them are just ordinary people who are confused.

Brocka's father, Viscount Fisher, is the kind of person who has ordinary talents but thinks he is different.

What happened in the end? Not only did he die, but he also dragged down many people.

As a son, Broca did not think his father was right; and as a father, his expectation for his son was to protect the family business and live a peaceful life.

No one is born knowing everything. If there are deficiencies, just teach them slowly.

Howell drank a few sips of water, his breathing slowly stabilized, and then he spoke: "It's like this, father, the 4,000 enchanted crossbow arrows we sold to Viscount Titus this time were robbed yesterday."

"What?" Viscount Broca asked immediately: "What happened specifically?"

Howell bit his lip and his expression darkened: "The escort team set out by land, and it was relatively calm at first, but soon after leaving Baron Zeyi's territory, they were attacked by a group of unknown people."

"There are about 30 people in this group, all of them are heavy cavalry with armor. There are no marks on the armor, but they are well-trained. Although the leader did not use fighting spirit, he can be sure that he is a third-level knight."

"The 37 people in the escort team, including the leader, Mr. Jia Peng, were wiped out. Only one seriously injured guard pretended to be dead in the pile of corpses to escape and come back to report the news."

Howell's eyes became redder as he spoke.

Viscount Broca frowned more and more, and he could understand his son's sadness.

His father, Viscount Fisher, had burned the family's elite in the previous battle with the Death Hand Cult. Japen was the only remaining second-level knight who had served the family for a lifetime and was also Howell's swordsmanship teacher.

Not to mention Howell, Bloka himself was also very sorry.

"Sadness and anger cannot solve the problem. The most urgent task is to find the murderer of this incident." Bloka said: "Who do you think did it this time?"

Howell was stunned for a moment: "This... I don't know."

From childhood to adulthood, this is the first time he has experienced such an incident.

"It doesn't matter, think about it slowly." Bloka persuaded: "With 30 armored cavalry, led by third-level knights, they can easily kill 36 of our soldiers, and even Japen died in it. This itself can define the scope."

"On this basis, think about who has benefited the most."

Howell nodded slowly and continued to sort out the ideas given by his father.

There are only four families in the entire Snow Maple County that can afford to support third-level knights and thirty expensive armored cavalrymen. They are the Leighton family, Judela's Wharton family, Wessin's Kvoga family, and... Raven's Griffith family.

Their families will not fight each other; Judela and Wessin have no old grudges with the Leighton family, and there is no conflict of interest recently.

The Leighton family is a viscount family and is eligible to compete for the position of county governor. Moreover, the rapid recovery of vitality in the past two years is enough to make Raven feel threatened, so...

"I understand!" Howell's eyes lit up: "The mastermind behind this matter is Lei——"

"It's Wessacin." Viscount Broca interrupted his son decisively.

"Ah?" Howell's eyes were full of confusion: "But father..."

"It's Wessazin, there is no other possibility." Broca said expressionlessly: "He has been running the escort business recently. We transport the goods ourselves and did not go through his channels. He will naturally bear a grudge against us."

"Taking action on our family's freight force is threatening other families. Don't even think about transporting goods out without going through them!"

The confusion in Howell's eyes became even stronger. In his opinion, Viscount Broca's words were completely untenable, not to mention that the motive itself was very ridiculous. Even if it was true, how could Wessassin be able to do so? Do you know his freight route in such detail?

Only Raven, who has mastered the Skyhawk Platform, can do this.

"Father, what are you talking about?" Howell stood up: "With your wisdom, you can't see the problem?"

"This is what Raven is doing!"

"Shut up!" Broca gave Howell a deep look: "Baron Raven would never do such a thing, there is no possibility."

"This matter can only be done by Wei Saxin."

Howell almost laughed in anger. He took two steps and frowned: "Father, I don't know what you are afraid of. It's just Raven. He is rich, but we are also a viscount family!"

"Father, when did you become so cowardly!?"

"Alas..." Viscount Broca leaned on his chair and sighed: "This is not cowardice, child."

"This is politics."

"Baron Raven is not something we can fight against."

"You don't dare, I dare!" Howell rushed out: "I'm going to find Raven and let him give me an explanation! I don't believe it, can he still kill me?!"

Watching the door panel shake, Broca sighed heavily.

The housekeeper walked in the door: "Master, do you want me to chase the young master back?"

"Let him go." Broca lowered his eyelids: "Immediately send a letter to Xie Cha in my name and order the army to prepare for war."

"Uh...ah?" The housekeeper blinked: "I don't quite understand. Who are you going to fight with?"

"...to deploy to the east, I will write to Baron Zeyi and borrow his territory when the time comes."

The butler was startled. Baron Zeyi's Menai territory in the east was the territory of Baron Wessassin.

On the other side, Howell easily found out Raven's location and came all the way to the auditorium.

The decoration of the auditorium was still elegant and noble, but in Howell's eyes it was indescribably abominable.

As soon as he entered the door, a maid brought him some wine. Howell waved his hand impatiently for her to leave. He walked inside with his eyes wandering and finally saw Raven.

At this time, Raven was holding a cup of Angel's Tears and chatting and laughing with two nobles, Baron Kate from the Merle Territory and Baron Sereva from the Teda Territory.

"Speaking of which, I have been busy with the competition these past few months and have neglected to communicate with you. This is my fault." Lei Wen raised his glass slightly: "We belong to the same county, so we should be as close as possible in the future. good."

Kate quickly nodded and clinked glasses with Raven: "Of course, but Baron Raven, although you are busy, there is no problem at all in terms of hospitality."

Although he had an old grudge with Raven, Baron Sereva still did not dare to express his dissatisfaction in front of Raven, and praised: "Yes, the specifications of your wedding this time can be said to be unprecedented in Xuefeng County. I think even in my old age, I will still talk about this grand wedding with my grandchildren.”

"Haha, you two have done a great job, as long as you are not dissatisfied." Raven took a sip of Angel Tears and said, "I thought it was because of the poor wedding reception, so you two decided to get married and hold a grand wedding. It’s way ahead of my time!”

The originally harmonious scene suddenly turned cold.

Kate and Sereva do intend to get married. The children of their two families are already old, and their territories are adjacent, so becoming one can bring greater benefits.

"Oh, I was just joking." Raven asked very naturally: "Isn't it funny?"

"Haha, no, no, you are really funny." Kate laughed dryly: "Actually, Sereva and I just... discussed it, and we haven't really decided yet."

Sereva also smiled: "Just because the two children got along well, we got together and chatted for a while, not counting!"

"Oh, it seems I misunderstood." Raven looked at Kate: "I also said that based on the friendship between the two of us fighting side by side, even if your daughter wants to get married, she should consider my brother. "

Baron Kate's Merle Territory and Baron Sereva's Teda Territory together form the eastern border of Xuefeng County. If the two families join together, they will be able to block the eastern exit of Xuefeng County. This is something Raven does not want to see. Arrived.

Howell's eyebrows stood up as he listened to the entire process.

Even when his grandfather, Viscount Fisher, was still alive, he had never interfered so roughly with the marriage of nobles in the county. Raven actually dared to do this. Did he really think he could dominate Xuefeng County?

After separating everyone, Howell stood in front of Raven:

"Raven, you've gone too far!"

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