Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

There are precedents in the mainland for nobles who made mistakes that led to the death of their subjects and were punished. Generally, whichever true god has the most believers among the dead people, the church of that true god will apply to the king. As long as the church raises this matter, there must be definite evidence. Not only will the king and the noble council not question it, but they will also complete the procedure as quickly as possible. This is why the royal knights came so quickly.

Viscount Carentan was invited to the capital city of France to assist in the investigation. He was mentally prepared for this. This kind of matter can be negotiated as long as the compensation satisfies the church, otherwise he would not send his eldest son to the activity. It's just that too many people died this time, and no one in the French city dared to speak for Viscount Carentan.

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Dominaria City, Mage Tower Castle, reception room, Lord Pierre is reporting to Christine on the recent diplomatic situation.

Elena came in and reported: "Your Majesty the Duke, Bishop Salman, and Baron Messer have arrived."

Seleman is the bishop of the Church of the God of Order. He saluted first: "Good day, Your Majesty the Duke."

Baron Messer then bowed and saluted: "Good day, Your Majesty the Duke."

"Good afternoon, Bishop Salman, Baron Messer, please take a seat."

After the usual simple politeness, Baron Messer said: "Your Majesty, Lord Pierre has conveyed your intention to me. After consideration, I am willing to sign a territory replacement agreement."

Christine nodded and said, "Baron Messer, you will not regret this choice."

Then he ordered: "Lord Pierre, prepare an agreement."

"As ordered."

Naturally, the agreement had been drawn up long ago, in quadruplicate. After the maid arranged the table for signing, everyone sat down.

Baron Messer picked up the agreement and read it carefully. The conditions were the same as those mentioned by Lord Pierre before. He also asked the scholar he brought to read it again. After making sure there was no problem, he signed and sealed it. Then Christian signed and sealed it, and Bishop Salman also signed and sealed it as a witness and performed a "strictly supervised" magical spell, which was considered a record to God.

Stewart led the army to participate in the war and eliminated the undead very quickly. Not only did he quickly relieve the siege of the city of Caen, he also recovered all the fallen villages and towns, which was an excellent fulfillment of the agreement with the king.

The crisis is resolved, but the passage to the Underdark is a problem. There are many passages discovered on the mainland. The general solution is to block the passages that are easy to fill up, and to set up defenses and station troops in the passages that are not easy.

This passage in Barony Messe is extremely difficult to block because it is a connected mine. After years of excavation in the entire mining area, there are not only active mines but also abandoned mines, and the underground has been dug into a spider web. When the undead army poured into the ground from underground, it not only expanded the original exit, but also opened exits from other places. Now no one can figure out what is going on underground.

This mine has been exploited for hundreds of years, and it is not a small project to block it. Of course, it can be done as long as the labor is spared, but Baron Messe's men estimated that it would take at least a hundred strong laborers for a year to close the blockage. During the construction period, soldiers would also need to be deployed to guard and defend.

More importantly, this mine will no longer be usable from now on, and it is equivalent to planting a bomb around you. No one knows whether the creatures in the underdark want to open the passage again.

After Christine learned of this situation, she sent Lord Pierre to discuss with Baron Messe about the replacement of the territory.

If the mine could still be mined, Baron Messer would naturally be unwilling to abandon this hen that laid golden eggs, but now not only can it not bring him any income, but he will also need to spend money to deal with the passages in the Underdark in the future. This is different. .

Besides, the undead are rampant, and although they don't deliberately set fire to houses like demons, villages and towns are also destroyed. The most important thing is that it is December, but the refugees did not carry much food with them when they fled.

So after Christine promised the relocation expenses, food for the refugees for half a year and 30,000 gold coins, Baron Messer agreed to the territory swap.

After signing the agreement, soldiers led by Stewart began to station in various villages and towns. From time to time, mercenaries and adventurers could be seen clearing out sporadic undead creatures. The main thing is to build a fortress with a mage tower next to the mine.

For Baron Messer, he does not have the strength to restart the iron mine and guard the passage to the Underdark, but for Christine, there is no problem. The mine can fully meet the workshop's demand for iron ore for a considerable period of time, and a passage connecting the underground can also be a trade route.

As for the danger from the underground, there is no need to consider this at all. It would be good if Kristine doesn't fight them.

After seeing off Baron Messer, Christine welcomed another guest, Viscount Carentan, who also came to sign a territory replacement agreement.

Due to the arrangement of the Count of Caen, the Viscount Carentan believed that reinforcements would arrive and failed to evacuate the citizens who had gathered in the port town for refuge in time. He made mistakes that led to the death of a large number of believers, for which he must be held responsible. But the person is already dead. Even if the Carentan family is burned to death and all the wealth is paid to the church, what will happen?

During the demonic disaster, the nobles spent a large amount of funds on purchasing weapons and food. For this reason, they did not hesitate to sell their works of art at low prices. Now the total wealth of Viscount Carentan's entire family is less than 10,000 gold coins.

As for territory, the "Covenant of the Gods" stipulates that the church cannot directly hold land, and the "Continental Convention" stipulates how much land each level of temple occupies, and it must not exceed the limit. This is because the political and religious regime is naturally exclusive. Except for the true God he believes in, the beliefs of other gods cannot be spread in such a country. If this continues, those weak gods will inevitably fall because of insufficient believers. They will naturally have to united to boycott.

This is also the reason why even in a country founded by the descendants of God and the holy bloodline, only half of the people believe in the true God.

Therefore, for the church, it is most appropriate for Viscount Carentan to sell part of the territory and give the money received as compensation to the church. The nobles who purchased the territory promise that the villages and towns that originally believed in a certain true god will also believe in a certain true god. .

Any noble's pursuit of land is fanatical. There are many nobles who have money to buy villages and towns, but no one dares to compete with Duke Stuart for business, including the king.

The Viscounty of Carentan is surrounded by the sea on three sides and is connected to the mainland on one side. It is also next to the Stewart Territory. If you want to, there are a hundred ways to make this place never peaceful.

In the end, Christine obtained the entire Viscounty of Carentan at the cost of replacing ten villages and paying 100,000 gold coins.