Mount & Blade: Wind of War

One day later in the Element Tower, when Kress, Likia, and Yamila appeared in front of people again, they had become the wives of Duke Rod Hart, the lord of Lonely Mountain Castle.

According to the age order, Likia Qiusha was the first wife, Yamila was the second wife, and the youngest Kress was the third wife.

Of course, all the original forces in Lonely Mountain Castle congratulated them. Kress, Likia Qiusha, and Yamila were all familiar old people. It was better for the three girls to become the wives of the Duke than some unknown women from outside.

Since they got on the bus first and then bought the tickets, the ceremony was held quickly.

During the war, the wedding was not held particularly luxuriously, but it was grand enough to improve the morale of the army and the people in Lonely Mountain Castle to a certain extent.

The only ones who were disappointed and difficult to accept were the northern nobles who came to serve. Originally, Duke Rod Hart of Lonely Mountain had no partner and no heirs, which was a good entry point for them, but they did not expect that because of an accident, they would lose the positions of the first, second, and third wives at once.

The mainstream of this world is monogamy, but it is normal for a noble lady to have multiple lovers. The only position of a lady is not for loyalty, but to protect the family property.

In this world, a female poet once said: "Solving the needs of a woman's body is the fastest way to enter her heart."

Rhodes and Kress have accumulated enough feelings, and the accumulation of feelings with Likia Qiusha and Yamila is a little less, but after a day and a night of uninterrupted high-frequency output, he still successfully entered the hearts of the two girls.

On the wedding day, three beautiful girls wore gorgeous dresses and handed their little hands to the man in front of them.

Seeing this scene, many people in the upper echelons of Lonely Mountain Castle looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. The Grand Duke is married, and with the Duke's physique, he will soon have a successor, so that the political system of Lonely Mountain Castle will be more stable.

Although Rhode's quick marriage hurt the interests of the northern nobles, they had just entered the Lonely Mountain Castle and had not yet established a firm foothold. They did not dare to make any small moves under such circumstances. With the continuous reorganization of the private army, most of them already knew the difference in combat power between their personal private army and the regular army of the Lonely Mountain Castle, so they dared not act rashly. The man in front of them had the power to forcibly wipe out all of them.

Half a month later, the Lonely Mountain Castle established a system that only knights and military merits could not be awarded titles:

In order to obtain a title in the Lonely Mountain Castle, one must have at least the rank of a third-order extraordinary person, otherwise, one can only go through the civil service system, and the civil service system cannot obtain a title. Although being in a high position also has extremely high authority, such authority cannot be passed down from generation to generation, which is undoubtedly not accepted by the nobles.

The introduction of this system directly prevented the northern nobles from seizing official titles from Rhode.

Among them, some with outstanding talents directly raised objections:

"Even if Lonely Mountain Castle values ​​military merit, in war, staff officers and military strategists can also play a role that is not inferior to high-level extraordinary people. Is the system of 'no knight, no military merit, no title' too unfair to them?"

"People who raise this question are most likely not concerned about whether this system is fair, but whether they and their families can still gain unfair benefits. Compared with the rigid standards of extraordinary people, it is difficult to judge the ability of outstanding intelligence. If there is no rigid standard, then it is entirely conceivable that most of the people selected are people with deeper family backgrounds."

"Lonely Mountain Castle faces the pressure of the northern orcs, but these old nobles first think of their own power, which is understandable, but unacceptable."

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Due to Rhodes's broad mind and the deep financial and material reserves of Lonely Mountain Castle, the political power struggle in Lonely Mountain Castle has always been suppressed within a very small scope.

After all, although the northern nobles are greedy, they are not stupid. The northern orcs are about to attack. Wouldn't it be self-destructive to make too much trouble at this time?

Anyway, during the war, the cones will emerge. The northern nobles, as a group, also have enough confidence to crush these civilian slaves in the Lonely Mountain Castle in the process of the rise of new forces.

Integration, development, training, and improvement.

At the same time, the entire Lonely Mountain Castle is constantly gathering manpower for strengthening and expansion.

Although Atiman was rated as a B-level hero by Rhodes, he actually played a crucial and decisive role in the urban development of the entire Lonely Mountain Castle.

This old man's mind seems to have endless whimsical ideas. No matter how many people Moken sent to him, Atiman can use them all. In this case, the entire Lonely Mountain Castle seems to have turned into a large construction site with construction everywhere.

If there is no Atiman, then in order to provide disaster relief, Rhodes can only let these refugees who entered spend a day digging a big pit and distributing food, and then spend another day filling the big pit and distributing food, which can't create effective value at all.

Of course, the development of Yatiman's talents to the extreme is inseparable from the political economy and even the geographical environment of Gushan Castle. Without stable and efficient politics, a large population may not be a help, but may be a burden. Without strong The economic base simply cannot support the more than 200,000 to nearly 300,000 soldiers and civilians of the entire Gushan Castle.

Without the geographical advantage of Gushan Castle being located in the mountains and having all the iron, stone, and timber resources available, even if someone in Gushan Castle had money and food, it would be difficult to do anything, at least not as efficiently as it is now.

Finally, when all conditions are met, the extraordinary mind of the extraordinary engineer Artiman can unleash his talents.

In a space with no sky, no ground, no light and no darkness.

A man with black hair and black eyes in a purple silk robe was sitting cross-legged. As his hands continued to change his movements, his body and mind condensed, and his whole body slowly rotated. At the same time, the meridians and acupuncture points in his body began to penetrate. Debut with platinum glory.

"The golden flames of the sun create my body of immortal light!"

Along with the words in his heart, the light radiating from the man's body became more and more intense. As time went by, the mental method finally reached its peak.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…

Fierce golden flames began to shoot out from the man's body. At the same time, the man's entire body began to spread flames from his lower abdomen to his dantian.

At first, you can still endure it, but after all, there is an upper limit to human willpower. How can you easily adapt to the pain of burning your body?

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

He stood up suddenly. At this moment, large swaths of golden flames shot out from the man's mouth, nose and eyes. At the same time, his body cracked like porcelain, spreading golden light, and finally, suddenly, his whole body exploded. In a blaze of light, his body was shattered into pieces, and it was extremely tragic.

At the same time, Rhodes, who was also sitting cross-legged in reality, also released his hand holding the hilt of the pale golden sword.

"No, it still doesn't work. I used the ability to predict ten times, and at least eight of them failed and exploded to death. There must be problems with the energy operation system, and prediction is not reality, no matter how close it is."

Rhodes stood up angrily, feeling depressed in his chest. This was inevitable. He had devoted several years of thought and a lot of hard work to the final combination of the Holy Light Qi Mind Technique and the Light Immortal Body Mind Technique, but he was still one step short.

Now that the northern orc army is about to invade the territory, Rhodes sometimes hesitates to directly promote to the fifth level legendary through traditional methods. In that case, Fatis will not bear the pressure alone and defend the solitude. The certainty of the mountain castle can also be improved.

"No, no, the fifth-level legendary realm is a key step. If you take this wrong step, I'm afraid there will be no chance of destruction in the future. Now I have an army of 50,000. Even if I don't advance to legend, I will still be able to block Kedar. At worst, it will take ten years. In twenty years, I will definitely be able to complete the fusion of techniques.”

Rhodes had some insight into the overt and covert struggles between Moken, Alleyn and the northern nobles, but he didn't care, and even looked down and found it ridiculous.

In this extraordinary era where great power can be attributed to oneself, it is really not ambitious enough and generous enough to still be restricted to these ordinary power and glory.