Warlord: King of All Clans

As the rulers of the empire and the most powerful force in the imperial capital, the royal family holds large-scale dinners every month. If there are distinguished guests, the number of dinners will increase exponentially.

In feudal society, this was a political activity, and it was not all about extravagance and luxury.

At the party, Noreen was still whispering to Leo about her Matron Lola.

"Madam Lola is knowledgeable, talented in both civil and military affairs, and the most powerful woman I have ever seen in my life."

"She once formed an adventuring group, traveled far and wide, and even participated in the adventures of Earl Beowulf, the Great Earl of the North, and was written into poetry."

"She secretly raised two northern wolves in her bedroom and didn't send them to the north until the princess was born."

"Every three years, she would take the alchemical airship back to Olenik and take the princess to see the snow. Sometimes she would throw the young princess into the snow, saying that she wanted to strengthen her will."

Leo got tired of listening and threw my little mouse into the snow, but I couldn't bear to do it myself.

Not even my own mother!

He asked in return: "How could such a heroine marry the emperor who was already in his forties? Charles VII was only a few years younger than the Grand Duke of the North, right?"

Noreen said, "More than ten years ago, there was a border conflict between the North and South. Four earl armies from each side entered the border and started a confrontation. The country was about to split. The Grand Duke of the North and the Emperor of the Empire personally negotiated, and this is how the political marriage was formed."

"At that time, the emperor's first empress had passed away three years ago, and he had never remarried."

"But Madam Lola was not completely opposed to this marriage. On the contrary, she readily agreed to it."

"Madam Lola has been involved in a lot of politics in the more than ten years since she married into the royal family. It's not just the establishment of the Order of the Rose. It was her advice to support the Earldom of Aosta at the mouth of the Valais River, pacify the western border, and restore trade in the West Sea."

"Besides, in the North, the Grand Duke is her father, Earl Beowulf is her friend, and she gave birth to Princess Gullveig a year later, leaving blood for the royal family. Her influence across the country is no less than that of His Majesty the Emperor."

"Well, Count Osta is the elder brother of the Sword Master Algernon."

Norin said sadly: "If Madam Lola was still here, the influence of the royal family would almost double. Not only would the southern border be less likely to experience unrest, but the northwestern borders would also be very peaceful."

Leo listened in silence. If he were an opposition force, he would have given priority to eliminating such a heroic woman.

Charles VII's performance was not that of a tyrant, but it was just mediocre. With the assistance of Queen Laura, the empire did not change during his reign.

The next heir to the empire is Princess Gulveig, who was carefully trained by the Northern Rose.

Although Gullveig behaved like a timid little mouse hiding here and there in the river bend, before she was ten years old, she had already mastered the imperial etiquette and imperial elegant language, and mastered the reading, writing and calculation skills of almost nine years of compulsory education.

He also survived alone for a year in the icy and dangerous world of the North.

Even the original owner, Leo, who was gifted, still had to rely on the villagers for help to survive the winter when he was ten years old.

To this day, no one knows how the little mouse survives the northern winter.

Looking at the dignified and elegant little mouse sitting in the royal seat above the banquet, Leo secretly felt pity for her.

She was born in a royal family, with fine clothes and delicious food, but she was not as lucky and happy as the little dog-headed people in the river bay.

Leo searched for a long time among thousands of guests before he found Dennis and others.

After greeting them, Leo said to Dennis: "I'll give you a research direction."

Danielle immediately asked happily: "What research direction?"

Leo said casually, "Study the impact of lead tools on the health of citizens in the imperial capital, and the impact of lead tools on the birth rate."

Denise rolled her eyes at him, "I'm a historian!"

"Then study the impact of lead tools on population birth rates in history."

"I'm an elven historian!"

"Oh, you stupid college student are really useless!"

Denise was so furious that if it wasn't a high-class banquet, she would have wanted to use "Denise's Fireball" to shoot Leo.

But she wasn't really stupid, and she immediately realized the point of Leo's topic, "Why do you want me to study this topic? What's the point?"

Leo said: "It's nothing, just save the people from danger."

He spread his hands and said, "If my little mouse wasn't in the capital, I wouldn't care about this. I wish everyone in the capital was sterilized."

Denise held the wine glass tightly, as if she was going to crush it. "I'm from the capital, too!"

Leo stared at Denise's wine glass and the bright red wine in it. "Well, I advise you to drink less wine."

As they were speaking, the Rose Knight, who had received orders from Her Royal Highness the Princess, had already found the goblin craftsman Virgil and wanted to take him to a side hall to wait for an audience with the princess.

Noreen is the leader of this team of Rose Knights, and is explaining the reason to the goblin boss, Master Freeman.

The fun is about to begin!

When Leo saw this scene, he no longer cared about talking to the stupid college student. He immediately followed Virgil to the side hall.

With the identity of the goblin Virgil, it is impossible for him to step into the princess's bedroom, and even a private summons cannot last too long, so he can only go to the side hall next to it to ask a few questions.

As poor Virgil entered the side hall, he saw a group of green-haired dog-headed men rushing out.

"Woof woof woof! Rescue our people!"

At first glance, Virgil thought that a group of goblins had arrived, but when he looked more closely, he saw that they were actually a group of green-haired dog-headed monsters.

It turned out that in order to welcome the new ogres, Feisa returned with a group of golden-haired ogres and dyed their hair green again.

Greener than the green goblins, glowing green!

Freya also turned into a groundhog more than one meter tall, also dyed green, and was difficult to distinguish among the pile of dogs.

Virgil screamed in fear, "What strange dog-headed man? Don't come over here!"

He turned around to look at the Rose Knights who had brought him here, but the Rose Knights guarding the palace were all looking up at the sky; they had already been bribed.

But this time, something went wrong.

The green-haired gnolls who gathered around showed disgust when they saw the goblin Virgil.

Fisa was the first to speak, "So ugly! This isn't a kobold!"

"Woof woof woof! So ugly! Uglier than the little troll!"

Virgil was hurt and shouted angrily, "I'm a goblin! Not a kobold! This is what goblins look like!"

The green-haired dog-headed people scattered in disgust, "Too ugly, too ugly, not one of our tribe! Not one of our tribe!"

Green-haired Six also said: "There are green-skinned kobolds in the river bay, and goblins don't look like this. Goblins are super big, three times taller than you!"

Leo was waiting for Fisa to capture the goblin craftsman and bring him back to the river bend. Seeing this, he quickly reminded her, "This is a master craftsman!"

All the kobolds' ears perked up. There was still no master-level figure in River Bay.

The craftsman system in Hewan can be roughly divided into five levels: apprentice, low-level, intermediate, high-level, and master level. However, there are only a few high-level craftsmen and no masters.

Even Morse, the mid-level wizard and alchemist, who has a monopoly in the industry in Isenbol, does not dare to call himself a master.

As for the ogres with slightly lower intelligence, becoming a blacksmith's apprentice would be considered outstanding, and being able to become a low-level blacksmith would be considered a high-end talent.

Can there be master craftsmen among the kobolds?

A group of kobolds who were ready to give up immediately surrounded the goblin Virgil, "Woof woof woof! A new breed! Master-level kobolds!"

Watching the goblin Virgil being tied up by a group of kobolds and secretly escorted to the portal of the palace square, Norin said speechlessly: "After all, he is a master craftsman hired by the alchemist master of the imperial capital. Is it appropriate for you to take him away by force like this?"

Leo's eyes widened, "What does it have to do with me? This was done by the Kobolds!"