Warlord: King of All Clans

In the following period, Leo replaced Earl Hard and became the Chief Justice of the Savage Court.

Of course, the barbarians did not call it a court, but a meeting of lords.

The wild folk leaders would come to Kitland in winter to resolve various disputes during the year.

The king of the wild people has the final say and can decide the conflict between the two sides with a single word.

This is actually a very unfair law enforcement. After all, information is not smooth in the deep mountains, and the king of the wild people cannot know the full picture of the conflicts in the wild tribes.

The only way to make a decision is to rely on experience, intuition, and the performance of the wild leaders.

This unfair and objective treatment often requires the use of force, so the king of the barbarians can only be the strongest person, not the most reasonable person.

Not to mention the people of River Bay who had gradually become accustomed to the rule of law, even the Grand Duke of the North shook his head when he saw it.

Leo was even more overwhelmed by what he was dealing with. People from two large tribes of savages were fighting for the hunting grounds, and the fight was so bloody that a river flowed. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and they could only turn to him, the king of the savages, to seek an explanation.

In the family records of Kitland, it is not even clear who owns this hunting ground!

The heir of the Kurolov family, Locke, was imprisoned in the Earl's Mansion.

He had been in seclusion for several days, and the ten fingers of his hands were trembling slightly. His consciousness passed through the red lines on his fingers, controlling the blood slave army to evacuate.

The blood slaves surrounding Asgar City, Tiamous, and scattered in the wilderness began to slowly move southward to Clemens, the main city of the Earldom of Grant.

At the port of Clemens, the River Bay transport fleet and the Odalov family fleet had already delivered a large amount of food and supplies, filling the warehouses throughout the dock.

A large number of carriages set out from Clemens, heading north along the road previously built by the River Bend Corps, and arrived at villages and towns along the way.

The number of blood slaves is less than 50,000, but this is almost the only remaining population in Oleynik's jurisdiction.

Under their attack, more and more refugees continued to move south.

Leo asked Locke to control them to go south first, rest and recover in the Earldom of Grant, spend the cold winter, and then take a boat back to Olenik to rebuild the main city in the north.

If this kind of thing were left to Meredith, I'm afraid she would find it too troublesome and simply suck all the blood slaves in one gulp to restore her own strength.

But it would be different if it was handed over to Locke. His current identity is a war criminal. Whether he can escape depends on his future performance.

Controlling tens of thousands of blood slaves was completely beyond Locke's limit. Fortunately, he had Meredith to assist him, and the dragon blood essence to provide him with magic power.

In the meeting room of the Earl's Mansion, the Duke of the North looked at the map and said to Leo, "The River Bend Legion has made an indelible contribution to this war. If you have any piece of land that you like, I will give it to you directly."

Leo looked at the map of the North and was not satisfied with any of it. "The land on the north bank is too barren and not very productive. The clans on the south bank are too powerful and I can't manage them all. Neither is good. I think your Earldom of Odalov is a good choice."

The Earldom of Odalov is the best farming area in the entire North, with plains accounting for 70% of the total area and a population more than three times that of other earldoms.

During Leo's reign in Anhurst, he had already deeply realized the wealth of the Earldom of Odalov and was particularly jealous of this territory.

Because of its wealth, it is advanced and the ruling system here is relatively complete, which allows the rulers' policies to be better implemented.

The Duke of the North filtered out his adopted son's trash talk and was distressed. "I plan to confer the title of Isharov Territory to Oleg Payne. The Kurolov Territory cannot be moved for the time being. The Kurolov family has been operating here for hundreds of years and is deeply rooted. It cannot be cleared overnight."

"Now there is only one Olenik left, so I'll give it to you."

Leo's eyes lit up as well, and he said happily, "Thank you, Grand Duke!"

During its heyday, the Odalov family firmly ruled the entire North with three major cities: Aeolus Fortress, Olenik, and Ancerst. Each of these cities was of great significance and far beyond the reach of an ordinary earl's capital city.

Oleynik, in particular, is the great princess city in the north, with a political status comparable to that of the imperial capital in the south, and it also guards the estuaries of the North Glacier and Anzeno Rivers.

It is located on the coast of Storm Sound and is never frozen all year round. It is the best seaport in the entire empire.

The tariffs alone are enough to offset all the taxes of an earl's capital city.

Before this, Oleynik was ruled by the Grand Duke's eldest son William. Now that it is handed over to Leo, it is equivalent to sending a clear signal to the outside world.

Although Olenik is now a ghost town, its infrastructure has not been damaged, and Rio no longer has to spend a hundred years to build it as before.

Basically, as long as you restore order in the city, you can sit back and collect money.

Seeing Leo's happiness, the Duke of the North could not help but say a few words to suppress him, "It's not all good news for you to hand over Olenik. The Wind God Fortress is guarded by the orcs, but Olenik is not. What's the situation over there now, neither you nor I know."

"Rebuilding the city will also require a lot of manpower and resources. Our Odalov family can't help you much right now."

Leo nodded confidently, "Leave it to me, the situation can't get any worse."

After rewarding his helpful adopted son, the Duke of the North finally breathed a sigh of relief, his body seemed to have lightened by three points, "The war in the North is finally over."

With the arrival of winter, heavy snow blocked the mountains and the roads. As the new king of the wild people, Leo needed to stay in Kitland temporarily, so he simply did not go back this winter.

Meanwhile, on the World Tree Avenue in the western North, the River Bay Third Legion was marching northward in the heavy snow.

This is the newly trained musketeer corps, led by Corps Commander Ivan, and is heading to the Aeolus Fortress to guard the border.

Strong's First Army had just returned home and was resting. The Second Army, led by Roman, was blocking the border of the Kurolov family, guarding against the enemy's counterattack.

When spring comes, Locke will settle the blood slaves and go back to clean up the mess.

Kurolov's military strength is comparable to that of the Grand Duke of the North. Although he has suffered heavy casualties in recent years, he still has the combat effectiveness of a count.

Kurolov has been operating here for hundreds of years. In the eyes of local forces, there is only Kurolov, not the Grand Duke of the North, and they will not easily accept the rule of outsiders.

Therefore, in order to quickly end the war, the Grand Duke of the North had no choice but to appoint Locke as the next Count Kurolov and make him his vassal.

But ceding territory and paying compensation were inevitable, and it was expected that the next three generations of the Kurolov family would have to pay for Fabuti's madness.

On the other side of the Dome River, south of Count Kurolov's territory, Count Brutus was continuing to build warships.

Count Tullius Brutus, through the wars in the south over the past few years, has occupied 30% of the land in the south. The border of his territory has already bordered the imperial capital, making him the strongest prince in the south.

Because he was frightened by the madness of his ally Fabuti, he did not dare to interfere in the war in the north for a while, but continued to attack the south.

Compared to the freezing northern border, the winter in the imperial capital is not that cold. Under the protection of the twenty-four Holy Light Churches, the residents of the imperial capital can hardly feel the cold wind.

At this moment, a resolution is being passed in the Grand Council of the Imperial Capital.

Establish the Electoral System!