Becoming a lord in another world starts with farming

Soon a simple but fair contract was completed through negotiation between the two parties, and was signed under the witness of Irving.

Maya was responsible for signing the contract, and her little finger also pressed her fingerprint. From then on, the contract was concluded. Once both parties violated it, they would pay a huge price.

Little Thumb did not ask Irving to sign the contract because this was unrealistic. Unless he was desperate or too weak, no noble would sign this contract out of his mind.

The size of Akita Town is nothing compared to the empire. The problem is that the other party has a legendary strongman who is loyal to him, and his background is unfathomable. Little Thumb is very self-aware of this, so he has no objection to Maya signing on his behalf.

Then Little Thumb asked to leave the only hotel in the territory, and Owen gave it.

The only hotel that allows outsiders to stay is not important. What is important is that it can help the territory manage outsiders and prevent them from messing around.

The reason why it is not important is because many methods cannot be prevented by soldiers and hotel staff alone.

Of course, a ninja can do this job, but it's not necessary, because Black Hand is the most professional in this area.

Of course, the hotel was not given away for free. After all, even if the land was not included, the building alone was worth a lot of money, not to mention the many furnishings and drinks inside, so the little finger took out the commonly used reward for black hands, information.

Compared with the imperfect Northland Witch Intelligence Network, the Black Hand is much more professional and has penetrated the empire's borders to a very high degree. Therefore, although it only provided ordinary intelligence, it gave Owen a considerable understanding of the overall situation on the empire's borders. learn.

"The Black Hand is indeed well-deserved. This information is really professional." Owen touched his chin and looked at the thick pile of information being flipped in Maya's hands. He did not feel that he was at a disadvantage in this transaction.

"Master, do you need to prevent the Black Hand's forces from entering Green Shade Town?" After comparing it with the intelligence she had and found no problems, Maya put down the intelligence in her hand and said to Owen.

Maya has little control over Greenshade Town, where Goblin General and Emile are mainly responsible, but she knows the special nature of Greenshade Town, so she asks this question.

"There is no need to specifically stop them. As long as they don't cause trouble, let them go." Considering the black hand's professionalism in infiltration and intelligence, there is no point in taking precautions. On the contrary, it is easy to attract excessive attention from the other party, so Owen said indifferently.

"I understand, Master." Maya nodded, but this does not mean that she will allow anyone to enter Greenshade Town. Except for adventurers and non-humans, if Black Hand wants to reach in, he must pay a sufficient price.

Owen didn't know what Maya was thinking, but he really didn't care much, because whether it was Akita Town or Green Shade Town, as long as it was exposed, the value of its existence was only to attract other people's attention, it was just so arrogant.

As long as the progress value continues to be restored, any construction is a repetitive monotonous behavior for Owen and has little meaning.

Owen's purpose is not to be a powerful lord, nor to rule a country, but to wait, to wait for the progress value to exceed the upper limit, to wait for the day when he becomes extremely powerful.

For this reason, he doesn't care about the loss of one or two territories. Even if everything he currently owns is destroyed, it will just be a do-over for Owen.

Building a territory really doesn't make much sense other than maintaining a high level of life, passing the time, and making yourself less lonely.

In fact, if Owen hadn't discovered that the breakthrough of the progress value limit was somehow related to the development of the territory, he could have lived in seclusion. Anyway, he didn't need to worry about food and drink expenses, so he didn't value the territory as much as Maya thought.

Next, Owen will restart the dungeon project, build a new base, and even set his sights further afield.

The Empire was not his first choice. Judging from the information provided by Maya, Emile, and Black Hand, the Empire was too deep for him to control, even if he created a legendary warrior like Ciel.

Forces with legends only have the qualifications to enter a certain circle. They are still newcomers in this circle, because any force with a few trump cards has the ability to kill legends. This is the basis for their long-term foothold.

A mere legendary warrior can only make Owen get a little attention, and forget about anything else, unless he can be productive, which unfortunately he cannot do yet.

While Irving prepares the next phase of his plan, Little Thumb has taken over the hotel.

As one of the five fingers, the little finger will certainly not bring Harvey alone. In fact, as early as a month ago, there were people entering Akita Town one after another. This time, they brought a lot of people, so they quickly took control. hostel.

Little Thumb did not replace the hotel staff. Firstly, he could see that these hotel staff were ordinary people and had not received any training. Secondly, it would be too wasteful for all the people he brought to do chores, and it would easily cause trouble for others. suspicion, so except for the placement of a few people, most of them remained as they were.

The hotel was considered to be used as an intelligence point before it was built, so in addition to the cellar, there are more underground spaces, all of which are open to little fingers without any concealment.

Little Thumb did not avoid using these places. On the contrary, he set up the intelligence center in the underground space of the hotel.

"Lord Little Thumb, shall we establish another stronghold?" Because of his meritorious service and familiarity with the situation in the North, Harvey has transformed from a criminal to an elite member of Little Thumb's men. At this time, he suggested with a loyal look, After all, this is not a stronghold established by the Black Hand himself, but given by others, so there is not enough sense of security.

"It's not necessary." Little Thumb was personally classifying the intelligence collected by his men, and rejected Harvey's proposal without even thinking about it.

The reason is simple, he knows that the other party dislikes him.

Although they had only met once and the main target of the discussion was not the other party, Little Thumb was still keenly aware of how arrogant the Hydra III was in his heart.

In the eyes of the other party, not to mention a Black Hand stronghold, even the entire Akita Town, the other party didn't really take it to heart.

This is simply incomprehensible, let alone where the other party's confidence comes from, but Little Thumb does not think that his feelings are wrong. He is a monster who looks gentle but is extremely arrogant in his heart.

Putting the sorted information on the shelf aside, his little finger took out a mark from his pocket. This is a mark made of a fist with only the little finger extended.

Harvey was stunned for a moment, then he made a fist with his left hand, extended his little finger, with the center of the fist facing his heart, and then stood aside with a serious expression.

The little finger did not hesitate. After standing up, he pressed the mark on the wall nearby. In a blink of an eye, the complex magic pattern spread out with the mark as the core, covering the entire wall, and penetrated towards the wall.

When the magic pattern is completely integrated into it, only an inconspicuous palm mark is left on the wall.

This is a special mark that only the five fingers have, and it also means that the little finger regards this place as its own information center.

Although the information center is not irreplaceable, its meaning is still different. This shows how much Little Thumb attaches importance to this place.

Almost at the same time, Owen's system that had not been touched for a long time suddenly became stronger as if he had taken the little blue pill. It suddenly broke through the original upper limit. The progress value could reach up to forty, and most of the game that could not be fully opened was also unfolded. .