From Baron's Second Son to Dragon Rider

"The second place, let us invite His Majesty Belron Red Tulip and His Excellency Kyle Manganese Steel Shield from the Blazing Steel Kingdom."

Outside the city wall, a team slowly approached.

The man in the front was wearing a red dress. He had golden hair and sharp eyes, and exuded a strong aura.

Behind him, followed a sturdy, blond, and blue-eyed middle-aged man. He carried a huge shield and exuded an indestructible aura.

These two people are Belron Red Tulip, the king of the Blazing Steel Kingdom, and Kyle Manganese Steel Dragon Knight Manganese Steel Shield.

Above their heads, two giant dragons, one red and one silver, were slowly circling. One was the Magic Red Opal Stone Dragon, and the other was the Manganese Steel Dragon.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect us to be ranked second."

Belron laughed loudly, but there was not much smile on his face.

He led the envoys into the city and looked at the lively scene of the local residents and nobles welcoming him.

"Your Majesty, the strength of our kingdom will become stronger and stronger."

Kyle Manganese Steel Shield comforted.

"I know, you go read the gift list."

Kyle nodded, took out a piece of parchment from his arms, and slowly read:

"The gift of the Blazing Steel Kingdom this time:

Three hundred pieces of manganese steel standard weapons, a bloody opal crown, and five pieces of ruby ​​equipment."

After speaking, Kyle put the parchment in his hand back into his arms, and then signaled the knights behind him to bring up the gifts that had been prepared long ago.

The first thing to be brought up was a large box, which contained a full set of plate armor made of manganese steel, a knight's sword, and a lance.

There were as many as three hundred boxes like this.

Then Belron took out a small box from his arms, opened it, and a golden crown appeared in front of everyone.

The most eye-catching of them was the six bloody opals inlaid on it.

They were arranged on it in a certain regular way, and the largest and most eye-catching one was placed in the center.

Even though the people present had some resistance after King Alvis's generous gift, they were still shocked by the gift from King Belron.

"Just this crown is a priceless treasure!"

"More than that! Even His Excellency the Grand Duke has never worn a similar crown in public..."

"Ah, this... don't you want to mix in the noble circle of the Golden Grand Duchy?"

"Third, please invite Her Excellency Amelia Silverhand of the Mountain Copper Kingdom to enter."

Unlike the first two, the envoys sent by the Mountain Copper Kingdom were only Amelia and the silver dragon under her.

Amelia flew low on the silver dragon, and on the claws of the silver dragon, she was holding a large piece of mountain copper.

"Amelia Silverhand came to celebrate as a representative of the Mountain Copper Kingdom. This is a gift specially given by my king Harold, the Lord of Copper - mountain copper."

After saying that, she threw the mountain copper that was at least two or three people high to the ground.

"… Fourth, please welcome Duke George of the Azure Tide Kingdom."

"George Blue Heart presents three sapphire bracelets on behalf of the king for celebration."

"Fifth, please invite the envoy of the Topa Kingdom."

"In accordance with the will of the King of the Topa Kingdom, Aditya Tiyuzhixi, three orange gemstone equipment are specially presented this time..."

"Sixth, please invite the envoy of the Holy Mithril Kingdom to enter."

"In accordance with the will of the Lord of the Holy Mithril Kingdom, Gasoni Shining Silver, five cubic meters of mithril are specially presented..."

"Seventh, please invite the envoy of the Citrine Jade Crown Kingdom..."

"In accordance with the will of Queen Ashadron Jade Crown, a standard portion of yellow chalcedony and a piece of private information are presented to you."

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The seven kingdoms have finished their gifts, and it is the turn of the principalities to present gifts.

Those principalities generally don't have anything good, just some resources produced by mineral dragons.

Iron, copper, aluminum and the like.

And the number is not large, it is estimated that those principalities are just showing their appreciation.

But Krober can understand them.

After all, not all principalities are like the Golden Grand Duchy, which is only a vassal in name, but does not need to perform any duties.

If other principalities want to establish a country, they need the permission of the surrounding kingdoms.

And after the establishment of the country, they need to bow down and pay tribute to a large number of rare resources every year.

Most principalities have only one dragon, and the minerals they soak every year are limited.

The Citrine Jade Crown Kingdom, which requires the least tribute from its vassal states, collects 40% of the resources every year.

From this, we can see how much some weak principalities have to pay just to survive.

"The Red Iron Principality's gift..... ten kilograms of red iron."

"The Blue Copper Principality's gift..... ten kilograms of blue copper."

I don't know if it was agreed that these small principalities only sent ten kilograms of minerals.

"The Cold Iron Grand Duchy's gift..... ten kilograms of cold iron and ten kilograms of gray tin."

Hmm? ?

The Grand Duchy of Frost Iron.

Krober had some impression of this country. It was the strongest country among all the duchies.

Most duchies only had one dragon knight, but the Grand Duchy of Frost Iron had two dragon knights. It even built facilities similar to the Dragon Farm of the Emerald Kingdom.

There are also one or two wild dragons raised.

It can be said that the current Hantie Grand Duchy lacks a magic dragon. As long as the magic dragon is in place, I am afraid that the seven kingdoms will become eight kingdoms.

What attracted Krober's attention was the gift from the Grand Duchy of Cold Iron - gray tin.

It is said that among the wild dragons raised by the Hantie Grand Duchy, there is a gray tin dragon.

Strictly speaking, this gray tin dragon can be considered a sibling of Amma.

Krober just sat there quietly, listening to Marquis Frostwolf presiding over the meeting as if he was calling names.

Are there that many principalities in the entire continent?

At the end of the dedication ceremony, Krober heard the names of more than twenty principalities.

Seven kingdoms with more than twenty principalities...

It sounds weird.

Veronica on the side seemed to see the doubts in Krober's heart and explained:

"Most of these principalities come from the Topa Kingdom and the Topaz Jade Crown Kingdom. These two countries are very intrusive and have little demand for land, so they sprout one principal after another.

If we only count the principalities in the southern part of the continent, there is only one Golden Principality. "

After listening to Veronica's explanation, Krober was full of curiosity about the countries in the north of the continent.

"Are the four countries in the north of the mainland different from our cultural systems?"

Veronica nodded. When she was young, she traveled to the northern countries. Although it was only a few years, she also had a more intuitive understanding of the northern countries.