Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning.

The next day, the king will hold a martial arts competition at Princess Blanche's birthday party. This matter blew through the entire Golden Feather City like the wind.

In principle, only nobles attending the banquet will be considered for this tournament.

However, perhaps in order to show his people-friendly side, Bruno specially gave several places to the extraordinary knight academies in Golden Feather City and Niujiao Bay. At the same time, professional knights in the knights who met the requirements were also specially allowed to participate.

Tournaments are always an opportunity for knights to show off their talents.

The higher the standard of the tournament, the more opportunities there may be.

For a knight with an ordinary background but extraordinary strength, if he can win the favor of a certain big shot in a tournament, it may be an opportunity to change his destiny.

Therefore, many people are preparing for this martial arts competition.

In the early morning, Cross Vera returned to his family's manor in Golden Feather City early with a lot of resentment.

At this moment, Hamand had just finished breakfast, packed his clothes and prepared to enter the palace, but he did not expect that his nephew was being helped back.

"Oh, Cross, what's wrong with you?" he asked in horror, "Why are you still injured in the palace?"

Cross was injured and didn't sleep well last night. Even the Silver Knight didn't look good.

He asked for money when he opened his mouth: "Uncle Hamand, I need gold coins!"

Hamand's expression changed.

As the eldest grandson of the Duke, Cross has a lot of gold coins on his body, and it is perfectly fine to casually take out thousands or tens of thousands of gold coins.

But now that the other party is asking for it, it's obvious that what he needs is not just a small amount of money.

"What's going on?"

Next, Cross told the whole story.

Hamand frowned after hearing this, and finally couldn't help cursing: "The boy from Screaming Island is really a coward. He just needs to hold on and refuse to admit his guilt. Will His Majesty the King really put him in jail? Even if he is tried in public later. , when you are so seriously injured, not only can we not give out a single gold coin, but we can even have a chance to cause some trouble to Luo Ning!"

Cross looked a little annoyed. When he came back to his senses, the more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became. He always felt that he had suffered a secret loss.

But now that the matter is over, they have all pleaded guilty, and it is impossible to overturn last night's decision.

He said angrily: "It's only thirty thousand gold coins, just think of it as buying medicine for Luo Ning."

After discussion last night, Cross and Facundo each contributed 30,000 gold coins, while Gregor, brother and sister, and Sally each contributed 10,000 gold coins.

"Thirty thousand gold coins is a small matter."

The four of them are old aristocrats who have been established for many years, and this little money is not a problem in their eyes.

"It's just that if we try to spread negative news about Luo Ning and affect the marriage between Bruno and the Wushan family, the possibility of success will be slim."

With all the fuss last night, news will definitely spread today, and it may be beneficial to Luo Ning.

The actual situation was exactly as Hammand expected.

Nowadays, there are many rumors outside that the four major families sponsor the martial arts tournament.

Although the four major families' request for wallets was said to be sponsorship, the nobles who witnessed the conflict between them and Luo Ning yesterday had vague suspicions.

After all, the martial arts tournament was arranged on a temporary basis, and the person who paid for it was the one who caused the trouble. Who wouldn't make some connections?

As for Luo Ning, once he has more things to discuss, people's focus will be dispersed.

Although some people are still talking about his negative information, many people are praising his deeds of single-handedly challenging a group without losing.

Some people even vaguely speculated whether the champion of this martial arts tournament would be Luo Ning.

Under such circumstances, it would be of little use for Hamand and others to continue to make a fuss about Luo Ning's past romantic deeds and forcing Selena to die.

Like Cross, Facundo and others also returned to their families' manors in Golden Feather City.

After hearing his son's report, Myron snorted coldly: "What a confused thing. This is Bruno's little idea. You can't even understand it?"

Facundo lowered his head and defended himself weakly: "I was afraid that His Majesty would impose all the crimes and punishments on me and cause even greater trouble, so when I heard about the fine, I accepted."

"You think a lot!"

Myron smiled half-heartedly, thinking that the other three families were as stupid as his son, and he suddenly felt better again.

"Forget it, it's just 30,000 gold coins, you can get out as soon as you get it."

He didn't care about the money either, what he cared about more was Bruno's abnormal behavior.

"It seems that our King is determined to support the Wushan family this time. But can this family, which has been silent for thirty years, still be supported?"

He looked at the map of the kingdom hanging on the wall.

Many of the many islands in the Screaming Sea now belong to the Fleming family.

Even if the remaining small part is under the jurisdiction of the kingdom, his family still has influence on it.

Even on Waiheke Island, where prisoners are imprisoned, they are now establishing their own power on it.

But there are only so many large islands in the Screaming Sea. After occupying them, you will eventually have to return to a wider land.

But now the kingdom's land pattern is basically fixed. In the absence of large-scale wars and insufficient achievements, there is no other good way to obtain new land except to find ways to occupy it.

Wushan's territory is vast and sparsely populated, and its owner is weak. Although the family's descendants have potential but have not grown up, it is obviously a good choice.

Wushan Fort.

"Sir, Baron Melonica is here." Most said respectfully.

Lulans put down the letter in his hand and straightened his posture: "Let him come in."

The tall and burly figure quickly walked into the study, "Sir, you are looking for me."

Rulans smiled and motioned for the other party to sit down, "Congratulations, Melonica, you have finally made a breakthrough after years of hard work!"

Hearing this, Melonica also laughed. It has always been his dream to break through and become a Meteor Knight.

However, in front of Rulans, he still had a humble attitude.

"I have only reached this point when I was nearly fifty years old. Compared with you, sir, I am far behind."

He didn't exaggerate on purpose.

Thirty years ago, the 45-year-old Rulans was already a famous Meteor Knight and had even created his own secret skills.

In such a comparison, the gap between the two is indeed quite large.

Lulans then asked about the situation after the opponent's breakthrough, and then slowly explained the purpose of the summons.

"There are two main reasons for calling you here this time."

He took out a thickly packaged book from the drawer and handed it over: "The first thing I want to do is give you a congratulatory gift."

Melonica was stunned for a moment, looking at the book, he had a guess in his mind, and his heart skipped a beat.

He took the book and opened the cover. What was written on the title page was Lu Lansi's original secret technique "Fire Dance and Thunder Strike".

"Is this for me?" Melonica was a little excited.

Lulansi nodded, "You have the same attributes as me, and you have also shown good talent in learning fighting skills. You should be able to master this secret skill."

Melonica closed the secret skill and then saluted respectfully: "Thank you for your generous gift!"

He actually didn't attach much importance to his pursuit of a title.

Instead, he valued things that could enhance his strength.

Not everyone can create secret techniques, and this kind of resource is often monopolized by big nobles and powerful forces. If you want to learn it, you need to pay a lot.

Even the lord who has been following it for a long time cannot give it away casually.

He was rescued by Lu Lansi when he was young, and he received many gifts along the way, and he was filled with gratitude.

"The cultivation of secret skills cannot be accomplished in one day. It requires your patience and perseverance to be tested, and you must grasp every link to succeed. When practicing, you must also prevent your fighting spirit from running wild and hurting yourself."

"I understand!"

Melonica really wanted to go down and try it now.

"The second thing is, I need you to go to Golden Feather City."

Maybe it was because he had been away from the fight for too long, or maybe Lulans knew that Luo Ning had a dragon, so he was not worried about the danger that the latter would cause at sea.

But he didn't expect Luo Ning to be assassinated on the way to Golden Feather City.

"Luo Ning was assassinated at sea. The gold-level assassin led by him was the one who assassinated Blanche in the Colosseum."

Melonica was surprised: "How is Luoning doing now?"

"He is fine now. He is in the Golden Feather Palace. But just in case, I need you to protect him."

"no problem!"

Melonica said without hesitation that he knew the importance of Ronin in the old man's heart.

"Ok!"

Rulans nodded: "I have asked Vittorino's ship to wait for you. You can set off early tomorrow morning."

"No need to wait for tomorrow."

Melonica smiled and said: "My flame horse can still move like the wind at night."

Lulans nodded, "It's up to you to decide."

Melonica left even faster as she came.

Lu Lansi thought of Golden Feather City. He hadn't set foot there for a long time. Even Wushanbao's contact station in Golden Feather City was abandoned.

In fact, as the kingdom's great nobles, they basically have a liaison station in Golden Feather City.

On the one hand, he is responsible for liaison with the royal family. On the other hand, he also needs to travel with other ministers and nobles to build relationships and obtain information.

It's just that with the decline of Wushan Castle in recent years, Wiggins doesn't care much about things in the royal capital, and a huge amount of money needs to be spent every year to purchase magic potions used to suppress soul-eating, Lulans also has the intention to do so. Powerless.

Now that Wushanbao has a rising star, it can indeed consider rebuilding the liaison station.

"Forget it, let's leave this matter to Luo Ning."

Rulans sighed.

He probably won't need a contact station in his life, let alone his son Wiggins.

It's better to let Ronin think about how to build it and decide how to use it.