Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning.

The Lord of the Misty Castle's study.

Count Ural built this place very luxuriously, and it doesn't look like a war fortress at all.

Bruno carefully observed every statue and painting in the hall as if he was playing with a treasure, and the more he looked, the better his mood became.

As there was a knock on the door and the guard announced that Roning had arrived, he put away his thoughts and sat down on the sofa in the study's living room.

"Your Majesty, long time no see!"

Luo Ning walked in and greeted politely.

Bruno stood up, which was rare. He smiled and motioned for Ronin to sit down. "This is not the Golden Feather Palace, and we are not in the Hall of Alduin. There is no need to be so formal. You can call me father, father, or father-in-law like Blanche did."

"Okay, father-in-law!" Luo Ning shouted with a smile.

Bruno nodded with satisfaction. Even though Ronin was the strongest man in the Kingdom of Alduin, he had always been respectful to him, which was something he was quite satisfied with.

"I only found out about Garrett's stupid actions when the war started, but it was too late to stop him by then."

Bruno said seriously: "Although you and him are unhappy, I still hope you don't mind. After all, we are a family. I don't want you to be unhappy forever."

He did not talk about the promotion right away, but instead tried to ease the relationship between Garrett and Ronin with a slightly apologetic tone.

"I hope so too."

Roning said frankly, "But Your Majesty, I am not responsible for the conflict. On the contrary, I have been restrained for the sake of you and Blanche."

Hearing this blunt statement, Bruno sighed. As expected, Roning was still a little angry with Garrett.

"After returning this time, I asked him to go to Brown Forest to help Ferens fight against the Principality of Barton. I also arranged several experienced teachers for him. I believe that he will improve his attitude towards you soon. Please be more patient."

Sure enough, it was Bruno's move to keep Garrett away from the front battlefield.

However, Roning was still skeptical about whether the other party's arrangement would have any effect on Garrett.

After all, Garrett is not a child anymore, but a man in his thirties with a mature personality and work style. It is too difficult to change him in a short period of time.

Next, Bruno talked about Blanche, the deeds of General Aruba who was killed by Ronin, and so on. After more than half an hour, the topic returned to the main business.

"I heard from Blanche that you wanted a dukedom. I had the same idea and thought of several titles for you."

Bruno said as he took a piece of paper from the side and handed it to Roning: "This mountain forest paper is very good, but the yellow one is a bit ugly. If there is high-quality white one, maybe we can sell some to the Golden Feather Palace."

"Haha, the white paper is still under development. If it is made in the future, I will send you a batch as soon as possible."

As Luo Ning spoke, he looked at the titles on the paper:

The Duke of Guardian and Development, the Duke of Shield of the Kingdom, the Duke of Frontier Guardian, the Duke of Sword of the Kingdom, and the Duke of Conqueror.

Luo Ning smiled secretly in his heart. All the titles that the other party thought of were based on the consideration of the kingdom, to protect the kingdom and expand the territory for the kingdom.

"Which one do you like?" Bruno asked with a smile.

Luo Ning held his chin and pondered for a while before saying, "How about the Duke of Conqueror?"

He explained: "I will wear this title and visit every city in the Kingdom of Tricia."

"Hahaha, good!"

Bruno was very satisfied. "If there ever comes a day when the Kingdom of Alduin can become an empire on the continent of Orlant, I will confer upon you the title of King of the Wushan Family!"

This was both Bruno's promise and his temptation.

It is normal for an empire to have subordinate kingdoms.

Bruno wanted to see whether Luo would be willing to let him sit on the throne.

Luo Ning smiled and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I believe that day will come!"

Becoming king is naturally his goal.

As for whether he can become the master of the empire, it depends on whether he has the motivation behind it.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Bruno continued, "Okay, Roning, the reward and title have been settled. Next, we should talk about the distribution of benefits."

He shrugged. "Blanche said you want to incorporate Nethergarde into your territory?"

"To be precise, it is Nethergarde and Misty City, Your Majesty."

Ronin explained: "I want to build this place into a bridgehead for my conquest of the Kingdom of Tricia."

"can!"

Bruno actually agreed directly. He actually wanted Ronin to become the border duke so that he could resist the invasion from the south.

After all, although Ronin is strong, the enemy country is not weak either. Especially from the intelligence point of view, the Holy Storm Organization is very powerful and can produce a group of strong people in a short period of time.

It is not easy to conquer the Kingdom of Theresia.

However, Bruno also had his own wishes. He changed the subject:

"I can assign Nethergarde, Misty City, and even Gray Valley, which Melonica is in charge of, to your territory, but Ronin, being a duke also comes with responsibilities."

He said: "You need to conquer more territory for me. I will not grant you more territory until you conquer at least one principality of the enemy."

"And when you conquer Dragon City, I will grant you a sufficiently vast territory. If nothing else, at least I will make your territory the largest duchy under the Kingdom of Alduin!"

Luo Ning pondered slightly.

For him, after becoming a duke and obtaining new territories, most of the tasks on the achievement panel would have a basis for completion.

Therefore, before taking over a duchy or conquering a dragon city, it is not so important whether or not to gain new territory.

Relatively speaking, population is the main thing.

Only with more people can industrialization in the territory be smoothly promoted.

"Your Majesty, I can agree to your request, but I hope that after I capture the city, I can take some of the people there with me."

"That's natural. Prisoners are spoils of war, just like other items. I allow you the right to take some of them."

Bruno was very satisfied with Ronin's answer.

What he wanted was to expand the territory and make Alduin's territory bigger and bigger until it became like the former Orlant Empire, spanning the entire north and south.

Naturally, he did not want to give part of the territory to Roning or other nobles as a reward every time he conquered a place.

After this reward is over, unless there are particularly significant combat results, the next reward will probably be a long time later.

Next, the two discussed whether to start a war after the truce.

Taking into account that after the truce period will be the New Year celebration, followed by winter and spring plowing, Luo Ning suggested adopting a conservative attitude and not taking any action as long as the other side does not attack.

Wait until May or June next year before continuing to head south.

During this period of time, he was also in charge of arranging the affairs of Watchtower and Misty City.

Bruno took the advice.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Luoning, I'm very pleased that the kingdom suddenly has a strong man like you. But you appeared too suddenly and rose too fast. I'm always worried that one day I will suddenly lose you."

Bruno warned seriously: "The leader of the Holy Storm Organization seems to be no weaker than you, so you should be more careful."

Roning looked at the other person deeply. The "loss" that Bruno mentioned seemed to imply that he was worried that he would betray him.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

Luo Ning smiled and said, "As long as the kingdom can support me, it won't be easy for the Storm God or the Flame God to defeat me."

Bruenor nodded slowly, "Of course, the Kingdom of Alduin will definitely support you!"