Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning.

The Howling Island, whose lord has fled, has become a mess.

The navy of Strom Island, led by Elrond, Karada and Lys, encountered a small-scale resistance at the port of Howling Island, but they easily captured this long-famous seaport with their unstoppable momentum.

The island is not small in size, with four or five cities of various sizes on it, in addition to many towns and villages.

Even though some knights surrendered when they saw that they were unable to resist without their lord, it would still take a lot of effort for Ronin's team to take over the entire island. In the final analysis, they still did not have enough manpower.

Fortunately, other noble armies also landed on the island together with the navy of Jiliu Island. Many towns were occupied by them, which saved Ronin the trouble of governance. He only needed to focus his main energy on several cities such as Bihai City.

Of course, whoever occupies the land does not necessarily own it permanently.

According to the War Council's deliberations, until a new king appears, these lands will temporarily belong to whoever conquers them.

When a new king appears, the land will be redistributed based on multiple considerations, such as merit and influence.

Under such a policy, many nobles took the attitude of plundering whatever they could, and plundered the occupied villages, towns and cities to the utmost, transferring all the property that could be transferred to their own territories.

At the same time, they increased their exploitation of the people in the territory, forcing them to work day and night, cultivating more land, flax and other crops, in an effort to maximize their wealth before the new king appeared.

Of course, Ronin would not be so reckless. In his opinion, no matter who the new king was, the city he conquered would belong to him, as would the wealth and subjects, and they would not be redistributed later.

Because of this, he did not take the attitude of plundering, looting and exploiting.

His demands on Karada and others were the same as those on Redar. Unless they encountered resistance, they would not reach out to ordinary people, maintain order as much as possible, and resume production in the occupied cities and towns as soon as possible.

As the number of fleeing refugees spread, Ronin was given titles such as the Kind Duke and the Merciful Army. This in turn attracted many refugees to flee to the territory he occupied.

Ronin did not interfere too much with the bandit-like behavior of other nobles. After all, these people were nobles of the Kingdom of Alduin, not his vassals.

Although noble titles vary in size, in a sense, their status is equal.

What's more, neither the War Council nor the Six Ministries gave him the right to govern the private affairs of other nobles.

However, Roning did not do nothing. He sent people to record what these nobles did.

When the reforms are resisted one day in the future, these things can be dug out and put to reasonable use, and there will be an excuse to deal with this group of nobles.

Of course, it would be better for these nobles to be sensible and actively obey the reform.

Before they knew it, it was already July. After four months of fighting, the noble coalition not only captured all the towns and villages on the Howling Isle, but Elrond and his men also took over towns such as Aquamarine, Romanos and Orkney.

Although Ronin did not rob civilians and surrendered nobles, he was well fed by the wealth of the Fleming family alone in this war.

Putting aside the money, as many as twenty-two warships and more than thirty merchant ships were captured!

Although Wu Beiling had steel ships, which made Roning look down on these sailboats, these sailboats were still of great value before steel ships became popular.

On the sixth day, Ronin was invited to the main castle of the Fleming family in the Blue Sea City.

Standing on top of the towering magic tower, Ronin could overlook the sea in the distance.

"The Fleming family calls themselves the 'Magic Family', and this magic tower is quite unique."

"Yes, I see there are still a lot of magic research materials and notes in the tower, which are of great value." Elrond said, "Sir, I want to take these things back to Wubei Magic Academy to enrich the teaching and research materials of the academy."

"can!"

Luo Ning smiled and said, "This magic tower is also handed over to you."

He turned around, and standing behind him were not only Karada, Reese, Partridge and others, but also the clerk that Elrond had recently selected from Screaming Island.

They were like new recruits, and their first task was to conduct a population census of the Blue Sea City.

"Karada, I am going to appoint you as the 'Grand Governor', in charge of the political and military affairs of the Howling Island and all the territories of the Duke of Conqueror in the Howling Sea. Lusen, you will be promoted to the Governor of Rapids Island, managing the affairs of Rapids Island in place of Karada."

The two looked at each other, their eyes full of joy.

For Karada, he wanted to become a noble and get rid of his commoner status.

Although he has not yet obtained a noble title, he already has a lot of power.

Although such power was limited compared to that of the nobles, his status was completely different.

As for Lucen, he was originally just Karada's deputy, but now he has become the deputy governor, which means he has entered the core circle.

"Want to serve you!"

"Thank you for the promotion, sir!"

The two of them saluted at the same time.

Roning nodded slightly, "Also, Patridge."

When his name was called, Viscount Crescent Island's face became serious and his body straightened.

The sense of oppression from Roning was too strong. Even though he was a Meteor Knight, he dared to behave properly when standing in front of him.

"Duke, please give me your orders!"

Luo Ning nodded: "Although I abolished your status as Viscount of Crescent Island, your performance this time was good. I still appoint you as the Governor of Crescent Island to manage the affairs there."

Although Patridge was unwilling in his heart, after all, the noble status was not easy to come by, but he knew that he had no right to refuse.

Now that the Fleming family has been destroyed by Roning, it is already very good that his Hunter family can be preserved.

"Thank you for your trust, sir. I will manage Crescent Island according to your will!" Patrick bowed.

Ronin nodded.

"Although we have taken over the Screaming Island, there are still many islands in the Screaming Sea that once belonged to the Fleming family and have not been taken back. Next, Partridge will list the islands with high value."

Ronin said, "Elrond and Carlos have other things to do and will not stay on Rapids Island. Karada will be directly responsible for the next step of the capture operation. Although he is only a golden knight now, strength is important but not the only criterion for judging. I hope everyone will cooperate."

Patridge bowed and nodded. Although Roning did not say it explicitly, he was the only Meteor Knight present, so this sentence was naturally meant for him.

Karada felt both grateful and pressured.

He became a Golden Knight two years ago, and now his strength is basically one of the best in the gold level.

But Meteor Knight is a big hurdle, and it is not easy to challenge him across levels, not to mention that the other party was once a viscount.

Karada was a little weak in momentum when facing Patridge.

Therefore, even though Roning said that strength is not the only criterion, Karada still feels that it is very necessary to become a Meteor Star as soon as possible.

Next, Roning made some further explanations, mainly concerning the principles of getting along with other nobles on the island, and that officials in charge of taxation and government affairs would be transferred from the Wubei Territory to places like Howling Island and Crescent Island to assist the governor in handling government affairs, etc.

After doing all this, Ronin took Elrond and Carlos away from the Howling Island.

Karada looked at the Duke disappearing into the black dot in the sky, his heart filled with admiration and worship.

Who would have thought that the opponent who had fought back and forth with him in the past has now become someone he needs to look up to.

"Congratulations, Governor!"

After Roning left, Patridge's nervous mood was relieved, and he walked up to congratulate him with a smile.

"I will list all the islands in the sea in order of value tonight and submit them to you tomorrow morning."

"That's hard work!"

Karada said politely, "I hope everyone can cooperate with each other and restore order to the Howling Sea as soon as possible. After all, the war is far from over, and the Duke's target is the Kingdom of Tricia."

"If we delay here for too long, we may hardly be seen on the main battlefield."

Partridge agrees.

The Howling Sea was just a minor fight. If he wants to regain his former status, he needs to fight again like he did when he was young. His presence is indispensable on the battlefield of the Kingdom of Tricia.

Karada thought the same.