Lord: Start with the Pioneer Knight

Unconsciously, Weilin and his companions came to the upper city of Huoye City.

Originally, as a prime location close to the coast, there were many luxurious houses, but after the army's plundering, only desolation remained. The former nobles and wealthy businessmen, those with relatives left their hometowns, and those without relatives guarded the dilapidated houses, hoping that the robbers in the city would leave as soon as possible.

As the culprit, Weilin had no psychological burden at all.

This place was not his country. As an expeditionary force, they were originally here to make a fortune. As for competing for the position of Grand Duke, it was something the king should consider.

After a walk around, there were dilapidated scenes everywhere, so they didn't feel like staying, and turned to the lower city.

Compared with the curses of the nobles and wealthy businessmen in the upper city, the civilians in the lower city were somewhat concerned about the turmoil, but not much. It didn't matter who ruled them, as long as they could survive and not rob their wives and daughters.

Even if Weilin and Kyle dressed up deliberately, they couldn't hide their temperament.

The civilians around saw the two and deliberately avoided them, not daring to look them in the eye.

"My Lord, this is it." Kyle came to Weilin and whispered.

Weilin raised his head and looked at a tavern located in the civilian area. Even standing outside the door, he could hear the noise inside.

Pushing the door open, a smell of alcohol came, reminding him of the days in the drunkard's house, and he didn't know where the North Wind Adventure Team was now.

The arrival of the two did not attract the attention of these adventurers.

Weilin and Kyle found a corner against the wall, ordered two glasses of water tooth wine and a grilled fish, and slowly tasted the local delicacies.

"This fish is well grilled, and it has a unique flavor with this water tooth wine." Weilin put down the wine glass and couldn't help but admire.

Not long after, a fish went into Weilin's stomach.

Seeing this, Kyle asked the tavern maid to bring two glasses of water tooth wine and two grilled fish.

"Earl Huoye is cowardly and incompetent. He surrendered without defending Huoye City for a day. I came here in vain and didn't make a penny." A bald adventurer got drunk, stood up, put one foot on the stool, and said loudly.

"You're right. I thought I could make a little money here, but I didn't expect Earl Huoye to be so incompetent." Another burly man echoed.

A young man in relatively gorgeous clothes slapped the table and couldn't help saying, "You can't say that. You saw that day. The expeditionary general of the Kingdom of Ilia broke the city with two swords. Even the magic defense sky curtain couldn't resist. A quarter of the thousands of soldiers guarding the city wall were killed, and the rest were injured."

"Bah, incompetence is incompetence. What excuses are there? I spent so much money on the journey, and now I can't even leave the city." The bald adventurer looked at the pretty boy and said disdainfully.

"You're looking for death. You dare to spit your damn saliva into my wine. Do you want me to loosen your muscles?" A man with a resolute face threw away the wine glass, picked up the hammer, and shouted at the bald adventurer.

"Come on, just kill you and make up for my loss." The bald adventurer showed sarcasm and his tone was full of provocation, but he never took action, waiting for the other party to hit him.

The resolute man held the hammer tightly in both hands. He wanted to hit but didn't dare to, just because of the ban in the city, and the bodies of several adventurers were pierced by wooden sticks and hung in the center of the city, so he always restrained his emotions.

The situation was like this, and other people were making a fuss around, wanting to watch the show and add some fun to the boring days.

Even Weilin put down his knife and fork and looked at the two with expectant eyes.

Seeing this, Kyle covered his forehead speechlessly.

"My Lord, this is the city you temporarily rule. How can you have such an idea?"

"Nothing, today you and I have no other identity, just treat yourself as a spectator." Weilin responded with a smile, his eyes never leaving the lively scene.

Just as the situation was getting more and more intense, the resolute man was unable to step down, his face was flushed, and the surrounding fighting spirit emerged. When he was about to start, a charming woman came down from the second floor.

"Everyone, this is a place for eating and drinking. If you want to fight, please go out and fight."

The voice was not loud, but it echoed in everyone's ears, and even the surrounding temperature dropped a few degrees.

The people who made trouble sat down, the resolute man snorted coldly, put down the hammer in his hand, and sat down to drink.

The bald adventurer did not use words to provoke the other party, and sat down to drink by himself.

"Kyle, this is not the woman you chose." Weilin looked at the charming woman, turned his head and whispered to Kyle.

Seeing this, Kyle shook his head and whispered, "My Lord, this is the proprietress of the tavern. I chose the daughter of the proprietress of the tavern."

"Proprietress, so the tavern has a boss." Weilin asked suddenly.

"Of course not."

Kyle felt a little strange, but still answered truthfully.

"I see." Weilin nodded and responded, "Tell me about the daughter of the proprietress..."

"This tavern was opened six years ago. At that time, the proprietress brought her only daughter to settle here. According to the investigation of my subordinates, the proprietress was an adventurer when she was young. There is no news about who her husband is."

"As for the proprietress's daughter, her name is Yieta. She has a certain reputation in Huoye City and is affectionately called the daughter of wealth by the surrounding civilians."

"It took six years, under the protection of her mother's military force, to earn a lot of wealth, but she was good at managing her reputation. She paid tribute to the local lord to gain stability, and showed favor to the surrounding civilians to gain a reputation for kindness. At the same time, she made friends with officials to obtain information channels."

"Oh, that is to say, her family escaped the looting." Weilin asked.

"Yes." Kyle nodded, and then said, "They had a certain amount of property in the upper city, but they decisively gave it up and handed over a large amount of wealth to us. General Dred learned of this and allowed them to keep the property in the lower city instead of plundering it all."

"You have good eyes and courage." Weilin stared at Kyle and said with a smile, "Are you tempted? Do you want to take it yourself? Anyway, there is still a long time, just find someone for Baird."

"My lord, I think this woman is very suitable as the wife of the general manager." Kyle refused, and then continued to narrate, "If it succeeds, with the couple governing Qixing City, I don't think they will come to my lord every day to ask for people and money."

"That's right, let's decide this first, and go see the other people first." Weilin touched his chin and made a decision after seeing the others.

Then, the two paid and left the tavern.

Before Weilin and Kyle left, a maid went upstairs on the pretext of entering a simple room and reported to a girl in a low voice.