Lord of terror

No.The captain said to himself: He really thought too much of that old bastard just now, that cold-blooded and ruthless nobleman must have left.

Also, Uriel didn't give up on him back then, but he knew that Sky City was waiting for the captain.Although this choice is helpless and painful, the captain will make the same choice in another place.Because the result of reaching out to protect him... would be the downfall of the Manton family. At that time, it would not be the captain who was desperate, but the father and son together.

Kunz sat on the railing next to the captain. Before he could reach out to hug the captain, the captain had tilted his head and leaned on his shoulder.

"What to do? I fell in love with him again. Am I too weak?"

=. =Captain, the words you use are easily misunderstood.

"Then love him." Kunz stretched out the hand that he sneaked away just now, and hugged the captain into his arms.

"Ah... little sun..." His little sun smells like sunshine all over his body, in his arms, he can easily dispel the haze completely, and... since when, little sun can be hugged so easily Stop him?

When we met for the first time, he was obviously a skinny boy who made people mistake his age.

Sure enough, the child who had been watching all the time found it difficult to find his departure, and when he realized it, he would often be taken aback.

"I love you more, little sun." The captain looked up, this time he didn't rub Kunz's hairy ears, but kissed.

The hair on Kunz's ears was thick and soft. After kissing it, the captain felt his lips go numb.

Kunz, who was kissed, was not much better than the captain. Half of his head was numb, his face was red, his head was tilted, and he couldn't move...

At six o'clock, the two of them still kept leaning on each other, sitting on the railing of the chariot: "My father will do what he says, and he will really take the judicial examination."

The captain called Uriel his father again.

"As long as he doesn't violate Monrofi's laws, he can take the judicial examination." Kunz is very open about this matter, "Moreover, he has rich experience in governing, and Monroe welcomes such managers join in."

Monroe and Swan City have teleportation arrays, and with the players coming and going, Kunz of course got first-hand information about the Grand Duchy of Manton - and also got information about other areas where diplomatic relations have been established.

Not to mention foreign countries, compared only with the various duchies in the Sherfer Empire, the standard of living of ordinary civilians in the Grand Duke of Manton is the highest.In the Grand Duke of Manton, Uriel has strict restrictions on the taxes that knights can levy.This sounds like a natural requirement, but it's not.

Ordinary civilians have to bear at least three layers of exploitation, the emperor's tax, the lord's tax, and the knight's manager's tax (whether it is the village chief, the town chief, or the city lord, the knights are all responsible).Note that this is at least, because in addition to this, they often have to face various dangerous exploits such as robbers, local wealthy households, and even the Warcraft colony that has been entrenched for many years.Just talking about the first three, there is a high probability that these people will charge as much as they want.

Farmers work diligently for a year, and finally they can only rely on wheat bran, wild vegetables, and even straw and wood chips to survive.This situation is not rare, but common.But they still have to continue farming in the coming year, because they will not pay taxes if they don't farm, and they will be punished as slaves.At least civilians will not be hacked to death at will, and slaves really have no way out.

Uriel himself was very restrained in collecting taxes.At the same time, the knights in the Grand Duke's domain are restricted, so the peasants can survive and even have a certain amount of savings.

At the same time, the Duke of Manton is rich in various minerals. They are more willing to hire manpower rather than buy slaves when they open mines. Some veins are renewable, and when the mine is opened next time, there will be plenty of minerals in it again.So their family doesn't need to be like some families who started in the mining industry and are now poor and white.

And the local people have also learned the benefits of this matter from generation to generation. They will not steal the mine, but become the protectors when the mine is closed and the best miners when the mine is opened.After all, who better to understand the intricacies of mine pits than the people who have been doing it for generations?

Ordinary people have a stable and abundant life, which brings more reclaimed farmland, businessmen, and finally the wealth and prosperity of the Grand Duke of Manton.

Kunz was very surprised when he learned about the situation of the Grand Duke of Manton.Because the members of this family are full of extravagance and desire, but in the end they are the most restrained human noble family that Kunz knows.Therefore, people should not be judged by their appearance.

He also wondered why the other families clearly saw the wealth and power of the Grand Duke of Manton, but they didn't learn from it?

The captain gave him the answer: "Because this kind of territorial system cannot attract enough powerful knights. More knights still like to be able to let go and manage their own fiefdoms, without being restrained by the nobles of the territories."

This is similar to the current situation where talents in Monroe always come and go.Monroe has a great reputation, many people have come and many people have left.Do those who leave think that Monroe's system is not good?not.

In addition to Master Alfara, several masters have been here, but most of them have left.One of the masters met Kunz before leaving and gave him a lot of advice.

The master said: "Meng Luofei is very good, but those who cannot retain talents are not only those from outside, even with the development of Meng Luofei, you will not be able to retain the talents you have cultivated yourself. Meng Luofei The development of the world will soon fall into a bottleneck. Because people are selfish, they are eager to own their own things, rather than completely becoming a vassal of others.

Although loyalty is the first in the knight's creed, loyalty does not mean loss of self.In Monroe, however, talented people do not feel their own value, but only feel that they have become a part of a big machine.

For example, if you can give me a piece of land, let me build my own alchemy laboratory, and give me more than a dozen Geji Geji as experimental assistants, then I am willing to sign a contract with you and stay in Monroe for a hundred years. . "

The translation is that the knights pay their loyalty for the piece that allows them to show (si) present (yi) self (wang) my (wei) fiefdom. Your policy of restricting people with laws and regulations is to kill the knights Talent cannot retain their ego and freedom.

What the master said was very sincere, but Kunz couldn't figure out whether he had good intentions in saying this before he left, because he always felt that this guy really wanted to catch Geji Geji for experiments.

Therefore, Kunz still smiled politely and let him leave.

Only having a piece of land that is completely your own is a sign of success-the official side said that this is the concept that the Great Seal established the world order, and after the lords and nobles became symbols of power and status, the concept gradually formed, that is, the noble must own a piece of land. Dominant territory.

This is like an aesthetic concept. Some regions have formed a specific aesthetic, which seems strange to outsiders, but they are very firm.

It doesn't matter, when the Great Seal collapses, everything will be resolved.

The great seal, which protects everyone in the world on the ground, has now completely become a threat and a shackle, which is really embarrassing.

Why?Wait, have I been distracted for a long time?Kunz woke up suddenly and saw the captain's smile.

"Uh...Captain...I..."

The captain kissed him on the cheek: "I understand, no need to explain." Then the captain moved to the side, Kunz was regretting that the two of them no longer cuddled together, and saw the captain patted his thigh, "Come on, do you want to lie down for a while?"

"Aww~" Because I was so excited, this cry actually sounded closer to "meow".

"Hahahaha!" The captain smiled happily. Kunz blushed. Although he was already on fire, the temperature of the sun had risen by two degrees. "What are you doing here? Come on."

The captain patted his thigh again, and Kunz lay down happily.The captain combed his hair with cool hands and rubbed his ears. For Kunz, this must be the taste of happiness.

"You, you want me to inherit the family?" Some people were so happy that they fell asleep, while others were so shocked that they wanted to faint. This is Albert Manton.

Uriel was still sitting on the sofa soaked in his blood, and he had already drank all the milk tea in the cup, but he still kept touching the teacup, showing a gentle smile occasionally, and Albert's exclamation made him He frowned a little: "It's not the first time I've said that to you, is it?"

Uriel's decision to let Albert inherit the title was even earlier than Monroe's rise.As soon as he heard that Selphie had been framed and became the Sleepless, he knew at once that he could never be the heir of the Manton family again.Benjamin?Come on, the kid of his idiot brother won't be very smart either.He was raised to make Selfi completely give up on him as a father.

Benjamin performed his duties very well, and also got the glory and enjoyment that belonged to Manton's direct line that he should not have received.

Almost instantly, Uriel thought of Albert.He was seven years younger than Bilfie, and joined the Church of the Sun Lord when he was ten years old, but this guy who was older than Bilfie and came from a famous family was bullied in the church?It was Selfie who sheltered him.

At that time, he left the church.At that time, someone smeared Selfie, saying that he did not want to see the two Mantons appear in the church.But in fact, he chose to leave by himself. He didn't think he was suitable for the church. He preferred to return to the Duchy of Manton, become a family knight, and live in his own small fief.

After returning to the Duchy of Manton, he became a not very outstanding, but gentle, easy to satisfy, but majestic knight. He took good care of his small fief.Uriel quickly dispatched him to work by his side, and was often in charge of contacting Selfie. Their relationship with distant cousins ​​was much better than that of real brothers.

"Albert, let me say it again, you have been with me for many years, and you can clearly see how I do things. You have a wealth of experience in dealing with the work of the territory and the family. You are diligent, down-to-earth, and have desires, but restraint , which is exactly what the Manton family needs."

"I know that you never joke about family affairs, but you survived, and no one is more suitable to be the head of the family than you."

Albert looked at Uriel with eyes full of admiration.

Both Uriel and the captain are excellent, but that doesn't mean that all Mantons are like this.Albert's father was an "ordinary" knight who lived on the merits of his ancestors. His only advantage was that he had a little self-knowledge and never wanted more.

He spent his whole life in pleasure, and he had countless illegitimate children. Although Albert was the firstborn child of him and his regular wife, he didn't get any special preference.Even because of his identity, Albert has been a thorn in the eyes of many people since he was a child—his mother and father were a complete political marriage, and his mother came from a foreign knight family. Marrying Albert can stabilize the status of his family. They each play their own way, so Albert doesn't get much protection from his mother.

He can grow up to ten years old only because the concept that the Manton family has always pursued is "restrained pleasure". It doesn't matter to him to enjoy himself, and no one will bother him.But if he kills all his married and eldest children because of pleasure (even for a large family, offspring are important), then his future life will not be able to continue to be so happy.

When he came back from the church, although he first took over a small fiefdom, Uriel would always summon him and secretly inquire about some church matters, or about the captain.Of course, he was also required to swear an oath that he could not tell the captain about this, and later he was directly transferred to his side...

He once thought that he was a cold standard nobleman, but in fact, Uriel was completely different from what he imagined.Even Albert was secretly pleased. He realized earlier than Bilfie that there must be something deeper buried between their father and son, but soon he spurned himself for having such thoughts.

"Of course I know that I am the most suitable Grand Duke of Manton." Uriel said arrogantly with his chin raised, "but if I continue to sit in that position now, it will only bring huge troubles to the family .Albert, do not question me, my order is the best for all."

Albert immediately put his legs together, lowered his head respectfully, and replied, "Yes."

"Go home and inherit the title. If there is turmoil in Manton, there is no need to panic, and there is no need to suppress it. Just bring people who are still loyal to me to Monrofi."

"Yes."

Although Albert still agreed straightforwardly, Ulier still added one more sentence: "In the future, neither territory nor wealth will matter."

"Really...will it be so chaotic?"

"It's only going to be more chaotic than you can imagine. At the latest, when you come back, you'll be able to see the signs of chaos. Ah, by the way, take me to see Tam." Uriel finally stood up, he Glancing at the sofa, what he focused on was not where he was sitting just now, but where the captain used to sit, with a soft expression, "Move it into my room, don't throw it away."

"Yes."

Being ordered by a series of orders, the new Grand Duke Manton showed a relaxed expression instead...

Tam was arranged in a guest room, and when Uriel unlocked it and walked in, he was already sitting on the seat and looked towards the door.

"Are you my mother?" Tam asked expectantly.

"I'd rather you call me Mr. Manton."

"..." He pursed his lips, "I saw my brother. At that time, I thought it was you. He was very similar to you, and you were exactly like my father's painting."

"Let's talk about how to arrange you." Uriel smiled, noncommittal, he pulled another chair and sat down, and pulled out a dagger from his cuff, "I think it's good for us to kill you ,What do you think?"

"..." Tam moved the chair a few times uneasily, "I thought you weren't such a cruel person."

"Hahahaha! Child, the alchemy we use is flawed. Although you were born by devouring my flesh and blood, you are his child, not mine. Because you gave me more than nine months of pain , I will give you another chance to prove the value of your life."

"I, I... I'm just a mortal now! Even if it's just to make me a farmer! I don't want to die!"

"What a pity." Uriel even had a smile on his face, and the dagger spun around his fingertips, piercing Tam's neck like an electric shock!

"Dang!" Tam raised his arm to block the dagger. His sleeve was cut by the dagger, revealing the metallic red scales on the outside of his arm. While blocking the dagger, he stretched out his other hand and grabbed Uriel.

Ulier retreated quickly, but a piece of fabric was still caught off his tattered collar.

"Tam" looked at Uriel, his eyes turned completely silver, like two silver quicksilver: "The alchemy formula I found has no flaws, he is your son, do you really want to To cut the neck of your own son?"

The dagger in Uriel's hand turned into a long sword, and his response was to swing the sword forward!

Tam, who was obviously Fatiluren, showed a helpless look. Uriel made a hole, the glass of the guest room was broken, and Fatiluren ran away.On the way he ran to Sky City, several other figures came out to "send off" until he sent people out of the Monroe border...

Everyone thought that Sky City would simply leave now, but Fatiluren has a thick skin beyond imagination.On the second day, the caravan of Sky City continued to appear above the city of Monroe in a dragon cart, and was blocked halfway by a Geji Geji army guarding them.The leader claimed that this was a commercial activity promised by Lord Monroe yesterday.

=. =Although it has not been announced to ordinary people, and not all the upper echelons are 100% aware of the past of Uriel and Fatiluren (but they also know about [-]%, after all, this is a private matter, but it is also related to the diplomacy of the two countries), but They all know who the guy who jumped out of Manton's mansion yesterday was.

It was clearly agreed that he would not enter Monrofei again, but Fatiluren lodged part of his soul in his son.Of course, this can be said to be a personal matter, but you, a king of another country who has been denied entry, sneaked into Monroe by this means, which is a kind of violation and provocation in itself.

——It’s not a third-rate romance drama, everything can be ignored for the sake of love, and must be ignored.In reality, love is just petty affection. In the face of national interests, personal feelings must take a backseat.

Everyone thought that even if Sky City didn't leave now, it was just recharging as they said, and would leave immediately after recharging, but they still had the leisure to stay.

[Does the other party have a problem? 】

[I didn't see the hands and feet of Tam's soul.Their vehicles, drakes, and personnel seem to be fine now, but I have not been able to spy on their situation outside the border of Monroe, and it is not clear whether they have tampered with the vehicle.After all, if some hands and feet are not activated, they cannot be seen. ] Butler J is helpless, he has limitations, and the natives of this world also have too many ghost ideas.

Kunz hesitated for a moment, but decided to refuse entry: "I will personally refuse them. Monroe refuses to deal with people who don't follow the rules."

You can't let them in because you know that the other party is likely to bring danger because of embarrassment.And... As far as the dragon carriages they saw that day, they dispatched a dozen of them in one go, with nearly 200 related personnel, which Kunz felt was too much.

He flew to the outskirts of the city. In addition to the panda army, there are still many players gathered here. They pointed at the dragon beast pulling the cart. Although the dragon was ugly, it was a dragon after all. There are no magic pets.

"Please leave, you should know better than us what happened yesterday, Monroe refuses those who break the rules."

"Of course we know what happened yesterday, but isn't that a romantic story that should be told to bards and written as a legend?" Someone flew over from the dragon carriage, flapping a pair of dragon-shaped flesh wings, wearing a Thick robes, long white hair, and golden pupils, "Hello, Lord Monrofi, Dragon Wing of the Sky City, Sankara Erdorn greets you."

Dragon Wing, this is one of the code names for the elders of Sky City.

"The king of the sky city sneaked into Mengluofei when he was rejected..."

"For love." Sankara cut Kunz off. He was clearly superior, and his smile was actually sweet.

"Meng Luofei doesn't ask the reason, but only looks at the result." Kunz's face was expressionless, and he couldn't help but feel disgusted. The oppression of power is actually love?The word love makes you dirty." This kind of result led to Meng Luofei not making a deal with La Quiya and leaving. This is the second warning. I have already told you that day that Meng Luofei's habit is three times. warn."

"You are so excited, we just want to buy some groceries that are over-used."