Warlord: King of All Clans

Locke City was much older than his peers, but he was still just an eighteen-year-old youth. Hearing this, he became furious: “You!”

Leo looked at him coldly.

Locke woke up suddenly. The other party was waiting for him to make the first move so that they could beat him up or detain him and collect a ransom.

Locke had no way to deal with such a local bully. He could only swallow his anger and leave with the blood mages.

Leo watched him leave the courtyard, also feeling a little depressed.

When you are in a high position, you have to start weighing the pros and cons.

If he was alone, he could just kill such an enemy with one sword, and take revenge with satisfaction without any psychological pressure at all.

In the arena on the first floor of the atrium, the high-level swordsman Gerard was being chased around the arena with his bare hands by a giant bear.

As the giant bear chased the mouse, he shouted proudly, "Awesome, huh? Chasing the little mouse, huh? See where you can run to! Woof woof woof!"

Bobak has always hoped that Freya could improve her fighting ability, and Freya also hopes to meet her teacher's expectations.

But killing on the battlefield was too bloody, and neither Bobak nor Leo were willing to send the innocent Freya to the battlefield.

The last time Freya resisted Godwin's attack outside the Bavanach Castle and witnessed the bloody scene on the battlefield, she didn't dare to leave Leo's chest for several days.

Now that the high-level swordsman Gerard has come all the way to his door, Leo will certainly not let him go easily. He just locks him up in the atrium and lets Freya do the hard labor to hone her fighting skills.

Grant also returned to Anhurst and met the Grand Duke of the North, Michael Odalov.

The Duke of the North listened quietly to Grant's detailed account of his experience and nodded repeatedly, "Not bad, not bad. My adopted son has finally made some progress and knows how to expand abroad."

"How can you be called a hero if you hide in a mountain cave and claim to be a king and stay complacent?"

Grant smiled and complimented his father, "Father, you have a unique vision and adopted him as your adopted son. Otherwise, he would have been a great trouble in the future."

The Duke of the North nodded. "I wanted to take care of him for the sake of the elven demigod and Gulveig. Now that he has grown wings and can fly on his own, I think of it as returning the favor."

"When I am old, you young people can rely on each other and maintain the family business."

"As for the attack on the Earldom of Beboos, you will be fully responsible for it. I will give you a hundred Swift Knights, a fleet, and a full-strength army. All the territory you can capture will belong to you. Then you can become an independent head of state and become the Earl of the North."

Grant was overjoyed, "Thank you, father!"

The Duke of the North looked at his son who had always been by his side and couldn't help but think of his eldest son William. "Your brother has been working very hard in Olenik. If you have nothing to do, write a few more letters to comfort him. Brothers, don't be too estranged."

"Look at the Fruilov family, they are a lesson for us."

"Yes, father."

After leaving the study of the Grand Duke of the North, Grant whispered to himself: "William... William..."

Anthust, as the holy city of the North, is actually not the main city of the Duke of the North, but the main city of Earl Odalov.

The main city of the Duke of the North is the huge city of Olenik in the north.

Several hundred years ago, when the orcs retreated into the northern snowfields, they did not disappear without a trace. Every year they would find ways to invade the north and massacre humans.

For this purpose, the Orlantis Empire built a defense line along the banks of the North Glacier River. At both ends of the line, the Wind God Fortress was on the west and Olenik was on the east.

As the ruler of the North, the Duke of the North placed his main city in the enclave of Olenik instead of his own ancestral land of Anthurst.

Hundreds of years have passed, and this layout has not changed, but the human defense line along the North Glacier River has long been in name only, and only two fortresses retain permanent garrisons.

Especially Oleynik, as the main city of the North, is located at the mouth of the North Glacier and the Anzeno River, and is adjacent to Stormfjord. It has an extremely important geographical location. Therefore, after the Grand Duke of the North went south, he always let his eldest son William lead a large army to stay here.

When the Earldom of Isharov behind it was completely occupied, this mighty city did not lose its grip at all. In recent years, with the help of the Duke's inland fleet, it transported food and supplies from the Earldom of Odalov and firmly established its roots in the north.

When the Grand Duke's family in the North was at its peak, relying on the Aeolus Fortress, Olenik and Ancestor, the Grand Duke's military force could radiate throughout the North and suppress dozens of earl forces of all sizes in the North at that time.

But now, the Earl of the North is becoming more and more powerful, and the Duke's House is declining. Grand Duke Michael Odalov, who is a rare man of both civil and military talents, can only barely maintain his rule.

After finishing his business in the courtyard, Leo returned to the river bend and began to prepare for the expedition.

After arriving at the river mouth town, Leo and Ivan had a meal and then went to the shipyard on the other side of the river together.

This is the shipyard that just moved from Isenbol last year and was originally one of the properties of the lord's mansion.

Previously, the river bend was too shallow to accommodate large ships, and only small cargo ships and fishing boats could pass in and out. After the Elf Queen widened the river channel, it was finally able to accommodate large ships.

Therefore, the shipping business in Hewan has further expanded, and the small shipyard in the lord's mansion can no longer meet the river transportation needs of Hewan.

Leo had the shipyard moved to the swamp opposite the estuary town, where a larger dock was built to build cargo ships.

In the great swamp opposite the river mouth town, the number of swamp beasts has been greatly reduced due to the day-to-day hunting of the ogre tribe, and the construction of a large number of canals, aqueducts, and dams has also drastically reduced the scope of the great swamp.

The swamp, which originally covered more than 500 square kilometers, now only has the middle half left.

The rest will either become farmland or reservoirs.

The newly built shipyard occupies a huge area, and its main business is actually ship repair rather than shipbuilding.

Such a small shipyard can only build small fishing boats and sloops.

As for the larger schooners and multi-masted sailing vessels, they were purchased directly from the large shipyards at Anhurst or Olenik.

Moreover, the river course in the upper reaches of the Anzeno River is not stable, and large ships cannot pass through many places, so there are mostly small boats on the Isenpol side.

When Leo and his companions arrived, there were only a few merchant ships that were being repaired and a schooner that was being renovated in the dock.

The goblin master Virgil was standing at the maintenance dock, angrily scolding the shipwright in his hands.

The shipwright who was scolded by the goblin master was the president of the Isenbol Shipwrights Guild and also the director of the shipyard in the lord's mansion.

But at this time, I could only bury my head and be trained like an apprentice.

Below them, in the dock, lay a schooner that had been torn to pieces.

This is a traditional inland sailing ketch with a hull of more than 20 meters and a load capacity of 200 tars (tons), which is very rare in Isenpol.

But unlike traditional schooners, a cabin is being built in the rear cabin of this sailboat to install the latest steam engine in the river bay.