《Before becoming a god, be a good lord》


 Volume One: The Road to the Viscount

    Wedge 1: Time travel? You really shouldn¡¯t use your phone while driving


    In the emblem city of the Seris Republic on the Aldera blue planet, a gray car was driving on the provincial road.


    For He Chao, who had just finished work for the day, the 30-minute drive along the expressway on his way to get off work was not only a long way home, but also a rare time to be alone.


    As long as you mute your phone and play music, you can temporarily isolate yourself from the leader''s notifications, colleagues'' greetings, classmates'' greetings, students'' questions...


    Although you need to concentrate on driving at this moment, the time belongs only to you


    For all missed calls and unanswered text messages, you can add the sentence "I was driving just now, I didn''t hear you, I''m so sorry" an hour later.


    "Listeners, below you will hear" today''s news on the radio,


    "Today, another conflict broke out between the Southern Command of the Republic of Esun and the Uttar Pradesh Border Patrol of the Vishwa Empire. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on both sides to stop violent confrontation and maintain communication and dialogue. Siris is willing to provide necessary communication channels for the two countries.


    Today, some cities in central and southern my country experienced rare thunder and lightning weather. The meteorological department called on residents of relevant cities to avoid going out as much as possible..."


    "There''s no big news today." He Chao turned down the volume of the radio and answered the phone: "Hello, Huihui? Are you home?"


    "Yes, I just came out of school. Today, the head of the department asked me to lead the competition. You also know that in our vocational school, competition is a very important achievement." He Chao was driving while talking to his fianc¨¦e on the phone: "Have you tried on your wedding dress? ?Yesterday the people from the wedding company said that the wedding dress has arrived."


    "Are you talking about my invitation? It was sent out long ago. Don''t even think about chatting with your best friends at the wedding. You will be busy on that day and you won''t have any time."


    "For parents'' guests, you give them the invitation directly and let them invite themselves. You can''t possibly know all the guests he invites."


    "Stop talking, I still have to call Lao Qian. He''s been busy lately and may not be able to come on our wedding day. I have to have a meal with him in advance."


    He Chao finally hung up the phone and made a second call to his cellphone.


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    "Old Qian, what do you mean, you won''t even come to our brother''s wedding? You are so uninterested in this. Are you so embarrassed about this red envelope? What do you mean by asking me? I''ll come to you. Let''s have a drink in advance. What do you mean? Today or tomorrow?"


    Just as He Chao was excitedly talking on the phone, almost dancing and talking about his wedding plans with Fa Xiaochang, a cement tanker truck appeared in He Chao''s peripheral vision. He Chao''s car was knocked out of the driveway when he was unable to dodge.


    At the last moment when he closed his eyes, He Chao thought, "I really shouldn''t look at my mobile phone. Playing with my mobile phone while driving will make my loved ones burst into tears."


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    He Chao felt that he had arrived at a high-speed rail station, which should be the station where he returned home after graduating from graduate school.


    I still remember that after graduating from college, I worked in several companies, drawing pictures in a design institute, inspecting construction sites, and monitoring pipelines in boiler rooms.


    I worked in confusion for three years, then went back to school to get a master''s degree. I graduated more than 30 years ago.


    After graduation, I returned to my hometown and took the exam to become a teacher in a vocational school. I worked there for another three years before I met my Huihui.


    The past time flew past my eyes like a magic lantern, and now I was back at the station in the Imperial Capital again. "Should I go home again here? Or should I stay in the Imperial Capital and pursue seemingly broader possibilities?"


    He Chao was the only one on the broad platform, and there was only one train on the tracks next to the platform. When he walked to the ticket gate next to the platform, the conductor was actually playing with his mobile phone. At this moment, He Chao really wanted to say something: playing with mobile phones is not good for your health. But he held back.


    "Welcome to Alivia. It has beautiful scenery, rich magic, abundant resources, and a sparse population. It is your best choice for reincarnation." A bizarre advertisement was played on the big screen next to the ticket window.


    "Are cemetery advertisements just hung at train stations these days? Don''t they really feel uncomfortable?" He Chao kept complaining in his heart, but he said: "Master, hello? Are there any tickets to Huizhou? "


    "No, where can I get a ticket back here?"


    "Ah? No more tickets?" He Chao said, but he was thinking, "How can I be a teacher if I don''t go back? How can I meet Huihui?"


    "Hey, haven''t I returned to my hometown yet? How do I know Huihui? Where am I?" He Chao suddenly felt conflicted. Could he have gone back to the past? Could this be a dream? If I don''t get on the train home, then where am I going?


    "The train is about to leave! Get on the train quickly. If you don''t get on the train, there will be no trains behind." A shout came from the train stopped on the track.


    He Chao didn''t even continue to think, his legs kept running to the car. As soon as I boarded the carriage, the door closed and the train slowly started moving. Looking at the station heading back, He Chao breathed a sigh of relief.


    "The train to Alivia has departed. There is one passenger in this train. Please make arrangements at each station along the way." A female voice kept repeating on the platform''s announcement.


    At the ticket counter, the conductor picked up the phone on the table: "Hello? You can''t do this anymore. You can''t just ask for it from us just because you''re short of people..."


    Need new possibilities? Then we can¡¯t just collect them in one place!


    Otherwise, we will have the Ghost Festival here in two days, and the gates of ghosts will be opened at that time. If you send a special train, there will be many possibilities..."

 Wedge 2: Lightning, Conspiracy and Borders

    Alivia, eastern part of Eternal Continent, human empire, imperial capital


    The pure white Tower of Purity stands at the center of the human empire. It is the empire''s most cutting-edge magical exploration institution. On the 100th floor of the tower, the Knights of the Human Empire and the God of Magic are currently writing the results of their latest magical exploration.


    The Attendant of the Imperial Household Department was outside the study, with three pieces of paper in his hand. He didn''t make a move at this moment. He knew that the master here had already known about his arrival before he reached the 100th floor.


    "What''s up?"


    "Your Majesty, three things. The Starry Sky Society has found out the location of this rift. The northwest of the Dragon Empire should be near the Galloping Horse Plains." The attendant said as he spread out his hand, and there were three pieces of paper. The wind picked up and slowly floated to the front of the desk.


    "very good"


    "The second thing, Sir Ben Kaul, hopes to go to the Yeqi ruins."


    "Well, let him be."


    "Yes, the third thing is that Chief Charlotten of the Front Office submitted a plan, hoping to cooperate with the Salt and Iron Department to implement it in the Dragon Kingdom and Galloping Horse Plains."


    "Hmph, he would really kill someone for himself!"


    "Chief Charlton..." The attendant heard a hint of displeasure and quickly wanted to explain, but was interrupted unexpectedly.


    "Stop trying to make up for him, I know."


    "Yes, Your Majesty." The attendant quickly turned around and left as if he had received an amnesty.


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    In a high tower on the western outskirts of the imperial capital, Magister Charlton, the chief of the front department of the Imperial Palace, was reading letters one after another.


    "So this is all the progress so far?"


    "Yes, teacher."


    "Okay, your Majesty will approve my plan today. You can start implementing it. Don''t worry about those nobles. The Palace Secretary will have your backing."


    "is teacher."


    "Remember, we are responsible for the entire empire. Work hard and don''t let me down."


    "We must fulfill our mission!"


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    The Holy City of the Temple Alliance Church, the back hall of the highest temple, is connected to the meditation room under the Pope''s crown. The person meditating under the guard''s crown is a powerful man at the level of a pre-god priest.


    The sound of footsteps hurriedly came, and a priest ran towards here.


    "Who is chasing him in the temple?"


    When the visitor saw the guard, he immediately stopped and said, "This is a message from the Star Palace, and it needs to be sent to Your Majesty immediately."


    "Star Palace?" The guard also knew that this was the matter that Mian was most concerned about, so he quickly took the note from the man''s hand and leaned into Mian''s meditation room.


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    The Dragon Kingdom''s Lot Viscounty is the northwestmost viscounty of the Dragon Kingdom and the westernmost viscounty of the Human Empire. Further west past the Galloping Horse Barony is the Central Forest extending from the Central Mountains.


    Rothland is located at the junction of grassland and farmland. A few dozen kilometers north of the Castle of Viscount Roth is the Cornico Pass.


    A 10-kilometer-long gap appears here in the east-west Cornico Mountains. The north of the mountain pass is called the Galloping Horse Plains, and the south of the mountain pass is the northwest earldom of the Dragon Kingdom.


    Once upon a time, the entire Benma Plain belonged to one kingdom - the Benma Kingdom. The royal family was named Benma. However, a great change 300 years ago caused the collapse of the Benma Kingdom. Now the owner of the Viscounty of Lot and the owner of the Barony of Galloping Horse to the west are both descendants of the Galloping Horse Kingdom. In the hundreds of years after the fall of the country, two territories were developed here. The vassals of the Northwest Earls, who both belong to the Dragon Kingdom, .


    At this moment, Viscount Roth was having dinner with a young man in the Viscount''s castle.


    "Are you sure your plan works?"


    "Of course, Mr. Vicomte."


    "Those barbarians can eat just one baron?"


    "An ordinary barony is definitely not enough, but Baron Galloping Horse is a border baron, and he has become extremely rich in recent years."


    Why am I not? Viscount Roth added in his mind, "In this case, I can ignore it, but you have to make it clear to those gray geese that you have to do your job efficiently!"


    "Of course, Mr. Vicomte!"

 Chapter 1 Time travel, who am I? where am I?

    After an unknown amount of time, He Chao felt very hungry and aching all over his body. He had never been so tired and his eyelids could not be opened at all. Not only the body is like this, but the ears are also filled with various sounds.


    "What happened to him? Oh, my Rand, God and Emperor bless you, nothing will happen to you!" A female voice sounded extremely sad and angry.


    "Nila, don''t disturb Lant. He rode a horse all day yesterday and fell again. It''s normal for him to sleep more now." said an older male voice.


    "Normal? When did you demon-holders need to rest for such a long time?" The female voice didn''t believe the male voice''s explanation at all, "Albert, you are Lant''s uncle, you can''t harm him..."


    "Where are you thinking? Nila, I may not be a good knight, but I am sincere to the Galloping Horse family." The male voice was a little anxious, "Oh my god, I have told you so many times, why don''t you believe it?" Woolen cloth?


    Luo Er, you and Nila will tell you what we have experienced in the past few days again, and you must not miss anything! "


    "Okay, Albert. Nila, please listen to me." The person speaking now is a relatively young male voice. It can be heard that the Roel who is speaking is more confident, but his pronunciation and rhetoric are far inferior to the one who just spoke. Bert.


    "At the beginning of September, Baron Harker realized that this winter would be even colder. The barbarians on the Galloping Horse Plains might not just engage in small fights like in previous years, but carry out large-scale robberies and attacks.


    Therefore, he discussed with Scholar Albert and me that we would cross the Cornico Pass with Viscount Bob Rotter to conduct reconnaissance in the southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains.


    We agreed to meet the day before yesterday, September 16, at the branch of the Galloping Horse River north of the Cornico Pass, and then conduct reconnaissance along the branch from west to east based on our experience in previous years.


    Five days ago, Baron Huck set out with the three young masters Ryan, Obot, and Lant, Albert and I, as well as two junior knights, Gray Bird and Walker, and five knight apprentices. We first passed through Ke Ernico Pass, and then westward against the Galloping Horse Branch, hoping to see the size of the barbarians who have now moved south.


    The day before yesterday, we met up with Viscount Bob Rotter''s men and horses, and then walked northeast, and one of them found a larger barbarian tribe.


    Viscount Roth could tell from the barbarian decorations that it was the main camp of the Gray Goose Tribe, the large barbarian tribe in the southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains.


    This winter the barbarians should be robbing the entire northwestern earldom of the kingdom. The Baron advocated sending the civilians in the territory to the count''s city to avoid the risk of losing their land and becoming extinct.


    However, the Viscount believed that a small group of barbarians might have entered south of the Cornico Pass, waiting to plunder the civilians during their migration.


    The two adults insisted on their own, but both agreed to arrange people to notify Lord Caspian Maned Wolf as soon as possible and ask him to summon the knights to resist the barbarian invasion.


    The night before yesterday, we were originally scheduled to camp with Viscount Roth, but Viscount Roth confirmed that we should return to the city overnight.


    Baron Harker disagreed. After all, everyone was exhausted and could not outrun the barbarians even if they traveled at night.


    Therefore, Viscount Roth led his people back, and we stayed on the plain to camp and rest, preparing to return the next day.


    However, at night our camp was suddenly attacked by at least 20 barbarian cavalry. Gray Bird''s right arm was cut off by the barbarians before he even got on the horse.


    Most knight apprentices and junior knights have no advantage against the barbarians. Only Baron Harker and I are intermediate knights who can deal with the barbarian cavalry.


    The Baron saw that there were too many barbarians, so he asked Scholar Albert and I to come back first with Master Lant and five apprentices. "


    Originally, our return journey was relatively smooth. Unexpectedly, just before noon, we suddenly encountered another barbarian skirmisher.


    We lost 2 guys to barely get the rand back.


    Lant was very brave when fighting against the barbarians, but on the way back he was exhausted and fell off his horse.


    When he fell off the horse, Albert and I both felt a trace of fighting spirit coming out of him. We were both sure that he had successfully broken through. It was probably because of the two days of fighting that Lant was now a junior knight.


    That''s all we''ve been through these past few days. "


    He Chao was in a groggy state, listening to the voice in his ear. He couldn''t help but think, it''s so unlucky. I was hospitalized in a car accident, and I was able to catch up with the people who memorized lyrics for the movie. You guys are too serious. .


    Nowadays, shouldn''t fantasy dramas like yours be direct green screens and post-dubbing?


    Let''s do it right even when we''re in the hospital.


    He Chao really wanted to open his eyes and say loudly, please keep your voices down.


    "Lant''s eyes are moving. Scholar Albert, look at Master Lant!" At this time, a female voice called out


    He Chao felt someone tapping him: "Rant? Rant? Wake up quickly, now is not the time to sleep for a long time!" That Albert''s voice echoed in his ears


    No, you''re just good at lines, so why are you using me as a prop? Or was it that I was sent directly to the hospital in the film and television city? Is it possible to do both filming and seeing a doctor?


    He Chao was really a little angry at this moment, and he didn''t know if this was just getting out of bed.


    After constant inner struggle, he finally reluctantly opened his eyes. The blurry image gradually became clearer. He Chao, who had been wearing glasses for 15 years, had not had this clear feeling of seeing the roots of the other person''s eyebrows with the naked eye for a long time.


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    The first thing that caught his eye was a slightly weathered face. Lant even thought of his former mentor inexplicably. This should be Albert.


    Albert has chestnut hair, a scholarly look on his brows, and wears a strange armor: there are iron protections on the chest, shoulders, and abdomen, but the connections between the armors are made of leather and look similar to a The leather jacket is inlaid with iron armor.


    Next to the scholar, there was a big man with yellow hair and a Chinese-character face. His eyes were both concerned and a little fearful. He was probably Luo Er.


    This Rolle also wore a suit of armor mixed with leather and iron.


    In addition to these two people, there are many faces around who look much smaller.


    At this moment, he and these familiar faces were sitting together under a relatively sheltered earth slope, with a bonfire in the center and a few tall horses besides the crowd.


    When He Chao glanced around and focused his eyes on Albert again, he suddenly felt as if he really knew the person in front of him? Even everyone here knows each other.


    For a moment, He Chao wondered if he should close his eyes again. Maybe after a sleep, his prop status would be over, and the people here would be able to send him back to the hospital bed.


    But looking at Albert and Rohr, He Chao remembered a memory that didn''t seem to belong to him.


    In those pictures, a man who looked like Albert suddenly hugged himself and said that he had become his fourth child to inspire magic, and that in the future his surname would be Benma.


    Another day He Chao was brought to Luo Er. Luo Er patted him on the shoulder and said that he had traveled throughout the earl territory and asked himself to learn swordsmanship from him.


    Another day, I was very happy. I followed Albert in front of me to travel on the grassland, leading a small caravan to do business with the nomadic tribes.


    The dam of memory burst, and countless information poured into He Chao. He recognized the people in front of him, his uncle Albert Galloping Horse, the chief knight Roll in the territory, and many ordinary people who were related to him by blood.


    These people are all their own family members and subjects of their own territory.


    "Ah...ah...Albert?" He Chao, or rather the fourth son of Baron Lant Galloping Horse as the group in front of him called him, the junior knight of Galloping Horse Barony, seemed to have entered the wave of information at this moment. middle.


    For a time, the Benma family, his father Huck Benma, his eldest brother Ryan Benma, his second brother Obert Benma, his third brother Perry Benma, and many other people in the family territory who could not be named Benma. The blood relatives, the plains and mountain passes in the north, the slashing of barbarian cavalry, and the scene of him falling off the horse rolled into He Chao''s mind.


    After more than a minute of recalling and thinking, He Chao understood that he had traveled through time and came to a whole new world.


    Here he is called Lant Galloping Horse, and he is the fourth son of Baron Harker Galloping Horse, the lord of the pioneering barony in the northwest earldom of the Dragon Kingdom affiliated to the Human Empire.


    The He Chao who used to be is gone, and now Lant is the only one.


    Feeling his new reality, Lant felt a little confused for a moment. His eyes were dull and silent, and he was thinking about whether he should pretend to be stupid for 3-4 days to let himself adapt to this. A new world and a new identity, drawing from the crowd in front of you.


    According to the information he just heard in a daze, his father, his eldest brother, second brother and the main force of the family went out for reconnaissance, and were ambushed by the enemy, almost killing him.


    Not to mention Immediate Pill, your own territory is full of dangers. In this case, the best choice is of course to hide behind these two old men and don''t speak or make decisions casually.


    Lant was still reminiscing about his memories, but the scholar in the territory, Albert Galloping Horse, couldn''t wait any longer.


    "Lant, drink this bowl of soup first. We have something important to tell you."


    "Uncle Albert, why don''t you say it first?"


    Albert glanced at Roll, the chief knight of the barony, who nodded.


    So Albert said: "Lant, given the current situation, the lord of Baron Galloping Horse Baron Huck Galloping Horse''s life and death in the barbarian territory is uncertain. The first heir of the territory Ryan Galloping Horse and the second heir Obo The situation of Te Benma is also unknown. Huck''s third son, Perry Benma, is serving the gods in the royal capital of Dragon Tooth City and cannot come back to inherit the title.


    The other descendants of Galloping Horse are either not demon holders, or else they cannot inherit like me and Rohr.


    Now you are the only one who can lead the entire Galloping Horse Barony to fulfill the nobles'' mission of defending the territory and protecting the people.


    So we hope that you can temporarily act as Baron Galloping Horse today and lead the people in your territory to avoid the plunder of the barbarians. "


    Lant didn''t say anything, but took the soup from Albert''s hand and drank it in one gulp. The fourth son of the baron was really not easy to be a man. He didn''t enjoy the blessing for even a minute. He was ready to fight the barbarians from the moment he opened his eyes. Already? "Uncle, aren''t you also a knight of the Galloping Horse family?" Lant asked.


    Albert Galloping Horse is the younger brother of Lant''s father, Huck Galloping Horse, and he has the level of a low-level knight. When he was young, Albert went to the imperial capital to study. After many years of studying abroad, he returned to Galloping Horse. As a territorial scholar, he wholeheartedly assists Huck.


    Albert, who returned from studying abroad, is not only knowledgeable, but also has strong theoretical knowledge about knight training, magician meditation and priest prayer. With his assistance, the Penma territory has developed rapidly in recent years.


    Not to mention anything else, the Huck family now has one horse for their fighting strength, and they are all the best horses on the Galloping Horse Plains. These horses alone are more valuable than the castles of many border barons.


    "Me?" Albert glanced at Lant. "From the moment I went to the imperial capital to study, I gave up my responsibility as a knight to protect the land and protect the people. Don''t say that I am just a low-level knight now, even if I am a high-level knight or even a great knight Knight, it is impossible for me to come back and become a lord.


    It is your mission, Lant, to lead the territory away from the threat of barbarians. Rohr and I will spare no effort to support you and obey you."


    Rant looked at Rohr.


    "Yes, Knight Lant, now you are the only knight with the Baron''s blood in the territory. According to the knight''s code, when the territory is in danger, your biggest task now is to protect the territory and its people. Please don''t escape. .¡±


    It seems that they don''t want to push me out to take the blame. This is the first thought in Lant''s mind. In this case, it is better to be respectful than to obey.


    Lant thought about it for a while, "Now my father and brothers are lost in the wilderness. Fortunately, I came back with the help of Albert and Roll. I once only wanted to be a knight in the Galloping Horse Territory, and never expected to become a baron."


    However, at this time when the barbarians are invading, and facing the unwillingness of all the elders, I can only reluctantly take on the responsibility of protecting the land and protecting the people for the time being. I also hope that everyone can support me. "


    At this moment, Lant recalled many TV programs he had watched, such as the founding king who accepted the abdication, and the candidate prime minister who was interviewed on TV. Lant was even proud that he could think of this phrase.


    Roll "..."


    Albert "..."


    Seeing that these two people were silent, Lant was also a little confused. Oh, isn''t it right? Shouldn''t you two show your loyalty?


    "Lant, do you want to be a baron or not? If you don''t, we can''t, and we can''t stop the barbarians!" Rolle was a little anxious. Rolle had never even heard of a few of the words Lant used just now.


    Damn it, you are just having fun cooperating with me here. You didn¡¯t understand it at all, right? Then tell me what you can understand. ¡°Done, I am Huck¡¯s son, and I will be the acting baron from now on. If my father and If my brother comes back, I will return it to them immediately, but until they come back, I will be the baron (acting agent)."


    "Great, I knew you wouldn''t shirk it!" Luo Er was very happy.


    But Albert looked at Lant curiously. He didn''t know where the fourth baron, who didn''t study much, had never been to a big city, and had never left the territory since he was born, found that saying.


    Rolle and Albert knelt on one knee to show their allegiance.


    After drinking the soup, Lant felt some strength and decided to stand up and help the two important ministers. However, when he stood up, Lant discovered that he seemed to be much taller than those around him. Hey, am I mutated?

 Chapter 2: Demon Holders, Nobles and Bloodline

    When Lant stood up and prepared to personally help up the two important ministers, he felt a feeling that he had never experienced in his previous life.


    That''s why he is so tall. After standing up straight, he feels that most of the people around him are only below his chest. Only Albert, Rohr and three other men are about the same height as him.


    After they all stood up, Rolle was a head taller than Lant, Albert was a little taller than Lant, and the other three were all a head shorter than Lant.


    For the first time, Lant experienced seeing the world from a height of more than two meters. He felt that basketball players in previous lives should have had this perspective, but he felt a little dizzy.


    "Lant, don''t stand for too long. You have just made a breakthrough. Now you are in the stage of rapid growth of your body. Ever since you inspired the demon-bearing bloodline, you should not have grown this much." Albert supported Lant slowly. He sat down, but at this moment Lant had a lot of confusion in his heart.


    what happened? Can I still grow taller after upgrading? Can our level and body still be linked?


    "Uncle Albert, tell me what happened. When did I break through? What should I do in the future?" Lant wanted Albert to tell more information about this world.


    But he was arranging words indiscriminately, because he could not find the concepts of demon possessor, transcendence, and promotion in his memory.


    "By the way, after you inspired the bloodline, I have been busy with territorial affairs and forgot to tell you this." Albert felt a little ashamed. Then he began to introduce the extraordinary inheritance and promotion of the entire human world.


    The source of everything comes from the double suns in the sky. Yes, there are two suns visible on this planet during the day. A huge, slightly dim one called Raya provides light to the Alivia world where they are located. A little sunlight, a little heat, and a lot of magic.


    Another smaller, brighter star, Emperor Yang, is the source of most of the heat and sunlight, and a small amount of magic.


    Macroscopic magic falls from the sky in the form of many different magical elements. This is a gift from the sky and the gods to every race on Avilia.


    When individuals in a race can use magic, magic continues to flow in the body of the individual, which can strengthen the physical quality, increase the individual''s size, function and lifespan. These strong men have also become leaders of the race.


    Through long-term exploration and experimentation within the race, each race has found its own way to improve the strength of the strong and preserve the blood of the strong.


    For humans, such a path is the path of the three extraordinary professions of knights, magicians and clerics.


    Each path starts from the most ordinary demon-adhering person who has just activated his bloodline, and ends with the True God. There are 13 levels in total. Each level up will lead to a qualitative leap in the body''s perception and interaction with magic.


    Among the entire human race, those who can successfully inspire magical blood before the age of 14 are called demon possessors.


    It is difficult for demon possessors to feel the magic elements in the air, but the strengthening of magic on them can already be seen from their appearance.


    All human demon possessors are more than 2 meters tall, regardless of gender, occupation or age, while other human demon-free people who have not been able to inspire their bloodline will not be more than 2 meters tall.


    The population calculation basis of the empire is "household", "min" and "ding", where "ding" refers to the strong ones who have demons or above, and "min" refers to those without demons. According to the laws of the empire, only those with more than 1 The family of a demon possessor can be counted separately, which means that a "household" is the family surrounding a demon possessor.


    The human empire, from the highest emperor, kings of various kingdoms, grand dukes of principalities, to the lowest barons, lords, and knights, all have requirements for the level of demonizers. The level of demonizers, enfeoffed or inherited titles, and the ability of nobles to manage There is a relatively strict correspondence between the size of the territory and the number of citizens.


    A demon possessor can become a lord and be supported by the people in the territory. He also has very strict obligations towards the people and the territory. They are simplified from the empire''s aristocratic regulations into two items: defend the land and protect the people.


    Defending the territory means protecting the entire territory and the lord''s territory from invasion.


    The requirement to protect the people is that the lord has the obligation to protect the people in the territory, including the non-demon people. As a last resort, the lord can ask the people to take refuge in other human cities or territories, and return to the original territory after the disaster. reconstruction.


    Generally speaking, if a lord''s territory is occupied but its citizens are transferred, the title will not be revoked within 3 years. As long as the lord can return to his hometown within 3 years and resume his rule in the territory, the title will not be reduced. But if the people in the territory suffer losses of more than 50%, then the title will definitely not be preserved.


    Under the above regulations, every nobleman who owns a fief attaches great importance to the inheritance of his own bloodline.


    Take the Lant family as an example. According to the definition of Lant''s hometown, in fact, his father Huck Galloping Horse has at least 10 children. Between Huck and his brothers, they are all the same generation as Lant. There were 4 to 50 in total, and many of them died after being born.


    There are more than 30 people who can really grow up to 14 or 15 years old. Among them, four demon-advocates were born, namely the eldest brother Ryan Benma, the second brother Obote Benma, the third brother Perry Benma and himself. Lant galloping horse.


    Among them, his second and third brothers could only be considered his cousins in a strict sense, but in Galloping Horse''s territory, they all became Huck Galloping Horse''s sons.


    Huck will raise the four of them like parents and children, and the four of them will be filial to Huck like their biological father. The four of them will also be sorted individually by age and given the surname of Galloping Horse. Other non-demon people only have their own names and no surnames.


    According to the tradition of the border nobles, the eldest son of the noble will be trained to become the next noble;


    The second son will be trained to become a knight commander or scholar in the territory;


    The third son will be sent to the royal capital or holy city to serve the gods and become priests. The heirs who serve the gods will not have the right to inherit, but can return to the territory to serve as territorial priests;


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    If the children after the third son are promising, they will go to the knights of high-level nobles to try to become court nobles. Otherwise, they will serve as feudal knights or family knights among other middle and low nobles.


    In short, there is always a way out if you become a junior knight or above.


    The above is about knights, who have the largest proportion of the population. If you are a mage, you can go to the mage tower in a big city and follow the magician to study magic.


    The proportion of female demon possessors among the entire human race is very stable, between 25% and 33%. The offspring of female demon possessors are more likely to give birth to demon possessors than those without demon possessors. Therefore, for demon possessor families, It is said that the status of female demon possessors is very high.


    However, the northwest border of the Dragon Kingdom where Lant is located has a poor magical environment, so it is difficult for female demon possessors to be born here all year round.


    "You were just a trainee knight before. I don''t even know if you can become a junior knight, so I didn''t tell you these words," Albert said while watching Lant digest the rules of this world.


    "It''s different now. You are now the baron of this territory. If your father and your brother cannot come back, you must survive with the people in the territory, so I must tell you these most basic knowledge first."


    "Albert, are we too late now? Lant, you need to decide as soon as possible whether we should leave the territory," Rohr said anxiously.


    ...The extraordinary professions and noble class knowledge introduced by Albert...


    Children usually activate their bloodline between the ages of 12 and 14, which means that starting from childhood, 10% of the human population will be different and become creatures of almost another race.


    In addition to height, once you become a demon possessor, your senses will be sharper and your lifespan will be longer. It is difficult for ordinary demon-free people to exceed the age of 60, but a 60-year-old demon possessor can also work in the military, blacksmithing, etc. work.


    Less than half of those who possess demons become professionals. The most common professions among humans are knights, magicians and priests, also known as clergy.


    The lowest levels of these professions are apprentice knights, magic apprentices and priest apprentices. The titles of the three are not fixed, especially priest apprentices. Depending on the gods they serve, they are sometimes called assistant priests, assistant priests, etc.


    But the lowest level professionals all have the same judgment standard, that is, they can feel magic, but they cannot use magic.


    Starting from the third level of the demon possessor, the names tend to be unified, junior knight, junior mage, junior priest/priest/priest/clergyman. The junior standard is that you can perform simple magic release, with a maximum of 1-5 moves. Spells or low-level divine spells.


    The fourth level of the demon possessor is the intermediate professional. They can skillfully release magic power, can continuously use moves, spells and low-level magic, and can even use magic power to form a certain perception around them.


    Level 5 is an advanced professional. They can release the magic power in their body outwards to form some kind of short-term aura and magic field. In this range, they can feel and affect the people and things around them.


    Level 6 is the great knight, great magician, and high priest level. To a certain extent, they have entered a stage beyond mortals. They can form a stable aura or magic field, and through this magic field, they can feel the entire world. The magical environment of the world can also connect to other people¡¯s auras or magic fields.


    For example, the great knight can form a powerful knight square with other intermediate and junior knights and use group moves;


    The great magician can use his own magic field to supplement the magic of those around him who are junior magicians and above, or to cast more powerful and wider range of magic or mystery.


    Albert knew little about levels 7 and above. What he knew was that levels 1, 2, and 3, that is, those below the elementary level, were collectively called low-level demon possessors, and those at levels 4-6 were called Intermediate level extraordinary beings, levels 7-9 are called advanced level extraordinary beings.


    Among them, levels 7, 8, and 9 of knights are called Silver Knight, Sky Knight, and Golden Knight respectively; magicians are called junior magisters, magisters, and grand magisters respectively; priests/clergy are called They are called three levels: temple priest, altar priest and pre-god priest.


    The higher the level, the stronger the body and the longer the life span. The lifespan of an early-level demon possessor is around 100 years old, and a third-level demon possessor can basically live to be 100 years old, and at the age of 80, they still have the physical strength of a non-demonic person of about 40 years old;


    When entering the middle level, it is normal for the life span to exceed 100 years old. Among them, the great knights and great wizards can almost live over 150 years old.


    Entering high-level, life has been successfully transformed. Powerful 200-300-year-old golden knights are common. The three kinds of extraordinary beings at level 8 can directly take off and fly with their own strength.


    As for the extraordinary beings at levels 10 to 12, Albert only knew that 1,000 years ago, all extraordinary beings at this level were collectively called demigods.


    It was not until the God-Emperor ascended the throne that it was clarified that the legendary ranks were divided into three levels.


    After entering the legendary rank, they can no longer be called ordinary creatures. Many powerful people who reached the legendary rank in the early days of the establishment of the human empire are still alive today.


    Among the three major professions of knights, magicians and clergy, in the initial stage, the practice methods of the three are completely different. For knights, it is to exercise physical fitness and guide fighting spirit; for magicians, it is to constantly meditate to increase their own magic reserves. ; For clergy, it is constant prayer to bring themselves closer to the gods.


    However, after entering the intermediate level, the practices of the three have something in common. They are all constantly mobilizing the magic power in the body, and constantly practicing and applying magic power.


    At high levels, professionals above senior knights, magisters, and temple priests can already easily use the abilities of other professions. For legendary powerhouses, there is almost no essential difference between these three professions. It is more about the professional''s own habits and proficiency.


    Because of the powerful abilities of demon possessors, all the noble ranks, positions and resources of the human empire are designed around demon possessors.


    Taking knights as an example, a feudal knight with a knighthood can usually live in 5-30 households in his own territory, with a population of about 50-300 people.


    Whether you are a knight who is enfeoffed or a knight who inherits a knighthood, you need the rank of a junior knight.


    When it comes to a real baron, the territory must be able to accommodate 20-200 households. If the baron is divided, the extraordinary person needs to reach level 4, which is an intermediate knight or an intermediate mage. To inherit the title of baron, the demon possessor needs to reach the junior level.


    From the beginning, a baron can entrust low-level titles such as knights, lords, or non-inheritable lifelong lords to his subordinates.


    From baron to viscount, the main difference between baron and viscount is the difference in strength rather than status. Both are enfeoffed by nobles above earl.


    The territory of a viscount is usually 50% larger than that of a baron. At the same time, the inheritance and enfeoffment of a viscount are one level higher than that of a baron. That is to say, only those who are intermediate knights and above can inherit the title of viscount, and those who are high-level knights and above can inherit the title of viscount. The title of Viscount was entrusted.


    Viscount and above are earls. In fact, earls are already important ministers in charge of a kingdom. The earl requires a strong person with level 6 or above to inherit, and a person with level 7 or above can be enfeoffed.


    The requirement of a marquis is one level higher than that of an earl. Level 7 inherits the enfeoffment of level 8. Both earls and marquises can enfeoff barons and viscounts. However, the enfeoffed viscounts usually need to be approved by the king before they can be officially appointed. In addition to the requirements of the earl''s fiefdom, If there is a town directly under the earl, it needs to be able to entrust at least one viscount and one baron.


    The requirements are more stringent above the duke, but the basic conditions are certain. The inheritance level needs to reach level 8, and the enfeoffment level needs to be level 9 or above.


    For a principality that is a separate state, the requirements for the grand duke are only level 9, but it needs at least one legend in the country to serve as the pillar of the country, and the kingdom needs at least 3 legends in the kingdom to serve as the pillar of the country.


    In addition to the feudal nobles, there will also be palace nobles in the territories above marquis. These nobles are either completely dependent on the high-level nobles, or they have the governance rights of some cities. They have no income from the fiefs and can only receive the salaries and rewards of the superiors.


    Therefore, there is no fixed rule between the strength and title of the court nobles.

 Chapter 3 Sir, the barbarians are coming, we have to run away

    "Lant, you need to decide as soon as possible whether we should leave the territory." Rohr said, looking at Lant, waiting for Lant''s decision.


    At this moment, Lant was confused, "Where are we going?"


    "Of course, go to Maned Wolf City or the forest to the west," Roll said. "You need to make a decision before dawn!"


    "Ah, what''s going on?" Lant really didn''t understand.


    "Rohr, Lant has just woken up now and has heard so much knowledge. You need to explain it clearly to him before letting him make a decision." Albert said with some blame.


    "Lant is like this. As I said just now, as a lord, you need to defend the land and protect the people. Now the barbarians have reached the Cornico Pass, which is only a day''s journey from us.


    Although we don''t know when they will come now, they will definitely not just come to rob. Once they come, even our baron''s castle will not be able to withstand the barbarian attack.


    If we fail to resettle the people at that time, resulting in a large number of people being robbed, the Galloping Horse Barony will really be over, and the baronage of the entire Galloping Horse family will also be taken back. "


    Albert glanced at Rohr, "Rohr and I have thought of two routes, and it''s up to you to decide. The first is to the east. The Blue Magpie Barony east of Rotor''s territory is directly under the family of the Earl of Maned Wolf. The territory is only 1 or 2 days away from the Maned Wolf City. As long as we reach the Blue Magpie Territory, we will have the protection of the Earl''s Maned Wolf Knights.


    The second is the traditional route of the Benma family, escaping westward into the big forest. You don¡¯t have to worry. Both the Benma collar and the Rote collar have had the experience of entering the big forest many times in the past ten years. There are several campsites deep in the forest where you can stay for extended periods of time.


    The leading troops of the barbarians are mainly barbarian cavalry. They are tall and large, and it is difficult to move in the forest. If their army dares to enter the forest territory to search, the complex terrain is not conducive to their large number of beasts of burden to transport supplies. Therefore, barbarians never ask for trouble and enter the forest. "


    OK, all right. It''s really hard to choose whether to live under someone else''s roof or to be a wild man. "I want to hear your suggestions"


    "I suggest going to the Lot Territory first, and then to the Blue Magpie Territory," Rohr said. "The strength of the barbarians this year is obviously greater than in previous years. In the end, it is very likely that the Earl personally took action to expel these barbarians.


    If we go to the Earl''s territory, we can know the situation in the territory faster, and we can also let the Earl know earlier that even if Baron Harker leaves temporarily, there will be someone to lead the Galloping Horse Territory even if the Baron is gone.


    We will arrive at the Earl''s Maned Wolf City in 4 or 5 days, and there will be nothing wrong with it. "


    "I think it is better to enter the forest. This forest is full of magic and rich in products. The family has entered the forest many times to take refuge in the past, and they have successfully avoided barbarian intrusions." Albert emphasized.


    "How many times?" Lant said.


    "Yes, the most recent one was 8 years ago. There was also a large-scale invasion by the barbarians. At that time, the Lord of Lot, Viscount Bob Lot, asked Huck to take care of the people. Huck took all the people from the two territories there. Great forest refuge.


    At that time, you were young and had just shown some potential to embrace demons, so Huck sent you to Maned Wolf City and asked you to follow your third brother to the temple there to hide. "


    Lant recalled that eight years ago, when he was just 8 or 9 years old, he did go on a long trip with his third brother, but he didn''t remember that he actually entered the city. He only felt that he was in a certain monastery.


    After listening to the reasons of the two important ministers, Lant asked casually, "Roel, the Viscounty of Lot is only one day away from us, and the Maned Wolf City is only three days away?"


    "Of course!" Rohr was very sure.


    "How did you get there?"


    "Riding! Is there any problem?"


    At this time, Albert also came to his senses, "You are the most powerful intermediate knight in the territory. You rode the best horse on the Galloping Horse Plains and took 4 days to get to Earl City. But we moved the people in the territory. It¡¯s all about beasts of burden and horse-drawn carriages. It¡¯s good to be able to cover 2 or 30 miles in a day. How can it be possible to arrive there in only 3 days?¡±


    "But that''s only an extra day or two."


    "No, you are riding a horse. Unless someone is waiting for you, few people will notice you. There are hundreds of people in our territory, and there are only a dozen or so Demon Empathizers in a huge team. The barbarians will grab whoever you want to grab. What?" Lant added, "But more importantly, you two have witnessed these two days. Don''t you think it''s a coincidence that we were ambushed in these two days?"


    "What?" Neither Luo Er nor Albert had ever thought about this.


    "Think about it, both my father and Viscount Roth often come in and out of the Cornico Pass. You two also have experience in entering the pass for business. The pass is more than 20 kilometers long, and there is a continuous road to the north of the pass. Hills and water network.


    Whether it was us or the Lot territory, only 10 people were dispatched, and a barbarian tribe often only had 8 or 9 cavalry, and no more than 20 more. The ambush we encountered was equivalent to a medium-sized tribe sending all its cavalry. The troops moved out to focus on us.


    I would like to ask, if you two were lords or tribal leaders, under what circumstances would you be willing to use all the fighting power in your territory to make a desperate move? "


    "Of course, when the information is very certain," Albert understood what Lant meant, "Are you saying that we were betrayed by Viscount Roth?"


    "That can''t be true. If the earl knows about this, it will be the end of Viscount Roth!" Rohr said.


    Although intrigues among nobles are not uncommon, internal and external relations are two different concepts, especially the Dragon Kingdom, which regards the barbarians on the Galloping Horse Plains as its main opponent. Cooperating with the barbarians to attack other nobles is treason. Once discovered, it will be considered treason. The title was abolished, the territory was abolished or returned to the lord.


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    Therefore, in the past, no nobles would use barbarians to deal with other nobles. Naturally, Rohr and Albert did not think about it.


    But Lant doesn''t think so. After all, he just arrived today and has no idea about the kingdom''s traditions. However, he has watched many TV series and played many games before, so it is easy to find a basis for such a simple judgment.


    The simplest point is that when Viscount Roth separated from Huck and others, Huck went to the nearby hillside to conduct reconnaissance, and there was no barbarian camp within dozens of miles. Therefore, they were not so much ambushed by the barbarians as they were found by a large group of barbarians.


    If Viscount Roth didn''t betray them, how could the barbarians find them from dozens of kilometers away?


    "Nothing is impossible. Now I have every reason to distrust Viscount Roth. I will not place my hopes on him. You two, I have decided that all the people in the entire territory will move westward tomorrow. Take refuge in the forest." An hour after Lant officially became a baron (acting), he made a decision to follow his ancestors and ran away quickly.


    "Yes," Rohr and Albert leaned forward to accept the order.


    "Uncle Albert, please organize all the direct people in the baron territory to prepare for migration. Knight Roll, I want you to send the power of the territory to notify the two surrounding knight territories to move and let them go directly into the forest. There is no need to meet up at the Baron''s Castle.


    In addition, some reconnaissance forces need to be sent out. The Cornico Pass can be seen from the hillside 10 kilometers away to the north. Send people there to keep an eye on it! "


    "Yes!" The two of them took the order again.


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    Albert looked at several orders made by Lant and felt that Lant was growing very quickly, so he said, "Lant, don''t worry too much. For the barbarians, entering the south of the mountain pass is also a big move. They need to cross several roads." A tributary of the Benma River, we still have time.


    In addition, there are no valuables in the territorial castle. All valuable magic potions, magic plants, books, weapons, and gold coins are packed and ready to go at any time.


    The main thing that the residents need to bring to their homes is food, but we have purchased a lot of beasts of burden and a lot of carriages in the past few years, so the real preparations will be done very quickly. "The beast of burden that Albert is talking about is a kind of animal that is half ox and half horse. This kind of animal has a docile temperament, a broad back, and is easy to breed.


    Whether it is barbarians, orcs or humans, they all like to use this kind of beast of burden when climbing long distances.


    "Well, that''s great," Lant said with a smile. Our hometown is really conscious and ready to run away every day.


    But thinking of this, Lant suddenly realized, why am I lying in front of a campfire in the wild?


    Shouldn''t I be in my baron''s castle? So he glanced at Albert: "Uncle Albert, it''s so late now, why don''t we go back to the castle?"


    "..." Everyone was silent again, until Albert laughed dryly, "Lant, you have forgotten, before we set off, your father was afraid that the territory would be harassed by a small group of barbarians, so he took all the grain stored in the warehouse and the last time The goods from the merchants have all been placed on the first floor of the castle, and now the first floor of the castle is full, and we have no place to lift our feet when we go back."


    "Lant, have you forgotten that we were the ones who moved tons of grain in?" Rohr added.


    "...Oh, yes, I remembered it. We are just in time. We can load all the food into the car and set off tomorrow." Lant smiled, but he was thinking in his heart, am I really a noble? The family works as a warehouse and is an extraordinary porter. When the barbarians come, he can rush to it on his own.


    What kind of bad place is this? What a mess. Otherwise, if I try again tonight, I will go back as soon as I close my eyes and kick my legs.


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    Lant lay down again and closed his eyes. He did not fall asleep immediately, and naturally he could not return to the place before the dream began. Because he found that he could feel a large number of light spots around him moving irregularly,


    These light spots did not affect Lant''s rest, or that kind of light spots were just some kind of signal or some kind of energy. Lant tried hard to make these light spots produce some kind of pattern, but unfortunately, after a long period of time, Various attempts have failed.


    In the end, Lant tried to take a breath in his Dantian to concentrate all the energy that could obey him. He tried for another 10 minutes and finally condensed an energy the size of a steel ball. It dispersed in less than 20 seconds. After that, Lant''s stomach made a protest sound. The Demon Holder''s body was big-boned and made loud noises when he was hungry. This made Lant feel embarrassed and he was too embarrassed to open his eyes.


    "Lant? Lant?" A familiar voice sounded in his ears, Nila, Lant''s sister. Lant''s biological mother passed away early, and Nila took care of her until she was 14 years old. Even if she later inspired the bloodline of the Demon Holder, Nila still took care of the main daily life.


    Lant opened his eyes in embarrassment and saw that Nila had brought a lot of food, including dried meat, scones and hot soup: "How can you sleep when you are hungry? You have become a junior knight now. You have no appetite." It¡¯s bigger, eat more to replenish your body.¡±


    "Nila, wait a minute." At this time, Rolle came over with a bunch of dried meat: "These foods of yours can keep you full, but they can''t help Lant grow." After saying that, Rolle handed the dried meat in his hand to Lant.


    "This is the dried meat of the low-level monster Wind Wolf. I exchanged it with the barbarians during our last trade trip. You eat this.


    Only by eating more monster meat can a knight really grow taller. "


    To be precise, whether you are a knight, a mage or a cleric, promotion and breakthrough are both a short-term qualitative change and a long-term accumulation of quantitative changes. The total amount of magic power and fighting spirit in the body is directly proportional to the quality and volume of the body. If you want to grow up, The body depends on food, and there are essential differences between things.


    Ordinary grains and meats, of course, carry nutrients and therefore supplement the body''s consumption. However, Warcraft meat and even magic potions can provide magic power more efficiently, allowing those who possess magic to accumulate and grow more quickly.


    Lant looked at the dried meat in Rolle''s hand and remembered that half a year ago, after Huck and Rolle went hunting, Huck gave Rolle a portion of the harvested monster meat.


    Unexpectedly, Luo Er was reluctant to eat it and even made it into bacon. Although I don¡¯t know how much magic power this marinated meat can still store, I can¡¯t move my eyes away as soon as I see this piece of monster meat, and my eyes are full of words like ¡°I¡¯m hungry¡± and ¡°I want to eat.¡± words. Lant was a little embarrassed. After all, he was a lord now. Even if he was an agent, he shouldn''t compete with his subordinates for food.


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    After a midnight snack of Warcraft meat, Lant went on to sleep without a dream.


    At dawn, Lant woke up feeling a little regretful that he could not go back. Soon he also knew that he had indeed traveled to a completely different planet, because two suns, one big and one small, rose one after another.


    The huge sun is Raya, a light blue star that occupies most of the sky like a light blue fireball. When the star took off, Lant felt that the surrounding temperature and brightness did not increase more. Instead, some invisible energy became more restless.


    "That''s the magic element," Albert introduced: "Most of the magic element comes from the gift of Raya. When Raya rises, the magic element on the entire ground will be more abundant. However, we are close to the Galloping Horse Plains. The magic elements here will be more chaotic."


    Soon another sun also rose into the sky. This star was Di Yang. It is said that the name of Di Yang comes from a very ancient civilization. Now all races have the same name for the main stars in the starry sky at every moment.


    DiYang is smaller than the Sun as seen from Earth, but very bright, and DiYang''s ascent rapidly raises surface temperatures.


    With the beginning of a new day, the migration work of the residents gradually began. Counting Lant and the others, there were not many demon holders in the territory now. Rohr sent a demon holder to send a message to the two knight territories, and sent another person to the hillside 10 kilometers away to monitor.


    Lant, Rohr and Albert took other demon-lovers as laborers and carried food into the castle.


    As a powerful person, the Demon Holder is really good as a porter. Lant can carry more than 100 kilograms of grain with extraordinary ease. Lant also tried the Qi Luck Dantian during the transportation process, trying to let the fighting spirit flow in the body.


    Rohr saw Lant and said, this is not how to train fighting energy. Lant''s total amount of fighting energy is too little now. If he concentrates his fighting energy frequently and cannot replenish the monster meat in time, he will only be in a state of energy deficiency for a long time. , which is not conducive to growth.


    After all, Rohr is an intermediate knight, and what he said is very instructive. Lant gave up moving the grudge while moving it and concentrated on his hard work. Just when everyone was half busy, someone suddenly came to report that someone had returned from the Galloping Horse Plains. It was Walker, the junior knight who set out with Huck and the others.

 Chapter 4 It’s too late to explain, hurry up and leave

    Amid everyone''s eager anticipation, Walker, the junior knight of the territory, returned.


    When someone reported that he had entered the village entrance, Lant even felt that Rohr and Albert breathed a sigh of relief together.


    If Walker can come back, it proves that Huck Galloping Horse and several other family members should be able to come back.


    The three people hurried out to greet the village entrance. However, as soon as the three people walked out of the castle door, they felt something was wrong.


    Walker looked too embarrassed. There were several holes in his armor, and there were blood stains on the lining. As the knight gradually approached, Lant could already tell that Walker was about to fall off his horse.


    Everyone hurried to meet the knight and helped the horse off. Walker''s face was pale at this moment, and he was sweating under his helmet.


    Lant asked Albert to arrange for someone to take care of Walker, and he asked Rohr to organize and complete the preparations for migration within the entire territory as soon as possible.


    Rohr also saw that Walker definitely did not encounter a small group of barbarians by chance, but that Huck and the others were in relatively big trouble, so they had to quickly supervise the preparations of each family.


    In fact, there are only 22 households in the Galloping Horse Territory, with a total of 220 people. There are 120 relatives of the family living near the castle in the Galloping Horse Territory, and there are 3 knights in the village, totaling 100 people. The 22 households correspond to 20 people in the entire territory. Among the number of demon possessors above 6, Lant''s family accounts for 6, including 4 brothers, Huck, Albert, and Lant.


    The total number of demon-free people in the Huck family is about 70, including servants, family members, etc., and the other demon-free heirs. There are also 3 family knights and 3 knight apprentices. Both the family knights and the knight apprentices have about 5 family members. In addition, there are 2 demon possessors in the Huck family who have established independent families.


    In the remaining 2 knight territories, there are 2 feudal knights, 1 descendant of a junior knight, 2 knight apprentices and 6 other demon possessors.


    Therefore, before Huck went on the expedition, the strength of the entire territory was probably 2 intermediate knights, Huck and Roll; 7 junior knights (two brothers Albert and Lant, 2 family knights, 3 fief knights), There are 6 knight apprentices (Lant himself, 3 knight apprentices from the family, and 2 knight fief apprentices), 8 non-professional demon possessors, and a total of 23 demon possessors.


    When Huck set out not long ago, he took with him all the knights of his family, family knights, and 5 knight apprentices, including 2 people from the tetrarchy.


    After the encounter with the barbarians in the north, there are now 1 intermediate knight, 2 junior knights, and 3 apprentices who have returned to the territory. It can be said that more than half of them have been lost. Now that a junior knight has returned, all of them are now in the territory. There are 1 intermediate knight, 6 junior knights, 3 knight apprentices (two did not come back, Lant was promoted) and 8 demonless ones, with a total of 18 combat effectiveness.


    Soon Walker woke up, and the information he brought was even worse than everyone imagined.


    Just after Huck took his two sons and separated from Walker, Lant and others, they successfully broke away from the barbarian cavalry. In the past 10 years, Huck has often traveled in the southern part of the Galloping Horse Plains for trade and reconnaissance, and is more familiar with the situation north of the Cornico Pass than the barbarians from the north.


    After a whole night of twists and turns, Huck and a few people successfully got rid of the pursuing barbarians. After daybreak, they discovered an unprecedented barbarian camp about 30 kilometers northeast of the Cornico Pass.


    The barbarians are tall and tall. According to Albert''s description, the barbarians are the descendants of a special group of beasts and humans.


    The proportion of demon possessors in the barbarian tribes reaches 20%-30%. Usually the demon possessors of the barbarians are tall and powerful, and their physical fitness is comparable to that of intermediate knights.


    But ordinary barbarians cannot use fighting spirit or magic, and can only rely on their powerful bodies to fight.


    There are a small number of priests among the barbarians. In a large tribe or a group composed of multiple tribes, the highest barbarian high priest is as powerful as the human high priest.


    If it is the hinterland of the human race, the barbarians, a race that cannot use magic, do not have an advantage, but Lant is now south of the Galloping Horse Plains. In the Galloping Horse Plains, the magic elements are extremely chaotic in the air. The chaotic elements are called magic disorder. flow.


    Magic scholars believe that the widespread magic turbulence on the Galloping Horse Plain makes it difficult for the low-level professions of the human race to be used here. In other words, with the same population base, less than 10% of the human population can compete with more than 20% of the barbarian population. Population strength comparison.


    This very obvious disadvantage has created the current situation of barbarians running rampant on the Galloping Horse Plains.


    However, the barbarians also have their own weaknesses: the social organization is low and they can only maintain a tribal society on the Galloping Horse Plains. A small tribe has about 50 members, of which 10 are demon holders and 40 are demon-free; The population of medium-sized tribes is twice that of small tribes, and that of large tribes is three times that of small tribes. The total population does not exceed 150 people. Large tribes with more than 150 people are usually alliances between tribes under very specific conditions.


    Just yesterday, Huck discovered a super barbarian camp north of the Cornico Pass. According to their statistics on the horses in the camp, the current total population of this tribe exceeds 500 people, of which there are more than 100 demon worshipers. , however, while Huck and the others were observing, at least two more barbarian cavalry were gathering towards the camp.


    In the more than 100 years since the Galloping Horse family moved to what is now the northwest earldom of Dragon, such situations have not happened many times, but each time they have caused huge disasters in the entire northwest earldom.


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    Therefore, Huck immediately decided that Ryan, the eldest brother of Lant, would lead Walker to retreat to the Galloping Horse Baron territory, and notify Lant and other people in the territory to move immediately.


    And Huck decided to take Obot, the second brother Lant, to the Maned Wolf City where the Northwest Count was located to report.


    On the way back, Huck and his party met again with a small group of barbarian cavalry, and this cavalry was just spies. After discovering Huck, the spies did not come directly, but stayed within a few kilometers behind them, while constantly Call in reinforcements.


    Seeing more and more enemies, Huck decided to disperse and break out. Whoever could successfully leave would return to Galloping Horse territory first and notify everyone to evacuate to the big forest.


    In the end, after several struggles, only Walker successfully escaped after being captured and escaped from the tiger''s mouth. While Walker was escaping, he saw that Huck, Ryan, and Obote were all captured.


    Listening to Walker''s description, everyone was very sad. There is no doubt that the Galloping Horse territory has been betrayed. The barbarians specially set up an ambush at the place where Huck and others must pass, and they deliberately wanted to capture every member.


    Such betrayal undoubtedly showed that if they dared to borrow Daolot''s territory, the consequences would be disastrous.


    "Roel, go and call everyone in the territory, now!" This was the first thing Albert said after being silent.


    "Huh? Oh. Okay" Luo Er came back to his senses and hurriedly called for someone.


    Half an hour later, except for the two demon-free people led by the knights, everyone else, including the two knights led by the knights and the ordinary demon-holders, arrived at the gate of the castle.


    The castle in the Galloping Horse Barony is a three-story stone building. The first floor is a 6-meter-high floor with a restaurant, reception room, prayer room, warehouse, etc. The second floor is divided into two parts, one part is also 6 meters high. Four children, including Lant and Ryan, live in this part of the 10-meter-high house.


    The other part is divided into two 3-meter compartments in height, housing Huck''s demon-free family, as well as rooms for higher-status servants such as valets and butlers. The top floor is Huck''s own residence and magic. Storage room for materials, potions and books.


    On both sides of the main building of the castle are two houses with the same height as the second floor of the castle. One two-story building (each floor is 6 meters high) is the dormitory of the family knights and knight apprentices in the territory.


    Another 4-story building (each floor is 3 meters high) is the dormitory for other servants in the castle. Outside these three buildings, there is a 6-meter-high stone wall surrounded by four towers.


    Outside the castle is the small town of Galloping Horse Territory, which has a blacksmith shop, a mill, a small grocery store, and the houses of several family knights and knight apprentices, as well as the families of two demon-free people in the territory.


    If Lant stayed in the territory in the future, he might establish a family of his own in this town and call himself a knight of the family. Outside the main entrance of the castle, there is a 3-meter-high platform for Baron Harker to speak to the people in the territory.


    "Dear knights and citizens, I am Albert Galloping Horse, a scholar in the barony and the younger brother of Baron Harker," Albert stood on the high platform and said loudly in front of everyone. .


    "Just in the past few days, a huge crisis has occurred in our territory. Our Lord Baron and his eldest son and second son are unable to return to the territory due to various reasons. I have no time to explain the specific reasons. Now the barbarian cavalry is about to arrive. , we need to all move to the big forest immediately.


    Since Lord Harker cannot come back, according to the nobility laws of the empire, the territory will be represented by Lant as baronet. "


    Since Albert had already explained the current situation to several knights before the meeting, as long as the demon holders had no objections, other people would naturally have no objections either.


    "Lant, can you say a few words?" Albert looked at Lant.


    "Hello everyone," Lant stepped onto the high platform. Although in his previous life, Lant had spoken in front of hundreds of people more than once, and even issued orders, but when his decision could affect the safety of the people in front of him, Lant still Somewhat at a loss, "I... Like everyone else, I believe that Baron Huck Galloping Horse will be able to return to the territory soon, and he will be able to bring security, prosperity and hope as before.


    But before that, we need to avoid the barbarian cavalry. Now that the barbarians were only a day''s journey away, we had no choice but to head west into the great forest.


    Now I order everyone to leave the territory before the sun sets today, take every grain of grain, every piece of meat, move every animal, and head to the big forest. Everyone must obey the order. Now everyone has to go back and prepare, we set off in the evening! "


    As Lant issued the order, everyone immediately took action. Pack animals that resembled yaks but were as big as rhinoceroses were pulled out. The tall demon-slingers carried hundreds of kilograms of grain and goods onto these beasts of burden.


    These beasts of burden all come from the Galloping Horse Plains. The special magical environment on that land makes the animals living there strong and of high quality. Whether they are horses, cattle, or sheep, they are stronger than other parts of the empire.


    Therefore, in the past eight years, whether it is the Galloping Horse Territory or the Lot Territory, the biggest annual revenue has been trading with the barbarians on the plains, exchanging grain, cloth, and alchemy artifacts from the royal city for horses, cattle, and sheep on the plains. , Warcraft meat.


    Through constant trade, the Lot territory now has dozens of beasts of burden and twenty galloping horses. The specialty of the plains: black lin horses. This kind of horse has a shoulder height of 2.0-2.3 meters, which is already a giant beast for ordinary people, but for demon worshipers with an average of more than 2 meters per person, such a horse is just right.


    This kind of horse belongs to the lowest level of magical beasts. The horse''s hooves contain wind magic, so it can maneuver at high speeds after being equipped with a demon holder. However, these horses cannot release wind spells, so for ordinary people, It''s also relatively safe.


    While Lant was helping the servants in the castle move bags of barley and wheat into the frame next to the carriage and pack animals, he looked at the wealth his father had accumulated over the years, and suddenly felt that he was just selling his father''s land.


    Before the sun set, the entire barony had packed their bags. Lant didn''t want to wait any longer, and asked everyone to set off to the west immediately. A family knight apprentice would lead two demon holders to conduct reconnaissance. Albert and himself led a large group of people forward, with Rohr behind.


    The sky at night is very bright, with three moons, big, middle and small, hanging high in the astrolabe. The big moon is called Sullun, who is considered the god of tides and time, and is also called the white moon;


    The medium moon glows with golden light, its name is Luna, and it is considered to be one of the sources of magic;


    The smallest moon looks like a jelly bean, and its name is Wei Li. It is often called the Jade Moon and is considered to be the source of the Magic Web.


    These three moons are all important gods and are the objects of worship and prayer in church temples.


    With the double lighting of three moons, the nights here are not very dark, and people here rarely suffer from night blindness. Of course, according to the minds of the barbarians, it is rare to come up with a night attack plan, but Lant, who had already experienced one a few days ago, did not dare to take any chances and forced the entire team to march towards the forest.


    The team of more than 160 people and more than 60 animals advanced vigorously until late at night before entering the nearest camp in the forest and successfully met up with the team led by two knights.


    Lant''s own judgment is that overnight operations can buy him at least one day.


    Even if it was temporarily safe, Rant did not dare to take it lightly. He asked Rohr to monitor the situation at the edge of the forest.


    When it turned white, Lant woke up again and began to urge the people to eat and set off.


    Today''s breakfast is extra food made for dinner after setting up camp last night. Everyone had just had a few bites when Lant saw Rohr coming back.

 Chapter 5 Where to go?

    On the first morning after fleeing with the entire barony, Lant, who had not finished breakfast, saw his chief knight hurriedly finding him.


    "Aren''t you on guard?" Lant guessed the bad news, but he hoped that Rohr would come back for breakfast.


    "The barbarians have arrived at Galloping Horse Castle!" Rohr confirmed the worst news in Lant''s mind.


    "How many are they?"


    "At least 10 cavalrymen were just conducting reconnaissance. They found no one around the castle, so they went in directly."


    "How long do you think it will be before they come to scout the forest?"


    "I guess it won''t be long. The ruts on our ground are too obvious. Unless you are blind, you won''t come."


    "I originally thought I could fight for one day, but it seems I only fight for one more night," Lant said to himself, and suddenly looked at Rolle: "Notify everyone to pack up and set off immediately. The two knights should know the next camp. Let them go first, we have more people, so we can change the route."


    "Understood, this forest is our backyard within 20 kilometers. Every family is familiar with it, so there is no need to worry about getting lost in the forest." Team Rohr has a lot of information about this forest.


    Half an hour later, only 15 minutes after Lant''s main team set off, the first batch of barbarian cavalry followed the ruts of the galloping leaders.


    The spies of the barbarians are all good hunters in the tribe. Once they have set their sights on the prey, they will not lose it.


    The barbarian who came here today to search for Lant and the others is called Bison. He also discovered the galloping Baron Huck two days ago, and has been following Huck''s horses for 1.5-2 kilometers, and finally helped other cavalry in the tribe to defeat Huck. Several people were captured.


    Last night, the tribal leader asked them to set out before dawn to scout outside Baron Galloping Horse''s castle. The leader had confirmed that the larger castle directly south of Cornico Pass would not interfere with their westward exploration.


    However, when we arrived outside the baron''s castle, it was already empty. The bison yelled in his heart that something was wrong, the prey was startled, and now it ran away before it could even stick to it, making it difficult to find it again.


    Fortunately, there were too many people in the barony, and obvious wheel tracks could be seen heading west. After chasing for about half an hour, the bison arrived outside the big forest. Here he hesitated because after wandering on the grassland for more than ten years, he had never seen so many trees.


    Just when the bison was about to let a companion go back to report the news, and he took three people into the forest to search, waves of white mist rose from the entire forest floor. This white mist was like a wall, blocking the bison from the forest.


    Miasma always appears in the early morning forest.


    The early morning in the big forest was no exception, but the residents of the Galloping Horse Territory had experienced it more or less. They were not very surprised. On the contrary, the fierce pursuit of the barbarians made everyone speed up their pace.


    At the rear was still Roll, who was on guard about 500 meters behind the team. However, Rohr didn''t know why the barbarians riding fast horses never entered the forest.


    But he knew that the danger would soon be over. Because there is a small river that is not too narrow between the second camp and the first camp.


    This small river flows down from the Cornico Mountain in the north and forms multiple pools in the woods. The shallowest place is only half a meter deep. After many times of refuge in the woods, this small river has become a popular place in the territory of galloping horses. The most important refuge barrier.


    During the evacuation period, people and animals would be the first to wade through the knee-deep river. It was difficult for the carriages behind to wade. However, there happened to be a few places in the river basin where the riverbed was particularly flat. The water depth was relatively shallow in the upper reaches of this flat land. Less than 300 meters away, there is a small pond, which was specially set up after many times of evacuation.


    The surroundings of the pond are specially raised. Once the downstream outlet is closed, the pond with increasing height will drain water from a higher gap in the other direction, and the water will be discharged into a river in the dry season in winter. Using this pond, people taking refuge can The river can be artificially diverted, and after the carriage passes through the river bed, the original exit can be reopened to allow the river to become a barrier again.


    Barbarians will be more cautious about unfamiliar environments. No barbarians will easily try to cross an unfamiliar river. They prefer to go downstream to find a flatter crossing point. However, this will inevitably lead to deeper forests.


    After entering 10 kilometers into this forest, there will be some territories of mid-to-high-level monsters, which ordinary barbarian cavalry will not be able to deal with at all.


    In the camp set up by Baron Galloping Horse, on the one hand, he did not go too deep into the forest, and on the other hand, there was always someone taking care of it: marking it with fecal powder of high-level monsters specially bought from the royal city. Let mid-level and low-level monsters avoid this place.


    In short, Lant discovered that the Galloping Horse family attaches great importance to this refuge and considers it even more thoughtfully than their own castle.


    The biggest disadvantage here compared to the castle is that the air here is too humid. If it could be drier, Lant would be more satisfied.


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    After setting up camp, Lant began to think, what do these barbarians hope to do?


    Rand could understand that they came to rob, but he didn''t understand why they robbed the people. Although the barbarians had a low level of civilization, they did not eat people. In other words, the barbarians mainly relied on cattle, sheep and other animals for food. Cattle and sheep were not only It produces meat and dairy products. Meat is used to regularly trade food with the humans, which is enough for the barbarians to avoid the climate crisis in winter.


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    So why did they take the risk? Why do you want to capture your own father and brother? It''s understandable to pursue, for fear of leaking secrets, but if you are really afraid of leaking secrets, wouldn''t the dead be more strict with their mouths?


    Various mysteries surrounded Lant''s mind. He wanted to ask Albert for advice, but when he walked to the scholar''s camp, he found that Albert was writing a thick book.


    Lant did not disturb Albert, but observed the book by himself. It was actually a paper book, and the quality of the paper was very good. Although the pages were very thin, they were strong enough and not transparent. At first glance, it looks like very mature papermaking technology.


    Albert wrote selflessly, then he felt Lant behind him and turned around, "What''s wrong? Lant, why do you want to come to me?"


    "Albert, what are you writing?" Lant asked curiously


    "Territory diary. Every territory above baron has a family scholar. One of the missions of this scholar is to write the territory diary. It is his duty to record every day''s events in the territory."


    "But we have to go out for four or five days," Lant asked.


    "Yes, the housekeeper was writing it for me a few days ago."


    Mei Wennan is the steward of the territory. In terms of blood relationship, Mei Wennan is the same generation as Huck Galloping Horse. They have the same grandfather.


    Mei Wennan has been a housekeeper for more than 20 years and is dedicated to the entire family. After Albert left, he wrote the territory diary on behalf of Albert.


    "I would like to ask, what day is it today?" Lant wanted to understand this world. He only received from the memory of the original owner that a year here also has 4 quarters, 4 quarters, and 12 months, but the original owner''s life was too rough. , I just remember the first, middle and last ten days, and I have no idea about the more detailed time.


    "September 21st, to be more precise, September 21st in the year 996 of the God Emperor!" Albert blurted out


    "A good year," Lant thought, 996, this year is suitable for hard work.


    "When do you think the barbarians will leave Benma''s territory?"


    "From the current point of view, today''s barbarians are just spies. The main force will return within a day or two. We have not left any food for them, but they cannot leave easily. I estimate that they will stay until the end of the month, which is the 33rd or 34th. Number."


    "Oh, 33, eh, when did you say?" Lant felt that he suddenly found Hua Dian,


    "It''s the end of the month on the 33rd. You didn''t forget that this month is September and it has 34 days, right?" Albert smiled, but Lant could only apologize.


    "You remember the days so clearly. I usually only remember the first, middle or late ten days." Lant praised, while trying to figure out the local calendar, "Do you have a calendar or monthly calendar? I want to see it."


    "Of course," Albert then stood up and walked towards a box: "Speaking of which, is this still your property?"


    "What? Mine?"


    "Yes, this is an alchemy calendar, a magic product that relies on the magic-gathering rune array. It is your certificate and tool as the master of the territory." Albert found an item, which was a small blue box. After opening it, there was a On the dial, the date pointer on the dial points to September 21st.


    Albert said that this alchemical calendar was issued by the Holy Supreme Council and was the benchmark tool for every lord above the baron.


    The hands for hours, minutes, and seconds on the largest dial are almost completely similar to the clocks in Lant''s hometown. The small dials are calendars for the year, month, and day. There are also several small dials that can actually display astrology, three-dimensional clocks, and so on. The moon phases of the moon, the orbits of the two suns, etc. can be said to be an all-powerful mechanical clock.


    In addition to the time function, there is a ruler at the bottom of the box. This ruler is 0.1 meters long and can be used as a length measurement standard. There is also a 0.1 kilogram alchemical ceramic weight inside the box. The density of this weight is exactly the same as that of water. It can be used as a volume and mass measurement tool in itself.


    All officially recognized field nobles above the baron level throughout the empire will be issued such an alchemical tool, which serves as the benchmark for weights and measures within the territory.


    "This calendar, the lord''s alchemical seal, and the alchemical boundary markers on the territory are the three major credentials of the lord on the ground."


    From the calendar turntable, Lant discovered that there are 400 days in a year, 33 days in each month, and 34 days in each month of January, June, September, and December. The standard of each day is very similar to that of his former planet, but when looking at the calendar, Lant faintly discovered that something was not quite right.


    For example, in the astrolabe chart, Lant discovered that the star he was on was actually rotating around the so-called Raya, and Raya took Alivia and several planets to revolve around Di Yang.


    At some point Lant thought that if Raya was a planet, then Alivia was a satellite.


    Now, the Laya galaxy where Alivia is located can be regarded as a secondary galaxy of the Diyan galaxy. Alivia has both rotation and revolution, and the entire galaxy revolves around Di Yang''s galaxy.


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    The nights in September have begun to get cold, but the temperature in the Galloping Horse Barony is still much warmer than that in the Galloping Horse Plains.


    At this moment, the leader of the Gray Goose clan, who had just come south from the Galloping Horse Plains, was sitting in the living room on the first floor of Baron Galloping Horse''s castle, feeling the aristocratic life in the so-called human civilization world. After much deliberation, the leader only said, your chair is not very soft.


    In addition to the elders and warriors of the Gray Goose tribe, there was also a young human being standing next to him.


    "Chief, the son of the viscount outside is here again," suddenly a messenger from the tribe came to report.


    "That little Lott has a lot of nerve. He said that there are hundreds of people here with a winter''s worth of food, more than 50 war horses, and more than 20 slaves. But here, I only see this earthen house.


    Go tell that boy that we haven''t seen a grain of grain here. We will naturally look for it elsewhere and let his father, the viscount, choose whether to give the grain to us or to get it ourselves! "


    "Yes!" The messenger turned and left


    The young man on the side looked at the Gray Goose Patriarch: "Master Patriarch, as I said, this poor barony not only has no slaves, but also no food. The two items you want can only be obtained at the Viscount Castle next to it. Found inside.¡±


    "Yes, I know!" the Gray Goose leader said easily, "but having less than 60 slaves is still not enough.


    You know, it''s winter now, the ground is freezing, and only the strong demoniacs can carve out the hard ground. Therefore, the main players in mining are knight apprentices and junior knights. "


    "This is easy to handle. Once the affairs of Lot''s territory are exposed, the entire Maned Wolf City will be under pressure from the Dragon Kingdom. They will launch some families to compensate for the crime. We will also send the demon-supporters in these families to the Galloping Horse Plains! "


    "Okay! I hope you can abide by the agreement," the tribal leader looked like a big stone had fallen to the ground and was very happy.


    "Of course, we have cooperated for such a long time, and there has never been a time when I have not kept my promise!" The young man''s tone was also much more relaxed.


    "It''s not convenient for you to stay here for the rest of the matter. I suggest you go back to the camp first and help me debug those capricious formations."


    "Okay. Do you need to contact the local contact person before leaving?" The young man didn''t seem so willing to leave like this.


    "Local?" The leader seemed to think for a few seconds, "No, it''s best not to let too many people know about our affairs."


    "Okay, then I''ll wait for news from the leader in the camp." After that, the young man also left the castle.


    After watching the young man leave, the leader whispered, "Baron, viscount, earl, you nobles hiding behind the stone wall, what do you think I am? A vulture on the grassland? I will be full with just a few pieces of carrion from you." ?¡±


    "Come here!" the tribal leader yelled, "tell the camp in the north of the mountain pass to prepare, let the warriors polish the iron swords, wipe the armor clean, feed the horses enough food, and let the tribal camps on the plain go south. This winter, let¡¯s find a warm place to spend the winter!¡±


    "Yes!" Following the tribal leader''s order, many barbarian cavalry carrying orders rushed to the north, and the hunting of the entire southern barbarian tribes in the Benma Plain was about to begin.