Early morning.

Inside the castle's martial arts training grounds.

Fang Yuan swung his door-like giant sword and made a few standard swordsmanship moves, leaving those servants and apprentices stunned.

After exercising his body slightly, he raised his sword forward, maintaining this posture, and the whole person entered a state of meditation.

This mage's technique of restoring spiritual power was also very useful for Fang Yuan, so he directly took his essence.

'With the contribution of a world, the progress of Dou Qi can be called endless, and it doesn't take long to advance to the quasi-legendary or even legendary realm...... And the cultivation of the Calamity Knight is a little more difficult! ’

After all, it is a legendary class, and it is not so easy to advance.

'The first stage of the Scourge Aura is to buff self and allies, and the second stage is to curse the enemy...... In this regard, several special materials and environments are also needed! ’

Fang Yuan thought of Granddon's nickname - the hand of death!

The name is not for nothing.

Because the Scourge Aura has reached the second stage, it has the ability to absorb necromancy and negative emotions and enhance the curse!

Even, at a higher stage, it will also inspire a terrifying legendary skill - Finger of Death!

Ignore any defenses, and as long as the judgment passes, it will be killed directly! It can be called life and death, and the most important thing is ...... Some have violated the authority of Hess, the god of death!

'It's a bit of a problem, but it's impossible for me not to advance to the Scourge Knight, after all, I need to cover it up! ’

Fang Yuan pondered silently in his mind: "The only good news is...... The attitude of the principality towards religion is still relatively respectful, even the Church of the Grim Reaper does not have much right to speak! ’

"My lord! The Baron invites you to breakfast in the living room! ”

I don't know how long later, a maid's voice came, with a respectful taste.

"Okay, I'll go!"

Fang Yuan put down the heavy sword he was lifting, took the towel and wiped his face, and slowly left in an awe-inspiring gaze.

The Baron prepared a sumptuous breakfast, with white bread as the main dish and a fragrant blueberry cake as a baked bastard, as well as vegetable soup and hot milk, and a variety of salt shakers and peppers on the table.

As a close knight of the Baron, Fang Yuan joined Gray and had breakfast with the Baron and his family.

The Baroness was a typical aristocratic lady who bore two sons and a daughter.

Among them, the eldest son, Matus, who is twenty years old this year, is the heir of the baron, and is very similar to the baron, even the clothes and demeanor are like this, it can be seen that he is learning from his father very hard, and there is a slight arrogance between his eyebrows.

The second son, Teemo, was only seventeen years old, and he was relatively weak in appearance and had the temperament of a scholar.

As the second son of a nobleman, he was born with no inheritance rights, so he could only work hard to train and study, and become a knight or other nobleman's butler in the future, looking for a way out by himself.

In the end, it was their daughter Tanya, a beautiful girl, who just didn't know why, seemed to be very shy, and lowered her head when she saw Fang Yuan.

According to the baron's habit, he couldn't talk while enjoying breakfast, and after eating in silence, Fang Yuan and several other knights were invited to the baron's study to discuss secretly.

At this time, in the study, Master Heim was also there, handing a letterhead with the fire paint of the office to the baron.

Baron Shawshank read it in silence, then nodded, and handed the letterhead to the next knight: "The target has been decided, it's Sir Frey!" ”

"Sir Frey?"

Fang Yuan frowned.

"Rune, you are a new nobleman, you may not know very well, this Frey was originally canonized by relying on crooked ways, and he is famous for being unconventional, and his territory is one of the best commercial lords in this area, and ...... The area is also very large, and it can recruit hundreds of guards at will, as well as mercenaries! ”

Sir Gray, who was next to him, suddenly added.

"What about his lord?"

Fang Yuan asked with some confusion.

"Nominally Baron Hightower, but that old fool can't hold him down...... There are even rumors that even fighting for Frey's knighthood was forced in the first place. ”

Baron Shawshank replied with an ugly face.

That is to say...... Although nominally just a knight, this Frey already has the power of a little half a baron! ”

Fang Yuan nodded, but there was some subtle feeling in his heart.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that he somehow had an extra inheritance document, he might have followed the same path as this Frey.

And if you make such a risk, you will encounter the unanimous hostility of all the nobles, and now, you will have to taste the consequences.

Of course...... In fact, Fang Yuan inherited the title of Knight of Chora, and the risk was not much less than that of the other party, or even greater!

"According to the official information, Sir Frey has been facilitating hostile forces outside the borders and has been involved with several cults of evil gods! Even, perhaps, secretly put Baron Hightower under house arrest! ”

Baron Shawshank said impassionedly: "As a nobleman, we will never allow this scum to continue to break the rules!" Therefore...... War must be declared! ”

"Declare war!"

The Gego Knight was the first to step forward and showed his support for the feudal monarch with practical actions.

"Not bad! Declare war! ”

This matter had been largely finalized before, and Fang Yuan and the other knights did not have the slightest objection.

"Good!"

Seeing this, Baron Shawshank had a smile on his face: "Frey is very rich, you don't have to worry about the distribution of loot, but we still have to negotiate a charter in advance!" ”

Fang Yuan watched coldly and found that the biggest difference between these Western lords and the East was that they never shied away from the issue of interests.

Even if the food looks as ugly as a robber, it is simply and neatly distributed before the war.

Among them, Baron Shawshank naturally occupies the lion's share, and several knights are not empty-handed, and everyone has a share.

Especially Fang Yuan, although he only sent troops together in name, it was actually the nature of accompaniment, and he actually obtained a fief!

According to Baron Shawshank, this fief was skillfully seized by Sir Frey, and the key is an enclave, some distance from Frey's territory, but it is very close to the territory of the original Chola Knight, with about 1,000 acres.

In the later stages of any feudal system, there will be examples of such territorial dispersion.

In particular, Sir Frey did not have many foundations and connections, so naturally he could not exchange land with other nobles and concentrate his strength.

Hearing this, the eyes of the other knights turned a little red.

For them, a thousand acres is a small knight's territory, and even an additional hundred acres is a very good thing.

It's just that knowing that this Lu En is a high-level professional and is valued by the office, they can only force themselves to hold it down even if they are jealous.

Seeing this, Baron Shawshank smiled secretly, and hurriedly made many promises, including dividing up Sir Frey's territory and wealth, etc., and finally reluctantly pacified the knights.

However, in Fang Yuan's opinion, the eyes of those knights were already as red as rabbits.

"Lord Baron!"

Seeing this, he stepped forward: "Although I have just taken over the territory, dozens of people can still take it out, and Whistling Manor, leave it to me!" ”

Wuthering Manor is the territory he is about to acquire.

Equivalent to a small half of a knight's domain, a manor was built by Sir Frey.

"Yes!"

For this request, Baron Shawshank readily agreed, after all, this is the performance of the other party's active approach!

But for some purpose, he still said: "Let Gray Knight assist you, he will bring fifty more men, and it will be enough to crush all resistance!" After you conquer Wuthering Heights, sweep away the rest of Frey's outlying forces, and finally join us in Frey's territory! ”

……

"Finally...... Are you coming? ”

Just when Baron Shawshank and others were conspiring with Sir Frey, in Frey's territory, the Sir also sighed.

Sir Frey was in his thirties, but he was bald early, his hair was completely white on both sides, and even his face was already deeply wrinkled, because of the injury to his throat in his early years, which had injured his vocal cords, making his voice as unpleasant as that of a night owl.

At this time, he sat on the main seat of the castle, holding the secret message from the raven in his hand, and couldn't help but sneer.

As an ordinary knight, it is definitely a matter of pride to be able to build your own castle.

The Fray Knight named his castle 'Fort Hope', which contains ambitions for the future.

As a model of a low-class commoner who rose from a serf, Sir Frey had long been envied and admired by many lower-class people in the first half of his life, and regarded as his life's goal.

But in his goal, becoming a nobleman is just the beginning!

He needs more to fill his ambitions and desires!

It's just that at this time, this ambition is in danger of collapsing.

"The Grand Duke is finally going to do it!"

For a minor nobleman who is not even a baron, the anger of the principality authorities is, of course, very terrible!

But Sir Frey is certainly not alone!

"Ladies and gentlemen! Are you all set? ”

He looked at the people below and let out a strange smile like a night owl: "Every piece of land and every grain here has the imprint of our Frey family, since Shawshank is ready to take everything from us, be ready to pay the price!" ”

"Of course!"

A neat voice came: "Your will is our mission!" ”

"Alright, according to the previous plan, let's go down and set it up!"

Sir Frey coughed and waved his hand.

Suddenly, the sound of scattered footsteps in the hall sounded, and there was silence.

"Adventurers and mercenaries, as well as the army you have trained, are not enough to deal with the baron's siege!"

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, and a figure wrapped in a black robe slowly walked out of the shadows.

"Yes...... That's why I chose to ally with you! Grand Duke Stan has foolishly launched a plan across the country, his power will be greatly constrained, as long as we win against Baron Shawshank, we will have enough leeway! ”

Sir Frey said heavily.

Because the way he started was too against the rules, he was rejected by the mainstream society, and he had no choice but to go off the rails!