A few days later, the north of the city.

Dressed in ceremonial robes and riding a war horse, Joshua dismounted under the warm and respectful service of the servants, and walked through the main entrance into the mansion, which looked quite lively.

"It drinks wine, eats meat, don't feed it grass and soybeans."

When one of the grooms led the horse away, the warrior reminded him slightly: "If it doesn't work, then add two raw eggs, be careful, it has a violent temper, don't get kicked." ”

"Yes, Lord Count."

Nodding respectfully, the groom turned back as soon as Joshua left, carefully comforting the black war horse, which was a little upset by the departure of his master, and was kicking the ground, and carefully led it towards the stable behind.

Speaking of this horse, it can be regarded as an extraordinary good, it is the war horse that accompanied Joshua all the way back to the Northland, and walked together day and night for seventeen days, which can be regarded as a companion in a sense.

Before, when Joshua entered the city, he put it in the wild and let it find food by itself, originally with the intention of releasing it, and he didn't plan to find it back, who knew that this war horse with the blood of the earth dragon would actually recognize the smell, and he forced his way into the city gate a few days ago and found it all the way.

In this case, there was no reason to have to release it, and Joshua felt that the horse was so loyal, and that it was indeed not slow to run, so he simply ate and drank it and raised it as a special mount.

"The banquet has begun, just waiting for you to appear."

Walking on the road to the mansion, the butler leading the way in front of him was very restrained, facing the black-haired man in front of him, he had seen strong winds and waves, and had received countless nobles and celebrities, but he couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he spoke, and even had a dry mouth: "You are the protagonist of today." ”

"Yes."

Joshua didn't feel anything, he noticed the little gaffe of the deacon next to him, but he didn't care: "Don't be nervous, tell me who will appear at this banquet." ”

In fact, with the current attributes of the warrior uncle, this deacon is already well-informed and tenacious without being frightened into speaking, and in front of the two image traits of [Murderous Hemp] and [Saboteur] that he has recently obtained, there are only a few people who can maintain calm.

[Character Image - Murder: Charisma -2, Intimidation +3, Natural Creature Affinity -2, Natural Creature Fear +2, Initial Apathy of the Rescuer Trait Owner]

[Your hands are covered with blood, countless lives have died because of you, others will involuntarily stay away and feel fear, even if it is a hungry beast, it will choose to take a detour when it meets you. 】

[Avatar - Saboteur: Charisma -1, Intimidation +2, Natural Creature Affinity -1, Natural Creature Fear +1, Builder Trait Owner's Initial Apathy]

Where you pass, all you leave behind are ruins, death, and bones. 】

The initial charm of the character and the level of various affinity skills are directly proportional to the appearance, for example, an elf with a full value of appearance, her natural charm value is the full value of 20, and the affinity of natural creatures is also 20, this level of charm, even a hungry wolf will not take her as a hunting target, and will even meekly pray for food, and a dwarf with a full value of appearance only needs to tame a steel diamond mole with only two sentences, "come" and "follow me", and so on for other races, most of them are the same.

And although Joshua is not ugly, his appearance is 20 full value, he has about 14, 15, he can be regarded as a hard-core handsome guy with a tough temperament, and the initial charm value is also 14, which is not a low number, but, because he has spent all the year round in the military, the temperament and image of the whole person are biased towards 'majesty' rather than 'affinity', and the charm value has plummeted while the threat value has risen all the way.

Nowadays, the charm of a warrior is only a pitiful '4', but the threat has reached an incredible '18' with the blessing of the two character traits that he has just received, and ordinary people with fragile hearts will be frightened and their feet will go weak when they are stared at by him, in a sense, it is simply a small aura of fear.

"There aren't many people here, but they are all big names in various chambers of commerce, such as the head of the Gray Goose Dragon Car Merchant Group, the vice president of the Gray Rock Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the Winter Wolf Chamber of Commerce, they all want to know you, the new lord."

calmed down a little, and the well-informed housekeeper was also able to stabilize his mentality, and he walked into the living room of the mansion with Joshua while narrating smoothly: "Of course, my master, that is, the president of the 'Northern Frost Chamber of Commerce', also wants to meet you, and your willingness to appear this time really gives my master enough face." ”

"It's nothing, instead of you visiting or sending letters one by one, it's better for me to attend a banquet and drink and relax."

Joshua shook his head, he had a great disgust for the 'letter' thing in recent times: "Looking at your expression, as well as your breathing, the rhythm of blood flow, there should be other things that you didn't say, right?" There is no need to hesitate, although to put it bluntly, there is no need to be so restrained, this is the northern land, not the imperial capital, and the etiquette can be relaxed a little. ”

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

After hesitating for a while, the housekeeper subconsciously glanced around, and then said carefully: "This, I hope that my lord can give my master a chance to visit alone before attending the banquet." ”

"Oh?"

Looking sideways at the nervous deacon, his dark red eyes looking directly at each other, Joshua thought about it for a while, and replied with interest, "It's kind of interesting, yes." ”

"Thank you, sir, for agreeing to this rude request, so please come with me."

Receiving the reply, the butler of the president of the Northern Frost Chamber of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately changed his route, taking Joshua to a beautifully decorated reception room, and then after the warrior sat down, he stood at the door, bowed respectfully, and said, "Please wait a while, I will go and inform you, and the master will come later." ”

"It's okay, you go."

Joshua waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care, since the host who presided over the banquet was not in a hurry for him to appear, he didn't bother to think about this kind of thing, he sat and sit, and waited for a while.

But he didn't wait long, and soon, after two or three minutes, the door to the reception room was opened as a quick and rhythmic sound of footsteps stopped in front of the door.

It was a middle-aged man in a ceremonial dress with a knife wound on his throat, and as soon as he entered, he immediately bowed his head and bowed, which was simply impeccable in terms of etiquette, and then the middle-aged man raised his head and let Joshua see his face.

"Oh, it's you?"

Although various circumstances were taken into account, after Joshua saw this face, he still couldn't help but turn sideways and wondered, "What a coincidence. ”

"It is my pleasure to know you, Lord Earl."

Obviously, looking at this weather-covered appearance and the scar on his throat, the president of the Northern Frost Chamber of Commerce reminded him to be careful of the middle-aged man of the dangerous merchant group when Joshua rode to the main city, but he didn't expect that the guy who looked tired at the beginning was actually the president of one of the largest chambers of commerce in the Northland.

In this way, as a high-level guy, he can personally go out in the ice and snow to remind strangers he doesn't know, which is really good, and the soldier's favorability towards him has increased a lot.

Standing up, Joshua didn't say much, since the two knew each other, there was no need to be polite so much, he smiled: "What, what I said is not wrong, as long as you wait a few days, there will inevitably be huge changes, and you will also have unexpected gains." ”

"Lord Joshua, your strength is beyond my imagination, and knowing you in advance is indeed a great gain."

The middle-aged man's words were respectful, but his tone was very calm: "My name is Alfonso Carlos, as you can see, I am the president of the Northern Frost Chamber of Commerce, and now I invite you to come because I have a request for something. ”

"Say it."

Joshua likes this simple and direct way of speaking, he doesn't care about what others ask for him, in fact, it is precisely because he has capital and strength that he will be relied on and valued, and he has appeals: "Moldavia is my territory, if it is not a big deal, I will definitely be able to solve it." ”