Lord of the Oasis

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The competitive conference has not yet started, and it has become quite lively with the discussion of the crowd.

This is a rare event in Stone Pass for several years.

In retrospect.

The last time such a large-scale competitive meeting was held at the Stone Pass was when Baron Dylan had just obtained the title of baron and became the lord of the place. It has been a full 10 years now.

As for the competitive assembly that can radiate the entire North County Territory.

Only Viscount Wayne, who replaces Archduke Cameron and commands the entire North County, can convene in his Rogerburg every 3 years.

After all, the cost of holding a competitive assembly is not something that ordinary lords can afford.

The banquet ended after noon.

Everyone left the lord's hall of the official residence, followed the carpet prepared by the servants, walked up the spiral staircase, and came to the city wall on the south side. There is a 10-meter-wide city wall area that is close to the mountain wall and the official residence embedded in the rock.

It is a viewing platform built for participating in the competition.

The next competition will be held on the square on the south side of the city wall. Sitting on the 7-meter-high viewing platform, you can see it clearly, and any discussion will not affect the competition in the square below.

Early in the morning.

The servants had prepared linen awning tents, which were pulled up with hemp ropes and hung over their heads to cover the scorching sun.

With the gentle mountain wind blowing, it also brought a little coolness.

Although it is close to the Naluun Desert, there is a cold current gushing out of the ground in the Sangwaya Mountains all the year round, so it can neutralize the heat waves in the desert, allowing animals and plants to multiply in the mountains, and become the villagers of the stone pass. A natural hunting ground for life.

Scholars and mages from the Principality of Lions have jointly conducted a survey of the Sangwaya Mountains.

gave such a conclusion.

The conclusion claims that the cold currents in the Sanwaya Mountains are negative energy, and long-term exposure is harmful to animals and plants.

However, the temperature of the Naron Desert contains positive energy and fire energy for a long time, which slows the overflow of negative energy, so it can be safe, but even so, the demonized creatures in the Sanwaya Mountains are dozens of times more than other areas. , often encountered by hunting teams in the village, or rushed into the logging field and quarry, and needed the rescue of the knights to suppress it.

But this is not worth caring about for the vassal knights and gentlemen and celebrities who are currently on the viewing platform.

They have lived in Stone Pass for 10 years.

Some of the villages and families that have been built in the Stone Pass have lived for hundreds of years, and have never seen a demonized creature rushing down the mountain range. On the contrary, the gnolls from the Naron Desert have caused more damage.

Now there is the fortress of Stone Pass, and a large number of regular troops and more than 20 knights are stationed there.

Absolutely foolproof.

Rather than struggling with this issue, the landowners and businessmen who have arrived now bring the best children of their families and are close to those vassal knights, just like selling their own children, wanting to become the servants of these vassal knights.

And these vassal knights are also willing to talk to these rich and powerful landlords and businessmen.

The overall atmosphere is very harmonious.

Although knights are nothing in the eyes of true nobles.

However, knights still belong to the reserve of nobles, and they have the opportunity to become nobles. After all, there is a slang saying in the Principality of the Lion, that knights cannot be nobles, but nobles are definitely knights.

After all, the Principality of Lions established the country by force, and the high-end arms such as knights have been listed separately as a class.

And other human principalities are similar.

That's why these landlords and businessmen are so keen to let their children know knights. Once they are accepted as attendants, they have the possibility to become knights, and they have the qualifications to become nobles!

If a knight is a noble reserve.

Then the knight attendant is the reserve of the knight!

Kant and Baron Dylan stood on the side of the viewing platform, and there were no businessmen and landowners around them.

Only Manid, accompanied by two close vassal knights, talked to each other, smiled and said pleasant things.

The competition is still in preparation.

But just outside the city walls, infantry soldiers in iron armor had blocked the square.

There are already more spectators waiting around. After all, the competition is often not the entertainment time of the nobles, but also the entertainment time of the commoners. Many residents of the Stone Pass specially came to watch this event that has not been seen for several years. The grand event, the whispered conversation, was also full of crowds and noisy sounds.

There are even many small vendors who have found business opportunities and sell a lot of snacks in rattan baskets, mostly chopped wild apples from the mountains, mixed with other chopped wild fruits. Fruit platters are served in simple wooden bowls. , 1 small silver coin can buy a large portion.

Residents living in Stone Pass often have this spare money to buy snacks.

Soon these small traders made a lot of money.

For such a grand event, everyone is happy to spend money, even the butler on the viewing platform sent someone down to buy a few rattan baskets, throw away the wooden bowls, and replace them with more exquisite silver bowls, which are placed on the wooden table of the viewing platform. Take food and drink.

At the same time, all kinds of cakes are also served on the table.

and sweet wines diluted with honey and water, and ale.

There is also freshly squeezed lime juice, plus a fruit drink mixed with honey and water.

They are all placed in barrels on the viewing platform.

After all, those who can come to the viewing platform are all decent people with heads and faces who are invited. Ordinary small businessmen and small landlords can not receive invitations, and can only huddle with the crowd outside the city wall under the viewing platform.

"It's so lively."

Kant held a silver wine glass in his hand and couldn't help sighing.

Baron Dylan nodded with a smile: "This is specially arranged to welcome your arrival."

"Thank you very much, Uncle Dylan." Kant thanked him gratefully.

At the same time, he held a silver wine glass and lifted it up like a toast. He took a sip of the malt wine with lime juice in it, couldn't help but let out a sigh, and said with a slightly bitter smile: "It's been a long time since I participated in the competition. "

Baron Dylan looked at Kant's elegant movements with jealousy deep in his eyes.

This is the calmness and elegance that can only be possessed by children of nobles who have been cultivated since childhood.

But soon Baron Dylan's heart returned to calm, looking at Kant's sighed and lost appearance, the corners of his mouth curled into a slight smile, but there was a bit of self-satisfaction in his eyes. Even if it is elegant and calm, how can I still respect him so much, even call him you, and call him uncle.

To know.

If Kant is really still that eldest son.

If this is the South County Territory directly under the Principality.

It is estimated that just by the name of this uncle, it can attract the most severe reprimand from Lion Castle!

but now.

He, Dylan, the warrior nobleman who was originally looked down upon by everyone, can become the uncle of the youngest son of Duke Cameron, and he can stand in front of him and accept this rightful title!

"You seem to have thought of something unpleasant?"

Baron Dylan chuckled and said firmly to Kant: "You can tell me, no matter what, I will still be your strongest backing. If there is any problem, I will settle it for you, just in the name of Princess Sophia, I once swore my loyalty to her, and you, who belong to her bloodline, will also do my best to the best of my ability."

"You reassure me. Uncle Dylan." Kant bowed his head, shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly.

Like a lost child, he sighed softly and said, "I was not qualified to participate in the competition of the Lion Castle, even if I could go, I could only be at the bottom, watching my father and brother on the viewing platform, but they were not at all. Can't see me in the crowd."

There was a bit of pride in Baron Dylan's eyes.

When the tone is calm, he even provokes discord: "It doesn't matter, now that you have your own territory and master the salt mine, why do you have to obey their arrangements? You can live more like yourself, just like your mother. She has her own opinions and does not rely on too much, because she herself holds the power to influence the country."

"My mother?" Kant seemed very curious.

"That's right." Baron Dylan sighed slightly: "Princess Sophia, at the beginning, there was a powerful Silver Knights Order, but when your mother died, this Order was disbanded."

Kant was stunned.

This has never been recorded in history and in those books.

Once in the academy, Kant specifically searched for the records of his mother, just to find clues.

The purpose is also to use the power that his mother once left behind, so that he can get some support, at least before the golden finger is realized, to be able to live less depressed.

But no matter how he searched, he couldn't find any records about his mother, only that it was the second wife of Archduke Cameron.

After being ill and forgetting, all records are lost.

In this way, it seems that someone deliberately erased all the records of his mother.

Think of the nobles in the Principality of Lions, and topics that are like taboos. You can only talk about it in this remote place, even in a college with a strong academic atmosphere, Kant's mother and Princess Sophia are not allowed to talk about it. .

Thinking about it carefully, even some mentors deliberately did not lend Kant some books.

It seems to be because of this hidden reason.

Some people just want Princess Sophia to be wiped out in time, and completely block this news from Kant, lest any accidents happen, or some secrets that should not appear.

Just like the current Silver Knights.

Kant knew nothing about this.

"If you have the help of the Silver Light Knights, I think those gnolls outside are not your opponents at all."

Baron Dylan also seemed very sighed.

Looking at Kant next to him, he also said with nostalgia: "It is said that the Silver Light Knights are composed of 1,000 highly skilled knights, and the highest commander is 10 great knights who have mastered extraordinary power. They are really powerful. ."

"10 great knights." Kant was slightly stunned.

According to his understanding of the Great Knight, it is indeed extremely terrifying.