Lentax Great City, Second Ring.
Following the Strategy Module's guidance, Zong Shen arrived at Kunier's estate without any trouble.
He was a kingdom viscount with no fief under his name and no powerful family backing him.
His title had been granted for military merit, earned mainly through his achievements in the knight order.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that such a knightly noble had risen from nothing.
Thus, whether in wealth or quality of life, he could not compare to Count Les.
As a kingdom viscount and captain of the Dragonborn Knight Order, it was already quite good for him to own an estate within the Great City's Second Ring.
The estate before him was not particularly large, perhaps only one-seventh or one-eighth the size of Count Les's estate.
Bluestone walls enclosed the entire estate, with decorative climbing vines planted outside, now lush and vibrantly green.
The estate had only two gates, located to the south and north respectively.
There were no fancy guards to speak of.
Nor were any defensive Mana Shield devices installed.
There were not even any Sentry Towers or guard posts.
That was because a Dragonborn Knight Order station stood just two blocks from his estate.
A full squadron of Dragonborn Knights was stationed there, all of them Kunier's subordinates.
Perhaps that was precisely why he had chosen to settle here.
Though this was only the Second Ring, land prices were still exorbitant.
To claim a place here and build an estate required not only considerable wealth, but also the right connections.
It was nothing much to Count Les, but for a mere viscount like Kunier, it still took some effort.
A Great City was different from Bang City and villages.
All those fancy viscounts and barons amounted to nothing here.
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