"Master Viscount, we meet again"
To Landen's surprise, outside the tailor shop, Landen met Dugan·Blue Dragon, the combat examiner in the school, Senior Knight, a former captain of Knight Order, who was competing for him.
"What a coincidence." Landen was quite surprised to see Du Hei. In his impression, the examiner had some opinions on him.
"It's no coincidence, I'm waiting here specifically for you." Dugan's attitude was very sincere, but Landen didn't understand why Dugan was waiting here.
Dugan·Blue Dragon invited Landen to a high-end restaurant. Compared with the small restaurants near the school, the decoration here is very grand, and even the drinks are from Magic Plant.
"I want to join your territory." Dugan said bluntly, "To be honest, I used to be Captain of Royal Palace Knight Order. Nine years ago, I was assigned to the school as a teacher because of some things."
Landen certainly knows that Du Hei must have changed from Knight Order Captain to become a school examiner because of the palace coup that year.
"You are a Senior Knight. There must be many nobles who want you to be the Knight of the family, right?" Landen doesn't know what Dugan really thinks.
I just thought it was a little weird that he suddenly brought it up, so Landen wanted to make fun of it and get over it today.
"I've been at school for nine years."
Landen is right after thinking about it, so he simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly. "In this case, why do you want to join my territory?"
"As far as I know, you now have a Knight Order with hundreds of people, but there is no Senior Knight or Great Knight to lead the team. And I have very rich experience in this area. I am willing to hand over to you several group skills of Royal Palace Knight Order in the past."
Landen didn't say anything, but he was really moved. With the number of his juniors and Intermediate Knight, he only needs one or two Senior Knight as group leaders, and his Gallop Knight Order can defeat Bristle-Wolf Knights.
But Dugan has an inherent flaw. His surname is Blue Dragon. Now Landen is really not sure whether Dugan simply came here on his own or was appointed by the Blue Dragon Family.
Although the current Landen is just Viscount, he already regarded the entire Southern Gallop Plains as his own territory two months ago, and he does not want the powerful Blue Dragon Family to take a fancy to it.
"I do have a Knight Order with hundreds of people, and I do need a strong captain," Landen finally spoke, "But Teacher Dugan, why would you condescend to have a Viscount's Knight Order?
Although I have many Mana-Wielder, most of them are miners in the salt field, and they may have to return to Salt Mine to continue working in the future.
I have no war to fight at the moment, and I have no intention of starting a war with my lord."
"I know, if you have any dissatisfaction with Bristle-Wolf House, just raise it directly under Blue Magpie City," Dugan smiled, knowing that Landen at least did not reject him.
"I choose you because you have already won Rothe Territory, and you will definitely open up the entire Gallop Plains in the future."
"I'm not the first Viscount Rothe"
"But you are the first Viscount Rothe to sweep away Gallop Plains. You can't let Barbarian go farming to support yourself, right?
There are not only Salt Mine but also Iron Mine on the plain. Only by winning Iron Mine can you truly secure Gallop Plains.
But even if you are secure, you still need a group of Senior Knight or even Great Knight to guard you."
Well, everyone is aware of my little thoughts. The steps Du He mentioned are basically the future plans of Landen.
Landen found that even on the border, it was difficult to hide one's plans.
"So I really want to know if you came to me today because of your family's goodwill?"
"Blue Dragon Family has good intentions towards you, but has nothing to do with me. There are more than 40 families under the surname Blue Dragon. In my family, there is only one Archmage, and I am the first Senior Knight."
"Well, before I answer you, I want to ask you something from the past."
"Sir, I'm afraid it's not convenient for me to answer what happened 9 years ago."
"It doesn't take 9 years, it only takes 5 years," Landen replied while thinking, "Who wants to care about your coup 9 years ago?"
"You are talking about the conflict between the nobles and the common people Mage Apprentice five years ago, I understand." Dugan said, as if falling into memories.
"I remember that girl's name is Wendy, right?
She is truly an unforgettable girl. At that time, Tower of Purity gave her a special quota."
Landen didn't expect that this matter could actually involve Imperial Capital. I originally thought it was a matter of jealousy among students.
"Tower of Purity What's going on?"
"You don't think that a noble boy can kidnap a civilian student on his own, do you? After all, this school was founded by Lord McLaren."
"When Wendy came that year, a group of Tower of Purity's intermediate demons Mage came over to be teachers. This was an exchange project between Tower of Purity and each Kingdom Magic School.
At that time, Wendy had already demonstrated magical talent far beyond ordinary people. She could even communicate with Magic Fairy, which was considered to be something only Archmage could do.
So at the end of the project, the Tower of Purity demons Mage invited Teferi Grand Archmage, Teferi Grand Archmage has been committed to discovering the potential Magic Apprentice. After conducting a series of tests, he secured a place for the Dragon Kingdom to go to Tower of Purity.
That quota allows Kingdom to directly send Magic Apprentice to Tower of Purity. Although it is not stated explicitly, this quota is obviously for Wendy."
"So it was that quota that harmed Wendy?"
"Yes, Tower of Purity means the road of Legend, no one will be tempted."
"Whose child is missing?"
"Flying Dragon Family"
"I see." Landen understood somewhat, "But are they so kind? Didn't they kill Wendy?"
"You... you should stay in school for a few more days to learn the basic knowledge." Dugan said a little awkwardly.
"After the church was unified, that is, starting from 300 years ago, after the religious Mana-Wielder died abnormally, his resentment and afterimages during his lifetime will be noticed by the church and sent to the Judgment Department in the empire. Once Judgment Department believes that Mana-Wielder has been deliberately murdered, corresponding forces will be sent to verify and punish." Dugan explained.
Therefore, the investigation composed of the remnants of the deceased is called Death Final Verdict. Officially, this system guarantees that the battle between Human Race and Mana-Wielder will basically not hurt lives.
Of course, such a Death Final Verdict system will be difficult to work on Gallop Plains because of Magic Turbulence. Barbarian will not kill humans Mana-Wielder just to increase the number of slaves. Human Race will not kill humans among them, which is a real guarantee from God.
This also explains that in the previous fighting assessment, Dugan has been playing foil with Landen, and Landen has been using fatal moves, because in the eyes of Dugan, both warring parties must avoid missing kills; while Landen has been fighting on Gallop Plains, only knowing to avoid missing kills.
"This is what children must learn in the first month of school, and it must be remembered as the three key points of Mana-Wielder. However, you probably won't need this on Gallop Plains."
"That's why there are so many Mana-Wielder who were exiled or excluded on Gallop Plains" Landen finally understood why he had been able to "pick up" so many subordinates in the past two months.
"Of course, there are always exceptions to everything. It is said that the nobles of Girislav are very rough in their behavior. They often get their enemies drunk and throw them into the river in winter. Because Death Final Verdict requires the deceased to have strong resentment, so drunken drowning will probably not cause Death Final Verdict."
"But there will always be doubts," Landen could probably guess, "Dugan examiner, I really need a Senior Knight, but I also need you to prove your ability."
So Landen arranged a task for Dugan, asking Dugan to help him find student information.
Of course, Dugan didn't just come with his mouth. He gave Landen a letter and asked Landen to pass it on to Corbin·Joasen Count, saying that Count could take more care of Landen after reading the letter.