Orkified Lord

The carriage suddenly stopped.

"Young Master Wang Zizhen, we're almost at Reindeer City. Would you like to rest here for a bit?"

A burly, bald general stepped into the carriage.

It was none other than Ma Dexiang, an old acquaintance.

Ma Dexiang looked extremely embarrassed.

He never expected that he would be assigned by his family to escort Wang Zizhen to his new post in the territory.

"They call it exchanging gifts, but it's really just surveillance..."

"After all, the Northlands has a fearsome reputation, and no one knows whether Wang Zizhen will obediently go and take on the role of lord."

If Wang Zizhen were to risk his title and stay far away...

The Dragon Empire is so vast, finding him wouldn't be easy.

Although he had no hair on his head, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Judging solely from appearance...

Ma Dexiang is a true hero.

But at this moment, Ma Dexiang's expression looked utterly lewd.

He looks exactly like a lackey.

Ma Dexiang was also depressed.

I thought Wang Zizhen was doomed, so when we went to arrest him, we didn't show him any mercy.

Even in order to demonstrate their selflessness.

He ordered his men to drag Wang Zizhen to the prison and imprison him.

Unexpectedly, the lord still granted Wang Zizhen a territory.

Even if it's just an enclave in the Northlands.

However, according to legal principles...

Wang Zizhen remains a noble lord with a real title.

He now possessed a noble title.

He couldn't afford to offend Wang Zizhen.

Despite the fact that everyone in aristocratic circles knows that Wang Zizhen's days are numbered,

He became a thorn in the Earl's side.

But if he dares to offend Wang Zizhen.

Even just a little bit.

He will also become an enemy of the entire aristocratic circle.

An insubordinate scoundrel.

From then on, he could forget about being granted a title and entering the aristocratic circle.

It's probably not even easy for them to just stay alive.

He was a Second-Tier Battle-Qi Knight, and to ordinary people he appeared as a dignified old man.

But in the presence of true nobles, they are not even as good as dogs.

"Reindeer City?"

Chen Changhe looked up at the towering city wall in the distance.

Reindeer City was the fiefdom of Wang Zizhen's maternal grandfather, the Reindeer Viscount.

If the Reindeer Viscount were still alive, he would surely have received a great deal of material aid if he went to Reindeer City.

But now the Reindeer Viscount has been put to death.

Reindeer City has long since changed hands.

If he goes in now, who knows what trap awaits him?

Chen Changhe shook his head:

"No need. My family's orders to me are to reach the territory within the Northlands within a month."

This place is far from Blackwater Fief Territory, and there's no time to waste.

Now that we've stopped, let the team set up camp, cook, and rest for half an hour before continuing our journey.

Besides him and a squad of soldiers under Ma Dexiang, the rest of the group heading to Blackwater Fief this time also included others.

There were also several servants who had been serving Wang Zizhen and more than two hundred slaves.

These slaves were the first people assigned to his territory by his family.

"More than two hundred slaves, one hundred of whom were over fifty years old, and more than one hundred of whom were under ten years old..."

The Lion Count is truly ruthless!

Such a people are not limited to territories within the Northlands region.

Even in the most fertile territories within the Imperium, these people alone could not expand them.

Wang Zizhen planned to find a city along the way after leaving Lion Fief to sell these slaves and replace them with a new batch of younger and stronger slaves.

In places like the Northlands, the environment is harsh, and if you're not physically strong, you simply can't adapt.

"We only have a few hundred gold coins in total, and now we have to buy slaves."

"Besides buying slaves, we also need to buy food rations and seeds..."

"Although drinking water can be bottled from the river, we still need to buy wooden buckets to hold the water."

"And most importantly, the Corruption Godstone."

"These gold coins are clearly not enough!"

Chen Changhe particularly resented Wang Zizhen's past extravagant spending.

If he had kept even a tenth of the money he used to spend on brothels, Chen Changhe wouldn't be in such a tight financial situation now.

The only thing that made him slightly relieved was that the price of the Corruption Godstone was very low.

With just 100 gold coins, he can buy enough Corruption Godstone to develop his territory in the early stages.

"There was once a widely circulated rumor within the Dragon Empire."

"The instigator of the tragedy in the Northlands is none other than Her Majesty the current Empress."

"When the disaster struck the Northlands, Her Majesty the Empress had just ascended the throne."

Because the previous emperor died suddenly and the empress did not receive a will to succeed him, many people believed that her ascension to the throne was illegitimate.

The nobles within the Imperium were all harboring their own agendas, each wanting to support another of the previous emperors' bloodlines and take their place.

The nobles of the Northlands were supporting one of the Queen's brothers.

If it weren't for the combined invasion of the Beastfolk Kingdom, the Elves, and the Goblin Alliance, the Divine Dragon Empire would have been plunged into civil war.

"It was under these circumstances that Corruption Mists emerged in the Northlands."

"The Northlands nobles who opposed Her Majesty the Empress, the invading armies of foreign tribes, and her greatest rival, the late Emperor's son, were all swallowed up by the Corruption Mists."

"Her Majesty the Queen became the biggest beneficiary of the whole affair, as she gained the opportunity to consolidate the nobility within the country."

"Through a five-year Unification Wars, Her Majesty the Queen eliminated all her rivals and secured her throne."

"It was at this time that Her Majesty the Queen produced the Corruption Godstone, ordering the nobles to redevelop the Northlands."

These Corruption Godstone clearly possess the power of the Corruption Goddess.

It is impossible for anyone other than a believer in the Corruption Goddess to obtain such a treasure.

It is said that Her Majesty the Queen is surrounded by many God's Chosen of unknown origin.

These God's Chosen emanated Divine Power fluctuations from the Corruption Goddess.

Therefore, based on various pieces of evidence...

"It was Her Majesty the Queen who attracted the power of the Corruption Goddess."

"She is the embodiment of the Corruption Goddess in this world."

But if that's really the case...

Why, after all these years, has she not expanded the scope of the Corruption Mists further?

And why have they been sending large numbers of people to reclaim the Northlands shrouded in Corruption Mists?

Chen Changhe frowned.

Even he couldn't understand why he did it.

Although he is a deity.

But not a single ounce of strength was left.

At this moment, he was just an ordinary lord.

Name: Chen Changhe (Wang Zizhen)

Occupation: Lord

Territory: Blackwater Fief

Signed God's Chosen: Julia

Population: 207

Development Level: 0 (Nothing at all)

Happiness level: -99 (Disappointment and depression)

Environmental value: -100 (Fully corrosive, uninhabitable)

Probability of the God's Chosen appearing: 0

Lord Talent: Mini-map (can detect surrounding creatures, exclusive talent)

Ork God (the ability to transform other gods 'God's Chosen into Ork God's God's Chosen; the target God's Chosen must be in a state of being unable to resist during the transformation).

Ork Conversion (Occupying territory grants Orkification; the inhabitants of the territory will gradually acquire Orkification over time, continuously improving their physical attributes, recovery abilities, and resistance to abnormal statuses.)