"Where can't we fight?" Snow Yunfeng clapped his hands. "Don't let that island's apparent proximity to Basia City fool you. In reality, if you head north along the coastline, there's a bay inside a huge mountain... Ah, come to think of it, its terrain is somewhat similar to Hill's territory in Telashir!"
"The only way in is by sea. If you want to travel there by land, you'll have to cross a massive mountain range, higher and steeper than the cliff where Hill is staying now."
"Hm?" Hill asked in confusion. "But Oaisis doesn't seem to have opened up territorial rights to you, has it?"
"That's why, Mr. Linde... are you interested in becoming a lord?" Snow Yunfeng turned to Linde.
"Me? I haven't... Wait, a lord?" Linde finally understood why these Undead had explained everything related to the Pearl of Damboro so clearly... They weren't telling the Grand Sage Belfran, who had close ties with them. They were telling him, the one kept in the dark, that the information obtained by the Undead was accurate and genuine.
"Earl Ster has already submitted the official documents to the king and the royal council appointing Dieter as the new earl. You've been granted a lord's title and officially separated from the family.
"And Ellie has likewise been granted a lord's title. As a rare female noble, she too has been completely separated from the family.
"Come to think of it, Earl Ster acted decisively. Although the documents haven't yet been sent back to Basia City, they've already been formally registered with the king's council. No one can use Ellie's matter to drag your family into this anymore."
Linde clenched his fists. "Ellie is a lord too?"
"That's right." Snow Yunfeng nodded with a smile.
"Heh... So my baronial title was simply