"New lord? Why have I never heard of him?"
A knight rode forward and showed the sacred certificate proving Triss's identity.
"This is a grant signed by His Majesty himself... Don't get so close, idiot! If you dare to splash your saliva on this sacred grant, I will make you pay with blood!"
"Look down, look at this! Do you see the Wang family's seal?"
One of the guards looked like he was not too smart and nodded dully.
"Look... I saw it."
"Why don't you open the door for us when you see that? How long do you want the distinguished lady to stay outside?"
"Yes, I understand."
The guard hurriedly put down his crossbow, picked up a wooden stick with a piece of black cloth tied on it, turned around and waved in the direction of the city gate behind him.
Crow's Perch's city gate slowly opened.
After the group crossed the drawbridge and entered the castle, another guard who was obviously much older asked tentatively.
"Bard, did you see clearly? That piece of paper is really a grant signed by His Majesty?"
The soldier named Bard shook his head. "I can't read, how would I know? But the royal seal does not look fake."
"Now that the new lord has arrived, where is Baron Velerad?"
"You ask me, where do I know where to go? No matter what I do, who will be the lord and no one else has to work? We just need to keep an eye on the door."
In the inner city courtyard of Crow's Perch.
Someone had already reported the news to Velerad, so when Lynn and Triss entered the inner city, the baron took his cronies to greet them in the courtyard.
It's just that their expressions can't be called very friendly, and they even carry weapons.
Just like at the checkpoint outside the city, the knight took out the warrant.
He read out loud that Foltest had already sealed Velen to Triss, and that Baron Velerad and his family had been transferred to the outskirts of Vizima.
Velerad After listening to everything, I don't know what he was thinking.
The knight and Triss looked at each other, then took another step forward, with some good intentions, but also with a threatening reminder.
"Lord Baron, you must think clearly and carefully, and never do anything you regret."
Velerad finally hesitated for a long time, and finally squeezed out a sentence through his teeth. "I am willing to obey the will of His Majesty the King."
Velerad knows this is a downgrade.
Although the title has not changed, his land has shrunk directly from a barony to a knighthood.
Wealth, power, and status have all been greatly reduced.
There will be no possibility of class jump in the future.
But what can be done?
As for resistance?
Stop joking.
With the few people under his command, it's okay to bully the unruly people, but if he really competes with the knights sent by the king, even if he doesn't seek death.
What's more, they may not disobey the king's orders for their own sake.
Velerad sighed.
Forget it.
It's not impossible to at least retain the title of baron and knighthood.
Baron Velerad took his family and cronies with him that day, packed his luggage and left Crow's Perch.
Baron Velerad did not take everyone in the castle away, and the affairs officer responsible for assisting the lord in managing the entire Velen remained in the castle.
It's a pity that Triss called them here to inquire about Velen's situation from them, but he was destined to be disappointed.
Because apart from the capital Gos·Velen, they also don't know anything about the situation in other places.
In the past, when he was still in the palace of Vizima city, Triss had also heard about Velen's situation.
But she didn't expect it to be so bad.
"Ma'am, we have some ideas. Could you please speak?"
"Please tell me."
After getting the consent of the sorceress, the stewards carefully expressed their opinions:
The current Velen situation is not optimistic.
A long time ago Velerad removed the guards sent to other places and no longer allows guards to patrol the roads.
Therefore, they don't know whether the villagers living in other places in Velen are dead or alive.
If they had died from plague, famine, or a monster attack, that would not be so bad;
I am afraid that they have become slaves of darkness.
A long time ago, in the land of Velen, there have been legends about "Ladies of the Wood".
It is said that Ladies of the Wood can even be traced back to the time when humans arrived on this continent.
No matter how the political power of Velen changes, only Ladies of the Wood will last forever.
Therefore, the secretaries suggested that Triss should be like Velerad, just take good care of Crow's Perch and Goos·Velen, and it is best not to take care of other places to avoid getting into trouble.
The stewards put forward suggestions, but were met with the cold eyes of the sorceress.
"You can leave now. While Velerad is not far away, you can still catch up if you pursue him now."
"Ms.?"
"There is no need for wine and rice bags in my territory, disappear from my sight immediately!"
The stewards were startled by the sudden increase in the volume of Triss, and they rolled and crawled out of the castle hall.
In the huge hall, only the sorceress, the demon hunter, and the team of knights who were loyal to the sorceress from now on were left.
Triss said, "Now I know why when Velerad was hiding in Crow's Perch, none of his subordinates could dissuade him. It turns out that his subordinates were just like him."
Lynn asked, "So, what are you going to do?"
"This is my territory, what Ladies of the Wood, there can only be one 'lady' on this land...Lynn, I need your help, accompany me out tomorrow and inspect the territory together."
Although at the beginning, Triss was worried that he might not be able to manage Velen, a notoriously poor rural area.
After all, as Lynn said, she is good at magic, but she doesn't know how to manage a piece of land at all.
However, after Foltest officially appointed her as the lord of Velen, she still felt that she wanted to govern Velen well.
So early the next morning, the group left Crow's Perch and headed towards the villages scattered throughout the Velen province.
The first stop is Midcopse Village.
Lynn has been to this village before, a few years ago. When he was invited to go to Toussaint, he met up with the Knight Errant in this village.
However, over the past few years, instead of getting better and better, this village has become more and more dilapidated.
When their group entered the village, the villagers were obviously frightened.
They never thought that they would see the lord's people in this life.
Everyone thought it was a robber coming.
It was not until they discovered that the visitors were all wearing shining silver armor, and did not wave weapons at them, but ordered them to gather in the open space in the village, that the panicked villagers slowly calmed down.
In the open space in the village, the villagers, including the village chief, stood in fear.
It has been a long time since the lord's guards appeared on the road outside the village, let alone so many knight lords. Even if the villagers tried to break their heads, they could not figure out what the purpose of so many big shots came to their village.