Chapter 68 - messenger
Alger, the Viscount Tigerman, half-squinted his eyes, feeling a little irritable in his heart.
After his father passed away, as the eldest son, he inherited his father’s title of course.
In the Orc Empire, there are mainly two types of nobles.
One is the hereditary nobility, also known as the lord. As long as the lord has a successor, his title and territory can be passed on from generation to generation, and this kind of nobility is equivalent to a feudal lord. Even the Emperor of the Empire has no right to interfere in the affairs of the nobles’ territory without good reason.
The other is the nobles who have no territory.
After the death of such a nobleman, his eldest son will usually inherit the title automatically, but the title level will be lowered accordingly. If the father is an earl, the son can only inherit the title of viscount. become civilians again.
When the old earl was still alive, Alger’s family conditions were very good. His family owned a lot of properties in Koroti City, and he was considered a prestigious family.
However, since the death of the old earl, the situation has taken a turn for the worse.
First, his younger brother owed a huge debt due to gambling and could not repay it, so he chose to commit suicide. Then their family property was suppressed and suffered heavy losses. In less than a year, Alger went bankrupt, and his wife left him with their children.
In order to avoid the debt collectors, with the help of his father’s friends, Alger finally received this task, so he took his nephew and left Corroti City overnight.
When it comes to the tiger skin of the empire, those debt collectors will not dare to take action against them.
The two are now penniless.
“Uncle, wake up quickly, don’t sleep, it’s been more than ten days since you left, why haven’t you arrived yet.” The boy shook the middle-aged tiger man’s shoulder vigorously.
“You little bunny, you dare to complain, you should be there tomorrow.” The middle-aged tiger man opened his eyes and sat up, saying angrily.
“We ran out of food last night. I’ve been hungry all day. How did you promise my father back then?” The boy stretched his face.
“Can you not be hungry when you jump up and down?” The middle-aged tiger looked at the outside of the car, “Be patient, when we get to that tauren’s territory, you can eat as much as you want.”
“Here, I still have some bread here.” A wolf cavalry next to him took out some bread and handed it over.
“Thank you, big brother.” The tiger man boy took it over with a look of surprise.
The middle-aged tiger man looked at the bread in the boy’s hand, licked his lips, turned his head to look at the wolf cavalry next to him, and said hopefully, “Brother, is there anything else?”
The wolf cavalry captain shook his head. It was the first time he had seen such a nobleman.
Next to the beast car, a small transparent insect was quietly suspended in mid-air.
“Oh, could it be that this is the messenger sent by the empire, it doesn’t look like what I imagined.” Baal opened his eyes.
In the past week, Baal’s level has been raised twice, reaching level 37, and he has obtained a lot of summons. These transparent bugs are his biggest gain in this summoning.
This strange creature is called Void Floater, and this one around Baal is just a Void Planktonic female worm.
A single Void Plankton only has simple biological instincts, and they do not have intelligence themselves, but under the leadership of the female insect, when these creatures form a group, it is not very different.
There is a special spiritual connection between each individual floating in the void. Through the female insects, they can form a whole. This peculiar spiritual connection network is like a complex biological computer. It has a high degree of intelligence and can collect individuals into The sound and shadow image of the worm are integrated and shared through the female worm, which is a peculiar swarm intelligent life.
From the introduction of the system, this kind of floating in the void should be the companion beast of the ancient king whale orc.
The ancient king whale orcs are said to be thousands of meters tall and are giants living in the deep sea. They are born without eyes and ears, and Void Floaters play this role. These Void Floaters have a special talent for space and can hide themselves in other planes, making them extremely difficult to detect.
In the existing historical materials, there is no record of floating in the void, and people usually think that the king whale orcs have a special perception system.
There are thousands of these floating floating in the void, and Baal can receive all the information from floating floating in the void through the female worm, and the transmission distance can reach thousands of kilometers, and the distance will continue to increase as their level increases. .
“Here, yes, right here, let it go.”
“Be careful over there, don’t damage the lift platform below.”
On the city walls on both sides of the entrance of Hailan Village, some goblin drudges were busy. John and the old werewolf stood beside them, instructing the goblin drudgers to install the M-200-type magic fort.
A few days ago, the wall in the village has been successfully upgraded to a low city wall.
This kind of low city wall is more than six meters high and more than five meters thick, and its defense has been greatly improved.
Baal walked up the steps inside the city wall.
“How’s the progress?” Barr walked over to the two of them.
“Sir, as long as the main body of the turret is fixed to the lifting platform, the installation is complete.” The old werewolf said respectfully, “But now we do not have a stable source of energy, the cost of using magic crystals will be very high, and a magic crystal can It supports 400 medium-level attacks, and if the maximum output is maintained, each attack will consume 1% of the energy.”
After more than 20 days, thanks to the efforts of Joseph and the old werewolf, the M-200 magic-guided turret was finally manufactured successfully. Due to the need for hand-crafting, a total of two were manufactured.
After testing, the attack frequency of the magic turret can reach once every five seconds. According to the size of the input energy, the attack power is also quite different. With Bart’s current strength, it can’t last long under the full load attack of the two turrets, except The attack speed is a little slower, but the others are acceptable.
“The security of the territory is the most important thing. As for the energy harvesting device, we can take it slowly.” Barr replied.
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The next afternoon.
The weather in October has begun to slowly turn cold. The monsoon blowing from the northwest finally brought the first rain in Hailan Village.
The light rain was pattering.
Baal was sitting in the council hall in a trance. He had been in the Rand world for so long. It was rare for him to relax today. The floating female worm in the void emitted bursts of blue light, and the guest he was waiting for finally arrived.
“Sir, a beast cart came from outside the village, followed by a group of wolf cavalry. They carried the flag of the empire and said they were messengers sent by the empire.” A guard hurried in.
“Go, go out and meet me.” Baal smiled slightly.
After all, it is an envoy sent by the empire, so this courtesy cannot be missed.
Barr got up and went to the entrance of the village.
“I didn’t know that the distinguished guests were coming, and it was a long way to welcome them. Please don’t take offense.” Barr instructed the guards at the door to move out of the way. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
There were ten fourth-order wolf cavalry soldiers standing outside the door, which happened to be a small team. Their warwolves had been collected, and the leader was a strong werewolf. At the back of the line was a beast cart, and a chubby middle-aged tiger man stepped down from the beast cart, followed by a young tiger man.
“Haha, I’ve heard the name of Brother Barr for a long time. You are young and promising.” Alger smiled as he walked, “The next one is Alger, the Viscount of the Empire. This time I came to convey the instructions of the Empire.”
“It turned out to be an imperial messenger, please come in, Lord Viscount.” Baal smiled.
“This armor should be worth a lot of money, right?” The tiger man behind him looked at the armor on the guard with envy.
“Come here soon!” He pulled the tiger boy behind him, and Alger’s face was a little embarrassed. “Brother Barr, don’t take offense, this is my nephew, and I haven’t seen anything in the world, so my brother laughed.”
“Haha, nothing, please go inside.”
“Please.”
The two walked side by side toward the council hall, and the wolf cavalry behind them quickly followed.
“I wonder why the Viscount is here this time?” Baer asked as he walked.
“Brother Bar’s territory has been upgraded to the third level. According to the regulations of the empire, the first is to send the empire’s lord token. The second thing, according to the empire’s regulations, all the lords of the territory above the third level are obliged to join the imperial army. .”
The two talked while walking.
In the conference hall, the two sat opposite each other. Bart and John sat next to Baal, and the wolf cavalry captain and the young tiger man who followed sat on the side of Alger, with various snacks and fruits on the table.
The tiger man boy was constantly stuffing the snacks on the table into his mouth, while the captain of the wolf cavalry next to him seemed to have nothing to do with him, and the old **** sat there comfortably.