From Baron to Lord

Allen said loudly.

“Ten spots!”

Everyone's eyes turned red, which meant forty people would be eliminated!

In an instant, everyone was filled with fighting spirit.

“To be a knight, first, you need to have superb martial arts, archery, and swordsmanship! So this competition is divided into three parts, testing archery and swordsmanship respectively.”

Originally, Allen wanted them to have superb horsemanship, but these were just ordinary soldiers after all, and they hadn't received much equestrian training.

That's why Allen excluded horsemanship, but he didn't mean he didn't care about it. Instead, he planned to train them rigorously in horsemanship after selecting the personnel.

With the Knight Training Acceleration Card, Allen believed they would soon become true knights.

Allen had people move some food, wine, tables, and chairs from the castle. He sat directly on the chair and let the warriors begin their swordsmanship competition.

Then, he randomly found some targets and had them compete in archery.

Finally, he selected ten people and directly used the Knight Training Acceleration Card on them.

As for those who were not selected, Allen also comforted them.

“Warriors who have not been selected, don’t be disappointed. Believe me, there will be more and more opportunities like this in the future. Keep working hard, warriors!”

Allen's words restored the fighting spirit of the eliminated warriors.

At this moment, the ten people who had already had the Knight Training Acceleration Card used on them had clearly felt the changes in their bodies.

This was an even more drastic change than using the Warrior Training Acceleration Card.

“My body is so hot, it feels like something is about to appear inside me!”

“My body is starting to grow taller, and I have more muscles. It feels like I’m full of strength, and I also feel like something is brewing inside my body!”

“Me too!”

Soon, the ten people Allen had selected stated that their bodies had already begun to change.

Allen nodded in satisfaction: “You have been given more blessings from the God of War by me, and soon your bodies will develop battle qi.”

After saying that, he took out a small booklet from his arms.

“This is a beginner's battle qi manual. Take it and practice. During this period, each of you will intensify your training for me. What I want are ten powerful and elite knights. Don't let me down!”

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Chapter 41 New Mission, New Spirit of Nature (3 Asking for flowers, evaluation votes, and monthly tickets!)

The changes in the ten warriors were huge, and Allen paid attention to them every day, after all, this was his personal guard.

Every day, he or Marco would personally take the time to train these ten people.

Two days later, all ten became trainee knights, and a faint sense of qi had already been produced in their bodies.

As long as they continue to practice, they will soon become knights.

When Marco heard the news, he was shocked in his heart, but more than that, he was excited.

Recently, Allen has made too many moves, and Rose Town has developed too fast, especially in terms of force. It looks like it will soon have a small team of knights.

This made Marco feel a little unbelievable, but at the same time, he also had a premonition that Allen seemed to have some big plans.

This is also why Marco has been working so hard to train knights and train warriors every day.

“It seems they are almost in shape.”

Allen was currently riding a horse in the distance, watching.

“The only shortcoming is, how can a knight not have a warhorse?”

Allen was already preparing to buy warhorses from the system.

Why buy warhorses within the system?

There are reasons for that. First, the warhorses within the system have extremely high loyalty and are very docile and easy to handle.

Second, in this world, warhorses are also an important strategic resource. Buying warhorses requires a lot of gold coins, and most of them are just ordinary warhorses.

They can't be compared to the warhorses unlocked by the system at all. After all, the warhorses unlocked by the system are species unlocked from the most outstanding knight order in the earldom, the Thorn Flower Knight Order.

They are enough to enter the level of elite species, possessing stronger stamina, stronger bodies, and strength, otherwise they would not become the warhorses of the Earl's trump card knight order.

Of course, the most important thing is that the system is convenient and quick to buy.

Soon, Allen spent ten gold coins and brought ten warhorses to the personal guard he had selected.

“From today onwards, you are partners. Cherish each other.”

After Allen finished speaking, he didn't stay too long and let them continue training.

With warhorses, they can naturally conveniently practice horsemanship.

Watching his knight team and those warriors who had already begun training, Allen slowly patrolled the territory, wanting to see if he could get some side quests or something.

As for the main quest, it has already been updated.

“Mission: The Name of Rose Town!”

“The opening of the commercial road has completely connected your territory with the outside world, but as a lord, you must consider more.”

“You need money, a lot of money. Agriculture can guarantee people's lives, but commerce can make people rich.”

“You already have a way to make money, why not realize them immediately?”

“Within a week, let the name of Rose Town spread throughout the earldom!”

“Mission Reward: 10000 experience points, one alchemist.”

This mission was very simple for Allen. As long as he produced a batch of distilled spirits, perfumes, and maltose, and traded with the merchants who came here, Allen believed that the name of Rose Town would soon spread.

During this period, the distilled spirits factory, perfume factory, and maltose factory have been built and have begun to produce a large number of finished products.

For this reason, Allen has invested a lot of gold coins.

“There will be a big chamber of commerce coming to Rose Town tomorrow. By then, the mission will naturally be completed, and then the town will get another alchemist.”

Allen had already made arrangements in his heart, as for why he didn't sell them earlier.

That's because this big chamber of commerce is very famous throughout the entire duchy. It is said that it has a very deep background.

Of course, he wanted to use these three products with endless potential as stepping stones to establish a relationship with this chamber of commerce.

After all, Allen had to consider the future. He would have a huge army, and he was unwilling to be a subject for the rest of his life. With the dragon, his goal in his heart has always been to be a king, or even an emperor.

However, to achieve his goal, he still needs a little external support.

“Let's slowly make contact and see.”

Allen thought, and slowly rode his horse back to the castle.

He had already spent two days training knights and warriors.

During these two days, Allen also did other things.

For example, he has designated three plants to give birth to three spirits of nature.

They are respectively a peanut spirit of nature, a grape spirit of nature, and a corn spirit of nature.

Because the three spirits of nature were designated by Allen, few people know about their appearance.

However, in the end, the servants and stewards in the castle knew about it.

Among the three newly appeared spirits of nature, the peanut spirit of nature is a diligent little guy who goes to inspect his magic peanut field every day. This little guy is called Lulu.

The grape spirit of nature is a little guy who likes to sing. She has purple hair and is very beautiful and cute. Every day, her favorite thing is to sing to the corn spirit of nature, but this little guy's singing is really torturous. Her name is Fenny.

Finally, there is the lazybones corn spirit of nature. This little guy's biggest characteristic is laziness. She likes to sleep, sleeping all the time. Except for meal times, even if Fenny sings by her side every day, she can still sleep. Of course, she is also the only spirit of nature who doesn't dislike Fenny's singing, because she always falls asleep while listening. Her name is Casey.

Chapter 42 New Magic Species, Silver Moon Wolf! (4 Asking for flowers, evaluation votes, and monthly tickets!)

After Allen came back, Amy and Terra were quarreling as usual, and Grey was quietly watching on the side, very quiet, while Lulu was working hard in the field.

And Fenny was singing by Casey's window, and Casey was of course already asleep.

Allen returned to the study, and first practiced with Saffi for a while. Saffi is now seven or eight meters long, and the wings are more than ten meters wide when opened.

It has initially revealed the majesty and momentum of a dragon.

Of course, in front of Allen, it still likes to act cute.

Allen watched Saffi grow up day by day, and his heart became more and more fiery.

The days of riding a dragon are getting closer and closer.

The intermediate dragon nest is extremely beneficial to Saffi's growth. I wonder how the advanced dragon nest is.

Several times Allen couldn't help but want to directly buy and build an advanced dragon nest.

Allen estimated that with an advanced dragon nest, Saffi could reach adulthood in a short time. By then, Allen would be a dragon knight!

However, in the end, Allen still held back. An advanced dragon nest costs 100,000 gold coins, which is too much money…

This is also one of the reasons why Allen prepared to produce distilled spirits, perfumes, and maltose.

He needs money too much.

When his title is raised and his territory is expanded in the future, the army must also be increased. By then, even more money will be needed.

“Sigh, how can I still feel poor with hundreds of thousands of gold coins in hand?”

Allen was speechless, but fortunately, the intermediate dragon nest can still satisfy Saffi.

As long as there is some more time, distilled spirits, perfumes, and maltose will start to make a profit, and then there will be enough money!

“Saffi, ah Saffi, you have to grow up well. You don't even know how much money I have spent on you.”

Allen sighed.

Recent expenses have been very large, weapons and equipment, agricultural tools, factory raw materials, and he even needs to buy some ships.

These are all major areas of gold coin consumption.

Before he has a steady stream of funding, he cannot spend 100,000 gold coins to upgrade the dragon nest.

After spending some time with Saffi, Allen returned to the study and rested for a while before opening the second small box that Sparrow brought back before.

“It’s been busy enough these past few days, and only now can I open this box.”