From Baron's Second Son to Dragon Rider

The preparation work has been completed, so the most important thing to do next is to build up a team of officials in the territory.

Things are better here on Black Feather Island. After all, Mr. Foster is in charge, and there are also Herman and two other official knights from the Lan Yinghua family to assist, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

But thinking about it carefully, it was time for me to take the time to meet the two official knights.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked Sam, who was standing guard outside the door, to summon the two formal knights and told them that there was something important that needed to be discussed with them.

It didn't take long for the two people to rush over in a hurry.

"Akkad Blue Jacaranda..."

"Marc Lanyinghua..."

"Greetings to Lord Viscount Amethyst!"

The two people in front of them were the other two official knights of the Lanyinghua family who had been expelled from the family by Marquis Daniel.

According to common sense, since they have been expelled from the Lan Yinghua family, they naturally cannot continue to retain the surname Lan Yinghua.

But fortunately, when Marquis Daniel was dealing with affairs related to the Blue Jacaranda family, he missed his old friendship and left a Blue Jacaranda elf bug for them.

In this way, they can continue to use the surname Lan Yinghua.

This also allowed them to maintain the most basic dignity as a noble family.

"Um……"

Krober looked at the two people in front of him carefully. With his keen eyes, through the simple clothes, he felt the water attribute fighting energy surging in the two people's bodies.

This kind of strong fighting spirit, even among formal knights, belongs to the category of deep accumulation.

"It's been a while since you came to Black Feather Island. Have you thought about your family's future?"

Krober's voice was calm and low, but the power contained in it was impossible to ignore.

Mark and Akkad looked at each other, and they understood that the answer to this question was related to the fate of the entire Lan Yinghua family.

The Lan Yinghua family was expelled by Marquis Daniel and lost everything. They were forced to temporarily settle on Black Feather Island.

In other words, there is no clear affiliation between them and Krober.

"I sincerely ask the Viscount to take in our Lan Yinghua family. We are willing to serve you faithfully!"

As the leader of the family, Akkad Lanyinghua was the first to express his determination.

His tone was firm, and his eyes revealed his absolute loyalty to Krober.

Immediately afterwards, he made a heavy oath, saying that he would always be loyal to Krober, fight for him through life and death, and never betray.

This oath is as hard as steel, and people can't help but be moved by it.

Krober nodded slightly to express his approval, and then he gently placed the long sword in his hand on the shoulders of the two people according to the traditional etiquette of the nobles.

"In the name of my loyal lord, the great Grand Duke Veronica, I hereby ask you to show absolute loyalty."

Krober's voice was low and firm, as if it contained endless power.

After the words fell, Krober held a long sword and tapped the right shoulders of the two of them one after another, symbolizing the transfer of responsibility and mission.

Immediately afterwards, Krober moved the sword again and placed it on Akkad's left shoulder.

"In the name of the Lord to whom you both serve, I command you to be merciful."

His eyes became gentle and deep, revealing his insistence on justice and mercy.

Then, Krober once again tapped the left shoulders of the two of them with his long sword to complete the ceremony.

"Okay, you two, please get up. There happen to be two important tasks that need to be entrusted to you."

Krober's tone was calm and decisive.

"Akkad." He called one of them by name.

"Yes!" Akkad responded quickly, with a firm light shining in his eyes.

"You will be responsible for organizing and leading the maritime patrol team, and shoulder the important task of maintaining security and order in the maritime areas.

You will be responsible for tasks including destroying pirates and accepting refugees. "

Krober explained the content and objectives of the mission in detail.

"Yes, my lord!" Akkad took a step forward without hesitation, took the appointment letter respectfully, and stepped aside, quietly waiting for the ceremony to end.

"Marc!"

"Yes!" Mark responded quickly.

"You are responsible for the transportation of materials between Black Feather Island and Amethyst Island. This is a task that controls the lifeblood of the residents of Amethyst Island. No mistakes are allowed. Do you understand?"

"Understood! Sir!"

Mark also accepted the appointment letter.

At this point, this simple allegiance ceremony ended, and Krober's men had the loyalty of two more formal knights.

In the short term, Krober will continue to sit on Black Feather Island, which is still the center of Krober's territory.

Only when the construction of Amethyst Island reaches a certain level and can be self-sufficient and even generate profits, will it be time to gradually shift the economic and political focus.

In this way, Krober spent nearly two months on Black Feather Island.

During this period, all the slaves and grain purchased had been handed over, and Krober also paid all the balances that should be settled to those merchants.

From that moment on, there were only a few thousand gold coins left in Black Feather Island's accounts.

However, Krober was not worried about this. He had been waiting for the messenger he sent to Red Crab Island to bring him exciting good news.

At the same time, Luke Crab Claw was in a terrible mood.

"The family sent you to muddy the waters of Black Feather Island, but look! Since Krober came back, the number of soldiers on the entire Black Feather Island has nearly doubled!

Everyone is a full-time armored soldier, almost scaring the courage of the civilians on the island, and all this is because of you! Because of your stupidity!"

Krober has been carrying out a major purge of public security in the territory during this period.

Almost all adult males on Black Feather Island were captured by Krober.

Some were sent to patrol teams, most were absorbed into the army, and the rest were arranged by Krober to manage the local tribesmen on Amethyst Island.

The original population of Black Feather Island was only more than a thousand people. All of a sudden, there were only a few hundred peasant women and the elderly, weak and disabled left on Black Feather Island.

But this is not a problem, because Krober transferred a second batch of 200 tribesmen slaves from Amethyst Island, and the total number of the first batch of 500 people is 700.

It is enough to ensure the normal operation of Black Feather Island.

At this time, those spies with ill intentions seemed very abrupt.

They pretended to be smart to approach the tribesmen, but after talking for a long time, they found that these guys could only understand some simple words.

After finally explaining it to them, they were scared to sweat when they heard that they would violate the lord's requirements a little bit, and one of them even screamed in fear.

In just a few days, the spies sent by the Crab Claw Family suffered heavy losses, and even Luke's personal servant was betrayed and is still in the dungeon of Black Feather Island.

"I'm sorry, father, I'm so stupid!"

Luke gritted his teeth and admitted his mistake to his father. He shouldn't have left the spies there and returned to the family alone.

Luke's father, Viscount of Red Crab Island, Crab Claw Family Patriarch Lucas Crab Claw took a deep breath and patted Luke on the shoulder.

"My child, do you know why our family is so rich, but we have always chosen an ordinary Crab Claw Grass Elf as the family name?"

After Luke pondered for a moment, he gave an answer: "Isn't it because the first elf in our family happened to be Crab Claw Grass?"

"Idiot!"

Lucas cursed, and began to doubt whether this eldest son had a blood relationship with him, and why he didn't inherit even a little bit of his wisdom.

"Crab claw grass, although not very attractive in appearance, actually contains chronic toxins.

The juice extracted from it is colorless and tasteless, and can kill people invisibly.

I hope that the Crab Claw Family can be like Crab Claw Grass, remaining low-key and humble on the surface, but like a chronic poison on the inside, gradually leading the enemy to destruction."

After saying that, he looked at Luke, as if he wanted to see an expression of sudden enlightenment on his eldest son's face.

"Oh."

Luke's bland reply almost made Lucas so angry that he almost had a heart attack.

"Get away!"

Lucas roared angrily, asking this embarrassing guy to go as far away as possible.

"Forget it, come back!"

Otherwise, he is a viscount, and his Qi-cultivation skills are really good.

"In the hall, the messenger sent by Krober is looking for us to borrow money.

Tell me, if you were the Viscount of Red Crab Island, what would you choose? If you make the right choice this time, I will forgive you for this mistake."

Speaking of this, Luke felt that his mind was a little confused. Wouldn't it be the same whether to lend the money or not?

In the end, it will return to his family anyway.

But based on his understanding of his father, if it was such a simple question, he would never let Luke make the choice.

So, this must be a trick!