From Baron's Second Son to Dragon Rider

Originally, according to the plan, Krober should have spent more time to break through to the level of Earth Knight.

But unexpectedly, he actually completed the breakthrough ahead of time.

In this way, there is still a day and a night before Grand Duke Veronica's banquet is officially held.

During this precious time, Krober decided to make full use of it and get to know the nobles who will attend the banquet in depth.

Of course, his attention is mainly focused on the nobles from the Emerald Kingdom.

After all, for the local nobles of the Golden Grand Duchy, if there is no particularly important matter to delay, they will definitely participate in Grand Duke Veronica's birthday party.

To be more precise, Krober set his sights on the nobles in the southern part of the Emerald Kingdom.

These people became the main target of his action. As for the reason... it has to start from a longer-term plan and strategy.

The first thing to mention is the Crab Claw Family's coveting of Krober's Black Feather Island, which made Krober smell an unusual smell.

He thought that his Crab Claw family was just a viscount, at the same level as him, and dared to do such a thing to the subordinate principality of his kingdom.

Especially considering the crown of the eldest princess of the Emerald Kingdom on the head of Grand Duke Veronica, the ruler of the principality.

At least it is certain that behind the Crab Claw family, there must be a force that is strong enough to compete with Grand Duke Veronica and her forces.

As for who is the mastermind behind the scenes, Krober thought for a long time, guessing from the Mountain Copper Kingdom to the Blazing Steel Kingdom, and then guessing King Alvis and his three dukes.

After careful consideration, he still thinks that Duke Edwin of the Emerald Kingdom is more suspicious.

Edwin Bronze Fury is one of the three dukes of the Emerald Kingdom and one of the four dragon knights of the Emerald Kingdom (excluding Veronica).

His territory is located in the south of the Emerald Kingdom, adjacent to the Golden Grand Duchy, and his contracted dragon is a bronze dragon over 600 years old.

Strictly speaking, the age of the dragon is actually not important, it can only serve as a reference.

They often grow rapidly due to the intake of a large amount of magical resources.

However, the names of infancy, youth and adulthood are just the names given by the learned parliament to distinguish the three growth stages of dragons.

Of course, dragons in these three stages do grow faster than adults.

In this magical world, dragons are rare, but definitely not rare.

But there are very few people who can tame dragons and become dragon riders.

Therefore, the focus of competition among countries is not the dragon itself, but the more scarce and critical resources - population, food and magic potions.

Sometimes when faced with many resources that are difficult to obtain at the same time, they would rather give up metal currency to keep food! After all, food is the basis of survival for some poor countries!

For example, the Blazing Steel Kingdom is a country that is notorious for not producing food. The country's land is extremely barren, and 40% of it is desert.

So this is also the reason why their national strength ranks last.

However, this does not mean that there are no countries that do not fight for dragons.

It's just that every country has a certain number of dragons, and they are not particularly scarce, so on an equal level, they will choose more rare potions or other things.

Even the root cause of the war between the powerful Mountain Copper Kingdom and the Emerald Kingdom was the problem of cultivation resources such as potions.

Based on the above signs, Kroeber boldly speculated that Duke Edwin may have ulterior motives against the Golden Grand Duchy, so he instructed the Crab Claw Family to try to control Black Feather Island.

However, Kroeber had no idea what the specific reason was, and he couldn't even be sure whether the mastermind behind the scenes was really Duke Edwin himself.

Without evidence, Kroeber could only investigate slowly.

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A day and a night passed like this.

In the early morning of the next day, the whole world seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mysterious veil.

However, the preparations for Grand Duke Veronica's banquet had already begun quietly.

In the outer castle, a group of hardworking servants were busy shuttling around in every corner.

They took out colorful flowers and soft and smooth silk, and carefully decorated this ancient and solemn castle.

Each flower was carefully selected and exuded a charming fragrance;

Each piece of silk shone with a delicate luster, as if telling the story of the years.

The servants carefully put the flowers into vases and placed them in the halls, corridors and balconies of the castle.

Roses were bright and juicy, lilies were pure and elegant, and lilacs exuded a faint fragrance.

These flowers set off the ancient stone walls of the castle, forming a beautiful picture.

At the same time, other servants used silk to decorate the walls and furniture.

They cleverly used silk of different colors and patterns to make the originally monotonous space full of vitality and vigor.

The gorgeous silk was like flowing light and shadow, giving people a dreamy feeling.

This scene shocked Krober, who attended the Grand Duke's birthday party for the first time.

He was not shocked by the scene, but by the generosity of Grand Duke Veronica.

The flowers and silk used for decoration sparkled with magical light.

This indicated that these beautiful flowers were all magical plants and could be used as raw materials for making magic potions.

And those silks should be woven from the silk threads spit out by some kind of silkworm monster.

As far as Kroeber knows, no nobles in either the Golden Duchy or the Emerald Kingdom currently raise silkworm monsters.

So these silks are obviously imported, and imported goods mean rarity and expensiveness.

But this can better illustrate the wealth of Grand Duke Veronica.

Well... this is also one of the characteristics that Kroeber likes.

As time passed slowly, the nobles who attended the birthday party gradually woke up from their sleep.

They were full of energy and began to dress themselves up carefully.

Some people put on gorgeous dresses and wore dazzling jewelry.

But everyone wore a badge representing their family on their chest, and these badges shone with unique magical light.

In this process, some nobles who were familiar with each other and had close relationships naturally gathered together.

They divided into small groups and talked enthusiastically.

The topics were varied, some discussed the political situation, and some shared interesting things in life.

Their laughter and conversations intertwined, making the whole scene particularly lively.

He also found his grandfather, Marquis Daniel, and began to share with him his insights and gains during this period.