King

"People can not escape from doing wrong.

The construction of Blood Moon County has been completed for hundreds of years, and the secret mining of magic crystal mines has probably started a long time ago, and you cannot be blamed entirely.

The fact that no news has leaked out for so many years proves that you are still very measured and do not engage in large-scale mining.

Viscount Autumn, don’t say we won’t give you a chance.

Let us explain the matter clearly now. We will handle it internally in the province and there is still room for discussion.

Now that things have reached this point, don't expect to keep it a secret. The strange phenomenon that just broke out could be seen for dozens of miles around. It is estimated that the news has spread out long ago.

Once the royal capital sends someone to intervene, not only will you be dead, but your family will also be finished.

For the sake of our colleagues, as long as you explain the matter clearly, we will help you find a solution together! "

Obviously, Hudson's words were not only meant for Viscount Autumn, but also for the nobles present.

Accused or not, that's just a minor issue. The key is how to deal with the interests of the magic crystal mine.

Secrecy is impossible. Weird phenomena appeared in dozens of miles around, and tens of thousands of people saw them. Even if everyone issued a hush order immediately, it could only delay the leakage of the news.

Even if ordinary people are ignorant, there are so many nobles in the southeastern province, and it is impossible without the king's eyewitness.

In front of everyone, no one dares to deliver the news for the time being, but we can't stay together forever. Once the team is disbanded, the news will definitely reach the royal capital.

What is now exposed is that Viscount Autumn is secretly mining magic crystal mines, which does not mean that he is the only one involved. At least in the eyes of the king, he would not believe that such a grand undertaking could be accomplished by a middle-class noble family alone.

Once you investigate deeply, it's either shit or shit, and the matter is simply not clear.

Especially the residents of Viscount Autumn, if they say they don't know, no one will believe it.

It's okay for emerging nobles like the Koslow family, the Dalton family will definitely not be able to explain it, and the royal capital will definitely suspect their involvement.

For no other reason, after secretly mining magic crystal mines for so many years, it stands to reason that the Viscount Autumn family, which has gained a lot of wealth, should have risen long ago, but in the end they are still hanging around among the middle-class nobles.

Judging from the strength shown on the surface, not only did they not rise in the past hundred years, but they declined somewhat.

Except for the addition of a few more magic crystal cannons in Blood Moon County, Hudson didn't notice any difference between them and ordinary middle-class nobles.

"Earl Hudson, thank you for your understanding!

It’s a long story, so I’ll briefly introduce it. The matter of the magic crystal mine goes back three hundred years.

During a battle to encircle and suppress the Blood Moon Sect, the ancestors discovered this magic crystal mine and found a way to operate it and took root here.

I originally thought this was just a miniature mine that could make a fortune. Unexpectedly, the more mining, the higher the production capacity of the mineral veins, and the quality of the magic crystals produced is also constantly improving.

Realizing that something was not going well, we were already riding a tiger and had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue.

After the efforts of our ancestors over the generations, we finally figured out a way to build a city on the mineral veins to hide the existence of the magic crystal mine.

It was okay at first. Relying on the wealth of the magic crystal mine, the family's strength grew rapidly. But this good thing took a turn for the worse in the third year after the city was built.

As if they were cursed, accidents happened to the older clan members one after another. Especially in the past eighty years, no one in our family has survived past the age of sixty, and not many have survived past the age of fifty.

Even those who have cultivated to the level of Earth Knight and Magister have passed the sixty-year-old threshold. Either there was an accident outside, or he died suddenly and completely without a trace.

Not only is life span shortened, but the younger generation is also prone to premature death. Including the descendants, the family members have dropped sharply from more than 800 people at the peak to more than 100 people now.

He has a lot of wealth, but suffers from a limited lifespan. The sharp decline in population has restricted our development. In these years, the family's strength has declined instead of rising.

In order to find a solution, we also asked many people for help, but unfortunately no one could see the problem.

Even clan members who were born in other places and have never returned to their territory cannot escape the longevity curse.

After years of tracing, we also suspected that we were involved in the magic crystal mine. For the future of our family, we have stopped mining in the past ten years.

Anyway, the news has been leaked now. If everyone wants this magic crystal mine, we can give up the vein for free! "

Viscount Autumn said with a sincere face.

His expression was as if this magic crystal mine was a scourge and he wanted to throw it out immediately.

The truth or falsehood is unknown for the time being, but it does explain that the family of Viscount Autumn, who has gained a lot of wealth, has declined in strength instead of rising.

In the extraordinary world, old antiques represent heritage. A strong man who could have lived for one or two hundred years could not even live to be sixty years old now.

The hope of giving birth to a strong man was almost shattered, but the number of clan members also dropped sharply. With two unfavorable factors superimposed together, there is a problem only if the family can prosper.

With this little episode, everyone's angry eyes disappeared and were replaced by hesitation.

If the magic crystal mine really has a curse, it is a hot potato. Although wealth is precious, life is more important.

"snort!"

"Viscount Autumn, I hope what you said is true. We still need to investigate the matter further. If there is any deception, wipe your neck yourself!"

Governor Pierce said coldly.

Everyone is a veteran in the political arena, and making up stories is their job. In order to survive, there is nothing they can't do.

"It's better to choose the day than to hit it. Almost all the masters in the province are here now. Even ordinary curses can't do anything to us. Why not go to the magic crystal mine to check the authenticity first."

Hudson suggested.

After acquiring a large amount of knowledge inheritance, he is no longer so afraid of the legendary "curse". That kind of killing people thousands of miles away without being seen is just a legend after all.

A real curse still has triggering conditions and corresponding backlash. It is more like an equivalent exchange of forces.

To curse so many nobles in the southeastern province would require gathering together people who are proficient in curses from all over the continent, and they would not be able to do so.

The curse that was placed on the magic crystal mine a hundred years ago, or even hundreds of years ago, no matter how powerful it is, its power has been greatly reduced after the passage of time.

What's more, Viscount Autumn's family has already carried the thunder, and the power of the curse may have been exhausted. Even if it's not over yet, Hudson is confident that he can avoid the curse.

“Viscount Autumn, what caused the curse?

Will everyone who has entered the mines be affected, or will everyone who lives in the Blood Moon County suffer the same misfortune?

As far as I know, in recent decades, not only the members of your family have not lived to be sixty years old, but the number of elderly people in Xueyue County is also very small, and they are basically all outsiders. "

Governor Pierce asked with concern.

There is no need to be cautious. Hudson has a dragon and a bear, two powerful men from the Holy Realm, who are supporting him. Even if the strongest curse warlock in the continent takes action, he will not be able to escape the fate of being backlashed. Naturally, he does not need to care.

As a governor, he doesn't have such a thick shield. If he encounters a powerful curse, he will still be hit when it's time to hit him.

Even if you want to go out on an adventure, you must bring the family's magic tools to prevent curses, and you must not act without authorization.

There are hundreds of Dalton family members, but there are only a few direct members. Once one or two die from the curse, it will be over.

Governor Pierce, who thought he had an insight into Hudson's sinister intentions, immediately turned gloomy, and even his interest in the magic crystal mine dropped drastically.

"Don't worry, Governor, the power of the curse is not that terrifying. We have done experiments and found that as long as the magic crystal mine has not been mined, ordinary people living in Blood Moon County will not be affected.

The number of elderly people in the city is small, mainly due to the miasma emanating from the magic crystal mine. This happened everywhere, and almost all miners had a short life span. "

It was okay that Viscount Autumn did not explain. This explanation made everyone even more panicked, and they immediately decided to participate without any hesitation.

No matter what, we can no longer stay in this Bloody Moon County. Even if I go out to live in the wilderness, I can't live in this ghost place for a long time.

"There is still a lot of follow-up work. We all left together, and the follow-up work is not easy to start. Regarding the problem of the magic crystal mine, please ask Earl Hudson to take someone there."

Governor Pierce said with sincerity.

It's all for the sake of handling work more efficiently, and it's definitely not because he's a coward. If he had time, he would definitely lead the team on the trip himself.

"Well, that's how we divide the work.

Viscount Autumn, you lead the way. Priest Debon, Magister Yuri, Magister Antar, Knight Cotero... follow me. "

Hudson said directly.

There were no masters present, including a ninth-level dragon + a ninth-level earth bear + more than twenty seventh-level strong men, and a group of soldiers to protect them.

Judging from the lineup, they can all fight against an evil god head-on. If the Lord of Skeletons comes to the Aslant continent, he can send him back.

It's not that the evil gods are useless, the main reason is that under the restrictions of the rules, the strongest strength that all non-native creatures cannot exert in this world is the sanctuary.

They can also only exert the power of the holy realm. With the advantages of their own realm understanding, the fighting power of the gods is still much stronger than that of ordinary holy realms.

But the prerequisite is: after adapting to the rules of the world. When he first arrived, his combat power was just that, and if he was not careful, he would become a god-slaying legend.

For the sake of life, most of the time the gods come out to do things in their incarnations, and rarely do their true bodies come out to do things in person.

The risk is manageable, and Hudson doesn't mind being a little bold. What's more, the issue that seems to be presiding over the investigation of the curse also involves the distribution of profits from the magic crystal mine.

According to the normal distribution, the Koslow family will get at most half of the Dalton family's share, and maybe only one-third of the other party's share.

There is no other way. There are a total of fifteen counties in the entire Southeast Province, seven of which are from the Dalton family. More than 30% of the land in the province is their fiefdom.

If you want to quarrel at the provincial meeting, it's 1vs7; to be honest, if you just drag a county guard over, you can control the decision-making power.

If there is a political confrontation, there is only one way left for Hudson: to expand the issue and bring it all to the provincial aristocratic assembly for discussion.

Although he was still at a disadvantage, at least when he was scolding, he had a group of younger brothers as helpers, so he wouldn't be at a disadvantage from the beginning.

Occasionally a proposal won the support of neutral nobles, and there was no chance of a comeback. But this probability is really limited.

For the sake of his own reputation, Hudson decisively chose to take advantage of the situation. Every time he opened his mouth, he took advantage of the "general trend" to the extreme, making it impossible to refuse.

Proposals passed time and time again, seemingly inconspicuous. However, his status in everyone's minds is still changing subtly.

Invisibly, it created a political illusion for everyone: Mr. Hudson has a very important say in the province, and the two families jointly hold the highest say in the southeastern province.

Just like now, Governor Pierce did not speak out to object, and others also chose to acquiesce.

Because at this moment, in the minds of many people, Hudson and Governor Pierce were on the same level, and the rest of the nobles were one level lower.

As long as Governor Pierce did not make his position clear, no one among the county guards present would dare to take the lead in confronting Hudson.

Even though everyone represented the same county, a look from Hudson could shut them up, but no one thought there was a problem.

In fact, this invisible influence can be traced back to the period of the orc invasion. When he was the coach of the Kingdom, Hudson had already established his authority.

The classic scene of catching the five great nobles of the North as a lesson to Sun Tzu was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it was extremely irritating to the witnesses.

Following Viscount Autumn to the back garden, they saw him move a rockery, and a passage appeared in front of everyone.

Moving along the secret road, the road gradually widened, like an ant nest, surrounded by large and small mines, supported by artificial pillars in the middle.

From the cobwebs in the sky and the dust on the ground, it can be seen that no one has been here for a long time.

He randomly selected a mine to enter and traveled all the way to the depths of the mine. After looking at the crystals on the rock wall and snapping off a piece, Hudson's brows suddenly furrowed.

"Do you see anything wrong?"

"My Lord Earl, everything is normal here. There is no trace of evil power at all. It doesn't seem like someone has cast a curse.

Maybe you can look elsewhere. This is a large magic crystal mine. Even if someone casts a curse, it will be difficult to cover such a large area. "

Magister Yuri's answer made Hudson shake his head slightly. There is no problem, which is often the biggest problem.

After devouring so many magic crystals, Hudson also had some research on magic crystals. The magic crystal in my hand seems to be of good quality, but the energy wave movement is very different.

Judging from the energy fluctuations on the magic crystal, it seems that this is not a naturally formed vein, but more like a power that has been artificially instilled.

There is no problem in artificially producing magic crystals in theory, and there are also successful cases in the laboratory. Regardless of cost, this is a good improvement.

But that's just a magic crystal, not a magic crystal mine. The principles of the two are similar. The problem is when it comes to specific operations, where can we find such a large amount of energy?

"Then let's investigate separately. But everyone, please be careful. The mine here has not been used for some days. If there is too much movement, it may cause a collapse!"

Hudson reminded kindly.

If the mine really collapsed, it would be a tragedy for their group. Maybe Hudson can use the dragon as a pioneer to rush out, and the others can only hope for their own luck.