Start with Island Lord

Military camp in the northern suburbs of Chenxi City.

‘Click~click~click~~’

Amidst the sound of horse hooves, a group of noble southern nobles were riding tall horses, patrolling the military camp of the Dawn Legion.

Among them are Duke Ryder of the Dawn, who is wearing a hardened krypton gold armor, the commanders and senior generals of the Dawn Legion who are from the Adrian clan, and a group of Southern County knights who are also in military uniforms.

These knights are representatives of the earls of the fifteen counties in the south. They are generally the brothers of the earls and are the core figures of the family.

As for the earl lord.

At the moment, he is organizing his army in his own territory. He will only lead his army to join the Dawn Army when he truly goes north.

Finally, there is another one, but it is Navy Marshal Thewood who has just returned from Paddlefish Island in the north.

As the Duke of the Dawn, Ryder was surrounded by nobles as if he was being held in high esteem by the stars.

Wearing an exquisite dark purple battle armor, coupled with his tall and strong figure, he looked as dazzling as a god descending to earth.

"Uncle, what do you think of the soldiers of our Dawn Legion compared to the army of Paddlefish Island?"

Tewood was in good physical condition and in good spirits, but he was a little depressed and seemed worried.

But this appearance did not attract anyone's attention, because any warrior who had just experienced a tragic defeat could not look happy.

"Duke, I have not officially fought against the Paddlefish Island Army, but judging from the artillery control skills alone, the level should be quite high."

"Artillery? Uncle, you should change this rude name from the country people. In Aaron, this brand-new magical weapon has an official name, called 'Fire Thunder'."

Tewood frowned: "But this is not Aaron, but Weilan."

"Also, Aaron's Flame Thunder has never been used in actual combat, but the artillery on Paddlefish Island allowed me to truly see its power."

The Duke of Dawn reined in the horse's head and turned to look at Twowood carefully.

"Sir Twowood, are you frightened by the Baron of Paddlefish Island?"

Twowood was even more dissatisfied, and thought to himself: 'What a weakling Duke, kneeling on Aaron's own, but I'm scared to death. ’

Of course, the situation was stronger than the person, so naturally he didn't dare to say this openly, so he could only bow his head and submit.

"Duke, I don't think we need to argue over a name."

"If you want to ask about the level of the Paddlefish Island Army, my assessment is that every soldier has high morale and clear goals."

After all, the other party is the elder of the family, so Ryder can only suppress his anger.

"The goal is clear? What goal is it?"

Tewood shrugged: "Of course it is to serve Princess Dawn."

Ryder still couldn't hold back his anger, and loudly said: "Sir Twowood, there is no more Dawn Princess!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of Sir Holland Adrian, commander of the First Legion of Dawn, came from the side.

"Duke, the royal family council has not abolished the title of Princess of Dawn, so there is still Princess of Dawn."

Commander Holland is also a highly respected member of Adrian's clan, and he is the only one who has explicitly expressed dissatisfaction with Ryder.

He dislikes Ryder very much, and is naturally very afraid of Ryder.

But Ryder has never been able to replace him, because he is the only strong man in the clan with five rings of fighting spirit, and can be said to be the pride of the Adrian family.

If it weren't for his old age and not so pure blood, he would have been able to succeed as Duke back then.

Because of this, when faced with serious clan issues, others dared not say anything, but Holland dared to stand up and point out the Duke's mistakes.

And showed no mercy to the Duke.

Ryder gritted his teeth, but did not dare to talk back to Holander. He could only mutter: "Sir Holander, Princess Dawn has clearly plotted rebellion."

Sir Holland had a very good ear and he snorted coldly.

"The princess is not rebellious, she is just following the normal process of selecting a prince, and we are not going to suppress the rebellion, we are just following the normal process of persuasion."

After saying this, he rode out of the crowd and said, "My first legion still has some supplies that are not in place, so I have to rush them."

Without waiting for the Duke's reply, he rode away.

Ryder looked at him with a livid face. He waited until he was far away before snorting coldly and thinking to himself: "What a smelly and hard stone. When you get too old to walk, let's see how I deal with you." !”

Although Holander had a high reputation in the clan, he was only devoted to one woman, and that woman died early, leaving him no heir.

So when he gets old and loses his strength, no one will support him.

After cursing in his mind, Ryder continued: "Keep going."

As soon as he finished speaking, Twowood said: "Duke, my fighting spirit has not been restored yet. I am afraid it will affect the morale of the army, so I will leave first."

Ryder thought this was a good word, raised his hand and said like a fly: "Then let's go."

He didn't want to do this originally, but Holland just slapped him too hard, and he had to find some balance from Twowood.

Otherwise, facing so many southern county knights, it would be hard to step down.

Faced with this contemptuous gesture, Twowood secretly gritted his teeth, but as a defeated general, he had no confidence to fight back, so he just pretended not to see it, turned around and rode away.

After he was far away, he changed direction and went to the military camp to find Holander who had just left.

Holland did not find the quartermaster, but practiced his marksmanship alone in the martial arts field.

He stabbed the air with his gun, as if there was a hateful enemy in front of him.

He felt Tewood's arrival, but did not stop: "Tewood, what are you doing here?"

"I have something to say to you alone."

Holland quickly glanced at Twowood: "I can't see your fighting spirit at all. It seems that you have fallen to Selena."

Tewood got off the horse and handed the reins to the attendant: "Selena's navy defeated me, so I don't feel it is a shame."

Holland immediately corrected: "To be precise, it's the navy of Paddlefish Island."

He stopped practicing and put the spear on the ground: "Come into the tent with me."

He immediately entered the military tent on the side. There were many runes painted on the surface of this tent, which had a good anti-eavesdropping effect.

After entering the tent, the curtain door had just been lowered, and after confirming that no one was inside, Tewood said straightforwardly: "Selena has had an affair with the Baron a long time ago, and she gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl, a few days ago."

Holander was startled, but then burst into laughter.

"Ah hahaha, this girl Selena is much more interesting than Ryder. She will rush forward without looking back when she sees it right."

Twowood smiled bitterly: "The Baron wants to be the Duke of Dawn."

The smile on Holander's face disappeared instantly, but before he could speak, Twowood took out a contract scroll.

"But the Baron made a sacred oath that the next Duke would be his and Selena's child."

Holander's face softened slightly: "That won't work either!"

Twowood took out a ten milliliter bottle of medicine from his pocket: "The secret medicine of the Levend royal family can restore youth and health to the human body, and this is the sincerity of the Baron."

He threw the potion over: "I tried it and it completely cured my illness."

Holander hesitated for a moment and drank the potion.

He was alone and had nothing to fear.

After taking the potion into his stomach, he felt it carefully and nodded calmly: "It is indeed an excellent medicine, but it is not enough to change my attitude."

"My bottom line on this matter is to remain neutral."

Tewood shook his head: "But this way, I will lose one vote in the clan meeting, and you drank my medicine."

Holander hesitated: "You bastard plotted against me."

He drank everything but couldn't spit it out. And he has always been a character who doesn't want to owe favors, so this time he was very embarrassed.

Twowood advised: "The Baron is very capable. He can help us, Weilan, completely get rid of Aaron's control."

Holander snorted: "Then, you become Levind's puppet again?"

"This is obviously impossible. Levend is still too far away, even with the Blackstone Battleship. After all, Aaron will soon have it."

"And with two routes, we, Weilan, have a choice. This is the basis for true freedom."

Holland remained silent because he knew that What Wood said was right.

"Dan Weilan's Ancestral Instructions"

Twowood also had a headache about this, and he also knew that Holland was an extremely stubborn person. No matter how hard he tried to persuade him, it would be in vain.

When he was thinking about how to persuade, there was suddenly an unusual noise outside the military building.

"What's wrong with this?"

Holander frowned when he heard this, opened the curtain and shouted at the guards: "What happened?"

The guards immediately ran to the commotion to inquire.

He ran away, but immediately ran back with a look of horror on his face.

"My lord! My lord! Oh no, something big has happened!"

The bodyguard rushed to the front and panted: "Prince Kaa is coming to Dawn City. Hu~hu~"

"Don't take a breath, just finish it in one breath!"

"I brought 800,000 Ogg Chenxi Bank deposit certificates, saying they were fake. I want Chenxi Bank to explain. Huchihuchi~"

As soon as these words came out, Holland and Twowood were shocked on the spot.

After a few seconds of silence, Holander sprinted towards his horse, turned the horse and left.

He had to go home immediately and cash the 5,000 OG bank deposit at home.

This money is his savings for retirement. If it goes to waste, when he can no longer walk, his life will be difficult.

Maybe we can rely on the clan for relief, but after something like this happened, who knows if there was still a clan at that time?

Twowood was also awakened immediately and ran away as well.

His son opened a small clan bank and relied on Chenxi Bank to carry out lending business. If Chenxi Bank collapsed, everyone would be done with it!

When he galloped out of the military camp on his horse, he found that the entire military camp was in chaos.

Various senior officers led their own guards and ran towards the city as hard as they could.

On the other side, Duke Ryder of the Dawn is discussing the battle plan to go north with the knights.

Basically he was talking and the other party was listening submissively.

The reason is simple. The strength of the Dawn Legion greatly exceeds that of the southern counties.

This feeling of taking the initiative made Ryder very satisfied. His posture became taller and taller, and his voice became louder and louder, as if he was the master of destiny and victory was within easy reach.

Then, he saw an iron guard in black riding towards him.

When he was a hundred meters away, he didn't even care about the horse and flew directly towards him using flying skills, shouting as he flew.

"Your Majesty Duke, it's not good~ It's not good~~ Something big has happened!"

The Duke recognized the person as Master Ander and hurriedly raised his hand to signal the guards beside him to put down their guard.

Master Ander landed, staggered, and fell on the muddy ground. His whole body was covered in mud, but he couldn't care less, so he got up and staggered over.

"Duke, no, Chenxi Bank has fake bills!"

The Duke felt dizzy and almost collapsed: "You fart!"

He felt that Ander must have a brain problem. Even if he really had it, he couldn't say it in front of so many people!

Rage quickly overflowed from his chest and was about to vent on Ander the Mage.

Ander the Mage cried: "Everyone in the city knows it~ Prince Ryan of Kao came to question him in person, and he also brought a fake bill of 800,000 Ogg."

"The magic master in charge of the magic seal went to check and found that it was indeed a fake bill!"

"The whole Dawn City is crazy, everyone is going to the bank to exchange for cash!"

The Duke listened to these words and suddenly felt that the world was unreal, and the krypton gold armor on his body was very heavy.

He was a little unable to hunch, so that his back was bent, his shoulders collapsed, and his legs were shaking.

'Plop~'

He actually slid off the horse's back and knelt on the ground, right in front of Ander the Mage.

No one paid attention to him.

I don't know when, all the knights from the southern counties ran away, and they ran desperately to the bank to cash in!

The legion commander and officers also ran away.

They also brought their own soldiers to the bank to protect their property.

‘Hu~~Hu~~’

A mountain breeze blew, and finally a guard remembered the Duke on the ground, and helped him up on the left and right.

But the Duke couldn't stand, his legs were weak.

After trying several times, even the guards gave up.

‘Plop~’

The Duke continued to kneel on the ground.

After a long time, he said: “Master Ande, Weilan is finished!”

If others said there were fake bills, he could still find a way to cover it up.

But the great prince Kao was obviously here to mess with him, and he made the whole city know about it, and the matter could not be resolved at all.

Master Ande smiled bitterly: “Duke, run quickly, run to Aaron quickly, and seek the protection of the lion king. If you run too late, you can't leave!”

If there is no external threat, even if the bank explodes, it can be barely suppressed.

But the northern coalition army was about to march south, and Princess Chenxi was eyeing the Duke's position. If this happened again, unless Reid was a god from heaven, there would be no chance of a comeback.

But everyone knew that Reid was a mediocre person!

So, if he left a little later, Reid's head might be off his neck!

The words of Master Ande gave Duke Reid a glimmer of hope: "Yes, I have to run! As long as I'm alive, there's still hope!"

He stood up and said to the guards: "Let's go to the Aaron Embassy!"