Tome of Blood

  Chapter 154-4-Traveling on the road

  The County of Castel is located in the northern part of the Crescent Kingdom.

   From Boulder in the south to Castle in the north, it takes about a month's journey by land.

  Perhaps a powerful transcendent will be faster when traveling alone, but for Castel's mighty thousand-member convoy, one month is already considered fast.

  Of course, in addition to land routes, there are also sea routes.

  The western part of the Principality of Boulder is close to the sea. If you go west first, go to the western seashore of Boulder, then take a boat to the north, and then pass through the Xingyue Strait in the northeast, you can also reach Castel in the Northland.

  If you take the sea route, it may be faster.

  However, Charlotte did not choose sea and land.

  One is that the war between the Fallen Star Kingdom and the New Moon Kingdom ended not long ago, and the Star Moon Strait's sea control has always been better than the Fallen Star Kingdom.

Not only that, but the Duchy of Bois, which faces the sea in the west of the New Moon Kingdom, is the blood feud of the Duchy of Boulder. Even if Charlotte doesn't want to see the Duke of Boulder anymore, she is still a member of the Duchy of Boulder when she walks outside, and she is easy to be seen by others. miss.

   Not to mention that when they pass through the Xingyue Strait, they have to pass through the Luoman Principality, an enclave of the Fallen Star Kingdom on the side of the Xingyue Strait.

  In summary, Charlotte thinks it is better to be cautious.

  During the decades-long Star-Moon War, Castel Territory has always been one of the important territories coveted by the Fallen Star Kingdom!

  The second thing is that Charlotte also wants to take this opportunity to get a better understanding of the world she lives in.

  Although she already knows a lot of knowledge about this world from the books, but what she learns on paper is superficial.

  Compared to land and sea where most of the time is spent at sea, taking the land route can appreciate the customs and customs of the New Moon Kingdom.

  Going north from Boulder to the territory of Castel, to avoid the feud in the northwest of Bois, if you take a detour and go overland, you need to pass through two other duchies and two counties.

  These four lords are all direct vassals of the Crescent Royal Family and directly swear allegiance to the king.

  Among them, the two most powerful duchies are Yuehu Duchy and Violet Duchy, one in the south and one in the north.

  The full name of the Yuehu Principality is the Moon Guardian Principality. The ruling family is a branch of the Crescent Royal Family. They are loyal supporters of the royal family and one of the few nobles who support the king to strengthen the centralization of power.

  The Principality of Violet is located in the north of the Kingdom. It is the enclave of the Fallen Star Kingdom, the Principality of Roman and the neighbor of the Earl of Castel. It is also the main battlefield of the Star-Moon War.

  As for the other two counties... they are both vassals of the Crescent Principality, the territory directly under the Crescent Royal Family.

  They are sandwiched between the two duchies, and they are very close to the royal family. The lords are all offshoot families of the royal family, and a little further to the northeast is New Moon City, the capital of the New Moon Kingdom.

   Not to mention that the two counties are far inferior to Castel's. Although the relationship between the two duchies, the south and the north, and Bold is not good, it is far from bad.

  Going by land is indeed much safer for Charlotte than by sea.

  These messages are all done by Charlotte in advance.

  Different from Boulder City, which has a high degree of urbanization, Charlotte has truly seen the true appearance of the feudal kingdom of this era after leaving Boulder and coming to the vast countryside.

  Bold City is the capital of the Principality.

   There are very few such large cities even in the kingdom. In the vast area of ​​the New Moon Kingdom, there are more castles, manors, churches and villages dotted around.

  Every castle represents at least one baron; every manor almost means an extraordinary knight; and every church almost means a priest.

   Regardless of whether they entered the rank or not, they are at least extraordinary, their strength is far beyond comparison, and they have their own retainers or servants.

  Almost all villages are built around manors, churches and castles, accepting the protection of nobles and priests.

  Even those cities are often gradually developed around noble castles, and places where cities can develop are either located on important traffic routes, or have relatively influential local nobles, and usually at least start with viscounts.

  The size of these cities is much smaller than that of Boulder. Most of them may only be towns with a population of less than 20,000 to 30,000, and those with a population of more than 50,000 are considered large cities.

  However, there are many in number, distributed over a vast land like stars.

  These cities, castles, manors and villages constitute the blood network of the entire kingdom.

  Cities, castles, manors, and villages are often surrounded by large tracts of farmland, but if they go a little further, they are endless wilderness.

  The wilderness is not safe, and there are robbers and robbers hiding in the caravans.

  However, these robbers and robbers mercenary seldom appear as advanced superhumans, and they threaten more ordinary people.

  Besides them, it is the monsters wandering in the wilderness that really allow ordinary people to take shelter of nobles.

  The origin of Warcraft is unknown, and the more accepted view is that the power of Warcraft comes from those fallen gods.

  The extraordinary power of the Miria world comes from the gods, and so does the monster that controls the extraordinary power.

  They are considered to be monsters born from the corpses of fallen gods. They have multiplied from generation to generation and spread all over the entire Myria continent. They are also a force that cannot be ignored that threatens civilization.

  Because of the presence of monsters, nobles who control extraordinary power will become the main force to protect ordinary people and become lords of all sizes.

  Compared to robbers and robbers, Warcraft is the existence that caravans are most afraid of encountering in the past.

   Bandits and robbers often just ask for money, but once they encounter monsters, even the lowest level of monsters, those caravans without extraordinary power will face the crisis of extinction.

  Charlotte's convoy encountered a World of Warcraft shortly after leaving Boulder.

   In her opinion, the strength is not strong, it is just a non-advanced magic wolf. Sebas calls it a wind wolf, a kind of magic beast that can use wind blades and lightness techniques.

   But the problem is that it is a pack of more than 30 wind wolves.

  A high-level transcendent may be able to easily destroy them, but for ordinary caravans that cannot afford to hire high-level transcendents, and cannot meet passing mercenary adventurers, it is difficult to survive encountering them.

   Of course, Charlotte didn't let them go.

  She took the knights to do it herself, and more than thirty wind wolves quickly turned into more than thirty high-quality wolf skins.

  According to the merchants in the caravan, this wolf skin can be sold for ten Quintanas in the market!

   "It's so expensive?"

  Charlotte clicked her tongue.

   "Hey, master, things related to extraordinary power are expensive. The wolf skin of this wind wolf beast is also a good magic material, and it is one of the best materials for making mage robes."

   Sebastian Kopp said.

  Speaking, he said again:

"By the way, don't look at Castel's huge income, but that's on the premise that we haven't cultivated supernatural power on a large scale. If you want to cultivate supernatural power on a large scale... the income from the territory seems to be nothing. Not so much anymore."

  Charlotte was thoughtful.

  The County of Castel is a vassal of the Principality of Boulder, and the pressure on the extraordinary side is often borne by the Principality.

  Take the example of the Boulder mage group who once followed the Earl of Castel and his wife. Although the Castel family shared most of the salary, many extraordinary supplies were provided by the Principality.

  Perhaps the income of the Duchy of Boulder is not much higher than that of the Earl of Castel, but with its vast land, the Duchy of Boulder earns far more extraordinary materials than the Earl of Castel.

  As for supernatural materials... many times they cannot be measured by money, they are also priceless, and they are important strategic materials.

  If you have money, you may not be able to buy it, and if you can buy it, you may not be able to buy enough.

  In the future, Castel and Boulder are likely to be estranged. In this case, Charlotte must also develop her own extraordinary power.

  She hasn't had the extravagance to consume the supernatural power of blood to cultivate supernatural power, and use money to buy supernatural materials, but it is far from controlling the origin of supernatural materials.

  Charlotte remembered her own silver mine again.

  The silver mine associated with Mithril mine is the most important source of strategic materials for Castel. Mithril is not only valuable, but also a hard currency for trading extraordinary materials.

   "It seems that when we return to the territory, the first thing to do is to investigate the depletion of the mithril mine."

   Charlotte secretly thought.

   She has not been idle for more than half a year. After comparing the bills of the territory, she found that the time when the production of the Mithril mine was reduced and dried up happened to be after the Countess of Castel sent all the accompanying Transcendents back to the territory.

   This is too coincidental.

  Charlotte always felt that there might be some connection between them, and the depletion of the Mithril mine might not be as simple as she imagined.

  The convoy continued on, all the way north.

  The mighty team is naturally eye-catching.

In the second Star-Moon War, the Castel family with one family and two blazing suns was considered to be in the limelight, especially the Roman campaign that prevented the Fallen Star Kingdom from invading Castel almost became famous in one battle. Most nobles recognize Castel's black eagle crest.

  Although the Castel couple is gone, the Castel family territory is still there, and they are still rich. Even if they are placed in the kingdom, they are not considered minor nobles.

   Because of this, Charlotte will be warmly welcomed and entertained by local nobles wherever he goes.

   From some viscounts and even barons, to earls and marquises, they would send envoys to invite her to dinner parties or social dances when the convoy was resting.

   The nobles are like that.

  If there is no real feud that cannot be reconciled, in most cases, the atmosphere after meeting is warm and friendly.

  Even if they are encountered on the battlefield, they will spare their lives in many cases. Unless the sword has no eyes, they will be caught alive, and then a ransom will be demanded.

   It can also be regarded as the same rules of the game for the nobles of Miria.

   One more enemy is worse than one more friend. Nobles are very concerned about expanding their circle, especially the circle of nobles, and a rich and rich noble like Castel is naturally a good friend of many nobles.

   Not to mention that Castel still has a lot of business in the hinterland of the kingdom.

Although more and more aristocrats have started to do business in recent years, the vast majority of aristocrats still rely on manors and taxes to make a living. There are not many aristocrats like Castel who do business well, and many families have contacts.

  So, whether it was for friendship or business, the nobles along the way were extremely enthusiastic about the Castel family's motorcade. Charlotte, who already had a "tourist mentality", did not refuse, and kept having banquets almost every day.

  The only thing that made her uncomfortable was that there were too many nobles who wanted to invite her to dance at the banquet, and those young nobles looked at her too hotly.

  Even after a year, Charlotte is still not used to this sight.

   But she is not what she used to be.

  In the innate magic of the blood race, whether it is the memory control of the spiritual way, the mental shock or the words of charm, it can teach those excessive guys to be human.

  Charlotte only needs one look, and the guy who looked presumptuously just now will immediately bow down under her rose skirt.

   Not to mention, the feeling of manipulating others with spiritual magic is pretty cool, but Sebas couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded carefully in a low voice:

   "Master, you have a special status and we should keep a low profile when walking outside."

   "Don't worry, I have a measure."

   Charlotte replied.

   All the people I encountered along the way were small and medium nobles, at most no more than the second level of Yinyue.

  As long as you pay attention to it, it is relatively safe.

   Just like that, Charlotte’s tourist-style stop-and-go.

   And the result is... the convoy is going slower.

   It's been a month's journey, almost half a month has passed and I still haven't left Yuehu Principality.

   But Charlotte feels pretty good.

  Wherever he went, there was warm hospitality, and while making friends, he also broadened his horizons, knowing a lot of information about the nobles of the New Moon Kingdom.

   What's more, she also learned a lot of information about the vampires from these nobles, more precisely, information about the Gorefiend Cult.

   The Blood Demon Cult is rampant in the New Moon Kingdom. Although Boulder's power has been removed, their shadows can still be seen in other places.

  As an enthusiastic person who loves peace and justice, Charlotte will naturally not let these rampant cultists go.

  The uncertain news is nothing more than that. If there is accurate information from the local area, Charlotte will not hesitate to take action to solve these activities of the cultists for the local nobles.

   Unexpectedly, they harvested two more broken pages of the holy scriptures. It can only be said that the Gorefiend Cult really deserves to be a hamster who hoards goods.

   Charlotte really loves these cultists.

  The repercussions were also obvious. After Charlotte eliminated several strongholds of the Gorefiend Cult along the way, her name was faintly spread along with the caravans and bards in the past.

  Especially after the vision at her bar mitzvah got spread somehow, it became more and more outrageous.

  What kind of family members of the God Lord, natural saints, purifiers of blood demons, etc... Charlotte scratched her head when she heard this, and even felt a little guilty.

  Such a high profile will certainly make it easier to hide her blood family identity, but if it is passed on like this, it won't really attract the attention of the high-level officials of the holy royal court one day, right?

  Charlotte couldn't help muttering.

   Half a month after setting off, Charlotte finally saw a second big city that was no less in size than Boulder City, or more precisely, much more prosperous than Boulder City.

   Located in the capital of the principality in the north of the Yuehu Principality, Anluo City, a large city with a population exceeding 500,000.

  Duke Yuehu, who had gotten the news a long time ago, sent an envoy before the convoy entered the city to invite Charlotte to the dinner at the Duke's mansion.

   At the same time, Charlotte also learned another piece of news from other caravans entering and leaving Anluo City.

  Tonight, there is another honored guest at the Duke's Mansion in Anluo City.

   Along with his wife Eleanor, he went south to the third prince of the Crescent Kingdom in the Duchy of Boulder, Philip de Valva.

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  (end of this chapter)