Chapter 120: 120. The Angry Baron Leisen

Sain Territory, the main hall of Baron Leisen's castle.

"Bang!"

Leisen slammed the letter in his hand onto the table, his face full of rage.

"What happened, my lord?"

Knight Feilidun asked tentatively.

The news of Luoning defeating three wild tribes was something they had heard from Muma City a while ago; at the time, Baron Leisen was so angry upon hearing it that he smashed a crystal cup.

"See for yourself!"

Baron Leisen's face was livid; his biggest regret now was not having gone all out to occupy those three wild tribes from the start, which would have prevented Luoning from seizing the opportunity.

The main thing was that this had happened too quickly; he had not expected Wushan Castle to let Luoning serve as the Baron of Shanlin Town, nor had he expected Luoning's actions to be so swift.

Shouldn't this guy be a good-for-nothing?

Feilidun took the letter and read it quickly, his brows furrowed, "I didn't expect Luoning to act so fast. After conquering the wild tribes, he immediately rushed to Wushan Castle and obtained the management rights for these three pieces of land."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at the letter, which also mentioned that Luoning had earned three thousand gold coins from Wushan Castle due to the Curved Plow.

"My lord, Luoning's performance is completely beyond our expectations."

Feilidun whispered, "Killing Pulinsite, controlling Shanlin Town, conquering the wild tribes, and then obtaining the management rights and securing a large sum of funds... this series of operations doesn't look like the work of a good-for-nothing at all. Do you think he will become a major threat to us in the future?"

Baron Leisen remained silent, but from the serious expression on his face, it was clear that he seemed to be pondering this very question.

In their plan, Sain Territory would control this land in the north of Wushan Territory, and once they developed and grew stronger, they would be able to sandwich Muma City between them and Haide Bojueling.

It was well known that Viscount Mawen Tieti of Muma City was not only on good terms with Geleimusi when he was young, but had also been a student of Lulansi, remaining loyal to the Lulansi faction of Wushan Castle; over these years, his attitude toward the Haide Family had been very unfriendly.

To prevent any accidents, Sain Territory was to be the bridgehead for confronting Muma City in the future.

But now, a Luoning had suddenly appeared in the north.

At first, Leisen hadn't taken Luoning seriously, thinking it would be good enough if the other party could just survive in Shanlin Town, yet he hadn't expected the other party to pose such a difficult problem for him.

"My lord, what should we do?" Feilidun asked.

Leisen pondered for Along while and said, "There is no need to worry about Luoning himself. He was able to take down three wild tribes so quickly entirely thanks to his subordinates, specifically the knight mentioned in the letter named Maiken, but he is at most an Advanced Peak Knight."

As he spoke, he looked at Feilidun, "If we are talking about Advanced Knights, we have three here, and that doesn't even include me, a Bronze-level."

Feilidun nodded, "In terms of knight combat power, Luoning is inferior to us. But whether it is Shanlin Town or those wild tribe territories, they are now considered Luoning's land; we have no reason to make a move against him."

"Wushan Castle never drew boundaries for territories like the Huitu Tribe or the Heiling Tribe."

Leisen narrowed his eyes, "Even if we extend the range of the Heiling Tribe right up to the gates of the Huitu Tribe, no one can say we have infringed upon the territory of other nobles."

Hearing this, Feilidun's eyes lit up.

"Notify Fenlisi and Qiaofuli, tell them to expand toward the Huitu Tribe. If the other party dares to obstruct or cause trouble, give them a taste of what we can do!"

The land of the Heiling Tribe was far better than the area around Swamp Town, and Leisen was determined to have it.

No, not just the land of the Heiling Tribe; he wanted to incorporate the entire uninhabited region in the north into his own territory.

The north of Wushan Territory lacked a Viscount, and this was Leisen's goal.

Feilidun nodded, "I understand, my lord."

As a knight who had followed Baron Leisen for many years, he knew the intention behind such an arrangement.

It was nothing more than provoking the Huitu Tribe, inciting bloody conflict, and demonstrating the strength of Sain Territory to Luoning.

Although they couldn't attack the Huitu Tribe directly, no one knew exactly how large the Huitu Tribe's range was. As long as Fenlisi and the others didn't strike inside the tribal village, it would be fine.

Baron Leisen revealed a cruel smile, "Luoning earned three thousand gold coins in Wushan Castle this time, and he even took six hundred gold coins from me back then; this brat is very wealthy now. If I don't give him a taste of my power, he'll think I, Leisen, can be manipulated by him!"

From beginning to end, Leisen had looked down on Luoning; he never believed that someone who was ignorant and incompetent could change in just three short months.

Even if he had invented that so-called Curved Plow, it was very likely that he had stolen the design from some carpenter in Shanlin Town.

"I wonder how much longer the old man Lulansi can hold on?"

Baron Leisen thought with resentment in his heart; if the old Marquis died sooner, he wouldn't have to worry so much about doing certain things.

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Midnight, Shanlin Castle.

Why do some people like to stay up late and not sleep?

The answer is: because only when lying in bed is this period of time truly their own.

Luoning was exactly like that now.

Since returning to the territory, he hadn't had a moment of leisure; he was either eliminating Magic Beasts, learning how to tame beasts, handling government affairs, or having to worry about Aierlong's progress in making Spell Scrolls...

Only after taking a bath and lying in bed did he finally have some free time.

Opening the Attribute Panel interface, he first glanced at the advanced Achievement Task for the King of Slaughter:

【King of Slaughter】: Kill any Level 5 extraordinary unit. Reward: Attribute Point +300, Energy Essence +600.

A Level 5 extraordinary unit was either a Level 5 Magical Beast, a Silver Knight, or a Chief Mage; they were all extremely difficult opponents.

Luoning's killing of the Level 4 Storm Magic Wolf this time was purely due to good luck; if it had been a Magic Wolf in its prime, he might not have been able to handle it.

"I wonder when this achievement can be completed."

Luoning looked at the achievement panel, then shifted his attention to the Attribute Panel.

At this moment, he already had 201 Attribute Points and 1027 points of Energy Essence.

Looking at this Energy Essence, Luoning felt the kind of joy a child feels when suddenly receiving ten dollars.

1027 points! The amount really exceeded his expectations!

"I wonder how much Energy Essence is needed to upgrade from Bronze-level to Silver-level."

He really wanted to know the answer, but he would have to wait until he broke through himself.

With a thought, Luoning invested all of his Attribute Points.

This time, his mental state and physical fitness received a huge boost; he felt refreshed in an instant, and his fatigue vanished as he regained his energy.

【Level】: 3-Advanced Knight (119/300); 3-Advanced Mage (400/400)

It was soon; he only needed to obtain another 181 Attribute Points to break through to Advanced.

"It is November 4th now, and the Monthly Sign-in grants 139 Attribute Points; by the time I go to Wushan Castle for the birthday celebration at the end of December, my strength will definitely be able to reach Level 4 in both professions."

There are quite a few Level 4 Bronze Knights and some Level 4 Great Mages, but a Transcendental who is both a Bronze Knight and a Great Mage is definitely rare.

"If I want to improve a bit faster, I can only do so by completing Achievement Tasks."

For him, the next one that should be relatively easy to complete is the 【Population Prosperity】 achievement, which requires his territory's population to reach 5,000; there is still a gap of over 1,700.

"Buying Slaves is both expensive and slow; annexing is faster."

Now the wild tribes around Shanlin Town are gone, and the only one left with a grudge is Sain Territory.

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