Chapter 38: Baron Leisen's Countermeasure

The night was quiet.

While waiting for the arrival of twelve midnight, Luoning pondered how to deal with Sain Territory.

Relying on the fabrication that Maiken was an Advanced Peak Knight was never a very secure method.

From the location of Shanlin Town, one had to pass by the edge of Sain Territory to get out; once the other side intercepted, it would be equivalent to catching a turtle in a jar, leaving one very passive.

"I analyzed it before: Baron Leisen fears two things. First, he fears the matter of embezzling the tax revenue of Shanlin Town being known by Wushan Castle; second, he fears the matter of killing me being known by Wushan Castle."

Luoning lay on the bed with his hands behind his head, thinking it over and over; he still felt he needed to borrow the influence of Wushan Castle to intimidate the other side.

"First, let Wushan Castle know about the other side's embezzlement of tax revenue, then keep the second matter in my hands."

The reason Luoning did not want to inform Wushan Castle of Baron Leisen's plot to murder him was that he wanted to keep Sain Territory, intending to expose it when the time was ripe.

As for when the time would be considered ripe?

That would naturally be when he had the ability to finish off Baron Leisen and could bring Sain Territory under his own name.

Once Wushan Castle knew that Sain Territory had done such a thing, they would inevitably send people to investigate; at that time, Baron Leisen should be exhausted from dealing with this matter and have no time to attend to Shanlin Town.

In this way, it could provide Luoning with Along buffer period.

"I must send someone out to deliver a message tomorrow."

The Professional Knight needed to stay by Luoning's side and obviously could not be sent out, so Luoning could only select two Guards to deliver the letter.

"Equipped with Ordinary Warhorses, departing during the day to quickly pass through the forest, the danger should not be great. Then have them go to Lake Town to borrow a Letter Bird from the Green Family to send a letter to Wushan Castle; Baron German wouldn't refuse, would he?"

The Letter Bird was a tool for transmitting information in this world, somewhat similar to a carrier pigeon.

It was about fifty centimeters long, fast, and had high endurance; it was said it could fly one thousand li in a day.

With it delivering the letter, the matters of Shanlin Town could be brought to Wushan Castle in one day.

Luoning also wanted to get a few Letter Birds, but this thing required specialized people to train; it wasn't something you could use just by catching it, as the Letter Bird had to remember the locations at both ends.

Time passed slowly in thought, and soon it reached midnight.

Unknowingly, 14 days had passed since Luoning arrived in this world, and he had received his second Warm Gift Box through check-in.

【Attribute Point +25】

【Energy Essence +25】

Compared to the last one, this Warm Gift Box had 5 more points in both Attribute Points and Energy Essence.

It really was... indeed warmer.

Luoning familiarly spent all the Attribute Points on his Magician rank; now the progress had reached 101/150.

With his current Mental Power and amount of mana, he could cast the Clear Wind Spell many times.

It was just a pity that this Level 1 Magic, besides being able to blow up a lady's skirt, seemed to have no other use.

Oh right, it could be used to blow away dust during a deep cleaning.

"It will only take a little over a week for me to max out the Magician progress, and at that time I will be able to break through to Intermediate."

As long as he broke through to Intermediate, Luoning would be able to learn the Wind Blade Spell.

That day, Pedro had relied on a sneak attack to kill the Lake Town Knight Captain directly with a Wind Blade Spell; learning this spell would be a very high boost to Luoning's overall strength.

"After I put all the Energy Essence into Maiken tomorrow, his Knight Rank progress will reach 95/200, still halfway away from becoming a true Advanced Knight."

As long as he could stall Sain Territory and keep the other side from having time to attend to Shanlin Town for a period, Luoning still had plenty of room to maneuver.

Meanwhile, in the hall of Baron Leisen of Sain Territory.

The Magic Crystal Lamp shone with bright light, illuminating the hall brightly.

If Luoning were here, he would probably think he had returned to Earth.

Magicians were rare, and Magicians who could create magic items were even rarer among the rare.

Therefore, this caused the price of magic items to be expensive; for example, this Magic Crystal Lamp of Baron Leisen's required at least a hundred gold coins to purchase.

This was just for purchasing the "lamp shell"; it used Magic Crystals and Magic Cores as energy, and this aspect also required quite a few gold coins.

So those who could use Magic Crystal Lamps were often nobles, and specifically nobles who were relatively wealthy and willing to spend this kind of "face money."

Leisen was just such a man of face.

Constantly showing off his splendor and flaunting his wealth was one of the things he liked to do.

"My Lord, our intelligence was wrong. Luoning has an Advanced Peak Knight protecting him, and we could not guarantee we could definitely kill him, so we did not act."

Knight Feilidun was making his report, "Moreover, the group of Guards under him do not seem to be ordinary cannon fodder. I suspect Lord Lulansi still values his own bloodline."

Baron Leisen, sitting above, turned the huge deep blue jade ring on his finger, digesting the results the knights had brought back.

To tell the truth, he had not expected this.

"You said it well. That guy Weijinsi clearly hates Luoning, but Lord Lulansi values bloodline very much."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but laugh, "Lord Lulansi was so heroic when he was young; who could have thought that in his old age he would have no successor, not even hesitating to arrange an Advanced Knight to protect a trash grandson like Luoning."

Feilidun echoed, "After all, Luoning has the blood of Wushan flowing in his body; perhaps he has a chance to produce a powerful Transcendental?"

"Heh heh, then he should treat Luoning as a stud horse, letting him linger in bed every day to have more children."

The deputy Wunai laughed, "Isn't Luoning just that kind of person? But I actually suspect, since he has been with so many women yet hasn't fathered a single child, could it be that he is as useless as his father?"

"Hahahaha~"

In the hall, Leisen and several knights laughed into a group.

After the laughter gradually ceased, Feilidun put on a more worried face.

"My Lord, although Luoning did not learn from Pulinsite and the others that we were plotting to harm him, once he takes up his post in Shanlin Town, he will definitely know that we have obtained many benefits from Shanlin Town over these years."

He paused, then continued, "If he informs Wushan Castle of this matter, it will likely not be a good thing for you."

"I have already thought of this matter and have a countermeasure!"

Baron Leisen was not panicked at all, looking as if this matter was easy to solve.

"Feilidun, you set off early tomorrow morning to go to Shanlin Town to negotiate with Luoning. Just say that we are willing to compensate him for the things we have taken from Shanlin Town over these years, and ask him not to inform Wushan Castle of this matter."

"Compensation?"

Feilidun pondered this method, then slowly nodded, "My lord, this method of yours is feasible, but I don't know if that fellow Luoning will agree to it."

"Only a fool would disagree!"

Leisen laughed, "If he chooses to report this matter to Wushan Castle, I will pull some strings then, have the great nobles put in a good word, and then pay some money to compensate Wushan Castle; this matter will be settled."

"But in this way, the one who gets the money is Wushan Castle, not his Shanlin Town. Yet if that Luoning agrees to settle this matter privately with me, the one who gets the money is him, Luoning, not Wushan Castle."

After speaking, he looked around at the knights present and asked with a chuckle, "Tell me, would Luoning be foolish enough to refuse this compensation?"

Everyone nodded in agreement; Luoning shouldn't be that foolish, right?

"In Luoning's eyes, our relationship with them is not one of life-and-death; rather than letting Wushan Castle take the money, it is better for him to take the money himself."

Knight Feilidun exclaimed in admiration, "My lord's method is truly ingenious!"

The reason they judged that there was no mortal enmity between the two sides was mainly because they had spent some time together in peace that afternoon.

If there were a mortal enmity, given Luoning's personality and the protection of an Advanced Knight, a conflict would definitely have broken out.

"Alright, the matter of Shanlin Town is left to you to handle; we will discuss the follow-up matters after I return."

To Baron Leisen, Shanlin Town would eventually belong to him. Previously it was managed by Pulinsite, and now it was merely being left in Luoning's hands for a period of time.

He stood up and instructed, "Lord Aosen's birthday is almost here, so I will set off for Heimang City tomorrow. This time, Wunai, you take two knights to accompany me. Feilidun, you and the others stay in the territory."

The "Lord Aosen" he spoke of was the Border Count Aosen Haide, and Heimang City was the central city of the Haide Family, which was quite a distance from Sain Territory.

Leisen was going to attend the Count's birthday banquet partly because he had been invited, and partly because he wanted to use this opportunity to see friends, make connections, and communicate well with certain figures.

Compared to attending the birthday banquet, the importance of the matter in Shanlin Town was not on the same level.

"Alright, dismiss; Feilidun, come with me to get the agreement."

Baron Leisen strode out of the hall.

(End of this chapter)