Chapter 39: The Second Meeting with the Commoners

The air on the mountain road in the early morning was very humid, and two fast horses were galloping along the mountain path.

The sturdy Guards on horseback were selected by Luoning to go out and deliver a letter; they were heading to Lake Town to seek help from the Gelin Family.

If Baron German was willing to lend a Letter Bird, then these two Guards would return. Otherwise, the two of them would have to follow the path they came by to return to Wushan Castle and deliver the letter.

At this moment, they had already galloped for dozens of miles, and in another two hours, they would be out of the mountainous area.

However, just at this time, two fast horses were galloping toward them from the opposite direction.

"It's that Knight from yesterday!"

"From Sain Territory, what is he here for again?"

The two messengers felt a thud in their hearts and couldn't help but pull on their reins to stop, clearing the path for the other party.

The person who arrived was none other than the Knight Captain of Sain Territory, Felidun Hengli; he had not expected to run into people from Shanlin Town here.

Felidun also stopped and asked, "Where are you all heading?"

The aura of an Advanced Knight made the two Guards feel nervous, but thinking of their backer, the lord of Shanlin Town, Baron Luoning, the two messengers managed to calm down.

Although ordinary people had no power to fight back against a Knight, if the other party killed them casually, they would have to pay a huge price once it was known, and a large sum of money would be inevitable.

"Respected Knight sir, we are delivering a letter on behalf of Lord Luoning," one of the messengers replied.

Felidun's heart jumped violently upon hearing this; could it be a letter to Wushan Castle? And was it about the matters between Sain Territory and Shanlin Town?

"Do you know what kind of letter Lord Luoning has asked you to deliver?" he asked hurriedly.

"Sorry, Knight sir, we are not clear about the contents of the letter either."

Felidun frowned slightly; he had come today to resolve the trouble in Sain Territory. If this letter from Luoning was truly about this matter and he let the messengers deliver it, then it would be troublesome.

"Don't deliver your letter for now," Felidun said.

Hearing this, the two messengers were suddenly shocked, and their heartbeats accelerated; this Knight sir wouldn't really be looking for trouble with them, would he?

"Sorry, this is a matter specifically entrusted by our lord. Without Lord Luoning's approval, we must deliver the letter. Sir Felidun, you wouldn't stop us, would you?"

The two messengers were nervous but neither humble nor pushy.

They had experienced yesterday's events, and before leaving, they had Luoning's instructions, so they had to remain sufficiently calm.

"Hehe, you don't need to be nervous."

Felidun became gentle, "I am currently preparing to request an audience with your lord, Baron Luoning. The matter I wish to discuss may be related to the contents of the letter in your hands. If you deliver it, it might cause your lord a loss of hundreds of gold coins!"

He was very good at picking out the key points when speaking, "If Lord Luoning knew that it was because you didn't listen to my advice that he suffered such a large loss, do you think he would blame you?"

"This..."

The two messengers looked at each other; they were at a loss now.

Seeing the situation, Felidun continued, "How about this, you come back with me to see your lord. When the time comes, I will tell him that it was I who asked you to return; I imagine he shouldn't blame you."

"Besides, if you need to deliver letters later, I can lend you the Letter Birds of Sain Territory to use; it's much faster than running with horses."

The two messengers were still a bit hesitant, but thinking that this matter might concern their lord's wealth and plans, they ultimately chose to compromise.

"Haha, good, then let's go! I'll have to trouble you to announce me later!"

Felidun laughed loudly and pulled on his reins, preparing to continue the journey.

"By the way, yesterday Lord Luoning said that there is an Advanced Peak Professional Knight among you; is it that big fellow who is as sturdy as a mountain?"

The two messengers said with a laugh while turning their horses around.

"That is Lord Maiken!"

"Lord Maiken is amazing! It is said that even if two or three Advanced Peak Knights besieged him at the same time, he could remain invincible!"

A serious light flashed in Felidun's eyes; this Maiken was a very difficult opponent, he must pay attention to him in the future!

In fact, he did not know that the reason the two messengers said this was because Luoning had specifically instructed them during training in the morning.

Whether it was people from Shanlin Town or others, whenever anyone asked about the Guard Officer's strength, they were to answer exactly like that.

On the other side, Luoning was leading Maiken, Chahaer, and others toward the pasture on the west side of the town.

Last night, Dawei and Tangmu had already notified the commoners that the lord wanted to see them, and it was agreed to meet at the western pasture at ten o'clock this morning.

Currently, Luoning did not have many people around him; ten injured Guards were recuperating, two had been sent out as messengers, and five were left to guard the castle, so there were only twelve Guards who could accompany him.

Ordinary Guards did not have much combat power in front of a Transcendental, so Luoning brought them purely for the sake of pageantry.

At this moment, the western pasture was bustling with people, and the commoners had arrived early to wait there.

The scene of the new lord entering the town yesterday had already been spread by the commoners. Although Pulinsite was a traitor, this lord had killed so many people in one go; he looked like a fierce person at first glance.

How could they dare to let the lord wait here?

At this moment, basically all the commoners had come; even those who were seriously ill and unable to walk were carried here by their families.

When Luoning arrived outside the pasture, he was startled by the scene before him.

His first feeling was: My god, why are there so many people?

His second feeling was joy rising from his heart.

It's good to have more people; with more people, the difficulty of completing the 【Population Prosperity】 achievement would be greatly reduced.

With Luoning's appearance, the crowd that had been clamorous suddenly quieted down. Everyone focused their gaze on Luoning, fearing that making a sound would displease this lord.

It was the first time Luoning had been watched by so many people; it would be impossible not to be a little nervous inside.

However, his status now was that of a lord, and he could not lose face in front of his own commoners.

He took a deep breath and stepped toward the high ground—there was no specially built high platform, just a small mound protruding from the pasture.

Well, such a meeting occasion had no pageantry at all.

But there was no help for it; this matter was arranged in a rush, and at the same time, Luoning had no Administrator.

Thinking of this, Luoning really had a bit of a headache.

An Administrator was not like a Servant; one could not just recruit one casually.

To serve in the role of Administrator, one must at least learn to read, right?

Luoning surveyed his subordinates; the thirty Guards, including Dawei, were not suitable, and aside from them, there were only Maiken, Aierlong, Chahaer, and Tangmu.

Chahaer was the Steward of the castle, and the others were all Transcendental, so none of them were suitable to serve as Administrator.

After a brief moment of wandering thoughts, Luoning's attention returned to the present; he glanced at Aierlong beside him, who understood, immediately stepped forward, and said in a loud voice:

"People of Shanlin Town, bloodline of the great Wushan Family, Lord of Shanlin Town, Baron Luoning, stands before you now! Regardless of your status, now, pay your respects to your Lord and offer your loyalty!"

Aierlong had read quite a few books during this time, including two knight novels, and the lines in them were just like this; he was actively putting them to use.

As his voice fell, everyone began to pay their respects.

The subjects who were Serfs knelt on the ground one after another, while the Free Citizens bowed deeply to show their respect.

Luoning looked over; those kneeling on the ground made up the majority.

But no matter who they were, they all shouted aloud: "Greetings, my Lord!"

The simultaneous shouting of over a thousand people converged into a massive wave of sound, making one's heart surge with excitement.

Luoning looked at this group of subjects, feeling very moved inside; this was his foundation.

"I accept your loyalty, my people!"

He responded loudly, "Starting from today, we will clarify our respective rights and obligations."

Luoning did not need to say too many platitudes, especially when facing his own subjects.

"As my subjects, loyalty to Shanlin Town and loyalty to me, Luoning Liehuofengbao, is your first principle! You must work hard for me, work for the construction of Shanlin Town!"

"As your Lord, I will exercise my rights and also fulfill my obligations. I will grant you powerful protection, stable public order, and an increasingly better life!"

After saying these words, Luoning glanced at Aierlong.

The other understood and immediately said: "The light from our Lord shall forever protect you all!"

As he spoke, he slowly raised his hands, which were shining with bright radiance.

This scene shocked the people below directly.

At this moment, a beam of light shot out from Aierlong's hand, heading straight toward a wounded person in the crowd with a bandage wrapped around their arm.

Everyone followed the direction of the light, staring at this wounded person.

The wounded person was stunned for a moment, then let out a cry of surprise, "My wound is healed!"

With an excited expression, they tore off the bandage on their arm, and the people were pleasantly surprised to find that the wound on the arm, which still had blood on it, had already healed.

"Seven Gods above, what kind of magical ability is this!" That person looked up at Aierlong, their eyes revealing awe.

At this moment, Aierlong used the Flash Spell on Luoning.

At the same time, he shouted: "This is the radiance from Lord Luoning; he has permitted me to bestow this light upon you, to protect you!"

Luoning, glowing all over, now rose in the hearts of these Serfs and Free Citizens as an infinitely mysterious figure; they opened their mouths wide and stared with wide eyes, as if they were seeing a deity at this moment.

Maiken drew his longsword, Battle Qi surged, and a ray of light shot straight into the sky, majestic and imposing.

"Let us shout, long live Lord Luoning!"

The subjects were stunned for a moment, then many reacted and followed along, shouting.

The shouting was sparse and uncoordinated at first, but as more and more people joined in, the shouting became louder and more unified.

"Long live Lord Luoning!"

"Long live Lord Luoning!"

"Long live Lord Luoning!"

(End of this chapter)