Chapter 416: Submission

The next day, Lulansi gathered the nobles and the members of the Knight Order together, and right there in the fortress hall of Heimang Castle, he recounted the distribution of the spoils of this war.

As the only one to be granted a title, Kabier was naturally excited.

He was of commoner origin, and even though he had relied on his appearance and strength to marry Maijinni, he had not had enough military merit over these years, leaving him as only an Honorary Knight; now, he was finally granted a title and had his own territory.

Although the other nobles only received money and supplies, they were also relatively satisfied.

After all, they had requested to participate in this battle of their own volition, and Wushan Castle had not issued a summons.

From this point on, Heimang City returned to the management of Wushan Castle; Lulansi would arrange for officials to come and take charge of the administration and other work here, while simultaneously stationing a Knight Order to guard the area.

Zilei Territory was also publicly assigned to Luoning, and Lulansi even gave him the authority to mobilize the Heimang City Knight Order should a critical situation arise.

The nobles had no objections to this arrangement by Lulansi.

Beyond shock, Luoning's performance had gradually elicited feelings of admiration, respect, and submission from them.

Not yet twenty years old, and already either a Meteor or a Silver Moon Knight—who wouldn't respect such a person?

In their eyes, the future Wushan Territory would undoubtedly belong to Luoning.

Therefore, now, let alone Lulansi handing Zilei Territory to Luoning, even if he had handed over Heimang City, they would not have felt surprised.

It was merely moving from the left hand to the right.

Moreover, upon hearing Lulansi grant Luoning the authority to mobilize the Knight Order, they keenly realized another layer of the Marquis's intentions.

They were all people who had experienced past events and knew of the conflict between Lulansi and Andreya.

In the past, the Marquis was ill and would not even leave his castle, let alone handle these conflicts.

Now it was different; the Marquis had not only fully recovered but had even become a Silver Moon Knight. In the future, there might even be friction with the Vila Principality.

Thinking of this, the nobles all began to feel that they needed to hurry up and improve their strength.

Consequently, after the banquet ended, the nobles intercepted Luoning, insisting on purchasing Enhancement Potions from him.

Out of consideration for their feelings, Luoning promised some, about one-tenth of the amount.

Viscount Mawen and the others still hoped for a larger quantity, but Luoning could only deflect with the excuse of insufficient medicinal herbs.

At the same time, he offered a condition: if they could collect enough Magic Medicinal Herbs to increase production, there would be additional amounts for sale.

Thus, everyone joined the ranks of collecting Magic Medicinal Herbs.

Of course, Luoning only requested many Magic Medicinal Herbs just as he had done with Milosilafu, without giving out the specific formula for the Enhancement Potion.

After shaking off these nobles, Luoning did not continue to rest for two days as Lulansi had suggested.

On one hand, he had Kaierluosi send Ruidar back to Anbian City, with the latter notifying Joffrey to lead a team to take over Jushi City and Chishan Town, while simultaneously having Maiken lead his Knight Squad to set off for Zilei Territory immediately.

On the other hand, he himself, along with Aierlong, Ruige, and the Wubei Territory Knight Squad, headed toward Zilei Territory.

Before Maiken's Knight Squad arrived, Ruige and the others would be responsible for the security and defense of Zilei Territory.

The news of Aosen's defeat and Taini's death in battle reached Zilei Territory when Ruidar and the others entered the city and occupied the castle.

Although Taini's son, Geernuote, possessed the right of succession, as the price for following a traitor, they would lose their existing noble titles and territory along with the loss of their liege lord of Heimang Castle.

Therefore, the moment Geernuote heard the news, he executed the instructions his father Taini had given him before setting out on the expedition—

In the event that Heimang Castle was defeated and he himself had fallen, Geernuote could take the main members of the family and the family wealth to seek refuge in the Vila Principality the moment he heard the news.

So, that very night, under the cover of darkness and the escort of guards, Geernuote quickly fled Zilei Territory and entered the Vila Principality.

Those with resources and connections could run to other countries for refuge, but some were unwilling to run, or rather, they lacked the conditions to go out and seek asylum, such as the Reed Family.

As the only Baron under Taini, the head of the Reed Family, Nige, had followed Taini to the battlefield without exception, and had also died on the battlefield without exception.

His son, Saimen, logically became the head of the family, but he did not know what to do.

If he did not flee and stayed here, there was even a risk of becoming a Slave.

But if he fled to the Vila Principality, it might end in the same result; they did not have sufficiently strong connections there.

After much thought, he could only choose to pledge allegiance to the new lord of Zilei Territory, and how to make the new lord accept him was another matter that required careful deliberation.

Whoosh—

As the sun sank in the west, a huge black shadow streaked across the sky and arrived above Zilei Territory.

Looking down from a height, Luoning saw the city, and also saw the Heisong Mountain Range, and even the territory of the Vila Principality to the east.

"Kaierluosi, in the future, you must also move about in this mountain range, letting the Magic Beasts in the mountains know the power of Zilei Territory so they dare not approach rashly."

"Rest assured, Master, I guarantee that no Magic Beast will attack your territory!"

Luoning once again fed Energy Essence to the dragon; its level progress reached (9648/12500), and it was already about to break through to become a Level 7 Magical Beast.

Experiencing the surge of strength, Kaierluosi felt ten thousand reasons to submit to Luoning.

Now, let alone letting it go into the mountains to hunt, even if he asked it to be a porter, it would be perfectly willing.

"Let's go, let's go take a look at Taini's castle."

Luoning rode Kaierluosi and observed the territory from the air.

As night fell, he saw many farmers returning from the fields; everything seemed as usual, and the place had not fallen into a state of chaos and disorder.

"Go, to the castle."

Luoning felt something was amiss, but with Aierlong and Kaierluosi by his side, he was not afraid at all.

The castle was easy to find; occupying a large area, well-maintained, and relatively magnificent in architecture—these were the greatest characteristics of the castle.

Kaierluosi tucked in its giant wings and dove down with the person on its back; the immense speed caused a violent sound of air friction, the momentum of which startled the people in the castle to come out.

"What is this?"

Saimen, who was guarding the castle, was stunned.

For a moment, he even thought that a huge Magic Beast from the Heisong Mountain Range was attacking Zilei City, but upon closer inspection, there was a person standing on the back of the flying Magic Beast.

"Silver-white hair, a member of the Wushan Family!"

His thoughts raced like lightning, and he immediately suppressed the fear in his heart and stepped forward; the time for a gamble had arrived.

"May I ask, Excellency... are you Count Luoning?"

Luoning jumped down from the dragon's back and glanced at the castle; there were not many guards here, and he didn't even see many Servants.

Afterwards, he turned his gaze toward Saimen and asked, "Are you Geernuote?"

Saimen bowed to the dragon: "My lord, I am Saimen of the Reed Family. The Geernuote you speak of has already taken his family and wealth and fled Zilei Territory, heading to the Vila Principality to seek refuge."

Luoning could not help but frown; he had come fast enough, yet he had not expected to still be half a beat too slow.

If he had known earlier that Zilei Territory was his territory, he would have come here that very night.

"Reed Family..."

Luoning muttered to himself, but he had no impression of this family in his mind, so he had to ask: "Since he ran away, why didn't you run?"

Hearing this, Saimen knelt on one knee: "Compared to fleeing, I am more willing to submit to you, a great member of the Wushan Family, the Count of Wubei Territory, Ronin Wushan!"

He raised his head, his gaze earnest: "My lord, please accept my allegiance!" (End of chapter)