Chapter 217: A Man's Sneaky Thoughts!

It turned out that the few fellows had awakened five or six minutes after Freya and the others left last night.

However, they chose not to leave Storm Domain immediately, but instead thought that the tribal savages would attack the castle.

That would mean Wheat Town would plunge into chaos and leave its defenses empty.

So, after some discussion, they decided to stay and make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pull off a big score.

When they heard the shouts of battle erupting above the castle, they could not wait to sneak into the town and begin looting.

They just did not expect that Gervas's Moon Chaser had been watching them all along.

While they were robbing, Moon Chaser found the guards and led them to capture the robbers!

"In view of the fact that these five bandits broke into the serf Jonah's family, beat Jonah to serious injury with wooden sticks, and while looting property also attempted to rape Jonah's wife, by the decree of my lord Gervas, these five bandits are guilty of heinous crimes and shall be immediately executed by hanging!"

"Now, the hanging begins!"

"My lord is mighty! Kill these hateful bandits!"

"My lord is wise! Kill these damn wretches!"

Hearing the crimes announced by Lauren and seeing Jonah himself, his head wrapped in blood-red bandages, being carried forward to testify.

Immediately, the townspeople were filled with righteous anger, shouting for the execution of the bandits.

Amidst the cheers and gazes of the crowd, the five bandits were naturally executed on the spot, and afterwards they would be hung in the town square for several days as a warning to others.

And when Freya learned that the group had even intended to loot in the midst of disaster, her originally clear eyes became confused.

"This pitiful child is obviously too well protected by his father!" Gervas clicked his tongue in amazement.

【Ding! Daily intelligence has been refreshed...】

【Intelligence One: With the prosperity of Storm Domain, some refugees from the wasteland have also heard of it.

They are all honest and upright refugees, mainly farming and gathering on the wasteland, then bringing goods to the kingdom to trade for a living.

In the past, they usually went to Viscount Pat's domain to trade.

Because Viscount Pat was greedy enough, he would not care whether they were refugees or ordinary serfs as long as they paid money.

However, after Viscount Pat was defeated by you, he deeply realized the insufficient strength of his domain,

so he began to impose heavier taxes in his domain.

He wanted to use this to develop his domain.

And these refugees, naturally, became the first victims.

The goods they sold in Viscount Pat's domain now require a seventy percent tax.

Such taxes have led many refugees to decide to risk going to other noble domains to trade.

And your Storm Domain, because the distance is not far and the serfs have become wealthy, has also become one of the places they try to trade.

It is estimated that at least a hundred refugees will attempt to come to Storm Domain for trade today!】

【Intelligence Two: The danger of the Death Mountain Range is not only for the human race, but for all races.

This morning, near a lake thirty li east of Eagle Peak, a fight broke out between a group of Tier Four griffins and a group of Tier Six iron-spine vultures.

In the end, this fight had no winner and ended with both sides suffering heavy losses.

Among them, two iron-spine vultures died directly, while nine griffins died directly, and another six were severely injured and lying on the ground!

Their final time of passing will be in the afternoon.】

【Intelligence Three: Do you remember the Holy Light Flower that can grow in the area eroded by death energy?

It is a light-attribute magical herb plant that is valuable from head to toe.

The Holy Light Flower itself can be ground into powder and then applied to the body, which can temporarily resist the erosion of dark death energy.

Furthermore, it can also make low-level dark creatures stay away due to fear of the Holy Light aura.

Of course, the most powerful effect is the Holy Light Fruit it bears after maturing.

After taking the Holy Light Fruit, one not only gains permanent resistance to the dark attribute, but also increases affinity with the light attribute!

Currently, the Holy Light Flowers have been maturing and bearing fruit one after another, and many such Holy Light Flowers are growing on the edge of the death energy contamination between the Death Mountain Range and the Chaos Wasteland.

If not picked, they will wither and die one after another within a week.】

【Intelligence Four: After several months of trade, you have formed a deep friendship with the Buwa tribe of the fish people of the Sea Race.

You have also gained huge benefits from this trade.

However, compared to your caution and focus on developing armed forces, the Buwa tribe's military strength seems to have failed to keep up with the growth of their wealth.

And this also means that the Buwa tribe has become a juicy target in the eyes of other Sea Races.

Just two days ago, a joint army of merfolk from the Sea Race attacked the Buwa tribe, causing the Buwa tribe to lose nearly half of their tribal warriors.

Today, Waga will come to Storm Domain to ask you for help!】

【Intelligence Five: A secret team from Eagle City will arrive at Viscount Pat's castle today,

and both sides seem to be discussing something.】

【Intelligence Six: Thanks to your help, the birthday cake made the birthday of Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding famous far and wide.

For this reason, Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding directly made it clear that his eldest son should recover the family fleet.

After learning of his father's hard work, Adams immediately began trying to subdue the fleet.

And he used the advice you gave, especially using gold coins to pave the way, and the effect of this method seems to be quite good.】

Gently wake the sleeping soul, slowly open your eyes!

Another beautiful day has begun.

And the ding-ding sound of the daily intelligence system arrived as scheduled.

After carefully savoring today's intelligence, Gervas knew that this would be another busy day.

Today's intelligence was a mix of good and bad news.

For example, refugees attempting to trade in the Storm Domain, as well as Sunlight Flowers and Griffin, are all promising opportunities.

But there is bad news too—the Bowa tribe has encountered a crisis.

You must know that Waga is the only one capable of communicating with the human race… well, at least the only one Grivas currently knows of.

Therefore, Waga must not suffer any harm, after all, he receives abundant Luminous Pearls and sea fish from Waga each month.

In addition, Intelligence Five is also worth close attention: a mysterious team from Eagle City has visited Viscount Pat's fortress.

Although the system has not yet revealed the identity of this divine team, Grivas can likely deduce some details.

"Hope you behave properly, or else if you're used as a pawn, don't blame me!"

A cold glint flashed in Grivas's eyes.

Ding ling ling!

The jingling of the doorbell echoed.

With a creak, the bedroom door was pushed open.

"Good morning, my lord!"

"Good morning… my lord!"

"Good morning, Caroline!"

"Good morning, Freya… maid!"

Looking at the two lively maids, Grivas's slightly downcast mood from the bad intelligence lifted again.

Especially seeing Freya, the maid whose beauty carried a touch of wildness, a sense of accomplishment arose naturally.

Perhaps this was just male vanity at work.

Wanting a woman to obey utterly, yet secretly wishing to conquer a defiant one.

After days of training, this new maid seemed to have slightly adapted to her role.

Especially since Grivas often muttered about "missing the feel of certain faces," Freya, the proud little princess posing as a maid, immediately lost her temper.

The reason is easy to understand: those heir candidates were all heirs from tribes most loyal to their fathers.

Thus, being captured again by Grivas had plunged Freya into deep guilt.

If, because of her, all those heirs became Iron Claw No. 2, she certainly would not wish to see that happen!