[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-stronger-through-marriage":3,"chapter-wizard-stronger-through-marriage-wizard-stronger-through-marriage-chapter-174":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wizard: Stronger through Marriage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},750683,996,"Chapter 174 - 118: Activate the Ice Barrier!","wizard-stronger-through-marriage-chapter-174",174,"\u003Cp>Their families and forces were all stationed at the Northern Fortress, and at this moment, they could only express their allegiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David accepted the allegiance of some of these nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for those nobles already blacklisted by the Gray Wolf Knight, he would not accept them lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now was the time for revenge and settling grievances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He announced a series of noble names on the spot, then took the Wolf Cavalry to arrest these nobles directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the nobles who dared to resist, he showed no mercy, and with a flick of his blade, he declared the death sentence for this noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Duke Frost Wolf, I hate you immensely!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have killed you back then, completely erasing the Frost Wolf Clan from this world.\" Some doomed nobles cursed incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in death, they could not understand how the young master of the Frost Wolf Clan, who hadn’t even activated the Frost Wolf Bloodline,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>managed to elevate his strength to Tier Six Earth Knight and become a top-tier expert in such a short time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other nobles also realized this and looked at Duke Frost Wolf with an ever-growing sense of chill in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Frost Wolf’s restraint was truly terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In retrospect, Duke Frost Wolf must have been hiding his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A descendant of the Frost Wolf Clan with an inactive bloodline truly posed no threat; given time, he would naturally disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such times, no one would think of attacking the Frost Wolf Clan that had nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, there are not many benefits, and it might bring unnecessary infamy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these forces had known that Duke Frost Wolf had long activated his bloodline power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and that his prodigious talent far surpassed the old duke, they probably would have struck at the first opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it’s too late to say anything now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With victory belongs the king, with defeat comes ruin; since they lost, they naturally have to bear the corresponding consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And David clearly also learned a lesson from his own story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t hold back against these nobles, opting for complete eradication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several consecutive days, the Northern Fortress was awash in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, David was relatively restrained and didn’t kill all the nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those who hadn’t targeted the Frost Wolf Clan but merely occupied the clan’s assets, he opted to levy a fine hefty enough to cause substantial damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he handled the forces within the Northern Fortress, it finally welcomed stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, naturally, came the arrangements for the Northern Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David didn’t intend to make too many changes to the original generals who defended the fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from allowing some nobles who pledged allegiance to the Frost Wolf Clan to fill the gaps left by the purged commanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even plan to replace the Fortress Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Duke, are you not planning to garrison the Northern Fortress?\" Marquis Corny was somewhat puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David nodded upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost Wolf Ridge still had his wife and witches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, compared to the Northern Fortress, Frost Wolf Ridge was obviously more hidden, making it suitable for the witches to conceal themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the forces at the Northern Fortress were too complex, and he didn’t wish to spend his energy dealing with these nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had eliminated the opposing forces to the Frost Wolf Clan at the Northern Fortress,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and with the key to the fortress barrier in hand, no one at the Northern Fortress could stir up any trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, Frost Wolf Ridge was not far from the Northern Fortress, and riding full speed on his Netherworld Wolf, he could reach it in just half a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With him being the de facto commander of the Northern Fortress, the fortress’s strength had increased significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Duke Frost Wolf’s firm stance, Corny knew no further persuasion would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, both the other nobles of the Northern Fortress and internally within his family hoped he would continue as the Fortress Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will continue to guard the Northern Fortress for Lord Duke,\" Marquis Corny said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David nodded, leaving behind some officials to assist Corny in managing the fortress. Of course, this also served a monitoring purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Annie would deploy hidden spies at the Northern Fortress, and with messengers present, he could learn about events there at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arranging all these miscellaneous tasks, David breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Fortress could now be considered his domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tax revenue and other benefits it could provide annually were considerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these abundant resources, his future cultivation as a wizard would be much smoother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sorting out everything, David finally had time to take out the Ice Treasure Pearl, which could control the Ice Barrier, and carefully examined it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Ice Treasure Pearl was inherently an ice-attribute weapon, capable of directly enhancing the power of an Ice Mage’s ice-attribute magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, most importantly, the Ice Treasure Pearl could control the Ice Barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place David was staying now was naturally the former mansion of the Frost Wolf Clan, also the home of the Fortress Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, the Ice and Snow Dusk Turtle Clan had begun to move out, and David naturally wanted to reclaim the Frost Wolf Clan’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly made his way to the study within the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrangement inside the study hadn’t changed much from before he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice and Snow Dusk Turtle Clan had handled this matter quite satisfactorily for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the main reason he chose to let the Ice and Snow Dusk Turtle Clan continue to manage the Northern Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, David was not there for nostalgia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The study contained an entrance to the Ice Barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>",950,"2026-06-02T12:15:32.422Z",1,"novelbin.me","5f25407ff3d70948950a180481a70891df8841ff41006630308d59b178377ccf","wizard-stronger-through-marriage-chapter-175","wizard-stronger-through-marriage-chapter-173",992,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-stronger-through-marriage-cover.jpg"]