In a moment, Earl Olcott followed the crowd towards the commercial street and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Marvin stood there, watching the accompanying soldiers go on their tour after asking about the existence of the hotel, and then went straight to Wendell's shop.

He had to talk to his captain about the lord.

He didn't know what the lord's plan was for Hope Village, but if they became enemies, their trade between the two places would most likely be affected, so they had to prepare early.

After a short while, Marvin arrived at the magic equipment store opened by their mercenary team.

The store was packed with people at this time, and the employees who were greeting customers were so busy that they could hardly keep up.

Wendell had a relatively easy job as the boss, and only helped to entertain some customers occasionally.

Seeing Marvin coming, he went to him after seeing off a customer.

"What's wrong?" Unlike Marvin's usual excited look, today he had a noticeable look of sadness on his face. Wendel thought something must have happened, so he asked directly.

"The lord is here." Marvin said hurriedly.

...

...

My Lord?

When he heard it, Wendell was stunned for a second, but soon realized that the person who was speaking was Count Olcott, the lord of the town of Benguela.

"What is he doing in Hope Village?" Wendell asked quickly.

Marvin quickly told Wendell what had happened, even not forgetting to explain that they had encountered several mercenary teams from Hope Village on the road.

After Wendel heard this, he looked thoughtful for a while before he spoke: "Perhaps the Lord wants to see if there is any need to win over Hope Village."

"Huh? Aren't you here to cause trouble?" Marvin said subconsciously. In his mind, this idea still prevailed.

"Maybe he had some thoughts at first, but changed his mind after seeing the potential of Hope Village. I'm afraid he will be sure after he sees Hope Village." Wendell said directly: "At present, Benguela Town does not have much advantage in terms of force against Hope Village."

"Intermediate professionals..." The professionals in Hope Village are still mostly beginners!

"When you go back this time, you may not know clearly that after the special buildings are upgraded, four mercenaries can be hired each time. Two special buildings mean eight. These eight are all intermediate professionals. Eight a day has been going on for several days. Hope Village can get as many intermediate professionals as it wants." Wendel compared the strength of Hope Village and Benguela Town in his mind and had an idea of ​​what this incident was about.

The two territories cannot become enemies.

Especially since the lord is a smart man, how could he do anything that would harm others and benefit himself?

"I remember that each upgrade of a special building costs twice as much gold coins as the previous one. Currently, a level 3 special building in Hope Village requires 400 gold coins, and two special buildings require 800 gold coins. In addition, the intermediate professionals employed by Hope Village receive 2 gold coins per month. Assuming there are 100 people, that means 2,000 gold coins per month..." The more Marvin counted, the more surprised he became.

The cost is really frighteningly high.

Ordinary territories really can’t afford it.

This is also the reason why many special buildings for territory summoning are useless, and some are simply not unlocked, because the territory directly supporting 100 intermediate professionals is not as expensive as this, and that is not a long-term investment.

"Hope Village can afford it." Wendel said directly, "Hope Village previously supplied more than a hundred undead and orcs, which cost more than a thousand gold coins a month. Later, they stopped summoning because they felt that the number was enough to match the development of the territory. After that, they did not summon for a period of time, but focused on training the professionals in their own territory. Now that Hope Village has become a level 3 village, it has started summoning again. I'm afraid it will continue for a while, until Hope Village feels that it is enough."

Marvin listened and sighed, "Hope Village is really rich."

To a certain extent, gold coins are indeed one of the criteria for measuring the strength of a territory.

Having gold coins in a territory does not necessarily mean success, but without gold coins it will definitely not succeed.

"So after confirming that it is impossible to conquer Hope Village by force, the lord will make the right choice." Wendel said in a firm voice.

"...Yeah." After getting the accurate information, Marvin felt much more relieved.

However, as if he had thought of something, he added, "Captain, if Benguela Town really becomes hostile to Hope Village, what will you choose?"

Wendell listened, glanced at Marvin, and said calmly: "I won't think about this issue for now."

Marvin listened and immediately shut up. He shouldn't have asked this question.

However, based on his understanding of the captain, as long as the captain did not say it was the town of Benguela, he was inclined to Hope Village to a certain extent.

Looking at Marvin's eyes, Wendell knew what he was thinking.

But it doesn’t matter if the other party guessed it. Anyway, all his actions now are in support of the town of Benguela. It’s not too much to think about it!

Hope Village is an "ideal country" that people yearn for!

Wendell and Marvin's conclusion that Hope Village is rich is also what Earl Alcott is thinking at this moment.

Through his own eyes and some words from the people around him, he had already roughly understood the current structure of Hope Village.

Only after understanding it did I realize how much investment was needed for Hope Village to develop its territory to this level in more than two months.

When he established the town of Benguela, his entire family supported him with all their strength behind the scenes, providing him with money, people and materials... Under such circumstances, although his territory developed into a level 3 village in about two months, a level 3 village is not as large as Hope Village, nor has it established a mature economic system like Hope Village.

It was only after he reached level 3 village that he implemented a series of measures to activate the territory, turning it into the current "City of Silver Craftsmen".

After the comparison, his understanding of Hope Village was deepened.

"This Hope Village is really powerful." While Earl Olcott was thinking, Murtagh on the side couldn't help but speak up.

Before coming here, he did not take Hope Village, a level 3 village, seriously, but along the way, his thoughts really changed little by little.

Until now, Hope Village has left a deep impression in his mind that cannot be erased.

Sure enough, the territory that can pry open the corner of the town of Benguela is really extraordinary.

While asking this question, Murtagh was also paying attention to the expression of his lord.

Count Olcott was not angry. After all, what Murtagh said was true. He nodded in approval and said, "You are very powerful."

"What is your plan, Lord?" Murta asked.

"Just treat it as a vacation! And learn from some experience. I hope some things in the village and some ideas of the residents are quite novel." Earl Olcott said frankly.

When he knew that there were many dual-class professionals in Hope Village, he wanted to make Hope Village a subsidiary of his own territory. He was willing to persuade his family to invest in Hope Village and help Benguela Town become the "king" of this area. After that, he would make Hope Village one of the largest cities.

But after seeing the situation in Hope Village, he realized that if he used tough measures, both sides would suffer, so there was only one option left.

"It all depends on your ability"!

Of course, there is another premise for this, that is, the town of Benguela now has an absolute advantage.

Compared to the increasingly mature town of Benguela, Hope Village still has a long way to go in its future!

Fassar Village, Lovisa City... After unexpectedly hearing about the existence of these two territories here, Earl Olcott understood very well that although Hope Village looked prosperous on the outside, it was actually full of crises on the inside.

He will talk about it after he gets through this difficult time.

Of course, the situation of territories like Fasal Village and Loviisa City was information only known by important members of his family, and he had no intention of telling anyone, including his closest confidants.

Murtagh was silent. The choice made by his lord was both unexpected and expected.

All I can say is that, at the moment, it is Hope Village that has "conquered" its own lord with its own strength?