The old king was restless, looking at the young man who had suddenly arrived.
With short purple hair and purple eyes, she exudes nobility and elegance. Her loose magic robe is adorned with converging silver patterns, and on her chest is a symbol of a palm holding a ball of light.
That's the symbol of a formal member of the Magic Association, one of the strongest organizations on the continent.
The young man in front of him, who looked to be only about 20 years old, was not much lower in status than the old king.
"May I ask what brings you to my Duchy of Carter, my esteemed mage?"
The old king spoke hesitantly, somewhat wary of the young man who had suddenly appeared.
Javi smiled faintly, his narrowed eyes revealing his unique arrogance: "I heard that the king's daughter has been kidnapped by a giant dragon. I wonder if the king would like to rescue his daughter?"
nonsense!
The old king cursed inwardly, but maintained a humble demeanor on the surface: "Your Excellency the Magician is joking. Of course I do. I recently dispatched the bravest warriors in the duchy, and I expect to hear from them soon!"
With a slight upturn of his lips, Jia Wei was somewhat disdainful. If he could really solve it himself, why would his teacher have specifically asked him to do this?
"That might disappoint the king; the warrior you sent has likely failed."
"I have come here on my teacher's orders to drive this dragon off the continent. We need the king's help, since our goals are the same."
Somewhat disappointed with the cautious old king, Javi stopped beating around the bush and directly stated his plan.
The meaning is quite clear: they want to use the power of the Principality of Carter to drive away the dragon.
The old king could understand what he was saying, but a look of embarrassment and awkwardness quickly appeared on his face.
After hesitating for a long time, he slowly spoke: "To be honest, I may not be able to meet your request. The situation in the Duchy of Carter is somewhat special. There are nearly twenty territories of varying sizes within the duchy. As for allocating all the resource points and fertile land, although I am the nominal king, I have no way to mobilize those territories."
“Otherwise, if my own daughter were kidnapped, how could I possibly sit here peacefully without doing anything?”
The old king was telling the truth. His army, even in total, numbered only a few hundred and was used to protect the palace. He was able to collect taxes from those territories every year and had accumulated a considerable amount of wealth, but he was an empty shell without any real power.
After hearing this, Javier couldn't help but frown. This situation was really beyond his expectations. He originally thought that even if the old king was incompetent, he should still hold some power in the country, but he didn't expect that he was just a figurehead.
They are truly incomparable to the diligent and ambitious monarchs of the kingdoms and empires in the heart of the continent.
Therefore, he needs to persuade the lords of other territories.
After a moment of contemplation, Javi spoke again calmly: "I can persuade the lords of other territories to unite in the name of the king to attack Dragon Territory, but the king will need to provide some gold coins."
Without further hesitation, the old king agreed immediately. He was willing to pay any price to rescue his beloved daughter.
It's nothing more than some gold coins. If he can offer 10,000 gold coins as a reward to rescue his daughter, he's naturally willing to offer 50,000 gold coins to drive away the dragon and rescue his daughter.
But he also made a request: one of his sons needed to accompany Javi to those territories.
Javier readily agreed and immediately set off with the king's 37th son to the Marquis Robert's territory, which was closest to Dragon Ridge.
Since the goal is to jointly attack the Dragon Territory, the two territories closest to it are naturally the key targets.
By the way, Javi also planned to go and see the giant dragon that his teacher had taken a liking to.
Although his teacher's task was to kill or drive away the dragon, he had another idea in his mind: perhaps he could subdue the dragon and make it serve him.
...
Soaking in the huge bathtub, the rising white steam created a hazy atmosphere. Su Qing half-closed her eyes, enjoying the hot spring-like bath.
Two young girls were carefully wiping his scales.
The timid girl Mary was used to it; the dragon was fine in every way except that they had to wipe his scales every day.
Irene was furious, but dared not resist, partly because her life was still in the other party's hands, and partly because her grandfather was still making a living on the other party's territory.
"Want to shower together?"
Su Qing raised the dragon head, looking at the two expectantly.
Little Mary blushed, but Elaine didn't even lift her eyelids, completely ignoring what she was hearing.
Over time, the two girls had gained a basic understanding of the dragon. Although it was shameless, greedy, evil, and a bastard, it was still a good dragon overall.
Seeing that the two ignored her, Su Qing sullenly lay back down in the bathtub. After bathing, she returned to her throne, refreshed, and began to deal with the matters at hand.
It's been so long, I still don't know what the situation is like in the north and the east.
As Su Qing pondered, he knew that once the roads were cleared, he would definitely start a war, a war whose main objectives were to capture people, seize wealth, and occupy land.
However, there are only about a hundred guards in the territory, which is obviously insufficient in terms of manpower.
After thinking for a moment, Su Qing summoned Old Sam: "It's not the busy farming season now, so I plan to have people train those farmers and organize them into a temporary army!"
Occupying territory is not so simple; it requires a large number of people, otherwise it can easily lead to a mass exodus of people.
After hearing his lord's words, old Sam immediately understood that his lord was about to start a war, and the target would be either Marquis Robert in the north or the Earl in the east.
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