When Krober broke through to become a formal knight and enjoyed everyone's praise, Baron Klar, who was far away in Deepwater Territory, encountered a problem.
"Hasn't the Golden Rose Family's caravan arrived yet? Didn't they say they would be here in the next few days?"
Baron Klar, sitting in a chair, tapped the table impatiently. His slightly heavy breathing and serious expression showed that Klar was in a state of irritability at the moment.
It’s a long story. Baron Klar was sleeping comfortably in the castle when Baron Etepis from the neighboring territory suddenly sent news that he had broken through to the realm of Grand Knight.
Although the strength of a Grand Knight cannot open the door to the title of Viscount for Baron Ertepis, it can also allow him to have absolute authority in the title of Baron.
Baron Ertepis is now forty years old. The lifespan of a great knight is two to three hundred years. He has enough time to break through the Earth Knight and accumulate military merits to become a glorious viscount.
Unfortunately, the relationship between Baron Klar and Baron Etepis is not good, and can even be described as very bad.
The reason is very simple, it's just a dispute over interests.
Klar's Deepwater Territory is the weakest in the entire principality. Even some knight estates with deep roots are stronger than it.
Originally, there was an old lord in Deepwater Territory who was brave and courageous, and his strength was considered powerful among the official knights. He was Krober's grandfather and Baron Klar's father.
But since the old baron left, Deepwater Territory's strength has plummeted.
Weak strength means low status, and Baron Klar likes to rely on the name of the Golden Rose family, where his wife comes from, to support himself.
You know, for an earl's family with several or even dozens of earth knights as its backbone, the name of Golden Rose can be said to be extremely powerful among the baron families with the most powerful knights.
Let’s talk about the strength division here.
Apprentice Knight, Official Knight, Grand Knight, Earth Knight, Sky Knight, Title Knight (Beast Knight), Dragon Knight
Generally, nobles with the strength of formal knights can establish their own families. Weaker ones usually only have the title of knight, and the fiefdom is usually a manor or village.
Stronger official knights or families with multiple official knights can be promoted to the title of baron by accumulating military merits and obtain a considerable fiefdom.
The power of a great knight is that as long as you are willing to be loyal, you will start as a baron, and the area of your fiefdom can increase as your military achievements increase.
Earth Knights are generally composed of Viscount families, and only families with a deep foundation and more than five Earth Knights in the family can become Earl families.
The Marquis's family's requirement is simple: to have a Sky Knight in charge.
As for the titled knights, they are mainly from the Marquis family, and only by becoming a dragon knight can they have the basis for promotion to the Duke family.
Baron Ertepis has now stood at the top of the Baron family. Not only is he a great knight, he also has the loyalty of at least three official knights under him. It can be said that his strength far exceeds that of the Deepwater Territory.
A baronial family headed by a great knight has the right to expand its territory through military exploits.
The territories of both sides are adjacent and there is deep resentment between them.
If Baron Etepis used his military merits to annex part of Deepwater Territory in this war, Baron Klar would not even be able to resist and could only cede the territory obediently.
The Moonlight Mushroom family's fiefdom is limited in size, and the barons are allowed to annex each other's territories by the various nobles. As long as the land owned by a baron's family does not exceed the upper limit of the area required for his title, in theory, he can annex other lords' territories on a large scale.
So Baron Klar is particularly anxious now. The territory of Baron Etepis is slightly larger than that of Deepwater Territory, but it is still nearly a quarter away from the land area capped by the baron. If he really uses military merits to annex it, then he will lose a quarter of the territory.
His only hope now is to make this matter bigger and find a way to get his master to help him for the sake of the deceased old baron.
As for the golden rose?
I'm afraid that in the eyes of the Golden Rose Family, he and even the entire Deepwater Territory are not as important as Krober, who has already made a breakthrough.
Moonlight Castle Hall
At this time, everyone was celebrating the birth of a new official knight. Everyone present was just a member of some baron families. Having a great knight in the family was already the best they could achieve, and an official knight was the ceiling they could reach.
Baron Adam and Frank were fine, they were just happy for Krober.
Krober, who had just made a breakthrough, was naturally very proud. Although he still restrained himself, he reduced the number of times he pushed the wine in response to everyone's toasts and drank a lot.
The banquet lasted for a whole day before everyone returned to their rooms in a daze.
Krober, who had drunk a lot of wine, originally wanted to return to his room, but was stopped by Baron Adam just as he was about to get up.
After having the servant bring some sobering soup, Krober, who had sobered up for a while in his seat, followed Adam back to the luxurious room.
As soon as he sat down, Baron Adam got straight to the point.
"Congratulations on your breakthrough to become a full-fledged knight, Krober, but I think you've heard enough of this today, so I want to tell you something else."
After saying that, he took out the signed agreement and handed it to Krober.
Kroeber couldn't help but smile.
"Uncle Adam, don't worry. Since the agreement has been signed, I will naturally not break it. Tomorrow I will go with you to Deepwater Territory to hold the ceremony, and then we will go directly back to the family."
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