"Next, let us invite His Majesty Belron Red Tulip and His Excellency Kyle Manganese Steel Shield from the Blazing Steel Kingdom."
Outside the city wall, a team was walking slowly.
Walking in front was a man in a red suit. He had platinum hair and sharp eyes, and exuded a powerful aura.
Behind him followed a sturdy, blond-haired, blue-eyed middle-aged man who carried a huge shield on his back and exuded an indestructible aura.
These two people are the King of the Blazing Steel Kingdom, Belon Red Tulip, and the Manganese Steel Dragon Knight Kyle Manganese Steel Shield.
Above their heads, two giant dragons, one red and one silver, were slowly circling. One was the Magic Red Opal Stone Dragon, and the other was the Manganese Steel Dragon.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that we could even come in second."
Baeron laughed loudly, but there was not much smile on his face.
He led the delegation into the city and watched the lively scene of local residents and nobles lining the streets to welcome them.
"Your Majesty, our kingdom will become stronger and stronger."
Kyle Manganese Steel Shield comforted him.
"I know. Go read out the gift list."
Kyle nodded, took out a piece of parchment from his arms, and read slowly:
"The Blazing Steel Kingdom's gift:
Three hundred pieces of manganese steel armaments, one bloody opal crown, and five pieces of ruby equipment."
After saying that, Kyle put the parchment in his hand back into his arms, and then signaled the knight behind him to bring up the gifts that had been prepared long ago.
The first things that were brought up were large boxes containing a complete set of plate armor made of manganese steel, a knight's sword, and a lance.
There are three hundred boxes like this.
Then Baeron took out a small box from his arms, opened it, and a golden crown appeared before everyone.
The most eye-catching thing is the six bloody opal stones inlaid on it.
They are arranged on it in a certain pattern, with the largest and most eye-catching one placed in the center.
Even though everyone present had developed a certain level of resistance after the shock of King Alvis's lavish gift, they were still shocked by the gift from King Baeron.
"Just this crown is a priceless treasure!"
"More than that! Just this crown, it seems that even His Excellency the Grand Duke has never worn something like this in public..."
"Ah... don't you want to mix with the aristocratic circles of the Golden Duchy anymore?"
"Third, please welcome Her Excellency Amelia Silverhand of the Orichalcum Kingdom."
Unlike the previous two, the envoys sent by the Orichalcum Kingdom were only Amelia and her silver dragon.
Amelia was flying low on a silver dragon, holding a large piece of orichalcum in its claws.
"Amelia Silverhand has come to celebrate as the representative of the Orichalcum Kingdom. This is a special gift from my king, Harold the Copper Lord—Orichalcum."
After saying that, she threw the piece of mountain copper, which was at least two or three people tall, to the ground.
"...Fourth, please welcome Duke George of Azure Heart from the Azure Tide Kingdom."
"George Azureheart presented three sapphire bracelets on behalf of the King as a gift of congratulations."
"Fifth, please invite the envoy from the Topa Kingdom to enter."
"In compliance with the will of His Majesty Aditya Tiyuzhixi, King of the Topa Kingdom, I am specially gifting you three pieces of orange gem equipment..."
"Number six, please welcome the envoy of the Mithril Holy Kingdom."
"In compliance with the will of Gasoni, Shining Silver, the Lord of the Holy Mithril Kingdom, I am gifting you five cubic meters of mithril..."
"Number seven, please welcome the envoy from the Citrine Jade Crown Kingdom..."
"In compliance with the will of Her Majesty Queen Ashadron Jadecrown, I present to you a standard quantity of topaz and a piece of personal information."
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The seven kingdoms have finished presenting gifts, and now it is the turn of the principalities to give gifts.
Those duchies generally don't have anything good, just some resources produced by mineral dragons.
Iron, copper, aluminum and the like.
And the number is not large, I guess those principalities are just doing it as a gesture.
But Krober could understand them.
After all, not all duchies are like the Golden Duchy, which is only a vassal state in name but does not have to fulfill any responsibilities in reality.
Any other principality that wants to establish a country needs the permission of the surrounding kingdoms.
Moreover, after the founding of the country, they had to submit to the country and pay tribute to it in large quantities of rare resources every year.
Most principalities only have one dragon, and the amount of minerals it extracts each year is limited.
The Citrine Jade Crown Kingdom, which demands the least tribute from its vassal states, collects 40% of the resources every year.
From this we can see how much some weak principalities have to pay just to survive.
"A gift from the Red Iron Principality... ten kilograms of red iron."
"A gift from the Blue Copper Principality... ten kilograms of blue copper."
I don’t know if it was an agreement, but these small principalities all only sent ten kilograms of minerals.
"A gift from the Grand Duchy of Frost Iron... ten kilograms of frost iron and ten kilograms of gray tin."
Um??
The Duchy of Cold Iron.
Krober had some impression of this country. It was the most powerful country among all the principalities.
Most duchies only have one dragon knight, but the Grand Duchy of Frost Iron has two dragon knights. It has even established facilities similar to the Dragon Garden of the Emerald Kingdom.
There are also one or two wild dragons raised in captivity.
It can be said that the current Duchy of Frost Iron is just lacking a magic dragon. As long as the magic dragon is in place, the seven kingdoms will probably become eight kingdoms.
What attracted Krober's attention was the gift from the Grand Duchy of Frost Iron - gray tin.
It is said that among the wild dragons raised by the Grand Duchy of Frost Iron there is a gray tin dragon.
Strictly speaking, this gray tin dragon can be considered a member of Ama's clan.
Krober just sat there quietly, listening to the Frostwolf Marquis presiding as if calling the roll.
Are there so many principalities in the entire continent?
After the dedication ceremony, Krober heard the names of more than twenty principalities.
Seven kingdoms with more than twenty duchies...
It sounds weird.
Veronica, who was standing by, seemed to see the doubt in Krober's heart and explained:
"Most of these principalities are from the surrounding areas of the Topa Kingdom and the Citrine Jade Crown Kingdom. These two countries are not very aggressive and their demand for land is not great, which is why principalities have emerged one after another.
If we only count the duchies in the southern part of the continent, there is only one, the Golden Duchy."
After listening to Veronica's explanation, Krober became curious about the countries in the north of the continent.
"Are the cultural systems of the four countries in the north of the continent different from ours?"
Veronica nodded. When she was young, she had traveled to the northern countries. Although it was only for a few years, she also had a more intuitive understanding of the northern countries.
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