Malcador naturally heard the hidden threat in Martin's words. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "Okay, but I have to put forward a condition."
Martin raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What are the conditions?"
Malcador's expression was solemn as he spoke slowly, "What worries me most in this life is my grandson, so I hope Grand Duke Martin can make me a promise."
Martin pressed on: "What promise? Just tell me."
Malcador looked Martin in the eye and said earnestly, "It's simple. Give my grandson a title."
Martin answered without hesitation: "That's no problem. As the Duke of the West, I have the power to grant titles."
Malcador saw that Martin didn't grasp his meaning, so he explained further, "Grand Duke Martin, my message is that whether you establish a kingdom or an empire, you must reserve a title for my grandson to ensure he has a comfortable life."
Martin was surprised when he heard this, and gave Malcador a slightly scrutinizing look. But after a moment's thought, he slowly nodded.
The moment Martin nodded in agreement, to his surprise, Malcador's loyalty to him suddenly rose to around seventy.
This sudden change made Martin look at Malcador in a different light again.
Martin looked at Malcador and asked solemnly, "Are you sure you want to pledge your allegiance to me?"
Malcador nodded without hesitation, his tone firm, "I, Malcador, pledge my loyalty to Grand Duke Martin."
Martin didn't hesitate any longer and immediately had the system contract him. Given Malcador's Silver Strength, Martin spent 250 Energy and successfully concluded a contract with Malcador.
After completing the contract, Martin immediately took Malcador out of the room.
He turned to Lucas and gave his instructions methodically, "Arrange for the release of all the members of Malcador's family imprisoned in the prison and place them in the manor outside of Yulong City. Also, send a small team of knights to garrison there to ensure their safety."
Lucas took the order and quickly arranged for his men to handle the matter.
Afterwards, Martin took out his communication tool and sent a message to Yoder, asking him to come to the city defense camp as soon as possible. He also specifically instructed him to take Macador with him to familiarize himself with the process of territory governance.
As he edited the message, he added: Yoder was the principal, Malcador was the deputy, and they needed to support each other. After finishing the edit, he sent the message.
Martin then turned to Malcador and said affably, "Yode will be here to see you shortly. He'll show you the procedures."
"In terms of territory management, Yoder is the top leader, and you are the second-in-command. The two of you must work together to manage my territory well. On weekdays, when you have nothing to do, you can communicate with him more often and teach him more with your experience."
Malcador nodded solemnly, indicating that he understood.
The two then resumed their conversation about the affairs of the capital, with Malcador mainly talking and Martin listening quietly.
Time passed quietly, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Through Malcador's narration, Martin roughly understood the reason why he left the royal capital.
Looking back at the situation at that time, King Charlemagne had already agreed to the astonishing transaction terms.
During this period, they also specially called in Malcador, and the two discussed together where to mobilize funds and dragon eggs, and the relevant preparatory work has been carried out in full swing.
However, no one expected that the shadow guards sent by King Charlemagne would be ambushed by the enemy while escorting the dragon eggs.
In that fierce battle, the Shadow Guards suffered heavy losses and countless casualties.
At the same time, the palace was attacked one after another, and the shadow guards, who were originally few in number, were gradually exhausted in these rounds of attacks.
In fact, King Charlemagne had received some intelligence before and realized the seriousness of the situation.
To this end, he specially invited Martin to go to the royal capital in a month to discuss important matters.
But things are unpredictable, plans cannot keep up with changes, King Charlemagne was brutally murdered, and everything was completely disrupted.
However, the perpetrators were not dark creatures, but several senior and experienced nobles in the royal capital.
They learned about the old king's plan through Avril and wanted to use Martin's dragon knights to guard the capital.
They took action in advance, brutally murdered the old king, and then supported Avril to ascend the throne.
Malcador initially planned to join forces with Avril to fight against those nobles with evil intentions.
However, the development of the situation was beyond his expectations. Avril actually colluded with the dark creatures.
At first, Machado thought Avril was forced to do so.
But that very night, his family was suddenly attacked, and there were no dark creatures among the attackers, only humans and members of the Warcraft Knights.
Only then did Malcador suddenly realize that King Avril had already reached a cooperation with the dark creatures.
Realizing that there was no way to save the situation, Malcador was completely desperate and disheartened.
Under the desperate protection of the family knights and mages, he overcame many hardships and dangers before escaping from the royal capital and finally arrived at the Dragon City in the west.
Since then, he has never recovered and fallen into endless decadence.
Martin was quite surprised to hear Macador's story. The old king had actually agreed to the astronomical appearance fee.
If the plan had not been leaked, perhaps the old king could have used it to revitalize the situation.
Once the dragon knight is in charge, he will be able to concentrate his forces on rectifying the hidden dangers in the royal capital, instead of being eaten away bit by bit like he is now, with nothing he can do about it.
Just as Martin was sighing inwardly, Yoder came hurriedly over.
Seeing Martin, Yoder saluted respectfully.
Martin pointed at Macador and said to Yoder, "Yode, this is the teacher I found for you. You must learn from him."
Yoder nodded quickly and said sincerely, "Master, don't worry. I will never let you down."
Then Martin asked Yoder to take Macador down to familiarize himself with the situation.
At this moment, one of Lucas's men came to report to him. Lucas immediately came to Martin's side, saluted and said, "Master, all members of Malcador's family have been released and are now properly settled in the manor outside Yulong City."
After hearing this, Martin nodded with satisfaction and then asked, "What have you gained from the confiscation work of those noble families?"
Lucas perked up immediately when he mentioned this, and said excitedly, "Master, these nobles from the capital are truly wealthy! They've seized five dragon eggs alone, plus other items like knight armor, magic potions, and more. We haven't even finished counting them yet. They're incredibly wealthy."
Martin looked at Lucas's excitement and couldn't help but laugh. "How else could you say that a family with a thousand-year-old heritage wouldn't have some wealth? If it weren't for the dark creatures invading the capital, we probably wouldn't have had the chance to see these treasures."
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