Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter Five Hundred and Seventh Hate to the Bone

c_t; Seeing Higgs' showing strange behavior, Daniel asked indifferently: "Mr. Captain, it seems that you know this Baron Allen?"

"There is no one in the Borderlands who doesn't know Sir Allen. To tell the truth, it is because of his fear of his strength, so our Black Iron Castle signed two non-aggression peace treaties with him before. Read the full text of the latest chapter--" Black Gus didn't hide anything.

"In this case, should I consider withdrawing the action?" Daniel asked deliberately.

Higgs' chest heaved, and he looked firmly at Daniel and said: "No, this is not a border land, and the treaty will not take effect. Since I promised that the Lord will deal with your enemies, I will not go back on my word. But if If the opponent is Sir Allen, I hope my lord will not take it lightly, you must use 12 points of strength to hope to cut off this person!"

Higgs spoke resolutely, apparently already made up his mind. Climbing up to Daniel was something he had planned long ago. With the help of the Viscount, he is expected to take the position of Lord of Black Iron Castle in the next few years. Naturally, I don't want to delay because of an Allen now. He is already in his early forties. If he doesn't do anything in the next ten years, he will be like this for the rest of his life. Higgs is not reconciled, so he has to fight when he is at his strongest.

Daniel nodded and said, "It won't happen this time, because this time, I will personally go out and kill this Allen!"

Barley behind him showed an unexpected expression. Daniel hadn't really made a move for a long time. After all, even Oban was not his opponent in this vicinity. Not to mention the others, even Dulu only "fighted" Daniel a few times. Of course, it was purely a sparring between two warriors, but it always ended in Du Lu's defeat. Dulu is not good at letting go, so Daniel's strength has always maintained a strong momentum. If he is willing to do it himself this time, Alan will be unreasonable no matter how he looks at it.

It's been a long time since Barley felt his blood boil like this. If it wasn't for the occasion, he would almost growl. Daniel felt the surging aura of Barre behind him, and smiled slightly. At this moment, the Viscount's face suddenly turned pale for a while, and Daniel swayed, reaching out to press his chest.

Higgs and Barre were startled at the same time, the latter quickly supported Daniel, while the former asked, "Master Daniel, are you alright?"

Daniel's face quickly returned to rosy, and he took a step forward, shaking his head and said, "It's nothing, Higgs. You have had a hard journey, go down and rest first, and we will discuss the battle plan at night. Barley, take our guests to rest."

Barre looked at Daniel hesitantly, and he nodded and left until the Viscount glared at him again. Daniel sent the other guards out again, and when the gate was closed, the blood on his face quickly faded, revealing a morbid paleness. His body shook slightly, and even the hand holding the armrest was trembling slightly. After a while,

Only then did Daniel's pale face gradually turn red.

Only then did he really recover. As for just now, he used the source force to speed up the blood, which fooled Higgs and the others. As the highest status person in this hall, how can he show fatigue in front of his subordinates. But now, Daniel felt a burst of emptiness in his body. Just now, he suddenly dropped a level, from the original 25th level to the current 24th level.

Source power is lost!

This happened many times over the course of a month, and Daniel didn't notice it at first. Until not long ago, the loss of source power was too great. At that moment, part of the source power disappeared completely in the body like winter snow melting. Just like this time, Daniel became weak and empty as if someone had taken something from his body, only to realize that his source power had been lost for no reason.

And now, he has dropped a level even more. This is a huge loss, the lost source power can only be made up by continuing to temper, but to make up for a whole level of source power, it can't be done in a day or two. Daniel closed his eyes and thought hard. The loss of source power will not happen for nothing. This kind of phenomenon will usually occur when he is severely injured and the source force is broken by external forces before he is forcibly downgraded.

But like him, he has been losing for a month in a row, which eventually led to the phenomenon of relegation. Apart from some hidden diseases in his body, he was poisoned. Prior to this, he had had his identity checked secretly, and no hidden disease was found in his body. Then it is the worst case, he was poisoned. This is also a difficult problem. You must know that his food and daily life are all taken care of by the old housekeeper who has taken care of him for decades. Daniel has never doubted the loyalty of the housekeeper.

But if it wasn't the old housekeeper, who could get close to him without being discovered? A figure suddenly flashed in Daniel's mind, he opened his eyes suddenly, his chest heaved. After calming down, he called the old housekeeper: "Go to Carret and ask him to bring Xia Lier, and tell him that I have a new mission."

The housekeeper glanced at him, said nothing, nodded and went to do it.

In the evening, the old butler saw Daniel in the study and replied to Carret's message: "Mr. Carret said that Miss Xia Lier left the association more than half a month ago, and her whereabouts are currently unknown."

Daniel's face was extremely gloomy, and he nodded to let the old housekeeper leave. Judging from this, it must be Xia Lier who made the shot. Thinking about it this way, after she returned from an injury and he and her got back together, the phenomenon of source power loss began to appear. In other words, Xia Lier's body had already been tampered with at that time. Daniel slapped the desk lightly, and the wooden desk fell apart immediately, before he stood up with a grunt.

He has always been a restrained person, but he couldn't help himself when he met Xia Lier that time. Afterwards, he was also surprised, wondering whether he had indulged too much. Looking at it now, Xia Lier must have used some aphrodisiac drugs at that time to stimulate his lust, and then the light system naturally occurred. During that period, Charlie had too much time to do it. But why would she do this?

Thinking of this, Daniel remembered that Charlie had said that Baggins, the potion master, had taken refuge in Allen.

"Baggins, Charlie... Allen!" Daniel raised his head sharply, and some thoughts in his mind finally came together. The instigator of all this must be that Alan. It is because of him that Xia Lier has the aphrodisiac 'drug' and the means to drain her energy, all because Alan has Baggins! Things have become very clear, whether Xia Lier is voluntary or "forced", there will be no one else who made her do this except Allen.

Thinking of this, Daniel's eyes were bloodshot, and now he can't wait to tear Alan to pieces!

Ark Port ushered in another morning, but today is not an ordinary day. In fact, today is the day when Shenhai Linji left the city and went to the Bauhinia 'flower' collar. Early in the morning, people who got the news stopped in the street early. When the army passed by, they cheered enthusiastically. From time to time, soldiers in the army fired salutes, covering the entire city with colorful films all over the sky.

Amidst the sound of gunfire from time to time, a carriage was also ready in front of Oban's private building. Allen got into the carriage with Lucy and Baggins who had just arrived yesterday, and they also had to return to Dawn Castle. Last night, Long visited again and took a medicine prepared by Baggins. This 'drug' will remain in the human body for three months, and if the antidote is not obtained after three months, the poison will cause death.

After listening to Alan's detailed description, Long took the 'medicine' in front of Alan without any hesitation to show his sincerity. In this regard, Allen regarded the oriental man a little differently. After all, there are not many people like Long who knew it was highly poisonous and did not hesitate to take it. From this we can also know how determined his idea of ​​revenge is, otherwise he would not be so straightforward.

Today Long and Ruola will set off together, but Alan and he have already set some contact methods. With him by Ruola's side, Allen knew the situation of the Bauhinia flower like the palm of his hand.

Allen's convoy chose the other side of the city's gate to leave. This time, there was no such thing as competing with the Deep Sea Linji again. In the carriage, Baggins closed his eyes and fell asleep, while Lucy looked out the window and said, "Why don't you say goodbye to your lover?"

"What lover, don't talk nonsense." Allen said angrily.

Lucy turned her head and said with a smile: "Don't tell me you can't tell, Miss Ruola has a great crush on you."

"So what? It's impossible for me and her, and the current relationship is good for all of us." Allen recalled what happened in the White Castle Fighting Arena that day, and thought of Ruola's impulsive hug. I can only sigh slightly in my heart.

Ruola's identity is a big problem. If she is not the earl's sister, something may happen between her and Allen. It's a pity that as a member of the Ridley family, she was doomed to be unable to determine her own happiness since she was born. Her happiness was ranked after family interests. She did not evade her obligations, and Alan was quite restrained, and from the beginning, he had no intention of getting involved with this 'woman', so as not to affect his judgment of Auban.

This is a relationship that is destined not to happen, because at the beginning of its germination, the two of them have already pulled it out with their own hands.

"It's so strange, I can clearly see that she likes you, why didn't she take any further action?" Lucy said, resting her chin in her hand.

Allen held her hand and said with a smile: "Because not everyone has the same courage as you, but then again, why do you always try to push me out?"

"In that case, wouldn't I have a legitimate excuse to find a lover?" Lucy blinked.

Allen pretended to be angry and said, "Don't even think about it, any man who dares to touch a piece of your hair, I will chop off his hand!"

'Lu' Qian shook her head and said, "You men are so domineering."

After finishing speaking, he chuckled, obviously very disappointed with Allen's "dominant".

A few days later, Allen returned to Dawn Castle. Now his territory includes Dawn Castle, Sunset City and Hungry Collar. Among these three territories, Dawn Castle is undoubtedly the best in terms of its own strength and geographical location, so Allen attaches great importance to it, and will put a little emphasis on its development.

Of course, he would not let go of the other two territories. The iron mines in Sunset City, plus the steel mines in Dawn Castle, these metal mines will provide Allen with high-quality equipment raw materials, so he plans to move Lins and the weapon workshop to this new area after returning to Storm City. territory to develop reads;. Dawn Castle and Sunset City basically just need to develop at the original pace, but the Hungry Wolf Territory needs Allen's focus.

Due to Dulu's inaction, this territory has become very barren, and even less than two-thirds of the people are left. If it continues like this, if Alan does not reform and rebuild, it will soon become a wasteland.

In fact, the condition of the Hungry Wolf Territory itself is not bad, it is comparable to the Dawn Castle. Neither the soil nor the rain is much worse than Dawn Castle, and it is completely possible to develop farming. Taking advantage of Oban's opportunity to exempt his territory from taxes for three years, Allen also announced the three-year tax exemption to all his territories after returning to Dawn Castle. This is great news for the people in the territory. It means that in the next three years, their labor income will not be handed over, and it will be entirely their own wealth.

Undoubtedly, this news had the greatest impact on the hungry wolf leader. When hearing this news, the people in the territory breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that if Allen collects taxes like Truff, they will have to tighten their belts this year.

However, the good news from Hungry Wolf came one after another.

Just after the news of the tax exemption, Allen issued a new policy the next day. He will transfer a batch of high-quality various grain seeds from Dawn Castle, and provide them to the people in the territory free of charge for farming. Along with the grain seeds, there will also be a batch of new farm tools, as well as several farming experts from Dawn Castle. They will stay in the hungry wolf collar for a while to help the people here resume farming.

In addition, Allen also funded the construction of houses for Hungry Wolf in several villages and towns free of charge, and issued a notice to the entire territory of the territory. All merchants and farmers who come to Hungry Wolf Territory for business investment and farming will be exempted from tax for two years in addition to the previous three years. In this way, people's enthusiasm was greatly stimulated, and at the same time, a small migration tide was caused in the territory.

Some businessmen who saw business opportunities, as well as farmers who coveted the five-year tax exemption, rushed in towards the hungry wolf collar. The injection of these fresh blood brings new hope to this barren land. And behind these actions, the millions of gold coins Allen just earned from Graal were 'spent' like flowing water. But for him, it was a necessary investment. Only when the local tyrant he rooted in is 'fertile' can he grow a towering tree that can support his development.

And because of Allen's various favorable policies, he quickly won him a reputation for benevolence and generosity, which is an added gain. These gains have quickly accumulated his reputation, and in the foreseeable future, his reputation will continue to grow.

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