Chapter 154 4 Traveling as a Tourist

Chapter 154 -4- Traveling as a tourist

The Earldom of Castel is located in the north of the Crescent Kingdom.

It takes about a month to travel by land from Bolde in the south to Castel in the north.

Perhaps a powerful transcendent will be faster when traveling alone, but for Castel's mighty convoy of thousands of people, a month is already fast.

Of course, in addition to land, there is also sea.

The western part of the Principality of Bolde is close to the sea. If you go west first, go to the western coast of Bolde, then take a boat north, and then pass through the Star-Moon Strait in the northeast, you can also reach Castel in the north.

If you go by sea, it may be faster.

However, Charlotte did not choose land and sea.

One reason is that the war between the Falling Star Kingdom and the Crescent Kingdom ended not long ago, and the Falling Star Kingdom has always been superior in the control of the sea in the Star-Moon Strait.

Not only that, the Duchy of Buvat, which is located on the west coast of the New Moon Kingdom, is the sworn enemy of the Duchy of Borde. Even if Charlotte dislikes Duke Borde, she is still a member of the Duchy of Borde when she is out, and it is easy for people to miss her.

Not to mention that when she passes through the Star-Moon Strait, she will have to pass through the Roman Duchy, an enclave of the Falling Star Kingdom on this side of the Star-Moon Strait.

In summary, Charlotte thinks it is better to be cautious.

In the decades-long Star-Moon War, Castel Territory has always been one of the important territories coveted by the Falling Star Kingdom!

Secondly, Charlotte also wants to take this opportunity to get to know the world she lives in.

Although she has learned a lot of knowledge about this world from books, it is still shallow.

Compared with spending most of the time on the sea, traveling by land can appreciate the customs and customs of the New Moon Kingdom.

Going north from Bolde to Castel County, avoiding the sworn enemy Buwat in the northwest, and taking a detour by land, you will need to pass through two other duchies and two earldoms.

These four lords are direct vassals of the Crescent Royal Family and swear allegiance to the king directly.

Among them, the two most powerful duchies are the Moon Guardian Duchy and the Violet Duchy, one in the south and one in the north, respectively, the native land of the Bolde Duchy and the neighbor of the Earldom of Castel.

The full name of the Moon Guardian Duchy is the Moon Guardian Duchy. The ruling family is a branch of the Crescent Royal Family. It is a loyal supporter of the royal family and one of the few great nobles who support the king to strengthen centralization.

The Violet Duchy is located in the north of the kingdom. It is a neighbor of the Roman Duchy of the Falling Star Kingdom and the Earldom of Castel. It is also the main battlefield of the Star-Moon War. Because of the long-term war, the people are quite fierce.

As for the other two earldoms... they are all vassals of the Crescent Duchy, a direct territory of the Crescent Royal Family.

They are sandwiched between two duchies, and have a close relationship with the royal family. The lords are all from the royal side branch families. A little further northeast is the capital of the Crescent Kingdom, Crescent City.

Not to mention the two counties that are far less powerful than Castel, although the relationship between the two duchies in the south and the north that must be passed through and Bolder is not good, it is far from the level of hostility.

If it is taken by land, it is indeed much safer for Charlotte than by sea.

These news are all prepared by Charlotte in advance.

Unlike the highly urbanized Bolder City, it was only after leaving Bolder and coming to the vast countryside that Charlotte really saw the true appearance of the feudal kingdom of this era.

Bolder City is the capital of the duchy.

Such large cities are rare even in the kingdom. In the vast areas of the Crescent Kingdom, there are more castles, manors, churches and villages scattered all over the place.

Every castle represents at least a baron; every manor almost means an extraordinary knight; and every church almost means a priest.

Regardless of whether they have entered the ranks or not, they are at least extraordinary people, with strength far beyond that of ordinary people, and they have their own retainers or servants.

Almost all villages are built around manors, churches and castles, and are protected by nobles and priests.

Even those cities are often gradually developed with noble castles as the center, and the places where cities can be developed are either located on major transportation routes or have influential nobles in the local area, and they usually start at least as viscounts.

The scale of these cities is much smaller than that of Boerde. Most of them may be towns with a population of only 20,000 or 30,000, and those with more than 50,000 people are considered large cities.

However, there are many of them, scattered across the vast land like stars.

These cities, castles, manors and villages constitute the blood network of the entire kingdom's rule.

There are often large tracts of farmland around cities, castles, manors and villages, but if you go a little further, it is an endless wilderness.

The wilderness is not safe, hiding bandits and robbers who attack passing caravans.

However, there are rarely any extraordinary people among these bandits and robber mercenaries, and they threaten more ordinary people.

In addition to them, the real reason why ordinary people seek shelter from the nobles is the magic beasts wandering in the wilderness.

The origin of magic beasts is not traceable, and the more accepted view is that the power of magic beasts comes from the fallen gods.

The extraordinary power of the Miria world comes from the gods, and so do the magic beasts that control extraordinary power.

They are believed to be monsters born from the corpses of fallen gods, multiplying from generation to generation, and their footprints are all over the Miria continent. They are also a force that cannot be ignored that threatens civilization.

It is precisely because of the existence of magic beasts that the nobles who control extraordinary power will become the main force to protect ordinary people and become lords of all sizes.

Compared to bandits and robbers, monsters are the creatures that passing caravans are most afraid of encountering.

Bandits and robbers often just seek money, but once they encounter a monster, even the lowest level monster, those caravans without extraordinary power will face the crisis of total annihilation.

Not long after leaving Boulder, Charlotte's team encountered a World of Warcraft.

In her opinion, it is not very powerful, just a low-level magic wolf. Sebas calls it Wind Wolf, a kind of magic beast that can use wind blades and light body techniques.

But the problem is that it is a wolf pack composed of more than thirty wind wolf beasts.

A high-level transcendent might be able to destroy them easily, but for ordinary caravans that cannot afford to hire a high-level transcendent, and cannot meet passing mercenary adventurers, it will be difficult to survive when encountering them.

Of course, Charlotte didn't let them go.

She took the knights to take action personally, and more than thirty wind wolf beasts were quickly transformed into more than thirty fine wolf skins.

According to the merchants in the caravan, this wolf skin can be sold for ten quintana in the market!

"Is it so expensive?"

Charlotte clicked her tongue.

"Hey, Master, anything related to extraordinary power is expensive. The wolf skin of this wind wolf beast is also a pretty good magic material. It is one of the best materials for making mage robes."

Sebastian Cope said.

As he spoke, he added:

"By the way, don't look at Castel's income, but that is under the premise that we have not cultivated extraordinary power on a large scale. If you want to cultivate extraordinary power on a large scale... the income from the territory seems to be considerable. Not so much.”

Charlotte mused.

The Earl of Castells is a vassal of the Principality of Boulder, and the pressure on the extraordinary side is often shouldered by the Principality.

Take the Boulder mages who once followed the Earl and Countess of Castel. Although the Castel family shared most of the salary, many extraordinary supplies were provided by the principality.

Perhaps the income of the Principality of Bold is not much higher than that of the Earl of Castres, but with its vast land, the income of the extraordinary materials of the Principality of Bold is far more than that of the Earl of Castres.

As for extraordinary materials... many times they cannot be measured in terms of money. They are also priceless and are important strategic materials.

Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it, and if you have money, you may not be able to buy enough.

In the future, Castel and Bold are likely to be separated from each other. In this case, Charlotte will definitely develop her own extraordinary power.

She is not so luxurious as to consume the divine power of blood to cultivate extraordinary strength. Using money to buy extraordinary materials is far less practical than controlling the origin of extraordinary materials.

Charlotte thought about her silver mine again.

The silver mine associated with the mithril mine is Castell's most important source of strategic materials. Mithril is not only valuable, but it is also a hard currency for trading extraordinary materials.

"It seems that when we return to the territory, the first thing to do is to investigate the depletion of mithril mines."

Charlotte secretly thought.

She has not been idle for more than half a year. After comparing the bills of the territory, she found that the time when the Mithril Mine decreased and dried up happened to be after the Countess of Castel sent all the accompanying extraordinary people back to the territory.

This is too much of a coincidence.

Charlotte always felt that there might be some connection, and the depletion of mithril mines might not be as simple as she thought.

The convoy continued to move forward, heading north.

The vast team is naturally eye-catching.

In the Second Star-Moon War, the Castel family with one family and two blazing suns was able to steal the show, especially the Roman Battle that prevented the Fallen Star Kingdom from attacking Castel and became famous in one battle. Most of the nobles recognized the Black Eagle family crest of Castle.

Although the Castel couple are gone, the Castel family still has its territory and is still rich. Even in the kingdom, it is not considered a minor noble.

For this reason, Charlotte would be warmly welcomed and entertained by local nobles wherever she went.

As small as some viscounts or even barons, as large as earls or even marquises, they would send envoys to invite her to dinners and even social dances when the motorcade stopped to rest.

That's what nobles are like.

If there is no real irreconcilable feud, in most cases the atmosphere after meeting will be warm and friendly.

Even if they meet on the battlefield, in many cases they will spare the opponent's life. Unless the sword has no eyes, they will capture him alive and then demand a ransom.

It can be regarded as the same rules of the game among the nobles of Miria.

One more enemy is not as good as one more friend. Nobles are very concerned about expanding their own circles, especially the circle of nobles. And a big noble with a long history and quite wealth like Caster is naturally the friend of many nobles.

Not to mention that Castel still has a lot of business in the hinterland of the kingdom.

Although more and more nobles have begun to engage in business in recent years, the vast majority of nobles still rely on estates and taxes to survive. There are not many nobles like Castel who have done impressive business in business, and many families have them. contacts.

Therefore, whether it was for friendship or business, the nobles along the way were extremely enthusiastic about the Castel family's motorcade. Charlotte, who already had a "tourist mentality", did not refuse and kept having banquets almost every day.

The only thing that made her uncomfortable was that there were too many nobles at the banquet who wanted to invite her to dance, and the young nobles looked at her too hotly.

Even after traveling a year, Charlotte still couldn't adapt to this kind of sight.

But she is not what she used to be.

In the innate magic of the blood race, whether it is the memory control of the spiritual way, mental shock or charming words, it can teach those excessive guys a lesson.

Charlotte only needs a look, and the guy who just had a wanton look will immediately fall at her rose skirt.

Not to mention, it feels pretty good to use mental magic to control others, but Sebastian couldn't stand it anymore, and whispered carefully:

"Master, you have a special status, we should keep a low profile when you are out."

"Don't worry, I know my limits."

Charlotte replied.

The people I met along the way were all small and medium-sized nobles, and their strength was no more than the second level of Silver Moon.

As long as you pay attention, it is relatively safe.

In this way, Charlotte's tourist-style rush stopped and started.

And the result is... the caravan walked slower.

A month's journey, almost half a month has passed and they haven't left the Moon Guard Principality.

But Charlotte feels quite good.

Every place she went was warmly entertained, and while making friends, she also broadened her horizons and learned a lot of information about the nobles of the New Moon Kingdom.

What's more, she also learned a lot of information about the blood race from these nobles, or more precisely, the information about the Blood Demon Cult.

The Blood Demon Cult is rampant in the Crescent Kingdom. Although the power of Bolder has been eradicated, their shadows can still be seen in other places.

As a passionate person who loves peace and justice, Charlotte will naturally not let go of these rampant cultists.

Those uncertain news are fine. If there is accurate local information, Charlotte will not hesitate to take action to help the local nobles solve these active cultists.

Unexpectedly, two more fragments of the Holy Scripture were harvested. It can only be said that the Blood Demon Cult is really a hamster that hoards goods. It loves to collect cursed pages.

Charlotte really loves these cultists.

The response is also obvious. After Charlotte eliminated several Blood Demon Cult strongholds along the way, her name was also faintly spread with passing caravans and wandering poets.

Especially after the vision at her coming-of-age ceremony was somehow spread, it became more and more outrageous.

What about the Lord's followers, the natural saint, the blood demon's purifier, etc. Charlotte scratched her head and even felt guilty.

Such a high profile will certainly make her blood clan identity easier to hide, but if it is passed on like this, won't it really attract the attention of the high-level officials of the Holy King's Court one day?

Charlotte couldn't help but murmur.

Half a month after the departure, Charlotte finally saw the second big city that was no less than the size of Boerde City, or more accurately, more prosperous than Boerde City.

Located in the north of the Principality of Yuehu, the capital of the principality, Anluo City, a big city with a population of over 500,000.

The Duke of Yuehu, who had received the news long ago, sent an envoy to invite Charlotte to the dinner at the Duke's Mansion before the caravan entered the city.

At the same time, Charlotte also learned another news from other caravans entering and leaving Anluo City.

Tonight, there is another distinguished guest in the Duke's Mansion in Anluo City.

The third prince of the Crescent Kingdom, Philippe de Valva, who went south to the Principality of Boerde with his wife Eleanor.

Two-in-one