Although Harvest City was not a small city in the Duchy of Carmel, it was still a very normal city in the Holy Continent. Other than the Blacksmith's Guild teleportation circle, there were no other teleportation circles in this city.
This morning, the Blacksmith's Guild began to clean up before the sun had even risen. Blacksmith Jules, the manager of the Blacksmith's Guild, had received a notice from the headquarters yesterday that an important member of the Blacksmith's Guild would be coming to Harvest City through the teleportation circle.
Therefore, he had ordered the entire Blacksmith's Guild, whether it was the servants or the blacksmiths, to clean up every corner of the Blacksmith's Guild.
In the morning, the mayor of Harvest City, Viscount Dickens, had already brought 4 elite Knights to the courtyard of the Blacksmith's Guild. Their only purpose here was to wait for the new owner of this city, an Earl.
Of course, the notice was directly sent by Duke Earnest of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Viscount Dickens didn't know which Earl it was, but from the previous news, he knew it was definitely not an Earl of the Duchy of Carmel.
There were very few Earls in the Duchy of Carmel. Most of them were members of the royal family. Also, this kind of land did not seem like the tradition of the Duchy of Carmel. The tradition of the Duchy of Carmel was to be stingy, extremely stingy. It was as if every title and land was carved out of the flesh of the king.
Especially since this notice was directly sent by Duke Earnest of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Viscount Dickens guessed that it was probably some important person who had been punished and exiled here.
Therefore, today was the day the new Earl came to receive his land. Viscount Dickens had already decided to leave the city with his family after handing over the mayor's seal. This was his choice.
If Viscount Dickens stayed in Harvest City, then his family would become a vassal of the new Earl. Becoming a vassal of an Earl exiled from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was something he didn't want to see. It was something that almost all the inherited nobles didn't want to see.
Therefore, when they heard that Harvest City was going to be given to an earl, most of the nobles chose the Kingdom of Saint Ellis to move their territory to another city.
Although there would be losses due to various reasons, this time the Kingdom of Saint Ellis had gone all out to minimize the losses. Therefore, after seeing this situation, many nobles chose to leave Harvest City.
A territory without any specialties could only produce food, and the food produced was forcefully purchased by the Duchy of Carmel. The profits were extremely low, and this was one of the reasons why the inherited nobles wanted to change their territory. They wanted to leave this barren land that was called a granary.
Of course, there were also some stubborn inherited nobles. They held onto their inherited land and didn't want to leave no matter what. Soon, the terrifying Kingdom of Saint Ellis began to move in the dark.
The families of the inherited nobles who stayed were warned by the Kingdom of Saint Ellis. Some of their dirty deeds were dug up, and all kinds of methods were used. These inherited nobles understood one thing: if they chose to stay, their families would be gone!
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis seemed to be doing a losing business. After the Empire changed the territory, all of the land in Harvest City belonged to Earl Abel. After Abel was given the land, he stayed in Linate City for ten days. Harvest City no longer had any inherited nobles.
That's right. This was Abel's final choice. A territory without inherited nobles. A clean territory that was completely under his control. He didn't like having so many affiliated nobles in his own territory, even though they had to give him a certain amount of production and provide him with military force.
However, as a wizard, Abel didn't care about these nobles. At most, they were an intermediate Knight, and the highest they could be was an elite knight. If he wanted an army of Knights, he had plenty of ways to do it.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis hid Abel's identity. When they notified the Duchy of Carmel and Harvest City, they only called him "Earl" and did not mention his name. This made all of the nobles in Harvest City think that the new owner of the city was an Earl who was abandoned by the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
Although the nobles in Harvest City didn't know why the Earl was exiled to the southernmost part of the Holy Continent, they thought he was just a loser in a battle between nobles, so he was sent to a place where the winner didn't even want to see him.
This kind of Earl might not have to worry about his life, but he would never have a chance to shine. Also, if the winner used some dirty tricks from time to time, no nobles in a small country like the Duchy of Carmel would be able to withstand the schemes of a big noble from the Kingdom of Saint Ellis.
This was the main reason why many nobles escaped from Harvest City. They didn't want to tie their family to an Earl who had lost his power. Luckily, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was very humane. Or in the eyes of the nobles in Harvest City, they had completely isolated this exiled Earl.
The Kingdom of Saint Ellis was willing to help the nobles who wanted to leave Harvest City change their fief. Viscount Dickens was the first noble to agree. His fief was moved to another city with good production. Of course, he had to leave behind the elite Knight brigade in Harvest City, which he had always treated as his private army.
The 4 elite Knights he brought with him today were the vice-commanders of the elite Knight brigade in Harvest City. However, when he was about to greet the new Earl, his mind began to clear up.
Was the Kingdom of St Ellis willing to pay such a price just to isolate an exiled earl? This kind of sacrifice is really too much, isn't it?
Could it be that he had made the wrong choice? For the first time, this question arose in Viscount Dickens' mind. But soon, his attention was attracted by the white light of the Blacksmith's Guild teleportation circle, and he temporarily forgot about it.
"We're home!" Although Abel's body was still flashing with the white light of the teleportation circle, it didn't stop him from taking a deep breath.
"Is this the master's home?" Bartoli, who was wearing a robe, also felt everything here. If there were no accidents, this would also be her home. Perhaps it would be her home for the next ten thousand years!
"Yes, this will be our home from now on. I will build this place into the strongest territory in the entire continent. I won't let anyone bully me again!" The air here was filled with the fragrance of grains. It made Abel, who had been wandering outside for a long time, feel nostalgic. He murmured with certainty.
Abel and Bartoli both walked out of the teleportation circle. Black Wind, Chocobo, and Bai Yun were also inside the portal beast ring.
Viscount Dickens' eyes widened. He didn't expect to see Abel walking out of the teleportation circle. Abel came from Harvest City, and his name was known by everyone in Harvest City.
Viscount Dickens glanced at Abel's chest. There were 3 badges shining brightly under the rising sun. Although he had never seen a Grandmaster Blacksmith's badge before, he could tell it was the legendary Grandmaster Blacksmith's badge from the way Blacksmith Jules was looking at it with a crazy look in his eyes.
Next to the grandmaster blacksmith badge was a single magic staff badge. It was a wizard badge, and it was the badge of an official wizard. If it was a normal noble, especially one from a remote area like this, they would have never seen or even heard of a wizard badge.
However, Viscount Dickens was different. As one of the few high-ranking nobles in the Duchy of Carmel, he knew about the wizard badge. It was the most powerful force in the Duchy of Carmel. It was the force that protected the Duchy of Carmel.
As far as he knew, there were only 3 such forces, and Abel in front of him had already become one of them.
Next to the wizard's badge was a noble's badge. It was an earl's badge with a dragon-shaped coat of arms, but this earl's badge was the most inconspicuous of the three.
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