Harvest City was technically part of the Duchy of Carmel, but because of the conflict between Abel and the George family, as well as the Kingdom of Saint Ellis's support for Abel, the Duchy of Carmel could not manage or collect taxes from Harvest City.
If the other duchies were to use this opportunity to shake the Duchy of Carmel's political power, then once the political power changed, the situation would change as well.
This was not a good thing for Harvest City, but the lack of information made it impossible for Lord Marshall and Abel to make an accurate judgment.
"Uncle Marshall, I'll go to Bakong City and see what's going on!" Abel thought for a moment and said.
He had reached a bottleneck in his training, and meditation could no longer increase his mana. What he needed was an opportunity to level up, so going out for a walk was a good choice.
"Abel, do you want to bring the Knight's Guard with you?" Lord Marshall asked.
Abel was already an earl. As the lord of a city and a large territory nearby, he needed to have a certain amount of honor when he went out. The Knight's Guard was a must. It could show off the power of an earl.
"Uncle Marshall, don't forget, I'm a wizard!" Abel couldn't help but laugh.
How could he let a group of Knight's Guard, a big Knight's Guard, not to mention that he was a wizard?
As a wizard, he was not supposed to have such close contact with the common world. However, because of his identity as a grandmaster blacksmith, the Wizard Union could not really interfere with his business. It was because of this that he became a hereditary earl.
"Ok, do as you wish!" Lord Marshall couldn't help but laugh. He always remembered how Abel was like when he was still a child. It had only been a few years, but Abel had already been associated with all kinds of identities that he didn't even dare to think about before.
Another reason why Abel didn't bring the Knight's Guard was that he couldn't bring normal people with him to Bakong City.
He directly teleported from the teleportation circle in Harry Castle to the teleportation circle on the first floor of the Moreton Magic Tower outside of Bakong City. Although the magic tower was closed, he still had access to it.
Also, the energy supply of the Moreton Magic Tower could not be stopped, so the teleportation circle was always in an official state.
Abel walked out of the Malton Magic Tower. The other 3 magic towers were still standing on top of the hill, but it was no longer as lively as it used to be. The wizard apprentices that were gathered in front of each magic tower had all moved to Harry Castle, which had better conditions.
Due to the lack of cleaning, the place already had a sense of desolation. Weeds had already begun to grow on the ground.
Abel didn't like this. This was the place where he first learned magic. He immediately connected with Bartoli through the soul chain and asked her to send a few wizard's apprentices to clean up the place regularly.
The cleaning work around the magic tower could only be done by wizard's apprentices. The mana overflowing from the magic tower was like poison to normal people. If they lived in a mana filled environment for a long time, their bodies would be severely damaged or even killed.
There was a separate gathering place for wizard's apprentices outside of Harry Castle. There was enough mana to support the training of wizard's apprentices, and all kinds of missions could be completed by the wizard's apprentices to get better training resources.
Therefore, he asked for a mission to help those wizard's apprentices. At least this mission alone could provide a long-term source of resources for those wizard's apprentices.
He summoned Black Wind and rode it towards Bakong City, following the path that led down the mountain.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Bakong City, he realized how tense the atmosphere was. The guards at the gate had changed from normal soldiers to knights on war horses. This was a normal duchy, and knights had a very high status in a duchy like this.
Although 2 beginner Knights were not powerful, it was still too extravagant to use them to guard the gate of Bakong City.
"Bakong City is forbidden!" A beginner Knight stopped Abel. Although he was a little surprised by the Black Wind under Abel, he still said loudly.
Abel was stunned. His Black Wind was very famous in Bakong City. There was no Knight in Bakong City who didn't know about his Black Wind.
However, he didn't want to blame this beginner Knight. Instead, he took out a noble's coat of arms from his portal bracelet. It was a coat of arms with a black background and a golden eastern dragon pattern.
Abel normally carried two noble's coats of arms with him. One was the coat of arms of Family Harry. It was a white unicorn coat of arms of Family Harry. The owner of this coat of arms was Lord Marshall, and as the heir of Family Harry, he had the right to use this coat of arms.
However, after he became an Earl, the owner of this coat of arms was now Earl Abel, and his father, Lord Marshall, became a subordinate noble of this coat of arms.
The other coat of arms was this golden eastern dragon coat of arms with a black background. This was the coat of arms of Abel's castle. It was the coat of arms of Abel's military exploits.
Normally, Abel would only show the golden eastern dragon coat of arms with a black background. This coat of arms was granted in Bakong City, and using a coat of arms with a lower status would show the humility of its owner.
However, he didn't expect what would happen next.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Abel, Bakong City has been sealed off. You can't enter!" The beginner Knight glanced at the coat of arms and said again. Although his tone was more polite than before, he still rejected Abel's request.
Abel's face sank. He took out his wizard badge and said again, "Can I enter with this badge?"
The beginner Knight's face changed when he saw the wizard badge. His companion, another beginner Knight, immediately took out a whistle and blew it loudly.
"You are not a Knight from Bakong City!" Abel said in a deep voice.
He finally understood why these two Knights didn't recognize him when they saw the Black Wind and the golden eastern dragon coat of arms. Even when they saw the wizard badge, they blew the whistle as if they saw an enemy.
If they knew who he was, no one would treat him like this. There was only one possibility. These two beginner Knights didn't even know who he was.
If these two beginner Knights couldn't recognize the golden eastern dragon coat of arms, it could only mean that these two beginner Knights weren't from Bakong City. In other words, they weren't knights from the Duchy of Carmel. It was impossible for a knight from Bakong City not to recognize the noble coat of arms of the Duchy of Carmel.
When a new noble with a coat of arms appeared, they would receive and recognize the coat of arms of the new noble. However, this only applied to nobles. Normal Knights didn't have this privilege.
Since the beginner Knight blew the whistle, he thought there were reinforcements, so he said confidently to Abel, "Mr. Wizard, we are Knights from the Duchy of Thunder. Our Duchy's Head Knight Hector and a few other Wizards are negotiating with the George family. Bakong City is currently off-limits to everyone!"
A cold light flashed in Abel's eyes. No matter what, Bakong City was the city he used to live in. It was also the Duchy where he was born.
"Fuck off!"
The Black Wind under Abel instantly moved forward. Before the two beginner Knights could react, he had already approached them.
He grabbed one of the beginner Knights with one hand and casually threw him towards the other. The two beginner Knights collided and fell off their horses at the same time.
The two beginner Knights were like babies in his hands. He didn't use any ability. He only used his speed and strength to make the two beginner Knights lose their ability to fight back.
"Who dares to touch the people from the Duchy of Thunder!" In a flash of white light, an intermediate wizard arrived at the gate of the city and blocked Abel.
The intermediate wizard looked at the two beginner Knights on the ground with a murderous look in his eyes. However, when he saw the Black Wind under Abel, his face changed.
Abel didn't say anything. Instead, a spell pattern flashed in his hand, and a 'telekinesis' spell was cast. It was so fast that the intermediate wizard was shocked.
"Ah …" Before the intermediate wizard could finish his sentence, he flashed away and dodged the telekinesis.
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