Southern Border, Count Hosman's territory.
The tall and strong Karlov Hosman. Count Hosman sat in his own reception room, examining the guest in front of him.
As one of the most powerful nobles in the Southern Border, Karlov Hosman had always been a noble. Hosman had always been proud of his family name and excellent bloodline.
His family was originally a branch of the Hosman Family in the Whitsunday Plains. A hundred years ago, his far-sighted ancestor realized the true direction of the civil war in the Month of Mist and responded to the actions of the "Northern Crown Prince" to fight for his own glory. His ancestor, who had no right of inheritance, was granted a title by the royal family after the establishment of the Second Dynasty, allowing his family to obtain their own land in the Southern Border and become a count-level noble. From that day on, until the next hundred years, the Hosman Family in the Southern Border had remained prosperous and powerful.
This undoubtedly showed the excellence of the family bloodline, and also the importance of "far-sighted" to the family. Hosman always kept this in mind, so he always kept his eyes open, carefully and keenly paying attention to everything that happened in this land, not only in his own territory, but also in the entire Southern Border.
After the resurrection of the "Founding Duke", his gaze had never left Cecil's territory.
Since the civil war in the Month of Mist a hundred years ago, the royal family had always deliberately controlled the development of the Southern Border. The ancient and huge Cecil family was like a giant beast. Even if it collapsed overnight, its flesh and blood would still be powerful. In order to prevent the nobles who were still loyal to the surname of Cecil from stirring up the situation, the royal family had divided the land more than once in the past hundred years, and almost all of the nobles in the Southern Border had become the direct vassals of the royal family. The highest rank of nobles who controlled the land was an earl. Therefore, Count Hosman had always been one of the nobles with the highest rank in the land for a hundred years, but this situation was broken less than a year ago.
The Southern Border had a new "Duke".
Although this Duke did not immediately ask for his land back, nor did he make any claims about the current noble system in the Southern Border, he only kept his title and ran to the Gloom Mountain Range to expand and develop, Karlov Hosman had always been wary of Hosman. Count Hosman had never let his guard down against the hero who had come back from the dead. He had a keen sense of smell, and he could smell something different from the duke's series of actions. It was the hidden ambition and threat.
"That's all we can get at the moment," the guest said. "The spies we sent have successfully infiltrated an organization called the Twenty-fifth Production and Construction Brigade. According to the vocabulary invented by the resurrected duke, it is a 'secret construction department.' According to the information obtained by the spies, this department directly takes orders from the lord and undertakes the highest level of territorial construction tasks. So, the news should be reliable and of high value."
"Very good … Mr. Green, the spy you've trained didn't disappoint me." Hosman nodded with satisfaction, then frowned slightly. "So … Gwen? Duke Cecil had a batch of extremely powerful weapons in his hands? And it might have been provided by an elf? "
"Yes, they used this weapon to deal with the monsters that wandered through the wasteland."
"The Silver Elves are the builders of the Great Wall. It's not surprising that they have weapons to fight against the monsters in the wasteland. But they bypassed the Ansu royal family and directly contacted Gwen? Duke Cecil came in contact with and provided weapons … this is a bit strange. " Hosman gently tapped the table, thinking about the hidden truth during this period. "It seems that as I thought, the founding duke was not a 'good neighbor' …"
"Perhaps we should act as soon as possible to control the development of Cecil's territory," the middle-aged man called Mr. Green said with a gloomy smile. His gloomy temperament became even gloomier with this smile. His eyes, which were covered by his black hair, shone with a cold light. "Viscount Leslie has obviously sided with the Cecil family. Kant Hill is now under the control of the Cecil family. The man who came back from the dead is unknowingly infiltrating and controlling the land that once belonged to him."
"But it doesn't belong to him now," Count Carloff snorted. "But we can't be too obvious. He is still the duke of the kingdom, at least in name and in law. In this case, the first person to jump out against him, no matter the result, will not benefit."
"He is indeed the duke of the kingdom in name and in law, but who wants this' duke 'to exist? You don't want it, Viscount Carloff doesn't want it, Countess Glen doesn't want it, and even His Majesty — he doesn't want it either. But everyone has to show enough respect to the founding ancestor. "Mr. Green smiled. As Count Carloff's advisor for many years, he knew very well what his sharp-eyed friend was thinking." We can't directly confront the founding hero, which will damage your reputation. But we can contact others first and make some preparations in advance … "
Hearing the advisor's words, Carloff Hosman's expression changed. The expression on Hosman's face slowly relaxed.
"There's another thing." After the discussion came to an end, Mr. Green brought up another piece of information. "Recently, there's something called the 'Magic Net' in Leslie Hill …"
"Magic Net?" Carloff frowned slightly. "What's that?"
"It's a kind of magic device, or something similar to a magic device. It can absorb the free magic power in nature, and its efficiency is many times higher than the traditional self-charging magic array. It can provide stable energy for some devices that require magic power, such as the magic stone lamp," Glenn explained. "You should have guessed that it first appeared in Cecil Territory. That Gawain Gawain was the one who created it. Duke Cecil's mages created it, and then Viscount Leslie, who was very close to Cecil Hill, bought the technology. But that Viscount Leslie apparently wanted to recover some of his capital … "
Count Carloff? Count Horsman couldn't help but smile. "Any loyalty is limited, as long as the price is right. This thing called the Magic Net, is it valuable? "
"It's very valuable, especially with a device called the 'Magic Engine'," Green said. "The Magic Engine is a kind of magic device that can replace human work. It has infinite power and is also a product of Cecil Hill. It's expensive, but it's worth the power of several hundred slaves. Moreover, it works day and night without tiring. I've already sent people to Tanzania Town to investigate the situation. My words aren't exaggerated at all. "
Count Carloff was stunned, "There's really such a powerful magic device? Could it be that the revived Duke even sold this kind of thing to Viscount Leslie? "
"It's clear that the Duke was very short of money after he was revived," Mr. Green said with a smile. "Of course, I guess that he must have some reservations when he sold it. After all, no one is willing to give a precious magic device to someone else. But our spies in Tanzania Town have successfully established contact with Viscount Leslie's men. They have a way to secretly get a batch. As you said, any loyalty is limited, as long as the price is right."
"Very good, find a way to get the so-called 'Magic Engine', and also that … Magic Net, find a way to get it." Count Carloff made a prompt decision. He had already seen the potential value of these two things. It was the good character of the Horsman family to act in a timely manner. "Don't worry about the gold coins needed. The most important thing is to be able to get the magic secrets of Cecil Hill."
Green smiled. "You'll get what you want."
In the Lord's Mansion of Cecil Hill, Gwen finished reading the letter in his hand and looked up at Amber with a smile. "Guess what our neighbor in Tanzania Town said?"
Amber glanced at the letter. The Leslie family's emblem could be seen in the corner of the letter, but she didn't read the content and just said casually, "Recently, other nobles in the Southern Territory have been in contact with him, intending to buy the Magic Engine, right?"
Gwen looked at Amber with a little surprise. "How did you know?"
"I'm the director of the Military Security Intelligence Agency! Director! " Amber suddenly stared and pointed at her own nose. "You personally appointed me. My God, you can't have forgotten …"
Gwen quickly pressed Amber's head back as she was getting closer and closer. He waved his hand and said, "I didn't forget, I didn't forget, of course I didn't. The main thing is that I didn't expect you to actually be working. Every day, I see that you're mainly looking for various departments to eat, and the rest of the time you're making trouble for me. I thought you didn't do anything serious."
Amber was speechless.
The half-elf stared at Gwen for a long time, and then she realized that she couldn't beat him anyway, so she went back. "Other than the Magic Engine, I've also received information that a crude Magic Net or clues related to the Magic Net has appeared in several territories in the Western Region of the Southern Territory. Some nobles are recruiting rune craftsmen and runemasters, and some are recruiting mages at high prices. According to the direction of the 'Magic Net' information flow, I'm guessing that the local lords have bought or stolen some of the information about the Magic Net, and are trying to replicate it."
"The Magic Net has begun to spread … It's slower than I thought, but considering the impact of winter, the speed is not bad." Gwen nodded as he pondered. "Viscount Andrew is also working hard."
Amber couldn't help but roll her eyes when Gwen mentioned Viscount Andrew. "You're still talking about it. Previously, Viscount Andrew was trembling in fear and secretly bribing the technician you sent. He spent a lot of money, and half of it went into your pocket. After he had stolen most of it, you suddenly sent a messenger to say that the Magic Net can be sold. Not only can it be sold, you can even let him be an agent to sell it further … Is there anyone like you?"
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