Therefore, even when Chen Mo took over his baron's territory, he didn't do anything and just watched from the sidelines.
Just like that, a year passed quickly. This mysterious lord didn't do much other than buying various ores and other resources from the surrounding territories.
Until a few days ago, he received a letter from this mysterious lord, hoping to buy a batch of high-quality warhorses from him at a high price. He also said that due to the limited military strength of his territory, he hoped that Duke Warren would send someone to escort the warhorses to his territory. Along with the letter, a large piece of extremely pure gold was sent.
According to the current price of warhorses, this amount of gold was enough to buy all the warhorses he needed. According to the Lord's letter, this amount of gold was only half of the deposit. After the warhorses were escorted to his territory, he would pay the remaining half.
Although he was a great lord, Duke Warren had a vast territory and a dozen or so vassal nobles. Every year, the territory's income and the taxes paid by the vassal nobles were a huge sum.
But at the same time, maintaining the extravagant lifestyle of the nobles and providing for the powerful army under his command also cost him more than half of his funds. And what Chen Mo offered could be considered a huge sum.
Selling a hundred warhorses to Chen Mo for more than twice the price, in Duke Warren's view, he really had no reason to refuse.
Even if Chen Mo had warhorses, it would be impossible to train a powerful cavalry unit in a short period of time. Any Knight would only be born after a dozen or so years of careful training and life and death experiences.
Moreover, Duke Warren had his own thoughts.
At first, he was frightened by Chen Mo's shocking strength and the large number of werewolf corpses. But as time passed and Chen Mo didn't do anything, Duke Warren gradually had other thoughts.
Knights were already the strongest fighting force among humans. Even the strongest Knight couldn't defeat a werewolf alone, let alone kill dozens of them.
This was simply impossible!
The more he thought about this matter, the more suspicious Count Warren became of Chen Mo. How could a human possibly be so powerful? Now that he thought about it carefully, this matter itself was a little too strange, a little too absurd.
The story of Chen Mo killing dozens of werewolves by himself had always been a legend. No one had seen it with their own eyes.
As for the pile of werewolf corpses, Duke Warren guessed that the original lord, his Knight, and his soldiers had perished together with the werewolves. These werewolf corpses were found by Chen Mo and collected to scare them.
He had intended to test Chen Mo, but before he could do anything, Chen Mo had delivered himself to him.
Looking at the gold in the box together with the letter, Count Warren was surprised by Chen Mo's carelessness, and at the same time, he was greatly interested in the wealth in Chen Mo's hands.
What kind of wealth did this mysterious lord who had suddenly appeared have that he could so easily offer twice the price to buy a large number of precious warhorses from him? Furthermore, he had placed such a large sum of gold in a box and had his soldiers deliver it to him. He did not even bother to open the chain.
Did he have so much wealth that he didn't care, or was he so stupid that he didn't take precautions?
How could Count Warren know that Chen Mo had the ability to see through people's hearts with his sharp senses and extremely developed brain?
One year was enough for Chen Mo to thoroughly understand the hearts of each of his subordinates.
Chen Mo was well aware of each of their personalities, morals, family situation, style of doing things, and the degree of loyalty they had for him.
Not to mention that the soldiers he sent wouldn't disobey his orders and open the box privately, even if they accidentally found out that there was a large sum of gold inside, they wouldn't betray him and flee with the money.
Not to mention, this soldier was a filial son. He wouldn't abandon his parents and betray Chen Mo for the gold.
Gradually losing his fear of Chen Mo's strength, and coveting Chen Mo's wealth, Count Warren immediately decided to agree to Chen Mo's request. He also sent out a powerful Knight unit that was enough to wipe out any of his subordinate territories. His goal was to find out the truth of Chen Mo's strength, kill him, and take back all the gold!
It had been five days since Count Warren sent out the Knight unit.
This place wasn't too far from Chen Mo's territory, and with the speed of the cavalry, it would take at least one day to reach here. However, the Knight unit had to bring a large number of warhorses, so their speed would definitely be affected. Adding the time they spent in Chen Mo's territory, it was about time for them to return.
How much gold did his Knight bring back?
Would it be enough for him to build an even more majestic and luxurious castle?
Just as Count Warren was considering what his new castle should look like, the sound of galloping horses suddenly entered his ears.
It must be my Knight unit that's back!
A hint of joy appeared on Count Warren's face. He couldn't wait to see what the Knight unit had gained.
He wanted to know how much wealth the Lord who had deceived him for a whole year had left him, and whether it was enough to atone for his sins.
Pretending to be calm, he slowly got up from the chair and calmly tidied up his luxurious noble robe. Count Warren was just about to personally welcome his victorious Knight unit at the entrance of the castle when he was stunned by the sound of the alarm. He stood there in a daze and didn't react for a long time.
The alarm of the castle hadn't rung for a long time. The last time was when the werewolves attacked a few years ago.
The more than ten vassal aristocrats' territories that were scattered around the periphery of his territory were his natural defense against external attacks. Other than the fast and stealthy werewolves, no one could silently break through the Honorary Aristocrats' territories and directly attack his castle. Unless, it was a rebellion by his territories!
There were a large number of warhorses in his nearby territories, and they were rushing over at this time …
A terrifying thought flashed across his mind. Could it be him!
Didn't that mean …?!
Count Warren desperately hoped that the soldiers guarding the watchtower had made a mistake, or that the other nobles under his command had rebelled. In any case, it couldn't be Chen Mo!
Even though he knew that it was almost impossible. Just by listening to the loud sound of hooves from afar, he knew that there were definitely more than a hundred warhorses in this troop. And the only person under his command who had such a number of warhorses was Chen Mo, who had just bought warhorses from him.
If it was really Chen Mo who came, it meant that his Knight unit had been wiped out. And Chen Mo's strength was indeed as strong as the legends said. He didn't think that Chen Mo could train such strong soldiers in just a year to kill the dozens of Knights he sent.
The legend that he thought was just a rumor once again appeared in his mind. Faced with such a strong Chen Mo, how should he deal with it?
They must not be allowed to enter!
Thinking of this, Count Warren no longer cared about maintaining his noble demeanor. He pushed away the tea table in front of him that was filled with all kinds of precious fruits and rushed towards the castle wall with two Knight.
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