In the slightly dark basement, there was a long table covered with a velvet carpet, and torches stuck on the stone wall illuminated the different faces of the nobles. They waved their hands with jeweled rings and loudly vented their dissatisfaction.

Some people even make no secret of their greed for the Sunlight Oasis. After all, the nobles of the Western Region are more or less related to each other due to marriage, so they have reason to find excuses to take advantage when necessary.

Earl Urd, who was sitting at the head of the table, looked at the table full of nobles quietly. He knew very well what the nobles of the West were like. When they had interests, they talked about family ties, but when they didn't, they stabbed each other.

There is no one who can defend his own territory in the Western Territory who is not ruthless, and there is no one who is not greedy. The Western Territory is such an environment, the resources are limited, and if others take more, you will have less.

After waiting for a while, the conference room finally became quiet.

Each noble expressed his or her own attitude, and everyone was waiting for an answer from Count Urd.

If prices remain this high during the Harvest Festival, all nobles will have a difficult time throughout the year.

"Everyone knows that Princess Agatha and Governor Meteor of Raging Waves City have led the imperial delegation to Sunshine City a long time ago." Earl Urd's words made all the nobles concentrate their attention, and those who were whispering to each other in private also looked over. Wu

De continued: "I greeted Her Royal Highness the Princess on the first day the delegation entered the city, and then I never accepted an audience with her again. You are all nobles with status in the Western Region. You come to Riyao City to live in

Ri Yao Manor probably did not accept the summons from Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The nobles thought in silence.

This is abnormal!

The empire has always paid little attention to the Western Territory. This time, it suddenly sent the eldest princess to visit as an envoy. Such a high-profile visit was obviously because of the war in the Tedega Hills.

The nobles of the Western Region, who are also members of the Blade Bearing Brotherhood, need to be comforted. But what kind of comfort is it if a noble is missing?

A nobleman asked: "What does this have to do with what we are discussing."

Earl Urd replied: "Of course it does matter. The abnormal prices in Sun Yao City now are caused by the eldest princess and the meteor..."

Then Earl Urd explained the process of skyrocketing prices in the city to these nobles who did not know what had happened in Sun City recently.

"...Everyone must have heard about the wealth that Raging Waves City has. These days, I have seen how generously the two of them spend money, and I can only sigh that if you have money, you can really do whatever you want.

Boxes upon boxes of gold and silver certificates are scattered in the market of Sun Yao City. How can the prices in Sun Yao City not rise? To be honest...even I sold all the halfling wine I had stored."

After hearing Earl Urd's explanation, the nobles were collectively angry.

They heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess was leading an envoy to visit the Western Region, accompanied by the Governor of Raging Waves City. They all thought that the Empire would definitely come to pay them money. They also heard that the special envoy of the Duke of Celtic was also in Riyao City, and they felt even more...

You can wait for the price to sell and watch the two companies compete to raise the price.

But who would have thought that the eldest princess was raising the price, but raising the price of goods in Riyao City was equivalent to stabbing the vitality of the nobles of the Western Region.

This is going to be a bloodbath for the nobles of the Western Region!

Absolutely intolerable!

The nobles denounced: this is the empire's betrayal; it is a serious damage to the interests of the nobles of the Western Region; it is a violation of the ancestral agreement; it is a chill in the hearts of the families who guard the border for the empire...

When Count Urd saw that the spearhead against him was being transferred, he invited Erguya out.

He introduced: "This is the special envoy of the Celtic Duke, Viscount Erguya."

The barbarian's size is very oppressive in the basement.

Erguya saluted the table full of nobles and said: "The Duke of Celtic sends his regards to the brothers in the West."

The nobles of the Western Region stood up together and returned the greeting to Erguya.

"Say hello to the Celtic Duke!"

Earl Urd asked Erguya to sit next to him. After all the nobles sat down, he brought the meeting to the right track: "In addition to participating in the harvest festival, another important reason for everyone to come to Sunshine City is to meet the Duke of Celtic.

invitation.

Now the Duke's barbarian army is being attacked by the empire in the Tedga Hills. Please ask Viscount Erguya to explain the details to you."

The critical moment has arrived.

Erguya expressed his gratitude to the eldest princess and Yuexing for what they had done these days. If they had not raised the prices of goods in Riyao City and shaken the foundation of the rule of the Western nobles, he would never have been able to persuade the Western nobles to break with the empire.

tomato

I really don’t know how those two people came up with such a stupid trick. If you use money to directly attack these greedy nobles, the Duke really has no way to compete with the empire for financial resources.

Now...the victory has been handed over to them.

"Augustin's invasion of the Tedega Hills fully revealed his evil intention to destroy the Blade-bearing Brotherhood. The Celtic Duke and his barbarian army are the strongest and last wall of the Blade-bearing Brotherhood. If we are defeated, the Blade-bearing Brotherhood will

The Brotherhood would be at the mercy of Augustine's armies.

I came to the West this time just to hope that all the lords can understand the crisis you are facing. Agatha and Meteor have already revealed their butcher knife to you..."

Erguyakon gave an impassioned speech passionately, and a servant of Sun Yao Manor quietly walked in and said something in Earl Urd's ear.

Earl Urd's expression changed and immediately returned to normal. Seeing that no one at the venue paid attention to him, he temporarily left the venue on the pretext that barbarian soldiers were causing trouble.

Erguya felt that Count Urd was the most direct victim of rising prices in Sun City and would definitely stand on his side, so he didn't take it seriously.

Earl Urd came to another room with his attendants, first turned on all the defensive magic facilities, and then asked sternly: "Are you telling the truth? Do you know what kind of impact this news will bring to the West?

as a result of?"

The attendant was frightened and knelt down and replied: "Master, this is what the sentry saw with his own eyes. At the ruins of the Lord World Tree, the new World Tree has revived. It grows from the center of Moon Lake and inherits all the power of the previous World Tree.

He was called the Moonlight Tree King and formed the Moonlight Royal Court with the Moonlight Queen.

Now the Moonlight Royal Court is sending a message about the resurrection of the World Tree to the entire western barbarian tribes, asking the barbarian tribes to submit to the Moonlight Royal Court.

The news of the resurrection of the World Tree and the establishment of the Moonlight Royal Court will soon reach Sunlight City."

The news of the resurrection of the World Tree was a heavy blow to Earl Urd.

He knew what the World Tree meant to the barbarians of the Western Region. Although thousands of years had passed, most of the barbarians of the Western Region believed that their ancestors came from the grasslands of the Ancestors and had received the protection of the World Tree.

This time the World Tree not only revived, but also established the Moonlight Royal Court. The belief will definitely attract a large number of barbarians from the Western Region to the Grassland of the First People.

However, the Moonlight Royal Court alone is not enough to worry Earl Urd. After all, the strength and internal conflicts of the barbarians are there. If the Moonlight Royal Court wants to integrate the power of the barbarians in the West to threaten the nobles of the West, it cannot be done within a few years.

things to come.

But the words he said while drinking tea with Meteor left a knot in Earl Urd's throat.

He asked his attendants: "Why did the Moonlight Queen appear when the World Tree was resurrected and the Moonlight Royal Court was established? Who is she?"

The attendant replied: "I don't know, the barbarians on the grassland of the ancestors dare not call the queen by her real name. The sentry only found out that Queen Moonlight was a fierce war song who traveled out. She found a way to revive the World Tree, and interacted with the reborn Moonlight.

The Tree King has inherited the authority and responsibilities of the previous world tree.

Now everything in the Moonlight Court is presided over by the Queen.

The sentry was also received by the Queen and received many Moon Lake sources as a reward from the Queen."

What!

Earl Urd knew very well that he sent the sentry to the Ancestor Grassland to investigate possible anomalies, and did not mention bringing the source of Moon Lake.

He frowned and asked the attendant: "Did the Queen say anything?"

The attendant replied: "The Queen said: Earl Urd used to be a friend of the First People's Grassland, and later became a friend of the Moonlight Palace. Although Moon Lake is now the private property of the Moonlight Palace, there is still water for tea, Earl...

…”

Earl Urd recalled what the meteorite said to him again.

Damn it!

This Moonlight Queen is from a meteorite!

What does he want to do? What will he do?

Count Urd warned his attendants: "Don't tell anyone about this."

"Yes, Master." The attendant hurriedly agreed. He remembered something and said to Earl Urd: "Master, just now the people from Slave Corner came to the Governor of Meteor and said that the slave the Governor wanted has arrived and asked him to inspect it.

goods."

Slave corner!

Earl Urd knew the backgrounds of the people in Slave Corner. The jackal Screaming behind Slave Corner not only ran the slave business, but was also responsible for selling stolen goods for Sand Pirates.

Earl Urd didn't think that Meteor would care about the petty profits from the slave trade when he was playing such a big game in the Western Territory. Combined with his layout in the Sunshine City Market and the Grassland of the Ancients, he must have played a trick for the Western Territory nobles in the Slave Corner.

poison.

It's a pity that we are still here discussing whether to respond to the Celtic Duke, but we don't know that we have already been pinned to the guillotine.

"Immediately send people to Slave Corner, as well as the Central Island Castle. If there is an emergency, protect the safety of the Governor of Meteor Star and Her Royal Highness the Princess at all costs.

Governor Meteorite will inform me immediately after he returns, without any delay."

"Yes, Master."

After letting the attendants leave, Earl Urd took some time to adjust his emotions and returned to the conference room only after he felt that no one would see the flaw.

Luke, who had been invited to Slave Corner in the West City of Sun Yao City, was greeted by the jackal Howl and went out to greet him personally.

The place of discussion was not in the office, but in a formal living room.

Screech even asked Luke to sit in the main seat.

The chairs covered with thick plush carpets are soft and comfortable, and the pure white conference table is made from the rare white pomelo tree. The natural oil feels like jade. There are fruits special to the West and peeled nuts on the table.
To be continued...