radicalducati Chapter 95 The Loan, and What the Wizard Couldn't Do
Chapter 95 The Loan, and What the Wizard Couldn't Do
Upon hearing the Scarlet Wizard's words, Viscount Bloodfang trembled. After a moment, a determination that surprised even Loon arose within him.
Hanging in the sky, the Iron Sword Viscount, who had already resigned himself to his fate, began to struggle. The power flowing through his body seemed to subtly trigger the cycle of life force, as if it wanted to wash away the levitation spell that Luo Ang had cast on him.
It seemed that the Scarlet Wizard's decision had touched a nerve with both the Iron Sword and Blood Fang families, causing the two family heads present to be determined to fight to the death.
"Wait, wait." Just then, Baron Dilron's voice suddenly rang out.
"Your Excellency Wizard, the reason why the Bloodfang family and the Iron Sword family were able to decide the ownership of Forked Ridge through a knightly war is primarily because we both belong to the Kingdom of the Shield."
"No matter how much we fight, this land belongs to the Kingdom of the Shield."
"But if Your Excellency intervenes and occupies this land, it would be a provocation against the entire Kingdom of the Shield."
"Your Excellency, nobles are willing to do anything for land, and a king is also capable of waging a protracted war for land."
"With your immense power, you may not care about the kingdom's wars—but this is, after all, a kingdom."
"If war were to break out, the power of an entire kingdom would certainly cause great trouble for you two."
"Whatever plans you two may have, they will be severely hampered by this trouble."
"I think this is certainly not something that either of you would like to see."
"Your Excellencies, if you truly need Chashanling, perhaps we have a better solution."
"How about renting it?"
"Your Excellencies, the Iron Sword Family and the Blood Pressure Family have jointly signed a contract with you, leasing Forked Ridge to you and transferring all rights to Forked Ridge to you."
"In this way, both of you esteemed gentlemen can obtain Chashan Ridge without worrying about any subsequent troubles."
Baron Dilron spoke quickly, and in just a moment he produced a plan—it seemed that he had been considering the problem of this mountain range for a long time.
"A loan?" Upon hearing Dilron's words, Loon's eyebrows suddenly twitched.
Isn't this the foreign concession?
Talent!
"If we occupy Chashanling, it will invite intervention from the kingdom."
"Won't leasing it out attract interference from the kingdom?" Loon slightly diverted his attention and focused his gaze on Baron Dilron.
"My esteemed sir, it's merely a rental!"
"Both the Bloodfang family and the Iron Sword family are the masters of Forked Ridge—and adding the kingdom's own claim to the title, Forked Ridge only has three masters."
"As long as two owners are willing to acknowledge the lease agreement and sign the contract, even the king cannot deny it."
"After all, this is just business, not war."
"So, do the Blood Pressure Family and the Iron Sword Family have any objections to this lease agreement?"
Loen's gaze fell on Viscount Bloodfang.
"Your Excellency, Bloodfang will remember that you have no objection to this."
"The Bloodfang family is willing to sign this lease agreement in exchange for my freedom and the freedom of my knights."
Viscount Bloodfang made a snap decision—after all, even without the intervention of the wizard before them, Forked Ridge would never belong to the Bloodfang family. Since that was the case, they might as well let Forked Ridge make one last contribution to the Bloodfang family.
"Your Excellency, only Lord Iron Sword can sign this contract on behalf of the Iron Sword family."
"Of course, with your great power, you two can also support a new Viscount Iron Sword—but the process of bestowing the title of Viscount Iron Sword will take a considerable amount of time and may also encounter some other unforeseen circumstances."
"This might cause some other trouble."
Dilron spoke with his head bowed, pleading for his master from a unique perspective.
Whether a person is useful or not, whether they have done something useful or not, there is ultimately a difference—no matter how ruthless these two wizards are, they wouldn't kill Viscount Iron Sword right after he signed the contract.
Hearing Dilron's words, the Crimson Wizard couldn't help but ponder.
As a witch, she wasn't afraid of killing, but she really hated trouble.
All sorts of troubles come one after another, wasting a wizard's time and energy.
This is why many wizards are unwilling to have companions—the more companions they have, the more disputes and troubles they will encounter.
The more troubles you have, the more energy you waste, and the less time you have left.
Although the Scarlet Wizard was still furious about the Iron Sword Viscount's offense and humiliation, if forgiving the Iron Sword Viscount could avoid countless troubles later, then the Scarlet Wizard felt that she could forgive him this once.
"Whether he lives or dies is not up to me, but up to him." Luo Ang shook his head—he didn't know much about this world, but he happened to know a little about the inheritance of nobility.
"The transmission of noble titles is divided into two types."
"The first scenario is what you described, Baron Dilron: the Iron Sword family reported the death of Viscount Iron Sword, then the family's heir went to the capital to receive his investiture, and finally returned to Iron Sword Territory."
"This process is lengthy and unpredictable, involving all sorts of deals and conspiracies."
"But the other way of passing on titles is much simpler."
"As long as a member of the Iron Sword family gains the approval of the rest of the family, as well as the approval of other nobles and knights in the territory, the top-down investiture can become a bottom-up recommendation."
"The new Viscount of Iron Sword does not need to go to the capital to be officially recognized, nor does he need the king's approval—he only needs to report the matter to the authorities."
Luo Ang spoke up calmly: "Normally speaking, this second scenario is absolutely impossible."
After all, how can someone not have opponents?
But there's a saying in Luo'ang's hometown: "You can't force a cow to drink water."
Loon felt that he had the power to "force" the nobles of the Iron Sword Territory to submit to him.
"The source of fertilizer lies with the wizard."
"But at first, many wizards were unwilling to see fertilizer being used by mortals."
"But even when the wizards of two hundred years ago launched a wizard war, they never made mortals give up their 'greed' for fertilizer."
"Even the war waged by wizards two hundred years ago could not stop the spread of fertilizer on the land, nor could it stop the farmers from secretly using fertilizer."
"But when I came here today, I found that the farmers in Iron Sword Territory not only did not secretly use fertilizer, but they also feared fertilizer like the plague."
"How did you manage to do that?" Luo Ang asked quietly.