Lord Wizard

Chapter 80 First-Class Apprentice

With Viscount Krupp and Denis leading the way, the trip to the lord's manor became much simpler.

Upon learning of Count Sen's death, the soldiers and guards along the way surrendered without resistance. Even his stronghold, the lord's mansion, was breached by Kidd and his men after a token resistance.

Looking at the Dawson family kneeling on the ground, Lin Meng did not interfere much, but instead handed over all the power to Viscount Krupp.

Whether to kill them all to intimidate the scoundrels or release them to show mercy is entirely up to Viscount Krupp.

He led Kidd, Zuoqiu, and others to the lord's manor storeroom.

Earl Dawson held onto his power very tightly.

In Carol City, even the granaries were included in the lord's manor. Therefore, in addition to a vault storing various gold and silver jewels, more than a dozen granaries were built around the manor.

However, the granaries were almost empty at this point, as most of them had been sold to Marquis Heris to support his expansion of the army and the war against Marquis Alfonso.

For this reason, the warehouse contained a considerable amount of gold coins, over 30,000, and jewelry, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings worth nearly 10,000 gold coins.

These are statistics provided by Dennis; the exact numbers still need to be tallied.

As for military supplies such as armor and weapons, they were almost non-existent. In the battle on the grasslands, Earl Dawson's army was completely wiped out. The remaining supplies in the warehouses were barely enough to re-equip the new army, let alone have anything left over.

"A dignified earldom is no better than a viscountdom; Earl Daosen is truly impoverished."

Lin Meng was speechless after receiving the list of supplies.

Even if all of this stuff were converted into real-world currency, it would only amount to five or six hundred thousand. Moreover, he also needs some supplies to ensure the daily operation of Carol City.

In other words, he can take at most half of the supplies.

"If it weren't for the power feedback from the world fragments, this amount of supplies alone wouldn't be enough to reward those who have made contributions."

Lin Meng put down the list of supplies.

Of course, the advantage of a territory is that it can provide a continuous stream of income.

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If he were truly willing to sell Carroll City, he could fetch an astronomical price.

After Carol City was completely settled, Lin Meng felt a sense of relief as he examined the map of Carol City that appeared in the fragments of the world in his mind.

"A new territory..."

At this moment, Zuoqiu came over from the side and whispered, "Captain, Viscount Krupp ordered all of Earl Dawson's male relatives to be killed, while the women were distributed to various forces, large and small, throughout the city."

"This is to bind the entire power of Carol City to their own hands."

Lin Mengdao.

"Captain, Viscount Krupp has deep roots in Carol City. If he has any ideas..."

Zuoqiu reminded him.

There are some things that even Kidd, Goss, and others wouldn't dare to say, but he's different. He and Lin Meng are on the same team, so naturally he doesn't care about Viscount Krupp being Leylin's maternal grandfather.

"Forget it, there's no need to pay them any mind. Viscount Krupp is a relative of mine in name only. He helped me a lot when I was in trouble in Carol City. Carol City will just return the favor."

Lin Meng paused for a moment, then continued speaking.

Carol City is just a small earldom, and the resources it receives are not much. It's already quite good that it receives the power feedback from the world fragments. As for the annual income afterward...

He didn't insist.

If Viscount Krupp is indeed planning for the city of Carroll to eventually slip out of his control...

He did his utmost in terms of benevolence and righteousness.

"A noble family..."

Lin Meng shook his head.

After entrusting all matters of the city to Viscount Krupp, he ordered Zuoqiu to organize the army and incorporate the knights who had surrendered from Earl Dawson's side of Carroll into the army.

After spending half a day dealing with these trivial matters, Lin Meng used meditation as an excuse to shut out all the large and small forces that came to visit.

"A count's territory of 91,000 square kilometers..."

Lin Meng looked at the white fluorescent light on the fragment of the world and skillfully guided this power into his brain.

With a refreshing coolness, his mental attributes gradually increased...

4.0!

4.3!

4.6!

Once the Spirit attribute reaches 4.6, the white glow disappears completely.

"Exchanging 50,000 square kilometers of land with Nubia gave me a full 1 point of attribute, but now the nearly 80,000 square kilometers of Carol City only increased my attribute from 3.9 to 4.6, a mere 0.7 increase. I wonder how much territory I'll need to gain another point of attribute after Spirit reaches level 10? Will I have to conquer an entire kingdom?"

As Lin Meng spoke, he glanced at the character template.

Walker Linmon

Rank: Grand Knight

Power: 3.8

Agility: 5.0

Physical condition: 4.9

Spirit: 4.6

"Due to the influence of an unknown force, stamina recovery +800%!"

"Due to the influence of an unknown force, self-healing ability increased by 800%!"

"Once my Spirit attribute reaches 5.0, I might try to increase all my attributes to the Great Knight's limit."

Lin Meng turned his gaze away from the character template.

The recovery buff has been increased from 700% to 800%, which means that the meditation interval is shortened and the cultivation speed will naturally be faster.

With his mental strength surging, his mind became incredibly clear.

Each surge in his spiritual attributes brought him an extraordinary insight, so he didn't waste the world and emptied his mind and body to meditate.

He had already visualized eleven runes.

According to the "Heaven's Gate" forum, both acquiring the twelfth Will Rune to advance to the first-class apprentice level and constructing a complete spell model to advance to the second-class apprentice level are considered minor bottlenecks.

Those with good aptitude will naturally progress faster, while those with average aptitude can only rely on time to grind through.

"With one burst of energy, visualize the twelfth rune and advance to the rank of first-class wizard apprentice."

With a clear mind and focused meditation, a brand new will rune began to take shape in his mind, and the bottleneck to advancement was constantly being smoothed out.

Half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half, two hours...

After meditating for two whole hours, pushing himself to the limit, the twelfth rune finally took shape.

"Buzz!"

The moment the twelfth will rune was condensed, the remaining runes seemed to be drawn by it, beginning to connect with each other and faintly forming a special halo of will.

"It's done."

Lin Meng breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although advancing to the first-class wizard apprentice level wasn't a major hurdle, the fact that he was able to achieve it on his first attempt with only a third-class aptitude fully demonstrates just how profound his foundation had become.

This aura of will can be used to simulate and build spell models in the mind, or to defend against simple deceptive tricks.

If he were to encounter the same cloud and mist formation as before in the Muya Mountains, he could use the mental defense formed by the halo of his will in his mind to see through the formation and walk out of the clouds and mist.

(End of this chapter)