The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

No, I won't do it!

You, what did you say?

No wonder Pierce was so surprised. You must know that although the empire has added countless nobles in the past thousand years, there are still very few people who are directly granted the title of baron.

The reason is simple. Whether it is a king or a great noble, if they want to be ennobled, they must give them a fief.

Moreover, they can only take out their own territory to enfeoff. The king is better off, as all the unenfessed land in the country can be used, and the big nobles only have their own territory.

You can't entrust your subordinates with enfeoffments and use the land in my hands.

In the decisive battle with the orcs, Aini only promoted a lot of knights and promised to send out some lords.

Lords are the lowest level of the nobility. Strictly speaking, they cannot be considered nobility, because Lords can not actually enclose land. Therefore, as long as a businessman is willing to contribute a large amount of gold coins, many of them can also receive gifts from Lords.

Knights are almost the same as lords. The difference is that one has military power and the other may not, so the former needs to be given more, such as a manor or something, and the better one can be given to a village.

Aini gave Xu Lai the title of baron and actually sealed the territory, which meant that Xu Lai was a powerful noble. According to the law of aristocratic inheritance, both the territory and the title could be passed on to future generations.

At the same time, he can legitimately keep the tax revenue in the territory and no longer need to hand it over to Count Aini.

Of course, the premise is that Xu Lai fulfills his obligations.

The so-called obligation, first of all, is to ensure that this territory still belongs to the empire, which means that when a foreign enemy invades, Xu Lai must first find a way to protect the territory himself, otherwise when the kingdom takes it back, it has the right to enfeoff it to others.

At that time, Xu Lai became a nominal noble, or a wandering noble.

Secondly, the nobles have the obligation to protect the safety of the people in the territory and maintain the local imperial law and order. Of course, they can also promulgate their own governance policies, as long as they do not conflict with the imperial laws.

However, even if there is a conflict, ordinary people have no place to complain. Only other people with status and connections can complain to the superior nobles or directly to the noble council.

As a lower-level noble in the imperial camp, Xu Lai must first fulfill his obligations to the empire, and secondly to the people of the territory. Otherwise, the people theoretically have the right not to pay taxes.

Finally, it is to fulfill obligations to one's superior nobles. This obligation contains many contents, such as providing entertainment and cooperating with law enforcement. The most important one is to cooperate with superior nobles in war.

Xu Lai was not sure about the specific content, but Pierce said that he could provide him with a copy of the Noble Law.

Well, this Noble Law is as thick as the Kangxi Dictionary.

Xu Lai flipped through it roughly, and it started with various aristocratic etiquette. The amount of content gave him a headache.

After becoming a noble, improper etiquette is actually illegal, but murder and arson can be avoided as long as there is a legitimate reason.

How to define the so-called legitimate reasons and who will determine it? Sorry, it is still the nobles who have the final say.

This is simply asking the referee to leave the game directly, which is not fair at all.

Xu Lai originally thought that he, a good young man with modern education, should sneer at this kind of thing, but when it came to his own fault, he couldn't say anything to refute it.

Xu Lai was very satisfied with the treatment of the nobles. What dissatisfied him was that the baron had to pay allegiance to Aini in exchange.

Knowing that his superior nobles harbored ill intentions towards him, it was strange that Xu Lai was willing to accept it.

Besides, to put it bluntly, we still don’t know who will own the entire grassland in the future. Xu Lai also occupies an ownerless land, which was previously unmanaged and no one paid taxes.

I took inventory last night and found that I picked up more than 150 pairs of level 7 swords, more than 400 pairs of level 6 swords, and more than 700 pairs of level 5 swords on the battlefield.

The wolf cavalry use double swords, but we can use a single sword, so there are nearly 3,000 level 5 or above swords in total.

In fact, the stronghold camp is really poor. Not to mention those who only left gold coins to recruit Wolf Cavalry. Most of the dead Level 7 Wolf Cavalry used only Level 6 swords, which is worse than recruiting Wolf Cavalry.

There are so many mid-to-high-level weapons, not to mention the grassland where the war is going on, even in other temporarily peaceful areas, they are still a lot of money.

What's more, Xu Lai also killed many high-level guards in this battle. If these soldiers did not die, given the scale of this battle, they would definitely be able to advance later.

Xu Lai spent so much money, plus the merits of killing enemies and capturing flags on the battlefield, and then knelt down to an earl who had no favor at all, in exchange for a so-called just name, he felt that it was not worth it at all.

Hearing what Xu Lai said, Pierce breathed a sigh of relief.

What he was worried about was that like just now, Xu Lai wouldn't say anything and just refused.

As long as the conditions are negotiated, it means that Xu Lai still has this idea in his heart. It is just that the conditions are not satisfactory enough.

I know that a baron cannot make up for your losses. According to your military exploits, the title of baron should be awarded directly to you.

Bishop Durr also begged for another item from Count Aini for you.

Xu Lai asked curiously: Item? What thing?

Pierce didn't tell Xu Lai directly, but kept it secret and said:

Your Excellency Xu Lai, I wonder if you know the difference between treasures.

Xu Lai was stunned and said: I only know that the properties of treasures are different. If there is a difference, the level will be different.

Pierce smiled and said, Have you heard of combined treasures?

Xu Lai recalled for a moment and said: I've heard of it. Someone told me that it is said that there are some specific treasures that can be combined in a specific way to synthesize real artifacts.

Pierce said: The requirements for synthesizing artifacts are relatively high, not only for the quantity of treasures, but also for the quality of the treasures.

This is what the protagonist Duer is asking for for you.

This time, Pierce didn't show off. He took out everything directly and seemed to be very confident that Xu Lai would accept this condition.

There are two pieces in total, a bottle and a scroll.

The bottle is a treasure, and its level is not low. It requires a silver-level treasure chest to open it.

The scroll is a synthetic scroll. Xu Lai doesn't know where to get it.

[Holy Vial of Vitality]: A high-level treasure, the maximum health of all troops is +12 (including the undead). It can take effect by placing it in the sundries.

[Sacred Blood Bottle Synthesis Scroll]: Tear this scroll to release magical power, combining the Ring of Vitality, the Ring of Life and the Holy Vial of Vitality into a sacred instrument - the Holy Blood Bottle.

[Holy Blood Bottle]: Provides 21 points of basic health for all troops (including undead). On this basis, it also provides 25% health for all troops (this effect is invalid for undead), and at 24:00 every night Restores 21 health points to all troops.

Note: After equipping this holy weapon, the two ring slots on the left and right hands and one carry slot will be locked.

One of Xu Lai's pockets has already been taken up by the gold box, and the Amber Crystal is still at home. Even if it is carried on the body, it will not occupy the pocket space. This thing can be used even if it is placed in the luggage.

In addition to the portable position, the sacred blood bottle also needs to occupy two ring positions, but compared to the powerful attributes of the sacred blood bottle, the two ring positions are nothing.

The Ring of Life is just a junior treasure. The reason why it still occupies one of Xu Lai's ring slots is that its ability to increase life is too overbearing.

The real world is not a game. In the game, 1 point of life may only be equal to 1 point of attack. But in the real world, 1 point of health may be Xu Lai's life. No matter how much you value it, it cannot be overemphasized.

Xu Lai took a deep breath and said in disbelief: Is Count Aini even willing to take out such a treasure?

Pierce smiled and said: Of course I don't want to give it up. The Holy Vial of Vitality is nothing, just a high-end treasure. As Count Aini, I may not have the chance to get it again in the future.

And although the Vitality Holy Bottle can increase health by 12 points, compared with some powerful magic equipment, the increase is not much.

The life amulet on Count Aini alone increased his health by 60 points. I remember buying it from our temple.

The main function of the Vitality Holy Bottle is to increase the life of the entire army. Nobles like them protect themselves far better than improving the strength of the entire army.

However, this synthetic scroll of the sacred blood bottle is really precious, and Bishop Duer also exchanged it for an extremely precious piece of equipment.

Xu Lai was silent for a while, then silently placed the treasure and scroll on the table.

Would it be impolite if I asked Archbishop Duer, or why the temple is so active?

Pierce smiled bitterly and said: It's not rude, it's normal for you to have such doubts.

I can only say that our temple did not gain much benefit from this war, and even spent a lot of materials and money on it.

Earl Aini and other nobles agreed to use gold coins to purchase this batch of equipment, and Bishop Chandur would take them away to purchase more supplies.

Maybe you don’t believe it either, but I still have to say that in the entire Engeta continent, I am afraid that our temple is the only one who hopes that the empire will not be destroyed.

For this, we are willing to pay for it, even if it means sacrifice, this is the responsibility that our Lord must bear to give us the glory.

Pierce was serious about what he said, but Xu Lai didn't quite believe it, but Xu Lai had to believe Pierce's performance on the battlefield.

After being silent for a while, Xu Lai said: What if I don't want to bow to Count Aini?

Pierce scratched his blond hair and said distressedly: Count Aini must be very dissatisfied, but during the war, it is okay to keep everything simple and not hold a ceremony.

I'll go back and ask Bishop Duer to come out for you again and get the knighting document and the baron's seal back.

Xu Lai was quite satisfied with this answer. Anyway, he was willing to accept it as long as he was not allowed to kneel to that guy and only got the benefits in vain.

Pierce watched with his own eyes as Xu Lai's big hand reached out to the two treasures on the table again, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. However, his smile collapsed again before it lasted for two minutes.