"Survival of the Lord: Starting from the Dilapidated Small Courtyard"

Zong Shen didn't explain too much to Les Kazan.

But the old boy will soon understand that the life he once lived is destined not to return.

Compared to those who packaged and "sold themselves" to the territory.

The Earl of Les was very lucky to keep one million dinars.

As for the rest of the wealth, of course it was all confiscated!

The money will eventually be spent on the construction of the territory.

Zong Shen has already had higher pursuits, and is not very interested in living a rich man's life of pleasure for the time being.

If you want to become the strongest lord, you have to put in a lot of hard work.

Now that we have already walked on this road, there is absolutely no reason to give up halfway.

And troubled times are approaching, even if you become a free citizen, you may not have a few days to live in peace.

Shaking his head, he put away all the storage jewelry on the table.

Les Kazan himself still kept a storage ring, which was also specially permitted by Zong Shen.

It's clear that today is another happy day for everyone.

Zong Shen obtained a large amount of wealth, and the Earl of Lais also saved his life.

Earl Lais is not a loser, but Zong is even more profitable.

Sitting at the desk, Zong Shen looked thoughtfully at the map of the jurisdiction of the giant city of Lentax on the table.

All the state cities, commercial roads and straight roads within the jurisdiction of Jucheng are marked on it.

The drawing is relatively detailed, but there is no content about village-level units.

Compared with state cities and giant cities, villages are too easy to be destroyed.

Sometimes it is a natural disaster, sometimes it is a large-scale banditry.

There are also all kinds of gaudy and heretical churches, which often plunder the population of villages as ritual sacrifices.

It is not easy for a village to evolve naturally into a state city.

Hundreds of thousands of villages may not be able to emerge a new state city in the end.

Unless there are important resources near the village, which get the attention and development of the giant city forces.

Otherwise, this development process often takes hundreds of years.

And during this period, the village could not be destroyed in various disasters.

Villages are destroyed almost every day, and then new settlements appear and gradually become new villages.

Then repeat the process infinitely.

Therefore, the official map of the Jucheng area basically does not record the location of the village.

On the contrary, the completed maps in the hands of traveling merchants will include major trade routes and large villages with specialties.

This leads to a phenomenon.

That is, villages with hundreds or thousands of people emerge in endlessly.

There are also many large village settlements with tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

There are "old people become smart".

Many villages with decades of history have accumulated a population of tens of thousands.

The scale is also much larger than the average village.

Many large villages like this have shown a trend of urbanization, which is equivalent to a small state city.

This is the charm of the Endless Continent. The vast land and magical productivity have bred countless possibilities.

If the above situation is based on the cognition and standards of the earth, it is difficult to understand.

Shaking his head, he looked away from the map on the table.

Little Heizi has already been sent to the second circle by him to pick up the two Karan sisters, Catgirl, Tasia, and Ingram.

He has also figured out Les Kazan's network.

This guy has an invitation quota for the dinner party, and he can bring no more than two accompanying messengers or companions to the banquet.

Even if Zong Shen didn't participate in the tournament, he could follow Earl Lais into it as a matter of course.

However, considering comprehensive factors, he still decided to participate in the competition.

Because that was the best chance to control Prince Carter besides the dinner party.

Even the forces of the Calamity Raven Church and the Three Princesses may act at that time.

Under such circumstances, Zong must not be absent.

He has to properly adjust his strength in the competitive tournament, he can neither be too strong nor too weak, and it is best to be a more eye-catching seed player and get the attention of Henry Marquis.

Zong Shen reckoned that suppressing one's own strength to a level between legendary and epic should be enough.

He has already considered the next plan.

Zong Shen's greatest advantage is not in his powerful single-body combat power, but that his existence is not known to others.

Neither the Marquis Henry, Prince Carter, nor the Church of the Ravens of Calamity, nor Anna, the third princess, knew that Zong Shen was dormant in this battle for hegemony in this giant city.

Under such a premise, coupled with his strong strength, Zong Shen became an invisible trump card in the field.

Not only can he act freely, but he can also choose whether to make a move according to the actual situation, without any burden or burden.

This is the real advantage of Zong Shen's participation in the dispute over the giant city of Lentax.

As for Earl Lais' original contacts, they did not help Zong Shen much.

This guy belongs to the enjoyment type with no territory, aristocrats without real power.

Les Kazan himself rarely pays attention to the changes in the city.

He didn't even care about the war for the king that was brewing within the Kingdom of Avalon.

There are many pleasure nobles like him in the entire Kingdom of Avalon.

Their sense of existence is very low, and they basically do not participate in local governance activities, but only run their own small businesses.

Live an absurd and rich life.

The kingdoms of the major human races in the Endless Continent have accumulated for five or six thousand years.

The upper class has a huge amount of wealth, not only dinars, but also various materials with abundant reserves.

Being able to participate in Avalon's struggle to seize the king and support the power of the queen and prince, he also looks down on the dinar in the hands of those pleasure-seeking nobles.

What they value more is how to win over those nobles with real power.

And it is mainly the powerful aristocrats who control the giant city, such as Marquis Henry, who is a typical wooing target.

Each giant city can be regarded as a **** in different regions of the kingdom.

Whoever can win over the most powerful nobles will gain more advantages.

As long as these powerful aristocrats stand in line, it is equivalent to boarding a thief ship and completely joining the corresponding interest groups.

This is a deep bondage, and the final result is that there will be more and more powerful nobles in the several interest groups that seized the king, and the scale of influence will become larger and larger.

Kind of like a snowball effect.

Therefore, the situations and pressures encountered by the real power aristocrats and the pleasure aristocrats in the storm that is brewing in the kingdom are completely different.

Therefore, Earl Lais is just a cash machine for Zong, and it doesn't have much strategic significance.

Even his title is like a rootless duckweed, because he has no territory for future generations to inherit, only the wealth and title deed in his hands can be passed on.

This is also the reason why the Earl of Lace is drunk and dreamy every day.

Because of the solidification of the class system, except for risking his life to make military exploits, he can hardly reverse his embarrassing identity.

Under such circumstances, it was his best choice to honestly be a rich man who was content with enjoying himself.

Zong Shen couldn't help sighing softly in his heart as he watched Lais Kazan standing beside him with a smile on his face.

Then he waved his hand.

"Let the servants sort out some clean bedrooms."

"In addition, I will see detailed information about the five slave hunting teams tomorrow morning."

"From now on, all prisoners of war are prohibited from reselling, and all of them will be brought back."

"You can ask me for the corresponding slave hunting expenses first, and I will send someone to hand over to you in the future."

Zong Shen said with a smile on his face, Les Kazan hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then left the study that originally belonged to him.

When the door reinforced by the runes was closed, Zong Shen's heart was as still as water.

Taking advantage of this time, he was going to check out the "antiques" he had found from the underground vault.

With a backhand, he took out a dagger no longer than 30 centimeters from the storage compartment.

The shape of this dagger is very exquisite, and there are two orbs embedded in the upper and lower ends of the handle.

The upper orb shone with an orange halo, and the lower one was azure blue.

The shape of the gauntlet is two lightning bolts curved upwards, while the blade of the dagger is like more curved flames.

There are also simple and thick forging lines on the surface.

It is precisely because of this that it will be collected by the Earl of Lyce.

Zong Shen held it in his hand, and the next moment, a layer of orange-red flames appeared on the surface of the dagger.

It was also accompanied by fast flashing arcs.

This is the manifestation of the combined power of thunder and fire.

When Zong Shen waved lightly, the lightning arc and flames would splash several meters in front of him, causing additional splash damage to the enemies in front.

After playing with it for a while, Zong Shen laid it flat on the table, stared at it for a while, and soon detailed attribute information emerged.

【Thunderfire Sharp Dagger (Orange)】

【one-hand】

[Quality: Legendary]

[Puncture damage: 79~83]

[Attack range: 27]

[Attack Speed: +20%]

[Durability: 632/680]

[Requires agility: 85]

【Required strength: 30】

[Active skill: Lightning Fire Dash lv30 (It can lock on a target within 50 meters of the straight-line distance to launch Thunder Fire Dash, causing thunder and fire to intertwine and cover the body surface, crossing this distance in a very short time, and causing 200 damage to the target Lightning elemental magic and 200 points of fire elemental magic damage, with a puncture damage multiplied by 0, and the skill cooldown time is 2 hours)

Thunderfire Arrow lv30 (Sends a thunderfire arrow with a maximum range of 120 meters, which can cause 500 points of thunder elemental magic and 500 points of fire elemental magic damage to up to six targets, cooldown time is 2 hours, ten minutes after the skill is activated, the sharp dagger Bless the short-term loss of thunder and fire power)]

[Passive skill: Lightning Fire Blessing Lv30 (Will have additional (35 points + 35 points) Lightning Fire magic damage when waving)

Lightning fire absorption lv30 (when holding a sharp dagger, it can absorb lightning and fire magic whose level does not exceed the fourth level, the amount of absorption depends on the type of magic)]

(The dagger embedded with the fourth-level thunder spirit and fourth-level fire spirit element orbs, a variety of precious fourth-level materials, and the unique and ancient forging process make it a fifth-level finished weapon)

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The feature of this dagger lies in the blessing of the two elements of thunder and fire!

It is not bad in the fifth-tier dagger and short blade equipment.

But from Zong Shen's point of view, it's not enough, he doesn't even have the qualifications to be a spare weapon.

Zong's current main weapon is [Moon Wolf Fang (Tier 2 Inheritance)], and his backup weapons are [Dragon Slaying Epee (Golden)] and [Azzinoth Demon-slaying Warblade (Golden)], orange legendary ones The weapon has been eliminated by him a long time ago.

Then the final ownership of this [Thunderfire Pointed Dagger (Orange)] should still be rewarded to his subordinates.

Either way, it's a bonus, nothing to pick and choose.

After putting away the dagger, Zong Shen immediately took out the next piece of equipment.

To be precise, this is not considered a complete piece of equipment, because it is just an arrow!

The shooter's equipment combat power is mainly composed of two parts.

Including a good war bow, war crossbow, and high-level or special arrows with extra attribute blessings!

Zong Shen has a deep understanding of this point.

The most typical example is [Cruel Burning Blood Arrow Loss (Purple)]. Its attached [Burning Blood] effect is a very high-level lethal rule.

Such destructive rules themselves exceed the level of equipment that should be.

But at the moment, what was placed in front of him was also a missing arrow.

And it's an "antique" arrow from an ancient bygone era.

Its shaft is made of a heavy black wood,

The wings at the end are light blue, and they can also absorb the magical power of the wind spirit element independently.

The arrowhead is pale gold, with amazing sharpness.

Zong Shen picked up the arrow and looked it up in front of his eyes. He could see the sharp reflections on the edges of the arrow.

But looking at the material, it doesn't seem to be gold essence, maybe some kind of metal that is rarer and has stronger properties.

The dark shaft of the arrow is engraved with mysterious runes from top to bottom.

The level of Arrow Lost itself is not directly proportional to its attributes~lightnovelpub.net~ This blind box is still very worth opening.

Thinking of this, he concentrated his attention and stared at the arrow's body.

The golden subtitles and attribute list simultaneously emerged in his mind.

[Audax Soul-Locking Arrow (Orange)]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Puncture damage: 279~324]

[Combined with the soul-locking bow, the piercing damage will increase by 100%]

[Included Skill: Lock Soul]

【Durability: 127/150】

[Soul lock: After hitting the target, lock the target's soul for 15 seconds, during which the target will completely lose soul control]

(The soul-locking arrow unique to Audax of the soul chasing family can lock the soul of creatures, and it is effective for most creatures with souls)

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Judging from the rules and ranks of attributes and accompanying skills.

This [Audax Soul-Locking Arrow (orange)] is not comparable to [Cruel Burning Blood Arrow (purple)].

It seems that the rules and characteristics of the burning blood demons are more sturdy.

Moreover, the limitations of the soul-locking effect are obvious. If you encounter an enemy without a soul like a puppet, the effect of this skill will be useless.

However, as a "special arrow loss", it is still worth collecting for backup.

Not sure when it will come in handy.

The durability of this kind of antiquity is incomplete, and it belongs to the natural wear and tear of the long years.

Zong Shen yawned.

After knowing it well, he lost the arrow and put it away.

Save it to deal with those soul-specialized enemies in the future!

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