MTL - Fantasy Lords: Starting with the Pioneer Knight

Chapter 138 Count Engel’s Second Lesson (a little late)

In the room, Thor looked at the map and didn't know what to say for a moment. The dense red circles in front of him undoubtedly clearly told him how powerful the Dressrosa family was.

 I opened my mouth several times, but in the end no words came out.

It wasn't until a moment later that Thor took a long breath, letting his ups and downs in his heart gradually calm down.

 Just as he had just calmed down, his heart could not help but be filled with doubts.

“Father, this level of strength should be already very strong. Isn’t it enough to obtain the status of a marquis?”

Thor was really curious at this moment.

Even from his preliminary understanding, Dressrosa's strength is already terrifying.

No matter how you look at it, it is impossible not to obtain the status of marquis.

This really puzzled him.

 “Indeed these are enough.”

"This even surpasses the Dressrosa family of my grandfather's time. But Thor, you have to know that this world is very big, and dangers are everywhere."

“Or one inadvertent move, one behavior, one turmoil can be enough to destroy the entire family.”

“For nobles to pass on their legacy, they need more than just strength.”

Count Engel nodded, then shook his head and started to explain.

　　Listening to his father’s explanation, Thor couldn’t help but feel a little doubtful.

 “More than just strength?”

 Speaking subconsciously, Thor looked at his father curiously.

"Thor, do you think this is all the Dressrosa family has?"

Facing Thor's gaze, Count Engel suddenly spoke.

"These?"

"all?"

 “Father, you?”

Thor's expression was startled by the sudden words, but he quickly realized what his father had said, and Thor's brows couldn't help but beat violently.

 There was even a hint of dryness in the words.

this.

That’s not all.

“Where do you think those wandering knights went?”

“My fifth uncle’s talent is pretty good, so why did he become a wandering knight?”

Facing Thor who was shocked again, Count Engel's voice sounded again, this time with a reminder.

 And this reminder fell.

 Suddenly, Thor couldn't help but widen his eyes again.

 “Gudong!”

At this moment, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

 Wandering Knight.

 He never considered wandering knights.

 In his opinion, the so-called wandering knights are just the result of the selection of the Dressrosa family.

ˆKeep the good ones and filter out the bad ones.

 Think about it carefully, is this qualification really necessary?

 A family of counts has no gold coins to support several family heirs?

 Furthermore, if this generation’s talent is not good, who can guarantee that the next generation will not be good either.

Even if there is a probability of one in ten thousand, isn’t it worth taking a gamble?

And is this requirement too high?

 At the age of eighteen, he gathered the seeds of life and became an apprentice knight.

Even if you have a decent talent, it is not that easy to complete it. If you have average talent, it is almost difficult to complete it. If you cannot complete it, you will be expelled from the family.

 Even the Marquis family probably does not have such strict requirements.

 But the Dressrosa family has been strictly implementing this system, even to the point of being indifferent.

Even if you gather the seeds of life and become a trainee knight, you still face two choices. One is to become a family guardian knight. Needless to say, the other is also a pioneer knight.

 The family will provide certain support, but the pioneer knights need to fight.

 There is no problem with this point alone, but when coupled with the previous wandering knight system, there are obviously many problems.

At this moment, along with Engel's words, Thor's heart was filled with huge waves.

Combining his father's previous words, a suspicion inevitably spread into his mind.

 And it seems to be validating his idea.

Count Engel’s voice sounded again.

“The Tulip Kingdom has existed for more than two thousand years, but even the Tulip Royal Family has only inherited it for eight hundred years, and most of the other nobles only have four or five hundred years.”

The voice was long, and Count Engel couldn't help but look out the window.

 At this moment, his thoughts seemed to be drawn to the past time and space.

Hearing that long voice, Thor's heart, which was already beating violently, couldn't help but tremble even more.

"this!"

I couldn't help but pursed my lips and spoke subconsciously, but I didn't know how to finish the words.

 At this moment Count Engel's words were not finished.

 But Thor could already understand the meaning of the words.

 The Tulip Kingdom has been in existence for two thousand years, but most of it has only been inherited for four to five hundred years, and the royal family only has eight hundred years.

 In this feudal society, it is impossible no matter how you look at it.

 After all, in this era, there is an alternation of old and new aristocrats.

  But this alternation is extremely slow.

 And most of them are just viscounts and barons.

 After arriving among the earls, the transition between new and old nobles became extremely difficult.

In the entire Tulip Kingdom in the past hundred years, only one marquis was born, and that was Marquis Lehman.

As for the number of earls born, no more than seventeen were born, and none disappeared.

 But the result is that in the two thousand years of Tulip Kingdom, the inheritance of the nobility only lasted for four to five hundred years, and the royal family only lasted for eight hundred years.

 There is no replacement of old and new, and there is no physical transcendence. Even if there is an invasion of orcs, it is impossible to wipe out so many nobles in one go.

 In other words, if so many nobles could be eliminated, then the Tulip Kingdom would not be able to exist.

But the result is that the tulip kingdom is still there, but the nobles are cutting off one crop after another like leeks.

How can this be.

  No matter how impossible it is, the result actually happened.

 The problems involved are quite big even if you think about it with your toes.

or.

  To be more precise, it was bigger than he imagined.

At this moment, countless thoughts popped up in Thor's mind.

Having been raised in captivity.

 Having a brain in a vat.

There are also all kinds of messy conspiracies flashing through my mind.

There is no way, as he said, the problem is too big, and he can't help but think about it.

 “Father, this!”

Thor subconsciously spoke again and looked at his father. "I know, you want to ask why?"

"But I'm sorry, I don't know. Not only the Tulip Kingdom, but also several surrounding kingdoms, the situation is not much better."

 “They’re all pretty much the same.”

“If you want to know more, you must either go to the Tulip Royal Family or go to the Empire.”

Count Engel sighed softly, and involuntarily recalled the scenes of his early travels to the surrounding kingdoms in his mind.

At that time, when he received the same information, the shock was still fresh in his memory even now.

 At that time, he also wanted to find the answer, but obviously he could not find it.

Listening to Count Engel's words, Thor couldn't help but remain silent.

 Ask the Tulip royal family, it is obviously impossible. If you could say this, you would have said it long ago, and it is still your turn now.

 As for heading to the Empire.

 The people of the kingdom cannot enter the empire casually.

 Let alone understand the situation.

 Suddenly.

An idea flashed in Thor's mind, and a figure appeared in his consciousness.

 Neal Morton.

As a Sky Knight from the Empire, if there is anyone around him who might know something, then this is the only one.

It's a pity that even if this person might know something and be willing to tell him, now he has no way to ask.

 Thor couldn't help but shake his head.

 “Okay!, this is actually not what we need to worry about.”

 “That’s not what I want to teach you.”

“But I want to tell you, don’t show your trump card at any time.”

"Even I don't know how big the entire Dressrosa family is now. If you want to survive on this continent, you must at least not show your full strength to the outside world. ”

"This will be an extremely dangerous behavior. Even if it is not done now, no one can guarantee the future."

After speaking out, Count Engel warned Thor seriously.

Thor nodded, looking thoughtful.

Count Engel saw that Thor seemed to understand, and he pondered for a moment before speaking again.

"You are doing well now. No one can tell that you are a great knight, but this is not enough. In Pat City, you don't actually need to take action. So what if you follow De Guli to the Municipal Center, even without you? Brother, the Emerson family can really do anything to you."

"Always keep the outside world mysterious about you, so you will have more opportunities. If you break through the Earth Knight next, I hope you can hide it well, at least, don't show it easily. As a lord, what you need to develop is the territory, and It’s not a good thing for you to let everyone know that you are powerful.”

 Count Engel spoke, brought the topic back to the topic, and began to talk about what happened before.

 Obviously, this person has already known everything that happened in Pat City, and he is undoubtedly using this incident to teach Thor a deeper level.

Thor also listened very seriously. Even though he had his own thoughts, he did not interrupt his father's narration.

  After all, this is the second lesson given to him by his father.

 It is also a father's concern for his son, and Thor will naturally not resist anything.

And even if he has ideas, what Count Engel said is not useless.

As a count, and a count that has been passed down for hundreds of years, Count Engel’s knowledge and understanding of the world are much higher than his.

These will undoubtedly play a big role in his next actions.

 You can also allow yourself to reflect.

 For example, recent performance.

 He is indeed a bit too high-profile.

 I don’t know if it was because of the canonization of the baron, the improvement of his talent, and the breakthrough of the great knight, which made him a little inflated.

 Many times there is obviously a better way to solve the problem, but he always chooses the simplest and most crude method.

 It is indeed easy to solve it in this way, but there are still many problems left.

If he hadn't already been a baron in Pat City, and if the descendant of the Emerson family hadn't been a fool, he might have been in quite a lot of trouble.

Similarly in Pat City, if there is no rupee, it will be difficult for him to end up badly.

 After all, even with Anna's talent blessing, he might not be able to beat Degu Li at that time.

 Once it is delayed for a long time, no one can guarantee what will happen.

As my father said, these are completely avoidable.

 But in the end, we still reached that point.

Not every time is as good as the last time.

 You still need to be careful about this.

 In addition, there are many other aspects.

 For example, strength.

 He can indeed hide part of his strength.

 It is always better to break out at a critical moment than for the other party to understand him.

Even if his strength continues to improve, his constant exposure will make his enemies more vigilant and make some things more complicated.

As his father said, he is a lord, not a knight. He does not need to show off his martial prowess unless absolutely necessary.

 Thoughts are intertwining.

 I don’t know how long it took, and I don’t know how long it lasted.

 Waiting for his father to finish telling his story.

Thor also slowly sorted out his thoughts.

 “Hoo!”

 A breath of turbid breath was slowly exhaled.

 The whole person seemed to feel a little more relaxed.

 The way forward seems to be becoming increasingly clear.

"Understood!"

 “Thank you, father!”

The figure bowed slightly towards Count Engel, and his words were extremely serious.

"You're welcome. As a father, this is what I need to teach you."

“It’s just that you are growing up so fast that I don’t even have time.”

Count Engel shook his head, and then spoke with emotion.

 At this moment, he was really emotional.

Thor's growth rate is too fast.

 So quickly that he didn't even have time to do anything, Thor had completely grown up.

 Some matters that should have been warned and taught long ago were not available in time.

But fortunately, this moment can be regarded as making up for it.

 After a series of conflicts before, he believed that his son should be able to understand the meaning of his words.

 “Father, your words are serious!”

Thor shook his head, with a smile on his face.

“Okay, you should have a good rest in the next few days. In three days, the supplies should be almost there.”

 “At that time, you can set off.”

 (Explain it, there is no conspiracy, it will be explained later, just a foreshadowing)

 (End of this chapter)