At the critical moment, Bann snuck into the Ogre Tribe Alliance that had been driven to the barren Wild Highlands by the Arfa Empire. He killed and devoured the Ogre Demigod Gruul, and used the name of Gruul to preach among the Ogres. His church and the Ogre Wizard Council united to integrate the loose Ogre Tribe Alliance and established the Ogre Kingdom, which was known for its cruel rule.
With the support of the Ogre Kingdom's faith, Bann, who changed his name to Gruul, not only survived the war with the Arcane Empire, but also recovered a lot of his strength. His authority, which had fallen to the level of Lesser God, was also restored to Intermediate God.
After the fall of the Arcane Empire, Gruul recovered the name of Bann and began to seek to return to the civilized world and restore his position in the Human God System.
It was said that in some remote areas of the Sutton Empire in the north, Bann's faith had penetrated deeply. Bann's simple and brutal ruling philosophy was very attractive to many incompetent lords.
After hundreds of years of infiltration, Bann's faith had penetrated into the central area of Orvendell, which was far away from the Ogre King!
This news was told to Feng Chou by Darnel during casual chats.
The Earl's second son was deprived of his right of inheritance and noble status. He was waiting for the final trial. If there were no accidents, hanging would be the best outcome for him. The Earl's third son, who was still underage, became the new first heir.
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After three days of hard negotiations, Feng Chou and the Earl settled on a piece of land on both sides of the Vito River. It was about 120 square kilometers in size, including the small hill on the north side of the river.
Darnel also took over the territory of Count Vito and the four gentlemen's territories upstream of the Vito River through the method of territorial exchange.
As long as Feng Chou fulfilled his promise, these lands would be transferred to his name.
Both sides agreed that the El Chamber of Commerce would help Feng Chou take over the ownership of Amborite and the Lordship Of Pedro. Then, Feng Chou would sign a letter of authorization for the indefinite custody of Amborite. After signing the letter of authorization, the El Chamber of Commerce would transfer the promised territory of Count Vito and four gentlemen's territories to Feng Chou. At the same time, the Counts Of Antalya would grant Feng Chou the development rights of more than 100 square kilometers of land.
After receiving these, Feng Chou would sign a letter of authorization for the indefinite custody of the Lordship Of Pedro with the El Chamber of Commerce.
The reason why it was an indefinite custody and not a direct transfer was because the area of Baron Amborite's territory was too large and too eye-catching. As the local lord, the Count of Antalya would definitely cause panic and backlash from the other nobles of Antalya. It would lead to resistance from the local nobles, and even the intervention of the Church of the God of Knights and Nobles.
But if it was just a custody, the backlash wouldn't be so big. At least in name, this territory still belonged to the House of Amborite.
As for the Lordship Of Pedro, it was the result of Feng Chou's insistence. His reason was that he didn't want to give up his father's territory.
Darnel didn't agree with this, but he didn't insist. In his eyes, with Feng Chou's power, there was no difference whether it was an indefinite custody or a transfer. Could he tear up the agreement?
Unless this guy became a high-level mage one day!
Thinking of this, Darnel couldn't help but laugh. This was a good joke.
Under the push of the Counts Of Antalya and the El Chamber of Commerce, both sides completed the inheritance and transfer of the territory in a short month.
During this month, Feng Chou wrote a letter to Chorre and asked someone to invite Gloria.
He used the price of a gentleman's territory to hire Chorre as the captain of his territory's guards. Through Chorre, he also hired some trustworthy knights from the Amborite.
After the Count of Antalya took over the Amborite territory, it didn't affect the ordinary citizens and squires much. But the middle and upper management of the territory, such as the butler, clerk, and knights, were all replaced by people sent by the Count of Antalya.
Chorre recruited some reliable people from these replaced knights to become the new knights of the territory.
Chorre also recruited some squires from the citizens loyal to the House of Amborite.
Feng Chou met with the collateral family members of the House of Amborite and obtained the understanding of the whole family.
In fact, most of the collateral family members thought that under the current circumstances, it was already very commendable that Leo was able to obtain these conditions for the family. They also acknowledged Leo's position as the leader of the family.
Feng Chou recruited a group of reliable people from the young scholars in the family to be the butler and clerk of Victor and the other four territories. He also recruited some experienced farmers from the Amborite to be the feudal officials and agricultural officials of the new territories.
Feng Chou also changed the name of Victor Territory to Erik Territory in memory of Leo's deceased father.
Before Joel could recruit enough people, the new territory would be supported by Glynis's men.
When everything was on the right track, Feng Chou once again returned to the Mage Academy.
After this period of training, Feng Chou could feel the power of magic more and more. Now that he had settled down, he naturally couldn't wait to continue his research.
Feng Chou had already replaced the butler and servants that Gloria had arranged for him in the Mage Academy. After returning to the villa, he ordered that no one was to disturb him unless it was necessary and locked himself in the study.
After entering the study, Feng Chou hid the body of Qiankun Pagoda on the bookshelf and entered the Qiankun Pagoda.
When he entered the Qiankun Pagoda, the Mirror of Reincarnation jumped out again and asked him if he wanted to hand in the new spells he obtained.
These new spells were the ones Feng Chou found in the secret chamber of Umberite Castle.
The spells Feng Chou obtained in the secret chamber of Umberite Castle were of the two types: Incantation and Prophecy. Incantation was more comprehensive and had information on spells ranging from level 3 to level 5. As for prophecy, there were only level 3 and a few level 4 spells.
Feng Chou didn't have the time to deal with these before. Now that the Mirror of Reincarnation asked again, he thought for a moment and said, "I'll hand them in!"
Soon, the Mirror of Reincarnation told him that he received less than 120,000 soul power and two merit points for handing in the information.
Under Feng Chou's questioning, the Mirror of Reincarnation told him that merit points could be used to exchange for some very precious items other than increasing intelligence.
After looking through the list of merit points, Feng Chou found that the two merit points he had couldn't be exchanged for anything. He waved the Mirror of Reincarnation away in disappointment and began a new round of spell research.
After Feng Chou immersed himself in the sea of spell knowledge for more than a month, the Mirror of Reincarnation suddenly appeared in front of him and woke him up with a start.
A line of text that emitted a blood-red glow appeared in front of Feng Chou's eyes. [Contestants must obtain five merit points within five years. Otherwise, the mission will be deemed a failure!]
[Punishment for failure: Obliteration!]
[Contestant's mission will expire in six months!]
Under Feng Chou's shocked gaze, the blood-red text gradually faded and finally disappeared. A small countdown appeared in the corner of his vision …