Fantasy Lord: Starting with the Pioneer Knight

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.

He opened his 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.

But the heart that had just calmed down could not help but be filled with doubts.

"Father, such 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 initial understanding, Dressrosa's strength was 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 in 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."

"If a noble wants to pass it on, he needs 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 doubt.

"Not 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?"

The sudden words made Thor stunned for a moment, 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.

This turns out to be not all.

"Where do you think those wandering knights went?"

"Uncle Wu's talent is quite good, why did he become a wandering knight?"

Facing Thor who was shocked again, Count Engel's voice rang out 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 the Wandering Knight.

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

Keep the good ones and filter out the bad ones.

But think about it carefully, is this qualification really necessary?

Does an earl family have no gold coins to raise several family heirs?

Moreover, 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 one in ten thousand chance, isn't it worth taking the gamble?

And isn’t this too demanding?

At the age of eighteen, he gathered the seeds of life and became a trainee knight.

Even if you have a decent talent, it is not that easy to complete it. If you have an 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 may not have such strict requirements.

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

And even if you condense the life seeds 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 some support, but the pioneer knights need to fight.

There is nothing wrong 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.

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

And it seemed to confirm 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. As for most other nobles, it only lasts 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 pulled to the past time and space.

And listening to that long voice, Thor's heart, which was already beating violently, couldn't help but shake even more.

"this!"

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

Count Engel had not finished his words at this moment.

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 only lasts 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 nobles.

But this kind of replacement is extremely slow.

And most were just viscounts, barons.

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

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

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

But it turned out that in the two thousand years of Tulip Kingdom, the inheritance of the nobility only lasted four to five hundred years, and the royal family only lasted 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.

But no matter how impossible it was, the result actually happened.

Even if you think about it with your toes, the problem is probably not small.

or.

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

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

There are those in captivity.

With a brain in a vat.

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

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

"Father, this!"

Thor spoke again subconsciously, looking 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."

"It's 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.

When he received the same information at that time, 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.

Thor couldn't help but remain silent after listening to Count Engel's words.

Asking the Tulip royal family, it is obviously impossible. If they could say this, they would have said it long ago, and it is still their turn now.

As for heading to the Empire.

The people of the kingdom cannot step into 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 something 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 would be extremely dangerous behavior. Even if it doesn't happen 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 is 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 about 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 had ideas, what Count Engel said was 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 have a great influence on 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 was obviously a better way to solve the problem, but he chose the simplest and most crude method.

It is indeed easy to solve it 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 an idiot, he might have been in quite a lot of trouble.

Also 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 defeat Degu Li at that time.

Once it drags on for too long, no one can guarantee what will happen.

As my father said, these are completely avoidable.

But in the end, we still reached that point.

But not every time is as good as the last time.

Still need to be careful about this.

In addition, there are many other aspects.

Such as strength.

He can indeed hide part of his strength.

It is always better to explode 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.

"call!"

A breath of turbid breath was slowly exhaled.

The whole person seemed to feel 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 grew up so fast that I didn't even have time."

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

At this moment, he was really emotional.

Thor is growing up so fast.

Before he could do anything, Thor had completely grown up.

Some things 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, you 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, there is no conspiracy, I will explain it later, just a foreshadowing)