The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 206

Episode 206:

Knock knock.

“come in.”

About a week has passed since the warrior’s group left.

In the meantime, Raoul was calmly organizing various projects, territory development, player guilds, associations, etc.

This is so that the agents can smoothly manage the estate while he is away.

widely.

Raoul, who had finished completing the last document that needed to be approved, raised his head and looked at the visitor.

“It’s not a regular reporting time. “Have you heard any special news?”

Kane was standing in front of the desk with a strange smile.

“This is the special investigation team of the church that left not long ago.”

“Oh them? Is something happening?”

“It looks like there was a major accident.”

“Oh really? Let’s sit down and talk.”

Kane began to reveal detailed news to Raoul, who had moved to the sofa.

Raoul seemed curious about the performance of the bombs he handed over.

‘Service’ information was delivered to the warrior group through an information dealer a few days ago.

It contained some information that Raoul had organized by hand.

That was information about other ‘powerful guilds’ and ‘rankers’ excluding the First Guild’s cooperative guilds.

‘Time flies so fast.’

Almost half a year has already passed since completing the Tower of Graduation.

That many people had surpassed 50LV and were spreading throughout Connect.

Of course, not all rankers and influential guilds moved to the First Territory.

This is because Raoul and the executives filtered them out, and there were many who wanted to increase their power in places outside of the First Guild’s influence.

Raoul passed on the information with special emphasis on ‘some’ places where such people were gathered.

As a representative example, the Kingdom of Leslie is one of the fiefdoms in the territory of the Count Schuyler family.

The Brennan Republic was a territory associated with the ‘Delamian family’.

What they have in common is that they are not on good terms with the Ashton family or the First Guild.

Also, it was a place where he realized the value of players (strangers) earlier than others by becoming involved with Raoul.

‘So the influential guilds must have settled there.’

It was an ironic thing.

Due to Raoul’s active use of players, territories hostile to him began recruiting players.

In fact, there was some intention.

If there are enemies that need to be dealt with anyway, it will be faster and neater to bundle them and organize them all at once.

And among the ‘potential hostile forces’ selected by Raoul, the place chosen by the warriors is…

“I don’t know, but the Marquis McNeil will be very troubled.”

One of the fiefdoms of the Marquis MacNeill, who wields real power in the Kingdom of Leuven.

The estate of Viscount Denis de McNeill, who served as the marquis’ foreign affairs officer, was where they headed.

After being crushed in various territory battles by players mobilized by the First Guild, the Marquis withdrew from territory warfare.

And what Viscount Denis de McNeill chose was to follow Viscount Raoul and attract ‘strangers’.

Of course, the nobles’ perception of strangers as nothing more than mercenaries was ingrained in his head, so the treatment was not very generous.

However, it is still one of the great powers of the kingdom.

It was natural that the compensation paid was fundamentally different from that of other small and medium-sized families.

“The guilds that are now nesting there….”

“Japan’s Rakuen Guild and America’s Drake Guild are the largest.”

“Yes, I did.”

Both guilds had formed the main axis of a large guild alliance in their previous lives.

After snooping around here and there, except for the First Territory, it seemed like he eventually chose Marquess Melvin’s side.

‘I’m sorry.’

Although I was thinking that in my heart, Raoul was smiling.

“Anyway, this happened in just one week. “This is true.”

“Weren’t there a lot of people with short tempers?”

“No matter what, I never thought it would really make such a mess.”

The outline of the case was a bit complicated.

Mendes Castle, where the cult’s special investigation team arrived, was a typical Connect’s permanent castle.

A place where taxes are close to 60%, young people are conscripted due to the Gate incident, and even elderly people and girls are forced to do farming.

Fortunately, security was stable due to the large number of soldiers, but hygiene and the residents’ standard of living were barely above the worst.

It was an ordinary castle that could be found anywhere, but the problem was that the place Kiera and her party had stayed until just before was Viscount Raoul.

As soon as they enter the castle, a group of beggars wearing begging are waiting for the enemy, and from a skinny mother holding a sick child who comes to see the priest upon hearing that a priest has arrived, to old people with bloody bones.

In some ways, it may have been an ordinary scene, but what would it have looked like to the group who had already experienced the subject of comparison, the First Viscounty?

The next day, an even bigger problem came to the saint’s group, who were stranded all day dealing with them.

“Saint, this is a big deal. “I am worried that a plague may spread in the slums.”

Simar, who had walked around the castle, found the slums and found the corpses of those who had died of starvation and disease rotting here and there without any action taken.

“What on earth is the lord of this place doing? Is it okay to neglect the castle like this?”

In the end, another day was spent cleaning up the corpses and doing the bare minimum of cleaning up the slums.

Meanwhile, instead of helping, Viscount Denis just neglected their group.

In conclusion, the investigation team began to investigate Mendes Castle with even Cornelius completely angry.

However, it was not easy to find anything worth catching.

There was no way that a man who had done bad things in the first place would break national or continental laws in a territory where such exploitation was already commonplace.

However, during the investigation, a problem arose…

‘Should I say that Viscount Dennis is unlucky, or should I say that it is a warrior’s party?’

Unfortunately, while Saint Kiera was looking around the castle, she felt a ‘black magic energy’.

As if Raoul didn’t call it a disaster for no reason, the situation grew out of control.

A branch of the ‘Imperial Hounds’ nesting in the basement of the castle was discovered by Simar, and conflict was inevitable.

“How is it? “Wouldn’t it be difficult for us to deal with them alone?”

“How about asking the lord for help?”

In response to Simar’s concerns, Cornelius mentioned the lord, but Kiera shook her head.

“Information will definitely leak out. If we want to catch them all, we have to do it before the lord notices.”

Because Lord Dennis had already lost trust.

And the alternative was not far away.

“Why not ask strangers for help? “Isn’t that why you came here?”

Asher’s proposal was passed immediately.

And of course, the two large guilds located in Mendes Castle, Rakuen and Drake Guild, accepted the proposal.

This was because it was a special quest for the warrior party, and it was already rumored that the empire-related quests had enormous merit.

And then the ‘dog fight’ began.

* * *

“It is said that the player guild and general players who participated in the attack on the Imperial Hound’s hideout were ‘annihilated.’ “In the end, the investigation team concluded.”

“Well, it’s a natural result.”

No matter how much the players have grown, they will still be insufficient to deal with the imperial cavalry and knights.

In particular, if we met an Imperial Armor user who activated ‘Black Sacrifice’, it was obvious that even if the entire Purple Guild rushed in, they would be wiped out.

‘It’s still far away. ‘Not yet.’

Anyway, it would have been neat if the matter had been completed there, but the matter escalated when a document was discovered.

It contained information about people believed to be collaborators of Mendes Castle.

The investigation team asked Viscount Denis to hand them over, but the Viscount had no intention of handing them over as they included his close associates and blood relatives.

“In the end, the battle broke out again. “The players had already received the investigation team’s request, so they decided to cry and fight against the lord’s army, and even the Holy Knights of the nearby temples who had received a request for support joined in, causing great chaos!”

Kane was excited and explained the situation in a cheerful voice.

In conclusion, the battle ended in victory for the warrior party.

Although the number of troops may have been different, the outcome was decided in terms of quality.

The knights owned by Viscount Denis, not even the entire Marquis MacNeill, were unable to stop the Paladin Cornelius and the warrior Asher, both of whom were at the highest level of Expert, from going on a rampage.

“It is said that Mendez Castle is currently temporarily occupied by the Batar Church. “Viscount Dennis and some of the knights escaped, and fortunately, the collaborators on the list seem to have been secured by the church.”

“You made a foolish choice.”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Viscount Denis. They probably easily saw the church investigation team and players. If we had dealt with them first, we would have been able to resolve it somehow. But if things turn out this way, it won’t be easy to get out.”

There was an unwritten rule among the countries of the Connect continent.

We must work together to deal with issues related to the ‘Empire’, and when ‘Dark Magic’ appears, we must unconditionally cooperate with the churches of the Holy Empire.

No matter how much the nobles usually treated the church like dogs or cows, they couldn’t even say anything about this issue.

If you make a mistake, you could be branded as ‘an achievement for the entire continent.’

However, since he was so actively interfering with the church’s events…

‘No matter how much he is the Marquis McNeil, he won’t be able to protect him.’

And Marquis McNeil will have to endure great losses due to this incident.

Like it or not, their blood relatives not only broke the unwritten laws of the continent, but also caused the blood of the church to flow.

“What can I say, I feel really refreshed. And it makes me think of myself again as a master.”

“Well, I was lucky. “No matter how much I did, I would have expected them to be this active.”

Raoul drank a cup of tea without changing his expression as if it was no big deal.

“Anyway, it’s really amazing. As the Master said, they really are huge trouble makers. “In just one week, an intact Viscounty was completely destroyed.”

“So, if you happen to get involved with them in the future, make sure to tell the crew to avoid it at all costs.”

“of course.”

Due to this incident, Raoul gained a whopping 1 hit and 3 losses.

Although he did not take direct action, he not only dealt a blow to the thorn in his side, the Marquess McNeil, but also erased a branch of the Imperial Hound.

And since two large guilds that could be considered potential enemies were plunged into the abyss…

It is said that the Rakuen Guild and Drake Guild that participated in this battle were given significant rewards.

Because I received significant public value for the church, special quest rewards, and even some loot.

But they lost too much to be satisfied with such compensation.

The first thing is that most of the guild members lost their lives more than once.

The second is that the Mendes Castle, which had been established after several months of hard work, collapsed and he lost his official position and his home base.

And it cannot be left out that, while making a scary enemy called the Marquis MacNeill, he also turned the tired people called the Imperial Hounds into enemies.

At least for the time being, it has become difficult to operate in the Kingdom of Ruben.

‘Now they may have realized that they stepped on poop, but they can’t take their feet away.’

Perhaps the two guilds will not be able to refuse requests under the pretense of a quest from the church investigation team in the future.

To make up for the losses suffered this time, whether you like it or not, you will have to follow quests with great rewards.

‘In the end, you will suffer greater losses. ‘It’s probably not a level of quest they can handle right now.’

Anyway, blowing my nose without using my hands never felt so good.

It got to the point where I felt like I could enjoy the hellish training with Cardenas as long as there were enough things like this.

But Raoul’s joy did not last long.

This is because Kane’s expression, who was lightly drinking tea, suddenly became distorted.

“Master, this is a big deal. A report has just arrived via guild communication…”

“…?”

“It looks like something happened to the wall. My second brother, Lawrence, is said to have gone missing.”

“what!”

Raoul’s complexion turned pale.

(Continued in the next part)