The tip of the pen was written on the paper, and the liquid fire paint was poured into the lower corner of the approval document. After remaining still for a few seconds, a ring-like lord's emblem was pressed on it. When the lord's emblem was removed, a mark appeared.

After Su Xiao picked up the approval document on the table, he looked at the red dwarf city lord opposite, who was the last of the eight city lords. Seeing Su Xiao's gaze, the red dwarf city lord immediately signed a contract on the table.

Please don't misunderstand, this is a serious contract, provided by the relevant institutions of the main city, in order to further strengthen the lord's control over the city lord. Otherwise, each city lord is equivalent to a smaller lord.

Baha asked Baha to see off the red dwarf city lord. Only Su Xiao and Bu Buwang were sleeping soundly on the bed behind him in the guest room. With a bang, the lights were turned off. Su Xiao sat in the dark and thought about the opponent this time, that is, the lord.

The housekeeper is too vulnerable.

His original plan was to let the eight city lords who were in urgent need of supplies go and fight the steward. Even if they won, the eight lords should pay some price. However, this was not the case in reality. The steward's death was part of the plan.

, but these eight city lords won too easily.

This made Su Xiao think of two possibilities. One is that the little lord of Late Winter City, Guerwei, is not as simple as it seems. It is really unclear who is the puppet. Maybe all the housekeepers are this little lord.

The lord's shield.

It is not impossible. A ten-year-old human girl inherited her father's position as lord, and it was in a cold place like the North that was far away from the main city. The entire territory of Late Winter City, except for one

There are famous lords and many family forces. Among these people, it is inevitable that there are those who spy on the lord's position.

If the little lord Guerwei steps forward to take charge of her own affairs, assassinations and plots from the outside world will definitely come straight towards her.

On the other hand, if the little lord Gurvi seems to be just a puppet, then those with ulterior motives must first get rid of the most popular butler. Once the housekeeper is killed, the little lord Gurvi will hide deeper and then continue

Pretend to act like a child, but in reality your heart is waiting for opportunities.

In addition, there is another possibility that the little lord Guerwei is indeed just an ordinary noble lady, but she has a melancholy temperament and likes to wear darker dresses, which is why people have this suspicion and the real support behind the scenes.

The steward is the secret force of Late Winter City.

Judging from the butler's personal ability, which has not survived tonight, Su Xiao really doesn't believe that such a person can evade the authority of a lord. The lords' council is not a decoration. The father of the young lord Guerwei also had many friends during his lifetime.

.

Although it was said that it was easy to let go, having a steward take away the power of a lord would really bring shame to the lords' council once word spread about it.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, the cost of getting rid of the butler is much greater than losing some face, so the Lords Council turns a blind eye.

Su Xiao first thought that someone from the seven major families was secretly supporting the housekeeper, but then she thought about it. It was impossible for the seven major families to engage in such low-level activities. Furthermore, the seven heads of the seven major families were the seven most powerful ones.

It is impossible for an orc lord to bully his own people, whether openly or secretly.

Su Xiao then thought about whether the Sea Clan was secretly supporting the steward. After thinking for a moment, she felt that this was unlikely. It made sense that the steward could join the Sea Clan for power. But what were the two city lords who were colluding with the steward, what were they doing?

This is not a question of whether you dare or not, but whether it is worth it. If you fight for power among yourself, the worst outcome if you lose is death. But if you join the Sea Clan, once you are discovered, you will be immediately escorted to the "Sand Bone City"

” and bear the punishment of soul purgatory.

Excluding the Sea Clan, Su Xiao began to think about whether it was the so-called sect in this world. There are three relatively powerful sects in this world, the Poseidon Sect, the Alien Beast Sect, and the Dark God Sect.

The Poseidon Sect was the first to be eliminated, and the suspicion of the Alien Beast Sect was also very small. This sect has nothing to do with the alien beasts in this world. The sect is filled with ascetic monks. As long as they do not actively provoke them, they will treat others peacefully.

Then only the Dark God Cult is left. It can be said that wherever there is an invasion of the abyss, there are these guys. Su Xiao previously thought that the Dark God Cult is just a sect in the shadow world. After arriving in Fenghai Continent, he found that this was not the case.

One thing is the same, no matter which world they are in, the indigenous people hate these guys who believe in the abyss. In the Wind Sea Continent, the Dark God Cult is not rampant, and the Beast Tribe and Sea Tribe are too strong.

When Su Xiao was thinking about whether this matter was secretly supported by the Dark God Religion, Baha returned and whispered: "Boss, the two city lords are here and want to see you."

The two city lords Baha mentioned were naturally the two people who had colluded with the housekeeper before. Now that the housekeeper is dead, one can imagine the purpose of these two people coming to the door.

There are ten big cities on the fiefdom, and ten city lords. To be precise, there are nine official city lords and one acting city lord. The acting city lord is temporarily in charge of "Late Winter City", but after Su Xiao arrived at "Late Winter City",

This acting city lord will become a deacon and be responsible for assisting the lord in managing "Late Winter City". However, after Su Xiao arrives at "Late Winter City", this acting city lord can step down.

The acting city lord had no objection to this. After all, Su Xiao had given him too much compensation for resigning. After he resigned, Piru of the Spotted Fox Tribe was appointed as the deacon. Now Piru had gone to "Late Winter City" overnight to carry out the

Handover work.

In other words, there are still nine city lords on the fief, two of them are already outside the door, and the remaining seven are those who attended today's dinner and took off the butler's head.

Su Xiao signaled Baha to let the two people in. After the two city lords entered the room, Su Xiao discovered that one of the two city lords was a pure-blooded orc and the other was a wolf. The wolf among them was named Fenris.

Of the two, he was obviously the leader.

"Lord, we..."

Before Fenris finished speaking, Su Xiao raised his hand to interrupt, and said: "Originally, we invited two people to today's dinner, but my people were delayed along the way."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Fenris and the orc city lord on the side looked at each other, and then their faces were filled with smiles. Fenris even took the initiative to pick up the teapot on the table and filled Su Xiao's empty tea cup with more than half of it.

Su Xiao seemed to be chatting about today's dinner, but what she actually meant was that the matter with the housekeeper was over, and she was not prepared to investigate the collusion between these two people and the housekeeper.

If we follow the normal procedure, either not seeing these two people at all, or making a few sarcastic remarks, then getting rid of these two people and letting other city lords on the fief see them, this is the result of colluding with others.

Dealing with it this way may seem straightforward, but in fact, it will immediately make you lonely. Among the nine city lords in the fiefdom, it seems that only the two city lords in front of you are not good people. The other seven city lords are all peaceful. But is this really the case?

The city lords in the fiefdom must know that the housekeeper has evaded the power in the hands of the young lord Gurwei. As long as those seven city lords care about the old lord's old relationship, they should put some pressure on the housekeeper, not to mention fully supporting the little lord Gu.

Erwei, that is a bit unrealistic, but at least the young lord Guerwei cannot leave the manor and be placed under house arrest.

The seven city lords chose to hide in the dark and wait and see what would happen. On the other hand, the wolf city lord Fenris and the orc city lord, although these two people sided with the steward, at least they stood up. The more important point is that under Su Xiao

Before taking over the "Late Winter City Fief", Fenris and the orc city lord's big cities each had more than 700 units of food inventory. Although it was not enough to survive this winter, "Late Winter City" only had more than 500 units of food at that time.

In stock only.

The big city managed by these two city lords has more grain stocks than the core city of the fiefdom, Late Winter City. In addition, these grains are not taken from other big cities in the fiefdom, but are obtained by the two city lords based on their own abilities.

At this time, Su Xiao had just taken over the territory of Midwinter City. Should he favor the seven city lords who like to wait and see what happens and not make the first move, or should he focus on the two guys who like to take the initiative?

The answer is obvious. Su Xiao needs a city lord who is willing to stand up. He went to the "Midwinter City Fiefdom" not really for the fiefdom. He wanted to secretly develop the Zerg there and get away from trivial matters.

, to search for the Wolf Tomb, Soul Death God, and fight for the "Initial Mark" fragments that may be discovered at any time.

"Sir, don't you find it strange that a mere housekeeper dares to stand up against you?"

Fenris spoke with a smile on his face, his tone a little more friendly than before.

"Tell me about it."

Su Xiao put down the teacup, and Fenris immediately picked up the teapot and filled it, while saying: "The easiest thing to ignore is also the most dangerous."

Fenris did not directly clarify that under such circumstances, he dared to make such a Riddler-like statement, either because he was too short-lived, or because the party involved had a strong prophecy or causal system.

Su Xiao immediately thought of the tribal camp. The three major forces in the world, the Orc Tribe, the Sea Tribe, and the Tribe. The first two were fighting so fiercely that people subconsciously ignored the Voodoo Tribe.

If you lay out the map of Fenghai Continent on a flat surface, you will see the territory of the tribal camp, just below the orc camp. But why are the orcs and sea tribes fighting in darkness, but they completely ignore the tribe?

The reason is that there is a poisonous swamp between the territory of the orcs and the tribe, and the tribe has a wetland swamp to the west, a mangrove swamp to the east, and the "dark rain belt" behind it. The "dark rain belt" is the most dangerous restricted area for creatures in the world.

, the danger level is similar to that of the "Eternal Icefield" on the northernmost side of the Sea Tribe's territory.

Over the years, the orcs have not considered the threat from the tribe, and have also wanted to go there and deal with it. However, the terrain around the tribe's territory is too harsh, either a poisonous area or an erosion area.

This also leads to the fact that 99% of the strange beasts in this world are on the tribe's territory. Don't think that the territory there is small, it is equivalent to one-third of the orc tribe's territory.

It was the tribe that supported the steward behind the scenes. This was something Su Xiao did not expect. There must be a reason for this.

As if aware of Su Xiao's doubts, Wolf Fenris whispered: "Sir, I heard a rumor that the old lord actually left a secret treasure after his death."

"Secret treasure?"

Su Xiao frowned, he was not very interested in this secret treasure.

"Yes, the secret treasure. It is said that the core of the secret treasure is two original fragments."

Hearing what Fenris said, Su Xiao suddenly became very interested in this secret treasure. The reason is that he has reached the stage where he needs the "Primary Fragments" very much, because just 1 second ago, when Fenris mentioned the "Primary Fragments",

Su Xiao received a reminder from Samsara Paradise.

[Tip: It has been verified that the current resources of the hunter are enough to upgrade a technical ability to Lv.80. Under this premise, some data of "Primary Fragments" have been opened to you. 】

Before, Su Xiao didn't know the specific function of "Primal Fragment". She only heard from Bai Niu that if she wanted to break through her own limits and reach the "Extremely Powerful" level, she needed this thing.

After level up, you need this thing even more.

When Bainiu was at the peak of the ninth level, he had to go through a lot of hardships to get 5 "Primary Fragments". After Su Xiao cured Bainiu's sister's old injury, Bainiu originally wanted to give Su Xiao 2 to 3 "Primary Fragments".

", at least let Su Xiao not be as difficult as he was when he was at the peak of the ninth level and moving towards "the most powerful".

Unfortunately, the "Primordial Fragments" in the void are so rare that Bainiu only got one piece. Counting the piece given by Bainiu and the one he got in the Shadow World last time, Su Xiao has a total of two "Primordial Fragments".

The reason why he needs this thing is because the resources he currently holds are enough to upgrade the sword master to Lv.80. In a sense, the first upper limit of the sword master is Lv.80, but instead of

To say this is the upper limit is more like a barrier.

By combining three "primordial fragments" into one, you can use this to break through the upper limit of Sword Skill Master Lv. 80 and reach a new level. After that, Su Xiao's upper limit of Sword Skill will soar, at least to Lv.

90, or even higher.

To break through Level 80 of a skill's ability, you need three pieces of "Primordial Fragments". Three pieces are nine pieces. Do you think this is the end? No.

"Ultimately Strong" is not just a title, it is actually a clear ladder of strength. To move from the ninth level to "Ultimately Strong", one needs to synthesize the "Primary Power" from five "Primary Fragments" to break through to the highest level.

"The Strongest" level.

This method can not only bring about the improvement of all attributes, but also gain in other aspects, greatly increasing the strength of those who reach extreme strength.

This is also the reason why the ruthless brother has not moved towards the "ultimate strength" until now. It is obviously because there are not enough "original fragments". The four-technique master + five pieces to break through the strongest, a total of seventeen pieces are needed, and the magic sickle Tai

Lid should have about the same amount of "Primary Fragments" as Su Xiao needs. After all, they have abyssal abilities.

Thinking about it this way, Su Xiaohua made a huge profit when she opened the Abyss Store with 100 ounces of time and space power. The reason is that "Primordial Fragments" can be purchased in the Abyss Store notarized by the Void Tree.
To be continued...