Chapter 503 - 371 Duke Lis Kain_3
[specialty [Lord's Dominance]: As a Noble Lord, you gain an enhancement in strength within your territory, with All Attributes rising by 5% and All Resistance by 10% during combat in your domain, and certain special Skills effects are enhanced.]
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Oh wow!
These two new gains aren't bad at all!
Lis's Legend Level had become quite high now, and in his previous life, not a single player had accomplished so many great deeds.
Moreover, a week ago, those two Legendary Strongmen attempted to besiege Judgement Flame, but the outcome was that one died and one was seriously injured, with only the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts from the All Beast Church managing to escape by relying on the power of the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts.
And Garcia, the mourning bird, even though he borrowed the power of Evil God Lady Plague, could not save his life and died under Stephens's powerful Space Magic.
A Legend fell so uneventfully outside Bright City, failing to stir the slightest ripple.
Because of this, Lis even inquired with Joyce, who seemed somewhat disdainful of those two.
"There are always some Legends who follow the Evil Gods and don't believe in curses and want to challenge Stephens. I guess he's gotten used to it."
"Legends have quite long lives, so long that when they find it hard to keep improving, they always do something crazy, especially those Evil God believers."
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Hearing this, Lis continued to ask:
"Then Uncle Joyce, what are your odds against Mr. Stephens?"
"Hmm..."
Joyce fell silent for a moment, his wine glass suspended in mid-air.
"For me, escaping is not an issue; Stephens can't hold me back."
"If it were last year, I might have had no chance, but now..."
Lis remembered Joyce's gains after defeating the avatar of the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts, observing that the uncle had indeed greatly enhanced his strength in the past half year!
Had he traveled further on the Path to Divinity?
"Now, I should be able to injure Stephens."
Listening to Uncle Joyce's words, Lis truly felt the might of Teacher Stephens.
He's too strong!
Lis also became more resolute about his own future path!
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After the Royal Palace's enfeoffment ceremony had ended, Lis received a message from Duke Hade.
King Morton specially instructed Bevis to leave the loot on the Luou Peninsula, which belonged to the Royal Family, to Lis, and at the same time, a small detachment of the Golden Lion Knights was left at Danerluo Port.
That was so considerate!
Lis once again expressed his sincere gratitude to King Morton.
Jokingly, where else could you find such a boss?
It was the complete opposite of the King of Bodici who had died at Lis's hands.
This had already solved many of Lis's problems.
Even though owning the Luou Peninsula as a personal domain was exhilarating and Lis had no reason to refuse, he was simultaneously facing a new dilemma.
Previously, Lis's plan was to acquire Danerluo Port as his own territory.
Even then, it would have been quite hard for Lis to develop it.
Keep in mind, this is not a game, where a royal decree can make all the people in that territory obey Lis.
At the end of the day, although Lis was nominally the master of that land, whether he could firmly hold the territory in his hands would depend on his means and strength.
Aside from himself, Lis did not have an abundant number of people he could employ.
The first part was Risa and the Kane family's guard, the Golden Goalkeeper Welf, and a dozen Bronze and Silver Extraordinary Professionals, mostly Iron Fools Warriors.
Even if their loyalty was not bad, once they reached the territory, they were expected to be responsible for guarding Lis's land and castle.
As for Risa, Lis had a more important task prepared for her.
The second part was the crew of the Hurricane, including Helen, Basel, Evar, Charles, and a group of sailors.
Although these people were talented, it would take time for them to grow, and they weren't currently able to offer much help to Lis; he'd have to wait until they became Golden Strongmen.
The third part was the newly joined members under Lis, including a small squad of Extraordinary Professional soldiers from the Golden Lion Knights and some influence from Danerluo Port.
Ivor and Grace, two Guardians originally appointed in Danerluo Port by the Bodici Kingdom, chose to join Lis's power after his invitation, bringing some influence in Danerluo Port and possibly retaining some soldiers and officers.
But Lis didn't have high hopes for this.
Frankly speaking, the Bodici Kingdom was already rotten to the core, and Danerluo Port was no different.
Most officers and soldiers had already become subordinates of those nobles and they might have been taken away by the noble families during the invasion of the Feis Kingdom.
Moreover, Ivor and Grace could not gain Lis's trust at present; they agreed only because Lis mentioned the name of the Legendary Uncle Joey, and Lis didn't dare entrust them with important tasks in the short term.
And this was still Danerluo Port, which Lis had arranged for in advance.
The entire Luou Peninsula was about three to four times the size of the region that includes Danerluo. One can imagine that the other Bodici Nobles had definitely fled or switched identities to hide.
It would be difficult for Lis to control the situation, after all, he was only one person, and no matter how strong, it was quite difficult to take care of such a vast territory.