Seeing Rudolph waiting at the intersection early, Butler Nain's mood was a little strange for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself: "Mr. Rudolph, I asked the dock, and when you come back, the Bauhinia will be completed."
Rudolph felt that considering Nain's age and the fact that he had saved Rudolph's life, there was no need to use honorifics like "you". Maybe it was because he was a little moved to see Rudolph so proactive and waiting at the intersection early...
"It doesn't matter, Master Kedrick's safety is the most important, and the Bauhinia can leave a few days later."
Only Kedrick really didn't want Rudolph to leave: "Mr. Rudolph, I hope you can stay in the manor for a few more days, so that I can ask you a lot of questions. Oh, by the way, Ursula didn't come with you, she still has a lot of questions to ask you, and before she left, she even listed a full sheet of wizard questions."
Butler Nain looked at Kedrick with satisfaction, hoping that Kedrick could let the wizard stay for a few more days.
Several people rode out of the dock and the city of Naville on horseback. Nain's speedboat left the port of Naville in advance, so that the manor could prepare to welcome the young master.
"Mr. Rudolf, our destination is the Golden Anchor Family's Doc Manor. Doc Manor has 30,000 acres of grape plantations and is one of the top ten wine estates in the southern continent."
When the value is large to a certain extent, it is difficult to establish an intuitive impression of the value. 30,000 acres of plantations sound huge, so large that it exceeds most people's imagination.
Doc Manor is not far from the city of Naville. If you ride a horse, you can reach Doc Manor in four days.
Rudolf saw very few people along the way. The population density of the southern continent is not very high, and there are more plantations.
The large and small tributaries on both sides of the Suluo River belong to the sphere of influence of the Oblivion Church. The Suluo River and its tributaries nurture many farmlands around it.
When passing by a town, Rudolf said: "I want to take advantage of the rest tonight to see the customs and habits of the southern continent. Butler Nain, do you have any suggestions? Is there anything I need to pay attention to in advance?"
"Well..." Butler Nain thought, he didn't want to make trouble, he just wanted to get to Doc Manor as soon as possible, but he didn't restrict Rudolf: "My advice is, don't be captured by the church and become a believer of the Lord of Nothingness."
"That's absolutely impossible. I'm an atheist and I believe in my own abilities. In the mythology of more than two thousand years ago, couldn't Emperor Alec also kill gods? This proves that there is nothing to be afraid of God."
Butler Nain shook his head: "Don't underestimate the various churches. Their missionary methods have been practiced and improved for thousands of years and are very efficient. Maybe after something happened to you, your mentality has changed, and you will become a believer of the Lord of Nothingness from then on. The best way is to stay away from the priests and avoid their missionary work."
"I'm a wizard and I can't become a priest. Can I still believe in the Lord of Nothingness?"
"The priest is a clergyman who shepherds the sheep on behalf of the evil god. You cannot become a priest, but you can become a fanatic who makes great contributions to the church. Once other apostles believe in the evil god, they will be given special attention by the church, and sooner or later they will become fanatics and contribute their apostolic abilities to the church wholeheartedly."
Seeing Rudolph's indifferent expression, Butler Nain said nothing more.
Rudolph was indeed not worried about which evil god he would believe in. He was a staunch materialist atheist. But on second thought, crossing over was not "materialistic" at all. Perhaps only the almighty God could allow a person to cross over.
After settling down in the evening, Rudolph left the tavern and wandered around the town. After walking out for more than ten minutes, he found that Kedrick had followed him.
"I don't want to be constrained by the butler all the time. I also want to understand the situation here."
Before the sixteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, Kedrick didn't want to go back to the Northern Continent. Anyway, he would be waiting everywhere. It would be better to be here, away from the castle, and freer.
The two walked together to the center of the town. If they wanted to observe the operation here, the best way was to find the core of the town's operation, the church of the Oblivion Church.
Just like what they saw in Port Naville, the church of the Oblivion Church is not a building, but a circle of stone pillars.
There is a circular altar on the nine steps, and the altar is surrounded by twelve stone pillars. These stone pillars were selected from the stone pillars in the wild. The outlines are naturally varied, with a kind of rough beauty. The priests engraved various oracles of the Lord of Nothingness on the stone pillars.
When the bright moon rose, all the lights around the stone pillars went out, and groups of believers walked out of the streets and alleys and walked towards the stone pillar square.
There were many children in the crowd. The people here have been indoctrinated with the doctrines of the Oblivion Church since childhood, and have offered their faith in the Lord of Nothingness since childhood.
Rudolf felt a little uncomfortable about the children joining the church. When these children have no ability to distinguish, they are influenced by the people around them. They take everything they see for granted. Grandpa should believe in the Lord of Nothingness, parents should believe in the Lord of Nothingness, and everyone in the brothers and sisters' family should believe in the Lord of Nothingness.
Rudolph and Kedrick retreated to the distance and hid in the shadows in the distance. The stone pillar square was full of people kneeling. It would be strange if the two of them did not kneel.
Two sacrifices were sent to the stone pillars. They were two naked men and women. The Lord of Nothingness believes that people come naked and should leave naked. Everything people experience in this life is nothingness, and the ultimate development of all things is extinction.
People are always impressed by the refinement and depth of oracles, but people may not need to live so profoundly. If they act according to oracles, everything will become too cold.
For example, now, black unknown smoke is coming out from the top of each stone pillar. These smokes slowly move towards the center and eventually form a vortex.
The black smoke vortex was said to be the silent realm created by the Lord of Nothingness. The two naked sacrifices slowly floated up and disappeared bit by bit in the black silent vortex.
Rudolf's level 4 wolf pupil gave him good eyesight. He saw that after the two heads disappeared, their limbs twitched slightly, which was a sign of death.
The believers around the stone pillar array raised their heads and saluted the smoke vortex. The dark and deep vortex was a miracle revealed by the great Lord of Nothingness.
"Let's go, don't stay here."
Rudolf had already noticed Nain, and he really couldn't stay here for long.
As the level increased, he could feel more and more oppression from the evil god. The evil god Annihilation didn't know where he was, but he could use his divine power to influence this remote town. This ability was so powerful that it was unimaginable. The evil god could also directly look at a certain priest, allowing the priest to have extremely powerful divine arts.
Perhaps two thousand years ago, the entire northern continent was in the face of this absolute pressure, full of despair, and united behind Emperor Alec to declare war on the evil god.
On the way back, Rudolf asked, "Butler Nain, is the Great Emperor Megwen, who lives in the North, the reason why the evil gods did not counterattack the North Continent?"
"Yes, during the Constitution Movement 200 years ago, King Megwen XI told his people that if he did not preserve a Knight Empire, the evil gods of the southern continent would once again build temples and occupy the northern continent. This is also the reason why the Megwen Empire has existed for the past 200 years. The Alchemy Councils of the various kingdoms and the United States tacitly did not take action against the Megwen Empire. Of course, even if they took action, they would not necessarily be able to defeat the Megwen Empire." The Megwen Empire is located in the snowfield and pine forest, where the conditions are difficult. It is said that some knights can be promoted by challenging avalanches. It is the last paradise for knights.
"Our King, Carolingian XVI must become the Great Emperor. The Kingdom of Elba is the bridgehead against the evil god. Those greedy alchemists only know how to plunder money and minerals. They don't understand that if the evil god counterattacks the northern continent, when Emperor Megwen leads the cavalry south, half of the northern continent will be reduced to ruins." Knights and alchemists have reasons to become masters. Knights are born kings, and alchemists bring technology and innovation. They all feel that they are standing on the top of the moral mountain.
When Rudolf saw the Doc Manor... he still didn't have a concept of the size of 30,000 acres. The entire plantation has no boundaries, and there is no end in any direction. There are neat rows of grapevines everywhere.
It is not the time to pick grapes. Many people are working in the grapevines. I don't know if they are spraying pesticides or pruning.
"Welcome to Doc Manor! Doc Manor will provide you with unlimited fine wine!"
The servants of the Earl's palace, the manor knights, and the Earl's vassal here lined up in a long line to welcome Master Kedrick.
Kedrick was so excited, he liked the feeling of being the master. Before Caleb became the new Earl, he was the Earl's son and one of the masters here. Hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of the family conquered and firmly occupied this grape plantation, bringing a huge amount of wealth to the Golden Anchor Family.
No matter how powerful Nairn is, he can walk in front of Nairn and enjoy Nairn's service. When his father passes away, he will no longer be the master here, and the masters here belong to Caleb and his son.
After passing through a slate-paved road and a large grape plantation, you will enter this manor complex.
This is one of the palaces of Count Pallu. When the northern continent enters winter, Count Pallu will come here to spend the winter every year. The seasons of the northern and southern continents are opposite, and the winter of the northern continent is the summer here.
The manor steward and cavalry captain of Doc Manor followed along to welcome Master Kedrick and the itinerant steward Nain.
Among the many stewards of the earl, the most powerful one is the chief steward Mr. Wenler, followed by itinerant stewards like Nain, who can supervise and inspect many industries on behalf of the earl. Then comes the manor steward, who manages various industries on behalf of the earl.
What surprised Rudolf was that there were nearly 100 cavalrymen in Doc Manor, which was a complete cavalry company.
There were many formal knights among these cavalrymen. The armor of the knights was very different from that of ordinary cavalrymen. The armor of the knights was thicker and more powerful, and even had alchemical reinforcement arrays on it.
No matter how intense the war in the northern continent was, Count Pallu kept an elite cavalry here, which showed how important this grape plantation was. The output here was very amazing and was one of the core interests of the earl.
Another reason was that the southern continent was too chaotic and did not have enough strength to deal with the crazy attacks of the evil god believers.
The butler of the manor served Master Kedrick attentively. They knew about the war in the northern continent, and they also urgently sent a batch of supplies to the northern continent. Now Master Kedrick suddenly came, and the butler of the manor was a little unresponsive. Could it be that the earl was very pessimistic about the war and used this method to preserve the bloodline of the Golden Anchor family?
Such questions can only be thought of in one's mind, but dare not ask the patrol butler Nain.
This palace is not like a castle, but more like a holiday manor. The magnificent buildings are scattered on the hillside, unlike the land in the northern continent.
After entering the earl's palace, Rudolf once again sighed at the earl's wealth. This palace is so gorgeous, much more luxurious than the baron's mansion like Jennifer. There are lamps made of pure silver everywhere, carpets in every room, and precious paintings by masters on the walls.
Entering the noble mansion again, Rudolf suddenly thought of Jennifer.
I don't know how Jennifer is doing in Fabro City, and whether she can deal with those old foxes. It is not known whether there was a direct conflict between the nobles and alchemists of the Carolingian Kingdom, and whether Jennifer would be affected.
The palace arranged a bedroom for Rudolph, where the view was wide and he could see the plantation outside all the way to the horizon. Carpets, goose down sofas, silver mirrors, Jennifer's maid outfit... cough, I thought too much.
In the evening, Kedrick knocked on the door and personally invited Rudolph to the dinner.
"Mr. Rudolph, there is a dinner prepared for you tonight! Please feel the enthusiasm of Doc Manor!"
Kedrick's invitation was so sincere that Rudolph also felt Kedrick's happiness.
The war ahead did not affect the palace. Whether it was Kedrick, housekeeper Nain, or other people in the palace, they all felt that the luxury here was a very normal thing.
The banquet hall was in a building a few hundred meters away, and servants carried the two people there in a sedan chair. Rudolph did not refuse the servants' service, and the status of the noble guest was equally noble.
There was only one long table in the banquet hall, with two chairs on the left and right, one for Kedrick and one for Rudolph.
Kedrick was the host and Rudolph was the guest. Butler Nain and the manor housekeeper stood aside, serving the two.
To be honest, Rudolph was not used to this kind of service, he preferred to do it himself. However, the manor housekeeper took a knife and fork and cut the roast goose for Rudolph.
The pure silver knife and fork flickered with silver light in the candlelight.
"Mr. Rudolph, please be sure to taste the wine here. The wine of Dok Manor is the court tribute wine of the Elba royal family, and it has a very good taste."
Facing Kedrick's kind invitation, Rudolph smiled and took a sip of wine. The mellow aroma of the wine surprised him. He, a person who didn't know much about wine, could taste that it was a good wine.
After taking a sip, holding the wine glass, Rudolph looked carefully at the crystal wine in the wine glass. This precious bright red liquid, obtained after countless labor, was emitting an attractive light in the candlelight.
The wine in the glass was rippling in circles, as if something was vibrating the small surface of the water. This was Rudolph's vibration detection at work. A wizard's abilities were so diverse that Rudolph could detect the footsteps outside the banquet hall, no matter how carefully they landed on the carpet.
The manor steward patiently cut the roast goose into rectangular pieces of the same size. Butler Nairn had a white handkerchief on his hand and looked down at the ground. He was the most well-trained and considerate butler.
Rudolph looked up at Kedrick opposite him. Kedrick had a proud look on his face, waiting for Rudolph to praise the wine of Doc Manor, which was one of the signature dishes of the Golden Anchor family.
Before Kedrick noticed anything unusual, something strange happened.
Kedrick didn't wait for Rudolph's praise, but instead waited for the cold light of a silver knife!