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Chapter 1447 - Chapter 1447 Chapter 444 My Name is Allen_2

Chapter 1447: Chapter 444 My Name is Allen_2 Chapter 1447: Chapter 444 My Name is Allen_2 “It’s Mag, old buddy. Yes, our team also responded to Count Morris’s call and just got back…”

“Then you must have made a fortune. I heard that there’s a large ancient battlefield near the Northwind Fortress, just opening up one Alternate Dimension can lead to enormous hauls… How did your team do?”

“Our gains can only be considered not bad, we certainly can’t compete with the larger teams. But as you can see, our losses were also significant. Out of more than a hundred people in our team, now only over thirty remain.”

“Hahaha… Old Smith, you guys are going to be living it up. After this trip, you won’t need to go adventuring for the rest of your lives.”

“…”

Everyone was covered with the dust of a long journey, but their eyes were brimming with the joy of a bountiful harvest.

Adventurers who made it back alive almost all had a satisfying loot.

Their casual conversation was filled with ease and anticipation for the future.

Among the team, a nondescript middle-aged man with sideburns also mingled, listening to people’s conversations.

It was Leonard Churchill in disguise.

As everyone walked, the team rounded out of a mountain hollow and the view suddenly opened up.

Before them, brightly lit, stood a massive city built against the mountain.

It was clearly a New City.

The city walls were a hundred meters high but only the gates had been constructed, most of it was still under construction.

Looking further, one could see slaves, ant-like, carrying stones up and down the wall.

Leonard eyed the scene and mumbled to himself, “Thunder Dragon City… Have we arrived?”

Beyond the city lay the Abyssal Rift.

The team members were shocked by the sight of the grand city before them.

“When did such a big city get built? Just a few months ago when I was here, it was nothing but a camp.”

“That’s what you are unaware of. The Holy Church issued the ‘Founding Order,’ now allowing nobles to expand territory and found kingdoms on the Old Continent. This Thunder Dragon City is Duke Landon’s land, oh, now it should be called ‘Landon Duchy’…”

“Duke Landon? The descendant of the Thunder Dragon from the four nations in the Southern Realm?”

“Yes. These top-tier nobles that were once independent of the three great kingdoms are now all flocking to the Old Continent. To my knowledge, the Old Great Road now has dozens of such dukedoms…”

“Hisss, does that mean there will be kings everywhere from now on?”

“Exactly?”

“…”

People pointed at the distant city and talked animatedly.

The power hierarchy of the Ariel Empire in the Southern Continent was extremely complex.

The Holy Church served that legendary Great Dragon Airel, said to be the supreme being of the Dragon Clan.

Below that, aside from the three great kingdoms, there were many scattered independent nobles.

The three great kingdoms, in fact, represented three large Dragon Clan groups, Silver Dragon, Red Dragon, and Black Dragon.

And those independent nobles meant not just power and heritage but a real Pureblood Great Dragon behind them!

That was the very foundation of these nobles holding their ground amidst the pressure from the three great kingdoms.

The higher the title, the higher the tier of the Great Dragon behind them.

It was rumored that “Duke Landon” had at least an Eighth Rank Pureblood Thunder Dragon behind him.

Hundreds of years ago, that Thunder Dragon mated with a Dragon Descendant woman, giving rise to the current Landon Family.

“Pureblood Great Dragon…”

Leonard looked at the distant city, a subtle glint of sharpness flashed in his eyes.

He had seen quite a few Dragon Descendants and mixed-blood Great Dragons, but he had yet to see a real Pureblood Great Dragon.

He once heard Grieff say that the combat power of Pureblood Great Dragons was terrifying.

She and the historical leaders of the Rebel Dragon Army had fought with Great Dragons several times.

In terms of combat ability, Great Dragons were usually an entire tier above normal human card masters.

Meaning that even though Grieff had now reached the ceiling for human card masters, she could barely hold her own against an early Ninth Rank Great Dragon.

So just the “Landon Family” alone already had the power to dominate all forces in the East Wilderness, aside from the Orlan Royal Family.

With such new dukedoms, there were already at least a dozen on the Old Continent, and there would be even more in the future.

Leonard thought to himself and the corners of his mouth lifted in a cynical curve.

Powerful beings never made him feel fear; they only increased his excitement and anticipation.

He was on his way to the Ariel Royal Academy, and this Landon Family was a necessary stepping stone.

…

The team was long, and it took nearly an hour for Leonard to reach the city gate.

The line entering the city was slow because soldiers clad in purple armor were collecting an entrance fee at the gate.

But the fees for Thunder Dragon City were exorbitant, which set off a furor among the crowd.

“Other cities charge just a few coppers, and here entering the city costs a Gold Coin? Why don’t they just rob us!”

“That’s nothing, wait till you take the boat back, they’ll charge ten Gold Coins. Duke Landon is now a king, these are the new decrees he’s enacted for his territory…”

“Oh, damn it! We risk our lives exploring the Relics for a bit of loot, why should they extort so much from us?”

“Ssh, be careful not to let those Knights hear you.”

“…”

These fees were nearly a year’s living expenses for an ordinary farming family.

No wonder the adventurers were so enraged.

But they dared not rebel outright and could only queue up obediently to enter the city.

Leonard, on the other hand, was not surprised at all; it was clear that Duke Landon knew the returning adventurers had money, hence the extortion.

This kind of “entrance fee” was all too common in the Southern Continent.

Compared to that, the system in the Southern Continent was indeed the most primitive lord-centric feudal system.

Lords owned everything within their land, including the lives of their subjects.

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