Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 506: Hate To The Bone

"Mr. Guild Leader, do you know this Baron Allen?" Daniel asked.

"Everyone in the Border Land knows Sir Allen now. To be honest, we fear his strength. That's why our Black Iron Castle made a peace treaty with him before." Hagrid didn't try to hide anything.

"In that case, should I consider canceling the operation?" Daniel asked deliberately.

Hagrid's chest rose and fell. He looked at Daniel firmly and said, "No need, this is not the border. The treaty will not come into effect. Since I have promised Sir Aaron that I will deal with your enemy, I will not go back on my word. However, if Sir Aaron's opponent is Sir Aaron, I hope Sir Aaron will not be careless. He must use twelve percent of his strength to get rid of this person!"

Hagrid's words were resolute, and he had clearly made up his mind. Climbing onto Daniel was something he had planned long ago. With the help of the viscount, he was expected to become the lord of the Black Iron Castle in the next few years. Now naturally, he didn't want to be delayed by an Allen. He was already in his early forties, and if he didn't make a difference in the next ten years, he would be like this in his entire life. Hagrid was unwilling, so he had to fight when he was at his strongest.

Daniel nodded and said, "Not this time, because this time, I will personally kill this Alan!"

Barre behind him revealed an expression of surprise. Daniel hadn't really attacked for a long time. After all, even Ou Ban wasn't his match in the vicinity. Not to mention the others, even Duru had only fought with Daniel a few times. Of course, it was purely a sparring between two martial artists, but it always ended in Du Lu's defeat. Duru didn't know how to let go, so Daniel's strength had always maintained a strong momentum. If he was willing to personally take action this time, Ellen would not be fortunate enough to respond no matter how he looked at it.

Barre hadn't felt his blood boil like this in a long time. If it wasn't for the situation, he would have almost roared. Daniel felt Barry's surging aura behind him and smiled. At this moment, the viscount's face suddenly turned pale. Daniel shook his head and reached out to press his chest.

Hagrid and Barre were shocked at the same time. The latter hurriedly supported Daniel, while the former asked, "Sir Daniel, are you alright?"

Daniel quickly regained his rosy complexion. He took a step forward and shook his head. "Nothing much, Hagrid. You've had a hard journey. Go down and rest first. We'll discuss the battle plan later tonight. Barry, take our guests to rest."

Barre looked at Daniel hesitantly until the viscount glared at him again before he nodded and left. Daniel sent out the other guards. When the door was closed, the blood on his face quickly faded away, revealing a morbid pallor. His body shook gently, and even the hand holding the armrest was trembling slightly. After a while, a trace of blood gradually appeared on Daniel's pale face.

Only then did he truly recover. As for just now, he had used Origin Energy to speed up his blood and deceived Haggers and the others. As the person with the highest status in this hall, how could he show fatigue in front of his subordinates? But now, Daniel felt a wave of emptiness in his body. Just now, he had suddenly dropped by one level, from Level 25 to Level 24.

Loss of Origin Energy!

This happened more often than not in a month, and Daniel didn't notice it at first. Not long ago, the amount of Origin Energy that was lost was simply too large. In that instant, a portion of Origin Energy disappeared completely from his body like snow in winter. Just like this time, Daniel felt as if something had been extracted from his body. His entire body became weak and empty, and he was shocked to find that his Origin Energy had actually been lost for no reason.

And now, he had fallen by a level. This was a huge loss. The disappeared Origin Energy could only be replenished by continuing to temper it. However, to replenish an entire level of Origin Energy, it was not something that could be accomplished in a day or two. Daniel closed his eyes and thought hard. The loss of Origin Energy would not occur in vain. This kind of phenomenon would occur. Normally, people would suffer heavy injuries and their Origin Energy would be dispersed by external forces before they would be forcefully downgraded.

However, he had been running away continuously for a month, eventually leading to a demotion. Apart from some hidden illnesses in his body, he had also been poisoned. Before this, he had already had his identity checked secretly, but he did not discover any hidden illness in his body. That was the worst case scenario. He was poisoned. This was also a difficult question to solve. One had to know that the old housekeeper who had taken care of him for decades was responsible for his daily necessities. Daniel had never doubted the housekeeper's loyalty.

But if it wasn't for the old butler, who would have been able to get close to him without being discovered? A figure suddenly flashed in Daniel's mind. He suddenly opened his eyes and his chest rose and fell. After calming down, he called the old butler over and said, "Go find Carrett and ask him to bring Charlie over. Tell him I have a new assignment."

The butler glanced at him and nodded without saying anything.

In the evening, the old butler saw Daniel in the study and replied to Carrett's message, "Mr. Carrett said that Miss Charlie had left the association more than half a month ago and that her whereabouts are unknown."

Daniel's face was extremely gloomy. He nodded and let the old butler leave. From the looks of it, it must be Charlie who took action. Thinking of it this way, after she was injured and returned, she started to lose her Origin Energy after having a good time with her. In other words, at that time, Charlie's body had already been tampered with. Daniel lightly slapped his palm on the desk. The wooden table immediately collapsed before he stood up with a snort.

He had always been a restrained person, but when he saw Charlie, he found it difficult to do so. Afterwards, he was also surprised, wondering if he had overindulged himself. Now it seems that Charlie must have used some aphrodisiac drug to stimulate his emotions and desires, and then light naturally occurred. During that time, Charlie had too much time to act. But why would she do that?

Thinking of this, Daniel remembered that Charlie had said that Potion Master Baggins had already taken refuge with Alan.

"Baggins, Charlie … Alan!" Daniel raised his head and some thoughts finally crossed his mind. All of this must have been caused by that Alan. It was precisely because of him that Charlie had the aphrodisiac and the means to drain her Origin Energy. It was all because Alan had Baggins on him! Things had become very clear. No matter if Charlie was forced to do it voluntarily or by force, there would be no one else besides Alan.

Thinking of this, Daniel's eyes were bloodshot, and now he wished he could tear Alan to pieces!

Ark Harbor welcomed another morning, but today was not an ordinary day. In fact, today was the day when the Deep Sea Scaled Concubine left the city for the Bauhinia Territory. Early in the morning, the people who had received the news came to a halt and cheered enthusiastically as the army passed by. Occasionally, soldiers in the army would fire salute cannons, allowing the entire city to be covered in colorful films.

Amidst the occasional gunfire, a carriage was prepared in front of Ouban's private building. Allen got into the carriage with Lucy and Baggins, who had just arrived yesterday. They were also going back to Dawn Castle. Last night, the dragon came to visit again and took a medicine concocted by Baggins. This kind of medicine would be hidden in a person's body for three months. If he didn't get the antidote after three months, he would die of poison.

After listening to Alan's detailed explanation, the dragon did not hesitate and took the medicine in front of Alan to show his sincerity. Allen had a different view of this Oriental. After all, there weren't many people like Long who knew that it was poisonous and didn't hesitate to consume it. From this, one could see how resolute his thoughts of revenge were, otherwise, he would not have been so straightforward.

Today, Long and Jorah would leave together, but Alan and he had already decided on some contact details. With him by Ruo La's side, Ellen knew the situation of the Bauhinia very well.

Allen's convoy chose the city gate on the other side to leave. This time, there was no fight with the Deep Sea Scaled Concubine. Inside the carriage, Baggins closed his eyes and fell asleep. Lucy looked out the window and said, "Why don't you say goodbye to your lover?"

"What lover? Don't talk nonsense." Ellen said unhappily.

Lucy turned her head and smiled, "Don't tell me you can't tell that Miss Ruola has a good impression of you."

"So what? It's impossible for me and her, and this relationship is good for all of us." Alan could only sigh in his heart when he remembered what had happened in the White Castle arena that day and Ruola's impulsive hug.

Jorah's identity was a big problem. If she wasn't the Countess, something might have happened between her and Alan. Unfortunately, as a member of the Ridley family, she was destined to be unable to determine her own happiness from birth. Her happiness was ranked after the interests of the family. She did not shirk her obligations, and Alan was quite restrained and did not intend to get involved with this woman from the beginning, so as not to affect his judgement of Ou Ban.

This was a relationship that was destined to never happen, because it had already been personally pulled out by the two of them at the very beginning of its germination.

"How strange. I can clearly see that she likes you. Why hasn't she taken any further action?" Said Lucy, holding her chin in her hand.

Alan held her hand and smiled, "Because not everyone has the courage as you do, but why are you pushing me out?"

"In that case, wouldn't I have a proper excuse to find a lover?" Lucy blinked.

Alan pretended to be angry and said, "Don't even think about it. I'll cut off a man's hand if he dares to touch one of your hair!"

Lucy shook her head and said, "You men are so domineering."

After he finished speaking, he laughed out loud. Obviously, he was very disappointed by Allen's "tyranny".

A few days later, Alan returned to Dawn Castle. His territory now included Dawn Castle, Sunset City, and Hungry Collar Wolf. Of the three territories, Dawn Castle was undoubtedly the best in terms of both strength and geographical location. Therefore, Allen valued it very much and would shift the focus of his development to it.

Of course, he wouldn't let go of the other two territories. The iron mines in Sunset City, along with the steel mines in Dawn Castle, would provide Allen with high-quality raw materials for equipment. Therefore, he planned to move Linz and the weapons workshop to this new territory after returning to Storm City. Dawn Castle and Sunset City could basically develop at the same pace as before, but the Hungry Wolf Territory needed Alan's attention.

The territory was barren because of Duru's inaction, and even less than two thirds of its people were left. If this goes on, if Alan does not reform and rebuild, it will soon become a wasteland.

In fact, the conditions of the Hungry Wolf Territory itself were not bad. It was located in the same area as Dawn Castle. Whether it was soil or rain, they were not much inferior to Dawn Castle. They could develop agriculture. Taking advantage of Orban's exemption from taxes for three years, Allen returned to Dawn Castle and announced the exemption to all of his territories. This was good news for the people in the territory. This meant that they didn't have to hand over the income from their labor for the next three years. It was completely their own wealth.

Without a doubt, this news had the greatest impact on the Hungry Wolf Territory. When they heard the news, everyone in the territory heaved a sigh of relief. If Alan were to tax like Duruf, they would have to tighten their belts this year.

However, the good news for the hungry wolves was that they had arrived one after another.

The news of the tax exemption had just passed, and the next day Allen had a new policy. He would transfer a batch of high-quality grains from Dawn Castle and provide them to the people of the territory free of charge for farming purposes. Along with the grain, there will be a new batch of farm tools, as well as several farming experts from Dawn Castle who will stay in Hungry Wolf Territory for a period of time to help the people here return to farming.

Apart from that, Allen had also paid for the construction of houses in several villages and towns under Hungry Wolf's command, and he had also shown the announcement to the entire territory. Businessmen and farmers who invest in the Hungry Wolf Territory and cultivate agriculture will be given two more years of tax exemption in addition to the previous three years of tax exemption. This greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the people and created a small wave of migration within the territory.

Some businessmen who saw business opportunities, as well as farmers who coveted five-year tax exemptions, rushed towards the hungry wolves. These fresh blood injections brought new hope to this barren land. Behind these actions, the millions of gold coins that Allen had just earned from Grar were spent like flowing water. But for him, it was a necessary investment. Only by planting his roots in this rich and fertile land would he be able to grow a towering tree that could sustain his development.

And because of Allen's various favorable policies, he quickly earned a reputation for kindness and generosity, which was an additional gain. These gains quickly accumulated his reputation, and in the foreseeable future, his reputation would grow higher and higher.