Moldavia, who has experienced a second turmoil and changed hands, returned to the right track, and the main city ushered in a rare and peaceful night.

The commercial area is still lights, and even if it is already night, there are still many people. Blacksmith shops, grocery stores, pharmacies and material acquisition sites are booming. Adventurers, scattered mercenaries or travelers are mostly sitting in bars, raising glasses and drinking, and in a lively place, some people have even started to scramble to compete with the wrists of the crowd by drinking.

Riding on a war horse, Joshua slowly advanced towards Beppu in the darkness, observing his territory.

The total population of Moldavia is nearly one million, and the entire Northland has nearly five million people, which is almost one-twentieth of the total population of the empire. It sounds like a lot, but in fact it is very small.

It clearly occupies one-quarter of the northern territory, but the four territories are not as crowded as those of the southern cities. It seems that no matter what the world is, the cold places are always vast and sparsely populated.

Of course, Joshua also knew that the million-dollar conquer under his name was actually a bit unworthy of his name, and the population density in the North was smaller than everyone thought.

On such a vast land, there were only 420,000 humans that he could directly govern, and the dwarfs, dwarfs and goblins living in the lava area had about 400,000. The half-length craftsmen, free adventurers, mercenaries and other migrant populations distributed in various places had 70,000 to 80,000. With a little bit of elves and barbarians, the total number was indeed nearly one million, but most of them were nominally paid taxes to him, and some simply lived underground, and there was no visible figure on the ground.

The empire gave Moldavia ninety-seven knight qualifications. Those who really had their own fiefdoms of ten thousand people were only less than 20 years old. Most of the others were officers stationed in various fortresses and small towns, hoping that one day they would make military achievements and get formal gifts.

Mixed ethnicity is a big problem, but strictly speaking it is not very important. Unlike the Eastern Human Confederacy, which emphasizes pureness, the Northern Empire and the Far South did not care about mixed living. In the Far South, humans and elves often intermarried, and the number of half-elves once accounted for one-fifth of the total population. In the Empire, humans and dwarves lived in harmony, without any discrimination or prejudice. Hundreds of years of shared life made everyone feel that this was a matter of course. No one would think that it was wrong to have an elves or dwarf neighbors in their own home. At most, they would scold the group of goblin merchants in the shop.

Of course, there must be a reason for wanting several different races to get along in harmony. In the disputed continent, this reason is the Black Forest.

【Hesse Tide】

The mountains trembled, and thousands of beasts rushed out of the boundless forest, like the fury waves of the Black Sea.

Those who have never seen this scene cannot imagine that kind of despair. If it weren't for this terrifying disaster, how could the fusion of races be so simple? The rich earth and active magic make each race fight for the continuation of its own lives without worrying about food. In the war between thousands and thousands of years, the blood of the races merged into sand and soil, and their bones scattered in the wasteland, and this is the origin of the name of the disputed continent.

In the west of the city, Joshua, who was fighting the horse, shook his whole body slightly. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the location of his residence.

"Silver, high-level, man, not young..."

He said to himself that in the sight of Joshua crossing all obstacles, there was a high-level silver warrior who was standing near Beppu without any concealment, with blue gold fluorescence all over his body, and not far away was his magic machine.

"This breath feels like an acquaintance, familiar."

Drive the war horses, Joshua is not patrolling his territory. This city belongs to him. There is no need to worry about seeing it. In the future, he can watch it as long as he wants, until he gets tired of it.

Not long after, he came to the next to the high-level silver warrior.

"Monster?"

Seeing the familiar big windbreaker with red edges and black background and the golden scale badge on his chest, Joshua knew that this was an examiner of the imperial noble court. Looking at that face, it was the acquaintance who "tried" him a month ago.

"I haven't seen each other for many days, the new lord, the young Count."

He bowed slightly and the middle-aged examiner named Monster sighed: "I have been waiting since the sun set in the afternoon."

"No appointments were made in advance, and no letters were sent. How did I know you would be back?"

When he dismounted, Joshua touched the horse's neck and looked at the plain-looking censor, he couldn't help but feel a little headache: "Will you have any bad news to tell me when you come?"

"Sadly, yes, but this is not a good place to talk about."

Monster turned his head and looked at Beppu. The silver-haired girl was jogging over, shook her head and said, "Anotherwise, your little subordinate is loyal and dedicated, and he doesn't even let me get close to the yard."

"Owner!"

Running to Joshua's side, Ying looked at the two of them with some confusion: "Do you know him?"

"Ah, I do know each other, I'm acquaintance."

After patting the little head of the girl in the divine machine, Joshua praised with a smile: "It's a good job, it's worth encouraging. How about today?"

"Very good. I've known most of the things in my family, and I've learned how to cook."

"Oh? This is really good, I learn it so quickly."

Monster looked at the two guys who had already started chatting naturally and couldn't help but remind him: "Ahem... do you want to stand outside and chat?"

“That’s right.”

Joshua looked around and nodded. He patted Ying on the shoulder and signaled, "Ying, you can lead Hei to the stable first, and I will take this guest to talk about something."

"Hei is so strong and mighty, how good is he to call him Black King? Why do you have to call him Black..."

"If it is a dragon, let alone the Black King, it doesn't matter if I call it Niedhog or Nesario, but it's just a horse. Don't say much, go quickly."

Firefly walks to the stable with the obedient black, while Gioshua takes Munster toward the gate.

"She calls you master?"

"Yes, Firefly is my maid."

The examiner of the noble court shook his head expressionlessly: "It is illegal to abuse child labor... I didn't expect you to have such a hobby."

Joshua opened the door and frowned and said, "She is as old as me, why is she a child laborer?"

The core of Firefly is made from his right wrist bone when he was born. If you have to say seriously, the two are indeed the same age.

"I can't see at all."

Monster seemed to be thinking: "Is it a elves mixed-blood? Is it growing slowly than ordinary people? Or is it a fairy bloodline?"

During the conversation, the two of them had already entered the mansion and came to the reception room.

"Okay, please sit down."

After reaching out to signal, Joshua simply sat down on his own and sat in the seat. His face looked slightly somber: "You can't help but let you wait outside the door for a long time and have to tell me bad news, but I can't wait to know."

"Although this matter is important, it's not very anxious..."

Monster looked back and forth at the warrior with black hair and red eyes in front of him, and sighed: "Although I have heard rumors and I had this feeling outside before, I really didn't expect that you have really advanced to gold. In one month, you have crossed from the advanced silver level to such a level... It's really incredible."

Isn't it just level 3? As for being so surprised.

"Accidentally, after running on the road for seventeen days, I suddenly became stronger if I don't know what happened."

Injured in sincerity, Joshua looked at the examiner's eyes, as if he wanted to see something: "Don't tell me that you came to the north from the Northwest Orc Plain, just to amaze my advancement to gold."

"Of course not."

Shaking his head, Mundest wanted to speak but stopped, as if he didn't know where to start. After a moment, he simply talked about another topic: "Sir, do you know if you know that more than ten people have been prohibited from passing through the Ural Fortress?"

"Not long ago, the group of people in the Chamber of Commerce told me."

"Then you should also know that there was a riot in the middle of the empire."

The examiner continued to ask.

"That's true." Joshua tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat, frowned, and said simply: "No need to circle around, Monster, just say whatever you want to say, you and I are both soldiers, why should you be so cautious?"

After a while of silence, the aristocratic court examiner, the spokesperson of the emperor's will, sighed, and his face was solemn: "The wind of black erosion started from the south, and unknown plague spreads deep in the black forests in various places... It has crossed the Ural Mountains and came to the north, which means that this year's black tide will be earlier than before, and more fierce and unstoppable."

"The imperial capital judged that the severity of this dark tide will be increased by three levels, and there is even a high possibility that there will be a plural gold-level monster."

Speaking of this, Monster's face was unprecedentedly serious. He put his hand into his arms and took out a small box: "Earl, you encountered such an accident just now. Your luck is indeed a bit bad. Although you advanced to gold, you should be a little far away from your father... And here is the care of the imperial capital."

When he said the last sentence, Monster's tone had already brought the highest respect. Looking at the expression, the examiner did not know why the emperor would treat the people in front of him so specially, but he did not hesitate: "Take it, this is what His Majesty gave you."
Chapter completed!