532 Youre in Charge of It All (1/2)

To put it bluntly, they were fence-sitters. The five military officials, including Judson, slowly approached Roland.

In general, territorial officials would not dare to threaten their superiors so easily.

However, the First Princess Stephanie was not in her territory all year round and everything was handled by the eight of them. Over time, they secretly grasped the majority of the power and resources in the territory and even secretly divided the power amongst themselves. Now that a temporary lord appeared out of nowhere, their power would definitely be thinned. This made them extremely uncomfortable.

Secondly, Roland was a man.

The First Princess was beautiful, powerful, and most likely to be queen in the future. Her ex-husband was dead, and now that she was single, she was an excellent investment stock. If they could benefit from her before she became queen, they wouldnt say that they were the most powerful people in all of Fareins, but they could at least be ranked in the top ten.

Married to the First Princess, they could get three things: money, people, and power. And if this pretty young boy who came out of nowhere was the new paramour of the First Princess, then in the future, the affairs of the territory would definitely be under his control, not to mention people, money, and power. They might not even be able to keep their current positions.

How could this be tolerated?

In reality, when the steward came to inform them that a temporary lord was coming, they laughed at first.

How could that be!

They had managed the territory so well without any mistakes, so how could the First Princess, who did not care about the troubles in the territory and had her eyes on the throne, suddenly send someone?

But the stewards expression was serious.

So they came over to see who had been sent.

Then they saw a Mage, a pretty boy.

In reality, to say that Roland was a pretty boy was just slander in their hearts. Mages were equal to nobles; this was the consensus of the human world.

Even if this pretty boy didnt have any status, as long as he was a Mage with some power, then he was a delicious honey egg custard, and any noblewomen would want to have a taste.

This was why they reacted so strongly.

When they heard Roland say that if they didnt listen, they would be sacked, they even had the willingness to kill.

This was a direct way to cut off their money and power; it would end them.

If another choice had to be made, Delpon was actually easier to control, as it was already Rolands territory.

But Delpon had one big problem, and that was that the country it belonged to was too small. Hollevin was too small.

Building the floating city required not only the builder to constantly create magic bricks to pave the chassis, but also a large number of magic materials to build many functional parts.

This large amount of materials was not something that a small country could freely provide.

Hollevin wasnt too weak, and if they bit the bullet, they could indeed provide for it, but from then on, Hollevin might not have enough magic materials for Mages for decades. Moreover, a large purchase in a small country would be too conspicuous, and it would be easy for someone to find out the truth.

But in Fareins, a country with a super large territory and extremely abundant supplies, acquiring a large number of magic materials would hardly cause the entire market of Fareins to fluctuate significantly.

It would help hide his true intentions and prevent people from noticing anything unusual.

This was one of the reasons why Roland wanted to build a floating city in Fareins.

As the five military officers gathered around, Roland snapped his fingers, and fourteen huge blue Hands of Magic suddenly appeared in front of him.

Each hand, more than two meters long, lined up together, almost completely blocking the space in front of Roland.

The five military officers were also knowledgeable; except for the city guard official, the other four were all Master Warriors.

They could sense that it would be hard to break through the dozen Hands of Magic. Then they stopped in their tracks, and each of them looked at Roland with a fierce gaze.

Roland looked at them too.

Then, in a muddled tone, he smiled and said, Either do it or do what I say.

These words carried powerful confidence.

The military officials frowned even more. Warriors were a profession that paid much attention to the so-called aura, and they could also feel it; like big cats, most of the time, they had strong battle instincts. Whether the opponent was afraid or not, they could sense it.

And now, they could feel Rolands aura rising constantly, and he was even about to take action.

In reality, their intuition was quite correct.

Roland just wanted them to make a move; in this way, he would have an excuse to suppress them.

Of course, Roland didnt want to kill anyone, but just put them under house arrest to seize their power.

However, the other five were not fools. They felt Rolands aura and desire to attack, but they wimped out.

All five of them retreated to their chairs and sat down, quite decisively, without a trace of delay.

Roland was a little stunned.

Actually, this was also the result of his inexperience.

He spent most of his time studying magic and had relatively fewer real battles compared to other players.

The average level of a professional in the Fareins Kingdom was much higher than that of Hollevin.

At the same time, most Master Warriors in Holleven were reckless, but in Fareins, Master Warriors were almost all foxes; only a few of them were reckless and didnt live long.

So Rolands use of Hollevins combat experience to provoke the Warriors in Fareins was ineffective.