Fantasy Lord: Beginning with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 518 - 304: Dressrosa’s Merit Points 2

Then, more knights arrived and began their training as well.

Time passed by slowly.

In the blink of an eye, two hours had gone by.

Carlo was a bit out of breath; at this moment, he had completed the Knight’s Breath five times, and even he found it hard to endure.

But to his surprise, neither Thor nor Thor’s squire, or even Michael seemed to have stopped.

After a brief hesitation, Carlo continued his training.

Another hour passed, and just as he was about to reach his limit, Count Engel returned from a distance.

Thor stopped his movements.

Reine and Michael did the same.

Seeing the three of them stop, Carlo quickly followed suit.

But at this moment, sweat had already soaked through his clothes, and his body was trembling slightly.

He couldn’t help but feel a little shocked.

He could understand not being as strong as Michael, but to think that he was also outdone by Thor and even Thor’s Guardian Knight.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn’t help but turn to Reine.

And this gaze immediately surprised him.

As an Earth Knight, he couldn’t feel the level of Reine’s Life Source Power.

It was simply unbelievable.

"Thor!"

Carlo muttered to himself, his inner thoughts churning.

But before he could dwell on it, Count Engel had already walked over from a distance.

"Father!"

"Sir!"

"Sir!"

"Father!"

Thor, Reine, and Michael hurriedly bowed, and then Carlo quickly followed suit, bowing as well.

"Thor, the merit points will be credited in about two hours."

"And this afternoon, you can exchange them to upgrade your noble rank."

Count Engel spoke with a hint of excitement, his face slightly flushed with his words.

Merit points.

This was undoubtedly the most anticipated outcome for Count Engel in the near future.

This time, they had accumulated quite a few merit points.

Not to mention the other rewards, just the Law Fragments alone were worth a sizable amount of merit points, not to mention that they led the Tulip Noble Alliance to victory in the battle, all contributing to their merit points.

"Two hours?"

Thor nodded slightly, not showing much excitement.

For him, merit points were most useful for upgrading his noble rank; other than that, he didn’t have much use for them.

He figured he could estimate what kingdom meritorious deeds could be exchanged for based on daily intelligence reports.

"Father, this time we should have enough to elevate to the rank of Marquis, and even my younger brother should be able to rise to Count."

Hearing Count Engel’s words, Carlo couldn’t contain his excitement either.

"Yes indeed!"

"This time, becoming a Marquis should be no problem."

"We can start selecting new fiefs."

Count Engel nodded with a smile, speaking joyfully.

Elevating to Count or above, expanding a family’s fief was not easy, especially for inland nobility.

New fiefs needed to be selected.

Of course, the original fief would remain under the noble’s jurisdiction.

"Indeed!"

"We should consider it carefully!"

"But for Thor, there’s no need to think much; the Northern Territory has plenty of vast lands."

Carlo nodded with a smile.

Then, they began to chat.

After a while, they stopped.

And began to eat.

At this moment, many nobles were just as excited as the Dressrosa family.

Time quietly shifted into the afternoon.

On the huge square.

Numerous remaining nobles began to gather here.

Some were expectant, some nervous, some excited.

The assessment of merit points is an extremely complex process; Law Fragments are just one part of it, and not the absolute standard.

After all, some nobles cannot obtain Law Fragments and certainly cannot risk participating in the Kingdom War with no rewards.

If this continues, as time goes by, no one would be willing to participate.

Therefore, survival, combat, harvests, and conflicts with other kingdom nobles are all criteria for evaluating merit points.

This is also why it takes nearly a whole day to get the result for merit points.

At the same time, nobles participating in the Kingdom War have a guaranteed minimum of three hundred merit points, which means even as a Pioneer Knight, as long as they make it back alive, they could easily advance to Baron.

When Thor and his company arrived.

The square was already filled with a lot of nobles.

Thor even spotted some familiar families at a glance.

The Emerson Family, Mackendy Family, and his mother’s Vieira Clan.

The group greeted these familiar families.

And at the center of the square, a faint golden glow appeared.

When the light spread across the entire sky, merit points would appear.

From the current perspective, it would likely take at least half an hour for the light to spread completely.

"How many merit points do you think we can get this time?"

"Do you think we can reach ten thousand merit points?"

"I feel it’s unlikely; we didn’t acquire any Law Fragments."

"Have you heard, a single Law Fragment is worth about ten thousand merit points."

"Is that true?"

"It should be true; this is news from within the Royal Palace."

"Ten thousand merit points, that’s a lot; if we could get a few, maybe our family could gather enough points to advance to Count this time."

"Stop dreaming, you think you can get several Law Fragments? Didn’t you notice even those in the Count’s Clan couldn’t secure a few, and the same goes for the Marquis Family."

"True enough!"

"But even getting a few thousand merit points would be enough this time."

Voices filled with various opinions surrounded them.

Everyone wore an expectant expression.

Even with predictions about merit points, they wouldn’t know how many they had until the last moment.

While they waited in anticipation.

Time slowly ticked by.

Half an hour quickly passed.

In the midst of tense anxiety, the golden light eventually covered the entire sky.

"Buzz!"

A ripple spread out.

As the ripple spread, lines of text began to appear beneath the golden light.

"Eva Family: Three hundred and twenty-seven merit points!"

"Massiel Family: Three hundred and forty-five merit points!"

......

Lines of text appeared, starting with those with the lowest merit points. The moment the merit points were revealed, the square fell silent.

No one spoke.

But the golden screen flickered very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the names of hundreds of families appeared.

As each family saw their name, their reactions varied from excitement, to solemnity, to bitter smiles, or helplessness.

Those not yet listed grew increasingly nervous.

Fortunately, the golden screen moved swiftly.

In a matter of moments, hundreds more appeared.

And merit points rose from just over three hundred to thousands.

The surroundings gradually turned from silent to bustling.

"Emerson Family: Thirteen thousand merit points."

.....

"Sorol Clan: Three hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred merit points!"

"Mackendy Family..."

...

"Kalenina family:....."

...

The list continued to unfold.

But at this moment, aside from a few nobles, few cared about the top tiers anymore.

The Dressrosa family was growing increasingly anxious.

Especially when they saw the merit points of the Three Great Duke Families, their breaths became heavy.

"Thor Dressrosa: Five million three hundred fifty thousand merit points!"

"Dressrosa: Eleven million seven hundred thirty-four thousand merit points!"

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