69novels Chapter 94 The Ownership of Chashan Ridge
Chapter 94 The Ownership of Chashan Ridge
He dares not!
After all, this is Iron Sword Territory, Iron Felt City!
The people here are all too aware of the feud between the Iron Sword Clan and the Blood Fang Clan.
If he dared to pin the entire conflict of Forked Ridge on the Iron Sword family in front of these two wizards, the others would surely expose his lies.
At that time, those two wizards will immediately turn their hostility from the Iron Sword family to their Blood Fang family.
Moreover, he was currently unsure of the purpose behind these two wizards' inquiry into the conflict at Forked Ridge.
"Dan Bloodfang of the Bloodfang family greets the two esteemed wizards." Viscount Bloodfang bowed his head before Loon and the others, recalling the legendary knowledge about wizards.
"Your Excellencies, our Bloodfang family has absolutely no intention of offending you."
"The reason we are in Iron Felt City and in Viscount Iron Sword's castle is simply because it is a routine meeting between our two families to avoid war."
"Mr. Teonton's affairs have nothing to do with our Bloodfang family."
Bloodfang Viscount's first words were an unequivocal severance of his relationship with Ironsword Viscount, directly demonstrating his hostile stance towards him.
"Dirlen said that the ownership of Fork Ridge is currently in doubt."
"Both your Bloodfang Clan and Iron Sword Clan claim to have a claim to Forked Ridge."
"They all claim that it's your family's territory?"
The Crimson Wizard asked directly.
"No, Your Excellency, that's not a dispute!"
"That is the territory of our Bloodfang family!" Viscount Bloodfang said without hesitation. "It's just that over the years, the Iron Sword family, relying on their greater strength, has been harassing that territory."
His attitude can be described as very clear.
—Chashan Ridge belongs to their Bloodfang family.
But if anything bad happens on Chashan Ridge, it must be the work of the Iron Sword family, and has nothing to do with their Blood Fang family.
"So, that Forked Ridge has an owner," the Crimson Wizard chuckled. "I thought it was unclaimed land, and whoever claimed it would own it."
These are the rules in the sea.
All the islands are unclaimed land; whoever is the strongest can occupy them.
As for the nobles on certain islands... in the eyes of the wizards of the sea, they are nothing more than stewards who manage money.
If they behave well, that's fine; if they don't, they'll just be killed on the spot, and a new noble will come along.
Hearing the Scarlet Wizard's words, Viscount Bloodfang's heart skipped a beat—while Viscount Ironsword, who was flying a kite above, was overjoyed.
Viscount Bloodfang hadn't expected that the wizard before him had also set his sights on that forked mountain range.
Viscount Iron Sword was also pleased with this—he looked like a burly barbarian.
But in reality, he also has some delicate thoughts.
Between the Bloodfang and Iron Sword families, the Bloodfang family is older. In the beginning, the Forked Mountain Range did indeed belong to the Bloodfang family's territory.
But more than 20 years ago, the Iron Sword family, which had been lying low, suddenly rose to power, fighting their way up from baron to viscount through their military exploits.
Then, when the people of the kingdom were dividing up his territory, whether by mistake or something else, they accidentally included Chashan Ridge in his territory.
What followed was a 20-year entanglement between the two families.
Both of them knew that the "accident" at Chashan Ridge must have been intentionally caused by someone else, but so what?
Nobles can deceive each other, betray each other, and engage in countless conspiracies and schemes.
But when it comes to land, the nobles will never back down in the slightest.
Land is the lifeblood of every nobleman, and the bottom line for each of them. If you back down on the issue of land ownership, no matter what schemes you are secretly plotting, other nobles will think that your family has become so weak that it cannot even protect its land.
Then all the nobles around you will pounce on you, devouring everything you have with the most greedy attitude.
By then, no matter how many plans you have, they will be meaningless in the face of this overwhelming tide.
This is the rule of communication among nobles.
The concession before the land is like a signal arrow shot into the sky, telling all the nobles that there is a weak noble family that cannot even protect its own land.
Therefore, even though both the Bloodfang Clan and the Iron Sword Clan knew that the conflict at Forked Ridge was a wound deliberately prepared for them, with the aim of making them fight each other and causing their two families to bleed continuously, there was nothing they could do about it.
Five years ago, the two families finally sat down together through the mediation of a middleman and decided to decide the ownership of Chashanling in a more orthodox way.
Knights' War.
Every May, five knights from each side fight each other in a designated place, and the side that survives is the victor.
Whoever wins four rounds first will own Chashan Ridge.
This war has been going on for five years—the current win-loss ratio is that the Bloodfang Clan has won three matches and the Iron Sword Clan has won two.
During these five years of knightly wars, both the Iron Sword family and the Blood Fang family suffered heavy losses.
But the more this is the case, the less both sides can back down—if they back down, all the previous efforts and sacrifices will be meaningless.
The sunk costs are too high!
This time, Viscount Ironsword invited Viscount Bloodfang and his men to Iron Felt City to demonstrate his power to Viscount Bloodfang and make it clear that if Viscount Ironsword joined the battle, he would be the victor.
In this way, Viscount Bloodfang will be made to think clearly about whether he should spare no expense or know when to stop when investing his strength in the Knights War. If the Bloodfang family continues to spare no expense, then even if Viscount Ironsword wins in the end, he will still pay a considerable price.
After all, knights are not so easy to train.
As for whether the final defeat would attract the covetousness of other nobles—a 'mad family' that has lost five battles in the Knights War to protect its land, and has already paid the price of at least twenty-five knights' lives—normally, no one would provoke this family when they are holding their breath because of their defeat.
In fact, it was quite a coincidence.
Viscount Iron Sword needs an opponent to emerge so that the Bloodfang family can witness his power.
At this time, the wealthy Teonton and the Grand Knight Ransen caught the eye of Viscount Ironsword.
"I see." After listening to Viscount Bloodfang's description and Baron Dilron's supplement, the Crimson Wizard, now aware of the cause and effect of the matter, nodded, her voice filled with a hint of pleasure.
"In that case, let me decide the ownership of Chashan Ridge for you."
"The Bloodfang Clan says that Forked Ridge is not the territory of the Iron Sword Clan."
"The Iron Sword family also said that Forked Ridge is not the territory of the Blood Fang family."
"You're both right!"
"Because that's my territory."
"The Crimson Wizard said."