"Hehe... Hehehe... Old man, you're finally dead!"
"For so many days, I was terrified you'd wake up again, and feared my actions would be exposed, I couldn't sleep every night from fear!"
"Now, you're finally dead, I no longer have to live in fear!"
"As soon as tomorrow's messenger from the Main City witnesses it, I'll be the new baron!"
Then, Fitz Walker curled up in his bed, continuously letting out suppressed laughter...
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A smile also curled at the corners of Cao Xing's mouth.
"It actually worked."
"With this, the kid is truly a baron now, wielding great power!"
There were many benefits to becoming a baron.
First, it was absolute control over the commoners within one's territorial range.
The baron could decide their life and death and relocation, in other words, assigning them wherever he wanted.
Every baron's territory was vast, with many villages under their jurisdiction, filled with countless commoners.
