Then Colt check with everyone and they where ready to go they still have about a hour ride to the death swamp. And another hour to the closest village in the death swamp. Once they got to the death swamp Colt got off his bicorn and put his hands on the ground.
Do you sense anything asked Sophie.
Yes reply Colt I can. There a strong ancient curse in this land.
Can you purify it asked Sophie.
Yes but it been on this land for so long if I where to remove it the land would be affected by it reply Colt.
So what will you do now asked Sophie.
I will let the curse go and make it mine own reply Colt.
How will you do that asked Sophie.
That is easy reply Colt. I will find it source and make it mine reply Colt. But first I want to go to the villages and see who and why they are living out here in a place this dangerous.
Most of them are outcasts like me reply Sophie. Or because they offend someone or some religion they need to hide.
I still want to check all the villages and see exactly who is in my land reply Colt.
I understand Colt but they may not accept your authority reply Sophie.
We will see reply Colt.
But they. Sophie stop mid sentence and look to the ground she can feel Colt anger at her though the bond.
Sophie first you never second guess me and secondly you will address me correctly and with the proper respect is that clear Colt said in a demanding and angry tone.
Yes reply Sophie.
Yes what said Colt in an annoyed tone.
Yes master I understand reply Sophie.
Good now guild me to the first village said Colt as he got back on his bicorn.
Yes master reply Sophie as she took the lead. After one hour of riding they can see a small settlement. There was a simple wooden wall around the settlement.
This is puuross said Sophie. There is about one hundred people that live there.
Is there a leader ask Colt.
Yes as soon as we get there we can asked to see him master reply Sophie.
Good let's do that reply Colt.
As they entered the settlement a woman walk up to Sophie.
So what brings the witch of dead to this fine settlement the woman said.
I am here because my master have been given the death swamp reply Sophie.
What reply the woman. The kingdom of Eagalon put a lord in charge of this swamp what did he do to deserve this punishment.
No reply Sophie. My master is not a lord of the kingdom of Eagalon. He is king Colt of the kingdom of Freedom and the death swamp was payment for defending the kingdom of Eagalon from the recent attack from our neighbors kingdoms and for conquering the kingdom of Bogalla and the kingdom of Uqowuivell.
What reply the woman. That is surprising and why are you calling him master is that some kind of kink you have she asked Sophie.
No Ruby it not like that reply Sophie. Sophie pull her top down alittle to show the top of her breast where the mark of the blood bond was at. You see the blood mark asked Sophie.
Yes reply Rudy. It is a surprise you would agree to a blood bond.
I was surprised too but once I met master I wanted to make a blood bond with master. So after so convincing master agreement to it. And now I am here guiding master through the death swamp on our way to the city of the dead reply Sophie
Are you insane that place is crawling will all types of undead and the great death dragon Necronyx have make the castle there his nest. And there is ten other death dragons there and zombies feydragons all over the place reply Rudy.
I know that put that is why we are here reply Sophie. King Colt is here to aquire this land and all the settlements here for his kingdom.
What will happened to everyone that lives here then asked Rudy.
They can leave the swamp or become citizens of the kingdom of freedom reply Colt and if they are criminals they will be judged according to their crimes.
That do not help reply Rudy.
What is your crimes Colt asked.
My crimes repeated Rudy being born she reply. My mother was a servant in a castle the lord rape her and I was born from it as soon as the lord found out my mother was pregnant he was happy because his wife never have a child but once I was born he was not happy because I was a girl. So he accused my mother of tricking him and that she was just a common whore that was pregnant and tried to trap him with another man's child.
So what is your crime asked Colt.
So when I was ten my fathers wife became pregnant and have a child it was a girl and my father gave her the throne. Because he decided to gave a daughter the throne by our laws it should have been mine. So my father accused me and my mother of treason and order us to be executed. I escape but my mother could not and was executed said Rudy.
You did not wrong and I know who your father is it is knig Kellan of the kingdom of qentis reply Colt.
Colt called everyone from the village to the center of the village and judge everyone on their crimes the worst punishment was a fine for ten copper coins or for ten copper worth of goods in one year or one month of force labor. Then Colt readed then the laws of the kingdom of freedom and the taxes.
Once he was finished he asked if anyone have questions or wants to leave no one wanted to leave they where excited to finally have a kingdom.
It was 13:00 Colt asked Sophie how far was the next village.
It a two hour ride from here reply Sophie
Okey reply Colt before we go I will get troops to guard the village and get workers to began to built roads and othere needed infrastructure.
Colt gave an order and 30 skeleton warriors, 5 leches and 40 skeleton works appear.Then Colt pull out of his storage twenty thousand units of wood, four thousand units of iron and fourty thousand units of stone and put it to the side. The undead began to work with out any orders from Colt.
If yous need anything get with one of the leches they can relay your requests to me.
Everyone said they understand then Colt and party left for pragos the next village.
They got there at 16:00 and it when the same way as puuross. No one in the village was a harded criminal it was because of a corrupt lord or a rotten royal. It was 18:00 once Colt finish with the village chef and the people of the village.
How far are we from the next one asked Colt.
The next place is a town and it is about two hour ride it is called yanta reply Sophie. Unlike the last two villages the town of yanta have a small government that runs it and a small militia that protects it and police the town.
So they may attack me is what you are saying Sophie said Colt.
They may reply Sophie. But there no guarantee they will if you do the samething in
yanta as you have in puuross and pragos I do not see any problems.
Then I wil do the same thing in yanta.
As soon as they approach the town of yanta Colt notice they have a stone and wooden wall around the town and a gatehouse you must stop at to enter the town.
As soon as they got to the gate four armed guards where there the guards stop then and asked them their business in the town.
Colt reply. I am king Colt of the kingdom of freedom I am here to speak with whomever is the leader of the town.
You are here it speak with our leader reply a guard.
Correct reply Colt.
Wait one moment reply the guard.
He sent another guard to get the mayor of the town. Afew minutes later a young man came walking over to Colt and his party.
My name is Bailey the young man said. I am the mayor of yanta. May I ask who are you?
I am king Colt of the kingdom of freedom. I was given the death swamp by queen Harlow of the kingdom of Eagalon. I am here explore my new territory and to get my rule established.
And if we refuse to accept your request? Asked Bailey.