177: Chapter 177 This is not my Demon Cloud Eagle!

Snowwood Ridge is separated from the Iron Thorn Territory Branch by two pioneering territories.

Its owner is Tiffany Ferdinand, the daughter of the Earl Theodore Ferdinand, and it was named after the large amount of snow wood within the territory.

This type of wood grows all year round, and even in the harsh winter of the Western Border, it still stands proudly, possessing extremely strong resilience.

Therefore, by naming the territory this, Tiffany wanted to borrow the resilience of the snow wood to demonstrate her will to develop the territory.

At the same time, due to its abundant existence, Snowwood Ridge has plenty of construction materials for houses, which reduced many troubles for the initial development of Snowwood Ridge.

Tiffany had been at Snowwood Ridge for some time now, and although the environment here was extremely harsh and living conditions were very difficult compared to the Earl's territory.

But after forcing herself to persist for a few days, she quickly adapted to the living environment here.

As for some of the knights originally dispatched by Theodore, their slight complaints about not being optimistic about her becoming a Pioneering Lord gradually disappeared.

Under her command and orders, the infrastructure development of Snowwood Ridge progressed very rapidly, and it was already tending towards a complete small town.

Of course, such rapid development was naturally inseparable from the help of the surrounding Pioneering Lords.

If it weren't for them coming to Snowwood Ridge almost every day to curry favor and provide a large amount of free labor from Serfs, the development of Snowwood Ridge would never have been this fast.

However, gratitude aside, Tiffany still did not like these hypocritical and ill-intentioned guys.

So every time she saw them, although she wouldn't show a bad expression, she wouldn't greet them with a smile either.

This tactic of stringing them along to work for her territory made the knights and Soldiers under her command feel very complicated.

If one were to speak of admiration, they naturally admired Tiffany's charm, but they were also men, and they still didn't like the feeling of being strung along by a woman deep down.

But what they didn't know was that Tiffany didn't even know her attitude would cause such a result; she was just acting according to her own personality and preferences.

However, even if she knew the thoughts of her subordinates, she wouldn't make any changes; after all, this was her true personality.

Of course, being able to be so "willful" was also because she had Theodore, that great mountain, backing her; no one dared to say a word.

Moreover, those Pioneering Lords knew what they were doing now, and even if they were being strung along, it didn't matter, as long as she didn't drive them away.

If it were a woman without a background stringing them along like this, they would think the woman was being pretentious or cheap, but Tiffany, with her massive background, made them feel she was very authentic.

If Tiffany knew the true thoughts of these Pioneering Lords, she would probably really drive them all out of the territory.

Due to the bad weather these past few days, with the blizzard raging non-stop, Tiffany finally had some rare peace and quiet.

However, although it was quiet, a pile of official business in the territory still required her personal approval.

In the already built lord's residence, Tiffany, wearing casual home clothes, sat in the main seat in the office room.

Looking at the pile of documents on the table, she couldn't help but sigh delicately: "Ah~, why is there so much official business to handle? Pioneering a territory is so boring."

"Giggle~"

The maid Shalin, who was serving her closely by her side, covered her mouth and chuckled, then teased: "Miss, wasn't it you who made up your mind to come to the pioneering territory before? Why are you tired of it so quickly?"

"Good, Shalin, you actually dare to tease this young lady. It seems I have to increase your workload!" Tiffany pretended to be fierce to scare her, but to outsiders, it was uniquely beautiful.

"Don't, Miss, I won't dare to do it again."

Upon hearing that her workload would be increased, Shalin immediately begged for mercy. Her pitiful and delicate appearance made the corners of Tiffany's mouth rise slightly.

Just hearing Shalin continue to say: "But compared to facing those Pioneering Lords, handling official business is more comfortable, right?"

"That is true." Tiffany nodded in agreement and sighed: "Those guys are like sticky candy every single day; no matter how I drive them away, they won't leave. It's really annoying."

"Don't they have official business to handle in their own territories? They just have to run to me. Once the blizzard passes in these few days, I will definitely drive them all away."

Looking at Tiffany's fierce appearance, Shalin covered her mouth and chuckled again, but this time she didn't tease her.

"Miss, you should know their purpose. In order to win your favor, they are naturally unwilling to leave easily."

"Although it is easy to drive them away, just need to let Knight Captain Cyril take action, and they will have no way to stay here."

"But during this time, they have helped a lot with the development and construction of the territory. I'm afraid that using force to drive them away would not be good for your reputation if it gets out."

Tiffany nodded; she knew Shalin was thinking for her, and what she said was absolutely correct.

But she just didn't like those guys; none of them had any real ability, they just lived in luxury and debauchery in their own territories, completely lacking any ambition.

Unfortunately, those Pioneering Lords didn't know her thoughts, otherwise they would surely cry out, "We are extremely ambitious! Our ambition is to win your favor, directly marry a rich and beautiful woman, and reach the pinnacle of life."

Without thinking too much about these annoying guys, Tiffany suddenly asked: "Shalin, you said that since I came to Snowwood Ridge, it has been quite a while, and all the famous lords around have been here."

"But why hasn't that lord of the Ironthorn Territory, Lister Howard, come to see me?"

"Hearing you say that, Miss, it seems he is indeed the only one who hasn't been here. Could it be that he thinks the distance is too far and it's inconvenient to come here?" Shalin said with an innocent face.

"How is that possible? His territory is only separated from my Snowwood Ridge by two territories. If he thinks that's far, then what about the others who are separated by three, four, or even more territories who have all come?"

Hearing Tiffany's hesitation-free denial, Shalin suddenly realized, her smile becoming ambiguous: "Miss, why are you suddenly paying attention to Lord Lister Howard? Could it be that you are interested in him—"

Tiffany's little face flushed, and she hurriedly interrupted her, scolding coquettishly: "Go, go, go, what are you thinking about all day? I think your work is too easy, I must increase your workload."

"Don't~ Miss~" The seductive begging voice sounded again.

Having won, Tiffany stopped thinking about it. She looked at the large pile of official documents on the table, thought for a moment, and then divided the official business into two piles.

She pointed to the larger pile and said, "Shalin, take this pile to the magistrate; it's a good chance to exercise his abilities."

"Yes, Miss." Shalin respectfully agreed.

She was very clear about Tiffany's intentions; what "exercising the magistrate's abilities" really meant was that she herself was tired and wanted to be lazy.

However, as a maid, she naturally couldn't expose her master's true thoughts to her face.

Carrying the pile of official documents with some difficulty, Shalin steadily left the office room.

Seeing her leave, Tiffany looked at the remaining official documents on the table again, a comfortable smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

"This way, it will be much easier to handle!"

Just as she was about to continue handling official business, a "dong, dong, dong" sound suddenly rang out from outside the window.

She immediately turned her head to look, only to see a fairly large Magic Cloud Eagle using its sharp beak to continuously tap on the window.

"Magic Cloud Eagle! Didn't I just ask you to deliver a letter this morning? Why are you back so soon?"

Tiffany's expression was surprised, and at the same time, she stood up and walked quickly to the window.

In order to ensure that he could always monitor her safety, Theodore gave her a Magic Cloud Eagle, and they often communicated back and forth.

But how could the Magic Cloud Eagle that just left this morning come back so quickly?

Approaching, Tiffany, who was full of doubts, suddenly changed her expression—

"That's not right, this is not my Magic Cloud Eagle!"

A look of surprise appeared on her beautiful face again. After observing the situation outside the window and confirming there were no problems, she opened the window.

And the moment she opened the window, the Magic Cloud Eagle in front of her immediately threw the small leather waterproof tube held in its sharp claws towards her.

Then, without even looking, the Magic Cloud Eagle spread its amazingly long and domineering wings and shot up into the sky like a whistling arrow.

Looking at the small tube she had already received in her hand, and then at the Magic Cloud Eagle flying into the sky, Tiffany showed a face full of question marks.

Feeling the cold of the incoming blizzard, she came to her senses and hurriedly closed the window, then returned to the main seat and sat down.

With a puzzled mood, she opened the small tube and saw a rolled-up animal skin letter placed inside.

After taking it out and opening it, she scanned it and found no sender's name, so she began to read the content on it.

There wasn't much text, but the content made Tiffany's face change drastically.

"What! The Beast Tribe is uniting with two Troll Tribe High Orcs to ambush and kill Uncle Montgomery and Uncle Wells?"

An expression of extreme shock appeared on her face, and then her heart became increasingly heavy.

She knew that if this news was true, the series of chain reactions and consequences it would bring would be very serious and terrible.

After the Beast Tribe succeeded in the ambush, they would definitely take this opportunity to flatten all the Pioneering Territories outside the kingdom's Western Border in one go, dealing a heavy blow to the kingdom's goal of pioneering these lands.

Even if possible, they would directly attack into Coridinglo and uproot this most important fortress city in the kingdom's Western Border from the kingdom's land.

Coridinglo hadn't been breached for too long. If it were breached at this time, Theodore would definitely suffer the thunderous rage of King Charles Augustus VII.

Even if Theodore was the Earl of the Border, a member of the prominent Ferdinand family who possessed vast lands and extremely high power, he could not bear the judgment brought by this rage.

Tiffany had some understanding of the current king's character; he was a man with great ambition, and both his own strength and his means of ruling the kingdom were extremely formidable and tough.

This could be seen from the series of policies he implemented after his accession, as well as his game and struggle with various forces within the kingdom; even the Patriarch of the Church had to show him respect.

The deep doubts about the source of this news, as well as the uncertainty of its authenticity, turned into intense anxiety in Tiffany's heart at this moment.

She now had to deliver this news to Theodore as quickly as possible. Even if the news might be wrong, she had to do it.

If the news was true, every moment of her delay would increase the danger to Montgomery and Wells by one point.

But just as she was about to act, her expression changed drastically again—

Her Magic Cloud Eagle was not by her side now!

Without the Magic Cloud Eagle, the speed of delivering the letter would be much, much slower, but she had no time to think too much. She hurriedly put on her animal skin coat, took the letter, and rushed to the military camp in the territory.

The horse flew across the street, and it didn't take her long to arrive at the military camp.

Quickly finding Cyril, who was resting in the tent, she said with a heavy, anxious expression: "Knight Captain Cyril, I need you to set off immediately and hand this letter to my father, the Earl. You must rush there with the fastest speed."

"Miss Tiffany, if I leave the territory, what will happen to your safety if there is any great danger?"

Cyril did not agree immediately, although his current status was Tiffany's Knight Captain.

But he also received a more important task from Theodore, which was to protect Tiffany well and not to be too far away from her.

Although Snowwood Ridge was good in terms of resources, geographical location, etc., it did not mean that there was no great danger.

There was a medium-sized forest within the territory, and there was a high probability that medium-level magical beasts equivalent to the high-order Silver tier existed inside.

If he was not in the territory, and those magical beasts rioted, no one in the territory could deal with them, or at least it would be very difficult to kill them.

Tiffany was naturally very clear about his worries and explained clearly: "Knight Captain Cyril, compared to my safety, the content of this letter is more important."

"The Beast Tribe is going to gather five High Orcs to ambush and kill Uncle Montgomery and Uncle Wells. You know very well what the consequences will be if they succeed."

"Please, you must hand it to my father, the Earl, as soon as possible. The safety of the Western Border's future cannot be lost."

Ambushing and killing two Golden Knights!

Cyril's face was shocked. He had watched Tiffany grow up and knew very well that Tiffany would not joke about such things.

As for the source of the news, he had no time to delve into it.

Daring not to have any more hesitation, he immediately said solemnly: "Understood, Miss Tiffany, I will definitely deliver the letter to the Earl as quickly as possible."

"Please pay more attention to the safety and defense within the territory."

Taking the letter, he immediately walked quickly out of the tent, and under Tiffany's watching gaze, he rode on the best warhorse and quickly disappeared into the wind and snow.

At the same time, he also brought two good warhorses with him for changing mounts.

Although the letter had been sent out, Tiffany's worry in her heart was becoming deeper and deeper. She didn't know if this letter could reach Theodore in time.

If there was any delay, or even the slightest hesitation, it could potentially cause an irreversible result.

"May the holy light god bless, it must be delivered in time!"