wandering fairy

.Chapter 917 Nobility

Only then did the crowd calm down a little. Several arcane soldiers and low-ranking soldiers hurriedly took out the spells they usually treasured and yelled and fired colorful spells. They were all huh-lah-la-lah madly beating into the huge and terrifying bright red snake's mouth. Its teeth were stinging and crooked, and it couldn't spit out fire every time. A small mountain is speeding and crushing with terrifying shadows and terrifying wind howls, and if it touches it, it will be smashed to pieces

Just when everyone was in a panic, a high-pitched and exciting eagle screamed like a sharp sword stabbing down from above——a vigorous griffin in midair rushed down obliquely with a shining and majestic battle priest wearing a golden armor on its back. The bright yellow scepter in his hand, like the rising sun, "唰唰唰~~" violently shot out a series of sharp and dazzling "Yangyan Rays" like golden arrows coming out of the string and shooting down

呲呵呵味~~ The fierce golden light hit the huge monster with white smoke, but it didn't hurt a single hair on the opponent. Seeing the molten red horns on the monster's head, the middle-aged battle priest suddenly understood: it's a monster. Fireborn monsters, then use spells from the power domain instead

Immediately pulled out another divine magic wand that was full of inspiration, and huh~~ a few times, as if free of money, issued one after another fierce "grasping palms" about one floor high, covering the head and face of the tongue and horned flame monster. Or Covering the face and eyes, or clasping the lips, or hugging the legs and claws, or pulling the mane, such a disturbance, immediately pulled the giant monster in place, and the "grasping palm" made the enemy run away. When it destroys these damned "grasping palms", there is no trace of the enemy. Just as he was about to spit fire into the sky and burn that damned griffin to death, he saw the other party laughing and flying high. Go—no matter how huge the bulldozer is, it can't push the target in the air. Apart from watching helplessly, the only thing left is the roaring monster roaring like thunder.

"I'm going out for a few days." The countess said to the viscountess, Dong Hezi and the others with a tired expression, "If I want to go out to find a merchant to collect the bills, I need to go to another countess' territory. It may take two weeks to go back and forth. Zhou, if it is soon, ten days will be enough. So I have to trouble you to wait a few more days. I will come back to you immediately when I get the money."

The Viscountess who needed money had no choice but to agree, and after the Countess left in the old carriage with exquisite carvings, Dong Hezi who was feeding the sheep suddenly said, "I'm going out for a few days, and it may be possible to go back and forth. It will take two weeks, and if it is soon, ten days will be enough. So please wait a few more days. Come back after finishing the work." Grimm next to him immediately smiled: "Are you going to follow the countess? Look at her gone?"

Dong Hezi really replied: "I really like her-she, on the surface, is a half-hanging ranger, but in fact she is also a beast tamer and a very strange beast tamer." A beast tamer is a A very special advanced profession, which can control multiple beasts, and can communicate with beast companions within a mile of mysterious heart, such as arming hands.It also gives the beast companions certain enhancements.Of course, this ability is not too strong, at least it is not outstanding compared to the ability enhancement of the mage's magic pet.Basically no one cares except a few rangers and aspiring circuses who don't make it.Of course, Grimm and others have heard of it.

So he asked even more curiously: "Why is it so strange? Does it have some special abilities?" Dong Hezi on the opposite side nodded and said: "Yes, her spirit is different from ordinary rangers, compared with beast tamers. ~~It’s too powerful. So that it doesn’t match the body, and it does some damage to her.”

The Viscountess next to her was a little nervous: "You~~how do you know?" She didn't know for so many years that her friend was still a "beast tamer".Dong Hezi on the opposite side continued to feed the wild sheep, and replied with a light smile: "These sheep told me. Don't pass it on to the outside." After reassuring the Viscountess, Dong Hezi jumped together , a cloud of indigo water rises from under your feet, and leaps away leisurely like a fish swimming in the sea.

"You have been away for decades, why are you back now?" The gray-haired old baron stood on the third floor of the tavern, looking at the straight street in front of him, the neat and tall red brick buildings, and the fiery blacksmith. Shops and lively crowds hawking and buying: "Maybe we were really wrong before? Look at how lively this town is now. You can buy anything delicious and fun. Back then you and I were in When it was a wild place, it was just a remote town. I remember there were only two taverns, and there were only three women. branch..women. Hehehehe~~" Reminiscing about the good old days made him happy He worried: "You still keep complaining to me. Now~~ there are pretty girls everywhere. You will definitely stop complaining. Maybe the king is right, we gave up some things, but we can Get something else, don't you? Sigh~~~~ Remember our old friend with lofty ambitions? He is now a high-ranking battle priest, responsible for several important cases in our earldom, riding a horse every day His griffins roam the sky, patrolling everywhere. No one dares to stop him anywhere. Heh~~ That is really majestic. Speaking of which, he is the only one among us who made the right choice. Sigh~ ~" He turned back with melancholy eyes, his expression as dilapidated as an old decayed castle: "Why did you come back? It is impossible to return your territory."

"I, I don't need it anymore." On the opposite side, the same gray-haired warrior wearing thick inlaid leather armor also looked at the increasingly spacious and prosperous town, which was becoming more and more luxurious: "You are right, 20 Years ago, there were only five buildings here, all of which were earth buildings or even thatched huts. The city walls in the distance were also made of solid wood and rammed earth. It was a relatively large and concentrated village. Now, it really looks like a vibrant village. towns. We gave up our privileges, gave up our checkpoint taxes, and even lost our territories and relatives. But in exchange for smooth trade routes, unified taxes, more and more people can Breaking away from the shackles of the territory, leaving their hometown, seeking a living everywhere. Living a better life than before. Perhaps, the king is really right."

The gray-haired old baron smiled wryly, his eyes filled with sourness and unwillingness: "Then what are you doing when you come back? Are you admitting your mistake to the king? Sigh~~ He has become the most holy king under the sun. He no longer needs anyone to surrender .If we could admit our mistakes with the last group of nobles 18 years ago, maybe~~wouldn’t have the regrets we have today. Sigh~~”

"I have never regretted it." The opposite warrior with white hair like cold snow and eyes like steel knives replied solemnly: "It's been 15 years, and I've always wanted to come back, but the country is heavily guarded, so I can't take it lightly. Come back. Now I heard that the king went to conquer the wild forest again, transferred the main force of the country, and put the main government affairs on the conquest, and all the guards were relaxed. That’s why I came back to take a look. I’ve already visited my parents’ cemetery , Fortunately, no one knows that they are the parents of the wanted criminals of the nobles, everything is the same as when I left, except for the few small trees~~It has grown very big. Are you~~home okay?"

"Just let it go." The gray-haired old baron looked at the ever-changing street and the blurry distance together helplessly: "It's a pity that my eldest son is not good enough. He doesn't study martial arts hard, and he can't settle down to learn magic. He said he wanted to be a man of more than 20 people, huh, but now he is alone in the provincial capital to spend time and drink. It’s useless~~It’s really useless~~I used to plan to train him to be a lord. In the end~~It’s only Being able to guard those manors for a while. Maybe~~he is not reconciled. After all, he has seen the power of our nobles [-] years ago. Sigh~~He can’t forget the past, this is the source of his pain. I also thought about it No, if it doesn’t work, let’s distribute the family property to the second son. Now there is no need for nobility, no need for responsibility, honor and loyalty. We only need a person who can keep the family business. It's even better."

The warrior with cold hair asked straightforwardly: "It turns out that you have given up too. After the massacre that year, you said that you would lurk down and wait for the day when you can turn around. Sigh~~The world is like chess~~" The opposite white The gray-haired old baron smiled faintly, neither affirming nor denying: "Do you know what I have been thinking about for so many years?" Se's faint smile: "I've been thinking: what is a nobleman. Have you thought about it?"

There was a rare smile on the other party's face, just like 20 years ago when they were young and indulgent: "Don't ask me such complicated questions. I never think about nerve-wracking things~~hahahaha~~You can tell. Have you come up with any clues?"

The old baron with gray hair and old clothes slowly smiled and looked at the confused distance: "I figured it out a bit: Do nobles have to have territories? Does the territory have to be fields? Do nobles have to have castles? Castles Does it have to be a defense line made of stone? No, maybe the nobles are not like this. Territories, manor fields, stone castles. Maybe~~It’s just a form? And the meaning of nobility is not just in these things.Maybe~~Nobility is something People with strong charisma in this cause. What I mean is~~Look at the blacksmith shop opposite, I was thinking, whether people with strong charisma and social status among blacksmiths are also considered nobles? Nobles among blacksmiths ?”

The answer to him was the other party's cold sentence: "You are so boring. The nobles have not disappeared. It's just that they came from blood in the past and passed on to us. But now they come from power and passed on to those treacherous and cruel people." Our fields, manors, and castles were taken away by the king, and then distributed to the bureaucrats, who are the new nobles, a group of nobles who are more greedy, hypocritical, and self-righteous than us."