Transcendent Noble

In the afternoon of second day, Raven Castle, Lord’s Office Hall.

Lilia pushed open the oak door and saw Victor standing alone by the window, looking down. She stepped forward, hugged Victor’s arm, and said softly: "My dear, what are you thinking about?"

Victor embraced the close maid’s waist and hugged her into his arms. Inexplicably asked: "Last night, so many people died, why do they look... more happy?"

Below the castle, there are the entire vehicle of supplies, herds of cattle and sheep, and thousands of others. Long lines of men, women and children, are continuously entering Raven Town through the suspension bridge. These people came from the breached free private camp. Their faces were filled with excitement and joy. They did not have the sorrow and sadness of losing their loved ones. The killing last night seemed to be a nightmare, frightening but unreal.

"My dear lord, if you knew their origins, you wouldn’t be surprised." Lilia only took a look, then retracted her gaze, and said, "As far as Boots knows, most of these people are Refugees, they have opened up territories for the Eriksson family for more than three years before being granted the status of civil servants. Some time ago, the Eriksson family suffered drastic changes. The duke was dismembered by the Dodo kingdom. The new lord took back the land and confiscates them. Not only did they become refugees again, but they were also coerced by the escaped soldiers of the Eriksson family and built that free private camp. Free people guards in the camp occupy women and form their own families. Others dare not be angry. Dare to say. Last night, the camp guard suffered heavy casualties, and no who would be sad for them. Um...It is an exaggeration to say that they dominate women, and the women of the refugees are accustomed to attaching to the powerhouse, but they have not been together for long and have not had a deep relationship. "

"..." Victor froze for a moment, shook his head and laughed, "I'm still worried that these people hold hatred... It seems that I think too much."

"The lion doesn't need it. I care about the sheep’s ideas. Lower-class people dare to be unruly, the Mayor of Butz will clean up them. I think they are too happy to have time. It’s really cheap for them!"

Lilia skimmed the pink cherry blossoms. Lips, panting with rage looks just like the original mercenary girl, Victor couldn’t help but kissed her bright white forehead, and said: “The wise monarch should listen to the voice of the people, then... baby, they Why are you happy?"

"Because of the Raven Castle!" Lilia stomped on the floor of the castle. Seeing Victor's disgusting expression, she softly persuaded, "My dear, I know You don’t think the city wall of Ravensburg is smooth enough. But this is a castle after all. It has more than one hundred rooms, six towers, and can accommodate 300 soldiers..." Lilia took a breath and said, "My dear, we As a mercenary, I dream of making my home behind the castle."

The castle is the embodiment of the martial power of the lord, representing the lord’s legal rule. It is not only a fortification, but also the political center of the territory. Only soldiers from the Lord's family are eligible to live behind the castle. The mercenary group is half black and white, they long to be accepted by a certain lord and then become his family soldiers. This is actually legality, and free private camps are also facing legality issues.

The relationship between protection, redemption and dedication constitutes the most basic order of the human kingdom. If the lord fails to protect his territory and his people, he will lose his title. If the priest abandons his belief in salvation, he will lose his favor. If the people fail to fulfill their obligation of offering, it will be regarded as illegal.

For thousands of years, this view has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is unshakable.

Free private camps have no dedication objects. They are often equated with bandits and bandits, not only facing the threat of monsters and beasts, but also being expelled by the lord. Although the church is full of compassion for the wild people and calls them lost lambs, they are helpless. Because the people who hate the free private camp the most are the ordinary villagers, and the lord just responds to the voice of the people.

Overwhelming majority free private camps all hope to be accepted by the lord and become the registered subjects of the domain, and the castle is a sign that clarifies the legal status of the lord. When Victor had no castle, the leader of the free private camp outward devotion but inner opposition was questioning his legitimacy.

The surrounding area of ​​Raven Town is uninhabited, with beasts rampant, and the pioneering environment is more difficult than the original Randal leader, but it has a castle. For free people, this means order and civilization. As long as they are accepted by Raven Town, they can be protected by the lord and salvation by the priest. They can confidently declare: I am developing this land for my master.

Legal legitimacy is very important. It is an order constructed by Knight, priest and ordinary person, and it is related to everyone's future. These free people have a way to rise after joining Raven Town, and strive to become vassals or servants of the Supreme Lord.

Lilia comes from a mercenary, she has the most intuitive understanding of the ideas of the people at the bottom. From the standpoint of the residents of Raven Town, these free people are bandits who plunder the resources of the territory and should be expelled. Now that Raven Town is willing to take them in, they should really be happy.

"I ordered the Pozhai to kill people, but they were deeply grateful to me, which is really strange." Victor laughed at himself.

"It was originally like this. Most of the refugees in the free private camps are being coerced. They are just a group of mobs with no sense of honor." Lilia disapproved, and said with a smile: "My lord, You are too kind."

"Lilia, remember that kindness does not mean weakness. Only stupid and incompetent lords will rule the people with cruelty and fear, and wise lords must have the qualities of kindness. ...At least in name." Victor shook the head and sighed: "The situation in Raven Town is more complicated than I expected. It is too far away from Randal. We must realize that Lord Dodo and Viscount Solon are facing Raven. Town’s influence is much greater than mine. At this time, people in Raven Town must be stable..."

Lilia blinked and said, "Are you worried that these people will fall to Lord Dodo? Just kick them all away!"

"If we do this, we will lose the support of the church on the issue of Raven Town... Forget it, we will discuss this issue later." Victor Released Lilia, turned to the desk, and sat down and said: "Have you finished counting the spoils of war?"

Lilia sat opposite Victor, smiled and counted the account: "Well, we captured it. 734 sheep, 87 cattle, 27 war horses, 170,000 pounds of rye, 80,000 pounds of nuts, 10,000 pounds of cured meat, 187 sets of old leather armor, 60 sets of intact steel ring armor, 233 lances, and 211 hard bows , 12,000 feather arrows, 40 crossbows, 2300 crossbow arrows." She said, she took a deep breath and said excitedly: "My dear, there are 15 military heavy crossbows!"

The military heavy crossbow is the strongest individual weapon for ordinary soldiers. At present, only the Kingdom of Dodo can produce this terrifying ultimate weapon. The formidable power of military heavy crossbows is huge, and the amount of outflow is strictly controlled. These 15 military heavy crossbows can be called valuable but no market. No wonder Lilia is excited, but she didn't know that Victor has a sharper Thorium heavy crossbow.

Heavy crossbows cannot form a terrifying cavity in the body of the prey like a sniper rifle. Facts have proved that it has limited lethality to large monsters, and its output is limited by the tendons of ferocious animals. Victor didn't care about these military heavy crossbows, he lightly said with a smile: "This can only show that the free private camp is actually the Dodian barracks. How about their number of personnel and casualties?"

Lilia nodded said: "There are 1,105 people in this camp, including 513 adult men, 339 adult women, 102 children under 15 years old, and 151 elderly people over 60 years old. The attack resulted in 58 deaths and 23 serious and minor injuries. 87 people, the dead and wounded were mainly the guards of the camp. The dead have been buried, and the wounded have been treated." Paused, Lilia said sadly, "My lord, you have 5 elite soldiers who died in battle, and... and... The 6 fast bird Qingqi did not return to the team."

"They have sacrificed...they are all dumb guys." Victor knocked on the table and couldn't help complaining.

In order to test the actual combat level of the alchemy militia, Victor used 50 forged Golden Crow crows, 30 fast bird light cavalry, 80 monkey militia and 25 Concealed Ox militia. The martial power is stronger than the overwhelming majority Peak nobility, and the opponent is just a group of mobs. However, the performance of the alchemy militia was not satisfactory. They strictly followed Victor's orders, but lacked self-judgment. They yelled at the opponent to disarm and surrender, even revealing their position and unable to distinguish the enemy's leader, thus quickly disintegrating. The enemy's organizational ability not only caused heavy casualties, but also 5 ling-monkey militiamen were killed by a sneak attack.

The performance of the fast bird light cavalry made Victor even more angry. He was obviously stronger, and he was counter-killed by a trainee Knight. He was blocked by a high-level Knight. I don’t know. Scattered and roundabout, summoned back-up, but kept sending people away. If Victor doesn't intervene in time, these guys will definitely be wiped out. The trainee Knight left a deep impression on Victor. He was clever and cunning, using tactics skillfully, using the weak to defeat the strong, and fully interpreting the power of wisdom.

Victor lowered his head to think for a moment, then turned his gaze to Lilia and asked: "My dear, do you know why I rushed to break through that free private camp?"

Lilia's eyes flickered , Opened his mouth, smiled and shook his head. War Bear Mercenaries are often employed by lords to disperse refugee camps, but smart women must know how to make their men behave. Lilia is exceptionally intelligent.

"I only learned that after becoming a lord, many free private camps or bandits are instigated by the lord to fight against rival families, rob caravans, control remote areas, and expand. Territory. This free private camp has more than 1,000 people with abundant supplies and powerful martial power. It is by no means a scale that normal freedmen’s groups can reach. They must be Dodian’s stronghold in Raven Town, and they are brazen!"

"If I don’t beat him completely unprepared, Dodian will definitely intervene and use the pretext of protecting civilians to prevent me from clearing this stronghold. Drag us into endless negotiations, but I can’t afford it. After all, Randal is in 1000 kilometers away. Dodian knows this very well. Therefore, we must respond to Dodian’s attempt with the most resolute attitude. They will chop our hands when they reach out, and chop their feet when they reach out. There must be no hesitation."

Victor lightly said with a smile: "Now that the population and supplies of this camp are all in my hands, it is estimated that Dodian has jumped with anger."

Lilia frowned and asked: "Dodian will attack Raven Town?"

"No!" Victor said affirmatively: "Dodian's use of such unpretentious means shows that they dare not start a war. This should be a bluff of advancement and retreat! "

"Bluffing?"

"Yes!" Victor nodded and said: "The relationship between the Kingdom of Dodo and our Gambis is very delicate now. They are both ally and guard against each other. Viscount Negus I'm also worried that Rose Knights will go northward and grab his quarry. The first step is to make less concessions in the future. Dodian's posture of overbearing actually wants me to ask the York family to come forward to resolve the dispute, so they can sell it to Mrs. Sylvia. Love. In this way, the York family is at a moral disadvantage... The nobility values ​​reputation very much, and many excuses for unfathomable mystery must be found to launch wars for profit. The Sasan Empire clearly wants to unify the South, and the Sasan Emperor wants to claim it. It was to wash away the shame of the ancestors being exiled by the Dodo Royal Family. This is the rules of the game of the nobility." Victor said with a sneer again: "Dodian thought I was a soft persimmon and I had to rely on Sylvia. As a result, I shot myself with a rock. Feet."

Lilia holds her cheek in her hand, happy i said: "My lord is the greatest lord. "

Being praised by his own woman, Victor couldn't help feeling a little airy, said with a smile: "There must be soldiers arranged by Viscount Negus among these free people. Find them out as soon as possible. These people are all Available talent. "

"No need to look for it. Lilia sighed faintly, "They are all dead." "

"en?" Victor's eyes were cold, and he said angrily: "Without my order, who would dare to be so bold and assertive?" Isn't that guy Gru? Call him over! "

" is my order. "Lilia met Victor's surprised eyes and explained: "My dear, most of these backbones are soldiers of Duke Eriksson. Their families are controlled by Viscount Negus. Impossible to serve us." Let them go, they will come again, and keeping them is another disaster. Lilia paused and added: "The mercenary group has become accustomed to the removal of bandits. Employers always ask us to torture the origins of the bandit leaders and backbone, and then kill them all, warn others from following bad examples. "

Victor stayed for a while, and shook his head to say with a bitter smile: "Your identities are different now. You still don't want to kill prisoners in the future." "

Seeing that Victor was no longer angry, Lilia quietly stuck out her tongue, and said: "Our people didn't do it, it was the free folks who did it...Gelu just provoked. "

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and Victor raised his voice: "Come in. "

Gelu pushed in and said with a smile: "My lord, good day." Good day, madam. "

"What's the matter? "Victor said irritably.

"Two people came outside the castle and want to see you. One of them claimed to be Viscount Negus. "

Victor asked in surprise: "What? Are you sure it is two people? Not a team? "

Gruby respectfully said: "A nobleman with an attendant, just two people. No convoy was found in a radius of 10 kilometers. "

Victor leaned back in his chair and murmured: "Visit alone, Viscount Negus is so bold." "