Transcendent Noble

Viscount Gebert Negus, 64-year-old Wind Element Great Knight, court count, archer of Friedrich Your Majesty, Guardian of Whitewater Fortress, chanted by Sasan Knight The warner, now he is the lord of the Western Border of the Kingdom of Dodo, the neighbor to the north of Raven Town.

The title of Knight is not groundless, let alone bragging. It comes from the praise of the king, the church, or the enemy. It is made of outstanding achievements and extraordinary merits. It is the reputation and glory pursued by the nobles of Knight. Gabert Negus deserves his name.

When Negus was 15 years old, he emerged in the court competition of the Dodo Kingdom. He was selected as the guard of Friedrich Prince. He entered the court and received Royal Family Knight education. He was promoted at the age of 27. Wind Element Knight, joined the Dodo Guard army as the palace Baron. Four years later, Friedrich Prince inherited the throne and began to promote his confidant. Negus became the bowman of the new king and served as the Deputy Commander of the Dodo Guard. At the age of 36, Negus was successfully promoted to Wind Element Great Knight, obtained the royal title of Viscount, joined the Iron Wall Knight regiment, and began to confront Sasan Knight head-on, and made great achievements.

Negus received the Royal Family Knight education, respected the noble Knight of the bloodline, and despised the nobles of the impure bloodline. On the battlefield, he followed the tradition of the nobility and first warned the Sasan Knight with a golden Feather arrow and told them to abandon the spoils of war and retreat on their own. If he encounters the opponent again, Negus will ruthless kill Sasan Knight's retinue, and then capture him alive without fail.

During the period when Negus was active on the battlefield, the Sasan Empire lord paid a ransom of hundreds of thousands of jinsore to Dodo in order to welcome the captured family Knight back. As a result, King Dodo would often send people to ask: Has Negus caught a "mobile wallet" recently? Dodo Knight changed his face when he heard about Negus, and he didn't even dare to equip adamantine weapons. Some small families simply stopped sending Knight to participate in the war. Negus was therefore called the "Warner" by Sasanian.

Five years later, the well-known Negus left the Ironwall Knight regiment, took over as the commander of the Whitewater Fortress, and obtained the court count title. Everyone thinks that Negus Count is a traditional nobleman with mild temperament, but he showed the world the terrifying side of Wind Element Great Knight in the Battle of White Water Castle: the three Great Knights who fell in the Sasan Empire, two of them fell. Under the mithril arch of Negus’ keel.

After the war, the Sasan nobles scolded Negus, calling him a "hypocritical poisonous snake," and two of his highnesses threatened revenge. Due to diplomatic pressure and for the purpose of protection, Friedrich Your Majesty dismissed the commander of the Whitewater Fortress of Negus, and he rejoined the Ironwall Knight regiment. As the situation progressed, the Knights of the Iron Wall came to the Minsk fortress group in Gambis Kingdom, forcing Marquis Goron to lead a standoff, which indirectly led to the death of Ryan Augustus Your Majesty. There, Negus met the young Solon Wimbledon. Although the two did not fight, Solon did contain Negus.

Now, Solon has become the lord of Centaur Hills, and Negus has also come to Centaur Hills, in Raven Castle.

The hall of the Raven Castle, Armored Soldier surrounded all around, Victor was sitting on the throne of the lord. It was difficult for him to associate the elegant, young and handsome nobleman in front of him with the prestigious and extraordinary Knight. And Viscount Negus’ way of traveling is also surprising. A banner, a rebel, and three horses are like a little noble on a journey, not a powerful lord. Of course, it is Wind Element Great Knight. The confidence and calmness of the world. But Victor had to admit that Negus’ gesture made him feel good.

"Your Excellency Negus, your visit has made Ravenburg a faint." Victor said with a faint smile: "I will host a banquet for you."

"My Excellency Wimbledon, I am grateful for your kind invitation, but I am afraid I will not have time to attend your dinner." Negus Weiwei Leaning, shook his head and sighed: "Duke Eriksson's crime of privately casting gold coin has been exposed. Under the witness of the church, the Duke himself has been tortured by the wise Frederick Your Majesty, and the Eriksson family has also been tortured. The punishment they deserved, but the villain accomplices gathered by the duke fled in all directions. They became bandits and robbers, wandering around this land, looting supplies, and poisoning the villagers. As a lord, I need to destroy these villains as soon as possible to protect the territory. People."

"I am here this time to visit my new neighbors, but also to remind you to be careful of harassment by thieves."

Victor said with his jaws: " Just last night, a group of bandits attacked a free private camp not far away. When my guards arrived there, they had killed many free people and fled north. My Swiftbird cavalry went after a night of chase , Finally wiped them out in the wild. All the bandits gave their heads, and none of them slipped through the net." Victor sighed again: "Considering the safety of the freedmen, I ordered the demolition of the camp and all the freemen moved into Raven Town. Father Gary is rushing over. He will comfort the frightened people, heal the wounded, investigate this bandit attack, and then make a determination."

"This is really good news, and I will issue it to the church. Written documents, proving that you killed a group of robbers!" Negus smiled, and he agreed with Victor's words in his heart.

This free private camp was indeed instigated by Negus, but in his eyes, the soldiers who controlled the camp, including the three lowly bloodline trainee Knights, were no different from bandits. Victor smashed the free private camp with lightning speed, wiped out the enemy cleanly, and pinched the threat in the bud. Although the positions of the two sides are different, Victor's keenness and decisiveness are very much in line with Negus's appetite, especially the arrow that Victor shot, and Negus is particularly satisfied.

Wind Travel shooters are different from Wind Element Great Knight. The arrows they shoot are surrounded by breeze, soundless, and will not disturb the Void Wind Element. Naturally, they cannot attract the attention of the Extraordinary Knight. Last night, Victor was invisible in the dark, and with the assistance of the Swiftbird light rider, Negus still had full confidence to retreat, but he also knew that he could not save Todd. If Victor shoots Todd directly, Negus will lose face. In his opinion, Victor's warning arrow is to respect himself. Therefore, Negus chose to give in. He would not reject the "goodwill" of the noble bloodline for an insignificant pawn. What's more, Victor's bloodline is not inferior to any His Highness, it is a truly ancient bloodline.

"Your Excellency, although my surname is not Wimbledon, I also have the noble bloodline of Wimbledon, and I am proud of it. In fact, Wind Element Knight and the elves bloodline nobles originated from Wimbledon and Tes Till (one of the seven Paladin families) Two Great Families. My maternal grandmother is the daughter of Mrs. Karesa Wimbledon, and Mrs. Karesa and your grandfather's grandfather are siblings." Negus is reserved and proud road.

"..." Victor said: "Unfortunately, the Wimbledon family has fallen..." He didn't want to recognize this Uncle or uncle at all.

"This does not detract from the nobility in our bloodline." Negus said with a smile: "I brought you a gift." As he said, the guard behind him took out an oak wooden box. , Handed it to the guard in the hall respectfully. The box was passed to Victor's hand. Inside was a dark metal ingot. Victor asked unsurely: "This is... keel steel?"

"That's right. This is Carrier Soft Steel, also known as keel steel. A special product of our Dodo Kingdom.” Negus nodded, said: “You can use it to build soft swords, soft armor, or use it to build the body of 20 military heavy crossbows, or ...The bow of the Dragonbone Mithril Longbow."

Compared with Thorium, it is really inferior. Victor thought to himself, but said on his lips: "I am missing a bow to take out. I like your gift very much. I will give you 200 pounds of coffee in return."

Coffee this kind Elemental Affinity Drinks are highly sought after by Knight aristocrats, but the amount and high price it flows out are equally staggering. Negus eyes shined and smiled and said: "Anyone will not refuse this gift in return, even if it is on the surface of politeness."

The relationship is also pulled, and the gift is also given. Viscount Negus said at the right time: "Your Excellency Wimbledon, the Eriksson family left me a mess. The robbers who wander around have the horses and weapons rationed by Duke Eriksson. They are a threat to Raven Town. In order to do so. To eliminate these robbers as soon as possible, I must establish border guards to squeeze their space of activity. As long as the border is determined, I guarantee that Raven Town will not be harassed by robbers!"

"In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I have a map here..."

The guard took the map from the Viscount’s hand and placed it on Victor’s table. Negus continued: "According to the original agreement, four kilometers north of the stream This is the border between our two families. If you agree, we will build border guards according to the map, how about?"

Victor looked up the picture and looked up: "I also have a map here." He said, He took out a large sheepskin scroll from the drawer and motioned to the guard to give it to Negus.

Viscount Negus unfolded the scroll, his eyes condensed suddenly, this map drew the mountains, rivers, forests and lakes with a radius of 200 kilometers, very detailed, except that it did not draw a boundary. Victor raised his voice and said: "Centaur Hills are vast and endless, and the mountain range on the west side is even more endless. We Gambis call it the Lelier mountain range, and the Dodo Kingdom calls it the skylark mountain range. This mountain range is at Peking University. The grassland, adjacent to the Jinshui River in the south, not only divides the Great Swamp lizard, but also divides the endless forest. If calculated according to the length of the mountain range, the area of ​​Centaur Hills exceeds 300,000 square kilometers."

"We Gambis actually control The area that Dodo actually controls is only 110,000 square kilometers. This is because Duke Eriksson is so greedy that he plots an area of ​​50,000 square kilometers on the map and does not allow other families to open up the area. However, the Eriksson family has a shallow background. Although the Duke of Eriksson expanded wildly and did not hesitate to cast gold coins privately, recruiting mercenaries and refugees to serve as family soldiers, he only actually controlled 27,000 square kilometers. There is an area of ​​23,000 square kilometers waiting to be explored."

"We all know that legal territory must be recognized by nobles, churches, and civilians, that is, it must have castles and villagers. And pass the priest." Victor closed the map and said separately: "Draw a line on the map, it doesn't make any sense."

Negus pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "I agree with your opinion, Buddha There is still 7000 square kilometers of wilderness in the land allocated to me by Riedrich Your Majesty. If you are able to open up that piece of land, I acknowledge your legal ownership. However, you, including the York family behind you, may not have the energy to continue. Expansion, isn't it?"

Negus has a sophisticated vision, but Victor doesn't intend to give it up. He said with a smile: "Then it depends on whose side time is on." Negus shook his head. said with a smile: "Your Excellency, we have a common enemy. If we can't reach an agreement quickly, I'm afraid it will cause no end of trouble."

"A bandit?"

" No. It's a jackal!" Negus sighed: "Your Excellency drew a very detailed map. You are impossible to know that the wasteland is occupied by a group of jackals. I personally investigated the wasteland and the jackals entrenched there. There are more than 2000, and there are a large number of goblins and kobolds. Fortunately, there are several ferocious wolves in the north of Raven Town, otherwise the jackals have appeared in the Raven Town annex. It's near. "

"At present, these wolves are in the stage of fighting and fighting, and they will soon form a clan. At that time, the ferocious wolves can only escape to the mountains, Raven Town will be attacked by jackals, and my territory is also very dangerous! "

Negus mood grave said: "The Jackal Clan is by no means comparable to the Jackal Bandit, and there may not be another Jackal King among them!" "

Negus was very depressed. The ant-man army swept through Centaur Hills, Gambis was devastated, and the Kingdom of Dodo was stunned. However, the ant tide receded and left a clean territory for the York family. The monster and the beast Quantemo came to the north, such as wolves, moonsabers, piebald tigers, grizzly bears, ferocious animals, and goblins, kobolds and jackals that can't kill them all. It is precisely because of this. , The development of the territory of the Eriksson family has been slow, so Negus is now in a state of desperation.

"It is urgent to clean up the jackals! "

Negus's vocal statement, Victor deeply agrees. The wolves are cruel and cunning, sensitive, and mobile. Their individual battle strength exceeds that of elite soldiers, and the 30 to 1 ratio of violence is horrible to See, the ferocious gnolls generally have bloodthirsty innate talent, and their strength is comparable to that of the trainee Knight. And the gnoll clan and gnoll bandits are the difference between the army and the mob, plus the goblin and kobold servants, their battle strength is really geometrical. Ascension. In order to resist the king of jackals in the evening forest, the church stationed 20,000 Paladin in the north of Suse Kingdom, and the garrison army of Suse Kingdom exceeded 60,000. The harm of jackals can be seen from this.

However, more than 2,000 jackals are not enough to see in front of Victor. The question is what does he want to do so much?

Ordinary lord hopes that the territory is bigger and better, and Victor’s vision is the whole Human society. Opening up the North has never been Victor’s strategic focus. The Randal Family lacks unique talents. The larger the territory controlled by Raven Town, the heavier Victor’s burden, and even the risk of losing control.

If Viscount Gus wants to open up more territories, let him get entangled with the jackals. In fact, no family can monopolize all the land resources. With it throwing alchemy creatures into the north and destroying the jackals, it is better to let him They continue to collect thorium mines and develop smuggling caravans. It is the purpose of Victor's bargaining with Negus to plunder wealth through commodity trade.

"Your Excellency, Negus, what you said is very correct. But my territory is in the south. I will return to Randal after this season's patrol is over. Therefore, I cannot work with you to wipe out the Jackal. "Victor said with an embarrassed look: "I agree with the boundaries on the map. I will feed the ferocious wolves with cattle and sheep to ensure that they will not hinder your army. This is all I can do. However, I have a request. "

Viscount Negus flashed his eyes and said, "Your Excellency, please speak frankly." "

"When you kill the gnolls, the gnolls will surely flee, and those ferocious gnolls will pose a threat to Raven Town. You can see my raven castle. The city wall is not smooth enough... I need to buy your stones to repair this castle. "Victor said.

"This is impossible. You know the reason. Negus shook his head decisively and refused.

"3 million pounds of raw sugar! "

"What? ! "

Victor stood up and said with a smile: "It costs a lot to develop territories. For any pioneer lord, money is always not enough!" Otherwise, Duke Erickson will not cast gold coins privately. What is the market for raw sugar now? You must have heard of it. I am willing to exchange 3 million pounds of raw sugar for your stone. The location here is remote, sparsely populated, and no one cares about quietly transporting some stones. Moreover, I promise that these stones will only be used to rebuild Raven Castle, and will never build a second castle. "

Negus was very moved. He thought for a while and probed: "Then, what are you going to do with the dismantled stone at Raven Castle?" "

"Smooth and polished, used to build the city wall of Raven Town. Victor first gave the other party a reassurance, and then said: "However, raw sugar is now a strategic material, and I take a lot of risk when I provide you with large amounts of raw sugar. To be safe, I can only hire a mercenary group to ship in batches and installments. Your Excellency must also ensure the safety and concealment of my staff. Do you agree? "

Viscount Negus stood up and made a Knight salute. "it's a deal!" "

"it's a deal! "