Transcendent Noble

Eleven days later, the Mercenary Group of Fire Lions crossed the Wharton Prairie and arrived at the Nether Soul Forest Development Point in the Kingdom of Dodo, which was nearly a month faster than the route from Whitewater Fortress. If it hadn't been for Captain Vale to ask his men to hunt some wild beasts and defeat a few gangs of jackals by the way, their journey would have been faster.

Only a few people in the mercenary group know that Captain Val’s purse is dry and can’t find a few copper sols. You need to get some animal skins and animal tendons to sell at the opening point. Otherwise, the fire Lion mercenary group cannot afford to pay the deposit for connection tasks.

The Nether Soul forest is the first wild land where humans set foot. Legend has it that the ancient Spirit King court once annihilated the Chosen One army who hunted Elf Race here, and the dead souls of the war dead wandered in the forest ever since.

This is of course an increasingly distort the truth rumor. The four elements’ creation laws determine that the undead who lack Water Element support will quickly disappear. There has never been a naturally occurring undead in the world. Even if the evil wizard can create undead, they are impossible to exist for a long time.

The flute willows that only grow in the Nether Soul forest have many holes in the trunk. When the wind blows through the woods that night, they will make weird whimpers, as if Nether Soul is singing an elegy, which is chilling.

As for the special value of the flute tree, the human scholar has not yet been completely determined. In addition to flute trees, there are abundant woods, herbs, spices, fruits, rare animals, and precious keel steel veins in the Nether Soul forest.

The Dodo royal family masters the technology of extracting keel steel, which is a key material for making military heavy crossbows, large ballistas and catapults. If the output is sufficient, it will have a wider range of uses.

Dodian has long been greedy for the wealth of the Nether Soul forest. Soon after the white centaur race living adjacent to the forest migrated, they have sent elite scouts into the forest many times to investigate the distribution of resources and the white centaur trend. However, compared to the precious resources of the Nether Soul forest, the Kingdom of Dodo pays more attention to the strategic value of major grasslands. As long as it can occupy a territory in the prairie, the Kingdom of Dodo can continuously obtain cattle, sheep and excellent war horses.

The Nether Soul forest development site is actually built on a flat prairie, more than 50 kilometers away from the edge of the forest. The scale is not too big, only one-half of the average town. After all, there is no way to grow food on the grasslands, so it is natural that there is no need to reserve the location of the internal farms in the development point. The thick wooden wall forms a ring with many wooden arrow towers. The buildings inside are mostly simple large wood houses, which are mostly used for storing and processing materials. The lord’s castle in the pioneering point has not been built yet. The Glory Church is the only limestone building in it. Her style is rough and simple, and it can also serve as a defensive fortress when necessary. When the facilities of the pioneering point are gradually improved, this church can be converted into a castle, and the resident priest will choose another site to build a real cathedral.

In addition to the temporary church, there is also a peculiar building made of blue bricks in the pioneer site. The tall chimney is particularly eye-catching. The Fire Lion mercenaries curiously wanted to step forward to see what happened, but they were sternly stopped by the guards.

Seeing that his subordinates were being scolded, Captain Vale raised his chin and said disdainfully: "It's just a giant brick kiln. What's so great."

He has already turned into a fan. My sister Mary (Elizabeth) first looked at the experienced and knowledgeable leader with an admiring look, then stood on her toes, straightened her neck, and tried to observe the blue brick building behind the wall, "This is the giant brick kiln? I still The first time I saw it, I heard that it can produce tens of thousands of blue bricks a day?"

"There are many craftsmen making bricks, and there are thousands of people working together." Vale raised his mouth, casually He said with a straight face and scolded to the guards: "Hey, take us to the mercenary tavern. I also want to see the garrison priest in the church."

The orthodox vassal soldiers are in awe from in the bones. Knight noble, even if the opponent is just a little knight-errant with little reputation. The female mercenary group leader had a bad attitude, and the pioneering guards did not dare to refute.

Seeing the guards slumped in the hands of the large group leader, the Fire Lion mercenaries were especially happy, talking and laughing and drove the bulls and sledges to the mercenary tavern at the pioneering point.

The tavern was bustling, and the corner outside the door was full of tall and strong mercenaries. They looked provocatively at the new competitors. Captain Vale, who has always liked the excitement, stopped, and touched the shriveled purse secretly, his eyes were instructed:

"Uh...that, Theodore, you take someone We sold all the prey we caught, and rented a few rooms in the tavern for everyone to settle down first... I took Mary to the church to find the resident priest to see if the church had issued a knight-errant mission."

Mary, who didn't know the situation, was dragged away by Captain Val. They just got out of the sight of the mercenaries. Penny chased up from behind and quietly gave Vale a bulging purse.

"Head, see that the resident priest wants to donate first." She said softly.

Vale took the heavy purse and asked in surprise: "Where did you pick it up?"

She remembers very clearly that the last time Theodore and the others were purchasing supplies The money was collected by myself.

Penny pursed her mouth and smiled, her slender fingers made a gesture of pinching something, and she turned and ran away.

Val's mouth was half open, and she was shocked for a while before she shouted at Penny's back, "I will pay you back... until I get rich."

"Head, Penny's elder sister, what does this mean?" Mary pulled on Lavelle's skirt and gestured with Penny's gesture just now.

"...It was stolen, shhh, don't shout." Vale covered Mary's mouth and warned repeatedly.

Mary broke free of Vale’s hand and said sternly: "The theft is wrong...We should return the things to others, and let Penny Elder sister apologize to the owner."

Captain Vale thought for a while, and said distressedly: "It seems...something makes sense. However, I am going to donate the money to the church...Let's do it, when we earn the commission, we will return the amount to the owner."

Not long after, Vale and Mary came out of the church and returned to the mercenary tavern gloomily.

Todd, the scout waiting outside, greeted the two people in. The mercenaries in the tavern consciously stepped out of the way. Some mercenaries had bloody nose and swollen face, and there were a bunch of them in the corner of the hall. Broken wooden tables and chairs, apparently a skirmish just happened here.

In the awe of everyone's eyes, Todd led the chief and Mary to the second floor of the tavern and entered a simply furnished guest room. Theodores and Penny stood up from the stools and greeted Val.

"Head, we sold the prey to the tavern boss, changed three rooms and some supplies. You and Mary share a room, and I have a room with Ruth. It's next to this room. The rest can only temporarily settle in shanty towns." Theodore reported.

Weir took a cup of scented tea from Ruth, took a listless sip, pointed to Mary and said, "Give her the extra money. The priest accepted our donation and praised a few words, yes. It’s fine to ignore the theft and just say that you know what you’re wrong. This guy was hit, and if it weren’t for me, she almost quarreled with the priest."

Mary pouted and said unconvincingly. "It's wrong to steal...People's money is also hard-earned, and should be returned to them."

Theodore looked at Penny, the secret method of assassin curl one's lip, and turned his head aside. He had to scratch his head and said: "This... we have no money. This tavern was opened by the bear group. They collected prey but did not give money. They only exchanged two days of free board and lodging and a batch of supplies..."

"What?! It's the bear group again!" Before Theodore finished speaking, Val yelled, realizing that he was not behaving like a big group leader, picked up the teacup and took another sip of scented tea. Explained: "The priest of the church has no mission. He asked us to go to the Nether Soul forest front camp to find the head of the bear group Barrett. He said that the guy is responsible for providing missions to all mercenary groups and knight-errants and issuing bounty."

Theodore and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, he cautiously asked: "Head, you and the bear group have a feast."

"I'm always number one I heard of the bear group again.” Val yelled, putting his chin on the table again, and muttered: "The garrison priest said that the bear group has 4,000 people and more than 1,400 combat mercenaries. It is the largest mercenary group in the kingdom... …. How can they be so big? Compared with the bear group, I am just a small group leader, which makes me angry..."

Speaking, she raised her face and asked with expectation in her eyes. "You said, how long will it take for our fire lion mercenary group to surpass the bear group and become the largest mercenary group in the kingdoms?" Physician Ruth said softly, "head, this Almost impossible.... No lord can tolerate such a large-scale mercenary group... The bear group is a special case."

Penny said crisply, "I have already inquired clearly, the bear group is responsible for it. There are dozens of small mercenary groups. They originally lived on the Bucks Business Group, but somehow, the Bucks Business Group disbanded all its mercenaries. These people have no income and can only look for work everywhere. The Kingdom of Dodo opens up the Nether Soul forest and recruits a large number of mercenaries and knight- Errant, they ran over and hugged each other to form a super large mercenary group under the banner of the bear group. "

With regard to the dissolution of the Mercenary Group of the Bucks Business Group, Octavir understands the inside story. At first, Lord Dodo cooperated with the Southwind Chamber of Commerce in Borui Kingdom to fight against Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, Sophia In a rage, he combined Victor and Sylvia to attack and kill Horton count of the Golden Sparrow family. She apparently used the mercenary power of the Chamber of Commerce, but since then, the lords have become more alert to the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce. In order to regain the trust of partners, Sophia had to fire the vassal and the mercenaries of the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce.

These mercenary groups seem to be the predecessors of the bear group.

The commander originally disagreed with the merger of the mercenary group. "Theodore said: "However, the Sasan Empire broke out in an orc war, and Lord Dodo drew up the elite northbound reinforcements to open up points. They need a strong and unified mercenary group to guard the open up points on the cordon at the edge of the Nether Soul forest. The commander of the pioneering point and the garrisoned priest gave the bear group a lot of convenience, including dispatching new mercenaries and knight-errants, issuing tasks to them, and delivering rewards. Even the spoils of war and the precious resources collected can be shared by the bear group. "

Ruth went on to say: "Tau, the bear group has a lot of power. Later mercenary groups like us have to rely on the bear group’s letter of recommendation in order to get the appreciation of the pioneer leader. There is a chance to be taken as a vassal by the pioneering lord. At present, Dodo’s cavalry is busy taking over 6 prairie holy cities, purging the increasingly rampant prairie jackals, and lacking the energy to deal with the monsters in the Nether Soul forest. They still delegate the guard, guard, and exploration tasks to the bear group. There are three martial powers at the Nether Soul forest pioneering point. Lord Knight of Dodo commanded 800 elite soldiers to guard this settlement; 4000 mercenary warriors from Centaur Hills were distributed in outpost camps along the way to protect the refugees who moved south... only the bear group The leading mercenary group and knight-errant are at the forefront of the Nether Soul forest to deal with the beasts and monsters in the forest. "

The leader of Vale sat up straight, and asked with bright eyes: "The leader of the bear group, Barrett... is he strong?" "

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads, expressing that they didn’t know the details of each other. Scout Todd thought for a while and said: "I heard that he is a pretty old Old Guy...it shouldn’t have much strength, otherwise The pioneer commander will not let him be in charge of the bear regiment. "

"The bear group absorbs each small mercenary group, do those group leaders have a place in the bear group? "Vail turned his head and asked.

Todd nodded, said: "There are several mercenary group leaders who hold important positions in the bear group. It is said that..." He curl one's lip continued: " According to the following few pussies, their head is the deputy head of the bear group, which is a great character, so we must be careful. "

"Peng", Vale patted the table, stood up, eyes burning, and said with joy, "I have decided, we will join the bear group!" Then, I want to be the head of the bear group. In this way, I am not just in name only, but also in reality's great leader, great knight-errant, Octavir...Ha, ha, ha. "

The knight-errant of the aristocratic bloodline wanted to seize the ownership of the bear group, which was almost impossible. Mary did not understand the truth, and felt that Elder sister was so powerful, so she clapped her hands vigorously.

Theodore and the others had to clap their hands to cheer, and the slightly hoarse laughter of Captain Vale became more and more proud.

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The eastern border of the Sidon Khanate is now called Sidon to open up the front line of defense. Howard Tester Standing on a high ground, overlooking the far east, where his extraordinary vision is out of reach, the centaur and the orc tribes may fight orthogonally, and the loser will become the servant of the victor, and they will surely form the front line of defense. Threat. But at that time, the front line of defense may have been perfected.

The craftsmen and soldiers are like industrious ants, constantly building fortifications. Chief Testil only hopes to build faster.

"My lord, the identity of the wizard has been verified. His name is Barkley, and he was born in a family of ordinary people in Oxhoof Village, south of Suse Kingdom, and belongs to Baron, the outlying lord of the Red Eagle family. Thirty-nine years ago, at the age of sixteen, Barkley accidentally exposed the witchcraft innate talent and was reported to the local church. The garrison priest led people to arrest, but was attacked by his witchcraft. A total of 24 people were killed and injured. Barkley escaped afterwards. "The chief referee, Trigoval, half step behind Howard, introduced: "Because wizard Barkley killed the guards stationed at the priest and the lord, the referee officially intervened after receiving the notification. During the interrogation of his relatives, we did not obtain valuable information. In order to trap the wizard, Paladin, the leading referee, executed his father mother to the public, but... Barkley did not show up, and he has disappeared for thirty-nine years. "

"The records of the court show that Barkley's witchcraft innate talent is'activated'. He can activate any item. The best effect is dirt. The dirt traps he created swallowed at most 8 at a time. Soldiers. In addition, compared with his casting distance, he can watch the opponent's actions through the "activation". There is evidence that he himself can be buried underground and even walk through for a short time. When he comes out, there is a lot of dirt on his body, like a mud puppet. , Has a strong defense and strength. Barkley used this ability to kill the garrison priest and two Paladins. Later, he escaped from the court chase, but we believe that he witnessed the execution of his relatives through the activated creature, and has a deep hatred for the priest. "

"The attack on Watertown is obviously Barkley's masterpiece. His main purpose is to kill the priest, not against Her Royal Highness Elizabeth Frederick. According to Diest Bishop, the undead monster incarnation of Barkley especially wanted to kill him, but in the end he and the two ruling wizards were conspired by witchcraft and lost consciousness. After they regained consciousness, the powerful monster had collapsed. NS. "

Howard retracted his gaze, turned to Trigoval and asked: "Why has Barkley become so strong?" Who are his two wizard helpers? Solarivan was convinced that he killed Barkley... How could a dead wizard attack the church in Watertown? Sneak attack Diest bishop and the mysterious wizard who ruled the warrior, who is it? Why didn't he kill Diest...or, why did he save Diest from the undead monster? "

The chief referee shook the head with a heavy heart, and he couldn't answer any of these key questions.

"It is an extraordinary innate talent of the pastor who knows what to do to cover up the traces. ? "Howard stared at Trigoval for a while, and said, "All things that involve the wizard but can't explain clearly can be pushed to the devil's head. You know that Pope Clement is going to propose that Pope Your Majesty should use the big prophecy. Solve all the mysteries of this matter. Patriarch Fridos used his authority to postpone this impossible realization motion... You said, how long can I protect you? "

The power of the Pope is emptied, but he is a Level 7 Holy Spirit priest after all. Church wants to ask him to use the big prophecy, he will only snort disdainfully. But the big prophecy will shorten the lifespan of the sorcerer, change it Cheng Nahtigal’s request to the Pope is almost the same.

Clement’s proposal is to put things in the name of the devil, so as to transfer the establishment of the court from the Templar to the temple warrior.

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Church has not coveted the law enforcement power of the court for a day. Trigoval knows this well, and he said solemnly: "My lord, please give me three months of things. I promise to find Elizabeth Princess. "

Howard smiled slightly, indifferently said: "The Paladin squad who escorted Elizabeth was killed by the Extraordinary Knight. Do you suspect the target? "

Trigoval shook the head, saying: "I plan to check from the Barcelius family first. "

"Elizabeth is a pure gold bloodline, and everyone is suspected of planning this attack. "Howard was silent for a while and continued: "Blood Wolf Castle and Naville are the most suspected, followed by the Kingdom of Dodo. They are the most convenient to do this... The least suspected is Gambis, followed by Barcelius. "

"You want to take advantage of the problem and use this to prevent the Barcelius family from splitting the Sasan Empire. The starting point is good, but it's useless! "

"Elizabeth whereabouts unknown, Oroxia doesn't want to fight with us, now she wants to brace oneself too. "Howard sighed long and shook his head to say with a bitter smile: "The more you use this to force Barcelius to retreat, the more fierce the Sasan lords who support Barcelius's restoration will rebound... This is a question of attitude, just like you are trapped. Barcelius planned the wizard attack and also showed me his attitude. "

Howard does not need Trigoval's attitude now, he must stabilize the current situation, and stop the split of Sasan Empire is the first major event. In contrast, tracing Elizabeth’s whereabouts must be ranked in this matter. For this reason, the Radiance Knight regiment may sacrifice the court and compromise with the Church. Because the Church has one third seat in the hands of the Radiance Knight regiment, even if the court is incorporated into the temple warrior, the Testeer family will be against religion. Enforcement power still has considerable influence, so the real victim is the Trigoval family.

The chief referee sighed and said: "My lord, I understand. Please give me half a year. I will take some of the Eastern Alliance’s The matter is handled properly..."

Howard silently nodded, stepped down the slope, and said to Trigoval beside him as he walked: "I am afraid that the illegal activities in the Eastern Alliance may not be cleaned up in half a year... I don't want to. Change something, but you have to be prepared. However, things may have a turning point..."

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know what His Royal Highness Randal is doing recently? "

The chief referee refreshed, thought for a while, and tried to say: "The incident of Elizabeth's disappearance spread to Nightingale Manor, and His Royal Highness Randal immediately sent someone to contact the Blood Wolf Castle and the Barcelius family. What exactly they talked about, I don't know. "

Howard said without comment: "Prior to this, His Royal Highness Randal received Viscount Tennes Ludwig. "

"Tennes. Viscount Ludwig? "

Trigoval recalled a little, and said: "He is considered a good friend of His Royal Highness Randal. He used to be in charge of taxation in the Finance Department of the Royal Capital of Cambes. Later, because of his close relationship with His Royal Highness Randal, he was regent by Williams. King publicly promoted but secretly demoted, given a free job. "

Howard nodded said: "According to the agreement, Sophia will hand over the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce to Knight Solon in another ten years. In exchange, she has adopted the youngest son of Solon. Sophia now has the opportunity to have a daughter with His Royal Highness Randal as the heir to the Marquis of Wimbledon. She herself has also begun to seek the real power of the Kite Castle. Tennes Ludwig is her agent, intending to get the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer. "

"Tennes proposed tax reform, including two items. First, Yubao levied a trade tax on all lords of the Kingdom of Gambis; second, the kingdom levied a head tax on tenants, which was still paid by the lords of the tenants. One-tenth of these taxes belongs to the church, and we certainly welcome it. However, the lords resolutely resisted, including the lords of Gambis, who also united to put pressure on the Hou Family of the four kings of Yubao. Duke York of Centaur Hills also pretended to oppose it. "

"Why does His Highness Randal implement these two unpopular taxes?" "

The head of each minding their own business replied: "The Kingdom of Gambis crosses Henan to expand. The Royal Family and the descendants need to allocate more fiscal revenues and re-coordinate the lords of various regions through taxation. "

"In addition to money and power, Gambiz needs more food. "Howard confidently said with a smile: "New Agriculture and Animal Husbandry allowed Gambis to achieve self-sufficiency in food, but their food reserves are far from reaching the lowest level of crossing Henan. Calculated based on the population growth rate of Cambis, they want to have the food reserves needed for the Southern Expansion War for at least 15 years... This time is too long. My cousin will have hundreds of thousands of people from Sasan Empire. Obviously It is to complete the manpower deployment of crossing Henan to Nantuo as soon as possible, and Nagbis's food gap is even greater. "

"We laid down the Sidon Khanate and provided a solid foundation for the pioneering wars of the kingdoms. In just five years, the green wheat produced by Sasan Empire can meet the war needs of all kingdoms. The northern lords are divided internally, but the external kingdoms, including Gambis, are worried that the Sasan Empire will split and affect their food storage strategy. "

"I hope that Stormrage sword saint is willing to support the Radiance Knight group and the Blood Wolf Castle. With his and Sylvia's statements, the Trigoval family may continue to be in charge of the court. "

Testil and Trigoval walked down the hillside, he took the reins of the horned wolf from the Paladin entourage, and said with deep eyes:

"You follow me A trip to Blood Wolf Fort, let His Royal Highness Randal see my determination! "