Carry the Ring of Elden with you

"Congratulations, my great king. You won a beautiful battle!" Kenneth Hyde's voice came over before his figure completely disappeared from the blessing transmission point.

"Hello, Kenneth Hyde, son of Lord Nimgefu. I am Melina. You can think of me as Lord Roland's finger witch." Melina greeted politely.

Kenneth Hyde was stunned and looked at this girl he had never seen before. After hearing her introduction, he immediately replied respectfully: "Say hello to you, Finger Witch."

"Kenneth, are you good at dealing with prisoners?" Roland asked aloud.

Kenneth Hyde nodded very simply, and he replied: "Of course, of course! After all, when Greg was defeated by Malenia in the north of Lake Yakir, it was me and Malenia's noble knight who fought against each other. Negotiate to exchange for the captured soldiers of the King's Army. Lord Roland, how many prisoners do I need to deal with this time?"

Roland pointed at the soldiers of the Holy Empire of France who were taking off their armor one by one and said: "The prisoners you want to deal with are over there. There are about 500 of them. I saw the two girls with outstanding looks standing in front of them. The one with black hair is called Lucia, and the one with silver-white hair is Lamia. Currently, they are the highest-ranking officers of these captives. You can just go to them to discuss various matters."

Then he thought of something and reminded Kenneth Hyde: "But they have sworn allegiance to me, as long as they don't push too hard."

Kenneth Hyde nodded confidently: "Please feel free to leave it to me, Lord Roland, I will not let you down."

Chapter 62: "Hunting Death" D and the Magician Roger

Kenneth Hyde was talking to the two returning Pegasus knights, and Melina looked at Lucia and Lamia with interest.

"I still don't know how the two girls surrendered. Lord Roland, can you explain to me in detail?" Melina looked at Roland.

Roland didn't think much, and immediately nodded and answered: "The two of them are Pegasus knights of the Holy Empire of France. Their status seems to be quite high in the country, because when they were locked up in the dungeon, other captured Frances The soldiers of the Holy Empire respect them very much. And they are all famous rising stars in that country."

"I think you should know how powerful the bow pulled out by the Golem Guard is?" Roland looked at Melina and asked, seeing the latter nodding, he continued: "The two of them came to the city despite the attack of the Golem Guard. In the sky, Homeless Knight White and Fazhuang took action, severely wounded them and captured them. Just before they summoned you, their bodies were still in a disabled state."

"I was handling relevant government affairs in the city at the time. White and Fazhuang suddenly came in with these two prisoners who were almost in human form. I was stunned for a moment. Then they explained to me that they felt that these two girls had great potential, and they wanted to add more If trained, they can become trainee reserves for their lost knights. Of course, they do not insist on accepting them as trainee knights. If they do not surrender, I am also prepared to use them in exchange for some benefits from the defeated country."

After listening to Roland's long explanation, Melina asked curiously: "Does this mean they were not the ones you asked to be captured?"

Roland shook his head: "I did not ask to capture anyone. As for agreeing to accept them as trainee knights, it is because I cannot summon more homeless knights without limit. Although I feel that the upper limit is not reached yet, I can It is ultimately a good thing to increase the number of elite troops on our side.”

At this point, Roland lowered his voice: "Don't worry, if I find out that these two are pretending to surrender, I will use some vicious means to control them."

As Melina, who had been possessing Roland to witness everything he did, she naturally immediately understood what method he was talking about, which was nothing more than making it into a combat puppet.

"Just have your own considerations, Lord Roland." Melina nodded.

Roland felt a lot more relaxed inexplicably, and then continued to talk about his plan: "I think we should also hire those bards and wandering merchants who like to travel after opening up Moren City, and let them bring us this time. The news of the defeat of the Holy Empire of France and the Empire of Charles spreads. After all, the characteristics of the golden tree cannot allow us to keep a low profile. In this case, it is better to show our power to the world in a high-profile way and scare the surrounding Xiaoxiao who are eyeing us."

"Of course, just hiring these troubadours and traders is not reliable. I also need my own people from the border areas to promote us. Melina, what do you think?"

After listening to this, Melina pondered the feasibility of Roland's method.

She slowly nodded in agreement and expressed her thoughts at the same time: "This is a very good idea, Lord Roland. But the person you send out must be a very powerful person who can be qualified for this task. If the strength is very weak or average, I’m afraid it won’t be able to promote the power of the Elden Ring and the Golden Tree, and it will be more likely to die in the wild in danger.”

Propaganda of power and belief is something that everyone in the border area must know.

After all, there are so many random gods in the border area. If you don't publicize your belief in the gods well, others may think that you believe in a powerless god.

"I have already made a reservation about the candidate. His strength will definitely meet my requirements and his belief in the Golden Law should be more devout than everyone present. It can even be said to be fanatical." Roland said confidently: "What I have to consider is how many people should be assigned to him to go to various parts of the Salid continent to promote his faith."

Previously, Roland accidentally unlocked three NPCs in the Round Table Hall, and one of them happened to meet his requirements.

"Hunting Death" D, this person is extremely devout and even fanatical in his belief in the Golden Law. D and his brother have two bodies and two souls but share the same consciousness. They can never meet each other.And their special system means that only the Golden Law can accept them, so D is extremely enthusiastic about hunting enemies of the Golden Law.

It only requires 5000 points of ether energy to summon him.

Summoning Melina had consumed 10000 ether points, and now Roland still had 48900 (previous typo, changed) ether points, which was more than enough.

"Are you talking about 'Hunting Death' D? Well... If it is him, he can indeed meet your requirements, Lord Roland." Melina also quickly understood who Roland was referring to.

"Yes." Roland replied, and at the same time he simply immersed his consciousness in the system interface and summoned "Hunting Death" D.

When the twin armors of gold and silver appeared in front of Roland, the owner of the armor immediately knelt down on one knee and said passionately: "Praise you, the great Lord of the Golden Law, Lord Roland! What you told me You did it! Then please tell me in this world, which enemy should I aim the sharp blade in my hand?"

Although Roland took some psychological precautions, he was still a little scared when he faced a fanatical believer.

"Get up first, D. I can understand your excitement, but please calm down, otherwise you may miss the task I assigned you." Roland stretched out his hand to signal D to calm down.

D nodded. As an experienced warrior, he quickly calmed down on the outside, but he was still very agitated inside.

"I'm ready, Lord Roland. Please tell me what should I do?" D asked.

Roland rephrased what he said to Melina before and said it to D. At the same time, he explained to him roughly what happened during this period.

"Well, that's it." D's mind was digesting the large narrative instilled by Roland: "I understand. Do you want me to embark on a journey on this continent and promote our golden teachings at the same time?"

Roland replied: "Yeah, but I'm a little worried about you traveling alone. Don't get me wrong, D. I'm not questioning your strength, but I don't know much about this world, and there are many unknowns. It’s dangerous. So it’s always a good thing to have one more person to look after each other on the journey. To put it another way, if you have an accident alone, who will do the work of promoting the Golden Law?”

D, who originally wanted to explain that he was strong enough and did not need help, accepted Roland's statement after hearing Roland's explanation later.

He wanted to refuse the help given to him by Roland. On the one hand, he was used to walking alone when hunting the dead in the border area. On the other hand, he felt that no one else was qualified for the important task of promoting the Golden Doctrine except him.

"I will obey your arrangements, Lord Roland. Of course, I hope that the companion you arrange for me to embark on the journey with is also a strong person." D said respectfully.

Roland subconsciously thought of summoning a few more homeless knights to arrange for D to go with him on the road, but then he thought that the homeless knights once belonged to the Storm King, and the Storm King once worked with the original king Godfrey and The golden dynasty behind him was hostile.

If it were anyone else, Roland might still care about this detail.But when this person is replaced by D, who is very enthusiastic about the Golden Law, Roland has to consider whether D will have a verbal conflict with those homeless knights.

However, except for the strength of the lost knight who can keep up with the "Hunting Death" D, his men are currently not good at it, whether they are the knight commander Greg or the exiled soldiers.

Not to mention the Grik soldiers and winged hybrids, Roland's consciousness cannot be possessed by the golem guard and follow D around.

This is also not realistic.

Roland made a thoughtful expression and searched in the system interface.When Melina and D saw Roland thinking about something, they didn't say anything but chose to wait quietly.

Roland stopped when his eyes crossed the name of the NPC next to D: Magician Roger.

Yes, why not choose Roger?Roger and D once traveled together for a period of time, but eventually they had differences due to their different attitudes towards the Deadborn, and eventually parted ways.

But the two did not turn against each other. D's attitude towards Roger was more of a feeling of hatred and regret.And Roger also knew how angry D was with his attitude towards the Deadborn, and even joked with the Faded One about this matter.

And if there were no Deadborn in this world, then the differences that caused the two of them to part ways would not exist.

However, as far as Roland knew, there was still talk of the disaster of the undead in this world.

Unlike the undead who cannot return to the tree and die normally and can only live in a deformed form, these so-called undead are the mortal enemies of all living creatures. They are depraved evil souls whose only purpose is to devour the flesh, flesh and soul of living creatures. They are notorious. Even the demons in the flaming hell are unwilling to deal with them.

Because this group of undead wants to devour even those demons.

There once was a demon king who did not believe in evil and made deals with the undead. Later, this demon king became the undead king recorded in history books.

Thinking of this, Roland raised his head and asked D: "D, what do you think of Roger's problem now? I know your attitude towards him before, so I want to ask about your attitude towards him after coming to this world. "

D glanced at Roland unexpectedly. He never expected to hear this familiar name from Roland.

D pondered for a moment and replied: "Well...if I were still at the border, I would definitely be very shameless towards him. He was obviously an excellent magician but was deceived by the Deadman, and even had sex with that 'Death Sleeping Girl' 'Embracing each other, we were eventually penetrated by the filthy thorns, and kept talking useless nonsense."

"But if this is a world without Deadborn, then the reasons for our differences will naturally disappear without a trace. In this case, Roger is undoubtedly an excellent companion. This is my current attitude. ." At this point, D understood what Roland meant: "Lord Roland, do you want to summon him here too?"

Roland nodded: "That's right, the only candidate I have currently who meets the requirements is Roger. The others are either not originally believers of the Golden Law, or they are people who are hostile to you."

"In this case, I have no reason to refuse Roger as my companion on the journey." D solemnly replied: "But I hope that during the journey of promoting the golden teachings, I can take the lead. Do it as your own, and let Roger assist you."

"This is natural. As far as I know, Roger is not familiar with the Golden Law. You must be the main one." Roland agreed: "Since you have no doubts, I will summon Roger out now."

"Of course, I also want to witness this miracle of yours, Lord Roland." D took a few steps back, knelt down on one knee again and spread his hands in a gesture of admiration, and loudly said piously: "Let's get started. Lord Roland! I will be honored to witness your power once again! Summon my friends who have gone astray here!"

Roland did not stop D's enthusiasm. If he had done it before, he would have done it again.But what he needs now is exactly this kind of person. Properly letting them release their inner admiration for themselves is also something that a leader must learn.

Without further elaboration, Roger was quickly summoned.

The calm and confident magician looked up at the unfamiliar night sky and the moon, and immediately understood what was happening in front of him.

"Thank you, my friend. You really did what you said." Roger's voice was full of magnetism and gentleness. He put his right hand on his chest and waist and bowed gracefully with a slight bow: "The curse on me The thorns disappeared, and you saved me from the cycle of certain death."

"Look, look! Roger! This is the greatness of the Golden Tree and its law! Even if you are close to the dead, the kind and generous Golden Law does not spurn you, so it chooses to save you. !" D shouted enthusiastically behind Roger.

Roger's handsome face showed an expression of astonishment: "D, wait, are you here too?"

"Why are you surprised, Roger? As a devout believer in the Golden Law, I naturally received Lord Roland's summons before you!" D said proudly.

Roland interrupted the exchange between the two. He looked at D and said, "We will talk about old times later. I have one more thing to remind you and Roger."

Seeing the two men looking at him at the same time, Roland said: "Although there are no undead people in this world, there are undead spirits that are very similar to the undead people, but they are not essentially the same kind. Roger, don't survive against these undead people. Fantasy or sympathy. I can tell you with certainty that these undead are all evil creatures that only know how to devour the flesh and soul of living people. They are fallen souls who try to live forever in another way."

"They cannot communicate normally with living people. Even the few advanced individuals who can communicate are trying their best to figure out your flesh and blood. So if you and D encounter those undead during your journey, please do not hesitate to eliminate them immediately. They. This will save more innocent people from the undead and natural disasters."

"Okay, well, since it is an evil creature that is completely different from the Deadborn and cannot communicate with it normally, then I will definitely not show mercy." Roger nodded in agreement.

Chapter 63: War reparations and the possibility of alliances

Roland had just made his explanation with Roger and D when Kenneth Hyde came over with a proud look on his face.

"Looking at your appearance, your negotiation with them went smoothly?" Roland joked.

Kenneth Hyde nodded: "Yes, Lord Roland. It would be too cheap for this Holy Empire of France to just let these defeated soldiers return home, so I got a good redemption money."

"Redemption money?"

"Yes, redemption money, Lord Roland. Many of these people who are still alive are middle- and low-level nobles. Although the redemption money for each person is not much, when added up, it is quite objective. Money." Kenneth Hyde stroked his beard and nodded.

"anything else?"

"I also asked them to provide a batch of food and grass to our Golden Dynasty. When I was handling government affairs, I learned that the food and grass in the city is only enough for everyone to use for two months." Kenneth Hyde said and raised his head to look at the city wall. The flying dragon Yaqir took a nap, and then continued: "If you include the flying dragons summoned by Lord Roland, then this time may be greatly shortened."

Roland also turned to look at Yakir: "This is a problem I haven't thought about. However, we can temporarily let Yakir hunt in the endless forest next to Morn City, which can ease the food supply situation."

"Hmm, but in addition to Yakir, I believe that Lord Roland will definitely summon more soldiers, so the food situation is still quite urgent. With this batch of food sent by the French Empire, it can be Alleviating the food pressure in the city within a short period of time." Kenneth Hyde said: "You also told me that within the scope of the blessing of the golden tree, the growth rate and yield of crops have been greatly improved."

"In the past few days, I have conducted experiments with several farmers. In just two days, the newly sown crops began to sprout new shoots and all survived. Even in the border areas, I have never seen such a high survival rate. Speed, maybe you can only see it during the most prosperous period of the Golden Law Age." Kenneth Hyde said, looking at the projection of the golden tree above his head, feeling emotional.

Having never experienced that era, he could only get a glimpse of the glory of the heyday from the deeds recorded in the book.

But now he is witnessing the rise of a new dynasty in a new world, and he is playing his part in it.Kenneth Hyde's heart surged when he thought of this.

"In addition to the food issue, I personally also want to form an alliance with the Holy Empire of France in the war against the Charles Empire, so I have temporarily reached a verbal agreement with Ms. Lucia and Ms. Lamia." Kenneth Hyde continued: "Of course, the specifics depend on what you mean, Mr. Roland. After all, it is just a verbal agreement. The formal negotiation will not start until the Holy Empire of France sends someone to take over this batch of prisoners of war. If you refuse at that time, It’s not too late.”

When Roland heard Kenneth Hyde's idea, he didn't find it unbelievable, or simply rejected it, or became furious.

As long as eternal interests have no eternal enemies, he understands this truth after having founded a chamber of commerce before.

Kenneth Hyde would not do anything harmful to himself, so think carefully about why he thought this way.

Is there any irresolvable hatred between the Holy Empire of France and Roland?not at all.

Perhaps the nobles whose officers died in the battle had some complaints against Roland, but Roland knew through the mouths of the prisoners in the dungeon that not everyone in their own country supported the war launched by the Holy Empire of France against the Empire of Charles. .

This is just an action decided by their second prince Noel without authorization. These attacking frontline troops are more of the forces belonging to the second prince's faction.

Anyway, Roland does not believe that the Holy Empire of France is now represented by the second prince he has never met, otherwise the attack would not only have this number of soldiers.

Of course, some people may also question: Why do you, Roland, with only one city, dare to form an alliance with the largest empire on this continent while demanding compensation for the defeat?If you are just touching the tiger's butt, aren't you afraid that a large army will come to attack you?

This question is easy to answer.

First of all, there are naturally many factions in a huge thousand-year empire, and the relationships are as complicated as the roots of an old tree.

Although Roland didn't know why the second prince wanted to attack the Charles Empire, Roland definitely knew that the second prince must be able to gain some kind of benefit before doing so.And those who followed the second prince to send troops and provide food and fodder naturally did so for the sake of profit.

When someone gains benefits, some people will naturally be jealous, and if some people are jealous, they will naturally want to come in and get a piece of the pie.So how should people who don't belong to the Second Prince's faction get a share of this pie?

It's very simple. When the second prince makes a mistake, he should seize this problem and let his hand reach into the pockets of the second prince and the faction behind him.

And Roland's forces are now acting as the "problem" that allows those people to get into the pocket of the second prince. Naturally, these people will not let Roland get into trouble before they get enough benefits.

Secondly, and most importantly, the strength that Roland now possesses is not something that ordinary small countries can achieve.

"Axe" General Slit, even before Roland was reborn, he had heard of his famous name.And now this famous general of the Charles Empire died in his own hands, and at the same time, two legendary dragon knights and [-] Charles Empire troops were wiped out (also in a physical sense).

This achievement cannot be achieved easily even if the war machine of the Holy Empire of France is running at full speed.

It was easy to eliminate an army of [-] people, but it was very difficult to eliminate an army of two legendary dragon knights, let alone one led by Slit.

If it were peacetime, Roland would naturally not do this. That would be stupid.But now is the time when the war is about to begin. The Holy Empire of France is too busy just to deal with the counterattack of the Charles Empire, so it is impossible to send its own effective forces to attack Roland's current Golden Dynasty.And sending a small force over would simply cost lives, so the Holy Empire of France had no choice but to temporarily make peace with Roland.

Unless the nobles of the Holy Empire of France are loyal ministers who are single-mindedly loyal to the empire, they will die of exhaustion even if their wealth is dissipated.

Roland should listen to these words seriously and make others happy.

Finally, it is also a point mentioned before.Now the Holy Empire of France has conquered all the land passes of the Charles Empire except Duogu City (now Moen City). Unless the Charles Empire just stares at the opponent, the force of the subsequent counterattack will definitely be unprecedentedly powerful.

Roland still remembers Elizabeth, the shadow stabber who escaped.

This time, the Charles Empire sent General Slit here. It was obvious that he knew what the Holy Empire of France was doing on the border through that woman. The [-] elite soldiers and two legendary dragon knights were just to gain a foothold in Duogu City and allow the follow-up. The army is more likely to send troops to fight back.

In other words, in the near future, other land passes occupied by the Holy Empire of France will fall into war. So at this time, one more ally to help guard the marching exit of the Charles Empire will naturally not refuse.

If France Holy Empire is an experienced but old hunter, he is going to hunt Charles Empire, a powerful brown bear, and now on the way to hunt, he meets Roland, a bear that has not yet fully grown up. tiger.If defeating the tiger is easy but requires all your mental strength, then you will be powerless or even risk collapse when faced with the subsequent attack of the brown bear.

Therefore, the most legitimate choice for the Holy Empire of France is to temporarily bypass this tiger with sharp teeth and claws that can already hurt itself, and concentrate on dealing with the brown bear.

"You are right, Kenneth." Roland finished thinking and nodded in approval: "It is indeed a safe approach to temporarily form an alliance with the Holy Empire of France. You have done a good job. But when the time comes, I will send a When people come to negotiate, please give them some advice."