Chapter 12, Knight Kingdom Britannia

Before dawn the next day, around seven o'clock in the morning, the mercenaries got up one after another, began to pack their things, and prepared to go.

Ryan had already woken up. Standing at the door of Teresa's tent with a war hammer, he watched the mercenaries packing up and shook his head secretly: The mercenaries lost too much in yesterday's battle, and everyone was injured. Under such circumstances, Ryan has no way to force them to march, so their bodies can't support it.

But he couldn't leave this group of mercenaries to chase Belter by himself.

Teresa's situation is very bad, the sorceress is just holding on, everyone knows her current fragility, if the magic power of the sorceress continues, then the mercenaries will definitely not dare to make a mistake, in this situation, if the mercenary Some people in the regiment really had bad intentions, and Teresa might really get what she wanted by the little mercenaries. Ryan felt that mercenaries were not worthy of full trust, at least the blood ax mercenaries no.

Again, as long as there are enough interests, mercenaries can sell everything.

Then leave the mercenary group first, and bring Teresa to catch up first?

No way, what a cunning demon hunter Belter is. If this happens, the fallen hunter will turn his back on his carbine and confront him directly, then the weak sorceress will become a burden again. Ryan will not only have to fight, but also Protect her. In this case, Ryan is really not sure that he can defeat Belter. Belter has been famous for more than ten years and has wiped out countless monsters. He is a legendary powerhouse awarded the title of Demon Hunter Master by the Demon Hunter Association. Before he fell It's hard to say that Ryan is 100% sure to take him down. God knows how much stronger he has become after being thrown into chaos?

In the final analysis, Teresa's combat experience is too little, the female sorcerer did not allocate her magic power reasonably, and did not consider the loyalty of the hired mercenary group. Perhaps in her view, these mercenaries are just like servants , must have bowed down under the power of magic, but Ryan didn't think so. There were not many female wizards who were betrayed by their own guards, died tragically and were even sold into slavery.

Marienburg is the largest "talent market" on the mainland.

This is why Ms. Aurora entrusted Teresa to him for protection. A sorceress with little combat experience needs a powerful and experienced melee protection. Ryan is a very good choice.

She's a quick learner, isn't she? Most spellcasters are full of wisdom. They make mistakes because they are unfamiliar, but they don't make mistakes because they are stupid.

Today's weather is no longer snowing, but a cloudy day. The clouds in the sky are not thick, and the gray sky can be seen faintly through the clouds. The biting cold wind keeps blowing past Ryan's ears, and the knight's cloak He was swinging behind him, combined with his height of 1.85 meters, heroic figure, and handsome face, it was like a veteran on the battlefield guarding the pass, ready to deal with incoming enemies.

But in fact, I was just guarding another woman... Listening to the sound of changing clothes in the tent, Ryan thought so.

I feel so inferior.

Ryan understands why many legendary powerhouses are unwilling to go on the road with the female spellcasters of the Garland Council. How can this be a companion? This is clearly a nanny!

The little mercenary has already packed his things and is looking around. Ryan knows what he wants to do. The little mercenary wants to find a chance to talk to the goddess

A slender hand in white lace gloves raised the door curtain: "Good morning, Ryan."

Teresa's glamorous face appeared in the cold wind, with icy muscles and fine bones, and a pair of moving silver eyes that seemed to be able to speak. She was still wearing the sea blue mink fur coat she wore last night, but the pearl necklace on her chest was replaced It was replaced with a slender sapphire gold chain, and triangular gold earrings engraved with magic runes hung on both sides. Ryan felt the wave of magic from these jewelry.

How rich, Ryan has heard more than once about the richness and temper of these Garland councilors. It is said that a lord of the Nord Kingdom once had rampant beastmen in his territory.

So he went to Teresa's mother Aurora for help.

The lord has been addicted to drinking and sex for a long time, his strength is poor, and his reputation is very bad. Aurora happened to be doing an important experiment. As a result, the poor lord was teleported by the angry wizard Garland before he could speak. In the big lake near Sky Dome Castle, it was directly submerged in the lake and almost lost its life.

So people, strength is the most important capital.

"Getting ready to go, do you feel better...do you feel better?" Ryan noticed that Teresa's spirit has improved a lot, and was about to ask, but soon found that the long legs of the sorcerer's mink fur coat were still trembling a little , knowing that she still hasn't recovered, but she just doesn't want others to see it: "I'm going to lead the horse, please wait here."

The corner of the sorcerer's mouth curled up. This man knows how to save face, which is really different from those reckless men who only know how to fight and kill. It was a correct decision for my mother to choose him as my companion.

Most of the female spellcasters are knowledgeable and well-informed, which also makes their eyes look high. It was not until this moment this morning that Teresa understood and accepted Ryan as a companion.

The group packed up their things and started on the road again. Ryan was not interested in the mercenaries' topics of drinking, eating meat and snatching women. He took the initiative to chat with Oliver from the empire: "Mr. Oliver, your outfit... huh? Quite Fashionable, isn't it popular in the empire to wear it like this recently?"

Today's businessman's outfit is very strange. This imperial businessman is wearing a helmet and a white fox fur coat, but he has a breastplate on the outside of the fox fur coat. There is nothing strange about the heavy trousers and riding boots. Yes, but he wore a greave (that is, a shin guard) on the outside of the riding boots, which looked nondescript and quite funny.

"Well, Mr. Ryan, you have to understand that after going through that kind of thing, adding some protection properly will always make me feel better." Oliver was a little embarrassed, but the businessman's face naturally made him recover very quickly Come over: "Life is more precious than anything else. If I die, my mother-in-law might be very happy. She can remarry with a lot of money."

"But your lover will be very sad, and your son will be bullied by his adoptive father, right? They are vines climbing on your big tree. Once you fall down, everything will be over." Ryan complained.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" All the mercenaries and the merchant's guards burst out laughing, even Boris, who was injured and unable to move, couldn't stop laughing, and even cried out that it hurts after laughing.

Only Teresa who was riding on the horse snorted, thinking that this person is quite clear about these doorways, and after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't help smiling, that mature and gorgeous style made even Banda who was following her I was stunned.

The experience of female spellcasters in adventure and actual combat is not as good as those knights who fight all day long, but they are a hundred times better than them in court and high society. Ryan is young and unmarried, even maids and lovers No, it's really unexpected to know so much about these high society things.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Oliver, you are from the Empire, can you tell me what kind of business you came to Nord for?" Ryan stroked his horse, which he named Pine Cone .

"Ah, this, this is nothing to keep secret. I came to Nord this time, and I was doing commodity trading. We set off from Marienburg, filled with armor and food, and then came to Nord. After getting rid of the hands, I bought a large amount of gold and silver ore and animal fur, um, and the magic crystal ore. I wanted to get some fierce fire oil, but I couldn't get it."

"How much can I earn this trip?" Ryan asked.

"The estimated profit is five to six hundred gold dinars, but judging from the recent situation, it may be a little more. Just like the war a while ago, I made a lot of money."

"Hmm~ I heard that a war broke out between Brittania and the Empire a while ago? In the end, the Empire won and the two sides re-signed the covenant?" A group of people walked along the dirt road. Fortunately, it was the middle of winter. The temperature is very low, the road is frozen hard, and the road is unimpeded. God knows how muddy and difficult the road will be when the snow melts in early May next year.

"Exactly... But it's not as you think, the two sides of this war are not the Empire and Britannia." Oliver coughed, and began to talk about the two months before, between the Empire and Britannia A war broke out.

The empire is the largest and strongest human country in the world. During the catastrophe about 1,800 years ago, a human tribe leader named Charlemagne rose rapidly and finally established the empire. Witnessed by the gods Crowned as the only emperor of mankind, he spent about two hundred years conquering the entire world. At that time, the empire was vast, and its ruling territory included the entire continent now. It was so powerful that all races knelt at its feet. Lord of the world.

The current empire is only a part of the empire at that time.

The empire has resisted foreign enemies for nearly a thousand years. Until hundreds of years ago, civil wars continued. The empire, which was surrounded by foreign enemies, finally gave up most of the country except the core territory under the vote of the emperor and the Senate. Tania Province is one of them. When this land was suddenly announced to be abandoned by the empire, all nobles and civilians fell into despair. At that time, Brittania had to face undead, barbarians and There was the ravages of other abandoned human factions, but there was also an army of Chaos Beastmen to the east and greenskin hordes to the south, looking not only to plunder but to destroy everything they saw.

A young baron named Arthur led his knights to fight against the external threat, but to no avail. Seeing that the people of Brittania were facing the crisis of destruction, Arthur fought several battles in succession. Later, he was separated from his own army and was seriously injured. In desperation, he came to the fairy lake where the gods lived in the legend, knelt down in front of the fairy lake, and prayed tearfully, no matter what he was asked to sacrifice , Arthur only hoped to save the people of this place and the land abandoned by the empire.

The pleas received no response at first, and Arthur fell into utter despair, but the young lord did not give up, and he gritted his teeth and decided that he would die in tomorrow's battle.

In the early morning, a white light pierced the sky suddenly shot out from Fairy Lake. A god named Lake Fairy responded to his request. The Lake Fairy used the holy water in the Holy Grail to help him heal his injuries and bestowed him with firm faith and Eternal blessing, with the help of the fairy of the lake, Arthur regrouped his troops and erected the battle flag blessed by the fairy of the lake. The blessed knight army fought bloody battles and won a great victory.

The victory of the knight lord was like a beacon in the dark, and the Britannian army united again. After an epic combat career, they won 12 consecutive games and completely wiped out all the invading Britannia. enemies, the knight kingdom of Britannia was established.

Under the mediation of the fairies in the lake, the Kingdom of Knights established diplomatic relations and formed an alliance with the Empire on an equal footing. Since then, the relationship between Brittania and the Empire has been good. They all abide by the bottom line very much, never kill prisoners, and even put down their weapons on the battlefield to ensure that they will not die. This is really because there are too many threats from the outside. There is a deep tacit understanding between the Empire and Britannia. Precious manpower and material resources are consumed in internal fighting.

"It's Marienburg, Mr. Ryan. The emperor of the empire has tried to take back Marienburg for the third time, but the Grand Duke Marien is not to be outdone. Since the empire violated the founding ceremony written by His Majesty Ludwig, Breeze Tania chose to join the Marienburg side. At this time, Britannia's ranger knights who were eager to do meritorious service suddenly rushed into the imperial army without warning, and because of this, a full-scale riot was triggered. War." Oliver slowly talked about the development and process of the matter: "The war lasted for a whole day, and His Majesty the Emperor and the Knight King were sober-minded. The result of a one-day battle with an army of 100,000 was only more than 3,000 casualties. His Majesty the Emperor concluded a peace treaty with Britannia and re-signed the covenant, and returned the captured nobles, His Majesty the Emperor can only announce that he will renounce part of the sovereignty and governance of Marienburg."

"Fort Marien's annual income is almost one-fifth of the total financial revenue of the empire. It is normal for His Majesty the Emperor to covet this port city. If I am not mistaken, those ranger knights must be encouraged by the Duke of Marin. You just rushed into the imperial army?" Ryan asked with interest.

"Yes, after this failure, it seems that the current King of Knights is no longer prestige, but I don't know which Duke will take over the position of King of Knights." Oliver nodded: "Who will take over as King of Knights is not important, as long as With the Lady of the Lake, Britannia's trade won't be too much of a problem."

Britannia's system is very interesting. The whole country is subject to the lady of the lake, that is, under the skirt of the fairy of the lake. The king of knights is the ruler on the surface, and the fairy of the lake is the real ruler of the kingdom. After each knight king abdicates or dies in battle, the fairy of the lake will gather the dukes of all the duchies to vote and discuss who will be the next knight king.

The most important thing about the Fairy in the Lake is that besides these things, she established and regulated the "Eight Virtues of Knights" by herself, and her priesthood includes the "Eight Virtues" It is an important benchmark and standard of conduct, so her belief is not limited to Britannia, and there are not a few knights in the whole continent who believe in the fairy of the lake. For example, Ryan will occasionally pray to her twice.

"By the way, can you tell me something about the empire? I heard that a few years ago, Brescia Elector Andrea led his army to launch a full-scale war against the red-horned beastman tribe on the edge of the territory, but unfortunately died. Die?" After thinking about the Holy Grail Knight, Ryan asked about the empire again.

This time, Oliver didn't answer right away. The imperial businessman pondered for a while, and then he spoke slowly. His tone was low, even a little sad:

"That's right, the war failed, the elector died in battle, the beastmen withdrew to the forest before the emperor led the army, several towns in Brescia were bloodbathed, no one survived, and the elector's seal also disappeared. "

"The only daughter of the Brescia Elector's family also disappeared in this turmoil. The blood of Bernardino's direct line perished in this way, and the holy sword 'Fire of the West' that symbolized Brescia's electoral power also disappeared. Now the former empire Of the twelve holy swords when it was established, only four are still in the hands of the empire."