Chapter 127, Arriving in Britannia
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The knights charged forward on horseback, and the weak Beastman troops only had some horned beasts and horned beasts using spears, bows and arrows, as well as chaotic war dogs. These bastards were completely wiped out by the knights' simple charge.
Putting away the warhammer, Ryan asked Jules, "There are beastmen here?"
"Every spring, these damn beasts always come out of the Arden Forest." Jules, the Holy Grail knight, was also very helpless about this matter: "You know, it is difficult for even the bravest knights gallop in the forest."
The Arden Forest is the largest forest in Britannia. There are powerful Beastman tribes in the forest. Every year, the Kingdom of Knights regularly organizes knights to wipe them out.
"I haven't tried to send a large army to completely wipe out it, or... the knights can also dismount and fight." Ryan asked.
"It's just a trivial matter that the knights don't want to dismount. They swore to the lady that they would risk their lives to accompany the lady wherever she needs it." Jules nodded, "But our opponent is very cunning. If too many knights enter the Arden Forest , they will avoid us, refuse to confront us head-on, and then go out of the forest to attack those weakly defended villages, or they will try to lure the enemy deep and ambush us in the depths of the forest. After continuous heavy losses, we have given up They made a plan to go deep into the dense forest and wipe them out completely."
"Well, that's the only way to go." Ryan felt very helpless. In fact, not only in Brittania, but also in Nord and the Empire. Beasts can continue to retreat into the depths of the forest and various caves , they can be defeated but very difficult to completely eliminate.
Going too far into the forest can easily expose supply lines and vulnerable marching paths to the Beastmen.
Then, after another five days of trekking, the army finally arrived at the capital of the Knight Kingdom—Courona.
Krona was founded on the banks of the Sandnes River, and the city is known as one of the greatest wonders of the Old World. It was originally one of the giant cities of the High Elves in the Old World. The huge city was hung with knights The flags of the twelve duchies of the kingdom, the city walls are composed of white boulders, which look very imposing from a distance.
The city wall is twenty-five meters high, enough for ten soldiers to walk side by side. Each city gate is engraved with the story of a first-generation Holy Grail Knight, and then countless square houses with pointed roofs stretch all the way to a hill. On the hill is a The huge castle, inherited from the architectural style of the elves, has a pointed cylindrical castle rising tens of meters from the ground, and there is even a waterfall flowing from the height of the castle in the hill behind the castle-it is said to be a gift from the fairies in the lake.
After the founding of Brittany hundreds of years ago, Arthur did not choose Bastogne Castle, where he was born, as the capital of the kingdom, but chose Courona in the north of the kingdom for a reason. The transportation here is convenient. , the land here is fertile and wild.
The wandering knight Lopes came to Ryan on a horse and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the Lion Ring Racecourse in Britannia is the largest and best in the old world. This time I must go and see it."
"Hehe, is the Lion Ring racecourse? When I was young, I also participated in the knight tournament there!" The Holy Grail knight Jules took up the topic with a smile: "That place is the holy place for all the knights in Britannia Oh!"
"I would like to hear more about it!" Ryan also became interested.
So Jules spoke in detail and proudly about this racecourse that makes all Britannia proud from the bottom of their hearts,
Also the largest and best racetrack in the Old World, it is a huge stone oval building with tiers of class-based seating. The racetrack, which is even more majestic than the main castle, existed before the establishment of Brittany. It was transformed by the kingdom after the elves abandoned it.
"That knight tournament must have been exciting?" Alfred asked excitedly.
"It's really exciting. I made it all the way to the semi-finals." Jules stroked his beard, as if remembering his youth, and smiled from the bottom of his heart.
"Final four? If Your Excellency Jules can only reach the final four, then we may have been eliminated long ago!" Some young knight-errants laughed.
"No way, I swear on lady's name, I did everything I could and I lost to a great knight, François beat me in the semis and then Theodore in the final Rick, it was forty-eight years ago that he won the championship of the Knight Tournament, as you all know, the Tournament is held every five years." Ules still smiled and said, as the Holy Grail Knight, He has a good temper and has long been bearish on the past.
"Francois, who is he?" Alfred continued to ask.
"Hehehe~ I have to ask Yuli and Miss Suria about this." Ryan said with a smile: "This Mr. François is now the Great Knight of the Sanctuary and the Knight of the Holy Grail, and his full name is Francois-de-An Terry."
"Could it be?!" Alfred opened his mouth wide, and he turned his gaze to the siblings.
The female knight showed a beautiful smile, but said nothing, while Julius replied calmly: "He is my father, the current Duke of Winford."
"...I'm sorry." Alfred quickly apologized, but the Aintree brothers and sisters said it was okay. On the contrary, they were all proud of their father.
"Speaking of which, can I also participate in the martial arts competition?" Ryan suddenly became interested. He had heard about the rewards of the martial arts competition. It is said that they are extremely rich. The Lake God Witch, the chosen one of the fairy in the lake, will personally award the champion .
"Your Excellency Ryan is bullying people by participating in the tournament, hehehe~" Ules smiled: "The tournament stipulates that the age of the contestants shall not exceed 24 years old, and Kingdom Knights or Holy Grail Knights are not welcome. Don't look at me, this is the lady's rule."
"Hey, why is this, I'm thinking about what kind of rewards the champion can get!" Ryan complained dissatisfied.
"Then maybe you can ask Julius to tell you that he is the last champion." Jules was always smiling, and he had inspired the enthusiasm of the ranger knights through his words.
"His Royal Highness Morgiana told me not to tell anyone, except the Holy Grail Knight." Julius shook his head under the expectant eyes of everyone: "If you are really interested, I can tell you privately, but not now."
"Okay, okay, I respect your privacy, I won't ask any more." Ryan shook his head with a wry smile. It didn't matter what the reward was, since he couldn't participate in the tournament anyway.
A group of people entered Korona, and Ryan was placed in the high-end welcome hotel built by the Church of the Goddess of Mercy. The newly promoted Holy Grail Knight obtained an independent small courtyard. He will wait here for a while, and the King of Knights will choose a On an auspicious day, a knighting ceremony was held for him.
Lopes and Alfred also stayed in hotels in the city, the army was disbanded, and they returned to their duchies. Both the ranger knights and the kingdom knights will receive a large sum of gold as a reward.
Then these knights stingyly divided a small part of the gold into silver coins and packed them into small bags, and then handed the bags to the serfs. Many serfs weighed the money bags in their hands and were ecstatic. They thanked the knight lords again and again, a bag full of silver coins, obviously a gift from the knight lords, this money will make their life much better this year.
Ryan witnessed this scene, and he thought to himself that if it was in the empire, if the generals of the empire dared to take this little money as military expenses and hand it over to the conscripts, those yeoman farmers would throw this small bag on their faces, and then pay the empire The court sued that a bag of silver coins was regarded as a small gift and extra reward for soldiers fighting bravely.
But if it weren't for the existence of the Holy Grail Knights and going to foreign countries to fight, these serfs could get even less. Even with this money, it would be difficult for them to keep all of it, because the damaged equipment and weapons need to be repaired and repaired. renew.
But generally speaking, the serfs gained a lot in this war. This bag of silver coins was as much as their normal annual income. The serfs also found a lot of spoils on the battlefield. Getting a piece of bacon, a bottle of bad cider, and a basket of rye bread put a smile on the faces of many serfs, who were so eager for war that every time they were called up all the serfs would try to participate.
This may be their only chance to change their destiny.
If the infantry can be promoted to sergeants and rangers if they can be appreciated by the knight lords, these people will enjoy shelter from the wind and rain and food rations. Common people enjoy it as one of the best, especially the rangers can receive double salary, and it is said that they can eat meat once a week!
It's just that the knight lords are a bit stingy today, only five lucky people were promoted to become sergeants, and a small bag of gold coins was handed over to them. These lucky people will be able to move into the castle to find a new home, and then they will use this bag of gold coins for themselves Acquire a new set of armor and sword and shield (or other weapons) to better serve their knight lords.
After watching a series of ceremonies, seeing the jealous eyes of other serfs and the ecstasy of the newly promoted sergeants, Ryan could only shake his head helplessly, and then asked the Aintree brothers and sisters with a wry smile: "What about you? leave?"
"Suria and I will act with you until you reach your fief." Who knew that Julius said something that moved Ryan: "You may have a lot of unclear things when you first arrive, and we will help you. "
"Thank you very much." Ryan knew that this might be due to their willingness to invest in themselves, but they still kept in mind their willingness to help themselves.
The long-distance journey finally reached the end. That night, Ryan rested in the welcome hotel of the Goddess of Mercy Church.
The night in Korona was quiet and silent, Ryan walked alone in the garden of the hotel, and Emilia followed behind him.
"Speaking of which, Emilia, it's really strange that Ms. Mercy actually put the church headquarters in Corona." Ryan could see patches of dewy roses, the bright red roses were covered with dew. and other flowers blooming proudly in the garden.
This is actually very strange, the current time is only the middle of March, and the roses should not bloom at this time.
This is the gift of the Goddess of Mercy, Thalia. No matter the seasons, flowers will bloom in her church and temple.
"It's nothing surprising, Mr. Ryan, Lady of the Lake and Lady of Mercy are allies in the first place, and... the serfs are forbidden to believe in Lady of the Lake." Emilia said softly standing behind Ryan.
"Pfft~" Ryan laughed. Indeed, the nobles in Brittany believed that serfs were not qualified to believe in the Fairy of the Lake, and Salia was an ally of the Fairy of the Lake, and if she could collect a lot of faith here, then she would It is not surprising that the headquarters are set up here.
This little maid of mine often sees problems right to the point.
But he didn't say much, but continued to walk deep into the garden.
The new country, the new environment, everything in front of him is so complicated, there are many things he needs to think about and deal with.
He doesn't know whether the current King of Knights is trusted by the fairies of the lake, nor does he know how the big nobles of Brittania treat him. If he just wants to be a Holy Grail Knight with peace of mind, then these are actually irrelevant. Because of his status, other nobles are unlikely to touch him.
In fact, Ryan has always had a depressed place. This world is different from the world he lived in before, and it is also different from the world his father lived in. In the background of the Middle Ages in this world, the sentencing of various punishments is actually very vague, for example In the event of the Aesthetic Society, the nobles did not want to strongly advocate not to punish Edmund because of this initiative, so when Edmund was charged with such a serious crime, the Lords of Marienburg only gave a The penalty for banning the senators and changing them is really too light.
But this is the case in Marienburg, this commercial city has autonomy, even if Schulz is the Grand Duke of Marienburg, he cannot directly convict.
Edmund was inexplicably saved in this way.
However, when the young nobleman was deeply corrupted and accidentally exposed himself at the banquet, the nobles in Marienburg decided to go directly to Edmund's death in order to put aside their relationship. don't go.
This is also the case for Ryan now. As the Holy Grail Knight, the king has no right to manage him. As long as he doesn't mess around, the king and the nobles will turn a blind eye to many things.
Brittania, the hometown of knights, in this place, no matter how hard a serf works, he is still a serf, and no matter how poor the knight is, he is still a knight. There is an insurmountable gap between the two.
Have serfs entered the aristocracy in history?
have!
From the first knight king Arthur to the present, in the hundreds of years of history, serfs were promoted to nobles five times in total.
Yes, only five times.
So Ryan must be careful in every next step.
Only he knows what he wants.
After turning an intersection, the golden waist-length curly hair flashed among the fiery red rose bushes, and he was not surprised to see Ryan appear: "Mr. Ryan?"
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