Chapter 362, The Emperor's Melancholy

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This group of people is naturally the blood ax mercenary group that went on missions with Ryan and Teresa in Nord.

Boris is a very common name in the empire. There are many people named Boris from the great nobles to the common people. For example, several typical names of the empire, "Mueller", "Thomas", "Miller", "Ker Rolls" and so on, these names are called once in the village, and there may be dozens of people who should be.

Boris is also such a name. In history, the emperors of the empire were called Boris. It is very common for Boris, the head of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Corps, to have the same name as Boris Todbringer, the Elector of the White Wolf.

Seeing this, Ryan started talking to Boris. Times have changed, and the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group knows that Ryan's status is not what it used to be, and they are already respectful when talking to him, and they don't even dare to look him in the eye.

The recent situation of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group is not very good.

After a series of events six years ago, the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group suffered heavy losses. There were only a dozen members left in the original mercenary group of dozens of people. In a desperate situation.

In the end, it was Emilia who "sold herself" to Ryan and helped them through the difficulties.

Afterwards, the Blood Ax Mercenary Group worked twice for Gelt and earned a little money. Boris, the head of the group who recovered from his injuries in Winter City, also sold the headquarters of Winter City and chose to come to the south of the empire. From Boris' point of view, there are more opportunities here, and the residents are richer. Perhaps the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group, which has lost a lot of blood, can gain some opportunities.

It took two or three years for Boris and Wirth to rebuild the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group, restoring the size of about forty people. Relying on the relationship with the Imperial Academy of Wizardry, this group of mercenary groups is now mainly in the Empire Rui Overseeing activities and earning a living by accepting missions.

The southern part of the empire is rich and densely populated, so both residents and nobles here like to use mercenaries or ask the church to solve the security problems outside the city. At first, the blood ax mercenary group took a few orders relying on Gelt's relationship. task, and made some money, but with the rapid development of Gelt's strength, he no longer looked up to Boris and his group. tribe of beastmen.

"Lian knows this group of mercenaries?" Emperor Karl Franz asked Suria.

"Yes, Ryan set off from King Nord's capital to hunt down the fallen hunter Belter six years ago. He acted together with Miss Teresa, the witch of Garland. At that time, Miss Teresa hired the blood ax mercenary group." The female knight She introduced it generously, and she introduced it a little bit very politely.

Recently, Rick led an expedition knight named Karad. This expedition knight recited the name of the lake god and started his Holy Grail expedition from Rick. The sword "Durandal", riding the pure-blood elf horse "Galipa", asked the residents of Reikland where there is evil.

In one month, Karard eliminated two Cyclops, five trolls, one Beastman Beastmaster, one Beastman Warband, one Night Goblin Shaman, one Zombie Dragon on the Gray Mountains, one Crazy Whisperer, There was a four-armed bull demon in Rickwald Forest, and then this expedition knight floated south with a large bag of bounty gold coins, leaving only his legend in Rickland.

"Your Excellency Karard is a close friend of Ryan and me. He started his Holy Grail expedition after attending our wedding." Suria said politely, and she smiled at the emperor: "I can hear his news , I am glad that he has always been a loyal believer of the lady."

"Your Excellency Karard is really a brave and resolute person. After hearing about his deeds, I wanted to meet him, but His Excellency Karard declined me, and he headed southwest." Karl Franz felt a little regretful.

The personal bravery of the Britannian knights is really too strong,

This is true of Ryan, and so is Karard. The Holy Grail Knights can often solve problems alone in small wars. Even in large-scale wars, with or without their leadership, the combat effectiveness of the knights is also two levels.

As we all know, how strong the knight group's charge is depends on the first knight who charges first. As long as the first knight in the cavalry formation is strong enough and brave enough, the knights behind will naturally dare to follow him fearlessly charge from behind.

There are not many strong men like this in the empire, and Emperor Karl Franz can feel it especially when he often takes the lead in charging. This is also an important reason why the knights of the empire are not as powerful as the knights of the Kingdom of Britannia.

After chatting with Boris for a while, Ryan asked casually, "Captain Boris, are you planning to take on the job now? Isn't it almost Winter Veil Festival?"

"Hey, it's really unlucky to say, Lord Ryan, I'll tell you that the mercenary group is having some difficulties now." The mercenary leader sighed: "Recently Rick brought an expedition knight named Karard, and he took over A lot of missions are too strong, he has done many of the mercenaries' work, which made us short of funds, so we had to decide to do another vote before the Winter Veil Festival, but in the end, we encountered this dealer who crazily lowered the price. "

After hearing this, Ryan laughed secretly. The expedition knights really disturbed the order of the market, because the expedition knights were extremely powerful. They accepted all kinds of rewards and announcements not to make money, but to ensure that their living expenses during the Holy Grail expedition were enough.

To put it bluntly, even if the expeditionary knights can eat, how much does it cost to live and maintain equipment?

Suffering is suffering for mercenaries. Callard left after Rick led a circle, and the mercenaries suffered. Nobles and merchants took the opportunity to crazily lower prices. The ax mercenary group was forced to come out to pick up the mission. According to the mercenary leader, they couldn't pass this Winter Veil Festival.

It's a bit miserable, Ryan thought so, he thought that the blood ax mercenary group was the sequelae of Teresa's trap, and he wanted to provide some help within his ability, but he thought that this was in the empire, not Britannia , had no choice but to smile wryly and shake his head: "I have something to go first, see you by fate."

"It's okay, Your Excellency Ryan, you can go about your business." Of course, Captain Boris noticed the Rick Guard and the Emperor behind him, and quickly nodded in favor: "It's all right."

Coming out of the mercenary guild, Emperor Karl Franz said with great interest: "You actually know that group of mercenaries. In Rickland, there may be a thousand such mercenary groups. You just came here to bring Rickling just happened to meet them, and it was a blessing from the goddess of luck."

"No, in fact, this mercenary group was very unlucky to meet Teresa and me." Ryan shook his head again and again: "When we hunted down the fallen hunters, my partner Teresa, the Garland witch, hired them, and the result brought It was a terrible disaster for them, and the entire mercenary group died in the end, leaving only a dozen people."

"Luck is sometimes a disaster. If you can't bear it but do it reluctantly, the precious opportunity may be a call for destruction." Emperor Karl Franz paused, and he looked at the gloomy sky.

"..." Both Ryan and Suria felt that the emperor had something to say.

"Tell me, Ryan, from a human point of view, is the arrival of His Excellency Teclis a precious opportunity for the empire, or a terrible disaster?"

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