Chapter 182 Settlement (Second Update)

"Hahaha, I'm here to visit you again. This time I came to Pompeii to build an outpost as agreed."

The visitor was the senior knight of the Sabretooth Mercenary Group, the Knight of Orleans. This Knight of Orleans left a deep impression on Luther. He was big, bold, and had a thick beard.

He was full of the style of European and American warriors.

Accompanying him were three intermediate knights, eight junior knights, and some ordinary mercenaries.

In the mercenary group, the main force of the battle is the knight, and the ordinary mercenaries are only responsible for logistics, such as setting up camps.

When Luther cooperated with the Sabretooth Mercenary Group, he put up an advertisement to let the Sabretooth Mercenary Group set up an outpost in Pompeii.

Because mercenaries also act as adventurers from time to time, but adventurers enter the forest to get all the good things in the deep forest, in short, to try their luck.

Catch whatever you encounter.

Mercenaries are usually commissioned by their employers to go to the endless deep forest to find precious herbs, monsters, ores and other materials.

This kind of employment is also a major business of the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group.

Previously, the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group's outpost in the marginal area was in another place, but because Luther rescued Mr. El Wizard last time and helped the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group.

This favor made the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group move the original outpost and prepare to set up a new outpost in Pang.

When the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group dispatched mercenaries to the Endless Forest, they would replenish supplies near the outpost, and the mercenaries would also spend money in nearby cities after making money.

This will bring popularity to the city.

If more mercenary groups and more adventurers gather in a city, then the corresponding various materials they obtain through adventures and the commercial activities brought about can even support the economy of a small city.

But obviously, this is slightly in conflict with Luther's current plan.

Before the Orange Consortium was established, Luther's plan for the metropolis was obviously to take one step at a time. As long as it can attract people, a hammer in the east and a hoe in the west will do.

But now he has a plan to build a metropolis full of art, prosperity, safety and comfort.

Luther does not despise mercenary adventurers, but they are all people who live on the edge of a knife, generally have a bad temper and love to drink.

If a city gathers too many mercenaries and adventurers, there will definitely be a lot of fights.

It conflicts with Luther's development path.

But it doesn't matter, the metropolis has not yet developed. If the Pompeii family becomes a real noble, it will not only play a role in a metropolis.

A metropolis and several small cities seem to be good. At that time, creating a rough city with a strong adventurer atmosphere seems to be okay.

Therefore, Luther welcomes the visit of the Knight of Orleans.

"Thank you for your hard work, Knight of Orleans." Luther expressed the host's enthusiasm, gave the Knight of Orleans a hug, and then took the Knight of Orleans to the City Hall and registered a place on the edge of the territory as the base of the Sabertooth Mercenary Group.

This base is not far from Pompeii, and the supply line is very short. It will not disturb the activities of the normal residents of Pompeii.

After all, the murderous aura exuded by the mercenaries is still quite scary.

The layout of the mercenaries' base is very simple, with a decent outer wall and a tent camp.

Ordinary mercenaries are very good at logistics, and this work is completed before dark. Luther brought Pompeii wine, and the knights of the saber-toothed tigers ate and drank wine.

Because of Luther's warm hospitality, the knights also liked Luther, and the atmosphere was very good.

At this moment, the sky was dotted with stars and a bonfire was lit on the ground. Luther and the Knight of Orleans sat on a small bench around the bonfire. The Knight of Orleans drank a lot of Pompeii wine and was a little dizzy.

If you drink too much of this wine, you will easily tell the truth.

But the Knight of Orleans was still quite sober, but he said to Luther under the influence of alcohol: "Knight Luther, you also know that being a mercenary is a very profitable but very risky thing. You may die at any time. Although I am a senior knight, I can't escape this fate. In the history of the Sabertooth Mercenary Group, many senior knights died in battle. So my biggest wish is to make enough money and serve a powerful family and live a more stable life."

Luther smiled secretly in his heart. The Knight of Orleans should have had this idea a long time ago.

But he has never found a suitable family to serve.

This is very normal.

An old-fashioned real noble family has a large number of knight groups, whether it is a guardian knight or a vassal knight.

They always employ knights from these families because these families are trustworthy.

Even if the number is not enough, they prefer noble knights.

As for adventurers and mercenaries from civilian origins, the real nobles do not trust them. Because mercenaries and adventurers often represent dirtiness.

A seemingly upright mercenary may be a ruthless executioner in the wild.

In this regard, mercenaries of noble origin are better than mercenaries of commoner origin, because the surname of nobles, in a sense, represents credibility.

In short, commoners are not trusted.

So if commoner mercenaries want to find a way out, the best way is to become a great knight, go to the capital to seek refuge with the king, and become a court noble.

If you can't become a great knight, then find a newly rising family, or a business family without territory to be your guard.

Even high-level knights are not immune to this.

There is no difference between junior knights and high-level knights in the power that cannot be trusted.

Unless you are a great knight.

This is also the reason why the power of the new party is constantly infiltrating among the commoner knights. The new party represents the resentment of the commoner knights. They are eager to overthrow the existing aristocratic system and obtain a status equal to their strength.

However, the nobles have a huge wealth advantage, and can eat magic potions and monster meat crazily, and cultivate generations of noble knights.

The power of the common people is too weak.

So although the new party has the opportunity to overthrow the Kingdom of Prussia, the opportunity is actually very slim.

In short, the Knight of Orleans is a seemingly rough and generous mercenary, but he actually has his own shrewdness.

He can see that Luther does not mind recruiting reputable civilian mercenaries.

The friendship and trust between the two sides were established in the last battle.

And the Pompeii family is developing rapidly.

Recently, the Knight of Orleans has been constantly hearing the propaganda of the Pompeii family to wipe out the Autumn Wind Thieves Group, which proves that the Pompeii family has invested countless gold coins and become a promoter.

The Knight of Orleans believes that the Pompeii family will not always be as large as it is now.

Sooner or later, it will soar to the sky.

This is the delicate mind of the Knight of Orleans under the seemingly generous and rough.

And if Orleans gets tired of the life of a mercenary one day and hopes to have a stable life, then the Pompeii family will be a good choice.

And he believes that the Pompeii family also needs trustworthy senior knights.

The two sides complement each other, don't they?