Night Raven Master

Chapter 528 Entering Bakken Village

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The horseshoes stepped on the ground one after another, making a dull sound.

Nineteen knights on horses plus forty soldiers.

Earl Sewall has fifteen barons and viscounts, and each baron and viscount has ten to fifteen knights.

But even in war, not all will be conscripted.

If the degree of national centralization is not enough, baron wars, they can mobilize all their fief knights, but for their lords——

In a war between earls, the baron will mobilize 30.00% of his power to the earl, which is already a lot.

If the king calls the earl, it's 30.00% of 30.00%.

The so-called vassal's vassal is not my vassal.

However, it is impossible for the great nobles above the earl to entrust all their force on the baron viscount under their command.

The Earl of Sewall naturally has his own knights and soldiers directly under his control.

There are forty knights under his direct control, and at least four hundred soldiers.

Moreover, as a force under his direct control, these soldiers are all elite legions.

The equipment they carry is comparable to those of the knights under the command of the baron and viscount.

According to Nosk Hovenko this time, when he went to the location of the "Scarlet Order", he did not and would not bring all the soldiers with him.

If the Scarlet Order has a strong man above the copper level, then it is natural for Earl Sevor to deal with it.

As for the black iron-level powerhouse, he also brought them to deal with the nineteen knights.

These nineteen knights are all black iron level.

And those forty soldiers also have strength close to the black iron level.

And the reason is because of the terms he set up for the soldiers.

If they are loyal enough, he will give them the black iron baptism potion. Once their strength reaches the black iron level, they can directly become knights under his command, award the manor, and become knights of the fiefdom.

Of course, the fifty knights under his direct control now are basically his former bodyguards and most loyal subordinates.

However, there were still six knights who were not his bodyguards, but ordinary soldiers. Earl Sevor also kept his promise. If they were loyal enough and capable of breaking through the black iron level, they would be given potions.

With examples, the credibility is much higher. How tempting is it for soldiers who were originally civilians and even slaves to become knights?
With the fighting power of these small legions right now, even if they storm into another earl's fortress, it is possible to win, let alone a cult group that had no reputation before.

The reason why he brought so many soldiers was because of the situation described by his son, Falk Sewall——

"The group of people who attacked us are all physically strong like Huo Wenke."

Just in case.

Although the scarlet religious order did not directly attack the baron's residence to rob, which means that their upper limit of strength is probably only black iron, but——

Maybe there is really a copper-level powerhouse hidden in that scarlet religious order?

After marching covertly for several hours, a group of people from Sevor also arrived at the location of the Scarlet Order under the guidance of Huo Wenke.

"This seems to be the village of Bakken, my lord." A knight with a scar on his face rode close to Earl Sevor, "Konton is to the north."

He was originally from Condon, so he is familiar with the surrounding situation.

Looking at the terrain, Sivor asked his son Fokker to summon the knights:
"My loyal knights, you also know the purpose of this time. There is a heretic group called the 'Scarlet Order'. There may be black magicians among them, who transform the bodies of civilians through evil rituals. And, this time they Attacked Fogg, kidnapped the heirs of the five Baron Viscounts, and demanded the Baron Viscounts to pay ransom"

Sevor told the general situation, some secret things, such as what effect the evil ritual can achieve, it may be an experiment to make the black iron baptism potion, so naturally he didn't tell them.

And the Black Warlock?

A warlock harnesses a unique innate power, which may come from the bloodline of a powerful creature, or from otherworldly influences, or from exposure to some powerful unknown force.

Warlocks are born with the ability to cast spells, they don't need to rely on spellbooks, they only rely on their own strength to cast spells, no matter whether the power comes from the body, spirit or soul, there is nothing they can cast spells by themselves.

There is no difference between black magicians and warlocks, they are people who killed nobles or committed various evil crimes and were wanted by the royal family, nobles, and the church.

If there is anything in common, it is that they are quite evil, ignore the laws of the kingdom, and often brutally kill people and the like.

By the way, if the warlock who desecrated the corpse is found, he will also be designated as a black magician.

Hearing Earl Sevor's explanation again, the nineteen knights nodded to express their understanding.

"So that's the case." A middle-aged knight with a beard asked aloud, "My lord, have you determined how many enemies there are?"

Hearing this, the eyes of Sevor and his son turned to Huo Wenke.

"But, maybe the whole village is." Huo Wenke's throat squirmed and swallowed, "When they held the ceremony before, they didn't close the doors and windows at all."

"Brave?" The bearded knight frowned, "There may be hundreds of people in a village, are they all cultists?"

He stared at Huo Wenke: "Didn't you see it when you escaped?"

"No." Huo Wenke shook his head, "I was only concerned with running away, and didn't pay attention to other things at all."

For his words, the bearded knight didn't have any refutation. In that case, it would be really suspicious if he had the leisure to worry about other things besides running away.

And at this time, the scar-faced knight just now said:
"My lord, the population of Bakken Village should be around [-], and most of them are loggers or hunters."

The lord of Bakken Village was a knight who belonged to Baron Korsik, but when the old Korsik died and the young Baron was killed by his uncle and took away his baronship, that knight also died. This place is temporarily unoccupied.

The Scarface Knight told Earl Sevor what he knew.

And Earl Sewall also made a decision:

"After entering Bakken Village, all those who approach you will be killed directly."

His weak voice made everyone feel cold.

But they didn't refute it either, choosing between being killed and killing innocent people, the result was naturally the latter.

In Baken Village, a red light flashed in the eyes of nearly sixty villagers at the same time.

(End of this chapter)