Demon Lord

In the era of the Karen Kingdom, although there were clear hierarchical barriers between the various classes, it did not mean that an upstart would be respected immediately after obtaining status.

The fear of nobility does not come from the literal itself. To put it bluntly, the most fundamental fear comes from violence: soldiers and power in the hands of the lord, these are the things that make people fear. For example, the deceased Earl Owen, his identity is hereditary, and the family has lasted for more than 230 years... and the accumulation of 230 years, the connections, power, and resources behind it, these things are like a mountain. When in front of people, who has the guts to treat them indifferently?

In contrast, Owen's Earl title is nothing more than a symbol.

Leslie's daring to provoke Suo Deluoer does not mean that he is not afraid of nobles, he just has no fear of Suo Deluoer's power.

The Wolverine Mercenary Group has been established for 27 years, and its industries are spread all over the territory of Efta. Its background is not bad compared to some nobles, and it is even worse than Baron Soderol. Although the mercenary group does not have enough interest chains to make profits like large commercial firms, Leslie knows that these industries under him are in a critical period of transformation...

This time, the accidental death of Viscount Telanca gave Leslie an opportunity to transform the mercenary group into a commercial association.

He wants to develop more profit chains, and gradually train the mercenary group into his own private soldiers, so as to maintain the interest pyramid that will be formed next, and at the same time build his forces into a huge group comparable to nobles .

For Leslie, who is not well-educated, he naturally cannot come up with such a development strategy. People with inflated ambitions.

Prior to this, his concept of making money was nothing more than the idea of ​​a local snake knocking bones and sucking the marrow, but now that he has a goal, Leslie feels full of energy, and even has a sense of superiority over the nobles.

Keep shouting, let that Soderol come out and negotiate with me.

Leslie confidently arranged tasks for his deputy, and he leisurely stood behind the team, looking at the dilapidated manor in front of him, with a playful smile on his face...

Master, I just heard that they seemed to be very brave and killed a lot of people in the battle a few days ago...

Oh, so what?

Faced with the kind reminder from his subordinates, Leslie still had the same expression, turned his head, and said indifferently: Killing many people means that I dare not touch him? Have you seen this manor? Why did I come here to force him personally? Negotiate with me? Because I sent people here to investigate in advance, and there are not many people under him.

The tone of the head of the regiment was full of confidence, Just a few dozen soldiers to control the town? A few patrols will annex everything? This baron is really too young, look, he can There are six people who come to block the door in an emergency, so what can they do? Can they stop me from threatening him head-on?

The leader is really wise

All the mercenaries who thought Leslie's aggressiveness were convinced, couldn't help but feel a little admiration in their hearts... How good would it be if they were as smart as their regiment leader?

The sun has set, the heavy snow has stopped, the cloudy sky is gradually clearing up, the gust of wind brought by the cold air has already become bleak and cold in winter, and the moonlight reflected on the ground makes the surrounding vision still good, so at this time Leslie even You can see the silhouettes in front of the windows on the second floor of the manor house.

Soon, the sound of the door opening of the manor mansion made him look up, and two scouts held up torches to light up. By the light of the fire, Leslie saw several figures coming out one after another: an old man, a man in aristocratic clothes A young man in a dress, a guy in a cloak with his face hidden under a hood goes in front, and behind...

Leslie's eyes lit up with salivation instantly - because among the two people walking behind, one of them was the pastor Kaisha who had thought about it

And the other one with a short bow on his back was also graceful, and his stomach was on fire just looking at it.

Tsk tsk, it looks like I've had good luck today.

He murmured to himself, then waved his hand, causing the mercenaries to cheer up and spread out. He took a step forward with great momentum, and said loudly: Baron Soderol, my deputy captain was killed by your The patrol team fought, aren't you going to give me an explanation for such a thing?

You have to negotiate with me whether you give an explanation or not, and then wait to be slaughtered.

Leslie thought proudly, but Suo Deluoer didn't speak, but the old man suddenly said: What right do you have to speak here?

Hey, where did the old bones come from? Didn't live long enough to show off in front of our regiment leader?

The mercenaries around laughed, and Leslie was displeased. He didn't bother to pay attention to Butler John. He turned his eyes to Soderol and said, Major Baron, let such an old bone stand in front? Admiration.

The few people standing in front of the manor showed no superfluous expressions. Rody was not interested in participating in this matter at this time. He walked out here with a short bow and quiver in hand, not to prevent accidents, but to see John Butler's handling method - because the old man's attitude directly represents the importance Angmar attaches to him.

Nata followed Rody as a student, and Akasha was called by Rody to act as insurance—in the event of a possible conflict, a powerful priest stood behind, and the team's confidence was absolutely different.

At this time, the protagonist Sodlor is not even the puppet that Rody placed in front of the stage. He is very clear about his responsibilities, and has a flexible mind, and he has absolutely enough coping methods. However, from a practical point of view, the actions of the other party actually represent the views of some other forces in the territory: I have no qualifications, no money and no power, and I may be able to pretend to be a tiger in Houlier City, but I will definitely be helpless in other places Bind feet.

All he has to do is hit back hard and make an example of others

Admiration for me? In fact, I admire you more. Suo Deluoer shrugged, I guess you are the first person who dared to talk to Butler John like that.

The mercenaries didn't know anything about the rotten street name John, and the word steward was automatically ignored... There are so many noble butlers in the territory, and it is an old-fashioned way to scare people out.

So Leslie was not afraid, and felt that it was necessary to use some means. He raised his hand, pointed forward, and was about to order the mercenaries to move forward, but found that the young man with a hood in the line in front suddenly raised his hand. shook his head, then stretched out his hand and drew out his short bow

This action made the atmosphere tense instantly, and even Suo Deluoer didn't understand what Rody wanted. He thought that this guy was going to solve the problem directly by force, but then he found that Rody didn't look at these mercenaries at all, but took off his pocket Hat, looking up at the sky with a serious face.

Something's wrong...

Roddy's words and actions made Leslie immediately think that the other party was playing tricks to delay time. He opened his mouth and wanted to laugh a few words, but the next moment, he stopped in his tracks because of the other party's actions...

Because the young man in front of him bent his bow and set his arrow in half a second, pulled the bowstring, and was ready to shoot

But his target was not Leslie or any mercenaries—everyone could see that Roddy pointed his short bow at the sky at this time, and when they looked at the past, they realized that there was a sky above their heads. , there are three big black birds hovering around...

They are not flying mindlessly like ordinary birds, but are flying in a circular arc at the same speed and at the same altitude

Because today is the night of the full moon, the moonlight and the snow cover make the surroundings have extremely high visibility, so even the mercenaries with poor eyesight can clearly see the three black birds with a strange luster in the sky— It is not surprising that there are birds in winter, but flying in such a form in the dark is really unreasonable, even the dullest mercenary has noticed their strangeness.

And mercenaries with better eyesight can even see the flashing red light in each other's eyes

this--

At this moment, whether it is the confident Leslie, the angry butler John, or the Soderol who is about to step on someone, they all look up at the three circling strange birds above their heads, and their original thoughts are completely overwhelmed. upset.

However, Rody, who reacted the fastest, did not give them any time to think. Almost the next moment he raised his short bow to aim, he shouted at Akasha beside him: Twice the Holy Light in a row!

Nata, help me deal with the one on the left front

A second later, Rody's arrow flew out first, and the golden light cast by Akasha followed closely behind.

The night is the best background to set off the skill of Holy Light, and the snow-white ground makes the sudden flickering light incomparably brighter - Akasha actually doesn't know why Rody casts this Holy Light. Because its function is illumination, the most used occasions in the past were in certain religious ceremonies. If it is said to be lethal, it can only cause burns to a specific race of undead.

But Luo Di's words are orders, and as a follower, Akasha will only choose to obey.

When the dazzling light came on, the figures of the three big birds, which were about forty meters above the ground, suddenly swayed, and then the long arrow pierced through one of them, causing it to fall to the ground without any suspense. ground…

Rody's arrow was too fast, and he aimed at the next target almost without stopping - he ignored the mercenaries in front of him who were dazzled by the holy light spell, squinted his eyes, and shot at the second target in Akasha. Shoot again the moment the Holy Light lights up

The only two remaining blackbirds had already started to dodge, and the sudden dive allowed them to narrowly escape Roddy's arrows, but just as the flight trajectory was determined, Nata's arrows followed one after another, successfully making up the knife, and successfully shoot it

From the beginning to the end, in just four seconds, only one of the three birds above the head was left, and the only one had already fluttered away with all its strength, and almost immediately left the space of Roddy and Nata. Attack range——Nata raised her bow and wanted to shoot, but Rody stopped her by raising her hand: Enough, I let it go on purpose.

This sentence made Nata unaware. Therefore, the wood elf's night vision ability is very strong, so she clearly recognized that the black bird was the Blood Raven that attacked the tribe before. Since the opponent is an undead unit, why not shoot them all down?

However, before such a question had time to think, the screams and exclamations from the mercenaries caused the conflicting crowd to instantly shift their attention from the sky to the ground.

After re-adapting to the dim light, everyone noticed that a mercenary behind Leslie was lying on the ground at this time, his face and fingers were scorched black as if burned by flames...

Rody frowned, and suddenly realized...the motive of these mercenaries coming here may not be as simple as imagined.