Lord of Hyranza

It was the first time that Suldak heard Marquis Luther talking about the Bailin plane, so he asked, "The plane for switching defenses is determined?"

Marquis Luther nodded, and said: "If there are no accidents, it will be the Bailin plane, but this is not absolute. Once there is a problem with any plane, the destination of the legion's defense will be changed at any time."

There was a knock on the door, and Marquis Luther said casually, "Come in!"

Mrs. Marian brought two maids into the room with some tea, and said to Marquis Luther, "You guys have been talking for so long, don't you plan to drink tea?"

Marquis Luther laughed and said, "Don't tell me I didn't really feel thirsty, but now that I smell the tea, my mouth feels dry..."

"What are you guys talking about?" Mrs. Marianne asked curiously, placing the almost on the tea table in the study with her own hands.

Marquis Luther said: "About forming a new army..."

Feifei outside the window was sprinkling light snow, and some fine snow particles fell on the glass outside the window, making a series of soft noises.

A hint of worry appeared on Mrs. Marian's face. She looked at the fine snow outside the window, sighed and said, "I really hope that the plane war will end soon!"

"How could it be so easy..." Marquis Luther stood behind Madam Marianne and said, "I don't need to go to the Warsaw plane this time, it's just a small plane to garrison, the task should be easy, you don't need to worry, if there If the situation is stable, I might take you and Hathaway to take a look at the scenery there."

When Mrs. Marianne smiled softly, her eyes looked exactly like Hathaway's.

Suldak heard someone calling him in a low voice at the door, and turned around to find Hathaway hiding outside the door and waving to him.

Chapter 643 Buying a Horse

Bena City Horse City is located near the southeast corner of the poor area of ​​Bena City.

It is only one street away from the slave market in Bena City, which is considered the largest horse trading market in Bena Province.

Due to its close proximity to the slums, this should be considered one of the worst areas in Bena City.

The magic caravan of Luther's family was surrounded by a group of people as soon as it arrived at the gate of the horse market. The coachman tried to use his whip to disperse the crowd coming up from the seat, but those people didn't care about the coachman's scolding. The carriage was forced to stop at the gate of the horse market.

This group of people surrounded the compartment of the magic caravan, and one person stretched out his hand and pulled the compartment door open. They looked like hungry refugees who saw the free food, and shouted at Suldak, Hathaway and others in the compartment. shouted:

"My lord, do you want to buy a war horse?"

"I have high-quality war horses in my hand, all of which are selected from the ranch in the Glyava area of ​​​​Salta Province. Would you like to take a look..."

"My lord, would you like to take a look at my Qinglin horse? Although it is a retired old horse, it is absolutely no problem to bring it back to the racecourse for breeding."

"My lord, I can find you any kind of horse you want..."

Several people in the carriage came to the horse market in Bena City for the first time.

Beatrice and Hathaway had never been to this kind of place before, and they were so shocked that they could hardly speak when they were surrounded by a group of people outside.

The magic caravan was forced to stop, and Suldak was the first to jump out of the carriage. Seeing that Suldak was stern and didn't say a word, and he was clearly wearing the uniform of the guard battalion, the group of horse dealers dispersed angrily. Go find other nobles who are planning to buy horses.

Hathaway and Beatrice in the carriage also jumped out of the carriage with Suldak.

A group of people walked into the horse market, and there was a smell of horse dung everywhere. Fortunately, it was not summer, and there were no gadflies and flies.

Next door is the cattle and sheep market. The cattle and sheep in the market over there are mainly used for meat. When passing by, the wooden poles on the street are covered with bloody fresh meat. Many citizens are willing to go here early to buy. Some fresh beef.

A groom followed behind Suldak. This groom specialized in raising horses in the Marquis Luther's mansion. It is said that he is very experienced in watching horses.

Hearing that Suldak wanted to visit the horse market in Bena City, Marquis Luther asked Suldak to take the groom with him.

The groom was taciturn all the way, and when he came to the horse market, he followed Suldak calmly.

Many horses in the horse market were surrounded by fences. Several horse ranchers leaned against the fence and chatted. It seemed that the topic was also related to horses. There was some hay scattered in the manger beside the fence, and several horses were crowded together.The rest of the horses couldn't squeeze through.There are also some horses tied to wooden stakes. Most of these horses in the horse market are the most common ancient Bolai horses, and there are also some tall draft horses. War horses such as Qinglin horses and black scale horses are rare.

There are a lot of people in the horse market. If someone stops by the fence, some horse farm owners will come over and introduce the basic information of these horses, and some people will complete the transaction and take the horse away.

The road here is very muddy, the boots stepped on it, and the soles of the feet were covered with mud. Fortunately, Hathaway and Beatrice were both wearing swordsman light armor and long leather boots, but even so, the two of them were full of mud. Dirt roads are also very difficult to walk on.

Not too far from the entrance of the horse market, Suerdak stopped in front of a fence. Inside the fence was a very majestic Qinglin horse with a good coat color and excellent body shape and muscular lines. The horse attracted many onlookers, and the owner of the horse stood in front of the fence, bragging about the Qinglin horse very proudly.

The Qinglin horse belongs to the very high-quality war horse of the Green Empire. It has a stronger physique than the ancient Bolai horse. Its explosive power and sprinting ability when running are much stronger than the ancient Bolai horse. It is only in terms of endurance. , Qinglin horse is slightly inferior to Gu Bolai horse.

I didn't expect to meet such a good war horse when I first entered the horse market.

Suldak stopped and stood behind the crowd to listen to the horse owner's introduction:

"It was brought back from the plane of Kenda. The original owner was to construct a knight. It died in the hands of the demon swordsman in the battle of the seal in the Vala Valley. The horse was also injured at the time. It came back from the frontline battlefield. He was almost skinny at the time, and he was transferred to me several times, and I raised him carefully for nearly half a year, and now he has recovered and is in very good condition."

Seeing Suldak looking this way, he stretched his neck and introduced to Suldak:

"Look at how tall it is and how tight its muscles are. If it is on the battlefield, it must be an excellent horse that runs very fast!"

Surdak was a little moved, and asked, "How much are you going to sell?"

Seeing that Suldak seemed to be very interested, the owner of the horse immediately separated from the onlookers, went to Suldak, invited him to the fence, let him feel the majesty of this blue-scaled horse up close, and let him stretch out his hand After touching the blue scales on the horse, he straightened his chest and said proudly: "Fifty gold, I will buy this horse for only fifty gold! Of course, this set of saddles is mine, and it will not be a gift." For you!"

Suldak didn't know how much a blue-scale war horse cost, but when he heard the price quoted by the owner of the horse, he was slightly startled and said, "Um, it's so expensive..."

He took a closer look at the Qinglin horse. The horse was not timid, it was obviously a trained war horse.

Suldak asked the groom behind him: "How about this Qinglin horse?"

The groom of Luther's house narrowed his gray eyes and took two steps forward, squeezed in front of the fence to observe carefully, the horse owner tried to explain to him, but was stared coldly by the groom, and then looked embarrassingly Take a step back.

The groom whispered in Suldak's ear: "This is a retired war horse. Due to long-term battles on the battlefield, its body has accumulated a lot of hidden injuries. Even if it is bought back, it won't last long."

The owner of the horse obviously heard what Luther's groom said, but he didn't refute.

He just whispered beside Suldak: "Even if it can't go to the battlefield, it is still a good horse. It can be brought back to the pasture as a stud. It will definitely help you earn back the money."

"You mean to be a stallion? That's it?" Luther's groom glanced at the belly of the Qinglin horse, and asked, "Do you think its stuff can still be used?"

The owner of the racecourse smiled, his face turned red and the other turned pale, and stopped talking.

Suldak didn't just buy one horse this time. He wanted to build a cavalry battalion, and he needed at least hundreds of war horses.

Seeing that the groom was indeed very experienced, he resolutely gave up on the Qinglin horse.

Sulda took Hathaway and walked forward for a while. The ancient Bolai horses in the fences on both sides looked a little thin. The groom followed Suldaak and paid these skinny horses very harshly: bag of wheat There may be no problem, but if you want to carry a knight in full armor, it is estimated that these horses will lie down on the spot within twenty steps.

Leaving aside the group of skinny horses, Suldak saw a Gubolai horse with a tall skeleton tied to a wooden stake in front, which looked very powerful.

The owner of the horse enthusiastically introduced the situation of the horse to Surdak, saying that it was a very experienced horse.

The groom of Luther's family walked up to the horse without saying a word, stretched out his hand and pulled the thick lips of the old horse, carefully looked at the teeth inside, patted the horse's head and said to Suldak: "This horse Almost there!"

The owner of the horse looked at the groom with embarrassment, and watched Surdak and his party leave.

Ordinary war horses gradually entered old age after the age of 15, and this horse was obviously eliminated from the battlefield.

There is a group of huge horses in the fence at the end of the horse market, but there is no one next to this fence. This group of horses is obviously more energetic than other horses in the horse market. In such a cold day, they can still be in the fence. Feel free to move around.

"Why is there no one here?" Surdak was a little surprised.

The groom from Luther's family came up again and explained to Suldak: "These are all crossbreeds of northern warhorses and local horses, and they are all selected and eliminated. They look strong and tall, but when they arrived It is very afraid of heat in summer, and there is no flesh on its thighs, which means that its endurance and explosive power are very poor, and it can’t run at all when charging. If you don’t believe it, you can walk around the field.”

After stopping the groom's evaluation, Suldak was a little frustrated. There are nearly a thousand horses in such a big horse market, except for the horses eliminated on the battlefield, they are just some miscellaneous horses.

"There doesn't seem to be any good horses here..."

"There are still a few Gubolai horses that can be trained as war horses! But even if I can pick them out, the owners of these horses are not fools, and the price will definitely not be cheap." The groom looked at the fence around the horse market.

Suerdak made up his mind to buy some high-quality war horses, so he said: "As long as you can become war horses, it doesn't matter if the price is more expensive!"

The groom walked around the horse market again, and helped Suldak pick out less than [-] ancient horses, just as the groom said in advance , the owner of the horse is obviously unwilling to sell these good horses, but Suldak is a nobleman, and they cannot refuse a nobleman without reason, so they raise the price a little bit, and each horse is almost With a high price of more than twenty gold, Suldak almost didn't counter-offer, so he bought the war horse selected by these grooms, and spent a total of nearly eight hundred gold.

If three months ago, this was almost all of Suldak's property, but now it is an insignificant amount of money to Suldak, at least for the gold coins stored in the treasure room, eight hundred gold coins is indeed It's nothing.

Seeing the reluctance on the face of the owner of the racecourse, it is obvious that this price is also reluctant to sell.

The groom hired two helpers at the horse market, and the three of them drove the thirty horses out of the horse market, and said to Suldak when they came outside the horse market: "I guess there are only so many good horses that can be drawn to the battlefield here." Many, unless a new race owner arrives, there is no need to come again within half a month."

Seeing that Suldak seemed a bit incomprehensible, he said: "Now the Grimm Empire has very strict control over war horses. It is difficult for war horses from good horse farms to flow to the market. Now there are only these old horses left in the horse market. There is no way."

"Master Marquis said, Sir Baron, if you can't buy war horses in the horse market, you can go to the manor outside the family city to pick some." The groom reminded tactfully.

Suldak lowered his head and thought for a while, looked firmly at the group of horses behind him, and insisted, "Let's take these first!"

These horses cannot be fostered in the city of Benar, but can only be temporarily fostered in the manor outside the city of the Luther family. The groom drove the horses out with two temporarily hired helpers. Can be firmly on the horse's back without a saddle.

They had to drive the horses to the manor outside the city before dark, so they left in a hurry.

There are two ways to transport them back to Hailansa. The first is to take a magic airship. This method is convenient and fast, but Suldak needs to pay a high shipping fee. The other way is to directly I rushed back to Hailansa City from Bena City by land, but it is currently winter, and there has been a heavy snowfall recently, so it is obviously inconvenient to go by land.

Now they can only pay the expensive freight to transport these war horses back to Hailansa City by magic airship.

He boarded the magic caravan waiting outside the horse market with Hathaway and Beatrice, and sat in the carriage, thinking that there was not even a decent horse market in Hailansa City, Suldak scratched in pain. Even if you want to buy a horse at a high price, you can't do it. I believe that there should be no horse dealer in Hailansa city who would dare to deceive him like this.

Seeing that Suldak seemed to be worried about buying a horse, Hathaway looked at him with magnificent eyes, and asked with some doubts: "Why don't you accept my father's gift?"

Suldak straightened his legs, took off his muddy boots, and casually threw them on the floor of the carriage.

Then he said to Hathaway: "Although those horses did not serve in the army, I guess they should be the reserve of the legion. Once a war of planes breaks out, not only knights will be lost in each battle, but more horses will be lost. I If we get five hundred war horses from Marquis Luther, I guess at least half of the army’s reserve horses will be taken away, and if these horses cannot be replenished in time in the future, it will affect the continued combat power of Luther’s army.”

In fact, Suldak didn't say anything, that is, it didn't want Marquis Luther to have some influence over his personal armed forces.

"So I want to look around, maybe someone is willing to sell it to me! You don't have to worry about my wallet, I found a group of salamanders over there, if I can hunt them all, I should be able to get a lot of money. "Suldak patted the money bag on his waist on purpose.

If Beatrice knew that Suldak's biggest magic crystal was the money cheated by the Gophero family, she didn't know what she would think.

Suldak continued: "Next, I want to go to Constantinople. Marquis Luther said that there should be the armor I need."

Hathaway's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "My aunt happens to live in Constantinople. I want to go with you and visit my aunt along the way."

"...Um, to have you accompany me all the way, of course I wish for it!" Suldak said while holding Hathaway's hand.

But in his heart, he secretly complained. Every time he came to Bena City, Aphrodite summoned him with the summoning contract circle. If he and Hathaway rushed to Constantinople, he would definitely be with him day and night. It can't last that long...

Chapter 644 The Studious Iser

Not being able to go to Constantinople with Suldak, Hathaway was in a bad mood.

The main reason is that Mrs. Marian did not agree with Hathaway leaving the city of Bena. Perhaps she was worried that the young couple would taste the forbidden fruit during the journey. This kind of thing will happen frequently in the nobles. The woman must maintain a holy body in order to be blessed by the goddess at the wedding.

Once the two parties can't control it and break through this relationship, it will often make it difficult for the woman to raise her head at the wedding, even if a generous dowry is prepared, it will not help.

Hathaway agreed to Suldak's marriage proposal, and the relationship between the two is considered to be a step forward, but the more so, the more they should keep a certain distance before getting married, even for the glory of the family.

Hathaway was quite helpless for not being able to go to Constantinople with Suldak, and made an appointment to see you again in the spring. At that time, Suldak will lead the cavalry battalion to the city of Bena again, and join forces with Marquis Luther's army. Gather together and go to the Bailin plane.

Mrs. Marian was worried that the two girls, Hathaway and Beatrice, would be reckless, and she didn't even allow them to take the magic caravan to the airport pier to see Suldak off.

Hathaway and Beatrice stood at the gate of the manor, reluctantly sending Suldak to the magic caravan.

……

Aphrodite finally boarded the magic airship flying to Constantinople. The ticket for the magic airship was purchased by the housekeeper of the Marquis of Luther, which allowed Suldak to book a room in the building of the magic airship. On the second floor, usually some of the luxury cabins here are only eligible for occupancy by nobles above the earl.

In the name of Earl Luther's Mansion, the butler can naturally buy the most luxurious cabin. Although this cabin is not too big, it still has a small living room and a bedroom. In the living room there is a set of soft leather sofas Besides, there was only a table by the window, and the comfortable and soft big bed in the bedroom almost covered the entire room. Sure enough, only the nobles could enjoy the best service, compared to those who stretched their legs A small bed that is not straight, this soft big bed can almost sleep three people side by side...

There is also a bathroom next door that can provide hot water, which is just as big as the entire room where Suldak first took the magic airship.

Suldak boarded the magic airship, walked into the cabin under the attentive service of the crew, tipped the crew with a silver coin, and dismissed him. Instead of returning to the treasure chamber, Suldak sat comfortably He poured himself another glass of wine on the sofa.

Aphrodite followed Suldak, walked into the cabin, sat on the soft leather sofa opposite Suldak, stretched her body and said lazily: "I can finally go back to Hailansa. Living in a hotel all the time is boring and tedious."

Suldak sat up straight, showed an apologetic smile to Aphrodite, and said, "Sorry, I didn't have time to tell you in advance, this is not a magic airship flying to Hailansa City, the housekeeper of Marquis Luthor's mansion What I bought for me was a ticket to the magic airship in Constantinople."

Aphrodite widened her eyes, stared at Suldak and asked, "Hey, aren't we going back to Hailansa?"

Suldak spread his hands and said slightly apologetically: "I changed my mind temporarily and thought that I would go to Constantinople to buy some armor, so we have to go to Constantinople before returning to Hailansa! "

Aphrodite rolled her eyes, lay her body completely on the soft leather sofa, and said weakly: "I knew it wouldn't be so easy..."

Seeing Aphrodi sitting on the sofa sullenly, Suldak hurried over and explained to Aphrodi: "Our sulfur mine business is over there, so we should visit it from time to time."

"Of course that's not the main reason!" Suldak coughed, and then said, "The cavalry battalion I plan to build this time also has a deadline, and everything must be ready before the spring of next year, including personnel, horses, and armor. Weapons and a large amount of logistics supplies are needed to board the chariot of Marquis Luther. If you don’t make it in time, you will miss such a good opportunity. It sounds like a long time, but if you calculate it carefully, it’s actually less than three months. Well, don't lose your temper, any war has costs, but the rewards in turn are very rich."

Aphrodite gave Suldak a blank look, and then said: "It's not impossible to fly to Constantinople, but I must have the priority to know, and you can't do everything without telling me."

"I thought it would be a surprise!" Surdak said bravely.

Aphrodite hummed lightly in dissatisfaction, and then said: "I didn't feel much surprise, and the shock was almost the same!"

The succubus didn't get too entangled in this matter, and these days Suldak stayed in Bena City almost all day long, constantly consuming the succubus Aphrodite's energy all the time. Mental power, even if Aphrodite is a succubus, she would feel overwhelmed by the consumption of her mental power, boarding the magic airship, no one would come to disturb her, and the succubus was going to have a good sleep.

……

Suldak returned to the secret room of the treasure, just in time to see the red dragon Yiser waiting in the secret room, Yiser must have been waiting for a long time, saw Suldak coming out of the void gate, and hurriedly moved the huge He moved his head closer and looked at Suldak expectantly.

After Suldak fed the red crystal to Iser, he taught the red dragon Iser No. 16 rune 'broken'.

'lo'

The red dragon still learned this rune very quickly this time.