Unknown Knight

After listening to Resarit's words, Aix thought a lot that night and felt that what Resarit said was indeed very reasonable, but he still did not give up. Since he was already here, he still had to go to Jelkala City. "If it really doesn't work, I'll just take it as a visit to investigate the business environment," he comforted himself in his heart.

The next day, the group set off early and headed for the capital of the Rhodok Kingdom, Jelkala.

After two days of traveling, they arrived at the city of Jerkala in the afternoon. Aix did not stop but brought a few people directly to the outside of the palace to request a visit. The response he received was that King Griffith was handling government affairs, but His Majesty the King invited Count Aix to attend the dinner held in the palace that evening.

In order to leave a good impression on King Graves and the Rhodok nobles, Aix took a special bath and changed his clothes, wearing the most decent velvet dress, and prepared enough gifts to present to King Graves.

The dinner was held in the palace hall, supposedly to welcome the Midsummer Festival. Aix had known about this festival in advance. To put it bluntly, it was because the weather was hot and the young nobles were restless. In order to prevent them from making mistakes without a prior notice, a respected noble, or even His Majesty the King, would hold this kind of banquet, so that the young nobles could get to know each other, and then, under the scrutiny of the senior nobles, they could form a pre-determined marriage alliance.

Axe knew that this kind of banquet was just like the variety shows in the original world, and they all followed a script. He was an outsider and could not influence the direction of the script. After presenting gifts to King Graves and expressing his long-standing admiration for him, he exchanged greetings with several major nobles, and then hid in a corner to drink alone.

It's not that he's not good at socializing, but he's really unfamiliar with the place, and he was just a bitch at someone else's party, so it wouldn't be a good thing if he stood out too much. It would be too awkward for him to follow others with a glass of wine in hand, listening to them talk about topics that had nothing to do with him, so it would be more appropriate for him to be alone and admire himself.

However, he is somewhat famous, and has not yet been publicly married, which makes him considered a vulnerable egg. Two or three widows who still have charm have taken the initiative to approach him for a chat, and one even directly proposed to him that she wanted to develop a closer relationship with him.

For a moment, he thought of the poor people in his territory and really wanted to accept it. However, when he asked, these widows already had sons, but they insisted on sticking to him. What were they trying to do? To find a father for their sons? Aix had no hobby of being a father. After working hard to raise children for others, would it be in vain?

"Although I am an older young man, I still have my bottom line!" He said in his heart.

Obviously, none of the young noble ladies who followed the script realized that he was a real treasure. They were only concerned with observing the male protagonists who belonged to them in the script, those vested interests who wore gorgeous dresses like them and were full of comparison, arrogance and boasting.

Until the end of the banquet, Aix had no idea how he had spent the entire evening. It was such a pity to waste such a good time.

The next day, he was specially summoned by King Graves. It seemed that the king had seen the gift list from last night.

After some official rhetoric, Aix stated his purpose. King Gryfus was not surprised. He first praised Aix's various advantages, whether they were real or not, and then found a lot of reasons, such as there were too many wolves and too little meat, and the temple was too small to accommodate him, and rejected Aix.

However, when he heard that Aix had nearly a hundred cavalrymen under his command, he became quite tempted and proposed a compromise plan to Aix, asking him to hire Aix and his cavalry first, which would save Aix a lot of expenses. He also promised that it would not be too late to reward him when the kingdom gained new territories in the future.

Aix thought, "Do I need you to support my army? Who are you looking down on? If you want to get something for free, just say so. It's unnecessary to draw such a pie. It seems that what Resarit said was right. The Rhodok Kingdom is really not suitable for serving. King Gryphus, who only cares about business, can do anything to maximize his profits. It's better to leave early.

So he said that he would carefully consider his proposal, go back and discuss it with his subordinates, and then leave.

After returning to the inn, he immediately informed his subordinates, packed up his belongings and returned to the temporary camp. He was not even in the mood to eat lunch, and left the city of Jelkala in dejection.

On the way back to the temporary camp, Aix thought a lot. He came to this world and started out with nothing but his underpants. He had finally saved up all this wealth and gathered so many people. He was unwilling to give up now. He even wanted to go to Wocheze City and become the son-in-law of the Lord of Iaya. Relying on the Shieldmaid Village, although it was a bit remote, at least he could keep some people around him.

Just when he was feeling unwilling and uncomfortable, a rider suddenly came from the temporary camp and reported that King Yarogerk of the Kingdom of Vigia had written to him. Aix opened the letter and saw that he was asked to go to the city of Zhivadin for a talk. Although he didn't say what it was, Aix thought it couldn't be a bad thing, so he ordered his men to speed up and return.

Not long after the group passed through the city of Viruga, they received a letter from Rodelaboye of the city of Kulau, in which he praised Aix for his achievements. The content of the letter also cleared up Aix's confusion and let him know why King Yarogerk summoned him to the city of Zhivadin. The content of the letter was as follows:

'To my brother, the Count of Aix:

Reading your letter is like seeing you in person. It has been more than two months since we last saw each other. Not long ago, I heard that your brother was ambushed by that bastard Eden. I felt so sorry for him that I wished I could kill that villain for you. I regard him as my lifelong enemy and want to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Later, I heard that my brother was blessed with a good life and was in good health. I felt relieved and was very happy.

King Harlaus is blind and fails to recognize a true hero, so he deserves to lose his land and city. Now you are unemployed at home, and my king needs talents like you. I have taken the initiative to recommend you. My king is very satisfied with your character and ability, and wants to grant you the title.

Please do not refuse, my brother. My King, His Highness Yarogelk, knows how to appoint the right people to the right positions. He is a wise and powerful ruler. If you and I, brothers, serve the same country, we will be able to work together to create brilliance and achieve great success.

My brother is talented and wise, and he will surely see a smooth road ahead. I hope you will come to the King's City of Riwadin to pay me a visit as soon as possible, and do not let me down.

Brother, this is presented by Rodelaboye of Kulau City.

It seems that Rodelaboye has no intersection with this friend. Although the two of them had a disagreement in the beginning, in this dark age, how many people would not have the same idea as him in that situation? Compared with him, Voldratboye of Bikudan City cannot be regarded as a human being.

It really proves the saying 'Do good things without worrying about the future'. No matter what, this favor must be remembered. I guess this brother also has this in mind. The last time King Yarogerk forced him to collect food and grass, it may have made him realize the fact that he is alone and powerless in the country. If Aix can successfully serve the Kingdom of Vigia this time, then Aix will be regarded as a powerful helper of his faction in the country.

Moreover, the city of Kulau led by this brother is very important both in terms of its strategic location and the strategic materials it produces. It is impossible not to be coveted by others. Aix believes that he will be able to repay his kindness sooner or later. He probably thinks so too. It doesn't matter whether he suffers any loss or not, so why not do it?

Thinking of this, Aix's mood changed from gloomy to sunny, and he ordered everyone to speed up and return to the temporary camp as soon as possible so that they could go to the Royal City of Rivadin as soon as possible to finalize the territory matters.

In just three days, Aix and his party returned to the temporary camp in the Black Forest.

After returning to the camp, Aix didn't expect that there was good news waiting for him. Manide led a caravan of thirty people back here.

It turned out that on the day when Aix was attacked, Manide was at the end of the cavalry team. He was also taking care of twenty new trucks that were far behind the cavalry team. When he was going from the truck team to the cavalry team to find out the situation, he met several cavalrymen who had fled back from the front. They said that there was an ambush ahead. After Aix was rescued by Niza and others, he made a prompt decision to return to the truck team and lead the truck team back to Wocheze City.

Not long ago, Miss Gangde returned to Wocheze City and told him that Aix had returned to the Black Forest near his original territory. He immediately led the truck team back to the temporary camp. The journey was not easy. He hid during the day and moved at night, and finally returned to the temporary camp two days ago.

Seeing that he was safe and sound, Aix also felt concerned and patted him on the shoulder and said:

"You did the right thing. You saved the property of the territory in time. But as my subordinate, you must remember that if you encounter such danger again in the future, property and other things are not important. I only ask you to save your life first. Do you understand?"

Just these one sentence made the people present burst into tears and were deeply moved.

That night, in order to boost morale, Aix held a bonfire party in the camp. The camp was now well-stocked with supplies. Not only had Aix purchased enough supplies from the Rhodok Kingdom, but Manid had also purchased a lot of daily necessities from Woche. Everyone ate and drank to their heart's content, sweeping away the gloom brought about by the recent family breakdown and deaths.

After the party, Aix convened a small meeting with several leaders and introduced the talented person Resarit who was recruited on the road to everyone. He told everyone that Resarit would replace Fatis and Bandak and take charge of the management and training of the troops in the camp.

There are more than 500 people in the camp now, and more than 150 young and strong people who can come out to fight. X decided to train all of them. Miss Tsunda's shield maiden village also has nearly 300 people. When he has time, X decided to take them all to the new territory.