Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kiel wiped his mouth, got up and followed the two priests.

Bloodyaster also wanted to get up, and Kiel pressed his hands on him to let him continue eating. After all, this matter is mainly related to him, and there is no need to involve Blood Fangste.

Baron Kendall was about to dismount and return to the separate room of the commander of the barracks where he was temporarily staying to rest when he saw two priests of Saturn walking towards him.

By the light from the brazier beside him, Baron Kendall recognized one of them as a chaplain, but he didn't know the other, but they were also young priests of the Saturnalia Church.

‘Perhaps a priest from the local church joined in? '

He thought so, but soon realized it wasn't.

"Good evening, my lords. This is a priest of the **** of agriculture who traveled here from the southern provinces. His name is Priest Lothar Batar."

Priest Coral, as the church power of the Kendal people, introduced the strange priest beside him to the two nobles.

Priest Batar knew that he had to show respect at this time, at least not to offend these two people, so he performed a unique etiquette of the Saturnalia Church.

He made fists with both hands, separated left and right, made a gesture of holding something left, front, right, and back, and then bent down.

Baron Kendall and Knight Crowe also returned a salute according to their identities.

"Is there anything? Since this Batar priest is from the southern province, maybe he can tell us about the actual situation in the southern province today?"

As the baron spoke, he led the crowd slowly towards the interior of the barracks.

Kiel took two quick steps, returned to the dining place and picked up Priest Batar's long-distance travel luggage with one hand, made a place for Xueyasite to return to after eating, and trotted to catch up with the few people in front.

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The people walked and talked, and the baron also raised a bright ball of light from his finger ring to illuminate them.

The house where the battalion commander lives alone is different from the place where ordinary soldiers live. It is closer to the wall of the barracks, rather than in a row of red-tiled brick houses inside the wall.

It was a separate large house next to the wall, because the baron himself had a lot of personal guards and attendants, so outside this house specially for the baron to temporarily live in, there was also a building for the guards and attendants to live overnight. tents.

It's all about serving and defending Baron Kendall up close.

All the carriages that the baron had traveled just now were driven to the side of other walls in the barracks, where the logistics carriages of the Kendall army were now parked. The scale of this made the soldiers of Montoka speechless.

But people who know a little bit about the military will not be surprised. After all, the army came from a long-distance expedition, so the logistics force is normal.

It would be strange to have fewer carriages.

Before everyone walked into the lobby on the first floor of the house where the Baron lived, Priest Batar kept explaining his previous experience.

He himself may have been thinking about these words after finding Kiel, the visitor, so he did not focus on describing the sufferings of the village, because the person listening to him at this moment is not Kiel, the warrior, and he cannot use the suffering of the people to win pity.

Therefore, after briefly explaining the reasons why he came here, Priest Batar mainly described the help and attitude of Saturn.

Priest Coral also interjected at the right time, saying that he himself had been inspired by Saturn to communicate, and that he could support Priest Batar's actions on this matter on behalf of the Saturnalia Church in Kendall County.

"Oh? Can you represent the Saturnalia Church in Kendall City?"

After Baron Kendall entered the hall of the house where he lived temporarily, he took off his cloak and handed it to the attendants who had been accompanying him all the time.

Although they had just entered the house, the attendants who returned to the barracks first had already lit the stone fireplace in the hall of the house. The dry and suitable-sized firewood was billowing, continuously radiating heat into the entire hall.

Crackling, the crisp cracking sound of burning wood carbonized on the surface of the firewood.

While speaking, the baron sat on the main seat of the wooden high-back chair in the hall.

Priest Coral did not follow suit, bowed first, and then said, "My lord, if it's only about this matter."

The Baron and Knight Crowe looked at each other and laughed.

"Let's talk about it then? Keel, come here too. You are a small vanguard in the army. Why do you stay so far away about your affairs?"

Baron Kendall beckoned to Keir at the entrance of the hall, and asked him to come and sit down.

Keir wasn't being polite, he just didn't want to get in on the conversation with these people, even though the real subject of the conversation was himself.

After striding over, Keel sat directly on a wooden chair with a backrest next to Knight Crowe. This chair was quite old, and the surface was worn smooth, but overall it was very strong, and he sat on it without any wobble.

The two priests glanced at each other, and then followed Keir to sit on the chair. But they all sat on the other side of the Baron's hand.

On the left are the Knights of Crowe and Kiel, and on the right are two priests.

Priest Coral spoke first: "My lord, maybe next year we can open a few more farms on the north side of Kendall City." Priest Coral paused and said: "Farm households can be organized by the church, as for farms The two of you can propose."

The baron chuckled, the people from the Saturnalia Church always did this, making small exchanges of benefits.

But in fact, this is also possible. A few relatives in the family who do not have specific positions in the city can be arranged here. The province always asks him to arrange positions in the city.

Although it is very normal to arrange his relatives in the family to various positions in the city, he knows exactly what the relatives in the family are capable of.

The main power and influence of the family is Kendall City, so it is natural not to arrange inappropriate people there.

A farm is more suitable.

The farm is a separate small society, and things are easy, but there are all kinds of piecemeal things throughout the year, which can easily consume the energy of the few members of the family here. So as not to bother him all the time.

So Baron Kendall looked at Knight Crowe, to see what requirements the straight knight, the guide of Kiel's knightly path, had.

Knight Crowe received the look from his old friend, and knew that Baron Kendall didn't care about this matter, and he was satisfied with a little gain. But he is different. He is very optimistic about the young man Kiel. If this war can train this young man, Kiel will definitely take over part of the territory and power responsibilities in the county.

Then **** their chariots.

"Well, does it have to be Keel?"

Knight Crowe's words made the two priests on the opposite side look puzzled.

"what do you mean?"

Knight Crowe took the hangover drink handed over by the attendant, took a sip and said: "Why did you find Kiel? He is just an ordinary young man who is training as a knight. The Church of Saturn follows him everywhere. There are many family knights in the western provinces or southern provinces, right? Why do you want to find a young man from the northwest province like him?"

The knight glanced at the baron, and then said: "Today, my lord baron and I went to the banquet hosted by the Viscount Montoka. At the banquet, I saw many local young knights. All of them are very brave and enthusiastic. If they listen to When it comes to Changmai Village, I think I will bring my own weapons and horses to rescue those captured villagers."

The baron shook the wooden cup of the hangover drink in his hand at the right time: "Just like the bard sang, the young knight was inspired by the gods when he heard about the suffering, drew his sword and made an oath, and was about to kill the villagers in suffering. Rescued. After a twists and turns along the way, I met various partners, came up with various methods, defeated all kinds of bad guys, and finally rescued the villagers. Ah, a heroic story will be sung in the local area for a long time."

Everyone present coughed a few times in embarrassment.

Knight Crowe felt that the red-faced Baron Kendall might still be a bit drunk, so he urged the baron to take a few more sips of the hangover drink.

Priest Coral smiled awkwardly: "Your lord is really good at joking, everyone knows that most of those stories are fabricated by bards, and some stories with real prototypes have undergone a lot of artistic revisions. It was performed and sung to the people. How can real suffering be so relaxed and easy?"

Then Priest Batar coughed lightly: "My lords, this is the meaning of the God of Saturn, and I cannot guess the arrangement of the God. Just like my previous experience, the God of Saturn asked me to wait for the visitor in the tavern here. I waited for a long time. There were doubts, speculations, dissatisfaction, pain and other emotions in it. But in the end, the comer still came. The gods have their own arrangements, and I don’t need to doubt the meaning of it.”

Baron Kendall snorted disdainfully at this kind of church statement, but didn't say anything else.

From the banquet held by Viscount Montoka today, he heard a lot about the war in the southern provinces.

At that time, all the nobles like him were present, and these local people were extremely well-informed. As long as the news about these people was about the southern province, it was not good news that made people feel relaxed.

It's not that he intends to retreat, but Baron Kendall feels that he should be more cautious before and after he arrives at the capital of the southern province to join the war. When the situation is unclear, it is best not to put the army in your hand into the battlefield.

"The gods have their own arrangements, hum. Keel, what do you think?"

Knight Crowe looked at Kiel beside him and asked him.

Kiel rubbed his hands and shrugged his shoulders: "I don't care, someone must come forward to save the suffering people, right? I can't just leave it like that, right? And I haven't moved for a while, and my hands are a little itchy. "

"You guys, it's best not to get caught up in **** killings. As a knight, you have to take the initiative to control yourself. Whether it's strength or body, it also includes thoughts and spirits."

Knight Crowe said a few words, and Keir nodded in recognition.

Keir then said: "There is just one question, what is the number and size of the enemy, and how many people will act together to rescue those trapped people?"

Seeing everyone around him looking at him, Priest Batar tensed up and tried to recall the possible size of the rebel army: "Uh, about, about, maybe so many in two hundred people?"

"Nonsense!"

Knight Crowe scolded, not knowing who was talking nonsense.

"Then how many people did Saturn prepare to rescue the people?"

Faced with this question from Knight Crowe, Priest Batar was stunned. Only then did he realize one thing. The gods asked him to come here to look for the comer. He found it, but what happened next? The **** didn't say anything more, it seemed that it was enough to find Kiel, the comer.

Only then did he suddenly realize how outrageous this was.

In just a short moment, Priest Batar's head was covered with sweat, and he didn't know if it was because he was too close to the fireplace.

"Nothing to say? If Kiel is an official knight like me, a defeated army of 200 people is not impossible."

After Knight Crowe said this, Priest Batar's eyes lit up again, but he immediately realized that it was impossible for him to drive such a northern knight with his own interests and standpoints. This knight probably had the command of the army in his hands. Responsibility, it is impossible to really abandon the army and run to rescue the people.

Afterwards, Knight Crowe looked at Kiel beside him, and asked generously, "Kiel, do you think you can deal with an enemy of this size?"

But it was beyond the expectations of everyone present.

Keel's answer was extraordinarily insolent.

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"I think it's possible? As long as the terrain is complex and I have enough auxiliary force here, it's not impossible to try it."

Kiel's face was a little flushed, and the smile he showed while speaking made everyone who saw it feel a little strange.

Knight Crowe rolled his eyes. He felt that Kiel might have swelled up after his achievements in knight training.

But Baron Kendall smiled, the confidence of his soldiers is probably a good thing. He snapped his fingers suddenly, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

"Everyone, we should support Keir's bravery, right? To be honest, behind every seemingly impossible thing, there are actually three things that support the person who handles it. .”

The baron held out a finger: "A firm mind and spirit."

Then stretched out the second finger: "Sufficient preparation strength."

Finally stretched out the third finger: "Find the correct solution."

The baron met the eyes of everyone present and said: "Little Keir is so brave, and since he became active last year, he has also defeated many difficult enemies along the way. So he has the heart and spirit."

"As for the solution to your actions this time, you need to take measures based on the actual situation, experience and wisdom, insights and ideas, etc."

"As for the preparation strength, come here."

Baron Kendall said this, summoning his personal attendant who was leaning against the wall in the hall and waiting for the call.

"Go to my carriage and fetch the dagger box that is on top."

"Yes Master."

The middle-aged attendant had received the order, and at the same time received the ring token that the Baron had thrown when he gave the order, and then walked out of the hall of the house.

"You are?"

Knight Crowe looked at his old buddy suspiciously, and the others didn't know what the Baron was doing, except Priest Coral who thought for a while.

"I'm trying to improve the possibility of completing this operation! Don't you think that Kiel alone can't deal with the large number of defeated enemies? I support him with a magical treasure that can be used for battle. Will you do it now? Feel a little different?"

Knight Crowe couldn't help but smile wryly at Baron Kendall's move. Unexpectedly, Baron Kendall not only agreed to Kiel's temporary departure from the army this time, but also ran to unknown places with the strange Saturn priest to rescue the villagers who didn't know how troublesome they were. , let alone whether it can be completed, this series of things, Kiel does not know when it will be completed.

Knight Crowe had no choice but to lean into the baron's ear and whisper his thoughts.

But the baron waved his hand and answered Knight Crowe in the same low voice: "Do you think there will be a delay? No, I don't think so. It's spring now. I think it won't be possible to fight before the summer begins. Those border nobles in the southern provinces After losing the battle, the strength in our hands has been greatly reduced, so we can only count on troops from other places like ours who traveled far away, or the troops in the hands of powerful nobles from other places in the southern province."

The baron made an intertwined gesture with his fingers: "Think about it carefully, how much time will it take to test each other, find allies, negotiate interests, and finally form an army to attack? How many things? The border is because the discovery The large iron ore veins caused the war. Foreigners like us can directly use some of the mined iron ore to buy priority and agreed discounts, but what about the local nobles? After the war, how many of the border nobles can survive? , I can’t even guess it, and I can’t judge how many of them were killed by my own people.”

Knight Crowe was silent for a while: "War is really a place where honor is lost."

"No, the lost honor will be brought back on the battlefield. No one will be interested in the confrontation and calculation behind those interests, people."

The baron shook his finger: "They only like grand battlefields, **** fights, battles that affect the situation, and they are curious and fascinated by the 'heroes' they boast~www.readwn.com~ In short, the nobles in the southern provinces this year There will definitely be a war, and it is impossible not to send troops. This is the general trend. But it’s hard to say how long it will take. Anyway, Kiel will definitely be able to catch up.”

The baron said with a mocking smile.

Knight Crowe sighed speechlessly.

War is like this, the more forces involved, the more troublesome things will be.

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Soon, during the time when the two priests bowed their heads and whispered, Kiel rubbed his hands with his blushing face, and the two noble knights talked in low voices, the baron's personal attendant who had just left returned here with a wooden box in his hand.

When the attendant was outside the door, he was followed all the way by a baron's personal guard. When he stood at the door and saw that the personal attendant had indeed given the precious magic item to the baron himself, the guard confirmed it and walked away.

"Master, something has been brought."

The attendant presented the wooden box and at the same time returned the ring token given to him by the Baron.

The ring keepsake is the ring engraved with his noble emblem on the baron's finger. This thing is generally used as a signature mark on letters. There is a small magic mechanism installed inside. After the ring surface is printed on paper, it can be left The next one is similar to fire, but also has a noble emblem logo with magical flashes.

Of course, this ring that can represent him can naturally be used as a token for doing business.

The baron handed over the wooden box directly to Kiel: "Open it and have a look. This thing was captured in your previous mission. A magic flame dagger called 'Heartfire'."

Keir opened the wooden box, and sure enough, there was a beautiful magic dagger wrapped and protected by velvet inside.

The weapon had a shiny surface, as if relieved to see the light of day again.