Warhammer Throne

The next day before dawn, at about seven o'clock in the morning, the mercenaries got up one after another, began to pack their things, and were ready to set off.

Ryan was already up. He stood at the door of Teresa’s tent with a warhammer, watching the mercenaries pack their things, and shook his head secretly: yesterday’s battle mercenaries lost too much and everyone was injured. Under the circumstances, Ryan couldn't make them march forcibly, so their bodies couldn't support it.

But he couldn't leave the group of mercenaries to chase Belt by himself.

Teresa’s situation is very bad. The female warlock is just holding on. Everyone knows her current fragility. If the magical power of the female warlock continues, then the mercenaries will definitely not dare to make mistakes. This is the situation now, if it is a mercenary. Someone in the regiment really had a bad idea. Teresa might really be fulfilled by the little mercenaries. Ryan felt that these mercenaries were not someone worthy of full trust, at least the blood axe mercenary group. no.

Again, as long as there are enough benefits, mercenaries can sell everything.

Then drop the mercenary group first, and lead Teresa to chase after him?

No way, what a cunning witch hunter is Belt. If this happens, the fallen hunter kills a carbine and confronts him directly, then the weak female warlock becomes a burden. Ryan will not only have to fight, but also Protect her. In this case, Ryan is really not sure that he can defeat Belt. Belt has become famous for more than ten years and wiped out countless monsters. He is a legendary powerhouse awarded by the Demon Hunter Association as a master of demon hunting. Before he fell. Ryan can hardly say that he can win him with a ten-percent certainty. God knows how much stronger he has become after he is thrown into the chaos?

In the final analysis, Teresa has too little combat experience. The sorcerer did not allocate her magic power rationally, nor did she consider the loyalty of the mercenary group being hired. In her opinion, these mercenaries are just like the people. , Must have fallen under the power of magic, but Ryan didn't think so. There were many witches who were betrayed by their own guards and eventually died tragically and were even sold as slaves.

Marienburg is the largest "talent market" on the mainland.

This is also the reason why Ms. Aurora entrusted Teresa to him for protection. Sorceresses with little combat experience need a strong and experienced melee protection. Ryan is a very good choice.

She learns quickly, isn't she? Most spellcasters are wise. They make mistakes because they are unfamiliar, but they don't make mistakes because of stupidity.

Today’s weather is no longer snowing, but a cloudy day. The clouds in the sky are not thick, and the gray sky can be seen through the clouds. The biting cold wind keeps blowing through Ryan’s ears, and the knight’s cloak is blowing. Behind him swinging, combined with his 185-meter height and heroic posture, his handsome face is like a battlefield general guarding the pass, ready to deal with the incoming enemy.

But in fact, I just gave a woman another wind... Listening to the sound of changing clothes in the tent, Ryan thought.

It feels so bad.

Ryan understood why many legendary powerhouses were unwilling to go on the road with the female spellcasters of the Garland Council. How could this be a companion? This is obviously a babysitter!

The little mercenary has packed up his things and is exploring his brain nearby. Ryan knows what he wants to do. The little mercenary wants to find a chance to talk to the goddess.

A slender hand wearing a white lace glove raised the curtain: "Good morning, Ryan."

Teresa’s glamorous face appeared in the cold wind, her icy muscles and bones, her silver eyes seemed to be able to speak, she was still wearing the sea-blue mink jacket from last night, but the pearl necklace on her chest was Replaced with a long slender sapphire gold chain, triangular golden earrings with magic runes hanging on both sides, Ryan felt the wave of magic from these jewelry.

Really rich. Ryan has heard about the wealth and temper of these Garland Councillors more than once. It is said that a lord of the Nord Kingdom had been rampant in the territory because of the wild orcs, so he personally came to Teresa's mother Aurora for help.

The lord was addicted to wine for a long time, was poor in strength, and had a bad reputation. Aurora happened to be doing an important experiment. As a result, the poor lord was sent to him by a teleportation technique before the poor lord could speak. In the big lake near Tianqiongbao, he was directly sank into the lake and dealt with it, almost losing his life.

So people, strength is the most important capital.

"I'm ready to go, do you feel better...?" Ryan noticed that Teresa's spirit was much better, and was about to ask, but immediately found that the long legs under the sorceress's mink jacket were still a little trembling. , Knowing that she still hasn't recovered, just don't want others to see it: "I'm going to lead the horse, please wait here."

The corners of the female warlock's mouth raised. This man knows how to save face. He is really different from those brazen men who only know how to fight and kill. It was a correct decision for his mother to choose him as my companion.

Most of the female spellcasters were knowledgeable and knowledgeable, which also made them look above the top. It was not until this moment this morning that Teresa understood and accepted Ryan's companion.

The group packed their things and went back on the road. Ryan was not interested in the mercenaries' topics like drinking, eating, meat, and stealing women. He took the initiative to talk to Oliver from the Empire: "Mr. Oliver, your outfit... eh? Quite? Fashionable, isn’t it popular in the Empire to wear this way recently?"

The merchant’s outfit today is very strange. The imperial merchant wears a helmet and a white fox fur coat, but he has a breastplate over the fox fur coat. The thick trousers and riding boots are nothing strange. Yes, but he wore a greaves (that is, shin guards) on the outside of the riding boots, which looked nondescript and quite funny.

"Well, Mr. Lane, you have to understand that after experiencing something like that, adding some protection appropriately will always make me feel better." Oliver was a little embarrassed, but the businessman's face naturally allowed him to recover at an extremely fast speed. Come: "Life is more precious than anything. If I die, my mother-in-law may be very happy. She can remarry with a lot of money."

"But your lover will be very sad, and your son will be bullied by your adoptive father, right? They are vines climbing on your big tree. Once you fall, everything will be done." Ryan murmured.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Now the guards of [笔趣阁www.baquku.com], both mercenaries and businessmen, all laughed, even Boris, who was injured and inconvenient to move, laughed wildly and laughed. It hurts when it's over.

Only Teresa, who was riding on the horse, gave a "hum", thinking that this person was quite clear about these doorways. Thinking about it, she couldn't help but smile. The mature and gorgeous style made Bandadu who followed her I was dumbfounded.

The female spellcasters are not as experienced as those knights who fight all day in adventure and combat, but they are a hundred times better than those of the court and the upper class. Ryan is young and unmarried, even the maid and lover. No, knowing so much about these upper-class things is indeed somewhat unexpected.

"Speaking of, Mr. Oliver, you are from the Empire, can you tell me what business you are doing in Nord?" Ryan stroked his horse, and he named his horse Pine Cone .

"Ah, this, this is nothing to keep secret. I came to Nord this time, and I was doing commodity trading. We started from Marienburg, filled with armor and food, and then came to Nord's side. After taking it off, I bought a large amount of gold and silver ore and animal skins, um, and magic crystal mine. I wanted to get some fierce fire oil, but I didn't get it."

"How much can you earn this trip?" Ryan asked next.

"It is estimated that the profit is five to six hundred gold dinars, but judging from the recent situation, it may make a little more. Just like the war in the previous period, I made a lot of money."

"Well~ I heard that a war broke out between Bretania and the Empire some time ago? In the end, the Empire won and the two sides signed a new covenant?" A group of people walked along the dirt road. The temperature is very low, the roads are frozen hard, and traffic is unimpeded along the way. God knows how muddy and difficult the roads here will be when the snow has melted after the spring starts in early May next year.

"Exactly... but not as you think. The two sides of this war are not the Empire and Bretania." Oliver coughed and began to talk about the first two months, between the Empire and Britania. A war broke out.

The empire is the largest and strongest human country in the world. During the catastrophe about 1,800 years ago, a leader of the human tribe named Charlemagne rose rapidly, and finally established the empire, in the witness of the gods He was crowned as the only emperor of mankind. It took him about two hundred years to conquer the entire world. At that time, the empire was vast, and its ruling territory included the entire continent now. It was powerful for all races to kneel at its feet. Master of the world.

The current empire is only a part of the empire at that time.

The empire has resisted foreign enemies for nearly a thousand years. Until hundreds of years ago, civil wars continued. The empire surrounded by foreign enemies finally gave up most of the land except for the core territory. The province of Tania is one of them. When this land was suddenly abandoned by the empire, all the nobles and civilians fell into despair. At that time, Bretania had to face the undead, the barbarians and the There are plundering by other abandoned human factions, and they are also facing the chaotic beastman army in the east and the green-skinned army in the south. These armies will not only plunder, but also destroy everything they see.

A young baron named Arthur led his knights to fight alone, fighting hard against external threats, but to no avail. Seeing that the people of Bretania were facing a crisis of destruction, Arthur fought for several consecutive battles. Later, he was separated from his army and was seriously injured. In despair, he came to the fairy lake where the gods lived in the legend. He knelt in front of the fairy lake and prayed with tears, whatever he wanted him to offer. Arthur only hopes to save the people of this place, save this piece of land abandoned by the empire.

There was no response to the pleading at first, and Arthur fell into complete despair, but the young lord did not give up. He gritted his teeth and decided that he would die in the battle tomorrow.

In the early morning, the fairy lake suddenly shot white light across the sky. A **** named lake fairy responded to his request. The lake fairy used the holy water in the holy grail to help him heal his injury and gave him firm belief and faith. Eternal blessing. With the help of the fairy in the lake, Arthur regrouped his troops and erected the battle flag blessed by the fairy in the lake. The blessed knight army fought **** battles and achieved great victories.

The victory of the knight lord was like a beacon in the dark, and the Breton army united again. After an epic combat career, he won twelve games in a row and wiped out all the invading Bretons. The enemy of the Knights, Brittany, the kingdom of knights, was established.

Under the mediation of the fairy in the lake, the kingdom of knights established diplomatic relations and alliances with the empire on an equal footing. Since then, the relationship between Bretania and the empire has been good. Although there have been occasional wars between hundreds of years of history, each other They all adhere to the bottom line very much, never kill prisoners, and even lay down their weapons on the battlefield to guarantee immortality. This is really because there are too many external threats. There is a deep understanding between the empire and Bretania. Consume valuable manpower and material resources in internal fighting.

"It's Marienburg, Mr. Lane, the emperor of the empire has tried to take back Marienburg for the third time. Tania chose to join the Marienburg side. At this time, the ranger knights in Brittany who were eager to perform their services suddenly rushed into the Empire’s army without warning, and for this reason they triggered a comprehensive The war." Oliver slowly talked about the development and process of the matter: "The war lasted all day, and the emperor and the king of knights were sober-minded. The result of the one-hundred-thousand army fighting for a day only killed and injured more than 3,000 people. In the end, His Majesty the Emperor concluded a peace treaty with Bretania and re-signed the covenant, and returned the captured nobles. His Majesty can only announce that he has given up part of the sovereignty and governance of Marienburg."

"Marinburg's annual income is almost one-fifth of the total fiscal revenue of the empire. It is normal for His Majesty the Emperor to covet this port city. If I am not mistaken, those ranger knights must be encouraged by the Grand Duke of Marin. You just rushed into the imperial army, right?" Ryan asked with interest.

"Yes, after this failure, it seems that the prestige of the current knight king is no longer there, but I don't know which duke will take over the position of the knight king." Oliver nodded: "It doesn't matter who will succeed the knight king, as long as With the lady in the lake, there won’t be too many problems with Bretania’s trade."

The system of Brittany is very interesting. The whole country is surrendered to the skirt of the lady of the lake, that is, under the skirt of the lady of the lake. The king of knights is the ruler on the bright side, and the lady of the lake is the one who truly rules the kingdom. After each knight king abdicated or died in battle, the lake fairy will gather all the dukes of the duchy to vote and discuss who is the next knight king.

In addition to these things, the most important thing about the fairy in the lake is that she personally established and regulated the "Eight Virtues of Knights", and her priesthood includes the "Knights" and "Eight Virtues". Important benchmarks and guidelines, so her beliefs are not limited to Bretania, and the entire continent, especially the knights, believe in the fairies in the lake. For example, Ryan occasionally prays to her twice.

"By the way, can you tell me about the empire? I heard that a few years ago, Elector Andrea of ​​Brescia led his own army to launch a full-scale war against the red-horned Beastman tribe on the edge of the territory, but unfortunately fought. Die?" After thinking about the Knights of the Holy Grail, Ryan asked about the Empire again.

This time, Oliver didn't answer right away. The Imperial merchant pondered for a while before he spoke slowly. His tone was low and even a little sad:

"Yes, the war failed. The Elector died in the battle. The Beastmen retreated to the forest before the emperor led his army. Several towns in Brescia were bloodbathed. No one survived. The Elector's seal was also lost. "

"The only daughter of the electorate family of Brescia also disappeared in this turmoil. Bernardino's direct bloodline perished. The holy sword'Fire of the West', which symbolized the electoral power of Brescia, also lost its trace. Now the former empire Only four of the twelve holy swords at the time of establishment are still in the hands of the empire."