Under Zipa's guidance, Link, Will and the little princess walked through the empty courtyard and walked towards the main hall, while the other guards, led by Vice Captain Cantor, went to their
The command post went to have a meal.
This kind of residence, which is equivalent to the provincial level of the Bavarian Empire, is indeed not comparable to the residence of Lord Victoria of Cologne. Walking along the way, I saw that this residence not only has rockeries and flowing water
Such ornamental landscapes, and even a wide training ground, martial arts performance stage, but in such a wide place, they walked for so long, but they still didn't meet anyone else, not only the servants, sentries and the like that should have been there.
There was no one there, and even the guards who were on guard could see that it was the cavalry led by Zipa just now who were responsible for taking over. It seemed that this Lord Perigueux was really cautious in doing things, dripping water.
Not exposed.
Chippa was walking in front, and Count Weir couldn't say anything, but the worry and reminder in his eyes when he looked at Link were very obvious.
This kind of unabashed intention to block the news of the arrival of the little princess and the others even in his own mansion almost means that Lord Perigueux does not seem to care at all whether this abnormal situation will make Lin
This made them doubtful, and this also meant that what was waiting for them in front of the main hall might not be a sumptuous lunch banquet at all, but a murderous butcher knife.
Although Weir recognized Link's judgment as early as in the small village and knew that there was something wrong with Lord Perigord, he never thought that he might face a life-and-death crisis so soon.
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"I'm not afraid." Weir looked at the calm little princess and Link and muttered in his heart: "It's just that I haven't eaten breakfast or lunch. I'm hungry. I'm afraid that I won't perform well if I stay idle.
That’s all!”
"Ah, dear envoys, look," but fortunately, just when Weir just started to mutter, Zipa, who was walking in front, had already raised his finger and pointed at one of the two figures standing at the door of the main hall not far away.
, turned back to them and said: "That is our adults, our adults are already waiting there to welcome you!"
"Hahaha, you envoys have come from afar. I, as the master, am not able to go out of the city to greet you in person. It is really rude and rude!" Before Link and the others could approach, Perigueux was waiting at the door of the main hall.
Your Excellency has already hurried forward, saluted the three of them from a distance, and said politely.
"Hahaha, you are too polite." Earl Weir quickly responded with a big gift. Now if he is speaking as an envoy of the Bavarian Empire, he is the representative of this envoy. It is up to him to respond.
Most appropriately, he stepped forward and smiled warmly at Perigueux: "When I was in the imperial capital of our country, I often heard about Lord Perigueux's reputation. I never expected that I would have the opportunity to see him in person today.
Your Majesty’s demeanor is truly an honor for me!”
"Your Majesty the Envoy, you are too polite." Perigue also laughed, came closer, and lowered his voice to the little princess and Link, "I know that Your Highness the Princess deliberately concealed her whereabouts during this trip, and I also
I don’t dare to be too arrogant, if there is anything rude, please forgive me, Your Highness the Princess.”
Without waiting for Weir and the others to reply, Lord Perigueux straightened up again and said loudly: "Come, come, envoys, I will introduce you to a distinguished guest."
"Several envoys," Perigueux, who was walking in front alongside Count Vere, turned around, raised his finger and pointed at the guy in knight's clothing who was standing side by side with him in front of the main hall, and introduced to Vere and the others.
"This is the number one warrior in the army of our Sakara Empire, the chief supervisor of the Imperial Military Department, His Excellency Holy Knight Qiyun. This time, Holy Knight Qiyun originally came to inspect the military training of our Fourth Military and Political Council. I heard that several Ba
The envoys from the Val Empire have come from afar, and they came with me specially to greet all the envoys!"
"Paladin?!" Earl Weir was startled, and even Link was moved. They all looked at the knight who was still standing upright in front of the main hall door.
Various professions on the mainland are divided into nine levels. Everyone knows that the Paladin does not mean the ultimate knight profession. However, among the knights of the major empires now, the Paladin is already the top.
exist.
The characteristics of the knight profession determine that its promotion is different from other professions. Magicians can advance through meditation and the study of magic, but knights cannot.
The profession of knight has existed for war since its birth. Without the baptism of real war and real battlefield, no matter how much fighting spirit is cultivated, it is impossible to truly experience the ultimate realm of knight.
What makes all the knights on the continent feel helpless is that since the legendary war of the ancient gods, this continent has been peaceful for too long. Even if there are occasional frictions between the major empires, they are all in
The temple's mediation quickly resolved the issue. It had been too long since there had been even a small-scale war.
Therefore, I am afraid that not many people can even remember how long it has been since a real ninth-level knight appeared on the mainland.
It's just that the existing knight families were all families with great achievements when the major empires were founded. Until now, they are all aristocrats with real power in the major empires. Therefore, it is difficult for this kind of knight profession to have any substance.
The situation of the ultimate strong man in the world was not willing to admit it, so I don’t know when, the Knights Guild began to change the names of knights of various ranks from top to bottom, deliberately blurring the rank boundaries, and instead used a series of names including
Titles such as knight apprentice and trainee knight are used to divide the level differences between knight professions. This also leads to the fact that the titles of knight professions do not completely correspond to the ranks of other professions, just like Earl Weir's
The Golden Knight can only be said to be roughly equivalent to a seventh-level professional.
Although it is an open secret on the mainland that there is no ultimate strongman in the knight profession, the paladin is after all the highest level among the knight professions announced by the Knights Guild, and the knight itself is a machine that lives in battle, so Qi Yun, the saint
Although the knight is almost equivalent to an eighth-level professional, Qi Yun's real strength is probably a little higher than that of the magician Perigord.
Earl Weir and Link, as knights, gave Qi Yun the courtesy of a lower-level knight meeting a higher-ranking knight.
Although Link has long seen many of the ultimate powerful beings on the continent in the Mage Tower, but for him who has wanted to be a real knight since he was a child, Qi Yun represents the current knights on the continent.
A paladin with the highest professional level deserves much more attention than a magic god standing in front of him.
Although in such a situation, meeting such a powerful guy may not be a good thing for them, but as knights, even if the person standing opposite is clearly their opponent, with the pride of knights
, and will not hesitate to show due respect.
"Vell..." The Holy Knight Qiyun returned the salute slowly. From the beginning to now, his body has always stood upright, giving people a feeling of extra energy. Now he is looking up and down at Vail, with the corner of his mouth
Slowly forcing out a smile, he said: "Are you the heir of this generation of the Gurkant family? Who is Lot to you?!"
"That's my father!" Weir responded quickly, looked at Qi Yun, and asked: "Master Qi Yun, do you know my father?!"
"Know? Haha!" Paladin Qi Yun stretched out his hand, patted Weir's shoulder hard, and said, "More than just knowing him, the scar on my left shoulder was left by the sword in your father's hand."
"What? You are the one my father said..." Weier was obviously startled. He looked at Qi Yun and swallowed the second half of the sentence. It seemed that what his father said about Qi Yun was
The review is definitely not a nice review.
"Humph, but I didn't suffer a loss. If my sword had been three points deeper, I'm afraid your kid wouldn't have been born on the mainland." Qi Yun was unaware of Weir's reaction and was cold and self-centered.
He snorted and said proudly: "I was just a Bronze Knight at that time. Lot has been promoted to a Golden Knight. The secret method of the Gurkant family is a bit interesting, but the strength of the knight still needs to be honed in real battles.
, with only one or two family secrets, if you want to take advantage of shortcuts, it will be difficult to achieve great results."
"Okay, okay, you guys have hit it off right away, so you can't just stand here and talk all the time, right?" Perigo looked at Qi Yun's tone of voice, as if he wanted to fall out with Will on the spot, and put the little princess and Link to shame.
On the side, he ignored it, jumped out to smooth things over, and said with a smile: "It's already the middle of the day, and the lunch banquet has already been prepared. Let's go in first and discuss it in detail."
"Come, Master Weir and this noble lady, please invite me." Before Qi Yun could speak, Perigue bowed and raised his hand, signaling Weir and the little princess to go into the main hall: "There is also Link to protect you.
Sir, please invite me too!"
"Guard Officer?!" Qi Yun seemed to have not discovered Link's existence until now. He glanced at the trainee knight badge pinned to Link's clothes, snorted heavily, showed a look of disdain, and flicked his cloak.
He walked into the main hall without looking back.
"Perigue brought up this old boy, he seems to be deliberately preparing to cause trouble." Link looked at Qi Yun who walked into the main hall first with a cool look, and let out a low cry, thinking with all his heart.
After becoming a great knight, he did have respect for this paladin. However, after living in the mage tower, he had long been accustomed to accept that no matter how powerful he was, he had no respect for him.
It is the concept of equal treatment. For a guy like Qi Yun who likes to show off, he naturally doesn't have much respect. He grabbed Weir who was walking in front and said: "Looking at the way you looked just now, you seem to know something."
The details of this old boy, what kind of person is this guy?!"
"That bastard Qi Yun is a lunatic. He is the most persistent lunatic on the continent and can drive others crazy." After drinking a few drinks, while the little princess was socializing with Lord Perigueux,
Will finally got the chance to talk to Link. He shrugged: "These are my father's exact words to describe Qi Yun."
Before entering the hall, the little princess had noticed that Link and Weir seemed to have something to say, so she cleverly found an excuse and was now dragging Perigue to talk to Qi Yun. Perigue had obviously expressed
Knowing the identity of the princess, he can only accompany her now. Although Qi Yun doesn't know whether she knows it or not, she is such a cute little girl and is ready to listen to her favorite bragging about her heroic battle deeds. Qi Yun is also talking about it.
His hair was frothing at the mouth, giving Weir a chance to tell Link clearly some information about Qi Yun.
It turns out that this Qi Yun is also a very interesting guy. He has also wanted to become a real knight since he was a child, and everyone on the mainland knows that real knights can only grow up in real battles.
In a word, I totally agree.
Of course, the so-called true knights can only grow up in real battles. This is something everyone on the continent recognizes. Even every knight instructor will probably use this sentence when teaching his apprentices.
I know it is a wise saying that has been passed down from a long time ago. However, most knight mentors, after saying this sentence to their apprentices, will also explain it and tell the apprentices that although this sentence is a wise saying, but nowadays
The continent has already been in peace and prosperity for a long time. As a knight who is responsible for maintaining peace on the continent, naturally he cannot deliberately create fights for his own purposes. Therefore, what the knights should do now is to strengthen their own training, etc.
Hard work always pays off.
On the mainland, over the years, Qi Yun is the only knight who has truly taken this sentence as a guideline for action and followed it to the letter.
When Qi Yun was just a trainee knight, he was the most troublesome existence for the knight families on the mainland. It should be said that Qi Yun was also a descendant of the hereditary knight family of the Sakara Empire, but he was not familiar with the kind of knights in his family.
He looked down upon the solitary training method, but believed that knights could only grow from battles. Therefore, when he was still a trainee knight, he went around to challenge those knight children who were also descendants of the knight family, and
Each time was a challenge beyond the next level. For example, when he was just a trainee knight, the first opponent he faced was an intermediate knight.
Of course, this guy was beaten to death from time to time at the beginning, but this guy was better because he was never afraid of death. No matter how badly he was beaten, he would not say a word, he just waited to recover from his injuries before challenging again.
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Because the opponents he was looking for at the beginning were all descendants of the knight families of the Sakala Empire. They were all officials in the empire and had been passed down from generation to generation, so they had some friendship, so regardless of those people
Seeing how annoying this stalking guy is, I can't really hit him hard and cripple him. So after going back and forth like this, this guy has slowly become more and more experienced in this kind of battle. It's really all the way.
Promotion, from a trainee knight to a senior knight in a short period of time.
However, Qi Yun's reputation soon spread throughout the circle of knight families in the Sakala Empire. Qi Yun's abilities were all acquired through fighting. He was ruthless and life-threatening in duels, even if his abilities were really good.
Those who are stronger than him are still in danger of being injured if they are not careful. If they lose, not only will their reputation be damaged, but they may also be seriously injured. Moreover, even if they win against this guy, it is not a good thing. This guy
After waiting for some time to recover from the injury, he will definitely come back again, and he will have to pester him for another fight. It can be said that a duel with Qi Yun is really impossible to lose, impossible to win, and impossible to kill. It is really a big deal.
Annoying things.
Therefore, not long after Qi Yun was promoted to a senior knight, he found out very strangely that although there were many knights above the senior knight level in the entire Sakala Empire, he could not find many opponents, and there was no one to challenge him for a duel.
In response, even when he personally came to find someone, everyone gave him many excuses to avoid him.
Qi Yun, who was depressed, once resorted to various rogue methods to force his chosen opponent to duel with him. However, when the entire knight circle of the Sakala Empire recognized the duel with Qi Yun
When it was a thankless and stupid thing, no matter how many rogue moves Qi Yun used, it would have no effect. The development of the situation soon made Qi Yun realize that these children of the knight family usually look good.
The deceptive look was largely due to the nobility's code of conduct. When the entire knight circle believed that using the same rogue methods to deal with Qi Yun, a scoundrel, did not violate the dignity of the knight, Qi Yun had no choice but to do so.
He honestly admitted that the level of rogueness among these guys was far higher than him.
At that time, Qi Yun would often find that his opponent had just screamed and dropped the sword on the ground when he excitedly pulled out the knight's sword in the duel arena, plausibly claiming that he was shocked by his momentum.
At this time, even for a period of time, in the knight circle of the Sakara Empire, what new method someone used to deal with Qi Yun's request for a duel would spread quickly and become a matter of interest.
Under such circumstances, it was of course impossible for Qi Yun to find anyone to challenge in the knight circle of the Sakara Empire, so he had no choice but to turn his attention to the knight families of other empires.
It was at this time that the father of Count Vere, the then owner of the Gorkant family, which was also quite famous in the Er Empire, became the target of Qi Yun's challenge.
Earl Weir's father is about the same age as Qi Yun, but he has been promoted to the Golden Knight with the help of family secrets. Therefore, he can't help but despise Qi Yun, and he is also a little afraid to take heavy action against this challenger from a foreign country.
However, he had always been accustomed to the kind of competitive duels within the imperial aristocratic circle, and when he suddenly encountered a guy like Qi Yun who fought with his life at risk, he almost suffered a big loss.
Precisely because of this, he was deeply impressed by this guy Qi Yun. Not only did he find out all the details about this guy afterwards, but he also mentioned this matter to Weir several times, warning him to be more careful when meeting this guy in the future.
It is precisely because of this that Weir was able to know Qi Yun's past deeds so clearly. However, Count Weir's father did not expect that Qi Yun had been promoted to a Paladin, which is why Earl Weir did not recognize him at the beginning.
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"Hahaha, what are you two talking about?" Lord Perigo turned his attention to Link and Weir, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, there are three knights here. Earl Weir and Lord Qiyun are old friends.
, We have just clinked glasses, Lord Guard Link and Lord Qi Yun meet for the first time, they should drink two more glasses!"
"Huh, he deserves it!" Before Link could speak, Paladin Qiyun, who heard their conversation, suddenly said coldly. He directly picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all, looked up at the sky, and thought about himself.
Zi Di snorted coldly: "Is the Bavarian Empire really so short of talents?!"