"You?" Earl Brunswick looked Amy up and down, "Are you a noble with a fief? Or a knight with a title?"
"None of that. Just a maid."
"A maid?"
Earl Brunswick forced a smile on his face, but in his heart he scolded everyone in the Pirate Kingdom. He couldn't understand what kind of weird brain circuit the people in the Pirate Kingdom had to agree with a person of low origin.
A maid came to command them. Where are their nobles? Where are their men? Are they all dead? If it were him and being commanded by a pariah woman, it would be better to let him die.
No matter what, he, who was of noble birth, could never kneel down and surrender to an untouchable. If other nobles found out about this, he would become the object of ridicule and would never be able to mix among the nobles.
Having said that, Amy's army had an absolute advantage at this time. His castle had been breached. Thousands of pirates broke in with red eyes, but there were less than a hundred defenders left inside. In the city
The soldiers fighting outside had surrendered one by one, leaving only him and a dozen heavy armored cavalry following him. He didn't want to really die in the hands of the pirates.
After a fierce inner struggle, Earl Brunswick sighed and said: "Okay, I understand. If I surrender to you, I surrender to you. However, I can't just kneel down to the civilians like this."
He suddenly raised his head, pointed his hand toward the ground, and said to Amy: "Dismount your horse. Kneel down in front of me. Give me your sword, and make sure the tip of the sword is facing yourself."
Amy laughed coldly: "How does this sound like I'm surrendering to you?"
"Are civilians so stupid that they don't even understand this bit of etiquette? This is the ceremony to make a knight. I want to make you a knight first, and then I can surrender to you."
"You mean, I can also become a knight?"
Amy climbed off Fenrir.
Seeing Amy's reaction, Earl Brunswick immediately felt relieved and said arrogantly: "Go back and laugh to yourself. This is an honor that no amount of money or military exploits can buy. Because you defeated me today, I
Give it to you."
Amy didn't say anything, she just patted Fenrir lightly. Fenrir let out a low roar and suddenly rushed forward, throwing Earl Brunswick and his horse to the ground.
As soon as the Earl of Brunswick fell off the horse, he was immediately held firmly by Fenrir's front paws. He tried to struggle several times, but he couldn't get free. He could only hear the sound of chewing from above.
It turned out that Fenrir had bitten the horse's neck and was feasting on it.
Drops of water fell on the noble's face, including Fenrir's saliva and horse's blood.
The cavalry behind him saw the lord in distress and hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him. A soldier rode up to Fenrir and slashed Fenrir's eyes with a knife. But before the knife could be cut, he sat down on the horse
Suddenly there was a scream and he stumbled and fell to the ground. The soldier rolled a few times on the ground. When he stood up, his horse was already wrapped in flames.
"Whoever dares to take another step forward will die with your lord."
Amy's threats forced the soldiers who were still behind to retreat.
"Stop! I surrender! I surrender!"
The Earl of Brunswick was frightened by Fenrir's chewing sound and begged for mercy.
Amy's voice was suddenly full of sarcasm: "Surrendering to a beast? Is this a noble?"
"I surrender to you! Isn't it enough to surrender to you? Stop your dog! You succeeded. A noble nobleman surrendered to you. You can brag about it for the rest of your life! Ah, what a shame!"
Amy walked step by step to Earl Brunswick. In full view of everyone, she stepped on the noble's face.
"What are you talking about? From the beginning, I never said I would accept your surrender, right?"
Earl Brunswick's face was constantly rubbed by Amy's shoes. This was a great shame and humiliation, but the meaning of Amy's words was so frightening that the noble had no intention of paying attention to it. He struggled to pull but was trampled by Amy.
flexing his facial muscles and shouting: "What do you mean, do you want to kill me?"
Seeing that Amy didn't respond, Earl Brunswick panicked and shouted: "No, you can't kill me, I'm a noble! Isn't this an unwritten rule when you capture a noble and let him go after collecting a ransom? This is
It’s beneficial to all the nobles! It’s enough that those who died in the war are those untouchables who are like animals!”
However, these words only made Amy, who was born as a commoner, even more angry.
"Didn't you receive my notice before the war? Anyone who comes within a hundred meters of our army and refuses to surrender will be beheaded, without exception! Since you have led troops to resist us, haven't you made the appropriate awareness? I originally
I still admire your bravery, but you actually thought that you wouldn’t die anyway, so you let your subordinates fight?”
"This kind of announcement...this kind of announcement is completely impossible for people to accept!"
Amy's eyes became colder and colder.
"Then let me tell you one thing: Only those who are prepared to die in battle are qualified to lead troops in battle. You nobles are completely unqualified!"
She patted Fenrir's neck, and Fenrir bit Earl Brunswick's throat in one bite.
The hot blood splashed onto Amy's cold face, making the girl look even more terrifying.
"Stop." She said to the lords of the surrounding pirate kingdoms, "Don't touch the people of Brunswick. Killing some civilians is nothing to these nobles! Next, I will only allow you to touch Alemanni.
Nobles of the Federation. If I find out who touched a commoner, I will make him pay with blood!"
None of the lords of the Pirate Kingdom spoke.
However, at night, there was still a fire in Braunschweig.
The screams of those civilians made Amy feel trapped in an ice cave. But she could not stop it - she could not kill thousands of people from the Pirate Kingdom for the people of Brunswick.
This is already the eighth castle she has captured in the Alemannic Federation. "Anyone who comes within a hundred meters of our army and refuses to surrender will be killed." She has implemented this declaration eight times in a solid manner.
She touched her cheek again to confirm whether Aphrodite's protection had disappeared.
"At this time, I have to sigh. Your Majesty can restrain these lords from going out to plunder for two years. It is really amazing."
Just as Amy was thinking, a soldier ran over in a panic.
"Report! Duke Otto of Angria has united more than thirty lords of the Alemannic Federation to launch a counterattack against us! The seaport of Stade is under attack. In addition, the main force of the coalition is no longer close to us.
It’s three days’ journey!”
It finally came, Amy thought.
She knew that this was a necessary battle. In order to prompt the Alemanni Federation to seek Ayla's help, she had to win this war.
——If the Alemanni Federation really does this, then she will definitely be defeated at the hands of Aila.
After that, the Alemanni Federation might be able to put aside their prejudices and establish a long-lasting peace with Ayla.
