From the moment the man took a stance, Dast could tell that the opponent was not simple, but he had various mechanisms under his clothes, so he was full of confidence. When he saw that his opponent was preparing to fight with the hilt of his sword, he began to panic: "Brother
, you were so careful with the sword that you cut your hand. Why bother? Look at me, I’m not wearing any armor at all, right?"
"Not wearing armor?" The man rolled his eyes at Daxter, "The 'White Knight' has an iron plate stuffed into his chest. Others don't know this, but I know it very well!"
"Do you know me?" Dast squinted his eyes and looked at the other person for a while, "Could you be...Cassred!?"
"Master, do you know him?" Ella asked from the side, "Who is he?"
"His name is Castlered, a mercenary from Southampton." Dast explained, "We once teamed up to find the legendary Sword in the Stone, so we were killed together. We are considered comrades in arms."
"Comrade? Who is your comrade? It was you who said you wanted to use the information about the Sword in the Stone to pay off the debt. Not only did you not find the Sword in the Stone, but I was almost eaten by an eagle!" Caslade stared forward and stared.
He took a step forward and said, "If you don't pay me back the three Nomisma you owe me today, I will tie you up here and feed you to the wolves!"
"Don't, don't, don't! We are civilized people, we don't fight, we don't fight! Can a mere three Nomisma be worth our ecstasy of friendship?" Dast pointed a sword at Casred,
He took out a few gold coins from his arms and threw them over, "Here, I'll give you four Nomisma!"
"Why are you so generous today? Are you rich?" Caslade knelt down and picked up the four gold coins one by one, but his eyes and sword were still pointed at Dust.
"Don't let me go like this. It's just four Nomisma, and I still feel bad? Not long ago, I was officially made a knight by a princess with a good background, and I earned hundreds of Nomisma from her.
And now I am still working as a swordsmanship teacher for the King of Sweden. I receive a salary of twelve nomisms every year. Do I still get a bonus? Now I can go to the bathhouse every night and order roast chicken when I am hungry...
…There is a flaw!”
Dast suddenly rushed forward and launched a series of intensive attacks before Casred stood up. Casraid did not expect that Dast would attack at this time, and was quickly kicked by Dast.
Kicked over, the sword in his hand was also knocked down.
"Dust! You lied to me again!" Casred shouted.
"Lying to you? Why did I lie to you? I am indeed a serious knight now and the swordsmanship teacher of the King of Sweden. I will pay you back if you ask for money. But you just pointed the sword at the King of Sweden!" Dast said plausibly.
"The King of Sweden is an ally of the King of Knights. As a subject of the King of Knights, Castlered, can you plead guilty?"
"King of Sweden?" Castlered raised his head from the ground and swept his eyes across everyone present. When he saw Glahid, he cheered, "I remembered, you are the strongest archer in Britain, Glahid.
Hyde!" When he saw Ella, he was even happier: "So you are the King of Sweden? You are finally here!"
"Yes, I am the King of Sweden." Ella tilted her head and stared at Castlered for a while, "It's still the same question as before, are you residents of Southampton? Why are you hiding in the forest? And those of you just now
The companions I defeated looked like farmers to me, but their movements were different. What are your identities?"
Hearing the words "companion who was defeated by me", doubts appeared on Caslade's face. It wasn't until Dust whispered in his ear the words "the one who fell into the pit" that he
Suddenly he realized: "King of Sweden, it turns out that you really learned swordsmanship from Dast!"
"Answer my question quickly!" Ella began to wave her fist left and right, "My master was fighting with you alone just now. If you don't answer, I will come up and beat you!"
"No, I said, I said!" Castlered shouted in panic. If the King of Sweden really rushed up to fight him, no matter he won or lost, he would be finished. "Just like Dust said, I am from Southampton.
Citizens, it was before and it is now! The people who just fell into the pit are indeed farmers nearby! Southampton was in a level 2 alert state before. We didn’t expect your troops, King of Sweden, to come so fast. We heard that there was a ship from the Pirate Kingdom.
As we approached, the alert status was immediately raised to level one. So we ran into the forest!"
Ella became more and more confused as she listened: "What is the second-level alert state? The first-level alert state? Are you really civilians? My army has been searching for you for several days and can't find you. And then there is the shield wall just now. With these techniques, you
Where did you learn it all from?”
Seeing the questioning look on Ella's head, Glahid shook his head, saying that he didn't know either.
"Our skills are all taught by people sent by the King of Knights." Castlered replied, "After the unification of Britain, the King of Knights lowered some taxes. In contrast, everyone has to take time to unify every week.
Military tactics training. Each village has a dedicated knight in charge, children, women, old people, no one is exception!"
"Then what is level two alert?" Glahid asked. The content of Caslade's words was also extremely unfamiliar to him.
"Every month, the capital will send knights to various places to test the results of training. This time has been set long ago. If it is overdue, the corresponding village or city will have to enter a level three alert state, set up port security at the entrance of the village, and send out reconnaissance
The team monitors nearby movements 24 hours a day; if it is overdue for more than one week, it will enter the second-level alert state, and the circulation of non-military-related personnel will be completely prohibited. Each village will set up traps on the roads according to the plan and begin to prepare war supplies.
"When the enemy is found nearby, the first level of alert will be entered. Each village can poison some water sources according to the actual situation. All materials and personnel will be deployed by local officials in a wartime state, preparing to fight the enemy to the end."
"Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?" Dust complained at the side, "This plan sounds like the capital of Britain may be destroyed at any time, the King of Knights may die at any time, and the management system may be paralyzed at any time."
"This is actually the case. The Abrahamic Orthodox Church has extended its claws to the Alemannic Federation, and Britain may be next. The Knight King said that the magic of the Abrahamic Church is extremely terrifying. Once a war occurs, he will most likely be the first
A kill. In order to protect our family and our land, we must learn to resist the enemy without a king!"
Ella was shocked by the message in Caslade's words. After a long time, she recovered and asked:
"You said that this place was already in a level 2 alert state before we arrived...that is to say, Winchester has lost contact with Southampton for more than a week?"
"It will take longer! Southampton just entered a state of first-level alert not long ago. The Scottish fleet tried to land in Southampton, but they were ambushed by us and were beaten away. You saw many corpses in Southampton
Right? Those are our compatriots who died in the ambush. In order to create the illusion that there is no one in the city, we can only let them lie there."
