Chapter three hundred and ninety-fifth episode number
"When are you going to get the elemental artifact?"
The form of the high elf does not have the unique elegance of this race, and the storms wandering around him clearly show his anxiety. As time goes by, the patience of Kamdilian, the god of wind elements, has become less and less.
"When are you going to the Dragon Realm? The elders are waiting here. You should have read the information."
This time the person who came to urge me was not the always smiling brass dragon. The indifferent blue dragon Yi Wenli surprised the others.
"...Your Highness, when will the Earth Elemental Throne be repaired?"
The Great Stone Shaper was also a little anxious. In a sense, when she learned that she was the top candidate for the Throne of the Earth Element, she had been in a state of excitement.
"Wait, how can we start a wave of ss when there are not enough people?"
Yes, I am not the Snake Lady trio who will lose everything. Since I have learned from the surrounding intelligence how outrageous the opponent I am facing is, how can I start an expedition to another world when my combat power is insufficient?
"Perhaps this is the true jihad-level test."
I spent a lot of money this time. Judging from the combat power I have gathered now, I have come out in full force. There are quite a few people who came, but after reorganization, they were divided into three major categories.
First of all, there are the royal knights of the Land of Arashi, the immortal undead warriors, with a total number of nearly 25,000. They are the knights I trust most and have the strongest combat power. Among them, there are not many who have reached the level of heroic spirits.
The minority is always my strongest trump card.
Due to the trouble caused by the identity of the undead, there are only about 2,000 of them active on the surface, and they have devoted themselves to the organization and construction of the Lan Alliance. Some serve as instructors and leaders of various battle groups in the East Lan. Some are in the Western Kingdom of the Undead.
Lan Empire activities. They are trying to rebuild the Eternal Night Legion. Of course, unlike the chaotic alliance of undead lords, the legion formed this time is my own.
Their battle flag is the traditional Arashi battle flag. It is not only a trace of the past, but also represents the glory of inheritance. When you make up your mind to wave the command sword. When this old battle flag flies again, you are unwilling to sleep forever.
The immortal will use blood and fire to teach what the glory of the warrior and the immortal knight are.
Although this power is the strongest trump card in my hand, it is also the most inconvenient to use. Just summoning it can arouse the high vigilance of countless countries.
Therefore, most of the members can only hone their combat skills in the underground world, but recently they have added another responsibility, which is to hone and train new people. What they inherit is not only combat skills and abilities, but also honor and
inheritance.
But this time, through the Giant Gate and the newly completed Greedy Wolf No. 1 ship, I summoned a total of six thousand undead knights. And along the way, the two demon bone warships surrounded by black mist passed through various countries, relying on Bayer's
Face and guarantee.
And if the "Crimson Hound" is the most inconvenient but most trustworthy force in my hand, then the following combat force is probably the most convenient to use but the least trustworthy force.
"Hey, why did you add two eggs and a chicken drumstick to your lunch today?"
"Don't you know? To celebrate the official establishment of the Beidilan family, there will be extra food for lunch today, and a bottle of ale for each person at dinner."
"...Has His Highness Roland finally made up his mind? Wait, isn't this a super happy event? A celebration banquet and revival ceremony? Our boss is a living legend. As long as he speaks, the superpowers should also send people, right? Is it official?
The ceremony has been postponed?”
Generally speaking, the revival and establishment of a family is a top priority. Inviting all the guests is considered simple. There are not many people who celebrate for one year in a row and spend three years of territory tax revenue.
This is not only for the sake of face, but also to show the family’s connections and heritage.
"No, adding lunch and dinner is just a celebration. His Highness Roland said that he has been very busy recently and his career is the most important thing. He can only save on formalities. Is this enough?"
"...Why do I think he is troublesome?"
"...I think so too. After all, he is the eldest in our family, so he is different. However, some things have not been omitted. You know the fifth eldest son of the Eston family."
"That lame fifth brother? Didn't he retreat to the second line when he lost his footing in the Northern Orc War? His second son also died in that meat grinder battle. It was really tragic."
"...His Royal Highness Roland made him a knight. At least he won't have to worry about starving to death in this life."
"How lucky you are that His Highness Roland has started to confer knighthood? That's great. Is there any hope for us? Forget it, we are only bronze-level warriors. Why don't we get our turn? Just pretend I didn't say anything."
According to the practice on the mainland, generally the lowest knight rank can be conferred, and at least the silver rank is required, which is often something that ordinary people cannot achieve after a lifetime of hard work.
"His Royal Highness Roland is different from others. He does not value strength, but merit. There were only thirty people in the first batch, and there are sixteen in our mercenary group! All of them have first-class military merit. They were playing in the Titan Mecha that day.
It's all about self-destruction. Each of us only has a third-class military exploit, so don't expect it this time."
"But at least there is hope! Ah, Lao Wu is really good. Even if he can't go to the battlefield in the future, he can enjoy this title for the rest of his life."
"Hmph, don't underestimate other people's lame old five. If he is as ruthless as you, how can he win the Blood Night Medal. The old guy is now urging the group of goblins in the Mechanical Branch of the Demon Research Institute every day, forcing them to take out
Come with a prosthetic limb with a cannon barrel, the old guy has no intention of reaching the highest rank of knight, he also wants his son to be a knight master."
The lowest-ranking knights have no right to inherit, but those who reach baron can inherit. However, if they do not perform military exploits, they will be demoted. Therefore, generally speaking, barons are the real aristocracy recognized by the public.
A small knighthood, even if you are lucky enough to get a territory, can only have thirty or fifty households in a village at most. Maybe this is not worth mentioning to the strong, but for the mercenaries who are bloody with their swords, it is a lifetime expectation.
Yes, they are mercenaries, mercenaries from the Alliance of Absolute Gentlemen, a super mercenary group.
Although I want to talk to them about our common ideals and dreams of saving the world, as well as the long dark night that is coming, but for them, the ideal is the extravagant wish of a nobleman who does not have to worry about his stomach. A stable income and
The opportunity to become a noble is a lifelong dream pursuit.
As for the end? If you don’t have enough to eat or are fatally injured, or if you become disabled and don’t have enough money saved for retirement, every day will be the end.
"Mercenaries cannot be trusted."
This is the common view in various countries about these guys who get paid to do things, and in most cases, their statement is not wrong.
As mercenaries who are paid to fight, they must think about their future. If they fight to the death or become disabled, their past savings will not be enough to support themselves for the rest of their lives. As a warrior on the battlefield, the lack of will to fight is absolute, and when you are an ace
The Knights can achieve a battle loss rate of 70% and still hold on. These guys who are paid to do things will collapse if they lose 10% of the battle. If they rely too much, they will become the weakness of the military formation.
"No matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, we cannot repay trust and expectations."
And since you use money to do things, if the opposite party has a higher price, there are many examples of betrayal by the entire group. As for the betrayal and bribery of individual characters, it is even easier. Therefore, for large-scale wars, even if those war mercenary groups obtain
Without permission to participate in the war, they often just play the role of cannon fodder.
These are mercenaries. Battlefield vultures who fight for profit. They are not bound by the knight's creed and are more realistic than anything else. But as long as they are given enough food, they will turn into ferocious lion dogs.
The average mercenary group will not accept battlefield missions with extremely high combat fatality rates, but there are some battlefield mercenary groups that still choose to hang out on the cliff border even if they serve as battlefield cannon fodder. In addition to the extremely high pay for such battlefield missions,
In addition, it is more likely that if it is appreciated by a certain big noble, it will be acquired as a whole.
If you become a private soldier of a big noble, the top leaders of the mercenary group will have the opportunity to become nobles, and ordinary soldiers will also become regular soldiers. At least they will have military pay and pensions for those who die in battle in case of disability.
But this absolute gentleman mercenary alliance is slightly different from ordinary mercenary groups.
Planting trees intentionally does not make them live, but unintentionally planting willows will provide shade. This mercenary group established as a joke has become stronger and stronger in recent years.
The official leader of the mercenary group is myself, and can be called my disciple. The fighting will and loyalty are far beyond those of ordinary private soldiers.
With the expansion of the scope of activities of the Absolute Gentlemen Alliance of the mercenary group, with the strong support of the northern countries, with the North as the core of their activities, the mercenary group has offices in more than 30 countries, and even has offices in various countries.
There are seventeen large-scale sub-regiments, and the total number of registered mercenaries has exceeded 300,000.
More than 70% of the mercenaries are Donglan and Siluwell people. It can be said that more than 80% of the members are from the Lan tribe. They are willing to join this mercenary group not only because of the good treatment and reputation of this mercenary group, but also because of the good treatment and reputation of this mercenary group.
Most of them still trust me as the mercenary leader and think that I will give them a bright future.
In past wars, they performed well. Whether it was the flesh-and-blood battlefield of the Orc Battle in the North or the consecutive battles in the South, they showed sufficient loyalty and ability.
But as mercenaries, they naturally have their own expectations, hoping that they can have a bright future, receive generous rewards, and have the opportunity to return to their hometown with honor.
Of course, this super large mercenary group is also hierarchical. Those on the periphery only require ability and a clean reputation. But when it develops to a certain level, the backbone group will always be the core.
For warriors who have shown sufficient ability and loyalty in the past, the mercenary group will sign long-term contracts with them for twenty, thirty, or fifty years. Once they break the contract, they will no longer need to be mercenaries, basically for the rest of their lives.
Thinking about the future makes them crazy, and while receiving compensation and security, they will also repay the responsibilities and requirements imposed by this long-term contract.
In fact, these mercenaries who have received long-term contracts called "life-long contracts" do not regard themselves as mercenaries in their words and deeds.
"We are all soldiers of His Highness Roland, it's just that it's not convenient to form a war group now."
"After all, we are all His Highness's soldiers. There are some things we should pay attention to. At least we should not tarnish that battle flag."
And now the canonization of knights and the raising of the banner of the Lan family seem to have verified this statement, so there are countless mercenaries within the mercenary group who have applied for long-term contracts.
And now, when the news of my decision to rebuild the Beidilan family came out, in just three days, there were nearly 20,000 more new applications to join the group, and when I was conferred from the mercenary group
After the news came out that sixteen knights had been recruited, there were an additional fifty thousand new applications to join the regiment.
In a sense, there is no fiefdom. I am not a king and I am not loyal to a certain lord. I cannot be regarded as a pure fiefdom noble. Logically speaking, I do not have the right to be canonized as a knight, but it seems that neither outsiders nor those under me are
, all ignored this most basic noble practice.
Of course, I won’t just talk in vain. The knights I canonize will be recognized by all the countries in the North, and after they have made enough achievements to become fief nobles, I will also find ways to get territories for them (as long as they are baron or above)
It is possible to obtain territory, but generally only those with military merit can obtain it. And the success rate is extremely low).
This time, the Northern Lights brought 5,600 long-term contract mercenaries, which may not seem like many, but being able to pass many tests and sign long-term contracts has proven their ability and loyalty, and their average strength has reached an astonishing bronze level.
In a sense, they are indeed my backbone private soldiers.
The fact that the situation has developed to this point may have proved the role of reputation and orthodoxy from one aspect. In the capital of Donglan, Diefende, and the capital of Sluwell, Antoun, there are various "grand chess theories" and "premeditated theories."
It has flooded the streets and alleys. Even the vendors on the street corners can tell "How did His Highness Roland use the name of the mercenary group?"
Come and call on those warriors who yearn for the Battle Flag of Arashi.", "The royal families of the two countries hate this kind of poaching but can do nothing about it." "Among those mercenaries are not only the Four Spirit Sword Users and Magic Bullet Shooters, but also Aurora Knights.
.How can these ace soldiers be wild? It’s obvious that they still dare to say that they are mercenaries.”
In fact, I really just planned to make a joke at the time. I didn't even manage the development of the mercenary group for a long time. But to get to this point, except for those few guys who couldn't catch it, they were really good enough.
, perhaps it is simply the trust that the Lan tribe people have in that dilapidated battle flag.
"He is our Highness and he will lead us to a better life."
"Well, it was his coming that allowed us to spend the most comfortable winter in the past fifty years. No one froze to death on the streets this year, and people who moved to other places also returned to their hometowns."
It would be a joke to say that just relying on the past reputation and the so-called orthodoxy of the Lan family to attract so many Lan people to fight for me would be a joke. However, the honor and trust accumulated by the Lan family in the North over the past two thousand years have
It is my heaviest wealth, but it is also a heavy burden that weighs me down.
"...let alone the mercenary group. If you use your own name and that battle flag to open a circus, it will be crowded by the Lan tribe. If you don't believe it, ask your undead knights. They have done it a long time ago.
Don’t ask ‘why’, just ask ‘what’.”
Facing Heloise's teasing, I didn't know how to answer. I knew that she was telling the truth.
As for their trust, the only thing I, a poor prince who has failed to protect his family, can repay is to try my best to lead them through this final doomsday-like catastrophe.
"Maybe the days ahead will be difficult, but at least... at least we will be together."
Perhaps they are still just mercenaries in the eyes of outsiders, but these young lives that have entrusted themselves to me are already part of my body.
The battle flag of the League of Absolute Gentlemen is a black ball mask. As for its symbolic meaning, there are countless opinions on the market. But at the time, I only used it because I wanted to remind those bastards who had become the cadres of the mercenary group.
"Remember to wear a mask when you do bad things. I don't want to go to the security station to collect people."
As for "looking at the light in the dark night", "enlightened people who have lost everything", "night rangers who don't need faces", etc., they are obviously just over-interpretations.
In addition to the "Red Hound" and the "Gentlemen's League", the third largest organization is the Magic Mechanics Research Institute and the Schindler Chamber of Commerce, which are referred to as the "Demon Research Institute".
Already at the forefront of the times, they are not only the dawn of a new era, but also the logistics department of the Lan forces that are gradually uniting. Among them are not only researchers, but also the Four Spirit Swordsmen, magic bullet shooters, great engineers, and great alchemists.
Real combat power.
Three super battleships, the Northern Lights, the Greedy Wolf, and the Giant Gate, six medium-sized battleships, three-digit small gunboats, a total combat strength of 13,000 people, 67 great engineers above the gold level, engineering and alchemy
There are 427 experts and countless war equipment, which is enough to launch a small war on the scale of a small country.
Of course, after giving so much, I expected to get even more...so much that even I felt too greedy.
"I think if those giant dragons know your plan, they will definitely find a way to kill you. Since they are targeting their most precious treasure, are they opening the door to the thief?"
"...I think so, but by the time they find out, my goal should have been achieved. Besides, it would be a waste for them to give this level of treasure to them. It's better for me to make the best use of it. After all..."
"...Winter is coming?"
I shook my head. In the cold winter, it sounded like spring was not far away. But I looked over the calendar, but I couldn't seem to see any sign of spring coming, and I didn't have much time left.
"...If we really want to describe it, I can only describe it as the end of the world. However, it is already so much better than in 'history'. At least, we still have hope this time, as long as my plan can be realized."
"So, how sure are you of your plan?"
"I really want to say 100%, but unfortunately 10% is too much."
"But at least it's not all hopeless."
Looking at the newly sprouted trees outside the window, it seems to be a rare good sign.
"Yes, at least it's not all hopeless. And our goal this time is to create our own hope and make the future easier."
"Afraid of destroying other people's hopes?"
"Of course." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: Well, the groundwork that needs to be laid has been almost laid. Although the laying is not very satisfactory, it is time to start the forgotten main line.
Well, there are so few monthly tickets this month. Book friends who have monthly tickets can support me...
