Yurivar Og was also one of the old Teutonic ministers.
As a hereditary viscount, he, Viscount Martinez and the traitorous Hughes family were once the three cornerstones of Teutonic rule over the northern land.
Among them, the Viscounty of Martinez is the richest and the most well-armed.
The Hughes family is close to the Middle-earth Plains and has always been the hub for the Middle-earth to transport grain to the north.
And the Viscount of Ogg has the toughest warriors in the north!
The reason is that the territory is very poor.
The Ogg Viscounty, located at the junction of the northwest and the northeast, is covered with mountains and Gobi deserts and is extremely dry. Most of it is uninhabited land. There is very little arable land, and even wild animals are hard to find.
Therefore, the people of the territory have relied on the swords in their hands to make a living for generations.
Regardless of whether they are men or women, when they reach adulthood, they will either embark on the battlefield against the centaurs, or serve as mercenaries or caravan guards.
Such a situation also created the sturdy folk customs of the Ogg territory and gave birth to warriors with superior force. For example, the Teutonic Knights, which has always been regarded as the elite backbone in resisting the centaurs, 300 of the 800 people in the organization came from this territory.
This is also the reason why Viscount Martinez wants to discuss with Yurivar Ogg.
In the hymn of fighting against the centaurs that people in the north sing, the Ogg family is second only to the Teutonic family!
There were no fewer members of the Ogg family than the Teutonic family who died in the war against the Centaurs!
Especially back then, this family raised the banner of revenge for the Teutonic monarch, only one day later than Viscount Martinez - because the Ogg territory was far away, and the news was learned one day later.
Therefore, if he approves what Atwood has done, it means that no other northern family will have any objections, and Viscount Martinez will say nothing more.
But if he objects, the agreement between Atwood and Centaur Khan will be voided.
Otherwise, even if he has a Teutonic surname, he will not be recognized by northerners.
Yuriva is also one of the few people Atwood remembers.
When he was very young, because his sister was betrothed to Yuriwa's younger brother by his father, he had the opportunity to join the procession of sending off her bride and stayed in the Ogg territory for more than a month.
Although Yuriva had not yet inherited the title at that time, he was already the leader leading the family warriors to fight against the centaurs.
In Atwood's impression, he is a very old-fashioned and boring person who seems to have no interest in life except eating, sleeping and fighting.
Therefore, Atwood has enough reason to believe that he will not recognize his painstaking efforts in reaching an agreement with Centaur Khan.
He may even feel that he has betrayed the glory of Teutonia!
What a disgrace to the Teutons!
However, what he didn't expect was that when Yuriva was invited to the Viscounty of Martinez and listened to his story, his first reaction was not anger or sadness for the glory of Teutonia, but a long-lasting feeling.
silence.
"Old man, don't be bored!"
Viscount Martinez, who was waiting impatiently, urged, "If you have any opinions, please tell me. I didn't invite you here just to see your bad face."
Yuriva, who is called the old man, is not old.
He is not yet fifty, but his hair has turned gray and his face has become wrinkled many years ago.
His voice was as aged as an old man's, "The people of my family and territory have always relied on the sword in their hands to make a living. When there were still Teutons in the north, our lives were pretty good, but there are no Teutons in the north anymore, and we live very hard.
It’s difficult. So, I’m looking forward to the Teutonic return to the north again.”
Speaking of this, he looked directly into Atwood's eyes, "Atwood, you are the last Teutonic. Now that you are back, I will be loyal according to the ancient oath, but you have an agreement with the centaur bastard. This
I can’t accept it! Because it’s impossible for the Teutonic heroes of all generations to accept it!”
really......
Atwood, who had realized something, couldn't help but sigh silently.
But just when he was thinking about something, Yuriwa suddenly grabbed his shoulder and asked, "Are you married? Do you have children?"
Well?
Could it be...
Atwood was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"very good."
Yuriwa nodded and continued, "Your father married your sister into my family back then, but I'm sorry. Although my brother gave his life, he still couldn't keep her. This is my family's eternal regret. Now
I have two daughters, and one is not engaged. I will ask someone to send her here after I go back. When you have offspring, the north will usher in Teutonia without any stain, and my family will put on the Teutonic crown again.
As for whether you have an agreement with the centaur bastards, that is your business. I am not loyal to you, so I have no right to interfere with your revenge plan. This matter is settled. The Teutons need descendants, and the north needs to fight against the centaurs.
The fire of Centaur. As the last Teutonic, you have no right to refuse."
Before Atwood could speak, Viscount Martinez beside him couldn't hold himself back.
His daughters are all married, but he has an unmarried niece~
It's Yuriva's turn to make the decision!
"Yuriva, you damn old man!"
He immediately cursed, "I asked you to come over to discuss things, not to get engaged! Atwood's father and I are cousins, and we had a verbal engagement many years ago!"
"That's your business."
Yuriva just glanced at him and walked out directly, "If you can make Atwood accept the women in your family, neither my daughter nor I will mind."
When he finished speaking, he had already walked out of the study, mounted his horse and went back directly.
It also made the two people in the room look at each other.
Atwood is the most embarrassed.
Although Yuriwa approved his revenge plan in disguise, he never imagined that it would be in a way that urged him to get married and have children~
In particular, Viscount Martinez was so angry that he was speechless when he left immediately.
"That's all!"
After being alone and frustrated for a long time, Viscount Martinez said to Atwood, "Everything has its own authority. There is no need to abide by secular agreements. In order to give birth to a Teutonic heir as soon as possible, my niece may give it to you. You won't refuse."
Bar?"
It's not that I won't, it's that I can't...
Atwood looked helpless.
If the Teutons wanted to return to the north, they couldn't do without the support of Yuriva, and they couldn't do without the help of Viscount Martinez.
In order to avenge his family, he did not hesitate to reach an agreement with the Centaur Khan; now, in order to revive his family, he also does not care about being accused by the world of tarnishing the sanctity of marriage.
No matter what, things developed in the direction he expected.
After putting the matter aside in his mind, Atwood also asked his doubts, "Before I came back to the north, I heard that ancestor ghosts had appeared in the valley at my home, but I stayed in the valley all night and didn't encounter them, alas.
.... Viscount Martinez, do you know that ten members of the Griffin Legion family members disappeared every year?"
This question made Viscount Martinez silent.
After a long time, he whispered, "I know this, and I also know that the ancestors who appeared in the valley were not your family's ancestors. Because my family's territory has an ice-free port, and when your father was still alive, every day
Every year, I was asked to entrust the fleet from the Eastern Islands to bring ten slaves. Moreover, this is something that Viscount Martinez has done for all generations."
Not the ghost of my family’s ancestor?!
Moreover, all the Teutonic dynasties purchased ten slaves?!
Atwood was stunned for a moment.
Soon, memories that had been buried for many years also woke up in his mind.
He remembered that every year when the water dripped into ice, and during the ten days when the valley entered the eternal night, his father was no longer at home in the valley!
And the same happened when his eldest brother John turned fifteen!
Once, he even asked his mother why.
But his mother only told him that his father and John went to the place where snow monsters breed - the Bone Valley covered by a dense iron forest.
As for what to do in the Valley of Bones~
His mother said that he was still young and would understand when he grows up.
Now that he has grown up, he thinks back on various deeds and has a vague realization: his father should have gone to sacrifice...
The sacrifices were the ten slaves.
After all, the Teutonic family's coat of arms is the roaring snow monster's head.
I have never had the opportunity to go to the Valley of Bones. Is this the reason why I have been on the threshold of a strong person for many years, but have not yet reached the first step of becoming a strong person?