Maybe he didn't know that a pair of vigilant and contemptuous eyes had been quietly staring at him. The handsome Count Cassano Sherpa was so proud that it couldn't be described in words.
Strictly speaking, Count Cassano Sherpa is a real businessman and not a nobleman. Nobles do not know how to do business.
Although Cassano's brother, Count Toti, married the eldest princess of the Duchy of Dolot, and the family patriarch, Marquis Cassano's uncle, Marquis Capello, became the prime minister of the principality, the aristocratic blood of the Sherpa family has always been
It is not accepted and recognized by other human countries on the mainland, especially in the more rigorous ancient noble blood pedigrees, which cannot be found at all. The main reason is because the Sherpa family is too good at doing business, and the bloodline of merchants
It will never be recognized by the orthodox nobles.
Before marrying Princess Dolot, the Sherpa family could not even find a place to sit in the church when they went to the holy land of Divansi for their annual worship mass.
However, since his brother became the Prince Consort of Dolot, of course, the Sherpa family has also become a part of the palace aristocracy. The palace style has only been learned recently. The family patriarch is also the prime minister of the Dolot Principality, Capello.
Recently, it is strictly required that the children of the family must learn court etiquette.
The Sherpa family has always relied on slave trading and slave-keeping to make its fortune since its ancestors. It can be said that it has nothing to do with nobility.
Although Count Cassano has just turned twenty-five after the Jostre Festival this year, he has been involved in the family business for ten years and can be considered an expert slave trader.
Contrary to what Lord Feilengcui had guessed, it was not Dolot’s regular army scouts who attacked the Behemoth Kingdom’s frontline checkpoints this time, but the Sherpa business group’s own armed forces—that is, led by Count Cassano.
The scout team.
His Majesty the Grand Duke of the Dolot Principality, which borders the Danube Wasteland of the Behemoth Kingdom, is currently on his deathbed. Even the high priest sent by the Holy Land Emperor Fansi Church has helplessly expressed that he is unable to snatch the Grand Duke's life from the hands of death.
Then it is not difficult to understand why the Sherpa family used family force without authorization to attack the Behemoth Kingdom.
Grand Duke Dolot only has three daughters. According to the laws of the Principality of Dolot, female Grand Dukes are allowed to appear. But the problem is that the second princess is married to the "Tornado Mercenary Group", the largest mercenary group in Dolot.
The son of Lord Gattuso "Blood Scythe" Danzig, a knight of the Holy Knights of St. Paul's Order Tomasi Danzig.
The Tornado Mercenary Group is the largest mercenary group in the mercenary country of Dolot, and the second prince-in-law, Danze Tomasi, is a member of the Church - no kingdom on the continent would dare to underestimate the power of the Church.
After the two are combined, the possibility that the second princess can become the Grand Duchess is also obvious.
Whether the eldest princess becomes a grand duchess or the second princess becomes a grand duchess, the title of "Grand Duchess of Dolot" does not just represent the reward of the title of prince and duke in the superficial sense. The hot word "prince regent" and
The endless power behind this title is enough to make the Sherpa family and the Danze family fight to the death.
In fact, both companies have already begun to do this.
When it comes to force, the Sherpa family is definitely not the opponent of the Danzig family. The leader of the Tornado mercenary group, Gattuso, was once a captain of the Pompeii Empire's heavy scythe troops. Currently, among the mercenaries under his command are
Two squadrons were formed, all composed of heavy-armed scythemen composed of Pompeii men, equipped with three layers of fine iron tower shields and long-handled scythes. These two squadrons alone were enough to make the Sherpa family sweat in cold sweat.
But after all, the Sherpa family also has a clan leader who is the prime minister of the principality. Comparing the two families, each has its own strengths, and no one can do anything about the other.
This stalemate and secret war has begun since Grand Duke Dolot fell ill. The two powerful people have never been able to find a way to overwhelm each other. Just when both sides are struggling to find a good strategy, Dolot
The San Francisco Empire, the suzerain state of the principality, also sent an imperial envoy to Dolot. This imperial envoy is the famous "lecherous prince" Chamberlain in the mainland. He has the right to decide which princess will become the Grand Duchess of the Duchy of Dolot. Who can
If the prince is flattered well, whichever family has a good chance of winning is basically certain.
"Prince of Lewdness" Chamberlain had no other hobbies. He only liked one thing, beauty.
The Sherpa family has a natural advantage in this regard, because the human bandits that appear in the Danube Wilderness are actually their family's slave hunting group, and the White-headed Crow Savage Tribe was bribed and armed by them.
Aboriginal bandits. In the first half of the year, the Sherpa family's slave hunting group and the White-headed Crow savage tribe attacked a tribe of prairie elves in the dense forest of the Danube Wilderness. In the end, they captured a total of hundreds of prairie elves. The elves' beauty and
The skill of archery is known to all the world, and even the Tornado Mercenary Group bought all the male elf slaves at a high price to strengthen their archer army.
The Sherpa family selected the most beautiful one from the remaining female elves and gave it to Prince Chamberlain. As expected, it had a miraculous effect. Prince Chamberlain almost immediately patted his chest and expressed to the Prime Minister of the Principality, Mr. Capello Sherpa,
This time the Grand Duchess will definitely be awarded to the Sherpa family.
"The promise of a nobleman shines like the stars in the sky." This Aegean proverb was indeed true. Within a few days, the prince changed his tune again and began to be evasive and evasive.
Prime Minister Capello found out the whole story by bribing the prince's entourage. It turned out that the Danze family actually dedicated a young prairie boy elf to the prince. It turned out that Prince Chamberlain was both a womanizer and a man! More
What makes the Sherpa family depressed is that they sold this prairie elf to the Danze family.
After this incident, the two families began to compete in offering beautiful women and child molestation to the lecherous prince of the San Francisco Empire. Missing girls and young children frequently appeared in certain areas of Dolot. Suddenly,
The wind roared.
Chamberlain, who had tasted the sweetness, also began to behave well. He showed no favoritism to any of the two families and allowed them to continue to show their filial piety and worship. His Royal Highness even expressed his concern for Grand Duke Dolot's illness.
He was so concerned that he personally sent for a highly qualified holy priest from the Holy Land to treat the Grand Duke. Once the Grand Duke dies, that is, when the answer is revealed, what sweetness will there be at that time?
Both families knew what the prince was trying to sell, but there was really no other way. They had to bite the bullet and give it away. Everyone was afraid that they would be left behind and leave something in the prince's head full of semen.
What a bad impression.
The leader of the Sherpa business group stationed in the Behemoth Kingdom fled back to Dolot in embarrassment. While reporting that he had been attacked by the Salt Devil and the Green Devil and lost countless valuable Musk slaves, he also reported to the Charles
The Ba family brought great news: a Behemoth territory where beautiful women gathered was actually discovered in the Danube Wilderness!
The leader of each Sherpa business group owns an expensive memory crystal ball. The magic power attached to the crystal ball is enough to record ten scenes. When the leader of the Sherpa family business group stationed in the Behemoth Kingdom will
When the crystal ball in his hand was revealed, the entire Sherpa family was shocked.
As early as at the Sanggan River Ferry, the leader of the business group with a keen sense of smell for slave traders had quietly recorded every detail that interested him with a crystal ball.
Through the demonstration of the specially invited court magician Master Fran, when the five beauties recorded in the crystal ball all came to life out of the dazzling magic light of the crystal ball, almost all the members of the Sherpa family were at that moment.
shocked.
Fox beauties! Swan beauties! Medusa beauties! Which one is not famous throughout the Aegean continent?
Even if one of them appears in the human kingdom, it will probably cause a storm.
What’s even more exaggerated is yet to come.
According to the explanation from the person in charge of the business group, the noble black-haired beauty inside was actually a mermaid from the royal family of the sea, which once again pushed the excitement in the family to a climax.
Royal family! It’s actually the royal family under the sea! Who can have such an affair?
As for the beautiful woman with a clam shell with a jade-like luster behind her back, always showing off her exotic charm, even though many members of the Sherpa family have been engaged in slave trading for many years, they are not even well-informed enough to guess which race she is.
Fran, the erudite court magician, gives everyone the correct answer. This is the undersea clam girl of the Moshao tribe from the distant Silk Continent.
Looking at the smiles of the beautiful women recorded in the crystal ball, the faces of every member of the Sherpa family were filled with the same word at that moment - greed.
Even the most beautiful prairie elf will pale like a withered flower compared with these five great beauties.
With the sudden appearance of so many super beauties, the fate of the Sherpa family suddenly became clear.
The memory crystal ball did not forget to record the military power of this Beamon territory, the mighty mastiff warriors, the hedgehog overseers, the robber slaves, the terrifying bear knight and the muscular Lord Pig.
Traditional concepts have misled everyone in the Sherpa family.
The military power displayed in the memory crystal ball and the status of the Pig tribe in Behemoth convinced the entire Sherpa family that this Behemoth territory, named Feilengcui, was in accordance with the rules of the Sherpa family's slave trading group.
The armed forces will definitely be able to take it down completely.
The Sherpa family has a slave-catching armed force of 800 people. With the financial support of the Sherpa family, this slave-catching group is well-equipped and has many desperadoes who want to lick blood.
Lot is a country of mercenaries, and it is easy to assemble an army of thousands of people.
In addition, the Behemoth Kingdom is currently in the middle of a war with the desert humans, and the entire Danube Wilderness is extremely empty of troops. If we don’t fight the autumn wind now, how will we wait!
Although there is a beauty priest in the memory crystal ball, the inherent pride of human beings makes the Sherpa family insist that as long as there are magicians, there is no room for the Behemoth priest to perform.
Facing a Behemoth Territory that only has more than 300 miscellaneous troops at most, the Sherpa family firmly believes that they can be 100% sure of their strength.
In this regard, the court magician Master Fran kindly raised his concerns. Since nearly two hundred ogres and bugbear slaves can be captured, the military strength of this Beamon territory should be slightly more than imagined.
But this wise speculation was quickly overturned by himself.
"If this Lord Pige is really capable, the Behemoth Kingdom will never send him to the south of the Sanggan River to enshrine him as a fief." Master Fran unintentionally revealed the nature of this dark society.
As the Prime Minister of the Principality, the Marquis of Capello promised on the spot to formally invite Master Fran to join the slave-catching team at a high price. Master Fran himself was also full of curiosity about the Bimon sacrifice. After the promise was accomplished, that
After the beautiful snake priest became his trophy for him to study, Master Fran joined the expedition without hesitation.
"I hope that I can exchange my beauties with you from time to time when doing research in the future." Master Fran said seriously.
This sentence immediately resonated, and many people began to study the allocation of these beauties in the future.
Magicians are quite rare in the Aegean continent. Even in an empire, the number of magicians will never exceed fifteen. Master Fran himself is a rare space magician, and he also has fire magic, and his strength is quite outstanding.
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As long as these five beauties are captured, Count Toti of the Sherpa family will definitely be the future regent. Magicians are worshiped by the palace, accept temporary secondment from their future masters, and receive high rewards, and they are not
It's not something that Master Fran can't accept.
There are only four court magicians in the entire Principality of Dorote, and Master Fran agreed to join, which immediately raised the strength of the slave-catching group to a higher level.
The Sherpa family's success over the years is not in vain. Although they are very excited, the follow-up work is still done in an orderly manner and with careful plans.
In order to ensure this success, the Sherpa family hired a 1,500-strong "Metal Rose" mercenary group, and also hired two squadrons from the Danze family's "Tornado" mercenary group.
Heavy Scythe, although the two families have always been hostile to each other, business is business, and this point is quite clear between the two parties.
Because the Yostre Festival was coming soon, the Sherpa family had to spend double the price to hire mercenaries, especially the heavy-armed scythes of the two squadrons. The hiring price was already burning money.
Now the entire Charles family, together with their own slave-catching group and the knights they raised, already have a total of nearly 3,000 people, plus the palace magician Fran and the famous Pompeii heavy-armed scythe hand to assist
, when such a number is used against a Behemoth Territory that does not even have a castle and only has a defense force of at most 300 warriors, no matter from any aspect, it is absolutely guaranteed to win.
For this reason, there are many voices of dissatisfaction within the entire Sherpa family, believing that this armed gathering is too large and is a waste.
However, this voice was finally suppressed by the cautious patriarch Capello. This battle almost determined the fate of the entire family. Even with a ten to one ratio, Capello was still a little uneasy.
Capello thinks he may be under a little too much pressure.
Count Dolot's great consort, Count Totti, who led the expedition this time, had also learned the most orthodox combat in the knight school before, and was proficient in martial arts and outstanding in strategy. According to him, as long as the attack begins,
, he was absolutely sure that the battle could be ended within five hours. It was very meaningless to fight Behemoth soldiers who did not have a strong race.
The prince-in-law also said something very funny in his own pride: "Perhaps the kitchen knives in our human kitchens will be used as weapons of knights when they are brought to the Behemoth Kingdom, right?"
Of course, the Sherpa family also did not forget to paralyze the political rivals of the Danzig family. They claimed to the outside world that they were just retaliating against the Green Goblin and Salt Goblin bandits for taking away their Musk Man slaves.
The Behemoth Kingdom has a series of checkpoints stationed by wolf cavalry at the entrance to the Danube Wilderness. In order to avoid detection of the large-scale army advance, the Sherpa family simply used the simplest method to uproot the checkpoints.
The wasteland is too big. Wolfe's garrison is too far away from the checkpoint. Even supplies are only delivered once every two months. As long as you act quickly, by the time the Behemoth Kingdom discovers, this ruin called Feilengcui has emerged.
The grass is green.
Count Cassano has received very strict martial arts training since he was a child. Unlike his brother who has always appeared in social situations, Count Cassano has been participating in slave-catching activities as an adult. During this attack on the checkpoint, he
The fourteen most skilled warriors from the slave-catching group accepted the mission of scouting, equipped with the best horses, and each was issued a serial crossbow worth thousands of gold. They resisted the flag of the diplomatic envoy and launched a sneak attack.
He passed seven Beamon checkpoints without any damage, and the results were brilliant.
Although such a sneak attack would definitely be severely reprimanded by the orthodox knights, the Sherpa family is not of noble blood, and this kind of attack method is what their slave hunting group is best at.
After releasing the carrier pigeon for communication, Count Cassano estimated that his slave-catching team must have entered the edge of the wilderness, and his exploration mission was about to end.
Along the way, except for encountering a few groups of bandits, he never used his crossbow again, which made the brave count feel even more regretful that he could not fight freely.
If there were 300 warriors under his command now, with only 300 soldiers, the earl would definitely attack the unprotected Feilengcui territory without any hesitation. How could a human warrior with superb martial arts not be able to capture even a place without a castle?
As the only trophy, the earl captured a Yi tribesman. In the eyes of humans, Behemoth is an uncivilized beast. If this very rare Yi tribe is brought back, it will definitely cause quite a sensation.
Of course, such trophies are far less attractive than the beauties like Fei Lengcui, so the earl is still not satisfied.
After a long trek, the winding meanders of the Sanggan River can be vaguely seen on the horizon. There is no other Behemoth territory along this road. Behind it is the wide Sanggan River. Count Cassano can even imagine it.
, when these poor Behemoth Orcs were attacked, they were so panicked and confused.
Count Cassano liked to see the deep despair and helplessness in the eyes of the captured slaves, which gave him an overwhelming pleasure.
Along the way, the captured Yi tribesman did not fulfill his small wish. His light green pupils were actually full of jest. This was a bit unacceptable to the proud Count Cassano. The closer he got to Fei Lengcui.
The more scope, the more strange expression appeared on Officer Wolfe's face.
Just when the Earl was still hesitating whether to cut off this annoying guy's tail to make a scarf, he suddenly realized that, somehow, he was surrounded.
In all directions, from a mile or two away, there were figures of a group of approaching Behemoth warriors. I don't know how these figures appeared suddenly, which surprised Count Cassano.
Could it be that someone had discovered it? The count quickly gave up this idea.
Along the way in the wasteland, there was no Behemoth territory or military station, and they were flying the flag of diplomatic envoys, so it should be impossible for them to be discovered so quickly.
After all, Count Cassano was a battle-experienced slave catcher, and he was no stranger to this wasteland. After feeling the menacing momentum of the Behemoths, Count Cassano thought twice and took out the last homing pigeon.
, wrote the most concise and clear description of the situation, asked my brother to speed up the march, and then calmly released the homing pigeon.
In the questioning eyes of his entourage, Count Cassano wisely decided to retreat. The mission of the scout was just reconnaissance. His desire to compete with the Beamon warriors would soon be satisfied in the later battle.
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Like a team of hunting gentlemen, all the scouts followed their lord, gently riding their horses with the splendor of dressage.
All the war horses under the scouts are the best horses. It would be a little difficult to intercept the Behemoth warriors based on their walking speed, so Count Cassano did not forget to look back leisurely while running away.
One glance.
A Behemoth cavalry team rushed out from a diagonal thrust. Count Cassano almost fell to the ground from his horse. This cavalry team was actually lying in the grass nest. When did the Behemoth warriors have such a mind?
Got it!
In front of the Behemoth Cavalry Charge composed of giant mammoths, giant land otters, and giant cave bears, all the scouts immediately restrained their original composure, and the spurs on their boots immediately poked the belly of the strong horse under their crotches until blood dripped.
, the sound of the whip waving almost never paused, and the wind went back as fast as lightning.
The well-trained slave catching team was not a mob, and there was no panic at all. All the scouts reacted quickly in the same rhythm. While turning their horses' heads and running wildly, they did not forget to pull out the serial crossbow barrels hanging on the saddles.
Count Cassano didn't understand where he had gone wrong, and Beamon noticed it, which made him feel a little strange.
A well-trained war horse is a war horse after all. Once the speed is increased, it is definitely not comparable to Beamon's mount. As long as Count Cassano passes the dozens of Beamon warriors who emerge from the back road to intercept them, the scouts will definitely
It's safe.
The scope of the wasteland was so wide that Count Cassano could completely escape through the interception of the Beamon warriors in a roundabout way, but the young man's inherent strength made him make a small mistake. He thought that after the war horse increased its speed, he would rely on
With his excellent fighting skills and sophisticated protective equipment, he can easily break a bloody path and give these Behemoths a decisive blow.
If he was given a second chance to choose, I believe he would not do so, because the enemy he faced was actually a group of about thirty Behemoth Hippo warriors.
When Count Cassano reached a distance where he could clearly see the faces and equipment of these warriors, Count Cassano realized his mistake in horror. After all, he was an outstanding knight. He relied on his excellent mount and perfect riding skills.
, skillfully turned a big turn and slipped away from the side.
The war horse under the Earl's crotch is a specialty of the Principality of Porto, which is rich in horses on the Karimdo Plains - the nightmare horse. This kind of nightmare horse was the "Nightmare" mounted by the demon knight of the Burning Legion abandoned in love during the war between gods and demons.
After Qin Continent, he mated with wild horses and produced offspring.
Although it does not have the racial skill of "Nightmare" with four burning hooves, the speed and reaction ability of the Nightmare Horse are still absolutely top-notch, and the price of a Nightmare Horse has reached an astonishing 10,000 gold coins.
Following him, only the three scouts with the best riding skills could barely keep up with the pace of the 10,000 gold coins being piled up. After the remaining scouts had gathered enough thoughts to prepare for the charge, it was obvious that they couldn't adapt. One of the scouts forced
Following the direction of his master, the horse's leg was sprained due to too much of a turn, and he fell heavily to the ground, rolling into a ball on the ground.
The remaining scouts rushed into the battle formation of the hippo warriors, and the symphony of flesh and blood suddenly sounded.
After all, Count Cassano was still a smart guy. When he saw clearly that these Behemoth Hippo warriors were wearing golden armor and holding huge kite-shaped shields, he knew something was wrong.
Among Behemoth, except for the royal guards who had complete armor, no lord could have such extravagant gifts to arm his subordinates. The strong physique and kite-shaped copper shields of the hippo warriors also made him frightened.
Count Cassano, who had already cleared the road, still did not forget to look back, a look he would never forget.
When human heavy infantry fought against cavalry, they simply stuck their heavy shields on the ground and resisted them tightly with their bodies to offset the huge impact of the horses. Although the scouts did not have terrible spears to charge with, they would still be able to hold on to the horses once
The speed and impact of the attack were also amazing. The serial crossbow barrels in the hands of the eleven scouts were all drawn out at the moment when the charge was approaching. The crossbow arrows made of pure iron could not shoot far, but the power within fifty yards was amazing. The crossbow arrows and
The sound like a heavy rain produced by the impact of the copper shield makes one imagine how terrifying this weapon is.
But this group of hippo warriors actually ran forward to meet the galloping war horses. Their height was actually a bit taller than the scouts sitting on the horses.
All the war horses seemed to have hit a wall. They overturned and fell to the ground with a scream. The scouts' superb riding skills really came into play. Four or five of them actually let go of their reins and rolled on the spot.
, stood up again, and drew out the two-handed sword at his waist.
Under such impact, the group of hippo warriors only stumbled a few times, shook their heads, and unexpectedly a carp that didn't fit the shape at all came up from the ground and stood up quickly.
At this moment, the kite-shaped giant shields were all opened, and each hippo warrior waved a giant ax with a blade and five lengths to surround the scouts. This kind of giant ax was long-handled in the eyes of the human scouts, but in the hands of the hippo warriors
It seemed to have a short handle. Count Cassano found that these hippopotamus warriors were carrying giant kite-shaped shields that did not feel bloated or cumbersome at all. He was surprised at first, and then fell into deep fear.
No matter how exquisite the scouts' martial arts are, they will never be useful in front of such a giant man with two blades and five heights. The physique of a hippopotamus warrior can hold five scouts. Their giant axes will only make humans think that
That's it - despair.
Count Cassano's nightmare didn't end just like this. The captured Yu tribesman was tied behind the saddle of his most powerful attendant. The count would definitely regret why he kept this Wolf in the first place.
The Yi tribesman bit the war horse's rump with just one bite. Under Wolf's teeth, the rump of this fine war horse worth two thousand gold coins was like a piece of delicious cheese being eaten by a greedy child.
A crescent moon was gnawed out, and blood spurted out from the torn muscle fibers.
The horse was in pain and kicked its hooves wildly, and the attendant was suddenly dragged back from Count Cassano who was running at high speed.
Just when Cassano and the other two scouts were about to turn around and go back for rescue, a group of high-speed figures quickly approached the four human scouts who thought they were safe. They were now only two meters away from the scouts.
Three hundred yards.
Count Cassano almost went crazy. It turned out to be the terrifying Bearman of the Pier tribe! He was actually the Bearman among the six nobles of the Behemoth Kingdom! Is this Feilengcui territory the palace of Behemoth? There are so many of them.
The bears are protecting it!
What really chilled Count Cassano was that not only were these bear-men physically strong, but they also ran as fast as cats. Although the count didn't know why these bear-men could run faster than the cavalry.
, but he finally knew one thing. If he stayed any longer, he might not be able to find even the bones.
The two scouts looked in astonishment at the Ursine approaching at high speed, turning the two silver spears in their hands. Suddenly, their horses' heads turned into hedgehogs, and they suddenly fell to the ground.
Although Count Cassano's nightmare horse started very fast and chose to continue running away, a sharp spear still did not let him go. Fortunately, Cassano tied a steel shield on the horse's hip.
The steel shield and the prism gun erupted with a loud bang, and at the cost of a large deep chute, the spear gun was finally separated.
The sliding lance scraped against the nightmare horse's back again, flying away a streak of mane.
My God! My earth! My God! Count Cassano lay on the horse and twitched the horse desperately, screaming in his heart.
What kind of behemoths are these! Two hundred yards away from us! Two hundred yards away! Can a gun hit us from such a distance? Count Cassano never dared to look back, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it.
Falling from horseback.
After the human scouts had no hope of escaping, the three scouts joined forces back to back and quickly formed a circle. Although the situation was very bad, these scouts had no intention of giving up resistance.
Their martial arts are indeed proficient and they are indeed the strongest scouts. They have absolute confidence in themselves.
The battle began quickly. The martial arts skills taught by famous teachers and lords to the panda warriors were only slightly higher than those of the human scouts.
Goode only used the gold steel halberd in his hand a little, and a scout's throat and his weapon had already been penetrated.
Just when Count Cassano was lucky enough to think that he had escaped the clutches of the devil, a Frost Snow Pichu beast riding a macaw flew past him.
Count Cassano was stunned, and then the noble count thought that he must have been frightened out of his mind.
Above the white clouds in the sky, a pair of eyes were staring at his embarrassed fleeing figure.