Regarding Antitina's question - Brando glanced at the locals who were like refugees and was not surprised. Here, even life itself is a thing that is so fragile that it is worthless. Antitina
Na would never have thought that in some places you could get a boy for the price of a sheep, and if it was a girl, the price would be even lower.
With a little bit of power or strength, you can trample on the existence of others at will. Both bandits and lords are killing people, the difference is that one is outside the city and the other is inside the city. Even if you kill someone on the street, you only need to pay compensation to the local lord
A little money will do the trick - to put it darkly, he might even want you to kill two more.
Because in the eyes of some lords, real gold coins are much more lovely than those who need to spend money to support them.
Antitina was slightly startled.
She thought Brando was dissatisfied with her previous performance. Although she felt aggrieved, she still lowered her head and replied: "...I'm sorry! Lord, I was too willful."
Brando spread his hands: "You misunderstood, I never blamed you, Miss Antitina."
The noble daughter raised her head and glanced at him, as if to confirm the authenticity of his words. But then she lowered her head again and said nothing.
"As for our territory, it needs to be further south." Brando replied again.
"To the south?"
Antitina was really dumbfounded now: "Leaving Tony Geer would be a wilderness."
"Have you heard of the Pioneer Knights, Antitina?" Brando asked.
"ah--"
The noble lady couldn't help shouting, how could she not know this? Those young nobles and knights who had no territorial inheritance obtained the right to expand the kingdom's territory from the Temple of Flame, and brought a few
The story of the retinue going to the wilderness to carve out a new territory on his own sounded like the fairy tales in those bedside stories of the past. But she never thought that such a legend would happen to her. At first
She felt a little panicked. After all, opening up territory in the wilderness sounds wonderful, but in fact it is an extremely dangerous thing. Such a thankless thing has not been done in Eruin for a hundred or two hundred years, so this moment sounds even more important.
It's a bit like a fantasy.
But she calmed down immediately, so what was the danger? Compared to the life she lived in the crumbling old house in Prague, where these people could hardly see the light of day, didn't there at least be a glimmer of hope?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Brando again - Pioneering Knight, in Eruin, this title sounds like those classical heroes, full of enterprising spirit. Although dangerous, it is romantic, not to mention
No matter which aspect, this Lord meets the best standards in her heart.
It's just a pity that he already has a sweetheart.
Antitina lowered her eyelashes and couldn't help but feel a little moved.
She looked at Roman next to her. This business lady had been thoroughly educated by Brando after two bad records of running around on dangerous battlefields. She was still keeping her peace. But this time
Her eyes fell on the other side with interest, and then she said to the young man on the other side: "Brando, look over there -"
The eldest lady seemed to have a natural ability to attract everyone's attention, causing Antitina and Brando to turn around and look where she was pointing.
There are many foreign travelers on the street, just like them——
In fact, ever since Brando's earth-shattering reaction to the artifact last month, news has circulated in bars and hotels all over the world that Denel has an artifact. Bards from all over the world have brought this news to
North, adventurers trying their luck flocked here. Mercenaries, explorers, not to mention those bounty hunters who had caught wind of the situation, they themselves were like hyenas or sharks smelling the smell of blood, they had already packed up and gathered here.
Even the Star and Moon Council and the Black Tower Wizards sent spies. Although the nobles were enthusiastic about the stormy situation in Eruin, they all sent their own spies. For a while, Denel actually came to Graf (Princess Regent) first.
territory) one step at a time.
In just half a month, the floating population in this area has at least more than doubled. This is because Tonigel is always facing the threat of war and there are certain risks, otherwise this place must be a paradise for adventurers.
scene. In more peaceful times, the local lords would have laughed.
But now, the situation has become somewhat complicated.
Brando's eyes swept over these people one by one - as if his aristocratic status was clearly distinct from these people. These adventurers were also incompatible with the locals around them. They stood in the middle of the street, as if they existed on the street at the same time.
There are three completely different worlds.
It feels like three types of people depicted in the same painting using three completely different expression styles, with clear movement and stillness.
The adventurers have nothing to do with the locals, and the locals are not willing to provoke these lawless people - at least most of them. However, the part Roman is referring to is an exception.
In Brando's eyes, he could see a small group of adventurers distributing food to some skinny local children. This scene actually gave him the illusion of going back in time, as if he had returned to the past.
In the world of "The Sword", those players who had too much sympathy at the beginning also did the same thing. But he immediately shook his head and threw away this unrealistic fantasy. Although most of the adventurers were profit-seeking people, they still
There are some young people who go out for adventure just for their dreams.
Just like the four men and two women I saw in front of me.
"Sure enough, he is a young man." Brando couldn't help but think that adventure is not as romantic as mentioned in the bedside story. A life full of swords and swords. Of course, it is full of swords and swords. It is not a lie. However, the adventurer's life is full of swords and swords.
Life is actually harsh and bloody, and you have to frequent dangerous places, just like a mercenary. Life and death are very common, and compared with the risks, the benefits are pitifully low, although they are not.
There is a lack of people who get rich overnight, but most of them end up as a pile of bones in an unknown place without exception.
Because of this, most adventures have to become practical and mercenary. Only young people will act with unrealistic ideals. Brando can even speculate that these young people may not even have really started traveling for long.
.
Or simply be a wealthy businessman or a noble.
But he turned around first and asked, "What are you looking at?"
But then he saw the business lady's beautiful dark brown gem-like eyes rolling, as if a creative idea had emerged, and he felt that something was wrong, "What do you want to do?"
Brando couldn't help but ask a little warily. Little Roman's repeated unconventional behavior had made him involuntarily alert.
"That's it." Roman replied matter-of-factly.
"Roman, we don't have much food left with us," Antitina reminded her in a low voice, as if she understood her thoughts in an instant: "The consumption of so many of us and horses is not a small sum.
If you want to purchase so much food locally, you have to deal with the local lords. Have you forgotten the last time?"
What the noble daughter was talking about was that not long ago, when passing through the territory of a small noble, Brando went to buy food from the other party. However, the other party fell in love with Akane who went with him. As a result, he sent a private guard to kidnap the person that night.
Although the more than 30 black iron-level private guards were a bit overestimated in front of Brando, and the final result was that they were defeated by the young people and blackmailed heavily, this incident was
A wake-up call for everyone.
Although the kingdom has not yet collapsed, the local lords have already become unscrupulous.
Hearing what Antitina said, Brando couldn't help but glance at the girl with some emotion. He thought that last time it was okay, he was an unknown little noble, but this time he was facing Baron Grudin. This guy
Although it is not worth mentioning in the history of Eruin, his father, Count Jean Denel, is not an ordinary person. It is estimated that he led people to kill him today, and tomorrow he will be chased by the count's army.
He even once doubted that the army of Grand Duke Luen could come and go freely in the territory of Count Jean Denel. Maybe the princess faction of the royal party and the count himself had reached some agreement. At least a secret alliance was indispensable.
Of course, he will have to deal with these vampires one by one sooner or later, but that will have to wait until he has full wings and has a decisive say. Although it sounds a bit unpleasant to say, it has to be said that at least for now, his power is still the strongest in the world.
One of the important rules.
Unexpectedly, after Roman listened to Antitina's words, he shook his head happily and said with a mysterious face: "Brando, Antitina, didn't you notice?"
"What did you find?"
"The way to do business——"
"ha?"
Brando couldn't help but touched the girl's flat jade forehead, thinking she might have a fever. On the other hand, the younger sister of the wild elf elementalist opened her eyes wide and asked curiously: "What are we doing?"
There is a saying in my hometown that businessmen do not walk with poverty - Miss Luoman, are there business opportunities in such a poor place?"
"Tiya!" Sister Flor gave her a stern look.
The little elf girl was so frightened that she stuck out her tongue and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
However, Roman didn't care about the little girl's rebuttal and replied matter-of-factly: "You can't say that. My aunt said that where there is exchange, there are merchants."
"That's right," Antitina shook her head. She knew that Tiya was not wrong. This place is not only poor, but also backward and isolated, and has no special products. There is even no carriage allowed to pass between the various territories.
There is no one road, and commercial behavior is just a very distant term: "But here there is even a lack of necessary conditions for exchange..."
"Is that so? But isn't that an exchange?" The merchant lady asked with interest as she watched the behavior of the group of young adventurers.