Allen Village is located at the foot of a mountain, backed by a forest. Most of the people in the village are hunters and make a living by hunting.
In the evening of this day, the hunters who had gone out began to return one after another. They showed off to each other the prey they had caught, compared who had the most harvest today, and discussed how many precious furs they could get in exchange for silver coins at the shop opened by the lord of the town.
, having said this, everyone couldn't help but admire the lord's justice and generosity, which made their income much more than before, and their life was no longer so difficult and difficult.
Just as the hunters who had returned from hunting gathered at the entrance of the village to relax and chat, a rapid and heavy sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the quiet dusk.
Everyone at the entrance of the village looked up following the sound, and saw at the end of the road leading to the village, in the red sunset, five majestic silver figures were riding tall war horses, galloping towards the village.
When they rushed closer, with the afterglow of the setting sun, everyone could see their appearance clearly.
They were wearing thick silver knight armor, which was dyed a dazzling golden color under the golden sunset. They were riding tall and vigorous war horses covered in horse armor. On both sides of the saddle were long swords, shields and spears.
Waiting for the weapon, on the exposed gun blade, there were dots of scarlet blood that seemed to have not yet dried. Under the reflection of the setting sun, it revealed the slightest trace of murderous aura.
Everyone couldn't help but become nervous and clenched the weapons in their hands, ready to fight to the death and protect their wives and children in the village behind them.
Fortunately, someone was the first to see clearly the coat of arms on their armor.
"He is the Lord's knight!"
As this voice sounded, everyone looked at the chest of the knight at the front. They saw a long sword on the back and a black shield-shaped coat of arms with a nine-headed evil dragon on the front printed on the armor on his chest.
On the top, the eyes of everyone looking at the knights softened instantly. The bows, arrows and machetes they held tightly in their hands also relaxed, and they turned to look at these mighty knights with eagerness and reverence.
Is this the legendary powerful knights who have been following their great lord, fighting north and south, conquering the vast territory they have today, and wiping out countless terrifying werewolves?
But why did these powerful and noble knights come to their remote village?
According to what they heard in the town, only formal knights are qualified to have the noble crest representing the lord engraved on the chest armor. Even the black iron knight has at least killed one person on the battlefield with his own hands.
Only a real knight of the enemy will be canonized as a knight by the lord and become the most noble noble lord.
According to people in the Chamber of Commerce, there are currently only more than a hundred black iron knights in the lord's knights, and most of them are the soldiers who first followed the lord's territorial guard.
Just as everyone was getting excited and looking confused, the black iron knight at the front among the five knights suddenly got off his horse and strode towards the gathered people with vigorous steps.
Under everyone's gaze, this majestic and mighty knight stopped in front of Old Jack. Then, in the eyes of everyone in disbelief, this noble knight suddenly knelt down on one knee facing Old Jack.
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Old Jack was also a little overwhelmed by this sudden scene, but then he seemed to suddenly remember something, and looked at the majestic knight kneeling in front of him with an excited look.
After kneeling down, the knight raised his hand and slowly took off the helmet on his head, and a cold, resolute and somewhat familiar young face appeared in front of everyone.
"Father, Oliver is back!"
The young knight's voice was trembling, and his eyes when looking at Old Jack were red, but he held back the tears.
"Oliver! My son! I knew it! I knew it!..."
Old Jack was so excited that he burst into tears. He tried hard to pull up his son on the ground, but found that he couldn't pull him at all.
Fortunately, when Oliver saw this, he quickly stood up. Looking at his tall and strong son in front of him, wearing a mighty armor, Old Jack touched the black coat of arms on the chest of the armor and nodded excitedly.
"Okay! Okay!..."
Only then did the people around him react and started talking excitedly.
"It's Oliver!"
"It turns out old Jack wasn't bragging! His son really became a knight!"
"Our village finally has a great man!"
"Little Oliver was not so strong before, but his archery skills are the best in our village, even better than his father!"
Women and children who came from the village after hearing the sound gradually gathered around. The news that Old Jack's son Oliver had become a knight under the lord quickly spread throughout the village.
Oliver was one of the first members of the Territorial Guard selected by Chen Mo. In the first battle with Count Warren, although he killed many soldiers, he failed to kill a single knight under Count Warren.
In the following battles, although his strength became stronger and stronger, he still failed to seize the opportunity to kill the enemy knights. Seeing his comrades around him become knights one by one, this made him hold back a feeling of fear.
strength.
It was not until a recent battle that Oliver fought bravely, fought hard to kill the enemy, and finally succeeded in killing a knight alone. Only then was he finally canonized by Chen Mo and became a glorious black iron knight, with four attendant knights under his command.
This time he was originally ordered to exterminate a werewolf that appeared nearby. When he learned that the destination was very close to his hometown, he applied to Captain Andrew to return home to visit relatives after completing the mission.
They had been fighting non-stop before, and the knights had no chance to go home. This time they had such a rare opportunity to come home for a visit, and Andrew would naturally not object.
So there was the previous scene.
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After a year of expansion and construction, the territory under Chen Mo's control has undergone tremendous changes.
The territory's economic and military strength is extremely strong, far exceeding that of all other surrounding territories.
The promotion of new agricultural tools and new farming methods has greatly increased agricultural output, but Chen Mo only levied very small taxes. For the first time, the common people in the territory felt the happiness of having more food at home and not having to worry about food.
In addition, Chen Mo led the knights to continuously suppress the werewolves that appeared in the territory, making werewolves almost extinct in Chen Mo's territory. Without the threat of such terrifying beasts, the lives of the people in the territory are guaranteed, and they no longer have to live in hunger all day long.
and fear.
With sufficient food and security, the civilians in the territory live and work in peace and contentment, and their living conditions have been greatly improved. They are far less skinny and ragged than the civilians in other places. Everyone's mental outlook is completely new, and their faces are filled with joy.
The glow of happiness.
Many civilians from other surrounding territories secretly came to Chen Mo's territory, hoping to become his territory citizens, away from the threat of werewolves, and to fill their families' stomachs.
For these civilians who came to seek refuge, Chen Mo refused to accept any one who came. At this time, Europe's productivity was extremely underdeveloped, the output of the fields was limited, and they had to bear heavy taxes. In addition, natural and man-made disasters, continuous wars and werewolves had been going on for many years.
The constant killings made the life of civilians extremely difficult, and the population was always very low. The total population of Europe was less than 10 million.
As the most important source of productivity and soldiers, civilians were very important property to the lords.
To all the civilians who admired the strength and stability of Chen Mo's territory and came to join him, Chen Mo distributed land, farm tools, grain, and seeds, allowing them to quickly settle down and put into production.
After successively defeating several large surrounding lords, Chen Mo's territory at this time covered an area of nearly 10,000 square kilometers, equivalent to the area of several counties in the UK.
In addition to areas such as forests and mountains, there are also large areas of land that can be developed and cultivated. For the population, the more the better.
Although Chen Mo spent a lot of troops on exterminating werewolves as his territory expanded, the pace of expansion did not stop.
With powerful combat power, sophisticated equipment, favorable weather, favorable location and favorable people, Chen Mo's troops were unstoppable. Territories of all sizes were occupied. Many lords on the edge of Chen Mo's territory took the initiative to surrender before Chen Mo's troops arrived.
For these nobles, Chen Mo will ask them to hand over all their territories and power, and allow them to keep their wealth, and make arrangements after Chen Mo inspects them.
Those who are capable will be sent by Chen Mo to serve as consuls in different areas, while those who are not capable can stay in the city and become a leisurely noble.
For those who caused too much public dissatisfaction, Chen Mo would order the court to put them to death directly after being tried in public.
As for whether other nobles would not dare to surrender because of this, Chen Mo didn't care. To him, it didn't make much difference whether they resisted or not. In front of his powerful knights, all forces would just fall apart.
If there is some resistance, he can train more.
It is worth mentioning that among the lords who wisely chose to surrender under the pressure of Chen Mo's army, there was one whose name was Victor!
When he actually saw him, Chen Mo was more sure of his guess. The world he traveled to this time was indeed the world of the movie "Underworld", and it was before Victor became a vampire.
Prior to this, Victor had been personally leading his knights to exterminate the werewolves in the territory. The forty elite knights under his command and himself were all experienced in combat and had good combat prowess.
Chen Mo chose to recruit this special and elite team directly.
Chen Mo did not disrupt and reorganize the troops like other territories, but once again handed them all over to Victor's leadership.
Chen Mo is not afraid that he will betray him. Not to mention that his power cannot threaten Chen Mo. This can actually be said to be a test for him.
After an in-depth investigation and a period of personal contact and understanding, combined with the plot in the movie, Chen Mo discovered that Victor is a very principled, stubborn and conservative person.
For him, the rules of the nobility and the glory of the family are paramount, even after his daughter Sonia violated the laws of the vampire family, destroyed the purity of pure blood, fell in love with the werewolf slave Lucian, and became pregnant, as a vampire
Although he was extremely intolerant as a leader, he was forced to order her execution personally due to racial laws and the principles in his heart.
The most important thing is that he doesn't have much ambition, unlike Marcus, the ancestor of the blood race, who dreamed of having the undead rule the world.
Victor has always believed that humans are the masters of this world.
Of course, he is still just an ordinary human noble under Chen Mo.