Rhodes has been in a good mood recently. The group of nobles "invited" from Kislev City seemed to have really taken up with Rahim. Through Alves' information, these people first got hold of Rahim and set off to
information from the empire, and learned that Laheim was negotiating a business deal with the imperial merchants in Baker Port. The specific content of this order was that Laheim would purchase various furs from the hunters of Blackhammer Fort. One month later
Use a ship to bring it to Baker Port for sale. Moreover, Laheim has already received a deposit from an imperial merchant as purchase funds.
After learning the information, the nobles Quareara, Skargard, and Clive immediately took action to take the lead and purchase spring furs from the hunters. They also stocked them in the warehouse, preparing to wait for Laheim to return.
Sell it to him at a high price. If the opponent doesn't buy it, they will sell it to towns in the south of Kislev. In short, they are going against Laheim.
With intelligence, personnel, and a backstage, this war without gunpowder could be said to be a winner from the very beginning. A week later, the high-spirited Laheim returned from the empire and was about to buy furs, but found that the hunters had no more spare parts.
The furs could be sold to him. Angrily, he found the source and sought the goods from several Kislev men. As a result, the three of them teamed up to raise the price to an unacceptable level. According to Alves, La
If Heim accepts such a price, this order will result in no profit and compensation.
In desperation, Laheim could only ask people to purchase the original furs elsewhere, then transport them to Blackhammer Castle, and finally transport the goods from the Blackhammer Castle dock to the empire. The journey was long and the profits had been eaten up.
A victory was achieved, but Rhodes did not show up once in this "trade war". It can be said that he has a breath of fresh air on his sleeves, and his image as a benevolent lord remains unchanged. To outsiders, this is - this matter has nothing to do with me, it is all normal market competition behavior.
.Only those who know the inside story know that everything was planned by Alves and Rhodes long ago. Reputation is very important. This is the consensus reached by Rhodes and Alves from the beginning.
But what really made Rhodes feel happy was not this matter. Laheim's failure was doomed, it was just a matter of time. What really made Rhodes feel extremely happy was actually Esun Priest Yeskovich.
It seems that I have found the training method of the Bear Knight.
A month ago, Rhodes appointed the Esun Shaman who had been following him as the high priest of the Esun Temple. In just one month, the temple recruited many believers. Many of them were devout believers. According to Yesun
According to Kovic, he has been committed to teaching these believers to believe in the pure way of Esun. One of them is a bear tamer. After believing in the way of shamanism, he tried to communicate with his bear. Although he failed, he gave
An inspiration from Yeskovitch——
Why not use this as a template to train Esun warriors? Choose strong believers and let them receive fighting and physical training. If Esun believers successfully advance in the future, you can give them two options. One option is to enter the big forest.
, accept the trial of the Bear God, become a real Esun warrior, and at the same time tame a bear as their mount, and become a real bear knight when they come back.
Another option is to stay in the temple and serve Esun. Although most people will choose the latter, after all, not everyone can do it by entering the dark forest alone and taming the grizzly bear. But if you can do it, one year
If you come back after half a year, you can become a real bear knight. That is the supreme honor and the recognition of Esun's believers. To put it bluntly, they are those who have been blessed by the god of Esun. When the number of people in this team is enough,
, maybe we can set up a knighthood, and Rhodes has already thought of a name, just call it "Sons of Esun". That will be a force a hundred times more powerful than the Norsca Chapter.
Yeskovitch's idea was to continue to serve as the high priest himself, to teach believers how to pray and how to believe in the pure way of Esun, so as not to let their souls be corrupted. Instead, let a knight who has experienced many battles be the instructor.
, train the fighting ability of these believers, teach them to use weapons and shields, and train their physical fitness. After taking shape, the fighting power of Esun warriors will be several times stronger than ordinary warriors.
This method of training knights reminded Rhodes of the Paladins in World of Warcraft. In World of Warcraft, Paladins are selected from ordinary priests and undergo rigorous combat and physical training to become Paladins. The training of Bear Knights
The same is true. To become a Bear Knight, you must first be an Esun believer. Secondly, this person must be physically strong enough to withstand rigorous combat training. Only if you have both, you can become a Bear Knight.
However, according to assumptions, the Blackhammer Castle Bear Knights who are about to be "baked" will be much more difficult and much rarer in number than the Paladins in World of Warcraft. After all, entering the big forest to survive alone and taming grizzly bears is a very difficult task.
As you can imagine, the difficulty is very Spartan, and the fatality rate is very high. Therefore, Rhodes plans to reward them with real knight titles and allocate land to them if someone really passes the trial and becomes a Bear Knight in the future.
They. This can be regarded as a symbol of glory and status.
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Border Prince Territory.
The gray sky is connected with the mountains on the horizon. Under the thick clouds that even the sun cannot penetrate, there is a desolate land. A small castle made of random rocks stands on the coast, letting the sea wind and waves beat the white...
The city wall looks lonely and lonely.
"Berto, you said that a true knight should not become a mercenary for money."
Standing on the castle wall, Talinnam asked the old man beside him with an unhappy look. Along the way, he and the old knight from Bretonnia wandered and explored, and he was no longer so reserved and polite to him, and sometimes even
Call him by his first name. And Berto is not a person who pays attention to formality. In private, no matter what Talinnam calls him, he happily accepts it.
"Yes, I said this, but please pay attention to the premise of this sentence - for money." Berto picked up the wine bottle and took a sip, "But we are not for money."
"Join the mercenaries and become one of them, not for money, but for what?"
Talinnam asked in confusion.
"You'll find out later."
Berto said, narrowing his eyes into a thin line and looking at the boundless sea.
Looking along his line of sight, Talinnam seemed to see - that dark cloud. A different dark cloud, it was like a group of mountains... rising from the sea in the distance, and above the castle tower behind him, there was a collective sound.