Chapter 113 The person who goes against the current
Chapter 781 People who go against the current
There is peace and tranquility in the cozy castle hall, and the charcoal burning in the fireplace brings a little warmth to the room.
In this cozy southern town, winter is not very cold. Compared to Kislev at the northern tip of the continent, Gray Tree Castle can be described as a paradise on earth.
Kislev...oh...so far away.
Thinking of Kislev, this made Talinnam wake up from a dream. It seemed to be a very distant past, a very distant year and time. In that ice and snow kingdom, hunger and cold were the constant themes. The air was filled with
The smell of rotting corpses, the sky is cold and cold without sunshine all year round. Farmers can only look forward to the maturity of one season of grain throughout the year. Unlike here, wheat can be harvested in two seasons.
Talinnam put down the wine in his hand and looked out the window. In the distance of the castle, the sky in the Gray Fang Valley was slightly hazy, with some sunshine emerging from the clouds and shining gently on the earth.
This is a place suitable for human beings to live in. Yes, it is so suitable that it destroys the martial arts and spirit of the knights. The warm and comfortable environment always makes people forget about potential dangers and disasters.
Talinnam thought of his distant homeland and wondered how Lord Rhodes was doing now. He had heard some stories about the northern kingdom.
In the story, the Northern Bear King dominated the entire Kislev, drove away the Norscan invaders, and built a desperate Great Wall comparable to a mountain. And he personally sent his daughter to the throne of the king. In the story, he rode a
The ice dragon came and shot the dark vampire with its cold ice flames. In the story... he is a legend...
However, stories are stories after all, and legends are just legends. Over the years, Talinnam has heard too many legends of this and that kind. If we investigate those bizarre stories, most of them are false. The real heroes died miserably, and
They will not be remembered. Instead, those so-called legends and celebrities, with the purposeful writing of later generations, have become heroes and great men that everyone knows. And these great men often have huge families and extraordinary power.
family background.
Tarynham has never heard of any wandering knight being praised and remembered by others, but the dukes and marquises each have more or less legendary experiences...
Tarynnum saw how his last lord, Bertol, died. He defended the knightly glory of Bretonnia to his death.
But he himself did not appear in the history of Bretonnia. If future generations have the leisure time to read the history, I am afraid that the most common sentence they can find is that Bertol, the lord of Gray Fang Valley, was on a patrol.
In the forest, he was killed by the blood knight. Such a description with only a few strokes.
Whenever he thinks of these, Talinnam feels sad for this country. But what can he do? In the huge Kingdom of Bretonnia, how many people are there who really care about its honor and destiny? The Grand Dukes are worried about their own
For the sake of profit, the knights below are also greedy for profit, and the chivalry spirit of selfless dedication has long been reduced to an empty slogan.
However, Talinnam would rather believe that the legends about Rhodes are true. After all, Lord Rhodes is the person he respects second only to Bertol. Talinnam is more willing to believe that Rhodes is different from those high-ranking kingdom politicians.
, maybe some people can really remain unchanged over the long years, I really hope so, Talinnam comforted himself.
"Lord, are you still troubled by the expedition?"
A knight's loud shout interrupted Talinnam's thoughts.
He took a closer look and saw that the man was Knight Erlin, a man with a beard, a strong back and a rough face. He was also his right-hand man.
"That's right."
Talinnam sighed, picked up the wine glass, and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Actually, we don't have to go at all. What I mean is - perfunctory with them and evade it with various reasons. If that doesn't work, just send a team of conscripts. That's what everyone does."
Although the castle is large, there are not many people in the hall. Only Talinnam and three other knights are having lunch. These people are Talinam's confidants, so their words are not so concealed.
"No, this is the king's order."
Although there were ten thousand reluctances in his heart, Tarinnam could only make this decision due to his oath.
"No matter what the orders are, this new king hasn't done anything since he took office. His orders are either to send people to die, or to send people to die. Have you forgotten? The Battle of Oka Mountain a year ago
."
Knight Erlin cursed the newly appointed king unabashedly.
Talinnam did not stop it, but only allowed his men to vent in private.
Seeing that the lord did not speak, Ellin complained even more unscrupulously. "A legion of tens of thousands of people spent several days and nights to attack a mountain fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. What would happen if this fortress was captured?"
It's profitable, but it's a dead city. Only greenskins and those dirty rats can survive in that place. We paid a huge price to capture that fortress, and then? It didn't take long, because the environment was not good.
When it is suitable for survival, it is abandoned. Damn it, is this what a king should do? This is a bad thing that only a fool can do!"
Erling was full of complaints. This is understandable, because one of his two sons was killed in that battle, and the other was seriously injured and was left half-disabled and unable to ride a horse again for life. For a knight
For example, if you can't ride a horse, you are no different from a useless person.
"When in King Charles' lifetime have we ever done something so ridiculous?"
As Ellin said, he swallowed the whole glass of wine. The high-end red wine that was usually used for tasting has now become a tool for a group of people to get drunk.
"That's right, we can deal with them, and the same goes for Earl Algren next door."
Another knight echoed loudly.
"What others do is their business, and what we do depends on ourselves. My knights, we all swore an oath to the king. We will always be loyal to the king, loyal to Bretonnia, and fight for the Lady of the Lake.
I remember what happened on the day I took the oath, and I think you remember it too."
Talinnam swallowed the bitter wine in the glass and spoke in a low and powerful voice.
Everyone in the room heard it clearly, and could see the resentful looks on several people's faces. Obviously, the lord's words were not the answer they wanted. Although they had already guessed the ending before that.
The banquet came to an end and after everyone left, Tarinnam was once again the only one left in the room. He sat on the lord's throne that symbolized power and status, but his heart was extremely bitter. Of course he heard the words of the knights.
He also knew what was in his heart. However, for the sake of tradition, glory, and oath, he must embark on this path. Although, this road is difficult and long.
I am like a big fish swimming upstream, trying hard to stay awake and maintain my original intention in the turbid tide of the times. However, this is too difficult. From time to time, some people will ridicule, and some people will not understand. And, in the end,
It should not be able to leave any good reputation. Who would be idle to praise a "madman" like a small local lord. Poets and writers will only write poems for the powerful in exchange for their daily rations, and no one will care about him.