"For Marienburg's disrespect to the Angrond clan: three thousand gold coins."
"For Marienburg's disrespect to all the dwarf clans: five thousand gold coins."
"For Marienburg's disrespect for recovering all the dead dwarf compatriots in the Eight Peaks Mountain: ten thousand gold coins."
"To wash away the unwarranted insult of the failed expert, celebrate the return of Belegar and his glorious royal family: twenty thousand gold coins and the head of José the Magic Bird."
Under Ryan's guidance, Belega carefully added the contents of the Book of Hatred. The King of Eight Peaks nodded with satisfaction. Belega reached out and patted Ryan's trouser leg: "I have to say, brother Ryan, you really understand dwarves.
, That’s right, let’s do it like this, wait until we regain Bafeng Mountain, and then we can settle accounts with those business princes!”
Ryan's advice to Belega is to take targeted revenge and calculate the price.
Normally, this kind of insult to the dwarves has always been repaid with blood, but the empire and the dwarves have a sacred covenant. Although Marienburg is autonomous, it is undoubtedly a part of the empire. The dwarves are not willing to take action directly. Ryan's suggestion
Negotiation first and targeted revenge.
Ryan understands those business princes and the bourgeoisie has its weakness. If a group of dwarves holding hammers, axes, muskets, artillery, and rotorcraft block the door of their home, they will definitely spend money to eliminate the disaster and betray the magic bird expert.
"Speaking of which, Brother Lane, those annoying human merchants are really in trouble." Belegar finally finished writing the book of hatred, and the dwarf king didn't notice. He took out two tortillas from his arms and handed them to
Give Ryan: "Do you have any plans? Now that we are here, there is definitely no way to go back and deal with them."
The dwarf's tortillas were dry and hard. When Ryan took a bite, he felt that it was really gritty. Belega felt very comfortable eating, and asked Ryan if he wanted a glass of dwarf beer. Ryan quickly waved his hand: "I'll drink water, your beer."
The taste is too strong and I can't get used to it."
The two Angrond-sworn guards outside immediately brought two bottles of sherry to Ryan, and the two kings ate and chatted in the small room.
Normally, the book of hatred of the dwarves records their disgraceful history and certain controversial episodes, and also involves many secrets of the dwarves. Being able to see the book of hatred of the dwarves shows that the dwarves trust you.
For example, very few people can see the Great Book of Hatred of the High King of the Dwarves in the Eternal Peak, but scholars from the empire can not only apply for access, but can even apply to transcribe some key histories, and Belegar is willing to give his own small book to
Ryan's sharing also illustrates his attitude.
"Our only powerful answer is victory." Ryan took another bite of corn tortillas, paired with sherry. Not to mention, the more chewed the tortillas, the more flavorful they became: "A victory, Brother Belega, do you remember,
In Blackwater Bay, opposite Myrmidon, is there a greenskin fortress called the Giant's Tower?"
"I remember that is the territory of the Jieya Tribe. You want to attack the greenskin stronghold along the Blackwater Bay?" Belega was a little confused: "Brother Ryan, I'm not telling you, but you can't do this. You think, we
How much supplies will be consumed in a day with so many troops going out? Moreover, you humans are different from us dwarves. The Badland is a terrible place. You cannot sustain the war in the Badland for a long time."
"That's wrong, Brother Belegar. That's why we need to attack the greenskin strongholds along the Blackwater Bay along the way." Ryan nodded: "My plan is like this..."
"Oooh!"
…………I am telling you the dividing line of the plan…………
After a brief stay in Estalia, the knightly army continued to Tilea, preparing to supply supplies in the Principality of Lucini (self-proclaimed princedom) in Tilea.
In the room of the flagship of the "Landuin", Ryan looked at the history of the Principality of Lucini towards Veronica and Olika: "No matter how unwilling the Estalians are to admit it, the Principality of Lucini
It should be the origin of civilization in the southern countries."
"In the first year of Charlemagne's establishment of the empire, a brother and sister appeared on the land where the Principality of Lucini is now. At that time, a king of the Tilean tribe was expelled by his younger brother and lived in the wilderness.
, he died of illness soon, leaving behind a pair of infant brother and sister. They were supposed to starve to death, but a female leopard with two heads and three tails came to the brother and sister and fed them to life with milk.
He was later raised by a shepherd."
"After the brother and sister grew up, they gathered the lost tribes and people, found an 'Elven Acropolis' on the location of the Principality of Lucini, built their palace, and named the emerging country after them.
Named Lucini, brother and sister got married and became
King Lucan and Queen Lucina are considered to be gifts from the gods to the Principality of Lucini, and are children of gods. Therefore, King Lucan's Lupo family and Queen Lucina's Luci family are considered to be descendants of the gods. Luci
The throne of the Ni Principality will always only be..."
While Ryan was still waiting to say anything, Veronica, who was listening to the story with her cheeks in hand, quickly reached out her hand: "Wait! They are brother and sister and husband and wife?!"
"That's right." Ryan nodded slightly, and he said a little awkwardly: "There have been many debates in the historians about whether King Lucan and Queen Lucina are husband and wife. At first, the empire thought they were husband and wife, but Brittany
After the founding of the Kingdom of Asia, based on the investigation of historical data, they believed that they only had a co-governing relationship, that is, the king and the queen co-governed. This view was recognized by most scholars at the time."
"But after the Great Holy War, His Majesty the Savior Ludwig once visited Tilea and asked about this issue privately, and the Principality of Lucini clearly told His Majesty Ludwig that the two were indeed husband and wife and brother and sister at the same time.
, the historians can only change their tune again.”
"Uh... no wonder." Veronica nodded with a somewhat tangled expression and motioned for Ryan to continue.
As for the dark elf's familiar expression, there seemed to be nothing surprising about it.
"The two founders left two families respectively, so the throne of the Lucini Principality will always be exchanged between the two families. Anyway, either the Lupo family will be the prince, or the Lucchi family will be the prince. These two
The two families are constantly fighting for the throne, and the throne has gone back and forth between them countless times. It seems that it is due to frequent large-scale inbreeding. The children of these two families are extremely arrogant people, but they like a sense of humor very much. The whole Lucy
Principality of Nigeria
The Chinese culture is particularly fond of all kinds of humorous skits and humorous acrobatic performances. Even assassinations like to be carried out through humorous methods. For example, a prince's heir once stepped on a banana peel and slipped dozens of meters, and then hit the oncoming feces.
The car plunged into the car and drowned. All the Lucini people praised this high-level humorous assassination, saying that it was a real art. Everyone cared about who designed it, but no one cared about the unlucky guy who was assassinated.
"
"The current king of Lucini is Lorenzo Lupo. The capital of Lucini has a permanent population of about 85,000. The most powerful army is the retained veteran brigade, numbering about 2,000 people, all equipped with spears and long spears.
Heavy infantry with shields and heavy javelins. Each remaining veteran brigade has served for more than sixteen years. They have combat experience.
They have rich experience, very strong combat effectiveness, and will almost never retreat. Only when facing the most difficult situation, Lucini will send out the remaining veteran brigade." After Ryan finished talking about the long history, he picked up the water glass and took a sip of juice.
Then he stretched out his finger and pointed at the location of the Lucini Principality: "This is the history of the Lucini Principality."
"My dear, you never do anything without a purpose." Veronica leaned lazily on the soft couch. Recently, the Witch of Gloria, who had been suffering from back pain and weak legs, stood in front of Ryan.
Very relaxed, she kicked off her high heels and asked casually: "Do you have any plans? Tyrell, the country of mercenaries, dogs of war, do you plan to..."
"Yes, the Lucini Principality once had a very powerful army." Ryan nodded, and he continued: "That is Leonardo's Leopard Regiment. This elite mercenary group came from the internal fighting in the Lucini Principality.
Among them, they are also from the retained veteran brigade."
"As I said before, the throne of King Lucini will always rotate between two families, that is, the Lupo family and the Lucchi family. The same is true for this generation. At that time, it was the current prince Lorenzo who was competing for the throne.
- Lupo and Leonardo Luchi, the two sides fought several battles in Lucini over this issue. The final outcome was that Lorenzo gained an absolute advantage after buying off the bishops of the Twin Temples, and the two sides reached an agreement.
According to the peace agreement, Leonardo could lead his Leopard Regiment with all weapons and supplies, safely evacuate the city and become a mercenary regiment, and swear never to come back. Lorenzo would become the prince and allow Leonardo to have limits.
We will recruit new soldiers from the Principality of Lucini." Ryan continued: "I have already contacted Leonardo and his Leopard Regiment, and this army will accept our employment to participate in this war."
"Their asking price must not be low, right?" Veronica found a comfortable position and said casually with a smile: "Can you afford it? A king who doesn't sell national debt well?"
"It's not easy to draw a big pie." Ryan smiled and squeezed Veronica's beautiful silk feet with his hand: "The mercenary group is good for this. They only care about money and don't consider anything else."
"Ah! Don't, don't be like this, Ryan, let me rest for two days!" Veronica screamed, quickly took her feet back, and said pitifully: "My dear, I really can't stand it anymore.
You go find Orika, I won’t even be able to walk if this continues."
"Hehehe~ Now you know how powerful I am, right?" Ryan nodded with a smirk, agreeing to Veronica's request. He reached out and fished it from his side. The dark elf maid took off her shoes obediently and got into Ryan's arms.
: "Master~ It's okay with me, anytime, as long as you need~"
Olika was wearing a pure black simple pear-neck embroidered straight dress today with a pair of black high heels. Her long and delicate legs were wrapped in slightly translucent white stockings. She huddled in Ryan's arms and sat in his arms.
On his lap, he leaned on Ryan's chest with a satisfied look on his face. Ryan held his dark elf maid in his arms, enjoying the warm moment.
In the afternoon, the light from outside shone into the room through the window. After a few minutes, Ryan held Olika in his arms, wiped oil on Olika's beautiful white legs openly, and said to Veronica.
: "By the way, dear, Catherine, who do you plan to assign it to?"
"How about arranging it for Kalad?" Veronica was already a little drowsy, but she cheered up again after hearing Ryan's words. Witch Gloria pinched her chin and said: "Katherine is a light fire wizard like me.
It will definitely help Kalad."
Veronica's personal apprentice Catherine is now an official witch, and naturally has the qualifications to accept apprentices and her own ideas, and it's time to fight alone.
"Okay." Ryan nodded. Seeing Ryan agree, a light flashed in Veronica's eyes: "Then let's arrange it this way."
In this way, the Poseidon fleet sailed to the Principality of Lucini. After Ryan landed ashore, he met Prince Lorenzo. The latter was wearing quite outdated armor-a round helmet with a red mane on the crest of the cock, a segmented breastplate with a lock
Zijia, with many leather strips hanging down under the breastplate, wearing a red leopard print cloak, with a short sword and a square shield with a leopard pattern on its waist.
Quite retro, quite... respecting tradition, this is Ryan's understanding of Prince Lorenzo. The prince even insisted on using the local language of Tilea to communicate. Fortunately, Ryan can also speak fluent local language of Tilea.
, there was no communication barrier between the two parties.
Ryan also successfully hired Leonardo's Leopard Regiment. This powerful army will participate in the expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains.
Afterwards, the army temporarily rested and replenished supplies at the port of Lucini, while the Landuin sailed directly to Sartosa, the pirate principality located south of Tilea.
"Feedmund, we are going to find your relatives!" Standing on the deck of the Landuin, Ryan joked towards Fedmund: "Tell us, what will happen to your relatives?"
Entertain us?”
"That woman? Salt resentment? I guess she will treat us to guns and cannonballs!" The Holy Grail Knight, Sulia's cousin, the Holy Grail Knight, Count Cuileu Antelm came up fully armed, he drove
Bad joke: "Hey, this is a rare opportunity. Let me see how many honorless Bretons are hiding on Sartosa? How many do we need to deal with?"
"Salt resentment has a covenant with us. She should not point her musket at us. She is the daughter of Poseidon, and we have a Poseidon prince here!" Kalad also made a rare joke. This person from the Holy Domain's Great Holy Grail
His expression remained serious: "Am I right? Fedmund?"
"Ah, how many times do I have to say it, our family really has nothing to do with the Hatred of Arinasa-Saltwater!" Fedmund was a little annoyed: "We will help her contact just because the sea god Mannann gave her a dream
Father, other than that, our family has nothing to do with her pirate group! Only Mannann knows why she, the daughter of a Norscan chief, became the daughter of Poseidon!"
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha~"
Just in the distance, Airinasa's flagship, the Swordfish, was already waiting for the arrival of Ryan and others off the coast of Sartosa.
Ryan frowned as he looked at the giant pirate ship.
Fulgrim sent a message through President Amancio, that is, if you want to reach the whirlpool of the Burial Ship Cemetery in the vast ocean by boat, you must find an artifact - the moon dial of the legendary Pirate King Captain Ross.
And this artifact is said to be in the pirate principality of Sartusa.