It was just after noon, the sun was still high, and the spring breeze was blowing slowly. Baron Band was sitting in an open space in Bundaberg, drinking sugar water.
The spring sun is not too harsh, and drinking slowly under the warm spring sunshine is a pleasant experience, but Baron Band's mood at this time cannot be said to be pleasant.
Today, some fleeing villagers came outside Bundaberg to ask for shelter. From their mouths, they learned that one of their villages had been attacked by ogres.
Baron Bender has clearly realized that this time the ogres did not simply want to rob and leave, but wanted to drive them away and completely occupy this place.
In order to suppress the anxiety in his heart, Baron Bender made a pot of thick sugar water alone to rest in the castle after inspecting the city defenses, and thought about the possibility of breaking the situation.
The Lanster family is stronger if they are strong, but they have recently suffered a new defeat and are the main target of the ogres. I am afraid they will not be able to send any reinforcements.
The situation in several other war zones is similar to that of the fifth war zone. They are all unable to protect themselves, let alone sending reinforcements. Baron Band only sent a few symbolic messengers, without any hope at all.
The only thing worth looking forward to is the messenger sent to the Hunter family in the Sixth War Zone to ask for help.
The originally unknown Hunter family defeated the Weir family in the Battle of Xiaoling River and annexed the Weir territory in one fell swoop, attracting the attention of many interested people.
In particular, after the Hunter family annexed the Will family, they did not attract any intervention from the Lanster family, but instead received acquiescence. This shocked Baron Bender even more.
After that, I became more and more concerned about the information about the Hunter family. The more I paid attention to it, the more clearly I became aware of how powerful the Hunter family was.
Some things cannot withstand careful investigation, and Richard has no intention of hiding them.
And when Richard showed no scruple to the strength of more than a dozen knights to win the position of commander of the Sixth War Zone,
Baron Bender's evaluation of the Hunter Territory's strength has reached a new level. In his eyes, the Hunter family is at least an earl-level noble, and one of the stronger ones at the earl level.
I hope that reinforcements from the Hunter family can be invited. Baron Bender is not sure that the Hunter family will send troops.
Just talking about the price jointly offered by the Bender family and several other surrounding nobles, it would be no problem to hire a few knights.
But now that the situation is tense, the knight's combat power has naturally increased, and they will not even send help easily.
"Lord Baron, reinforcements have arrived outside the castle."
While Baron Band was still thinking hard, a soldier hurried to Baron Band and reported to him?
"Ahem, say it again."
Baron Bender, who was taking a sip of sugar water, was so shocked by the news that he almost choked before he could swallow it.
"Reinforcements are arriving outside the castle."
"you sure?"
Although he knew that the soldiers would not joke with him about such a big matter unless they were crazy,
But the reinforcements came so quickly, completely beyond Baron Bender's expectations.
When he thought about it, the messenger had just left the day before yesterday. He had been coming back and forth. No matter how fast he came, he would probably have to wait for a week before he could see the reinforcements.
Now that he was told that not only had reinforcements arrived, but they had also arrived outside the city, Baron Band was naturally extremely suspicious.
"Lord Baron, the Hunter family's reinforcements are outside the city."
"Pato?"
Looking at Pato in front of him, Baron Band finally confirmed the authenticity of the news. After all, Pato was the messenger he had high hopes for.
Pato himself is also an important member of the Bender family, so he is naturally more trustworthy.
Before approaching Bundaberg, Pato left the team and returned to Bundaberg in advance to say hello and make preparations to avoid any unpleasant incidents.
After confirming the news, Baron Band stood up almost as if he had bounced off a stool.
After greeting Pato, he prepared to go out.
"Lord Baron"
"What's wrong?"
Baron Bender, who was about to leave, saw Pato standing there looking hesitant and a little confused.
"The situation is a little different than expected."
"There are not more than ten knights in the Hunter family, but close to thirty. Although the vanguard is not many, they are absolutely elite. There are a total of twenty-five knights.
There should be half a flag regiment of soldiers to follow."
Pato then briefly told Baron Bande about his experiences during his actions with the army. There was no exaggeration, but it only allowed Baron Bande to understand how powerful the small force led by Richard was.
"In other words, the ogres entrenched in Antler Village have been eliminated?"
"Um"
Sometimes, some things are so magical, and the things you were worried about early in the morning have been solved quietly.
"What conditions do the Hunter family have?"
Baron Bender is not a naive fool, and there is no good thing about pie falling from the sky. I am afraid that such a powerful reinforcement cannot be mobilized under the conditions promised before.
"Other conditions remain unchanged, but the money must be increased, and the gold nard must be increased to 10,000 gold."
Baron Bender frowned when he heard this. This increase was a bit strong. Even if other families shared the money, it would take several years of accumulation of the Bender family to come up with this money.
"You agreed?"
"Everything has to wait for the Baron to decide."
Pato did not answer directly, but his meaning was obvious. Of course, he agreed, but whether he would implement it or not would of course depend on Baron Bender's intention.
"Just ten thousand, let's send someone to notify the other companies. If we don't have enough now, we'll make up for it first."
Baron Bender still knows what is important and what is important.
Of course it hurts to spend such a large amount of money, but life is naturally more important than wealth and life.
"Let's go out with me to greet you."
Baron Bande walked in front, and Pato followed closely behind him.
…
"Pull up the hanging door."
"Crunch, crunch"
Following Baron Band's order, the soldiers on both sides shook the noose with all their strength, and the heavy iron gate was slowly opened.
"Let's go into the city."
Following Richard's order, the troops that had paused for a while outside Bundaberg filed in from the city gate.
"Lord Richard"
Baron Band and his people stood at the door to greet him.
Richard is only the eldest son of the Hunter family, but does not have any title, but Baron Bender still keeps his attitude very low.
Baron Bender has a clear mind. Title does not represent everything, but strength is the foundation of everything.
"Baron Bender doesn't have to be like this."
Richard didn't take it too seriously and quickly got off the horse, not wanting to hit the smiling man.
After a few casual conversations, Baron Bender kept glancing at the Crusaders.
Baron Band, who had learned about the strength of the Crusaders from Pato, could not help but pay attention to them.
Of course, Richard also noticed Baron Bender's wandering eyes, but he didn't pay attention. The point was not here.
"Lord Baron, Hunter leads Kuhan. We have come all the way and fought another battle with the ogres. The soldiers have not even gotten a single silver.
What do you think of this ten thousand jinna?"
At this time, Ron had already pulled off his visor. There was nothing he could do, it was still too shameful.
It is true that the Hunter family's land is bitterly cold, but it is really shameless to say that the Hunter family is short of money. Richard's business has been small in the past few years, and the Hunter family's annual income is higher than that of some counties.
"Well"
Baron Bender did not adapt to Richard's direct way of talking and fell into a moment of embarrassment.
"Bring the box up."
"哐哐哐"
Several large boxes were placed on the steps, and when the boxes were opened, there were neatly folded gold nuggets inside.
"Master Richard, do you want to take inventory?"
"Need not."
Richard then ordered a few people to carry away several boxes of gold. Naturally, he didn't need to go and count them in person. He would go back and store all the gold in the system to ensure that the calculation was accurate.
"What do you think, when will the troops be sent out?"
Seeing that Richard's men had already carried Kinnaar away, Baron Bande on the side finally couldn't help but speak.
