"Hmm------" Verne raised his arms and tilted his head, looking at Arthur who was getting ready with a puzzled expression.
"I really didn't expect the Duke to agree to your request. Are you a wizard or something? What spell was cast on the Duke?" he asked.
"Nonsense." Arthur rolled his eyes at Verne, and at the same time put the things he had packed into his luggage one by one: "Children, please don't speculate on adult matters. The Duke of Hillnant will agree to let you be mine."
Adjutant, he must have his reasons. Just obey."
Of course the Duke of Sirnant had his reasons, Arthur just deliberately did not expose everything in front of this kid. Verne was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Sirnant, so he had never received formal knight training since he was a child, lest this child
In the future, if he becomes more powerful and accumulates achievements, he will have the capital to compete with his wife's children for the title. However, the Duke may think that it is good to let this child go out with Arthur to accumulate some combat experience. Otherwise
The Duke's illegitimate son has been left alone in the castle as an idler. When this kid grows up, he will become a useless person, and will be criticized by others, and there will be no place for him in the castle------it will continue to evolve like this.
very bad.
The Duke has his own ideas, and of course Arthur also has his own ideas. Although the other knights assigned to Arthur by the Duke may be better, they are the Duke's men after all, and they were placed beside Arthur to monitor him. Verne, on the other hand,
Although this brat is the Duke's illegitimate son, he doesn't have the cunningness of adults. I'm afraid he can't do things like "surveilling" Arthur. With this brat as his adjutant, Arthur will be much freer in his actions.
He dropped a light breastplate and gun on the table, as well as a quiver with dozens of crossbow arrows. These were specially customized for Verne's figure.
"At least put on the breastplate. Otherwise, the enemy will shoot you to death with one arrow. I will not bear this responsibility." Arthur said.
"It's so heavy." Verne stuck out his tongue. But he also knew that this was not a joke, so he still put the breastplate on his body honestly. Even if the belt of the armor was tightened to its tightest, after he put it on
It still looks a bit baggy and looks very ridiculous.
The breastplate is something similar to a plate armor made of a mixture of light metal and leather, but of course it is far from a real knight's plate armor. It can only prevent the most basic arrow damage. In order to be lightweight, the metal plates on its chest and abdomen are actually
It is very thin, and a stronger arrow may even penetrate the armor. However, the armor on the chest near the heart is reinforced with a thicker metal plate, which acts like a goggles and can effectively prevent the wearer from being hit by an arrow.
Pierce the heart. This design is quite reasonable. If the chest and abdomen are hit by arrows, even if the armor cannot completely block the arrows, it will definitely weaken the power of the arrows by half, and the wearer will receive much less damage--
----And even if those places are hit by arrows, they are at least not fatal. The heart must be strictly protected. However, no matter how sophisticated the armor is, it can only protect against long-range attacks.
Two sword strikes at close range will still kill someone.
"By the way, don't you need that newly invented heavy crossbow?" Arthur asked in passing when Verne picked up the light gun. He had also heard that the heavy crossbow invented in England in modern times was very powerful. In the past,
When Britain and France were at war, it was this heavy crossbow that caused the French to suffer a lot, which led to England's successive victories in the invasion of France.
But that was all before Joan of Arc appeared.
"Heavy crossbow? That thing is so heavy that an untrained regular knight can't lift it at all. It's useless even if he lifts it. The recoil is too great. One shot can make people flip over." Is Verne holding it?
The gun with the crossbow attached was aiming left and right and trying to feel it, and muttered: "If I have to release an arrow on the back of a big wolf dog, this is the only crossbow that I can hold."
"Really? It's up to you." Arthur didn't bother to argue with Verne, so he just followed the child's own preferences. He was secretly surprised that Verne knew that he would follow Arthur next.
As a bandit suppressor, he seemed to be very calm and not afraid at all? Is it because this kid is so nervous, or is it because he has absolute confidence in his own strength and is not afraid that he may die in the battle?
In any case, since Verne is not afraid, it saves Arthur a lot of words and helps him a lot.
"Well," Arthur saw that everything was basically ready, so he stood up with his luggage and said, "Let's go. The next step is to go to the mercenary union to hire some mercenaries. Duke Hillnant said he would introduce some to me.
A good mercenary, I hope the person he introduced will really work."
"Mercenaries... They are all guys who are greedy for money." Verne also picked up his luggage and followed Arthur: "Wow, it's so heavy..."
"Just get used to it." Arthur replied casually. He himself did not wear heavy armor, but also wore a light armor and cloth clothes. At most, he only wore highly lightweight arm armor. In fact, he did not even need to wear arm armor.
, but Arthur had to rush in front and cut each other with swords. No matter how agile he was, if his arm was scratched by the opponent, it would affect his ability to continue fighting, so he reluctantly put on some protection. Arthur's hand
The Seraph Holy Sword in it only has the greatest attack power when it is unsheathed (unfolding the lightsaber form). It is usually just a silver sword without an edge. This weapon is an excellent weapon for both demons and monsters.
, but it is not powerful enough to kill people, and has to use other weapons. Therefore, when "fighting against people", Arthur is not half as reliable as when "fighting against demons", and he himself is not
Knowing this, I felt uneasy. The shortcomings in the battle against humans could only be made up for by Verne's long-range crossbow support firepower, but also by those mercenaries.
Two teenagers and a wolf walked around the city after leaving Fort Hillnant. They attracted a lot of strange eyes along the way (most of them were focused on Bediville, after all, such a big white wolf was walking on the street.
Go up) and soon you will arrive at the Mercenary Union.
"Kids, you are here------" The guard at the entrance of the union was about to say something. Arthur had already handed over the letter of introduction from Duke Hillnant. The guard glanced at the Duke's exclusive number on the letter.
After sealing the seal with fire paint, he choked back what he just said, and said with a smile: "I understand, go in. The person in charge of the union is waiting for you."
Arthur nodded in greeting and led his entourage and the wolf into the union hall. Before they came here, the Duke should have sent people from the mercenary union to contact them, so Arthur and his party had an unimpeded journey, and they were also there.
As expected.
He found it quite novel. Just from the lobby, he could see that the scale of the mercenary union was larger than he had imagined. The service office at the end of the lobby had a total of ten service windows, and there were permanent staff there.
It handles the hiring of mercenaries and the registration of mercenaries who have returned from completing their missions. On both sides of the lobby are dozens of neat rows of notice boards, which are covered with various notices. It should be that free mercenaries can go there at any time.
Accepted tasks.
"Lord Aslan?" Of course, everything in the lobby had nothing to do with Arthur. As soon as he stepped into the lobby, there was a well-dressed union leader waiting in the middle of the lobby, "Are you here to talk about hiring mercenaries?"
Let me do it. There are already several groups of suitable candidates, you can choose by yourself."
Not only are there people chosen, but there are also several groups, let Arthur choose. The King of Knights can't help but feel a little angry. The influence of Duke Hillnant is really not small. And he informed the union in advance, which really gave Ya
What a great face.
No, it gave Verne a lot of face. The mercenaries prepared for Arthur and the others this time were ostensibly to help Arthur, but in fact they were to protect the child Verne. After all, this kid is Xi
The illegitimate son of the Duke of Fernande.
Arthur and his party were led to a place like a VIP room in the union. The decoration of this room was quite luxurious, and there was a very comfortable sofa to sit on. Then the person in charge of the union brought several stacks of thick documents, which should be from various departments.
I have compiled the mercenary information.
Arthur glanced at the information, and his head began to hurt. The technology of their time was very backward, and of course they didn't have cameras. Since there were no cameras, of course there were no photos of the mercenaries. As a result, the so-called information was all about various people.
There are dense text descriptions, tables and other contents that are all drawn by hand. It can be seen that the mercenaries' information has been compiled as briefly as possible, but they are still stacked in stacks and are extremely thick. They are probably the mercenaries' information.
The life stories of the soldiers have been compiled into documents, and the more glorious the mercenary group's achievements, the thicker the information.
It would be almost dark to read all these purely handwritten and written information. Arthur scratched his head irritably and asked casually: "First of all, I want to know one thing: These mercenaries are all group members."
Is the team taking action?"
"There are many excellent mercenaries in the union who like to work alone. Some mercenaries do not have a fixed team and can temporarily form teams with other mercenaries. But when it comes to excellent mercenary groups, we have to count the [New Moon Mercenary Group].
[Blood Seal Mercenary Group], [Wilgard Mercenary Group] and more than a dozen groups. Because they always work in fixed groups and have better understanding with each other, the number and degree of completion of their tasks are higher than those of other solo workers.
The number of mercenaries is much more and higher."
"Oh." Arthur nodded and said perfunctorily.
"I have helped you eliminate the information on mercenary groups that have already been assigned missions. The information in front of you is all about mercenary groups that have not received assignments yet and can act with you. The prices have also been discussed.
, are all at a level that you can afford. Is there any mercenary group that you particularly like, Lord Aslan?"
"Well..." Arthur looked back and forth among several pieces of information, unable to make up his mind for a while. However, he accidentally glanced at the name on a certain piece of information, and hummed as if he suddenly realized:
"I found it, this is it. Hmm, [Crescent Mercenary Group]?"
"[New Moon]..." The person in charge's expression changed subtly in an instant: "I understand, Mr. Aslan, I will make arrangements right away. But please note that [New Moon] is in the union
The top three aces also have the right to choose their employer. I will make arrangements. It would be better for you both to meet in person this afternoon so that the leader over there can also get to know you. If the other party rejects your commission, please also
Don't be angry, okay?"
"Of course." Arthur replied without emotion: "That's very fair."