People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 330 The General's Invitation
In a blink of an eye, three days have passed.

In the past three days, Lothar stayed at home, took a good rest, and wiped away all the exhaustion accumulated in the previous few days.

It is worth mentioning that during this period of time, when many imperial nobles held banquets, they would specially send a servant to the manor where Lothar lived, and handed over an invitation letter, as if they had fully accepted Lothar into them In the circle of nobility.

After all, that afternoon, he returned to the manor with the carriage full of gold. Anyone with a heart can guess that Lothar has an inseparable relationship with the sudden end of the rat plague.

Although the extraordinary world is hidden to ordinary people, it can only be regarded as a thin veil for some families in the empire that have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years.

in the garden.

Lothar stood in the middle of the artificial lake.

From time to time, he swung his sword to block, and collided with the sword light coming from all directions, making the sound of gold and iron knocking.

This invisible figure is Cellinina.

After solving the source of the plague, Lothar jumped three levels in a row and finally rose to level [-]. Although Celinina tried his best, he still had to be taken down within a few rounds.

But if Celinina doesn't use her tricky double swordsmanship and suppresses the speed to less than half.

Relying on Superman's mental strength and the blessing of Blood Falls, Lothar can barely fight her back and forth.

Keng——

There was a terrifying force coming from the cross sword inlaid with the "Dragon Nucleus Noble Phantasm" in Lothar's hand. He took several steps back before barely releasing the huge force transmitted from the blade.

Although Celinina specializes in agility, strength and agility have always been inseparable. Even if it is just a stone, flying at an extremely fast speed, it still has the power of a strong bow.

At this time.

Lothar, however, seemed to have eyes behind him, slashing sideways in a slightly embarrassing manner, blocking Celinina's sharp blade just right.

But this time, Lothar also exhausted his strength and panted.

"Stop it, don't fight."

He waved his hand to signal the end of the sparring, and with a casual move, the dragon core treasure immediately turned into a red gemstone and was put away by him.

He wiped his sweaty forehead, ran to the side of the fountain, picked up a handful of water, and washed his face vigorously.

Celinina inserted the blade in her hand back into the scabbard at her waist, and said seriously:
"My lord, you've made great progress in the past few days. It seems that the discussion with Ms. Jeanna has indeed brought you a lot of progress."

Because her back was facing her, Celinina didn't notice the embarrassment on Lothar's face.

The way we compete is not the way it is now.

He said with a dry smile: "It is indeed very effective. After you are promoted, you can also talk to her more."

Celinina nodded solemnly: "I will follow your advice."

After washing his face, Lothar asked casually, "According to my current strength, what kind of character is equivalent to your two Sicilian wolves?"

Celinina thought for a moment, and said: "If you only count melee strength, you are considered to be at the level of an elite wolf clan. If you use all your means, it will not be a problem to eliminate an elite wolf clan team."

This is true.

Lothar's offensive and defensive levels are already quite good, and the biggest shortcoming is the blue bar.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, who are the strong men in the Wolf Clan Expeditionary Army, and how many are there?"

Celinina hesitated: "What is your definition of strong?"

"Measured by Hans' level."

"That should be quite a lot. I remember that there were nineteen families participating in the expedition, and each family led a team of centurions. The level of these centurions was roughly the same as that of Hans."

"anything else?"

"There are also stronger centurions. You don't understand, apart from the patriarch, the highest-level combatants of the Wolf Clan of Two Sicily are the centurion level, and the lower horns are the 'ten centurion' It is what I call the elite wolf clan, and the bottom wolf clan is the bottom wolf clan."

"Four classes?"

Celinina shook her head and said: "Strictly speaking, there are three, the patriarch, the chief, and the soldiers.

Centurions and Jiaotou actually belonged to the same class, and they did not belong to each other. Generally, a centurion commanded ten people under his command, which was regarded as a higher-level Jiaotou.

At the same time, Jiaotou is just a title. Some Jiaotou like to be alone, and they may not even have one person under their command. "

Lothar said in a deep voice: "I understand, after all, it is a family-style organization, which is very different from a regular army."

The wolf clan's rule over Italy is behind the scenes. The wolf clan indirectly controls their own territory by supporting agents, or simply pretending to be ordinary people, and occupying high positions in the government.

The Wolf Clan doesn't really have an army.

"That's right, the expedition. It is the largest expedition of the wolf clan in recent years. In previous years, the 'war' between the Yaxi family and the Iskander clan in Albania did not exceed 100 people at the largest scale."

Lothar remembered that the Iskander clan seemed to be an important force in the Blood King Court.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

If I can convince them to support me...

Lothar frowned and said, "Celinina, the combat record is an intercepted historical image, which puts us back into that time period, but what if we happen to bump into the past 'self'?"

During that period of time, Jeanne must have been the head of the Knights of the Holy Church, and Fringila was still the princess of the high court.

"I don't know that either."

Lothar sighed: "It seems that you can only find out if you go in and have a look."

If Jeanna can directly restore the strength and identity of the Grand Master of the Holy Order of Knights, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to deal with the wolf clan's expeditionary force?
In reality, the church may still be afraid to start a war lightly, considering the consequences of losing both with the wolf clan.

But the world of combat records doesn't really exist, so no one would say anything to Na Mang in the previous wave.

Lothar said thoughtfully: "By the way, Celinina, how much worse is your current strength compared to your heyday?"

Lothar now has more retinues under his command, and he also understands that the strength of the retinues in their heyday is not necessarily the second level of mastery.

Some subordinates, such as Hans, started from the first level, and every level up was equivalent to an additional increase in strength.

Some can only be regarded as "restoring strength", such as Prajna.

After all, in the game setting, many little girls who were born more than ten years ago and the old antiques who have existed for thousands of years are both six-star, but the strength of the two obviously cannot be equated.

Celinina thought for a while, and replied: "If you are talking about the time period of combat records, it should be similar to my current strength. If you mean the time period when I was summoned by you, my strength It should be equivalent to about twenty levels in the first stage of fineness."

So you are so good!
Lothar pursed her lips, and Celinina was still a little guy according to her age.

Her strength in this heyday may not necessarily beat Fringilla.

Although Furingilla is only five-star and has a lazy personality, her potential is still very high.

And people live for a long time, even if they just sleep, the strength accumulated over the years will not be comparable to that of Celinina, a junior.

"Have you figured out when to start?"

Celinina shook her head: "I don't know either."

"Then tonight."

Lothar suggested.

"But."

"Ok, deal."

Lothar did not give Celinina a chance to "but", he understood Celinina's concerns.

Although there are three attempts in the combat record, every failure is equivalent to witnessing the family perish in front of one's own eyes. This is by no means an easy and pleasant experience.

Combatable records are just combat records.

Lothar hopes that Celinina can make up for the shortcomings, but also hopes that Celinina can distinguish between illusion and reality.

Coincidentally, at this moment, the double-headed eagle emblem on Lothar's chest suddenly became hot.

After connecting to the communication, Anna said in a tired voice: "Come to the Imperial Library, there is something I want to talk to you about."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

In the big library.

As soon as Lothar came to the door, the heavy bronze door rose automatically.

He and Eve, who was sitting in the lobby on the first floor, took a rare shower and looked much cleaner, looked at each other.

Lothar hurriedly greeted: "Good day, Ms. Eve."

"Good day."

Eve's voice was as thin as a gnat.

There is a high probability that she was covered in stench in the underground palace before, and she had no choice but to take a shower. Her unkempt hair covered most of her face, but if you look closely, you can still see her beautiful appearance .

I really don't understand, a pretty girl, even if she's afraid of society, she's still so slovenly.

Lothar complained in his heart and asked, "Ms. Eve, is Anna on the top floor?"

Eve shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

She rarely pays attention to other people's affairs, and hopes that others will pay as little attention to herself as possible.

"Don't ask her, let's go out for a while."

Anna wore a simple red dress and walked down the spiral staircase slowly: "Talking while walking."

"it is good."

The two walked into the street.

The number of pedestrians in Constantinople has decreased significantly in recent days.

Although the queen has sent tribunes to publicize in various urban areas that the disaster is over, the citizens in the city still try to reduce the frequency of going out as much as possible.

That is to say, the citizen class has such confidence that they can not go out for many days in a row.

The citizens of Constantinople have their own reasons for pride. The emperor and nobles can ignore the common people and serfs in remote places, and even if it leads to a rebellion, they can all take it for fun.

But you must care about these Constantinople citizens living at the foot of the imperial city.

It's not just a tradition left over from the days of the old republic.

It is also because of the development of industry and commerce that the citizens of this city have great power in their hands.

For example, some rich merchants are not nobles, but their strength is not much worse than that of some nobles.

Of course, the citizen class here only refers to some decent people, and also includes some senior craftsmen who belong to the guild.

The lowest level of handicraftsmen, especially tenant farmers who do not have civil rights, and foreigners who admire imperial civilization and profit, are not included.

It is actually very difficult for them to find a decent job in Constantinople.

For example, monopoly guilds such as the Stonemasons' Guild, foreign stonemasons would not be able to operate here without being affiliated with the guild, but the entry threshold of the guild was obviously beyond the reach of ordinary stonemasons.

In Constantinople, even the beggar class had its own circle.

Outsiders who came here generally could only do short-term labor and engage in industries that were not monopolized by the guilds. They could accumulate very little savings. Even if they still had the risk of suffering from the plague, they had to go out to find work.

meow~

The sudden cat meow attracted Lothar's attention.

He raised his head, looked at the cats on the roof, flying over the eaves and walls, and screaming together, and said with some doubts: "In the past few days, it has become popular to keep cats in Constantinople."

"Yes, to deal with those rats."

Anna rubbed her eyebrows: "Even the Brahena Palace has started raising cats, so it's not a bad thing at all."

"indeed."

Lothar recalled that one of the reasons for the Black Death pandemic in his previous life was that people at the end of the Middle Ages regarded cats as pets of evil witches, or the incarnation of devils, and massacred cats, even holding grand ceremonies.

This caused the rats to lose their natural enemies and their numbers skyrocketed.

The Sun King in the true history of France, Louis XIV, once lit a fire of dead cats with his own hands in a ceremony.

The king, who has been in power for 72 years, is a devout believer. It is said that he has only bathed seven times in his life.

Ironically, a considerable part of the reason why the Sun King did not take a bath can be attributed to the belief that taking a bath will open the pores and make it easy to be infected with the Black Death.

"Fewer rats are always good for people."

"It's a pity that these cats are no match for the plague rats."

Anna was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Lothar, these days, I have been trying to summon Lienna's soul."

"Nothing at all?"

"Ah."

Lothar was surprised: "Doesn't this mean that she is not dead?"

"I don't know, I hope so."

Anna forced herself to show a smile.

Not everyone will become a ghost after death, and not everyone is qualified to become an evil spirit.

In fact, it is quite rare for an evil spirit to exist in a spirit body like King Seleucus, which is equivalent to prolonging life in disguise.

But as a spellcaster with extremely powerful spiritual power, Lienna is obviously qualified to become a "ghost".

Anna's tone was a bit solemn: "If she is still alive, there is no reason for her not to come back to me. Therefore, I suspect that her soul was either destroyed, or her soul was swallowed by that woman and her body was taken over."

"You mean the mad witch?"

Lothar frowned: "But we watched her soul being shattered, so what did she use to occupy Lienna's body?"

In terms of the soul, he still trusts the expert Prajna.

Anna shook her head and said, "You have also seen the woman's body. She is probably an ancient god left over from the age of mythology. It is normal to have something mysterious."

"It is."

Lothar was thoughtful: "So we have to go back to the underground palace to investigate now?"

Anna shook her head and said: "No need, I have gone back many times in the past few days, but every time I returned without success, and I did not find Liyena's body. This time I asked you to come out because of someone's entrustment."

She took out an invitation card and handed it to Lothar.

"This is?"

"General Nikephoros of the Vasiliakos family invites you to a banquet. He is the military general of Thessalonica and one of the most powerful lords in the empire."

"What is he doing for me?"

Lothar frowned.

He knew that Thessalonica was actually Thessalonica. This territory was in the Eastern Empire, a wealthy territory second only to Constantinople, and its industry and commerce were very prosperous.

General Nikephoros can own this place as a fiefdom, which shows his status in the aristocratic circle of the Eastern Empire.

"I am not sure as well."

"That's fine."

Anna shook her head and said: "Don't rush to refuse, I know you don't like to participate in this kind of occasion, but don't you want to organize a merchant fleet in the Mediterranean? General Nikephoros' influence in the Mediterranean business circle He is very strong, and it will be good for you to have a good relationship with him."

"Now that you've said that, I'll go talk to him."

(End of this chapter)