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Chapter 101 The King's Messenger

Viscount Mandalay, who is the envoy of the kingdom, has just left Viscount Whitnet's territory. Although he is not a real nobleman, he still looks down on Viscount Whitnet.

I heard that in the Evernight Forest next to their family, there is a fertile territory of an earldom, but for so many years, he has not taken this land, but let a mercenary leader named Roland take it Going, it is simply a disgrace to the nobility.

As for trolls, what kind of thing is that, isn't it just destructible?With the arrogance unique to the king's envoy, Viscount Mandalay rode his horse and led more than a dozen cavalry under the banner of the Rhodes family, and ran on the road to the Evernight Forest.

Of course, he would be happy to show his humility in front of a great nobleman.

Since the caravans in the territory began to enter in an endless stream, Roland has ordered the lifting of the blockade of the Evernight Forest, because many caravans are behind the shadows of nobles, and they are also responsible for spying on the news while doing business.

There was no way he could stop a spy who acted like this unless he could be completely self-sufficient, but that was obviously impossible.

Fortunately, he already has enough strength to protect the territory, and he no longer needs to cover up, otherwise there would not be so many civilians entering the territory.

Looking at the Evernight Forest in front of him, Viscount Mandalay complained about the bad road conditions, but he could only follow the road because they were not familiar with the principles here.

They followed the road until they arrived at Yongye North Castle. When they arrived at the master's place, they had to say hello to the master first. Only in this way would they know that a distinguished guest had arrived.

Look at the flags on the stronghold and the strange crests, sickles and hammers on the shields of the soldiers?Fortunately, he was born as a mercenary, so he can't get rid of that rustic attitude.

Viscount Mandalay came to the door and said in a tone unique to court nobles: "Tell your commander to come out."

The posture is well-balanced.

According to his estimation, the chief officer here must not have a title, but it does not rule out that the pioneering lord named Roland is here, so he chose a neutral title-commander.

"My lord, may I ask who you are?"

It's just that this question made the guards a little embarrassed. Although the lord carrying the banner could tell he was a nobleman at a glance, when he reported it, lord Mirron asked him what he should say.

Viscount Mandalay was obviously dissatisfied when he heard about the guard problem, "As expected of a mercenary, he doesn't even recognize His Majesty's flag. Even if he doesn't know this, can't he see that he is a noble viscount?"What a bunch of bumpkins. '

Fortunately, the cavalry who followed him somewhat understood the guard's embarrassment. He pointed to the flag on the flagpole and said, "This is the flag of His Majesty the King. This is Viscount Mandalay, the messenger of the kingdom. We have come with the king's will." .”

It turns out that with such a big background, it’s no wonder that Viscount Mandalay uses his nostrils to look at people.Although he was thinking about some unreliable things, the guard was not slow and he ran inside quickly.

"My lord, the king's envoy, Viscount Mandalay, is here."

"Huh? Are you sure you are the king's messenger?"

Mirron felt a little surprised. Did the kingdom really send people over to explore the desertification traces of the orc prairie?Although Lord Roland had mentioned this matter, neither he nor Roland believed that the king sent someone to confirm this matter.

The king doesn't trust Duke Osborne too much, don't they really think that Duke Osborne has hysteria?This is outrageous.

The soldier thought about it carefully, "I'm not sure, that's what they said, but I saw that they were flying a flag with a yellow background and a giant dragon on it."

Milon remembered the flag on the top of the North Wind Fortress. The only one that could be hung on the Duke's flag was the Rhodes family's flag. It seemed that it was indeed right.

As for someone pretending to be someone, Mirron never considered it. Being able to come all the way here without being exposed can only be said to be outrageous.

With doubts, Mirron came directly to the door, gave a standard aristocratic salute, and said: "Good day, Viscount Mandalay."

"Are you the pioneer lord Roland?"

Looking at the man in front of him, Viscount Mandalay was a little confused.I was so lucky that I saw the real owner as soon as I entered the territory.

"No, Viscount Mandalay, Lord Roland is currently in Calradia City."

He was such a person who didn't understand the rules. He immediately raised his head with an undisguised look of disgust, "Then why are you doing the aristocratic courtesy?"

It was only after hearing these words that Milon realized what was wrong. He was a noble soldier, but he didn't have any identity here.

According to the rules, it is not allowed to perform noble salutes.It's just that I got used to it in front of adults, and the adults didn't care about anything, so I forgot about it.

It's useless to regret it now, he can only pray that Viscount Mandalay won't ask too many details, "I'm the second son of a side branch of the family, and my father prepared horses and armor for me, so I can make a career by myself."

Only then did Viscount Mandalay nod his head, agreeing with what he said, "Lead the way, we are here with His Majesty's will."

The second son of a family is still a side branch, no wonder he would perform aristocratic salutes. As for asking him which family, Viscount Mandalay is not that boring.

"Okay, Viscount Manderly."

After Mirron finished speaking, he directly ordered 100 soldiers to accompany him. He could tell that the Viscount Mandalay looked down on them.

When he came out of the Evernight Forest, he saw the vast land in front of him. Viscount Mandalay couldn't help feeling that the rumors were true. This place was at least an earldom, and even exceeded it.

Moreover, he had also heard that the pioneering lord here easily defeated the Whitnet family, a veteran nobleman, with the same force.

Of course, these were not passed on by Roland, and he still had the spirit of the contract.But these are not secrets that are difficult to investigate. As long as you investigate carefully, you will easily discover these problems.

Not to mention the large number of soldiers who participated in the war and the many people talking about it, Viscount Whitnet alone paid a lot of supplies to this emerging nobleman after withdrawing his troops, among which food alone transported many carriages.

Looking at the soldiers escorting him, they wore armor different from that of other nobles. They wore striped nose helmets, padded straps on their shoulders, armor with scale skirts, slatted gauntlets on their hands, and pedals. Cleat boots.

In fact, it is the armor of the Imperial Legion infantry. In Roland's view, different armors are specially created for each level of soldiers, and the soldiers improve very quickly in the first three levels.

Those who have experienced battles improve faster, but first of all, they must have a good armor to survive. It is a real waste to build too much transitional equipment. He only likes to do it in one step.

The heavy javelins and spears behind them, as well as the grooves on the shields, as well as the equipment that takes into account both defense and weight, all show their understanding of military formations. Such equipment has obviously been tested by long-term wars.

To be an envoy, one must first understand the family crest. However, it is the standard equipment of each lord. Viscount Mandalay can easily sum up a set of his own theories.

It's just that what the messenger didn't understand was that he had never seen similar armor.In other words, this is the equipment they created and designed themselves.

Looking at their discipline and formation along the way, both people and armor are elite.

'If I can lead such an elite, the trolls who must be able to fight will flee. '

It is a pity that as a court noble, he cannot have any form of private soldiers.

He also suspected that these were only elite soldiers, and they must have other miscellaneous troops, but when they passed by the stronghold they called Yongye Beibao, he found that most of the soldiers patrolling there were elite.

It seems that Lord Roland still has some skills. After learning about the situation, Viscount Mandalay realized that they should not be underestimated. He began to put away his arrogance, and at the same time, he didn't want to talk about a mercenary leader in his heart. Called Roland.

Looking at the city in front of us and the soldiers lined up on the city walls, there must be more than 2000 people seen along the way.And judging from the territorial area, this is a county.

It seems that the rumors are not exaggerated, but fart. There are only a few hundred elites. This is obviously all elites. They are all soldiers who have fought against alien races. It can be seen from their murderous eyes.

It would be a pity if the corresponding titles were not obtained because there were not enough soldiers.

Viscount Manderly shook his head and sighed, making Mirlon who followed him a little puzzled, but Mirron was not a talkative person, let alone facing a person who didn't think much of them.

When Viscount Mandalay came to the gate of the city, he found that there was no welcome in the lane as he had imagined, which stimulated his fragile self-esteem a little.Maybe it was delayed by important things, he thought so.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of anyone coming to greet him, which made him a little embarrassed. After seeing the incomprehensible look in Mirron's eyes next to him, he felt even more ashamed and angry.

Although he really wanted to leave here, but remembering that His Majesty's task had not been completed, he still had self-knowledge, knowing that his dignity came from His Majesty's grace.

At the same time, he also remembered what he had seen and heard along the way. He knew that the lord of this place would definitely become an earl, so he immediately pretended nothing happened, and justified himself, "Why are you still standing there, why don't you hurry up and take me to see your lord."

"Okay, Viscount Manderly."

Milon felt that he had suffered a disaster for no reason. Obviously you stood there in a daze, but now you are blaming yourself. He shook his head and asked the soldiers to lead the team forward with flags.

At this time, Roland was also a little surprised. He, Fox, and Andal had been waiting for a long time. They had heard the report that they had arrived at the city gate just now, so why haven't they arrived yet.

"It's not an accident."

Neither of them responded to Andal's thoughtless words, but looked at the food on the long table, which was already a bit cold, and it was impolite to entertain the king's envoy like this.

"Come here, change all these foods, we can't treat our distinguished guests badly."

At this moment, Mirron walked in first, and Viscount Manderly came in with two guards, and when he heard such words, he nodded with a pale face, "Thank you Lord Roland for your kindness. "

"Viscount Mandalay, please sit down."

As Viscount Mandalay sat down, the servants put away the food very neatly, but it would take some time to prepare new food.

Seeing them all sit down, Viscount Mandalay frowned. Mirron was considered a noble by birth, and Andal was just expelled from the royal capital. Since his knighthood came from the Cowan family, the king did not deprive him of his rights.

He looked at Fox wearing a mask, and wondered if this person was also born in a noble family?

"Master Roland, how many soldiers do you have now?"

Viscount Mandalay straightened his body, ignoring this question, and planned to make a fool of himself first.

This question was obviously beyond Roland's expectations. He turned his gaze to Mirlon next to him, revealing a questioning gaze.Obviously, now is not the time to communicate, and Milon can only shrug his shoulders, expressing that he is not clear either.

Of course, Viscount Mandalay noticed their little actions, but he did not make any other moves, but drank the tea in his hand slowly.

"I don't know how many soldiers I have. It has nothing to do with the fact that the king sent a special envoy to investigate the situation of the orcs."

"You only have 2. What did you say? I was not sent by the king to investigate the situation of the orcs." Viscount Mandalay was a little embarrassed that he almost said what he was thinking.

After sorting out his thoughts for a while, he understood what they meant, and then he began to tell his intentions, "We are about to go to war with the Kingdom of Hastings, and the king ordered me to come and inform you to lead your troops to the south."

Now it was Roland's turn to be dumbfounded, "What? Don't you know that the orcs may attack at any time? They want to go to war with other kingdoms?"

Roland wanted to ask whether the king was also crazy. Fortunately, after such a long period of adaptation, he had gotten rid of the habit of blurting out.

"It's not that we want to go to war with other kingdoms, but the Kingdom of Hastings is forcing us to go to war with them. They have already deployed troops on the border, and they also destroyed Viscount Hess's territory and captured him.

The king took into account the particularity of the northern border, namely the threat of orcs.The Osborne family was granted a license not to send troops, and all other northern nobles sent one-third of their troops to the south to resist the invasion of the Kingdom of Hastings.

Moreover, all pioneer lords can obtain the title in advance as long as they hold the documents of development and half of the people who can represent the title.

But considering that Lord Roland is in the north, the first rule also applies to you. I looked at your territory and it should be as big as the earldom.

In other words, Lord Roland only needs to bring more than 3500 people and lead them to the capital in person, and he can directly obtain the title of Earl. "

Viscount Mandalay decided not to play any rhythm anymore, but chose to tell the whole story. It was Roland's sudden outburst and his movement of searching for a weapon at his waist, which made him feel a little terrified, afraid that these northerners would Suddenly he chopped himself off.

Seeing Roland sit down, Viscount Manderly breathed a sigh of relief, "What a savage northerner."

This incident was somewhat beyond Roland's expectations. Could it be that the kingdom was already strong enough to fight on two fronts?The memories in his mind were all about the Northland, which was indeed beyond his knowledge blind spot.

"I need to discuss it with my partner. Andal also lived in the capital before. He must be familiar with Viscount Mandalay. Let him accompany our guests."

Seeing Andal nodded, Roland led Mirron and Fox into the room.

It's just that the atmosphere in the hall at this time is a bit subtle, and Andal looked at Viscount Mandalay expressionlessly, and Viscount Mandalay looked a little embarrassed?
"Knight Andal, I'm sorry for everything I did in the royal capital before."

"I'm no longer a knight. As for the matter of the capital, I don't care about it for so long."

Andal really didn't care much about that matter anymore. Ever since he was deprived of his knight status by Silas Cowan, he decided to bid farewell to the past.

But Viscount Mandalay didn't think so. At that time, after all, it was because he lost face that he framed the Andal knight.

It's just that this time and that time, what he saw and heard today made him realize that there is a powerful field earl who is about to rise, and he wants to put an end to this matter.

"Apologize to you again. This is the sword bestowed by my majesty. Let me express my heart and hope Haihan."

Viscount Mandalay is a man who understands current affairs, otherwise he would not have been a court noble for such a long time. He immediately handed over the sword given to him by His Majesty.

Now Andal was really surprised. He really had a deep understanding of what Viscount Mandalay was like before.

In the end, he checked it carefully with his sword, and put it away after a while, and said after the same salute: "I choose to forgive, Viscount Mandalay."

In order to prevent the Viscount Mandalay from sending anything again, he added a special sentence. "For the sake of this good sword."

After hearing this, Viscount Mandalay was completely sure that Andal had forgiven him, and the two began to chat.

(End of this chapter)