Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Afterward, she silently calculated that nearly forty or fifty bodies in the castle had fallen to the Lord's sword.

The spear he threw later was even more terrifying, something no human could possibly do.

Accurately killing a group of knights from hundreds of steps away was something even a giant with immense strength would find difficult.

She was the only one in White Stream City who believed the Baron could achieve the feats of Highcliff Fortress that she had heard about recently; everyone else remained skeptical.

“Now, the taverns in White Stream City are singing songs about the events at Highcliff Fortress. You've become famous, with titles grand enough to scare anyone to death. Soon, you might even have knight retainers coming to pledge their loyalty,” Leah said with a smile.

As the knight she had appointed, the stronger he was, the better.

Levi thought that the spread of Highcliff Fortress's stories in White Stream City must be due to Rowena's promotion.

As someone who had experienced the information age, the Lord knew deeply the importance of the right to speak and reputation, especially in this world. Therefore, he had proactively spent money to have Rowena promote the deeds of Highcliff Fortress in White Stream City.

Now it seemed the effects were remarkable.

“Tch, I don't want to enfeoff them,” Levi rolled his eyes.

Knight retainers were usually the younger sons or illegitimate children of minor nobles who had been learning alongside formal knights since childhood, often serving as personal male attendants.

When they came of age, they would often seek out a noble worthy of their loyalty, and the noble would enfeoff them, allowing them to shed their status as retainers and become formal knights.

The penniless Lord of Highcliff Fortress couldn't afford their fiefs and knight salaries.

He would rather buy two more pigs to feed the orcs with that spare money.

“Other nobles are trying every possible way to get more retainers to pledge their loyalty, and only you, Levi, look disgusted,” Leah said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Generally speaking, the younger sons of these minor nobles were more loyal because they had been with formal knights since childhood, and their martial skills were far superior to those of commoners.

The elite legions were entirely composed of these retainers.

“Which of the warriors under me isn't stronger than them?” Levi curled his lip dismissively, pointing to the Highcliff Fortress guard behind him. “As long as they have food and lodging, they're willing to sell their lives to me, every single one of them is an elite soldier.”

Seeing their boss looking at them, Zart, the leader, quickly put down his finger, stopped his carefree manner, and straightened up his chest, pretending to lead the guard arranged in a square formation forward.

Their stupid behavior was completely seen by the two.

They had learned the lord's behavior of acting one way in person and another behind his back, but they did not do it well at all.

“Ahem, their intelligence is indeed not as good as those retainers,” Levi said awkwardly, waving his hand and trying to explain something. “You know, everyone has more or less some shortcomings, just like the heavens gave giants immense strength, but also made their intelligence forever stuck at the level of an eight-year-old child.”

“This is a natural way of balance. The orcs are obviously one of the best in the balance sect.

They have superb martial skills and are more valiant than the polar bears in the far north, so there must be some flaws to balance it out, lest they become too extraordinary.”

Leah smiled, quietly watching Levi say things like balance, sect, and nature, which she didn't quite understand.

“Damn it, I'm laying my cards on the table. My orc barbarians are all muscle-headed brutes, good for nothing but hacking and killing.” The Lord finally blurted out in frustration.

Leah looked at the vast grasslands, changing the subject to prevent her Baron from breaking down too much. “Levi, I heard that the scenery in the wilderness is very vast, grand, and shocking. I wish I had the chance to see it.”

“Hey, don't mention it. Highcliff Fortress happens to have such a scenery, definitely shocking.”

The Lord thought of something, suppressing a smile and trying to maintain a serious face.

The location to welcome Leah was originally very close to Highcliff Fortress, only a tea's time away by horse, but the two chatted, and the old horse under their butts was also humane, walking slowly, occasionally stopping to eat some grass, which delayed the trip.

When the sound of the horse's hooves sped up, the small black dot of Highcliff Fortress was completely in sight.

This was a settlement built on a hill, surrounded by a circle of walls, with rows of wooden houses inside, bustling with people busy with their respective tasks, full of peace and tranquility.

The cavalry guard from White Stream City showed their surprise, which was beyond words. They often encountered small groups of bandits from the time they left White Stream City, and some of the more daring ones even dared to attack them.

It could be said that they directly felt the chaos, barbarism, and bloodiness of the wilderness along the way.

Seeing such a peaceful force in the turbulent and chaotic wilderness was like finding a chaste woman in a brothel.

“The changes in Highcliff Fortress are too great. I remember the last time I came, those walls weren't even as tall as a dwarf.”

Skye exclaimed.

“Knight Skye, it's been more than a month since your last visit. What happened in this month is as long as a year for Highcliff Fortress.”

Bai Ruisi Tiana crossed her hands on her lower abdomen and nodded with a smile.

Whether it was her temperament or etiquette, she was impeccable. If she hadn't known in advance that she was a girl born in the wilderness, Skye would have even thought she was a princess.

The Fedde tribe, as the remnants of the former royal family, had always valued noble etiquette, regarding it as the difference between them and the local savages. Therefore, these things had been passed down.

Bai Ruisi Tiana, as the leader of the Fedde tribe and the princess in name, had been taught by the elders in the tribe who still remembered the noble etiquette since she was a child, so her etiquette and temperament were not inferior to those of noble daughters.

Skye suddenly realized that this Lord had good luck with women. There was a lovely girl in his territory, and Miss Leah's feelings for him were obviously more than just a vassal.

Even Master Mireille of the Mithril Merchant Guild, who returned to White Stream City some time ago, had the name of this Highcliff Fortress Lord on her lips all day long.

Although most of them were some bad mumblings.

But as an old hand, Skye knew that this kind of man was often the most unforgettable for women.

Compared to this Lord, Skye felt that he was as naive as a child in handling women, and he couldn't even control the shrew at home.

“Levi, it's hard to imagine that in this dangerous and turbulent time, the people of Highcliff Fortress can still have such peaceful order.”

Leah's small mouth was slightly open, very surprised.

She had heard about Highcliff Fortress in White Stream City, so she was still expecting the elite guard and the thousands of people in Highcliff Fortress.

But she had not expected that in the face of the impending chaos in the wilderness, the faces of these people were still full of smiles, without a trace of tension.

“In fact, this is related to the scenery I told you about earlier.” The Lord smiled mysteriously. If it were the people of Highcliff Fortress who were familiar with their Lord, they would know that the unscrupulous boss was definitely holding back bad things.

As they got closer to Highcliff Fortress, a gloomy and shrill “caw” sound came.

Everyone involuntarily turned their eyes to the source, and then their faces changed drastically, with a look of horror.

On the grass on a small hillside, heads were piled high like a pyramid, and countless black crows were flapping and pecking at the remaining meat.

The surrounding grass below was already dark, like a dry black lake, which was a phenomenon formed after blood stained and solidified.

Just a rough look would tell that these heads were more than a thousand.

The people of Highcliff Fortress were already used to it, glanced at it and stopped watching.

Even when these heads still had flesh and blood at the beginning, watching their heads being pecked by crows bit by bit, they only had a little touch in their hearts, let alone now that they were only skulls.

All the cavalry guards of White Stream City were silent. The cold wind in the wilderness could hardly invade their specially made thick cotton clothes, but the cold in their hearts could penetrate deep into their bones, making people want to shiver.

They were all elite warriors, and they wouldn't blink an eye even if they cut off their opponent's head with one knife.

But the Jingguan made up of thousands of heads was like a thousand people who died with their eyes open staring at them resentfully.

This was a fear from the body's instinct, reminding them that there was an out-and-out beast here, which made them want to escape uncontrollably.

“Levi, is this the shocking scenery you said?”

Originally, Levi wanted to ridicule Leah a few words, whether it was shocking.

Turning around, he realized that the girl's eyes were numb and her tone was very empty. He quickly rode his horse to her and blocked her view.

“Don't look, don't look, let's go back to Highcliff Fortress first.”

The Lord was not considerate after all. Although Leah escaped from Cullen with him and saw him kill people, killing people was just a matter of wiping the neck with a sword, which did not have such a strong impact.

What was the concept of Jingguan made up of thousands of heads? Even some soldiers who had seen blood might not be able to withstand this direct visual shock, let alone a girl.

Even those desperate bandit groups were so scared that they cured their hunger and quickly bypassed Highcliff Fortress, which was really not something ordinary people could bear.

There was silence on the way back.

The guard of White Stream City, because they would soon reach their destination and have a good night's sleep, were still discussing with laughter whether there was a brothel in this Highcliff Fortress.

Now, after seeing this Jingguan built with the heads of various alien races in the wilderness, they could no longer laugh.

When they stepped on the gentle slope of the hill, just as the Lord was worried and couldn't help but want to ask Leah how she was, the girl seemed to have finally come back to her senses and opened her mouth.

“Are these heads all wilderness bandits?”

Seeing that Leah was only a little pale and had no other changes, Levi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, “The peace of Highcliff Fortress at this moment comes from this.”

“I won't talk about the impact of the Kexianri tribe going south. You should be very clear about it when you go north from White Stream City. This thousand-person bandit group driven south attacked an area of ​​Highcliff Fortress at night, massacred nearly four or five hundred people, and looted everything.”

“Whether it was for revenge or to deter these wilderness bandits, I led people to chase them for a day and a night, and the sword was rolled, and finally all of them were killed, and none of them were let go.”

Levi said very easily.

But Leah could already imagine the bloody scene where the sword could be rolled, and I am afraid that even the slaughterhouse was not so terrifying. Thousands of headless corpses were scattered on the grass at will, but the heads were missing.

“Only you can do this kind of thing that is almost impossible to complete.” Leah smiled forcefully and praised.

Completely destroying and defeating are two completely different concepts.

Moreover, the Highcliff Fortress guard did not exceed five hundred people, and how to stop the fleeing people was a problem.

This can only indirectly prove that this Highcliff Fortress Lord has outstanding military talent.

With excellent tactics, he completed an annihilation battle.

In fact, Levi would not say that he carried a giant sword, and with a speed exceeding the war horse, he chased and slaughtered hundreds of fleeing soldiers who were howling.

Even the orc barbarians saw for the first time that their boss, in addition to being infinitely powerful and highly skilled in martial arts, was also a very real and ruthless character whose speed could not be caught up even by whipping the horse's ass.

They tried their best and ran so fast that they vomited blood, and they couldn't even keep up with picking up the heads. As a result, in the face of this amazing physical consumption, their boss was still breathing long after a circle, and he only breathed slightly twice and became alive and well again.

And they were exhausted one by one, paralyzed on the ground, and admired the inhumane boss to death.

Generally, Levi would rarely show that his speed was also very fast, because hiding this ability could have unexpected effects on him at critical moments.

This time, on the one hand, Highcliff Fortress suffered such a big loss for the first time, and he was also angry in his heart, and on the other hand, he wanted to deter these wilderness bandits.

Fortunately, only the orc personal guard and the jackal riders led by Hogg knew that he was fast, and these subordinates were absolutely loyal and would not reveal what he had specifically ordered.

The cavalry regiment of White Stream City was arranged in an area planned in advance, and they remained silent during the period, allowing Highcliff Fortress to arrange it.

The people who knew in advance that someone would come to Highcliff Fortress just glanced curiously and went to work on their own.

Originally, Skye also wanted to say goodbye and go to the garrison, but was stopped by the Lord.

“Originally, Miss Leah and I should have talked about the Kexianri tribe, but now it is obviously impossible.” Levi spread his hands and said with a helpless expression.

After a tiring journey, she was physically and mentally exhausted, and after such a scare, Leah naturally became a little depressed and needed to rest urgently, so it was obviously not suitable for further conversation.

The Lord's behavior was completely self-inflicted.

“It just so happens that we two brothers can drink and chat.” Levi said with a smile.

This made Skye look alert.

The last time he called him brother, the Lord borrowed his beloved horse, and this time he called him brother, he must be holding back something bad.

He said slightly stiffly: “Lord, there is no need to drink. Anyway, this time we are here, in addition to escorting Miss Leah to see you, it is for the Kexianri tribe.”

“Okay, tell me in detail.”

The Lord, who saved two barrels of wine, was naturally happy.