Proof of the Sun King

Villard is a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a very strong body, a bushy beard, and grayish sideburns. It seems that because of the quarrel with the Druid, his spirit is a little sluggish. He saw Ryan. He came and stood up directly: "You are Ryan! I have seen you! 'Bald' Norman really has a good son."

"It's a prize, Mr. Willard." Ryan expressed modesty appropriately, and Willard's eyes quickly turned to Teresa: "What a charming lady, I am fortunate to know your name. Is it?"

"Theresa, Theresa Trovik, from the Garland Council." Lane introduced casually.

"That's it, hello." As Lane expected, as soon as he heard the Garland Council, Villard's attitude became a lot colder. The sorceress's attitude was lukewarm, and she simply replied: "Hello Mr. Willard."

"Please sit, please sit." Villard motioned for the two to sit down, and seeing Ryan made him feel much better: "It's really been a long time since I saw you, Ryan, the last time I saw you was with you. When you were made a knight of the kingdom?"

"Yes, Mr. Willard came to see my canonization ceremony at that time, I also remember." Ryan nodded, and Willard was also upgraded from a knight title to a lord. He has been active in the front line for 20 to 30 years. Before that, Ryan gave respect to such a veteran on the battlefield.

"Time has turned, and another few years have passed. You have grown into a great knight, so what's the point of coming to me?" Villard asked casually, and the lord took out a piece from his cabinet. A bottle of wine and three glasses, just opened and filled two people: "Tast it, this is the wine produced in the south of the empire."

Teresa was a little unaccustomed to it. Villard's behavior was a little too direct. Before she said she wanted to drink, the lord had already pulled out the cork.

Seeing this, Ryan patted the sorceress's hand lightly, motioning her to do as the locals do, and then told Villard about Belt, saying that the two of them were chasing the fallen hunters.

"That's right." Hearing that a powerful fallen hunter came to his territory, and then took the opportunity to escape at sea, Villard frowned and explained: "As a lord, in order to protect the safety of the people, The sea will definitely be banned during this time. As for the issue of going to sea, Ryan, you understand that the ownership of the ship in the port is in the hands of the owner, but the captain can choose to work, so I can't control this."

The implication is that this is none of his business.

"I know this. What I want to ask is, can you ask me in detail about the relevant defenders and dock sailors? And can you help me contact the owner of the ship that Download Belt went to sea?" Lane Of course, he knew that Villard would not be willing to take on this responsibility. What he wanted was to obtain permission to investigate from the lord.

"Is that so... Lauritz? Lauritz?" Willard hesitated for a while, and after seeing Ryan's serious expression, he shouted outside.

A soldier wearing a full set of chain mail, equipped with a standard long sword and kite shield, and a conical helmet ran in: "What's the matter, my lord?"

"This is my chief guard, Lauritz, Lauritz will assist you with whatever you want to investigate... Lauritz, this is the famous kingdom knight Mr. Lane, you have to assist him in his investigation. "Villard ordered.

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's go down, Ryan, what do you want to investigate? Just find him, I won't participate." The lord made an opening for Ryan, but he did not hand over the investigation right to Ryan from beginning to end, and Teresa spoke directly upon seeing this. : "Isn't Mr. Willard going to do something about it?"

"Hahaha~ What can I do? Beautiful Miss Trovik, I'm old. When I attended Ryan's canonization ceremony, I could still go into the deep mountains by myself to hunt big bears. A few years later, I'll go in again this year. Hunting bears in the deep mountains, I haven’t found the bear yet, my body can’t stand it anymore, and it took a few days to recover before I came back to rest, so these things are still left to you young people to do.” Villard laughed. , but looked younger: "Of course, if those beasts and greenskins dare to invade my territory, then I will definitely go into battle and blow their ass."

"Mr. Villard is in his prime, how can he say he's old? We'll handle our affairs ourselves. It's good that you can help." Ryan came out to make a roundabout and let the topic stop there. He knew in his heart that Villard was right.

A normal human body begins to decline at the age of thirty, and begins to decline rapidly from the age of forty-five. It must be advanced as early as possible. Before the age of thirty is the best time to hit the legendary level, and generally after the age of forty-five , it is basically impossible to advance to the legend.

Villard's strength is at the peak of the elite, so the decline is slower than ordinary people. The lord in his fifties has indeed reached the age of getting old, and the powerful ability of the past is slowly fading away from him. It's really uncomfortable.

Only like Ryan or Teresa, after entering the legendary rank, the life expectancy and physical fitness will be greatly improved. The normal lifespan of the legendary rank powerhouse is over 150 years old, and they generally do not wait until they are 100 years old. It will begin to age, and it will not enter old age until the age of 130.

Teresa's mother, Aurora Trovik, was powerful on the mainland fifty or sixty years ago, and when Ryan saw her a few days ago, she still looked like a beautiful thirty-year-old woman, that's why.

After the business was over, Villard obviously wanted to chat more with Ryan: "Ryan, are you twenty-four or five years old this year? Didn't you think about getting married? Would you like me to introduce a lady from the lord's family for you? Don't worry, Absolutely beautiful."

Hearing this topic, Teresa also became interested. She pushed her black-rimmed glasses with a purple butterfly pattern, intending to hear how Ryan answered.

"I still have a long time. I don't want these things right now. I think it's better to let things take their course." Ryan didn't agree.

"Also, Ryan, your advancement speed is too fast, and now you are rashly married, maybe it hurts you." Villard smiled proudly, and glanced at the beautiful sorceress with deep meaning, no longer say.

"The two of you might as well take a stroll in the city. I have already arranged a banquet. Please come here for the banquet in the evening." After chatting for a while, Villard said that he still had work to do and invited the two of them to attend the banquet in the evening. banquet.

The two left the longhouse of the lord's house, and Ryan noticed Teresa's hesitant expression: "What do you want to say?"

"Maybe these local lords are not as bad as I thought." Teresa chuckled, showing a mature charm: "In my impression, those local nobles are always drunk and dreaming, and they only get up from the belly of women at noon every day. , Hiding behind high walls forever, they don't know how to do anything except hold banquets and collect taxes, all property is handed over to stewards, and smart stewards can always spend a few years turning the money of nobles into themselves Yes, whenever there is a battle, these nobles are always the first to flee, but when there is a benefit, they are the first to appear."

"Only those nobles who live in the capital and hold important positions will have some ability."

"But seeing Mr. Willard today, I found that's not the case. Despite his advanced age, he's still a good fighter, isn't he?" Teresa walked beside Ryan, black suede high heels The boots clattered on the road.

"You're right, but it's not completely correct, Teresa, your thinking may still be stuck before the establishment of the old empire." Ryan held the warhammer and motioned us to shop around first: "The law of the new empire stipulates that when you are a superior When a war is needed, all nobles must send troops to respond in proportion to the size of their territory, and those who do not respond will be severely punished."

"And, under the new law, if the lord faces the attack of those evil forces but is unable to defend his territory before reinforcements arrive, it means that he has lost the ownership of this territory, can he continue to own this territory? A piece of territory depends on what the council means."

"In the past, the enfeoffment was mainly based on blood. A spoiled waste can inherit a good fief as long as he has a noble blood. But since His Majesty Ludwig's reformation, the current enfeoffment is based on military merit, and can only be obtained on the battlefield. Only military merit can qualify for fief, so most of the current lords have been on the battlefield, and those who have been on the battlefield are naturally not considered wasteful."

The two were walking on the street. The weather was good today, and the residents were all out for activities. A few bear children were having a snowball fight. The adults were taking advantage of the sunny weather to rush to work and starch their clothes. There were many people dressed as mercenaries on the street. During the last act together, Ryan noticed a black strip of cloth wrapped around their arms with a black dagger painted on it.

"That seems to be the mark of the Grey Blade Mercenary Group. Are these people here too? It seems that there are indeed many caravans stranded here." Ryan said to Teresa: "Berger, the head of the Grey Blade Mercenary Group. He is an elite rogue advanced dagger master who likes to use a gray dagger the most. It is said that he once successfully assassinated a high elf, but I don't know if it is true."

Teresa frowned and didn't speak. From the perspective of a spellcaster, of course she hated these rogues who liked sneak attacks. Many strong people did not die in a head-to-head battle but died in a simple backstab.

A group of people got together and didn't know what they were doing. Ryan became interested: "Go and take a look?"

"I'm not interested." The sorceress didn't like to join in the fun. She hated being huddled with a group of stinky men.

"Okay." Ryan saw that Teresa didn't want to go, so he took him to avoid the group. It could be seen that the group of mercenaries seemed to be arguing with the merchant's guard because of the issue of compensation. This kind of thing is commonplace. Now, everyone blocked the road. Ryan simply stretched out his hand and held Teresa. The two squeezed through the crowd. After crossing two streets, they found a small shop and sat down. This is a small restaurant, which sells some To eat, Ryan ordered a grilled pork chop, two bowls of rice porridge and a pot of stew, and a simple lunch for ten copper coins.

The sorceress picked up her bowl and looked at the stew that was mushy and didn't know what the ingredients were. After hesitating for a long time, she put down the bowl: "Why would you choose this place for lunch? Wouldn't it be better to go back to the Butterbeer Hotel to eat? Okay?"

"We didn't come out to play, Teresa." Ryan said in a deep voice, "We haven't learned about Belter yet, and we can't be sure whether he has really gone to sea for Marienburg. What if it's a scam? What if Belt just falsified a shot, then found a place to hide himself, and waited for us to go to sea recklessly? You know, there are not many legendary powerhouses in the Nord Kingdom, without you and me, no more Considering Sky Vault Castle, there are only twenty or thirty legendary powerhouses in Nord, and many of them cannot move, especially when the northern barbarians gather on a large scale."

Talking about the fallen hunter, Teresa also became serious: "You mean, Bert doesn't necessarily have to leave Nord?"

"It seems that I don't know at the moment, maybe he's gone, maybe not, but this is not the reason for us to relax. If it is confirmed that he has left, in the case of being unable to go to sea for a short time, I will cook a big meal for you. It's okay, do you understand what I mean?"

"Oh roar? So you're ordering me? I don't need you to tell me what to do, dear Ryan, I understand the priorities myself." The sorceress raised her head, her eyes full of provocation: "Or do you think you Is that my boss?"

"Do you want to compete? I'll accompany you at any time." Ryan looked at the sorceress's dissatisfied look with a funny look~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Tsk, it's better than... uh! let me go! As soon as she finished speaking, the sorceress's two wrists were firmly pressed against the table by the kingdom knight's hands. No matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free from the shackles that were as strong as steel. After they were all blushing, the sorceress murmured: "Don't you know how to be gentle with ladies? You still call yourself a gentleman. "

"Of course I'm a gentleman, please, beautiful lady, after lunch, let's go to the pier." Ryan then let her go.

Sometimes it's fun to specifically bully this mature royal sister, Ryan thought with a wicked taste in his heart.

Lunch was just an episode. At the end of the episode, an uninvited guest suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

This uninvited guest has a very handsome appearance, long smooth hair, and slightly pointed ears. In the eyes of humans, he looks like an elves, but Ryan has seen real elves, and he knows that if in the eyes of elves, he looks like an elves again. Humanity.

This is a half-elf.

It was the half-elf I met at the city gate earlier.

"You are 'Sledgehammer' Ryan? Hello, let me introduce myself, my name is Estelle, I'm from San Lorenzo Forest, I still remember the fight against the Beastmen you participated in by the Ovre River five years ago Is the war gang's encirclement and suppression war?" The half-elf noticed that Ryan's hand was on the warhammer, so he said that he had no malice, but his tone was quite arrogant.

Ryan rolled his eyes, and he remembered that he had actually participated in that battle: "Yes, I do remember that a team of half-elf rangers joined Nord's team and made a lot of contributions to that battle, what's the matter? Expensive?"

"Can you move on and talk in detail?"

"Just say it here."