Chapter 452: Quicksand in the Moonlight

He had been awarded the Holy War Cross by Emperor Kampra himself in his glory days, had been a caravan guard for a long time when he was down, and Conrad, who was more than 100 years old in middle age, had experienced everything, so although there was some truth in what Leitch said, and it was okay to inspire the young men, for Conrad it was not much different from the poems that he listened to in his leisure hall with his left ear and his right ear.

But looking at the young viscount in front of him, who was calm and magnificent, with a huge prestige but a heavy sword and no edge, Conrad felt a wonderful momentum from the other party! This momentum is not as mysterious as the so-called king's overlord's aura, nor is it as nonsense as the leadership halo that is often crowned as the protagonist of heroic legends, it is closer to a trace of intimacy and trust that arises spontaneously - even if you are not familiar with it, the other party can give you a feeling of trustworthiness!

In addition, Conrad used to be a knight, he had seen all kinds of lords and nobles, and he left the Holy War Kampra Empire because of some reason, he was disheartened, so he was more picky about the nobles to serve, otherwise he would not have fallen so far with his strength.

Although Conrad is far from knowing about Leitch, he has personally experienced the suffering caused by the Kuroshio, and Leitch's contribution to stopping the Kuroshio has won him great favor. It is also because of this that I accidentally saw that unique promotional poster at the beginning, and I had the idea of giving it a try, so that Conrad would appear in the Holy City of Lyra.

"Perhaps, it would indeed be a good choice to be able to fight beside such a lord, right?" Conrad thought in his heart, but for some reason, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a trace of bitterness, and at the same time, there was a hint of gloom in his eyes. Even, his figure has begun to quietly retreat.

"What, are you going to give up the test, Conrad?"

At this time, Conrad heard a faint voice from behind him, which made his face look surprised, and he turned to look at Leitch with suspicion: "Why, is the viscount still planning to appoint me? I have already confessed that I was indeed a crusader knight." ”

It is not inexplicable that Conrad has this statement, in the entire Valley of the Dawn, the crusaders of the Holy War Kampra Empire and the Inquisition Knights of the Holy Laurent Empire are both well-known religious fanaticism, except for the two countries, there has never been a time before that the authorities of other countries would appoint the awakened of these two lines without discrimination!

"It seems that you didn't read the recruitment poster I sent out carefully enough. Leitch looked straight at Conrad and said with a smile, "What I wrote above is - no matter what race you are or what country you belong to, as long as you have extraordinary talents and can be favored by me, you may be appointed as the captain of the Thousand Horsemen of the Black Wind Knights!"

"What, or are you not confident enough in your own strength?"

Looking at Leitch's starry gaze for a moment, Claude's face suddenly raised a smile, and he pointed to the head tower on the side: "This is the letter of recommendation I handed to Lord Viscount!"

Hearing this, Lei Qi nodded slightly, and then asked: "I am very satisfied with this cover letter you submitted, no matter what, you can be regarded as making a lot of contributions to the security of Starfog Valley, and in addition, you have also proved your strength through this." Can you tell us how you dealt with these criminals? For example, the Tempest Horse Thieves, a group of horse thieves who came and went like the wind and had elusive whereabouts, but once caused a lot of trouble in Starfog Valley. ”

"Of course. ”

Conrad nodded solemnly, but his face did not show any pride, and began to recount calmly: "Actually, long before I saw the recruitment poster, I received the wanted warrant to eliminate the Tempest Horse Thieves. So for quite some time, I've been tracking the Tempest Horse Thieves, all the way from the Roland Empire, to the Kingdom of Abidjan, to your Federation, and it wasn't until five months ago that I gradually caught up with them. ”

"Five months ago?" Hearing this, Lei Qi frowned slightly, but then suddenly smiled, "I see, it must be because of the rebellion in the Tianfrost Territory, which caused the Tempest Horse Thieves to be trapped by the suddenly tense border situation?"

This time, Conrad was really shocked, if he hadn't heard and seen it with his own ears, he really couldn't imagine that someone could really deduce the process of a thing with just a few words! This time, Conrad had a heartfelt respect for Leitch's wisdom!

Conrad said respectfully: "Lord Viscount's inference is right, five months ago, the Tempest Horse Thieves were restricted from moving because of the sudden increase in a large number of patrols on the border of the Frost Territory, and it was at that time that I got the opportunity to catch up with them!"

"After determining the specific whereabouts of the Tempest Horse Thieves, combined with their previous style of behavior, as well as the terrain of that area, I formulated a one-time solution to them - the biggest advantage of the Tempest Horse Thieves is the Beiluo horses under them, which were the mounts they used to be the knights of the Beiluo, both in terms of speed and endurance, they are extremely amazing! So to capture these twenty horse thieves, I think the first thing to do is to relieve their leg strength!"

"Nice idea. Leitch nodded in approval, as did the civilians around him, as well as the many Awakened who had the same goal as Conrad.

"However, the members of the Tempest Horse Thieves Bandits, who were all battle-hardened knights of the Northern Luo Dynasty, and then have been swords-licking horse thieves for nearly a year, have been able to escape from the pursuit of various territories many times, which shows that they are very aware of their own advantages, and they must also value the war horses under them, especially in an unsafe environment! The people around him were also aroused.

"Quicksand Holy Art. Conrad said calmly.

The so-called holy art refers to the techniques used by the priests of the Crucifixion. The Crucidian priests follow the way of the shepherd, a force between magic and magic, or a combination of the two, and the Crucivers call this peculiar form of magic holy arts.

Although the Crucifixion is the state religion of the Holy War Kampra Empire, and the Pope is concurrently held by the supreme emperors of the Kampra Empire, it can be said that the Crucifixion has an extremely large base of believers, but because except for the Dawn Valley of the Kampra Empire, the countries of the Dawn Valley of the Kampra Empire are quite wary of the Crucifixion, so unless it is those bards, adventurers or parade merchants who enter and leave the Kampra Empire all year round, ordinary people's understanding of the Crucifixion is actually extremely limited. Therefore, the vast majority of people present were confused about what Conrad said about the Quicksand Holy Technique.

"Is it a fifth-order holy technique that can be compared to master-level magic, arcane quicksand technique, quicksand holy art?" asked Richie with an eyebrow.

"Lord Viscount is a genius battle mage, and his knowledge is truly amazing!" Conrad couldn't help but praise, acknowledging Reitch's guess.

"If it's the Quicksand Holy Technique, it can indeed trap just twenty Northern Luo military horses. However, the scene caused by the Quicksand Sacred Technique must be very conspicuous, that is to say, you are temporarily launching the Quicksand Sacred Technique in front of the Tempest Horse Thieves, and it is controlled at a very close distance!"

"With a number of Northern Luo knights galloping fast, if you don't get one right, even if you have the strength of a big knight, you may die! It seems that you blocked your own life in order to remove the war horses of the Tempest Horse Thieves Regiment!" Reich raised his eyebrows and glanced at Conrad in surprise.

"That's the only way to disarm their horses. Conrad just said lightly.

Although it was impossible to see the scene at that time, combined with what Leitch said, everyone present could not help but think of such a scene - in the narrow mountain road, there were twenty horse thieves galloping fast, and the war horses were tied with bulging cloth bags tied to their bellies, which were filled with all kinds of valuable gold and silver jewelry; Some incomprehensible shouts, and each of them had one or two hideous heads hanging from their waists, and even blood could be seen spilled in the wind!

At this time, a warrior appeared in front of the horse team. The only thing worth mentioning is the long knife that the warrior carries on his shoulder with one hand, and under the moonlight, it emits a dazzling silver white, which makes people know that it is a rare and good knife at a glance!

Down-and-out adventurers, lost warriors, bounty hunters?

The twenty horse thieves of the horse team didn't pay any attention to these things! Meeting them here can only mean that this unlucky fellow is destined to die!

The killing intent erupted from the twenty horse thieves, and their galloping speed became faster, and at the astonishing speed, the rocks and plants on both sides could no longer see the slightest trace of the original, only a series of black shadows! Although the twenty horse thieves were still shouting, their eyes began to become extremely serious, and they stopped wielding their swords meaninglessly, and made a momentum - countless enemies were destined to die in the next frenzied force of the swords in their hands!

One hundred meters!

Fifty meters!

Twenty meters!

Ten meters!

The down-and-out warrior seemed to be frightened stupid by the crazy galloping war horse, and when he saw that he was about to be hit by the war horse, he actually made the same movements as before, and stood in place in a daze, motionless!

This made the corners of every horse thief's mouth raise a hint of mockery—it seemed that they had overestimated this down-and-out fellow! Perhaps, the good long knife in his hand was just an ancestral treasure of his family, and he regarded it as a source of success? Even, it was just a lucky fellow in some wilderness where he picked it up? But in any case, this fellow's luck will end tonight!

At this moment, the down-and-out warrior suddenly half-squatted down, only to see him pressing on the ground with one hand, and immediately, the originally flat ground suddenly turned into soft sand! Soon, almost in the blink of an eye, a large area centered on the down-and-out warrior turned into quicksand!

"Wow-" "Wow-" "Wow-" "Wow-"

As a result, under the terrified gaze of many horse thieves, the war horses that could not stop at all were swallowed by the bottomless quicksand one after another!

"Defying the odds and dangers and traversing several countries in pursuit of the trail of the Tempest Horse Thieves proves your perseverance, the success of disarming the enemy with the help of the Holy Scroll based on the terrain proves your wisdom, and your ability to accurately grasp the fighter in the face of the blink of an eye with the sword proves your bravery - I have to say, this is quite good!"

"Now, as Viscount Blackwind of the Dawson Free Federation, Lord of Starmist Valley, and Knight Captain of the Black Wind Knights, I officially extend an invitation to you Conrad to serve as the second thousandth knight of the Black Wind Knights, I don't know if you are willing?!" Reich looked straight at Conrad and asked solemnly.

Hearing this, the people around couldn't help but look at Conrad with extremely envious expressions - the Five Holy Spirits are above, that is the commander of a thousand horses!

Conrad was stunned for a moment, then knelt heavily in front of Lech, and said solemnly: "In the name of Cross Pope Azarov, I swear allegiance to Viscount Lech's Alec of the Black Wind, and never forget the creed of knighthood!"

Hearing Conrad say 'Don't forget the knight's creed', a hint of strange color flashed in Retch's eyes, but his face was silent, just nodded slightly.

Just when everyone thought that this matter was over, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Lord Viscount, I, my black bear, also swear allegiance to you!"

Then, Luck saw a large, furry hand stretched out high in the back of the crowd......