Section 93 Employers and Mercenaries
When Arold was unconscious, he seemed to see a beautiful girl feeding himself water, and the way was to make his heart beat faster, but he didn't understand that when he fainted, there was only a little attendant by his side, who the mysterious girl was, maybe only the little attendant could know the way, so the first thing he did when he came to his senses was to find the little attendant, but Julian told him that the little attendant had returned to Fort Mason.
In the days that followed, Arold never considered the identity of the mysterious girl again, because he was busy trying to prepare food, and since the food in Fort Lida was looted by the mob, the food that could be raised was less than a caravan, far from meeting the requirements of the Swiss, which made Arold a little worried, and Ms. Andrea was very worried that Arold would renege on her agreement with the guards in Fort Lida, knowing that those terrible thugs would appear outside the walls of Fort Lida at any time, This opulent estate makes them salivate.
"Please rest assured, I, Arrod, am also a knight who remembers his promises, and since I have made a promise, I will definitely abide by it." Arrod's back was wrapped in a bandage made of linen, and the wound had almost healed, but in order to prevent infection, he had to ** his upper body, and Arold was a little embarrassed under Andrea's aggressive gaze.
"Alright, alright, you are a true knight." Andrea looked at Arold's embarrassing appearance, feeling a little funny and funny, she put her hands in front of her, that look is more ladylike than a lady, it is undeniable that this woman looks very pure in a long white dress at this time.
"I'll arrange everything and return to Black Swamp Village today, and I hope you can arrange more guards this time." Arold didn't have the heart to flirt with this charming woman at this time, he only felt that his luck was too bad, and hoped that the only caravan of food could be brought back to the Swiss, and that Madame Eva could be rescued as soon as possible, and that he was about to start planning to regain his own territory from the hands of the West Slavs.
Lady Andrea counted the last cart of food according to Arrod's request, and this time the guards were three times as large as the last time, and five light cavalry were constantly scouting the front and rear of the ranks, and the thugs flinched in the face of this powerful armament, and even if a few daring people wanted to make some advantage were killed by the light cavalry, the cavalry was as easy to deal with these guys with sticks as easy as cutting melons.
"Lord Arrod, why do you hold a woman's handkerchief in your hand?" Julian was curious to see the handkerchief in Arold's hand, the embroidery on the handkerchief was not finished, it was given to Arold by Lady Andrea before leaving, and her words were strange.
"If you want to know who the girl in the forest is, this is the only clue."
"The coat of arms on the embroidery looks like it belongs to the Duke of Mason's family, could it be that the girl is from the Herman family, but why did the illustrious Herman family members appear in the forest and save the lives of their own strangers." Even though he could judge the coat of arms embroidered on the handkerchief, Arold still felt confused, so he had to carry the handkerchief in his arms.
With the mystery Arold and the others walked outside Mason Castle, where there was a mercenary camp, where the Swiss were anxiously waiting, seeing Arold riding a horse accompanied by Julian, with a caravan of food coming to them, these Swiss couldn't help but stir, John Berg wore a high-topped helmet, wore a decent leather armor with iron plates, and carried a sword around his waist, standing energetically in front of his compatriots waiting for Arrod's review, But when he saw that there was only a cart of food behind Arrod, his expression couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Lord Arrod." Disappointed, John Berg was unwilling to lose this opportunity, so he straightened his armor, strode forward, and bowed before Arold's horse.
"Captain Johnberg, is this your hundred-man team?" Arold looked at these Swiss people in front of him with interest, they lacked clothes and armor, they mostly held worn-out spears and other long-handled weapons in their hands, their hair was unkempt and their faces were dusty, but probably because of the hardships of life, these people were strong and resolute, even if they lacked food and supplies, they stood together in a very orderly manner, and it could be seen that they were well organized and really qualified to dominate the European continent.
"Yes, my people are here, but you don't seem to have brought more food as we agreed." John Berg stared at Arold, he didn't like dishonest people, if Arold hadn't saved his life, he would have turned around and left, the Swiss may be poor, but they value their reputation extremely much, and a promise is a promise.
"I know, hey." Arrod smashed his mouth and jumped off his horse, this was not the time to lay out the noble score, he stepped forward and took Johnberg's shoulder, explaining to him everything that happened on the road as he went, but how much Johnberg listened, it was not for him to know.
"Well, I need to discuss with my brothers, I can give my life for you, after all, you saved my life, but my brothers are for a bite to eat, I hope you can understand." Johnberg sensed Arrod's sincerity, and he had to say that he would do his best to convince his brethren, after all, the nobles had a knack for paying their debts.
"Of course, of course." Arold hurriedly agreed, he walked to the mercenary camp and pretended to be interested in the scenery outside, Julian guarded behind him with a sword, the nobles of the Middle Ages did not have a good impression of these mercenaries who took money to fight for others, thinking that they had no honor and could not be trusted, and once someone offered a high price, they would turn the gun at any time, so the nobles would hire these mercenaries only if there was no way.
"I'm sorry, Lord Arrod, my brethren are not willing to take this risk, we are ready to return to our hometown, although this time we are unlucky to make no money, but at least we will be able to return home intact." John Berg said to Arold in frustration.
"Yes, it's a shame." Arold was also frustrated, and for a moment he even wanted to hire these people with his own personal money, but he held back, if he ran out of money now, what would he use to regain his rightful territory.
The Swiss began to pack their luggage and belongings, their personal belongings were few, but they were very neatly organized, they picked up the packed bags on the head of the spear, and the good partners were ready to return to their hometowns together, Arold stood at the door of the mercenary camp and looked helplessly at the loss of these troops, but helpless, there was no food to drink, and these people would not stop for even a second.
"Gurgle, gurgle~~~~." At this time, from the Mason Castle suddenly rode a few knights of the Inner Palace, the knights were wearing the coat of arms of the Hermann family, this is the knights of the Duke's family, I saw that these knights were followed by five caravans, and some servants were escorting these caravans to the mercenary camp, this strange sight made the Swiss all stop leaving, curiously stop and watch.
"May I ask if it's Lord Arrod of House Wendell?" A knight wearing an open-closing iron helmet galloped quickly in front of Arrod, touched the helmet with his own hand on his horse, and asked Arrod.
"Yes." Arold wondered why the knights of Duke Mason's inner house had come here?
"Someone has given you five carts of food, right behind me, you can see it, I hope you will count it as soon as possible, so that I can finish this errand." The knight said politely, his cloak was edged with gold thread, and it could be seen from here that he was not an ordinary knight of the inner palace, but the duke's guard beside the duke.
"Five carts of food? It's the favor of an adult, at least let me know the way. Arold looked in amazement at the carts full of five carts of food, which was enough for the Swiss to fulfill their promise to him, but who had given him these things, was it Sir รbel? But he had not told Sir Able about hiring the Swiss, and he could not have known anything about it, which made him unable to figure it out.
"It was given to you by the man by the creek." The knight of the Duke's Guard said to Arrod, and when he heard this, he was also inexplicable, but the honorable lord said that it was enough to tell Arold this sentence, then as a member of the elite Duke's Guard, he abided by the rules of knighthood, listened to what should be heard, said what should be said, and did what should be done.
"By the creek?" Arold was depressed, isn't this a riddle with a riddle? Could it be a mysterious girl, but who is she, and why should she help herself?
Not to mention that Arold has a headache for the mysterious people, the arrival of these foods has solved the last bit of trouble between the Swiss and the Swiss, and soon a hundred energetic Swiss mercenaries, carrying their own spears, followed behind Arold, they will fight in the name of Arold from now on, in addition to providing them with food, Arold after each battle one-tenth of the spoils will be distributed by the Swiss themselves, it can be said that the price is very fair, and Arold in order to fear that these people will regret it, but also let people make a parchment employment contract, The rights and obligations of both parties were clearly planned, and each member had to swear allegiance and fingerprints under the witness of the priest, although the priest asked for ten silver houses, but this ceremony shocked these pious Swiss, and from then on they would sell to Arold for life, oh, the mercenaries of this era can also be for life, and the mercenaries feel that the food provided by Arold is so wonderful, and the feeling of finding a long-term meal ticket makes them very satisfied.