Cordoville is the most prosperous city in the southern provinces of the empire, because it connects the four major Xiongguan of the southern provinces, and to the east is the transportation hub of the imperial golden port of Direnbes, and to the north there is the imperial road directly to the imperial capital.

As the lord of the city's territory, it can almost be said that he can receive a happy errand while sitting and collecting money, but as the lord of this term: Wallis. Belltheon, at this time, he was panicked!

My father was recruited by the king to serve as the finance minister of the empire in the imperial capital, and to take care of the poor financial situation of the current reckless king.

Before leaving, his father passed on the duties of lord to him, and as the eldest son with many younger siblings, Wallis was very surprised to be able to be finalized as lord so quickly, even though his father had been gone for almost three months, he still could not wake up from this dreamy joy.

But unexpectedly, not long after he was cool, a thunderbolt from a sunny day almost split him into a pen.

Melonto.... It's fallen!!

When the first knight to flee from Morondo reported the news, he even thought it was a prank, but when dozens of knights fled back and said so, he understood..... Your good days are over!

The Bertheon family, who had run the trading city for generations, produced outstanding merchants and politicians, and over the past 700 years, had six prime ministers, four chancellors of the exchequer, and even two chief scholars.

But..... The only general who has never made great achievements in war!!

It's not that there hasn't been a talent in this area for hundreds of years, but the family hasn't tried to cultivate it at all!

As a family with huge finances, if the family is still martial, the king probably will not tolerate their family prospering for so long.

So the problem is, the family has taught them how to manage their finances, how to deal with cunning politicians, and how to intrigue and bargain with those chamber of commerce giants from a young elite education.

But I didn't teach them how to deal with them when the orcs came in.....

Wallis didn't know what to do, and he estimated that his Chancellor's father didn't know what to do, after all, this kind of thing that most people don't know is possible, and basically no one will learn how to prevent it....

Due to the interference of inexplicable energy, the city's arcane barrier has been determined to be temporarily invalid, and all he can do now is to follow the advice of some knight captains who have mixed in the north to arrange the city defenses, and immediately send people to the imperial capital for help.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fear of losing face, he would have been ready to go to the imperial capital to ask for help in person, but he knew that if he did this, his identity as the heir would definitely not fall on him again after the orc incident!

"Lord Wallis, another knight has escaped from there!" A burly middle-aged knight in ornate armor stepped forward to report.

"Oh?" Wallis perked up: "Bring him over ....."

In addition to arranging the city defense in the past few days, the only reliable thing he has done is to promote the knights who are really capable!

For example, the one in front of him is a veteran who has participated in many battles in the north, but because he is too upright, he began to be squeezed out by various colleagues and officials when he arrived in the south, and he has been unwilling.

After all, in the south, it doesn't matter whether knights can fight or not, and nobles are more interested in knights who are tall, handsome, stylish, suitable for acting as a façade, and can speak well, so such knights can be reused.

He used to be like this, but now at this juncture, he knew that he couldn't do it anymore, so he quickly organized a selection to select a group of real knights who could fight and protect him from the orcs when they came in.

It was also at the time of selection that he realized how much water he usually guarded, and after witnessing more than a dozen of his guards being cut down by the old knight in front of him with his right hand and with a wooden knife with his left hand, Wallis not only did not dislike his rudeness, but decisively promoted this short and thin old man to become his chief knight!

The old knight's name was Dane, and in his sincerity, he said to himself: "If you want to find knights who can really fight, it is better to screen them from those knights who can escape, it will definitely be much more efficient than you to make selections in those fancy shows!" ”

Wallis is not a stupid person, as a nobleman who has received an elite education since childhood, his brain is still spinning very quickly, and he understands the reason why the other party said this almost instantly.

The knights in the south have always been very watery, there are drags, there are false records, most of the people who can get on the top are able to speak well, even if there are some who have been able to fight, there are only a few who can maintain the level in this leisurely life, and they can't pick a few from their piles, and they can't pick a few that can be seen by picking their heads.

On the contrary, most of these people who can escape from the attack of the orcs and evade the pursuit of the orcs wolf riders are people with two brushes!

Sure enough, after following the advice of old Dane, Wallis really picked out a lot of good players from those knights who fled!

Most of them were able to press the guards in front of them to the ground and beat them, and there were even a few knights who maintained their superb bronze battle qi, which made him very satisfied, and he couldn't comfort a lot in his heart.

But the number is still too small, so I have been expecting two more escapes from there, so he was very enthusiastic when he heard that another knight was asking for it.

"Has this person inquired about any way?" Wallis asked affectionately on old Dane's shoulder.

Old Dane frowned slightly, the other party's overly enthusiastic attitude seemed a bit deliberate to him, but as a nobleman, the face and treatment that people should give were given, and he couldn't find fault with it, so he was relieved and respected: "This person's name is Rob. Duka Osia, the fourth son of Lord Morondo, Fair. Troth's knight chief, I'm more optimistic about this guy! ”

"Oh? How so? Wallis's eyes lit up.

Dane: "First of all, this guy's resume, he was an ordinary soldier who served in the north, participated in several battles in the north and survived, and was valued by his boss and recommended to the knight academy, in the end, although he did not choose to go to the north to open up the wasteland but chose to come to the south to enjoy the decadence, but his experience in facing the orcs is commendable, and those who spend money at home to go to the knight academy and come directly to the south after graduation are two different things, and ....."

"And what?" Wallis asked tightly.

"And according to his own information, he didn't escape alone this time, and he successfully protected the bloodline of his guardian nobles, including a noble woman and two children, which is not a simple matter!" Old Dane said solemnly.

Wallis nodded in surprise when he heard this, the knights who came back before had said that the orcs had sent a special wolf rider to chase and kill them, and this guy should be no exception, and it was already great to be able to escape back alone under that condition, this guy could actually escort women and children all the way over, no matter what means were used, it was indeed not simple!

"I'm getting more and more interested in Dane, so you call him in, and bring in the noble woman and child he is protecting!" Wallis's eyes flashed with a gleam of subtlety.

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"Rob. Duka Ossia Knights? At this time, outside the noble garden, Rob, who had been waiting outside, finally waited for the call.

"Lord Wallis has told you to take Mrs. Icasio and . . . The heirs of Lord Fair are going in together! ”

"Yes, sir!" Rob smiled politely.

After the messenger took the lead in moving forward, Rob turned his head and winked at the so-called Mrs. Icasio and said, "Big man, it's exactly the same as you said!" ”

"Shut up, look ahead, call Madame during the mission, don't show your stuff.... And you guys! The lady looked back viciously at the two little dolls behind her who looked around with a strange look and said, "You just died father, you can't act, at least can you keep a low profile?" ”

"Oh....." the two dolls said with a shrug on their faces.

I'll go..... The rain girl Wugua, who played the noble lady, not only complained in her heart: Following this group of pig teammates, it is really a bit of a test to get through the test in a foolish way!!