"Sith-sama, it's an honor for you to be here."

In Byron's mansion, Baron Sith, who had met Byron and helped Byron pass through the Rhodoc border, was sitting in the comfortable silk-faced chair that Byron had bought for his son, and Byron himself poured him wine.

In addition to the two of them, there were Fatis and another knight under the baron, who stood by and protected the people to whom they were loyal.

"We met a few months ago and there was only one team. But now it's different, you already have a good team, a lot of people, and a lot of horses. Now you are eligible to accept the mission given by the nobles. ”

Baron Sith's attitude was similar to last time, and he didn't have much respect just because Byron's strength had increased now. He didn't say anything polite to Byron, and drank the red wine that Byron gave him.

But this is at least a signal that these noble lords have begun to notice him and need him.

"What can I do for you?"

Since the other party didn't mean to be polite, then Byron didn't need to be polite, and sat down directly to ask the other party's intentions.

"I'm here from Lord Count Dayclaes, and he doesn't have time to be here."

is still as arrogant as an aristocracy, as if Count Claes will lose his value when he comes here. But many nobles in the kingdom are like this, even if the other party is rich and has thousands of elite soldiers, if he does not have the identity of a nobleman, they still look down on him in their hearts.

Of course, on the surface, they won't show it directly, after all, they are not stupid, and they know who can't just be guilty.

"I'm still not strong enough."

Byron sighed in his heart, and then respectfully asked the other party to continue.

"Count Claes captured the lord of the other side during the battle in the kingdom of Rhodok and demanded a ransom. It doesn't seem to want to pay the money, they hire a gang of hooligans to raid all over the kingdom, and they also collude with those Nords in the north, which is very arrogant. It was ridiculous that they were trying to force the Earl to hand over their lord in this way. ”

"The Earl has heard that you have two of you, and intends to hire you to take part in this "hunt", and when we have swept away the rabble, you can also send a message to the other mercenaries in the city, telling them to settle down and not to do those things that send them to death. ”

Baron Sith said, leaning back in his chair.

"It is a privilege for the Earl to know me, and I am glad to contribute to his cause. However, can you tell us the number of people on both sides, so that I can arrange the number of troops to follow the adults into battle. ”

Byron accompanied the smiling face, and understood what the other party meant.

Byron had heard about the bandit army before, but he didn't dare attack them. The first is that the scope of their activities does not have much impact on them, and the second is that they are here for Count Claes, and he does not want to go on this trip to troubled waters.

He now had his own intelligence network, and he knew very well that those people were not the so-called rabble of Baron Sith, but a mixture of elite troops and mercenaries and pirates led by Rhodok's sergeants, numbering more than five hundred, and completely a military-level opponent.

They raided across Swadia, targeting people and property associated with the Klaes family, and occasionally plundering villages.

And the reason why they have not been eliminated so far is because the leader of this army is a Rhodok nobleman, and once the Swadian army is about to attack him, he will propose a duel on the grounds of his noble status, or arrange a time for the two armies to face each other.

It sounds silly, but the Svadian nobles, who value face more than anything else, are very fond of this, so the two lords who went to attack them agreed to attack them. Unfortunately, neither of them won. Therefore, they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and then let them go, on the condition that they could not attack the territories of the Svadian nobles other than Count Claes.

Of course, this is not just a conflict between two noble lords of the two countries, behind this force is the support of Rhodok's angry nobles, who are eager to disgust the Svadians in this way. King Harauth is said to have been furious about this, but there was nothing he could do. His army was now fighting bandits in the north, and the lords in the south had lost in the duel, so he had to watch the gang all the way to Dehrim.

This time it is estimated that the other party has run to the area of Dehrim to provoke, Count Claes is a little embarrassed, before they only attacked the caravans and civilians of their own city, but now they are threatening their vassals, and set foot on his own fiefdom. He couldn't bear it anymore, and directly sent an invitation to the Rhodok nobleman to fight, intending to kill these guys directly.

However, Count Claes clearly did not want to consume his army in order to deal with them, which was the usual behavior of the nobles. He was warlike and willing to take his elite knights to kill the noble knight of Rhoddock, but he didn't want to use too many of his own troops.

And at this time, a mercenary with a good reputation becomes a good choice. It can not only reduce the losses of its own troops, but also weaken these unstable armed forces.

However, in the previous conversation, the other party also took this opportunity to point out Byron, reminding him that many of the other party's troops were Swadia mercenaries, and asked him not to learn from these people to do things that are not good for the kingdom.

"Lord Earlaes will lead a hundred infantry, thirty cavalry, and five brave knights to punish the traitors, robbers, and Rhodoc hillbillies. In addition to this, there is the Black Flag mercenary team, and they also have two hundred mercenaries. As for our opponents, there are only a few hundred farmers, and the only advantage is a few leaders. If you join, it's best to bring all the armed people with you, so we won't have much effort to destroy them. ”

Baron Sith confidently introduced, and made conditions as Byron pondered.

"If you agree, I'll check your troops, and then pay them according to the quality of your troops, after the victory, of course. But I can guarantee that as long as I look at your troops, the reward will not be less than 1,000 dinars. ”

After Baron Sith finished speaking, he felt that his throat was a little dry, and with a finger, the knight of the guard next to him poured him a new glass of wine.

"Very good, we accept."

Byron pretended to be excited and agreed, he knew that in addition to the remuneration just said, the other party was still trying to find out Byron's strength and strength.

However, Count Claes's reputation is not bad, and most of the barons under him are also from military backgrounds, and their temperaments are relatively straightforward, Byron can be sure that this mission is not too boring, and there is a lot of oil. In that case, it's better to agree to come down, so as to bring greater benefits to the Peony mercenary team.