Chapter Twenty-Nine: Cross-Border Brigades, Crazy Decrees...
"That's it! Gremlin! Don't be afraid, Miss Ben doesn't have to bother you if she wants to clean it up! β
Saying that, Anna clenched her fists and gestured at Beichuan's head as if she were demonstrating, but unfortunately, after the action that should have been threatening, but with Anna, who was full of alcohol, she completely changed her styleββββ a reckless, foot-picking female man, and a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
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Beichuan was silent, he was currently stronger than people, he could only look at this person's face and act carefully.
"Hey, hey! Do you know why I'm mentioning this now? β
Anna lifted the barrel to the side, 'Bang! The sound of the bar was upside down, and the barrel was already empty. She shook her dizzy head, and her long flaxen-colored hair was swept up like a whirlwind of wine, pumping on Beichuan's face with a burning pain.
"And voila! We're friends now! Hahaha! β
"Hey! ...β
Beichuan was pumped, his face turned black, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Brian behind the bar:
"Eldest sister, in fact, you were already friends in the third cup, because three gold coins are only enough for three glasses of wine, you look at the rest..."
"Bastard! The rest will be deducted from your salary! Anna picked up the glass beside her and threw it at Brian, but Brian seemed to have taken a step back gracefully, perfectly avoiding the glass that Anna had thrown out, like those noble gentlemen of the court of the Empire of Gururdian.
"But, eldest sister! Our next shipment is just around the corner, and if you're serious about doing it β then! In the next month, there will be a complete interruption of alcohol supply. Oh ~ Of course! Your 'Iron Flame' is goneβ" Brian still didn't smile and couldn't guess what was really going on in his heart, but the message contained in his words struck Anna like a lightning strike.
"Gone? ... By the way, I seem to have forgotten something..."
Half an hour!
Anna suddenly jumped down from the bar in a nervous way, and her narrowed phoenix eyes scanned the frightened drinkers sharply.
Quiet!
The people on the field who had been silently paying attention to the situation on this side suddenly stopped their movements and were silent...
"Our store closes early today! Please come back! But β remember! What happens here is better rotting in your stomachs! β
The mercenaries, who were old fritters, hurriedly walked out of the tavern as if they had been amnestied. And those employers who have been ruthlessly abandoned have some insight and naturally obediently retreat, while others...
Within three seconds, the entire tavern was emptied, and only three drinkers with the appearance of bewildered merchants were still sitting at their respective tables...
The atmosphere seemed to have frozen, and the scene was extremely embarrassing at one point.
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A plump middle-aged man stammered and broke the silence.
"Hair... What happened? β
Anna's phoenix eyes suddenly narrowed.
"I said the Thunder Trample is closed!"
The companion who was a little thinner and looked older on the side seemed to realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly pulled the middle-aged fat man to signal him not to speak.
"Hey! Stinky Biaozi! Do you know who we are? We're big businessmen from Sagoth! A broken tavern dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head? β
Woo!
The bench flew out with a whirl of the wind, striking the merchant in the fat face and then taking the other two with him, and the three of them fell together into a rolling gourd.
"The light of rice grains also shines?"
Anna clapped her hands and pointed at the three of them, and Brian, who was standing next to him, immediately understood, only to see him smile and bow gracefully, grab the legs of the three of them, and throw the three of them out of the tavern one by one.
"Good~ so ferocious!" Beichuan stared blankly at everything that happened, and there were only four of them left in the huge tavern between the lightning and flint...
"Kitagawa, huh?" The brutal woman turned her head to stare into Kitagawa's eyes.
"Hmm!"
Hearing his answer, Anna's expression changed, and the cruel woman just now seemed to have suddenly lost her fangs, and she looked completely lost, and muttered:
"Alas! He wasn't called that before, but you're not him anymore... That's good! That's good! β
Kitagawa's heart moved, 'he' is the predecessor, right? After thinking about it, he decided that he had to listen, so he said, "Can you tell me 'him'?" β
Anna had just picked up her wine glass, she glanced deeply at Kitagawa, and finally spoke;
"Him! It's a well-known coward, a gambler, and a villain! But before you talk about him, you know - who am I? β
"I don't know!" Kitagawa shook his head innocently, he couldn't say anything like 'you guy looks like a female hooligan'.
"I'm the commander of the Thunderhooves Crossing Brigade, and my Thunderhooves are the largest Thunderhooves Crossing Brigade in the North, of course! Not one of them! Oh! First of all, the so-called cross-border brigade is to buy iron ore, wheat, leather, armor, and weapons from other kingdoms, and then break through the border checkpoint and transport them back to the Free Knights in Nord, how cool, right? β
Anna smiled, and a hint of remembrance flashed in her eyes.
"Hmmm! I've heard about some of the current situation of Nord, the public enemy of the continent blocked by all the neighboring countries... This approach can indeed solve a lot of problems! The boy nodded to indicate that he was listening.
Hearing Beichuan's answer, Anna also sighed a little:
That's right! It is precisely because of such a harsh environment that it has led to the emergence of pseudo-knights such as the Cross Border Brigade.
...
Since the first forced landing, the Nord's borders have been completely blocked by its neighbors, and the weakened Nord has been trapped on the snow-covered plateau, struggling with its increasingly cowardly national strength, which makes it unable to break the border blockade with a strong army again.
Since then, there have been fewer and fewer weapons and tools to use, less food to eat, and the country has naturally become weaker, which is exactly what its neighbors want to see. No one could change the status quo, and this continued until Ragnar III, who finally had enough of it issued a crazy decree, the Privateering Decree for Cross-Border Brigades, which stipulated that people could organize their own ownerless (and have no allegiance) Free Knights, infiltrate other countries, and return to Nord with resources to break through the blockade and bring fresh blood and new life to the country.
At that time! That's the raison d'Γͺtre of those trailblazers, of course! These risky brigades were given a status to match, they were not subject to any nobility other than King Ragnar, and their status was equal to that of pure-blood nobles.
Undoubtedly! His Majesty Ragnar III was a success, and every time he successfully returned the brigade, he was rewarded with a lot of money, and even more so he was even knighted by His Majesty Ragnar V himself! As a result, although the casualties have been high, the spirit of adventure in the Nord blood still motivates them to join the cross-border brigade with pleasure.
The whole Nord seems to have suddenly rejuvenated, this land covered with ice and snow is like scattered gold coins symbolizing wealth, and the golden generation of heroes has begun...
It was then, at the age of six, that I was first brought into the cross-border brigade by my old ghost father...
As if being reminded of the memory, it seemed that the murderous female man Anna actually picked up the wine glass and tried to hide her somewhat red eyes, but she didn't want the glass in her hand to be empty for a long time, she turned her head and roared at Brian: "Brian! Serve! β
Throwing the three of them out and cleaning up the tavern after closing the door, Brian shrugged his shoulders when he heard Anna's rude roar, and just wanted to complain, but found that Anna's eyes were a little red, and he stopped talking and walked to the wine cabinet in a proper manner, took out an ugly black bottle and handed it to Anna.
"Huh! It turned out to be 'Tears of the Conqueror'! β
Anna wiped her eyes and smiled, took out a dagger from her calf and opened the cork a few times, and out of nowhere she found a delicate glass cup to fill herself, the crystal wine emitted an attractive fragrance in the transparent glass cup, but Anna didn't have a little meaning to let Beichuan ...
"Okay, where did you just go?"