"It seems that Your Excellency has done a good job of preparation," Shepard said casually, "That's right!" It was there that my cousin had been sponsoring my studies, so when I heard that there were cultist actions in the kingdom, I wanted to go back to my cousin to protect him and his family......"

Shepard's face showed just the right amount of sadness and anger: "But those damn bastards! Litter! They were in trouble the day before I arrived, and my cousin, the valiant Baron Domino, died fighting the wicked men to protect my sister-in-law and niece! Even if I made it to the barony, I would only be able to save his wife and daughter, and some of the survivors! ”

Shepard raised his head and looked directly at the Viscount: "Your Excellency! In front of you is a descendant of a nobleman, a full-fledged mage with mid-level strength! I am the current sole heir of the Prell family, in the name of my cousin Domino Prell! I hope that you will accept a hateful avenger who carries his loved ones on his back, and I will abandon that kingdom that is clean on the outside, but evil and depravity on the inside, join the righteous and noble ranks of the Tesser, and raise my sword to the kingdom of Am, and avenge my cousin! ”

Although Viscount Dures believes in the god of justice, he is not a dead brain like a paladin, so although he looks very moved, he still says cautiously: "Mr. Mage, although I believe your words very much, I am only the vanguard officer of Lord Earl, there are some things I can't decide, and my army is still besieging Blost......"

Shepard said categorically: "I will help your army capture Blost, Your Excellency the Viscount!" But I demand that the kingdom of Tesser must recognize my inheritance and ownership of the realm, and when the war is over, I demand that I be rewarded for participating in the war, just like every glorious nobleman of the kingdom! ”

"How long will it take you to take Blost, Mr. Mage?" The viscount, who still lacked a certain concept of the power of the mage, asked cautiously.

"One morning."

"Deal!"

……

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

After consuming the divine power that is insignificant to Shepard today, the fireball of divine power that imitates the large fireball of the mage's plastic energy system was thrown onto the walls of Blouce, because the church never participated in secular wars, and there was no real mage on either side, so that no one even noticed the difference between divine power and magic.

However, the attack power that is stronger than the plastic energy spell is not fake, after all, it is a doppelganger of a true god, and the guards on the city wall of Bloust were killed dozens of people, and the impact on morale is very terrible, originally they were very reluctant to face the advance army of more than 2,000 people with hundreds of militias without much training, and they were besieged by the advance army for a few days, and their morale has long been close to the bottom.

At this time, Shepard hit the soul three times, and the militia on the city wall suddenly collapsed, and the advance soldiers who were threatened by the military law team cheered and rushed to the city wall.

said that it was a soldier, in fact, less than half of them were trained, and there were more than a dozen flags hanging in the team of two thousand people, in addition to the earl's own team, there were also the count's vassals, and the count's vassals, so that the mixed brigade was the norm of the army of the old continent.

"Mr. Mage, thanks to your attack, now we have finally taken Bloucester City!" Viscount Duris looked very happy at this time.

Shepard smiled faintly: "Your Excellency, when the soldiers have cleaned the city gates and roads, you can enter Bloust and enjoy the honor of the victor." ”

Viscount Dureth smiled even more happily when he heard this, but he hadn't forgotten the achievements around him, and cheerfully sent an invitation to Shepard: "Mr. Mage! You're one of the winners! Before I congratulate you on inheriting the glory of House Prell, allow me to invite you to join me in stepping into this city that we have conquered. ”

Shepard naturally wouldn't refuse, and he didn't have to say anything more, so he responded with a salute.

When the shouts of slaughter had died down and all the dust had settled, the Viscount, under the arch of the guards, led the Count and his own private soldiers into the city gates, and Shepard, whom he had invited, rode alongside Viscount Duris on a white horse.

The baronial knights behind him looked at each other with joy and amazement on their faces, sometimes observing everything in the city, sometimes whispering to each other about the power of the mage.

Viscount Dures didn't care about what was behind him, he knocked the whip in his hand on his knee, raised it and pointed in the direction of the town hall, and said to Shepard: "Mr. Mage! Look, there's Bloucest's Town Hall, the first city we've captured, and the richest place on the border between the Kingdom of Amm and Tether! ”

Shepard smiled, "Your Excellency, now that I have fulfilled my promise, please call me a knight instead of a mage." ”

Viscount Dures raised his horsewhip and laughed, "Yes! Then His Excellency Baron Prel! Rest assured, I will give you credit in the military reports and letters to the Count, and by my honor, you will receive the reward you deserve! ”

Shepard nodded slightly in response, then looked around idly, and said casually: "Bloust is really very wealthy, although those citizens are hiding at home, the equipment of those soldiers seems to be high-quality. ”

Viscount Dures followed his gaze and saw the private soldiers who were still cleaning the battlefield and removing their equipment from the corpses of the guards and militiamen of Bloucester City who had died in battle, and said indifferently: "Bross has 30,000 inhabitants!" Baron Prell should know that this is already a large number, this is located in the lower reaches of the tributary of Lake Esmere, the main point of the trade route between the Kingdom of Amm and Tysel, relying on the developed convenience of trade and water transportation! ”

Shepard said with a little admiration: "In a city of 30,000 people, there is no feudal monarch? ”

Viscount Dureth sneered disdainfully: "Am's royal family wanted to make this place a direct jurisdiction of the royal family, but it was resisted by the merchant union and the minor nobles in Bloucester City without success, and those greedy profiteers and short-sighted people could not distinguish each other, and they were stalemate until the outbreak of war. ”

Seeing Shepard's puzzled expression, he couldn't help but say to himself: "Lord Earl has been collecting information on all the nobles between Bloust and Esmirtalan two years ago, not only Blost, Your Excellency the Baron, your cousin's domain, and several counts and barons near Prell's Territory are all under the attention of Lord Earl. ”

Shepard's expression was at ease, but he smiled and said, "Then I'm glad I came to find Your Excellency first." ”

Durres bowed gracefully: "My lord is a generous and powerful lord, and Baron Prell will be rewarded for his efforts." ”

As the two chatted, the procession had gradually approached the town hall, where the remaining nobles of the city had gathered, and the merchants were not eligible to appear, and after each war, they were often the ones to be harvested, unless they had an extremely powerful chamber of commerce to rely on.

There were no counts in Bustle, and naturally there were no viscounts who could only be awarded as counts' cronies, and barons and knights were the cornerstones of the aristocratic class, forming the lowest level of the ruling pyramid.

However, there were not too many men here, more than a dozen disgraced aristocratic ladies were sobbing and leaning together, and the few aristocratic men were mostly pale, trembling and wiping the sweat from their foreheads.

Viscount Duris sneered: "These chicks who have grown up in peace are like delicate flowers that can withstand the blows of wind and rain, and it really makes me sick...... Those who have the courage and courage probably led the private army to respond to the call of the feudal monarch to exterminate the rebellious cultists. ”

Although there was a hint of appreciation in the Viscount's tone, it was ironic that he had raided the hometowns of those 'warriors' as an invader.

The viscount, who had already done his homework, only glanced at the attire and badges of everyone present, and knew their identities, he pouted at the ladies and said to Shepard with a wicked smile: "Baron, do you see the woman in the purple lily dress?" Although her appearance is just average, she is Bloster's famous 'meat bullet', and her husband is just an ordinary life lord, since he is not here, then eighty percent of them died in the siege, how about it? I am in charge of giving her to you, and I prove to you from my own experience that you will never be able to put it down! ”

Faced with Viscount Dures's intentional overtures, Shepard shook his head with a smile, although it is said that nobles often maintain a certain bottom line, but the Old World has been mired in wars and strife for thousands of years, and the bottom line has long been thrown into the bottomless abyss, if the men in the family are still there, it is okay, like this, only widows and orphans are left, it is fat meat that can be slaughtered, if not, the wife of Baron Domino would not be so frightened.

Dures said with some regret: "Isn't the baron unwilling? Forget it...... Baron Turuba! ”

He suddenly called a name, and among the vassals who followed him, a tall and strong baron immediately stepped out.

Shepard glanced at the Baron Turuba, who was not only tall and strong, but also very powerful, but as a baron, he was very brave in battle, wielding a half-man-tall two-handed axe.

At this time, Viscount Durise's face did not have the urgency of talking to Shepard, but said in a cold tone: "That 'meat bullet' lady, Baron Turuba has been coveting it for a long time, and now we are the victors, this lady has lost her husband, and it will be very miserable in the future, for the sake of the nobleman's 'reputation', I hope Your Excellency can take care of her on her behalf." ”

Whether rude or elegant, nobles are treacherous and cunning existences, Baron Turuba smiled, and naturally understood what Viscount Dures meant: "Your Excellency the Viscount rest assured." ”

Seeing that Viscount Durim casually said a few words about the remaining female dependents who had lost the pillars of the family or the men were not around, as if they were dividing the spoils of war, Shepard was silent, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to a place: "Your Excellency, is that a pair of sisters?" ”