Chapter 557: Freemen (7000 Supplements)
No matter what universe, there is always a limit to the growth of all creatures to the peak, and this is the limit of the race!
It's like in the previous life, no matter how ordinary people are, they will never be stronger than an elephant, faster than a leopard, and farther than an eagle, this is limited by the rules, unless it is extraordinary, it cannot be changed!
Now Wu Ming, through his clever insight, has trained William's body to the pinnacle that ordinary people can achieve. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
His strength, speed, and recovery ability are all unmatched, and even wearing armor, he can pretend to be a knight, but there is one thing, that is, he is not yet extraordinary!
The Thakur in front of him, although his strength is not far from him, has already obtained the seed of extraordinary strength and broken through the limitations of the race!
For that reason, he is worth researching!
"Skin ......"
Wu Ming was treating with compassion, but in fact, his eyes were flickering rapidly, and a large amount of data was collected: "It's relatively tough, and it seems to have been strengthened to a certain extent, is it the effect of that kind of knight's holy oil?" ”
"It is extremely muscular, it is a strengthened head, and it has broken the limitations of ordinary people......"
"The bones are as thick as steel...... There were no tendons, veins, aura, or anything like that...... Could it be pure physical ability? ”
He saw the wound on Thakur's back, the size of a little finger, not deep into the flesh, but with a purple ring, apparently quenched with poison.
'This Thakur is truly astonishing in strength and physique......
Wu Ming clearly remembered the strength of the village before, and he was able to train that swordsman and female archer, and obviously the leader was also a powerful guy.
And even if that guy was beheaded by Thakur, it was a pity that he paid attention to his battlefield at that time and didn't pay much attention to Thakur's strength.
Thakur, who performed this feat, was shot with a cold arrow, poisoned, and finally besieged by a large number of ogres, only to be captured.
Even, his powerful physique has begun to heal itself, if it weren't for those cunning ogres who poured too many devil flowers on him, maybe he could break through himself!
Wu Ming thought silently in his heart, and that expression made Thakur change color a little.
He's a man, a man with a very normal orientation!
What does it feel like to see another man staring at his body with his eyes shining?
Takur is almost creepy anyway.
"Listen...... Listen! William! ”
He immediately said, "I am grateful to you for saving me, and as long as you send me back to Niah again in peace, I promise that you will get more than you can ...... imagined."
Under the looming crisis, his tongue seemed to regain its flexibility at once, especially aggravating the word Enron.
"My lord, I am not the only one who rescued you, but also Andrew, Henry Broken Tooth, and the big Gale and Heim...... It's a pity that the last two have already died at the hands of ogres......"
Wu Ming retracted his gaze and said in a sad tone.
Thakur didn't have the slightest doubt.
In his opinion, with the strength of a five-person team, it would be a miracle to be able to rescue him from the ogre team! It's normal to lose one or two people.
"They're going to be rewarded!"
Thakur looked at Wu Ming: "My promise will not change!" ”
He deliberately concealed a message, that is, on the premise of obtaining enough food and water, it only took half a day for him to regain a certain degree of mobility, and his safety was even more guaranteed.
However, this is his last hole card, so naturally he will not tell William.
"Thank you, my lord, even if I gamble with my life, I will send you to Nia Town safely!"
Wu Ming assured again, but he rolled his eyes in his heart: "In another day and night, you will almost be able to recover seventy or eighty percent of your combat strength, right?" It only takes six hours for you to be active...... Is this guarding against me?! ’
Of course, there are some things that are best not spoken to each other, so he pretends not to know.
Then, taking advantage of the opportunity to take care of Thakur, he immediately asked about the knight and the other transcendents.
In any case, Thakur is a formal knight, half a nobleman, and has great power, and the information he knows is much more reliable than that of the bard, which makes Wu Ming feel that he is worth the money.
……
Two days later, the town of Niah.
"It's finally here!"
When they saw the town's walls and lookouts, Thakur and Wu Ming were relieved.
Because of the recovery of Thakur later, and the fact that the two men and a horse had moved more quickly than when the large group of people and horses had gone.
The two also rested for half a day, and in fact it only took a day and a half to return here.
"It's Lord Thakur!"
In the distance, a wave of soldiers cheered when they saw Thakur.
Wu Ming noticed that there were already a lot of people on the city wall and watchtower, obviously hearing the news from the front, for fear that the ogre would take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack.
"I'm Thakur, open the door!"
Thakur regained his previous temperament a little and looked at Wu Ming: "Dear William, I owe you a life, what do you want in return?" ”
After this period of getting along, he also knew that he had wronged William before, and the other party obviously didn't have that kind of hobby.
At this time, he looked at William again, but he felt that the other party was brave and strategic, and his martial arts skills were also quite good, a little stronger than his former attendant, and he intended to recruit Wu Ming as his new servant.
After all, his former two knight scores had died on the battlefield, and their corpses had fallen into the ogre's stomach.
The thought of this made his heart ache faintly.
It's not that I feel sorry for those two attendants, but I feel sorry for my ancestral armor!
That's half a manor's worth of property, a family heirloom! Now it's all taken by the ogre, and it's been split into so many parts.
Even if he goes out again and exterminates the ogre tribe, he may not be able to get it whole.
"If I could, I would like to be a free people!"
Wu Ming's face was slightly excited, and he said in a deep voice.
Thakur was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "It's okay to get the status of a free citizen first, leave it to me!" ”
Compared with Hu Cong, the identity of this free man is not easy, but as a repayment, it is still a little lighter, but for Wu Ming, he still needs this the most.
After all, the former William, as a lord of Baron Terry, still had a semi-subordinate relationship with the baron.
This not only limited his ability to serve other lords, but also made William have to bring his own dry food every year to serve the lord for a period of time as labor and military service.
Freedmen are different.
They have considerable autonomy, more like guests in guest territory, and can leave at any time, and the freedfolk certificate they bring with them allows them to settle in any town in the Winfly Plain without being questioned by the guards.
Of course, there is no longer any need to be exploited by the tax officials in various names, and they can freely choose the services and offices of the lord.
If you insist on grading people, the freedmen are undoubtedly already at the top of the small town of Nia, only below the knights, even if the instructor Rorian, the tax collector Fed, and the sheriff are only freedmen.
When ordinary people climb to this point, it is equivalent to hitting the ceiling.
If you want to become a nobleman, even if you are only a semi-noble knight, you need to look at chance and luck, and it is not simply a matter of a few generations or more than a dozen generations of hard work.
Squeak!
There was a commotion on the city walls, and after waiting for a moment, the two gates slowly opened, and a group of people surrounded a nobleman to greet them.
"My Lord!"
Thakur immediately descended, half-kneeling in a knightly salute.
"Oh! It's great that you're okay, dear Thakur! ”
It was Baron Terry, like William's memory, in his thirties, wearing a bright dress embroidered with silk and gold thread lace, a wig on his head, and a very thick fat powder on his face, and even when he approached slightly, a strong and gaudy smell of perfume came to his nose, which made Wu Ming frown secretly.
Baron Terry personally helped Thakur to his feet: "I heard that you are being besieged by savages, and it really worries me! ”
Obviously, he wasn't an idiot either, and deliberately replaced some sensitive words such as 'captive', and being captured by barbarians as a knight was a sign of dishonor.
"Not bad...... I was seriously wounded during the siege, and thanks to this militia captain William, he saved me out! ”
Thakur pointed at Wu Ming.
"Your Excellency, Baron!"
Wu Ming took half a step forward, made a trembling gesture, and saluted respectfully.
"Well, that's good! Your name is William, isn't it? You'll be rewarded! ”
Baron Terry, obviously not remembering this little soldier under his command, said casually, took Thakur's hand again, and the two walked into the gate together: "Tarkur, it is really a gift from the gods that you can come back, poor Lady Sally almost fainted after hearing the news...... But now that her husband has returned, let's start the feast to celebrate! ”
Wu Ming humbly followed behind, and vaguely felt a look of surprise and surprise coming.
He followed his gaze and immediately saw the somewhat evasive tax officer Field, and couldn't help but smile, revealing eight teeth as white as jade......
Wu Ming once again stepped into the lord's mansion.
In the hall, a large number of male and female servants were busy, spreading out the white cloths, lighting the candles on the silver candlesticks, and bringing to the tables roasted suckling pigs, golden dripping roast chicken, large chunks of white bread, and wine like running water.
Of course, Wu Ming was not qualified to enter the banquet hall.
After all, poor William was now just an ordinary tenant farmer, or the captain of the mercenaries, and what was he to a group of adults and noble ladies and ladies?
But he was a good man, and he had a little privilege, and he could get a white bread and two roast chickens in the back kitchen, as well as a bottle of wine.
After eating and drinking, Wu Ming had no intention of continuing to entangle with these adults, and went directly out of the mansion and returned to his cabin.