"We sneer at the so-called armies, mostly made up of peasants, loyal to money and contracts, indifferent to production and honor, and the mercenary creed has only one point: 'What the employer commands, is the place of our death'!"

- Eduard Francisco

As the duke's eyes found the traces of Itsef and Rod, Duke Orlandu Roland, who was greedy for the wealth of Stormwind City and eager to save his dignity, deepened his determination to attack Stormwind, but in this era, some rules on the surface still need to be followed by all nobles, even the duke cannot attack the territory of another nobleman without any reason, even if this nobleman has not been approved by the continental noble house for the time being. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the dim candlelight, the duke signed the last letter with his name, threw away the quill pen and moved his wrist, and motioned to the butler to put away the stack of letters with similar contents and give them to the soldiers waiting respectfully below, "Arrange for these letters to be sent to all the lords of the Northern Lord, so that they must lead the soldiers to join me within a month." ”

Looking at the soldier who respectfully received the order, the Duke narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, and added, "Arrange a knight from the Knights to personally deliver the letter to Stormwind City, if this so-called Grand Duke Leo knows each other, I might as well spare his life for the time being until I am ready." After waving his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, let Sir Artest, the leader of the White Moon Knights, who had been waiting for a long time, sit down with him, and the duke, who relied on war and plunder, did not underestimate the sudden rise of Leo in his heart, and discussed countermeasures with his knight leader......

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Stormwind City, Leo's surprised mouth seemed to be able to put a dragon tear gem in it, and he asked the butler who came to report with some uncertainty, "I'm sorry, I didn't seem to hear what you said clearly?" ”

As if not seeing his lord's gaffe, Old Garin gracefully bowed again and replied, "Outside of Stormwind, there is a group of people claiming to be mercenaries who want to be received by you, my lord. ”

The extremely clear words came into Leo's ears, this sudden situation made Leo a little confused in surprise, he thought that there were only mercenaries in the game, he didn't expect that there was a similar existence in this plane, in fact, this is also Leo's lack of understanding of the times, even in the Middle Ages of the earth, mercenaries also occupied an extremely important position.

"Of course, of course I agree, dear butler, please go and ask the leader of the mercenaries to my mansion, where I will meet him." After thinking about it, he was a little uneasy and arranged for the steady Anthony, "Anthony, please lead some knights to take care of the other mercenaries near the city gate, and I will arrange for someone to send them some food later." ”

After the arrangements were made, looking at the backs of the butler and Anthony leading the way, Leo clenched his fists excitedly, greeted and took Finn and Keith on the horse and galloped towards the Grand Duke's mansion.

Some regretted that he didn't ask the housekeeper in detail, and along the way, Leo couldn't help but sift through familiar mercenary groups in his mind, "Metenheim, Vonkov, Barkley, Mariyan, and so on." Thinking of the excitement, Leo couldn't help but feel more impatient, kicked Keeley in the stomach hard, and rushed back at a faster pace.

The people who returned to the mansion didn't wait long, and saw that with the opening of the door, the butler led a burly strong man in, and the two heavily armed punishment knights who followed next to him must have been arranged by Anthony, only at the first glance of the strong man's outfit, Leo's excited flames were mostly extinguished, and it was definitely not one of those top mercenaries.

The strong man who was waiting respectfully in front of him was one meter and ninety meters tall, and the burly punishment knight was a head shorter in front of him, the color of the leather armor on his body was a little white, and there were a lot of raw edges at the edges, from which it can be seen that the life of this strong man should be relatively poor, and the leather armor was probably soaked in some resin or other liquids for a long time, and a faint fragrance of plants and trees could be smelled from afar.

Because of the face of Leo, a super long two-handed sword that should be a strong man's weapon was carried in the hand of the punishment knight behind him, saying that it was super long because the length of this sword was even more than 1.7 meters, it is conceivable that if a person with a relatively low head carried this long sword, he could not even walk, and in the same way, the length brought the weight to match, from this point it can be seen that the arm strength of this strong man who is obviously not a knight is amazing, after all, being able to hold and use it in battle are completely different concepts.

The strong man held a conical iron helmet in his hand a little restrainedly, his shaved head could not be seen, and his face had some characteristics of the Germanic peoples on the earth, with clear lines, rigid and unsmiling, and generally speaking, the orientation was good, according to Leo's opinion, the face was loyal and had no heart.

After looking at it for a while, Leo looked at the strong man a little at a loss under his gaze, recalling the scene when he graduated and looked for a job interview, and he stopped putting on a show at the moment, and asked gently, "Dear friend, I heard my housekeeper say that you need a job, is that so?" Of course, you know I don't know much about you right now, so? ”

Fortunately, the strong man was not as stupid as he appeared, and when he heard this, he immediately bent down deeply, and replied a little nervously, "Edward, my name is Edward, my honorable lord, your reputation and kindness have spread far and wide, so I and my other 49 companions have only traveled a long way to come here, expecting to get a job under your command." ”

Raising his head cautiously, Edward looked at Leo and did not answer, thinking of the orphans and widows in the village who had lost their husbands, the old people who had saved not much rations to provide them, the face of the hateful aristocrat who refused to pay his remuneration last time, and Edward, who was desperate for work for the survival of his companions and his hometown, said with a trembling heart

"Honorable Lord, we are all powerful highland swordsmen, each of us can appear on the most dangerous battlefield according to your orders, even if the road ahead is the land of death, we will never back down, we... We don't eat much, just a little brown bread and wild vegetables a day, for which you only have to pay a paltry 1......"

Before Edward's words were finished, he saw Leo jump up with a "whoosh", and waved his hand to the butler who wanted to stop talking, Leo interrupted Edward in a hurried tone, "What did you say?" Highland Swordsman? You're the Highland Swordsman? ”

Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of 'that Highland swordsman' in Leo's mouth, Edward, who felt that his job was promising, hurriedly replied, "Yes, my lord, there is only one mercenary in the entire empire's scarce highland peoples, as long as 100 gold coins a year, I... We can give our lives for you. Hesitantly, Edward muttered the unfinished request.

At this moment, Leo couldn't hold back his excited roar, oh my God, the highland swordsman, the nightmarish existence of every player in the early and even middle stages of the game, strong strength and physique, the speed and agility that can run quickly on any terrain, a two-handed long sword that is almost equal to his height, in addition to not having any long-range protection ability, not to mention ordinary infantry, even the same number of rebel knights are difficult to get in front of them, it seems that the protagonist's aura is really shrouded in himself at all times.

Without hesitation at the moment, interrupting Edward's words, Leo stretched out five fingers and said categorically, "50,000 gold coins, I will pay 50,000 gold coins to hire you for 5 years, and I can pay half of this money directly when I sign the contract." ”

Looking at Edward, who was shocked by this number, Leo continued, "The annual employment fee of 10,000 gold coins, I need you to swear absolute loyalty to me before the gods, and you must ensure that these 50 people are full at all times, and I also have the right of first refusal to renew the contract after the contract expires, if you can guarantee this, I can ask my butler to prepare the contract now, and 25,000 gold coins will be delivered to you immediately!" ”

This time Edward's mouth opened wide, and even the butler was a little surprised, he didn't understand why Leo valued these highlanders so much, only Finn and Keith next to him secretly gave Leo a thumbs up, and they were also from Pande, who knew the horror of the highland swordsmen in a state of battle.

"You mean...... You're saying you're going to hire us for 50,000 gold? ”

"It's five years of employing you, and you're only getting half of the pay upfront." Leo added with a smile

"God, I am willing, we are willing, I praise you for your kindness, now the village is saved, the children can finally be fed, and the old people no longer have to commit suicide to save food, God, my lord, if this is a dream I pray that you will not disappear in my dream......"

Hearing Leo's confirmed words, Edward's burly body sat down on the ground as if deflated, covered his face and cried loudly, the difficulties of the world, the ruthlessness of the nobles, and the barren output of the village, made it almost impossible for the entire highland people to survive, and in desperation, Edward could only lead some of the people to flee, wanting to earn a little respite for his hometown by his own force.

It's a pity that the too simple character, so that Edward and others have experienced countless setbacks and deceptions, desperate they finally came to the city of Leo, the distant road let them eat the last bite of food, if not Leo, these strong but simple warriors are afraid to starve to death in the wilderness.

Looking at Edward in tears, Leo felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, the longer he stayed, the more he could feel the deep class oppression and darkness of this hellish era, he personally walked to Edward's side, and asked for the long sword from the hand of the punishment knight with a little effort, Leo handed it to Edward's hand who was kneeling in front of him, "A true warrior, at no time should he easily hand over his weapons, stand up, I don't need crying cowards under my command, now, take me to see those brave men......"