"You know, that's 5,000 pieces of gold, the reward Baron Abraham paid me. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info is enough for me to marry five beautiful girls, have a bunch of cubs, and live a happy life. ”

The two little eyes of the priest shone brightly, bursting with anger and irritation.

"Shut up fat man. You're itchy again! Behringer raised his leg again, but didn't kick it in the ass like he had just done.

"If I were you, a box of gold coins and a life only once, I would choose the latter."

At some point, Sauron, the lord of the Dragon Court Woodland, came to the side of the 'Fire Sacrifice'. In the darkness of the night, his gaze was not as indifferent as his voice. Instead, his eyes were blazing, scanning and observing every detail of the other party's body. "So, that box of gold coins is your personal property."

"What's your name?"

During the time when the fat man was silent, Zoro continued to open the conversation.

"Beakins, Carmelott Beakins." The fat fire sacrifice is not sure what the purpose of this young lord is.

In his mind, he wondered if the other party would execute him in the wilderness, after all, there was no reason for him to leave this scourge behind after humiliating a fire sacrifice and usurping his property. Because of the fear of death, he even had a slight tremor in his voice.

In Sauron's notebook, Camelot, it's a noble surname, especially for a fire sacrifice.

Ordinary temple sacrifices are loyal to the temple, but a fire sacrifice from the Camelot family, coupled with such a young age, makes people have to think about it more.

Sauron had just questioned the freed slaves. This fat man's status is indeed not low, and he has a good background.

"Beakins, not only will I give you back that box of gold coins, but I will also make you loyal to the Dragon Court Woodland, swearing by your life and soul to your lord."

Zoro's opinion was that if this man, as useless as he seemed.

Baron Abraham would not have given him a chest full of gold coins, and he would have allowed him to hide in his secret warehouse.

As it turns out, Beggins is not an idiot.

When Biggins realizes that he will not be brutally executed or used as a slave as he imagined. On the contrary, it is also useful for a lord. He immediately changed his face, "Honorable lord, look at your hunger badge, you are still a member of the royal family. I'm here to help. As you said, gold is as cheap as dung compared to a one-time life. That money is my offering! ”

Listening to Biggins' words, Zoro stared at him, his clear eyes full of laughter and penetration.

"Don't take your lord for a fool, I know you can't afford those gold coins in your heart, Biggins."

When Sauron's right hand touched the saber at his waist, Biggins' fat mouth, as if he had just eaten a maggot, twitched irregularly.

It wasn't until he found out that the other party handed over his own water bladder that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sauron could feel that this fiery sacrifice called Beakins, he was afraid of death.

But then, when Zoro revealed his identity, Beakins unexpectedly behaved as calm as a battle-hardened soldier.

"You are one of the six High Priests of the Temple of Fire, the son of the High Priest of Brown."

Hearing the other party accurately call out his origin, Biggins put down the water bladder that came to his mouth, and quickly covered his small eyes with a layer of hatred: "No, I'm not his son." There is no such father in the world, he is old, and he is still so changeable, he would rather have a false name than care about the life or death of his son. ”

It was a son who uttered a curse from his heart that he hated his father so much.

"Brown is not just my son, he can be indifferent to his family for the sake of money. As his son, I don't believe he really believes in the god of fire at all. ”

Biggins' attitude is a surprise, and Zoro realizes that he feels like he's stabbed in a hornet's nest.

Soon, Biggins even linked the "damned **", with the blasphemer of the Holy Fire, with his father.

"If you believe in the holy fire, damn the old **, you won't put your clean mouth under the other party's skirt in order to be infatuated with a woman. If he had believed in the Holy Flame, he would not have abandoned his orthodox wife and allowed his old wife to die in solitude and desolation. If I had believed in the Holy Flame, he would not have left me in a place where birds don't because I was a son who disgraced him. If he had believed in the flame, he would not have ......"

Than all the chatter of hatred and swearing. Falling into Zoro's ears, filtered and summarized. It was probably a 72-year-old priest who felt that his 35-year-old son was too embarrassed, so he threw him into a place where birds don't poop and waited for him to die.

And the presence of the Fire Temple in the Greenland is only two people, Beakins and his assistant, and his assistant has been eaten by trolls.

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The powerful Flame Temple, with a large number of fanatical believers in the six kingdoms, is no less than a hundred thousand temple legions.

The Seven Great Temples can be called the actual rulers of the entire Six Kingdoms. It is undeniable that sometimes it is much easier to command a king than to command all the lords and nobles of a kingdom.

…… When this kind of power, which is not restricted by anyone, expands indefinitely, there will be a situation in which the clergy is above all the nobles.

In charge of the sacrifice of a region, it stands to reason that even Sauron must respect Biggins. Perhaps, Baron Abraham's purpose for wooing him Sauron was well aware. The Lord of the Dragon Woodland just needs the Fire Temple to fill the gap in his piety.

"As the son of the chief priest. Perhaps, even Biggins himself did not realize how much potential he had. ”

After all, that's what Zoro really thinks in his head at the moment. As a reborn with two lifetimes of experience, Zoro knew a way to make Biggins realize his potential.

Although this method is hard work and takes a long time, it is not completely impossible. Zoro decided to give it a try and complete the transformation of Biggins.

When Zoro's tone highlighted a mysterious tone, and a certain indescribable ethereal feeling, it once made someone who was complaining about self-abandonment feel his soul tremble.

"Biggins, have you ever thought about becoming a Fire Priest, a High Priest, or even the master of the Fire Temple."

When I heard this, I felt unbelievable and uncontrollable sense of comic all at once.

So much so that Biggins almost choked to death by a sip of water he had just drunk.

"Poof............ What the? High Priest, Master of the Temple of Fire? I? ”

Under Biggins' gaze, which felt so funny that he almost burst his eyes, and was so frightened that he was about to collapse.

Sauron, the Lord of the Dragon Court Woodland, just smiled lightly and left his side.

Beakins couldn't help but look up and look at the guard officer Leon with a frightened and amused look. "This lord of yours, is he ......?"

As Biggins' voice grew lowered, there was more to the warning from the guard officer Leon than just his cold eyes. "I warn you, ignorant fat man, you'd better swallow the words that follow."

His gaze forced on Beggins, keeping him down in silence. The guard officer Leon's constricted pupils relaxed, and he raised his head and looked at the gaze of the Lord of the Dragon Court Woodland, which would be like looking at a brilliant star, forever hanging in his eyes.

Perhaps this kind of gaze should not be strange to Biggins.

Like the fanatical believers of the Temple of Fire, they will not hesitate to burn themselves when the sacred fire needs them, emitting all the heat, all the light, all the energy.

Next, what Leon says to Perkins is both a hint and a deepest outpouring of his own emotions.

"Don't be cranky, sacrifice. Allegiance to the Lord of the Dragon Court Woodland will be the luckiest and most correct thing in your life. Believe me, you see not a young man, but a wise and great lord. As for the lord's abilities, I can only tell you that he can turn reality into dreams, and then dreams into reality. ”

Leon's words shocked Beakins.

And as he fell into deep thought, time passed quickly.

"The Dragon Court Woodland has arrived!"

A voice came, and Biggins raised his head, and in his eyes, the sky at this time had slightly revealed albumin, and the clouds gathered on the edge of the sky.

Breathing in a breath of cold and fresh air, the outline of the Dragon Court woodland was reflected in the center of the pupils of the far and golden wires.

What a team, at dawn, return safely. The sun had not yet risen, but the air was already filled with the chill of dawn, and the grass was already covered with gray dew. The dawn of spring comes a little faster than the dawn of winter.

Glancing at the deep and slightly white sky, Zoro calculated in his heart, "The Zhongping Ridge army, they will definitely pass through the Longting Woodland. This is a red flag. ”

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Back in the Dragoncourt Glade, Beakins refuses to accept the 5,000 gold coins that belong to him. "Having them without the ability to protect them costs me my life." ”

This guy actually understands the truth of guilt.

A box full of 5,000 gold coins was handed over to the treasurer, Phil Sr. Seeing these gold coins, the wrinkled face was obviously slightly stretched out than usual.

"My lord, the five thousand gold coins you brought with you are like hungry cubs in need of nursery. It's the right solution to our current financial problems. ”

Zoro nodded, expressing his utmost praise and respect for this experienced old man. "Old Fell, as the only treasurer of the Dragon Court Woodland, and the most loyal retinue of lords, you are my best deputy. And my elders. Whether it was or will be, Longting Woodland is proud of you! ”

Watching the treasurer old Fell hide his tears, he turned around and lowered his head to busy. Zoro sighed from the bottom of his heart. "Old Fell, what a loyal and diligent old man."

From Cicely's mouth, it was learned that Old Fair posted more than half of his salary every month to the treasury of Longting Woodland.

Only a limited number of silver coins were left to support their own needs. And these days, because of the negative financial situation, Old Fair tried every means to scrape together a full thousand gold coins to tide over the difficulties of the Dragon Court Woodland. Otherwise, the gold donated by Moore King alone would only be enough to pay for the families of the dead militiamen.

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Back at the lord's residence, Sauron summoned the only medical officer among the dwarves to treat a mysterious professional named Tilles.

Later, Sauron personally inspected the warehouse where the ring armor and weapons were stored, and after doing all this tedious work.

He just went and had a hasty breakfast for the day.

As for after breakfast, Sauron still didn't have time to spare, but immediately summoned Ares to discuss the official recruitment of troops.

So when the eyes of the lord look at himself. Ares made a simple offer.

"Lord Lord, the rapid expansion of the population of the Dragon Court Woodland has given us more of a strong foundation, and it is not difficult to recruit soldiers."

This made Thorin, who was standing on the side, nodded, he agreed with Centurion Bessel's statement, and on this basis, volunteered, "Lord Lord, please rest assured, I can recruit 100 dwarven professional warriors in one day's time." ”

However, none of this was what Sauron really wanted. He looked at the two men with meaningful eyes, reached out and took out two parchment scrolls from the drawer, and handed the detailed statutes that he had personally written with a quill to the two chief and deputy consuls.

"We need a strong army, so we must ensure that the training is rigorous, and after layers of screening, in addition to the regular establishment of 1,000 people, we must also maintain a reserve of 1,000 people."

Ares and Thorin read the two parchment scrolls in their hands in detail.

Regardless of the change in their expressions, Sauron continued to add his own explanation, "We will abolish the old military system. It can even be said that the traditions of the Dande Kingdom are no longer followed. From today onwards, a soldier from a civilian background can one day become a general, as long as he has this merit and ability. ”

After reading the long scroll, Ares and Thorin read each other's eyes in shock. In the past, soldiers who fought bravely were rewarded with medals and gold coins at most.

And whether it is Ares, or Thorin, or the guard officer Leon, they are more or less with the blood of the nobility, so they are qualified to become officers.

According to the tradition of the Seven Kingdoms, commoners and slaves can never become officers unless they have the blood of a knight family.

Today, Sauron, the lord of the Dragon Court Woodland, has turned all of this upside down with his own hands.

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On the white sheepskin scroll, there are lines of impartial handwriting, and behind each line, there is the seal of the lord of the Dragon Court Woodland.

This means that, from this moment on, these have become the laws of the Longting Woodland.

[Contents of the Parchment Scroll]: Sauron divided the sergeant rank into 20 levels, each of which strictly stipulated the conditions for advancement, and each level had its own different salary package.

There are two ways to advance, the first is the enemy's head, and the number of heads killed will be correspondingly given the prescribed sergeant rank, and different ranks have different positions and status.

In addition, Sauron also took into account that resources and positions are limited, and they are not effective in the long run for morale.

Therefore, the bravery and morale generated by the promotion of officials and the reward of gold coins alone are unreliable bravery, nor are they real bravery.

True bravery should come from the heart, with a noble purpose, not for material servitude, not coercion, not afraid of strong enemies, not afraid of hardship, not afraid of bloodshed.

The second way up to the ranks set by Sauron is to establish the Council of Glory. A certain sergeant has made combat exploits, whether he should be promoted, and he must listen to the evaluation of his comrades-in-arms and the investigation of his superiors. Start with two aspects: personal loyalty and personal glory.

Considering the correlation between rank and position, starting with the tenth sergeant, there are also tests of loyalty and honor.

"In the name of the Lord of the Dragon Court Woodland, I command you to refer to and enforce these systems immediately. And as your friends, if you have any objections, you can raise them now. ”

Deprived of the privileges of the nobility, Sauron knew what he was doing. In the past, Ares and Thorin had a fearless brute force in their eyes. And at this moment, meeting the cold eyes of Lord Lorkadan, they all showed retreat.

Ares was nothing, after all, for him, everything in the Dragon Glade started from scratch. Mainly Thorin, the nobles among the dwarves may be opposed. The good thing is that the dwarves do not occupy a large proportion of the population in the Dragon Court woodland at present.

In Sauron's eyes, obedience is always the core lifeblood of execution, authority comes from obedience, and all authority is premised on obedience.

Without obedience, its power is equal to zero, and it is no lethality. The lord loses his authority.