"I swear to be kind to the weak, I swear to be brave against rape, I swear to fight a mistake, I swear to fight for the defenseless, I swear to help anyone who asks me for help, I swear not to hurt any woman, I swear to help my brother knights, I swear to be sincere to my friends, I swear to die for my love."

"I am willing to wield the sword in my hand for the glory of the Empire, the glory of the Lord, and the prestige of the Fanzhuo family. This heart will not change until the night of the burning sky"

As Arian Heard finished reading the oath, Sinloth held his sword in his left hand and tapped her shoulder armor three times. The ceremonial sword and heavy armor made a crisp knocking sound, although the sound was not loud, but it echoed in the female knight's heart for a long time, and it lasted for a long time.

"Your oath, I have heard it. So, let's work together for the Van Zhuo family, and welcome you to join Van Zhuo, my knight. ”

Arian Heard bowed deeply, "Yes, my lord. ”

The female knight had been a little worried about whether such a frivolous lord was worth following. But as soon as they entered the town of Desmond, Sinloth changed his previous frivolity and became stern, and the cheers of the people along the way quietly changed some of the female knights' minds.

The female knight eventually decided to stay, and in any case, the chances of becoming a knight were too few. If she gave up, she really couldn't convince herself.

"Congratulations, Arian Hurd." Holding the sword in both hands, Roland, who acted as the background, saw the end of the ceremony, and hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate him.

"Lord Roland, this time thanks to your care."

"Hahahaha, don't say that. Anyway, a knight as good as you, no matter where you go, will definitely be rushed by those lords. On the contrary, I took advantage of you, by the way, what's going on on your face, how do you feel like you've been punched by someone, Jeremia, you too"

Jeremiah lifted his newfound helmet and silently pulled down his visor. At the same time, Gino and Ruziano also looked away from Roland to see their faces beaten into pigs' heads.

"Uh, this" The resolute and resolute female knight rarely hesitated, and it was not uncommon for her to beat up a noble man when she was a mercenary before. Anyway, mercenaries are very mobile, never stay in one place for long, and are not afraid of revenge from the nobles afterwards. But this time, it's really hard to talk about. After all, now the person concerned has become her top boss.

You can't sue Sù Roland directly, because of someone's indecent behavior, the angry female knight immediately took action. As a result, he fought with the three knights who were eager to protect the lord, although both sides had some consideration in their hearts, so they did not use their anger. But a little flesh wound is inevitable, and the bruises on the knights' faces are the best proof of this.

Arian Hurd is also indeed strong, and when his men do not join the battle, he can still have the upper hand with one enemy and three.

"Ahem." Sinloth coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention to himself, "I happened to run into Arian Hurd on the road earlier, so I wanted to try her skills to see if it was as good as Roland said." You saw the results, too. ”

Roland nodded knowingly: "I'll just say, there are only a few people that Desmond can beat, who can hurt Arian Hurd like this." It turned out to be the hands of the three of you boys who did it together, tsk, what a shame. I haven't won the battle yet, so it seems that I will have to give you special training in the future. ”

"No, the progress of the three of them over this period of time is obvious, and it is not a good thing to ignore the time and let the crops grow too quickly." The First Knight of Desmond looked at Arian Heard with blazing eyes, "You've almost touched the threshold of the third stage, haven't you?" ”

Arian Hurd was a little surprised, he didn't expect Desmond to have such a master, and before he could do it, he had already seen through her reality. She put away the trace of contempt in her heart, and nodded in response: "That's right, in a death match more than a month ago, I gained a little. ”

"I see, no wonder."

It has already been said earlier that knights are the main force of this world. Anger is the cornerstone of a knight's strength. The strength of anger varies from person to person, but in general, it is divided into three stages.

In the first stage, the rage can break through the restraints of the body, which can greatly increase the speed and strength of the knight. But because it was too faint, there were wisps of it, like gray mist. Because of this dim light, this phase is also called astral. Desmond's three young knights are all at this stage. Of course, Jeremia is much better than the other two colleagues. His strange green rage provided him with strength far beyond his peers.

In the second stage, because of long-term practice and training, the knight's will and strength have begun to be initially combined. The burning anger was already able to protect the knight like a flame, and at this stage, the anger began to fade from an ugly gray to a gentle silver. Because of this beautiful silver color, this stage is also called Moonlight. Roland is at this stage. But for some reason, his anger is not as beautiful as silver, and his actual combat is far inferior to that of knights in the same realm, and even inferior to Jeremia.

As for the third stage, the body and the will are already highly integrated. The knights at this stage, when they charge with burning anger, are as dazzling as the sun walking on earth. For this reason, this phase is also known as solar solar. Bismal, who completely liberates his anger, is a strong storage at this stage, but because his anger is so special, every time he releases it, it is a gamble with his own life, and it can only be regarded as a special case.

The above distinctions are quite rough and not absolute. After all, anger requires the integration of will, and what will happen after the will is mixed, no matter how experienced the knight is, he is not sure.

Realm and power are not always equal, just like Jeremia and Roland. But it is enough to evaluate the strength of the knight.

Arian Hurd was slightly angry, a cloud of silver and gold anger burned in her hands, even Xinluos, who didn't understand anger at all, could easily feel the powerful energy contained in that anger.

However, the angry master was obviously not satisfied with her appearance, and she sighed, "Although I have touched the threshold, I have not been able to truly enter the solar stage for a long time, and I don't know what went wrong. ”

"Don't be anxious, you're still young. At your age, you can reach the stage of sunshine, I have lived for so many years, and I only know one person. ”

"The flower of the royal capital?"

"Yes, it's Isabelle-sama."

Sinloth felt that it might be his own delusion, and every time someone mentioned Ellie's mother, intentionally or unintentionally, Bismarck's mood would be low.

That's not going to work.

The lord clapped his hands, attracting the knights' attention: "Okay, everyone, I know that everyone is excited to have an extra companion, but stop for a moment." You'll have time to talk about it later, but now we still have things to do. ”

Sinloth took out the parchment and randomly traced a few lines on it: "There has always been something before, so the matter of the mining has never been decided. This time, Arian Hurd also joined, so let's put it together. ”

Sinloth drew a few circles on the parchment, then scribbled out two of them: "Desmond is vast and sparsely populated, except for this one in front of the castle. There are only a few villages in the whole territory, thanks to the Normans, and now there are two less, I have not been to those villages, and I don't know which ones are rich and which are poor."

Speaking of this, Ruziano suddenly smiled and said, "Rich? Of all the villages in Desmond, there is no one who can match this word. ”

"That's fine, since that's the case, it will save me a headache." Sinlos shrugged his shoulders, he was used to Desmond's poverty, and he didn't care, he just looked up at the knights and said, "Anyway, they are all the same poor, so you can choose one of your own." ”

Sinloth thought for a moment, felt inappropriate, and added, "By the way, Arian Hurd, don't choose these two ruined ones." The Normans were so ruthless that only a few barely escaped. Although I have already sent serfs to rebuild, if you choose these two, you will suffer a loss, okay, don't look at me so strangely, I sent serfs to rebuild the village, of course it is useful, I have a plan later"

"Plan?"

"Well, but it's too early to say that, let's wait for Claes to come back." Sinloth sighed, "There are only so many people in total, and they have to be divided into so many villages. Not to mention collecting taxes, it would be difficult to protect them. ”

Hearing Sinloth's old story repeated, the knights were silent and did not answer. As for Desmond's embarrassment, they didn't know that a few days ago, Bismal had mentioned this matter to Sinloth.

But it's okay to let them go into battle and fight, they really can't do anything about this kind of territorial government affairs.

After a long time, the new knight Arian Hurd hesitated and spoke: "My lord, in fact, if there is a shortage of people, it is not impossible. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"Slaves."

Sinloth raised an eyebrow and looked at Roland. Roland is a veteran oilman, even the square Arian Heard can think of things, how could this thing not be expected. But I had never heard him mention it before.

The corners of Roland's mouth twitched, and he whispered, "It's too expensive." ”

I see.

The empire explicitly forbade people to be easy, and the iron fist of the empire would never let go of such things that harmed the body and mind of the people of the empire. Having committed such a felony, going to the gallows to dry for the New Year would be the best fate for them. However, such protection is limited to the subjects of the Empire. The Norman barbarians in the north, or the pagans in the south, were completely out of the Empire's protection.

The glorious royal capital, naturally, could not see this kind of transaction. In other words, Xinluos's level was too low when he was in the royal capital, and he couldn't touch this kind of thing at all.

Pagans or barbarians were not to be desired, and in the process of transporting goods, they also had to risk the death of slaves or escape. Therefore, the price of slaves has always been high, and Desmond could not afford that price at all.

However, this is no longer the case, and there is no shortage of Imperial Gold in Sinloth's pocket.

"There's a way?"

"Ah, when I followed the eldest sister, I did a few jobs and met a few friends"

"Well, let them come over."

"Your will, my lord."

Watching the conversation between the two monarchs and ministers, Arian Hurd, who understood the filth in it, frowned fiercely, and she turned to look at the other knights. Jeremia was found to be calm and unusual. Gino and Ruziano's faces were a little unnatural, but they didn't say much.

And Bismarck, with his eyes closed, didn't know what he was thinking.

The female knight sighed in her heart, but still did not speak. There was nothing wrong with what Sinloth did, and it was for Desmond's sake anyway. As long as she is not a subject of the empire, what else can she accuse the lord?