The team walked through a green grassland, and it was summer, and the wildflowers were blooming everywhere, and the scenery was breathtaking. Hu Bin has been here before, but first, the season is not right, and second, he is shouldering military operations, so he has no time to pay attention to other things, and it is only now that he finds that the scenery of Rhodok is actually very beautiful.

The mountains in the distance set off the green spaces in the distance, a hundred times better than Salander, where sand is nothing but sand, no wonder the Swadias wanted this land so much.

After a long march, the walls of Viruga were already in view, and the whole party sped up to have a drink in the city's inn tavern, then take a shower and get a good night's sleep. Hu Bin heard the cheers of the Rhodoc numberers and found that the numberers were also people, and the pursuit of ordinary numberers was actually so simple.

When did he begin to forget these happy times, Hu Bin began to reflect on everything he had done during this period of time, as if he was fighting desperately every day, ignoring everything that should have been noticed, such as the group of citizens in Shariz City who helped him, such as the villagers in his village who silently contributed taxes, for example, gradually entrusting all the housekeeping to Su Jia as a habit.

"It's ridiculous that I realized I was a jerk at this time." Thinking of the first cohabiting girl in her life who was ignored by herself, she should be lonely for a lifetime.

"I realized it, and it proved that I still have a chance to redeem it." Hu Bin, who was in a mood that suddenly brightened, swept away the depression of defeat, and looked even happier than the Rhodoks.

"Huh? How can you still laugh. Fanta noticed that the captives beside him instantly became sunny, and looked quite suspicious, he found a way to get out?

"It's nothing, it's just that I figured out some things and understood some of the meaning of life." Hu Bin really let go at this time, what strength, what hegemony, what grievances and hatreds, just let yourself live happily. He didn't expect that the satisfaction brought by success was far less than the perception brought by a failure. The holy sword on the back of his hand was still slowly recovering for him, and a warm feeling made Hu Bin feel relaxed all his body, maybe the pressure on his back was too great, and God gave him a period of vacation.

After passing through the gate guarded by Rhodok soldiers, Hu Bin came to the city of Veruga, which he had been dreaming of for a long time, but as fate would have it, he did not come here as a conqueror, but was taken to the city as a prisoner.

Rhodok's numberers stayed at the inn, while Hu Bin experienced the legendary prison firsthand. In fact, the prison environment in big cities is not as terrible as imagined, and even comfortable. In Hu Bin's own city, the prison was modeled after the guest rooms, but the windows were locked and the furniture was more unpretentious. Because prisons are not something that ordinary people can think of, their role is usually to imprison some errant nobles and defeated lords.

No lord wants to live in a pig's nest-like environment after being captured, which is not in line with the nobility, so his prison will be built as passable as possible. As the most prosperous commercial city on the mainland, the quality of the prison is naturally not bad.

Hu Bin found that not only could he get regular laundry services, but if he paid some dinars as a tip, he could also call the prison guards to buy him wine and food, which was comparable to ordinary hotel room service except for the restriction of personal freedom.

Hu Bin, who was very satisfied with his treatment, planned to rest comfortably for a while, anyway, he was defeated and captured, and he did not tarnish the noble norms. It seems that he is very likely to be locked up for a month, even if he wants to worry about the territory, he can't do anything, and Hu Bin, who wants to open it, simply doesn't want to do anything.

However, his leisurely life was immediately interrupted, and King Griffos summoned him immediately before nightfall, which was really well informed. Hu Bin lazily walked out of the prison, and the guards on the side even glanced at him and looked away, there were no shackles and shackles, only a herald waiting in front of Hu Bin.

The location of the prison was close to the castle, and Hu Bin soon met the king of the kingdom of Rhodok, Griffos, but he did not look very good now, with gray hair, slightly sunken eyes, and a slightly old appearance.

"Good day, monarch of the kingdom of Rhodok." Although the positions are different, the etiquette of the nobles still has to be observed, and the housekeeper Geldan did not mention Hu Bin in this regard.

"Star of Salander, Lord Reed. I've been hearing about you a lot these days, and today I finally saw you, I didn't expect you to be so young, please take a seat. "Hu Bin's age in this world is less than twenty years old, and with the blood of the elf clan, he does look childish, but after being a lord and nobleman for almost half a year, he still has the bearing of an old man.

"Hehe, King Griffos, I've seen you at the Battle of Garmic." Hu Bin was a little unclear about the king's intentions, and he was not ready to take the initiative to ask.

"Lord Reed, you've broken my head, I really don't know what to do with you." King Graves shook his head and said something other than to confuse Hu Bin. Then he handed Hu Bin a few pieces of stationery, and Hu Bin found that the envelope was on King Griffos's table, as if it had just been opened.

After reading the content of the letter, Hu Bin's heart rippled.

The letter was addressed to King Griffos, and was written by Hu Bin's butler Gerdan, but apparently part of the letter was written by Su Jia. The general meaning was that he hoped to pay a ransom to redeem Lord Reed, and the tone of the letter seemed quite tactful, but Hu Bin still saw the threat.

The letter mentions Viruga's business and other issues, and promises that if Rhodok agrees to release Hu Bin, then Mercenary City will use its influence in the Chamber of Commerce Alliance to cooperate with Rhodok in commerce, including cross-continental trade with Hope Port. But Hu Bin knew that if Rhodok did not agree, Veruga would be suppressed by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

In addition, Su Jia explained in the letter that the two countries are not at war, and hoped that the Rhodok side would consider the relationship between the two countries carefully. Even a person with an IQ can see that this is already a signal of war, and Hu Bin knows that his forces are fully capable of doing this.

The reason why Viruga is called the Star of the Continent is because of the development of commerce, and Viruga, which has been the economic center of the mainland since the establishment of the Swadia Empire, has always been a paradise for merchants, where you can find goods from all parts of the continent. Since the independence of Rhodoc, Wiruga has not only given Rhodoc fresh and abundant blood, but also given Rhodoc people great pride and confidence. The prosperity of Viruga allowed the Rhodoks to pat their chests and tell the merchants of other countries that they were not barbaric mountain people, and that they had the best and most civilized cities.

The dual threat of military and economy, perhaps coupled with the influence of the political position of the aristocracy, after all, Hu Bin has accumulated a lot of prestige during this time, and the prestige of the world is common in all countries.

Hu Bin put himself in the position of King Griffos and thought about it, and found that how to deal with his own problems was really difficult for Rhodok.

He was captured in the melee zone, which is understandable, Hu Bin was so defeated that he had nothing to say, after all, there was a gap of more than ten times the number of troops.

But the problem lies in the identities of the Rhodok numberers. It was the numberers of Rhodok who defeated Hu Bin, and Rhodok, whose national power was declining, has not yet appeared a numberer fief lord. In other words, it was the mercenaries of the Rhodok Kingdom who captured the great nobles of the Salander Sultanate, and only if the two countries were not at war.

In the same way, if Hu Bin was just an obscure little nobleman, even if he was a fief lord, King Griffos would not care. And even if Rhodok had a fiefdom lord involved in the encirclement and suppression, then Salander would not directly find King Griffos, but would find that lord to negotiate, and there was no reason to elevate the issue to the level of national diplomacy. But it was the current situation that made it very difficult for the monarch of Rhodok.

The status of a mercenary belongs to the employer's camp, even if this condition is followed by a time limit, but the mercenary cannot represent a faction. Who is responsible for what the Rhodok mercenaries do? Of course, it is the king who owns the power, and King Greyfus must bear this responsibility.

But even the king can't deprive his mercenaries of the spoils of war, and he has already enjoyed the share of the benefits brought by the plunder order, but he still has to interfere with the other benefits of his own mercenaries, this kind of shameless thing that no nobleman can do, let alone Griffos, who is the monarch of a country. If Griffos orders the release of Lord Reed, what will the mercenaries of his country think? Hu Bin was sure that the monarch in front of him would not give such an order to destroy the Great Wall.