025 The Scepter of Rights
Zelonger's expression suddenly became subtle, he turned his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at the guards who had surrounded the hotel, and a hole appeared, and Robert, dressed in chain mail, walked through it, followed by a mercenary guard, looking at the soldiers around him as if they were nothing.
"The Soul Thinkers Association is still so bold and flamboyant." Zelonger looked at the other party and snorted heavily.
Robert walked up to him, and his expression was so natural that he seemed to be talking to a familiar friend: "Zelonger, compared to a battle like yours, I think we have been very restrained. Even the old lord had never used an escort to besiege an inn, let alone destroy a mercenary group. ”
Zeloner laughed, looking at Robert as if looking at an idiot: "Father is father, I am me." If future generations cannot surpass their elders, then there is no progress. Aren't you fellow thinkers of the Soul Thinkers Association often saying that you want to surpass yourself and surpass your predecessors? Why, you can surpass it, but others can't surpass it, a typical double standard, the people of the Soul Association are so calculating. ”
Robert was speechless for a moment, and after a moment, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "Yes, we are the typical double standard, so what! If you have this idea, please become a real lord first, otherwise you don't have the right to talk to our soul association on an equal footing! ”
Seven against hundreds, Robert had no fear in his heart. The Soul Thinkers Association is his confidence, although he himself is not a soul thinker, but as a lackey of the association, he still has the qualifications and the courage to sneer at a lord's son.
Ze Long'er snorted and said unhappily: "There is an army standing behind me, don't you have that qualification?" ”
"Of course not. The Guardian is the Lord's Guard and does not really belong to you. Robert's face was calm, but his eyebrows were full of mockery: "I still say the same thing, if you want to become a lord, it's better to become a lord first." Here, I can give you a suggestion, presumably you have also learned about assassination, poisoning, mutiny, and other intrigues. You can try to do it tonight, maybe you can talk to me tomorrow, but...... At least not yet. ”
His face was so low that he could scare a child to death, Ze Long'er understood that if he continued like this, he would definitely be hated with the heart of a father, so he stared at Chen Xiansong fiercely, and then waved his hand and shouted angrily: "Retreat." ”
After Ze Longer and his soldiers all left, Aslan and the other mercenaries breathed a long sigh of relief, although they were not afraid of death, no one wanted not to continue to live. Robert walked up to Chen Xiansong and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Lord Udil asked me to bring you something. ”
Chen Xiansong also breathed a sigh of relief, it was the first time he had experienced such a formation, although he could be very calm on the surface, but in his heart he was not nervous, it was a lie: "Uncle Xie Robert, you will relieve us of the siege, what does Your Excellency Udil want to give me?" ”
"Lord Udir said you should call him Sensei." Robert laughed, and then beckoned a female mercenary behind him to come forward.
The female mercenary was holding a set of milky white robes in her hands, and looking at the fabric and workmanship, it was much more delicate than what Chen Xiansong was wearing now. On top of the robe, there is a silver-white scepter inlaid with red crystals.
"This is the garment that only the contemplative of the soul is qualified to wear, and the scepter that represents status." Robert smiled and continued: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, there is a passage in Udir that I have to pass on to Your Excellency, 'Knowledge without the protection of force is like an open-pit gold mine, and anyone can take what you want', and the obligation of the soul thinker is to create and disseminate knowledge, but he also has the right to decide who to disseminate. And the necessary identity and strength can allow you to better protect your rights. ”
Chen Xiansong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Understood, tell Teacher Udier that I will report to the Soul Ponderers Association tomorrow." Also, thank you again Your Excellency Robert for your assistance, otherwise we would not have been able to imagine it. ”
Robert heard that Chen Xiansong had adapted, and his face couldn't help but shine with joy: "His Excellency Udir will be very happy to hear this news. As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Min before continuing, "As for the aid...... I don't dare to do this, I think that Ms. Bai Min alone can repel Zelonger's escorts, even if it can't be done, there is no problem in taking Zelonger as a hostage. ”,
Chen Xiansong was a little surprised, he had a general understanding of Bai Min's ability, so he didn't feel strange to hear that Bai Min could repel the enemy, he was just surprised, for what Robert would know that Bai Min had a strong force, just looking at his appearance, most people would not associate Bai Min with the word battle, right.
Robert stepped aside, pointed to the six mercenaries behind him, and said, "These are the guards that Lord Udir has specially selected for you, and they will serve you until they die." ”
Chen Xiansong looked at the five men and one woman in front of him for a while, and then said with some embarrassment: "Guard, it should be very expensive, I don't have much money now." ”
Robert laughed happily: "You don't have to pay a penny, their remuneration will be liquidated by the association." In addition, soul thinkers receive a monthly fee for study and research. Since you are still a student, this money is less, only 200 gold coins a month. ”
Chen Silan sighed enviously on the side, their mercenary group worked hard for three months, and the money was less than a hundred gold coins, while the regular cost of a soul contemplative apprentice for a month was two hundred, this gap was too big.
Chen Xiansong took the clothes and scepter from the mercenary's hand, and his heart was a little heavy, from today on, he is also a person with a job. He was quite unaccustomed to it, because in the new human era, natural persons under the age of 25 are not allowed to be hired by any unit or institution.
He's only 19 years old now, and he's already working. Chen Xiansong had a strange sense of confusion in his heart. Just like high school students in the twentieth century who had to drop out of school for some reason to go to work, it was full of emotions such as reluctance, contradictions, and sadness.
"I still have some things, so I won't disturb Your Excellency's rest." Robert saluted and left alone.
Chen Xiansong returned to the hotel with his clothes and scepter, Aslan hesitated for a while, but still walked up and said, "Congratulations to Chen Xian...... Teacher Xiao Song has become a soul contemplative, but I don't know if Alex is still lucky enough to learn from your Excellency? ”
Chen Xiansong was surprised by his words: "Why can't Alex continue to learn words with me after I become a soul thinker?" And this kind of statement? ”
"No, no." Aslan hurriedly denied: "Teacher Xiao Song, please be busy, don't worry about us, just say what you need, we will definitely do it for you." ”
Chen Xiansong smiled and said, "On the contrary, you are too angry, uncle." "Just now, Aslan and his mercenary group planned to sacrifice their lives to defend him and Bai Min, which Chen Xiansong saw in his eyes. The grace of dripping water is reciprocated, not to mention the grace of sacrificing one's life to save each other. Such kindness can't be expressed simply with a word of thanks, Chen Xiansong can only keep it in his heart and remember it firmly.
A few minutes later, in the most luxurious room on the top floor, Chen Xiansong sat in a chair, and Bai Min stood next to him. On the opposite side, there stood six mercenaries, five men and one woman, who would be his escort in the future.
Chen Xiansong helped each of them make a cup of flower tea and then delivered it to them. The six of them took it with trepidation, took a sip carefully, and put it down.
Chen Xiansong asked them to sit down, and the six of them didn't even dare to say it, so far, he had to give up, and then said: "Everyone will be colleagues in the future, my surname is Chen, my name is Xiansong, and this is my good friend and only relative next to me, Bai Min." Don't look at her like this, in fact, she is very powerful, and she will not be worse than you. ”
The six of them looked at Bai Min in disbelief. They don't understand that this beautiful and weak-looking girl can be a strong person!
"So, can you introduce yourself?"
The six introduced themselves in order of age, and Chen Xiansong chatted with them for a while, and then left. The six of them found a room in the hotel and slept on their own, while Chen Xiansong lay on the bed, holding the silver scepter and watching it. Bai Min lay on his side next to him, staring at Chen Xiansong's slightly childish face with an expressionless face.
"Scepter. Since ancient times, it has represented rights, and it was only after the industrial age that this symbol disappeared. Unlike the self-discipline of the new human beings, the natural man, once he has power, is prone to degeneration. Chen Xiansong turned his head to look at the girl next to him and asked, "Xiaomin, do you think I will become a bad man in the future?" ”
Bai Min gently stroked Chen Xiansong's hair, his face was still calm and expressionless, but there was a hint of tenderness in his tone: "I will always protect Xiao Song." Don't let anyone bully you. ”
The answer was not asked, but Chen Xiansong was so moved that he happily rolled around on the bed holding the girl's body.