Chapter Seventy-Four: The King of the Northlands

As soon as Barron put the two silver coins on the counter, he saw John quickly put them away, and then whispered to Barron. "The four lords of Scandan Province have released rumors at the same time, and they are ready to spend a lot of money to recruit mercenaries to serve them, and the number of them is not limited! Such a big move obviously has a special intention!"

"Does Silver Snow Castle care about such a big move from the lord?" Barron asked, as far as he knew, the Silver Snow Legion of Silver Snow Castle was established in the early days to deal with the invasion of the Icewind Kingdom further north, and the two countries had been at war on the border for more than 60 years, and the four major lords of Scandan Province also made their mark in the war with the Icewind Kingdom.

At that time, the Silver Snow Corps was known as the First Corps of the Nader Kingdom, and even the Guards Corps of the Royal Capital could not be compared to it.

However, more than 30 years ago, after the Nader Kingdom and the Icewind Kingdom reached a reconciliation and the two sides started various trades, the Silver Snow Legion of Silver Snow Castle gradually declined, and even almost fell to the point of being revoked from the Legion banner.

Until more than 10 years ago, in order to balance the power of the Northland and avoid the dominance of the four lords, Nader VII began to give some support to the Silver Snow Legion, making the Silver Snow Legion return to the three major armies of the kingdom.

Barron knew that some of the news came from Pande's conversation with old Johnny, part of it from the information in front of him that was clearly an innkeeper but was actually an intelligence merchant, and finally some of it was his own summary.

In fact, most of the taverns and inns in the Nader Kingdom have the function of news relay, and all kinds of news are full of here, as for the true and false, you can only tell by yourself.

When Barron finished asking, he didn't see John speak for a long time, and then he saw John's greasy fat face looking at him with a smile.

As soon as he saw John's treacherous smile, Barron knew what the other party was thinking, and although the two had only known each other for a few days, they had already figured out each other's personalities.

Two more silver coins were placed on the counter by Barron, but this time John was unmoved, and Barron had no choice but to put two silver coins again, which made John smile.

"Hehe, what's next is heavy news!" John didn't adjust Barron's appetite and said directly: "The one in the north has been stable for several years, and now he has suddenly started to move, and there have been big moves for several days in a row, how dare the Silver Snow Legion act rashly in such a situation!"

The "one of the north" in John's mouth, Barron has also heard of Davasil IV, the king of the northernmost kingdom of the continent, the king of the Icewind Kingdom, and the legendary monarch known as the "King of the Northlands".

"The one in the north has been committed to expanding the territory of the Icewind Kingdom since he succeeded to the throne for more than 10 years, whether it is the tribes of the permafrost plateau or the Nelson people of the polar glaciers, they have all been conquered by him, and the name of the [King of the Northland] has spread even in the free city-states in the south of the continent!"

"Now that the territory of the Icewind Kingdom is the Endless Sea to the north, what should he do if he wants to expand the territory of the kingdom?"

"Nader Kingdom, only Nader Kingdom is the only way for him to go south to the continent! ”

"Although the Icewind Kingdom has been at peace with the Nader Kingdom in the past few years, the Icewind Kingdom has always had heavy troops in the south, and even the number of troops is still increasing, and the Silver Snow Legion has regained the support of the royal capital, except that the royal capital wants to balance the power of the Scanning Province, there may not be a reason for being afraid of the [King of the North]!"

Saying this, John paused, then poured himself a glass of rye wine from the counter, took a large sip to quench his thirst, and then continued: "But now that the Giant Bear Legion of the Icewind Kingdom has been transferred to Gaisky City, which is less than 2 days away from the Silver Snow Castle, in this case, even if the four major lords are jubilant, do you say that the people of the Silver Snow Legion dare to act rashly at this time?"

"Of course, that [King of the Northland] is not a fool, he has not moved in the past few years, in addition to not being ready, the biggest reason is that he is afraid of our Duke Dark, more than 30 years ago, it was after Duke Duck broke through the limit and advanced to the Great Knight that the North sat down with us to make peace. The power of the great knight is child's play. ”

"As long as the north doesn't have the ability to deal with a big knight, they won't dare to restart the battle at will, so the biggest possibility now is just a temptation!"

"The Giant Bear Legion of the Icewind Kingdom is on the border, so is it possible that the four lords are recruiting mercenaries to defend against the Giant Bear Legion?" Barron asked.

Then I saw John sneering: "If it was 30 years ago, no, even 10 years ago, I believed that the four major lords recruited mercenaries to deal with foreign enemies, but now, don't you know how many caravans are from the four major lords on the border now, between the Nader Kingdom and the Icewind Kingdom, more than 90% of the caravans have the shadow of the four major lords behind them!"

"What does this mean? If the four lords have nothing to do with the north, the dead can jump!"

"Well, I've told you so much today, and I've made such a big loss, and I'm leaving!" John said, and without waiting for Barron to speak, he took his rye wine, refilled another glass, and prepared to return to his room.

Barron didn't care when he saw John driving him away, because he also had to digest the information just now, and then decide on the next move, but as soon as he turned around, he heard John say lightly behind him: "By the way, I'm more happy today, so I'll give you a free message." ”

"Just about 3 days ago, Yezi Town was attacked by horse bandits, of course, this news is outdated, and what I want to talk about now is the latest news, it is said that there are survivors who have confirmed that it is an evil new junior knight, as the internal response of the horse bandits, and the evil wizard attacked Yezi Town together, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties!

By this time, Barron had stopped and quietly listened to John's voice behind him.

"The evil sorcerer is dead, but the equally evil knight has escaped, for this new knight has the power of the legendary [Death Knight] Saruha, borrowed the power of the devil, and then returned from death. Although Totini killed him once, he was not completely eliminated, resulting in the other party not only escaping the punishment of justice, but also constantly bringing death to the place where he fled, and now the Golden Lion City and the other three major territories, as well as Yezi Town, have posted a wanted notice one after another, the content is that whoever can kill this new [Death Knight] can get a bounty of up to 500 gold coins, and if you can capture it alive, the reward can be doubled. ”

"By the way, this wanted evil knight has the exact same name as you, Barron!