Chapter XXXVII
The Pope's pupils suddenly widened, and the eyes that had been staring at the door of the tent were staring at Malvin, the deputy head of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment. The archbishop, on the other hand, smiled mildly, and walked down the platform himself, walking in the direction of Malvern, with Satnam immediately following him.
"Great! Great!" "Arthur Auerbach bent down and lifted Malvin with both hands, so that his robes were stained with sand, "I didn't expect the mercenary guild to send your regiment to join!
"Don't dare! His subordinates are just a mere knight, how dare they bother the Bishop. Marvin said as he followed the other man's help and stood up.
Kesi looked at Marven with her mouth wide open, then turned to Fielder and whispered, "You know about His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment, right?"
"I've heard a little, but it's not very clear. Fidel replied truthfully.
"Hey, I'll tell you!" When Keth left the Kingdom of Salins, she didn't know much about the world of mercenaries, but since the beautiful man mercenary group that Greif talked about, Kesi has developed a strong interest in the nine mercenary groups of the mercenary guild. Along the way, she kept learning about this information, so she was also taken aback when she saw Marvin, the deputy head of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment.
The leaders of the other mercenary groups all showed surprised expressions, some were surprised, and some were frightened, because this royal knight mercenary group was so well-established that it would not be surprising even if he was placed at the head of the nine mercenary groups of the mercenary union.
The nine mercenary groups are the main components of the mercenary union, and there are many unknown mercenaries serving this huge "war service organization". Although it is said to be the "Nine Greats", there are also high and low points in this "Big", among which this Royal Knight's Mercenary Group is the mercenary group on the "high" side.
As the name suggests, the King's Knight Mercenary Group is a mercenary group composed of the king's subordinate knights. According to common sense, the king of a country should be the one with real power, and his subordinates should be knights rather than mercenary groups, but the leader of this knight mercenary group, the "Black Wing King", is a declining king.
The "Black Wing King" is rumored to be the elder brother of the last king of the Old Kingdom before the division of the Three Duchyes, and was named after the pair of black fleshy wings on his back when he was born. As for whether the king of the old kingdom really had such a brother, and whether that person really had a pair of black flesh wings? It is estimated that there are only a few people who know the truth, and even the other mercenary group leaders of the mercenary guild have never seen the black wing king. In addition, this mercenary group is very low-key, and generally rarely participates in disputes between countries, and their favorite opponents are other mercenary groups, and the gain of eliminating a bandit gang is not as much as eating a mercenary group.
Rumors are rumors, and the reality is still in front of us. All the mercenaries of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Group are mercenaries with knightly qualifications and medals, so every mercenary under the mercenary group is an extraordinarily powerful cavalry, and they may have some knight squires serving every knight mercenary, but it is certain that this mercenary group is very strong in combat, whether it is a single soldier or a group battle, it can destroy any opponent with its well-quality members.
This mercenary group has nearly 2,000 knights, not counting those subordinate knight squires. If they were to fight them on the Great Plains, the ordinary regular army would have to pay at least ten times more to have a chance to defeat them, after all, those who could be canonized as knights and join the mercenary group were the elite of the elite and the best of the knights.
However, in the past ten years, the head of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Group has not shown his face anywhere, and most of the things have been handed over to his left and right deputy head Malven, and Malvin has always claimed to the public that his head is sick and has been receiving treatment. This also makes this Blackwing King seem like a character in a mysterious story, confusing.
Keth also told Feder about the rumors she had heard, and she said that the Blackwing King was really able to flap his wings and take him into the sky with his black fleshy wings, just like the image of a demon in legend. Although Kesi whispered this in Fed's ear, her colorful, eyebrow-winning, eyebrow-scowling description even saw the head of the "Sharp Claws" next door. It seems that the duke's daughter is not only fit to be a mercenary, but also a bard, telling children stories that have been passed down on the continent.
"Even two thousand knights are human beings, and they can't be stronger than the regular army of the country, right?" asked Feder to Coss.
"Although there are only more than a thousand knights, those knights are wearing the best armor on the continent, coupled with their excellent war horses and their own abilities, many times they can solve opponents who are several times their own without damage. "Koth remembers that there was a wave of knights leaving the Duchy of Deraman. She was still young at the time, but she was impressed by the exoduity knights. One of the knights who had been in charge of protecting her since she was a child also left her during that incident. Later, she heard that it was because Marvin, the deputy head of the King's Knight Mercenary Group, was openly recruiting mercenaries in the Duchy of Dlaman, and those eligible young knights left their jobs in the Knight Order and joined the Knight Mercenary Group, with more than a hundred people!
When Fei De heard her say this, he really changed the image of the mercenary group in his heart. The regular army is a lord and a knight leading a group of soldiers, and the mercenary group is a regimental commander leading a group of mercenaries, but this knight mercenary group is a legendary king leading a group of knights! If the soldiers under the general are all generals, what a terrible thing!
If a large mixed mercenary group like the Moon Shield Mercenary Group were to face this Knight Mercenary Group head-on, it was estimated that it would also be ruthlessly defeated, right?
Just as Fed's heart was pondering, the Marven had been held by the archbishop, and he was about to walk to the seat opposite Fed, and sure enough, the very forward position was reserved for the big man.
Marven had already swept his eyes over everyone present from the time he walked over, and although he glanced at Fede and the black armor on Fed, his gaze finally stayed on the Pope.
At this time, the Pope grabbed the armrests of the chair with both hands, his eyes widened, and he stared at Malvin motionless. And the deputy head of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment also responded to the Pope with a serious face, without even blinking an eyelid.
After the head of the last mercenary group also sat down, the archbishop returned to the high platform, stood on the soft carpet, and continued: "I believe that the leaders of the regiment have also seen that this time the church alliance has received the support and membership of the mercenary union," he smiled, but it seemed that he wanted to widen the corners of his mouth a little and smile a little more wantonly, "and the mercenary union also sent one of the strongest of them, the royal knight mercenary group, which is really like a tiger!" This time, the Church Alliance will definitely wipe out all the heretics hiding in the east!" I don't know if it was because of Malvern's arrival, the archbishop, who had always been dignified, couldn't help but speed up his speech, and before he knew it, even his voice became very loud.
Arturas, the leader of the servant mercenary group, was the first to stand up, clapping his hands vigorously! Then the leaders of more than a dozen mercenary groups also stood up, paying tribute to Marvin, the deputy head of the mercenary group, who had come to meet the alliance. Satnam, the head of the Church Order, also walked over to shake Marvin's hand, acting cordially.
The leader of the Tearing Mercenary Regiment, "Sharp Claw", raised one foot and had no intention of standing up. In addition to him, there were also some mercenary group leaders who did not stand up, and they looked at Marven with expressions similar to those of the Pope.
"Does His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment have anything to do with the Pope?" Fidel couldn't help but ask Keth.
"I don't know, but I know that His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment generally doesn't accept missions from the three principalities because of their leader, the Blackwing King. ”
Then, under Satnam's eyes, Fed and Coss, who were sitting across from him, also walked over to Marvin and got to know each other.
"Fortunately. The moment Malvin shook hands with Fed, Fright suddenly felt a "black flash" warning! This feeling was a signal that had only appeared a few times before when he tried to attack him with a weapon at Patrick's house, indicating that danger was approaching, but this warning only appeared for a very short time before disappearing, and Malvin also let go of his hand.
Kesi also stepped forward to shake Marvin's hand, "This young lady is familiar, huh?" said Malvin.
"Is that how the knight picks up him?" replied to Coss humorously.
"Haha, it's rude. After Marven talked with everyone, he left an image of politeness and extraordinary spit to the other regiment commanders, coupled with his atmospheric facial features, he had the style of a general, which made the regiment commanders secretly admire.
Seeing that it was about to turn into a gathering of compliments on His Majesty's knightly mercenary group, Satnam hurriedly stood up and asked everyone to return to each other and continue to listen to the archbishop's orders.
"This time, we have a total of thirty-eight mercenary groups, plus the armed forces of the Church Knights, we will definitely be able to defeat the cultists!" important words were spit out repeatedly in the archbishop's mouth, and every time he described the East Oguna Empire, he was always inseparable from the word "cultist", "Although we have the light of the Heavenly Father, the church alliance is an alliance after all, and each mercenary group that comes to the alliance must have a clear division of labor and put it in the most appropriate task and position, so that it can get twice the result with half the effort!"
Unexpectedly, this archbishop was still a strategist, and it seemed that the theocracy of the Papal States was completely in the hands of Archbishop Arthur Auerbach. Feder thought to himself.
"Leaders here, this alliance is organized by the church, and I believe that the layout with the Knights of the Church as the main and the mercenary group as the supplement is the most reasonable. Archbishop Arthur Auerbach said aloud. As soon as his words fell, several leaders of the mercenary group echoed in unison.
"And in the mercenary group, I don't know which head or deputy head can be the head of the group and the sword of the mercenaries, and take on this" Before the archbishop's words were finished, Arturas had already understood the words "deputy leader" from the archbishop.
"Of course it's His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment!" shouted Arturas, the leader of the servant mercenary group.
Marven remained silent, while the others also set their eyes on the deputy head of the regiment.
"Hmph, can those freaks in the mercenary guild lead Lao Tzu?" said Sharp Claw coldly.