5. Foothold Chapter 64 Ferdinand's Appearance
Outside the Night Manor, the carriage of the Hand of Justice had just left the gate of the manor, and an ordinary aristocratic carriage came on the road, and the two coachmen were young warriors with long swords at their waists. Update]
Obviously, the status of the person sitting in the carriage should not be an ordinary nobleman.
As the two carriages staggered by, a powerful but hidden spiritual power from one of them peered into the other noble carriage.
As if a sharp sword had passed through it, there was a muffled grunt from the simple carriage, and then it drove away without a sound.
And the noble carriage just now was heading in the direction of the Night Manor.
After the confrontation just now, the atmosphere in the carriage was solemn, and the five people in the hand of justice all looked ugly.
Pastor Wayne's pale face was flushed with two unusual patches of blood.
The elder paladin Braun analyzed with a solemn expression:
"At least a silver-rank martial artist, it looks like he should be a swordsman in the early stage of silver, the sword intent is not yet stable, but it is very tough and sharp, it should be not small!"
Wayne said slowly: "You should all feel the breath of that manor, at least the mage of the bronze peak, although it is not hostile, it is definitely not friendly. This road only leads to one destination of the young mage's manor, and the characters in the carriage must also go there, so I deliberately tried to test it, but I didn't expect that there was a silver powerhouse inside!"
The quick-talking young paladin Dodge spoke:
"I said Wayne, why did you suddenly change sex, it turned out that you had scruples, but what is the origin of this little mage, why is it not only that there is a strong ** master in the manor who is at least the peak of bronze, it seems that the silver swordsman is also involved with that guy?"
"Shut up Dodger, don't you see that Wayne is already mentally traumatized?"
Braun scolded, and the young paladin was obviously really angry when he saw his ugly face, so he wisely shut up.
As the captain who trained them single-handedly, Braun has always had an appreciative attitude towards Dodge, a young man who has never followed dogma and is different from the serious and old-fashioned other holy warriors, even if this guy has an impatient and outspoken personality, he has defended it many times when he makes mistakes, and rarely has such an angry reprimand.
However, this time he and Wayne led the team out to test the three young people, and they didn't expect the originally simple task to be unexpectedly twists and turns, and the months-long chase made his originally stable mood start to seem impatient. Now that he saw that his old friend was injured, his heart couldn't keep calm. "It seems that this mission is your difficulty, if you are lucky, you can complete it, you can get a high evaluation, smoothly enter the hand of justice, and become a real member of the hand of God, but there is a high chance that you will not complete the task, and the best case is that the trial council will give you a chance to redraw a trial task considering the variables and difficulty of the task!"
Among the three young men, the other two young paladins couldn't help but be a little depressed after hearing this, only the silver-armored knight Samuel had a firm expression, unmoved, and said slowly in a calm voice: "One or two bronze peak mages can deal with it with our strength, if we add that silver swordsman, then even if the five of us attack together, we only have a five-layer chance of winning, and no matter whether we win or lose, if the other party wants to leave, we can also escape the encirclement with our strong strength!" Without the same rank, we can't keep a silver powerhouse who is good at melee combat. Update]
It turned out that he had been calculating the odds of destroying his opponents, and in the eyes of the Judgment Knight, those mages and unbelievers were heretics, and it was God's will to kill them.
Dodge was frustrated, but also glanced at his companion, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, it came out of the Knights of Judgment, all of them are so weird and dull, if the mages are so easy to kill, Pollin and Gardrei and those mages have not been killed long ago, and the five kingdoms have become the places of faith of the great three gods?"
However, the knight's words also raised the morale of those present, and the carriage fell silent again, except for the sound of horses' hooves.
Besides, the noble carriage, after the two carriages staggered away and continued to travel for a distance, there was no trace of the carriage behind it, when a voice suddenly came from inside.
"Stop!"
The two young warriors stopped their horses, and a young nobleman opened the door and stepped out of the carriage. This is none other than the young son of the Ansel family, Ferdinand, the young leader of the Holy Sword Legion.
Seeing Ferdinand's pale face, the two warriors immediately exclaimed, "Young Master, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay! Fang just competed with the people in that carriage, and the other party is only the strength of the bronze peak, although my sword intent is not as stable as the real silver powerhouse, it is enough for him!"
A warrior asked with some hesitation, "Young Master, do you want to inform the people in the family?"
"No, what is the identity of the other party, I will know when I get to the place in a while, move on!"
Sword Intent, similar to the spiritual power of a mage, is the exclusive soul power of Sword Earth, and it can also make a spell effect like a spiritual impact, and it is more flexible to activate. The sword intent is more tenacious and condensed than ordinary spiritual power, and the additional thing is the swordsman's understanding of the sword, which is not purely spiritual power, but a mixture of spiritual will and soul-level visualization.
Under normal circumstances, at least the strong of silver strength can condense their own martial will, the sword intent of the swordsman focuses on attacking the fortification, the will of the assassin focuses on the assassination, and it generally seems mysterious and dark, as for the knight's will, adhering to the knight's heroism and loyalty and other honors, so it is mostly focused on charging and defense, which is more suitable for battlefield combat, according to legend, some strong will to exist can already be condensed into an entity, and can even be attached to other objects for a long time from the body, but that kind of existence is generally a strong person in the realm of the gods, and it is a legend for most people。
At such a young age, Ferdinand's strength in the bronze has already reached the level of initial condensation of sword intent, in addition to his talent, the biggest reason is the ancient sword saint inheritance of the Ansel family.
Unlike the arduous cultivation of ordinary swordsmen, the Ansel family's inheritance was very powerful even in the days when the Ancient Magic Empire was still alive. As long as the descendants have reached the peak of black iron through systematic training, they can use the swords left by their ancestors as a medium to let their consciousness melt into it and feel the imprint of sword intent left by their ancestors.
From the same line of sword intent, later people can quickly break through the bronze strength, comprehend their sword intent in advance at this level, and touch the realm of silver and even gold. In this way, the cultivation of the children of the Ansel family in the past generations can surpass other swordsmen by a big step from the beginning, and they can see higher and go further on the road of swordsmen.
Like a container for storing water, someone else is still filling the basin with water bowl by bowl, and he has changed from a bucket to a water tank, so it is easier to fill it with more water.
Less than half an hour before the five members of the Hand of Justice left the manor, an unexpected guest from Donald came to the door of the Night Manor and sent someone to hand over the name post.
"Young Master......"
The butler hurried into the room, looking even more nervous than when he had greeted the royal envoy before.
"What is this?"
When I took the name card, the Bauhinia family coat of arms on it made Donald stunned.
It was none other than the supreme commander of the Holy Sword Fortress on the Northwest Frontier, the young general of the Holy Sword Legion.
It is said that this is the heir of the new generation of the Ansel family, the eldest son of the Lord Swordmaster.
The Ansel family is notoriously rare among the Celt nobles, and the current marquis is the only son in his generation, and the previous generations are mostly single-handed, and when he arrives at this marquis's heir, he finally has a younger sister, and this opportunity makes some of the big nobles who plan to marry the Ansel family very happy.
How could such a person suddenly come to visit him? Even if he had the intention of making friends when he was in the Holy Sword Fortress, he wouldn't come to Hokugun specifically for himself, right?
Although he couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, Donald didn't dare to slack off and lead the crowd to greet him.
"I take the liberty to visit, and I hope you don't be embarrassed by Donald! By the way, I'm going to call you Your Excellency the Baron now!"
Donald hurriedly laughed and said:
"How come, Ferdinand, it is really an honor for the Merlinna family to be able to come to my small manor in your busy schedule!
After inviting the guests into the villa, the young general did not rush to the point, but guided the master to visit the manor and the villa that he was very interested in.
Donald saw that the other party didn't find out what he meant, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only accompany him. After a round tour, the two took their seats in the lobby of the villa, where the heir to the marquis was full of praise for Donald's villa and estate.
"Don't praise it, how can my small manor be compared to the Ansel family industry that has been inherited for thousands of years, let alone Fairwater Manor, one of the three major manors of the kingdom under your family's name!"
"Fairwater Manor is just a natural convenience, the structure of your manor and villa is all artificially built, especially the fountain pool, but I have never heard of a novelty, worthy of being a first-day genius mage in North County, these whimsical ideas are really admirable!"
"Some small applications of alchemy, not worth mentioning in the face of the great arcane!"
"Donald, you don't have to be too modest, your alchemy attainments are probably no less than ordinary mid-level alchemists!
Seeing that the other party finally got to the point, Donald also said generously:
"If Donald can do something, he will definitely not disappoint the general!"
"You and I don't need to be polite, I don't have many friends in the army for many years, especially friends like us who are also young nobles. "It's my pleasure!" "Then I'll be blunt, I'm here to ask Donald if the two wines you produce have any undiluted essence potions, and their effects have some effect on my father's cultivation, so I took the liberty to come to visit!"
As if fearing that Donald would misunderstand, the heir of the marquis immediately said:
"Of course, if we can make a deal, our Ansel family will pay the same price in exchange, you can also make some of your own requests, as long as it is not very difficult, I will try to do it for you!"
Donald was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and he was surprised that someone guessed the details of the moonshine wine so quickly, so would it attract the attention of other powerful forces on the continent, thus bringing danger to himself?
Happily, in the Kingdom of Celt, if the mountain of the Ansel family can be used as a background, it is more powerful than the royal family. Although he was not prepared to rely on them to become vassals, if he completed this deal and gained the friendship of the Ansel family, it would be of great benefit to himself who had not yet established his foundation!
So Donald's heart turned sharply, and he finally exhaled and said:
"Ferdinand, you really feel sorry for me, you must know that the recipe for producing moonshine wine is a secret that I try my best to keep, if it is known by some powerful people with bad intentions, my little Night Manor will not be able to prevent the prying eyes of high-level existences!"
Then his tone changed:
"But if it's the Ansel family, I can make an exception to provide you with some, but the quantity is not guaranteed!"
Ferdinand was pleasantly surprised when he heard this: "Really, great! Donald, I thank you on behalf of the family!"
(To be continued)