The atmosphere reached its peak at this moment. People chanted Leo's name, shouted slogans of Long Live the Empire, and vented their emotions to the fullest. Compared with the festival, a great victory for everyone is obviously more worthy of celebration and can mobilize the enthusiasm of participation.

Applause, cheers, like a tide, wave after wave.

And in this crowd, there is only a small number of people, who seem relatively calm.

Gilbert stood about thirty meters to the left of the celebration platform, like dozens of nobles around him, with a formulaic smile on his face and nonchalantly clapping. Occasionally, they whispered to each other, and when they raised their heads, a trace of impatience flashed in their eyes.

Since last night, the atmosphere in Lulian has become a little delicate.

The news of the major families recruiting people with great fanfare, not to mention among the nobles, even among the commoners, has already spread. The streets and alleys are full of people talking about it. Especially this morning, when the carriage drove into the square, the nobles clearly felt the strangeness of their eyes.

Most of these anomalies are not very friendly.

In the eyes of the Lurians, these damned foreign nobles are a bunch of insatiable and shameless robbers.

Most of them had come to Lulian in the early days of the Demon Invasion. Lay the front for the family forces behind them to take root in the south.

They bought and hoarded grain, weapons and equipment and war horses, war pets in large quantities. Use all sorts of tricks to circumvent Lulian laws, buy land and slaves, and build a base. And mobilize groups of family knights to build an independent kingdom in the land of Lulian.

If it had been another lord, I'm afraid I would have been furious.

Lulian's response, on the other hand, was relatively mild.

Adolf has always been a big-picture person. He knew very well that in today's situation, Lulian was no longer the Lulian of the Lulian family. This land must shoulder a greater responsibility, and in the future, it may even become the last bastion of mankind.

At that time, relying only on the Loulian family could not hold on.

Therefore, Adolf embraced these family forces from all directions. As long as they do not disrupt the order and rules of the Lurian, he does not interfere with their operations in the land. Even for some families, Adolf gave great convenience and help.

For example, the Renault family, represented by Charles and Ansère, is the most typical example. Because they withdrew from the previous conflict in time, they were rewarded far more than they imagined.

In the eyes of the people of Lurian, His Highness has unleashed the greatest kindness and tolerance. Unexpectedly, these nobles were so dissatisfied. At the very first moment of the war, in which Lulian paid several great sacrifices, they could not wait to carve the cake.

Talent has always been an important factor in whether a family or even a dynasty can prosper for a long time.

Recruiting troops in other people's territory is a great offense to the local lords, and it is also a violation and contempt for the rules. Especially when everyone is celebrating the victory, their approach is as disgusting as swallowing a fly while enjoying food!

Therefore, when they saw these nobles, many people spat indignantly and cursed in low voices. Everyone can't wait for His Royal Highness the Grand Duke's direct order to drive these damn guys out of Lulian!

However, the mood of the people did not affect Gilbert and others in the slightest.

After all, the temptation is too great, and the opportunity is too good.

Because of the Abyssal Ruins, Lulian gathered almost all the elites of the mercenary world in the southern part of the empire. Walking on the street, you can see the emblems of large and even super mercenary groups that are famous in the south everywhere, and it can be said that today's Muni City is a huge mission hall.

And more importantly, these mercenaries are now facing a choice. Many of them have the idea and preparation to join the army and participate in this war for all mankind. For this reason, they are unruly by nature, and they like freedom, and they are more accessible than ever.

If you don't take this opportunity to catch all these talents, I'm afraid that the nobles will regret it and can't sleep in the future!

Therefore, not to mention the spitting and angry eyes of the civilians, even if they turn their faces and start a war, they will not hesitate to do it.

"Hate as much as you hate, what's the solution?" said Gilbert as he got out of the carriage and chatted with the representatives of the major families, "It's like if you break into an orchard and pick someone else's fruit, you have to let the owner of the orchard express his displeasure, right?"

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Gilbert shrugged his shoulders, full of tease and disdain, "...... Although this dissatisfaction seems to be very weak. ”

Therefore, from the morning to the present, the nobles who have gathered in this area have actually had no interest in the celebrations. They clapped nonchalantly, just to avoid being too ugly. And inside, everyone is looking forward to the early end of the celebration so that they can work next.

Some mercenaries and freeriders still have to continue to negotiate, and some of them have a general intention to finalize the agreement and organize them to leave Lulian.

The thought of many powerful mercenary powerhouses who were about to become knights of their own family, and the strength of the family's armed forces after replenishing these powers, was as refreshing as eating cold juice on dog days.

Many people's eyes are still patrolling among the mercenaries and freelancers, wondering who else can be their target.

"Unfortunately, we couldn't poach this kid. Gilbert looked at Roy on the stage and said to the nobles beside him, "If I can get him, I'd rather take a hundred just knights and ten glorious knights in exchange." ”

"I'd rather trade ten Great Knights of Light for that!" As soon as Gilbert's words fell, an old nobleman said, "This kid, who looks like he's only about twenty years old, has actually defeated a twelveth-level demon. This is obviously not something that can be done with his strength. ”

As he spoke, this silver-haired old nobleman named Luhe from Kantu Province had a hint of greed in his eyes: "Then, this means that he has some kind of secret in him. If you can get his secret, it will be worth the price of ten Great Knights of Light. ”

Lu He's words made a gleam flash in the eyes of the nobles.

But...... One of the nobles sighed: "It's a pity that he is now on the royal family." Looking at the reward given to him by His Majesty, where do we have a chance?"

"It's a pity. Gilbert nodded and smiled, "But let's not be too greedy." In this way, Adolf didn't know how angry he was. After all, as soon as this celebration was over, he could only watch these mercenaries leave with us. ”

Hahahaha, the nobles laughed again, full of pride.

It just so happened that the atmosphere in the square was a little quiet for a moment. This made the sudden burst of laughter of the nobles seem unusually abrupt, attracting the sideways eyes of the people around them. Especially the noble lords of Lulian on the celebration platform, their faces are not very good-looking.

Some of the invited guests set their sights on Adolf.

Although the intensity of this undercurrent is far less than the war of the demon invasion, and even the rebellion caused by the third-level butler of the Lanris family, Schilling. But everyone knows that this kind of near-bottom-the-bottom talent plundering is more harmful to Lulian.

This would cause a weakened Lulian to continue to lose blood. When it comes time to go north to fight the demons, Lulian may be the first to fall.

However, to everyone's surprise, in the face of Gilbert's movements, neither Adolf, nor Fano and Karn could show any displeasure on their faces.

They were as calm as if nothing had happened.

And at this time, on the high platform, the ceremony has ended. Sarmond said to Roy, "Now, dear Earl of Southern Cross, let me say a few words to you. ”

The cheers in the square gradually stopped. Everyone stared at Roy intently, holding their breath.

Roy touched his nose and stepped forward, staring at the people in the square.

The crowd of black pressure stretched from the front of the high platform to the building hundreds of meters away. Even the rooftops and trees were densely packed with people.

"I only have two sentences. ”

Roy's gaze fell directly in front of the high platform.

There, there were more than 400 mercenaries such as Landelo and mercenary regiments participating in the war, free knights, and the commanders, officers and knights of the various armies of Lurian.

Meeting their gaze, Roy smiled slightly: "I am honored to be able to fight side by side with you. His gaze turned to the people farther away, "I am equally honored to fight for you." ”

A clear voice echoed over the square.

After a moment of silence, cheers rose to the sky. The boiling crowd responded with almost frantic applause and whistles to the young man who had saved Lulian.

"Nice statement, sincere, powerful. Gilbert also applauded and laughed, "It's more important to be short enough." This celebration should have ended a long time ago, and I'm afraid he'll talk about it at length. ”

The aristocrats laughed again.

However, at this time, they found that Leo on the celebration platform had set his sights on his side.

Why? The laughter of the nobles gradually faded away. Then they heard Leo say, "...... By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to announce one thing. Tomorrow, I will issue an announcement to recruit knights above the level of justice and form my private army knights. If you are interested, you can come to me. ”

After Roy finished speaking, he turned around and hugged and shook hands with Adolf and the others who came forward. This means that the celebration ceremony is over.

However, his last words were like a boulder smashed into the calm surface of a lake, stirring up stormy waves.

"Forming a Knights?"

"I heard you right, he's actually going to recruit knights. ”

For a while, the whole square was in an uproar. There was a lot of talk in shock, and everyone couldn't believe their ears.

In the midst of the noise, someone turned his head to look in the direction where Gilbert and the others were.

I saw dozens of nobles, standing in place, silent. Many still have smiles on their faces.

But in an instant, it has become extremely stiff...... WeChat public number ctao0202...... (To be continued.) )