The current lord is called Count Heinrich von Dauphenberg, a rare protective terror knight in the South. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoHis castle is located on a hill closest to the former Hot Springs Palace, facing the warm southern slope and the cliffs to the north.

However, when the wedding party happily arrived at the foot of the mountain, they found that it had become a hell on earth. Walking into the hot spring village in the valley, you can only see the flames, collapsed houses, and human corpses and stumps everywhere.

"What's the matter? Who dares to attack our territory in the South Central Region?" said Viscount Marco von Gertz indignantly.

"Let's go, hurry to the castle, this place should have been sacked by bandits, and the Imperial Count of Von Dauphenberg is in danger!" Sebastian gathered his team and hurried towards the castle.

Sure enough, the mountain road was also littered with the corpses of bandits and soldiers.

"Help me, Your Excellency, help me!"

A faint voice called for help to the passing cavalry, and Sebastian took a closer look. It turned out that there was a soldier lying on the side of the road, covered in blood, who had not yet died, and he quickly dismounted and came to his side.

"I'm Count von Riddlelingen, what's wrong with you?"

"Ahem, ahem... I know you, Your Excellency. I once visited your domain with the Imperial Count von Dauphenberg. Ahem, we were attacked by a group of bandits this morning, many of the people in the village died, and the rest fought and retreated with the Count von Doddeberg. Later, I was wounded here, and the others may have retreated to the castle under the leadership of His Excellency Dauphinberg, so please go and help quickly, Your Excellency von Riedlingen!"

"Well, I see, come on! Bandage this brother, and the others will speed up!"

Sebastian remounted his horse, drew his magic sword, "Iltrosa", and shouted.

"Warriors of the South Central District, the time has come to show your courage!

"Yes!"

"Good!"

"Let them see and see!"

Immediately, the young knights rushed to the top of the mountain. There, a group of well-armed bandits are storming the castle's gates, and they not only have rams and ladders, but also magic guns and siege cannons. Sebasti was a little surprised, he hadn't heard of a gang of bandits around the area who could use heavy siege weapons.

But it's important to get out of the siege first. Sebastian did not rush directly at the bandits, but used the magic sword "Iltrosa" as a carrier to use the control-type secret technique "Terror Burning", which immediately shocked the bandits in a very wide range. With the amplification of the magic sword, Sebastian used this move to be much stronger than Salian. In this way, it can be more convenient for the personnel who attack later.

"Whoever dares to invade the garrison fortress of my Divine Grace Empire, surrender quickly, I can still keep your whole corpse, otherwise it will not be as simple as death!"

As Sebastian shouted, Viscount Marco von Gertz, the first marksman in the South Central Empire, shot long arrows full of terror, and all of them were heartbroken. Madame Ruth von Siegenait, Countess Ruth, charged into the enemy line with her bat spear in her hand, and the head and limbs fell to the ground. The rest of the knights followed, all of them one by one. In an instant, the shouts shook the sky, and the outer troops of the bandits suddenly formed a chaotic formation, and the momentum collapsed, and they were all scattered.

"Your Excellency, it turns out that this is a real battle!"

"Hehe, dear Emma, the real battle is much more than that, today is just a small scene. ”

"Well, so you're going to stand with me and talk now, instead of going up up to help?" asked Sebastian, who hadn't been in action since she had used the secret technique, with some strange curiosity.

"Haha, you see, I don't have a chance to play at all. ”

At this time, the drawbridge in front of the city gate was also lowered, the gate was opened, and a person was killed from within, but he had no armor on his body, but only held a long-handled dragon head axe. Several of the bandits' masters immediately attacked him. This man did not avoid arrows, and the sword slashed at his strong body, but he could not even leave a trace. His dragonhead axe, on the other hand, is indestructible, and his eyes glow with a purple light unique to the Terror Knight, splitting through his opponent's body like a whirlwind. This brave general is the Imperial Count of Heinrich von Dauphenberg, who is only twenty years old, and is already a powerful existence of the peak Terror Knight.

The crowd attacked back and forth, forcing the bandits back to the edge of the cliff.

"Sebastian, I didn't expect you to be here, did you meet the messenger I sent out to ask for help?"

"No, maybe we have already encountered an accident, we came to see you, but we didn't expect to meet you being besieged by bandits!"

"Hmph, these people won't be ordinary bandits, it's impossible in terms of numbers and equipment, and the bandits around here have already been wiped out by me!"

"Well, then let me think of a way," Sebastian commanded, turning around, "Everyone, just leave a few alive, and let the rest taste the most painful taste, and then break their heads!

In the end, except for the bandits who fell into the cliff on their own initiative and died a painful death after being tortured, only two people who had their hands and feet cut off and looked like a leader were escorted to the Imperial Count von Ridlingen.

"Well, let me see how much you know!"

Sebastian didn't give the two men any chance to speak, nor did he torture them to confess, he just gently pressed his hand on their foreheads. Soon, the power of the "Soul Snatcher" completely destroyed their nerve centers and five senses, and the two let out an inhuman and terrible wail and rolled off the cliff.

"Everyone collects all the weapons they have captured, and these magic guns and siege cannons can be sold for a large price, which is enough to make up for the loss of the hot spring village. ”

These bandits really left a lot of good things, and after a while, a hill appeared, especially the two siege guns, which were not like products from the south.

"Alas, it's just that it hurts my heart to die so many civilians and soldiers! Sebastian, who did all this! I swear in the honor of the Imperial Knights that I will make them repay a hundredfold!"

"Heinrich, is there anything you can do to speak?"

Later, taking advantage of the opportunity to clean up the battlefield, Sebastian held a secret conversation with several friends in a secret room in Dauphinburg.

"I have already learned the truth of the matter from the minds of the two guys just now, they are both mercenaries recruited by Moritz von Epenzel, Duke of Kirzen, the lord of the northeastern part of the empire. Heinrich, do you have any vendetta with the distant duke?"

"Hmph, I remember, one year the Duke came to the south for the summer and stayed in my hot spring village, he was originally very willing to spend money, and I also entertained him with the etiquette that should be done with the great nobles. However, my request to buy the village was rejected by me, and I didn't expect that now he would dare to rob it!"

"Well, it seems that we must form an alliance to protect ourselves!, dear Heinrich, I am currently forming the 'Knights of the Dead', just to stop our little lords from being bullied by any big forces, Marco and Ruth have joined, and this Miss Emma is our legal adviser and prosecutor, we have the support of Duke New Mark behind us, and your strength is also essential. Please rest assured that the blood debt left by the Duke of Kerzen here will be doubled back. ”

"yes, then I have to support you, Sebastian!"

As the territory had just been badly damaged, and the Imperial Count of Heinrich von Dauphenberg was in dire need of dealing with the aftermath and could not go with the others, Sebastian left him the loot and some cash.

Further north from here, there is the Imperial Free City of Memmingen, one of the four sisters of the forest, and we have followed in the footsteps of Salian to Kelminz, the largest of the four sisters, and this city of Memmingen is much smaller. There's no one Sebastian needs to recruit here, but there's another important one waiting for him.

"Everyone, please camp at the border, wait for me for the night, and tomorrow morning we will enter the territory of Duke Ulrich in Vroburg. ”

"Don't you want anyone to accompany you?" asked Miss Emma, a little worried.

"Don't worry, dear Emma. ”

It's a pity that the person Sebastian is going to see would never want to see Miss Emma with him.

After entering the city, Sebastian quietly came to a small handicraft shop opened by the goblins, this quiet and elegant place has not many customers, he was warmly received after he walked in, but Sebastian did not communicate much with the beautiful clerks, just took out a ring and showed her, immediately the clerk's face changed, and he pulled the Imperial Count to the innermost room of the shop, only to see her open a box containing goods, remove all the contents of the contents, and then open the secret door at the bottom of the box, and ask Sebastian to go down。

As soon as the Imperial Count walked to the secret room below, he was immediately greeted by someone.

"Hello, Sebastian, welcome to our secret base of the Witches' Summit, thank you for finding it. Hehehe!"

It turned out to be the "Skynet Witch" Elrubi, who had not been seen for a long time, and she gave Sebastian a special Ring of Covenant and a roster of their secret bases in the empire when they were separated last time.

"Haha, dear Elubi, is there any good news?" said Sebastian as he stepped forward without pretentiousness, took Eloubi in his arms, and bit her ear.

The poor fairy girl couldn't break free, so she had to reply with a red face: "Bad guy, I have an important piece of news, you will definitely be interested." ”

"Oh, what's it, tell me quickly. ”

"You must have heard of it, right? Archbishop Jung, one of the five archbishops of the Empire, and Bishop of Ulm, the uncle of Duke Jurgen. These two sanctimonious false monks paid large bribes to the Pope of the Holy Capital to obtain church positions. ”

"Well, I know, these two are famous people who forget their righteousness. ”

The elf girl nodded, and continued, "Their bribes were all borrowed from the Ruger family, and the Pope himself has recently borrowed a lot of money from the Ruger family. In order to repay these huge usury, the Archbishop of Meloa and the Bishop of Ulm proposed that the Pope, under the guarantee of the Ruger family, sell the 'Certificate of Atonement' within the Empire of Divine Grace!"

"Oh, what is a 'proof of indulgence'?" asked Sebastian, who had never cared about church affairs.

It is said that for enough money, you can get this treasure, which was consecrated by the Pope and the archbishops, to pay for the sins of your life, and to ascend to heaven after death. Now the Pope, through the people of the Evangelical Society for Salvation, as well as bishops, archbishops and abbots, are selling to the great nobles and wealthy citizens!"

"Hehe, baby Elluby, do you believe this kind of thing works?"

"Hmph! I am one of the core figures of an anti-Orthodox organization, how can I believe it!"

"Haha, I don't believe it either. But since they're going to do it, there will definitely be fools who will buy it. Most of the great nobles and wealthy merchants had their possessions from the wrong sources, and by buying 'indulgences' they were able to do evil with peace of mind, and in order to obtain them, they had to loot more of the people's fat and anointment. Sebastian instantly understood the truth and said hatefully.