Once the baron-to-be was back in his seat, Princess Asona cast her gaze to the farthest point of the long table. The man who had been hidden in the shadows was sitting there right now. Before, his face was obscured by the shadow of the castle pillars, but now, Aisona could see his face clearly. This man is very ordinary-looking, more like a farmer working in the fields than the leader of the mercenary group. Sure enough, as rumored, Aisona thought to herself.

This mercenary group is quite low-key, from the regiment commander to the ordinary soldiers, to the point where its presence is thin. How thin is this presence, so thin that I forgot to describe their performance on the battlefield...

Haha, just kidding.

As a large mercenary group, almost no one mentions him in normal times, only when he drinks and blows b, he compares it with several other equally powerful mercenary groups. The reason why the Beacon Gray mercenary group has such a low sense of existence is that while other mercenary groups are soliciting customers, it strives to stay away from the crowd and accept tasks in a way that some Assassin organizations have. But if you open its resume, you will be surprised to find that this mercenary group has participated in many major things, but no one can tell how they did it, so that the name "Beacon Ash" has almost become an urban legend.

The leader of the mysterious mercenary group was now sitting in front of her, which made Asona feel some pressure, but the woman's curiosity soon got the better of her.

"Are you the head of Sralette?" asked the princess.

The man nodded.

"So... ”

"My brothers and I need a chance for revenge. The man spoke suddenly, his voice a little hoarse, as if he had been sharpened by a file.

"Revenge?" Asona raised an eyebrow, "to whom?"

The man took out a neatly folded sheet of paper from his close-fitting pocket, pressed it on the table and slid it slightly, just in front of Princess Ezona.

Aisona opened it and looked, Baron Colelin, Scankaval, Baron Ville... There were a dozen names on the paper, all of them low-ranking nobles. As if sensing Aisona's confusion, Srallet explained in his hoarse voice, "My brothers and I were originally Vader's levies, and were ordered to be queens during the war with Rhodok three years ago. ”

Aisona nodded, three years ago, the year that Harlaus usurped the throne, not long after taking the throne, he declared war on Rhodok in the name of "avenging the former king". The result of that battle was a great defeat for Swadia, and although General Kragus turned the tide and finally fought a beautiful counterattack to crush Rhodok's ambitions for a counterattack, Haraus also succeeded in achieving his goal, and the royal nobles suffered heavy losses in this battle.

There is no doubt that the troops in charge of the rear of the palace in this battle must have been more than lucky, and it was already a great luck that Slalet could survive with his soldiers. No wonder their name is Beacon Ash, Asona sighed softly, the ashes left over from the Beacon Fire are indeed very apt.

"You probably can't imagine what a brutal battle we have had in Rhodoc. The man's voice was calm, but Asona could see that his hand on the table was already clenched into a fist.

"We were thrown into a forest, and we don't know when an arrow will fly out and kill you, we don't know if we will be taken by wild beasts when we sleep tonight, and a few brothers have died in a mudslide after barely escaping the Rhodoks. Srallet's voice was still calm, calmly talking about these tragic things, calmly making Asona feel a little frightened. This is not the mentality that a normal person should have, what has he experienced over the years?

"More than half of our army is like this, scurrying around in the forest like headless flies, and of the forty-three people who came out of our village, only twelve survived with me. So, you should know how ecstatic we were when we came out of that damn wood. ”

Aisona nodded, she hadn't experienced the joy of being put to death and reborn.

"So, because of this failed battle, you hate those who ordered your palace," Asona waved the list in her hand, "and these are your officers back then?"

"No, it's not. The regiment commander shook his head and said, "As a Rui Erdian man, from the moment he holds his weapon, he is ready to sacrifice his life on the battlefield. So, I don't have much of a hatred for those officers. What's more, most of them have died in the land of Rhodoc. ”

"So, what is this list?" said Asona felt something was wrong. "When we came out of the mountains, the thing we longed for the most was to see our wife and children who were looking forward to it at home. "However, when we returned to Vaderdah, we found that our kind neighbors were avoiding us, and the children who had admired us looked at us like shit, and even threw stones at us... At this, the regimental commander paused for a long time. His expression remained calm, but his breathing began to grow heavy, and it was evident from the back of his already bruised hand that he was trying to suppress his anger.

"Later, we inquired for a long time, and it was only from a mother-in-law who sympathized with us that we figured out what was going on. Our lord, Baron Korenin, went so far as to beat us as deserters, divided our property with the rest of the list, and enslaved our wives and children as punishment for our treason. ”

"Wait," Asona interrupted the regimental commander with a frown, "I remember that Swadia law is forbidden. ”

"yes. It was rare to hear the calm man sigh deeply, "But, in the laws of Svadia, the lord himself is the law, isn't it?"

The princess was stunned, but nodded.

The man didn't care whether she was guilty or surprised, and continued, "When we heard the news, we immediately packed up and left the village, but it was too late, and our whereabouts had already been reported to the lord, and then we were chased by the cavalry. In the end, he escaped to the woods that he hated and picked up his life. The regimental commander smiled self-deprecatingly, "In the process, eight more brothers were killed. ”

"Later, we gathered several groups of people who had the same experience as us, and in order to survive, we formed this mercenary group and began to accept mercenary tasks. At this point, the regimental commander calmly raised his glass and drank the ale inside, "You now know why we always hide our heads like this, because we are all wanted criminals in Swadia. And on that piece of paper, the enemies of each of the brothers were recorded, whether in Vida or elsewhere. ”

Asona nodded, and asked, "If I remember correctly, Körneen is just a minion, and Vader's real lord is Gruenward, don't you hate him?"

Slatley shook his head, "Gruenward was in Suno, and he didn't participate in this conspiracy. Besides, he is a count, and he does not care about the property of us poor devils. ”

Hearing this, Aisona nodded approvingly, and then said, "I can promise you that after I become queen, on this piece of paper, every truly guilty person will be judged." ”

The head of the regiment nodded, "That's enough, Your Majesty." At last the princess looked at the man with the great sword on his back, who seemed unaware of it, and was still munching on the fruit in the bowl.

Aisona sighed and asked in a loud voice, "Captain York, what about you, do you have any requirements?"

"Oh, no, no," said Captain York, who was holding an apple in his mouth, and when he heard this, he quickly shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "I only joined the war to repay the favor of the boss." ”

"Oh?" Aisona's curiosity was aroused again when she heard this, "What kind of person is so big that you want to fight for your life to pay it back?"

"Haha, that's a grace of recreation. The bold middle-aged man scratched his face embarrassedly, "When my family's sword hall was about to collapse, it showed me a way out, and that's why the Great Sword Troupe is so beautiful now." ”

"Sword Hall?" Aisona was stunned for a moment, "Swadia's Sword Hall shouldn't have reached this point, those sons and sisters of Su Nuo spent a lot of money to learn swords, and it is said that some small halls can live a very prosperous life even if there is only one student." ”

"Haha, that's right... York smiled a little awkwardly, "I don't know if you've heard of the Chris school of two-handed swordsmanship?"

"Chris genre?" Asona felt a little familiar, "It looks like grandpa... ”

"That's right," York said with a wry smile, "When the former king chose a royal swordsmanship instructor, the final finalists were the father who represented the Chris school and the current royal swordsmanship instructor who represented the Bren's school, Mr. Hyde. Unfortunately, my father's skills were not as good as others and he was defeated in the end. "I see," Asona finally remembered, King Eastridge, King Harlaus, and Asona herself had all learned their swordsmanship from the seat of Mr. Hyde. In the eyes of Her Royal Highness the Princess, her teacher Hyde is a rigid and stubborn old man, and of course, in general, he is not a bad person.

"But," Aisona continued, "even so, Chrisliu made it to the finals, doesn't that mean that it's extraordinary?"

The smile on York's face became even more bitter, "But people can't see the second." After that competition, eighty percent of the swordsmanship halls in Swadia changed to teach swordsmanship of the Bren's school, even if it was not an authentic Bren's school, they would teach a few tricks in the name of Bren. ”

"And my father ... He wouldn't do it, and he wouldn't let me do it. York's expression began to become complicated, "So, the income of our 'second' sword hall is getting less and less, and after my father died the year before last, there were only about fifty clansmen and students in the entire sword hall. ”

"But even if you can't make ends meet, the sword hall is still struggling to operate, until... I went out to buy protective gear that day. By the time the last half of the sentence came out, Captain York had already gritted his teeth.

Asona cautiously asked, "Was... That guy got a hole?"

"Isn't it!" York slapped the table and said angrily, "I'm still angry when I think about it now! The armor shop I used to go to was also selling protective gear because of the increase in leather prices, and I was short of money at the time, so I didn't want to give it up for a while, and I was targeted by that bastard." ”

Oh, what was going on?" Aisona asked curiously.

"Hmph, I was just coming out of the store when he grabbed me and sold me his leather armor, which is said to be the favorite style of the Nords, a battle-tested item. The most important thing is that these are second-hand, so it's cheap... ”

"And then?"

Then, with a stroke of heart, I bought it. York hammered his head in frustration.

"And he lied to you?"

"No, he's not lying. York took a deep breath and calmed down, "In that guy's words, I'm stupid." That batch of leather armor is indeed battle-tested, but you should know what battle-tested armor looks like. ”

Aisona nodded, she couldn't help but think of the various rags that Mu and the One-Eyed Dragon had seized from the bandits on the trade road.

"It is true that the leather armor is the style that the Nords like," the Captain continued indignantly, "but he didn't tell me about the Nords' physique, and none of us could wear it. As for the second-hand goods, it's not even more true, because the garbage was directly picked up from Haikou, and he didn't pay a penny at all!"

Poof, Her Royal Highness the princess laughed directly, and several leaders around couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, it does seem like he did it," said the princess with a laugh, "and then, you didn't just admit it." ”

"Of course not," York shook his head, "I wasn't in a good temper at the time... ”

"You're not in a good temper right now. Joljo hit the nail on the head.

"Shut up, believe it or not, I cut you!"

"Come on!" said the baronet-to-be, rolling up his sleeves and stepping on the stool.

"Alright, both of you, sit down. Esona quickly spoke up to stop the conflict, and then went on to ask York, "What happened then?"

"Later, in a fit of rage, I led a large number of people into the Suno Chamber of Commerce, knocked over the guards around him, and blocked him in the guest room. ”

No one noticed, and Fatis coughed twice in embarrassment. And then, beat him up and force him to help you make money?"

"Well, we do want to beat him up," York touched his nose, "but not only was he not scared when he saw us, but he offered to do business with us. ”

"Business, what business?"

"Well, Your Highness," York did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "what was your first impression of seeing our school's swordsmanship on the city walls just now?"

"First feeling?" Aisona didn't expect him to ask, but soon, the sword dance like a metal storm came to mind, "very... Shocking, gorgeous. ”

"That's right," York nodded, "That's what Mu said at the time. So, he gave us an idea, he found a place, and we contributed manpower, first on the streets, and then in the circus to perform sword dances to earn money. ”

"Anyway, you guys are so NB, so don't put in the ring. Jorjo choked out again.

York gave him a blank look, "You know what, it's easy to make money in the ring, but it's easy to get caught on fire, we just want to make money, we don't want to get into trouble." ”

Joljo smiled disapprovingly, "Heh, you're in a lot of trouble right now." ”

"You... ”

"Okay, okay," Aisona didn't know what was wrong between the two, and quickly calmed down, "What about later?"

"Later, we started with a solo sword dance, slowly changed to a group sword dance, and finally developed into a sword dance battle, and we really made a lot of money. York shrugged, "Just when I thought we were going to be a performer for the rest of our lives, I found that he silently gathered a large number of Chris swordsmen, and formed a mercenary group in my name, and by the way, he also took on a mission." ”

"It feels like you're being cheated again. ”

"Isn't it, I was mad at first, and I went all over the world to settle accounts with him, and he said to me, 'The best place to test the strength of swordsmanship is still on the battlefield, isn't it?' and introduced Fatis to me," he said, waving his hand to the knight behind the princess, "It was the first time we met, and the first time we worked together. yes, Brother Fatis. ”

"That's right," Fatis smiled, "your ability to suppress is fresh in my memory. Even if you are all new recruits who are on the battlefield for the first time, you have no fear in the face of the enemies surrounded by layers. Then he said respectfully to the princess, "In that battle, our two regiments combined crushed five times as many of our own enemy in one day. ”

"No cowardice?" Yorke smiled wryly, "Just kidding, that's a fight against the odds! Surrounded by enemies who want to crush our bones, even if someone wants to surrender, where do they get the guts?"

"What's going on?" Aisona had no resistance to this kind of story, and when she heard this, little stars immediately flashed in her eyes.

"That's another story, and we'll have a chance to talk about it again. York tossed aside the apple core in his hand, then picked out a new one from the fruit bowl and took a big bite before continuing, "It was because of that battle that the name of the Great Sword Regiment was started without much effort. Captain York sighed with emotion, "As we became more and more famous, more and more people defected to us, and the disciples who learned swordsmanship gradually gathered, and then there was the current glory of the Great Sword Regiment." ”

"Although, I don't like that guy Mu, but he is the one who created all this after all," York smiled helplessly, "Therefore, he wrote to 'ask for help', and we naturally won't refuse, not to mention the business of taking money on both sides, it is impossible to meet a few things in this life." ”