Chapter 278: Beauty
During the three days of the snowstorm, the soldiers in the Raven Fort began to get drunk and eat endlessly, and except for Gregory, who had been staying by the baron's coffin and had a sad face, everyone else was numbing themselves with alcohol. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The treatment of the more than 100 captives was not so good, they could only get some black bread mixed with sawdust and a small amount of water every day, and due to the lack of medicine, more than a dozen people had already died of illness and froze to death!
The captives staged a riot in an attempt to escape, but the guards beheaded several of the people who led the way, and their heads were still hanging at the door of the dungeon, so that the captives completely lost the heart to resist.
As soon as the wind and snow stopped, Uncle Peter and I quickly left Raven Castle with the packings we had already packed, and before leaving, I also went to visit Gregory once, and bowed deeply to the dracco-blooded warrior Baron Fred who was in the coffin.
After descending the mountain, I looked back at the Raven Castle, which stood on the top of the hill, and the walls were covered with a thick layer of snow, which looked like a castle described in a fairy tale.
The traces of the bloody battle that took place here a few days ago have been completely buried by the three-day blizzard, but the deep memories of those who lived through this battle will not be buried.
I will always remember this battle, 'Sir Raven' Boris made me understand that war is not only a duel between two sides, but also a conspiracy and intrigue that you can't imagine!
"Let's go, get to Biglen in five days!"
I raised my whip, and Uncle Peter and seven others followed, and the horses' hooves stepped on the snow, raising showers of snow!
I'll be back in the Great Wasteland! in a winner's attitude! Five days later
When I arrived in Biglen, I paid a visit to Mr. Lummere, got his grant, and obtained legal adventuring party status through Mayor Manson, forming the 'Jackdaw' adventure party!
The initial members are:
I, Rayner Walden, the rightful heir of the Baron of Walden in the Kingdom of Livingston, the Elder Dragonborn and the Noldor Elves Bloodliner, the Awakened Dragonborn!
Uncle Peter and Knight Bill, two loyal and respectable knights of the Guard.
Veteran mercenary Jórdoff, with many years of experience in caravan escorts.
Hercules Nirod, whose ancestors were the Nords of the distant continent of Calradia.
Kane, the squire, dreams of becoming a true knight and slaying down the Daxia invaders.
and Huck and Gus, two money-loving and beauty-loving mischievous brothers.
Unexpectedly, the commander of the combat readiness in the north of the Kingdom of Sarion, Viscount Elder, did not particularly reproach the returning Sarion soldiers, but only sent the two surviving captains, Dan and Jenir, to a court-martial.
Since the baron had no heirs, the domain was recovered, and Sergeant Gregory retired from the army and guarded the baron's cemetery.
Viscount Eld sent troops to occupy Raven Castle, and in honor of the dragon-blooded warrior Baron Fred, the Raven Fort was renamed Fort Fred, and due to the expansion of territory for the Kingdom of Sarion for hundreds of miles, Viscount Eld was made an earl, and the town of Bigren was also assigned to his domain.
Just as we were about to leave Biglen, we were in crisis!
The cousin of Knight Kidd, the new sheriff of Biglen Town, was once the lion knight servant of Baron Fred, and the Ward knight of the current elite of the Lion Knights challenged me!
He guessed unfounded and thought it was the incompetence of us mercenaries that led to the Baron's death.
If we don't agree to a duel, Knight Ward and the hundred or so Salion soldiers he borrowed from his cousin, Knight Kidd, won't let us leave the Kingdom of Saarion.
In the face of a life-and-death duel, I had to exert all my strength, and at the critical moment, I used the dragon's roar at the bottom of the box, but I was only able to draw with the Ward Knight, who was ashamed of my actions after discovering that I was a dragon-blooded warrior, and hoped to join my 'Jackdaw' adventure party.
As a result, my adventure team also has an elite lion knight with superb martial arts.
I led my adventuring party to the Empire and took part in the Raiders War of the Lord of the Imperial Shield Fort Justus against the southern and central parts of the Great Wasteland!
In the southern part of the Great Wilderness, I rescued a rich second-generation businessman named Victor on the battlefield, who wanted to go out on an adventure behind his parents' back, and naturally joined my adventure team, Victor is good at spending management and financial management.
Due to the menacing arrival of the Imperial army, three bandit bandits entrenched in the southern and central parts of the Great Heath are secretly colluding, and the leaders of the three bandit bandits are Tycobi, John, and Torta.
The Imperial army was led by Lord Justus of Fort Brave, and after a series of victories, Lord Justus became proud and led his elite troops in pursuit, leaving his recruited mercenaries behind to protect the baggage team.
Unexpectedly, the robbers' previous defeats were deliberately made by sending the old, weak, sick and disabled!
Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Imperial army, a total of 500 rogue knights and thousands of fierce robbers in the central and southern parts of the Great Wasteland launched a surprise attack on the baggage team at night!
For a time, the mercenaries suffered heavy casualties, and a brigade sent by Justes to protect the baggage team, led by Sergeant Major Herberg, struggled to support it!
The baggage squad was divided into two parts, the front and rear by the robbers, and Sergeant Helberg and we desperately guarded the grain and grass carried by the rear convoy, while the more than 300 mercenaries responsible for protecting the front convoy were wiped out after a whole night of fighting!
The weapons and equipment carried by the convoy ahead were looted by the robbers, and the surplus was burned, and by the time Lord Justus returned with his army, the robbers had already withdrawn.
However, due to Sergeant Sergeant Herlberg's desperate protection of the grain and grass, the Imperial army was able to continue its advance, and the bandits who were short of food also broke out into infighting, and the robber leader John, who had suffered heavy losses, secretly took refuge with Lord Justus.
So we successfully surrounded the bandits' lair, and with the help of the fierce fighting power of the regular army of the empire, we annihilated the other two bandit groups in one fell swoop, and the bandit leader Torta was killed in battle, but unfortunately the other bandit leader, Tycoby, fled alone and disappeared.
The lord of Justes kept his promise, absolved John of his sins, and granted them legal status, and they were able to clear themselves of banditry and settle in the southern part of the Great Heath.
And my adventuring party was also a little famous after this war, I scattered a lot of dinars and recruited mercenaries who had fought together on the battlefield, and the number of the adventuring party soon exceeded 100!
I sent Victor and Uncle Peter, Knight Bill, to manage the adventuring caravan in Laria City, to contact Mr. Lumyr in Biglen Town, to provide hire services for the caravans of the Kingdom of Sarion and the Empire, and to settle the mercenaries who were disabled by the war.
At the same time, a huge uprising broke out in the south of the empire!
The Archon of Kairos, lord of the city of Seth and a major southern city of the Empire, declared the rebels rebels rebels and offered a reward of 100,000 dinars for the heads of the three rebel leaders.
The three rebel leaders are:
Edwin, a former Imperial naval officer, had achieved combat exploits in the suppression of pirates, and after returning to his hometown after retiring from the army, he found that his sister was occupied by the lord Baron Andrei, and his parents were also forced to die, Edwin was furious and infiltrated the Baron's mansion and attacked and killed Baron Andrea!
Van and Cliff, both of whom were leaders of refugees, had three consecutive years of drought and flood in the south of the empire, and a large number of farmers became refugees, and the officials responsible for distributing relief were deducted from them, which eventually provoked a popular uprising!
Although the rebel army swept through the entire southern part of the empire in a short period of time, in the face of the iron-blooded suppression of the Archon of Kairos, the fallen towns were soon recovered, and the area occupied by the rebels was gradually compressed!
One of the leaders of the rebels, Fan, was captured and executed by the tribune Watson Jay while attacking a village!
Just when we thought the rebellion would soon be put down, the war suddenly fell into a stalemate, and a mysterious force supported the rebels!
The supply lines of the Imperial army are under constant attack!
The peasants in the villages and towns under the rule of the Empire were also very hostile to the Imperial army!
Lord Justus was defeated by the elite troops of the rebels, and I led the 'Jackdaw' adventure party to get separated from the main army, and walked in the wrong direction all the way to the sea, and stumbled into a sacrificial grounds!
The battle broke out, and my adventuring party suffered heavy casualties, including Huck and the Gus brothers!
When we were in a crisis, Sergeant Major Herberg, who had also been separated from the rest of the army, led his men into battle, and we managed to defeat the enemy, only to find out that this sacrificial site was used by the Serpent worshippers!
It turns out that the mysterious force that supports the rebel army is the Snake Worship!
At the bottom of the sacrificial grounds, there was a dungeon, and I felt the call of a gem similar to the dragon's tears, so it was convenient for Sergeant Major Otto and others to go down and find out!
Inside the dungeon, we encountered the high-ranking warriors and sacrifices of the Serpent Cult, and after a hard-fought battle, we went deep into the dungeon, and at this time my adventure party was less than thirty people!
In this battle, a mercenary named Yuri excelled, he was good at using two-handed swords, and was able to face the siege of three elite warriors of the Serpent Cult alone!
In a secret room deep in the dungeon, we captured the leader of the rebel army, Edwin and the High Priest of the Serpent Sect, who had come to perform the sacrificial ceremony!
We learn that the conspiracy of the Snake Cult is to support the rebels to seize power, install the rebel leader Cliff as the new emperor, and establish a snake cult state!
When the high priest of the Serpent Sect saw that the matter was revealed, he committed suicide by poisoning.
I've also harvested a new Dragon's Tear Gem!Magandi told me that I have two options, one is to continue to improve the strength of the Dragon's Blood Warrior, and the second is to awaken the Noldor Elven Bloodline!
I have read so many starting novels before I crossed over, and of course I did not hesitate to choose to awaken the second bloodline and become a half-elf!
"Ever heard you're recruiting mercenaries?" asked a woman in a shooter's cotton vest, flanked by a thin, long-haired young man with black hair, both carrying a wooden shield and a one-handed sword. The difference is that the man carries a light crossbow on his back, while the woman carries two bags of javelins.
"That's right, the daughter of a merchant in the town was kidnapped by a gang of robbers who demanded a ransom of 3,500 dinars in the village of Gami in the kingdom of Rhodoc, and he would pay 1,500 dinars if he could save his daughter. The mayor of the town said sleepily, it was still early in the morning, and he was woken up by his servant to have a mercenary to take the commission.
1500 dinars?If you don't pay the ransom, you will have 5000 dinars, and you will be rich~~~~ The woman couldn't help but laugh when she thought about it, "Sister, what are you laughing at?" The young man next to him smelled in surprise.
"It's nothing," the woman waved her hand and looked, "My name is Gamara," and pointed to the young man beside her, "This is my brother Rejek, and we are the mercenaries you are looking for"
The mayor of the town carefully looked at the two of them, Gamara wore a desert turban that covered her entire face, and only showed a pair of bright eyes staring at the mayor, her eyes revealed a fiery desire for the dinar, and the mayor was a little hairy when he was stared at, and quickly shifted his gaze, "Although it is not a new thing for a woman to be a mercenary, it is still quite rare, hehe..."
The mayor seemed to think of something, and asked, "There are only two of you?" Gamara smiled, looking arrogant, "There are 11 people in our team, and I am still the captain" The mayor was surprised, as if he couldn't believe it, "Oh? I didn't expect you to be able to lead your own team as a woman, it's pretty good, by the way, why don't you see the rest of you?"
Gamala: " There are two people who participated in the arena yesterday and were injured by a woman named Xie Rena and are recuperating from their injuries, and two people took the loot to the grocery store to sell, and the boss thought the goods were too bad and refused to accept them, so they went to the street to set up a stall and were arrested by the city management without a license, and they were waiting for me to make money and pay the fee to take them out, and there was another person who drank too much in the tavern and flirted with the boss's daughter and was arrested by the law enforcement team, and he was waiting for me to make money to pick it up, and when he was eating and drinking in the tavern, he found that his wallet was stolen, and he was washing dishes for the boss to pay off the debt, and two were also injuredOne accidentally slipped and fell down when he went downstairs in the tavern, and the other took over the task of herding cattle in Heibayi Village, but was blown away by the cow, and the two were also recuperating from their injuries. ”
The mayor of the town had a black line on his face: "What about the last person, was he injured or was he arrested in violation of the law?"
Gamala: "He doesn't have anything to do, but he recently saved a sum of money and went home to marry his daughter-in-law!"
The mayor fainted...... "Aren't there still just you and your brother, but there are 20 robbers"
Jia Mara said unconvinced: "What's wrong with the two of you, I'm amazing, it's very common for me to fight dozens of them at a time, but I'm low-key!, I don't say!, how powerful my swordsmanship is, but I'm low-key! I don't say it!" (borrowing the lines of the Journey to the West) As he spoke, he was about to pull out his sword and make a gesture, but the mayor hurriedly stopped: "Stop, stop, stop! I believe! I believe!" Jia Mara put away his sword and pointed at Rejek, "Look at my brother again, this body, this hairstyle, this temperament, how can I fight 10!" Brother show him your swordsmanship," the mayor thought to himself: "This body looks malnourished... Then he sighed and hurriedly waved his hand, as if he had compromised, "Alas.. Well, that's up to you. ”
On the streets of Sharitz, it was summer dawn, the sun had risen on the top of the east hill for more than a quarter of an hour, the sky was blue, there were no clouds, no wind, the sun was flat on the earth, many merchants had already set up stalls and shouted business, and the two brothers had just left the mayor's office to go to the city gate. "Sister, it's definitely not okay for the two of us," Rejek looked worried. "Why can't it be, isn't it just a gang of robbers, the reward is 1500, if we don't pay the ransom and rob people, there will be a total of 5000 dinars!
Reyeke shrugged helplessly: "You really think you can fight dozens of them at a time." ”
Gamala "Can't"
Reyek: "Do you have any plans?"
Gamara "No"
Reyek broke down and said, "Then we'll go to death" Gamara: "This is 5,000 dinars, hurry up, we will rush to the village of Gamici at noon tomorrow." ”