Characters in this chapter: (King Harauth), (Sertius), (Hatheron).

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Chapter 018: (Freelancer)

What a beautiful summer night! Crystal stars shimmer in the endless gray sky, and crickets, crickets, and frogs that have not slept, and chiroths sing softly in the grass, by the pond, and in the crevices of the trees.

The majestic castle that towers above the top of the mountain is like a sleeping giant at the moment. At the foot of the hill, however, the fields were still brightly lit, with the lords' tents drinking and chatting, the knights playing martial arts under the torch, and a group of soldiers cheering around......

At this time, King Harlaus was lying on top of it tiredly, feeling dizzy when he looked at the chuang on top of his head. The white-bearded and white-haired old king has passed his old age, but he is still resolute and intimidating in his attitude and methods of handling things.

There was no end to the intrigue between the lords, and a village, a castle, a woodland, a threshing field, or even just the prey in the hunting grounds at the junction of the realms could cause the lords to quarrel and then come to the king to demand a fair verdict.

This made King Harlaus feel powerless, because whoever ruled in his favor would lose some of the support of the party judged to be unfavorable. For a king with a vast territory, the loss of a lord's support meant that the territory would be less secure.

The coastal areas in the northwest of the country have been harassed and plundered by pirates for many years, the green forest bandits in the forests of the kingdom have also caused him a headache, and in recent years, a rebel army under the banner of justice has emerged in the Suno region to buy people's hearts and minds.

The rebels are one of the most dangerous criminal gangs in the Calradia continent, the experience of the army makes them very strategic when committing crimes, and their professional skills also make them very dangerous, deserters, criminal crossbowmen, and knights may appear in the camp of the rebels.

King Haraus was too old to bother his old age, but the aged lion had to once again recruit the armies of the lords to conquer the Duchy of Rhodok in the south in order to consolidate the reign of the Hera family in Swadia.

The war of the Swadia Kingdom against the Duchy of Rhodok in the name of exterminating the rebels is like the battle between two ferocious beasts fighting for territory, the lion of the 'king of beasts' who occupies the vast plains on one side, and the mountain bear of the 'jungle overlord' entrenched in the southwestern mountains on the other.

One is the 'King of Beasts' and the other is the 'Jungle Overlord', depending on the strength of the two?

But this is an old and frail lion, and its opponent is a strong and mighty mountain bear. King Haraus knew in his heart that this war, which had not yet begun, was destined to end in defeat. But in his opinion, this defeat was necessary.

King Harauth was always cautious and far-sighted, and he was extremely polite and never used foul language. Because of the perennial gathering of lords' armies to conquer the Rhodoc rebels, most of the noble lords in the country were very dissatisfied with King Haraus.

That night, King Harauth closed his eyes tiredly, and the thought of abdication popped up in his mind.

His sons were all past their prime, and the eldest son, Alex, was brave in battle and loved in the country, so he was almost universally expected. But the king liked his third son, Brad, because the child was very similar in appearance and personality to him when he was younger.

While the king was tossing and turning on his ** and unable to sleep, a young attendant walked into his side lightly, bent down and whispered, "Sorry! ”

It had been a long time since King Harauth had seen an outsider in the middle of the night, and he was still in the vassal's castle, and he whispered with a gloomy face, "Can't you let that man come back until tomorrow morning?"

The young squire who was reprimanded was stunned for a moment, and his voice became lower: "Your Majesty, you should have heard his name. Although no one knows where he came from, it only took him three years to make a name for himself on the continent of Calradia. ”

Hearing the waiter's words, King Haraus became interested and sat up slowly. "Tell me who he is. ”

The attendant replied respectfully, "That man is Sercius of Isserin, son of Nesser, grandson of Andrup. ”

Sertius – The name King Harauth is by no means unfamiliar.

It is said that he suddenly appeared in Zhivading and led the citizens there to riot. He then traveled with caravans to and from six countries to accumulate huge wealth, during which he even refused the request of the Nord Kingdom and the Duchy of Rhodoc to give him titles and fiefs.

For he carried a banner inherited from his father: a blue-and-black quarter with three white roses and a white unicorn trampling on a sword. For this reason, people called him the 'Free Knight'.

What could this 'free knight' who had rejected the high officials of the two countries come to him? King Haraus, bewildered, put on his clothes and said to his attendant, "Go! ”

The waiter obeyed, and respectfully withdrew.

It didn't take long for the attendant to walk in with two men. The man at the head was tall, younger than expected, about thirty years old. He has long red hair that is parted in the middle and a beard that is neither long nor short. The eyebrow bones are prominent, and a pair of blue eyes in the sunken eye sockets have a terrifying brilliance. He was dressed in a composite plate armor that sturdily encased his entire body, and a burqa was draped over it, on which the famous unicorn family crest was painted. He wears shiny iron gloves on his hands and a pair of gold-black plate armor boots with thick soles on his feet. The outer belt of the armor was adorned with several precious stones.

The man behind him was much inferior to that, he was clearly a Nord. His brown hair was shaved flat, his skin was slightly pale, and his green eyes were a little bulging. The long beard on his face was beautifully braided. He wore a striped armor from the North Sea, but the workmanship was clearly fine. It was inlaid with many golden rivets, but the pair of chainmail boots on his feet were slightly rusted. A pair of scaly gloves were taken off and hung on their belts.

The two men walked up to King Haraus and bowed, and the Nord man, speaking in a thick North Sea accent, pointed to the tall man beside him and said, "Your Majesty, the king of the kingdom of Svadia, my master, the son of Nesses, the son of Nessers, and the reverence of all the Isserins salute you. ”

Although the Nord accent made King Harlaus uncomfortable, such a formal wording suddenly felt solemn.

The king dug through the depths of his mind to answer that he hadn't needed for many years, and replied in as high a voice as he could, "Yes, I am the rightful ruler of the Svadia Kingdom and the entire Calradia continent, is there anything important for you to ask to see you late at night?"

The tall man, Sercius, made a gesture to the servant beside him to stand down, and the Nord respectfully stepped aside.

"Your Majesty, I think you should also know that I am from outside Calradia, and I shouldn't have been involved too much in the affairs of this continent, but now Svadia is the target of everyone. He paused, a smile on his face, "Can you grant me a reluctant request to do everything we can to help you?" ”

King Harauth didn't react for a moment, he couldn't even believe his ears. "What did you say?"

"Your Majesty," Sertius repeated, "will you grant me a reluctant request to do everything we can to help you?" ”

After a second repetition, King Harauth suddenly went limp, unconsciously took two steps back, and almost fell to his throne. "Do you really want to help me? You want to join the kingdom of Swadiaya, support me, be my vassal, and be loyal to me?"

Sercius nodded in response: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry that this is your delusion, although I am only a merchant here, but outside of Calradia, I am a real nobleman, and I will not lie no matter what position I stand on." ”

King Harauth then realized that he would get a new vassal, one who did not belong to any faction in the country. He looked at the other man in surprise, "If what you said is true, then I will thank you very much, are you going to swear allegiance to me now?"

Sercius shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, not now, it's midnight." I think that the oath of any knight anywhere is fulfilled under the sun, in the eyes of all people, and not in this dark night when there is no one to witness. I swear by the living God that I will be loyal to Svadia, but all the rules must be in accordance with the rules, and not deviate in the slightest by my sudden visit. ”

King Haraus's gaze became more gentle, "I know, you go and rest first!" Tomorrow morning I will inform the lords of the entire kingdom that they will add a new colleague, and I will grant you a fief, and you must return my loyalty." ”

"As you wish, Your Majesty. Serseus bowed again and left with the Nord.

When the footsteps of the two disappeared into Haraus's ears, a figure dressed in black appeared behind the king from the darkness in the corner, looking at the old man in front of him with cold and merciless eyes, but his expression was full of awe and obedience.

"Go find out what he's doing," Harlaus commanded majestically, his face changed suddenly, "and send someone to spy on who he associates with, and don't let me down this time." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" replied the dark shadow respectfully, and in an instant a dark shadow disappeared into the candlelit room.

Walking out the door, Sertius took his weapon, shield, and helmet from the guards and reattached them, and the Nord man took on a delicate and sturdy Germanic helmet of the god of war, and while attaching his royal guard shield on his back, he said in Beihai dialect: "Master, do you see the old fellow in appearance?

Sertius smiled bitterly and straightened the gold-black plate armor on top of his head, examined the weapons on his body, and replied in a half-baked Nord: "He is old, my dear Hatheron. He will be gone like my father and my grandfather, and it will only be a matter of time before Svadia falls, but you know what I want. ”

The Nord man known as Hatheron laughed. "Rest assured, master, whoever you intend to be loyal to, I will follow you. ”

The two men walked and talked, and disappeared into the quiet and spacious streets of the castle.

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Note: Because of the starting point, a normal word is harmonized, so it has to be replaced by pinyin!

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