485. Under the Dinner Party
The door to the dining room was pushed open, and the Marquis of Luther and some high-ranking generals walked in from outside.
The soldiers eating in the restaurant invariably stopped the cutlery in their hands, and everyone's eyes fell on the bodies of several senior generals on the stage, led by a middle-aged officer wearing a straight Bednar uniform, it was the Marquis of Luthor, his chest. On the front hung three gold medals symbolizing status and glory, including the Order of the Marquis of Nobility, the Order of the Grand Knight, and the Order of the Lord. Each one is heavy and very weighty.
The chest of the other generals beside him. There is also a string of medals hanging in front of him, but most of the gold and silver medals are mixed, and they look so dazzling, as if as a high-ranking general, without a string of medals on his chest, he cannot show his noble status.
There was an instant silence in the restaurant.
Surdak has recently heard a lot of rumors about the Marquis of Luther, it is said that he is one of the noble lords of the main battle faction headed by Duke Newman, and in addition to having two armored swordsmen's regiments, there is also a powerful main battle corps including the heavy cavalry regiment, the heavy infantry regiment and the longbow archery regiment, it seems that this bearded archer should be the archer of the archery regiment under the command of the Marquis Luther.
Marquis Luthor stood on the stage with blazing eyes, he looked around, his gaze fell on each of the warriors, and said to everyone with a serious face:
"In the past few decades on the maca plane, the Cerberus Legion captured the maca plane for the first time, this plane war broke out quickly, the offensive was rapid, and the Cerberus Legion pointed directly at the central city of the empire in the maca plane, Wozhimara City, in just half a month, the periphery of Vorzhmara City was swept away by Cerberus, and even the situation in Vorzhmara City was in danger, but when the horn of war sounded, the legions were transferred from their respective defense areas to Vorzhmara City, and everyone worked together to resist the Cerberus Legion, Not only did it contain the siege crisis of the Cerberus Legion, but it also repelled the Cerberus Legion in just over a month, drawing a heavy stroke for the victory of the Grimm Empire's plane war.
Just two days ago, I received a letter from Duke Newman, who praised the Legions for their performance in this dimensional war.
We were able to stabilize the situation on the maca plane so quickly, so that the main force of the Bena Legion in the Warsaw plane had no worries.
I have invited you here to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to the legions. ”
He walked over to the table in the first row and looked at the knight with the cast-iron helmet on the table, who quickly got up from his seat and looked straight ahead.
Marquis Luthor glanced down at the swarthy black iron helmet, reached out and touched the scratches on the helmet's area, and then said to the knight:
"Alec. Gardner, the outstanding lancer of the 79th Heavy Cavalry Regiment of the Bena Army, led his fifteen heavy cavalry to cut through the camp of the Cerberus Legion seventeen times, and successfully sent sixteen guard battalions out of the city of Volzhmara...... Silver Cavalry Medal. ”
As he spoke, an adjutant came up with a tray covered in red velvet, and the Marquis Luthor reached out and took a silver medal from the tray and placed it on the knight's chest.
Surdak felt the air around him become hot, and the warriors, who had just been discussing food, looked at the heavy cavalry with eager eyes.
Surdak, however, had little sense of it, and for a veteran who had left the barracks, the medal was of little use except to represent the glory of the past.
The warriors in the dining room stared at the footsteps of the Marquis Luther, and their eyes fell on the heavily armored warrior who was leaning against a tower shield behind the chair next to him, and the Marquis Luthor was also looking at him with a smile, and said cordially:
"David. Commander Lewis, your heavy infantry regiment is stationed at the Meria Pass this time, blocking the remnants of the Cerberus Legion from penetrating deep into the maca plane, defending the vast land of the maca plane, and this silver shield belongs to you! ”
"Quartermaster Jesse of the Logistics Department, you and your logistics material transport regiment send materials to various war zones, and you encounter dozens of sneak attacks by Cerberus every day, and the battle damage of the material transport regiment is second only to the defense department of Vozhmara City in this battle, and you are hereby rewarded with a Silver Wheat Ear Medal."
"Kinglake,...... Silver Cross"
“…… Medal of Courage"
“…… Clover Clover Medal"
Every time the Marquis of Luthor walked in front of a warrior, he could accurately call out the name of the warrior and the outstanding contributions he had made without being reminded by the adjutant next to him, and it seemed that he had made sufficient preparations for tonight's dinner, and his name was written down by the Marquis of Luther, which was almost a big encouragement to the soldiers present.
There were twenty warriors at the dinner, and soon he was in front of the bearded archers.
The bearded archer looked a little excited, deliberately stood up early, took a deep breath, and withdrew the slightly swollen lower abdomen that he had eaten, his waist was straight, and the fat that was originally piled on his stomach seemed to be squeezed to his chest at once, and the whole person became different in an instant.
"Daryl, the archers who shot three Demon Children in succession, each Demon Child is a more dangerous existence than the three Hellhounds, for us, the first task is to strangle it in its infancy, and there are currently nearly two thousand Intelligence Agency rangers who have penetrated all over the Maca Plane to detect the Demon Children lurking in the plane, this Eagle Eye Medal belongs to you." Marquis Luthor said.
The bearded archer was originally called Daryl.
The Marquis of Luther personally wore the medal on Daryl's chest. Before, Daryl gave a military salute to the Marquis of Luther with moist eyes.
When Marquis Luthor appeared in front of Surdak again, Surdak suddenly felt that his face seemed to be somewhat familiar, and his bright blue eyes carried an incomparably firm will, which made Surdak quickly hold his breath.
"Surdak, knight of the guard battalion, the defense of the city of Vozhmara is stuck in the defense area, and after changing the defense, he insists on treating the wounded soldiers of the city defense department in the rear, you know? Now those veterans of the defense department of Warzhmara City may not know me, but there is certainly no one who does not know you, but unfortunately you have been discharged from the army and become a knight of the local guard battalion, which is not under the jurisdiction of the Bednar Military Department, and in view of your outstanding performance, you will receive the honorary title of first-class knight of the Grimm Empire. Marquis Luthor said wittily.
There was a burst of laughter in the cafeteria.
Surdak thought that he could also get a reward such as a Red Cross, but he didn't expect that Marquis Luthor would actually promote himself to the rank of knight.
After all the rewards had been issued, the Marquis of Luther walked up to Surdak before leaving:
"Surdak?"
"Yes, Lord Marquis!"
"I heard that you can sense the elements of divine magic and use holy light?"
"Yes, Lord Marquis!"
"Ever thought about going further? I'm referring to being a nobleman, since you can perceive the magic element, you are already qualified to apply for promotion to the noble, I can be your recommender, Bena Province needs an excellent young man like you. Marquis Luthor asked Surdak with a smile.
“……”
There is a clear dividing line between commoners and nobles, and the identities of both parties cannot be changed at will.
If a nobleman wants to become a commoner, he only needs to give up the glory he has.
But if civilians want to be promoted to become nobles, no matter how much military merit they accumulate, it is impossible to achieve it, and there is only one way in the Grimm Empire at present, that is, to participate in the awakening ceremony at the age of twelve, and civilians can only become magicians to become magician nobles, and the identities of both sides cannot be changed at will,
Although Surdak did not awaken the magic pool, he sensed the magic element and became a paladin with dual cultivation of magic and martial arts.
The Marquis of Luther was willing to be Surdak's recommender, which shows that the Marquis admired Surdak very much.
"The process of promoting to nobility is a bit troublesome, I have already written a letter of recommendation to the Imperial Council, it is estimated that there will be a reply within three months, and someone will investigate you at that time, as long as your identity and resume are okay, it is estimated that you will soon become a third-class baron, I hope you can continue to maintain your original intention in ......the future."
“……”
In fact, Surdak really wanted to tell the Marquis of Luthor that it was good to be a canonized knight, and in Wall Village, the difference between a knight and a baron was not much, and he really couldn't afford to investigate......
Looking at the envious eyes cast by the warriors around him, Surdak felt an indescribable anguish in his heart.
……
The departure of the Haylanza Guard Battalion from the city of Vožmara was on the agenda, and Surdak waited in the camp for seven days.
Outside the city, the guards left Vozhmara one after another, and the knights sold their booty to the merchants, who exchanged some of their military exploits for gold coins, and made a lot of purchases in the city of Vozhmara, buying a lot of local products, especially some tairo fruits. In the city of Warjmara, the price of this fruit can be said to be very cheap, as long as you bring these Tairo fruits back to Bena City, the price will immediately skyrocket by 30%.
When it was finally time to leave, the Hylanza Guard Battalion received an order from the military headquarters to return to Pena City in the evening through the city center portal.
During the day, all the tents at the camp of the Hylanza guard camp had been packed, almost every knight had prepared a huge bag, and the garrison by the moat looked a mess, with some household garbage everywhere.
The war horses promised by the military department to each knight were not fulfilled until the end of the war.
Surdak gave Andrew a day off to say goodbye to his family, and this time he returned to Highlandza, and it was impossible to return to Vožmara for at least three years.
He slipped into the city to join Samira, and Surdak once again sought out the Great Kinsi, a slave trader with a scar on his face, who had learned of Surdak's return tonight.
The Great Kinsey hid Aphrodite in an oak barrel, and cleverly filled the ends of the barrel with a layer of tartar jam, making the barrel look like a whole barrel of jam, and these barrels were mixed into the crates of a large caravan, and the recent commercial trade in the city of Warzhmara has been booming, and during the day almost all the caravans are passing through the portal, and the wagons are lined up in a long row in the central square, stretching for several kilometers.
In front of the portal, several city guards inspected the wagons, and the caravan steward put on a nonchalant expression, and handed a hollow pipe thorn to one of the city guards, asking him to prick the oak barrels at will, and the city guard stabbed a dozen barrels in a row, and the round holes with the thick fingers of tata jam in them gurgled out, and the caravan men who waited next to them would quickly repair the holes with cork.
Nearly every wagon was randomly inspected before the wagons were allowed to pass through the portal.
Seeing Aphrodite hiding in the barrel pass through the portal safely, and set up a pick-up location for Bena City with Dajinsi, Surdak and Samira hurried back to the Hylanza guard camp station, and when they passed through the city gate, Andrew waited at the gate of the city with his luggage on his back, and saw Surdak and Samira, and hurriedly followed with his luggage.
The knights of the Haylanza Guard Battalion were carrying several packages large and small, and they were ready to go in the station.
Only the ogre looked like he had nothing to do. Gullitham didn't have any luggage on his back, and he didn't know who made a deal with the ogre, and the ten large iron pots in the guard camp were like heavy round shields behind the ogre, but judging by his happy appearance, these large iron pots should be able to give him a good meal.
Karl saw Surdak returning with Andrew and Samira, and quickly waved to them, signaling them to hurry into the group.
Karl knew that the half-elf archer Samira had been living in the city, but he didn't have any clear statement on this, mainly because a half-elf girl lived in the barracks, which was not convenient for the knights of the guard camp in many things.
So Surdak arranged for the half-elf archers to live in the city, and Karl turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.
The Haylanza Guard Battalion lined up behind the Guardcamp of the City of Pleos, passing through the main gate of Warzmara before nightfall, and walking directly along the central street to the central square.
Surdak looked at the portal like a mirror, followed the knight in front of him and walked in, the warm touch as water wrapped his body, for a moment he seemed to be in a weightless void, and when the warm water that enveloped his body receded, he was already standing in front of the portal of Bena City.
I heard the guard at the portal shouting in a hoarse voice, "Keep going, don't stop...... Don't get in the way here, go ahead......"
"Toot ......"
The police whistle instantly sounded throughout the square, and all the guards within a hundred meters of the portal quickly approached.
The ogre Gulitham stood at the exit of the portal with a bewildered expression, facing the two bed crossbows on the portal tower, and raised his hands stupidly.
"What the hell is going on with this ogre, and where did he come from......" The portal guards fell into a half-mad state for a moment, their eyes wide as brass bells, and they shouted hysterically at the knights of the guard battalion.
"Gulit is our companion......"
A guard battalion knight hurriedly explained.
At this time, Surdak hurriedly rushed to the front, took out the Ogre Gulitham's teleportation permit, and handed it to the teleportation guard for inspection.
This sudden accident has subsided......