Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Pathetic Hillbilly
I'm afraid that these few days at Baron Obira's manor will be the easiest days of Augustus's entire winter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the old Vernon, who was sent by Augustus to the Grand Canyon of the Alps to wait for the news a few days ago, returned, the short quiet life was also over, and the old Vernon brought back three news, one is that the deputy captain Philip, who was lurking in the taiga area in the taiga to pay attention to the movements of the lich, sent intelligence, saying that the lich has completed the assembly, and the preliminary understanding is that this year's plundering legion is still dominated by orcs in number, led by titan giants and shamans, and invades the wasteland in three ways, with a total strength of about 3000. The second is the news about the wasteland, the families began to retreat in an orderly manner as Augustus expected, not to mention the people with noble titles, some of the commoners have arrived in Alfred's territory, the specific number has not been counted, but according to the current trend, at least 1/5 of the civilians in the entire wasteland will pass through Alfred's territory.
Augustus didn't react much to these two news, what was expected, but the Lich invasion force seemed to be a little more than in previous years, which made Augustus, who knew that Old Vernon had been to the Lich Court and had done some things, subconsciously guessed, could it be that the Lich knew that after Alfred broke off this year, he increased his troops and tried to take revenge on Old Vernon?
The old butler shook his head in denial, and explained that in the past hundred years, the Lich invasion and the great migration of the wasteland have left only a weak force to break off, which has basically formed a fixed pattern for a long time, and in the past many years, occasionally the Lich has also invested a large number of troops, which can only prove that the harvest on the Lich's side this year is indeed not very good, and it needs to be expanded to plunder as many resources as possible.
Bad harvest?
Augustus smiled kindly at the old butler's subtle little joke.
Then the third news made Augustus look quite intriguing.
Young Master Artelas, the first heir to the Marquis of Sauron, personally led a hundred-strong knight order stationed near Alfred's castle, which seemed to be a posture of living and dying with Alfred.
Augustus was puzzled by this news, because he knew very well that it was impossible for the nobles of the wasteland to know what he was going to do at this time, and even if they could know that he had come into contact with the brightest young sun in the Holy See, they would not believe that the Church of Mass had given Alfred any help until there was conclusive evidence, so why did Artelas do what could be called stupidity, and at the same time madness? Why didn't the Marquis of Sauron stop it? Could it be that Arthras was really a noble young master whose brain was burned out by the beautiful story of knights and princesses?
Augustus didn't believe it, no matter how much he was willing to believe in Artelas's feelings for Elizabeth, Augustus could hardly believe that a nobleman could do such a 'great' thing for the so-called feelings.
He thought about it, and learned that Arthras had no other unusual behavior than to be stationed near Alfred's castle, so he could only put aside this great confusion for a while, and decided to wait until he returned to the wasteland to ponder the interesting first in line of Sauron's succession.
Without further hesitation, he asked old Vernon to inform Baron Obila to contact Miss Sophia, who was next to Bishop Mass.
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Next, according to Augustus's guess, Sophia should have designated a place for him to meet the next day, but unexpectedly, Obila just returned at noon and contacted Miss Sophia according to his instructions, but in the afternoon, Sophia appeared alone at the gate of Baron Obirah's manor with a coachman, which really surprised Augustus and slightly disrupted Augustus's plan.
But fortunately, on the whole, it has little impact on Augustus, and the most affected is that since Augustus arrived, he has changed from a noble baron to a half-servant and half-errand poor Obila, who learned that Miss Sophia was visiting, Obilah first hurried up to let the servants clean the living room carefully, and then finally found the red carpet that had hardly been used since he bought it, and after Obilla carefully dusted it, he spread it from the main building of his manor to the gate of the manor. And sadly, after all this, as the owner of the manor, Obila could only stand aside with the servants and wait for Augustus to welcome Miss Sophia to the living room of the manor, and in this series of processes, Obila didn't even dare to look up at Miss Sophia, as if to look at the incomparably noble little princess of Constantine was the greatest blasphemy against her.
Augustus pushes Elizabeth into a wheelchair for him and welcomes Sophia to the living room.
Stepping on the red carpet, wearing a gorgeous lilac princess dress, Sophia is like a queen, her expression is already arrogant, her posture is elegant, against the background of her brilliant blonde hair, her delicate and moving face is charming but not seductive, dazzling but not dazzling, coupled with the veil of power that this woman wears, even Augustus has to admit that Sophia is indeed the most seductive woman he has ever seen in his two lives.
When a woman puts on the ornate veil of power, she can increase a kind of sensuality that is like a taboo for men, and if the taboo is trampled, it will naturally climax.
"I am sure that your arrival will make this estate much more beautiful, and even the extravagant and ornate decorations will be overshadowed by your beautiful face. ”
When Sophia sat down casually, Augustus was the first to speak, and what he said was really not flattery, but more just a statement of the most intuitive facts.
"Then I believe that if Young Master Augustus has the opportunity to go to the imperial capital, he will definitely have a lot of common language with the nobles of the imperial capital. ”
Augustus was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, what a thorny rose.
Of course, he could hear Sophia's subtle sarcasm, and he heard that when the nobles of the imperial capital met, they would often look at the sky, and then talk to each other about today's good weather, or today's weather is really bad, etc., and it is clear that it is nonsense, so doesn't that mean that what Augustus said at this time is also obvious nonsense?
It's pride, but who can deny it.
Augustus watched the servant carefully pour tea for Miss Sophia, and said with a smile: "This is also a matter of no way, in a person's life, maybe occasionally say a few words that are alarming and amazing, but more often, what we say is actually nonsense without nutrition." ”
Sophia looked up at Augustus, her expression still cold, but her particularly striking long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she said, "Then we should talk less nonsense, Augustus, and tell us what you need." ”
Augustus nodded, did not speak for the first time, and the silent strumming of his fingers on the table was actually the biggest habit of his previous life, he thought about it, and said frankly: "After I return to the wasteland, no matter when, I should declare that the Holy See will set up a new diocese in the wasteland, and at that time I need the bishop to cooperate with me in public opinion to make the wasteland believe in this matter." ”
"There is no problem, but you have to be clear that the Mass will only cooperate with you, and as to whether new dioceses will be established and when they may be established, these Masses will not be guaranteed. ”
Sophia didn't hesitate, as if they had known everything Augustus might ask for when she came.
Augustus was not surprised, this was a simple matter in itself, and he immediately made a second request, saying: "At the same time, I also need a regular knight order with a size of at least about 500 people, including 100 knights of arrows, 100 knights of swords, and all the knights of spears. ”
Sophia pursed her thin lips, thought about it, and said, "But after the lich retreats, the knights will return to the Empire, and they can't stay in the wasteland for a long time. ”
She still didn't hesitate to agree, but made Augustus stunned, he proposed to need 500 people, in fact, the real psychological goal as long as there are 300 people is really satisfied, so suddenly faced Sophia so directly, he hesitated for a moment, or asked uncertainly: "Are you sure you heard correctly?" I repeat, it is a regular knight order, and the strength of the knights' fighting spirit must be at least level 5 or above. ”
It seemed that Augustus's astonishment made Sophia interested, she thought that the little devil before was calm in front of Mass from beginning to end, as if everything was under his control, and the corners of her lips unconsciously raised a mocking arc, and said: "I heard you right, pathetic hillbilly, do you think that a knightly order of 500 people is a problem for Mass?" You may not know that in addition to the Holy Knights at the core of the Holy See, even the Knights of the Cathar on the periphery of the Holy See are divided into 3 branches, and the number has reached more than 10,000 people, so do you still think that Mass can't even draw 500 people?"
Augustus was silent, of course he did not underestimate the influence of the Bishop of the Mass, nor did he underestimate the true power of the faith of the entire continent, but under normal circumstances, the transaction between nobles should not have a demand, so there should be a counteroffer? But this Miss Sophia does not seem to follow the rules of transaction between nobles at all.
What a loser.
Augustus quickly accepted the hillbilly title given to him by Miss Sophia, and the larger the Knights, the more satisfied he was, and no matter how defeated the girls were, they would not defeat his family.
He pretended to be embarrassed, and quickly smiled: "Last point, I still need 10 magicians under the fourth law, you should know that as long as it is a war, there will be casualties, and the magicians of the light system are the key to avoiding greater casualties as much as possible." ”
Compared with the previous request, Augustus felt that Miss Sophia would definitely satisfy him, so much so that he completely ignored the coldness on Sophia's face, and for the first time felt that this little princess of Constantine with a peerless face was particularly cute.
However, what made Augustus collapse was that Sophia quickly sneered and raised her lips: "It seems that he is really a pathetic hillbilly, do you think that the magician who is called God's favorite is the weed in your back garden? I can only provide you with a maximum of 5, oh no, 4 fourth magicians with magical power below level 5." ”
The hillbilly hat Augustus is destined to not be shaken off.