The sound of a thump resounded in the baron's castle, spreading in all directions in the silence and emptiness of the night.

Prince Brant woke up from his bed and lifted his quilt, unable to sleep peacefully by the constant ringing of the bell.

The official residence of Baron Andag in the village of Andag was noisy, and to outsiders, the castle, which still looked clear in the darkness, suddenly burst into flames.

"Gather soldiers, prepare for battle, and prevent enemy attacks."

Prince Brant said loudly, his status as a knight's squire and heir to the realm made him instinctively give his own orders, and the firelight went from less to more, and in an instant the sleeping town was awakened by the boiling castle fire.

"Captain Crane, what the hell is going on?"

Prince Brant got up from the warm bed, and before he could get dressed, the cold air outside poured directly in, and he shivered with cold, but he did not dare to get into the warm bed, but began to pick up his equipment.

Captain Crane came to the prince's bedchamber with a sword in his hand and leather armor, and compared to the cold castle built on the high mountains on the Andači side, the baron's residence in Andag village was undoubtedly more comfortable and superior in terms of living conditions.

The Baron's Castle, built near the Andache Mountains, was built on a high mountain, militarily easy to defend and difficult to attack, thick bricks and stones piled up into walls, as long as enough food was stored, it was enough to hold in the castle to resist the siege of a thousand people, and politically the castle was also a symbol of the Baron's family's rule, where the authority lies.

"Why are the castle bells ringing?"

Prince Brant couldn't figure out who dared to attack his castle, there were two real knights in Andag's territory, as well as more than a dozen cavalry, and hundreds of militiamen, which were directly under the hands of the baron, and the two knights of Andag, Knight Lane and Knight Raymond, each had their own knight attendants, except for the absence of the Holy Seal, after receiving long-term training, it was almost the same as the knights.

"Your Royal Highness, it was not the baron's castle bell that rang, but the bell of the Andache Monastery, and therefore the bell of the baron's castle began to ring."

Crane said calmly, watching as Prince Brant hurriedly put on his armor and the militia in the village began to gather.

"Why is the monastery ringing the bell at this time?"

Prince Brandt said inexplicably after he was fully dressed, whether it is a church or a convent, there are corresponding people who are responsible for ringing the bell, and it is not strange to the people of the whole Christian world.

The church or monastery bell rings to remind the faithful that it is time to do mass, to remind the monks and priests that they should work normally, and for the people in the village, the church bell also plays a role in telling the time.

The monastery knocks once in the morning, once at noon and once in the evening.

It is said that in large cities, church bells are rung eight times a day, so much so that city dwellers organize their day's work according to the church bells.

The bells of the Baron's Castle do not ring several times a year, and unlike the bells of the monastery, when they are struck, an emergency is arising.

Emergencies generally refer to war, and the knights and militiamen of the realm have to come to the baron's castle to prepare for battle.

Maybe it's a bandit roaming nearby, or the army of the lord next door is coming, or in a more serious case, the armies of other countries are attacking.

In this era when transportation is all by walking, and communication is all by roaring, the baron relies on ringing the bell to gather his own manpower, which is already a high-tech means.

Klein pointed outside, Prince Brant looked at the place where the Andache Monastery was located, in the darkness of the night, there was no moonlight, no starlight, the abbey castle that had been like a monster in the darkness suddenly came to life, the dark sky was red, the flames were burning in the sky, like flames, a red dragon was spewing flames, flying in the sky, and the forest was also suffering and began to burn.

"This, this, this, the dragon is coming."

Prince Brant pointed to the evil dragon in the sky and said tremblingly, Crane looked at the scared prince and nodded, and said calmly, "The king has decreed that according to the obligations of our secular lords, the Andami Monastery has been attacked by evil dragons, and we must defend the monastery." ”

"None of us, however, are any match for the dragons, Captain Crane." Prince Brant said hesitantly.

"This is the King's order, please carry it out, Your Highness the Prince." Klein said calmly, with no doubt in his tone, "If the monastery is over, the country of Andag is also over, and you are no longer a prince. What's more, don't you have a sister too? Your sister is beautiful and a noble and beautiful princess. ”

"This!" Prince Brandt's face was ugly.

"Your mother was also a beautiful and noble princess in the past." Klein said with a blank face.

"......," Brant was silent before drawing his sword, "for the sake of my father, my sister, and my mother, I swear to the dragon. ”

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The Baron's Castle, the bright fire lit up, two knights led a dozen knight attendants to gather under the castle, and the barking of dogs was endless, as if it was such a big battle, which scared the hounds.

"Oh my God, the king actually rang the bell, do you think it will be the French."

"Maybe, it's also possible that some bandits are coming."

"Bandits, as long as Knight Ryan brings his attendants to deal with it, it must be the King of Law who is leading his knights to fight, who doesn't know that King Fa wants to be our emperor."

The militiamen and cavalrymen communicated with each other under the castle, and then looked at the Ryan knight, who already had white sideburns in his hair, with envy.

In the past, the knight of Ryan rose to prominence in the army against the French king, and was directly canonized as an imperial knight by the emperor, and his status was not even much lower than that of the king of Andag.

Knight status is a combination of status, privilege, and honor, and wanting to become a knight is the lifelong goal and dream of the militia and cavalry, but for young people from poor backgrounds, it is not so simple to become a knight, and it can even be said to be very difficult, of course, even if a person is of noble birth, if he does not meet the limited conditions, he cannot become a knight.

The militiamen and knights whispered under the castle, saying that they had come back from the battlefield, and William Xiao, who would be canonized by chance, became the object of envy and hatred of everyone, even if he was a tabula rasa knight who could not obtain a fief without a feudal lord, he was an out-and-out knight.

The knight group is quite conservative, if you want to be a knight, you must be recognized and canonized by a real knight, and Hans, the youngest son of Knight Lane, has been a knight squire for so many years, and he has not been canonized as a knight by his father.

Because of the Holy Seal, true knights are usually reluctant to perform ordination ceremonies for those who misbehave and have a notorious reputation, preferring to be knightly attendants who are loyal, brave, and of high character.

Therefore, William Jr. is neither a knight's squire, nor is his father a knight, and it is already rare to be canonized as a knight.

"Warriors, all of you standing here today, I, as the lord of Andag, Baron Conrad now canonize your knightly attendants and cavalry as official knights, and the militiamen, you will enjoy the treatment of cavalry from now on, and if you return victoriously, you will also be canonized as knights."

Baron Andag, King Conrad shouted at the Dawn with the holy sword in his hand, and said to the cavalry, knights, squires and militiamen.

There are only two real knights in the kingdom of Andag, but it does not mean that the king can only canonize two knights, and canonizing one knight means that he has to permanently divide a part of his territory, even if he does not take out the territory as a fief, he also needs to take out the hired gold and silver worthy of the knight's status, and he also needs to bear the expensive equipment of the knight.

The soldiers, who had been whispering, fell silent all of a sudden, first rejoicing that they had become knights, and then turning pale.

"O king, are we going to fight against the army of the King of France, or are we going to fight against the Emperor?" A knight's squire asked.

"Neither the King nor the Emperor." The baron shook his head and replied, and for a moment everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is it thousands of troops, or tens of thousands?" A militiaman asked timidly with his own spear.

"It's not thousands, it's not tens of thousands, and there's only one enemy." The baron replied again.

"Great, there's only one enemy, and we've won."

The cavalry, knight squires and militiamen cheered that although it was an obligation to fight for the knights, in the face of invincible situations, the cavalry and the knight squires needed to sacrifice for it, such as breaking the rear, such as breaking through the siege, and many times it was necessary to be promoted to knights by surprise to encourage morale.

The baron's sudden large-scale canonization of knights is undoubtedly to follow the previous practice, to survive on the battlefield, that is, to be a knight, and to die as a knight when he dies.

This time, there is only one enemy, even if it is a giant, for the identity of this knight. They are also fearless.

"This enemy is an evil dragon!"

After the baron finished speaking, it was as if he heard a symphony of sounds, and various weapons fell to the ground.

It's an evil dragon, it's an evil dragon!

The king actually wants to lead everyone to fight the evil dragon, which is not any different from suicide.

The brave Francis led the elite mercenary dragon slayer mercenary group to slay the dragons, and the army was wiped out, and they went to fight the evil dragons, which was simply self-defeating.

Everyone is not Little William, who was able to escape from the hands of the evil dragon.

"Shut up and don't make a noise. The dragon is already attacking the monastery, if the holy monastery is destroyed, Andag will also be destroyed, if you don't want your mother, your sisters and sisters, and your daughters to be defiled by the dragon, your property to be taken away by the dragon, and your hometown to be destroyed by the evil dragon's breath, then there is only one way to drive out the dragon. ”

Knight Ryan drew his knight's sword and rode on his horse and said, looking at the timid militiamen and exclaiming, "Only by letting the dragon know that we are not to be messed with can we drive him away and defend his family and property." ”

The evil dragon is only interested in the beautiful and noble princess, who would be interested in the militiamen's seventy and eighty, weathered old mothers.

But the soldiers don't know about this kind of thing, and even if they do, they can't figure out whether the other party is good or not.

There can be no generalization between people, and the same is true between dragons, and according to Mr. Green, the bard of the village, the lord of the country next door also levies the right of the first night.

Who knows what dragons like?