Chapter 62: Village Chief William
Although Francis is the head of the mercenary group and his position and attitude, he looks at the monarch and the magician, and thinks that the two are the same group, but William was once a king after all, and he certainly doesn't think that things are so simple.
According to the style of the Wizards' Association, even if it is for legitimate reasons, it is destined not to be welcomed by the monarchs, so although the monarch relies on the Magicians Association, it does not mean that the two are all the way, and the contradictions between each other are at a higher level.
If a low-level monarch violates the law, the Wizards Association can still put pressure on it and crusade against it, but if it is a monarch at the top of the continent, such as the leader of the Fantasy Poetry Union and the Great Workshop Alliance, the Grand Duke, even if he secretly violates the contract, I am afraid that the Wizards Association can only treat it as if it is not seen and maintain a delicate balance.
No matter how the monarch was once knighted by the Wizards' Guild, as long as he wielded power, he would inevitably be dissatisfied with the Wizards' Guild, and in William's world, even emperors and kings were full of dissatisfaction with the Pope.
Either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, and it is difficult to say that there will be a possibility of peaceful coexistence.
Before William could answer Francis's question, he heard a familiar voice not far away, interrupting the exchange between the two.
"Lord Francis, Lord William, it turns out that you two are here, everyone is having fun, why don't you actively participate in it."
Baron Antonio walked over with a glass of wine and an elegant and calm attitude, with the inheritance of the Holy Seal from generation to generation, the hereditary and aristocratic of the title, the nobles of this world have already sat firmly, plus the nobles everywhere will generally let their children study in the magic city of the *** continent, in other words, even if they can't use magic, they will not be inferior to magicians in terms of knowledge and wisdom.
Even the minor nobles who did not have the financial resources to send their children to the Magic City would learn from their contract magicians and learn the art of how to rule.
Baron Bruni, who rose from the status of a civilian mercenary, has a mediocre or even incompetent ability to rule, as long as his intelligence is at the level of ordinary people, and he has received a good education in this generation, he can become a wise monarch in the eyes of the world.
This is completely different from the medieval world in which William lived, whether it was a rising monarch or a ruler like King Arthur, a ruler like Duke William was literally illiterate.
Although the Norman dukes had been taught by their father, Arthur, and emperors, for them the teaching of swordsmanship, horsemanship, marksmanship, fighting, magic, and witchcraft was a formal education, not a cultural knowledge.
The feudal monarch was not the inheritor of knowledge, but the clergy of the Church.
In turbulent times, only a monarch with strong force can sit on his throne, and in this world, the Holy Seal itself has great power and legitimacy as a monarch, and at the same time, it also has the endorsement of the world's most powerful organization, the Magic Guild, which eliminates the possibility of usurpation by mercenaries, so even if it is weak, the monarch of this era has the level of modern higher education.
"The hero of the banquet is you, Lord Viscount, and we don't dare to come out and take the lead."
Francis and Baron Antonio clinked glasses, and in his capacity as the leader of the Dragon-Slaying Mercenary Regiment, he was still able to make the other party treat each other as equals.
"How can it be, but it is a bit too much to call the viscount, although the power of the holy seal has reached this stage, but after all, it has not really reached the level of the viscount."
Antonio said with some embarrassment that the Holy Seal and the title seemed to be identical, but in fact they were not completely identical.
The level of the Holy Seal is only the power level of the Holy Seal, and the title is awarded by the Wizards Association according to the rank of the Holy Seal, and the superior title of the Baron is the Viscount, but his Holy Seal level does not fully reach the Viscount, but it surpasses the Baron, so it will be called a quasi-Viscount.
His title is still Baron, now recognized by the Wizards' Guild.
"It's just a matter of time, and with Viscount Antonio's talents, even if he unifies the whole island, it's not surprising that he will be promoted to earl." Francis continued to compliment.
"That
It's also a credit to the two of you."
Antonio smiled heartily, and Francis said this sentence to his heart, as long as the monarch of this island does not have the ambition to unify the whole island.
Because it belongs to the Fantasy Poetry Union but is too far away from the Great Workshop Alliance, as long as the monarch of the whole island can be leveled on the road to unification, there will be no powerful princes intervening like the Central Continent.
On this small island, Antonio doesn't look down on anyone, but he just thinks that the monarchs on these islands are rubbish.
"Listen, everyone, I have something important to announce, and I have decided to give my Sacred Seal to Captain Francis and His Excellency William, who have helped me in my battle to this day, and I will confer on them the rank of knight and knight's squire, as well as two villages and one village respectively."
Baron Antonio said loudly, and everyone's eyes were focused on this, looking at Francis and William, who seemed to be in the central core, with envious expressions on their faces.
Only Eschera had a confused and embarrassed look on her face, if both Francis and William accepted the Holy Seal, they would have to stay on the island and become the local monarch, and the dragon slayer mercenary group would either be disbanded or become the lord's soldiers, and she would have to leave. Z.br>
If you want to become an evil marker, you need to endure pain, and the chaos nucleus after the defeat of chaos will be engraved on your body, enduring unimaginable pain, and while accepting the test, you will also let your body be close to chaos, until your body can no longer bear the power of chaos and will be wiped out.
As for becoming a magician, it takes talent, and the talent of magic cannot be passed down through blood through the union within the magician, so the magicians of the Magicians Association have their own lineage, and they will ignore their own biological children and adopt children who are not related by blood but have the talent of magicians, so that their families can continue.
This is quite similar to the famous medical family in Japan, because studying medicine requires too much talent, so most of the inheritors of the family are their own students, not sons, and inherit the family through marriage, marriage, adoption, and other pseudo-bloodlines.
Monarchs are different, generally speaking, to be able to become a monarch depends on the inheritance of the Holy Seal, and if the father has the Holy Seal, they will find a way to pass on the Holy Seal they have received in a hereditary way.
As long as it is a human being, there will be selfishness, as a monarch is no exception, in addition to a profession, the monarch also represents social status and privileges, and at the same time, it is not like the evil tattoo envoy and magician, one tortures the body and mind, and the other relies on talent, even a child with mediocre intelligence can successfully inherit the holy seal.
However, the rule is not the rule of one person, but the rule of a ruling group, and any monarch needs subordinates, so he distributes his holy seal to his subordinates in the form of granting, so that the subordinates can also become a vassal monarch.
Baron Antonio was a vassal monarch of Bertto Dessay, the co-grand duke of fantasy poetry, and he wanted Francis and William to be his vassal monarchs.
The Holy Seal has power, and giving it to one's subordinates will weaken the power of one's Holy Seal, but it can also increase the strength and loyalty of one's subordinates.
Because Francis and William belonged to his vassals, the Holy Seal was also based on his Holy Seal, and he could retrieve the Holy Seal of the vassal monarch at any time if he wanted to.
This is the mainstream way for almost everyone in this world to get the Holy Seal, the hereditary seal and the conferment of the monarch, in fact, the two ways are not contradictory and overlap.
For example, Baron Antonio's father received the Holy Seal from the Archduke of Fantasy Poetry, so he inherited his father's Holy Seal, and in terms of the affiliation of the Holy Seal, he is still a vassal of the Grand Duke, and the heir of the Grand Duke inherits the Holy Seal, and will also inherit this vassal.
It was this solid vassal relationship through the Holy Seal that made the monarch so enviable, because if Francis and William had children, they would also be monarchs.
Antonio gained five villages on this expedition, and generously divided two for Francis and one for William, while he only got two for himself, which sounded like a loss, but it was worth it, after all, he believed that with the help of two people, he would unify the whole island
It's just around the corner.
"Congratulations William, you're now a village chief." Francis raised his glass to William to congratulate him, this is what three generations of their dragon slaying mercenary group have pursued.