Chapter 507: The Wanderer
Refuse to relocate? Oh, I see. ”
The female knight stood on the hill and looked thoughtfully at the village below and the troublesome villagers.
The villagers' lack of cooperation was expected, and these farmers didn't even know who their lord was.
All they know is who the big landlords are in the area, and to whom they have to pay rent after the harvest every year. Who's that? Is there a landlord? How to pay rent and buy seeds next year if you lose your field?
The peasants, armed with farm tools, refused the knight's request.
As the leader of the team, Catherine played with her red hair that had been combed into braids, and dragged the two braids behind her cheeks, this way of tidying up, according to her new girlfriend with cat ears, was a popular style in their world.
At the same time, there are Qi bangs and black-rimmed glasses cat who just covered their eyes, and Catherine doesn't know if it's true, but she noticed that her current boss does look at herself more
It's just that now the female knight dressed as a "good student" is domineering in the face of hostile eyes.
"Not leaving? It's all burned. ”
Calm words are irresistible wills and resolutions.
Immediately, the sealing knights began to act, and one by one torches were thrown on top of the houses, billowing flames and thick smoke rose at the same time, and in just ten minutes, the village turned into a sea of fire.
After a while, the knights calmly pressed the villagers and headed to the next village.
The cries and suppressed roars came and went, and the knights didn't bother to care. This is not the first time, and it will not be the last.
Catherine, the leader, rode a horse, but while enjoying the hostile and even hateful gaze of the villagers, she walked with her mind.
"Well, do you want to listen to Miss Cat and dye your hair black? I always feel that something is wrong, but even the alchemy potion for dyeing hair is actually a daily necessities purchased casually, is the alchemy technology in their world surplus to this extent? No, what is more concerning is that this technology is casually used for civilian use"
Along the way, Catherine was very indifferent, but vaguely became the core of the team.
Originally, as a knight of the Holy Fire, her position in the Order was quite delicate.
Although she is a member of the middle and upper echelons of the Knights, and she is a well-known powerhouse of the younger generation, she is destined to not be the chief and deputy head of the Knights, and her voice is not even as powerful as some weaker knight captains.
But now, in her words, she is more useful than the knight commander . These young knights who followed her were not her subordinates, she just said that she wanted to come out to carry out the mission, and these knights abandoned their past duties and took the initiative to lean over.
Yes, she took the initiative to do patrol tasks, and at the same time, it was also to avoid some troubles that were becoming more and more difficult to refuse.
As for the work of the original comprador agent? All entrusted to his mother.
In a sense, this seemingly young woman, who was originally more shrewd, quickly saw the situation clearly after her initial confusion.
"The Knights, it's the best group of combat forces under that lord right now, Catherine, you must catch it."
Catherine's mother saw far farther than the "little girl".
If there are no accidents, this patrol mission should be the last military mission of the Knights.
After arriving in another world, I'm afraid that even if this legion will not be disbanded on the spot, it will be reorganized, and in the eyes of my mother, who can see it clearly, this is both a crisis and an opportunity.
Compared with the three leaders of the knights who have been famous for a long time and have excellent strength, Catherine is obviously more trusted by Lu Ping'an, and if Lu Ping'an wants to further hold the knights in his hands, it is necessary to promote a new leader.
Then, at this stage, Catherine will have to show her ability and prestige, at least, to establish some lineage and team within the Knights.
"Mom is really annoying, this kind of thing wants me to run, forget it, this is not wrong, performing a little bit of duty as a knight, can also make me go a little more at ease."
Reality is much crueler than fairy tales, and at the last and most critical moment, people often do not want to tide over difficulties together, but their own one-third of an acre.
"Although it is good for you to serve the new lord now, daughter, you have to be more useful, so that he will not give up on you casually. At this time, it is much more useful to help him catch the Knights than to do housekeeping. You say you don't need to woo the knights at all, they are very respectful to you now? Oh, courtesy and loyalty are two different things, you have to give them the opportunity to surrender, they will be your people."
Along the way, just as Marianne had expected, there were constant knights who came to Catherine privately and said some gibberish things, vaguely expressing their allegiance to the like, "You say I don't go down, your words work in the Order".
Moreover, most of them end up squeezing out a gift or something, some cheap and some valuable.
Allegiance? Surrender? That's probably what it means.
If Catherine was still busy on Lu Ping'an's side, she would not have such a convenient opportunity, it doesn't matter what these knights say or what they send, the important thing is that after the action of "sending" and "private talking", they are Catherine's subordinates in the small circle within the Knights.
Among them, there are even two middle-aged knights who have never had a good face for her in the past with the knight captain who is similar to Catherine, but this time they are like businessmen.
Originally, Catherine was a little disdainful, in the past, he was loyal, righteous and brave, never gave gifts or accepted bribes, he could be called a model knight, and had a good relationship with Catherine, who was a little "stupid" at that time. But now with his head down, the expression of the Sekin necklace is ridiculous enough.
But on second thought, he has a happy family, a beautiful daughter and two somewhat stupid sons.
Catherine sighed, didn't say anything, and just accepted it.
The knight captain also sighed, but his face was much lighter.
"No, it's all about living."
Even, to be malicious, Catherine vaguely felt that the motives of the knight commanders to take the initiative to "patrol" this time were not pure.
Perhaps, this is also an opportunity to seize military power, and at the same time, to express to the new boss that he is still a good person who abides by the spirit of chivalry, and is still performing his duties at least at the last moment.
Speaking of the boss Lu Ping'an, the female knight had a smile on her face.
It's not that she has any special feelings for Lu Ping'an, it's just because.
"It's good that they're here. They look like good people. ”
Lu Ping'an and his entourage are the kind of good people in the literal sense, and in the eyes of locals like Catherine, these outsiders who seem to be in the peaceful world can be called extremely rare good people among outsiders.
"There was no persecution, no bad exploitation, no looting, no auction of tickets, no slavery of everyone, no self-esteem of the emperor."
Not to mention that their requirements are low, because all of the above things have already been done by outsiders.
Outsiders with a few tickets come to this far area, as long as they buy off the local lord, anything can happen.
When it was confirmed that the news of the "end of the world" was true, more news spread all over the sky, and it was almost inevitable to inquire about each other's "ticket prices".
Many bad outsiders have been disgusted and spread everywhere. That's a real evil act that constantly challenges the bottom line of morality, and many outsiders don't treat the locals as "intelligent creatures" at all.
Actually, these knights don't care much, at least, they don't show that they care, they always care
"In the future, when you work under such a good person, you should still be alive."
That's what they need, just live, and it's better if they have dignity.
Shepherds? They are a big wrongdoer, and they will really kill a group of people by following them, and more importantly, they don't have a ticket.
The reality is a little ruthless, but that's it, the shepherd who doesn't have a "boat ticket" is directly expelled from the ranks of "outsiders".
Catherine and her party did not go far, she went around in a circle, moved a few villages, and prepared to go back.
She thought that this was the end of it, but she didn't expect that in the last village, there was an accident.