Chapter XV: Sparta

The affairs of the City of Oracle can finally be put to an end for the time being, and Rogge leaves Hughes with a bunch of problems and prepares to leave for Dresden.

His Ryoma is dead. Fortunately, after having the silver dragon cuirass, there is no need to wear heavy full-body armor, although the dragon slaying spear is not light, but this weight can be affordable for ordinary horses.

When Rogge returned with the dusty, vicious dragon slaying spear, even Androni was startled. She wanted to try this gun with the blue starry sky, but Rogge felt sorry for the hard-won silver dragon horn and resolutely refused, so that's it.

At this time, the wind butterfly was still extremely weak, but the injury recovered quickly, and it seemed that it would be able to go to the ground in another month at most.

Rogge arranged for the elven craftsmen to produce poison arrows, armor-piercing arrows, and magic arrows such as flame arrows, ice arrows, and strong acid arrows. He was ready to give full play to the long-range attack ability of the Dark Side of the Moon's talent, and he could earn more money when he spent it, but the elf died, and it would be much more difficult to have another one. He really couldn't afford the loss of these elite elven warriors.

The leather armor made of silver dragon skin is not weaker than ordinary full-body armor, and it is very lightweight, which is just right for the dark side of the moon. It's a pity that there are not many of them, only a hundred sets. As for the ten sets of heavy armor made entirely of silver dragon scales, except for the only two surviving elven guardian warriors, none of the rest of the elves could wear them.

Now that the Wind Butterfly is seriously injured, the Elven King's bow is on Raphael's back. The Shadow Knight, who is forever hidden in the darkness, is like a newborn wolf, desperately absorbing all the knowledge around him, and making rapid progress. In just one month's effort, he broke through from level 10 to level 11.

Compared to when he re-entered the Oracle City, when Rogge walked out of the Oracle City this time, the troops that followed behind him seemed much thinner.

When the dusty Rogge stepped into the Grand Duchy of Dresden, he encountered a fierce dispute between Adele and the ministers of finance and military affairs, and it was difficult for Hillet to decide in the middle. The altercation had been going on for several days, but every time Rog left, he mysteriously disappeared, and he was not heard from and did not know when he would return. All the principalities knew was that Rog's elven guards had built a city in the middle of the central mountain range, and that the demon's spirits were imprisoned. As for the exact location of the City of Oracles, no one knows.

Now that the Elven Tree has regained its magic, the City of the Oracle is once again hidden in the vast primeval forest.

Traditionally, every time Rogge returned to Dresden, he would appear in Schielley's mansion first.

While talking to Helai, Androni and Floya were also in the room. At first glance, seeing this peerless man and woman, Xilai was also stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

Rogge took a sip of tea, put down the report in his hand, and said, "Lord Helai, the rebellion of the Snow Falcon is not strange, and it is not a big deal. Although Lord Frey suffered a small loss, as long as our army passed, these traitors would not be able to play any tricks. It's just that Adele's decision is a little strange, to hire a mercenary group with only more than thirty knights with five thousand gold coins to quell the rebellion? And this five percent armor tax...... Let's not talk about this tax, Lord Helai, have you seen that mercenary group, and what do you think of them?"

Hilly groaned for a moment, and said, "They are truly excellent knights, and besides, I have never seen such majesty and murder in other knights. However, aside from their arrogance, I can't see how much more powerful they are than Snow Bear Riders. It stands to reason that at the price paid by Grand Duke Adele, it is enough to hire a mercenary group of more than 1,000 people. But before you left, you had instructed that the matter of armaments and officer candidates should be decided by Grand Duke Adele, and the old ministers would not interfere, but this time her two decisions involved the authority of the Minister of Finance and War, and exceeded the authority you had granted her, which would lead to disputes. ”

Rogge said slowly: "It doesn't seem wrong to select talents through open recruitment of mercenary groups. Why are you so vehemently opposed, do you think Adele is doing something behind our back?"

Xilai hesitated for a moment before he said, "Archduke Adele treats her duties almost fanatically, and I don't see what she will do behind her back." But Lord Rog, mercenaries are like girls, and there is no other way to gain their loyalty than money. I think it's very inappropriate to want to choose officers from mercenaries. My lord, Grand Duke Adele is very clever, sometimes her approach is crazy and bold, although the effect has been good so far, but ruling a country cannot rely on this kind of gambling!"

Rogge nodded and said, "I see." A small mercenary group that can cost Adele 5,000 gold coins is very interesting! Xilai, you arrange it for me, now I want to meet this mercenary group, and then go back to the Grand Duke's Mansion. ”

It was nearly dusk, and the barracks in Dresden were filled with shouts, laughter, noise, and fighting. Rogge stood at the gate of the barracks, looked inside, and smiled at Helai: "Adele's idea is not bad, anyway, this barracks is empty, and it is nothing to live for the mercenary group who came to apply for free, but you can earn a lot of money on food." ”

Helai obviously didn't like the noise and chaos inside, he twisted his beard and said, "Lord Rogge, these mercenaries are lawless, once we are not selected to carry out the counterinsurgency mission, I am afraid that they will make trouble." ”

Rogge smiled slightly and said, "It's only a little over a thousand people, who dares to make trouble on my territory?" ”

Androni suddenly grabbed Rogge: "Wait, there's a very powerful guy in there, well, he already senses that we're coming." It's better to be careful. ”

Rogge said: "Don't be afraid, we're not here to fight." Let's see. With that, he stepped into the barracks first.

In the courtyard of the barracks sat many mercenaries. At this time, they had already had dinner, and it was time to get together and talk nonsense.

The noisy barracks compound suddenly fell silent, and countless pairs of eyes with **naked eyes fell on Floya. This little goblin again posed as an awe-inspiring and inviolable iceberg. Rogge knew that this was what she really was. Since that fragrant night, he understands that Floya's previous charm and charm are all disguised, and she, like Androni, has an absolute rejection of men not only psychologically, but also physically.

As for these vulgar mercenaries, Rogge thought to himself, if he provoked Floya......

In the blink of an eye, Healai led Rog to the door of an inconspicuous small barracks in the west, and said, "The quicksand mercenary is here." ”

Rogge stood silently in the doorway, not entering. Androni placed her hand on the blue starry sky, and Floya looked intently at the door, turning the sapphire ring on her slender jade finger. They all felt the sudden murderous aura rising from behind the door. Rogge sniffed even more blood. This is a faint bloody aura that can only be found after countless battlefield killings.

"Is it a quicksand mercenary group in there? We have no ill intentions, can we come out and see it?" Rogge said.

The heavy wooden door opened, and an ordinary-looking man stepped out. Rog felt a little familiar and looked at him carefully. The man also looked Rog up and down, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

"Are you...... Lord Charlie?" asked Rog tentatively.

"Are you Rogge?"

Rogge never imagined that he would meet his old friend thousands of miles away!

Now Charlie is dressed ordinarily, with a frosty face, at first glance he looks like a shrewd man in his thirties, how can he still have half the nobility and glory of the Knight of the Round Table back then?

At first glance, Charlie was also a little excited, but the two of them had a friendship with each other back then, and they couldn't even talk about general friendship. This reunion, although it was also a little exciting, could be restrained.

"Are the quicksand mercenaries inside ......," Rogge asked tentatively.

Charlie stepped back in and smiled, "It's all the old departments that followed Lord Ophorok back then." Lord Rogge, please come in!"

The faces of the thirty golden lion knights of the past were somewhat stained with wind and frost at this moment, and the arrogance that Rogge knew was gone, replaced by calm, murderous and ruthless.

Rogge looked over one by one before asking, "Your Excellency's Golden Lion Knight...... Are these people the only ones left?"

Charlie said lightly: "Including me, there are thirty-one people in total. ”

Rogge shuddered and asked, "Lord Charlie, ...... you How did you become a mercenary?"

Charlie sighed and said with a wry smile: "What kind of livelihood skills do we have except for fighting? The brothers used to be knights, and they had some face and principles, and if they couldn't be robbers, they had to be mercenaries." This time, the mission of the Duchy of Arei is in hand, and the pay is high, so I will bring my brothers over to try it. ”

Rogge lowered his voice and said, "Lord Charlie, I am now the court magician of the Duchy of Are, are you willing to temporarily grieve and serve in the Gong [***] team with all my brothers?" ”

Charlie pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Rogge, I have many friends in the Church of Light, and I have heard a little about how you were judged a heretic. Those of us who survived the old Orpheroc were impressed by your decision to abandon everything and flee with Miss Elesis. We're in exile anyway, so if we can help you, let's stay in the Duchy of Are. ”

Rogge was overjoyed, rubbed his hands excitedly, and said, "This is great! The environment here is too bad, come on, come, I'll take you to a new residence!"

The Golden Lion Knights had no extra luggage except for armor and weapons, so they simply packed up and followed Rogge out of the barracks.

"Grandma's! I said, why do such a few people dare to come to take on the mission! It turns out that the nobles who know the principality!" a strange voice came from the mercenaries who were watching. The mercenaries in the barracks compound echoed and coaxed, but no one came up to provoke.

Rogge looked at both sides, felt a little strange, and said with a smile: "It's really strange why these mercenaries don't just shout." ”

Charlie smiled, "Why don't you rush? The day we first moved in, almost every mercenary group came to rush once. But they're smart and don't usually come back a second time. ”

Androni snorted and said, "Competing with the Knights of the Round Table and the Golden Lion Knights, of course these third-rate mercenaries are asking for their own hardships!"

Charlie heard that there was a thorn in Androny's words, and the smile on his face remained unchanged: "I was not Lord Andrei's opponent back then, and now your martial arts skills are obviously better than before, let alone before." As for Princess Floya, I absolutely do not want to be an enemy of a great magician. ”

Androni and Floya were enemies of Ophorok and Elesis. Now that the stars are changing, things are right and wrong, these rivals of the year have been exiled, and they have met in the north, and all the grievances of the year have faded. At this time, Charlie was calm and calm, and Androni and Floya were embarrassed to embarrass him again. What's more, they all have their own needs for Rogge at the moment, and they won't come to ruin his good deeds out of boredom.

Then again, Charlie didn't want to be their enemy, and they didn't want to make an enemy like Charlie, the Knight of the Round Table.

In this way, Charlie led thirty golden lion knights and proudly walked out of the barracks under the hostile gaze of more than a thousand mercenaries.

The first thing Rogge did when he returned to the Grand Duke's Mansion was to find Adele, and as soon as he pushed open the door of her room, a vase came to him! Rogge took the vase casually and said with a smile: "Why is it so angry every time I see you?"

Adele saw the person coming in and exclaimed, "Rogge, you're finally back, I've been waiting for you! Those two old idiots of the Minister of Finance and Military Affairs are just too bastards......"

"Alright, alright! Adele, I know what you've done, and you've done a good job! But I have two questions, one is why did you choose the quicksand mercenary group?"

Adele's face flushed slightly, and she said, "Rogge, well, you know...... I'm very good at looking at men. Although the quicksand mercenary group is not very numerous, the calmness, calmness and murderous spirit are something I have never seen before. Their chief, Charlie, knew at first glance that he was a very capable man, and I talked to him once, and I have only seen in you his vision and open-mindedness. You're supposed to be one of the kind, so I'm hell-bent on keeping him in the Duchy so I can help you. ”

"I'm a completely different kind of person than him, but in some places it's similar. Anyway, you're doing a very good job! You want to levy an armor tax, what's the matter?"

"That's right, Rogge, you know that there has been a rebellion in the land of the Snow Falcon, and Lord Frey has brought five hundred soldiers to quell the rebellion, and he has suffered a defeat! I think this is a good excuse, and it is a good time to expand the army in a big way. ”

Rogge was very surprised, but still couldn't see any expression on his face: "Well, then what?"

"You've said that military build-up is the number one priority, and I know that your goals go far beyond the Holy Alliance. Then a strong army is indispensable. The Principality of Arley is a small country, and it is not rich, and it is not known how long it will take to follow the old path of a rich country and a strong army! Now that the Principality has expanded for the first time in decades, its territory has almost doubled! I think that while the people of the Principality are excited, it will be much easier than usual to collect taxes fiercely, whether it is a counterinsurgency or a holy war. If the tax is collected after a while, it will surely provoke a revolt among the common people. Now, in any case, the most important thing is to build up the armament as much as possible, and the life of the civilian population should be miserable, as long as they do not starve to death. ”

Rogge was even more surprised by Adele's alternative opinion, but still asked lightly: "All wise men think that reckless military will not end well. Aren't you afraid of dragging down the national strength of the Principality of Arei by doing this?"

"Rogge, although these civilians will have a hard time for a while, the war will divert their attention. As long as you continue to win on the battlefield, these good fortunes will sustain them to continue to endure hardships, not to mention that they will be compensated with the spoils of war later! The Principality of Arei is a small country, we are like a poor man who does not have many chips in his hand, and if you want to win, you must bet everything you can bet on! Either double or lose!"

"What's more," Adele added, "even if we take out all our chips, we may not be eligible to participate in the game!"

Rogge was silent, he finally raised his head, looked deeply at Adele's fanatical dark brown eyes, and said, "Adele, I must admit that I really underestimated you. Let's do as you say! First, in the name of quelling the rebellion, the principality and the province of Lector will be fully mobilized, and then the armor tax and the spear tax will be levied as much as you can. Starting tomorrow, Adele, the Chancellor of the Duchy's Exchequer, will obey your commands. ”

Adele screamed in surprise, took Rogge's hand, and kissed it hard.

"Alright, alright! No need to do this! The Quicksand Mercenary Regiment has promised to serve the Duchy, and I will let them do their best to train a hoplite cavalry out in the shortest time possible. If they need anything in the future, you have to do everything possible to meet them!"

Every minute counts to Rogge right now. The next day, he took Charlie with him, and gathered all the troops he could, including all the heavy infantry, light infantry, and the Snow Bear Knights, and even the guards of the Grand Duke's Mansion for Charles to choose suitable warriors.

After a busy day, and with repeated lowering of the bar, Charlie finally singled out forty knights and seventy alternate knights. These forty knights were selected from the Snow Bear Knights, and they only needed intensive training. The seventy alternate knights were selected from all branches of infantry, and the first step was to train to ride horses. These things are left to the general instructors. In addition to practicing horseback riding, the Golden Lion Knights instructed them in martial arts, fighting spirit, and battle formation knowledge.

As for the forty Snow Bear Knights, they were trained by Charlie himself.

Of these incomparably precious golden lion knights, Rogge was reluctant to lose one more. He hurriedly transferred thirty sets of heavy armor reinforced with silver dragon scales to these golden lion knights, and prepared a set of heavy armor made entirely of silver dragon scales for Charlie.

The new knights were dragged to the training ground by Charlie in the cold wind before dawn the next day. The knights, dressed only in thin pajamas, shivered in the bitter cold wind.

In the darkness, the milky white fighting aura on Charlie's body was particularly dazzling. He came to the recruits, looked at them one by one, from beginning to end, from tail to end, and then stood still in front of the line. The Snow Bear Knights looked at Charlie's vindictive aura in awe, which represented absolute strength, and was the only thing that could subdue these unruly knights.

"My name is Charlie, and from now on, I will be your instructor, boss, and ...... Predators!" Charlie shouted almost the last word.

"Now, proud knights, let me take a look at your fighting spirit and use all your strength!

However, no matter how hard the Snow Bear Knights tried, there was still darkness in the ranks. The strongest knight among them was only level eight, and he was still quite far away from the glow of his fighting spirit.

Charlie snorted and shouted: "Why didn't I see a piece of light, was it because my eyes were blind? Obviously not, then, from today onwards, I will deprive you of the title of knight! Because you are not worthy! Because my Charlie's knights have never been below the tenth rank! When will you let me see your fighting spirit clearly, and when will you officially become a knight of the Knights!"

"It's not dawn yet, and the wind is cold! But compared to the battlefield, this is heaven! So, how long can you stay in heaven? I can tell you, fourteen days! In fourteen days, I will take you to quell the rebellion in the land of the falcon. I hope you don't underestimate these rebels, there is already a level fourteen grand druid who has failed. There are forty of you now, and if you want to be able to stand before me after the rebellion has been quelled, then you will give me the strength to feed during these fourteen days!"

The Snow Bear Knights have stood up straight, and they have been thoroughly enraged by Charlie's contempt and impudence!

"Very well, it's still a bit like this! Our new order of knights is called the Spartan Knights! But there are only thirty knights at the moment! I hope that within a year, you will all join in, so that there will be seventy knights in my order!

"Understood!!"

"Very well, the Spartan Knights only need real warriors! Our slogan is: We don't care how many enemies there are, we only ask ......"

Charlie paused, then roared in an earth-shattering way:

"Where are they !!?"

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