"Berg, I've been feeling uneasy lately." Carl ate the breakfast he had instructed the chef to make as usual, and although it was as delicious as ever, it seemed a little hard for him to swallow.

"Sir Sir, this is just your thoughts, maybe you should take a good rest, after all, you are too tired these days." Berg shrugged his shoulders, Karl was really used to working, and he didn't fit in when he was idle, so he had to find something to do for himself, such as directing the projects that were being built everywhere in the territory.

"Perhaps." Carl said casually, and he didn't know if it was a delusion.

"By the way, Lord Sir, the Knights of St. John have agreed to talk to us." Berg said suddenly.

"Knights of St. John? Well, I see. Karl nodded, the Knights of St. John are a knightly order temporarily stationed in the town of Javier, they serve the Lord, faith is everything to them, as long as they can fight the infidels and spread the glory of the Lord, then they will not even need to be paid.

In this war between the Earl of Lens and the Great Chief of Fort Carmel, the Knights of St. John were not vassals of the Earl of Lens, nor were they under the jurisdiction of the Earl of Lens, and the Earl of Lens did not recruit them.

To be precise, the Earl of Lens did not know about their existence at all, the Earl of Lensburg lived in Lensburg all the year round, so he naturally did not know much about the power of Winterburgshire, and the Knights of St. John had only recently moved their headquarters to the town of Javier.

Berg also happened to encounter a fallen knight near the town of Javier recently, when he was attacked by the male, and the other knights were not there, and at the last moment, Berg and the guards took out the male.

Because of this, Berg gained a friendship with the Knights of St. John, acting as a bridge between Karl and the Knights of St. John.

"In the afternoon, in the afternoon they will send a knight to your territory to meet you." Berg added.

"Okay, I got it." Karl whispered, these religious knights who fought for their faith had great power, and their faith made them invincible on the battlefield.

However, this does not mean that these religious knights are good friends, in fact, if a nobleman really relies on each other, it will not be long before his power will be completely infiltrated by these religious knights, although every nobleman believes in the Lord, but no one wants the power of their own territory religion to be too strong.

Of course, he doesn't need to think about this problem now, he only hopes to get the help of the Knights of St. John, his strength is too weak, if he can get the help of the Knights of St. John, it will be a great help if he launches a war against the Flo people in the future.

……

"Honorable Sir Karl Dias, Lord of Sylde Manor, and knight of the Earl of Lens, I, Vane Steve, salute you."

The Knights of St. John were very punctual, and in the afternoon a well-equipped knight arrived at Karl's territory with the banner of the Knights of St. John.

"May God bless you, Lord Vahn." Karl looked at the young man, his face was resolute, his expression was a little solemn, there seemed to be a power in his eyes, Karl knew that it was faith, an iron cross was worn by Vahn around his neck, as if the Lord could look at him in this way.

"I am speaking to you on behalf of the elders of the Knights of St. John."

Karl was dumbfounded, it seemed that this young man was quite impatient, and this was straight to the point.

"Of course, if you have that right." Carl bowed, that's fine, he's not good at chatting.

"I have received permission from the elders to represent the Knights of St. John." Vahn said without hesitation.

Karl silently took note of this sentence, and it seemed that Vahn's status in the Knights of St. John was not low.

"Well, of course, I'd like to discuss an alliance with the Knights of St. John." Carl shrugged.

"Alliance?" Vahn didn't seem to expect Karl to suddenly say such a sentence, and he pouted slightly, he had expected nothing more than Karl wanted them to help him start a war against the Flo.

"Yes, it's an alliance, and I hope that in this way we can protect both of our existence, and if the Flo attack us, we can help each other, and if one of us starts a war against the Flo, the other needs to help with all its might." Karl explained that this was his wishful thinking, and that the military strength of Sylde Manor was good, and there were some cavalry, but the number of knights was still too small, and it needed the support of a knight order like the Knights of St. John.

"Your proposal is interesting, Lord Sir, but we of the Knights of St. John would prefer to pray in the church with the Lord rather than get involved in disputes between nobles, in fact, if it were not for the kindness of Mr. Berg to our Knights of St. John, perhaps we would not have come here at all, of course, we do not mean to look down on you, but we prefer peace."

Vahn came back to his senses and did not hesitate to reject Karl's proposal, the Knights of St. John did not need this.

"No, my friend, maybe you didn't understand what I meant, what I'm saying is that if both of us suffer or attack the Flo, the other side will help, and that obviously doesn't include the Dilman nobles." Karl knew that the other party had misunderstood, and perhaps now it seemed to the other party that he was trying to pull the Knights of St. John into the worldly knighthood in this way.

"Oh? Is it limited to the Flos? Vahn groaned as he touched his chin......

"Of course, you are all noble and powerful knights, you are faithful servants of the Lord, how could I let you meddle in worldly affairs, but if we can defeat the Flo people and spread the gospel of the Lord in the territory of the Flos, it will also be a great honor for the Knights of St. John." Carl talked eloquently, seducing Vahn step by step, and all kinds of good words seemed to be said "inadvertently", which made Vahn enjoy it very much.

"Well, you're right, Sir Karl, but maybe we still need to think about what we'll get by forming an alliance, and what we'll each be responsible for.

Carl was overjoyed, he knew that the other party was moved.

"Hmm...... I wonder what the Knights of St. John would like to get? Karl remained silent and kicked the question to the side of the Knights of St. John to get them to speak.

"Okay...... Perhaps the wealth of the land is a good choice. ”

Karl was stunned, Vahn's words overwhelmed him, isn't this a religious knight? Why is it now reformed? Religious knights are also starting to ask for pay? The good guys still want land and wealth, is this to be used as a fief?

As if seeing Karl's surprise, Vahn just smiled and said, "Diligence and thrift are indeed a good virtue, and we will carry out this virtue, but we also need enough money and land to maintain our Knights, and we need these to keep us strong enough to continue to serve the Lord." ”

Carl secretly slandered in his heart, these religious knights are usually righteous and awe-inspiring, high-sounding, isn't this trying to ask for benefits?

Of course, I think so, but Carl also has to put on a face that he takes for granted.

"Of course, my friend, if we can really win in the territory of the Flo people in the future, those are what the Knights of St. John deserve."

"Ou, you are really a noble nobleman, and the Lord will bless you." Hearing Carl's words, Vahn was quite happy, although it was only a blank check, but it was also a promise.

The two sides chatted for a while, and completely supplemented some details of the problem.

"Maybe it's time for me to leave, and I have to report these things to the elders." Vahn got up, after all, he only represented the elders of the Knights, but he was not the elders of the Knights after all, and he had to go back and ask for instructions on such a big matter.

"Of course, my friend, thank you very much today, maybe I can ask the soldier to give you a ride?" Carl suggested, after all, now that the war is in chaos, who knows if there will be a sudden group of Flo people.

"It's more convenient for me to be alone without my friends." Vahn waved his hand, and in fact it was, the presence of a large number of soldiers would not make him safer, it would only make his target larger, easier to be detected by the enemy, and even not conducive to a quick departure.

"Well, I wish you a nice trip." Carl just mentioned it casually, and since the other party refused, he naturally wouldn't insist on it.

……

"Vahn, you're back from that nobleman's domain?"

When Vahn led his horse back to the Knights of St. John's garrison, many knights gathered around him to ask Vahn about his condition.

Their equipment seems to be a little worn, which is also normal, most of the knights in the Religious Knights do not have their own fiefs, and of course they do not have enough funds to maintain their needs, and the subsidies given by the Knights are also pitiful, and the Knights of St. John, who have great faith in the Lord, have taken the virtue of thrift to the extreme, and to put it bluntly, they are poor.

"Yes, that's a very good nobleman, and after my observation, Sylde Manor also has a lot of military strength, by the way, let's not talk about this, I have something to tell the elders, where are the elders now?" Vahn shook the dust off his body and asked his companion.

"Maybe in the conference room."

Vahn nodded, handed over the warhorse to the servant, and walked straight in the direction of the conference room, he needed the approval of the elders.

On a certain day, the lord of Sylde Manor, Karl, reached an agreement with the Knights of St. John, and the two sides formed an alliance against the Flo.