There was no accident with Gervais and his party on their way back to the Golden Castle, except that all the guards had to return on foot because the wagons they had traveled in were used to carry food, which slowed down the return journey, and it took twice as long to reach the gentle slope of the castle.

Originally, it didn't matter if it took a little more time to hurry back, but halfway through, the full moon in the sky had disappeared, and instead of a spider's web, lightning streaked across the sky to illuminate the whole world, and the terrifying sound of thunderclaps kept coming.

Gervais is very worried that it will rain, the roads in this world are all dirt roads, a rainstorm is likely to make several carriages unable to move forward, and the rain all the time is likely to make people cold and cold, there is no special medicine in this world, and those with poor resistance are likely to die because of a small cold.

Thankfully, when they felt outside the castle, the fearful downpour didn't pour down.

"Whew! Finally arrived! ”

Riding on his horse to the gates of the Golden Castle, Gervais was relieved that they had finally made it back to the castle before it rained.

The procedure for entering the castle was exactly the same as the last time I returned to Gandalf's castle, where a guard was lowered with a sling and the gate slowly opened after confirming Gervais's identity.

"My lord, hard work!"

Gervais and his party rushed in through the castle gate, Anna and Thomas were already standing in the vestibule, and before Gervais dismounted, Anna had already walked up with a towel and handed it to Gervais.

"Your Excellency, you have worked hard!"

Anna has now become Gervais's personal maid, and she is now responsible for all these things to serve Gervais, but Thomas is behind Anna, and does not step forward, just waiting for Gervais's command with a flattering face.

"Thank you, Anna!" Gervais took the towel and wiped his face and hands and handed it back to Anna, looking at her lovely face and smiling and thanking her.

"Thomas, let the kitchen cook some hot food for the soldiers, and by the way, the meat of the Storm Wolf will be burned as well, and Lord Nashen and I will have some to eat later."

At this moment, it was the middle of the night, and everyone was busy for half the night, and they were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, especially himself, who was fighting the whole time tonight.

"Yes, sir."

Thomas took the order and hurried back to the inner fort.

"Anna, there's a lot of grain on the wagon, you take care of it, and let the soldiers carry it into the warehouse!" And those swords and leather armor, you are also responsible for the statistics, classification and statistics, and the results of the statistics will be handed over to Butler Thomas."

"Yes, sir!"

After Thomas and Anna had each done what Gervais had instructed, Gervais led Nashen to the hall on the first floor of the Inner Fort.

"Lord Nashen, thank you for your hard work tonight!"

Gervais sat in the wide chair and took several sips of juice before smiling and looking at Nashen.

"Young Master Gervais is polite, I just acted on orders, where my duty lies, and the reason why it went so smoothly tonight is all due to you, Young Master."

Nashen was embarrassed to accept Gervais's thanks, to be honest, if it wasn't for Gervais who designed to kill a few knights tonight, whether they could successfully intercept the convoy is not to say, only in the camp, he and Gervais attacked the ironclad man together, and the rest of the time is basically soy sauce.

"Thank you to my dear father, if it weren't for his support, this interception plan would not have been launched, I really didn't expect that there would be a Mithril mine in that camp."

Gervais smiled dumbly, but he was a little proud in his heart, the peak knights had died under his long sword, if it weren't for the aristocratic law there, Gervais would have the urge to hang a banner to show off.

"Master Gervais, the less people know about Mithril as much as possible, especially not to let the people in the church know."

Nashen heard Gervais mention Mithril, and although he was also laughing, his tone became slightly serious, and he slowly said to Gervais.

"Oh? Does the church also collect Mithril? ”

Gervais was a little surprised, the less people knew about this, it was understandable, after all, he was guilty, in case he was remembered, his life would definitely be difficult, and his overall strength was still very weak, so that people knew that he couldn't keep the Mithril mine in the buffer zone at all, but Nashen specifically mentioned the church, which made Gervais a little unintelligible.

"Yes, Master Gervais, the church collects Mithril, most of the Mithril in our principality has been taken away by the church, and even some Mithril mines are mined by the church, and only a small number of Mithril mines are hidden by the lords and mined and sold privately."

"Lord Nashen, the church doesn't fight, why do they want so much Mithril? Even if you equip a few knights, you won't need that much, right? Are they deliberately hoarding and selling at a higher price? Doesn't the king interfere either? ”

Gervais was a little confused, although the Mithril Mine was a good thing, but it couldn't be eaten, the church actually monopolized the Mithril of the entire principality, Gervais could only guess whether the church wanted to make money, but the behavior of the philistine was different from the church in the original owner's impression.

"What does the church want so much Mithril for, no one knows, but the price of Mithril is not because of the church, Mithril is scarce, and it has a huge effect, so it is so expensive, 10 gold coins for one gram of Mithril is the price sold by the church, and alchemists use this price to buy Mithril in the church, as for those lords who sell privately, the price may rise to 11 gold coins a gram, because the amount sold by the church every year is limited, and only alchemists have the right of first refusal."

As he spoke, Nashen raised the juice in his hand and drank a few sips, moistened his throat before continuing to say to Gervais: "The strength of the church is very strong, the pope of the church is the peak golden knight, and the church has three knights, of which the Holy Knights are all composed of silver knights, the number is about three thousand, and the strength of the remaining two knights is unknown, but that knight is resident in the holy city, and no one else can go to that place in the holy city except for the people of the church." ”

Hiss~

After listening to Nashen's words, Gervais gasped, this was the first time he knew that the strength of the church was so terrifying, no wonder he could take half of the tax revenue from the lord, and the king of Mithril did not dare to oppose it.

The Holy Knights knew that it was a legion that provided security for the church to travel around the continent, but he didn't expect that this knight was a silver knight, which was intimidating to think about, and this was just the armed force of the church on the surface.

God knows what the strength of the other two knights stationed in the Holy City will be, but since they can be used as hole cards to protect the Holy City, Gervais thinks that it is only stronger than the Holy Knights on the surface, and at least the strength is comparable to the Holy Knights.

If it is really as guessed, it means that the church has nearly 10,000 silver knights, as well as a pinnacle-level golden knight pope, and all archbishops with extraordinary strength, and Gervais feels that unless several major principalities unite, it is possible to compete with the church.

"It seems that the news of these Mithril must indeed be kept secret, and when they are used, they can only be taken out and used little by little, and they cannot attract the attention of the church, otherwise they will have to give up their share of the Mithril mine."

Having deeply understood the horror of the church's strength, Gervais also took the matter of secrecy seriously.