Chapter 105: The Hammer Family
From Bernard's words, Gervais can be regarded as hearing some information, he is now basically sure that Bernard is the descendant of that family, otherwise you dare to talk about inheritance in front of the noble lord, saying that the work of a guard is not as good as a blacksmith, and the noble lord will beat you every minute so that you don't even know your parents.
After determining Bernard's identity, Gervais will not let go, and after a little thought, Gervais writes a blank check that he thinks is very tempting.
"I won't treat them badly when I work under me, and if anyone does a good job, I'm going to teach him the method of Dou Qi cultivation, and I'm very satisfied with Agec's current performance."
"Thank you Lord Lord for your kindness, Lord Lord is really courageous!"
Bernard heard that Gervais was willing to reward his subordinates with a Douqi cultivation technique, and he really admired Gervais, after all, Douqi is the cornerstone of the nobles of this world to maintain their rule, and the nobles can reward meritorious heroes with gold and silver coins, but there are very few Douqi cultivation techniques.
However, although Bernard's words were beautiful, he still did not want Alec to become a guard, so he took a sip of his wine glass before continuing to say respectfully to Gervais: "Your courage and quality among the nobles are what I have seen in my life, my lord, please forgive me for my offense, and let me tell you a story." ”
"Before the kingdom was divided, the king himself canonized a blacksmith's surname, that is, the surname Hammer, which was unprecedented and unique for the whole kingdom."
"The man who was given the surname Hammer by the king was also canonized as a viscount, and his territory was less than a hundred miles outside the royal capital.
Bernard began to tell the story he told, listening to Bernard's story, Gervais was not angry, but a little excited, Bernard's story completely showed that there was really an excellent blacksmith hidden in his territory, and it was a blacksmith with a heritage, so Gervais drank wine and listened quietly, he also wanted to know more about the Hammer family, after all, there were only a few records about this family in the books, as if it had been deliberately deleted.
"The blacksmith who was awarded the title of viscount is called Habu, and the method of mixing Mithril with ordinary iron is what he dedicated to the kingdom, and the king of the kingdom got this secret recipe, with the sharp armor of the sharp soldiers, within a few years, the entire continent was included in the territory of the kingdom, and it is precisely because of this merit that Habu directly became the Viscount of Habu Iron Hammer as a commoner, and later got the cultivation method of vindictive spirit from the king and became a silver high-level knight."
"In the year 205 of the Gregorian calendar, the king died suddenly, the kingdom was divided, and strangely, Viscount Habu also disappeared quietly at this time."
"Although Viscount Habu is missing and the kingdom is divided, the descendants of Habu, the descendants who master the production of Mithril equipment are still popular, they are warmly sought after by every noble, and their status has not fallen because of Habu's disappearance, but has gone to the next level, because their Mithril technology will no longer be controlled by the king."
"Just when the lives of the descendants of Hab were getting better and better, an archbishop of the church approached these descendants of Hab and invited them to go to the Holy City to help make Mithril equipment for the paladins, in the eyes of those descendants, this is a glorious thing, because they have not heard of anyone who can go to the Holy City of the Church, and the descendants of Habu all happily agreed to the invitation of the Church and went to the Holy City, but they did not know that they had no hope of returning after this time."
At that time, almost all of Hab's descendants were dispatched, and only one of them, who delayed his journey for three days because his wife was about to give birth, overheard the conversation of two members of the church who were waiting for him, and the church would not let them return to their homes after they had brought them to the holy city.
"Upon learning of this, Hab's descendants prepared to flee, but the matter was revealed, and they were hunted down by the Church on the way, and the wife of the descendant was killed on the way, and only the descendant escaped with his child, who was only a few days old, and in the years that followed, he continued to make the method of Mithril forging known to the public by secret means."
Bernard told the story for a long time, telling the story with a calm expression on his face, as if it was really someone else's story, and after speaking, Bernard raised his glass and drank the rest of the wine.
Although Bernard did not specify who the descendant was, at this time, the fool knew that the descendant with Habu was Bernard and Alec, the two were just the right age, and a blacksmith as versatile as Bernard lived in his remote and poor territory.
What made him even more creepy was that, according to Bernard's account, the church was not as kind as it seemed on the surface, and with the words of Nashen last night, Gervais felt that the church was like a large black hole, mysterious and dangerous.
"So, my lord, I beg you to be gracious enough to break your allegiance from Alec, I know it's rude, but I'm willing to craft those Mithril gear for you for free! As compensation for my offense to you. ”
When Bernard finished telling the story, he raised his head slightly and pleaded again to Gervais.
"Since Bernard you have said so, I am not an unreasonable lord, you can call Alec to come to the castle tomorrow to find me, I will cancel his allegiance contract in public, you don't have to worry about security in my territory, there is no church in my territory, there is no priest!"
Hearing that Bernard had exempted the processing fee for Mithril equipment, Gervais was slightly moved, after all, this is 10 gold coins, which can redeem a Lord prisoner of war from an enemy country. And since Bernard is the real descendant of the Hammer family, Gervais is also willing to sell him some favors, after all, forcing a person to serve is not always good for him to come willingly.
Gervais doesn't have to worry about Bernard leaving the Storm Territory now, after all, the church is huge, and there are church priests everywhere in the principality, except for his own remote territory, because of the sparse population, orc invasion and other reasons, there is a reason why the church has not developed here.
"But forget about forging equipment for free, I'm not short of that money, you just need to guarantee me the best quality."
Now that the favor has been given, Gervais simply does it to the end, and adds that he thinks that a descendant of a hammer is worth the price, and he and Bernard are not doing a hammer deal, and there is still a lot of equipment waiting for Bernard to forge it.
"Thank you, Lord Lord!"
Hearing Gervais's latter words, Bernard's face was a little complicated, he thought that Gervais agreed to lift Alec's oath of allegiance because he was worried about the church and for the sake of the gold coin, but he didn't expect him to guess wrong! Gervais didn't accede to his request because of the church and the gold.
"Lord Lord is so generous, I Bernard can't repay it, here is a secret technique that I carried with me when I escaped from the family, please Lord Lord must accept it!"
As he spoke, Bernard took out a thin book from his bosom and respectfully handed it to Gervais with both hands. The cover of the book had yellowed, and it didn't look as valuable as the aristocratic autobiographies or travelogues in the study.