A week later.

The renovated inner fort in Hebron.

Dressed in black scale armor and a red double-headed eagle's cloak, Lothar stood majestically on the throne.

He was receiving allegiance from more than a dozen noble sons from the continent.

These days, there are often noble children from all over the world who come to serve, mostly the second sons of nobles from the European continent, in addition to an empty title, but also a suit of equipment and the ambition to make a contribution.

Lothar sifted through the selections, some of which served as candidates for the transfer of heavy archers, and some of which were sent directly to Jeanne to help train the recruits.

The number of Imperial Knights is limited, and it can't be wasted on them.

Lothar also plans to accumulate some slots to use when he gathers the lords of all regions to go south to attack the territory of Rauf.

He is now the spokesman of the "Young Zhuang faction" of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, with the same status as Renard in the past, and can compete with the regent Raymond.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wang Party had not officially merged with the Queen Mother's Party, there would only be more people who took refuge in him.

Send away the knights who are new loyal to him.

Jeanne looked unkind, and walked into the castle.

"During this time, adults are still happy at home?"

After speaking, without waiting for Lothar to reply, he said again: "I think it is very lively, every day without wind and sun, even the skin is a lot more delicate." ”

She glanced at Cellynina, who was sitting next to her, chatting quietly with Fringilla, and hummed, "Look at Miss Cellinina, what a little girl she was so white, she was about to turn sunburned. ”

"It's not such an exaggeration."

Lothar glanced at Cellynina, it was indeed a little darker, but it was far from wheat.

Cellina also frowned slightly, and whispered to Fryne, "Is it really a lot darker?" ”

Fringira muttered, "Don't listen to her nonsense, Jeanne's words are only half reliable at most." ”

"It's been a hard time for you."

Cellina shook her head slightly and said, "It's not hard, it's the duty of your subordinates." ”

Jeanne said in a strange manner: "Indeed, where is this hard, after all, the next step is to go deep into the enemy territory to hunt a fire dragon, maybe which sister will be heroic." ”

Lothar Stopper.

He could understand the resentment of Jeanne, who was bent on making a mess.

Because during this time, he really didn't do anything serious.

In addition to exercising and meditating every day, it is also a matter of "accepting allegiance".

Andreas managed Hebron in an orderly manner, his potential was not low, and he studied with Curos for a while, and he made great progress, and was fully capable of ruling the party.

"Don't be angry, dear Jeanne, see what this is?"

Lothar spread out her hand, and a boxy sheet with gold trim appeared in her palm, which looked like a prop from a videotape.

Here's this week's gacha reward.

The full name of this thing is: Blank Battle Record (Battle of Song and Jin).

This is a rare item that can be used to make it elitist, and as long as you pass the test in this blank combat record, you can successfully advance to the elite stage.

"Your Excellency, you're so nice!"

A bright smile suddenly bloomed on Jeanne's face, and she took the Phnom Penh tape and looked at it carefully.

Is this man a dog, turning his face so quickly?

Lothar was a little speechless and said:

"Don't be too happy, this blank combat record requires you to lead all the soldiers in the territory to defeat the 5,000 army led by Jin Wushu, the general of the Jin Kingdom, in a skirmish.

With this little bit of family background in the territory, do you think it is possible? ”

Jeanne frowned: "I know a little bit about Jin Guo, but who is this Jin Wushu?" What is the composition of the 5,000 soldiers and horses under his hands? Elite or rabble? ”

"Jin Wushu is the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, his real name is Wanyan Zongbi, he is not a particularly outstanding general, but he is certainly not a brainless fool."

In legends, this person often appears as Yue Fei's background board.

"The army he leads, of course, is elite! Light and heavy cavalry, you name it. ”

"Xiliao, that is, Taohuashi Khan, was beaten into a lost dog by this group of people."

Lothar's tone paused slightly, and then said: "But it is the lost dog of Xiliao, in Central Asia, the Sassanid king who is still fighting was defeated and lost, and once lost the anointed land in this river, you can imagine how powerful the army of this Jin country is." ”

Jeanne frowned: "Then how are they equipped?" I heard that this Jin Kingdom was originally a group of barbarians living in the forest, no matter how brave they are, how powerful can they be? ”

Luo Sa said a little helplessly: "Originally, it shouldn't have been very good, but defeating the Song Dynasty and the Khitan Liao Dynasty provided a large number of armor, weapons, and bows and crossbows to the people of the Jin Kingdom..."

"So the equipment is also very elite, right?"

Jeanne was speechless.

Lothar sighed lightly: "Anyway, take it first, when your new army finishes training, there should still be a chance to win the opponent." ”

"Can I try it first?"

Jeanne pondered: "Come to think of it, if I can shoot his main general with a holy spear, the enemy army will have no backbone, and if I fight, I may not be able to win." ”

Lothar nodded, "Yes." But it's best not to, the upper limit of the use of this blank combat record is three times, and besides, no one can say whether there are powerful transcendents around the Golden Vulture or not, you may not be able to succeed in decapitation. ”

"That's it, then I'll take it first, anyway, it's still early to reach the full level."

Jeanne said with some regret.

She still knows very well how much money Lothar has, after expanding the army and relocating these tens of thousands of people, there is really no money left.

One can only hope that Hogg's ghost ship and the merchant fleet sent out by Mueller will bring back enough valuables.

Put away the combat record.

Jeanne teased: "My lord, I am quite surprised that you did not give it to Miss Pranya but gave it to me." ”

"What's so unexpected about this?"

Lothar asked rhetorically.

"This thing must be given priority to the six-star servants, Cellinina and Prajna are assassins and iron guards, neither of them is as good as you, the lord's template, and the elitist in advance."

Frigila snorted lightly: "I don't accept it, why should I be counted as a five-star, it's not fair!" ”

"It's not something I can control."

Lothar comforted, "If I can call the shots, I will definitely appoint you as a six-star limit." ”

Jeanne smiled and said, "I think so too, with Miss Flin's skills, being a six-star is more than enough." ”

"Nina, what do you think?"

Cellinina, who was silent on the side, didn't expect that there was something of her own, and was stunned for a moment before saying, "What my lord said to Miss Jeanne is very reasonable. ”

"Ahem—let's get down to business."

Lothar straightened up: "Your business should have come to an end for the time being, right?" ”

Celinina nodded, "Yes, the lords are already in place, with the assistance of the Imperial Knights from all over the country, and the Border Patrol Officer you appointed, there should be no problems." ”

"It's the same on my side."

Jeanne replied: "The nine hundred standing troops you want me to train are already in place, the dozen or so archers you sent to me are of good quality, and the means of training the infantry of Lyne and Moder are also passable, and it is nothing if I am not present." ”

Heavy archers are also counted as archers.

"In that case, then it's decided, tomorrow we will set off and go south to the infidel territory to hunt the tyrannical dragon, is there a problem?"

Jeanne said cheerfully, "No problem. ”

Cellinina nodded slightly: "Me too." ”

Jeanne said suddenly: "By the way, I heard that the Duke of Sibylla has married Berrien of the Yin Belin family in the past few days, do you have any ideas?" ”

"No idea."

Lothar really didn't care about that.

In terms of appearance, Sibylla is far inferior to the women in front of him.

On feelings?

He had a fart relationship with Sibylla.

He is all open, do you still have to rely on marriage to start a business?

Isn't that a kneeling begging for food?

Jeanne teased: "That's really a pity, but my lord, you are so ambitious, how about going back to conquer Constantinople for you, and letting the empress of the Eastern Empire be your little wife?" ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for the day when your big words come true."

Lothar couldn't help but laugh.

Although the Eastern Empire is in decline, it is still a large empire of great importance on the European continent, where is what he can touch now with a mere border count.

"By the way, today, you all learn a few words of the commonly used Arabic from Prajna, which may come in handy when the time comes, and I don't plan to clash with Rauf's army when I go."

It's different when I come back.

...

Three days later.

Lothar stood on a raised black rock.

Looking out at the continuous volcanoes in front of you.

At the crater, smoke fills the air.

There was black solidified lava everywhere, and when you walked on it, you could feel a scorching heatwave.

The ground is black, which is already absorbing heat, and the fact that it is getting closer and closer to the crater and possibly the effect of geothermal heat makes my feet hot when I step on this black rock.

Flynn turned into a small bat and stepped on Cellynina's shoulder, covering her head with her wings.

A layer of black mist lingered around them, a means of cooling down Frigila.

Jeanna followed closely by Praruo's side, rubbing the small air conditioner that Praruo came with, and said with a lazy expression: "Miss Praruo, if I were a man, I would snatch you from the adults even if I didn't want to die." ”

Lothar was convinced.

In this era without air conditioning, Prajna is always dripping God!

The mounts that the group had brought with them were all placed at the foot of the mountain.

They can endure this kind of heat, but the mounts cannot, even if they don't consider the preciousness of the war horses of this era, they have to count on them on the way back.

All the way.

There was nothing dangerous about it.

It's just that the border cities are quite strictly checked, and from time to time there are falcons hovering in the sky, and it is obvious that Rauf is worried that Lothar will take the opportunity to go south.

But in reality, unless it was with the help of the Crusaders in Jerusalem, or only plundered and did not occupy territory, Lothar simply did not have the strength to take Rauf's territory in the Hejaz.

Lothar twitched the wings of his nose suddenly, and his heart beat suddenly: "I feel it, it's down there." ”

They quickened their pace and came to the area around the crater.

Lothar took a step forward and stood to the side, and suddenly there was a contrast between its own smallness and the grandeur of the volcano.

Stretching his neck and looking down, the clouds and fog below were shrouded, and he couldn't see anything at all.

Jeanne frowned and said, "What should we do, we can't go down there and wake it up, can we?" ”

The inside of this crater is not easy to climb, because it is a pyramid shape as a whole, and it is easy to climb from the outside, but it is difficult to climb from the top to the inside.

Lothar pressed his chest, his heart beating like a drum, the resonance of the Dragonborn bloodline against the dragon, and he could already be sure that below was the habitat of the tyrannical dragon.

Lothar was silent for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No need. ”

The original idea of the first wave of fire has become empty talk, and I can't even look at the shadow of the other party, so why talk about fire?

"The tyrannical dragon has a strong sense of territory, and although it sleeps deeply, as long as I show the dragon's might, it will definitely not allow a strange dragon to break into its home."

"Frynn, you can start setting up, and the others will rest in place or help."

"When Flimb is done, we're going to war."