Rhodes has been in a good mood lately, the group of nobles "invited" from Kislev City seems to be really with Laheim, through Alves's intelligence, these people first have the information that Laheim left for the Empire, and learned that Raheim is negotiating a deal with the Imperial merchants in Baker Harbor, the specific content of this order is that Raphim will buy all kinds of furs from the hunters of Blackhammer Fort, and pull them to Baker Harbor by boat a month later. Moreover, Laheim had already received a deposit from the Imperial merchants as a purchase fund.

After learning the information, the nobles Quarella, Skagard, and Clive immediately took action to get the first step and buy spring furs from the hunters. And hoarded in the warehouse, ready to wait for Laheim to return, and then sell it to him at a high price. If the rival didn't buy it, they sold it to the towns south of Kislev. In short, it's against Laheim.

With intelligence, personnel, and backstage, this war without gunpowder can be said to have been won from the beginning. A week later, the high-spirited Laheim returned from the Empire and was about to buy the furs, only to find that the hunters had no spare furs to sell him. In a fit of rage, they find the source and seek goods from several Kislev Guys, only to have the trio team up to raise the price to an unacceptable level. According to Alves, if Laheim accepts such a price, the order will not be profitable.

In desperation, Laheim had to have the pelts purchased elsewhere, which were then resold to Fort Blackhammer, and finally shipped from the docks to the Empire. The road is long, and the profits have been devoured.

The flag is victorious, and Rhodes has not appeared once in this "trade war", which can be described as a breeze on both sleeves, and the image of a benevolent lord is still the same. In the eyes of outsiders, this is - this matter has nothing to do with me, it is all normal market competition. Only those who know the inside story know that everything was planned by Alves and Rod a long time ago, and fame is important, this is the consensus that Rod and Alves reached from the beginning.

And what really made Rhodes happy was not this incident, Laheim's defeat was doomed, it was just a matter of time, what really made Rhodes extremely happy was actually that the Ursun priest Yeskovich seemed to have found a way to train the bear knight.

A month earlier, Rhodes had appointed the shaman of Ersun, who had been following him all along, as the high priest of the temple of Ersun. In just one month, the temple enrolled many devotees. According to Yeskovich, he has been teaching these believers to practice the pure way of Ersun, one of whom is a bear tamer, after believing in the way of shamanism, tried to communicate with his bear, although he failed, but it gave Yeskovich an inspiration -

Why not use this as a template to train Ersun warriors? Select the strongest of the believers, let them undergo combat and physical training, and if they succeed in advancing to the Erson believers in the future, they can be given two choices, one option is to enter the Great Forest, accept the trial of the bear god, become a true Ersun warrior, and tame a bear as their mount, and return as a real bear knight.

Another option was to remain in the temple and serve Esun. Although most people will choose the latter, after all, entering the dark forest alone and taming the grizzly bear is not something that everyone can do. However, if you do it, and come back after a year and a half, you can become a real bear knight, which is the supreme glory and the recognition of Ersun's believers. To put it bluntly, that is, those who have been blessed by the god of Ersun, when the number of people in this team is enough, maybe they can form a knight order, and the name Rhodes has thought of it, and it will be called "Son of Ersun". That would be a hundred times more powerful than the Gunsca.

Yeskovich's idea was to continue his high priesthood and teach the believers how to pray and how to follow the pure way of Ersun. Don't let their souls be corrupted. And let a battle-hardened knight be an instructor to train these believers in combat, teach them to use weapons and shields, and train their physical abilities. After forming, the combat effectiveness of the Ersun warrior will be several times stronger than that of ordinary warriors.

This method of cultivating knights reminded Rhodes of the paladins in World of Warcraft. In World of Warcraft, paladins are selected by ordinary priests and become paladins after rigorous combat and physical training. And the same is true for the cultivation of the bear knight, in order to become a bear knight, first of all, you must be a follower of Ersun, and secondly, this person must be physically strong enough to withstand the rigors of combat training, and you can become a bear knight with both.

However, according to the assumption, the soon-to-be-baked Black Hammer Bear Knights will be much more difficult and scarce than the paladins in World of Warcraft. After all, it is difficult to enter the big forest to survive alone and tame the grizzly bear on your own, and the fatality rate is very high. Therefore, Rhodes plans to reward them with the title of true knight and give them land if they really pass the trial and become a bear knight in the future. It's also a symbol of glory and status. 33

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Frontier Prince's Domain.

The gray sky and the mountains on the horizon are one, and under the thick clouds, which even the sun cannot penetrate, is a desolate land, and a small castle made of stones stands on the shore, lonely and lonely as the wind and waves lap against the whitening walls.

"Berto, you said that a true knight should not be a mercenary for money. ”

Standing on the castle walls, Tallinnam questioned the old man beside him with a displeased expression. Along the way, he and the old knight of Bretonnia wandered and explored, and he was no longer so reserved and polite to him, and sometimes even called him by his first name. And Berto was not a form-heavy person, and privately, whatever Tallinnham called him, he gladly accepted.

"Yes, I said it, but please note the premise of this sentence - for money. Berto picked up the flask and took a sip, "But we're not in it for the money. ”

"Join the mercenaries and become one of them, not for money, for what?"

Tallinnham asked, puzzled.

"You'll find out later. ”

Berto said, his eyes narrowed into a thin line as he looked out at the endless sea.

As far as he could see, Tallinnham seemed to see the cloud. It's not like a dark cloud, it's like a mountain...... As the sea rises in the distance, above the castle towers behind them, the alarm bell rings for all the people to board the ship......