398.The Day of the Establishment of Riptide Castle - [Monthly Pass Plus 5/10]
Tepal considers himself a man who has seen the world.
Although his family background is not as exaggerated as that of Little Rich Brother, Lao Huo, Xiao Wei Ming and Lady Shui, but if you compare it under the overall level, it is not difficult to conclude that Your Excellency Taipal is actually a successful person with "small family resources".
And he is most proud of the fact that he has achieved financial freedom entirely by his own hands and wisdom, and has already achieved the first step of financial freedom at a young age, all without pretending to others.
In short, he is a very confident person in all aspects, but even so, when he saw the task shared to him by Uncle Ferdin, the honorary knight, who has always adhered to the spirit of RP, couldn't help but break the ring and shouted in his heart!
Is this development team so caring?
Knowing that their Riptide Knights are currently just an empty shelf, they simply drew a knight girl from the background who is not small and has a very aristocratic and leader's temperament to join them, so as to help them quickly build a shelf that a knight order should have.
And the hint at the end of the quest has hinted at the two captains that all the supplies needed by the Riptide Knights can be obtained from the family of Miss Pinkie in front of them.
Coupled with Miss Becky's unique background, she is the youngest granddaughter of His Excellency Hunting Baron Coddell!
You see, the key elements are all in place.
You said that this is not a "surprise" prepared for them by the development team, who believes it!
"The Riptide Knights welcome all those who are interested in defending justice, helping the weak, and guarding the light! We look forward to welcoming you, Miss Becky. β
Uncle Ferding took a deep breath, and he put on the momentum and posture that a "professional RP party" should have, and said loudly:
"You can be one of us whenever you want."
"Wait!"
Typal immediately stopped Uncle Fortin from pulling Miss Pinkie into the Order, and he held the hilt of his sword at his waist and explained very seriously to Miss Pinkie who was blinking:
"I'm not against this wise decision, I just think you should at least get to know us before you join us. We, the Riptide Knights, have responded to the call of the world, and although there are only two Vanguard Regiments in number, follow-up support is already on the way.
We will eventually establish our own city on the land of Transancia.
Personally, I welcome you to join us, however, Miss Becky, you must understand that we are a faith organization and not an ordinary military force.
The belief called the Light does not currently exist in this world, and we cannot wield the purifying and healing power of the Light here, but that does not weaken the defense of the faith by our loyal knights.
What I want to tell you is that if you already have your own faith on this continent, then recklessly joining us is not the right choice.
Because our holy light and morality are incompatible with the overly personified gods of this land."
"Oh, don't worry about that."
Becky shrugged her shoulders, played with her horsewhip, and said:
"I come from the Plantagenet Kingdom, and my country had its own state religion eradicated by my own hands when I was studying in Genoa, and we are all people of no faith. At least in the eyes of the witch hunters, we are a bunch of unbelievers.
As for myself.
I was not really interested in faith since I was a child, perhaps because the teachings of the Old Religion seemed to me too weak and idealistic, and were full of a kind of clichΓ© didactic atmosphere that was not very unpalatable to my liking? β
"Miss! Please refrain from discussing faith in such a casual manner! β
Ms. Liwen next to her immediately reminded:
"Especially now that we're in the Avalonian Gaze, you can believe it or not, but you can't show such obvious disdain, let alone add up to it, it will get you and your family in trouble."
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Miss Pricky stuck out her tongue, then coughed, and said to Uncle Fourding and Tempal in front of her with a straight face:
"So, you mean that in order to join you, you must first believe in the Light?"
"No, the Knights don't enforce the Light on members, but you must at least have some understanding of our otherworldly beliefs."
Typal gave Uncle Fordin a look, and Uncle Fordin blinked, and then said aloud:
"We have come through the worlds without the books of the Light.
But don't worry, our faithful are already copying the Scriptures and the teachings and the legends of the Light in the other world, and we will give it to you as soon as the first draft is complete.
However, we cannot allow you to join our Order until you make a final decision, please understand that we have our own rules and regulations and our own way of doing things. β
"Ah, of course I can understand that."
Miss Pinkie was not angry, she waved her hand and said:
"I didn't expect to be able to join an organization with a specific plan of action all at once, but I'm curious, you claim to be the defender of the Light, so you should be very strong, right?
Why are all the knights I saw in the camp weak, even my guards can be proud of them in terms of strength. β
"Ahem, this is due to the fact that we have lost most of our strength due to the shuttle to another world."
Tempal said nonsense:
"Even the Great Lords who can fight against a hundred in another world will be stripped of the power of the Holy Light after answering the call to enter the new world.
But it's nothing to us.
It is here that we will face challenges head-on, grow strong quickly and eventually regain our strength, and spread the virtues of the Light here. β
"Is that so?"
Miss Pinky nodded, and seemed to accept the statement, and then she poked herself in the face, and suddenly realized:
"No wonder you're growing so fast! I heard from my grandfather that you can generally break through the Black Iron Trial within a month, and such a large-scale promotion is simply a miracle. β
"Well, yes, that's why, the rules of the world are different from the world after all, although we have lost our strength, the talent that belongs to the strong still exists."
Uncle Ferding hurriedly gave himself a "patch", and then he coughed and said:
"But Miss Pinky, your presence in the famous Sivir family has given us a reluctant request, as you can see, the Knights have just been re-established in Translasia, and the favor of Lord Monmurphy has given us a territory to be developed, and we are confident that we can build Riptide Castle.
However, the supplies needed by the knights were still scarce.
The Cadman People's Army has come to our aid, but the weapons and armor they use do not match the Proverbs of Light, and we are in dire need of real knightly gear to rearm us.
Therefore, if we can, we would like to use your connections to urgently procure a shipment of equipment from the Sivir family, including battle plates, knightly harnesses, and warhammers and greatswords in line with our faith. β
"We'll pay at the market price."
Tempal added:
"The teachings of the Light do not allow us to take advantage of our fellow travelers, so rest assured that this transaction is only asking you to be an intermediary and has no other meaning."
"Hey, you're thinking too much."
Although Pinkie is sassy, she is not stupid.
She quickly understood what Tepal meant, the knights who were a head taller than her were afraid to think too much about themselves, and it seemed that they really cared about their dignity and honor.
"My father was always looking for more ways to sell the family business, and when he received an order from Transnesia, he would only be happy to have one more partner, and he would not have any other ideas.
So, how many kits do you need? β
The knight of the Sivir family asked:
"What style and specification do you want?
There are several levels of armor produced by our family, and the price difference between the lowest level of 'cavalry' and the highest level of 'general' is ten times the difference, and the armor on my body is the 'General' series, which is a high-grade plate armor produced after the family introduced the hydraulic forging press of the Capel workshop.
We can also enchant your armor if needed, and each set of General's Plate Armor comes with a weapon of the same quality. β
"Well, the light of wealth from this luxurious plate armor of yours is enough to blind the eyes of our poor knights, and I dare not even make a bold inquiry lest it irritate my poor wallet and make my heart stop beating from being so shocked."
Tepal pretended to sigh and said:
"As you can see, the Order is currently in ruins, so it can only order the lowest level of plate armor and equipment, and the first batch will require 150 sets and matching warhammers.
However, we have requirements for the style of armor and the style of weapons, which must adhere to the armor style of the Knights of the Silver Hand and be inscribed with sacred proverbs on the armor and weapons. β
"There's an extra charge."
The Liwen knight next to him is worthy of being the blonde knight Ji's big butler, and he has already taken out his notebook and started recording customer requests.
The black-haired and black-eyed female knight said very seriously:
"With your current numbers, I think 150 is a bit much.
100 sets are more suitable, the Sivir family's plate armor is known throughout the human world for its reliability and durability, and as long as it is maintained by a qualified blacksmith, they are guaranteed to be used until the end of the Black Plague. β
"No, at least 150 sets."
Uncle Ferding shook his head and said:
"Grand Duke Tris has made a psionic prediction that the Otherworldly Summoning Gate will be very stable in the next few months, and we will have elite backup to continue to arrive in Transnesia.
150 sets is just a conservative number."
"That's 300 sets!"
Knight Liwen waved her hand and suggested:
"300 sets will be able to enjoy the Shivir family's merchandise discounts, plus the face of Old Lady Kudell and Miss Becky, the family workshop will probably give you a 20% discount.
It only takes about 40,000 gold coins, and if you need to buy horse harness, 60,000 gold coins are enough to get it. β
"Sixty thousand?"
Uncle Ferding and Tempal looked at each other.
That's a terrifying number.
At present, the Riptide Knights have less than 5,000 funds on their books, which is still the liquidity accumulated after everyone actively participated in the "Transasia Census" activity.
However, the two were not worried, and after reaching a verbal agreement with Miss Pinkie and Miss Liwen, Uncle Fording left Tempal in the tent to tell the curious Miss Pinkie the "story" of the Holy Light and the Knights of the Silver Hand.
"What? 60,000 gold coins? So much! I don't have either. β
Xiao Weiming's exclamation sounded from the other side of the Calculation Orb, and she said depressedly:
"Mrs. Water and Orchid Flower have embezzled a large part of the team's funds to purchase materials, and I only have more than 10,000 gold coins left in my hand, and it is too late to collect them from you on the forum now.
Why don't you ask someone else? β
"But no one else is as rich as you."
Uncle Ferding was a little anxious and said:
"I've signed a contract with someone here, and the deposit has to be handed over, our buddies are here to represent the face of Lord Shengguang.
If this is a scandal of debts, I'm afraid I'll be purified. β
"Who says people don't have money?"
Xiao Wei Ming will say sourly:
"That casino in Treasure Bay has made a lot of money recently, this old Huo is really a talent, you go to him, he must have enough liquidity there, but I don't know if he is willing to lend it to you."
"Treasure Bay?"
Uncle Ferding suddenly remembered that the matter that Tepal was going to talk to him about when he came over just now was related to the proposal of the village chief of Treasure Bay, and also said that it was related to the political topic among the players.
This made Uncle Fuding's heart suddenly.
No way!
No matter what Lao Huo wants to do in the five collective farms, as long as he is willing to lend the Riptide Knights a sum of money to survive this current difficulty, his group of people will definitely support it.
Anyway, the basic plate of the Riptide Knights is in Fort Riptide, and the Novice Village is just a "private fiefdom" in Taipal.
However, this will need to be discussed with Tempal.
Uncle Furding thought so, and as he approached the tent, he heard Tempal telling Miss Pinkie the story of "Stratholme and the Great Filial Son" in one of them.
He glanced at it secretly, and Miss Pinkie listened attentively.
Well, it's a little too serious, like a child who likes to listen to bedtime stories, and the elated expression on his face is really indescribable.
This girl is really good at everything, just Biaohuhu-
Three days later, in the camp of the Riptide Knights, a family knight of the Sivir family took the high-grade psionic bag handed to him by Uncle Ferdin.
It contained a deposit of 30,000 gold coins, on which Lady Triss had personally performed a unique psionic spell using Kudel's blood.
Only the direct bloodline of the Sivir family can open it.
The surrender of this deposit also confirmed that the Whitewater Knights would truly have their own armament, and would be able to break away from the embarrassing situation of being a vassal of the Cadman People's Army.
At the same time, in the open space at the front of the large camp, the Knight of Honor Tepal and his brothers very seriously inserted a wooden plaque symbolizing the faith of the Knights of the Riptide and the Church of the Light.
This means that their stronghold is officially established from today!
Although it is currently a tent-filled camp, the Brotherhood of Stonemasons has accepted the order, and in a maximum of half a month, a village named "Riptide Castle" will appear on this land.
"It's not easy."
Typal turned back to the arcane master Marlene behind him and said:
"Finally, we can have our own home in Transnesia."
"Well, I'm not as emotionally rich as you."
Ma Lin complained:
"I just think it's a stronghold city that we're about to build with our own hands, and it's going to be a long, long time before it becomes the Riptide Fort we remember.
To be honest, I'm not confident that the city will be built before the game's open beta.
But I don't care about that right now."
He looked left and right, and with a very gossipy expression, stepped forward, and whispered to Tempal:
"What is the origin of that blonde knight who has been following you all these days? Why do I always see her in your office and tent?
That's the cyber wife you found for yourself?
Depend on!
Awesome, you, this modeling is perfect, don't you understand? β
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Tepal shook his head and said solemnly:
"Lady Pinkie is only interested in the teachings of the Light and the tragic stories of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and has been trying to hear more about the legends and legends of the Knights of Light.
I'm compiling these stories and hope to make them into a booklet that will also make it easier for more locals to spread this belief from another world in the future."
"What kind of faith, that's one of our slogans."
Marlene pouted and said:
"Just deceive others, don't deceive yourself, brother, one of us is counted as one, and there is no faith at all. In the eyes of the extremist witch hunters, we have one who deserves to be burned at the stake.
Besides, believing in the Holy Light over there is because the Holy Light will really give you power, and it's all in Transnesia, and the Holy Light can't control it.
Since it can't give us strength, there is only one slogan left. β
"That's what I used to do."
Tempal was silent for a moment, he looked at the hidden quest on the character interface to "Guide Miss Pinkie to the Light Faith", and he whispered:
"But at some point in the past, it dawned on me that it might not be as simple as we thought. I think there will be a surprise if we dig deeper into this area, and it will be a surprise that the development team wants to guide us to accomplish with our own hands!
Well, let's wait and see. β
(End of chapter)