Ten days later, a team of twenty knights approached the town of Phumesius.

The knights rode domes and sturdier goats.

Compared to dom sheep, the goats have better stamina and a gentle personality, but they live in hilly areas and are largely absent in the north.

The leader was a young man in his twenties, with a thick brown beard, brown and dark hair, and a little ornamental leather armor.

The alarm was quickly sounded in the town, and soon someone went out with weapons to guard the men.

An old knight beside the young man went out, mounted on the back of a sheep, and shouted, "I am Baron Rodney, who is loyal to Earl Steel, and my master, Count Steel, wants to speak to your prophet." ”

Lawrence has often come down to check on the situation these days, and this time he was waiting for people in the town.

Soon Lawrence glanced at the men from a distance and said to Seravon, "Let them in, but put the weapon under the idol, and if you don't want to, you can leave now." ”

Salavin quickly walked over to deliver the message.

In the past few days, Seravin has been transferred from the forester to take charge of the repair of the house and the production arrangement here, along with Beoff, who is already a young man.

Lawrence waited for a few minutes, and saw more than twenty people arrive in the wide square.

The new Earl of Steele is this young man in his twenties, and he has recently recognized Lawrence, who looks like a colossus outside.

At this time, Lawrence was surrounded by women like Deren and Keharan, who looked like shieldmaids, Sophia, who looked like a snatched beauty, sat sideways at his feet, and Sariel, who looked like a maid.

Fleiss and these barbarians stand on both sides, everyone is a barbarian, especially a group of people who bully the weak and fear the hard, and they are very familiar with the temperament of the strong.

Seravin and Beoff stood across from Fryss and the others, along with the armed Clauda, who didn't look strong or vicious, but were clearly more like warriors and elite hunters.

There were also well-dressed villagers and soldiers dressed in clothes and armed with weapons.

All were clothed, most were armed, and in the distance were dense houses and large three-story houses under construction, and cattle and sheep could be seen in the livestock pens as they got closer.

Little Earl Skalls bowed his head to Lawrence, "Mighty Prophet, I have come to bring back my father's body and soul. ”

Lawrence was satisfied: "Yes, he died heroically, and he did not run away, and I respect this kind of warrior very much." ”

"Thank you, I'm grateful." Stahl didn't want to continue the fight with this side.

Especially after learning that more than a hundred knights had been killed here, only six people had died, so he didn't want to fight here, and he was afraid that these people would suddenly break into his manor and kill everyone.

Lawrence said, "I will allow you to bring his body back, but this time your barbarism will cost more than that!" ”

Steele and the knights around him quickly became nervous and looked at Lawrence warily.

Lawrence said, "I want a hundred slaves, five hundred baskets of wheat, twenty oxen, and three great wild boars, with which I appease the wrath of God and of me." ”

Steele looked at Lawrence, "If I give you these, you won't attack my territory, will you?" ”

Lawrence had been coveting the big boar for a long time, smiled and nodded, and said, "Yes, I ask you not to plunder the caravans that pass through your territory, including my caravan and the rest of the caravan. ”

"As compensation for the wheels and hooves passing through your land, I can take some of your men with me when I travel to the West for wealth."

"At the same time I allow your people to work in my land, and to exchange their work for food and wheat."

"Every time a serf works with me for a month, I will pay you thirty pounds of wheat, which is close to a basket of wheat."

Steele thought for a moment and quickly said, "I want my father's armor back. ”

"Yes." Lawrence said cheerfully, "Send me the compensation, and I will give you back your father's armor." ”

Steele continued, "I want to retrieve Baron Aru's armor and weapons. ”

Lawrence said, "He killed our people, this is our spoils, and I will not let them be dipped in the blood of our people again, so I will not give them to you, but to my warriors last time." ”

Stahl's focus was on the knights' equipment, which combined was more valuable than any slave estate.

Only by retrieving these iron armors can the territory be maintained.

Steele shouted directly: "I am willing to pay three hundred slaves, a thousand baskets of wheat, a hundred barrels of wine, five hundred gold, and fifty sets of playing cards!" ”

Lawrence couldn't help but hear the playing cards, and said forcibly: "No, I know the role of armor and weapons very well, and I won't sell my own useful things for money." ”

Stahl said anxiously, "I can give more!" ”

This aristocratic heir didn't know how to do business, and it may be that the social circle of this era was too small, and he didn't have much knowledge.

Lawrence said: "What you give you can't get the rest of the armor and weapons, including the weapons and armor of the rest of the people, I won't give you, but what you just said can be exchanged for my protection for you." ”

"That is, if your territory is attacked, I will send my army to solve the problem for you, and then they will come back."

"You just need to settle the matter of their food and lodging during this time, and I will come to destroy the enemy."

"So you don't need a sharp axe and heavy armor, you just need to sit at home and continue to nibble on pig's trotters, eat bread, and play poker with knights or beautiful women."

"What are you going to do on the battlefield? If you blink your eyes a little, you will be stoned to death, no matter how strong you are now, can you be stronger than me, stronger than the elite of Pig's Trotter City? ”

Steele looked at Lawrence in astonishment.

Lawrence continued, "I will protect your territory from the occupation of Count Wakiri and the city of Trandahoof, and now many people know that your family has lost its fierce army and is planning to eat your land, but me? ”

"I just need a caravan to the outside, you just need to have your men fix the road that connects us to the outside world."

"When the time comes, you can not only let the serfs in your territory come to me to earn money in exchange for grain and goods, but you can also collect a steady stream of tolls from some passing merchants."

"You can go back with your father's body, soul, armor, and weapons, and I will bless you as long as you believe in the Church of the Stars today."

"You don't want yourself and the few people around you to worry about the greedy earls around you sending people to ransack your manor, do you?"

Steele looked at the elite beside Lawrence, and thought about the current situation of his family.

Lawrence knew more about this than anyone else, and said demagoguingly: "Because you came to me bravely, I approved of you." ”

"Your siblings and subordinates are just strangers to me, and it is you, yourself, that I support!"

"With my help, you can take over all the Earl's assets and land as soon as possible, and at the same time you can recommend your brothers to come to me to help, and I will lead them to the West to make a fortune instead of fighting around this barren land."

The barbarian does not pay attention to the revenge of killing his father here, and the other party also recognizes the bravery of his dead father, so this is a friend, not an enemy.

Originally, if he lost, he would have to make amends, and he would have to compensate, but now the other party is very good at talking, and he is willing to help him stabilize the complex situation in his territory.

"Okay, I promise you!" Stehl was just a little informed, not a fool, and he quickly made the right choice, but it was also the most selfish choice.

In order to secure his position, Steele knelt in front of the Colossus and Lawrence and swore not to attack the territory controlled by the Ravenfeather Prophet, and joined the Church of the Stars.

(End of chapter)