Section 44 Welcoming Guests (II)
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In the wilderness, a procession of about two hundred men marched forward.
This team is not Wang Qinian's team, and the leaders are people who look like two knights, but the family crests of the two knights are not the same.
There was also a female knight beside them, it was a young girl of not very old age, with a delicate face, a pair of chestnut eyes, which were full of excitement, and her body was full of vital points, and her thighs, chest and abdomen were covered with lumpy light armor, but she did not look bloated.
Light armor is engraved with magical runes, which can reduce the weight of the armor and increase its strength.
Most of the magic armor has this effect, and the average legion, even the armor used by the warriors, will not have a magic effect, and even if it is a regular army, usually only the captain level will have the opportunity to get the magic equipment, and it will become the heirloom of the captain.
Like the Free City, even if it takes a lot of effort, it is willing to spend money, but due to the limited sources and the limited system of its own system, no one in the Guards can have armor with magic reinforcement or weight reduction, and the average soldier in the Guards only has sophisticated weapons and armor three years ago, and after three years, only one-third of the soldiers have a weapon or armor with an enchanted effect.
Only the elite of the national-level power corps can use magic equipment as standard equipment, such as the White Feather Legion of Modo, the entire legion has as many as 80,000 people, but nearly 60,000 of them are just general equipment, and the core of the fifteen thousand people is the real White Feather Legion, each of them has a wind spirit white feather armor, this white feather armor has an effect similar to the armor on the girl's body, made of special materials and alchemy techniques, which can greatly improve the protective power of the armor and reduce the weight of the armor.
Each national-level force has several powerful forces similar to the White Feather Legion, they are usually loyal to the royal family, and some of them will be controlled by a certain wealthy family, and they will become the scruples of the royal family.
When such equipment becomes a system of equipment, it will improve the strength of the Terran warriors who are in the first-order evaluation by more than one order, or even two or three orders, and with the rich tactics of the Terrans, as well as the war aura and other spell effects that Wang Qinian has seen in the elven magic chess, the strength of the Terran can continue to grow.
"Richard, how long will we be before we get to Liberty City. The light-armored female knight retracted her gaze at the wilderness and asked the people around her.
Among the two knights beside her, the knight with the same family crest replied respectfully: "It is estimated that there will be half a day at most." Am I wrong, Mr. Pierce?"
"That's right, that's right. The other knight said with a smile on his face.
"Pierce, since there is still half a day to go, you can actually go back, thank you Lord Duke for me. The knight said.
"No, no, Miss Berrengalia, I have been ordered by the Duke to escort you safely to the City of Liberty until you meet Viscount Philip. Pierce had a smile on his face.
"Okay, whatever you want, I'll only see you for half a day anyway. Burrengaria glanced at Pierce with slight disgust.
She is Viscount Philip's daughter Burengalia, but unlike the image of the slender noble lady expected by Wang Qinian, she did not wear the costume of a noble lady at all, sitting quietly in the carriage, but dressed as a female swordsman, and rode a horse accompanied by escorts to the Free City.
There was also a comfortable carriage in the group, but only when she felt tired would she return to the carriage to rest, and more often than not, it belonged to her maid.
Richard was a full-fledged knight with the strength of a ninth-level warrior and was the leader of the escort team that Viscount Philip had arranged for her.
And the Pierce, who she didn't like very much, was sent by Duke Aldrich in the name of escorting Burren Galia.
The truth is that the Duke wanted to find out about Viscount Philip's visit to the Free City, and after he reported the news of the Mithril Mine to the royal family, he was looking forward to Asturian annexing the Free City and turning this area into a direct territory of the royal family, and then handing over the management of the Mithril Mine to him.
He thought that this was the reward he deserved, and in fact if it weren't for the fact that the Free City had a trade relationship with the orcs, he would have planned to consider annexing the Free City outright, so that the Mithril Mine would belong to him.
Stewardship is not the same as ownership, the duke gets stewardship, theoretically only gets the remuneration promised by the royal family, and perhaps a very small percentage of the annual output, but this is not a small amount, and the point is that it will be a regular source of income.
So he sent Pierce to send Burengalia to the Free City in the name of a guard, and casually found out the outcome of the negotiations between the two sides.
The duke actually hoped that the two sides could not reach an agreement, and Asturias would directly send troops to occupy the free city, because if the free city was negotiated, then the free city would be submissive, and Franklin would become a direct vassier of the royal family, and he would definitely retain some power, such as the management of the Mithril mine, which might be responsible for a part, and the other part would be sent by the royal family or handed over to Aldrich, monitoring each other and containing each other.
But if the fight breaks out and the final direct occupation is reached, then Franklin will lose this opportunity, and Duke Aldrich's troops can also go to war with the army, and the management will no longer be able to run out of their hands, and even let the royal family completely hand over the management to the duke.
If that is the case, if the management can be monopolized, then as long as the duke secretly does something to ensure that the fixed majority of the royal family's annual share remains unchanged, such as falsely reporting the same production and actually increasing mining, he can achieve greater benefits.
So along the way, even though Pierce knew that Burren Gallia didn't like him to follow, he still had the cheekiness to follow all the way.
And although Burren Galia hated the Duke and Pierce, and guessed that they were not really trying to escort themselves, but they just wanted to follow to find out the news, it was not good to directly refuse the "kindness" of the Duke.
However, there were no accidents along the way, after all, there were no powerful orc tribes living in the area from the Duke's territory to the Free City, and there were merchants coming and going between the two places for a long time, even if there were any fierce beasts, they would have been expelled or killed by the Duke or the Free City long ago.
"Someone seems to be coming up ahead?" said Burrengalia as she saw the shadow of a person appear in the distance.
"Be careful. Richard shouted, although he was getting closer and closer to the Free City, it was better to be careful.
The guards, who had been a little relaxed, cheered up and slowed down, and some loose formations reacted quickly.
The two teams were getting closer and closer, and they could already see each other, and what greeted Brengalia was an extremely young man.
The man looked handsome, but not as a warrior, but as a mage.
"Are you part of the Sir Philip family of Asturias?"
"Yes, who are you?" Richard stopped the team completely, confronting the team over there, still cautious and vigilant.
The young man smiled and saluted his horse, "My name is Owen Solomon, I am from the Free City, and I have come to meet Miss Burrengaria on the orders of the city lord Franklin. ”
"What, you're Solomon? You're the Solomon who photographed Snow White, Alexander and the Forty Thieves, and the Wizard of Oz?"
The female knight came out of the battle and directly faced Wang Qinian, but Richard couldn't stop it and couldn't help but be surprised.
Although Wang Qinian has already identified himself, Richard still needs to make a final confirmation, such as the badge on the other party's body and the black cheetah on the flag, you can ask Pierce next to him if it is the symbol of Freedom City.
Unexpectedly, her own young lady became excited, and she rushed out of the formation.
Although this young lady's strength is actually not much worse than Richard's, Richard has a ninth-level combat power, and Burrengalia also has an eighth-level combat power, but a noble lady with little experience and a battle-hardened samurai can not only be compared in terms of rank.
But Burren Galia could ignore the worries of her bodyguard leader at all, she had already met Wang Qinian, and her face was full of excitement.
"Yes, that's all my work. Wang Qinian smiled, since the other party likes Catherine's performance very much, it is not strange to remember his name.
"I've seen all the Shadow animations that Solomon has produced now, and I've seen everything that Saint-Quentin has, and I like your work very much, it's much better than other films from Solomon's company. "Burren Gallia didn't expect that the person sent by Liberty City to greet her would be the person who filmed the Shadow animation, which was much more interesting than Pierce, who accompanied her along the way.
"Miss Burrengalia, Sir Philip is in the City of Liberty, and it was he who told me that you like the Shadow animation very much, which is why the Lord of the City sent me to meet you, and by the way, I am accompanied by Miss Catherine, and I heard that you are also her fan. Wang Qinian said with a smile.
"What, Catherine is here too, how wonderful, where is she, in the carriage?" said Bolun Galia, who did not wait for Wang Qinian to reply, and had already rushed to the luxurious carriage surrounded by the guards.
The cavalrymen of the Guards immediately pointed their spears at Brengalia and prevented her from approaching.
"What do you mean, Mr. Solomon, that I am afraid that I will hurt Miss Catherine?"
The latter sentence suddenly caused a storm, and Richard hurriedly beckoned the people on his side to rush up, wanting to protect Burren Galia, and at the same time surrounded Wang Qinian, and the teams on both sides approached like dogs' teeth, and the blades were facing each other, and it was possible to fight if one word was wrong.
"You are so rude to Miss Brengalia, I don't think you came to meet us at all!" Pierce took the opportunity to fan the flames, if he could turn a welcome into a battle, he couldn't ask for it, so maybe Asturias would directly send troops to attack the Free City, and the Duke's management of the Mithril Mine would be secure, and he would naturally have a lot of benefits as a "credit" for this matter.
"Don't get me wrong, we did come to meet Miss Burrengalia, and they didn't let her near the carriage because there was a little accident on the way, and there was an extra person in the carriage. Wang Qinian's head is big.
"Who else is in the carriage?" Bolun Galia was caught up by his own guards to protect him, and he couldn't help but be surprised that Wang Qinian's appearance did not look like a fake.
The carriage door opened, and two beautiful women, one tall and one short, walked out, and the tall introduced themselves: "Miss Burren Galia, I'm sorry, I'm Catherine, this is Agatha, the daughter of the Lord of Franklin, the Free City. ”
Brengalia was stunned for a moment before she realized that there was Franklin's daughter in the carriage, and it was no wonder that the cavalry did not allow herself to come close.
The misunderstanding was resolved, and the two girls still returned to the carriage, but Burren Galia did not follow into the carriage, but still rode along, and walked side by side with Wang Qinian in the luxurious carriage, while Catherine could listen and talk from the carriage.
"I'm really sorry, this little girl is stuffy in the City Lord's Mansion, and she always wants to run out and walk around. Wang Qinian explained a little embarrassed.
Originally, he had come to greet him, but Agatha was also in the carriage halfway through.
Although Wang Qinian was a little angry, the team had already walked nearly 20 kilometers at that time, and they no longer went back.
In addition, he is actually a little pitiful to Agatha, although his status is noble, he can only stay in the City Lord's Mansion all day long.
He remembered that he was able to become a tutor in the City Lord's Mansion because the little girl had slipped out of the market and seen him talking to Sidipat's in orc language.
Later, when filming Snow White, it was also because this little girl wanted to go out of the city and borrowed this east wind that she got free military protection and accompaniment without spending a penny, and even participated in part of the filming of Snow White, which saved a lot of effort for Wang Qinian in the early days.
also borrowed the city lord's mansion to film, and he can be regarded as owing this disciple a favor.
Later, Agatha also wanted to go out with the filming team, but for a scene like the Wizard of Oz, which needs to be filmed in the wild, it needs to go deep into the area controlled by the orcs, which is too unsafe to take her there.
It's hard to forcibly bring her back now, so I have to bring her with me to meet Burren Galia.
With the city lord's daughter accompanying him, this welcome specification is one layer higher on the surface.
The two teams form a single and begin to return to Liberty City.