Chapter 64: Slaves and Knight Armor (Four Thousand)
"Roy, I always tell you that I am very relieved that you are doing things. You are my steward, unlike other servants, and you don't have to talk like that again. After apologizing to Cullor, McEl turned to the deacon behind him.
"Do as you have told, my master. Butler Roy said the words without any fluctuation on his face, bowed his head and saluted McEl.
McEl shook his head, he knew that his old butler, who had been with him for nearly twenty years since he had been in Count Roundroll's house, was a rigid and brainless man, and he still didn't listen to what he had just said, and it was not the first time he had said such a thing.
McElle knew that it would be useless to say more, so he didn't continue to speak, nodding his head to signal that he could step back.
"Your Excellency Baron Ruserrufol, why don't we go and see the knight's armor I brought today, this is the most haode knight's armor in my house, I hope it can get into your eyes. Your Excellency the Bishop is also sure to be with you. ”
After Baron Rondello had finished speaking to his butler, he warmly invited Culor and Kellius to come and see his proud armor.
"Of course, I also want to see what kind of precious armor is respected by the heirs of the Roundro family, and I have seen it for a long time. Although Kurol's heart was full of all kinds of unhappiness, he still agreed to McEl's invitation out of courtesy, although the box containing the knight's armor had been moved here, and even if he did not accept the invitation, he could see it completely.
But this is the hypocritical etiquette of the aristocracy, and it is very boring. ’
This was the thought of Kyleus, the only one present who was neither an aristocrat nor an outlier who did not want to be an aristocratic anomaly.
However, he did not show it, and accepted the invitation of the fat baron with the same politeness, after all, it was the armor that Kyrlius would put on himself later, just in case, and he still had to check it beforehand.
The three of them came to the quaint chest surrounded by four strong servants, and Baron Rondello looked at the box in front of him, showing a deep expression like a memory or something, but it was only a fleeting moment, and then he regained that heartless smile and waved his hand for the servants to open the box.
For them, it was clear that McEl's attitude was not as good as that of the butler just now. Those ordinary people don't deserve him, His Excellency Baron Rondero, and makes an extra expression at them. Not to mention, these four little slaves in front of them are not even servants.
In the Kingdom of Urstein, the slave trade was a perfectly legal trade business, and even on the entire continent, many countries tacitly or outright recognized the legality of the slave trade.
In addition to the High Elves and Vampire Aristocrats, who cannot be sold, even the mermaids of the sea and the powerful giants are on the sales list of the slave traders of Ustan . Of course, this scarce commodity usually only appears once in a few years, and only at the annual royal title auction in the capital, Jestetburg.
As for the Weishenme High Elves and Vampires, they cannot be sold, because both of them have strong individual strength and racial shili, and are prone to diplomatic disputes. You must know that the Angolan Special District and the Elven Council, where the vampires gather, are not far from the Kingdom of Ulstan, and the Special Zone even directly borders a large area of the Kingdom of Ustan .
Now the largest slave trade in the kingdom is the Duke of Luxembourg's family, and the annual income alone is equivalent to the annual financial income of most of the Ustan country. The Duke Koch family, who has been in charge of the Imperial Treasury for many years, and the royal family and the king of the kingdom are salivating, and they are always thinking about a piece of the pie.
Inevitably, several actions were launched against this, but each time with little success, the royal family only received a share of the trade in the capital and the surrounding areas, and the Koch family received only a portion of their fiefdom of the province of Josbiu.
Although relying on the influence and strength of the royal family, the slave trade in the capital region developed into the most 'trading area' in the country, but it is not worth mentioning at all compared to the country's share of trade and income from abroad, so it can be said that this is just a consolation prize for showing respect to the royal family.
As for the Koch family's share, not to mention, it is really small and pitiful, although even such a small market share is enough for the daily expenses of the entire Duke family.
In this huge market, only the royal family as a whole, relying on the rights of the royal family in the government and the rights of the king himself, can be compared with the Duke's family of Luxembourg, or the kind with a relatively high probability of failure.
The slaves followed Roy's steward's instructions and opened the chest with its multiple opening device, carefully lifted out the sumptuous armor inside, and carefully placed it on the ground with the haode blanket that had been prepared in advance.
It was a men's knight's armor with a blue-gray metallic sheen throughout, placed on a blanket, like a disembodied ghost knight standing there, and the brilliant lights on the dance floor shone on the shiny metal surface, shining with dazzling brilliance.
The steel shoes and shin guards are combined into a single unit, and the steel plate armor is combined to form the thigh armor, allowing the knight to move his legs on a horse.
A small piece of knee armor between the leg armor and the shin armor, flanked by a piece of joint armor to protect the flanks.
Chainmail skirt, which wraps around the waist and protects the groin. Because this part could not be completely covered by the outer armor, the knight needed a flexible waist on his horse. At the same time, a soft chain mail can protect the saddle from damage.
The solid back armor, the lower part is used to defend against sword attacks on the hips and upper thighs.
The breastplate, which is the strongest part of the armor, is the strongest part of the armor, and it takes most of the attacks. The cuirass and the dorsal armor were called armor plates, and they were connected not only by a belt at the waist, but also by the shoulders.
Shoulder armor, arm armor, axillary armor, wrist armor, elbow armor. This is the main sanctuary of the upper body, and each piece of armor is named after the area it protects. Basically, they are fixed with belt connections.
A weapon belt is a belt that allows knights to hang various items. Ordinary knights carry a long sword on one side and a sharp short sword on the other, which is used to stab the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
The neck armor is used to cover the throat and the lower half of the face, protecting the weakest parts of the body. This is because in close combat, the neck is the enemy's primary target.
The parts of the armor were made up of belts or rivets connected to each other.
In general, although this is a relatively old-fashioned knight's armor, it still looks like new through magic processing and continuous manual maintenance, and it is still a rare boutique on today's road.
"Are you satisfied?, Your Excellency Bishop of Kyleus. Baron Ronderow looked at the armor in front of him, which had been eroded by the years, and still had its luxury and splendor, nodded with satisfaction, and turned his head to ask Keerlius next to him.
Although he was asking the priest if he was satisfied, looking at his round face with a smile that had deepened a little, it was clear that he already had his own answer.
"What a rare thing!" said Kyrlius, looking at the shiny armor in front of him with a look of intoxication, and exclaimed loudly in an aria-like tone.
Since Baron Rundello had asked a question, Kylelius naturally didn't mind saying something flattering, even if it was something he didn't usually like to say against his will.
Although for this armor that has no actual combat significance at all, Kaierlius, as a martial arts faction, doesn't like it much. You must know that this kind of armor can neither enhance the glory of the family nor show off its strength like other nobles for the clergy Kyrlius, who is not a nobleman and does not know the glory and spirit of the nobles, so it can be said that it is not beneficial at all.
Moreover, as a professional magician, this kind of armor that cannot help with spell casting, and even hinders spell casting, hinders mobility, no normal magician would choose to need such flashy things.
You know, magicians are a group of complete egoists and pragmatists, and there may be magicians who need to wear armor with various enchantments and various magic materials and props for the convenience of performing magic.
But almost no one goes back to pursue the flashy stuff. Those who are either 'almost' the other fraction of them, or those who have no hope of making the cut for various reasons.
"If you like it, it's fine. "Londerot obviously didn't want to care about the falsehood in Kellius's polite words, he was also a normal person, and he liked to listen to some flattery, even if these flattery words were true, Londero didn't know how much.
After all, it is a well-known fact that magicians do not need the 'habit' of armor.
And if he really fell in love with his precious armor, McEl would also have a little headache, and he didn't want to offend the bishop of the Church of Order, which had the highest percentage of beliefs among the nobles, in the kingdom of Ustan region.
"Since His Excellency Father Kellius' armor has arrived, shall we start 'playing martial arts at once'?" said Baron Cullor, who was standing on the side, finally drank the red wine in his hand, put the glass on the tray of the waiter on the side, and said elegantly.
"If Your Excellency Father Priest has any discomfort, you can also postpone the duel a little, as a nobleman, I still have this kind of bearing and tolerance. What do you think, Your Excellency? ”
Kurol politely said to Kyrlius, who was there pretending to admire the ornate knightly armor. Since the purpose of making Kylelius embarrassed and reducing his prestige in the aristocratic circle has not been achieved, this time Cullor's Jihua is obviously completely in vain, and has not achieved the expected goal at all.
Then, simply be generous and cancel this duel. It can not only redeem a little bit of Kylelius's favor, reduce his hostility a little, but also show his aristocratic bearing and mind in front of the noble guests present, and maintain his perfect image all along.
It's always something that people are willing to do, and Kurol is no exception.
To the surprise of Kurol and most others, it was clear that Kyrlius at this time did not accept this idea of going along with the water, not at all.
"No, it's not necessary at all. ”
Kylelius was still looking at the armor in front of him intently, as if he were looking at a rare treasure, and even the owner of the armor, McEl, thought it was a precious work of art, and Kylelius was an artist who loved art.
Kelelius looked at the fine armor and said resolutely in a tone similar to that usually used to explain to believers.
The surrounding guests listened to Kyleus's words and did not react for a long time, even the two barons who were more determined were stunned for a moment.
"Your Excellency, are you going to think again?" Baron McElle was the first to come back to his senses, and the smile on his face was a little untenable, and he asked him hesitantly, tactfully persuading Keerlius to change his mind.
The reason why he brought the armor was only to make the newcomer who had been in Fort Cyprus for the last two years, who had been refusing to bow his head to him, and even pretended not to see the olive branch he stretched out, disgusted. The ultimate goal is just to make his jihua in the soup.
Although I don't know the specific Jihua and purpose of Kurol, everyone can see that he is targeting Kyrlius, so McEl helped Kyrlius and pitted Kurol by the way.
But in terms of what he really thinks in his heart, McEl, like most people, is not very optimistic about Kyrlius winning this aristocratic duel. After all, Kyrlius has always been known for his spell-casting profession, and the most unsuitable for 'horse martial arts' is the magician profession.
And the reason why Kurol on the side was stunned was completely opposite to McElle and the others, Kurol actually knew that Kyrlius was very strong in terms of physical basic fitness, and his original purpose was just to make Kyrlius look ugly, and he didn't really want to duel with him.
In his own opinion, in terms of physical fitness alone, Kyrlius was not necessarily worse than him. Although in melee combat, he is fully sure that he can easily solve the priest when he is not using magic, after all, strong physical fitness does not mean that melee combat skills are enough.
In his original jihua, Kylelius was either defeated by not having a special knight's armor or, as now, there were other nobles who were willing to help Kylelius at the cost of offending the 'chief inspector'.
After that, Kurol only needs to say some scene words, euphemistically express some weakness and apology, of course, this is a sign of generosity in the eyes of onlookers. And Kylelius went down the stairs he had given him, and everyone made a few affectionate words to each other, and the matter passed like that.
He was originally like this, according to the idea of the average nobleman, this is not a big problem, tactfulness and hypocrisy are the basic elements that a nobleman must have. If nothing else, Jihua will execute it smoothly, and he will lose nothing but the favor of some Kellius, the country priest.
However, the unexpected appeared. First, the heir of the Roundelo family unexpectedly appeared, helping Kylelius solve the most difficult knight's armor, and making Kylelius eligible to participate in the duel.
After that, Kurol proposed to postpone the duel as originally planned, which was actually a disguised cancellation of the duel, and the reactions of the other nobles were completely in line with Kurol's assumptions.
The only thing he missed was probably the current state of Kyrlius.