The next day, before dawn, around seven o'clock in the morning, the mercenaries got up one after another, began to pack up and prepare to set off.

Ryan had already gotten up. He stood at the door of Teresa's tent with a war hammer. He watched the mercenaries pack up their things and shook his head secretly: Yesterday's combat mercenaries suffered too much loss and were injured. In this case, Ryan could not force them to march, so their bodies would not be able to support them.

But he couldn't leave these mercenaries behind and chase Belte himself.

Theresa's situation is very bad. The sorcerer is just holding on. Everyone knows her fragility now. If the sorcerer's magic power continues, the mercenaries will definitely not dare to act rashly. In this situation, if someone in the mercenary group has really made bad intentions, Teresa might really get what she wants by the little mercenaries. Ryan thinks that mercenaries are not objects of full trust, at least the Blood Axe Mercenary Group is not.

The same goes, as long as there is enough profit, the mercenaries can sell everything.

Then throw the mercenary group first and take Teresa to catch up first?

No, what a cunning witch hunter, Belt is such a cunning witch. If this happens, the Fallen Hunter will fight back and fight him directly, then the weak sorcerer will become a burden again. Ryan not only needs to fight, but also protect her. In this case, Ryan is really not sure to defeat Belt. Belt has become famous for more than ten years and wiped out countless monsters. He is a legendary strongman who was awarded the title of Demon Hunter Master by the Demon Hunter Association. Before he falls, Ryan is hard to say that he is 100% sure to take him down. God knows how much he has become stronger after he has been in chaos?

In the final analysis, Theresa has too little combat experience, and the sorcerer has not distributed her magic power reasonably, nor has she considered the loyalty of the mercenary group hired. Perhaps in her opinion, these mercenaries are like servants, and must have fallen under the power of magic. But Ryan doesn't feel that there are many witches who are betrayed by her guards, die tragically and even sold as slaves.

Marinburg is the largest "talent market" on the mainland.

This is also the reason why Ms. Aurora gave Teresa to him for protection. A warlock with little combat experience needs a strong and experienced melee protection, and Ryan is a very good choice.

She learns very quickly, didn't she? Most of the casters are full of wisdom. They will make mistakes because they are unfamiliar, but they will not make mistakes because they are stupid.

Today's weather is no longer snowing, but a cloudy day. The clouds in the sky are not thick, and you can see the gray sky through the clouds. The bitter cold wind constantly blows through Ryan's ears. The knight's cloak swings behind him. Combined with his 1.85-meter-long height and heroic figure, his handsome face is like a general on the battlefield guarding the pass, ready to deal with the coming enemies at all times.

But in fact, I was just giving another woman another... Listening to the sound of changing clothes in the tent, Ryan thought so.

It feels so bad.

Ryan understands why many legendary strong men are unwilling to go out with the female spellcasters of the Garland Council. How could this be a companion? This is clearly a nanny!

The little mercenary had packed up and was lying around. Ryan knew what he wanted to do. The little mercenary wanted to find an opportunity to talk to the goddess.

A slender hand wearing white lace gloves lifted the door curtain: "Good morning, Ryan."

Theresa's beautiful face appeared in the cold wind, with her icy skin and jade bones, and her charming silver eyes seemed to be able to speak. She was still wearing the sea blue mink coat she had last night, but the pearl necklace on her chest was replaced with a slender sapphire gold chain, and the triangle-shaped golden earrings engraved with magic runes dangled on both sides. Ryan felt the waves of magic from these jewelry.

It's so rich. Ryan has heard more than once that these Garland members are rich and have a bad temper. It is said that a lord of the Nord Kingdom once came to Teresa's mother, Ojola, for help because of the rampant orcs in the territory.

The lord was addicted to alcohol and sex for a long time, with poor strength and a bad reputation. Aurora happened to be doing an important experiment. As a result, the poor lord was teleported to the big lake near the sky castle by a teleportation technique before the poor lord could speak, and almost lost his life.

So, strength is the most important capital.

"I'm ready to go, my body feels better...?" Ryan noticed that Teresa's spirit was much better and was about to ask, but then he found that the long legs under the warlock's marten coat were still trembling a little. He knew that she had not recovered, but just didn't want others to see it: "I'll take the horse, please wait here."

The sorcerer's mouth curled up. This man knew how to save face for himself. It was really different from those reckless men who only knew how to fight and kill. It was the right decision for his mother to choose him as my companion.

Most of the female spellcasters were knowledgeable and knowledgeable, which made them look higher than their eyes. Until this moment this morning, Teresa understood and accepted Ryan as her companion.

The group packed up their things and set off again. Ryan was not interested in the mercenaries' topics such as drinking, eating meat and robbing women. He took the initiative to chat with Oliver from the Empire: "Mr. Oliver, your outfit... huh? It's quite fashionable. Is this kind of dress popular in the Empire recently?"

The businessman's outfit is very strange today. The imperial businessman wore a helmet and a white fox fur coat, but he also put a layer of breastplate on the outside of the fox fur coat. The thick trousers and horse boots were nothing strange, but he wore a shin (that is, a leg guard) on the outside of the horse boots, which looked inconsistent and quite funny.

"Well~ Mr. Ryan, you have to understand that after experiencing such a thing, it will always make me feel better when I experience some protection." Oliver was a little embarrassed, but the merchant's face naturally made him recover at an extremely fast speed: "Life is more precious than anything else. If I die, my wife might be very happy. She can remarry with a lot of money."

"But your lover will be very sad, and your son will be bullied by his adoptive father, right? They are the vines climbing on your big tree. Once you fall down, everything will be finished." Ryan complained.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Now the escorts of both the mercenaries and the merchants were all hilarious. Even Boris, who was injured and inconvenient to move, laughed wildly, and after laughing, she even said it hurts.

Only Teresa, who was riding on the horse, snorted, thinking that this person had a very clear understanding of these tricks. She couldn't help but smile when she thought about it carefully. Her mature and gorgeous charm made Banda, who was following her, stunned.

The female spellcasters are not as experienced in adventure and actual combat as those knights who fight all day long, but they are a hundred times better than theirs in the court and the upper class. Ryan is young, has no wife, and does not even have a maid or lover. It is indeed somewhat unexpected to know these upper class things.

"Speaking of this, Mr. Oliver, you came from the Empire. Can you tell me what business you are doing in Nord?" Ryan gently stroked his horse, and he named his horse Pinecone.

"Ah, this, there is nothing to keep in secret. I came to Nord this time and did the commodity trade. We set out from Marinburg, filled with armor and grain, and then came to Nord and took off his hands. After purchasing a large number of gold, silver ore and animal fur. Well, there was also magic crystal ore. I wanted to get some hot turbulent oil, but I didn't get it."

"How much can you earn this trip?" Ryan continued.

"The estimated profit is five to six hundred gold dinars, but judging from the recent situation, I may make a little more money, just like the war some time ago, I made a lot of money."

"Well~ I heard that Brittania had just broke out in a war with the Empire some time ago? In the end, the Empire won and the two sides signed a new agreement?" The group walked along the Mud Road. Fortunately, the temperature was very low in the middle of winter, and the road was frozen hard, and there was no obstacle along the way. God knows that after spring starts in early May next year, the snow will melt, so how muddy and difficult the roads here will be.

"It's...but not as you think, both sides of this war are not Empire and Brittany." Oliver coughed and began to talk about a war that broke out between Empire and Brittany in the first two months.

The Empire is the largest and strongest human country in the world. During the disaster period about 1,800 years ago, a human tribe leader named Charlemagne rose rapidly and finally established an empire. Under the witness of the gods, he was crowned the only emperor of mankind. He spent about two hundred years conquering the entire world. The empire at that time was vast and ruled the territory, including the current continent, and powerfully allowed all races to kneel at its feet, and was the master of the entire world.

The current empire was only part of the empire at that time.

The empire had resisted foreign enemies for nearly a thousand years. Until hundreds of years ago, civil wars continued. The empire, which looked around, finally gave up most of its territory except its core territory under the vote of the emperor and the Senate. The province of Britannia was one of them. When this land was suddenly announced to be abandoned by the empire, all the nobles and civilians fell into despair. At that time, Britannia had to face the plunder of undead, barbarians and other abandoned human factions, as well as the army of Chaos Beasts in the East and the green-skinned army in the South. These army not only wanted to plunder, but also destroyed everything they saw.

A young baron named Arthur led his knights to fight alone, struggling to fight against foreign threats, but to no avail. Seeing that the people of Britannia were facing the crisis of destruction, Arthur switched several consecutive battles and was separated from his army and was seriously injured. In despair, he came to the Fairy Lake where the legendary gods lived here, knelt down at the Fairy Lake, and prayed in tears, no matter what he asked him to give, Arthur only hoped to save the people of this place and save the land abandoned by the empire.

The pleading received no response at first, and Arthur fell into complete despair, but the young lord did not give up. He gritted his teeth and decided that he would not stop in the battle tomorrow until his death.

In the early morning, a white light that penetrated the sky suddenly shot out from the Fairy Lake. A god named Fairy in the Lake responded to his request. The Fairy in the Lake used the holy water in the Holy Grail to help him heal his wounds, and gave him firm belief and eternal blessings. With the help of the Fairy in the Lake, Arthur reassembled the troops and raised the battle flag blessed by the Fairy in the Lake. In a battle of 1 to 30 troops, Arthur led the army of blessed knights to fight bloody battles and achieved a great victory.

The victory of the Knight Lord was like a lighthouse in the darkness. The Brittanian army united again. In the subsequent battle career, it won twelve consecutive games, completely eliminating all enemies invading Brittania. The Knight Kingdom of Brittania was established.

Under the mediation of the fairies in the lake, the Knight Kingdom established diplomatic relations with the empire with an equal status. Since then, the relationship between Brittania and the empire has always been good. Although wars broke out occasionally between hundreds of years of history, they both abide by the bottom line very much, never kill prisoners, and even as long as they put down their weapons on the battlefield, they can ensure immortality. This is because there are too many threats from the outside, and there is a deep tacit understanding between the empire and Brittania, and they will never consume valuable manpower and material resources in infighting.

"It was Marinburg, Mr. Ryan. The emperor of the empire has tried to recover Marinburg for the third time, but Marin was not to be outdone. Because the empire violated the founding ceremony written by Ludwig's crown, Britania chose to join Marinburg's side. At this time, the rangers and knights who were eager to make meritorious suddenly rushed into the imperial army without any warning, and caused a full-scale war for this reason." Oliver slowly talked about the development and process of the matter: "The war lasted all day, and His Majesty the Emperor and the Knight King were still clear-headed. The result of a one-day battle was only more than 3,000 people died and injured. Finally, His Majesty the Emperor and Britania signed a peace treaty and signed a new alliance, and returned the captured nobles. His Majesty the Emperor could only announce the relinquishment of part of the sovereignty and rule of Marinburg."

"Malinburg's annual income is almost one-fifth of the total financial income of the empire. It is normal for His Majesty the Emperor to be drooling in this port city. If I guess correctly, those knights must have rushed into the imperial army under the instigation of Grand Duke Marin?" Ryan asked with interest.

"Yes, after experiencing this failure, it seems that the current Knight King's prestige is no longer there. I just don't know which duke will take over the position of Knight King." Oliver nodded: "It is not important who will take over the Knight King. As long as the lady in the lake is here, there will not be too many problems in Brittany's trade."

The system of Brittany is very interesting. The whole country surrenders to the ladies in the lake, that is, under the skirt of the fairies in the lake. The Knight King is the open ruler, and the fairies in the lake are the ones who truly rule the kingdom. After each Knight King abdicates or dies in battle, the fairies in the lake will gather all the dukes of the priests to vote and discuss who is the next Knight King.

In addition to these things, the most important thing that the fairy in the lake is that she personally established and regulated the "Eight Virtues of the Knights". Her clergy contains important benchmarks and principles of conduct such as "Knights" and "Eight Virtues". Therefore, her faith is not limited to Brittania. There are also many people in the continent, especially the knights who believe in fairies in the lake. For example, Ryan occasionally prays to her.

"By the way, can you tell me about the empire? I heard that a few years ago, Andrea, the elector of Brescia, led his army to launch a full-scale war on the Red Horned Orc tribe on the edge of the territory, but unfortunately died in battle?" After thinking about the Holy Grail Knight, Ryan asked about the empire again.

This time, Oliver did not answer immediately. The Imperial Merchant pondered for a while before he spoke slowly. His tone was low and even a little sad:

"Yes, the war failed, the Elector died in battle, and the Beasts withdrew from the forest before the Emperor led his army to come. Several towns in Brescia were washed away, and no one survived, and the Elector's Elector's Yin Xin was also lost."
Chapter completed!