"Are you the commander here?" Meno asked, breathing heavily.

"I am the son of Sir Dias, the commander here. Now I order you to put down your weapons and surrender!" Karl said again, the sword in his hand pressed closer to the opponent's neck, and there was even a faint trace of blood seeping out.

out.

Meno breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the other party was the son of a noble. It was good that he was a noble. At least they could save their lives. However, he felt a little aggrieved. The fifteen knights on his side were actually killed by dozens of unarmored light infantry.

He was defeated and it would be a great shame to spread the news.

Seeing that the other party had not moved yet, Karl's hands tightened even more.

"hiss……"

Meno felt a little pain and had no choice but to shout: "Knights, put down your weapons!"

After saying that, Meno released his right hand and the sword fell to the ground with a dull sound.

The knights of Lorraine seemed to have forgotten their struggle for a moment, and after hesitating for a moment, they finally chose to obey Meno's order and dropped their swords one by one.

"Soldiers, take off their armor too!" Karl ordered.

Suddenly, the soldiers howled and dismantled the armor piece by piece and put them aside. Even Meno was not spared.

Karl asked them to gather together, and the soldiers surrounded them, which was considered to be under control.

"Tell me, who are you?" Karl asked.

"We are the knights of Lorraine Castle, and I am Meno Caladi, a knight directly subordinate to the Earl, and the commander here." Meno said.

"Very well, Sir Calady, you have lost, and I declare that you have been captured." Karl said proudly, holding his waist.

The soldiers around him burst into deafening cheers. They didn't expect that they actually defeated a group of knights.

Seeing the cheering crowd, Meno smiled bitterly, and the knights around him mostly did the same, with bitterness on everyone's face.

"Mr. Karl, although I don't want to admit it, we did lose, but I ask that we be treated fairly!" Meno couldn't help but say.

"Of course, Sir Kalady, I will not harm your lives, and I will also give you the treatment you deserve. Of course, all this requires you to pay a ransom." Karl said.

Hearing the other party's demand for ransom, the knights of Meno and Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief. This was already the best result. Being able to redeem their lives was more important than anything else.

As for the sword and armor? No one mentioned it. They all knew that they couldn't even get back the war horse. It had become the opponent's trophy and the opponent's "glory".

"Don't worry, Mr. Carl, we will definitely pay the ransom, but please release one of us and let him return to Lorraine Castle to bring us the ransom." Meno suggested.

"Of course it's no problem, Sir Caladi, um... then it's up to you, you go back." Karl pointed to a knight behind the team. The knight was obviously not hurt.

"You can get your own horse back, go back quickly." Karl said.

"Thank you, Mr. Karl." The knight was overjoyed. He was lucky enough to get his horse back.

"Darren, go back quickly and bring us the ransom." Meno suddenly shouted.

Karl raised his eyebrows, but soon regained his composure. He just took a deep look at Meno. He was wondering why the other party suddenly called the knight's name. It was for him.

Obviously, Meno didn't trust the other party very much. He was afraid that the other party would betray them and let Karl know the name. This would put the glory of the other party's family in Karl's hands. If Karl did not receive the ransom, then Darren's family would definitely

Discredited.

After thinking about this, Karl also calmed down. Some twists and turns cannot be ignored.

It was obvious that Darren did not understand Maynor's "sinister intentions", he just nodded, made a promise and quickly left on horseback.

"Mr. Carl, can I ask you a question?" Meno suddenly asked after Darren left.

"What?" Karl didn't know why.

"I want to know how you defeated us and why our horses suddenly lost control?" Meno asked.

When Karl was about to say something, he stopped, just smiled and said: "Sir Cadilla, the reason why this is a secret weapon, as for what it is, I can't tell you."

"A secret weapon..." Meno murmured, but he was relieved in his heart. He was even afraid of some kind of witchcraft. If it wasn't, it would be okay.

"Mr. Karl, it seems that you will receive an honor that spreads all over the world. I would like to congratulate you in advance." Meno shook his head and congratulated Karl, easing the atmosphere between the two parties.

The knights of Lorraine lowered their heads. The other party's honor was achieved by standing on them. If the other party gained the honor, it was obvious that they would receive shame.

Karl smiled slightly, pointed at the soldiers around him, and said: "This is not just my honor, this is their honor!"

The soldiers were stunned, and then burst into amazing cheers again.

"Long live Lord Karl! Long live Lord Karl!"

Every light infantry member's face turned red, and their bodies were trembling with excitement.

Meno stared at this scene with his mouth wide open, and in the end he could only lower his head feebly. He suddenly felt a little scared for the young man in front of him. The other party used just one sentence to mobilize the loyalty of his subordinates. The momentum made him

He was a little scared.

"Losing to such a person..."

Meno didn't think about it anymore. The silence of the knights was in sharp contrast with the cheers of the soldiers. The bonfire slowly lit up, and the firelight reflected the faces of the soldiers...

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"My God, Karl, I still can't believe that you actually did such a thing." In the residence of Sir Dias and his family in Rensburg, Sir Dias looked at the walls covered with

His chain armor and weapons were full of disbelief, and you must know that there were more than a dozen war horses in the stables outside. Sir Darren rode a war horse back, and there was another war horse in the chaos.

He knew where he had gone, and the rest was brought back by Karl.

Karl smiled and said nothing, because he knew that his father was just sighing now and had no intention of letting him answer.

"Karl, I have to admit that you were right this time. Your stuff is very useful. I remember it was called Za... what is it?" Sir Dias said.

"Horse nails." Karl reminded.

"Yes, yes, this Zamartin is indeed a magic weapon for victory." Sir Dias nodded. He is not a small-minded person. Since Karl can rely on this kind of thing to achieve a great victory, naturally he will not

He will be stingy with his own praise.

At this moment, Carl saw his brother Pine looking at the equipment, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Karl smiled knowingly and said: "Father, brother, please pick out a good set of equipment and take it."

Pine was overjoyed, but before he could make a move, Sir Dias stopped him.

"How is this possible, Karl, these are your trophies, how can we just ask for them?" Sir Dias shook his head. The chivalry in his heart did not allow him to use his identity as a father to ask for his son's trophies.

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"No, father, these equipments are meant to be used after they are obtained. And if you put them all here, I won't be able to use them for the time being. They are piled here like garbage. You might as well use them to strengthen our family."

You know, you and Pine are going to the battlefield, a good armor and a complete set of sophisticated weapons are very important to you, and this is not what you ask for from me, but it is my return to the family." Karl

Said softly.

"This..." Sir Dias hesitated a little. He had to admit that what Carl said was right. Their family really needed these equipment. These were the equipment of the Knights of Lorraine Castle, and their sophistication was far from what they had.

The tattered chainmail can be compared.

Sir Dias was still hesitating, but Pine was rude and said carelessly: "My brother Karl, since you said so, let me take one."

After Pine finished speaking, without waiting for anyone else to respond, he walked straight to a set of armor that he had already spotted, and couldn't wait to put it on. A majestic knight appeared in front of the two of them.

I have to say that wearing a set of sophisticated equipment does give people a completely different feeling. Pine's majesty now is much better than wearing the tattered chainmail suit before.

"Alas..." Seeing that his eldest son had already put on armor, Sir Dias sighed and found a suit of armor to put on himself.

"You go and choose another war horse." Karl suggested.

"Yes." Sir Dias and Pine nodded. Pine was fine. As for Sir Dias, although he hesitated a little, he agreed. He had already taken the lead and didn't care about getting an extra war horse.

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"Let's use the other armors and swords to arm our soldiers." Karl suggested again.

The soldiers of the Dias family are too weak and do not have any equipment. If they have elite equipment, their combat effectiveness can be improved a lot.

"Okay, but Karl, except for the equipment and horses on me and Pine, everything else is borrowed from you. When you need it in the future, we will return it all to you." Sir Dias said.

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Karl laughed dumbly, but seeing Sir Dias's serious expression, he knew that this was the bottom line that Sir Dias insisted on, so he nodded.

However, he was very satisfied with this arrangement in his heart. Although he was happy to repay the family, he would still be a little unhappy if the other party really accepted everything like this.


Chapter completed!