PS. Let me emphasize here that the novel is not a game. In the game, as long as the player is willing, you can fill up the Holy Grail Knights or the Hippogryph Knights and directly sweep all the forces. However, I definitely cannot write this in the novel. There are only so many Holy Grail Knights in total.
If they are all dead, they are really all dead.
Although the witch trusted Ryan not to harm her, she still felt a little uneasy.
"My physique is special, Veronica, as you know, I am not afraid of any corruption." Ryan thought for a moment and decided to reveal more: "But because of this, I need some means to
Prevent some people around me from being corrupted, especially you, my dear, you are sometimes too eager for benefits and will do whatever it takes to achieve your goals."
"So this is..." Veronica mused.
"Well, as you can imagine, as for the benefits...you will know when the wings are fully opened." Ryan smiled strangely: "It won't take long before Orica will also appear."
"Then I think I understand what this is, identification? Prevention of corruption?" Veronica mused.
Ryan just smiled and didn't answer: "Anyway, I won't harm you, my dear."
Veronica rolled her eyes at him, and the witch found a comfortable position in his arms: "Hold me tight, Ryan, and rest."
"Um."
From the Winter Veil Festival to the winter after the festival, due to the frozen land, cold climate, and closed rivers, Ryan and others basically had nothing to do. They usually recuperated in the territory and took the opportunity to practice. Ryan would go to Angron to practice sparring when he had nothing to do.
, most of them end up being beaten violently. Angron is really too strong. Even in a weak state, he can still hang Ryan and beat him, but Ryan is no longer completely powerless to fight back.
By the beginning of March, the weather started to get warmer.
Lane also received an invitation letter.
The quadrennial Knights Conference will continue to be held in Curona. This year’s organizers are King Dinoa-Jean-Richard-le-Angoulan and Lake God Witch Morgiana. The organizers invite
The Fairy God's Chosen Champion went to Kurona to watch the game.
Ryan knows this. In fact, if there is no invitation, Ryan will go to Kurona because he promised Sulia.
Veronica refused to go to Corona together. The Witch of Gloria actually didn't like the Lake Fairy's prophets. She was busy gathering people to build her own wizard tower. The Witch didn't like the so-called knights' meeting either.
interested.
Orica was unwilling to travel far, and Olivier wanted to stay in the territory. Finally, Ryan decided to take Lops and Hux together. He also brought five sergeants. Unfortunately, there were no knights in his territory who could participate.
The knights of the conference, Hux is already in his thirties, and Lops is just over twenty-five.
Emilia was also taken along by Ryan. Seeing that no other woman wanted to come out with Ryan, the girl immediately said that she would follow Ryan to attend the Knights Conference.
About ten kilometers away from the territory, the team of Duke "Long Legs" Francois of Winford appeared in front of everyone. The pure white horse family heraldry flag fluttered in the air, and the Duke's golden crown on the flag represented the Duke.
His identity, the golden fleur-de-lis border represents that he is a descendant of the founding knight King Arthur, and the golden Holy Grail on the foot of the Pegasus represents that he is a glorious Holy Grail Knight.
This time Duke Winford brought more than twenty family knights, most of whom were very young and immature. It was obvious that they all wanted to participate in the knights' meeting.
The Duke's daughter was also among them. She hadn't seen Ryan for a long time. Sulia saw Ryan's figure, and her beautiful sea-blue eyes were filled with brilliance. She immediately waved: "Lian? You are here as expected. I knew you would abide by the rules between us."
Agreement."
So the two sides merged, and Ryan rode the pure-blooded elf war horse Putao at the forefront, keeping pace with Duke Francois of Winford. The Duke himself rode a tall Pegasus, and his elegant demeanor was heart-wrenching: "My Duke, there is no such thing.
I thought you would go in person this time."
"Every knights meeting, as long as there is nothing else, I will come to watch the game in person." Francois smiled elegantly and touched his beard: "The duels of young knights always make my blood boil.
Just like I did back then."
"Haha~ Yes, even the Holy Grail Knights must have some hobbies, especially the Duke, who is the winner of the Knights Conference." Ryan nodded repeatedly: "I heard Mr. Jules say that decades ago, it was the Duke who
You defeated him and His Excellency Theodoric successively, and aspired to the crown of the Knights Conference."
"That was decades ago, and the Witch of the Lake God at that time was not Her Majesty Morgiana." Francois was both emotional and proud when talking about his youth: "I have always been proud of the victory at that time.
Keep it in mind that when I was pursuing the Holy Grail, I encountered countless difficulties and obstacles, and I also
I fell off the cliff and was rushed into the rapids, but the lady always inspired me and kept me moving forward. Finally, after killing several giant evil creatures in succession, I crossed a stream formed by the melted snow of the mountains at dawn.
I saw a beautiful figure that I can't describe in words, she was waiting for me."
"I know, that's my lady, that's the Holy Grail."
All the young knights in the team stopped talking. They listened carefully to Francois's conversation, for fear of missing any detail. The Holy Grail Knights generally keep secrets about their journey to the Holy Grail.
A little bit of it will be revealed when chatting.
How holy, the Holy Grail! The lifelong desire of all young people, praise the lady!
"Father, you rarely talk about your past." Sulia rode a Pegasus from behind. The female knight said to Francois gently: "Even to my brother and me, you rarely talk about your past."
explain."
"That is not a particularly honorable thing. My daughter, Theodoric has hated me deeply since he lost to me. He thinks that I stole his championship in a dishonorable way." Francois
His expression was like the calm spring water in an ancient well, without causing any waves: "But the lady can prove everything."
Theodoric failed to complete the Holy Grail Trial, and then he was busy with the war with Estalia, but Francois completed the Holy Grail Trial and returned with glory. At this time, Duke Winford no longer needed
Argued with Theodoric, as he said, the lady can prove everything.
The Duke of Winford was unwilling to start a war with the Duke of Belian for this reason. Theodoric was a man of temperament and a militant, so there was no need to start a war just because of a dispute of words.
Ryan nodded repeatedly, and the early spring sunshine shone on him. The Holy Grail Knight held the reins, thinking that Francois was also a passionate young man when he was young, a fierce and charging knight, but this Duke was taking over.
After becoming the Duke, he began to hide his talents and bide his time. As time went by, he gradually became the scheming and scheming person he is now, and every move he makes is full of wisdom.
Ryan felt very happy to be traveling with the Duke himself, accompanied by the Duke's daughter and his little maid.
A few days later, the group arrived at the small town of Vogele in the morning. This town is located in the Principality of Le-Angoulan. Its ruler is Count Vogele. This place is less than a day's journey from Curona.
.
Francois signaled everyone to stay here and set off again tomorrow.
So the knights and soldiers stayed in this small town.
After lunch and a simple lunch break, Francois found Ryan: "Are you interested in going out with me? Young man? Just the two of us."
"???" Although Ryan was a little confused, he immediately agreed. The person in front of him was his boss and a nobleman who supported him. Since he invited him, he had no reason not to go.
The town of Vogele is close to the Castle of the Duke of Le-Angoulan. The first impression this town gave to Lane was that it was prosperous, very prosperous. The towns here were not only densely populated, but also economically developed. The streets were full of vendors. Lane
We even saw some halflings coming and going.
Francois wore a blue and white Breton silk nobleman's costume, with four ermine stripes on his hat. There was a gold ring on his crown, decorated with 8 red gold leaves, and his clothes were decorated with
His pure white horse family crest, especially the glittering Holy Grail Knight emblem on his chest, illustrates his noble status.
The serfs did not dare to approach him and disturb him, and they all avoided him. The traders tried hard to get in touch with him, but they immediately looked away when they saw Francois waving his hand. No one dared to pester a Holy Grail Knight.
Ryan followed Francois, and the aura of the God-chosen champion was also very powerful. He was wearing a red Breton silk aristocratic costume, but without a hat: "My Duke? This place is so prosperous."
"Fogele has always been very prosperous. This is the Duke of Le-Angoulan, which is one of Richard's main sources of tax revenue." Francois said with a smile: "There are more than 8,000 people in one town.
The population is really prosperous here, most of the towns along the coast are of this size.”
"Yes, it's just a little messier." Ryan noticed that there was a lot of feces, dirty water and garbage hidden in the corners.
Generally speaking, the larger the settlement, the more sanitation and various supporting facilities are needed. In many cases, population settlement cannot be summarized simply as 1+1. For example, in Marienburg, in addition to being able to maintain the temple and university area, the nobles
In addition to being clean and tidy, the entire city is actually filled with sea water, garbage, and silt.
"You are very smart, Ryan. In the process of ruling, you know how to control a certain degree of control, but I still want to tell you a story today." Francois took Ryan around a street corner.
The street was a little dirty, and a lot of garbage was piled on both sides of the street, waiting for the regular cleaners to come and clean it up. But this was not the point. Ryan noticed that at the door of a store on the street, many townspeople and serfs were standing anxiously.
Waiting at the door of the store, most of them were old and gray-haired, and many of them were still yelling.
"Cavendish! You bitch, where is our bread? Why hasn't it been delivered yet?"
"You cursed stranger, you despicable thief!"
"I curse you!"
At the same time, there were two heavily armed sergeants standing guard at the door of the store. Because of their presence, this large group of people did not dare to rush into the store directly or attack the store owner. They could only stand outside and wait anxiously.
While cursing.
A wooden sign hangs above the store: Cavendish Store.
"What is this? What are they doing?" Ryan was very curious. Why did the lord send sergeants to guard this store? What was the reason why dozens of people gathered around the door of the store and kept cursing?
Woolen cloth?
"Don't worry, Ryan, patience is a virtue! Let's wait." Francois motioned to Ryan to sit down with him in a stall on the street. The stall owner was a serf woman who was selling a kind of
Stew, this kind of stew is made of frog meat, flour, onions, carrots, celery sticks, potatoes, wild vegetable leaves, garlic, salt and other things stewed in one pot. It smells quite fragrant.
Seeing the two Holy Grail knights Francois and Ryan sitting down, the serf woman screamed first, and then tried her best to bend her round waist: "Oh, my God! Oh, my God,
Oh my lady! My lady Thalia, what is this, what is this? Two Lords of the Holy Grail Knights have visited my shop! My most respected Lords of the Holy Grail Knights, what would you like to order?"
"Two bowls of valley frog stew, madam." Francois took out two silver coins, and the serf woman immediately served two large bowls of nearly full stew to Ryan and Francois.
Then he nodded and bowed, with a smile on his face: "Yes, please! Master Knight of the Holy Grail, our frog meat stew is the most famous and best stew in the entire town. If you try it once, you will definitely fall in love...
"
"Okay, okay, we get it. You can go and do your business." Francois motioned to the serf woman not to disturb him and Ryan. The serf woman quickly bowed and then happily moved away: "God
Hey! Praise the lady! Two Holy Grail Knights ate in my shop! Two Holy Grail Knights ate in my shop!"
The appearance of the Holy Grail Knight had an immediate effect. The serf woman's large pot of stew was sold out in ten minutes, and even most of the newly cooked stew was sold. It was not that the serf woman was unwilling to sell them all, but that she
I thought to myself that maybe the Holy Grail Knight would add some more later, but he couldn't leave all of it.
The yellow stew soup was mixed with various red, green, and white vegetables and frog meat. Ryan picked it up and took a bite: "Hmm~ It tastes pretty good!"
"Isn't it good? I ate here last time, and it was really good." A smile flashed in Francois's wise eyes: "But don't just patronize the food. Look, pay attention to that store."
"Hmm." The Duke and his baron were eating stew while fixating their eyes on the shop called Cavendish and a large group of people in front of the shop.
"Cavendish? This name doesn't sound like someone from the kingdom." Ryan held a wooden spoon and put the frog meat into his mouth.
"Yes, he is not a Brittanian, he is from Estalia... Here, Ryan, pay attention." A freight carriage came to the door of the Cavendish store, carrying a large number of bread bags.
: "The thing is here."
"It's bread, the most common black bread?" Ryan said doubtfully: "Are these people going to buy black bread? But I saw many bakeries along the way. Why do everyone focus on this one? The black bread here
Cheaper?”
"No, no, the price of black bread here is the same as the market price." Francois shook his head, and the Duke's eyes showed indifference and contempt: "The only difference is that part of the black bread in this cart,
It is used to support those serfs who are old and unable to work."
"Cavendish probably never dreamed that things would turn out like this." (To be continued)