Chapter two hundred and sixty fourth collective surrender
In midsummer, the new Earl of Glamorgan, the top of the Dawn Mage Tower, the private area of Gloria Councilwoman Veronica, and the master bedroom.
The newly installed air conditioner is blowing gusts of cold air in the room. On the soft big bed, a dog and a man are sleeping together. The sun is shining brightly outside, but a strange smell is filling the house.
The noble earl gasped twice. He closed his eyes, but felt the hair brushing against his face.
It feels very itchy.
Ryan tried to escape, but Wenxiang Nephrite, who was lying on his chest, held him tight.
"Okay, honey, don't make trouble~" Ryan could only open his eyes.
Veronica is lying on top of him. The sweet melon face of the Witch of Gloria is full of happiness and suspicious blush. Her jade hands are holding a strand of her hair, and the dark brown hair is on Ryan's face.
Sweep around.
"Don't make trouble~" Ryan stretched out his hand again, and the Earl easily grabbed the wrist of the Gloria Witch. Veronica did not resist at all. On the contrary, the Gloria Witch leaned on Ryan's chest and said in a sleepy voice: "Dear, thank you.
you……"
"We don't need to say thank you, Veronica, you deserve this." A touch of warmth spread between the two people, Ryan hugged Veronica tightly, the two looked at each other and smiled, Wei
Ronika closed her eyes and kissed Ryan.
Three minutes later, Veronica panted and pushed Ryan away: "It's time to get up, Ryan. The hot water has been put by Catherine. You can take a shower and then go back to the castle."
Ryan nodded, he really should get up. The Earl turned over and noticed that Veronica was still lying on the bed unable to get up, so he smiled and said, "Why don't we take a bath together?"
"Take a bath together? Oh, God, I don't want to take a bath for two hours. All I can do is grab the railing and let you toss it." Veronica reached out and rubbed her waist dissatisfied: "Stop talking,
My waist is still very sore and my legs don’t have any strength at all. I want to sleep for a while."
Ryan was getting dressed, and he touched Veronica's face lovingly.
Veronica was brave enough last night. She and Ryan fought until early in the morning. Now Ryan is no longer what he used to be. The Witch of Gloria was killed and had to cede territory for peace and was defeated.
Ryan understands what Veronica means. In fact, as she said, Veronica knows that her relationship with Ryan is now at a weak point, and Veronica has no cards left to play. In order to express
She needs this for her own love.
After finishing the work early yesterday morning, the two hugged each other and talked for a long time. Veronica couldn't even help crying. It is the dream of all witches to have a luxurious wizard tower of their own. With the help of Ryan, Veronica
Realizing this dream at the age of twenty-nine, she has completely gone ahead of everyone. She is the first female member of Gloria to build her own wizard tower before the age of thirty.
"I still miss the you last night." Ryan turned over and said with a smile. Veronica in the morning had completely restored her usual sharp and shrewd personality. The woman who cried last night seemed to be a dream, only
Ryan knew that such witches really existed.
"Hmph~" Veronica blushed, seeming to remember her own lapse in behavior, and she said mercilessly: "My great knight, do you still have this kind of hobby? Then I think you can go find it.
Your little Princess Jialan, she will definitely cry for you!"
"Hahaha~ Even now, you still don't give up mocking Theresa. Veronica, is there really that kind of undying hatred between you and Theresa?" Ryan said helplessly.
Veronica adjusted her skirt and leaned against the bed. She was a little stunned when she heard Ryan's question. After thinking for a while, the Witch of Gloria suddenly sneered: "Actually, it seems to be exactly what you said, no matter what
I have defeated her in spells, wizard towers, and men. It seems that I really don’t have to argue with her anymore, but after hearing your question, I feel that I still need to keep entangled with her."
"That's just your jealousy, honey." Ryan was going to the bathroom, but after hearing these words, he turned around and said, "Veronica, show me."
The Witch of Gloria rolled her eyes at Ryan, and seeing his resolute attitude, she shyly opened her skirt. On her belly, which was as white as mutton fat and jade, the spiritual mark left by Ryan was still in operation.
The silver sword heart pattern always stores Ryan's spiritual energy, and it is worth noting that the wings on both sides have been fully opened. When Ryan's fingers gently touch the spiritual pattern, the spiritual pattern immediately sparkles in response.
"Dear, what's wrong?" Veronica's face turned a little red.
"It's done. My spirit pattern engraving has penetrated deeply into your body and soul." Ryan's fingers brushed over the beautiful patterns: "This means that you can master more advanced magic in the future without fear of being corrupted by Chaos.
mean……"
"It also means that I have become your thing, doesn't it?" Veronica glared at Ryan: "Tell me, dear, how many women have this on their bodies now?"
"I just carved Orika's body a few days ago, and now there are three." Ryan always likes to tell the truth, Veronica is a smart woman, and he will not lie.
"You will definitely carve one for your female knight in the future, even though she doesn't know magic, so will our little Princess Gloria also get one?" Veronica continued to ask, looking like she was quite interested in this.
"Sulia will definitely be there in the future. As for Theresa...she was unplanned. In fact, she was not included in my long-term plan. I did not expect that I would meet her when I set out from Nord.
The Gloria Council has temporarily changed its members." Ryan shook his head in distress: "But she chased her all the way here..."
A smile flashed across Veronica's beautiful almond eyes: "That's because you are so good, my dear, okay, go take a shower, I want to sleep for a while."
"Yeah." Ryan kissed Veronica gently on the lips, turned and walked towards the bathroom.
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If anything has caused a stir in the Earl of Glamorgan recently, it must have been the many decrees issued by the Earl himself.
The announcement of the fixed agricultural tax did not cause much reaction from the knight class, because on the surface, the interests of the knights did not suffer much loss. At most, the knights just chatted after tea and dinner, saying that this was a mercy of the earl and the hard-working serfs.
They can save more food. As for those serfs who are not hardworking, the knights are too lazy to care about their life and death.
The serfs reacted with some panic to the fixed tax. In order to stabilize people's hearts, Sulia sent many family knights and knight retinues. They were responsible for publishing notices in all villages, explaining the changes in tax rates loudly, and then asked the serfs to
Memorize and recite. If you memorize well, you will get a handful of copper coins and two black coins.
Bread, if you can't recite it, you can get so many rewards by reciting it loudly twenty times. In this way, the somewhat frightened serfs finally calmed down. The vast majority of the serfs were illiterate, and most of the serfs could not read.
They can't count, so they will feel the real difference firsthand after the autumn harvest is taxed.
What really caused controversy was the "Germany Decree" promulgated by Lane. The decree announced that all bandits and bandits in the territory must unconditionally surrender to the earl within one month. Those who surrender can receive a reduction of their crimes or even forget the guilt.
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Within the territory, there is a large amount of wasteland in the Chalon Forest that needs to be cultivated on a first-come, first-served basis. If time passes, then waiting for these robbers will be the Knight of the Holy Grail, the divinely chosen champion of the Fairy of the Lake, the Earl of Glamorgan.
Ryan Malcador's wrath.
It was a sunny morning, the fifth day after the German government decree was promulgated.
A large group of uninvited guests were welcomed at the entrance of the Earl's castle. A large group of soldiers surrounded them. The sergeants all looked at the uninvited guests with hateful eyes. They held the hilts of their swords and filled their hearts with hope.
Angry and puzzled, in their view, these robbers were military meritorious deeds, and the Count's "Government Order" deprived the soldiers of the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
But there was no way. Ryan's prestige and reputation were too great. The soldiers did not have the courage to question and oppose the count's decree. The leader, Sergeant Denis, wore chainmail, with a dwarf's fine sword hanging on his waist, and carrying a dwarf sword on his back.
The big bow entertains these bandit leaders.
If you don’t know it, it’s really shocking to see. On this day, all the bandit leaders in the earldom came to the castle with their deputies to surrender to Ryan. There were dozens of people standing outside the castle. The bandit leaders
They dedicated all their accumulated wealth to Lane, allowed themselves to be searched by the sergeant, and then accepted Katzenberg's arrangements.
The bandit leaders cooperated very well. Butler Katzenberg ordered all the bandit leaders to rest in a room in the castle barracks and wait for the count's interview.
As soon as we entered the room, the bandit leaders started making a fuss.
"Petty! You bastard! I thought I was the first to arrive, but it turns out you were the first to arrive!" A bandit leader shouted dissatisfied: "Damn it, if you don't come, I will surrender to Lord Ryan.
That would be great!"
Petty, the leader of the spear thieves group, has dozens of thieves under his command, and is good at using spear formations.
"Come on! Gross, you bastard! You are obviously the farthest away from Jean Town, but you come with me?" Another bandit leader exaggeratedly shouted: "Okay, everyone is here! I'm the only one who came here."
He is the first one who wants to surrender!"
Gross, the leader of the Pollack Bandit Gang, his first thought after hearing the "German Decree" was to surrender to Lane.
No one wants to fight against the Holy Grail Knight, the lady's divine champion, and Ryan, who is so popular in the kingdom. The bandits were originally in panic because of Ryan's appearance, thinking that they were destined to die, but now they see that they can surrender and be lenient.
When given the chance, all the bandit leaders instinctively thought of surrendering, and they immediately rushed over.
A dozen bandit leaders were arguing in the room, making the scene a chaotic mess.
"Hugo, you little bastard, your people have never been active in the earl territory, why did you come to surrender?" After the robbers had a quarrel, they discovered that there was a familiar face who was silent and hiding in the corner.
Inside: "Get out of here quickly. You are obviously a robber from the Principality of Berleon. Why are you here?"
"Who...who said that the bandits of Berlion cannot surrender to Lord Lane? I, I am here to surrender!" The bandit leader named Hugo was obviously guilty, but he still defended forcefully: "I have already
I brought all the brothers to the Count. Since two days ago, I have been Lord Lane's robber."
"Hahahaha! What does it mean that you are Lord Ryan's robber? Are you worthy of it?"
"You don't deserve it, I do!"
"You deserve a ****!"
The bandit leaders know that this is the Earl's castle and cannot take action, but this does not prevent these bandits from frantically trying to undermine each other. Everyone wants to be appreciated by Lord Lane.
No one really wants to be a robber for life, they all long to return to society with a decent identity.
"Speaking of which, what about Bertrand? He didn't come to surrender? Is he deceived by lard?"
"I don't know."
In the room of the outer castle, the bandit leaders were quarreling, and in the inner castle, a man with a mustache, a green tricorn hat with wings, a green coat and green tights, looked to be in his thirties.
The 20-year-old man was kneeling in front of Ryan and presented several pieces of parchment: "My lord, these are all the belongings of the Bergerac Thieves Group."
Property and personnel list, we have 350 tents, more than 800 people, nearly 500 of them are good men who can use swords and bows, and can be equipped with spears. Now I, Bertrand
On behalf of all of us in the Bergerac Thieves Group, we are willing to surrender to you unconditionally and ask for your mercy. We are willing to accept any punishment."
Ryan came out from behind the table. He stretched out his hand to help Bertrand up, and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that you would arrive with your people the day after I promulgated the "German Policy Decree". It was my poor reception that made me so sad."
You have suffered."
"No, no, no! Your Excellency, please don't say that. It is our honor to surrender to you. All of us in the Bergerac Band of Thieves are grateful for your tolerance and mercy." The bandit leader Bertrand knelt down and kowtowed:
"We had no choice but to become bandits. The count is willing to give us this opportunity to change our ways. We sincerely thank you."
"..." Watching Bertrand kneel down and kowtow, Ryan's expression was a little speechless. He still underestimated people's desire for the so-called "return to the right path" in a world with gods. No one wants to be an unbeliever.
After death, the soul becomes the fertilizer of chaos. Most people who become bandits do so because they have no choice but to survive.
Lane originally thought this way. After issuing the German decree, the robbers were still hesitating. He sent an envoy with his own decree to find the robbers: The count asked me to give you a message, as long as you can surrender...
This was only the fifth day after the "Germany Decree" was issued. Not to mention the bandits in his earldom, and even bandits from other principalities came across mountains and rivers to surrender to him!
This is the role of reputation. After years of accumulation, the reputation that Ryan has worked so hard to cultivate finally played its role.