Bo Long half-squinted his eyes and nodded: "I have to think about the brothers. If this drags on, sooner or later, we will follow in the footsteps of those mercenary groups. Rather than being forced to disband then, it is better to do it now
Take advantage of the good opportunity and find a way out for the brothers."
Although Landreaux had already had a premonition at the beginning of the conversation, he still felt his heart sinking when Boron revealed his decision.
In the past two years, the Ice Star Mercenary Group has been fighting against the Thunderstorm Mercenary Group.
Even though his strength was far inferior to his opponents, no matter how difficult the situation was, Bo Long led everyone to grit their teeth and persevere. But now, seeing that the Thunderstorm Mercenary Group, a powerful enemy in the past, was facing destruction, he did not expect that Bing had won the victory.
But the Star Mercenary Group also...
Landreaux's eyes searched the crowd.
He saw many famous mercenary captains, as well as some familiar senior veterans. But without exception, everyone looked a little heavy.
This was incompatible with the atmosphere of the cocktail party celebrating victory.
On the other hand, the chattering noble envoys in front of them all had smiles on their faces. Although they all tried to look sincere, there was a hint of condescension in their brows.
"So?" Landero turned to look at Bolong, "Who do we choose?"
"His Royal Highness Adolf was originally a good choice," Bo Long said, "It's a pity..."
"What's a pity?" Landreaux frowned, "I don't think there is any better choice besides Archduke Adolf."
Bolong smiled bitterly and said: "I know that emotionally speaking, His Highness Adolf is indeed the best choice. However, as the leader, I have to consider reality."
"Reality?" Landreau said, "Reality is that Lulian is the weakest right now, right?"
"Yes." Faced with Landero's question, Bolong said categorically, "This is not gambling. I can bet however I want. You have to know that my choice affects all the brothers in the group.
Once we surrender to one side, we are no longer free. We not only have to face the demons, but also the political whirlpool."
He stared into Landreaux's eyes: "Wrong decisions will cost our brothers their lives! It doesn't matter if we die. What will happen to our families?"
Landro opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that he didn't know what to say.
After a long time, he asked dejectedly: "Have you made a decision?"
"Not yet." Bo Long shook his head.
In the field of vision, in the center of a crowded cocktail party, a familiar mercenary captain finished his conversation with the noble envoy. He turned around and raised his head, and their eyes met.
Bo Long half-squinted his eyes and said: "Let's take a look. Tomorrow is the celebration party. In two days, Munich will be even more lively."
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Early the next morning, as the sun was shining brightly, the Victory Square in the center of Munich was already crowded with people participating in the victory rally.
Today is the day of the celebration. The royal envoy Duke Salmond will be here to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle on behalf of the royal family. After the victory, this is the reward the soldiers deserve, and it is also a grand festival for the people.
"This is a great victory..."
When Salmond's voice echoed over the city of Munich, thousands of people held their breath and were silent. Only a few pigeons fluttered their wings and flew across the sky.
"When the cunning Abyss Demon set this trap and successfully opened the blood sacrifice channel, no one believed that we could win this war."
"In fact, even I personally don't believe it. I know what a terrible disaster it was. I also understand that in such a short period of time, we had no time to make any response. Our hastily mobilized reinforcements are still on the way.
, we were unable to send a single soldier to the battlefield before this. Then, the war broke out faster than we imagined."
"Do you know what that looks like? It's the end of the world!"
"Thousands of abyss demons rushed out of the blood sacrifice channel. They spread in all directions like a black tide. The lowest level ones are all level six demons. What does that mean? That means their strength is equal to that of a
A just knight!"
People burst into loud exclamations.
Although everyone has talked about that battle more than once, most of them have never seen the devil with their own eyes. They don't know what the devil looks like, let alone how powerful this terrifying creature from the ground is.
powerful.
But they know how powerful a just knight is.
A fully armed knight of justice can easily tear apart a giant elephant, defeat a team of dozens of ordinary soldiers, and slaughter a village single-handedly. Ordinary civilians in front of him are like lambs in front of lions, unable to fight back.
.
If a sixth-level demon is so terrifying, what about higher-level demons? Once this battle is lost, these demons rush out of the abyss and rush into the town... Many people's faces become a little pale. They simply don't
I can't imagine such a scene.
"Because the incident happened suddenly, even though His Majesty Edward immediately ordered the major provinces to reinforce Lulian, it was still a step late. The war broke out so suddenly."
Salmond stood on the high platform, staring at the dense crowd below. It seemed that he had returned to the moment when he got the terrible news. He is still frightened: "We have carefully calculated that we can win this war with Lulian's own strength.
The chance is almost zero!”
"We have been psychologically prepared for the worst. We have placed the defense line against the spread of abyssal demons on the Imperial Capital Plain. But..."
People held their breath.
In that moment of silence, Salmond laughed and said loudly: "But Lulian won. It was you who created this incredible miracle!"
"Long live Lulian!"
"Long live the Empire!"
Cheers soared into the sky and resounded through the sky. People jumped up and waved everything they could. Although most civilians did not participate in the battle, at this moment, facing Salmond's eyes, everyone was fighting for their own safety.
Proud to be a member of Lulian.
"One hundred thousand soldiers saved the empire with their bravery and sacrifice. And the empire will reward your loyalty and dedication to duty with wealth and honor. Now, I declare..." Salmond said loudly and unfolded the parchment in his hand.
.
The first thing he announced was the pension for soldiers who died in battle.
This time, the pension paid by the royal family was three times higher than the usual standard. The pension for a reserve soldier of the lowest level actually exceeded one hundred gold coins.
Subsequently, Salmond announced that the royal family would spend 10 million gold langs to reward those who participated in the war.
This money will be distributed according to merit and is not linked to salary or position. The lowest reward threshold covers all personnel participating in the war. Even civilians who are only responsible for transportation can receive five gold coins each.
And those soldiers who have made meritorious deeds, the more enemies they kill, the more rewards they will receive.
The reward for killing a level 6 demon is as high as 200 gold lang. The reward for killing a level 7 demon is as high as 500 gold lang.
This means that even if four or five people kill one demon, they can still make a fortune.
After calculation, the total bonus amount of several low-level knights is as high as hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Even the bonus of ordinary infantry phalanx exceeds one hundred thousand gold coins. And the single bonus of some lucky people
, even more than 10,000 gold royal lang.
For a time, the soldiers participating in the war burst into cheers and high-fives. They could already imagine the surprise of their families when they returned with their money bags.
Furthermore, this is only a reward for ordinary soldiers and low-level knights. It does not include knights above the level of justice.
As the group that played the greatest role and sacrificed the most in this war, each knight of justice received an award individually. Their harvest was even more generous. Some received bonuses exceeding two years' salary, and some received manor properties and slaves.
of rewards.
There are also some people who, because of their outstanding military exploits, not only received the Imperial Silver Shield, but were even qualified to register with the Institute of Heraldry and were promoted to barons.
This made many knights who did not participate in the war feel extremely jealous.
You know, without family background and no noble support, it is simply more difficult for a just knight to obtain the title of baron.
This is a hierarchical world.
Unequal rights have created a huge gap between nobles and common people.
Knights above the Glory level are fine. Their strength makes them treated as honored guests everywhere. Even if they are unwilling to serve in the army or a certain lord, they can still obtain a noble title through other channels.
.
In fact, apart from anything else, almost every one of these mercenaries who ventured into the abyss is a noble knight. Many of them have the title of viscount or even earl.
But the level of Justice Knight seems a bit embarrassing.
In the pyramid of knights, they are in the middle. Compared with the knights of glory, they have a huge base. Moreover, many of them have ordinary talents and are over thirty or even forty years old. The possibility of attacking the knights of glory is very small.
This means that although they are recruited by the lords, entrusted with important tasks, and have the identity and status of long knights, the road to promotion is not smooth. There are many long knights who have been in the army for ten or twenty years, but have not yet been able to
Accumulate enough military merit to obtain a knighthood.
But what everyone didn't expect was that this time, the royal family actually gave such a reward.
It can be said that this is the largest collective canonization in history. A total of more than 70 lucky people were awarded the title of baron. This instantly increased the number of barons in Lulian by one-tenth!
And more than half of them are mercenaries and free knights. It can be said that they have reached the sky in one step.
After the Knights of Justice, there are the Knights of Glory, the Knights of Great Light, major power groups and more than 400 mercenaries who have stepped out of the abyss.
The one who was originally a viscount was awarded the title of earl. The one who was originally the first-class Tiger Lieutenant in the army was promoted to the third-class Dragon School. The one who originally only had a B-level fief was awarded an A-level fief. Coupled with high-level elixirs,
Weapons and armors, fighting qi skills, golden shields, and even the Knight's Golden Shield Medal...
This time, Edward I seemed to deliberately use a reward far exceeding the standard to make Lulian the center of all attention. Let these soldiers in this land who are loyal to the royal family and have repeatedly made great contributions to the empire get the wealth they deserve.
and glory.
I have to admit that he did it. Not to mention ordinary civilians, even the noble lords were frightened by the rewards announced by Salmond.
The atmosphere was quickly pushed to the climax with every envious exclamation.
And finally, people saw the black-haired young man who had been talked about countless times in rumors on the streets, walking up to the high celebration stage... WeChat public account tao0202... (To be continued.)