The atmosphere reached its peak at this moment. People chanted Leo's name and chanted the slogan "Long Live the Empire", venting their emotions to their heart's content. Compared with the festival, a great victory that belongs to everyone is obviously more important.
It is worth celebrating and can arouse the enthusiasm for participation.
Applause and cheers were like a tide, one wave after another.
Among this crowd, only a small number of people seemed relatively calm.
Gilbert stood about thirty meters in front of the left side of the celebration platform. Like dozens of nobles around him, he had a formulaic smile on his face and clapped casually. Occasionally, he whispered to each other in a low voice and raised his head.
At this time, a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.
Since last night, Lulian's atmosphere has become a little more subtle.
The big families recruiting people with great fanfare have spread, not to mention among the nobles, even among the common people. The streets and alleys are full of people talking about this matter. Especially this morning, when the carriage drove into the square
At this time, the nobles clearly felt the strange look in the eyes around them.
Most of these strange people are not very friendly.
In the eyes of the Lulians, these damn foreign nobles are a group of greedy and shameless bandits.
Most of them came to Lulian in the early stages of the demonic invasion, laying the groundwork for the family forces behind them to take root in the south.
They purchased and hoarded large amounts of food, weapons and equipment, war horses, and war pets. They used various tricks to bypass Lulian's laws, purchase land and slaves, and establish bases. They also mobilized batches of family knights to fight in Lulian's land.
Create an independent kingdom.
If it had been any other lord, he would have been furious.
Lulian's reaction, however, was relatively mild.
Adolf has always been a person with an overall view. He knows very well that under today's circumstances, Lulian is no longer the Lulian of the Lulian family. This land must shoulder greater responsibilities. In the future, this place may even become
Humanity's last bastion.
At that time, the Lullian family alone could not sustain it.
Therefore, Adolf accepted these family forces from all directions. As long as they did not destroy Lulian's order and rules, he would not interfere with their operations on this land. Even for some families, Adolf gave great benefits
Convenient and helpful.
For example, the Renault family represented by Charles and Ansel is the most typical example. Because they exited the previous conflict in time, the rewards they received far exceeded their imagination.
In the eyes of the Lulian people, His Highness the Grand Duke has shown the greatest kindness and tolerance. But they did not expect that these nobles would be so dissatisfied. Just after the war in which Lulian had made many sacrifices had just ended, they could not wait to
It’s time to divide the cake.
Talent has always been an important factor in whether a family or even a dynasty can prosper for a long time.
Recruiting troops in other people's territory with great fanfare is a great offense to the local lords, and it is also a violation and contempt of the rules. Especially when everyone is celebrating victory, their behavior makes people feel like they are enjoying delicious food.
It felt as disgusting as swallowing a fly!
Therefore, when they saw these nobles, many people spat angrily and cursed in a low voice. Everyone wished that His Highness the Grand Duke would directly issue an order to drive these damn guys out of Lulian!
However, the public sentiment did not affect Gilbert and others at all.
After all, the temptation is too great and the opportunity is too good.
Because of the ruins of the abyss, Lulian has gathered almost all the elites in the mercenary community in the southern part of the empire. Walking on the street, you can see the emblems of large and even super mercenary groups famous in the south everywhere. It can be said that today's Munich City
, is a huge mission hall.
What's more important is that these mercenaries are now facing a choice. Many of them have the idea and preparation to join the army and participate in this war for all mankind. For this reason, they are rebellious by nature and like freedom.
, easier to contact than ever before.
If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to catch all these talents, I'm afraid the nobles will regret it and be unable to sleep in the future!
Therefore, let alone the spit and glares of ordinary civilians, they would not hesitate even if they turned against each other and started a war.
"Just hate it, what can you do?" When he got off the carriage and chatted with representatives of the major families, Gilbert joked, "It's like you broke into an orchard and picked other people's fruits.
You have to let the owner of the orchard express your dissatisfaction, right?"
Amid the laughter of everyone, Gilbert shrugged his shoulders, full of ridicule and disdain, "...although this dissatisfaction seems very weak."
Therefore, from morning to now, the nobles gathered in this area have actually no interest in the celebration ceremony. They clapped casually, just to avoid the scene being too ugly. In their hearts, everyone is looking forward to the celebration earlier.
End so that they can continue their work.
Some mercenaries and freedom knights still need to continue to negotiate, and some who have general intentions need to finalize an agreement and organize them to leave Lulian.
When they think about the many prestigious mercenaries who are about to become their own family knights, and when they think about how powerful the family's armed forces are after supplementing these forces, they feel as comfortable as eating ice-cold juice on a dog day.
Many people's eyes were still wandering among the mercenaries and free knights, thinking in their minds who else could become their targets.
"It's a pity that we can't poach this kid." Gilbert looked at Roy on the stage and said to the nobles beside him, "If I can get him, I would rather exchange it for a hundred knights of justice and ten knights of glory.
.”
"I would rather trade for ten great knights of light!" As soon as Gilbert finished speaking, an old nobleman said, "This kid, who looks like he is only about twenty years old, actually defeated a twelve-year-old knight.
Super demon. This is obviously not something he can do with his strength."
As he said this, the silver-haired old nobleman named Lu He from Cantu Province had a trace of greed in his eyes: "Then, this means that he has some kind of secret. If you can get his secret, you have to pay ten thousand yuan."
The price of the Bright Knight is completely worth it.”
Lu He's words made the nobles' eyes flash with light.
However... a nobleman sighed: "Unfortunately, he has now caught up with the royal family. Look at the reward His Majesty gave him, where do we have a chance?"
"It's a pity." Gilbert nodded and said with a smile, "But let's not be too greedy. Just like this, Adolf didn't know how angry he was. After all, as soon as this celebration was over, he could only
We watched helplessly as these mercenaries left with us."
Hahahaha, the nobles laughed again, feeling very proud.
It happened that the atmosphere in the square was slightly quiet at this moment. This made the sudden burst of laughter from the nobles seem unusually abrupt, attracting the attention of the people around. Especially the Lulian noble lords on the celebration stage, their expressions were not very good.
nice.
Some invited guests set their sights on Adolf.
Although the intensity of this undercurrent is far less than that of the demonic invasion war, or even the rebellion triggered by Xilin, the third-level butler of the Langris family. But everyone knows that this kind of talent plunder, which is almost a drain on the bottom of the cauldron, has a huge impact on
Lulian is even more harmful.
This will cause the weak Lulian to continue to lose blood. When he goes north to fight against the demons, Lulian may be the first victim to fall.
However, what surprised everyone was that when faced with the movement from Gilbert's side, neither Adolf nor Fano nor Kahn could see any displeasure on their faces.
They were as calm as if nothing happened.
At this time, on the high platform, the ceremony was over. Salmond said to Roy: "Now, dear Earl of Southern Cross, please say a few words to everyone."
The cheers in the square gradually stopped. Everyone stared at Roy intently and held their breath.
Roy touched his nose, took a step forward, and looked at the people in the square.
The dark crowd stretched from the front of the high platform to the building hundreds of meters away. Even the roofs and big trees were densely packed with people.
"I only have two sentences."
Roy's eyes fell directly in front of the high platform.
There, there were more than 400 mercenaries including Landero and the mercenary groups participating in the war, the Free Knights, as well as the commanders, officers and knights of various Lulian armies.
Facing their gazes, Roy smiled slightly: "I am honored to be able to fight alongside you." He cast his gaze to the people further away, "I am equally honored to be able to fight for you."
The clear voice echoed over the square.
After a moment of silence, cheers rose to the sky. The excited people responded to the young man who saved Lulian with almost crazy applause and whistles.
"It's a good speech, sincere and powerful." Gilbert also applauded and said with a smile, "What's more important is that it's short enough. This celebration should have ended long ago, and I'm really afraid of his long speech."
The nobles laughed again.
However, at this moment, they discovered that Leo on the celebration stage had turned his attention towards them.
What? The laughter of the nobles gradually died down. Then, they heard Leo say: "...By the way, I will take this opportunity to announce something. Tomorrow, I will issue an announcement to recruit justice-level people.
The above knights will form my private army of knights. If you are interested, you can come to me."
After Roy finished speaking, he turned around and hugged and shook hands with Adolf and others who came forward. This meant that the celebration ceremony was over.
However, his last words were like a huge boulder smashed into a calm lake, causing a turbulent wave.
"Form a knighthood?"
"Did I hear that right? He actually wants to recruit knights."
For a moment, the whole square was in an uproar. People were shocked and talking, and no one could believe their ears.
Amid the commotion, someone turned to look in the direction of Gilbert and others.
Only dozens of nobles were seen, standing there blankly in silence. Many people still had smiles on their faces.
But in an instant, it has become extremely stiff... WeChat public account tao0202... (To be continued.)