I, Lord of the End

2022-01-18

Chapter 13, first set a small goal

PS: I was scolded, this book is too shaking at first Too many settings is my problem, and I will try to avoid this from happening in the future.

“clang clang clang clang~”

Sir Werner’s guards began to beat drums and gongs in the city, making all the noise, lighting the torch, and shouting down the streets of the town to let the Seus Get out.

The lord has friends coming, and all the Seus have to take bread, milk, eggs, or something else, and two copper fennies. Now go to the castle and pay the hospitality tax.

The small town of Zermatt is chaotic, the Seus curse the lord’s greed, but there is no way, this is the lord’s power.

But in addition to the bad news, there is good news.

“The Raven Knights need a guide! Great pay and extra money!”

Hearing this, the Seus were boiling.

Being able to be a guide for Grandpa Knight, doesn’t it mean that he is qualified to leave the town and leave this cursed poor place in the future?

This opportunity is too rare, and the Seus immediately grabbed their belongings and scrambled to move towards the castle.

In the castle, Sid and the others sat with Sir Werner. Although Sid emphasized that he did not need the other party to provide dinner, Sir Werner insisted that he rang the bell before Sid agreed, and Sid also He had no choice but to let him. The lord had countless reasons for collecting hospitality tax. The town of Zermatt had nothing to do with Sid. Sir Werner must accept it. Can Sid stop him?

“So, gentlemen, are you here to help me?” Sir Werner smiled, the crow’s feet raised at the corners of his eyes: “I’m so grateful, so grateful, you must be Jupiter sent me to save me.”

“How much do you know about St. Regis Outpost?” There was only a fire and two candles in the entire hall. Mochi couldn’t keep his eyes open due to the dim light. He didn’t like it very much, but he knew that the countryside was like this. Rizlan was a poor place, and it was understandable that the little lords were reluctant to light candles, unlike the big nobles in the Holy Empire, where magic lamps were installed.

“It’s a long way from here. If someone leads the way, you probably have to go for a day.” Lord Werner said nonchalantly: “It’s all savages in the mountains, only if they graze far away. You will see that eating two sheep by yourself occasionally is nothing at worst.”

“Have you never thought about solving the problem?” Bauer Old Knight was a little dissatisfied with Werner’s attitude, as a lord , is obliged to protect the safety of its citizens.

“Solve the problem? How do I solve the problem? Counting me, there are only 16 people (semi-professional soldiers).” Werner spread his hands: “You city lords, I really don’t understand us country people. How can I deal with a tribe? At worst, a few Seus will die. Can these orcs rush into the castle? Two days away from here is the Schönbrunn Palace. Those dirty beasts dare not make trouble. .”

What kind of occupation is the bad guy?

Mochi, Bauer David and the others couldn’t help but think.

Rizlan’s nobles are all this kind of stuff, aren’t they?

The Raven Knights had angry looks on their faces.

Only Sid’s attitude was different. He adjusted his instrument to signal Mochi and the others to be quiet, and the 17-year-old beautiful boy put a warm smile on his face and said sincerely to Sir Werner, who was in his 30s: “Sir, Sir, It must be very hard to maintain it all these years?”

Sir Werner almost burst into tears on the spot, he opened his mouth and choked up: “Sid… Your Excellency Sid, if Rizlan’s Nobles are as smart and knowledgeable as you, so just take care of our difficulties!”

“Zermatt, how much tax can you collect in a year?” Sid asked.

“A good year can get more than 200 gold ecubits, and a poor year can sometimes even 150.” Sir Werner cried and said: “For this amount of money, I want to support a clerk, a The tax officer, a cook, three servants, and fifteen guards, Your Excellency Sid, I saved and saved, and after all, it was barely enough for my family’s expenses. You don’t know, I have spent all these years. How did you get here!”

“I understand, I understand.” Sid expressed his understanding, he was like a spiritual mentor.

After working for several years, Sid is very skilled. He is professional in what to say to who and how to empathize with others.

The first rule of thumb for mercenary intermediaries is to try to serve the employer well.

The three Raven Knights had mixed feelings when they watched Sir Werner take Sid as his confidant.

Is this the middleman?

If Sid unfolds his arms, Sir Werner will probably cry in his arms the next second, right? Mochi face full of black lines, the young Knight admits that Sid has a charisma that can make people speak their minds, even if the two aren’t particularly acquainted.

Teacher, please guide us!

Sid really wanted to be a mentor, but with the piercing sound of a gong outside, the Seus reluctantly came to the castle and paid a hospitality tax.

“We need a guide, take us to the St. Regis Outpost tomorrow.” Taking advantage of the Seus’s arrival, Sid moved towards the crowd and said, “Who among you can take us to Switzerland as a guide? The one at Ji’s Post? I can pay him enough.”

“Me! Me!”

“Sir, I’m most familiar with the terrain, let me lead the way. !”

“I’m coming, sir!”

Seus raised their hands one after another, the scene was a bit chaotic for a time, almost every Seus was trying to sell himself, that eager expression could not wait Sell yourself now.

Sid looked at it and was not very satisfied. Seus of the overwhelming majority was unemployed. He didn’t want to be a burden, and how could the unemployed keep up with them?

There are not many local mercenaries returning home from retirement in Rizlan.

Many retired mercenaries often have fierce conflicts with the lords when they return to their hometowns, because retired mercenaries = savings + martial power, the lords will try to exploit and extort the retired mercenaries to All kinds of labor and military service, all kinds of taxes to force the retired mercenary to hand over all his savings, and let him keep fighting for himself.

For this reason, there have been many cases in Rizlan where retired mercenaries were forced by the lords to come out again to take orders, or the lords were angry and killed by the retired mercenaries. It is no longer news, after a long time , Most of the retired mercenaries will choose to leave the Holy Empire’s sphere of influence to live, especially the mercenaries from Seus.

Sid couldn’t find a guy with a little bit of strength and experience.

Until a farmer of about forty came to Sid with his son.

Brown hair, dark eyes, a little dirty face, wearing gray burlap clothes, covered with animal skin jackets, a pair of big eyes are looking forward and eager to look at the incomparably noble. “Master Said”.

“Mr. Knight, this is my son, Hann, who is fifteen years old this year. He has been grazing with me for five years and is very familiar with his surroundings. When he was thirteen, the kind Mr. William only accepted I helped him awaken his innate talent in 8 shillings, you see, can he do it?”

“He is a beginner?”

“Back to the master, Hanen is a beginner , but there is no chance to learn.”

“Okay, that’s it!” Sid moved towards Sir Werner and asked, “What do you think? Sir, we really really need a good guide.”

“Then, so be it.” Sir Werner could only say hesitantly, he was unwilling, how could this young boy be willing to come back once he saw Heaven and Earth outside? How much tax will he lose?

But before he and Sid communicated with Sid “in simple language” and “heart to heart” and the arrival of Raven Knight, Sir Werner really couldn’t say a word, he could only agree.

Sid smiles, this is his way of dealing with minor nobles, first showing his identity, then showing his appearance, and then empathizing with each other’s difficulties.

This set of punches is down, the other party wants to make more demands, it’s embarrassing, the art of language.

Everything was settled in such a vague way. According to the usual practice, all the guests and the host of the hospitality tax were divided into three and seven, and the accommodation fees of Sid and the others were refunded in full.

After a dark dinner, Sir Werner immediately came to ask Sid if he needed “service”, and if Sid needed it, Sir Werner could make the whole town’s women of school age, even him His wife and daughter came to serve him.

Sid declined, and Sir Werner expressed regret but respected Sid’s choice.

After traveling for so long, Sid is not surprised by this situation. Someone may automatically substitute for the typical playful Young Master in his previous life. .

But in fact, everyone is voluntary. The whole town of Zermatt from top to bottom is voluntary, including Sir Werner himself. This does not mean that he likes any quirks Watch this beautiful 17-year-old do bad things to his wife and daughter in his castle, but Sir Werner wants to “steal” Sid’s bloodline, and everyone in the town wants to steal Sid’s blood.

That holy blood from Romani-Falcon, the first Holy Falcon Emperor.

For Sivis Seus, no matter whether it is biological or not, as long as the family gives birth to a baby of a noble blood noble, it means flying Huang Pengda and escapes their original fate (and has a chance to be reborn) Confirmation of class), even for a low-level Iquis noble like Sir Werner, as long as his descendants can show signs of atavism, he can easily get attention and become an upstart with a little bit of blood to show himself.

This is why Sid’s adoptive parents will firmly tell everyone that Sid is their biological child.

How did the adoptive parents’ estate come to be?

That’s how it came!

It’s just that Sid doesn’t have the habit of planting seeds all over the world. He even rarely gets close to women, except for the elder sister.

The women of this era are not like the previous life, especially the Sivis and Seus, they often have dry skin like bark, cloudy body odor, and a mouthful of yellow and rotten teeth spewing out overnight. The smell of my fingernails is full of sludge, I haven’t washed my clothes for a month or two, I have lice on my body, and the creak nest is rich in food.

Although it’s not their responsibility, Sid really doesn’t even want to touch it. Besides, too much involvement doesn’t meet Sid’s poor positioning and prudence standards. Hoffman’s affairs are still confusing. , at this time he did not want to make any mistakes.

In general, only wealthy Sivis, like Mrs. Old Ma, would take regular baths, brush teeth with salt and herbs, wash clothes and use perfume, and barely meet the standard of being free of lice and odor.

And above Iquis, the living conditions are better and cleaner.

Lay down at night in the best room in the castle.

Thinking of his adoptive parents, Sid recalls his time as a child.

Wait, father mother, when I finish this commission, I will return to the Principality of Evil Wolf.

Why did Sid come to Rizlan?

Because here he can earn enough money, he can recruit suitable personnel, and he can have the opportunity to return to the Principality of Evil Wolf at any time, otherwise, based on his appearance, he can Holy Empire Settling anywhere is fine.

But it’s very likely that he won’t have a chance to take revenge, and this world doesn’t have a high-speed rail.

Therefore, he was rotten, but not completely rotten, and a strong sense of responsibility made him feel that he was obliged to investigate the truth at that time.

Why was the adoptive parent’s estate attacked by the devil? Is it because of yourself or something else? Is this an accident or is there a secret mastermind?

First set a small goal: complete this fat sheep commission, and then go to the Principality of Evil Wolf to start an investigation, Paragon Rank should already be able to understand something.

With this small goal in mind, Sid slowly fell into a dream.

…………I am the dividing line that slowly falls into the dream…………

In the early morning of the second day, Sid got up, he took out the mint powder with him, brushed his teeth and washed his face, Then put on the equipment and walk out the door.

The little guide Hann is also here. According to the guards, he arrived at the castle before dawn. His still immature face was full of excitement and curiosity about the unknown. When Sid appeared, the little guide First, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously.

“Hey!” Sid was really worried that he would break his forehead, seeing how hard he tried, so he quickly helped the little guide up: “Okay, I’ll trouble you to take us to the St. Regis outpost this time. “

“No trouble, no trouble!” The little guide Han En’s dirty face was full of excitement, he seemed to be flattered by Sid’s attitude, shaking his head and hands: “I just want to Thank you! For choosing me, the father said you are a good person.”

In the eyes of the little guide, Sid is a reliable Big Brother.

Sid does not intend to become the little guide Big Brother himself. He expressed his closeness mainly to not make the little guide dissatisfied. Historically, if this kind of entrustment encounters trouble with the guide, the task trouble will rise several levels.

It is also easy to deal with this kind of low-level little fellow with no surname. He has a friendly attitude, and it is easy to make him feel good if he keeps a little distance while maintaining his dignity.

If it’s an older Seus, invite him to have some wine and some barbecue, and say two colorful jokes after a few glasses of wine, man, when he’s half-drunk, he smiles lewdly, and the sense of distance disappears immediately.

Wait around the little guide, and when the Raven Knights arrive, he immediately announces his departure.

“Gentlemen, this is called Deadwind Road! I like to graze from here the most, because there is a spring nearby to quench my thirst!”

“Gentlemen, this is Inter Mountain, here is the Grass is best in summer and autumn, and sheep like to eat it.”

Along the way, the lively little guide was talking continuously, he first moved towards Mochi’s introduction, and when Mochi was reluctant to pay attention to him, he confronted him again. Knight’s squires talked to him, and Knight’s squires thought him annoying, so he had to talk to the apprentices.

The Knight apprentices are already tired of the little guide.

Doesn’t he have any self-knowledge? Whether the apprentice of Knight is the child of Iquis or the child of the wealthy in Sivis, when is it your turn to have a Seus brat to point fingers at us?

I always get no response when I speak, gradually, the little guide’s voice has become quieter, and his state has become depressed.

“Han?” Sid gestured for the little guide to come over. The duties of the mercenary intermediary include trying not to cause conflicts in the team. If there are, try to keep them reconciled until the end of the mission, and then they can’t resolve the conflicts. The two sides are separated.

The little wizard was instantly revived with full blood, and he jumped up and down to Sid.

“Cold?” Sid asked with a smile.

In Rizlan, the majestic work of nature has endowed the country with its unique and spectacular scenery, and the continuous mountain range has divided the territory of Rizlan into pieces, like a beast that chooses people to devour, any foreign enemy thinks. If you want to annex Rizlan, you will be driven crazy by the complex terrain of Julian’s mountain range and countless fortresses.

But Rizlan is not so terrifying at times, and the many beautiful lakes in the mountains make the country quiet and Spiritual Qi.

As Sid and the others continue to deepen, the mountain peaks wrapped in silver and white under the clear sky are gradually approaching, and the temperature is gradually getting colder. Now it is autumn, and the coniferous forests of range upon range of mountains and The alpine meadows are slightly snowy.

“Not cold.” The little guide shook his head vigorously.

“Han, this is your name, right?” Sid took the initiative to take over: “Can you tell me how you became a beginner?”

” I’ve loved talking since I was a kid…” The little guide Han En saw that someone finally asked, and excitedly told what happened to him.

As Seus, Hann is lucky. He likes to talk very much since he was a child. He likes to talk so much that his parents dislike him and don’t let him talk at home, so he runs out to talk to others.

As a result, the little fellow’s ability to speak and articulate attracted the attention of the priest in the small town chapel. The priest is also a lazy dog, and the town is poor. Most of his usual preaching is routine. Do your own chores.

After a while, Hann got acquainted with the priest. The priest saw that he had a good innate talent. Considering that he had been doing chores for himself for several years, he had awakened the professional innate talent at a relatively low price.

Even so, Hann’s family had drained almost all of their savings, and eight silver shillings was a lot of money for any Seus family.

“Sir, can I ask you a question?” After saying this, Han En took a breath, and the little guide stared at the unattainable man in front of him with hopeful eyes. “Master Said”.

“Ask, but I won’t necessarily answer.”

“How much can I get this time?” The little guide was full of expectations.

“According to your strength, the guide’s practice, the difficulty of this mission and the time spent, I will give you 3 silver shillings as a reward.” Sid said calmly: “You have to wait until the end of the mission. Only then will you get paid.”

“Awesome!” The little guide jumped up directly.

Father, mother, and Thomas, did you see that?

Being a mercenary really has a way out, really!

Sid is also satisfied. As a middleman, it is very important to understand and guide the emotional state of the mercenaries, how to keep their fighting spirit high, how to make them feel that they have a bright future, and how to make the mercenaries believe that they can Completing tasks and getting commissions are the responsibilities of the mercenary middlemen.

He needs enough money, enough strength, and an elite team.

It couldn’t be done in the Wolf Principality, so he came to Rizlan.

When this commission is completed, it is time for him to return to Evil Wolf to investigate the truth about the bloody night time.

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(end of this chapter)