I, Lord of the End

2022-02-15

Chapter 43, Arriving at Wolfsburg

In fact, the best ending for a warrior who died in battle outside the wilderness is to be cremated, so that both Prevent the corpse from being eaten by the wild beast, and allow the warriors to rest in peace on the spot.

However, there are no conditions to do so in the wild. First, the humid environment in the forest after the rain makes cremation very difficult, and secondly, the huge consumption of wood, not everyone who has the money to be cremated.

Sid has seen his deceased relatives being sent to the incinerator in his previous life, so as it should be by rights, the so-called cremation is to get some fuel and put the corpse on it and set it on fire.

Not at all, it won’t burn cleanly at all, and just how much firewood is needed.

The lower class will not even be eligible for cremation. Digging a pit and burying it is the best outcome.

It can only be said that the soldiers of the patrol who died today were lucky to meet the gold master. Istvan decided to take 5 gold ecubits from his reward to give these dozen brothers a decent ending , The soldiers came to a nearby town with their corpses, and under the blessing of the god of underworld cultivator, two silver shillings were placed on each person’s eyes and burned to ashes in the flames.

“It’s all ashes in the end.” In the cemetery, Istvan buried the life saving benefactor with the ashes wrapped in cloth. He moved towards Sid next to him and asked, “Life is born to become Is it gray?”

“Life belongs to everyone and only once, it’s up to you how you want to live.” Sid grinned, and he turned his eyes to the gray cemetery of the Underworld God.

I don’t know how many people are buried here, but more people don’t even have the opportunity to send their ashes to the cemetery, because they want money to rest here.

“It’s up to you?” Istvan chewed on the sentence: “A lifetime?”

“Don’t talk about that.” Sid shook his head, and he gestured to Iraq Stevan turned his attention to the mound in front of him, and put a wooden token and a dagger into his hand: “Write something.”

Istvan looked at the wooden token for a long time, This was finally written with a dagger: “Oric, heroic werewolf, defender of peace, excellent warrior, life saving benefactor of Holstein, here you rest in peace.”

Again. Put his broken long spear and shattered shield in front of the mound and it’s all over.

Wolfmen have a habit of comparing axes. They must bury their weapons and equipment with them. This is their glorious tradition and one of the reasons why they always lack good equipment.

Sid disagrees but respects it. The best ending for warrior is the shroud in horse leather. Compared with other imperial principalities who like to bury with gold and silver jewels, they are always dug up in the end. This decision said Might as well keep the warriors from being disturbed.

After coming out of the cemetery and cleaning up, Sid and Istvan met the oncoming Temple Guard. In addition to the agreed commission, Ulrich rewarded Sid 50 on behalf of the Church of Heaven. Gold ecubits, rewarding Istvan 5 gold ecubits for their contributions, followed by a Bad Wolf Medal of Honor.

Sid took the medal and looked at the familiar wolf head on it. This Bad Wolf Medal of Honor is useful and useful – the person holding this medal means identity, and Sid can hold this medal. The medal settles anywhere in the Wolf Principality.

“It’s beautiful.” Istvan said, “It’s deceptive.”

“But nothing. Useful.”

The carriage drove out of town to the field, and Sid lightly pulled the curtain aside.

The Medal of Honor flew out of the carriage in a gorgeous parabola and fell into the mud, splattering the red yellow ribbon.

The two people in the carriage looked at each other and smiled, as if they had thrown a piece of garbage.

Half an hour later, Temple Guard Ulrich arrived with a team of religious warriors, looked at the medal complexion ashen dropped in the mud puddle, and finally gave up the pursuit.

A few days later, the Wolf Principality, Wolf Fort.

The two had already received news that the peace talks were successful when they approached Wolfsburg.

After some “friendly negotiation”, the Imperial Princess Celeste has signed the “Friedland Contract” with Archduke Wallace Roboute. In this case, continue to regard Holy Empire as the “Sect Master”, and ask for New Year coins.

Holy Empire reappoints Roboute as Archduke Wallace, “giving” Wallace Principality 3,600 ounces of Dragon Crystal, 150,000 gold ecubits, 30,000 kg of iron, 30,000 pieces of cloth, 450,000 kg wheat.

Archduke Wallace Roboute also announced that he would donate 50 cases of pearls, 500 cases of wine, 2,000 bottles of balsamic vinegar and 10,000 pairs of leather boots every year.

The previous story about the official caravan being robbed and killed has been turned over. The Holy Empire and the Principality of Wallace announced that they had abandoned their past differences and reached a peaceful agreement!

Congratulations, congratulations.

Sid immediately learned that the Imperial Princess was staying at the famous Ritz Bodensee estate in Wolfsburg, where tomorrow night the two countries will hold a grand banquet to celebrate the success of the peace talks.

Congratulations, congratulations.

Sid’s chance has come, which also means that the time for the two to part is coming soon.

With the city on the horizon, Istvan begins to rattle Sid about a history lesson:

“Wolfsburg is at the foot of the Julian mountain range, the earliest During the Wolf Dynasty, the von Batten family was entrusted with the title of count. Later, the von Batten family was destroyed in the Elder War, and the von Rotbyhoff family ruled here. By the time the Royhaus family, the Schubern family, and the von Helmut family ruled successively.”

“Until the end of the Fourth Griffin Dynasty, the Helmt family in the Second Blood Moon War. The only daughter was married to the Rizlan noble Gifhorn family, so this place was once ruled by the Grand Duchy of Rizlan…”

“Okay, I know what you said, I am now I don’t want to listen to your history class either.” Sid quickly stopped the Istvan Scripture Lecture and added: “The later Hart Dynasty mediates to request the division of titles, and choose one of the couple’s children according to the requirements of the Wolf Principality. “Born by a wolf and raised by a wolf and can speak the language of a wolf”, is that the child Xijue, right?”

“Hey, you have a good level of history, do you know this kind of thing?” Stevan was a little surprised: “Strange, didn’t you say that you were adopted by a pair of Sivis and then went to Rizlan as a mercenary? Where did you see these things?”

“It’s not like Rizlan doesn’t have a library.”

“Then you are really good at searching, and you can find books about these things from places like Rizlan.” Istvan couldn’t help but tell Sid again Gao glanced at him: “Have the patience to look, I see these things always make me sleep well.”

“Knowledge is power.” Sid put his hand on his chin, he spoke It’s meaningful: “Thinking for a long time, wanting to know, knowing and thinking, everything is part of the plan.”

When Istvan frowned and didn’t know how to answer this, Wolfsburg had already appeared. in front of them.

The main tone of gray, such as the guard configuration of the enemy, the cylindrical bunker and the turret, behind the giant city gate suspension bridge of the Wolf Castle, there are many new faces, these are wearing black and red color matching The guards of the Black Eagle Royal Legion, they were ordered to protect Her Royal Highness Imperial Princess Celeste. The number of guards of the Royal Legion was not many, but they caused a lot of trouble to the guards of the Wolf Principality who were in charge of guarding the city.

The reason is very simple. With the royal guards, the werewolf is not very good at knocking the bones and sucking the marrow. In the Holy Empire, the gap between the military discipline of the central army and the local army is simply Above the Heavens and Under the Earth.

Also taking advantage of this opportunity, all the merchants with all kinds of documents and guides chose to enter the city at this time, there was a long queue at the city gate, the Ripper Incident, the Battle of Friedland , the arrival of the Imperial Princess, these three events put Wolfsburg into a state of military control.

The next thing you need to do is measure your temperature and ask for a health code.

However, under such circumstances, commercial activities are further prosperous, population mobility is expanding, and all the merchants with all kinds of documents and guides choose to enter the city at this time, and the Central Army who takes over the city will neither Extortion and extortion do not deliberately set up obstacles, but deal with problems efficiently and honestly.

Being Nobili, Sid and Istvan have a fast-track but also a short queue, and at the side of the queue, two yeoman farmers are talking.

One of the homesteaders looked older, maybe in his 40s and less than 50 years old, and the other was younger, in his thirties.

“Why are we entering the city at this time, can we go in before dark?”

“It is at this time, stupid, Thomas, you see it is from the Central Army The officers are here! If they are here, those guys won’t embarrass us!”

“Oh, oh, it turns out to be the commander of the Central Army!”

“Yeah, So everyone has heard that the officers have been guarding the city gate for the past few days.”

“But the officers of the Central Army, why did they come to our wolves?”

“I heard that it was the Imperial Princess who came down. She represented the Holy Empire and came to talk with Wallace’s jackals!”

“Peace talks, why do we need peace talks? This battle is over. What happened?”

“You won.”

“Why do you want to negotiate if you win?”

“Aiya, you are stupid, you just want to Peace talks, peace talks are right, do you want your son Huber to be recruited? Or do you want to be levied more taxes? Or do you want to give in to the dead?” The older homesteader chattered.

The younger yeoman fell silent immediately.

“Peace talks are a good thing, especially for those of us Sivis who have passed the call-up age, the benefits of victory will never fall on our heads, on the contrary, losses are not guaranteed, I also count on it. Use the 5 acres of land near my house to plant something.”

“Yes, it’s a good thing.”

The two Sivis farmers reached a consensus.

“These two wolf country bumpkins have no culture, but they are definitely not stupid.” Sid moved towards Istvan with the corner of his mouth.

Istvan was silent, and the young Overseer understood what Sid meant.

What was the meaning of the battle of Friedland, a fighting intent that was seen as a sure win, to the great nobles?

Gold-plated opportunities, room for advancement, distribution of benefits.

But what does Friedland’s fighting intent mean to commoners?

The conversation between the two homesteaders says it all.

What is a dead hand donation?

Dead Hand Donation is a tax for the third rank Sivis, as everyone knows, as a third rank Sivis, many taxes cannot be received from them, like a little wizard If there is no one to protect the lord of the Seus family, you can roll it around and flatten it at will. If you go to the church priest and report it, the lord will handle it and ignore it, but Sivis is different. Sivis has a channel to speak out, especially after the high priest returns.

But the lord also has a way to “govern” these freedmen, that is, “dead hand donation”. According to the Falcon Canon, every household of the freedmen has the obligation to serve the lord, and the annual service standard is The time is 40 days. During this time, the free people serve without pay, and even the food is partly self-provided. For 40-60 days, half of the army pay and all the food must be paid, and for more than 60 days, the full army pay and double ration must be paid.

5000 years have passed, and the free civilian service system has long since collapsed, replaced by the mercenary system and the semi-professional army system. It is rare to recruit on a large scale like before until compelled by circumstances. Freedmen, if there is a small matter, they will find a mercenary, and if there is a major event, they will be dispatched to the army. The service system has gradually been transformed into a “military service tax”, that is, the freedmen pay a sum of money every year, and the lord will use the money to support the army or hire mercenaries. soldier.

The legal rights of the lord and grandpa must be upheld! This is where the death-hand donation comes in: if a freedman dies before the age of 50, the lord is entitled to “horses, harnesses, a whole set of weapons, armor,” from his relics. Because these are all as it should be by rights It is the property of the lord. If the free people do not have it, or the quality is not enough to satisfy the lord, then it can be discounted naturally.

This tax is a heavy one, and the Sivis are disgusted by it.

Different places have different standards for the donation of dead hands. Some duchies are 55 years old, some duchies are 60 years old, and the Principality of Evil Wolf once received 75 years old, but in the Great Priest Cecilia from After the return of Void Realm, she ordered Holy Empire to set a unified standard of 50 years old.

It can only be said that it is not unreasonable that the free people generally like the high priest.

The current season is late autumn, and the Principality of the Wolf can feel the chill in October.

Walking into the deep entrance of the city gate, assaults the senses of a strong wet and cold meaning, the coat of arms and tapestries of the Wolf Principality hang on the gate tower.

The coat of arms of the Principality of Evil Wolf has become very complex after 5000 years of evolution. The red, gray and black background divides the coat of arms into four areas. Inside are densely packed patterns, representing four In the changes of family rule in the change of the second dynasty, the only constant is the wolf in the coat of arms and the city of Sacred Flame, which symbolizes the capital of the principality of the wolf. Crown exists.

“Please show your ID.” Immediately, the Black Eagle Royal Guard came up to stop Sid, a soldier in a kite helmet, mail and breastplate, with a thick W The word mustache, the strength is weaker than Sid, a major rank is probably Cornerstone Rank, but these Cornerstone Rank soldiers should not be underestimated. Except for the elites of the Central Army and the local army, most of the army is composed of beginners and Cornerstone Rank officers, all Cornerstone Rank officers. Soldiers are rare.

“Mr. Ezekiel-Abaddon, Abaddon…a rare surname.” The royal guard did not let Sid in immediately, he looked at Sid for a while.

Sid was unresponsive, with a calm smile on his face.

The most important thing for nobles in Holy Empire is their confidence in their speech and their unique appearance.

Appearance is not a problem, as for self-confidence, Sid is definitely not lacking.

This is a false claim made by the encyclopedia’s elder sister Elustias, the elder sister said it was absolutely fine.

The royal guard had to ask the local officers for advice.

“Hello, Mr. Azekel.” The local officer in Wolfsburg saw Sid’s appearance, and his heart was half short, and he took the initiative to ask: “Sir, are you here for the banquet?”

“That’s right.”

“No problem, let it go!”

As for Istvan, it’s much simpler. The Overseer went up and said:

“Which part do you belong to?”

The royal guard was confused by this sentence, and then asked back after a while: “Which part do you belong to?”

“Senior Sergeant of the Fifth Banner of the 9th White Horse Guard Legion White Horse Cavalry Battalion, Istvan von Holstein, the son of Marshal Gustav!” Istvan salutes: ” White! Horse!”

The royal guard subconsciously roared: “Justice! Righteousness!”

In this way, the two of Sid entered the city smoothly.

This is a city with very monotonous colors. Almost only three colors can be seen in the whole city, that is, white, gray and red. The city is located in two Black Forests, and its geographical location is very important. Thirty or forty kilometers away is the Greyyan Mountain Range, and the Principality of Wallace is just over the Greyyan Mountain Range.

There are two rows of second layer classic townhouses on the side of the road. Compared with the manor in the countryside, these townhouses are not so comfortable to live in. They are better than the convenient and safe transportation. The streets are sparsely populated and patrolled. The soldiers on both sides of the road kept on, the big branches and leaves on both sides of the road were withered and yellow, and the fallen leaves were all over the place without anyone cleaning, which added a lot of bleak atmosphere of autumn to the city.

There are all kinds of wooden tokens hanging at the door on the street, the most typical of which is the bar. Although the werewolf is poor, drinking is essential in their life. The prohibition of alcohol led to the largest protest demonstration in the history of the werewolf. More than 50% of the population took to the streets to almost collapse the order of the entire principality, and finally made the nobles withdraw the decree.

The history of the Holy Empire has not been many times in the history of the nobles who have compromised with the commoners.

“Wolfmen are all stinky stones in a cesspit.”

– Holy Black Eagle Emperor “Redbeard” Frederick von Hohenzollern

Istvan quickly made contact with the Imperial forces.

It’s time to part.

“Thank you, I will never forget your help to me and the good memories of the trip.” The young Overseer stood on the port pier, behind him, the Arrell River There was a lot of domestic garbage floating on the dirty river. He stretched out his hand and pressed Sid’s shoulder: “If you have a chance to come to Oldenburg, you must find me and let us turn it around again.”

“Don’t, I don’t want to be hanged.” Sid joked.

Istvan laughed dryly: “We will protect each other’s secrets, right?”

“We may not meet again in the future, but I just hope You just don’t come to me when the time comes.” The short journey is over, everything will return to its original position, and the Holy Empire will try to find “Chosen One” to try to prevent the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Seven Seals, maybe one day Ish Tevan and Sid will go to each other’s opposites, so it’s better to see each other than to see each other again.

“You want nothing?” The young Overseer opened his eyes wide in the sound of the river, and he looked at Sid in disbelief.

In just a few days, he was shocked for the second time from the depths of his heart.

The intrigues of the noble court seem to be gone for a while, and all that remains is the warmth of a fire.

“Not every benefactor needs to repay.” Sid shook his head.

Istvan looked at Sid blankly, gradually, his eyes were red, he sucked his nose twice, and simply stretched out his hands to hold Sid’s hand: “Precious, Sid, my Brother, brother for a lifetime!”

“Goodbye.”

The river sent the Duke’s heir away, which also symbolized the end of this short journey. Sid was alone again, but also meet his needs.

Because there is only one goal to follow.

The second Void Realm Divine Item, Angel Tears!

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(end of this chapter)