The prosperity of the City Lord's Mansion exceeded Abel's imagination. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a huge fountain. The lights from unknown sources reflected the dancing spring water, shining with a fantastic brilliance.
The servants of the city lord's palace who led the guests were all wearing black servant uniforms, and they were all polite and considerate. The guards patrolling around were wearing half-body armor and holding long swords, and they showed an aura of at least level 4 or above. Professionals who practice fighting spirit, the extraordinaryness of the viscount nobles is everywhere demonstrated here.
Professionals include warriors, knights, and assassins. They all develop some special abilities based on practicing fighting spirit.
Warriors are ordinary professionals, and most people who practice fighting spirit are warriors. Warriors can use swords, hammers, spears, and almost all weapons.
The most powerful are the knights. Good education and abundant resources enable them to have the most comprehensive training and the most sophisticated equipment. War horses and armor are their standard equipment.
Assassins are the smallest among them. In addition to practicing fighting spirit, they also have to learn a lot of ways to hide themselves. Assassins' fighting spirit breaks out more violently, but the price is that the duration of fighting spirit is shortened.
In the Principality of Kamai, titles are difficult to obtain. Generations of kings have suppressed the number of nobles and formulated a series of regulations to reduce the inheritance rights of territories and titles. For example, women cannot inherit titles. With the regulations of lowering the rank by one level every time there is an inheritance, and taking back the fiefdom if there is no heir, countless noble families have disappeared during countless years of continuous power retrieval.
There is only one condition for obtaining a title, which is to make great contributions to the principality. This is particularly difficult to achieve in peacetime, and after war, military exploits are obtained at the cost of the death of a large number of quasi-nobles.
Therefore, in recent years, the conflict between the king and the nobles has become more and more serious. The great nobles have continued to increase their strength, while the king is looking for opportunities everywhere to strangle the nobles who dare to challenge the royal power.
Just look at the title of the city lord of Harvest City and you will know that the noble title of the Duke of Camai is low. The title of the lord of a large city is Viscount. For cities of the same size, in the adjacent Thunder Principality, at least they have the title of duke.
Of course, these things are very far away for Abel. It was only in the carriage that Knight Marshall casually told Abel when he talked about the city lord. As a knight who obtained a fief for his military exploits, Marshall did not care about these things. , just saying it as a fun thing.
It’s just that when Abel saw the guards in the city lord’s palace, he couldn’t help but think of the great nobles mentioned by Marshall Knight who were constantly strengthening their strength in order to fight against the king. Just look at the hundreds of guards in front of him. Every one of them is a professional, even if they are just For the lowest-level warrior professional, the powerful combat power that these hundreds of people can exert can rival the combat power of a legion of thousands of people.
The hall was crowded with people. What disappointed Abel was the food in the City Lord's Mansion. Because it was winter, only pastries and barbecues were provided on the buffet table, but there was an ample supply of red wine.
With the appearance of the city lord, Viscount Dickens, the reception officially began. First, there was the viscount's speech. Although there were many people in the hall, Viscount Dickens, as a knight captain, made the speech reach everyone's ears through his strong fighting spirit. According to the Marshall Knight According to him, this is an annual display of strength, whether it is financial resources or powerful force, which will allow Viscount Dickens to better manage this vast land.
This was the most boring drinking party that Abel had ever attended. Abel didn't know anyone here. After being led by Marshall Knight to meet a few friends, Abel went back to the corner alone and watched quietly. In this world's high-end gatherings, it's no wonder that no food is prepared, because few people come here to take food. They are all carrying red wine and looking for people to talk to.
In this environment, Abel's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he slowly fell asleep. After a day of shopping, the noise around him was like a lullaby. It was not until the end of the cocktail party that he was greeted by the knight Marshall. Shake awake.
When he came back, Knight Marshall laughed at Abel. The knight didn't believe that a fifth-level trainee knight would be so tired from shopping that he fell asleep at the reception.
Early the next morning, Knight Marshall took Abel into the carriage and prepared to return to Harry Castle. When leaving the yard, the butler Robin sent the carriage out of the gate, and Abel stuck his head out of the carriage and waved goodbye to Robin.
This action made the servant who had been watching the yard all night confirm that Abel was about to leave, and hurriedly ran to report to the master.
"What, they went to the south gate? Did you see it clearly?" After Joshua heard the servant's report, he confirmed it and immediately summoned his men.
Joshua's father is a lord. Because he is good at business, he has purchased more than ten stores adjacent to the main road in Harvest City over the years. He has almost controlled 50% of the harvest city's ready-made clothing market. He is a truly aristocratic businessman with financial resources. His wealth has also given the lord's only son Joshua better conditions for training. The 19-year-old Joshua is already a level 4 trainee knight. The lord has always dreamed that Joshua can achieve military exploits and become a fiefdom knight.
Because of these, the Lord has never been stingy with Joshua's growth. You can see the Lord's investment in him just by helping Joshua buy a hundred-practice sword. Joshua, who lost the bet, did not dare to mention this matter. Tell the Lord, I just want to take revenge first, and then find an opportunity to talk to the Lord slowly.
A team of twelve people was gathered. These were all strong servants of the family. Each of them had a horse and a long sword. Joshua rode a fiery red horse, and a group of thirteen people pursued him. The team set off.
Knight Marshall was in the carriage sipping a bottle of red wine given by his friend in Harvest City. He leisurely moved his body slightly with the ups and downs of the carriage, but the surface of the red wine in the wine glass did not move at all. Abel was trying hard to learn the knight's posture at the moment, but the carriages in this world were too hard, and there was no shock absorption. Sometimes a shock came, and before he could react, the red wine in the wine glass began to violently The ground shook, but Abel did not lose heart. He observed the knight carefully and imitated it with great joy.
Although the horse did not run fast, it was faster than the carriage in a short period of time. The 13 people quickly approached the carriage, and a ferocious smile appeared on Joshua's cold face.
"Interesting, someone actually dared to chase my carriage." Knight Marshall stopped holding the wine glass in his hand, with a cold smile on his face.
Abel also felt an abnormality from the vibration on the ground. He glanced at Knight Marshall. Since he and Knight Marshall came out to attend the cocktail party, he did not bring a long sword. He just took out his sword and loaded it with arrows, ready to fire at any time.
"Come on, stop the carriage and drag out the people inside." Joshua ordered the 12 servants.
If Joshua had seen the carriage from the front, he might not have done this. There was a noble family coat of arms on the front of the carriage.
The 12 servants raised their swords and rushed towards the carriage with brandishing. The coachman knew that Knight Marshall was in the car, so he was not in a hurry, but loudly warned: "This is the carriage of the Harry family. Attacking the carriage will bear the wrath of the Harry family." "
The 12 servants who rushed up didn't know about the Harry family. If it was about Knight Marshall's carriage, they probably knew about it, so the 12 people did not stop their horses and still rushed towards the carriage and stopped it.
Joshua had already caught up. The first thing he saw was the very conspicuous white unicorn coat of arms on the front of the carriage. A chill ran from his back to the top of his head. He actually led someone to attack a noble. Carriage, I didn't hear clearly what the coachman said just now, but when I saw the coachman's fearless look, I knew that the other party must have a lot of background.
At this point, the attack on the noble carriage was a foregone conclusion. Joshua was already on the verge of death. He couldn't help but secretly have murderous intentions in his heart. If he killed both the coachman and the little blacksmith in the carriage, who would know that he did it? of
"Kill them all." Joshua spat out three words viciously.
The 12 servants were stunned for a moment. They usually only helped the young master to bully people, and at most they broke people's hands and feet, but they had never killed anyone. However, they had to obey the young master's instructions, so the 12 people waved their hands in confusion. He raised his sword and rushed towards the coachman.