Early the next morning.
Marcus came to the castle early, did not enter the gate, but waited outside the castle. Looking at the low and dilapidated castle, his heart was cold, maybe he was thinking that his own future was as dilapidated as this castle.
The castle was built on a soil slope in the southwest corner of the town.
There are no tall walls, no towering arrow towers, no battlements, no wide moats, and no huge gates.
It is a larger two-story mansion.
There are faint cracks in the stone-built walls. Gradually, several tiles fell off on the roof. I don't know if it will leak in rainy days.
It is said that this simple little castle has a history of hundreds of years. When Coral Island was not the earl's territory, there was a noble life here, and then it fell into disrepair. After the earl was granted the title of Coral Island, he renovated the small castle and used it as a courtyard for visiting Huahua Town, but he never lived in it.
Until now, Baron Liszt, lived in the small castle.
And he, an earth knight of the Coral Island Knights in the past, had great ambitions to make meritorious service on the battlefield, but he will become a frequent visitor to this small castle.
Together with Baron Liszt, guarding the town of flowers without a stone road.
"Mr. Marcus, good morning." Tom, the servant who was carrying an empty bucket and was about to fetch water from the well in the town, greeted him respectfully.
Marcus responded lightly: "Good morning."
He couldn't remember Tom's name, but he remembered his surname, which seemed to be "pigsty", a very typical civilian surname. Even he himself does not have an aristocratic and elegant surname. His surname is "Wheel", because his grandfather was a coachman and rolled the wheel every day.
This is the case with civilians, whoever catches their surname.
He envied the noble surname, envied the earl's surname, Tulip, what a noble surname! How much effort does he need to change a similar surname for himself. All noble surnames are not available to commoners, flowers, gems, metals... nobles absolutely do not allow commoners to belittle them!
After a while, four tall men in leather armor came behind Marcus.
"Teacher Marcus." The four greeted each other.
"Carl, Rom, Gray, Oden, you are here." Marcus responded one by one, and these four were Liszt's retinue knights.
A retinue knight is not a knight, but a knight's retinue, a kind of servant, responsible for taking care of the knights on the battlefield. Carrying guns, leading horses, doing laundry, and cooking.
In essence, Marcus is also a kind of retinue knight, but he is a free citizen, while retinue knight is a servant who sells himself.
After a while, Liszt, who was still not sober, came out from the castle's somewhat leaky gate. In the morning, Liszt changed into a simple training suit, elegant white, coupled with his enviable face, tall figure and outstanding temperament, this appearance is absolutely top-notch.
"Good morning, Mrs. Marcus, Karl Hammer, Rom Barrel, Gray Scythe, Alden Insole, and gentlemen and ladies."
Gentlemen are menservants and ladies are maidservants, which is what nobles call servants regardless of marriage.
Just like the butler is called Mr. regardless of whether he is married or not, and the housekeeper is called Mrs. regardless of whether he is married or not. Liszt's body has been accustomed to the rigid system of the nobility for sixteen years, so he would instinctively greet him like this.
"Lord baron, let's start the knight training class."
"good."
On the mound in front of the castle, Liszt began his knight training. His four retinue knights didn't learn fighting spirit, they just fought their bodies aside.
Dou Qi pays attention to blood inheritance, and few common people can learn it.
In fact, Liszt felt that fighting qi had something to do with nutrition. How could civilians who couldn't even eat enough to extract the strength in their bodies turn it into fighting qi.
Among the nobles, as long as they are diligent, there is no existence that cannot practice fighting spirit.
This is also the reason why the aristocrats firmly hold on to their dominant position. They have enough money to eat enough, cultivate fighting spirit, master power, and squeeze the common people, so they are richer, eat more, have stronger fighting spirit, and are more powerful, and can squeeze the common people even more.
The milk and bread in the morning provided Liszt with a steady stream of nutrients.
Under the guidance of Marcus, he kept practicing "Basic Fighting Qi". Since he was six years old, he has been practicing this secret book. It's a pity that the effect is very little. Although the grudge makes him stronger than the common people, but compared to the earth knight, the apprentice knight is very weak, and Marcus can defeat him with one hand.
"Mysterious breath, experience that I have never had before, practice... I don't know what the sublimation reward of fighting spirit will bring me after completing the task. Could it make me a knight of the earth?"
Feeling the fighting spirit in his body, Liszt practiced diligently.
It took a full hour before the morning class was over.
"Mr. Marcus, drink some water, rest for ten minutes, and then we'll set off." Liszt wiped the sweat from his forehead, the morning class was still very tiring.
The old butler, Carter, has already brought his servants to bring him nutritional milk tea.
The four retinue knights all shared a cup of milk tea with minced meat, milk, and eggs. They took small sips of the milk tea and forgot all their hard work for an hour.
Marcus and Liszt added desserts, cheese biscuits.
After they had finished eating and changed their clothes, the personal servant Thomas had brought Liszt's horse, a maroon adult horse with almost no hair. This was a gift given to him by the Earl of Coral Island when he was twelve years old. He was still a foal at that time, and now he has grown into a very handsome man.
hum.
The bay red horse snorted, and then rubbed Liszt's arm affectionately.
"Fire Dragon, my old buddy, stay in the castle and suffocate." Comforting his mount, Liszt turned over neatly and rode on.
Behind him, Marcus and the four retinue knights each mounted their own horses. Marcus's was a yellow-gray horse, which was also quite handsome, and it was his own mount. The horses of the retinue knights are all ordinary yellow-maned horses, which belong to Liszt's property and are only allocated to the retinue knights to feed.
"Sir, I hope you have a safe journey." Carter blessed.
"I'd like to borrow your good words." Liszt raised his whip, and the fire dragon horse neighed and started to run, "Let's go!"
Liszt, who was riding at the front, was wearing a monster leather armor that only aristocrats could afford. It was light and breathable, and had better defense than ordinary armor.
Black monster leather armor, a one-handed sword obliquely inserted in the waist, and a black monster leather helmet with the feathers of a male pheasant on the top, which is extraordinarily powerful.
His entourage knights, in addition to their own weapons, one-handed sword and one-handed shield, also have a large knight gun for Liszt, as well as spare weapons such as long swords, maces, and flails, as well as lunch and drinking water at noon. .
Marcus, in addition to his favorite short gun, also has a bow and arrow, and he is a good archer. Compared with the identity of the earth knight, the identity of the sharp archer can show his value more. This is also why he is so ambitious that he stands out from the Knights of Coral Island where the knights of the earth get together, hoping to earn the confidence of the Lord Knight.
Da da da da da da!
The horse's hooves stepped on the thick ground, making a crisp sound, and soon arrived at the small town. Liszt wanted to inspect his territory, and the small town was the first priority.