In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility.

The residence of the Royal Knights is located in a side hall in the east of the Jerusalem Palace. It has a dedicated prayer room, rest room and competition ground.

But this is not a small fortress like the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitallers stationed in the city, and it is not suitable for defense.

As Lothar entered the station, the system's prompt sounded:

You have activated a new milestone: [Leader of a Team]

As a high-ranking noble in the kingdom, you have shouldered the responsibility of the grand leader of a knighthood. This is a new starting point. I hope you will go further on this road.

Requirements: Become the grand master of a knighthood, and the knighthood has no less than one hundred cavalry. (91/100)

Lothar was slightly startled, feeling unexpectedly happy.

He didn't remember designing such a milestone before.

The milestone of "commander of a regiment" is actually very easy to accomplish, just go through the "onboarding" process for the hussars under his command.

The Royal Knights are a secular knightly order, not a military order. They do not need to take a lifelong vow. If you want to join, there are no strict procedures.

Baron Godfrey once was in the Knights and had his own "private soldiers". After he was transferred, these "private soldiers" were also transferred into the Knights of Jerusalem.

In the courtyard in front of the main hall, the new recruits were training.

Lothar watched for a moment. After receiving the news, the inspector and financial officer in red and white robes walked out of the palace quickly to greet them.

Before Lothar came, he had done some homework with Baron Godfrey and basically figured out the organizational structure of the Royal Knights.

As the most important logistics officials of the Knights, the Ombudsman and Finance Officer are the first people he must meet if he wants to find out the current situation of the Knights.

The Overseer, who also serves as the dressmaker, supervises the etiquette and order of the knights and is also responsible for purchasing clothing, usually standard blouses or ceremonial attire.

In addition, there is also the responsibility of sorting out the estates of fallen knights and sergeants and sending them home in accordance with the will.

The Treasurer, as the name suggests, is in charge of the finances of the Knights, including but not limited to collecting taxes from the crown, paying subsidies (actually salaries) to poor knights, and all expenses.

"Grand Master Lothar, I am Andrew de Porti, Inspector of the Royal Knights, from Valois in Gaul. It is an honor to be received by you."

The speaker was a middle-aged man who looked like a well-dressed knight.

"I am the quaestor, Richard de Huisen, from Catalonia, Aragon."

This one is clearly dressed as a civilian. He has no armor and only wears a red and white cassock with a hood. His temperament also appears to be more elegant. He can be called a refreshing figure in this era.

You know, in this era, many clergy are fierce men who can carry crosses and shine them on the heads of their enemies.

"Sorry, my Latin is not very good. We can communicate in French."

While talking, Lothar said: "Andrew, go through the formalities for my subordinates to join the regiment, and then customize robes for them that can match the armor. Before the robes are completed, let the Royal Knights first Blacksmiths, just brand their armor with a heraldry as a way of identification.”

Andrew immediately accepted the order: "Please come with me."

After everyone left and only Lothar, Prajna and Fringilla were left, he asked:

"Richard, Saladin's army is coming soon, and the war may start tomorrow. I need to know how much combat power the Royal Knights have now."

Richard thought for a moment and said:

"Grand Master, there are a total of eighty-four knights registered in the Royal Knights, but more than half of them have returned to Europe and become honorary members."

Richard paused and continued: "There are currently thirty-four knights in Jerusalem, including you. The number of their attendants is unknown. There are only 50 registered, and the total number is probably more than eighty. A famous cavalryman."

"There are still some knights and their attendants stationed in various royal territories, but they must have received the recruitment order from His Majesty the King and will be coming to the Holy City soon."

"As for the sergeants, there are a total of 504 registered sergeants in the Royal Knights. Two hundred of them are scattered in various royal territories. They may be recalled with the knights, or they may not. I have no way of judging this."

Lothar nodded and praised: "You are very sensitive to numbers. It can be seen that you are a very rigorous person."

Richard bowed slightly: "I am the second son of the family. I studied in a missionary school in Chambery for three years. I prefer numbers to complicated scriptures and prayers."

"I am also the second son of the family. I don't even remember the names of my brothers who were sent to the monastery."

Lothar was also a little emotional.

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Richard's reply, he continued: "Mr. Richard, if we exclude the sergeants who need to stay at the palace and go with the army, how many people can I take at most?"

Richard thought for a moment and said: "My lord, the palace is very large and the number of guards required is not small. If the guard is usually on duty, there will be one hundred and fifty people guarding everywhere every day."

"If you want to lead the knights on an expedition, you can mobilize up to three hundred sergeants. This is assuming that the sergeants scattered in various kingdoms are brought by the knights."

"That's three hundred sergeants and a hundred cavalry, right?"

Richard nodded and said: "Yes, this has to include the cavalry you brought."

"I see."

"Richard, tell me about the commander of our knights. I haven't met him yet. I hope he is a colleague who is easy to get along with."

The commander is the deputy of the Knights, and Baron Godfrey was transferred to the Knights of Jerusalem as the deputy of the Regent Raymond.

Under normal circumstances, the commander cannot challenge the authority of the Grand Master.

But Lothar is an airborne. If the commander does not cooperate with him, not to mention using him as an empty leader, it will cause him a lot of trouble.

Richard hesitated for a moment, then said: "The commander's name is Philippe von Welf. He is a pretty good man. He trusts his subordinates very much and has a pretty good temper. I didn't know he was in the military." Are his talents outstanding? But in terms of domestic affairs, when Baron Godfrey was still the Grand Master, there were many matters that had to be handed over to him."

"Welf?"

Lothar asked with great interest: "Duke of Saxony, the Welf family of Henry the Lion?"

Richard nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency Philip is the uncle of the Duke of Saxony. He is a vassal loyal to the Emperor of Germania. He owns an earldom in Saxony. He is currently only serving as a commander and has not sworn an oath to His Majesty Baldwin. Allegiance.”

It seems that Commander Philip has a very transcendent status in the Knights.

Was it actually a count?

"I understand, you go down first."

Lothar watched Richard de Huisen leave, and he closed the door tightly. The "entry" of the hussars under his command should have been smooth, and he had already received a reminder that the milestone had been completed.

The reward obtained is a four-star prop lottery ticket.

Lothar chose to use it without any hesitation.

In the room, cyan light flickered, and after a moment, a crystal bottle filled with dark red liquid, glowing with cyan light, appeared in Lothar's hand.

The dark red blood was very viscous, swaying gently in the crystal bottle, and had a jelly-like crystal quality.

Its name is Werewolf Blood Strengthening Potion.

Grade: Extraordinary.

After taking it, the user can obtain the blood of werewolf. If it is an ordinary-quality follower, it is very likely to jump to four stars and obtain random talents and skills.

It is different from the werewolf named Abelardo that Lothar once solved in the knight competition.

In the game world created by Lothar, the werewolf is a powerful magical creature that is no less powerful than a vampire, and can even be said to be the old enemy of the Blood Court.

They live in the Two Sicilies, hidden from human society, but higher than human society, like controllers who dominate all living beings.

All walks of life have their influence involved.

This is a kind of extraordinary life with high intelligence and a decent upper limit.

Compared to the fact that he can only get three attribute points every time he upgrades, which is equivalent to the level of three stars, it seems that it is not impossible to take this bottle of potion by himself.

But things like bloodline are unique at first glance. If I can draw a werewolf this time, I can naturally draw a bloodline that is stronger, has more potential, and has fewer side effects.

So Lothar was only slightly tempted and immediately gave up the idea of ​​taking this bottle of potion.

What he was thinking about was whether to give this bottle of potion to Baldwin IV. As a werewolf, as a species of immortality, he would not be killed by leprosy.

This can be regarded as a disguised cure for Baldwin IV's illness.

But he was a little hesitant. He knew that Baldwin IV was not that kind of rigid theologian, nor was he the kind of religious lunatic who had gone so far that he looked like a heretic to everyone.

But werewolves are not witches after all.

Under the propaganda of the church, werewolves are outright monsters that can be killed by anyone, whether they are Catholics, Orthodox Christians, or Copts.

After a long time, Lothar sighed:

"Let's give it a try. Baldwin IV treated me well and treated me well, so naturally I want to repay him with kindness. If I can free him from the pain of leprosy, it would be a good thing."

"Moreover, Jerusalem needs a healthy king to reunite people's hearts."