Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

This flag was personally designed by Li Wei and first made by Beristina, who was skilled in needlework. Then, the women of the Feder tribe embroidered several more for emergencies.

Although the material is ordinary, simply cut and sewn strips of cloth, the design is quite high-end compared to the era where lions, tigers, and other beasts are commonly used as symbols. Highcliff Castle can definitely be considered very sophisticated.

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Rows of wooden fences surrounded the camp, and there were chevaux de frise blocking the entrance. A clerk was already waiting at the gate and greeted the lord as soon as he saw him.

"Please follow me, Baron. Lady Furena instructed me to take you there," the clerk said with a smile.

Li Wei nodded slightly.

Although this clerk's position in the legion is considered middle-level, as long as they are not nobles, they will show the proper respect to a genuine noble.

Even Skye, the knight, only has the identity of a knight and a knight's territory.

Don't think that barons are worthless in Deber, seemingly everywhere, because it is almost impossible for a commoner to obtain noble status.

Even the illegitimate children of nobles have to start as knight squires, then earn the title of knight through meritorious service, and finally be granted a noble title and their own noble territory if they perform extraordinary feats.

Li Wei was able to obtain the title of pioneer baron because his predecessor was already a baron, but he had fallen into destitution and had no territory. In the end, he spent several years in the arena, earning a reputation.

This was how he was valued by the old Duke of the Southern Border and granted a pioneering order, allowing him to re-establish his territory.

In short, it is almost as difficult as ascending to heaven for a commoner in this world to become a noble.

The only way to improve one's rank is to either have outstanding Battle Qi or magical talent and be valued by a powerful figure, or to join the army and accumulate military merits little by little to improve one's position.

Finally, if one manages to reach the rank of legion commander or higher, they will be granted the title of viscount or baron by the lord they serve.

In any case, as a baron, Li Wei cannot be forced to do anything even by Furena, who is a duchess. Theoretically, both are nobles, and their status is only slightly higher or lower within a certain level.

But if he did not have noble status and was merely a legion commander or something similar, Furena probably wouldn't even look at him.

Tents were scattered throughout the camp, and soldiers patrolled in an orderly manner.

Finally, led by the clerk, after winding around countless paths, they stopped in front of a very simple wooden house.

This wooden house looked newly built, with no excessive decorations except for its spaciousness and sturdiness. Only the plaque with the inscription "Sword-Bearing Eagle" on the door served to represent the meaning of the wooden house.

The lord had come on an empty stomach on purpose. In his opinion, the so-called meeting was just a chance to eat and drink for free and listen to a bunch of people bragging about useless things, with Furena making the final decision alone.

After all, Highcliff Castle was pretty much the same.

But the moment he pushed open the door and walked in, a strong smell of sweat mixed with heat hit him in the face, and Li Wei, who was originally a little hungry, instantly lost his appetite.

A table was placed in the center of the spacious wooden house, with a huge map on it. Most of the dozen or so chairs around it were already occupied, and there were all sorts of people at a glance.

The meeting had not officially started yet, and Furena had obviously not arrived yet.

The twelve captains of the Thorns Legion were talking lively, exchanging their ideas. These mid- and high-ranking officers didn't brag any better than the ruffians, and the noisy room was filled with their discussions. The lord felt like a hundred mosquitoes were buzzing in his ears, which was annoying.

Skye was already sitting inside. After a period of rest, his complexion had obviously improved a lot. He even smiled at Li Wei as a greeting.

The lord glanced around and found that Skye was the only acquaintance. Plus, he was one of the only two people on the scene who had not joined the discussion, so he plopped down in the empty seat next to him.

"I thought you would need a few days of rest before you could attend the meeting. Your face was as pale as a warrior who had fought in a harpy nest for ten days and ten nights."

"My lord, I just exhausted my Battle Qi..." Even Skye, who was already familiar with this lord's unserious nature, almost spat out a mouthful of blood when he heard this. But unfortunately, officials of higher rank can suppress others to death, and there was also the matter of strength... He could only explain helplessly.

"Tsk, your Battle Qi isn't very durable. It's used up in a few strokes. Why don't you consider joining my Holy Light Church?"

Skye turned his head and remained silent. Good heavens, he had only just started cultivating the "Glorious Holy Word Bible" and was already recruiting for the Holy Light Church.

If the people who cultivated the Holy Word Bible had half the awareness of this lord, why would the Holy Light Church not develop and grow?

But before long, Skye couldn't help but take the initiative to talk to the lord. "My lord, who designed this flag of yours?"

Mainly because he didn't know anyone else in this wooden house, otherwise he wouldn't have been sitting silently in his seat before the lord arrived.

He had always been the captain of the guard, independently commanding a cavalry team, which was dispatched by Furena alone. It was completely separate from the legions stationed in the camp, and they had nothing to do with each other.

"Hey, isn't it particularly majestic and imposing?"

The lord easily stuck the flag in the dirt next to him, looking proud.

"Ahem, my lord, I personally think it's too complicated and the intention is unclear," Skye said euphemistically, afraid of hurting someone's self-esteem.

Whether it is a legion or a family, the flag used as a symbol is often required to be clear at a glance, able to reflect the intention while being imposing.

For example, the griffon flag of the Deber royal court and the eagle and sword flag of the Martel family.

The former is because the Deber Kingdom was founded because of that powerful griffon knight order, so the intention is very simple.

The latter, the sword represents courage and fearlessness, and the eagle represents courage and the inherent meaning of nobility, which is clearly defined.

Looking at this lord's flag, a coal-like black mountain and a fiery red flame and a sun?

If there was only a sun, Skye could barely put a symbolic meaning of hope and vitality on it, representing that Highcliff Castle is now developing vigorously and contains vitality.

But the combination of these three things is really puzzling.

"Don't worry about these things, just tell me if it's imposing or not," the lord has never listened to advice in some respects.

This flag was originally intended to include all of Highcliff Castle, and Li Wei didn't care about the intention.

The flames represent the warriors of the Burning Legion, the high mountain represents all the residents of Highcliff Castle, and the sun is naturally him, the head of Highcliff Castle.

A lord like him who is famous with all of Highcliff Castle cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

"Speaking of which, who is that person? He seems very impressive."

Li Wei didn't plan to delve deeper into this topic, but instead quietly asked in a low voice, looking at the person sitting on the left side of the main seat in front.

Everyone else was discussing, but this person was meditating with his eyes closed, with a sense of a small red flower mixed in a pile of dog poop.

This is a middle-aged man wearing light leather armor, with a striking head of green short hair. He is probably in his thirties or forties, which is the golden age for a soldier.

People of this age are more stable and experienced than young people in their twenties.

However, compared to most of the captains who have beards, this middle-aged man's face is very clean, and his hair is neatly groomed. He is more like a knowledgeable and gentle scholar than a soldier.

"Don't say that, you can really have a little bit of a relationship with this person," Skye smiled. Facing the lord's curious face, he didn't try to be mysterious.

"This is the legion commander of the Thorns Legion. If Lady Furena doesn't come, this war will be under his full command."

"And the reason why I say you can have a relationship with him is related to his name."

Skye paused before saying, "Our legion commander's full name is Fugero Kovacic."

"What is his relationship with Rolina?"

The lord was slightly surprised. If he had only guessed when he saw his striking green hair earlier, then he has now completely determined the meaning.

"He is Rolina's brother."

Rolina, this legendary merchant, is very famous in White Stream City, so Skye naturally knows something about her, which is why he can say it so well.

"The world is really small," the lord muttered in a low voice, and then asked curiously, "Since Rolina has a brother, why is Rolina the patriarch of the Kovacic family?"

The right of inheritance in this world is always male over female. If there are direct male descendants, it is basically impossible for it to fall to a woman.

"This is related to the Kovacic family."

"The Kovacic family was originally just an ordinary merchant family in White Stream City. Later, Rolina Kovacic showed outstanding merchant talent from a young age, and their family's industry grew step by step under her guidance."

"But my lord, I don't need to tell you that without a background, no amount of money is enough to earn for others," Skye interjected, and then continued.

"The Kovacic family also knew this at this time, because they had already felt the pressure from the open and the dark."

"Just when they were struggling, our legion commander showed extraordinary Battle Qi talent and was valued by the old legion commander and accepted as an apprentice."

"After that, everything began to unfold extremely smoothly. Our legion commander developed in the legion to provide help to the Kovacic family outside, while the Kovacic family handed over the position of patriarch to Rolina, allowing this merchant girl to lead the family's development."

"To this day, the Kovacic family has become one of the top five merchants in White Stream City, and the materials traded each year are unimaginable for us. And our legion commander has naturally successfully taken over the position of the old legion commander."

"But now, both the Kovacic family's business and our legion commander's career have fallen into a bottleneck. There is only one way to break this bottleneck, and that is to become a noble."

"Unfortunately, the requirements for becoming a noble have always been strict. Although the Kovacic family does not lack money, it is almost impossible for a commoner family to spend money to become a noble in the Northern Border. Therefore, this matter naturally fell on our legion commander."

"With his current status, if he wants to become a noble, as long as he makes a feat that no one can fault, he can be granted the title of baron by Lady Furena."

"This time, he took the initiative to request to come to quell the Minotaurs' southward movement." Speaking of this, Skye expressed some of his concerns, "And people, no matter what they do, as long as they are anxious, they will probably be careless."

After speaking, he smiled, "I was very worried when I learned that this legion commander was leading people to solve the Minotaurs, but fortunately Lady Furena came."

"I didn't expect you to be so pessimistic about your own legion commander," the lord moved his butt to stretch.

"It's not that I'm not optimistic, but no one wants to stay under the command of someone who desperately needs to prove himself," Skye said softly, "This often means that in order to achieve his goal, he can give up anything."

Li Wei shrugged and expressed a different opinion, "In this impetuous era, everyone is desperately looking for opportunities to prove themselves."

"Perhaps," Skye sighed.

"Lady Furena is here."

The noisy room suddenly fell silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Wearing military uniform and with her hair tied up, Furena walked in from the door with her sword on her waist, looking heroic and sat down on the main seat without ceremony.

"Good day, everyone, Captains, Baron Li Wei, and Knight Skye."

After sitting down, Furena welcomed the two new teams that joined the Thorns Legion.

Frankly speaking, to be honest, Furena's impression of this Highcliff Castle lord was okay, except that he sometimes lacked noble demeanor.

But precisely this point made Furena, a native of Deber who was known for her roughness in the Northern Border, have an excellent impression.

In her opinion, what is the difference between a big man who is coy and a woman?

You have to dare to think and dare to do, and this lord is obviously one of them.

As soon as he arrived in the Northern Border, he dared to take a group of orc gladiators from her hands. Facing the title of "Lion Hunting Knight," which others dreamed of, he even haggled with a duke to talk about conditions.

Recently, under the repeated publicity of Fugero's sister, this baron's reputation has become bigger and bigger, and the people even regard him as a hero who resists the alien races in the wilderness.

Now, all that is needed is a war that is destined to be victorious, give him the title of launching military activities against the Southern Border, and then promote this war, then the morale and morale brought to the military and civilians of the Northern Border are unimaginable.

Although in Furena's opinion, many of this lord's deeds remain to be examined, she is not a true historian.

These promotions are extremely powerful for her. When this war is over and she returns, she will also have to learn from the Kovacic female patriarch to package this lord well.

"Before discussing this war, let's first have Knight Skye talk about the information he has investigated."

Furena's eyes fell on Skye.

"Ladies and gentlemen..."