Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Experiencing dragon riding for the first time in his life, the Lord couldn't help but shout out loud under the multiple stimuli.

Ah!~~

It seemed he wanted to express all the unspeakable ambitions in his heart.

He wanted to reach the peak in this world, until he could say he wouldn't eat beef!

"Is it exciting?"

Sophia's voice echoed in his mind.

Although she felt an unspeakable joy when she first flew, after getting used to it, it felt just so-so.

So, she found it hard to understand the Lord's current yelling.

"You don't understand, no one can refuse to ride a dragon and soar through the sky."

In his previous life, Li Wei had also been on a plane, but it was a completely different feeling from riding a dragon.

Soaring in the blue sky, freely shuttling through the clouds, leaving winding traces, he flew heartily for a full half an hour.

Only then did Li Wei instruct Sophia to land at the starting location, still feeling unsatisfied.

Dragons have memories comparable to photographic memory; the most direct manifestation is that they can detect even the slightest change in the position of their treasures.

So, after soaring in the air for so long, there was no need to worry about getting lost. Of course, the Lord was definitely confused and couldn't distinguish between east, west, north, and south.

However, although Sophia seemed silly, she possessed all the abilities a dragon should have.

"Awoo."

As soon as they landed, Griefwind, who had been lying on the ground closing his eyes to rest, immediately howled and ran over, his three wolf heads constantly nuzzling the Lord.

Ever since Li Wei subdued this guy with the iron fist of justice, he had been as docile as the old lame dog in Highcliff Castle, almost making him wonder if he had used too much force and damaged the brain of this magical beast.

"Let's go back first."

As Griefwind's body grew larger, the two rode him back to Highcliff Castle.

Regarding Sophia being a dragon, currently, only Li Wei and the orc veterans who went to slay the dragon with him knew about it; others were not very clear.

Li Wei didn't plan to reveal it. This was an ace in the hole; when used unexpectedly, it could definitely sway the victory of a war.

Passing by the Windwhisper Tribe was purely because of his restless heart, wanting to scare the Elf Queen.

Anyway, he was flying high in the sky, and no one could see him.

"Li Wei, what is this?"

Sophia curiously examined a thin wooden stick in her hand, with a small red disc stuck on the top.

"This is a lollipop, made of sugar."

Li Wei explained.

Since Buji came to Highcliff Castle, the Lord's changes had astonished everyone. He created all kinds of novel gadgets to make the little thing happy.

Lollipops were one of them, after all, this thing was very simple, just cooling the syrup in a mold and inserting a small wooden stick.

It's just that the Lord improved it and created different flavors.

He would have to rely on this silver dragon in the future, so the Lord was not stingy in letting her taste a little sweetness.

"Wow, it tastes just like strawberries."

With the lollipop in her mouth, a strawberry-flavored sweetness spread, and Sophia couldn't help but narrow her eyes.

She had eaten sugar before, but never strawberry-flavored.

"Sophia, honestly, when I'm not in Highcliff Castle, you can leave on your own. No one in Highcliff Castle can stop you. Our contract is just a paper agreement. Even if you break the oath, there won't be any consequences."

Looking at the silver dragon girl sitting in front of him, self-taught, licking the lollipop, and dyeing her entire little tongue a tempting red, Li Wei said sincerely.

He never felt that he could keep a dragon in Highcliff Castle with just some verbal threats or a paper agreement.

When he led his troops north, Highcliff Castle had the ability to prevent a surprise attack, but definitely didn't have the ability to stop her from leaving.

"Ah, why should I leave?"

Sophia was stunned, her silver eyebrows furrowed, and she said somewhat vaguely:

"There are so many delicious things in Highcliff Castle, and I get paid for working every day. It's much more fun than on Dragon Island. Every day, I have to face those old men's incessant teachings, and the money I finally earn isn't even mine. Here, my little wallet is almost bulging."

As she spoke, she patted a small wallet hanging on her waist with her fair little hand, which was already noticeably bulging.

Li Wei immediately looked at this silly girl with pity.

Good heavens, he didn't even know that the treatment in Highcliff Castle was so good that it could make a dragon reluctant to leave. One could imagine what kind of life she lived on Dragon Island.

"And there are so many fresh things outside, and so many fun things to do. It's much more interesting than Dragon Island." She listed them one by one, and raised the lollipop in her hand: "For example, this, I've never eaten it before. If I had stayed on Dragon Island, I might not have had the chance to taste it."

"By the way, if you leave, won't the elders of your Dragon Island come looking for you?"

Li Wei suddenly thought of something. This wasn't a stray silver dragon; she had a background. She was just a young dragon now, and those adult silver dragons would definitely not let a young silver dragon come to the human world.

"They probably don't know where I am," Sophia said with some lack of confidence.

Li Wei helplessly rubbed his forehead and didn't ask any more questions, but he became more vigilant in his heart.

Anyway, this silver dragon was well fed and well treated in Highcliff Castle. It would be enough if she exerted a little effort at critical moments.

……

While Highcliff Castle was preparing for war in an orderly manner, welcoming the southward movement, the entire Deberre also had a sense of impending doom.

The carrier pigeons left behind by the Mithril Merchant Guild frequently traveled between White Stream City and Highcliff Castle, this remote corner, allowing Li Wei to know that during this period, His Majesty the King of Deberre had sent griffon knight团-composed special envoy teams to both borders, bringing a personal letter from this King, known as the "Absurd King", attempting to mediate this impending war and avoid civilians being displaced and the country being turbulent.

Of course, attempting to stop this war with letters was obviously unrealistic. In the end, the griffon knights, who were used to being high and mighty, tasted the humiliation for the first time, and returned to Deberre's royal city - Gonda - in anger.

Things naturally couldn't end so simply. Before long, His Majesty the King wrote another letter inviting the two dukes to Gonda for reconciliation.

However, any smart person would not go to Gonda alone in this season. When reading this, Li Wei was afraid that Flynna, this tiger-like woman, would be missing a string in her head and actually go.

Fortunately, Sky wrote a letter, and both grand dukes unhesitatingly rejected this proposal, and used large shadow stones to organize a conference spanning thousands of miles.

It is said that just to maintain this remote conference, there were a full ten court archmages providing magic power.

At that time, the two grand dukes debated fiercely in front of His Majesty, and finally ended with Flynna sneering and telling the other party to prepare to welcome the wrath of the Martel family.

"Our Majesty is really too idealistic."

Li Wei shook his head while reading the letter, and then threw it on the table: "If the actual problem is not resolved, even the face of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will not work, and we still have to fight."

The conflict between the two sides now is not as simple as simply detaining Leah's mother. It is entirely that the heir to the Southern Territory Duke should be Leah, and Leah has half of the Martel family's blood flowing in her body.

Therefore, the Martel family in the Northern Territory will obviously not let go of this opportunity to sit on the position of Duke of the Southern Territory.

At that time, the Martel family will have two dukes, and their strength will be unprecedentedly expanded.

No family will let go of this opportunity, and for this, they are even willing to pull out their family assets and gamble.

"I heard that this king has been drinking for many years, and likes hunting and visiting brothels. It is normal to be able to do this kind of thing."

Bai Ruistina sat in the chair, intently knitting a woolen sweater, occasionally chiming in a few words.

Even she, a Federan who has always been in the depths of the wilderness, has heard some of the stories of this king, so one can imagine how bad his reputation has become in Deberre.

To be honest, after learning about the history of this king's rise, Li Wei found it hard to believe that this was a brainless idiot.

After all, it is impossible to sit on the throne from a bastard without any means.

But now these facts and rumors prove that the other party does not seem to be as smart as imagined.

"Perhaps all of this is the other party's disguise?" Li Wei said meaningfully, but he did not delve into this topic, and started a new topic:

"Who do you think our Majesty will help in the end? Or will he just sit back and watch the grand dukes under his command fight each other?"

Here, Li Wei has to criticize the aristocratic system of this world.

Whether it is a baron or a duke, their internal affairs and military affairs are not controlled by the king, which leads to the possibility that the military strength of a wealthy barony is stronger than that of an earl.

And the strength of a duke is not too much weaker than that of the royal family, so this is also the reason why this king will speak nicely.

If it were replaced by the emperors in the history of the previous life, the army would have been pressing down on the border long ago.

So it proves one thing, no matter what, military power must be in one's own hands, but Li Wei's situation is somewhat different, after all, his soldiers are blessed by the system, and it is difficult to betray them as long as they are not actively abused.

"It's hard to say, after all, no matter what, no king will sit back and watch the two grand dukes in his country fight."

"The two sides should still be arguing."

Miriel sighed.

This half-elf has basically been stationed here since the Mithril Merchant Guild's shop officially opened in Highcliff Castle.

Objectively speaking, as a merchant, war will make them earn a lot of money, which is wealth that is hard to imagine being earned in peacetime.

But as a half-elf, she also inherited the elves' love of peace and was unwilling for many innocent people to die because of war.

"But our Majesty has no way to mediate this almost impossible to resolve conflict."

Li Wei spread his hands, and at this moment, thinking about it from the perspective of the other person, he couldn't help but feel a headache for this king.

Without the strength to suppress the two dukes, he can only mediate through words.

But this conflict cannot be resolved by language or taking a step back. The only way to resolve it is for either party to give up the position of duke and admit that they are the usurper.

But this is obviously unrealistic.

Time passed little by little. As everyone expected, the Deberre King's mission continued to travel back and forth between the territories of the two dukes, but there was no actual progress.

Until the end of February, the king issued an order to the Duke of the Southern Territory to strictly guard the border, and as everyone knows, the western country is the Holy Sistine Kingdom, which is the closest to Deberre.

There are often frictions on the border between the two, and they are not friendly.

This behavior made everyone clear that the war between the two dukes was absolutely impossible to mediate.

The two dukes still maintained the greatest degree of respect for the king, and promised not to commit heinous incidents such as slaughtering civilians and robbing cities.

On the morning of early March, a carrier pigeon landed in Highcliff Castle. Professional pigeon keepers fed fresh milk and wheat to thank these hardworking workers.

Then the letter tube was taken off, and after layers of manpower, it was handed over to the bigwigs who were qualified to read this letter.

A moment later, with an urgent bugle call, the hill ushered in a brief commotion, and an elite division gathered on the training ground at an extremely fast speed.

Highcliff Castle already knew the news that the Deberre King's mediation had completely failed.

The war has finally broken out!

The Lord was wearing a delicate leather armor, draped in a snow-white woolen cloak, wearing fine deerskin hunting boots, and a mithril long sword hanging from his waist, quite a bit of a prince's demeanor.

He scanned the big and small leaders of Highcliff Castle in front of him.

In addition to Bai Ruistina, Muto, and Joss, he planned to take everyone with him to the south in this war, leaving only enough warriors to defend the city in Highcliff Castle.

"Your Excellency, the Burning Legion, the first battalion of heavy armored orc infantry regiment of three hundred whole, three hundred Federan archers, two hundred hyena cavalry, three hundred human horse clan warriors, a total of one thousand and one hundred warriors, all members are here!"

Leighton also changed into the leather armor full of historical stories, and reported meticulously.

"Twenty ballistae and three catapults have been loaded on the vehicle and are ready to depart at any time."

Mir changed into that flashy bright silver plate armor, his voice loud.

At a glance, the neatly arranged Highcliff Castle warriors stood upright on the training ground, silent and silent.

It can be said that thanks to the blessing of the system and Leighton's training, the warriors of Highcliff Castle have become more and more like those famous elite legions in terms of discipline.

"Depart!" Li Wei said in a deep voice, waving his long sword.

One thousand and one hundred warriors, plus cooks and auxiliary soldiers, a total of two thousand and five hundred, formed a long dragon, and set off mightily towards White Stream City.

This war was different from the past. Li Wei put all the old capital of Highcliff Castle on it. All active soldiers went south, leaving only five hundred reservists to stay in Highcliff Castle.

"Tina, I will leave Highcliff Castle to you during this time. If anything happens, you can write a letter to notify me."

Li Wei looked at the girl who was only up to his chest in front of him and touched her head.

In fact, he dared to withdraw nearly 90% of his combat power, entirely thanks to Sophia. If Highcliff Castle encountered a crisis, he could return in a short time by riding a dragon.

"Li Wei…"