Mount & Blade: Wind of War

"Everyone has been too busy and hard-working during this period."

"Only in my own name, I would like to thank everyone present. You have really suffered during this period."

At night, the city lord's mansion held a night banquet.

Rodhart, dressed in a purple silk robe, raised his glass and said this to the knights, ministers, and their families present.

At this moment, although Lonely Mountain Castle could eat enough, the supplies were still relatively poor, so the long table of the banquet was only filled with fresh pork, roasted lamb chops, cheese, fruit pies, and of course, the necessary wine and beer.

After Rhodes returned to Lonely Mountain Castle, he first organized the army, then dealt with important government affairs, and then dealt with the government affairs of various territories. After all these things came to an end, today's night banquet was held. Even Janice and Aileyen, who were far away in the City of Redemption, rushed back.

On this day, the entire Lonely Mountain Castle was filled with a festive and joyful feeling. The noble knights and civil servants had a banquet, and the civilians and slaves who had stopped working and had relatively abundant wine and meat were gathering and reveling.

"First of all, I want to thank Fatis and Moken. Without your full help, Lonely Mountain Castle may not have won the final victory."

Fatis and Moken walked out of the banquet, knelt on one knee in front of Rhodes, and asked the purple-robed lord to extend his palm and gently press his head and shoulders.

"Cress."

"Yes, sir."

After accepting the order, Cress walked out with a silver tray, holding a silver holy grail that exuded a gentle glow.

"Oh my God! That's the Holy Grail!"

"This is a gift from God."

Even though the people present were all family members of senior officials of Lonely Mountain Castle, such continuous exclamations could not be stopped.

"Fatis, drink with me."

"Yes, Lord."

Rhodes poured out half of the pure golden Holy Blood in the Holy Grail, then left the wine glass with wine for himself and handed the wine glass with Holy Blood to Fatis.

Fatis did not ask what the golden color was, but took the wine glass and drank it all.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Fatis was fine at first, but not long after, a platinum-colored light began to spread from his body.

For a moment, it seemed that a pair of slowly waving wings of light appeared behind Fatis, but the platinum-colored strong light gradually faded and disappeared after a moment, leaving only Fatis whose skin condition had improved a lot.

"How do you feel?"

"Your Highness, I have never felt so good before. My body feels much lighter. It seems that the old injuries accumulated from years of martial arts training have all healed."

"Well, I can see that it is only now that you look like a young man in his twenties. You don't need to be mistaken for being in your thirties anymore."

"..."Fatis

"Hahahahahaha..."

The whole audience burst into laughter, filled with a happy atmosphere.

Because everyone knew that Fatis was a good person, at this moment, the lord teased his chief knight, and the others laughed along, not afraid that Fatis would retaliate against anyone.

The blood of the Holy Spirit can restore youth, strengthen the body, and increase the cultivation of the light-based fighting spirit.

Originally, there were four portions of the Holy Spirit's blood in the Holy Grail. Rhodes secretly intercepted two portions, one for himself and one for Cress.

Cress practiced blood-based fighting spirit. After taking the blood of the Holy Spirit, his fighting spirit rapidly subsided, but the remaining part became more refined. Cress was originally quite angry, but after being comforted by the master, he gradually accepted it after he was comforted by the master. Although he was weaker now, his future potential was greatly improved.

"Moken, drink with me."

"Wait a minute, my lord, I have something to say."

"Alas, let's talk about it another day. I believe you will not let me down." Rhodes knew that Moken was going to say something very important and heavy when he saw Moken's face. He wanted to stop him at that time, not wanting to ruin everyone's interest on this festive day of rest.

However, Moken changed from a half-kneeling posture to a full kneeling posture. This scene almost stopped the banquet, because it was a posture of committing a serious crime.

The first civil servant of Lonely Mountain Castle has always been entrusted with important tasks by Rhodes. What kind of serious crime could Moken, who is diligent and hardworking, commit?

"Well, since you insist, let's talk." Rhodes was still holding a wine glass in his hand at this moment, feeling a little disappointed. He handed the two wine glasses to Cress and said this.

Moken knelt on his knees, lowered his body, and then a waiter ran up and handed a box to Rhodes.

Rhodes stretched out his hand to open the box. Cress, who was standing by, frowned slightly when he saw it. He shook his hand. Fortunately, there was not much Holy Spirit Blood in it, and some of the wine in the other cup splashed out.

The box contained a human head. If it was just that, it would not surprise Cress, but it was: the head of Radshi, the third civil servant of Lonely Mountain Castle, Moken's uncle.

The little boy holding the wooden box was obviously Moken's confidant. After showing Rhodes the head in the wooden box, he ran around and let everyone at the banquet see the head that was still open.

At the same time, Moken stood up, took out a dozen letters from his arms, and explained to Rhodes: "My Lord, after you left, my uncle colluded with the big slave owner to try to rebel. These are the letters I got after killing him. Not only the slave leaders in the underground mining area, but even among the people present, there are people who have correspondence with him."

"My Lord, Moken killed one of your ministers without your consent. This is the fault of the minister. Please punish him severely."

"..."Rhodes.

Looking at the letters in front of him at this moment, Rhodes was speechless.

After a while, he turned his head and said to Cress beside him:

"Do you know why many monarchs don't like such a minister who is dedicated to the public? Because there is no handle on them that you can catch, and it makes people feel uncomfortable. He is not loyal to me, but to Lonely Mountain Castle and the City on the Top of the Mountain."

"The present of Lonely Mountain Castle is the result of countless lives. You are the Lord of Valor. You can lead Lonely Mountain Castle to become stronger and better. My uncle wanted to destroy it all for his own selfish desires. I killed him with my own hands. This was out of selfishness and did not follow any judicial procedures. Please punish me severely. I stole your authority."

"Get out, pull him down. Lord Moken is drunk."

Rhode gave an order, and immediately a soldier came up and held down the short Moken and dragged him away.

For these big-headed soldiers who were brought up by Rhode, the lord's words are destiny. The first civil servant? The first civil servant was useless because they were quite rough because of Moken's fierce struggle.

"My lord, I'm not drunk. My lord, there are still worms on these letters, and worms on those letters!"

"You're not drunk? Get him drunk... Before getting him drunk, stuff him with some bread. Drinking on an empty stomach hurts the stomach." After saying that, Rhodes picked up the scattered letters from the ground.

At the banquet, everyone's eyes unconsciously fell on those letters. They knew that the contents inside meant a bloody killing.

However, Rhodes picked them up, turned around and threw them into the fireplace beside him. The flames burned all the charges.

Rhodes turned around and raised his glass to everyone present and said, "Drink, everyone!"

Not long after, the Lord of Lonely Mountain Castle, Rodhart's actions that night spread out and became the talk of many nobles in the North.

Whether it was the people or the nobles, there was a lot of discussion about this.

Finally, an old noble stood up and gave a comment and summary:

"There is no absolute and eternal loyalty in this world. As nobles, what we can do is to use this loyalty when our subordinates are loyal. When the subordinates choose to leave, we have already used this loyalty to gain more loyal subordinates. This is the power of the nobles."

In fact, for Rhodes, of course, he didn't think so much. He just knew that if he pursued too much, it would be a harm to the current political and economic stability of Lonely Mountain Castle. Eliminating evil officials is to maintain the entire system. If it hurts the entire system, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

Because when the entire system collapses, it will not benefit anyone.

As for the legend of the Silver Holy Grail, although it has been circulated in the North, it has not been spread too much, because in the past few years, such things and treasures like this have appeared too many times. The civilians may not feel it, but the nobles with certain strength and power know it:

With the surge of the magic tide, more and more extraordinary items and ancient wonders will appear, and the Holy Grail in Lonely Mountain Castle may not be of a high level. It is very likely that it is just Rodhart's hype.

In the Northern Turmoil Campaign, the coalition led by Silver Frost City suffered a disastrous defeat, and the development momentum was interrupted. The same was true for the entire Northern Frontier Development Territory. Only the Lonely Mountain Castle rose comprehensively:

Heavy crossbows, silk, slave trade, and large-scale arena are all unique political and economic outputs. Most importantly, because of the plane subsidence, there seems to be only one relatively safe trade route left in the wilderness.

The prosperity of Lonely Mountain Castle and the future of making a fortune seem to be just around the corner.

Many Northern Frontier Development Territory lords have chosen to contact and establish relationships, and then another piece of news came out that someone saw the little princess Anna Han and her personal guards who disappeared in the war in Lonely Mountain Castle.

Northern Lonely Mountain Castle, the capital Fastel, Rodhart, and Anna Han are all linked together with these keywords.

The words "power struggle and checks and balances" instantly appeared in the minds of those who were interested. If they got the support of the empire, then this emerging force seemed to really have the qualifications to challenge the uncrowned king of the northern province.

Rhodes didn't really care about these. What really satisfied him was the submission and loyalty from Ailen after the banquet that night.