Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Ten days later, a team of twenty knights approached the town of Phumexiu.

The knights all rode dom sheep and larger, sturdier goats.

Compared with Dom sheep, big goats have better endurance and a gentle personality, but they live in hilly areas and are basically not available here in the north.

The leader was a young man in his twenties, with a thick brown beard, dark brown hair, and wearing lightly decorated leather armor.

An alarm was quickly sounded in the town, and soon someone with weapons went out to guard these people.

An old knight beside the young man walked out, rode on the back of the sheep and shouted: "I am Baron Rodney, who is loyal to Earl of Sidel. My master, Earl of Sidel, wants to talk to your prophet."

Lawrence has come down often these days to check on the situation, and it just so happened that this time he was also waiting for someone in the town.

Soon Lawrence looked at these people from a distance and said to Seravan: "Let them come in, but put their weapons under the statue. If you don't want to, you can leave now."

Seravan quickly walked over to deliver the message.

Seravan has been transferred from the forest people in the past few days to take charge of house repairs and production arrangements here, along with Beow, who is already a young man.

Lawrence waited for a few minutes and saw more than twenty people arriving in the wide square.

The newly appointed Earl of Steer is this young man in his twenties. Recently, he also recognized Lawrence who looked like the Colossus outside.

At this time, Lawrence was surrounded by women like Delenn and Kharan, who looked like shieldmaidens at first sight, and Sofia, who looked like a snatched beauty, sitting at his feet, and Salil, who looked like a maid.

Barbarians like Fleiss stood on both sides. They were all barbarians, especially those who bullied the weak and feared the strong. They were very familiar with the temperament of the strong.

Seravan and Beow stood opposite Fleiss and others, along with the Cloda people holding weapons. These people did not look strong, nor did they have a vicious temperament, but they were obviously more like warriors. and elite hunters.

There were neatly dressed villagers and soldiers wearing clothes, holding weapons, and neatly dressed around them.

Everyone is wearing clothes, and most of them have weapons. In the distance are dense houses and a three-story house under construction. When you get closer, you can see cows and sheep in livestock pens.

Little Earl Stedel lowered his head to Lawrence, "Mighty prophet, I have come to bring back my father's body and soul."

Lawrence said with satisfaction: "Yes, he died heroically and did not escape. I also respect this kind of warrior."

"Thank you, I'm very grateful." Sidel didn't want to continue fighting with this side.

Especially after learning that more than a hundred knights had been killed here, and only six people died, he didn't want to start a fight with him, and was also afraid that these people would suddenly break into his manor and kill everyone.

Lawrence said: "I allow you to take his body back, but this time the price for your barbaric behavior is more than that!"

Sidel and the surrounding knights quickly became nervous and looked at Lawrence warily.

Lawrence said, "I will take a hundred slaves, five hundred baskets of wheat, twenty oxen, and three large wild boars, with which I can appease the anger of God and myself."

Sidel looked at Lawrence, "If I give you these, won't you attack my territory?"

Lawrence had been coveting the big wild boar for a long time. He nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, I ask you not to rob the caravans passing through your territory, including my caravan and the caravans of others."

"In exchange for the wheels and hooves passing over your land, I can take some of your people with me as I journey west to gain my wealth."

"At the same time I allow your people to work on my land, working in exchange for food and wheat."

"Every time a serf works with me for a month, I will pay you thirty catties of wheat, which is close to a basket of wheat."

Sidel thought for a while and said quickly: "I hope to get my father's armor back."

"Okay." Lawrence said cheerfully: "Send the compensation and I will return your father's armor to you."

Sidel continued: "I want to get back Baron Aru's armor and weapons."

Lawrence said: "He killed our people. These are the trophies that belong to us. I will not let them be dipped in the blood of our people again, so they will not be given to you, but will be given to my warriors last time."

Sidel's focus is on the equipment on the knights. Together, these equipment are more valuable than any slave manor.

Only by getting back these armors can the territory be maintained.

Sidel directly shouted: "I am willing to pay for this with three hundred slaves, one thousand baskets of wheat, one hundred barrels of wine, five hundred gold, and fifty sets of playing cards!"

Lawrence couldn't help it when he heard playing cards, and said forcefully: "No, I know the role of armor and weapons very well. I will not sell things that are useful to me."

Sider said anxiously: "I can give you more!"

This heir of a noble family does not know how to do business. It may be that the social circle of this era is too small and he does not have much knowledge.

Lawrence said: "What you give cannot be exchanged for other armors and weapons, including the weapons and armor of other people. I will not give you the weapons and armor, but what you just said can be exchanged for my protection for you."

"In other words, if your territory is attacked, I will send my army to solve the problem for you, and then they will come back."

"You just need to take care of their food and accommodation during this period. I will come and destroy the enemies."

"So you don't need a sharp long ax and heavy armor. You just need to sit at home and continue to chew pig trotters, eat bread, and play cards with knights or beauties."

"Why are you going to the battlefield? If you blink your eyes, you will be stoned to death. No matter how strong you are now, can you be stronger than me or the elites of Pig Trotter City?"

Sidel looked at Lawrence in shock.

Lawrence continued: "I will protect your territory from being occupied by Earl Valkyrie and Tran Dahoo City. Now many people know that your territory has lost its warriors who fought bravely, and they have begun to plan to eat your territory. Land, and me?”

"I just need a caravan to the outside. You just need to have your people build the road connecting us to the outside world."

"At that time, you can not only let the serfs in your territory come to me to make money in exchange for food and goods, but you can also collect a steady stream of tolls from some passing merchants."

"You can go back with your father's body, soul, armor and weapons, and as long as you believe in the Church of the Stars from now on, I will provide you with protection."

"You don't want yourself and the few people around you to worry all day long about the greedy earls around you sending people to loot your manor, right?"

Sidel looked at the elite people around Lawrence, and then thought about the current situation of his family.

Lawrence understood what was going on here better than anyone else, and said seductively: "Because you bravely came to me, I recognize you."

"Your brothers, sisters and men are just strangers to me. It's you, yourself, that I support!"

"With my help, you can take over all the earl's assets and land as soon as possible. At the same time, you can also recommend your brothers to come to me to help. I will lead them to the west to make a fortune, not in this barren land. Calling back and forth.”

The barbarians here do not pay attention to the revenge of killing the father, and the other party also recognized the bravery of the dead father, so this is a friend, not an enemy.

Originally, if he lost, he would have to apologize and pay compensation. Now the other party has become easy to talk to and is willing to help him stabilize the complex situation in his territory.

"Okay, I promise you!" Sidel just had little knowledge and was not a fool. He quickly made the right choice, but it was also the most selfish choice.

In order to consolidate his position, Sidel knelt down in front of the Colossus and Lawrence and swore not to attack the territory controlled by Crowfeather Prophet, and at the same time took the initiative to join the Church of the Stars.