Riding and slashing the stars of empire civilization

Among the many arms of the imperial army, the armored cavalry selected by the citizen cavalry can be said to be the most famous one.

Let's not talk about the combat effectiveness of the armored cavalry who are unable to charge with lances due to weapon problems. At least from the appearance, these shiny troops have crushed the elite troops of other ethnic groups around them for an era.

Therefore, the Imperial Cavalry is also called the Imperial Beauties.

This is why most imperial nobles will buy themselves a complete set of armored cavalry... In other words, most of the armored cavalry who can afford a set of imperial scale armor are more or less lords.

But among the knights Lawrence knew, none could be as exaggerated as the armored cavalryman standing next to Milin.

Just use the heavy infantry-specific lath armor as cavalry armor. Why are the horses also covered with lath armor?

Can this kind of cavalry really charge? ...Okay, I really got excited.

However, what troubled Lawrence was not the combat effectiveness of these armored cavalry under Milin, but the fact that he clearly knew how costly it would be to maintain the combat effectiveness of such cavalry during the journey.

Even if Milin only brings twelve such cavalry, the profit from this trip may not be enough.

If we encounter any situation and need to use this army, it will be like a horse's hoof lifting, and the money will be like water.

Lawrence, who felt sorry for Dinar, looked at Milin with tangled eyes. Where was the promised logistics? Why did you suddenly change your mind?

"It happened suddenly..." Milin, who noticed the inner fluctuations of the winner in life in front of him, complained that the other party and Avigo were indeed brothers, and repeated what he had said to Ella: "And I will pay Money."

"With the protection of these warriors under your command, I feel very happy. How can I still let you spend money?"

Did Lawrence want to collect money? Of course he did? This is a total of twelve heavy cavalry!

But Lawrence, who had already seen the greedy faces of various lords, did not dare to really ask Milin for money.

If you charge too much, you will definitely be noticed, if you charge too little, not only will you not be able to get any favors, but you will also end up giving money to yourself.

Faced with this situation, Lawrence could only force a smile on Milin's face, and comfort himself in his heart, treating it as a deferred payment of the entrance fee.

In the territory of the empire, the general one-time entry fee rule is one-tenth of all goods, and a head tax for each person.

That's right, it's a one-time trip to the city. This doesn't include road maintenance fees and city sanitation fees.

If you encounter some lords who are dedicated to tricking people, they will even build a slope at the city gate. As long as your vehicle slips a little bit behind when going uphill to pass the gate, even if it is only one centimeter, the guards will ask you for an extra portion. Entry fee.

This situation is fine for small traders, but for big businessmen like Lawrence who have a chamber of commerce, every entry tax is enough to ruin the lives of many civilians.

Milin is the only place that does not collect city tax at all, which is why Lawrence attaches great importance to the agreement with Milin.

Maybe it's because the other party doesn't collect city taxes, so they don't have the money to raise too many soldiers.

Lawrence tried hard to find reasons to comfort himself, but after searching, he finally found his wife.

"Maybe that gentleman really wants to give money." Holo said, sitting in a carriage full of apples, holding a jar of honey in her hand, taking an apple and a spoonful of honey.

Seeing Holo like this, Lawrence seriously suspected that his wife had encouraged him to come to Brother Avigo to discuss business with Milin because Milin's business was a rare honey business.

"I heard all your thoughts, my dear." Even though she said this, Holo, who didn't look angry at all, put an apple with some honey in her hand to Lawrence's mouth.

Humans, indeed, cannot refuse sugar, Lawrence sighed after being fed a mouthful of honey-pickled apples.

Holo, who was very satisfied with her husband's appearance, continued:

"Perhaps to that adult, what we are pursuing is not worth mentioning."

"But I've already said it." After being reminded by Holo, Lawrence sighed as he discovered his blind spot in thinking.

Lawrence found that the biggest mistake he had made was to speculate on Milin's thoughts the same way as ordinary lords.

Maybe as my wife said, if I do it this way, the situation will be small, and the other party may not care about these things at all.

But now that I have said what I said, why should I go back to Milin and say, "Let's continue discussing the charges."

"Just leave this to me." Holo took out a plump and red apple from the box next to her without thinking.

“How are you going to cover these expenses?”

Seeing Holo acting like the Riddler again, Lawrence immediately became nervous.

Although he knew that his wife would not cheat him... at least not in terms of results, the processes he had gone through in the past were beyond words.

"It's very simple. These words are suitable for me to say, not for you."

To Lawrence's surprise, Holo didn't have the Riddler this time.

However, Lawrence still didn't know what his wife was going to say.

After a while, Milin, who occupied three carriages in the Wolf and Spice caravan and started to modify one of the carriages to be more comfortable, said to Holo who came to him:

"Although it is a good habit to be cautious, your husband is really exaggerating."

The moment Holo approached him, Milin guessed what Holo was thinking.

But what made Milin complain about Lawrence in such a normal tone was because Holo, who came alone, took off her white headscarf, revealing a pair of slightly trembling pointed ears.

This response meant that Holo wanted to express to Mirin that the conversation that followed was a conversation that belonged to another world.

"After all, my dear, we don't have the Dragon of the North following you like you, Master."

"Oh, you can actually tell Alori's identity?" Milin was a little surprised by Holo's name for Alori.

Among the many titles of the Dragonborn, he has the name "Ismir", and this name translates to Dragon of the North.

"Wolves have a very keen sense of smell." Holo said with a smile: "Although our family was surprised at first, even Nord, where the legend of dragons still exists, has not seen any signs of dragons for thousands of years. .”

"So is there really a legend about dragons in Nord?" Milin said a little strangely. It is unlikely that Nord in this world would also be called Skyrim.

"Master, don't you know? Or did the northern dragon not tell you about it?" Holo asked with just the right tone of surprise.

"Maybe she doesn't know it herself." Milin shook his head and said.

"Is he actually a dragonborn living abroad? If this news is known to the Nord lords, it will definitely cause a sensation."

Judging from Holo's reaction, it seemed that she wanted to publicize this matter to the lords in a big way.

"If I remember correctly, you are also a lord, right?" Milin remembered what Lawrence had repeatedly emphasized to him before, regarding Holo's identity.

"Our family used to be. Sometimes after staying here for a long time, our family will miss our past identity as the North Wind Wolf King."

Holo revealed her past identity with a smile on her face.

Judging from the fact that she now has Nord mercenaries under her command, this identity still plays a role.

"Are all the Nord lords the same as you?" Milin asked curiously.

Regarding Mirin's question, Holo first glanced at Ella who was sitting next to her with a meaningful look, and then said in a subtle tone:

"It seems that you are not satisfied with just ruling an empire."

"Oh, how do you say this?" Milin asked curiously.

Holo did not answer this question directly, but sat next to Milin, moved her gaze to the sun that had begun to spread its light across the earth, and sang in the tone of a bard:

"That cold land in the sky."

"There is a lonely tower whose top cannot be seen."

"On the lonely tower, the throne hangs empty."

"Only a great dragon can sit on it."

"...Oh..." Milin's completely unmoved look confirmed Holo's guess.

In fact, Milin just felt calm after seeing too much.

Which RPG game doesn't play a prophecy or something? All of them are neither Riddler nor Starman.

By the way, Milin felt that there should be a second half to this sentence.