Start with Island Lord

From a distance, the Crescent Castle has a fairy-tale beauty.

But a closer look will reveal that the castle is shabby and simple.

The castle covers a large area of ​​more than 200 acres.

There are three types of building materials, namely rammed earth, wood, and white stone.

Rammed earth forms the main body of the outermost wall. Wood is used to build various auxiliary buildings, such as guard towers, anti-climbing spikes, warehouses, barracks, servants' houses, etc.

The most precious white stone was used to build the only stone building in the castle.

It is a single-story long house with stone walls and wooden roofs.

This is the lord's residence, and it is probably the only stone building on the entire Sturgeon Island.

When Rosen was surrounded by soldiers and walked towards the lord's long house, he found that the ground was particularly dirty.

There were many rotten vegetable leaves, livestock and human feces, and many inexplicable household garbage on the black mud.

In many areas, there are still semi-free-range livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, and dogs. When they are driven, they will quack and run around, leaving many hot little gifts.

The air is naturally filled with a strange smell composed of sweat and mud.

But at this time, Rosen has no time to care about these irrelevant details.

The threat of the forest spirits has reached a very urgent situation, and the White Sturgeon Island is only a small island with a radius of 60 to 70 kilometers, with basically no strategic buffer space.

Therefore, the current situation is still very dangerous.

He must be fast and race against time.

Before the forest spirits react, complete the next step of the arrangement.

He strode into the lord's long house, which is a stepped hall.

It is divided into three levels.

The bottom level is the most open and the lowest in terrain. It is the place where civilians stand during daily audiences.

There are two vertical long tables on the left and right walls of the second level, with a heating pit in the middle, which is the place for knights and guests.

The third level is the highest, and at the top is a high-backed chair covered with black bear fur, which is naturally the seat for the lord.

There are many steps on the left and right of the lord's seat, where the lord's confidants and guards stand.

In short, this is a layout from more than 200 years ago. If the scholars of Dawn City saw it, they would probably describe it as "strong retro style".

But at this time, we can only make do with it.

Surrounded by the Flame War Corps warriors such as Yopp, he sat down on the lord's seat.

Smelling the faint sweat odor emanating from the bear skin under his body, he secretly decided in his heart.

'While the princess hasn't come yet, I'll clean up the castle quickly.'

Below the Flame War Corps, there are more than 50 spirited Crescent Knights.

Below the Crescent Knights, there are a group of shy and rebellious knights.

These people are the surrendered middle and lower-level mountain knights and some Crescent Knights who followed the two knight commanders to betray.

Add up to more than 30 people, and their fighting spirit level is all in the middle and low levels.

Just now, Rosen only said that he would pardon the death penalty, but he did not say that he would not judge their crimes.

After everyone stood still, Rosen looked at the group of traitorous knights.

"I fulfilled my promise and pardoned your death penalty, but crimes are crimes, and corresponding punishments must be given to enforce justice."

The sinners listened in silence, their faces full of fear, without any thought of resistance.

Through his previous performance, Rosen has deeply imprinted the "unresistible" spiritual imprint in the hearts of every island knight.

Rosen continued: "Before, Alais said that the forest elves would destroy Gaoshan Town."

"It is impossible to tell whether this is true or false for the time being, but since I am the supreme lord of the White Sturgeon Island, I will never take risks with the lives of the people of Gaoshan Town."

"So, I plan to give you a chance to atone for your sins."

The traitorous knights immediately perked up, fearing that they would miss every word Rosen said.

Rosen's voice became slightly heavier, and his expression became more serious.

"The lord of Gaoshan Town rebelled, and most of the soldiers are gone. It is currently in an extremely dangerous state with no one to protect it."

"I now order you to take all the soldiers from Gaoshan Town and rush back to Gaoshan Town immediately. Before the forest spirits get the news, quickly move the 3,500 townspeople of Gaoshan Town back to the Crescent Valley!"

As soon as this order came out, everyone looked at each other in surprise, and even the Crescent Knights were puzzled.

A rebellious Gaoshan Knight asked cautiously: "Lord, you just said to move back? Instead of organizing defense on the spot?"

Rosen nodded to confirm: "Yes, it is moved back."

The knight looked puzzled: "But Lord, Gaoshan Town itself has good defense. If there are enough soldiers, it should be enough to resist the invasion of the forest spirits."

Rosen smiled faintly and asked back: "The forest spirits assassinated my father, but the territories of the five great knights are deep in the mountains, but they are all alive and well."

"Why?"

As soon as this was said, the knights were all horrified.

Rosen knew they had all thought of it.

"Because these knights are likely to have become traitors to our human race!"

"Except for Alais. Sir Eddard of Howling Valley, Sir Sad of Creekwood Town, Sir Corleone of Blue Flower Slope, and Sir Lafeng of Blackstone Town are most likely secretly colluding with the forest elves."

"Let me ask you, if these traitors form an alliance with the forest elves, how can Gaoshan Town resist?"

As soon as these words came out, all the island knights looked solemn.

Rosen said again: "The forest elves are very good at fighting in the mountains and forests. If Gaoshan Town is besieged by the rebels, as the supreme lord of the entire island, I must send troops to support it, and I will definitely cross the mountains and forests on the way, and I will definitely step into the death trap set by the forest elves."

"What should we do then? Should we charge in knowing the danger? Or should we watch Gaoshan Town being destroyed?"

This convinced everyone.

In this dangerous situation, shrinking the defense line is the wisest approach.

But there is still a Crescent Knight who has additional concerns. He stood up and said, "Lord, I am the senior knight Kosen. More than 3,000 people moved back to the valley, and I am afraid that there will be a shortage of food."

Rosen waved his hand and smiled faintly: "Don't worry about the food problem. I brought back enough food this time."

In this case, Kosen will have no problem: "Lord, you are wise."

Rosen looked at the rebellious knights again.

"Set off immediately, move at full speed, and move the townspeople back as soon as possible. If anyone tries to stop us, kill them on the spot!"

"If you do this well, I will pardon your crime of betrayal and accept you as Crescent Knights again."

"Yes, Lord!"

More than 30 knights received the order loudly, turned around and strode out of the lord's longhouse, bringing their entourage and Gaoshan Town militia, and meticulously carried out Rosen's orders.

No one had any extra thoughts, because the new lord was not only powerful, but also married the Princess of Dawn.

With the support of the princess, it was only a matter of time before the new lord defeated the forest spirit.

Only a broken brain would betray.

Rosen was not idle either, and immediately issued the second important task.

"There are a large number of supplies at Sturgeon Wharf, totaling 1,700 tons, including a large amount of food, which needs to be transported back to Crescent City as soon as possible."

"This task is very important and is related to the future fate of our human race on the White Sturgeon Island."

"Whether we can survive the coming cold winter safely or suffer from hunger and cold depends entirely on this batch of supplies, so there must be no mistakes."

"Now, I need all the Crescent Knights to take action and try to transport all the supplies back before dark."

Everyone knows the importance of supplies, especially the poor island residents.

The Crescent Knights' eyes lit up when they heard it, and they all stood up to receive the order.

Rosen said, "Warriors, I am still unfamiliar with you. So, everyone has 20 seconds to report your name, strength and specialty."

"Knight Kosen, you first."

Kosen was the senior knight who spoke just now. It can be seen that he has a good reputation among the Crescent Knights.

He immediately stood up to introduce himself.

After he finished speaking, the second knight quickly followed. Everyone wanted to say a few more words to leave a good impression in front of the new lord.

Yop watched from the side and laughed in his heart: 'This lord is still young. At this time, he should focus on the big and let go of the small. How can he remember it if he listens to it one by one? '

He felt that Rosen was wasting time.

About ten minutes later, the last Crescent Knight reported his basic situation.

Rosen also asked Lai Fu to enter the information of these loyal subordinates into the archives. He immediately said: "In addition to Knight Commander Kaudrin, I now need to urgently appoint two acting Knight Commanders."

"These two are, Kosen and Orsa."

The two senior knights immediately showed joy on their faces and immediately stood up to receive the order.

Immediately afterwards, Rosen quickly made another appointment and reorganized the Crescent Knights, whose structure was somewhat loose.

What is amazing is that he immediately looked at the corresponding knight when he read a name, without a single mistake.

Obviously, in just a short while, he had already memorized every knight in his mind.

The Crescent Knights were surprised, but Yopp was shocked.

It took him half a month to memorize the names of each member.

He thought to himself: 'This lord is really smart, no wonder he can become a favorite of the earl. '

Soon, more than fifty Crescent Knights were assigned tasks.

Some recruited people, some were responsible for exploring the way, and some were full-time guards.

Driven by these knights, the entire Crescent City also started to operate quickly.

At least 6,000 people were recruited to transport supplies to Sturgeon Wharf.

Finally, Rosen arranged a group of messengers to the four major knight territories to inform them to come to the Crescent Valley to participate in the Glory Conference.

It doesn't matter whether they participate or not, the main purpose is to test the attitude of the knights.

After these tasks were arranged, only Rosen and the Flame War Corps were left in the hall.

Rosen's tense face relaxed, and he said to Yopp standing beside him: "Captain, thank you very much today."

Yopp was a little embarrassed because he basically didn't work today. The most difficult and dangerous work was all done by Rosen himself.

He felt that it was not moral to take this money.

So, he whispered: "Lord, I will return you half of the commission. After all, we didn't work much."

He was about to take the money.

When he did this, Rosen found that the deputy captains behind him obviously disagreed, especially the deputy mage captain Harry, who almost objected.

No one was willing to take out the gold coins that had been put into the bag again.

This also shows that this was Yopp's personal decision and he had not discussed it with the team members.

Looking at Yopp with an honest face, Rosen sighed in his heart.

'This guy is too righteous, no wonder he was squeezed to my island. '

But in this world, there are few righteous people, but many greedy people.

The instinct of the human heart always tends to be more aggressive.

For example, the Flame War Group.

Now they are the top combat power of the entire island, and no one can restrain them. After a while, it is easy for them to get carried away and even take advantage of others.

Therefore, although this knife is sharp, you still need to find a scabbard to contain the edge of this sharp blade.

Otherwise, there will definitely be trouble that cannot be ended in the future.

He was thinking secretly in his heart, but his face remained calm.

He smiled and said: "Captain, I am a lord who respects credibility. There is no reason to take back the money I have given out."

"Not only that, the defense of Crescent Castle will have to rely on your help in the future."

"I won't let the soldiers work in vain. The commission is 50 Oggs a day, and the war will be calculated separately. How about it?"

Now, Jopp admired this young lord and subconsciously refused.

"The earl ordered us to assist the lord in stabilizing the situation, so..."

He wanted to say no extra commission.

But before he finished speaking, deputy captain Harry took over the conversation: "Captain, the lord has his heart so much, how can we refuse?"

He looked at Rosen again and assured loudly: "Lord, don't worry, the defense of the castle will be left to us."

Yopp murmured, but in the end did not object.

He knew in his heart that the brothers all wanted to make this money, but he was really a little confused just now.

On the other side, Rosen saw everything. He remained calm and just acted as a silent observer.