The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich

"When are you going to get the elemental artifact?"

The form of the high elves did not have the unique elegance of this race, and the storms wandering around showed his anxiety. As time went by, the patience of Camdiran, the god of wind elements, became less and less.

"When are you going to the Dragon Realm? The elders are waiting here, so you should have read the information."

This time it wasn't the always smiling brass dragon who came to urge me, but the indifferent blue dragon Yi Wenli surprised everyone else.

"...Your Highness, when will the Throne of Earth Element be repaired?"

The Great Stone Shaper was also a little anxious. In a sense, when she learned that she was the top candidate for the Throne of Earth Elemental, she was always excited.

"Wait, how can we drive if there are not enough people?"

That's right, I'm not the Snake Lady's trio who sacrificed themselves. Since I've already learned from the surrounding information how outrageous the opponent I'm going to face, how can I start an expedition to another world when my combat power is insufficient.

"Perhaps, this is the real jihad-level test."

This time I have paid a lot of money. Judging from the strength of the convening, I have come out in full force. There are quite a few people who came, but through the reorganization, they are divided into three categories.

First of all, the royal knights of the Kingdom of Lan in the past, the immortal undead warriors, the total number is nearly 25,000, and they are the knights I trust the most, and their combat power is also the strongest. Among them, the combat power of the heroic spirit is not The minority is always my strongest trump card.

Due to the troubles caused by the identity of the undead, only about 2,000 of them are active on the surface, and they have devoted themselves to the organization of the Lan League. Some served as instructors and regiment leaders in various regiments of Donglan. Some are activities of the Xilan Empire, the kingdom of the undead. They are trying to rebuild the Eternal Night Legion. Of course, unlike the chaotic United Undead Lords, what I formed this time is my personal legion.

Their battle flag is the traditional battle flag of Lan, which is not only a trace of the past, but also represents the glory of inheritance, when they are determined to wave the command knife. When this old battle flag is flying again, the immortal who is not willing to sleep forever will use blood and fire to warn what is called the glory of a soldier and the immortal knight.

Although this power is the strongest trump card in my hand, it is also the most inconvenient trump card to use. Just calling it can arouse the high vigilance of countless countries.

Therefore, most of the members can only sharpen their fighting skills in the underground world, but recently they have an additional duty, which is to sharpen and train newcomers,

What is passed down is not just fighting skills and abilities, but even honor and inheritance.

But this time, through the Jumen and the newly completed Tanlang No. 1 ship, I summoned a total of six thousand undead knights. On the way, the two demon bone warships surrounded by black mist passed through various countries, relying on Bayer's face and guarantee.

And if the "Crimson Hound" is the most inconvenient but most trustworthy power in my hands. The following force is probably the most convenient to use but the least trustworthy.

"Hey, why did you add two eggs and one chicken leg to today's lunch?"

"Don't you know? To celebrate the official establishment of Beidilan's family, today's lunch will be added, and everyone will have a bottle of ale for dinner."

"...His Highness Roland has finally made up his mind? Wait, isn't this a super happy event? Celebrating banquets and revival ceremonies? Our boss is a living legend. As long as he speaks, every superpower should also send people? Is it official? The ceremony has been postponed?"

Generally speaking, the revival and establishment of a family is the number one priority. It is easy to invite guests all over the place. It is not uncommon for them to celebrate for one year in a row and spend all their territory tax for three years.

This is not only for the sake of face, but also to show the family's connections and heritage.

"No, the extra lunch is just for celebration. His Highness Roland said that he has been busy with business recently, and his career is the most important thing. If you can save the extravagance, is that enough?"

"...Why do I think he is too troublesome."

"...I think so too. After all, he is the eldest in our family, so he is different. However, some things have not been omitted. You know the fifth child in the Eston family, right?"

"The lame fifth? Didn't he retreat to the second line when he lost his foot in the northern orc war? His second son also died in the meat grinder battle. It was really miserable."

"...His Highness Roland made him a knight, at least he won't have to worry about starving to death in this life."

"It's lucky, His Royal Highness Roland has started to confer knights? Great, do we have hope? Forget it, we are only a bronze-ranked warrior, and it's not our turn, pretend I didn't say it."

According to the practice on the mainland, the lowest rank of knight can generally be conferred, and at least the silver rank is required, and this is often impossible for ordinary people to work hard for a lifetime.

"His Royal Highness Roland is different from the others. He doesn't really look at strength, but merit. The first batch of 30 people, our mercenary regiment has 16! All of them are first-class military exploits. They played in the Titan Mecha that day. Self-destruction is all there. Each of us has a third-class combat exploit, so don’t count on it this time.”

"But at least there is hope! Ah, the fifth is really good, even if you can't go to the battlefield in the future, you can eat this title for a lifetime in the future."

"Hmph, don't underestimate other people's lame old five. If he is as ruthless as you, how can he win the Blood Night Medal. The old guy is now urging the group of goblins in the Mechanical Branch of the Magic Research Institute every day, forcing them to take out The prosthetic limb with the cannon barrel, the old guy didn't intend to be a knight to the end, he still wants his son to be a knight master."

The lowest-ranked knight nobility has no right of inheritance, but a baron can inherit it, but if he does not make military exploits, he will be degraded, so generally speaking, the baron is the real noble class recognized by the public.

For a small title of knight, even if one is lucky enough to get a territory, there are at most 30 to 50 households in a village. Perhaps this is not worth mentioning to the strong, but to the bloody mercenaries, it is the expectation of a lifetime.

Yes, it is a mercenary, a mercenary from the super mercenary group Absolute Gentleman League,

Although I want to talk to them about the common ideal and the dream of saving the world, and the coming long night, but for them. The ideal is the extravagant wish of a nobleman who doesn't have to worry about his stomach. A stable income and the opportunity to become a nobleman is the pursuit of a lifelong dream.

As for the end? If you are hungry or mortally wounded. After being disabled and not saving enough money for retirement, every day is the end.

"Mercenaries are not to be trusted."

This is a common view in various countries about these guys who take money to do things, and in most cases, what they say is not wrong.

As mercenaries who fight with money, they must think about their future. If they die in battle or become disabled, their past savings will not be enough for the rest of their lives. Instead, they are warriors on the battlefield. Lack of fighting will is absolute. When the Ace Knights can reach 70% of the battle loss rate and still stick to it, these guys who take money to do things will collapse at 10% of the battle loss. If they are too dependent, they will become the weakness of the army.

"No matter how strong the fighting power is, it cannot be trusted and expected in return."

And since money is used to do things, if there is a higher price on the opposite side, there are many examples of the whole regiment's betrayal. As for the betrayal and bribery of individual characters, it is even easier, so for large-scale wars. Even if those war mercenary regiments obtained the permission to participate in the war, they often only acted as cannon fodder.

This is mercenary. The battlefield vultures fighting for profit, they are not bound by the knight's creed, they are more realistic than anything else, but as long as they are given enough bait, they will turn into vicious poodles.

Ordinary mercenary regiments will not accept battlefield missions with a high mortality rate, but there are also some battlefield mercenary regiments who still choose to cruise on the edge of the cliff even if they are acting as battlefield cannon fodder, except because of the extremely high rewards for such battlefield missions. In addition, if it is appreciated by a certain big noble, it is more likely to be acquired by the whole.

If one becomes a private soldier of a great nobleman, the senior executives of the mercenary regiment will have the chance to become noblemen, and ordinary soldiers will also become regular soldiers. At least military pay and pensions in case of disability or death in battle are available.

But this absolute gentleman mercenary alliance is slightly different from ordinary mercenary regiments.

Deliberately planting trees will not live, and unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade, this mercenary group established as a joke has become stronger and stronger in recent years.

The official leader of the mercenary group is myself, and I can be called my subordinate soldier. The fighting will and loyalty are far superior to ordinary private soldiers.

With the expansion of the scope of activities of the Mercenary Group Absolute Gentleman Alliance, with the strong support of the northern countries, they have established offices in more than 30 countries with the northern land as the core of their activities, and even have offices in various countries. There are 17 large sub-groups, and the total number of registered mercenaries has exceeded 300,000.

More than 70% of the mercenaries are Donglan people and Sluwell people. It can be said that more than 80% of the members are Lan people. They are willing to join this mercenary group, not only because the treatment and reputation of this mercenary group are very good, but also Many still trust me as the mercenary captain, thinking that I will give them a bright future.

And in the past wars, they performed really well. Whether it was the flesh and blood battlefield of the orc battle in the north, or the series of battles in the south, they all showed enough loyalty and ability.

But as mercenaries, they naturally have their own expectations, hoping that they can have a bright future, rich rewards, and a chance to return to their hometown.

Of course, this super-large mercenary group is also hierarchical, and the outsiders only ask for ability and a clean reputation, but to a certain extent, the backbone battle group is always the core.

As for fighters who have shown sufficient ability and loyalty in the past, the mercenary regiment will sign long-term contracts with them for 20, 30, or 50 years. Thinking about the future is going to be bad, and while getting paid and guaranteed, they will also repay the responsibilities and requirements entrusted by this long-term contract.

In fact, these mercenaries who got long-term contracts called "lifetime contracts" did not regard themselves as mercenaries in words and deeds.

"We are all warriors of His Royal Highness Roland, it's just that it's inconvenient to form a battle group now."

"In any case, they are all soldiers of His Highness. There are some things that need to be paid attention to, at least not to stain the battle flag."

And now the canonization of knights and the erection of the banner of the Lan family seem to have verified this statement, so there are already countless mercenaries in the mercenary group who have applied for long-term contracts.

But now, when the news of my decision to rebuild Beidi Lan's family came out, in just three days, there were nearly 20,000 new applications for joining the regiment, and when I was canonized from the mercenary regiment After the news that sixteen knights were recruited, there were 50,000 more new applications for joining the regiment.

In a sense, there is no fiefdom. I myself am not a king nor am I loyal to a lord. None of them can be regarded as pure fiefdom nobles. It stands to reason that there is no right to confer knights, but it seems that no matter whether it is outsiders or my group, they ignore this most basic noble practice.

Of course, I won’t talk in empty words. The knights I canonize will be recognized by the countries in the Northland, and after they have made enough meritorious deeds to become fief nobles, I will also find a way to get them territories (only barons and above can It is possible to obtain a territory, but generally only the earl of military merit has it. And the success rate is extremely low).

This time, the Northern Lights brought 5,600 long-term contract mercenaries, which may not seem like many, but being able to pass many tests and sign a long-term contract has proved their ability and loyalty, and their average strength has reached an astonishing bronze The superiors, in a sense, they are indeed my backbone private soldiers.

The development of the situation to this point may have proved the role of reputation and orthodoxy from one side. In Difende, the capital of Donglan, and Antuen, the capital of Sluwell, various "big chess theories" and "premeditated theories" It has flooded the streets. Even vendors on the street corner can tell how "His Royal Highness Roland used the name of the mercenary group to call on those warriors who yearn for the Battle Banner of Lan." Among the mercenaries are not only the Four Spirit Swordsman and the Magic Bullet Shooter, but also the Aurora Knights. How could these trump cards be wild? It’s so obvious that they dare to call themselves mercenaries.”

In fact, I was really just trying to make a joke at the time, and I didn't even manage the development of the mercenary group for quite a long time, and I was able to get to this point, except if those few guys who didn't catch me were really good enough , perhaps simply because of the Lan people's trust in that dilapidated battle flag.

"He is our Highness, and he will lead us to a better day."

"Well, it's his presence that allowed us to spend the most comfortable winter in the past 50 years. This year, no one died of freezing on the streets, and people who moved to other places also returned to their hometowns."

It would be a joke to say that so many Lan clan members can be attracted to fight for me just by virtue of past reputation and the so-called orthodoxy of the Lan family. It is my heaviest wealth, but it is also a burden that weighs me down.

"...Let's not talk about the mercenary group. If you open a circus in your own name and that battle flag, it will be full of people from the Lan tribe. If you don't believe me, just ask your undead knights. They have already done it Don't ask 'why', just ask 'what' for foolish loyalty."

Facing Heloise's teasing, I didn't know how to answer. I knew that she was telling the truth.

As for their trust, the only thing I, a down and out prince who can't keep his family, can repay is to try to lead them through this catastrophe like the final doomsday.

"Maybe the days ahead will be tough, but at least... at least we'll be together."

Maybe they are still just mercenaries in the eyes of outsiders, but these young lives who have entrusted themselves to me are already part of my limbs.

The battle flag of the League of Absolute Gentlemen is a black ball mask. As for the symbolic meaning, there are already countless theories on the market, but I used this at the time just because I wanted to remind those bastards who have become the cadres of the mercenary regiment "Remember to wear a mask when you do bad things, I don't want to go to the security station to get someone."

As for "looking at the light in the dark night", "the enlightened person who has lost everything", "the night ranger who doesn't need a face", these are obviously just their excessive explanations.

In addition to "Crimson Hound" and "League of Gentlemen", the third largest organization is the Institute of Magical Mechanics and the Schindler Chamber of Commerce, which are referred to as "Magic Research Institute".

Already at the forefront of the times, they are not only the dawn of the new era, but also the logistics department of the Lanzhi forces that are gradually united. Among them are not only researchers, but also four spirit swordsmen, magic bullet shooters, great engineers, and great alchemists. Real combat power.

There are three super battleships, the Northern Lights, the Greedy Wolf, and the Giant Gate, six medium-sized battleships, and three-digit small gunboats. The total combat force is 13,000 people, and there are 67 major engineers above the gold rank, engineering and alchemy. There are 427 experts and countless war equipment, which is enough to start a small war on the scale of a small country.

Of course, after paying so much, what I expect to get is even more... so much that even I feel too greedy.

"I think if those giant dragons know your plan, they will definitely find a way to kill you. Since they have the idea of ​​their most precious treasure, are they opening the door to steal?"

"...I think so too, but when they know, my goal should have been achieved. Besides, treasures of this level are a waste for them, so let me make the best use of them. After all..."

"...Winter is coming?"

I shook my head. If it is cold winter, it sounds like spring is not far away, but I looked through the timetable, but I can't seem to see any signs of spring coming, and my time is running out.

"...If I really want to describe it, I can probably only use the word that the end is approaching. However, it is already so much better than in 'history'. At least, this time we still have hope, as long as my plan can be realized."

"So, how sure are you of your plans?"

"I really want to say 10%, but unfortunately 10% is too much."

"But at least it's not hopeless."

Looking out the window at the newly sprouting trees seems like a rare good omen.

"Yeah, at least it's not hopeless. And this time our goal is to create our own hope and make life easier in the future."

"Are you afraid of destroying the hope of others?"

"Of course." (To be continued...)

ps: Well, the pavement is almost done. Although the pavement is not very satisfactory, it is time to start the main line that has been forgotten.

Well, there are so few monthly tickets this month, with the support of book friends who have monthly tickets...

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