"You?" Earl Brunswick looked Amy up and down. "Are you a noble with a fief? Or a knight with a title?"
"None of that. Just a maid."
"A maid?"
Count Brunswick forced a smile on his face, but in his heart he scolded the entire Pirate Kingdom. He couldn't understand what kind of weird brain circuits the people of the Pirate Kingdom had that would allow a maid from a lowly background to command them. What about their nobles? Where are their men? Are they all dead? If it were him and being commanded by a pariah woman, it would be better to let him die.
No matter how he said it, he, who was of noble birth, could never kneel down and surrender to an untouchable. If other nobles find out about this, he will become the object of ridicule and will never be able to mix among the nobles.
Having said that, Amy's army already had an absolute advantage at this time. His castle had been breached. Thousands of pirates broke in with red eyes, but there were less than a hundred defenders left inside. The soldiers fighting outside the city had surrendered one by one, leaving only him and a dozen heavy armored cavalry following him. He didn't want to really die at the hands of the pirates.
After a fierce inner struggle, Earl Brunswick sighed and said: "Okay, I understand. If I surrender to you, I will surrender to you. However, I can't just kneel down to the civilians like this."
He suddenly raised his head, pointed his hand to the ground, and said to Amy: "Dismount. Kneel down in front of me. Give me your sword, and make sure the tip of the sword is facing yourself."
Amy laughed coldly: "How does this sound like I'm surrendering to you?"
"Are civilians so stupid that they don't even understand this bit of etiquette? This is the ceremony of canonizing a knight. I want to canonize you as a knight first, and then I can surrender to you."
"You mean, I can also become a knight?"
Amy climbed off Fenrir.
Seeing Amy's reaction, Earl Brunswick immediately felt relieved and said arrogantly: "Go back and laugh to yourself. This is an honor that no amount of money or military exploits can buy. Because you defeated me today, I Grant it to you.”
Amy didn't say anything, just patted Fenrir lightly. Fenrir let out a low roar and suddenly rushed forward, throwing Earl Brunswick to the ground, including his men and horses.
As soon as Earl Brunswick fell off his horse, he was immediately held firmly by Fenrir's front paws. He tried to struggle several times, but he couldn't free himself. There was only a sound of chewing coming from above. It turned out that Fenrir had bitten the horse's neck and was feasting on it.
Drops of water fell on the noble's face, including Fenrir's saliva and horse's blood.
The cavalry behind him saw that the lord was in distress and hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him. A soldier rode up to Fenrir and slashed Fenrir's eyes with a knife. But before the knife could be cut, the horse he was sitting on suddenly screamed, stumbled and fell to the ground. The soldier rolled on the ground several times, and when he stood up, his horse was wrapped in flames.
"Whoever dares to take another step forward will die with your lord."
Amy's threats forced the soldiers who were still behind to retreat.
"Stop! I surrender! I surrender!"
Earl Brunswick was frightened by Fenrir's chewing sound and begged for mercy.
Amy's voice was suddenly full of sarcasm: "Surrendering to a beast? Is this a noble?"
"I surrender to you! Isn't it enough to surrender to you? Stop your dog! You succeeded. A noble nobleman surrendered to you. You can brag about it for the rest of your life! Ah, what a shame!"
Amy walked step by step to Earl Brunswick. In full view of everyone, she stepped on the noble's face.
"What are you talking about? From the beginning, I never said I would accept your surrender, right?"
Earl Brunswick's face was constantly rubbed by Amy's shoes. This was a great shame and humiliation, but the meaning of Amy's words frightened the nobleman into not caring about it at all. He struggled to pull the facial muscles that were trampled by Amy, and shouted: "What do you mean, do you want to kill me?"
Seeing that Amy didn't respond, Earl Brunswick panicked and shouted: "No, you can't kill me, I am a noble! Isn't it an unwritten rule to capture the noble and release him after collecting the ransom? Isn't this an unwritten rule? It’s beneficial to all the nobles! It’s enough that those who died in the war are those untouchables who are like animals!”
However, these words only made Amy, who was born as a civilian, even more angry.
"Didn't you receive my notice before the war? Anyone who comes within a hundred meters of our army and refuses to surrender will be beheaded, without exception! Since you have led troops to resist us, haven't you made the appropriate awareness? I originally I still admire your bravery, but you actually think that you won’t die anyway, so you let your subordinates fight?”
"This kind of announcement...this kind of announcement is completely impossible for people to accept!"
Amy's eyes became colder and colder.
"Then let me tell you one thing: Only those who are prepared to die in battle are qualified to lead troops in battle. You nobles are completely unqualified!"
She patted Fenrir's neck, and Fenrir bit off Earl Brunswick's throat.
The hot blood splashed onto Amy's cold face, making the girl look even more terrifying.
"Stop it." She said to the lords of the surrounding pirate kingdoms, "Don't touch the people of Brunswick. The death of some civilians is nothing to these nobles! Next, I will only allow you to touch Alemanni Nobles of the Federation. If I find out who touched a commoner, I will make him pay with blood!"
None of the lords of the Pirate Kingdom spoke.
At night, however, a fire broke out in Braunschweig.
The screams of those civilians made Amy feel trapped in an ice cave. But she couldn't stop this - she couldn't kill thousands of people from the Pirate Kingdom for the people of Brunswick.
This is already the eighth castle she has captured in the Alemannic Federation. "Anyone who comes within a hundred meters of our troops and refuses to surrender will be killed." She executed this declaration eight times in a solid manner.
She touched her cheek again to make sure Aphrodite's protection had not disappeared.
"At this time, I have to sigh. Your Majesty can restrain these lords from going out to plunder for two years. It is really amazing."
Just as Amy was thinking, a soldier ran over in a panic.
"Report! Duke Otto of Angria has united more than thirty lords of the Alemannic Federation to launch a counterattack against us! The seaport of Stade is under attack. In addition, the main force of the coalition is no longer close to us. It’s three days’ journey!”
It finally came, Amy thought.
She knew this was a necessary battle. In order for the Alemannic Federation to seek Ayla's help, she must win the war.
——If the Alemanni Federation really does this, then she will definitely be defeated at the hands of Aila.
After that, the Alemanni Federation might be able to put aside their prejudices and establish a long-lasting peace with Ayla.
