From the moment the man put on his posture, Dast could tell that the other person was not simple, but he had various mechanisms under his clothes, so he was full of confidence. When he saw that his opponent was preparing to fight with the hilt of his sword, he started to panic: "Brother, you were careful to cut your hand while holding the sword like this. Why bother? You see, I don't wear any armor at all, right?"
"Not wearing armor?" The man rolled his eyes at Daxter, "The 'White Knight' has an iron plate stuffed into his chest. Others don't know this, but I know it very well!"
"Do you know me?" Dast squinted his eyes and looked at the other person for a while, "Are you...Cassred!?"
"Master, do you know him?" Ella asked from the side, "Who is he?"
"His name is Castlered, a mercenary from Southampton." Dast explained, "We once teamed up to find the legendary Sword in the Stone, so we were killed together. We are considered comrades."
"Comrade in arms? Who is your comrade in arms! It was you who said you wanted to use the information about the Sword in the Stone to pay off the debt. In the end, not only did the Sword in the Stone not be found, but I was almost eaten by an eagle!" Caslade stared forward. Taking a step forward, "If you don't pay me back the three Nomisma you owe me today, I will tie you up here and feed you to the wolves!"
"Don't, don't, don't! We are civilized people, we don't fight, we don't fight! Can a mere three Nomisma be worth our ecstasy of friendship?" Dast pointed a sword at Casred, He took out a few gold coins from his arms and threw them over, "Here, I'll give you four Nomisma!"
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"Why are you so generous today? Are you rich?" Caslade knelt down and picked up the four gold coins one by one, but his eyes and sword were still pointed at Dust.
"Don't let me go like this. It's just four Nomisma, and I still feel bad? Not long ago, I was officially canonized as a knight by a princess with a good background, and I earned hundreds of Nomisma from her. And now I am still working as a swordsmanship teacher for the King of Sweden. I receive a salary of twelve nomisms every year, and there is also a bonus. Now I can go to the bathhouse every night, and I can order roast chicken when I am hungry... …There is a flaw!”
Dust suddenly rushed forward and launched a series of intensive attacks before Casred stood up. Castlered did not expect that Dast would attack at this time, and was quickly kicked over by Dast, and the sword in his hand was also knocked down.
"Dust! You lied to me again!" Casred shouted.
"Lying to you? Why did I lie to you? I am indeed a serious knight now and the swordsmanship teacher of the King of Sweden. I will pay you back the money you asked for. But you just pointed the sword at the King of Sweden!" Dust said plausibly. "The King of Sweden is an ally of the King of Knights. As a subject of the King of Knights, Casred, can you plead guilty?"
"King of Sweden?" Castlered raised his head from the ground and glanced at everyone present. When he saw Glahid, he cheered, "I remembered, you are the strongest archer in Britain, Glahid!" When he saw Ella, he was even happier: "So you are the King of Sweden? You finally come!"
"Yes, I am the King of Sweden." Ella tilted her head and stared at Castlered for a while, "It's still the same question as before, are you residents of Southampton? Why are you hiding in the forest? And those of you just now The companions I defeated looked like farmers to me, but their movements were different. Who are you?"
Hearing the words "my defeated comrade", doubts appeared on Caslade's face. It wasn't until Dast whispered the words "fall into the pit" in his ear that he suddenly realized: "King of Sweden, it turns out that you really learned swordsmanship from Dast!"
"Answer my question quickly!" Ella began to wave her fist left and right, "My master was fighting with you alone just now. If you don't answer, I will come up and beat you!"
"Don't, I said, I said!" Caslade shouted in panic. If the King of Sweden really rushes up to fight him, he will be finished no matter whether he wins or loses. "Just like Dast said, I am a citizen of Southampton. I was and am now! Those who just fell into the pit are indeed nearby." Farmers! Southampton was previously on level 2 alert. We didn’t expect your troops to come so quickly, King of Sweden. When we heard a ship from the Pirate Kingdom approaching, we immediately raised the alert level to level 1. So we ran into the forest. !”
Ella became more and more confused as she listened: "What level two alert state? Level one alert state? Are you really civilians? My army has been searching for you for several days and can't find you, and then there is the shield wall just now, these techniques Where did you learn this from?"
Seeing the questioning look on Ella's head, Glahid shook his head, saying that he didn't know either.
"Our skills are all taught by people sent by the King of Knights." Castlered replied, "After the unification of Britain, the King of Knights reduced some taxes. In contrast, everyone has to take time out to unify every week. Military tactics training. Each village has a dedicated knight in charge, children, women, and the elderly, no one is exempt!"
"Then what is Alert Level 2?" Glahid asked. The content of Caslade's words was also extremely unfamiliar to him.
"Every month, the capital will send knights to various places to test the results of training. This time has been set long ago. If it is overdue, the corresponding village or city must enter a level three alert state, set up port security at the entrance of the village, and send out reconnaissance The team monitors nearby movements 24 hours a day; if it is overdue for more than one week, it will enter a second-level alert state, and the circulation of non-military-related personnel will be completely prohibited. Each village will set up traps on the roads in advance and start preparing for war. supplies; when the enemy is found nearby, it will enter a first-level alert state. Each village can poison some water sources according to the actual situation. All supplies and personnel are deployed by local officials in a wartime state, preparing to fight the enemy to the end. "
"Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?" Dust complained at the side. "This plan sounds like the capital of Britain may be destroyed at any time, the Knight King may die at any time, and the management system may be paralyzed at any time."
"This is actually the case. The Abrahamic Orthodox Church has extended its claws to the Alemannic Federation, and Britain may be next. The Knight King said that the magic of the Abrahamic Church is extremely terrifying. Once a war occurs, he will most likely be the first A kill. In order to protect our families and the land, we must learn to resist the enemy without a king!"
Ella was shocked by the message in Caslade's words. After a long time, she finally recovered and asked:
"You said that this place was already in alert level 2 before we arrived...that is to say, Winchester has lost contact with Southampton for more than a week?"
"It will take longer! Southampton just entered a state of first-level alert not long ago. The Scottish fleet tried to land in Southampton, but they were ambushed by us and were beaten away by us. You saw many corpses in Southampton Right? Those are our compatriots who died in the ambush. In order to create the illusion that there is no one in the city, we can only let them lie there."
