"I am Peter Maned Wolf. Please bear witness to His Majesty the God-Emperor. I am willing to be loyal to Lord Lant Galloping Horse forever and become your sword and shield. Please accept my loyalty!"
"I am Kenan Doyles. Please bear witness to His Majesty the God-Emperor. I am willing to be loyal to Lord Lant Galloping Horse forever and become your sword and shield. Please accept my loyalty!"
"I am Rune White Heron..."
"I'm Alf Fatt..."
"I am Nedland Wilson..."
In Laniya's room, five intermediate knights swore allegiance to Lant. They specially invited Lant to come to the most luxurious room in the cave. In the presence of Albert, Neil, Rohr and other knights of the Lant family, they Think, collectively took an oath to Rand.
Seeing the five intermediate knights kneeling down to pay allegiance to him, Lant's heart was filled with excitement. He had become a lord from the first day he came to this world, but it was from that time that he was forced to leave the territory. Being run over by barbarians and monsters.
After finally entering the Galloping Horse Plains and gaining short-term safety, they still had to pretend to be a small tribe and wander around. Not only did they have to worry about the main force of the Gray Goose Tribe returning to the plains, but they also had to be careful before every attack.
Today, five intermediate knights pledged their allegiance to him, and behind them there were dozens of knights and two hundred demon wielders. Lant now had a strength comparable to that of the earl. He no longer had to fear Gray Goose's main force. He knew From this moment on, defeating Gray Goose's main force is no longer about survival, but about proving Yan Shun's dominance over the entire Galloping Horse.
"I accept your loyalty, knights. As you know, my family originates from the royal family of the Galloping Horse Kingdom and is the natural ruler of the Galloping Horse Plains. Now I have not only rescued all the demons from all races south of the Galloping Horse River. Moreover, they have the loyalty of most of the barbarians!
I will lead my family back to the Galloping Horse Plains and restore the glory of my ancestors. But before that, I need to lead all the devil-loving people in the salt mines south and eliminate the remaining power of the Gray Goose Tribe. "
"As you wish, we will follow your footsteps." The five knights bowed and saluted.
The knights behind Lant were very excited to see such a scene. The most excited one was Albert. In his expectation, the best outcome of this trip north to the Galloping Horse Plains was to return to the northwest territory and seize the viscount title of Roth territory. , allowing the Galloping Horse family to return to the past era. However, it only took more than a month for Lant to break through the Earl's strength, and now he can compete in the Galloping Horse Plains, allowing the family to regain its glory a hundred years ago.
In the room, Lant learned about the situation before they came to the salt mine with several intermediate knights. Peter Maned Wolf, Kenan Doyles and Rune Egret were all from the Dragon Kingdom and were once counts. Or the captain of the Marquis Knights, who lost a power struggle in the past and was exiled to the salt mines.
Alf Fate and Ned Land Wilson came from the interior of the human race and wandered between human race countries due to internal strife within their families, eventually ending up in a salt mine camp.
The three local knights have all reached the threshold of high-level knights, but they were exiled here before they could break through. Since then, their combat effectiveness has dropped to ordinary intermediate knights due to malnutrition; while Alf and Ned Land have reached their potential. However, after many years of wandering, they have a very rich fighting and adventure experience. In a real battle, the three local knights cannot compete with them one on one.
Among the five intermediate knights in the salt mine, the most special one is Peter Maned Wolf. As a member of the Maned Wolf family, Peter is the distant nephew of the current Earl of Maned Wolf and the cousin of Fernando Maned Wolf. Under questioning, Peter admitted that he was exiled because he had frequently smuggled with the barbarians and was reported by the Blue Dragon family in the royal capital.
As the local agent of the Salt and Iron Division, the Blue Dragon family can be targeted by their family, which shows that Pete's smuggling business is related to the main business of the Salt and Iron Division. Lant even speculated that as Pete Maned Wolf, who had touched a high-level knight, He should be trained by the Earl as the most promising young generation in the family, so he gave Peter a lucrative job like smuggling salt and iron.
Peter did a good job in completing the money-making task assigned to him by the old earl, but he did so well that he suffered retaliation from the monopoly department. The earl could not bear the pressure from above and chose to sacrifice Peter.
Of course, these are just Lant's imagination. Considering that the earl family has limited resources, it may be possible to make room for the eldest son.
Peter did not mention the real reason for his exile, and Lant naturally could not hurt his face, but then the two of them mentioned Lanya, and in his words, Peter actually planned to give Lanya to Lant as a gift to swear allegiance.
Rant, who grew up in an era where everyone was equal, hated the devil-loving people in this world from the bottom of his heart, who were arrogant about everything and treated their own kind as commodities. However, he was unable to change it now, but he did not want to follow this trend.
"Lanya is an excellent manager and she is also your wife. You'd better live well." Lant rebuffed Peter. He said one more thing in his heart. In the future, Laniya may still dislike your rank. Too low.
Lant announced to the five knights that he would lead the demon-lovers and cavalry from the entire salt mine south to engage in a decisive battle with the remnants of the Gray Goose tribe, and asked the five knights to make various preparations.
Of course, Lant also knows that although these five intermediate knights are the leaders of the human race in the salt mine, they have little fighting ability. In other words, all the demon supporters of the salt mine have been working as miners for at least several years. The previous riding skills , The swordsmanship has long been rusty, and there is an urgent need to replenish equipment and nutrition.
Fortunately, Lant had accumulated a large amount of equipment, horses and long-haired sheep before. Therefore, the first thing Lant gave to the intermediate knights was to re-arm all the junior, low-level knights, and even the stronger ones. Those who embraced the demon went to receive armor and weapons, and began to resume horseback riding training.
Of course, once the training begins, all the demon warriors must be moved to a camp outside the salt mine. After all, the terrain inside the salt mine is narrow and narrow, which is not suitable for hundreds of cavalry to practice together.
According to Lant's request, the main demon proponents and population of the entire salt mine will be moved to the Gray Goose camp outside the salt mine within five days. The knights will be given priority after moving out, and will be trained together with Lant's original knights.
Other demon possessors assisted the non-magic ones in carrying their luggage. After the knights' riding skills had almost recovered, the demon possessors would join the training. After all, they were more powerful in the knight formation.
"Sir, this is my brother Mace Frostwolf. He was once the guardian knight of our family's caravan. Thank you for saving him." Makoto Frostwolf
Just as Lant finished talking to several intermediate knights, Makoto led a junior knight in. This junior knight looked somewhat similar to Makoto. He looked like Neil with a completely open face and a somewhat old age. .
"Mace Frostwolf pledges allegiance to Lord Lant Galloping Horse. Please bear witness to His Majesty the God Emperor. I am willing to be your sword and shield." Mace was very respectful. Originally, this scene was not his turn. A strong junior knight performs allegiance alone.
But Metz didn't expect that his biological sister could find him and told him that she and her nephew Neil were both Rand's capable men, and Makoto was also willing to introduce her biological brother to Rant.
"Very good, I accept your loyalty. I heard that you were a harvest knight in the family caravan before coming here?"
"Yes, sir. I used to run the trade route from Benma Grassland to the capital. If you need the trade route to the capital, I will be there for you."
"Okay, this is what I want! Now this salt mine is mine, and we will definitely need to sell salt to the inner roads of the Dragon Kingdom in the future.
This is not smuggling. I will reach a formal production and sales agreement with the Salt and Iron Company. "
"Yes, I am willing to serve you."
Lant was very happy. The large number of demon-wishers in the salt mines brought more talents. After all, being squeezed out by the family meant that he had some ability and had achieved results in certain things.
