".Refuse to move? Oh, I understand."
The female knight stood on the hill, looking thoughtfully at the village below and the troubled villagers.
The uncooperation of the villagers was expected. These farmers did not even know who their lords were.
They only know who the local big landowners are, and to whom should they pay rent every year after the harvest? Who is that? Are you as big as a landlord? How will I pay rent and buy seeds next year if I lose my field?
The farmers held farm tools and refused the knight's request.
As the leader of the team, Catherine played with her red hair that had been braided and dragged the two braids behind her cheeks. This way of arranging her hair, her new best friend with cat ears said, was the best in their world. popular models.
At the same time, there were the neat bangs and black-framed glasses that had just covered her eyes. Catherine didn’t know whether what she was talking about was true, but she noticed that her current boss did think more of her.
However, now the female knight dressed as a "good student" showed her domineering attitude when faced with hostile looks.
"Don't leave? It's all burned."
Calm words are irresistible will and resolution.
Immediately, the seal knights began to take action, throwing torches on the houses one by one, billowing flames and thick smoke rose at the same time, and in just ten minutes, the village turned into a sea of fire.
After a while, the knights calmly suppressed the villagers and headed to the next village.
Cries and suppressed roars came one after another, and the knights were too lazy to care. This was not the first time, and it would not be the last.
Catherine, the leader, was riding a horse, enjoying the hostile and even hateful looks of the villagers while walking around in a daze.
"Uh, do you want to listen to Miss Cat and dye your hair black? I always feel something is wrong. Even the alchemy potions used to dye hair are actually purchased daily necessities. Is the alchemy technology in their world so excessive? No , and what’s even more concerning is that this technology is used casually for civilian purposes.”
Along the way, Catherine was indifferent, but she vaguely became the core of the team.
Originally a Knight of the Holy Fire, her position in the Knights was quite delicate.
Although she is a member of the middle and high-level ranks of the Knights, and is a well-known and strong person of the younger generation, she is destined to be unable to become the chief and deputy leader of the Knights, and her voice is not even as good as that of some weaker knight captains.
But now, her words are more useful than the captain of the knights. These young knights who followed her were not her subordinates originally. She just said that she wanted to come out to perform tasks, and these knights abandoned their previous responsibilities and came over on their own initiative. .
Yes, she took the initiative to go out on patrol, and at the same time, she was avoiding some troubles that were becoming increasingly difficult to refuse.
As for the original job of the comprador agent? They were all entrusted to their mother.
In a sense, this seemingly young woman originally looked more shrewd. After the initial confusion, she quickly saw the situation clearly.
"The Knights are probably the most useful force group under that lord now. Catherine, you must catch them."
Catherine's mother looked beyond the "little girl".
If there are no accidents, this patrol mission should be the last military mission of the Knights.
After arriving in another world, I am afraid that even if the army organization will not be disbanded on the spot, it will be reorganized. In the eyes of my mother, who sees it very clearly, this is both a crisis and an opportunity.
Compared with the three long-established and outstanding knights leaders, Catherine is obviously more trusted by Lu Pingan. If Lu Pingan wants to further hold the knights in his hands, it is necessary to promote a new leader.
So, at this stage, Catherine will have to show her abilities and prestige, or at least establish some direct descendants and teams within the Knights.
"Mom is really annoying. This kind of thing requires me to make a trip. Forget it, that's right. Fulfilling my duties as a knight can also make me feel more at ease when I leave."
Reality is much crueler than fairy tales. At the last and most critical moment, people often think not of overcoming the difficulties together, but of their own piece of land.
"Although it's good for you, my daughter, to serve the new lord now, you have to be more useful so that he won't give up on you casually. At this time, helping him capture the Knights is much more useful than doing internal affairs. You don't think so at all. There is no need to win over the knights, they are very respectful to you now? Ha, respect and loyalty are two different things, you have to give them a chance to surrender, then they will be yours."
What happened along the way was just as Marianne expected. Knights kept coming to Catherine privately, saying some random things, and vaguely expressing their willingness to be loyal. "I won't follow your advice, and your words will be valid within the Knights." kind of discourse.
Moreover, most of them squeezed out a gift or something in the end, some cheap and some valuable.
Allegiance? surrender? That's probably what it means.
If Catherine was still busy with Lu Pingping, she would not have such a convenient opportunity. It didn’t matter what these knights said or what they gave. What mattered was that after the actions of "sending" and "private conversation", they In the small circle within the Knights, there are Catherine's subordinates.
Among them, there were even two middle-aged knight captains who were similar to Catherine in status. They had never been nice to her in the past, but this time they were flattering like businessmen.
Originally, Catherine was a little disdainful. In the past, he was loyal, just and brave. He never gave gifts or accepted bribes. He was a model knight. He had a good relationship with Catherine, who was a bit "silly" at the time. But now he lowers his head, and the expression on the gold necklace is enough. ridiculous.
But then he thought about it, he had a happy family, a beautiful daughter and two somewhat stupid sons.
Catherine sighed and accepted it without saying anything.
The knight captain also sighed, but his expression became much more relaxed.
".No, it's all about living."
Even more maliciously, Catherine vaguely felt that the motives of the knight leaders' initiative to "patrol" this time were not simple.
Perhaps, this is also an opportunity to seize military power, and at the same time, express to the new boss that he and his team are still good people who abide by the spirit of chivalry, and at least they are still performing their duties until the last moment.
Mentioning the boss Lu Ping'an, the female knight smiled more on her face.
It's not that she has any special feelings for Lu Ping'an, it's just because.
"It's great that they're here. They seem like good people."
Lu Ping'an and his party are good people in the literal sense. From the perspective of locals like Catherine, these seemingly outsiders in a peaceful world can be called extremely rare good people among outsiders.
"There was no persecution, no harsh exploitation, no looting, no shipping tickets for auction, no forcing everyone into slaves, and no treating myself like an emperor."
Don't say that their requirements are low, because outsiders have already done all the above things.
When outsiders come to this remote area with a few ship tickets, anything can happen as long as they bribe the local lords.
Once it was confirmed that the news of the "doomsday" was true, more news spread all over the sky, and asking each other about the "ticket price" was basically inevitable.
The disgusting behavior of many vile outsiders has spread everywhere. It is really evil behavior that constantly challenges the bottom line of morality. Many outsiders do not regard the locals as "intelligent creatures" at all.
In fact, these knights don't care much, at least, they don't show that they care. What they care about is always
"If you work for such a good man from now on, you should still be alive."
They only have this level of requirements, just survive, it would be better if they have dignity.
Shepherd? They are a big enemy. If you really follow them, a group of people will be killed. More importantly, they have no tickets.
The reality is a bit ruthless, but that's it. Muyin people who don't have a "ship ticket" are directly expelled from the ranks of "foreigners".
Catherine and her party did not go far. She circled around and moved several villages before preparing to go back.
She thought that would be the end of it, but she didn't expect that something happened when she was in the last village.
