Chapter 121 The Earl's Promise
Eberron believed that no noble could refuse the temptation brought by the fief.
He looked into Raven's eyes expectantly, hoping to get a positive answer.
But Raven didn't seem surprised by this. He shook his head and smiled: "I thought that at least I could be given a viscount title, but I didn't expect that it would just be a fiefdom."
"Baron Raven! Don't be too greedy!" Eberron glared at Raven: "That is a real fiefdom!"
"Oh, oh, oh, don't get excited, I didn't say no." Raven rubbed his chin: "How big...is this fiefdom?"
Eberron said coldly: "It won't be smaller than Eagle Leader!"
"Where is it?" Raven asked again.
"I don't know!" Eberron was a little impatient when he was asked: "There are so many families destroyed now, who knows..."
After saying this, Eberron suddenly noticed that Something is wrong: "Baron Raven, are you testing me?"
"Just a casual question." Raven's attitude seemed casual, but his tone was quite playful: "After all, since I have to wade through this muddy water, I have to know what kind of danger I am facing, right?"< br>
Eberron looked relaxed: "...So, you agreed?"
"I have never refused. ." Raven's hand hung on the transfer order in front of him: "But before that, I need the Slater family to explain to me."
"What is the current situation?"
The muscles on Eberron's face twitched. He had never been so passive before, whether facing Baron Angel or Viscount John.
As a special envoy, his mission is to mobilize more nobles to join the battlefield. This is of course to minimize the risks of participating in the war and maximize the benefits, and not to expose any weakness of the Slater family.
But today is different from the past. Viscount John and the others have been away for more than a month. There are many things they want to hide, but they can no longer hide them.
"The situation is not very optimistic." Eberron took a sip of the wine in the glass, and the cool and sweet Angel Tears calmed his originally irritable mood.
Even after drinking many famous wines, Eberron still had to admit that the quality of Angel's Tears was worth its price.
After sorting out his thoughts, Eberron said: "The Death Hand Order has many necromancers, and their skeleton soldiers can be continuously replenished, but our number of soldiers is limited after all."
"Eight days ago, the 'Dead Priest' of the Order of the Hand of Death and the fifth-level necromancer 'Sacheni' used magic to destroy a section of Meng'en City's wall. Although it was blocked in time, there were still many undead soldiers. Rushed into Men'en City, causing huge losses."
"Due to the uncertainty of how far the Death Hand Order had penetrated, insurance was taken. See, Count Tyrone is unable to carry out large-scale mobilization."
"So, the available troops in Meng'en City are no longer three legions..."
Leaven nodded slowly. , fifteen thousand people, defending a city wall with a total length of nearly eight kilometers, and maintaining public security in the city are indeed a bit stretched.
“Where is the Iron Legion?”
"...Baron Raven, your thinking is really clear." Eberron smiled bitterly: "The Iron Legion set out five days ago, but it will take at least twenty days to reach Mon'en City."
No matter how powerful the Slater family is, they will eventually fall under the order of the empire. The Iron Legion is directly under the empire. Without royal orders, unauthorized movement is tantamount to treason.
Now that even the Iron Legion has been dispatched, it is enough to show that the pressure faced by the Slater family has probably reached a critical point.
Now that it has come to this point, Eberron no longer hides anything: "Malagar, Singed, Kumonassin... are currently affected by the Order of the Hand of Death and completely destroyed. There are more than twenty viscounts and barons.”
“In addition. , there are still many nobles who have fled their fiefs, and most of them are currently gathered in Meng City or Hovey City. This part is more than destroyed. Although it is impossible to count, it is roughly estimated that there are at least forty families, and the fiefdoms they have vacated are also Basically controlled by the hand of death”
Imperial nobles not only enjoy the power and benefits of their fiefdoms, but also have the responsibility to defend their territory. If they abandon their fiefdoms and flee alone in the face of war, they can temporarily save their lives. If they have connections and know how to operate, they may even retain their titles, but they will never get their fiefdoms back. .
Fiefdom is the root of the nobility, and even the fiefdom is abandoned, which is enough to show how desperate the situation is for these nobles.
Leaven tapped his fingers on the table: "In other words, at least one third of the Nord province is currently completely under the control of the Hand of Death?"
"...No Wrong." Eberron nodded with a heavy heart.
One third has been completely occupied, which means that the parts bordering these lands are also always under threat from the hand of death.
After all, most of the Nord province is in war at the moment. The Eagle Territory was not affected immediately because of its remote location. However, if the situation is allowed to worsen, it will be involved sooner or later.
"I hope that the Slater family will not break their promise."
As he said that, before Eberron could react, Raven's hand held the transfer order: "Griffith The family is willing to go to support Earl Tyrone."
"You can always trust the Earl. People's promises!" Seeing that Raven finally accepted the order, Eberron quickly asked: "When will the Baron prepare to set off?"
"I need some time to prepare and arrange in advance." Raven pondered for a moment. : "One week, one week later, set off on time!"
Hearing this, Eberron let out a long sigh of relief.
This is the first good news he has heard in a while. A week seems like a long time, but for the aristocratic army of this era, it is already short enough. Have you been preparing for more than half a month?
"I would like to ask, how many soldiers do you plan to bring?" Eberron was very interested.
Leaven thought carefully: "Well, about... thirty-five."
"Huh?" Eberron seemed to have been poured cold water on his head: " You...don't make such a joke." Raven spread his hands and said innocently: "I'm not kidding, I only have so many soldiers."
"This, this, no..." Eberron's lips trembled, but he still did not say the word "shameless" after all.
Indeed, Raven said that he didn’t have many soldiers left, but Eberron always thought that was a modest gesture, and in addition to the personal soldiers, Raven had left a lot of militiamen in the Eagle Territory. There are also more than fifty patrols in Jinzhen.
According to Eberron's judgment, in a situation like Raven's, it would not be a big problem to form two detachments with about fifty elites and a maximum of 300 serf soldiers.
Who would have thought that he only wanted to bring so many people!
Eberron felt so aggrieved, like a little girl who had been deceived by a smooth-talking young man, only to realize that she had been deceived after she slept!
But a promise is like a woman’s first night, she has given it out and there is absolutely no reason to take it back.
Furthermore, he was the one who communicated and reconciled between the Slater family and Raven when he asked Raven to send troops. If they really broke up with each other, he would not be as good as the Slater family!
"Then...I will just wait for the good news from Lord Baron to send troops!"
Eberron left with an even more defeated expression than when he arrived.
"Congratulations, Lord Baron, for cutting off a piece of fat from the Slater family." Old Gordon said excitedly.
This "transaction" did not leave a contract. It was not an oversight, but a tacit understanding between Griffith and Slater.
It’s okay for a lion to open his mouth, but if he insists on writing a document or signing a contract, he is shitting on the other party’s neck, especially when the strength and status of the two parties are not equal.
The Slater family can offer such conditions, which shows that someone within the family is fueling the flames, and Hyde and Eberron are the most directly related people.
When everything is over, the two of them will be the ones who most want the promise to be fulfilled, and will try their best to promote the realization of this promise.
"Now I just drag the meat to the plate." Raven's eyes were deep: "Whether you can really eat it depends on your next performance!"
"Go and start preparing supplies and food. , be sure to be well prepared, rather more than less."
"Yes, Lord Baron!" Old Gordon took the order and stepped back.
The news that Lei Wen was about to go on an expedition quickly spread throughout the Eagle Territory, making the people in the territories a little uneasy.
They don't care how chaotic it is outside, but if Raven takes too many people away, their own safety will be difficult to effectively protect.
This is also a common problem among most serfs, free people and even nobles in today's era. They don't know the pain unless the knife cuts their necks.
Even if the robber is already standing outside their door.
In addition to ordinary citizens, merchants, free people, Philip, Denise, Baron Angel, and Viscount John's only son Jonathan, are all paying attention to Raven's movements and want to know about Raven's movements. How will Wen decide, who to keep and who to take away.
But there has never been any definite news.
Leaven was waiting and busy at the same time.
During this period of time, he distributed the only four god-given potions in his hand, allowing Otto and Vader to awaken their fighting spirit.
In addition, the two newly promoted team captains after the reorganization, Bobby and Boris, also successfully completed their awakening.
Nowadays, Raven has forty-five elite people, seven extraordinary ones, who are already considered outstanding in the ranks of barons.
On the fourth day before departure, Margaret finally recovered almost, at least there was no flaw in her skin.
Leaven picked another one of the death row prisoners who had made trouble before and asked Margaret to make a new stand-in.
Margaret didn't like turning into a man, but Raven's order made her unable to refuse.
When Raven told her that he was going to let her set off with the team as a civilian husband, Margaret reluctantly told Raven a fact:
If undead creatures are all drug addicts, then the rotten soul essence is like a drug, with a natural and irresistible fatal temptation for them.
So she suggested that Raven must not expose the existence of rotten soul essence, otherwise it will definitely attract a huge number of undead.
This is not good news, because it means that if Raven wants to replenish his magic power on the battlefield, he will likely become the target of the skeletons.
On the third day before departure, the outline of the monument at the gate of the castle was erected.
The day before departure, Raven finally received news from the riverside workshop.
Flav walked up to Raven with a box one and a half meters long in both hands:
"Lord Baron, the sword you want has been cast!"
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(End of this chapter)