The Amber Sword: Act 12 Territory (Six)

Territorial Act Twelve (Six)

Indeed, Master Artisan Bolu is right, Trentheim does not produce Crystal Ore/Mine.

Forging White Lion Armour, it is necessary to burn the Wind Holy Sigil into the main joints of the armor and the chest plate armor during the completion stage to reduce the weight of the entire set of armour and improve Agility. Aouine's craftsmen usually use purple crystal or yellow crystal to replace this step. These two types of crystal are highly pure Mana crystal -- and are one of the main materials commonly used in witch and Stargazers crystal ball. -- in Vaunde, Light purple crystal is also called moon quartz, a type of calcite. Golan-Elsen, Anlieke, Viero, and Radnor are all abundant in the east of this crystal. They are densely grown in karst caves formed by water erosion landforms between hills and mountains in the mountains. -- But Trentheim does not include such natural conditions.

Even with Brando, Trentheim is a strange territory.

The suspension bridge creaking and grating is lowered. The chain link between the suspension bridge and the city gate rubs against the square bricks and makes a rattling noise. A line of light comes in from behind the suspension bridge and is printed on the brick wall on the side of the black hole. Brando sat motionless on the horse's back. The light brown eyes reflected the beam of light that was becoming dazzling behind the dark. -- pursed his lips and watched quietly as the suspension bridge drew slowly, the bridge and the gate The gap between them is getting bigger and bigger. More and more light was pouring in from behind the gap, which made his eyes bright.

Behind is the street of Fir City. In addition to the short speech to the surviving Mercenary and the citizens of the city in the early morning after the bitter battle that night, this is the first time he has observed the city from the perspective of Thane. -- belongs to his one's own city , At least temporarily. Fir Tree Barony is in the south of Trentheim. It is a land directly under the jurisdiction of Grudin. The main population gathering area is actually only four -- Fir City, the mining town of Shavrund, Grace Ferry and Port Griess to the east. The population is about 80,000 Among them, Fortress Fir lives in about 30,000 people in the surrounding area. Of course, there are many population settlements such as Green Village, which are not included in the statistics, but Brando guesses that the total population here will not exceed 100,000.

However, this is the most densely populated area in the Trentheim area, and the entire Trentheim is home to about 300,000 people.

The total area of ​​Trentheim is about 170 knight's shires. The area under the jurisdiction of Grudin is certainly not the only noble territory here. Among them, his family members occupied most of the territory. Brando knows that Grudin has two biggest confidantes, Lord Minteye and Lord Pallas. Among them, Lord Pallas itself is a sealed Knight with about high Silver rank strength. He has the only regular army in this area. Brando knows that this guy has a nickname called 'Quanhe's Knight' Shalufu, and said that the wide sum is because compared with the consistently brutal noble, Shalufu himself is actually a harsh and old-fashioned Knight, Such people can get along well with Grudin and be entrusted with a heavy task. Brando knows that the only reason is that --'s counterpart is always stubbornly loyal to Grudin.

So, the first thing he might face next is the army of these two Lords. These people are the pathfinders of Count of Radnor. Only by letting them learn the lesson can he hide behind the scenes. Lord Count became more cautious.

So their first goal is to make these Grudin family members afraid of themselves in the next battle.

The suspension bridge door is lowered to squeak squeak. After a white light, the blue sky is first reflected in the field of vision of Brando. He raises head watched that day -- from Fortress Fir to the northernmost Patton Wilderness, the flat Trentheim plain between Jiaoxia and Grahár Mountain shared such bright weather. This is the best day before the winter in Radnor area. The plain luster glitters on the plain. However, the temperature will soon drop after harvest in autumn.

Therefore, the nobles in the north is preparing for the war in full swing, and strives to launch an offensive before winter. If postponed, the war will continue into the spring of the following year, and neither Queen Anna nor Gluck would like to see such a result. Especially in the Yanilas area, the ‘Lion ’s’ fleet of the Aouine royal family poses a huge threat behind Corcova and may change the situation at any time.

Now that the black front already of Sifah has entered the front line of the Lodal River, the rest is that the two sides are persuading the Ampere Searl businessmen in Hong Kong. If the Queen's top lobbyists succeed among the profit-seeking businessmen, then thousands of heavy Sifah heavy infantry will cross the Lodar River straight to the Vlada border --, as happened in history.

Also, in the Trentheim in the south, the situation became tense because of his appearance. The Aura of the war seemed to be floating in the wind to represent the sweetness of the harvest, but with a hint of blood.

Time moves in an orderly way under the heavy background of an ashen color.

"On the 17th, the day after the war, according to the communication standards of this era, letter, which wrote the news of mercenaries ***, should now be transmitted to Lord Minteye in the north of Minskburg by already. And the first batch Knight is leaving the rock-gray castle, gathering forces, "Brando silently thought, he can only control only around Fortress Fir, and the Knight in those estates had fled with the news long ago," After the initial period Preparation, Lord Minteye may be able to pull up an army of two or three thousand people, the same noble personal soldiers, although the Black Iron rate is less than 20% of --, but for the Mercenary, which has less than a thousand people, it is also facing a tough battle . "

"Lord Minteye presumably mercenaries will stay in Fortress Fir or escape into the forest," but Brando thinks that the ideal battle location is in the hills north of the Grace Ferry. As for when the army will leave, it depends scout message. Prior to this, he already sent a small team Lopes mercenary to the territory of the latter -- at the moment Fir Tree Barony, no one except Druid is more suitable as a spy than these ample experience mercenary.

Brando silently thinking about all this, because this battle is so important in everyone's heart.

This doesn't just mean that Lord Minteye has sent troops imminently, it's just a small test. The real headache for -- Brando is the possible step by step behind the scenes of Count of Radnor. He thinks that he has about a month to arrange all this, repair defense, organize territory --, and more importantly, build mercenaries's confidence in him. Although the Mercenary in the city was on a boat with him temporarily, in the long run they could not always stand so close with him. Unless they are confident that they can provide them with the necessary shelter.

None of the three Head Commanders, Jutta, Kalun, and Fern, are casual people. Brando knows that it is impossible to keep these people alone with a beautiful hope. And this battle will build such a confidence.

In fact, Amandina privately believes that this battle is not just to stabilize this original group. It is also proclaiming the legitimacy of B... Brando to the subjects of Fir Tree Barony, because the Count of Radnor's pace will slow down if the battle reaches the expected goal. In this way, people's hearts will naturally fall to their side.

People need not only a benevolent Thane, but also an Thane that can protect them.

At this time, the suspension bridge already put down half, and then Brando saw those tiled red roofs in the far Fir City. Trentheim leans on the west bank of the Inland Sea. The wind from the sea brings abundant rain. Therefore, ordinary houses use a roof with a steep slope. Except for the pointed arch windows in the attic, a diversion is hung on the eaves. channel. New green vines hang from the attic windows, contrasting with the vermilion tiles.

Light also poured in to brighten the inside of city gate. In addition to the faces, the light outlines half of Brando's body on the horse's back from the dark environment, and then depicts the beautiful bodies of two beautiful young girls behind him. The curve. Scarlett carries spear on her back and stands upright on the horse. -- amber eyes deliberately maintains a kind of calmness like a guard, but deep in her heart can't hide a little girl's expectation and excitement. She is a personality The girl from *** grew up in the mountains and forests of Southern Territory with Grey Wolf Mercenary Company from childhood, and of course will not get used to the dullness inside the castle.

As for elf Young Lady, most of the emotions remain indifferent.

Brando paid a little attention to the two followers of one's own, then set their eyes forward and settled down. The suspension bridge was being lowered a little bit in front of him, and the scenery on the other side was more and more showing that in his eyes the street -- was actually still being cleaned, but there were already pedestrians. Most shops and workshops have not been opened, but youngster's keen senses have long noticed that those skeptical and vigilant eyes in those windows have fallen on him. The residents in the city of -- have already noticed the movement in Fortress Fir. They Looking at this less legal new Thane.

Although Brando already ordered Amandina to reformulate tax policies, not only did most of the taxes be eliminated, but the past accounts were also cut off. Unfortunately, although this approach is appealing, most people are more suspicious of how effective this thing is. Besides, whether he can stand still is a question.

With a loud noise and dust, the suspension bridge is finally lowered completely. Brando smiled in his heart and didn't pay much attention to the attitude of these people. Secondly, he saw that the Fern, Jutta and Kalun were waiting for them at -- and Amandina was standing beside them.

"Lord Thane."

Seeing him appear, silver-haired middle-aged man Kalun buried his head deeply first. As a person who has fought side-by-side with Brando, he knows better what the young Thane can do. Although he was still worried about whether Brando could directly carry the Radnor family or throw them out as scapegoats, the more worried he was, the more he showed respect.

Jutta gently sipped his lips, but Brando's style today made her look slightly brighter, thinking that this youngster, like the god-killer, also has such an affinity. Only Fern raised his chest and expressionless.

"Do you know what I'm asking you for?" Brando asked.

All three shook their heads.

"Lord Thane," Kalun reverently replied, "You just have to tell us, we will go to the fire and do whatever we want."