Unknown Knight

Chapter 379 Collaboration

With the accumulation of merits in recent years, Robert's distance to being conferred the title of lord is getting smaller and smaller. At the current accumulation rate, he will be qualified to be conferred the title of lord in just half a year.

Whenever Robert thought about the fact that he would cross the social class in half a year, and that by then common people would have to bow respectfully when they saw him, and he would only have to stand up and salute even when he saw the lord, his heart could not help but be excited.

However, things are unpredictable. A word from the steward this morning completely cooled the excitement in his heart. It turned out that Robert had been working hard in Loma Castle for more than a year, and had basically completed the important areas of the castle that needed renovation. The stingy Vilanboye was not willing to spend even a penny to support idle people, so he decided to fire him, the head carpenter, and another carpenter apprentice next month. Only one carpenter apprentice would be needed to repair the entire castle.

This was like a bolt from the blue for Robert. He had finally gotten this overseas assignment and was about to retire with honor, but he was turned away at the last step. How could he be willing to accept this?

He knew very well that with his physical condition, it was very unlikely for him to get such a mission that could earn him a lot of merit. Once he left Castle Roma, it would be difficult for him to get such a mission again. Wouldn't that be like taking away the first one out of a hundred, and all his previous efforts would be in vain?

The only solution now was to find a way to gain another great merit before next month, so that the merit would directly reach the conditions for being conferred a knighthood. However, such a huge merit could not be obtained just by talking about it. For a moment, Robert fell into deep thought.

As the team leader of Roma Castle, Robert had a certain understanding of the current situation of the entire Kingdom of Vigia. He knew that the ungrateful boyars of Vigia were already at loggerheads with their lords. Now, almost all the important lords of the Kingdom of Vigia had gathered in Roma Castle.

During the day, these lords discussed together how to target Aix and remotely controlled the armies of their respective territories through messengers. However, at night, they were still full of energy to attend banquets, eat, drink, and quarrel until late at night. They seemed like a group of lunatics who were desperately living for the moment because of the precarious situation of their own future. However, if Robert wanted to gain great merit, he really had to start with these lords.

After thinking it over, Robert finally looked out the window at the main castle. After hesitating for a while, he seemed to have made up his mind. He picked up the paper and pen on the table and wrote a letter to his young son:

'My son, although you were born in a commoner family, you must never give up on yourself. You must know that people live in this world not for food and clothing, nor for enjoyment, but for the pursuit of their hearts.

Although my father was born with a disability, was small and humble, and suffered all kinds of hardships and tortures and unreasonable bullying since childhood, he still had his own pursuits and worked tirelessly for them. So you must not think that you are humble and just a small person and degenerate. You must know that small people can also change history...'

Many days had passed since the news that Aix was leading the army to attack the city of Tihar. Although the banquets in Roma Castle were still held every night, they were much less noisy, just like a person holding his breath before waiting for something important. The lords no longer had the interest to indulge in drinking and partying, and they were cautious and nervous when walking, sitting or lying down.

In the afternoon, a group of riders came galloping from the direction of the Nord Kingdom in the west, like a large basin of water pouring out a burning bonfire, immediately making the entire Roma Castle filled with cheers.

The kitchen was the first to start getting busy. The usually stingy Vilanboye actually ordered the slaughter of pigs and cows. Servants hurried in and out of the main castle. It seemed that tonight's banquet would be grand and lively, and there would be no shortage of noise.

It turned out that the Vigia lords who had been summoned to Roma Castle by King Yarogerk in the name of a banquet had been patiently waiting for an opportunity, and that opportunity was when Aix led his army into a bitter battle under the city of Tihar.

According to spies from Tiha City, the city has been filled with smoke and flames of war these days. Although Aix has blocked the area around Tiha City with cavalry, just looking at the billowing smoke, it is clear that the two families must have had a fierce fight in Tiha City, and it was a very brutal one.

When the spies returned to Roma Castle to report, King Yarogerk and the Vigia Boyers were all delighted when they received the news. They could finally take advantage of the opportunity.

Aix is ​​now very powerful, and has become a powerful force that cannot be eliminated. Almost all of them received bonuses and benefits from Aix in the past, but not only do they not appreciate his friendship, but after his disappearance, they even want to covet his territory. They all led troops to participate in the siege of Kudan City and bully Mrs. Tand and her widowed mother.

Although the territory was united under the leadership of Lady Tundra and fought to the death, they finally compromised and gave in, forcing them to withdraw their troops, so that they did not completely succeed. However, they did not stop there, and immediately formed a customs alliance, and everyone joined hands to suck the blood of the Aix Territory.

Now, every one of them has complicated feelings towards Aix. They are ashamed of not having the face to confront him face to face, and wish that he and his forces would be destroyed today. At the same time, they covet the wealth and population of Aix's territory and dream of dividing it up. They are even more cowardly and afraid of Aix's current strength. They worry that Aix will counterattack against them one day.

So all of them gathered in Fort Roma in collusion, waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for Aix's arrogance to reveal a fatal flaw.

And Aix's cross-border expedition to the city of Tiha seemed to be such a great opportunity. According to the information from the spies, Aix led a total of more than 2,000 soldiers on this expedition. According to the intelligence they had, Aix had a total of more than 2,000 troops.

Even if some of them had some clues, they would not believe that the five most famous mercenary groups in the continent today belonged to Aix. Aix was at most an investor in one or two of the mercenary groups. Moreover, the entire Aix territory was located in the bitter cold land in the north of the kingdom. Even if everyone of them was the strongest brain in the Middle Ages, they could not have imagined that Aix could maintain so many troops in this harsh and uninhabited place. It was simply an impossible miracle.

Therefore, in the eyes of these fat-headed Vigia lords, it is not an exaggeration to say that Aix has gone all out this time. It seems that the successive victories have really made Aix arrogant, and arrogance will inevitably lead to failure.

The city of Kudan now should be no different from an empty city. At most, there are some temporarily recruited militiamen guarding it, and they can easily take it down at a very small cost.

Next they just need to defend the city. When Aix, who has received the message, retreats in a panic, he will find that he, who is so arrogant, has enemies blocking him in front and pursuers behind him, with nowhere to return home and no food or clothes to eat. It can be said that he will be helpless and doomed to failure.