Baron Thomas, if there is a difference between Baron in the Kingdom, then Baron Thomas must be Baron in the top three.
There are more than 2,800 people in his territory, and an army of 300 Apprentice Knight guarantees his authority and strength, and the source of all this is a lake in Baron Thomas's territory.
A... salt lake.
The Baron Thomas family also has a fantastic history of development. The original land was considered by the nobles to be worthless land because the vegetation and trees were not dense enough, as well as the bare mountains surrounding the lake.
But after this Baron Thomas extracted salt from the lake at the age of fifteen, Thomas Family rose to prominence. After this Baron Thomas's careful hard work, he also became the top three Baron among the many Barons in the kingdom.
There are more than twenty knights in the territory, plus three hundred Apprentice Knight, this kind of skill is evident.
It is precisely with such elite warriors that Baron Thomas firmly defended his territory and became the only bright spot on this fan-shaped battlefield.
Of course, it was also because this place was of little value in the eyes of Orcs, it was bare, and Baron's castle was on a mountain. Orcs gave up after attacking more than a dozen times without taking the castle.
But at the beginning, the villages and towns at the foot of the mountain still suffered, and a large amount of wealth and population were robbed.
With the arrival of Legion of Light Judgment's support, Baron's leadership improved a lot, took back its villages and towns, and recalled a large number of people hiding in the wilderness.
However, also because of the pressure from the Empire's legion, the Warthog Orcs's front was also being compressed, so more Orcs appeared in this prominent territory.
"Master Baron Thomas, I'm afraid this orchard can't be defended. We should retreat!"
On the battlefield, a knight shouted loudly that there were many gaps in the Knight's Greatsword in his hand, which were caused by Orc Warrior. At this moment, they only had more than 400 people here, and they had to defend against the attack of more than 600 Orcs.
The brutal and bloody wars have turned the soil of this land a bit dark, and both sides have become angry. The violent Orcs and the angry knights who are not afraid of death are constantly fighting in this orchard. Perhaps exhaustion is permeating everyone.
"I can't retreat! This orchard is the most precious asset I have created in the past ten years."
Thomas's eyes were red. He was also a knight and fought on the front line with the soldiers. It was precisely because of this that the soldiers fought anxiously with Orcs for so long.
"You don't have any more support?"
Baron Thomas asked, he was very unwilling.
"As long as I can keep this orchard, I can pay a large amount of reward to the person behind you, Baron Ryan, and he will definitely be satisfied!"
Baron Thomas is a wise nobleman with ambition and wisdom. This orchard represents Thomas Family's future plans. Relying on the salt lake alone is not enough. He must make his wealth open source.
"They are all supporting other nobles in their counterattack."
The knight who spoke was helpless. He wanted to decide his own army. This was Lord Ryan's order, but things always depended on local conditions. Thomas, who had an army of three hundred strong Great Knight, would undoubtedly have more say in the war.
And he did admire this nobleman, and he could see the shadow of Lord Ryan in him.
"Withdrawing to your castle, we can easily defend Orcs's attack. As long as the other armies of the legion counterattack Orcs, you can take back this orchard."
"Absolutely not, I'm not sure these Orcs won't destroy my fruit trees."
Thomas's eyes were red. He had lost a lot of fruit trees during the war.
"But..."
Just when the knight was still trying to persuade him, there was a slight vibration on the ground, and then he saw a torrent of cavalry troops charging towards them in the distance.
"It's Master Brandt!"
The knight shouted in surprise.
"It's saved."
Baron Thomas was also shocked. With thousands of knights and cavalry, he was already broke to have an army composed of three hundred Apprentice Knight. But to equip these people with war horses, ten times more of his wealth might not be enough.
"Is this the army you call Baron Ryan?"
Baron Thomas felt panicked. He originally thought he was good enough, but that Baron could not only command a legion of thirty thousand people, but also have his own cavalry legion.
"Brandt Legion is the first follower of Lord Ryan, and Stag Legion is also the first Extraordinary Legion under Lord Ryan."
The knight laughed.
"It seems Baron Thomas your orchard has been saved."
Perhaps the smile is conserved, and there was no smile on Baron's face. He saw a broader world, met outsiders, and saw that Empire's Baron had more strength and wealth than him.
He is a nobleman who is unwilling to be weak. At least in the Noble Title circle of Baron, he does not feel that he is weaker than anyone.
The rumbling iron cavalry drowned hundreds of Warthog Orcs. In Orcs's fear, the war horses trampled their flesh and blood. Hundreds of Orcs were not enough to kill Brandt's army. After a charge, there were only less than a hundred scarred Warthog Orcs left on the ground. They were lucky.
But his luck was not good either. After enduring more pain, he was killed by the soldiers of Baron Thomas with a last hit.
After a short period of repair, this thousand-man cavalry legion ate a lot of food from Baron Thomas and continued to leave. The war was still going on, and the mission of the cavalry led by Brandt was the most important.
"Golden Knight ah..."
Baron Thomas sighed. He felt that he could not catch up with Baron Ryan. He didn't even have a Silver Knight under his command. The other party already had Golden Knight's followers.
South of the kingdom, if the kingdom is divided by lines into ten parts of land equidistant from north to south, then the nobles in the three southernmost parts of the land have not been directly invaded by Orcs.
Their territory was relatively peaceful, but they were just trying to support the nobles in the north who faced Orcs. These nobles were also miserable and had to give away a lot of wealth or manpower.
There was no way, if the nobles in the north couldn't stop them, then they would be the front line facing the nobles. Therefore, although the nobles in the south were not as hot-tempered as the front line, they were still as nervous as ants on a hot pot.
"My army is already counterattacking Orc Army in the north. Your territory is still safe for the time being."
The arrival of Ryan gave the nobles a reassurance and made the nobles in these three lands feel at ease.
"Baron Ryan, you must kill those damn Orcs, they dare to invade the land of the Andara Kingdom!"
The nobles were filled with indignation, but Ryan was smiling.
"Of course, this is Queen's wish. I am here on behalf of the Empire to help the royal family regain their power and glory."
Queen Leta stood next to Ryan. There was not much height difference between the two. She looked like a majestic the Queen without a smile. She was awed by the nobles. With her appearance, the nobles even found it easier to communicate with Baron Ryan.
"Queen Leta told me that this was a heavy disaster that had an indelible impact on the kingdom. I saw the land of the kingdom shattered, and I also saw the people displaced during Orcs's invasion."
"In fact, a large number of nobles were brutally killed by Orcs."
Ryan's words made the nobles a little frightened and frightened. All the nobles were killed? This is too serious.
"Baron Ryan, you must expel those damn Orcs."
They were a little panicked, Ryan nodded solemnly.
"Legion of Light Judgment, that's why I'm here."
This is the residence of the Count Kidman family. The old earl also looked worried, but soon, his expression became hesitant.
"What's on your mind, Lord Count?"
Count Kidman opened his mouth and said to Ryan:
"Prince Adams is here."
"Oh?"
Ryan was surprised, and then the nobles rushed out to meet the one they chose, His Majesty the King.
Looking at the uneven military support, Ryan couldn't help but sigh. It seems that Count Merses really has no power and wealth. Is he so frustrated that he can't even form a suitable team?
It's no wonder that Empire is communicating back and forth with the emperor. Count Merses is not reconciled to his current state.
"Long live Your Majesty."
The nobles saluted, and Ryan addressed each other as His Highness.
Adams Hearing this title, he tried not to explode, but his voice was still cold and he said:
"Baron Ryan, you have come to the kingdom, why don't you come to see me?"
Ryan's face did not turn red, and his heart did not beat. He performed aristocratic etiquette.
"Honorable Prince Adams, forgive me for my negligence. After I came to the kingdom, I saw that the nobles in the north were being invaded by Orcs. I even saw several nobles being brutally killed by Orcs."
"As a noble, I will never allow nobles to die in such a cruel way. I am here on behalf of the Empire, and of course I will avenge them."
"They are so miserable... Prince Adams, you don't know, that Viscount Hughes, he was stripped naked by Orcs like a cow or sheep and hung on an iron hook, Warthog Orcs cruelly tore apart his flesh and blood with a bone knife. Even after hundreds of cuts, Viscount Hughes was still alive, but no blood could flow from his wounds."
"And that noble Viscountess, well, I don't even want to remember that such a cruel thing happened on the land of the kingdom."
"If it were you, Andara Kingdom, the future noble His Majesty the King, who has the responsibility of protecting the nobles, I'm afraid you would never hold back from taking revenge."
Ryan talked about the deaths of some nobles in a lively manner, making the other nobles around him turn pale, and the same was true for Adams.
If he had stayed in the royal city before, would he have been killed like this?
"Of course I will take revenge for poor Viscount Hughes, but this is not the reason why you don't come to me and meet King."
At this time, the nobles all felt that Adams had gone too far. Baron Ryan was busy avenging Viscount Hughes. Didn't they hear that Viscount Hughes died so miserably? And the Viscountess, hey.
You actually want to show off the majesty of King and ask Baron Ryan to come and see you.
"Prince Adams, I am here on behalf of the Empire. I am your collaborator. But when the war breaks out, it will be out of my control."
"Under the will of Queen, I must launch an attack on Orcs and defeat the cruel alien race with immortal light."
"She?"
Adams finally broke out. He pointed angrily at Queen Leta, who was still immersed in Ryan's description just now. You must know that she had also fallen into the battlefield area before and was almost caught by Orcs.
At this moment, she raised her head and looked at Adams, her eyes were a little blank.
"She is a Leta Family woman. She is not the real Queen at all. Why can she order you!"
Adams scolded angrily. What he cared about most was King's identity and power, but at this moment Ryan dared to say that he had received orders from Queen.
"Queen Leta has the witness of King and all the nobles, and held a coronation ceremony. This is not Queen. How can he become Queen?"
Ryan's eyes were blank, as if he didn't understand the kingdom's customs.
"Do you want her to stand up and say that she is Queen, and then let the nobles recognize her?"
This sentence obviously hits the point of Adams's pain point. He is the King of the kingdom, but he has no coronation ceremony and no allegiance from all the nobles. Everything Ryan said is what he does not have.
"I am King! My orders can command all the nobles in the kingdom!"
Adams broke the red temperature and scolded everyone in front of him.
"Why do you listen to her orders? I am King!"
"Prince Adams."
Kidman, an old and prestigious count, stood up and looked at Adams coldly.
"Please respect your father and respect your royal bloodline. Queen Leta is the twelfth King of the Andara Kingdom. The second wife of the distinguished Guy King of Andara is one of the nineteen mistresses of the Andara Royal Family bloodline. You should salute her instead of questioning her identity."
"After the death of King, Queen is qualified and has the power to issue orders to the nobles. Her power is no less than that of your father, the late Guy King of Andara."
"Queen said that Prince Adams is Crown Prince trained by King, but it seems that you have no idea what a King should be like."
"Could it be that Hernan is the real Crown Prince?"
Adams looked pale. How could he have received so much training from Crown Prince and not become a complete dandy? He was already considered superior to others.
At this time, Count Merses stood up.
"Adams Your Majesty is of course Andara Kingdom and the noble King, it can never be that Hernan."
"Queen's power is of course noble, but it is precisely because of Queen's testimony that Adams Your Majesty should naturally become Andara's King, right?"
"This is the King chosen by the nobles and the royal family, not the puppet chosen by the Church and the priest."
Moses' words made the nobles look much better. Indeed, compared to the Adams in front of them, they were even less willing to let the McPherson in the distance become King.
In contrast, Adams's expression softened a lot.
In Kidman's mansion, the arriving King Adams and Queen Leta were of course the most dazzling, but soon it was Ryan who expressed his surprise.
"I came here this time for the war in the north."
"I need the support of all the nobles in the kingdom, to avenge those dead nobles, to regain the land that belongs to the kingdom, and of course, for Prince Adams to become King of this land."
"The will of light bears witness to our glory, but if I want to win the war, I need the help of the nobles."
"Soldiers on the front line need to be equipped with weapons. In this regard, what puzzles me is that Andara Kingdom does not have many weapons and armors. Human skin cannot compare to Warthog Orcs's skin as hard as stone."
"There are also clothes. Our soldiers can't replace the torn and wet clothes in the war. Recently, some soldiers have been infected with diseases. Their strong combat power should have been wasted on the battlefield, killing countless Orcs."
"Of course, the most important thing is food. If soldiers don't have enough to eat, they won't have strength. Orcs is already more powerful than us. Soldiers without strength are currently suffering from Orcs's counterattack."
"Those nobles who have lost their territories are eager to regain their territories, but without food, the soldiers cannot go to war with Orcs."
"We are here on behalf of the Empire to help Prince Adams regain his own royal city and throne, but now we are somewhat powerless."
Adams was at a loss for words. No matter how stupid he was, he understood that what Ryan said was true, but now he was just a short seller King. He had no power and could not move the materials belonging to the kingdom and the royal family. They were all in the hands of McPherson in the Church city.
Thinking of how he was being compared in every aspect, Adams once again couldn't help but feel incompetent and furious.
"The nobles will pay for all needs."
Adams said this, and then looked at the nobles. What made him extremely angry was that the nobles avoided his eyes.
"Your Majesty, our food, clothes, and weapons have been given to us several times this year. The Church's holy war and the war with the traitor MacReynolds, we have paid too much food and supplies, and none of them have been taken back. There are no extra resources in the territory."
"We are still waiting for the war to end and take back all the supplies we provided before."
It was also difficult for the nobles. At this time, Ryan looked at Queen Leta. Queen finally said:
"Empire's army is here to help us resist Orcs and the Church who are going south. No matter how difficult it is, we should give them enough supplies to consume in the war. This is for our own victory."
Queen's words made the noble hesitate, but finally he nodded in agreement.
"Then we can only starve ourselves. I hope Baron Ryan can expel Orcs and the Church from the kingdom as soon as possible."