"My lord!"
"I've met the lord!" After breakfast, Nalant walked to the vestibule and met Sherry walking with Catherine.
I don't know where the venom on the dagger came from. Although it only scratched a little skin, it still made Catherine weak for more than a week.
It took these two days before I could get out of bed and walk.
"Well, Catherine, it seems that you have almost recovered." Nalant nodded to the two women, and then expressed concern about Catherine's injuries. He paused and continued, "Well, let me take you to see Raymond and the others now!"
Catherine was stunned when she heard this and said nothing. Although she had been thinking about this matter for the past two days, she really couldn't speak.
Nalant saw that Catherine didn't say anything, knowing that she was embarrassed, so he led him directly to the dungeon on the side of the vestibule.
As they walked, Nalant asked, "Catherine, do these barbarians listen to you?"
"Lord, although I was regarded as a guardian by them on the grassland in the past, I never interfered in the internal affairs of their tribe!"
"Yeah!" Nalant nodded. This is not surprising. If Catherine really had any ambitions, he should have integrated several small tribes long ago.
After a pause, Nalant continued to ask, "Catherine, if I am willing to let the barbarians become serfs of Storm Territory, do you think they are willing?"
"Let them become serfs?" Catherine was a little surprised.
"Yes, my Storm Territory has a large enough area, but because of Land of Misfortune's reputation, it does not have many citizens. During this period, I plan to expand the population, so if they are willing, I can let them join Storm Territory, so that they can be exempted from the treatment of prisoners of war and slaves!"
"Lord, I don't know if they will be willing, but I can try to persuade them!" Catherine looked at the unique lord Nalant for a moment, and then answered.
Although after becoming serfs, the power of life and death of the barbarians was in the hands of Nalant.
But what's the difference now? Compared to being shackled as a coolie or imprisoned in a dungeon, this is the best way out.
Since even he himself was captured, Catherine has given up the idea of threatening Nalant with force to release the barbarians.
This lord not only saved her life, but was also the only noble in the world who could take in Daughter of Misfortune. Catherine felt that if he did anything to offend such a noble, it would cut off Daughter of Misfortune's only way out.
"Very good, then you give it a try! After all, they have invaded my territory, and I cannot let them go! If they are willing to become Storm Territory's serfs, I can even send people to bring all the women and children of their tribe to Storm Territory!"
After saying that, Nalant had already brought the two women to the entrance of the dungeon.
Going down the stairs five meters underground, I was greeted by an indescribable smell.
The damp and dark dungeon is quite small, and above its location is the back garden, which does not affect the safety of the castle building and still has enough space.
"Sir!" When Nalant arrived underground, the two guards on duty immediately stepped forward to salute and greet him.
"Well, take me to see that barbarian leader!"
"Yes, sir!" The two guards immediately took down the torches from the wall and began to lead the way.
The dungeon is also an important part of the castle's supporting facilities, so its sturdiness is also implemented to the highest standards. The prison doors are made of heavy iron.
"Sir, that barbarian leader is locked up here!" After passing five or six iron gates, the guard finally stopped.
"Well, you go on duty!" Nalant dismissed the two guards.
He looked in through the small window on the iron door and saw that there were more than twenty barbarians crammed into this cell of more than thirty square meters.
Because the barbarians were so tall, when they stood up, they clung directly to the roof.
The barbarians inside also noticed the movement at the door. However, the barbarians did not take any drastic action because they were all weak at this time and had been starving for the past few days.
As prisoners, Nalant would naturally not provide them with good food or drink, otherwise these barbarians would definitely cause trouble when they were full, which would be tantamount to causing trouble for themselves.
Only the barbarians who were worked as coolies could eat a sixty-percent meal of black bread after going out.
"Catherine, I will open the door now. You can go in and talk to them first!" Nalant took out the cell key from his arms.
"Okay, Lord!" Catherine also saw the miserable appearance of the barbarians in the cell. She didn't blame Nalant, because this was the norm in the dungeons of this world.
At this time, she was even more determined to persuade Raymond and others to become Nalant's serfs.
Snap!
Bang!
As the iron lock was opened, Nalant opened the heavy iron door.
"Guardian! He is our guardian!"
The next moment, when Catherine appeared at the door of the room, the barbarians who were already so hungry that they had lost all expressions immediately exclaimed with excitement on their faces.
"Miss Catherine! Why are you here!" Raymond also stood up at this time, but this guy was a head taller than the other barbarians. At this time, he still had to bend down and lower his head after standing up.
When he saw that Catherine entered accompanied by a nobleman, he immediately showed a surprised expression.
If he came to rescue them, it would have been in the dark, and Catherine would have done it alone.
"Raymond, I originally wanted to rescue you, but unfortunately I was also captured by the lord of Storm Territory!"
"This... Guardian, you are also captured?" The barbarian crowd immediately exploded. When he surrendered, Raymond thought that the powerful guardian could come to rescue him and others. After all, Catherine could kill the Warcraft Wolf King alone.
But now that even the guardians are captured, wouldn't they lose the chance to escape?
"However, although I was captured, the situation is a bit special. The lord of Storm Territory is not going to imprison me, but wants me to stay in his castle and live... like an ordinary person!" Catherine saw the barbarians in despair and immediately explained.
"In addition, the lord of Storm Territory told me that he hopes that you can also become the subjects of Storm Territory!"
"Let us become the subjects of Storm Territory?" Raymond was stunned.
They had heard of nobles who treated barbarians as slaves, but they had never heard of them treating barbarians as subjects.
In addition to the irreconcilable hatred between the two parties, there is also the nobles' scruples about the individual strength of the barbarians.
A barbarian in his prime can deal with two or three armed guards even with his bare hands. Which little nobleman would dare to accept a barbarian?
If something happens, it only takes a hundred barbarians to turn a barony upside down.
The small nobles dare not raise them, and the big nobles don't bother to raise them. The big nobles are fully capable of organizing elite knights and cultivating extraordinary Title Knight, which are much more fragrant than barbarians.
Therefore, the barbarians became barbarians and could live a primitive life of reproduction on Blazing Grassland without being driven out to extinction.
"That's right!" Catherine nodded. "Raymond, I once told you that I am Daughter of Misfortune in the aristocratic world. If the nobles catch me, they will burn me on the stake!"
"But this Storm Territory lord is different. After learning my identity, he is still willing to take me in. Maybe this is your best choice..."
"Miss Catherine... He killed more than ten women and children in our tribe. We will never forget this hatred, so it is impossible to join Storm Territory." Catherine still wanted to persuade, but after reflecting, Raymond immediately remembered Storm Territory's reasons and retorted.