Quit being a knight and become a mercenary

56 – Banquet, and Duel (1)

When I shouted that I had captured the Viscount alive, the regular soldiers under Viscount Vichy all turned to me.

“Such a dirty and lowly mercenary! “How dare you, our Viscount!”

“Can’t you clean up your hands that are dirtier than those pig’s feet!”

“Viscount, are you okay! That Gilbert will come to the rescue soon!”

They say I captured the viscount they are serving, but they are out of their wits and doing something stupid.

Let’s see if you guys don’t put down your weapons despite doing this.

I cut Viscount Vichy’s neck very shallowly with a dagger, drawing blood.

Then fire spewed out from the eyes of the Montmartre slugs, and the sound of their teeth grinding could clearly be heard in my ears.

Viscount Vichy did not give up and shouted loudly even though he was crushed under me.

“You lowly bastard! Can’t you please free me! How dare you, a lowly mercenary, hurt a noble nobleman with your dirty hands! “Do you think you can survive that?”

Thanks to our Viscount, who was born noble and raised well, I think he has never been beaten to death or in real danger of death.

Otherwise, my life is at stake, and I can’t act like this.

Ha, do I need to instill etiquette again using the mercenary-style training method?

After making up my mind, I quietly whispered into the Viscount’s ear.

“If you don’t want to end up with a hole in your head, tell the people around you to put down their weapons and be quiet. Otherwise, I don’t know what this lowly bastard will do.”

“Okay, I understand.”

“I’m glad you understood quickly, Viscount.”

The Viscount gritted his teeth and spoke in a rather dignified voice.

“Our Vichy family has lost, we are surrendering!”

At those words, the members of the Viscount family sighed and threw down the weapons they were holding.

“What the f*ck. “Why did we, the regular soldiers of the Vichy Vichy family, lose to those four-legged mercenaries from the Rhine-Palatinate?”

“It’s a dream that the Viscount is captured by that sausage bastard.”

“Deus, why are you abandoning us?”

Our mercenary soldiers hurriedly began collecting items that could be of some value, such as the weapons they had discarded and the steel armor worn by the corpses.

“If you sell this, you can make money, and if you save money, you can have s*x. “This is s*x.”

I wonder if Baker from my platoon learned anything during this time.

“Isn’t this armor pretty good?”

While saying this, he secretly removed a gold ring and placed it on his chest.

‘Okay, just don’t get caught by other guys.’

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As Dalton was about to say something, the Imperial Army we belonged to began blowing trumpets announcing victory.

At the sound of the trumpet, the mercenaries following the Montmartre snails around them laid down their weapons in frustration.

“f*ck, I was trying to get a share in this war. “What the hell is this?”

“Damn, it turned on and it turned on. “We’ve been fighting against the Montmartre guys so far, so let’s take our salary.”

“Ha, you’re going to lose like this? “Is this true?”

They were the ones who had been fighting as enemies just now, so when I tried to keep them in check by sending Aurors and killing them.

Dalton lightly tapped my shoulder.

“Mercenaries have to fight each other to the death during war, but when the war is over, there is no need to blush and fight.”

I nodded at those words.

To be honest, we’re not fighting because we hate each other, we’re fighting because we have different employers.

We are in a situation where we never know when we might meet as allies in another battlefield, so there is no need to fight each other by the collar when the war is over.

“I see.”

And not long after that, the guys we had been fighting with just now came towards us.

“Honestly, you guys won, so I wish you would just let me go. These Montmartre idiots have already been caught up and are on the verge of going bankrupt. “If our weapons are stolen, we will all starve.”

Even without robbing them of their weapons, we captured the viscount and the enemy knights, who could be considered moneybags.

A huge amount of money that would be envious of winning the first place in the lottery is expected to be dropped.

So, I don’t think there’s any need to rob the mercenaries of their weapons, and it would be better to just spread the word that we are generous.

“Captain Dalton, there’s no need to rob those bastards of their weapons, right? “Why don’t you just send it to me?”

“That was my intention from the beginning. “There is no benefit in buying grudges from places like this.”

Then Dalton just pointed behind him.

“Put your weapon back and just get out. “If you touch my kids, I’ll rip out their intestines and tie them up with rope, you know that, right?”

The mercenary leader across from us bowed his head.

“Thank you, we are the Black Whale mercenaries. “Someday, if we meet as allies in a war and have to fight, I will buy you a drink then.”

“Let’s get rid of this nonsense and get out of here.”

“But if we meet someday, I will return the favor.”

The Black Whale mercenaries passed through our camp without causing any problems.

Dalton slapped me hard on the back and asked.

“Ah, Martin, you bastard. “You haven’t awakened to expert level, have you?”

“Yes. But how did you know?”

“When you awaken as an Aura and break through the expert wall, the quality of the Aura flowing through your body suddenly changes, and your physical strength and strength suddenly increase, right? At that time, my body couldn’t hold on and stretched out. But you’re fine.”

There was a setting in the game that said it would extend when you became an expert, and here it looks like this.

“f*ck, I lost a bet with the other platoon leaders because of you. “What are you going to do?”

“Instead, I caught our Viscount Vichy, so please forgive me.”

This time, he hit me hard on the back of the head.

“If you hadn’t caught Viscount Vichy, you wouldn’t have laughed and said anything like this, you bastard. “I ask you to pay the money you lost on the bet.”

When I tried to say something to that, Dalton waved his hand.

“I’ll probably take a big shot at the Rhine-Palatinate Empire tomorrow, so don’t waste your money. Let’s go back, we won.”

**

The next day, the Rhine-Palatinate Imperial Army camp.

As Dalton said, the Rhine-Palatinate Empire gave a very large banquet to the soldiers and mercenaries who participated in this war.

Although our Whitebeard mercenary unit was not able to take part in defeating a big man like the enemy commander-in-chief, thanks to capturing the viscount…

“Ha, f*ck. The empire is so cruel. They are both mercenaries and nobles who fought in war together. “The noble soldiers are divided according to the title of the person they serve, and the mercenaries are divided according to merit and reputation.”

When Platoon Commander Walter became angry, someone came from the side and began to calm him down.

“If you feel unfair, you have no choice but to increase the size and skills of your mercenary corps into an elite group by hiring more experts or more intermediate or advanced wizards, and gain more reputation.”

“Is this because I don’t know that?”

“Oh my, our platoon leader. Still, aren’t we treated pretty well? From high-end wines that even knights rarely drink to precious dishes. “Isn’t there valuable monster meat like Wild Boar meat up here?”

When Walter heard that, he snorted.

“Honestly, we even caught the Viscount, and when they tried to kill us by giving us something like beef, they got up and raised it. Really. ”

Monster meat is also graded depending on what kind of monster it is, but although ‘wildboar’ is a relatively common monster meat, it is a rare commodity that costs about three times the price of ordinary high-quality beef.

And then Platoon Commander Walter gave me a signal with a glance.

“I believe that my capture was possible because all of our mercenaries fought well. And this time, I caught my own and did some good work, so I’m sure next time will be even better. Also, look over there, the Rhine-Palatinate knights are grabbing Captain Dalton and recommending something to him.”

It’s hard to see because the distance is a bit far away, but you can tell that the captain’s expression is bright.

Obviously, they are purely praising the performance of our mercenary unit and talking about building a good relationship in the future.

And then I took a step and walked towards Karin.

“Karin senior, you changed your bow this time and your skills have improved! It’s awesome. “When he beheaded the real Zachry, he was really surprised to see that he shot him just past the ear.”

When Karin heard me, the corners of her mouth slightly raised and her ears perked up.

“It’s because my skills have been good for a long time, it’s not because I changed my bow.”

“Anyway, when you go back after the war, are you going to buy me a meal like you promised? At that time, we would go out to eat just the two of us. “You know, right?”

Then I pretended to drink alcohol.

Drinking alone between a man and a woman is something you can’t do unless you’re flirting…

When Karin heard what I said, her face turned bright red and she laughed.

“I understand. If we go back this time, let’s go have a drink just the two of us, wherever you want. But you shouldn’t think of strange things for no reason.”

After saying that, if you look at her head lowered, her face blushing, and her fingers twitching…

I think Karin also has strange thoughts.

Still, like a gentleman, I slyly pretended not to know.

“Yes, senior. “Are you sure to buy a proper drink this time?”

When I try to build something history beyond a relationship…

A guy who looked like a knight with some money approached us.

Then, he placed his hand on Karin’s chin, raised one corner of her mouth, and asked while giving her a sad look.

“Elf, what a beautiful woman you are. “What is your name?”

…… Ha, f*ck. You’re such a tactless son of a b*tch. Why are you interfering now?

I really want to kill you.