Warhammer Divine Throne

About one thousand six hundred years ago, the Emperor Scripture of Charlemagne, who was more than two hundred years old, fought a series of battles and almost unified the entire continent and established an empire. At that time In the golden age of mankind, Charlemagne had been a human emperor for four hundred years before he announced his abdication. Before he abdicated, he established an electoral system in order to quell disputes over heirs among the tribes.

The system of the empire was changed from a centralized system to the Feudal System. The vast land was re-enclosed to twelve electors. The emperor ruled the capital of the empire and the richest plains in the entire continent near the capital. After the last emperor passed away or died in battle, the twelve electors and the three Major Sects of the Church of Justice, the Church of Life, and the Church of Magic will vote to elect the next emperor from among several candidates for the throne. The Hou system is still in use today.

"Speaking of Mr. Oliver, the empire is clearly a centralized and powerful country. Why did it establish such an electoral system? Isn't the eldest son inheritance system also an option?" Ryan looked out in the wild In the distance, the pine forest is standing quietly on top of the mountains under the cover of heavy snow. The cold air makes the horses ring their noses. The guard Mather in front is carefully guarding the possible movement. Fuck is not very skilled in driving the car. , Because it was not him who drove the car, the driver had already died in that encounter.

The weather is cold enough, people will only feel more uncomfortable if they don’t chat.

"If the empire has no foreign enemies, we are located on an isolated island, no one will visit us, and we will not trade with others, then the emperor eldest son is also possible, but the empire’s All directions are almost all enemies, yes, now we have the Knight ally in Brittania, and we also have close dwarven ally, but what about other places? Enemies everywhere, Charlemagne Your Majesty uses this method to hope The most capable heir is able to lead the empire forward instead of raising a group of spoiled wastes due to stupid bloodline discrimination." The imperial merchant said in an admiring tone: "Charlemagne, Your Majesty, never shy away from his past. , He directly told the ministers that he had let cattle before and was proud of it. Wasn’t Ludwig a little nobleman from the countryside? Birth didn’t matter, what was important was strength, courage, and respect for the empire. Love it."

"It's reasonable." Ryan nodded without saying much.

After several hours of trekking, they finally arrived at the port city of the Nord Kingdom-Karzen Haven.

Compared to Wulan Town, which has only a few hundred small households, the port city of Karzenhaven is much larger. There are about 800 households inhabited in the city. From a distance, black The smoke straight from Heavenspan gives people a rough idea of ​​the scale of the city. Although the gray city wall is not too high, it has changed from the wooden city wall in Wulan Town to the solid stone city wall, which is on the city gate. The guards are obviously better equipped. The guards in Ulan Town are all wearing breastplates, but Karzenhaven's guards have a full set of scale armor. They have lance and long halberd in their hands, and their faces are healthier. The guards even wear a full set. Chain mail, with a long sword pinned to his waist, a shield in one hand, and a black robe on the outside. From a distance, it has several points of imposing manner.

"This medium-sized port can accept more than a dozen medium-sized merchant ships or large-scale merchant ships. The port should have all the necessary facilities. The port is stationed with one hundred and fifty standing troops and one Kingdom Knight. , If necessary, up to six hundred militias can be enlisted-if the Sir Lord here does not care about the consequences and the cost." Ryan turned to Teresa introduced.

"Have you been here before?" The sorcerer looked at this medium-sized port city and asked curiously.

"There is no place I haven't been to in Nord, even the Skydome Castle, let alone this port." When it comes to this, Ryan is a little triumphant. He has indeed traveled a lot of places. , At least much better than Teresa, who only haunts a few major cities and stays at home all day long.

A cargo ship set off along the inland river and seemed to be transporting goods. The soldiers at the port also looked very serious. I don’t know what happened. Apart from this, Ryan noticed that there was a caravan at the gate of the city gate. Arguing with the garrison chief.

"Liar! Liar! You deceived me! Since you can't go to sea! Why don't you tell us and charge our entrance fee? We don't plan to stay, refund the money!"

The city gate is in chaos. An entire caravan dragging several carts of goods is arguing with the guards at the city gate. Looking at the blushing and thick necks on both sides, the result is obviously not good, especially many caravan guards have reached out. Holding the hilt, the guard's long spear also gradually tilted from an upright position.

Because these people are stagnant, the mercenary group's entry into the city can only be temporarily delayed. Ryan is a little impatient when he sees this. He is still waiting to enter the city to find Belt's trace.

So the Kingdom Knight dismounted directly and walked forward under the eyes of everyone: "What happened?"

The rest of the people did not move, looking at the hands of many guards. Already on the hilt of the sword, the experienced deputy commander Wilt knew that at this time he must not stimulate the nervous nerves of the guards anymore. Everyone turned their eyes on Teresa, meaning what should we do?

"Wait, only Ryan's identity is suitable for negotiation at this time." Teresa was riding on the horse, her long coat hem almost covered her long legs, only showing her high heels. The toe and heel of the boots.

The Garland Council is only an organization recognized for its existence, not at all power directly interferes in state affairs. Strictly speaking, Teresa is not a noble of the Nord Kingdom, and matters within the system are still resolved within the system. Better.

A guard stopped Ryan: "Hello sir! You need to pay five silver dinars to enter the city, and we will issue you a pass. Within five days... Good morning! Kingdom. Lord Knight!"

Ryan flashed the white Wolf Knight badge, and the guards saluted immediately.

"What's going on?"

"This... Lord Knight, yesterday Sir City Lord announced a sea ban, prohibiting any ships from going to sea." The guard lowered his head and whispered Said.

"There is no way to go to sea here?!" Ryan faintly thought of something, he frowns, scolded to the guard: "Then the City Lord does not notify or post a notice? Only after the admission fee is charged does people know that they can't Going to sea? Why can’t you go to sea?”

Even so, the price of five silver dinars is too much, and Ryan thought that the City Lord really collected taxes.

After charging such an expensive entry fee, it is forbidden to go to sea. It is clearly to blackmail these merchants who want to go to sea. Anyway, the money is in your pocket and you can’t go to sea. If you can’t go to sea, you can’t go to sea. This is mine. Territory, you have to obey my rules of the game, right? Don't come if you don't like it!

This is the most typical lawful evil camp.

"Is the hotel still open?" The quarrel at the city gate has nothing to do with Ryan, and he doesn't want to wade in the muddy water.

"There are adults who have opened. Because there are not many customers, many hotels have reduced their prices. If adults plan to stay, because of the prohibition of going to sea, the city is basically full. The Butter Beer Hotel in the center of the city There may also be rooms. The luxurious private rooms inside are absolutely in line with your Lord Knight identity. Of course, you can also inform the City Lord..."

"shua!" A sound of tearing the air came, and Ryan subconsciously looked towards the city gate, the caravan and Guard Captain were already in trouble. After the Guard Captain gave an order, the guards on the tower directly shot their bows and arrows, and an arrow shot into the mud in front of the caravan's location.

Guard Captain is triumphant, thinking that you people don’t know where you stand now. Do you dare to impudent here?

"xiu!" At this time mutation suddenly occurred. A man in a cloak in the caravan suddenly drew an arrow from the quiver behind him, and swiftly opened the bow to shoot the arrow almost instantly. The helmet of the archery guard on the tower just flew into the sky, but the guard himself was unharmed, but was so scared that he sat on the city wall.

This strength! This is an elite knight-errant! And it is very likely to be a high-level elite! Ryan got interested now. He pulled his horse and stood like this, watching the farce of the city gate with great interest.

Under the cloak, knight-errant's slightly pointed ears and slender features revealed his identity as a half-elf. This knight-errant's face was full of arrogance, even to the guards. The officer responded with a disdainful smile, while the guard officer took a step back subconsciously, his face was ugly, he was just an elite and elementary strength person, facing this powerful knight-errant, he was not at all sure that he could be less certain The loss was won.

Wait, if you really start your hands, you have lost your life, or lost more than a dozen of his subordinates. Then Sir Lord will be blamed, and I, the guard chief, don't be the guard!

Tax collection is small, but my life and future are big.

The chief guard looked around subconsciously, and soon noticed Ryan who was watching a play next to him.

A Kingdom Knight!

"Master Knight! These profiteers do not abide by the laws of our country! They blatantly despise Sir City Lord's rules!" Guard Captain immediately confirmed that this is a Lord Knight from his country, so he immediately stepped up to ask for help , He not only bowed deeply, but also flattered Ryan, and at the same time gave a resentful look at the caravan people, which sounded like an extraordinary shame and humiliation.

Ryan raised his eyebrows, and everyone in the caravan was busy arguing. Then they noticed him. Many guards saw the Kingdom Knight appearing here, and they all showed vigilant and uneasy eyes. The half-elf knight-errant clenched the longbow in his hand and looked at Ryan with unkind eyes. The merchant's guards all clenched the hilt of the sword, but the mercenary team seemed hesitant. After all, no one wanted to offend a kingdom. Knight.

As Knight of the Kingdom, Ryan is indeed obligated to uphold the laws of the Nord Kingdom. Even if the laws are not so reasonable, seeing the matter finally spread to him, Ryan lightly mentioned Warhammer, and confronted him with a bad tone. The guard said: "Oh? Is the entrance fee of five silver dinars stipulated by Nord's law? You Sir City Lord collect taxes really hard, almost even my kingdom Knight has to pay this sum. Money."

"I'm very sorry, sir, but this is the order of the Sir City Lord, we can only follow it!" The chief guard apologized quickly.

"That's right! Lord Knight, we will come here because the bulk commodity tax here will be lower than other ports, but now we have such a high entrance tax but tell us that we can't go to sea! It's not fair for you to say this!" Oliver also came up and argued.

Finally, under Ryan’s mediation, the people settled with three silver dinars for the entrance fee. The mercenary group’s entrance fee was still given by Teresa, but dozens of Silver Coin women The warlock did not take seriously. Everyone entered the city one after another. Ryan greeted everyone and rushed to the lord's mansion of Karlzenhaven.

The lord of Karlzenhaven lives in a large wooden long house in the city. This building has three floors. The 1st floor is used to receive visitors and serve as a restaurant. The top two floors are personal spaces. Most The building material used for the building is a wooden structure. Ryan informed the guards of the city gate and quickly found the clerk to check the records of going to sea.

"Yes, Mr. Ryan, there was indeed a tall and thin man who drove into the town yesterday when the door was about to close. He did not stop, and immediately proposed to take a boat to Marienburg. The owners Originally he didn't want to do it, but this guy took out fifteen gold dinars and asked to go to sea, which was already several times the normal price of going to Marienburg, so a shipowner decided to accept the money." The clerk flipped through the records of going to sea and said to Ryan.

"Fuck, I lost it!" Ryan said grimly. In fact, he had a vague premonition before. After being slowed down by the wild beast, he had a premonition. He might be chasing after him. Not on Belt anymore.

"Then why can't you go to sea?" Ryan then asked.

"This is the case. This morning, the High Priest of the Ocean Church told Sir Lord that there were a large number of sea monsters in the nearby Sea Territory, and the Barbarian Race fleet in the north was also continuously plundering caravans for safety. Consider, Sir Lord ordered this period of Time Freeze to go to sea." The clerk continued.

"Okay, I see." Ryan knew he couldn't catch up with Belt. Even if he could persuade the lord to specially arrange ships to let his entire group go to sea, the risk would be too great, and now the only plan is long-term planning. , First report to Innocent Archbishop.

Coming out of the tower at noon, the rare clouds faded away, and a few rays of sunlight stubbornly broke through the blockade of the clouds, bringing a little warmth to the earth, as it is still in November. It's cold, if you wait until the Winter Veil, I really don't know how long I won't see the sun.

"Innocent Archbishop, I lost the Belt." Pressing the gem on the bracelet, Ryan said helplessly.

"I know that Belt took the opportunity to leave Nord by boat yesterday. You are not to blame for this incident. It was already two days after the incident when I notified you, and..." There is a majestic voice that looks a little tired: "It's not time to pay attention to Belt. The Barbarian Race in the north is making a big move. At least 20,000 Barbarian Race troops are gathering. Let's stop here."

What? Is the North Barbarian Race going south again?

This is really not good news.