From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 9 The Three Attendants

In the early years, in order to upgrade, Lan ran around to pick up tasks, which in the eyes of people now is "accepting commissions". In order to gain more experience, it is natural to pursue a higher degree of task completion. Compared with the general bounty hunter's practice of plundering the common people, Lann is widely loved among the people, and has also won the title of "Lannister, a promise of gold". .

But in any era there are troublemakers, even mobs. In the original book, there are villagers who entrust a demon hunter to hunt monsters, and then trick the demon hunter into the barn to attack and kill the other party in order to avoid the commission fee.

In the original novel, the protagonist Geralt encountered bad debts more than once, and there were even situations where the villagers couldn't wait to sell his horse to share his luggage while the witcher was out hunting monsters.

When many demon hunters debuted, it was their duty to kill monsters and protect civilians. The demon hunters of the Griffin School even pursued chivalry. But after a long time, everyone has become a "mutant without emotion". The reason is not enough for outsiders.

Lane, as a nobleman of Sintra, naturally there is no mob in Sintra who has the guts to attack and kill him, but there are always cunning people who want to pretend to be pitiful or rogue.

For this situation, if the family is really broken and can't afford the money, Lan is not so hard-hearted. He is for experience rather than money. In such a situation, he will even support the other party within a reasonable range.

Getting a heartfelt thank you or two counts as emotional service, doesn't it?

As for those real scoundrels, Lann always has a way to recover his own "reward". Only occasionally this process is accompanied by other "collateral damage".

"Lannister, you must pay your debts" spread like this. Lane is happy to hear that.

At three poles above the moon, Lan returned to his mansion, the courtyard and the building were brightly lit.

Ten candidates for attendants stood unsteadily in the courtyard, most of them were soaked through their clothes. It seems that from the corner of the eye, they caught a glimpse of the Earl's return, and the guys who were bent and lazy once again straightened their bodies and put on a straight look.

Lann took a glance, then turned to meet Hardy and asked, "Have they been standing here all day? I mean the ones that don't move."

After the attendant candidate heard this question, his bloodless face became even paler. A few of them who might have communicated with Hardy at ordinary times were begging or winking at Hardy from a perspective that Lan could not see.

Hardy ignored it, and replied sternly: "No, there is no one who is motionless."

Lane nodded, as expected. Without systematic training, no one can stand at attention and fight for a whole day without moving. He just wants to try his luck, in case he encounters any strange people and strange things in this fantasy world.

Turning around, Lan pointed to the three people who had the most dust on their bodies, and their clothes were so soaked that they almost wet the ground below them, and said:

"These three stay, and the rest—"

Lord Earl Lannister glared suddenly: "Go back where you came from!"

The originally pale-faced teenagers couldn't bear it any longer and fell to the ground, and they didn't have the courage to say a few more words, and "rolled" out of the mansion.

Only the remaining three teenagers stood straighter as if they had been injected with strength.

Although becoming a "servant" does not mean stepping into the noble class, it is definitely out of the commoner class. Even many "knights" were promoted from servants or guards who had made great achievements in battle.

Although almost all the "attendants" are just stones under the feet of real nobles throughout their lives. But becoming a squire is, in a sense, half-footed into the upper class.

Noble children without the right to inherit the family will choose to become servants of the children of the great nobles in order to become real nobles. Even many legitimate sons who have the right to inherit will choose to become the king's or duke's attendants for training and to expand their contacts. Of course, the latter will return to the family to inherit the family business after working for a few years.

Therefore, most of the teenagers who are qualified to be servants are born well and have flexible minds. Sometimes he is a little clever and likes to be lazy. For example, the few teenagers who were eliminated by Lan just now.

The crisis of national annihilation is approaching step by step, Lan En is extremely thirsty for every power. That's why he urgently wants to share the military power, and spends a lot of money to invite the city guards to drink at night.

You must know that in this era, most officers or nobles are detained to death. It would be good not to extract oil from soldiers. In many places, recruits even have to bring their own equipment. why? Because the materials provided by the state have become the private property of the officers.

A lot of military knowledge that is common sense in Lann's view is at the level of "Military God" in this era.

For example, elementary school students in previous lives would memorize "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles". The low-level military officers in this era will only "get the people together and charge me!".

Either rush to the opposite side, or be rushed. Simple and brainless.

It is even more impossible to increase cohesion and gain the morale of the army by "same robes with sons" and "same joys with pawns". Because I am a nobleman, why are you joking to have dinner with you?

Lann only hopes to gather some soldiers through his own method, so that they can become his own strength when the country is destroyed. At present, it seems that the results can be achieved, all relying on the support of peers.

And Lan En's "attendants", who will be his direct descendants in the future, are the power destined to be successful. So for his orders, we must absolutely obey.

Lan didn't have the time to personally eliminate those insecure factors who were playing tricks. In order to avoid being stabbed at a critical moment, he simply didn't accept it from the beginning.

Lan looked at the remaining three attendants and said, "Now you can tell me your names."

The three remaining young men excitedly introduced themselves to Lane.

A tall and broad-shouldered young man named Ace, introduced himself as the third son of a knight, good at using crossbows and bows. Good crossbowmen are rare, and Lan plans to try him out sometime.

There was a thin young man named House, whose father was the king's stable boy, such a squire as every knight should have.

The other one was the only young man with a saber, which made him bear more pressure than the others today, but his face and body trembled no worse than those around him, obviously practicing martial arts diligently.

This person Lan Encha also had an impression, his name was Sward, his father was a non-commissioned officer under Lan En's father, and died early on the battlefield. Lane's father found the lad an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's shop.

Now that he heard that Lann was recruiting servants, he abandoned his work in the blacksmith shop and came here.

"I will be the sword in your hand just like my father followed your father!"

The young attendant Sward shouted hoarsely and excitedly with a voice that hadn't been filled with rice water all day. The frantic look even startled Hardy.

Lann nodded with a smile, initially accepting the three of them, and then asked Hardy to take the three of them to the room prepared for the attendants to rest.

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