Riding and Slashing

Chapter 132 The Truth of the Prophecy
"Coach Frederick! It's you! Why are you here?"

This is Klose's voice, which seems a little unexpected.

The lord looked at the burning wooden building, and came to Klose and Frederick.

Frederick had taken off his helmet. He looked to be in his fifties, but he still looked strong and his eyes were shining.

The two people from Mettenheim have already started chatting. Klose knows Frederick, and he can even take the initiative to introduce him to the lord.

"Your Excellency, Mr. Friedrich is a member of the Mettenheim Death Squad, a respected coach, and I have also been instructed by him during my service."

Klose seemed to respect the veteran, but Leon felt that Frederick seemed a little hesitant.

"Frederi, why are you under Forscher's command?"

Friedrich is still somewhat well-known in Mettenheim.

He is a professional soldier, a veteran who has served in the Mettenheim Standing Army for half his life, and is also one of the coaches of the Mettenheim Swordsmen.

As a member of the death squad, he has a high status in the army.

Unlike Klose and the others who became mercenaries in order to make a living, Frederick came to Pendor Continent with a mission.

A year ago, as his home town of Mettenheim (formerly Eisenberg Island) fell into famine and was once again invaded by the Barclay Empire, he and his Legion Master were sent as an envoy to Pendor on a trade mission.

But I don't know if all the people in Mettenheim have the negative attribute of 'easy to fall into the sea'. Anyway, Frederick, like Klose, also suffered a shipwreck on the Pendor Continent.

However, he didn't encounter pirates in Fieldsway, but encountered a storm in the south along the coast of the Bacchus Empire.

The mission originally planned to land at the port of Emperor Lin of the Bacchus Empire, but the day before arriving at the port, the fleet deviated from the course under the hurricane, and then their ship broke into planks in the stormy sea.

After being pushed by the wind and waves for a whole day, Frederick finally took a few Mettenheim soldiers and landed in the bay near Marasburg of the Bacchus Empire with difficulty.

They lost most of their equipment, lost all their belongings, lost their supplies, and were exhausted.

This was already miserable enough, but misfortunes never come singly. This desperate team was attacked by Snake Worshipers just after they landed—the place where they landed happened to be in the lair of a group of Snake Worshipers. nearby.

Frederick's envoys were scattered under the sudden attack of a large group of Snake Cultists. Fortunately, he was very skilled in martial arts, and fought and fled all the way, killing all the Snake Cultists who were chasing him, barely escaping.

He didn't know where the other comrades had fled.

Or, perhaps, he alone survived.

Troops wrecked, ships wrecked by the hurricane, and he was penniless, not even his armor—which had been thrown away after the hurricane.

He has no way out.

The only thing left is the sword in hand and rich fighting skills.

He became a money-grubbing mercenary, taking on any missions—for an old swordsman who was driven to a dead end, nothing else was important, he wanted to make money, and he wanted to complete the task entrusted to him by the motherland. mission!

From Bacchus to Sarleon Land, he has been running around the bustling cities of this continent, and has been taking on high-value tasks in a greedy way, and even some black jobs that violate his own moral principles.

Because Frederick never forgot his mission - he is a soldier, his hometown is in war and famine, he must bring back food for the motherland!
But half a year later, when it was harvest time in October, he was almost desperate.

Because he is not noble.

It is not difficult for a strong swordsman to make a living as a mercenary in Pendor Continent.

But no matter how greedy Frederick was, it was difficult for him to save enough money to purchase food in a short period of time. As a commoner, it was impossible for him to let the nobles sell a large amount of food to him.

Until half a year ago he met Forscher.

When he met Fucher, Frederick was drinking in a tavern in Lion Lake City to soothe his sorrows.

At that time, Forscher already had a large number of people around him.

There are pirates, there are punks, and some other soldiers, more than 300 people.

Forscher only chatted with him a few words, probably only heard the name clearly, and hired Frederick.He also promised that in another half a year, he would be provided with a large amount of food by the next harvest season.

After knowing that Fucher was the illegitimate son of the Grand Duke of Lion Lake City, Frederick felt that he seemed to see hope.

In order to complete his mission, Frederick became Faucher's bodyguard and followed the mafia brother to many places.

Lion Lake City, Mist Cage City, Cliff Rock Bay, Falling Bay, Raven Crow City... Fusher took him to visit many big cities, all the way to the big cities in the north, all the way to Raven Crow Kingdom. Changge Port.

In Frederick's memory, whenever Forscher went to a city, the first thing he went to was the tavern in that city...

But most of the time Forscher was disappointed - he seemed to be looking for someone or something and found almost nothing.

In Longsong Port, Frederick saw Fucher's particularly disappointed and depressed look, and also saw that the illegitimate child finally changed from normal to brutal.

Frederick said that Fucher spent several days searching the entire Longsong Port, but found nothing in the end, and then kept yelling: "Treasure chests! Why are there no treasure chests!"

After that, the illegitimate child's temper became worse and worse, and his attitude towards people became worse and worse.

If he wanted to get something, such as supplies or women, Fucher also began to directly send people to rob, and often even burned villages or killed people for fun.

These dishonorable practices caused a large number of soldiers to leave the illegitimate son, but more thieves and thugs joined Forscher's team.

As a soldier, Frederick naturally couldn't accept such behavior. He advised and threatened, but to no avail.

He also tried to rectify the discipline of the miscellaneous troops under Forscher, but all he got was scolding and blank stares-forscher himself had no self-control, and those bandits and underworlds naturally followed suit. Troops that have been destroyed can't train well at all.

Later, Fucher just used him as a bodyguard—the illegitimate son said more than once: "I didn't expect that the coaching ability is useless? If I knew that your old thing is useless, I shouldn't have spent so much money to hire him." You have to post a large amount of food..."

Of course Frederick was aggrieved, but instead of defending himself, he endured it.

He has a mission, and every time he hears about food, he thinks of the famine in his hometown, and the period of half a year is not long, so he just wants to bear it until then and leave with the food.

In fact, before meeting Fucher, Frederick also knew the behavior of the noble children like Pender, but most of them were similar, and Fucher's evil behavior was not too special.

The last big city Fucher went to was Dawn Furnace City.

I don't know what kind of news Fucher got from the tavern in Dawn Furnace City. Anyway, since then, he stopped running around, but brought people back to Sarleon City, and sent many pirates to search for some ruins.

Then, in Sarleon, Forscher met Sarah.

After just meeting and knowing Sarah's name, Forscher vowed to 'get her' - these are the exact words of Forscher.

Perhaps it was the power of love, but Frederick had never seen anyone fall in love with a woman so quickly.

Of course, Frederick also felt that it was normal for Fucher to fall in love at first sight with Sarah's appearance.

Probably only because Sarah is a nobleman, Fucher didn't directly rob her as usual.

But Fucher's approach is not much different from Ming Qiang's - he first invited Sarah to his home to perform songs and dances for two days, and then he showed his love to Sarah, saying that he wanted to marry her, regardless of whether Sarah was willing or not. willing.

After Sarah clearly refused, Fucher unilaterally declared that Sarah was his fiancee-as a result, Sarah fled directly.

Fucher lost his temper for a long time because of this, and he kept saying things like "there is no quarrel, how could she run away", "I will always recruit her again in the tavern", and his temper became more tyrannical. It's getting more and more unbearable.

However, the matter of forcibly marrying the bard did not follow up, because Fucher's father, Duke Alma, just sent the illegitimate son to the fog cage city to participate in the competition at this time.

In the arena, Frederick was injured in order to rescue the ignorant Forscher, so he had to recuperate temporarily.

However, the illegitimate young master did not win the championship. He twisted his ankle and, like Frederick, could only recover from his injury in Fieldsville.

They stayed in the fog cage city for a short time.

However, even with injuries on his body, Forscher still continued to toss.

After barely being able to act, Forscher took him to the Howling Bay and robbed a Buckley businessman—this was the only thing Frederick did under Forscher that he was willing to do.

Mettenheim is facing Buckley's second invasion, and robbing the Barkley people is right in the eyes of the Mettenheim people, and Buckley's ocean-going merchant ships are not purely trading ships.

After snatching a musket, some gunpowder and lead bullets from the Barclays, Forscher began to call himself the Son of Prophecy, and his temper became more and more eccentric, killing people at every turn, and robbing caravans or villagers was even more common.

Frederick heard Fuscher say clearly: "Fortunately, this treasure chest does exist... But why can't I find it in Changsong Port?"

He didn't know what treasure chest Fucher was talking about, and in fact most of the time he didn't know what nonsense Fucher was talking about.

At this time, the war between the Sarleon Kingdom and the Bacchus Empire began.

Forscher was just an illegitimate child, so a commoner would naturally not join the war.

However, taking advantage of the relative emptiness of the villages during the war, he let his men plunder many small villages—even including some small villages in his father's Shihu City jurisdiction.

This is probably for robbery.

Of course, it may also be for the girls in the village...

Perhaps it was for something else—Frederie had heard Forscher say that he wanted to 'create some refugees' in order to 'complete the task'...

But Frederick didn't understand, what kind of mission would require 'creating refugees'?
Is it a mission issued by the Red Brotherhood?
Possibly, too, he knew Forscher was a patron of the Red Brotherhood.

The endless robbery, murder, rape, and looting lasted for two or three months. Fortunately, Forscher kept Frederick by his side as a bodyguard, which prevented the veteran from killing innocent people with his own hands.

But Fucher didn't seem to be satisfied, he kept muttering: "Why can't soldiers be upgraded...why can't I see bandits bringing refugees out..."

Frederick didn't know what Fucher meant by upgrading soldiers, but he could understand that it probably meant the improvement of combat effectiveness.

But without changing equipment or arranging training, how could a group of bandits be improved?
Moreover, as a veteran who has been in the army for decades, Frederick knows very well, how can any bandit run around with refugees?

The bandits are all just for plunder, and even if they want to take people away, they will only take away the girls in the village, just like Fucher himself.

But at this time, Frederick no longer tried to persuade him—he could no longer bear what Fuscher had done. He felt that Fuscher was definitely not the son of prophecy, and he just wanted to leave this reputationless lunatic .

But Forscher steadied him again with grain—harvest was approaching, and there would soon be plenty of wheat ripening.

After that, Fucher, who couldn't find the so-called 'refugees', seemed to have found the so-called relic, but he found almost nothing in this relic after spending a lot of effort...

In the end, Faucher, who was so disappointed that he cursed, led the team to the Jatu Grassland, saying that the Jatu people were just some kind of "experience pack", and he wanted to train a large army to dominate Pende...

Frederick didn't understand what an experience pack was, and he didn't think Forscher had the ability to unify the continent, but they did meet the Jatu people.

Then Fucher's motley army was severely taught by the Jatu people - the motley army of nearly 200 people was easily defeated by a Jatu cavalry of less than [-] people.

If Frederick hadn't blocked the pursuers with his sword alone, Forsher would have died in the hands of the Jatu people long ago.

But when Fucher was so frightened that his face turned pale, he was still muttering words like "they didn't charge" or "how could they be so strong".

Since then, Fucher, who lost most of his staff, finally stopped wandering around. He restrained his temper, chanted 'this is wrong, it's different' all day long, and then said that he would 'farm and develop'.

He also did find this farm, and got a lot of grain during the harvest season.

But the way he obtained food was very inhumane—Faucher directly led people to slaughter the farm and occupied it.

But in any case, there are indeed hundreds of thousands of pounds of grain that have just been harvested here. If they can be transported back to Mettenheim, it will be enough to tide over thousands of people.

Forscher also said that Frederick could have shipped the food away, and he seemed to be finally fulfilling his promise.

For the next few days, Forscher seemed very quiet, and he kept studying how to make muskets—but besides the underworld, only pirates remained under his command. I don't understand.

But Frederick couldn't solve the problem of grain transportation... He didn't have so many carriages, and he didn't have a boat, so he couldn't transport the grain!
Just when he was at a loss, Li Ang brought someone here.

Li Ang has been quietly listening to Frederick's story, without showing any expression on his face.

But in his heart, there are already turbulent waves—this Fucher...he knows that there is a treasure chest in Changge Port, and he knows that there are musket bullets in Guangxiao Bay!

In the game, there is indeed a treasure chest in Changge Port, and there is a dragon tear in the box, which is the easiest dragon tear for players to obtain.However, the box was probably found by Alaric of the Drunken Group.

And there is also a treasure chest in a boat in Guangxiao Bay, which contains a pack of musket bullets.This was apparently the same boat that Forscher had robbed.

Forscher goes to the tavern first when he arrives in a city-obviously, he is looking for a partner in the game!
In the game, all NPC partners will appear in the tavern, and players will always go to the tavern first.

But Li Ang has long known that anyone can appear anywhere, there are not so many partners in the tavern, and there are indeed many right and wrong...

The recruited partners will quarrel because of their different personalities, which will cause some partners to leave the team.

Two days after Forscher 'recruited' Sarah into the team, Sarah ran away because of his forced marriage, so he would say 'why did she leave without arguing'.

He wanted to marry Sarah by force, probably just trying, because this is impossible in the game, but many players have had this idea...

As for the resident ruins of the Griffin Knights that Forscher has been looking for—that is a well-known relic task in the game. Players need to find a large number of refugees and supplies to complete the task of 'rebuilding the ruins'. After completing the task, they can Acquire a secluded garrison of the Order.

In the game, it is a private territory like a safe house, which will not be attacked.

But as long as you think about it with your knees, you can know that there is no place in the real world that cannot be attacked...

He must have prepared 'refugees' and other 'quest props' to complete the relic quest when he robbed the village, and he probably wanted to 'level up' along the way.

In the game, as long as the troops gain enough experience, they can be upgraded, and they will change their outfits directly after the upgrade; and the coaching skills can automatically allow soldiers to gain experience.

But the reality is that even if you have coaching skills, you must arrange training.Soldiers can only be improved through training and a comprehensive replacement of equipment, as is the case with the army of the lord.

He said that the Jatu people are experience packs—in the game, they are indeed, after all, most of the enemies in the game can only charge without thinking.

But the lord has fought against the Jatu people before, and he clearly knows that the Jatu people who are good at riding and archery and fearless in fighting to the death are not easy to deal with. They have a strong ability to execute tactics!

This Forscher is the game's...

player!

Yes, only players will have this kind of thinking logic, and only players will know this and make these incredible behaviors.

No wonder Duke Alma likes this illegitimate son. Probably, Forscher is consciously maintaining the 'favorability' with the 'powerful lord' just like in the game.

Forscher's poor performance in the Fog Cage City Arena may also be a player's thinking-he probably thought that he would not be injured in the arena at that time, right?
But how could the reality be the same as in the game...

Moreover, Fucher was probably mistaken about one thing—he was probably indeed a player, but what about a player?

　In the game, when the player brings Lafayette close to Lion Lake City, Frederick will tell his story.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)