Riding and Slashing

Chapter 422 Jatu Warlord Zakar

Raphael is Leon's enigmatic younger brother.

Ever since he met Li Ang in Fletcher Village, he has always admired Li Ang.

Most young people would worship strong and fierce warriors, especially those who grew up on the edge of Jatu Grassland.

Back then, Li Ang stood in a pool of blood with his whole body so red and black, and the way he took off his helmet and spilled a large amount of blood was always deeply imprinted in Raphael's heart.

He also always carried the face helmet in the saddle bag. Whenever he was afraid or nervous, Raphael would take out the helmet to have a look.

Although his father, Ralph, was also a fearless fighter, Raphael did not admire his father very much...

This is probably the dark under the lights.

People are always like this. They can't see the idols around them, but they can't forget those who they don't know well.

Raphael really didn't understand Li Ang - he was a little confused now, he didn't quite understand why Li Ang asked him to give gifts to the Jatu people.

Yes, gifts, free gifts, the kind that don’t require money.

A king, and probably the most powerful king in the entire continent at present, would actually send gifts to a group of barbaric raiders...

And these gifts are precious.

There are spices and wines from the Bacchus Empire, artworks made by the Noldor, glass and velvet from the west of Sarleon, sea salt and salt fish from the Lion Lake City, and tulle from Sinjar. and some expensive medicines...

There are even a few luxury carriages.

Moreover, His Majesty Li Ang even said that if Zakar is willing, he can even give dozens of luxury villas to Zakar—a Jatu warlord above a commander, one counts as one, and everyone has a share.

In other words, the gifts that Li Ang sent out included all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they were all high-end goods, the kind that ordinary people could not afford.

To be honest, Raphael is a little envious—except for the salted fish in Lion Lake City, he can't afford to use anything else...

Send it to the Jatus...

What a waste.

However, no matter what he thinks, Raphael will still strictly follow Leon's request. After all, His Majesty Li Ang has just made Raphael a sworn knight—not a knight of the Sarleon Principality, but a knight of the New Pendor Kingdom. Allegiance to Leon himself.

This is very rare, because Li Ang doesn't have many direct subordinates, and there are even fewer oath knights personally conferred.

The people who followed Li Ang before are all big shots now.

Eric is currently the Minister of State for the Principality of Sarleon, the lord of Baranley, and the deputy commander of the First Legion of the New Pendor Kingdom—the leader of the First Legion is Leon himself.Although he has never been awarded a knighthood, being able to serve as the chief political officer of the entire Sarleon Realm is at least equivalent to the status of an earl.

Charles is the lord of Fletcher, and has just inherited the castle of Yongshield from Hereward. He is currently the sheriff of Yongshield - also not conferred, but also in charge of an earldom.

The glorious knight Anson, after leading the Phoenix Knights to kill the Snake Cult army, Li Ang personally acted as a guarantor, made Anson a member of the Radiant Cross Knights, and officially appointed Anson as the lord of Karen Deer Castle—— A knighthood is also in charge of a county.

Klose is now the commander of the Second Legion of the New Pendor Kingdom and the head of the Knights of the Silver Hand.Since he is still a native of Mettenheim, he cannot accept the title and fief of the New Pendor Kingdom.In other words, he was only a knight who swore allegiance to Li Ang, and this knighthood was granted privately.But there is no doubt that his status as the head of the legion is also equal to that of the earl.

Including Lisa Dilan, the Noldor elf, who is now the lord of Almera Fort and Pavlon, and the commander of the guards of the New Pendor Kingdom-also in charge of an earldom.

Former Dusk Knight Jocelyn, currently the Chief Instructor of New Pendor's recruits, is starting to form the third legion of New Pendor 'Mortal Legion' in River City.If there is no accident, he will also become the commander of the legion when the legion is trained.

Li Ang has only granted such a few oath knights in total. Compared with other kings, this number is really too small-but Li Ang's knights are actually count-level figures.

And now, Rafael also got the same opportunity as these predecessors.

Also receiving this opportunity was Sigismund Sinclair, who is now the commander of the Freedom Legion, the Sergeant Major of the Silver Hand, and the person in charge of the supplies and troops of this 'mission'——Leon Rangsi Gismond escorted Raphael and those expensive gifts.

Letting someone who is good at running around do the job of guarding... To be honest, Raphael always felt a little uneasy.

But Sigismund was very relieved - Li Ang had explained to him, anyway, he just dropped the gift and ran away when he saw something was wrong.Deliberately let Sigismund lead the escort, originally because he was worried that Raphael, a young and hot-blooded boy, would be easy to get on...

"Rafael, what kind of person is Zakar?"

Sigismund's question interrupts Raphael's vision of the future.

"How should I put it...he is a terrible enemy, but he is an enemy with a sense of honor and chivalry. To be honest, I don't like him, but I have a little respect for him..."

Raphael spoke somewhat contradictoryly about Zakar, the Jatu warlord.

In most people's minds, the Jatu people are often bloodthirsty, brutal and brutal savages, and they have a special... love for horses.

These impressions are actually correct, but they may be somewhat one-sided.

On the other side of these labeled stereotypes, Jatu people are actually human beings, they also have love and hatred, and they also have many good qualities.

People have two sides. It is a fact that the Jatu people plunder everywhere and are bloodthirsty and barbaric, but this is mainly affected by their living environment-anyone in a society that must rely on plundering to solve the problem of food and clothing , will become the same as the Jatu people.

At the same time, the difficult living environment has also created some Jiatu people to be tenacious, love freedom, value honor and other good qualities.

"Warlord" Zakar is such a hero who is completely different from the Jatu people in the impression of ordinary people.

Unlike the bloody and brutal 'destroyer' Judah, Zakar commanded the army relying on his charisma rather than fear and violence.

He is outstanding in martial arts, and he always takes the lead in the first place on the battlefield;
He was generous, always giving most of the spoils to those who followed him;
He attaches great importance to honor, keeps his promises, and as long as he makes a promise, he will go all out until it is fulfilled.

Of course, he will also lead the crowd to plunder, but he usually does not kill all the men and then snatch everything including women and children like Juda-Zakar does not kill civilians at will, and usually leaves them in the village. Some rations to survive.

A few years ago, Zakar's tribe was located in the northern part of the Jatu Grassland, and Juda's territory was in the southern part of the grassland, so Zakar usually went to Ravencrow Realm to seek a living, while Juda usually went to Sarleon Realm.

Darkfalcon Castle and Oldenburg in the Ravencrow Realm, including the area around Dawn Furnace City, are actually often extorted by Zakar for money and food, but at least the people there have always been able to live.

As for the Lion Land... Just look at the wasteland hundreds of miles east of Lion Lake City. There were dozens of villages and towns in that area 20 years ago.

A lot of things are afraid of comparison. The shining points of Zakar's body are quite rare against the backdrop of the destroyer Juda, so he has won the respect of both compatriots and enemies.The young Jatu warriors adored Zakar; the proud knights of Ravensdale feared him—or feared him more, of course.

In fact, Zakar can only be regarded as a small warlord at first, and his initial strength is probably similar to that of Drash who is raising horses for Leon.

But in just ten years, he became one of the best tribal leaders on the Jiatu Grassland, and even defeated the strongest Zhu Da, forcing Zhu Da's tribe to move south, giving up the best grassland.

This is because Zakar has a valuable quality that other Jatu people rarely have-the courage to innovate.

Whether it's the Jatu people on the grasslands, the Misty Mountain people in the extreme northern mountains, or the D'Xia people in the desert, they all have one thing in common—traditional and conservative.

Nomads have always given sacred meaning to their way of life-only walking freely on the prairie and practicing the ancient trails of plunder can cultivate true warriors.Those so-called civilized people are weak, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, the Jatu are the hunters, and they are the prey.Although the world is constantly changing, the Jatu people remain unchanged...

These are the words that Jatu people often talk about.

Even after crossing the endless sea and coming to Pendor from the prairie of Amala, the Jatu people still insist on their traditional way of life and resist change.

After breaking away from Emperor Osa, the Jiatu people lived a very difficult life during the more than 100 years of independence and self-defense in the northeast grassland.

Since the grassland borders the Noldor Forest, the Noldor Elves have an extremely xenophobic culture and hatred for humans, which makes them have constant conflicts with the Jatus.

But most Jatu people just regarded the Noldor elves as fierce and ruthless opponents, hated the excellent weapons and armor of the Noldor elves, but never tried to learn the advanced technology of the Noldor elves.

Most of the old-fashioned Jatu people will regard Noldor's equipment as the evil thing of blasphemy 'Indar', which will bring curses after touching, so they will even destroy or discard it after capture.

And the Noldo elf horse was regarded as an evil monster by them. For a long time, the Jatu people would kill the Noldo elf horse when they saw it.

Stupid?
of course.

But that ancient oriental country that has led the world for thousands of years has also done countless more stupid things than this during the rule of the nomads.

It seems that only tradition, gods, riding and archery, and plunder are everything to the grassland people.

But Zakar is different.

He is an outlier among the Jatu people.

In many confrontations with Noldo, Zakar realized the advanced nature of Noldo technology. The excellent Noldo compound bow and the tough Noldo sword brought him a considerable shock. The Noldo elf horse is fast and tough. His dexterous features made him envious.

In one encounter with the Noldor, he tried to unarm a fallen Noldor warrior, and captured the wounded Noldor Elven Horse, despite thinking of the curse spoken of by the old men.

He put on the boots of the Noldor, took the sword and shield of the Noldor, and rode on the elf horse of the Noldor, but found that nothing happened...

The so-called curse is nothing more than those old-fashioned superstitions!

He rode a Noldor elf horse and wore a fashionable Noldor outfit, swaggering past the Jatu tribe.

The elder Jatu warriors glared at him, and cursed him loudly, and told old tales of curses; but many of the younger Jatu warriors saw their idols in the armor of the Noldor, and the tales of curses were unraveled.

Since then, Zakar no longer sticks to the traditions of the tribe, he began to consciously collect Noldor's equipment, and began to introduce advanced technologies from various countries.

He raided the sentries and patrols of the Noldor, and put on the boots of the Noldor for his young followers;
When he plundered the Sarleon Land, he encountered a strange group of witch archers by chance. He keenly found that the bows and arrows of these witches were quite good, and compared with the Noldor elves, Jatu's cavalry could easily crush their team —and Zakar took their darkwood bows.

Due to the introduction of new equipment and Zakar's style of leading by example, Zakar's tribe quickly stood out from the many Jatu tribes.

Most of Zakar's tribe are young Jatu warriors, and Zakar gave his young followers a very personal name——Zakaar Ruthless Rider.

He got the armor technology from the Ravens, and equipped these young people with Jatu honor armor, always reminding them: Don't forget the honor!
Under the influence of Zakar, most of these young people grew up to be honorable, brave and fearless fighters, and gradually became one of the strongest groups in the grassland, and achieved a series of victories.

Afterwards, countless Jatu youths from other tribes flocked to join Zakar's command. He quickly grew from a small warlord to the leader of the northern grassland.

Those Jatu fighters who still adhere to the tradition have to admit that Zakar is powerful, but they are dissatisfied with Zakar's deviant approach, so they follow what they consider a 'typical' Jatu leader-Juda the Destroyer.

As a result, the Jatu people split into two groups-the Zakar tribe who tried to change, and the traditional Juda tribe.

Juda's tribe is a typical high-pressure warlord rule, but Zakar is not.

He has been trying to develop the clan into a real nation.

And, judging by what he's done in Ravensrow, he might be on the verge of success.

If Zakar was born in the Lion Kingdom, then he might become a very successful star, Rafael thought.

"Rafael, if Zakar is really what you said...then maybe we can discuss some business with him..."

Sigismund stopped suddenly, turned sideways and looked at the distant wilderness and said.

"Business? Didn't His Majesty Li Ang say that our main task is to find out the intentions of the Jatu people?"

Raphael glanced at Sigismund in surprise, and also looked at the wilderness - nothing?
"This is business... The Jatu people did not rob food or attack villages and towns when they entered the country this time, and they have been hiding all the time... Enduring such expenses is of course for the purpose of negotiating a big business... Raphael, Help me ask in Jatu dialect—Your Excellency Zakar, what kind of business do you want?"

Sigismund kept staring at the wasteland in the distance, and the volume of the last sentence seemed particularly loud.

"Your Excellency has good eyesight... You can spot me even if I hide here."

Hundreds of people suddenly appeared in the wilderness, and all of them were covered with grass.

The leader was a guy with dark green paint all over his face, wearing a camouflage outfit - full of Noldor equipment, lying in the bushes in the wilderness, it was really hard to find.

"You can actually speak Pendor? That's great!"

Sigismund smiled, stretched out his hand to touch his chest and bowed: "Your Excellency Zakar, His Majesty Leon would like to invite you to have dinner with him."

"Dinner? Where should we have dinner? Shouldn't Li Ang be in Changhe Town now?"

Zakar smiled: "It's already afternoon, can he fly?"

(End of this chapter)