Chapter 367. Jocelyn on the return
The grand celebration begins in the evening.
Delicious food was piled up on long tables, and the streets of the castle were filled with celebratory people, men, women, and children, civilians, soldiers, and knights, all chatting merrily and loudly.
This is their moment.
Let the noisy noise fill the castle and the sweet smell of ale fills the streets.
The burning torches hung on the wall, with the bright moon in the sky, the entire upper end of the cliff has turned into daylight, so that this celebration banquet in which all the soldiers and civilians participated in it became more and more lively!
Deep-fried crispy cutlets, whole roasted fat sheep are stacked on the table.
There are also grilled fish and floured fried fish.
The food was unusually plentiful.
And that's just the main course of meat, but the side dishes like air-dried meat, sausages, and cabbage are piled up in the corners of the long table, and the finest white salt and spices are served in small bowls for people to eat.
These include fresh wild fruits collected in the Sanwaya Mountains and trade in malt wine and wine.
There is no estimated cost for the banquet.
This was Kant's most brilliant triumph to date.
The final result has allowed him to completely control the Narun Desert.
Although the depths of the desert are still occupied by those undead ancient gods, in a short period of time, the southern side of the Naren Desert is Kant's territory, which is the territory of his final rule!
No one is a fool, and Kant's strength is not weak, and it has been shown in this battle.
The undead in the depths of the desert will not continue to act rashly.
As the undead knight who called himself the Ninth Chosen Emperor said, these gods, who were trying to be reborn and truly gain flesh and life, had sent their main forces further north to the shores of the Sea of Stars, the coast of Mannheim, where there were colonies of high-ranking gnolls, lizardmen, and elves!
The combat power of those alien races is not weaker than Kant, and even stronger than Kant, who is still in the early stage of foundation, and is not afraid of the threat of the undead at all.
Kant had no impression of lizardmen and elves.
Let's just talk about the gnolls.
Those burly high-level gnolls with wisdom, civilization, thought, and combat effectiveness are no less than the knights who have been carefully trained among human beings, and their physical fitness makes their individual combat effectiveness almost explosive!
For example, a high-ranking gnoll heavy infantryman, heavily armed and armed with a two-handed battle axe, can take out the elite 10-man infantry of the human army if he is desperate.
So empathy, how can the undead, who are weaker than humans, resist?
Can't stop it at all!
What's more, there are also the lizardmen who have been fighting against the gnolls for hundreds of years, and the elves who have invaded by foreign forces.
According to Kant's own calculations, it may be difficult for these undead who have been decaying for thousands of years to easily find the so-called Father God's artifact and extend their power to the shores of Mannheim and into the Sea of Stars.
But in the obsession of wanting to be resurrected, this group of undead ancient gods will increase their efforts.
The coast of Mannheim will be transformed into a brutal and scorching battlefield in the shortest possible time.
And the southern side of the Narun Desert.
Kant's sentry oasis can rely on the interlude between the two sides to quickly implement the strategy he originally planned, so that his power can be further developed!
"It's time."
Kant muttered to himself.
Now he has completely gotten rid of the time when he was alone and could only reach out carefully.
Although the reputation of winning this group of undead has not spread, the real troops can already be called his hard power, and the strength of those who can stand in the way!
"My dear father and brother, and my aunt who took care of me."
Kant's eyes flashed slightly: "How are you now..."
The scene in the Consulate is still noisy.
But he had already made up his mind in his heart that he really wanted to get out of the Narun Desert.
This is a barren land, but fortunately it has survived a series of bloody battles with the system, and it is getting bigger and bigger, and at the same time, I was lucky to find a vast saline-alkali land, which became the introduction to open up the business lines of this world.
And even so, the development has reached the limit.
The limits of the Sentry Oasis.
The limits of the Naren Desert.
The same is Kant's limit!
It is for this reason that the new village that developed in the Sanwaya Mountains and now becomes the "Aaron" of the city.
The desert is really barren, no matter how much you invest, the return is not proportional, don't look at the current Kant attaches so much importance to the "Drehem" castle, if a better boundary is obtained in the future, the political center will be directly transferred.
The plains and the busy riverside are not comparable to this small desert oasis.
Kant wanted to expand the battlefield.
It's simple.
The main roads of the Sanwaya Mountains and the Narun Desert, the rocky passes, have been mastered by him.
At present, Fatis is still stationed there, at least for the time being, although the situation in the Duchy of Lion is turbulent, it has not yet fully erupted, and it will take at least half a year to brew.
The nobles don't do it on their own, they need more information before they can do it.
In this way, time is left to Kant.
The nobles who were seduced by the salt trade were pretty much gone.
As long as Kant shows his strength, he may still be indifferent on the surface, but secretly there will definitely be many nobles who are attracted by the huge profits and are willing to remain friendly with Kant.
Nobles are also merchants, and honor is important, but there are few who stick to honor and don't care about big silver coins.
Not to mention the most critical.
Kant's deterrence by force is no less!
As long as the current heavy cavalry force goes to the Solid Stone Pass and shows it to the nobles of the Lion Principality, it will make those guys understand that they are the ones who should be patient!
Extraordinary force in no small amount.
A larger number of heavy and light riding groups.
If it is a field battle, Kant can already compete with all the nobles of the Lion Principality alone!
As long as it is not a battle of the nature of destroying the country, and the two sides abandon everything to fight, then Kant is equivalent to being invincible, and he is not afraid of any alliance formed by the nobles in tandem, even if there is a royal call!
Kant is the supreme lord, a dictatorship, and no one can replace him.
Not so in the Lion Principality.
Grand Duke Cameron is the main body.
And those aristocrats, large and small, are the branches.
Other wealthy citizens, free people, and the like were side branches.
As for the cannon fodder troops armed with ordinary civilians or slaves, it was only the last leaf.
It is very troublesome for them to launch a campaign, and they need to be connected layer by layer, and in it, there may be some friction and contradictions between some noble lords, and they need special care.
This is the cumbersomeness of feudal times.
Kant was not.
There is a system, and he is the supreme lord.
The supreme person who has more power than the most authoritarian emperor, and holds both imperial power and divine power in his hands.
Just like those soldiers from the world of horsemanship, they are physically loyal to Kant and spiritually revere Kant, and they simply worship him as an emperor and a god, and they are the most loyal and unbetrayed people and believers!
"Class upgrades can also be arranged."
Kant groaned.
Swadia Knights can be properly upgraded to Royal Knights and Sarion Lion Knights.
And the thousands of Swadian heavy cavalry can be upgraded to Swadian knights who are good at charging and Saarion lion squires who are good at hand-to-hand combat, giving Kant more options.
Desert bandits are much simpler.
The current experience value is directly overflowing several times.
It is estimated that it will be no problem to upgrade all of them to Salander riders in one go.
Maybe there are some experience points that can be directly upgraded to Mamluks, the top level 5 heavy cavalry, and the heavy cavalry that is more suitable for fighting in a desert environment!
There are still 50 Mamluks stationed at the castle.
However, they were stationed at the east gate.
Holding a hammer-like two-handed iron staff, plus a round steel shield, and a heavy chain armor, his combat effectiveness is actually no less than that of the Swadia knight and the Sarion lion squire, and in the special environment of the desert, it is even more stable beyond the first line.
It's just that there are not many of them, and Kant didn't completely integrate them into the heavy cavalry.
But then it's different.
As a new group of Salanders grew, the forces of these Salander Sultanates were able to stand on their own.
And these cavalrymen who are good at fighting in desert areas have been considered by Kant into his strategic direction, after all, when he fought the undead, he deliberately brought these desert bandits who were still low-level light cavalry, and there was this reason.
The Mamluks of the Salander Sultanate, although unable to upgrade their supernatural powers, are better suited for desert warfare!
This is an advantage bonus that comes with races.
The banquet continued.
The cheerful singing continued into the night.
However, on the walls around the castle of "Drehem", the soldiers in charge of the night vigil did not relax in the slightest.
After enjoying the delicious food, they were still at their posts, scanning the surrounding situation with great vigilance, for fear of accidents, after all, the battlefield outside was not very clean.
After all, the banquet lasts for 7 days, and everyone can take turns.
It was a very pleasant 7 days.
It's a drunken life all day.
Ale and wine are available in unlimited quantities, even for large banquets.
Of course, in the last 2 days, everyone also recovered, even if they still had a banquet, they all restrained their emotions, and occasionally talked about the next work, or the exploration of the surrounding situation.
They are temporarily safe, but they are not safe.
At this time, there is also good news.
"Master Jocelyn is back."
A newly recruited desert bandit has come to report as a herald.
"yes, I see."
Kant nodded.
However, his brows were still slightly furrowed: "Let him arrange the caravan and come to the Consulship immediately." ”
"Yes." The desert bandits retreated.
Jocelyn had been away from the castle for nearly a month, and had gone to the Fagon Forest before the undead appeared, and according to the usual situation of going back and forth every half a month, it was obvious that there was a change in time.
Kant was a little curious about this.
Soon, though.
Jocelyn returned to the Consulate and saluted with a beaming face: "Lord Kant." ”