[This was yesterday's third night watch. It's a bit late. There will be another third night watch today.]
Seeing that the four were still hesitating, Zola turned to Salin and said, "Sir, does your friend need four Magical Beast Swordsmen as summons?"
"Not too bad," Salin replied casually. Meeting Zola was purely an accident. If these four beginner Sword Saints were willing to follow his orders, he wouldn't mind giving them a contract.
With the contract, Salin would also be responsible for the four Magical Beast Swordsmen. Mages had to provide their followers with weapons, money, armor, and all other living expenses. In times of need, mages would even protect their followers. The relationship between the two was actually very complicated. Many people were willing to follow mages because as a follower, they didn't just have to pay.
A powerful mage might have more than a hundred followers. With so many people, they were like a big family that protected each other. Assassin Byrne, who was by Rex's side, was actually Rex's follower. He had a wife and daughter, and his family was completely under Rex's protection. Anyone who hurt his family would have to bear Rex's wrath.
In addition, the amount of money that mages spent to raise their followers was also considerable. If Salin had good materials, he would definitely make a set of magic armor for Zola and some magic weapons.
Byrne wanted his daughter to learn magic, so Rex had given him a green dragon magic core. Although the green dragon's level was too low and couldn't be considered a dragon crystal, it could still be sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins in an auction.
"Sir Salin." The four Magical Beast Swordsmen lowered their heads and bowed according to Flowing Cloud's style. They were a little panicked. Without the backing of the royal family, although the four of them had recently advanced to Sword Saint, they didn't have much ability to survive. Zola's words made them panic, but was this mage worth following?
Moreover, if they followed Zola in the future, there would be no turning back. Even the emperor couldn't pardon them.
Seeing that the four were still hesitating, Salin suddenly understood and said, "If you follow Zola, you can also be considered my followers. I can sign a contract with you."
Salin didn't care about Jupiter the Great's feelings. He had a Jupiter under his command. If he cared about Emperor Flowing Cloud's face, he should have asked the pirate to change his name.
"My Lord!" The four Magical Beast swordsmen were relieved when they heard this. However, they did not believe Zola's words at all. Zola was a famous playboy in the Cloud Flow Empire, and his mouth had deceived the hearts of many noble girls. If he were to entrust his fate to Zola, he might as well go back and face the wrath of Jupiter the Great.
The four Magical Beast Swordsmen knelt down in unison. They knelt on one knee and pulled out their swords. With a cracking sound, they broke. This held a deep meaning for Cloud Flow's swordsmen. In the past, their swords belonged to Jupiter the Great. They would never use their swords again. In the future, they would only fight for Salin.
Salin knew about this common sense. Although he was happy, he also felt sorry for the four high-quality longswords. Fortunately, the Magical Beast Knights all had their own special weapons that were suitable for riding Magical Beasts in battle. Their swords weren't the only weapons these four people had. The problem was that if these four followed Salin in the future, Salin would have to pay for the four new longswords.
Beside Daniel, Geyi looked enviously at the four Magical Beast Swordsmen. He dreamed of becoming Salin's follower, but unfortunately, his strength was too low. Salin could not recruit a swordsman of his level. However, as long as he worked hard, he could learn high-level swordsmanship when he returned. In three years at most, he wanted to become a swordsman and be qualified to fight for Salin.
Salin took out a set of his own robes and gave it to Zola. His robes had been refined with magic. Even if he didn't use magic, he wouldn't fear the cold of the north. Usually, when Salin was in the city base, he didn't wear cotton clothes.
Salin remembered that when he was young, he often couldn't sleep because of the cold. At that time, he had fantasized that if he became a big shot one day, he would buy the best fur and change it every day. But after he became a big shot in many people's hearts, he realized that he didn't need that anymore.
In front of everyone, Zola took off his robes and shirt and changed into the clothes Salin had given him. Wearing the new robes, his body immediately couldn't feel the cold of the air. The robes were slightly thinner. Zola moved his arms and legs, and found that he didn't feel any restraint.
Are these the clothes of a magician? How extravagant!
"Sir, can you give me a sword?" Zola made another request. His Qinyin eight-sided sword had been broken by Salin. He wasn't a mage, so of course he couldn't restore the sword.
"Don't you still have this?" Salin took Zola's scabbard from the pirate beside him and returned it to him. Now that the contract had been signed, Salin wasn't afraid that Zola would go back on his word.
"Sir, this … It's best not to use it unless there's danger."
"Alright, but you might not be interested in these people's weapons. When we go back, I'll specially refine a suitable weapon for you." Salin had the pirate find a sword suitable for the scabbard and gave it to Zola.
"Go back? Sir, we still have a nest? "
"What nest, I'm not a bandit!" Salin berated.
Zola didn't mind and said, "I think these swordsmen look like robbers. Even if they're not very professional, they've done it more than ten times. His eyes were extremely sharp. The pirates that Salin had brought along were a group of thieves that were hard to change. Even though they'd gone through training, they still couldn't erase the scent of pirates from their bodies.
"Daniel, find a warhorse for Zola." Salin also roughly knew that Zola's character was a little jumpy and might not be in tune with him, so he ignored his words.
Daniel withdrew his undead creature and summoned a skeleton warhorse from the commander's flames. Salin had killed more than ten pirates last time, and the extra warhorses weren't sent back to the Dimension of Dead Souls. Anyway, with the support of the Three Monarchs, Daniel didn't even need to do anything to keep these skeleton warhorses in his undead flames.
Zola grabbed the reins of the skeleton warhorse and said, "Sir, I have another request."
"Speak." If he hadn't already made Zola sign the slave contract, Salin felt that he wouldn't be able to resist sealing Zola back into the ice crystal.
"Sir, we haven't eaten for a long time. If we don't eat, our recovery will be very slow."
Salin heaved a sigh of relief. He'd forgotten that Zola didn't have a mount, and he wasn't a mage, so the food he brought was limited. A Sword Saint could maintain his strength without eating or drinking for a week, but after entering the Swamp of Chaos, there wasn't much to eat during the winter.
"Pitch camp." Salin ordered. The pirates immediately dismounted from the skeleton warhorses and began to set up camp. Traveling in such weather was very exhausting. If Salin didn't mention setting up camp, they wouldn't have dared to mention it.
Salin ordered the pirates to prepare food. He called Zola and the four Beast Swordsmen into the tent and gave each of them a flask of Restoration Water. The weakest of the five was a beginner Sword Saint and had strong recovery abilities. Salin didn't want to waste magic liquid.
After sitting down, Salin said, "Zola, tell me about the Cloud Flow Empire."
"Cloud Flow Empire? The women were very gentle and beautiful, and their skin was fair. "Zola sank into beautiful memories.
Ainphent laughed coldly. This Zola was so infatuated with women, yet he could still cultivate such strong swordsmanship. If he focused a little more, he should have even greater achievements, right? What a waste of talent. Both he and Salin were very hardworking types. Apart from some things that they had to do, they spent the rest of their time cultivating magic.
There were geniuses in this world, but many geniuses didn't work hard. In the end, they couldn't even be compared to mediocre people.
Zola pretended not to hear it. He didn't care what others thought of him. His life since young made him understand that life was too fragile in this world. Instead of painstakingly pursuing something, it was better to indulge in it. As long as a Mage cultivated to rank seven, they could extend their lifespan by more than double. Swordsmen weren't so lucky.
No matter how strong he was, as long as he wasn't a real Gold Sword Saint, his lifespan wasn't much different from an ordinary person's. He would die soon anyway, so why make himself work so hard?
"I'm asking about the court." Salin didn't want to interfere with Zola's attitude toward life. Zola wasn't a Mage, so he didn't need to remind this world what was real.
"I don't know much. I'm just a court swordsmanship teacher, responsible for cultivating the swordsmanship of the royal family. The four of them might know something. Many people don't talk behind their backs. "Zola pointed at the four Beast Swordsmen.
"Wei An, you speak." The three Beast Swordsmen recommended a comrade with a delicate face.
The court Beast Swordsman called Wei An looked at Salin. Salin nodded, and then he said, "What does Sir want to hear about?"
"I heard that a camp of Qin Yin's swordsmen went to Cloud Flow's subsidiary duchy after they were defeated. What's Cloud Flow's attitude toward these people?"
"Charnak's swordsman camp? They've already left, and His Majesty is still angry over this. "Wei An didn't realize that his habit was inappropriate. He called the late Emperor Qin Yin by his name in front of the people of Qin Yin. Also, he'd already sided with Salin, so he shouldn't call Jupiter His Majesty.
"Left? When did this happen? "
"It's been two years, right?"
Wei An's words shocked Salin. Qin Yin's court swordsmen had already left the Titan Duchy! But Rex had never received any information about this. What was the problem? Rex had even sent people to contact the swordsmen that her father had left behind.
Salin's sharp senses told him that there was a huge problem here.
Salin might not have been so sensitive before he met the black-robed bishop of the Vatican. Now that he knew that the Vatican was creating Blood Knights, Salin had a bad feeling. If Qin Yin's court swordsmen were actually captured by the Vatican and turned into Blood Knights, it would be a disaster for the entire continent.
After a strong barbarian was made into a Blood Knight, he would be at the level of a swordsman. Many of those court swordsmen were swordsmen themselves. After becoming Blood Knights, their abilities would increase even more.
Salin's heart instantly felt like it was covered in grass. He wanted to contact Rex as soon as possible and tell her about this. If Rex was done for, then the Hell of God's Punishment would go down the drain. The meaning of the new city would be halved, and it would be difficult to build it quickly.
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