Chapter 13

Soon we arrived at the city, again I notice how different its inhabitants act, in Payon and Alberta they act mechanically clearly as NPCs, although I can still notice some situations where they act like robots here most of the time they act like normal people. My guide continues walking in front of me, apparently he is not worried that I don't follow him.

As we walk I notice how the NPCs stare at me and unlike the first time I walked through the city, this time clearly all the people stop to look at me and avoid getting in my way, although we don't walk far until my guide arrives at a carriage, in which he tells me to get in. Although it is rare to ride a carriage pulled by Giant Chickens, I am thankful that they did not make me ride a PecoPeco, at least in all my memories there are none where I have ridden a horse, I have the mount skill and I just need to add the points, but I don't know if I can ride that creature without trying it first.

The trip was quick, without conversations, without questions, without anything, it doesn't matter what I say or do, my guide doesn't even turn to see me, when I get to the palace they don't even stop me and check me carefully, they only asked me for my sword. They don't care that I do something, that is, they just had to check my waist and foot to find two daggers that aren't even well hidden.

'Perhaps there will be powerful guards or something that prevents me from killing the king or the king is so powerful that they do not care about it' While I think of various situations, we approach what I can only call the royal reception. Probably behind those doors is the court or the throne room. Now that I remember it, I don't know anything about noble etiquette. I better ask my guide.

"Is there anything I have to take into account before entering?" He just looks at me and the bastard continues on his way, I'm tired of this I'll have a butterfly wing ready in case I need it. He stops in front of the door and turns to see me, but without stopping I continue and open the doors entering the room.

The bastard looks surprised now, if something happens and they want to kill me I will take you with me too since you never said anything to avoid this, once inside I only see a long table with several people seated, I did not expect this kind of room, there is the throne with a... hmmm a bit older man sitting on it, so that's the king, next to the king is a man of a similar age, although I can tell that he shares slight features with Epianne.

"Who are you and how dare you enter the courtroom without consent!!" I expected that it was the king who shouted but not, an man who couldn't wait his turn or maybe he thinks that he run this place, anyway yay my lucky day, politics, damn politics, hopefully I have offended them and they decide to ban me from entering or something, so I will avoid fatigue.

"Calm down Friedrich, how can you know what would happen if you don't let the person who arrived speak, Knight to whom your prompt entrance is due." an elderly gentleman tells me his body emanates authority but is not aggressive or arrogant like the first, or several of those present above his head I see his name: Kronecker Grantz Heine and from what I see Friedrich's father, but thanks to him my annoyance that I had has been greatly reduced, I will be civilized thanks to your old man.

"I apologize for my entry, I was informed that the king required my immediate presence and when I asked if I could know what they required me for they simply kept quiet and quickened their pace, so I assumed that it must be very urgent if they didn't even have time to tell me something." Like I said I'm taking that bastard with me.

There are about 13 people in this room and I notice how several of those present get upset when I speak, only the king, the man who by his appearance and name is probably the father of Epianne Ian Walter and the old man Kronecker show no reaction, There are 2 others who only leaned back a bit at the table, clearly interested in knowing what my presence is due to.

"Yes, welcome Lord Hauser, I requested your presence here, now let me inform the others, this person here is Leonhard Hauser, Grand Prior of The Prontera Chivalry, who came to receive orders to solve one of the crises that we currently have." the king said with a dignified and tired voice. Although what the fuck is that about Prior? and when I joined the knights of Prontera?

They start whispering among themselves, I haven't been here for even 5 minutes and I already want to get out of this place, just listening to this I already know I'm not going to like what he will tell me, then a bald guy who has hit me written on his face starts talking.

"So you are our new dog I hope you are more useful than the others so make sure you work well or you will see the consequences" says a bald and fat guy Would this be the classic arrogant nobleman cliché? You just need to have a cigarette in hand, a clear example of incompetence, He is the kind of guy who thinks that the world works thanks to him, I wonder when the young master who wants to steal one of the girls will come out or maybe it will be this guy.

I ignore him because if I answer him or something He won't stop barking and for now, I don't have enough reasons to kill someone here and I don't want to do it yet. Apparently he is upset that I ignored him but luckily for my ears the king decides to speak again.

"We are all busy people here, so Grand Prior, you will take charge of the western defense of the kingdom, you will take possession of the castle of Repherion and defend the south and west of Geffen." The castle of what? Am I the son of some nobleman? why suddenly they give me a castle... Sounds good, too good I would say, now comes the part where he says fuck you.

"Due to the big problem with the Orcs, Goblins and Kobolds you will have to go as soon as possible to prepare for their imminent attack, we do not have many soldiers, so you will have to manage yourself, ask for reinforcements from Geffen." I saw it coming the classic fuck you, so they give me a castle without soldiers and I have to defend them as if I were their slave, well then, no and fuck you too.

As I'm squeezing the juice out of my brain so that I can refuse in a completely polite manner that doesn't require me to walk out of here with a big bullseye on my back, the king continues to speak.

"You are allowed to recruit and maintain a force of at least 1,000 soldiers. you can recruit them from adventurers or mercenaries and free citizens who want to join your cause, now we appoint you as the Grand Master of the west, you will have total autonomy over the west and will only obey the king's orders" So you want me to create an army that will serve you just because you say so, I'm sorry for you, If I am going to create an army, it will be one totally loyal to me. Although the king barely finished speaking and the dog began to bark.

"AN INDEPENDENT KNIGHT!? He has neither the education nor the knowledge to manage the region, he will only waste the money we have on meaningless crap! He needs someone to keep an eye on him I offer to do it I will not let him do what he pleases" Why am I not surprised that he is the same bald man? I hope the king accepts, so I can have the satisfaction of assassinating him and cleaning up the kingdom, look what an exemplary subject I am, I'm already thinking about improving the kingdom.

"Silence! Louviere is an order of his majesty and you must obey it in such a case if someone should be in charge it must be Shedhar or Kronecker who are in charge of the area" says an older man with a monocle his name is Maximilian and Louviere the bald turns away clearly annoyed. Before they can continue arguing Ian Walter who was next to the king speaks.

"We don't have time to continue discussing, your majesty has made his decision, so please Grand Master if you can follow me please" He says as he leads me out of the room and I go with him before I lose what little patience I have left, I didn't come to another world to listen to NPCs discussing politics. In fact I don't know why I'm still here.

"I'm sorry about that, the archdukes are people who watch over the future of the kingdom, although there are some who only seek their personal benefit" says Ian who is probably Epianne's father, as he leads me down the corridor, where another man is waiting for us, Herman von Efesiers, current leader of the order of knights. He's the one I sold my Phracon to before.

"Does he realize that he is antagonizing someone who has permission to create a personal army or he is normally that idiotic?" I say without worrying about who listens I want to see how they react to this.

"The mission entrusted to you is of the utmost importance, our scouts spotted a large concentration of Orcs preparing an attack on Geffen, they are expected to be ready in 2-3 weeks, there will be sporadic attacks depending on how close the attack is" so they decide to ignore me, well what do I expect from NPCs. We keep walking and I'm not interested in talking to an NPC and much less a couple of men.

"To tell the truth I feel very bad for not being able to help you in your mission but we cannot free any soldier from their post I hope you can understand our position" I never thought that I would have to listen this kind of bullshit here too. Let's see at what level of fuck you I am in.

"What resources do I have?" he finally stops and looks at me embarrassed.

"We can't supply you much, only food for 1 month and clothes for 50 people, you will have to get money, armors and weapons on your own, I recommend you use the weapons that the Orcs carry, at least they will be usable" I stare at him, so I'm down to that level of shit.

"Let me get this straight, I'm going on a mission to protect a strategic position, with no help, no supplies, no money, and I'm expected to create a force to stop an imminent invasion?" I do not receive an answer, if you think I will do this for free you are wrong.

"What reward will I get if I complete the mission?"

"You will be helping the people of the kingdom, what more reward do you want? You must work for the king and thus secure your place in the Chivalry." And this is the leader of the knights? Sigh, could it be that if I change jobs normally I will be brainwashed into being loyal to the king? Hold on you shouldn't get mad they're just NPCs.

"I'm sorry, get someone else, I'm not interested in sacrificing myself, if that makes me live in disgrace, so be it." I turned around and headed for what I at least think about is where the exit is.

"Wait" Epianne's father stops me, now the negotiations will start, let's see what I can get.

"Sigh, I can't offer you much, we don't have the resources to even reward you if you succeed, so I can only offer you noble titles and a mansion on the outskirts of Prontera." Things are already changing.

"It is not enough, I want ownership of the castle that I will defend as well, I don't want to be thrown away one day, so the army that I create remains under my command, I can send them on expeditions but they will continue under my command." To tell the truth I don't think I can get more stuff, they clearly have less resources than me if he had to fight to get some pieces of Phracon the other day.

"I can accept the first proposal, I will even add Mersetzdeitz castle and so you will have full control over south of Geffen, about the second proposal I need to talk to the king, but if you manage to rise your rank at court, you can have it easily, If you manage to defend yourself against this invasion, you will receive the title of Viscount at least, which allows you to have a personal army of 100 soldiers" Epianne's father says, but before we can continue talking, a new person approaches us.

The person who approaches is a young man, with white hair and red eyes, he is wearing a Lord Knight armor, I feel like I've seen it before but I don't know where.

"Captain, the preparations for the expedition are ready, we can leave without delay" he says while greeting the captain and looks at me out of the corner of his eye.

"Thank you Seyren let me introduce you, Sir Leonhard he is Seyren Windsor one of the Lord Knights of Prontera, Seyren I present to you the new Grand Master Leonhard Hauser who will be in charge of the new Geffen Chivalry, he have the same rank as me so treat him with respect." I see that's why it seemed familiar to me he is the Big Boss of the Bio Labs.

"Nice to meet you Master Leonhard, when you ask the wizards guild for help, I ask you to take care of my sister Keyron, please don't be offended by her... character, she is young but very skilled she even received the title of Katrinn, she will be very helpful." Wait, the high wizard is Seyren's sister? I didn't know that, well I don't remember many things yet but it's still interesting.

"Won't you have your sister accompany you on the mission?" They started talking but don't think that by ignoring me you will save yourself from giving me more benefits, but still the question is, do I save them or not? I can avoid all the bullshit from the Bio Labs, I might even avoid the death of the king, while I'm thinking about my options they stopped talking.

"Don't worry Seyren I'm not going to endanger your sister, in that case Herman I want to know realistically how much you can support me or until when I could receive support " the knight sees me and sighs.

"This is what can I do, the king had already given me permission to accept your requests up to certain limits, 1000 soldiers that he required will be yours, 3 moths of supplies and clothes to at least 200 people, you will also be exempt from taxes for the next 10 years, although in turn all the expenses will come from you, this includes castle repairs and roads maintenance, I recommend that you work hard for to increase your noble title, since the king plans to create a March in that area, most likely it is that you are the one he chooses, the king wants to control Geffen, so your other job is to win over the local population."

In the end after an arduous negotiation, I managed to triple my basic resources, I don't think it was so bad for me, I've only been here 5 days and I already have my own mansion and castle, according to what they told me I must leave as soon as I can, since the first Orcs scouts will attack in a few days.

I talked to Seyren a bit as we walk towards the exit, he is preparing to go to his mission in the north and I want to see my mansion first and according to what they pointed out to me, it is on the western outskirts of the city.

'Although it's strange that Herman didn't recognize me, that is, we just met a few days ago, I sold him some things, it's strange that now he has forgotten about me.' I keep walking towards the exit while thinking about the reasons why an NPC will forget me, I finally leave the palace alive with a mansion and castle, I think it's a victory on my part at least.

To my surprise the girls were waiting for me near the entrance of the palace, once they see me Nambra and Arldana come towards me. behind them I can see Lilinaya and Aphine trying to cover Epianne so that she is not in sight, although I don't think anyone would recognize her with the changes she had.

I walk up to them and an option I thought was disabled finally shows signs of life, plus I finally got my own Title!

[Name: Leonhard Hausner, Age: 25, Title: Grand Master of Britoniah

Rank: Knight [18/20]

Job: Lord Knight - LVL [1/100] [Exp: 0/660]

Level: 117 [Exp: 1,787,100/10,939,400]

[QUEST UPDATE]

[Guard the city: You are entrusted with the task of protecting the city of Geffen from the attacks of the Orcs, don't let it fall.

Objectives: Defends Geffen, Repels all enemy attacks

Rewards: Level Ups, Noble Title UP, Gold Bars, Gacha Cards.]

[Create an Order of Knights: You are entrusted with the task of creating a new order, train and expand your army, the time limit is 5 years, the greater the goals achieved, the better the reward. Recruitment 19/1000. Level: 1-50: 18. Level: 51-70: 0. Level: 71-90: 0. Level: 91-??: 1

Rewards: Level Ups, Gacha MVP Cards, Teleportation blueprint]

[Ascending the stars: You have been given the task of raising your noble rank, it is necessary in order to expand your forces, each time a rank is obtained the rewards increase. This can be accomplished by achieving very difficult feats.

Ranks: Knight, Baronet, Baron, Viscount, Count, Earl, Marquess, Duke, Prince (consort), Grand duke, Archduke.

Rewards: Military expansion permit, Obtaining a city, ????, ????]

[Grand Master of Britonia: Grand Master was the formal and executive head of a military and feudal hierarchy, which can be considered a "state within the state", especially in the crusader context lato sensu, notably aimed at the Holy Land or pagan territories .]

[Noble Title: Knight is the central rank of the Medieval aristocratic system and the lowest ranking title, allowed to command troops in battle if the number allowed is exceeded they will not receive the benefits of being under your command.

10% increase in attack and defense. Members [18/20]

'Simple objectives, and it doesn't let me see what the other nobles titles do so I'll have to unlock them, on the other hand the title does not give me anything? So why do I want it?' We move away from the palace and I explain a little to the girls what happened, while I see that they did not level up much as they have only reached level 6 so it will be better to train them before we go to Geffen.

When I finish explaining the situation, they all get excited and ask me to let them join my order of knights, didn't they understand my explanation? A suicide mission and they are happy to join... as I thought there must be a good brainwashing system around here.

We left the city to the west, first I will check my new mansion, apparently it is about 25 kilometers from the city, it took us about 4 hours to get there thanks to the fact that the girls kept eliminating the creatures we found on the way, When I arrive I am surprised by the mansion that I see in front of me, according to the system I have a total of 20 hectares, of which more than 4 was of the mansion, and in total it has 3 floors, 88 rooms, in addition to 4 kitchens, 6 dining rooms, 16 bathrooms, 4 ballrooms, stables, towers, wall, etc.

It's a shame I'm not going to use it, to maintain it I can use the girls, I don't think I'll ever throw a noble party and things like that, in fact I think I'll be here very rarely, we go in and I let the girls choose the room they like, while Lilinaya and Nysynea continue to accompany me to explore the mansion.

It's good that it's already furnished, but it's going to be a hassle to have to light so many candles to light the place at night, I go out to the 'back garden' which occupying about 5 hectares and from what I see I have an exit to a river or lake although according to my map it seems to be the sea.

I can see a island in the middle of the bay, why has no one created a port here? We easily have access to Al De Baran by crossing the river to the north through Mt. Mjolnir and even if we can't, we leave south of Geffen towards the sea, where I can reach Arunafeltz, Lighthalzen, Comodo and Pharos easily. I could even send ships as far as Alberta and Hugel, plus all the other continents.

While I see what I can only call my peninsule with a little beach, looking at it well and dreaming of my future as a merchant, I keep looking at the coast, until I catch my eye with what seems to be a castle in the distance, on the other side of the bay, although it is too far away and I can only see a small silhouette, so it is better to climb one of the towers to see further.

And apparently the wall is not scenic, it is fully functional, with battlements, arrow slits, parapets, circular turrets, covering the perimeter of my mansion, including machicolations in several places, probably this mansion is used to put the headquarters or if necessary a simple line of defense.

Once I went up to the tower and look around me, I notice 2 other castles near where I am, one close to my northwest and another to the north, crossing some hills, not to mention the one that I had already seen to the southwest, I don't remember having seen something like that in the game... or wow the map is interactive and shows names, let's see... to the south is Kriemhild's castle... northwest Skoegul and north Fadhgridh the castles used in the WoE.

(For those who have never played the game, WoE or War of Emperium, it's pretty much wars between players to win castles.)

Well, actually, it's fine in real life, those castles must be functional, there is no point in building them all together like in the game, so they must be distributed throughout the place, according to my map, further south is Swanhild, and at the northeast of Prontera is Gondul, the 5 castles protecting strategic places for the city.

It's already noon so I go to one of the kitchens to see if we have something to eat, and I manage to find a few things, so with the help of Amisra and Nysynea who surprisingly knows how to cook, we managed to make a decent meal. While we eat, I explain our next objectives, so it's time to enter the sewers and level up.

I take the girls and enter in the sewers again and it's full of bugs again. One thing I just found out is that I can party with them, apparently the party level is measured by my job level and not by my normal level. so this time it will be easier to level up quickly. I just distributed my job points and I use my new skill [Bowling Bash].

[Bowling Bash MAX Lv: 20/20 Skill Form: Active Type: Physical Attack

Description: Inflict physical attack damage twice to all enemies and push them backwards.

If attacked with two-hand sword, the number of attacks increases according to the number of enemy targets and targets surrounding them, and attacks them up to four times.

The user cannot change weapons temporarily.

[Lv20]: ATK 1000%|

And so we moved forward and completely cleaned the first floor. In the end, there were much fewer than I thought, they all managed to level up, but we need to complete the second floor so they will be ready to pass the class.

We continue and once they were ready, I asked each one what class they wanted and changed them according to the job they want. It is worth mentioning that they are deeply grateful to me, according to what they tell me, once they become mercenaries it is very difficult for them to be accepted in the different guilds to change class, so they generally always stay with low-level jobs.

[Name: Arldana Age: 19 Title: Servant of Leonhard

Job: Lord Knight LVL [1/80] [Exp: 1/660]

Level: 53 [Exp: 52,913/77,000]

Stat Point: 380 Skill Point: 0 Money: 0]

[Name: Lilinaya Felerris Age: 17 Title: Servant of Leonhard

Job: Assassin Cross LVL [1/80] [Exp: 1/660]

Level: 53 [Exp: 52,913/77,000]

Stat Point: 380 Skill Point: 0 Money: 0]

[Name: Nambra Roran Age: 18 Title: Servant of Leonhard

Job: Sniper LVL [1/80] [Exp: 1/660]

Level: 53 [Exp: 52,913/77,000]

Stat Point: 380 Skill Point: 0 Money: 0]

[Name: Aphine Age: 17 Title: ????, Servant of Leonhard

Job: High Priest LVL [1/80] [Exp: 1/660]

Level: 53 [Exp: 52,913/77,000]

Stat Point: 380 Skill Point: 0 Money: 0]

[Name: Epianne Walter Age: 17 Title: ????, Servant of Leonhard

Job: High Wizard LVL [1/80] [Exp: 1/660]

Level: 53 [Exp: 52,913/ 77,000]

Stat Point: 380 Skill Point: 0 Money: 0]

[Name: Louise Seal Age: 16 Title: Slave, Orphan.

Job: Crusader LVL [0/50] [Exp: 0/550]

Level: 52 [Exp: 2,479/53,000]

Stat Point: 200 Skill Point: 0 Money: 0]

[Name: Evangeline Age: 17 Title: Slave, Orphan.

Job: Crusader LVL [0/50] [Exp: 0/550]