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Chapter 32 The Wolf Knights
Upon hearing the lord say that he was going to ask the High Priest to heal Ilara, all the maids looked at him with reverence.
Only the emperor himself would treat serfs like this in the entire empire.
To distract him, Lina decided to say something nice.
"Sir, the slave-catching team is dead, but they left behind six packhorses and a Snow Rabbit girl, which are worth quite a bit of money!"
result.
She should have kept quiet, because the mere mention of the Snow Rabbit girl gave Richard a headache.
to be frank.
He felt no psychological pressure in buying serfs because he knew he wouldn't oppress them too harshly and would give them the most basic human dignity.
But conversely, he found it hard to accept the idea of selling serfs.
Especially...
Sold to others to be sex slaves and playthings.
Some nobles are truly depraved; they not only indulge in extravagant pleasures but are also incredibly perverse.
After they got tired of playing with them, they would remove the patellae from the female slaves' knees, making them crawl on their knees like dogs, and then invite other nobles with the same fetish to hold a crawling competition.
Although such nobles were only a minority, most of those who could buy foreign slaves did so for this purpose.
Richard would never want to push a young girl into such a pit of fire with his own hands; it was against his moral principles.
—A person can die however they want, but they must never be tortured to death.
...
Something that's too complicated.
There's no need to overthink it.
Richard plans to keep the snow rabbit girl for now and send her to his second sister's dessert shop as a helper when the opportunity arises.
Staying is impossible.
Qifengling is still in the early stages of development, so there are no spare people or time to keep an eye on her all day.
What if she escapes and sneaks back to her tribe to tell the other snow rabbits that humans have come to clear the Chiffon Wasteland and are coming in groups to seek revenge?
Although Finnster was certain that they would migrate to another place.
But he didn't want to gamble.
For safety's sake, we absolutely cannot let her go back. We must not let our negligence cause other serfs to suffer the same harm as Illara.
As for the six packhorses, they can indeed solve the immediate problem.
Protecting Aaron and Ted on the outside will grant them basic mobility, significantly improving their safety.
Especially Ted's side.
There's no need to assign two extraordinary warriors, Karl and Im, to protect her anymore; one is enough.
Once the [Mount Enhancement] MOD is fully loaded, horses can be transformed into combat mounts on the spot.
This world has cavalry, but there are no warhorses, only war cavalry.
Because ordinary horses are too fragile, they are only suitable as a means of transportation.
Once they encounter a high-level monster like Da Yun on the battlefield, they basically can't even stand up, and will instantly lose their combat power, becoming a burden instead.
War mounts are tamed from various kinds of monsters and possess considerable combat power. When paired with knights of equal strength, they can unleash their maximum power.
A knight combination consisting of a novice warrior and a novice monster can easily defeat an infantry formation of five novice warriors without any other special interference.
It can even put up a fight against intermediate-level warriors who are a level above it.
However, the process of training and taming war cavalry is quite difficult, resulting in a limited number of knight units, with infantry remaining the primary force.
The Frostfowl Grand Duke in charge of the Northern Territory only had about three hundred cavalrymen. However, due to the bizarre variety of monsters, although their combat strength was high, they looked like a ragtag army.
Richard, who is quite particular about aesthetics, still prefers the Wolf Knights a bit more.
Because the ancestor of the Wolf Runner was a beast tamer, he not only mastered the secret methods of taming and raising the novice monster, the Gale Wolf, but also passed them down to future generations.
Therefore, the Wolf Riders are composed of knights and Swift Dire Wolves, and they are not only neat and beautiful, but also number as many as six hundred.
They are also the only force in the Northern Territory capable of rivaling the Frostfire Knights.
Although he has no ambition to conquer, he will definitely form his own knightly order in the future.
With the [Mount Enhancement] MOD, creating a thousand-strong Chiffon Knights is a piece of cake.
All that's lacking is time and growth.
Also, the loading speed of mods.
...
After thinking about all sorts of things, Richard's mood finally calmed down.
Open your eyes.
Seeing the six maids surrounding him and massaging him, he was in an extremely good mood.
After eating two meals of nourishing food, they all became exceptionally beautiful, showing off their natural radiance.
Although they are far from being considered exceptionally beautiful, each has its own unique charm, just like six different types of flowers, pleasing to the eye just by looking at them.
Since Celia still expressed her desire not to be free after advancing to the level of the extraordinary, the other five maids followed suit and all said that no matter what happens in the future, they will stay by his side to serve him.
Learning from the experience of Iraq.
He plans to adjust the class policy starting tomorrow and completely open up the life food to the maid corps as well.
However, it's unrealistic to expect them to be particularly strong fighters.
Strength is strength.
Skills are skills.
Despite becoming a low-level transcendent being, Celia has no chance of winning a life-or-death battle against Owen, who is still an ordinary human.
Once Owen has exhausted her life energy through his combat skills, she is no longer offensive, except for being somewhat durable.
Advancing them to the extraordinary level only gives them a little more self-protection ability. Putting aside everything else, they won't be out of breath after running a few steps when encountering danger.
Last night, Lina and Betty were just like that; they couldn't withstand his attacks at all and surrendered in no time.
Although it was the first time for both of them.
But it's too fragile.
Um...
Let Celia experience his swordsmanship tonight...
Thinking of this.
Richard chuckled, gave Celia a knowing look, then stood up and took her hand.
A blush rose on Celia's face, and she was filled with shyness as Richard led her step by step into the inner room.
Lina and the others watched their retreating figures, smirking to themselves, as they went to prepare the bathtub for their post-coital cleansing.
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The next day.
Spring March 7st.
[Portable Mine] Loading progress 95%.
The sky was just beginning to lighten.
The Chiffon Wasteland was still shrouded in thick morning mist, with distant snow-capped mountains appearing as hazy as veils.
Xueyue awoke with a start from the chaos, her body instinctively shrinking into the corner of the iron cage, her back pressed tightly against the cold iron bars.
During the five days she was abducted by the slave team, she never dared to close her eyes in peace, and she didn't even know how she fell asleep last night.
Upon waking up, the fear of surviving a disaster instantly overwhelmed my heart.
She looked around warily, carefully examining the so-called chiffon collar.
The morning mist had not yet dissipated.
Several long, open-air tables were already filled with serfs, who were quickly swallowing their food, holding wooden bowls and spoons.
In the distance, the unique sweet aroma of grains wafted from several large stew pots, mixed with a faint meaty smell, filling the air.
The serfs did not have the sorrow and numbness she expected; on the contrary, they were quite energetic, with faint smiles on their faces.
Some people finished their food in a few bites and then couldn't wait to head towards the wall to continue piling up stones.
Xueyue was puzzled.
The tribal elders have said more than once that humans are not only ruthless to other races, but also show no mercy to their own fellow humans.
They would label some of their own kind as slaves and exploit them like pigs and dogs.
The slaves were never full, and before dawn they would be whipped by the guards to get to work. If they slacked off even slightly, they would be severely beaten.
In the event of war.
They'll even be sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder...