Chapter 105: The Fief on the Calradia Continent

【With King Harlaus's roar, the colleagues charging around you seemed to enter an even more frenzied state; several Swadian Knights wearing great helms even displayed an extremely fanatical expression on their faces.】

【As a newcomer in every respect, you could not resonate with these colleagues based on memory alone, but on the dangerous battlefield, you had no choice but to keep up with the companions beside you, while adjusting your horse's speed, once again becoming a part of the heavy cavalry line, following closely beside the shining King Harlaus.】

【In large-scale warfare, only by sticking together can one increase the chance of survival, even for someone as powerful as you.】

【After a large number of Swadian Knights broke through the Rhodok's fragile heavy infantry line, you discovered that the enemy also underwent some rapid changes as the Swadian Cavalry approached.】

【The Rhodok Veteran Spearmen, who had originally prepared to support the Rhodok Sergeants, directly formed small phalanxes one after another on the spot; many Swadian Knights who had just broken through the enemies in front of them could not dodge in time, or perhaps never even thought of dodging, and crashed into them fiercely.】

【For a time, the Rhodok Veteran Spearmen sent flying by the impact, and the Swadian Knights who were stopped by spears and thrown from their horses, caused massive chaos on the eastern side of the entire battlefield.】

【Those Rhodok Veteran Spearmen who had already charged out used their own flesh and blood to forcibly slow the charge speed of about half of the Swadian Knights, while the spearmen who had not had time to leave the main Rhodok force stayed directly at the very edge of the main force, forming a tight formation.】

【And on the hillside in the distance, a large number of Rhodok Archers wearing green surcoats and short chain mail, holding siege crossbows, had already turned toward you and entered an aiming stance.】

【Clearly, they, who had originally been shooting at the Swadian infantry line, had received new orders at this moment.】

【You quickly raised the shield strapped to your left arm, protecting your vital head, preparing to meet the siege crossbow fire, while you stared intently at the forest of spears in front, preparing to swing the giant lance in your hand.】

【You actually attempted to use your strength, which far exceeded that of an ordinary person, to push aside the spears standing to your right during the charge; clearly, you did not have absolute certainty that you would not be skewered like a candied haw by those nearly three-meter-long spears in the coming impact.】

【Soon, a continuous sense of impact came from the shield strapped to your left arm, and at the same time, a trace of burning pain appeared in your leg; that was a crossbow bolt penetrating the skirt armor of your leg, bringing slight damage. Although you could use your Qi Technique to heal this minor injury, you could not spare the attention for it at this moment.】

【Because you were about to crash into the enemy's formation; in this short span of time, you swung the giant lance in your hand violently to the right, pushing most of the spears blocking your path to your right.】

【Subsequently, the warhorse with red horse armor between your legs plunged directly into the enemy's ranks along the tiny vacuum of defense you had pushed open. At this moment, you could even see the sweat-covered faces and terrified eyes of the enemies in front of you through the slits in your great helm.】

【The powerful impact brought by the warhorse's charge allowed you to cover a considerable distance within the enemy's formation. By this time, you had long since dropped the giant lance that had consecutively penetrated three people, pulled out the mace at your waist, and kept swinging it up and down during the charge, striking the enemies on your left and right who wanted to attack you.】

【As you continued to penetrate deeper, the equipment of the enemies in front of you became worse and worse, and your charging speed became slower and slower, because there were simply too many infantrymen blocking your path; whether voluntary or not, they used their lives to slow down you and your colleagues.】

【Gradually coming to a stop, you actually heard a few shouts of cursing in the noisy battlefield, and immediately after, a large number of poorly equipped militiamen surrounded you, and you also glanced in that direction while killing enemies.】

【The one cursing the militiamen was actually Hunter, your "childhood friend who grew up with you." Clearly, after that operation in Uxhal, he had successfully gained the recognition of the Rhodok upper nobility, but he could not possibly recognize you now, even if your appearance had not changed.】

【For a moment, as memories flooded in, extremely complex emotions welled up in your heart, but soon, you were attracted by the figure behind Hunter.】

【That was an elderly man wearing a green surcoat and long chain mail. You felt very familiar looking at him; whether it was the angry bear emblem printed on the surcoat or the highly distinctive gray-white whiskers, it once again stirred up the memories hidden deep in your mind. That was King Graveth of the Rhodok, and also the ultimate target of the charge initiated by King Harlaus.】

【Even though the path ahead was blocked by ambushed Swadian infantry and the central army was forcibly charged by the Lion Cavalry Regiment led by King Harlaus, you still did not see the slightest trace of panic on King Graveth's face.】

【You knew that King Graveth had dealt with the Kingdom of Swadia far too many times, and you also deeply understood that as long as the Rhodok could withstand this knight charge, the scales of victory would not necessarily tip in either direction.】

【Before, when you suddenly appeared behind the Rhodok army, King Graveth had decisively let his most elite personal guards block the first line of your charge, and subsequently, while fleeing to the central army, immediately ordered the spearmen to provide support.】

【Even as an enemy, you knew that Graveth had already made the best arrangements at the time, but the speed of the Swadian Knights' charge was simply too fast; under the leadership of King Harlaus, all of King Graveth's arrangements were shattered in an instant.】

【Now, a large number of Swadian Knights had already charged into the Rhodok troops, and you were the one charging at the front, but you were not isolated and helpless; the heavy cavalry following behind the knights had also charged into the Rhodok troops at this time, and their current position was quite close to you.】

【It was just that the horse between your legs could no longer run at all in the enemy's encirclement; soon, under the despicable attacks of the enemy, it let out a miserable neigh, and then its four hooves went soft and it collapsed to the ground.】

【You took the opportunity to roll off the horse, swinging the shield on your left arm to knock away the enemies who had rushed to your side, and his corpse knocked down several enemies, also winning you a gap in the crowd to dodge.】

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【Subsequently, you swung the mace in your right hand and killed more than a dozen enemies who wanted to pounce on you at high speed; corpses soon piled up a layer around you.】

【At this time, most of the enemies surrounding you were militiamen holding pitchforks and short spears; facing you, who were alone but seemed to have returned from hell, their desire to fight was not strong.】

【Even if King Graveth had issued a very high bounty, it could not make them muster the courage to swing the weapons in their hands to attack you; those who had such courage had already died in the short time you dismounted.】

【You did not care what the surrounding enemies were thinking, but they were surrounding you at this time, making it difficult for you to move quickly on the battlefield, and you also had to be on guard at all times against them relying on their numbers to pounce on you; the situation fell into a stalemate for a time.】

【However, the situation did not remain deadlocked for long; more than a dozen heavy cavalrymen riding Hunter Horses passed through the enemy formation, which was already like a sieve, and whistled past you, knocking a group of enemies around you flying, and then they also plunged into the even denser enemy troops in the distance.】

【Those militiamen, whose will to fight was not particularly strong to begin with, finally began to collapse in the face of such an impact; they could not care about anything else and turned to run. Following their flight, a large vacuum area appeared around you.】

【Taking advantage of this safe time, you quickly took off the gauntlet on your right hand, came to the side of the warhorse lying on the ground, and pressed your right hand onto the wound on its leg.】

【As white light flashed from your right hand, the bleeding hole in the warhorse's leg instantly formed a scab, and the warhorse, feeling that the pain was no longer so intense, also stood up from the ground under your soothing.】

【You remounted your warhorse and, taking advantage of the remaining gap in the battlefield around you, spurred your horse to charge toward King Graveth's direction again.】

【You were not the only one with the same idea; the silver-shining King Harlaus was leading dozens of Swadian Knights, struggling to move bit by bit toward King Graveth's direction amidst the siege of countless enemies.】

【This was the last chance for the Kingdom of Swadia. After Tachiman was rescued by Hunter, Count Tacias wavered again, and the paths to Argoron Castle and Grunwalder Castle were all cut off.】

【At this time, King Harlaus and the thousands of troops he led had become a turtle in a jar for the Rhodok Kingdom, but this elderly king did not choose to force a breakout, but instead used up all the resources in his hands to successfully ambush the Rhodok king who had come to support Yerege today.】

【If he could not capture Graveth today and use him as a bargaining chip to successfully lead the army back to the country, then the Kingdom of Swadia, having lost two-thirds of its national army, would surely be devoured by several other countries.】

【Now, because King Harlaus had attracted the attention of most people on the battlefield, this moment was the best opportunity for your charge. After consecutively crashing through several enemies blocking your path, you finally arrived at King Graveth's side.】

【It was also at this moment that a spear from your left side stabbed obliquely into your chest; although it did not penetrate your sleeveless plate armor, it knocked you off your horse.】

【The injury from falling off the horse was nothing to you; you did not even fall to the ground, but quickly adjusted your body and stood firm with a roll.】

【Subsequently, you discovered Hunter, with blood-red eyes, swinging the straight blade scimitar in his hand and hacking toward you, and behind him were more than a dozen Rhodok Sergeants.】

【Facing Hunter's attack, the shield in your left hand casually swatted away the weapon hacking toward you, while your right hand directly grabbed his armor, lifting him up with one hand. At this moment, white light flashed in your eyes, and then your right hand exerted force, throwing Hunter into the ranks of the Rhodok Sergeants.】

【Having resolved the trouble caused by Hunter, you pulled out your mace again and charged toward King Graveth.】

【As a king experienced in battle, Graveth naturally would not sit still and wait for death; remaining calm in the face of danger, he raised the shield in his hand and set up a defensive stance against you.】

【And you suddenly accelerated your charge, then flew up and kicked the shield facing you; the powerful force sent the elderly king flying directly, and you did not know if it was an illusion, but you seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking.】

【You did not care about this, but casually picked up the gem-encrusted longsword on the ground, then lifted Graveth up and held the sword across his neck, forcing the large number of troops surrounding you to stop.】

【The battle thus came to an end. Overjoyed, King Harlaus patted your shoulder repeatedly, promising that after returning, he would reward you with a fief; in fact, he did not even know who you were.】

【But Count Delinard, who was following closely beside King Harlaus, recognized you from your equipment. He took off his great helm on the battlefield, came to your side, and said to you in a low voice.】

【"The family will strive for the greatest benefits for you."】

【One month later, the army successfully returned to the Kingdom of Swadia, and your father, Count Delinard, as well as the family elders Count Haringoth and Count Grunwalder, successfully secured a Baron status for you from King Harlaus, and also secured the fief of Wincode Castle for you.】

【The intricate blood ties between the nobility gave you the right to inherit this castle.】

【And the original owner of this castle, Count Rochabass, had died in battle without direct heirs, and his father, Count Tredian, did not dare to risk offending nearly one-third of the fief-holding nobles of Swadia to argue for the inheritance rights of himself and his daughter-in-law. In the end, they had to give up the castle and obtained the village of Yerege.】

【And you became the first young person in the family to obtain a castle; this drew the envy and jealousy of countless people.】

【This simulation has ended, saved.】

【Congratulations to the player for obtaining the state-recognized Baron status on the Calradia continent and simultaneously obtaining Wincode Castle as a fief. Please note, you currently do not have enough prestige to summon any residents within the territory.】

【You can choose to let the Calradia continent enter custodial mode; your Baron status will automatically manage your fief. After deducting all expenses, it is estimated that you can obtain an average monthly income of 2000 Dinar. With your different decisions, this income will also change.】

【Please note, after entering custodian mode, the time flow of the Calradia continent will be consistent with reality. The Simulator can protect the personal safety of your Baron status, but it does not guarantee the safety of your fief; it will only send you a notification when it is attacked by enemies.】

【You have obtained the sword exclusively used by King Graveth.】

【Obtained rewards: 1 point of honor, 100 points of renown, 3,000 Dinar.】

【Continue the simulation? Yes/No?】

"No."

Looking at the Simulator with its newly unlocked function, Allen was somewhat surprised; so it could even be put on autopilot? If he could remain in a safe environment at Wincode Castle on the Calradia continent, then in custodian mode, he could have a minimum income of twenty to thirty thousand Dinar per year. This money would be enough to purchase dozens of sets of Iron Armor or dozens of fine horses with excellent physiques in the Simulator.

And this was only the income from a single castle. Allen remembered that Count Delinard's town of Uxhal had an income of over ten thousand Dinar a month. If he could obtain better and more fiefs on the Calradia continent, the income should be even higher.

It was just that the difficulty of fulfilling such a delusion was extremely high. After all, this was not a game where whoever conquered it owned it. If it weren't for the identity Allen had randomly rolled this time, which belonged to the most powerful noble family in the Kingdom of Swadia, the fief he would have ultimately obtained from King Harlaus would probably have been just a manor, with even the possibility of a village being extremely slim.

Regardless, this was a good start; he might need to go to the Calradia continent more often in the future.

【Custodian mode has started.】