Black Iron Crown

　　　　 The castle of the Merland family is a small stone castle with an outer wall of more than three meters high. Soldiers can stand on it to attack the enemy outside.

　　 There are two earthen wooden arrow towers about five meters on both sides, where archers can also shoot at enemies outside the city.

　　Rainer sat on a chair in the library and flipped through a knight novel. After a while, there was a knock on the door.

　　 "My Lord Baron, the earl's messenger is here!"

　　 "Come in!" Reiner said, the door of the study was opened, and after the guard saluted, he closed the door and guarded outside.

　　 I saw a knight who was wearing a slightly dilapidated armor and a bandage on his shoulders came over. His embarrassed appearance made Renner very strange, what happened to the envoy of the Viscount.

　　 "Uh... dear messenger, I don't know what happened to make you like this?" Rainer asked.

"Dear Lord Baron!" The other party looked painfully and said, "Actually, I should have given my life for the safety of my lord, but I had to do it. I shamefully escaped, but I just Hope my master can be saved!"

　　 "What happened? Speak slowly!" The memory in his mind made Reiner accept everything in this world without difficulty. At the same time, his life and speech are very similar to his predecessor.

"My lord, please save my master. This may be a group of criminals in your territory. Only you can ask for help. If it weren't for my master to attend the banquet of Viscount Mora, it wouldn't be the case! "

　　 He speaks a little incoherently, but the overall meaning is still clear.

　　 Rainer groaned, then said to the guard outside: "Go and call Sir Cod over, I have something to discuss with him!"

　　 After a while, Sir Cod came to the study, and when he saw the embarrassed knight, he cast a questioning look at Rainer.

After 　　 explained, Sir Cod said angrily: "Damn it! This must have been done by the Red Shorty!"

"They have forty people, about forty people. Their equipment is very poor, but my master is surrounded by only six knights including me and a few guards. They launched a sneak attack on us, and we didn't wear armor. , Their shooting caused us a heavy loss, only I found a war horse where I escaped!"

　　 What he said this time was much clearer, allowing Rainer to know the opponent's strength clearly.

Seeing the two men’s puzzled gaze, Sir Cod explained: “There has been a nasty band of robbers in the territory in the last two years. They seem to have come here from other areas. Looting or rake, resulting in a lot of less income in the territory, although I tried to mobilize the army to wipe them out several times, they got into the forest every time and escaped!"

After finishing speaking, Sir Cod said more resentfully: "And your previous coma was caused by these damned guys. They saw that there were only two defenders around you, so they caught your attention and caused your head to be caught. The stone was hit in a coma. Fortunately, I had already received the news that you were coming back. I led a few knights to greet you, so you were spared!"

　　 "So that's the case!" Rainer suddenly realized that he was still curious about the reason for his coma, and now he finally learned from Sir Cod that there are such a group of criminals in his own territory.

　　 But Rainer noticed at this moment, after listening to these words, a hidden smile flashed in the eyes of the earl's messenger.

　　 It's not expensive and he didn't think much about it. He just thought that the other party felt happy that the owner was saved.

"Forty people!" Rainer squinted his eyes and muttered in his heart. These forces are not very difficult for him. Among other things, Rainer's greatest reliance is the five Scarlet Gryphon riders as a system. One of the top arms among them, as long as Rainer is given two hundred Scarlet Gryphon knights, he even dared to attack the Ten Thousand Army.

　　 In fact, Rainer has reason to believe that the Scarlet Gryphon Rider can harmlessly reduce annihilation. After all, the armor on their body has surpassed the times, and the plate-chain composite armor is definitely not capable of being broken by bandits with inferior iron weapons.

　　 "Ding! Mission release: Suppress the lawless elements in the territory."

　　 "As the master of this territory, you must never allow situations in your territory that you cannot grasp, and destroy them!"

　　"Task reward: two junior blacksmiths, exquisite recurve bow×15."

　　 Looking at the system template that appeared in front of him, Rainer smiled slightly. Sure enough, although his system is very low-level, he still has the ability to post tasks.

　　 It may be because of the first mission, so this time the reward is very rich. Not to mention the fifteen exquisite recurve bows, the two junior blacksmiths alone satisfied Rainer.

The northern border of the empire itself is rich in iron ore. There are countless large and small iron ore branches here. There are as many as five large iron ore mines established and mined by the royal family for a long time. There is a small iron ore mine, and a dozen miners are digging it every day, and then they are smelted in a unified manner.

　　 This is also the reason why even the ordinary guards of the Morand family can mix armor with leather armor and chain armor.

　　 The two junior blacksmiths have very good attributes. Rainer has browsed many things in the system from the beginning. A junior blacksmith even needs ten points of merit to be able to redeem.

　　 This is already half the price of the Scarlet Griffin Rider. After all, this is a technical type of work, and it is reasonable to have such a high price.

　　 A junior blacksmith can produce five high-quality long swords or fifteen spear heads every day. As for the full-body chain armor, one set can be made every ten days.

　　 This is a very good speed. Now the four blacksmiths of the Moreland family can even make a full-body chain armor for more than 20 days.

Looking at these rewards, Reiner's determination was strengthened. Immediately, he said to the other party: "Don't worry, I will not stand by! I believe that any conscientious noble person will not let a noble person be Humiliated by lowly lawbreakers!"

　　 "Thank you so much, Lord Baron, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, my master's safety depends on you!"

　　 Rainer led the escaped knight out of the hall and rushed to the center of the castle.

　　 After the order for the assembly of the army was issued, everyone completed the assembly the next morning.

　　 At this time, in the center of the castle, the soldiers had gathered together. Sixty armed guards wearing leather chain and composite armor with 2.5 meters and five spears and twenty archers holding hunting bows gathered together.

　　 In addition, there were eleven knights riding on war horses. Those knights in their benefice also rode their own horses to reach Fort Morand within two hours.

Each of them is wearing a four-ring buckle full-body chain armor, especially a scaled vest on the torso, which greatly strengthens their protective ability. After all, there is iron in the Morand family's territory. Mine, the matter of enhancing equipment for his knights is very happy for any nobleman.

　　 Besides, it is the scarlet gryphon rider wearing mighty armor. Their formation is so neat, even if there are only five people, they look like an army.

　　 All the soldiers knew that these five knights, who wore extremely sophisticated armor and looked rather powerful, belonged to Lord Rainer, so they looked very respectful.

Reiner took a look at the army in front of him, then looked at the Scarlet Gryphon Rider, his face was obviously satisfied, he said loudly in the tone of the people of this era: "Soldiers! Criminals are on our territory. Rampage! The majesty of the Morland family has been provoked, and another noble earl was taken away by them!"

　　 "Now, it's time for us to clean up the garbage! Destroy them! Soldiers can get 40% of the spoils! Now, let me go!"