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    Tetrick's order to form a convoy was considered a good thing for the Third Knights or the civilians in the Red Bay area, but good things come good things, and financial constraints are still a big problem that cannot be refused.

    The 3rd Knights successfully recruited Gal and his more than 200 surviving pirates after the Timon Incident.  I appointed Gall as captain of the Red Bay Guards of the 3rd Order of Knights, and restored his title of knight by Her Royal Highness Princess Lilith.

    The overall establishment of the Red Bay Guard is an infantry flag team (400 to 600 people, those with military merit can have their own team flag). The flag team has four squadrons of 50 people each.  The squadron leaders are respectively served by Red Turban and four other former pirate leaders.

    The guard team was quickly established and put into the construction of the Red Bay base quickly. I have to say that Garr is indeed well-managed. If it were other teams, it would probably not be completed in a month.

    The construction of the Guard Base is progressing in an orderly manner. I will go there to take a look when I have time, but I can¡¯t go today because Bitril dragged me into her temporary office tent with an anxious look on her face.

    "Master Diboer, we don't have enough money, you have to think of a way." Bitril asked me to sit on the chair where she usually sits in the office, and then spread out the account books in front of me.

    "It has only been half a month since the construction of the Red Bay Base started. The money is being spent like water. No, there are not many left of the hundreds of gold coins we brought." Bitril pointed to the account book on the small table, one page  Point me to a page.

    "This is last week's material expenditure, this is half a month's labor expenditure, this is"

    ¡°I had expected that our funds would be insufficient, but I still didn¡¯t expect that they would be gone so quickly.  Zigro's overall design is very good, and we are not short of manpower, but the materials are very expensive.

    Take stone as an example. There are many woods near Hongwan. We have no shortage of wood, but there is almost no stone that can be used for construction.  In order to buy stone, I had to send Montetier and Cremo to the nearby city of Seviport, where there was a quarry.

    The quarry is the private property of the city lord of Saiweibomen City and is generally not exported. After Montetier produced the king's order, the lord of Saiweibomen City agreed to sell it to us, but the price was a bit ridiculously high.  The price per cart of stone is as high as 50 silver coins.  And we need to use at least 7 to 8 hundred car units of stone to build the base, which is equivalent to about 400 gold coins.

    In addition to stones, building a base requires many other materials, so Bitril and Zygro estimated that we were still short by about 1,000 gold coins.

    1,000 gold coins, hey, it seems that the only thing to sell is Titrik's golden birdcage.  (Gaal and the others were rescued by Montetier, so naturally they were not taken away)

    Bitril and I took out the smashed gold birdcage from the box and spent half a day digging out all the pearls and gems. Then I sent someone to call Chicobol (whose family used to be a jeweler).  ) and asked him to estimate the value.

    According to Chicobol's estimate, I divided out two bags of jewelry worth about 1,500 gold, and asked him and Stanton to take one bag and go to Kequeta City, while Garsilas and Little Dennis took the other bag and went to guard.  Longcheng.  Since the base construction cannot be stopped, I asked them to come back as soon as possible after getting the gold coins.

    A week and a half has passed, and I guessed that Stanton and the others should be back soon, so I went to the entrance of the village with Yiyi early in the morning.

    "Master DuBoer, I think it's probably because they spent all their money and don't dare to come back."

    It¡¯s almost noon, and not a single person has been seen on the quiet road.  Lufa and I sat under a tree by the roadside, chatting boredly.

    "I said Yifa, can you stop being such a crow? Why are you just telling Stanton what Chicobol and the others said?" I sat on an old blanket and rolled my eyes at Yifa.

    "Master DuBoer, I'm not just talking about that guy Stanton. As you know, that guy has always treated money like water." Yifa turned a blind eye to my roll of eyes and continued to scold me.  Stanton.  However, this guy was right, and I really regret sending that guy Stanton out.

    "Da, da da, da," A rapid sound of horse hooves came, and Yilifa and I immediately stood up and stretched our necks like swans.

    "Is it here? Who is it?" I couldn't see clearly, so I had to ask the tall Yifa.

    "Yeah, here we are, but there seems to be only one person." He stood on tiptoes and looked hard.

    "Oh! It's Lord Chicobol!"

    Chicobol, alone?  My little heart started to pick up speed "pop, pop".

    Chicobol rode his horse and galloped towards the village. Myself and I shouted loudly and ran quickly.At the entrance of the village, Chicobol heard it and came back riding a horse.

    "Lord DiBoer! No, no, no, Stanton and the others have been detained."

    Chicobol gasped for breath and said hurriedly before his horse had time to dismount.

    "What?! What did you say?"

    I almost lost my temper, what the hell kind of world is this?  Why are there people everywhere who have trouble with me?

    I quickly helped Chicobol off the horse with Yilufa and helped him to the shade of the tree. It took a while for Chicobol to regain his breath.

    "Lord DiBoll, all the gold that Stanton and the others exchanged with us was detained by "Esfan" of "Veder" Fortress." Chicobol took the water that was handed to him and gulped it down.  Filling.

    "Who? Who is "Esfan"? How dare the "Vade" Fortress deduct money from our Third Knight Order?"

    I clearly remember that the commander of the "Ved" Fortress was a man named "Felkos", who belonged to the 5th Army, and I had never heard of the "Esfan" Chicobol mentioned.

    "Let's go all the way. Go back to the camp and tell Her Highness Lilith to bring the knights to gather here. Go quickly!"

    "Yes!" Lufa jumped on his horse and ran into the village in a hurry.

    "Chicobol, please rest for a while and we'll talk later on the way."

    I asked Chicobol to rest for a while, and then I leaned under the tree, trying my best to suppress the uneasiness in my heart.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

    The 'Vide' Fortress is located between the cities of Kequeta and Ganglong. It is a relic from the founding war of the Malaga Empire. The fortress was built on a high ground, facing south to north, guarding the road leading to Kequeta.  Ganglong's transportation artery. At first, Titlik's ancestor Fei Qier lost nearly 5,000 people, and it took him 3 months to capture the "Vide" fortress garrisoned by 1,000 enemy troops.  It can be seen that "Vide" is definitely an important and strong fortress. Because of this, after the founding of the Malaga Empire, kings of all generations would send troops to garrison here, and the current "Vide" fortress is mainly composed of soldiers from the 5th Army.  Several flag teams took turns to garrison.

    (It should be said that such a garrison allows troops who have been patrolling the coastline for a long time to come back regularly to rest and recuperate. Its practical significance is equivalent to a vacation)

    "Dipor, what's going on?" Lilith, riding a white horse, led Asantean and several other knights to arrive.

    "Don't worry, Your Highness Lilith, we will talk later on the road." Chicobol and I got on the horse.

    "Gaal! Just don't go. Bring the escort. If necessary, I will call someone back to inform you." I asked Gal to go back. After all, someone still has to watch the base.

    "Asantean!"

    "exist!"

    "Lead the way, the Third Knights set off!"

    "Follow your orders!"

    I tightened the reins and walked side by side with Lilith, carrying the flag, and set off with Asantean.

    We walked non-stop for four days, and now we can see the outline of the "Ved" Fortress from a distance.

    "Master Diboer, there is smoke ahead, it seems that someone is attacking Vader." Klimo, who was in charge of outpost reconnaissance, galloped back.

    "What!" This bad news is coming one after another. I can only pray that Stanton and these guys will not have any accidents.

    "Can you see who is hitting whom?" Her Royal Highness Princess Lilith stood up and walked over while she was resting.

    "Can't see clearly, Your Highness, it's too far." Cremo returned cautiously.

    "Klimo, you continue to observe, keep your distance, and don't go too far away." I took the reins of "Sunshine" from Asantean, and then ordered:

    "Put on your armor! Bring your weapons and everyone mount up!"

    "Vide" Fortress now looks like it has been burned by fire. Half of the broken walls have collapsed, the fortress gate is missing, and the soil in front of the trench is scorched black.

    "Dipor, it smells of sulfur, smell this soil." Montetier bent down and grabbed a ball of soil from the mud, put it to the tip of his nose, smelled it, and then handed it to me.

    We stopped half a mile outside the "Ved" Fortress. I really didn't dare to enter the fortress like this rashly.

    "Are there any traces of demons? Could it be that Vader was attacked by demons?" I sat on the horse and looked at the fortress from a distance.

    "It's not clear yet. I think I have to take a closer look. It's best to find someone to ask?" When Montetier said this to me, he probably also knew that he couldn't find a living person like this.  ask.

    "Lord Dibor, look! Someone is coming over there." Cremo stretched out his right arm and pointed to our right front.

      I looked up and saw several knights galloping towards us in front of me on the right. In the dim sunlight, the knights' armor reflected streaks of silver light.

    "Line up!" My first reaction was to prepare for battle.

    "Get your gun! Control your horse and prepare to fight."

    "Ding bell, ding bell" rang for a while, and we quickly got into formation. Montetier also rode on his black donkey, and was blocked behind us.

    "Keep the speed! Keep going!"

    The opponent was approaching directly in front of our horses. We began to gallop forward, slowly raising the lances in our hands.

    "Spread left and right! Pay attention to the distance! Prepare to speed up!"

    The other knights continued to approach, and I could already distinguish the colors of their horses.

    During the run, the knights centered on me and quickly spread out to the two wings.  I turned my head and glanced at Asantean. Asantean understood, and quickly ran ahead of Lilith.

    "Everyone speed up! Rush!"

    As they were almost approaching, the knights knocked down their masks one after another, straightened their lances, aimed at their targets, and charged forward with all their strength.

    Just when we started to charge, the knight on the opposite side suddenly stopped his horse and kept waving a flag at us.

    "Slow down! Slow down!" After I saw the flag in their hands clearly, I quickly ordered to cancel the attack.

    That is a flag with a three-headed eagle: the battle flag of the 5th Legion of the Holy Malaga Empire.  ;
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