The Knight's Journey to the Empire

In the early morning, just as the sky was getting light, Soran was awakened from his sleep by a burst of urgent shouting.

It was Gubellini, who was on night duty, calling him.

"Master, Master, there is an important situation to report! The captain of the security team named Benny, he ran away with the security team!" Gubellini shouted loudly outside the room.

It was obvious that the situation was urgent, so he couldn't help but report slowly.

Otherwise, he should wake up Javier first, report the situation to Javier, and then have Javier wake up Soren and report to Soren.

As soon as Soran arrived yesterday, he sent people to take over the public security management and defense of the entire Flanders town in the evening, including the sentry duty at the town gate.

The purpose is to prevent someone from escaping secretly.

But early this morning, Benny, knowing that he could no longer bully others in Flanders Town, led a security team of more than 30 people to attack the sentry post at the town gate. After injuring many guards, he fled for fear of being punished.

Gubellini was on duty tonight. After hearing the report from the guard at the town gate, he immediately came forward to report and asked Soran to make the decision.

Because the number of their guards was not as large as Benny's, he did not dare to send people directly to pursue them, for fear of being ambushed by the enemy.

Instead, they were asked to continue guarding the town’s entrance, while strengthening patrols and maintaining vigilance.

Soran was also a little surprised when he heard the news.

He didn't expect that Benny would be desperate and run away so quickly.

After all, his acting skills yesterday even fooled his own family.

He thought he could hold out for two or three days.

But immediately, he realized that this was an opportunity.

This was a chance to take direct control of the town.

Because of the biggest destabilizing factor, the security team in Flanders town ran away.

So he directly ordered Gubellini: "Gubellini, immediately notify all members of the guard team to assemble in the hall, quickly, you must hurry!"

At the same time, he quickly stood up and prepared to put on his equipment.

During the New Year's holiday in Connat, Soran asked an excellent old blacksmith to make two sets of combat equipment for him.

One set is the knight's heavy armor, which is the kind of knight's charge heavy armor that covers the whole body and weighs more than 100 pounds, and also a knight's lance.

This is what Sauron prepared to use to charge into battle.

Of course, it is also possible that it was prepared as a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation, and the heirloom remains even after the person dies.

The knight's heavy armor is made entirely of high-quality iron. It is heavy, solid, strong and durable. Its defensive power is so outstanding that it can even withstand the fighting spirit of an ordinary brave knight.

Soran spent a full one hundred gold coins to have it tailor-made for him.

However, due to the complex structure of this heavy armor and the cumbersome wearing process, it requires help from others to put it on properly.

Therefore, it is usually used as a decoration now.

Perhaps only in times of war will Sauron wear it to show his prowess.

There is also a set of light half-body armor, which is relatively light, only one-third of the heavy armor, and its defensive effect is not as good as heavy armor.

But this set of half-body armor includes a helmet, upper body armor, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, gloves, combat boots, etc. It is complete in variety and can protect some important parts of the body.

Moreover, it has a light structure and is easy to wear.

Even Soran alone could put it on quickly and then go into battle at the fastest speed.

Soran usually keeps this set of light half-body armor in his room, and he also places the standard knight's sword directly on the head of his bed.

The purpose is to be able to deal with emergencies at any time.

Of course, the most important thing is that if some emergency occurs, he can put on armor as quickly as possible to protect himself and his life.

After becoming a hereditary noble, Soran valued his life more and more.

For example, now, things happened suddenly, and thanks to his frequent practice, Soran took less than five minutes to put on the half armor and was ready to fight at any time.

But when he arrived at the assembly hall, his brows couldn't help but frown, and he felt dissatisfied.

Because the members of the escort team have not yet assembled.

Moreover, even those who arrived were sparsely distributed, their clothes were disheveled, and they were even laughing and joking, having no idea what this emergency assembly meant!

Soran looked at the speed and discipline of the guards and decided to reorganize them...

You know, the members of this guard don’t need to wear armor. They just need to put on their clothes, pick up their weapons and go.

But now the time to gather is even later than mine.

How can this be done?

Another five minutes passed, and the guard team had not yet assembled, with five people still missing.

Soran did not say anything more, nor did he wait any longer. Instead, he led the assembled guards and headed straight to Mayor Corbett's residence.

Now the biggest destabilizing factor in the entire town has been taken away by Benny, and the mayor's mansion has long been empty.

So Sauron led his men to force their way in, not afraid of any losses.

In fact, this was exactly the case when Soran arrived at the mayor's mansion with his guards.

The doors of the mayor's mansion were not closed.

I guess it was opened when Benny took people away.

The whole process went surprisingly smoothly, without any accidents or even any resistance.

Mayor Corbett and tax collector Sir Jacques were captured by Soran while they were still asleep.

When they were caught, they thought they were having a nightmare!

Then, no more...

After placing Cobit and Sir Yadan under house arrest in the mayor's mansion and arranging for the guards to keep them under close watch.

Soran went back to take a nap.

I slept quite late last night after chatting with Javier.

I was suddenly woken up by Gubellini again this morning, and I still feel a little sleepy!

Oh!

You said morning exercise!

The Baron said that since I am already a hereditary noble of the kingdom, I can relax and enjoy the life of a noble lord.

Morning exercise, such a hard task, does not need to be done every day!

Of course, the goal has not yet been achieved and Sauron still needs to work hard.

This is just a proper relaxation, a combination of work and rest. It does not mean that Baron Sauron has become ideologically corrupt or decadent!