Chapter 197 – Rockefell Visits Craspolis
Rockefel is a free knight under Count Werner.
A level 32 veteran.
Until the death of the former Count Werner, he worked at the count’s castle.
As the succession war intensified after the Count’s death, he devoted his allegiance to Prince Roy, who promised unconventional treatment to knights.
1 year thereafter.
The battle for succession was getting fiercer and the knights were slowly getting tired.
At first, Rockefel saw Roy as the odds.
Although the first James had a very populous Werner castle, if a dozen serfs with a large head rushed at him, they would scatter like a flock of sheep that had seen a wolf.
However, what was unexpected was the leader of the Knights of Mondur.
As the father of Cheryl Mondour, the beautiful woman everyone admired, he suddenly joined James Werner’s side as soon as the succession war began.
Many knights who had once followed him were confused by his movement, which was so contrary to his previous calls for knight-first and knight-centredism.
Even when I met him in the first Territory War, we knew each other, so I tried to put things in my hands.
Like a Berserker warrior, Mondour proved her loyalty to James by mercilessly slashing down her former subordinates without hesitation.
As this happened, the knights who committed themselves to Roy Werner’s side disappeared.
Now, it has turned into a fight that ends when one of the two completely dies.
The war situation was not very favorable.
Since the leader of the Knights of Mondur had Mondur Castle, counting only the castles excluding the manor, the situation was 2 to 1.
Therefore, Master Roy sent an envoy to the Newmon Castle in the northern part of the county to try to capture it.
If the lord of the castle turns this way, he intends to maintain the balance of power between Callial + Newmon vs. Werner + Mondur Gudo.
However, the lord of Newmon castle firmly locked the gate, claiming complete neutrality.
The situation is like this, so the manors are passing one by one.
The vassals who declared neutrality were also spotted lining up in that direction, as if they had judged that their weight was leaning toward James.
When I thought it was over
Strange rumors were heard from the north.
His youngest son, Damon Werner, who was famous for being crazy in the past, was resurrected from the Witch’s Forest.
At first, no one believed the news.
Even if he believed it, he would ridicule what that idiot could do now, because even now, taking all his possessions and running around was the way to save his life.
But one year after that.
News of a great power in the north spread through the county of Werner.
A huge city that encompasses the northern part of the Temp River.
It was thought to be impossible due to the monsters from the Witch’s Forest.
Somehow, it is said that the monsters in the Witch’s Forest have disappeared.
If there were no monsters, there would be no place like the Witch’s Forest.
It is a regional strategic point where resources necessary for various industries are lined up, it is easy to prevent foreign invasion, and even trade with the Gallic Empire.
While he was wondering about the truth of the rumor, Roy summoned him.
This is what I said while putting a letter in my arms.
‘Check out the northern part of the Temp River. Are they really in power?’
‘What if it’s a false rumor?’
‘If it’s a rumor, kill Damon, and if Cheryl Mondour is there, capture it alive. Your level should be enough.’
‘What if the rumors are true?’
‘If it’s real… Only deliver letters. It’s because I wrote something to say to Damon there.’
Now, in his bosom, a letter written by Master Roy was enshrined.
The outfit is a conquest that is neither flashy nor shabby.
However, since he was wearing a sword on his right side, he looked similar to a mercenary to a stranger.
It was a dangerous time for a free knight to move alone as the county succession battle intensified.
Either side had to choose a camp, and it was normal for the opposite camp to be ruthlessly eliminated.
In fact, it wasn’t easy even for Rockefel to come this far.
Callial Castle was located in the middle and lower part of the Temp River, and to reach the northern part of the Temp River, you had to pass through Newmon Castle.
Currently, Newmon Castle has declared neutrality, so the cuckoos on James’ side are turning on their eyes from all sides.
It was the same on Roy’s side, so he got the cooperation of the cuckoo on his side and came to the northern part of the Temp River with difficulty.
And, reaching his destination, Rockefel saw a rare phenomenon.
“What the hell is this… “
Many people were waiting in long lines to cross the river.
Most of them were commoners, but at a glance, there were serfs who had apparently escaped, merchants wearing expensive clothes, and mercenaries wearing military gear.
Usually, when people from various classes are mixed together, it is strange that no one cuts in line or boasts, although it would be possible to give priority to mercenaries and merchants.
Rockefel was intrigued and called out to one of the top figures dressed in orange.
“Kuh hmm! I have something to ask you over there.”
The person at the top looked up and down Rockefel’s attire and gave a clear answer as to what level of status he thought he had.
“Yes, what are you doing?”
“Why is everyone waiting here? Can’t we just rent a boat and cross it?”
Upon hearing Rockefel’s words, the merchant shook his head.
“Where do you come from and haven’t heard even basic news like this? If you try to cross the Tempe River without permission, you will be immediately pursued by the soldiers on the other side.”
“Chasing? There is a soldier on the other side of the river.”
As far as Rockefel knows, the only place on the other side of the river that he can look at is Peyton Manor.
Compared to provincial estates, it is at the level of a rural village.
Even if the soldiers there were to interfere with him, it was just a matter of making them pay the appropriate price.
Could it be that Rockefel’s self-confidence was revealed implicitly?
The merchant jumped up and hit his hand.
“Don’t talk like that! Not too long ago, a knight from Viscount Reiner was caught crossing the river without permission and was hung on a pole for a week.”
“A knight must be a nobleman. Did you just accept being humiliated like that for a week?”
“It was compliant. It had only a neck without a body.”
“… “
Rockefel was shocked that he had no idea that such barbaric things were being done in the North.
“Is there a new group of knights on the other side of the Tempe?”
“No. Not an article. It is a mercenary group.”
“… Mercenaries?”
“Yes, it is a mercenary corps made up of convict women and a mercenary corps covered in black hoods, but it is rumored that they are so strong that even level 30 knights cannot move.”
Rockefel believed that the merchant’s words were exaggerated.
A level 30 knight isn’t that common.
He was confident enough to escape even if he was surrounded by three knights of his class.
“Then why do you want to cross over to a land where even the nobles are not protected?”
The merchant also gave a genuinely strange expression to this question.
Rockefel groaned inwardly.
He asked the reason why he was in line to cross the river himself.
“It’s because they’re wandering wanderers and mercenaries. I’ve only heard rumors that there’s something here these days.”
The merchant who heard his words nodded and replied.
“It could be. The most popular place on the continent of Fantasia right now is Craspolis.”
“Class Police?”
“Okay. Damon Werner, who rules the entire northern part of the Temp River, has achieved great results.”
At the same time, Rockefel was very surprised to hear the merchant’s words.
It was said that a free city was established covering the entire northern part and a strong mercenary corps was protecting it, and jobs and housing were distributed to those who wished to move in considering their specialties and skills.
“It is literally the land of opportunity. Even if you only have limbs, they give you land to farm and a house to shelter from the rain.”
A commoner who had been listening to the conversation between Rockefel and the merchant also joined the conversation.
A mature man with a large mole on one of his cheeks as a rat did not have a very good impression.
As a knight, he was displeased with the commoner who suddenly intervened and sighed,
“Is the commoner interfering in the conversation?”
The answer that came straight from the man in the rat costume was this.
“Anyway, the moment you enter a free city, you are all ‘citizens’. Even in the city, if you stand stiff like that, it will be a big problem.”
Rockefel wanted to draw his sword and cut the rude guy’s throat right away, but he had a different purpose for coming here and he didn’t want to cause a fuss, so he suppressed the anger that was brewing inside him.
Do you know or don’t know how Rockefel felt?
The man in the rat costume came closer to him with a sinister grin, lowering his voice and whispering.
“The things the merchant said earlier are the strengths of Kras Police, but the true strengths are different.”
“… What do you want to say?”
Rockefel naturally listened to the gesture to tell him something secret.
The man in the shape of a mouse smirked at her curious look, clenched a fist in her right hand, opened his palm in her left, and started banging together.
Rockefel’s face blushed involuntarily at the vulgar gesture of harmony between yin and yang.
“What are you doing now?”
“What are you doing? It means that if you go over there, you can make free rice cakes at will.”
“Ball… Free rice cake?”
“That’s right. That means there are plenty of girls out there who will open their legs whenever a man wants it.”
Rockefel wondered what this meant.
The man in the rat costume knew he didn’t understand, so he added more words.
“So, there are women called TS girls over there.”
“TS girl? What is it?”
“I don’t know either. Everyone calls it that, so we call it that too. They stay in the Changgwan designated by the city, and receive guests without charge.”
“What, what!”
To open the bridge without taking money.
It was a harsh treatment only for the wife or daughter of a defeated rebel leader.
Even sex slaves don’t roll like that.
If you do, you won’t be able to last for a few years and your pussy will be ruined and you’ll die.
Whether you die of venereal disease, your pussy is torn apart, or you die of mental illness.
There was a high possibility that he would not live more than a few years in any way.
“It is barbaric. What is wrong with those women?”
“Only guilty women roll like that. They say that only women who have committed serious crimes announced by the city are put in the TS warehouse.”
Maybe that’s why he added that there is no rape crime in Craspolis.
“The punishment is heavy. It doesn’t matter how you treat a TS woman, but if you touch a normal woman passing by on the street, you’ll be caught by the city guards and disappear without even knowing a mouse or a bird, and no one knows what happens to them.”
As I listened to the man in the rat costume trembling, all the lines were shortened before I knew it, and it was the turn of Rockefel, the merchant, and the commoner.
“Why did you come to Craspolis?”
The office worker was a surprisingly female, surprisingly pretty.
The long legs and the white breasts that stood out swollenly caught the attention of men in line.
It was also strange to Rockefel that a woman would take on such an outward task.
If there was a woman who wanted to work like that at Callial Castle, she would surely be kidnapped, gang-raped, and found dead in an alleyway.
Even if the rat-shaped man gave her a bad impression, she didn’t seem to be lying.
