Chapter 223 The Rose Knights
Half a quarter of an hour later, Lina came to Alice's side and reported a few words to Alice in a low voice. Alice nodded and said to Lina: "Then let's get started!"
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving Alice's instructions, Lina bowed to Alice and then walked quickly to the side.
After a while, more than a dozen guards walked out of the underground passage of the arena. Although these guards wore robes marked by the Jones family, they had no weapons in their hands. Each of them held a huge horn in his hand.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
These guards holding horns came to the platform at the edge of the arena, lined up in a row, and everyone raised the horns in their hands and blew them.
When the horn sounded, everyone in the arena knew that this meant that today's military parade had officially begun, so both nobles and commoners stopped talking and stood up from their seats. After everyone had stood up, Alice was the last one to slowly stand up.
Alice stood up, looked up and scanned the entire arena, and slowly said, "Dear guests, on behalf of the Jones family and myself, I would like to thank you all for coming to Rose Castle to attend my birthday."
"I declare today's military parade officially open!"
Alice, who was standing next to Gervis, had a strong aura at the moment, just like a superior who truly controlled the life and death of all people. This made Gervis secretly shocked. This was the first time he saw Alice with such momentum.
When Alice finished speaking, all the spectators in the arena cheered. Except for the central stands, most of the people in the arena were small nobles or commoners in Jones Territory. No one dared to neglect their monarch.
Amid the cheers, a horn was blown again from the platform in the arena, this time with three long and one short horn sounds.
After the horn sounded, the entire arena was filled with the sound of thunderous horse hooves. In the eight underground passages of the arena, dozens of cavalrymen in silver armor rushed out from each entrance. These cavalrymen were none other than the elite of the Jones family - the Knights of the Rose.
There are a total of 210 cavalrymen in the arena today. Although it sounds like a small number, none of the representatives of the seven earls on the central stand dared to look down on them, because these 210 people are all titled knights.
The one with the lowest level of cultivation among them is a low-level bronze knight, while the one with the highest level of cultivation has reached the peak of silver knight.
When the earl representatives saw the realms of the 210 people in the field, most of them showed solemn expressions on their faces. Because these 210 knights alone surpassed the elite legions of the seven major families.
Although other families also have such elite legions, the number of titled knights is far less than that of the Jones family.
Even a family like the Cowan family, which owns rich mines, only has more than 150 titled knights. Other earl families with less strength may not even have 100 titled knights.
The titled knights in the Order of the Rose are different from vassals like Gandalf. Although these titled knights also have an honorary title, they have no fiefdom and no other source of income. They usually live on military pay. In order to ensure the loyalty of these people, it can be said that the Jones family gave them very high treatment.
The annual salary of the lowest-ranking knight in the Order of the Rose starts at 6 gold coins, and the salary increases with higher positions and realms. For 210 people, the annual salary would be at least 1,500 gold coins, which is equivalent to at least five years of taxes for a baron lord.
In addition to basic military pay, the nobles also have to provide elite legions like these with living allowances from time to time, arrange good jobs for their families, and even provide them with housing.
If you want these titled knights to become more elite, you need more rigorous training. The amount of weapons and equipment lost during this period is totally incomparable to that of ordinary guards. After all, the strength of the titled knights has been greatly enhanced, which also speeds up the damage of weapons.
The annual expenses for the 210 members of the Rose Knights alone are more than 2,000 gold coins. Without sufficient foundation, few families can afford to train such a legion.
In addition to these 210 title knights, the Order of the Rose also has 1,000 apprentice knights. These apprentice knights are the reserve forces of the title knights. Although the treatment they enjoy is not as good as that of the 210 title knights, it is not much worse.
Originally with the old earl and the Order of the Rose, the Jones family could be said to be the leader of the eight earls and was unrivaled at the time.
However, due to the disappearance of the old earl, the Jones family is like a lame lion, with hungry wolves all around watching covetously. If it were not for the Order of the Rose as another foundation, the Jones family might have been directly devoured by a group of nobles long ago.
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After entering the arena, 210 knights of the Order of the Rose galloped around the arena twice before gathering in the center of the venue.
210 knights were riding horses in a neat row. Standing in the front was a middle-aged man at the peak of the Silver Knight realm. This middle-aged man was burly and was the commander-in-chief of the Rose Knights - Roll. Behind Roll stood nine Silver Knights.
Seeing that all his subordinates had lined up neatly, Luo Er rode his horse forward a few steps, then dismounted, knelt on one knee and greeted Alice, "My Lord Earl, I am Luo Er Bridger, the Grand Commander of the Rose Knights, and am waiting for your orders with my troops!"
"Commander-in-Chief Luo Er, today is my birthday. To welcome all the guests from afar, now is the time to show your bravery!"
Facing her subordinates, Alice certainly didn't need to stand up. She just sat in the main seat, raised her head and gave orders to Roll below.
"As you wish, my lord!"
Roll accepted the order and saluted Alice again, then he jumped on his horse and rode back to his original position. He then shouted to all the knights in the field, "My Lord has given an order! The first and second squads step out! Everyone else, step back to the sidelines and stand guard!"
"yes!"
Suddenly, the horses in the field neighed, and the smoke and dust rolled again. All the knights moved and headed towards the edge of the duel arena. Only a team of twenty knights was left in the field!
At this time, an underground passage two hundred meters ahead of the team of twenty people was slowly opened, and a huge carriage covered with black cloth slowly appeared at the edge of the square.
After the carriage arrived at the center of the field, several soldiers following behind the carriage quickly stepped forward and deftly lifted the black cloth on the huge carriage.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The moment the black cloth was lifted, the spectators in the entire arena could see what was underneath it.
There was a huge iron cage on the carriage. Each steel bar of the cage was as thick as an adult's arm. What shocked the audience the most was that there was a huge monster locked in the cage.
"Oh my god, is that a frost white tiger? An intermediate-level magical beast?"
"It's the Frost White Tiger, a mid-level magical beast that can cast three kinds of spells! What does Alice want to do? Let those twenty bronze-titled knights kill a mid-level magical beast? How is that possible? Even five silver knights have to be very careful when dealing with this mid-level magical beast!"
"Where did they transport these mid-level magical beasts from? Aren't they worried that the Frost White Tiger will escape from the cage?"
"That cage should be made of mithril, otherwise it would not be able to trap a mid-level monster!"
"Hiss~ The Jones family is so rich!"
In an instant, everyone in the field was whispering, including several earl representatives. After all, they were born in large families, and even though magical beasts were rare, they were able to confirm the species of the magical beasts in the iron cage below at the first time.
But in their opinion, Alice letting these 20 knights deal with the mid-level monsters was simply sending her subordinates to their deaths.
"Raise your guns and get ready for battle!"
The moment the monster appeared, Roll gave an order and the 20 knights from the first and second teams immediately raised their spears. These spears were four meters long and made of fine iron. They were certainly not light in weight. Only titled knights could use them. With the help of the impact force of the horses on the battlefield, such spears could easily pierce the enemy's armor, and even multiple spears were common.
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(End of this chapter)
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