Chapter 301 Ike's Opportunity
After Gervis explained everything, Thomas took the order and left the study!
After Thomas left, Gervis didn't feel like sitting in the study any longer, so he stood up and simply walked out of the study.
"I originally thought that the church's appearance would give the Jones family a chance to breathe, but I didn't expect something like this to happen again. It seems that Alice can't relax during this period of time!"
Obviously, in Gervis's opinion, there must be someone who still doesn't want to let Jones go. He dares to bet that there is a high probability that the pirates are related to certain nobles. After all, most of the pirate attacks heard in the past occurred at sea, and the pirates made a living by looting passing merchant ships.
But at this critical moment, the pirates went against their usual behavior and plundered along the way, and even came to Jones Territory. It must be said that there must be something fishy about this matter.
More importantly, the southern expedition will begin in twenty days, and the defense of Jones Territory will be empty by then. Therefore, Alice must find and eliminate this group of pirates within these 20 days. Otherwise, when most of Jones Territory’s troops go to the front battlefield, the pirates will pose a huge threat to the territory.
While constantly thinking in his mind, Gervis had already arrived at the castle vestibule.
At this moment, the servants in the front hall were still sitting and preparing various supplies for the southern expedition. Anna was recently sent by Gervis to Binhai Town to manage and count the various materials needed and consumed for construction.
"Go check on those wounded soldiers!"
Standing in the vestibule, Gervis felt that he had nowhere to go for a moment. He suddenly remembered the injured guards and slave soldiers, so he prepared to go and check on them.
Thinking of this, Gervis walked directly to the wooden house on the right side of the castle, where the wounded soldiers were now resting.
Fortunately, the soldiers who were injured in Rose Castle were all seriously injured, and most of them were the most terrifying bone injuries in the world.
In this backward world, a broken bone basically meant disability, but when Gervis was in Rose Castle, he was quick-witted and remembered the method of using plaster to fix broken bones in his previous life. Although he was trying his best to save the soldiers, he did not expect that he could actually cure their broken bones.
At least judging from the appearance and bone examination, the recovery and position of the bones of the wounded soldiers should not be a big problem. This also means that after these soldiers recover from their injuries, they will most likely be able to recover as before.
Now, after half a month of recuperation, the wounded soldiers have removed the plaster and can move carefully and do recovery exercises.
"grown ups!"
"Owner!"
When Gervis walked into the wooden house where the soldiers were recuperating, all the soldiers hurried to greet Gervis. Some of them only injured their arms and legs, and they quickly stood up from the bed to greet Gervis' arrival.
"No need to salute, how do you feel?"
Gervis quickly stepped forward and waved his hand to stop them from saluting, especially the slave soldiers, many of whom had broken legs and were struggling to stand up and salute Gervis.
Of course, this is not to say that the guards do not respect Gervis as much as the slave soldiers, but because the slave soldiers were trained in this way. This can be seen from the day at the slave market when the host cut the slave soldier's arm with a knife but the latter did not even frown.
"Thank you, sir! We feel great and will be able to serve you again in a few days and fight in battle!"
"Master, we feel great!"
Two completely different answers, but they also represent two different ideas.
It was an honor for the guards to be Gervis's personal guard. Several injured guards were actually very nervous at the moment. They were worried that if their injuries were not fully recovered and they were left with hidden illnesses, they might not even have the chance to continue being personal guards, let alone guards.
It would be fine if they died in battle, not only would they die with honor, but Lord Gervis would definitely treat their families well. However, if they became disabled and were dismissed, even if they could get some compensation, the huge gap of going from being a royal guard to being a serf was what they feared the most.
This is what several of the guards are worried and anxious about.
As for the slave soldiers, it is not an exaggeration to describe them as emotionless killing machines. They have no sense of honor or sense of gap in their hearts. They only need one thing, and that is the orders of their masters!
Gervis understood the emotions of several injured guards, but he couldn't say anything to comfort them now, so he just gave them a simple word of encouragement.
"Well, take good care of your injuries! Try to recover during this period of time. We will set out for the southern expedition in twenty days!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes, Master!"
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After seeing several wounded soldiers, Gervis walked towards the space courtyard again. Ike and others were inside the space courtyard.
On the second day after returning to Storm Territory, Gervis opened the training space of the blue elf, Dale. After opening the space, Gervis gathered Ik and others together and told them an important decision.
That is, Gervis is going to teach them the "Basic Fighting Qi Technique".
After hearing Gervis' decision, the guards present were stunned, some of them could not believe what they heard.
Everyone knows very well what "Basic Fighting Qi Technique" represents.
Especially Ik. When Ik was sent by Gandalf to follow Gervis, he had been a guard for more than ten years. What was the purpose of his loyalty for more than ten years?
In addition to the generous treatment of the guards, the biggest wish is to become a noble and get the opportunity to escape from the oppressed class of commoners and serfs, and this opportunity is the method of practicing fighting spirit.
But how could such an opportunity be obtained so easily? As far as Ike knew, in the past few decades, there was only one lord vassal, Nathan, in the Gale family.
Moreover, Gandalf's barony is not very large, and even Bonita, Gandalf's own daughter, may not be able to obtain the title of lord because of the existence of Gervis.
Therefore, many times, lords would rather reward their soldiers with money.
Of course, Gervis taught them the basic fighting skills but he had no intention of enfeoffing them as his vassals, at least for now.
After all, a vassal territory is like a country within a country, and Storm Territory belongs to Gervis's base, and he likes to keep it under his control.
Gervis taught them the method of cultivating fighting spirit only because he felt a huge threat and wanted to improve the strength of his subordinates. Otherwise, he would have to take the lead in every battle, which would not feel good.
In fact, what Gervis would like more is that as long as he gives an order: Kill this beast for me, then his brave generals will rush out and destroy the enemy without any effort.
As for the territory, Gervis felt that when he had enough strength in the future, he could consider acquiring some territory and then start to appoint vassals.
As he got older, Ik originally thought that he would never get this opportunity in his lifetime, especially after being sent by Gandalf to follow Gervis.
What he didn't expect was that after following Gervis, such an opportunity suddenly appeared before them in less than a few months.
There was no great achievement, no particularly outstanding performance, so this opportunity made Ike and others a little flustered.
This is what Gervis said at the time.
"The moment you became my personal guards, I told you that as long as you prove your abilities, I will give you treatment that matches your abilities."
"Through the previous battles, you have shown me your bravery and your loyalty!"
"It's just that your military strength is still too low and can't meet my expectations!"
"So I'm giving you a chance now! I'm giving you a chance to serve me better!"
"Basic fighting spirit techniques can make you a titled knight. Tell me, do you want to become a titled knight? Do you want to have stronger power to serve me?"
"think!"
With a smile on his face, Gervis walked into the training space with his guards.
Because the guards were all born as serfs and were illiterate, Gervis could only explain the basic fighting skills to them one by one orally and let them start to practice.
Faced with such a kind and generous lord, the guards listened attentively and looked at Gervis with grateful eyes.
From that moment on, Gervis was a god in their hearts.
(End of this chapter)
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