213 – Baron Dalton is calling (2)
While I was marching, I kept hearing resentful complaints coming from behind me.
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“f*ck, what kind of trouble is this, not even being able to rest after the war?”
When one guy cut off the beginning, the other guy chimed in.
“Honestly, if I hadn’t been given 15 gold coins as a reward, I would have just left the mercenary group. But since the reward is so big, I thought I would receive this in the future if I followed the leader, so I held on somehow.”
“The salary is also high compared to other mercenary units. “Still, it’s crossing a line to go to this far away place as soon as you find new recruits.”
After fighting like dogs for several months, it is the custom of the mercenary corps to give them a salary and let them play for at least 3 months, or even half a year if it is really long.
But I broke that rule and immediately after the war ended, I received new recruits and made them march a long distance to here.
Even if you have ten mouths, it may not be the case that you have nothing to say, but you have no right to tell those who complain like that to ‘shut up!’
But there is a reason why I came in such a hurry even though I knew there would be complaints.
“You guys, if I just met that guy, my reaction would be completely different.”
We only have to march for another two hours to the Baron’s Castle, so should we just wait until then?
From afar, I saw a scout leader riding a horse rushing towards me.
“Captain Martin, Captain Martin! “We’re in big trouble!”
“Well, is there a bandit base ahead?”
I received some favor from Captain Dalton, and the best way to train new recruits in their sense of combat is to kill bandits.
Oh, a goblin den or an orc den would be fine too.
Most of those things are handled by those who pretend to be adventurers and call themselves adventurers, but even though they can fly and crawl, they are weaker than mercenaries or noble armies.
But there was no sign of nervousness on his face.
“No, it’s about 20 knights holding a flag with the Baron Maurer family crest on it. “He’s coming this way on horseback!”
Captain Dalton, is this guy that happy about my arrival?
With his authority as a baron, he sent all the knights here to welcome us.
Honestly, this is too much treatment for a mercenary leader to receive, isn’t it?
“And seeing as the flag symbolizing the Baron himself has been raised at the front, it looks like Baron Maurer is coming in person!”
At those words, laughter broke out among the guys who had been in the mercenary corps with Dalton since he was the captain.
“I guess Baron Dalton is anxious to see us?”
“f*ck, no matter how much I told you to come here, I never thought that the captain, now a baron, would come in person.”
“When we get into the city, I’ll tell Dalton to buy a lot of alcohol with that guy’s money.”
On the other hand, the guys who joined after I became captain had their mouths wide open.
“f*ck, I live so long that a mercenary leader comes and sees the baron personally dragging all his knights to meet him.”
The guys who followed me from Montmartre bluffed in front of the new recruits.
“Our mercenary unit is like this. So, you just have to listen carefully to what the captain says and what I say. Do you understand?”
The guy who says that is just a leader of the Ten, but from the perspective of the new recruits who just arrived, he seems as high as the sky.
So everyone nodded with their eyes shining.
“Yes, Schumacher Ten Captain!”
Anyway, the guys who were complaining just now changed their facial expressions and looked at me with a grin.
I feel like I can’t come forward and say I’m sorry because I was complaining just now, but I completely understand.
If the country did not allow people to play after the war, they would have been completely angry.
“Baron Maurer, or rather former Captain Dalton, must have prepared plenty of meat and alcohol for you to eat in his castle.”
Everyone cheered at those words.
“Everyone go forward!”
When I thought of seeing Dalton again after almost a year and a half, my steps naturally became lighter.
After walking for about an hour, I saw Dalton coming towards me on horseback.
“Everyone, get off your horses!”
Dalton also gave the same command.
“Get off your horse!”
When everyone got off their horses, the most senior members of our mercenary unit and the knights under Dalton hugged each other in joy and began to exchange greetings.
“Century Walter, how have you been?”
“You damn bastard. Call me a senior knight, dude. “How have I been?”
“I heard you lost a lot of weight on your face after going through that?”
“After I settled down, I couldn’t sleep at night because of the increased number of wives. “That’s because it’s hard, you bastard!”
While everyone was chatting happily like this, Dalton quietly walked towards me and gave me a warm hug.
“Martin, how are you?”
I was a little worried that Dalton might have become arrogant after he went from being a mercenary leader to a baron, but I think it was a useless worry.
“Didn’t you hear the rumor? “I have played a solid role in the war waged by the Montmartre Emperor.”
“You were worried for no reason. Well, I heard you refused the emperor’s offer of a title this time too, right?”
Hearing those words, I pretended to cover my mouth with one hand.
“I can clearly see that the emperor, that bastard, is trying to purge me by sucking the sweet water out of me. So I just took the money and left.”
Then I showed Dalton the sword I had received from the Emperor Montmartre.
This is a sword made using only pure mithril by a craftsman who is considered a master craftsman among dwarves.
“Isn’t this the imperial emblem of the Montmartre Empire? Could it be that you received it directly from the emperor?”
Instead of speaking, I nodded.
“This is a luxury product made using only mithril.”
“Let’s take a look.”
Dalton carefully placed his hand on the hilt of his sword and pulled the sword from its scabbard.
The sky blue sword body was very beautiful.
“I also received the rank of Baron and had my armor and sword made of mithril. f*ck, this is on a different level…”
“Someday, Baron, you will guess something better than me.”
“That’s so bad, you bastard.”
“Anyway, I’m starving to death. How did you come out and prepare something for my kids to eat?”
Dalton chuckled when he heard that.
“When they heard that you were coming, they all emptied their pockets, starting with me, the knights, and those who were mercenaries and officers in the Whitebeard mercenary unit. So, they slaughtered plenty of cows, pigs, and sheep.”
“I believed it too.”
“Starting tomorrow, you can buy and eat with your own money.”
The 1,000 mercenaries I brought with me are close to 2,000 people, and honestly, just getting one big meal is a huge loss of money.
But if you keep thinking about getting something to eat during your stay, that is a lack of conscience.
“Anyway, I plan to stay here for a year and take my time to think about which side I will be on.”
Actually, before I came here, I had figured out where I could sell myself at the highest price, but…
“Because I cannot accommodate more than 2,000 people from outside the castle while staying in my barony. “Only about 200 people should stay near the castle, and the rest should stay nearby.”
“There are only 500 new recruits, so I’ll have 600 stay near the castle until we train them. Instead, I will just buy food and other miscellaneous things here and cook and eat them. Recruits will not be allowed to go outside until training is over.”
“If that’s the case, then what? By the way, the size of the mercenary force is 1,000 people. You too have now become the mercenary leader of a large mercenary army. “If you know it, he was a big guy, damn it.”
“I learned everything from the Baron.”
“Stop your bullsh*t, you bastard.”
“Instead, we will spend a lot of money.”
Our mercenaries will spend a lot of money on this baronial territory, so it will definitely be of great help to Captain Dalton and his former colleagues.
“Oh, by the way, how are you doing, Baron?”
“Just speak comfortably. “It’s not a public place.”
“How are you, Baron?”
Dalton chuckled at those words.
“When I first entered this barony, I really thought I was going to die. “f*ck, the local officials here make a fuss whenever I do anything.”
Since the original Baron flew away and a new parachute came in, they probably wanted to tame it and lay a foundation for further trouble.
“So, after receiving permission from the Count, I managed to take control by wiping out half of the area while maintaining it and marrying the other half with the guys I brought. Thanks to you, I now have two more wives besides Millia.”
“Phew, is that so?”
“Don’t laugh, you bastard. Thanks to this, I will have to go get back treatment after I get older. “I was thinking about calling Father Thompson last week and receiving the healing method.”
Dalton, that guy is also an expert-level prosecutor, so there’s no way he’s going to lose weight just dealing with three women.
“Oh my, it must be good to see that the number of women is suddenly increasing.”
“But it’s nice that I don’t have to worry about my back at night these days.”
“What’s going on? “Baron.”
Dalton heard that and started laughing like the crazy person he was.
“Milia is pregnant. Ella and Sylvia too! “In a few months, Dalton von Prime, or rather Maurer, will be the father of three children.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, bastard. “You should play an active role in this civil war, get a title and settle down while you are at least a year younger.”
“I think so.”
Baron Dalton smiled evilly at those words.
“I persuaded our Count that he should die and take Margrave Estelle’s side… What about you?”
It’s a very important story, but it’s not something to talk about here yet.
“Let’s go to the banquet hall and have a chat when we’re alone, Baron.”
“Okay, before that, let’s just listen to what you have to say. By the way, did you do anything with Hilde?”
“After this war is over.”
“Don’t increase it further.”
“It will not increase. “I don’t even want to increase it.”
So we continued joking around like we used to in the past until we arrived at the Baron’s Castle.