I Was Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer in a Different World, so I Decided to Make Bricks to Build a Castle - Chapter 406

"The House of the Noble Heikails is destroyed.... so what's wrong with that, Leon?

"... I don't know. The Heikails themselves are not such large aristocracies. In addition, the aristocracy in the south is far from the kingdom of Fontana. Therefore, I don't think it will have any immediate impact....."

"I have a bad tooth cut. Is there anything I can help you with?

"Yes, but I can't say anything conclusive because I don't have accurate information yet, but I have a personal bad feeling about it."

"A bad feeling. I don't know how to believe in hunches, but is that what bothers you so much?

"Yes. The destroyed Heikails didn't have any particular power, but they didn't have a sudden collapse. That's what fell down this year."

"Hmm, wouldn't the southern aristocracy have just been destroyed by the Risolte kingdom and the Rheinzats?

"No, it's not. Neither the Kingdom of Resolute nor the House of Rheinzats were involved in the destruction of the Heikails. Rather, it wasn't the aristocrats who destroyed the Heikails."

Aren't you a nobleman? What the hell is that? Then where did you defeat the Heikei family?

"Mercenaries, Ars. There are reports that an organization called the Marshall Mercenaries has destroyed the Heikails."

"Mercenaries? Does that mean the knight can defeat the nobleman's caste anyway?

"I don't know. Normally I can't, but I can't tell you that I won't. After all, Mr. Ars has been raising the rank of the principal since before he became the main class. However, it appears that the Marshall Mercenaries took down many knights in Guinean territory next to Heikir territory before destroying the Heikir family. This is a little unusual."

"Wow, you're pretty strong. I'm afraid the Guineans are going to kill me, but you're still worried about Leon, right? But is the mercenary group hired somewhere? Maybe I wonder where you're manipulating them."

"Well…, it seems that the Marshall Mercenaries are not currently affiliated with anyone. It is highly likely that you are acting completely independently, Arus."

"Ah? No, I don't think so. If you don't have an employer, how can you be a mercenary? You won't get any money or food."

"That's why it's strange. I will look into this matter in the future. I hope you leave it in the corner of your head."

The military exercises of the Fontana and Ruvich armies were completed and everyday life returned afterwards.

As always, I focus on river construction.

The city of Fontana is very vibrant, with castle and church architecture, but there were no major problems.

That's when Leon brought me some information.

It is a story of nobility far from the kingdom of Fontana.

The Heikails, one of the southern nobles, were suddenly destroyed.

And, surprisingly, it wasn't some nobleman who made it, but a mercenary group.

Mercenaries.

There are not many major groups of mercenaries around here.

It's basically a bunch of desolate people, but I've heard that some mercenary groups have specialized combat knowledge, and some nobles use it.

However, it seems that the mercenaries hired with money to change their masters are not very trustworthy, and many aristocrats only think of them as disposable tokens.

Well, that might be true.

Nobles and knights can use a special power called magic anyway.

The opponent is not able to compete against the knight by forming a rival party.

but there was an exception.

It's a former Explorer mercenary.

This applies, for example, to people from the Labyrinth Street in the present Menmen domain who were formerly owned by the Percival family.

The Percival family, which ruled the Labyrinth, used a knight named the Tiers family to manage the labyrinth.

The magic of the Tears family is called [ability unlocking].

By diving into the labyrinth and [releasing abilities] for those who have various experiences, they improve their abilities with a feeling of so-called level up.

And some of those who dive deep into the labyrinth express special powers.

Lucica, the female Explorer I met in Labyrinth Street, had the skill of "far-sightedness".

The power to see clearly even far away, but it seems to be closer to magic than magic.

Skills acquired by ability release cannot be inherited by a child even if the child performs the inheritance ritual.

Still, Explorers who dive into the labyrinth in this labyrinth town and become stronger can never be beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It seems that there are occasional cases where such deep-seekers leave the Labyrinth City to become mercenaries.

Even so, there is some steady earnings and freedom to lurk in the labyrinth as long as it is used as a disposable token.

But some still prefer mercenary life to fighting monsters.

Maybe he's leading the Marshall Mercenaries.

Still, Leon's right, the mercenaries will destroy the aristocrats.

As an ex-Explorer, not all of his mercenary regiments are strong as individuals.

And if you think of it as a group, a mercenary group definitely needs an employer.

Without a presence to pay for the very act of fighting, there would be no continuing mercenarism.

Not to mention that we will not be able to take over the territory once we have destroyed the aristocracy.

Even if a thug suddenly appeared and killed the leader of the land and claimed that I was the ruler here from today, no one would get along properly, and I don't think the mercenaries have the ability to rule the land.

What happens to the subsequent movements?

The next action is to be taken by a desolate group of mercenaries who destroyed the aristocracy and looted its territory.

Doesn't that mean moving to another place and attacking someone again?

At that time, they have money if they want to.

I mean, nobles and knights.

No, or maybe even better.

What does the kingdom of Fontana look like to its mercenaries, who have recently made new silver coins and given them jobs to scatter across immigrants?

Perhaps a hungry beast will come north to be caught by the smell.

Sure, be careful.

I had Leon continue to gather information about the mercenary group.