I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 124 Capital Meeting

"Now, should we settle the accounts?" Florina suddenly said, looking into the dark corner.

Alpha came out from the corner, pushed Flynn into the corner, and asked in a confused manner, "What accounts do we have to settle?"

"You did it on purpose. You took down the trade fort on purpose and didn't explain to me. You made me and those fat pigs feel sick for a long time." Florina panted and complained angrily.

"You know that if those guys in the Trade Fort hadn't deliberately provoked me, I wouldn't even know where that place is. Next time I will tell you in advance." Alpha continued to occupy Florina's space.

"No, you have to compensate me." Florina glared at Alpha in dissatisfaction.

"How do you want me to compensate you?" Alpha looked at Florina teasingly.

"What you did last time, I'm going to do to you now" Before Florina could finish her words, she was pushed onto the table by Alpha.

"Don't even think about it." Florina held the prop and struggled with all her might, but it was useless.

"Hmph, just wait and see, I won't let you go."

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"Captain Alpha, why are you back?" Javier looked at the tall and mighty Alpha in front of him with a worried look on his face. "You know they hate you to the core now. As long as you show up, they will definitely tear their faces apart and kill you without hesitation."

"Of course I'm here to deal with this crisis." Alpha's face was firm. "Since they have already started to secretly mobilize troops, I will not sit idly by and wait for death."

"So, sir, what are your plans for dealing with this crisis?" This was the first time that Tanster had communicated with Alpha in person.

"I won't let myself be passive. I will take the initiative." Alpha was determined. "It's rude not to reciprocate."

"Sir, do you mean to attack those nobles directly?" Javier was a little worried. "This would mean a complete break."

"No, if they don't attack us blatantly, I won't attack them." Alpha's target has always been the bandits who occupy the grassland mines, "My target has always been the bandits who occupy the grassland mines, and they are also the behind-the-scenes forces of the nobles."

"How is this possible? Captain, how could you have so many troops?" Talos was obviously a little bit unbelievable.

"The construction of the Titanium Mine City has been basically completed. I have enough troops to defend the Titanium Mine City. However, I will not defend it to the death. I will take the initiative to attack their base after they leave the city."

"My Titanium City now has 800 regular knights and 1,000 soldiers in training. Moreover, the city is well-stocked and the residents are all brave and good at fighting. All the people are soldiers." Alpha's tone was full of confidence. Of course, this was also part of Alpha's bluffing. He could only fight with the 800 regular knights. The other soldiers could only conduct simple city defense battles.

"Lord Alpha, what is the purpose of your visit this time?" Javier felt a little more at ease when he heard Alpha's words.

"I mainly want to boost your confidence and give you a chance." Alpha said, "I am very confident in the defense of Titanium Mine City, but with my current strength, I can only capture two mines at the same time, so I will give you a chance to choose. Are you willing to seize this opportunity?"

In fact, the purpose of Alpha's trip was to borrow soldiers. He couldn't send out all the veterans, and the training of new recruits would not be effective in the short term.

"Lord Alpha, how many troops do you want?" Talos was very interested in this. After all, he had the most troops but the least resources and could only rely on the nobles to survive.

Ferta had squandered all the city's resources, distributing all the money he could make, even though the tax revenue had already been collected ten years later. If he wanted more tax revenue, it would be like pulling teeth out of the mouths of the nobles, so Talos would rather join the alliance to overthrow the nobles.

Alpha saw through Talos's thoughts and said, "I need a thousand soldiers to capture a city. Of course, this is the number required to occupy the mine. You guys can handle the subsequent garrison defense yourselves. I am only responsible for the occupation." Alpha did not have that many troops, so he could only take out the cake and let everyone share it.

"Lord Alpha, what do you want?" Javier knew that there was no free lunch in the world.

"It's just the distribution of benefits. If you send out a thousand troops, I can take over two mines. I will occupy one of them and take 60%. The remaining 20% ​​will go to the tax revenue of Balor City, and 20% will be shared by other partners. Of course, this number of partners is calculated based on how many troops you send. At the same time, I will hand over the other mine, and the same goes for the distribution of benefits. Whoever sends the most troops will get the biggest share. The remaining 20% ​​will be shared by everyone, and 20% will go to the city defense tax revenue." Alpha changed the previous distribution of benefits, allowing everyone to have each other in their own way, so that the cross-interests can last longer.

"Then how should Lord Alpha's titanium mining city and trade fort be distributed?" Talos took a fancy to Alpha's vested interests.

"I occupied this place alone, but for the sake of harmony among us, I am willing to take out 20% of the profits of the Trade Fort as taxes, and 20% will be shared with all those who send troops next. Their previous output in the Titanium Mine City was 200 kilograms per month, and I will take out 480 kilograms of profits as usual." Alpha also knew that only profits could make people crazy. Of course, the Titanium Mine City was the core of Alpha, and the output had greatly increased, so it was impossible for Alpha to share it all.

"Okay, sure. I'll send a thousand soldiers." Talos was the first to stand up. After all, Talos had no way out. Once he failed, Talos would not be able to maintain the balance of Balor. In the end, he would either become a running dog of the nobles, or become a meaningless person and be abandoned at will.

"Our Thames family and Montgomery family will each send 500 soldiers." Tanster and Javier discussed it and gave an answer.

"Okay, with two thousand troops, we can expect to take over three mines." Alpha squinted his eyes and thought.

"But these troops must be under my unified command, otherwise I cannot guarantee the completion of the mission." Alpha knew very well that if everyone fought on their own, the mission would become more difficult.

"Captain Alpha, can you really guarantee that you will complete the mission?" Tanster was a little skeptical. After all, these cavalrymen could not be produced overnight.

"We have no way out. We can only go all out. If we fail to take over the mine, I won't take the spoils if I'm short of one mine. If I'm short of two mines, I'll use the trade fort to pay off the debt. If I'm short of three mines, I'll use the titanium mine city as collateral." Alpha was determined.

"I trust Captain Alpha. I will send a thousand soldiers led by Captain Alpha." Talos knew Alpha's strength and felt more at ease.

"I am willing to do so too." Javier knew the strength of Alpha's Titanium Mine City. Even if he could not occupy other mining areas, defending the Titanium Mine City would be a victory.

"Okay, I agree." Tanster could only choose to believe. After all, difficulties were foreseeable. If there were no difficulties, the family would not have placed high hopes on him.

How to send out troops was the next problem they faced. Talos went out of the city for training several times under the pretext of rotation training, and slowly sent out a thousand troops. The two major families broke up into smaller units, and at the same time recruited new soldiers in small batches to ease the pressure on family defense.

……

As soon as Balor's capital meeting ended, Alpha and the monkey Darwin put on disguises and quietly left. After all, they were a thorn in the eyes of the nobles.

But as soon as they leave the city, the monkey feels a murderous aura coming towards him, while Alpha and Darwin are unaware of it.

"Lord Alpha, we are being targeted. Could it be that those people informed on us?" The three of them were running at full speed in the snow, but the monkey was unable to escape the murderous aura, which made him very annoyed.

"Don't worry, even if there are enemies lurking, there won't be too many of them. The three of us are enough to handle them." Of course, Alpha is so confident mainly because Darwin also has the unique skill of transformation.

"Where is it?" Suddenly, the monkey pointed to the distance and shouted. Following the direction of his finger, Alpha saw a dark shadow and his heart sank.

"Take a detour and avoid him." Although there was only one person on the other side, Alpha did not dare to take the risk.

As soon as the warhorse turned, the opponent also changed direction. It was obvious that the opponent was just walking slowly alone, but at the current speed, the two sides would soon intersect.

"Lord Alpha, the opponent is a master, and it seems to be the female ninja from before." Darwin narrowed his eyes, obviously having felt the powerful threat from the opponent.

"Prepare the crossbow and try not to come into contact with her." Alpha didn't want to experience the last incident again, so he chose the conservative option.

But many times things go against one's wishes. Thousands of troops may make it impossible for a ninja to escape, but three people and six crossbows cannot threaten her.

"We meet again. I didn't expect you to greet me with a crossbow arrow. Captain Alpha, you really broke my heart and disappointed me so much." The ninja dodged the crossbow arrows easily, obviously no longer taking them seriously.

"We are not familiar with each other. I feel unsafe when you get so close to me." Captain Alpha took the lead and turned back, trying to rely on the speed of the warhorse to get away from the ninja.

"How can I let a heartless man like you go if you don't recognize me after putting on clothes?" The ninja followed closely behind him and chased him. In an instant, the ninja appeared in front of Captain Alpha.

"Why are you chasing me?" Captain Alpha stopped his horse. Facing the speed of the ninja, Alpha knew that he could not escape at all.

"Someone is offering money to buy your life." The ninja did not hide his purpose.

"I'll pay double the price if you help me kill the person who wants to buy my life." There are too many people who want Alpha's life now.

"That won't do. The other party made the offer first, so I have to complete my mission. But I will avenge you after you die, but the price cannot be less than a penny." The ninja licked the corner of his mouth, obviously unable to wait any longer.

Kill! The monkey roared and pounced forward.

Shoot! Alpha followed closely behind, firing two crossbows at the same time, trying to block all routes around the ninja.

"Since you don't welcome me, don't blame me for being rude." The ninja simply raised his hand and knocked away all the crossbow arrows, while the sword was already slashing towards the monkey's waist.

Ice blades! Darwin also took action, and countless ice blades had blocked the ninja's attack route.

"It's hard to imagine there are magicians here. Today's harvest is really big." The ninja gave up chasing the monkey and looked at Darwin coldly. Maybe Alpha is not important now.

"Darwin, he is more interested in you than we are!" Alpha was actually in the mood to joke at this moment.

"He's coming, Lord Alpha, you go first." Darwin chose to face it alone.

"Don't forget, we are at an absolute disadvantage in speed. Don't even think about running away. We must go all out to have a chance of survival." Alpha chose to take the initiative.

Alpha calmly analyzed the situation. The enemy had an absolute advantage in speed and could kill with one strike. But we had advantages in numbers, strength, and long-range attacks. As long as we could injure the enemy, even if it was a missed strike, we would have a chance to win. However, our melee skills, "Silent Power" and "Concussion Power", could not play to our advantage, and we would be very passive against speed assassins.

At this point, Alpha had no choice but to go ahead. Alpha and Monkey quickly double-teamed the Ninja Assassin, one in front and one behind.

"Fighting Qi Slash!" Alpha shouted, and at the same time drank another tube of potion. The powerful Fighting Qi Slash instantly blocked the enemy's momentum to advance.

However, faced with the absolute speed, the ninja only needed to turn slightly and Alpha lost his target.

In the blink of an eye, the ninja and Alpha's bodies were separated. Alpha had no time to react and was stabbed in the waist and abdomen.

"I didn't expect Captain Alpha to be so afraid of death that he actually wears soft armor." Looking at the metallic light exposed on Alpha's waist and abdomen, the ninja smiled contemptuously.

"If you have the guts, let's fight face to face. Whoever runs away is a coward." Alpha deliberately provoked the ninja.

"Wind Blade!" As long as the ninja is out of battle, Darwin's magic will fly directly to him. Although it doesn't have much effect, it can make the ninja unable to breathe.

"You annoying wizard, I'll kill you first." The ninja was most afraid of Darwin's magic, followed by Alpha's fighting spirit, and he didn't take the monkey seriously at all.

"Wind Blade." Darwin used a large-scale magic desperately when he saw the ninja rushing towards him. The ninja did not dare to be careless and could only dodge and approach in a roundabout way.

The battle became more and more intense. Ninja just wanted to kill Darwin with all his strength, while Alpha tried his best to protect his teammates and tried to keep a distance from Ninja.

Every time a sword cut through the air, Alpha and Darwin had to concentrate to avoid being hit with a fatal blow.

In the melee, the monkey suddenly appeared and tried to attack the ninja from behind. However, the ninja was too fast and sharp, so the monkey only made a feint and did not cause any substantial damage to it. Nevertheless, the monkey's brave attempt gave Alpha and Darwin some precious time to catch their breath and think.

The three began to try new strategies. Alpha wanted to use his speed advantage to get behind the ninja and attack him, but the ninja's speed and acuity were no less than his. Darwin, on the other hand, tried to attack with magic, but to little avail.

The battle seemed to be at a stalemate, with neither side having a clear advantage. However, Alpha and Darwin knew that the longer they dragged on, the more dangerous they would be. They had to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible to have a chance to turn the tide.

"We can't go on like this. It's too passive."