Chapter 75 Regret to leave
Rhodes looked at Knight Fuller's self-destructive look and did not approach him directly.

He didn't quite understand what kind of blow could turn a powerful knight into this state.

Completely abandoning the etiquette of the nobility and holding the ceremony directly in the temple in front of all the Knights of the Round Table?
Does this mean you don't plan to continue staying in this circle?

Rhodes' head was full of questions. By talking with other Knights of the Round Table, he slowly understood Fuller's situation.

During the development of the northern border, before the territory's defense construction was completed, defeat in the face of barbarian attacks was not a big deal.

This is a common occurrence.

The siege launched by Rhodes' alliance against Sarko Ice City did not yield ideal results.

To be honest, it was a failed war.

These actually have no impact. For the Knights of the Round Table, the real disaster is the loss of the core knights.

And being abandoned by the family behind him led to the breakdown of the capital chain.

Now, Rhodes understood Knight Fuller's situation.

The knights led by the opponent were defeated by the Mole Tribe, and most of the knights were killed on the spot.

To make matters worse, his fiancée Alia was captured by the Marigold.

When Alia's father, Viscount Eret, found out, he was furious.

He rushed directly to Count Mark's residence and cursed him, uttering all kinds of obscene words.

The count knew he was in the wrong, but he still had to force a smile and comfort the other party after he had finished scolding him.

But this accumulated anger will not disappear, the target of it will just be shifted.

The Mark family chose to give up Fuller as an heir.

The result was that Knight Fuller was burdened with a debt of thousands of gold coins!
Yes, don’t think that a big family’s investment in their offspring is free.

Except for the eldest son of the family, these descendants of the family who came to the North were not eligible to share the family property. In fact, they all borrowed money to expand the business.

The supplies that were continuously transported from the rear meant that behind each carriage was a high bill.

The Pioneer Knight has performed well on the front line, and the family is satisfied and will happily continue to invest in you.

But if you encounter an irreversible failure, then I'm sorry.

You will lose autonomy in your life, so be prepared to repay your family debt for the rest of your life.

His original dream of returning home with glorious military achievements, being knighted and establishing his own country was ruthlessly shattered.

It seems that Knight Fuller could not withstand the blow of the cold reality.

So he was useless and could only hide in the Temple of the Round Table like a homeless person.

He numbed himself with alcohol and kept escaping from reality.

After understanding his situation, Rhodes came in front of Knight Fuller and looked at him quietly.

"Get out of the way and don't block my sun." Knight Fuller opened his eyes drunkenly and cursed weakly when he saw someone standing in front of him.

"I'm Rhodes, you should have received my letter." Rhodes said to him calmly.

Due to the presence of other Knights of the Round Table around, Rhodes did not mention Alia directly.

It can be regarded as leaving the other party with a last bit of face.

"Rod? Oh, the gardener, right?" Knight Fuller lay on the ground, looking up at his face in a daze for a long time.

Then, Knight Fuller's expression suddenly turned grim. "Alia has been dead for a long time. You want to blackmail me too?"

"Dream on! Get out of here! I won't give you a single penny! Get out of here! Get out of here!"

He growled incoherently, and slowly, tears began to flow out uncontrollably.

"It seems like you're really useless." Rhodes sighed, shook his head and turned away.

As a knight, I would rather shed tears than stand up.

With such a fragile state of mind, no matter how powerful one is, it is just a waste. Rhodes gave up communicating with Knight Fuller.

Just as he was thinking about what to do with Alia, another knight of the Temple found him.

That was Alia's brother, the third son of Viscount Eret, Knight Lanlo.

As a fellow Knight of the Round Table who came to explore the world, when Rhodes saw him, the knight had a lost look in his eyes and a face full of fatigue.

The previous attack by the Mole Tribe also caused heavy losses to the knight.

When Rhodes took him out of the temple and saw Alia in the carriage, joy flashed in the eyes of the brother and sister.

"Thank you for saving my sister."

Knight Lanluo's depressed expression slowly recovered. He bowed to Rhodes and expressed his sincere gratitude.

Holding his arms tightly with both hands, Alia, who followed behind him, bowed quickly and thanked him together.

"I'm sorry, I have lost everything my family has. This bow represents my former glory as a knight. Please accept it."

Rhodes took the longbow handed over by Knight Lanluo and was surprised to find that it was an extraordinary longbow.

It is one and a half meters long, shaped like a composite bow of tendons and horns, and has a light yellow appearance.

The bow frame is made of yew, with layers of monster horn pieces glued together on the inside and strong tendons on the outside.

The quality is first-level excellence, with the added effect of lightness, being able to shoot powerful arrows with less force.

Rhodes did not refuse and nodded to accept the longbow.

After sending out the longbow, Knight Lanluo seemed to have let go of something, heaved a sigh of relief and his face became relaxed.

He hired a carriage at the market and asked Alia to sit in it.

"What are you going to do next?" Rhodes asked curiously.

Knight Lanlo replied, "The North is far more cruel than I thought. I plan to take Alia to the commercial city of East Sea Port. There are many opportunities there. As a mercenary or a caravan guard, life will always be okay."

Rhodes expressed his understanding and wished him good luck.

The longbow is the weapon of Knight Lanlo, symbolizing his knighthood.

When he gave away this weapon, Rhodes knew that he had chosen to give up pioneering.

Compared with Knight Fuller's high debt, Knight Lanlo's luck is pretty good.

After paying off his debts, he was left with nothing and lost everything that he had as a noble.

But with the strength of elite knights, it is not a problem to live comfortably in a small city where competition is not fierce.

The carriage carrying the brother and sister slowly drove away.

Rhodes looked at them and knew that this was not an isolated case.

The cruelty of the North was far beyond the imagination of the pioneering knights. For most people, being able to return alive was a luxury.

In the next few days, Knights of the Round Table continued to rush to the temple from outside.

However, most of them looked very bad, and complaints and grievances filled the courtyard garden.

Compared to the bustle of the market outside, the atmosphere inside the temple was heading towards the worst direction.

In this case, members arrived.

As the temple bells slowly rang, the three-monthly Round Table Council officially convened.

Rhodes and five members of the alliance entered the parliament hall together.

Looking at the sparse figures on the long table, Rhodes could sense that the situation was not good.

If this continues, the number of seats in the Round Table will probably be reduced by half again in the next two months.

(End of this chapter)