Warhammer Throne

As the last line of defense around Emperor Karl-Franz, the Rick Guards have always been the most elite guards in the empire. There is no one. Although they do not have the prestige and scale of the three major knights in the old world, they The fighting power of the empire is also not to be underestimated. Since its establishment, this knight group has served as the emperor’s guard.

Unlike many knights, the recruits of the Rick Guard are all recruited from the children of the great nobles of the empire and even the children of the elector, as well as the fellow towns and relatives of the current Rick Guard. Recruits from Lier, Estalia, and the Prince of the Frontier join.

The only requirement for recruiting recruits is that the source must be a nobleman.

Wagner-Schmidt is such a recruit. This guy who is less than twenty-four years old comes from Nuer and has served the Bernardino family of Brescia electorate for generations. His father is Baron Alberto Schmidt. The engineering master of the Nuer Gun Academy, relying on his ancestors to seal the shadow, he got an opportunity to learn as a recruit of Rick's guard.

Wagner was young, with brown hair and a tough face. It seemed that he was afraid of being too young to look down upon him. Wagner deliberately grew a little beard to make people feel mature.

Young Wagner watched the recruits around him.

Rudolf Lichtenstein, the eldest son of the family of the Duke of Lichtenstein, came from the Rikers.

Lehman-Bachmann, the first-in-law of the Count Bachmann family, comes from Rickling.

Baron Theodrickson, grandson of King Nord, from Nordling.

Stefan Elkan, from Avignon, is the son of Count Letterdorf, a general trusted by the Grand Duke of Avignon and Elector of Tuscany Umberto Corleone.

These people are the most conspicuous because their clothes and armor are so gorgeous. They are all dressed in satin clothes made of the highest quality silk and linen. The dwarf enchanted mithril plate armor is inlaid with gold and jewels. Colorful, beautiful flowers, and a few beautiful colorful helmet feathers stuck to the helmet, just by looking at this set of outfits, you can know their status and identity.

The young Wagner felt a lot of pressure. His family was well-known in Nuer and had a certain influence in Nuer’s court. But when he came to Braunschweig as a recruit from Rick’s guard, he Only then did I understand how noble the origins of Rick guards were.

"Hey, Wagner, what are you in a daze?" At this moment, a young recruit next to him said: "Go in, I don't want to leave a bad impression on His Excellency Heilberg on the first day."

He is called Lawrenz, and he is from Tallaberheim, one of the four largest cities in the empire, led by Tarabek. On the way, Wagner and him have something to say the most.

The recruits quickly formed a small circle. Rick led the most recruits. They were the first to hold a group. The wealthy southerners of the empire gathered in a group, and the northerners of the empire gathered in a group, and Wagner naturally joined the small group of the southern empire. middle.

"Here." Wagner whispered: "It is said that Earl Ryan is from Nord, but he became the champion of the lady of the lake?"

"Hey, keep it quiet, brother." Lawrenz whispered. He pointed to Baron Theodrickson, who was not far in front of the two. This nobleman from Nord apparently responded with disgust towards Ryan: "He doesn't like hearing Lord Lane's name."

"This way~" Wagner expressed his understanding. No one likes to be robbed of the limelight. Baron Theodrickson was young and famous, and he had a lot of achievements in the war with the barbarians, but he was always shrouded in the shadow of Ryan.

The headquarters of the Rick Guards Castle is located in the southeast corner of Braunschweig. The fortress has two floors inside and outside. The outer fort wall is 30 meters high, and the inner fort wall is 50 meters high. Above the city wall, I saw Marshal Rick Helberg leading Rick guards to return. The city gate was wide open, allowing everyone to enter.

Wagner looked at the castle for a moment, and vomited a string of numbers: "One hundred."

"What?" Lawrenz didn't understand.

"One hundred people, one hundred well-trained soldiers can guard this castle for a long time." Wagner said with squinting eyes.

"It should be." Lawrenz was noncommittal, he just reminded: "Stand up straight, Wagner."

In the lobby of the castle of Rick's guard headquarters,

"Quiet, recruits!" Marshal Rick Heilberg yelled at the group of recruits, "Listen to me!"

"Yes! Your Excellency Heilberg!" All the recruits stood still, listening to Heilberg's words.

"Everyone, I know that you come from many places in the old world, and I also know that each of you has a long family tree. Many people's family genealogies can be lined up to the time when Charlemagne established the empire." Heilberg said coarsely.

Rudolph and Lehman both shrank their necks subconsciously.

"Perhaps there are also many people's parents or grandparents who fought shoulder to shoulder with the savior Ludwig during the Great Jihad."

Theodoricson and Stefan shook their heads a little nervously.

"Or, some people just come to receive training and guidance, and don't really want to be a Rick guard."

Now it was Wagner's turn to smile wryly.

"Well, anyway, you all have a glorious family history, have great ancestors, or have a wealth of money and a lot of land and estates. Maybe five years ago, none of you knew what Heilberg was... it sounds like Mu A new fruit pie developed by a special halfling chef?" Heilberg continued solemnly.

There was a burst of laughter from more than 30 recruits. Heilberg didn’t care. He just stared and continued: “But now, I’m Marshal Rick. I don’t care if your family is in the imperial court. How much influence, how many gold marks you have in your warehouse, and how much military exploits your ancestors had in the past, are not counted by me!"

"Your family sent you to me, and I have a responsibility to teach you well, although in my opinion some of you are too weak, some are too stupid, some are... You, Steiner, I can smell the perfume on you through dozens of people!" Marshal Rick glared at a recruit standing in the corner.

Steiner von Bekafen, from the Ostmark League, heard Heilberg's reprimand, he lowered his head in shame, the young man was a little unconvinced, but he knew if he was expelled by Marshal Rick. , Then his family will regard him as a great shame.

Fortunately, Heilberg didn't delve into it: "Well, recruits, let's get started!"

"Today's first lesson is the history of Rick's guard."

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"Rick Guard, an emperor founded after His Majesty Ludwig the savior, Leopold-Franz-Fredrich."

In the evening, at the Imperial Royal Hotel and restaurant, Ryan sat behind a long table and turned towards Sulia and Silvia who were sitting next to him, and Veronica and Teresa who were sitting opposite him, said: "Leo After His Majesty Pod took office, he was distressed by the fact that the Griffin Knights did not listen to the announcement. Due to the privileges granted by His Majesty Ludwig, it was difficult for His Majesty Leopold to easily mobilize the Griffin Knights, so Rick's ban was established. guard."

"This trick is considered to be extremely effective. As the private army of the Franz family, the Rick Guard has always been the most trusted guard and the most elite force in the hands of the emperor. The children of the nobles provide excellent military quality. Royal Ordnance The library provides the most sophisticated equipment, and after serving as the Rick Guard, these noble children have a more ambitious career prospect. The emperor is obviously more willing to promote those nobles who have served in the Rick Guard to important positions. "

"It feels a bit of selection. It's a bit like the nobles in the kingdom will send their children to the capital to serve as a ranger knight for the knight king, fighting for the opportunity to become a knight of the kingdom." Su Liya said.

A few people waited to talk about it, and a strange voice came from the side: "Oh, I said who this is, it turned out to be Nord’s little cub, the little champion of the woman in the lake, you are holding your thigh with pointed ears, unexpectedly To become the emperor’s distinguished guest in a stately place?"

Ryan did not get angry after hearing this voice. On the contrary, he stood up and showed respect: "Hello, Lord Elector Beccaffin."

"Huh!" A tall man with a tall body and a long goatee is wearing expensive silk clothes. He looks less than 30 years old, with many scars on his face, and his tall, big hooked nose is a bit scary. People, he looked at Ryan with contempt, and the women on the table, and finally reached out his hand: "You have to learn to be grateful and grateful, Ryan Makado, I am very fond of Chaos Creatures and Green Skin The disgust of the orcs far exceeds the disgust of you."

"Ha, actually you don't need to be like this, Lord Hertwig." Ryan sneered and stretched out his hand: "You can send your champion and have a duel with me. In this dark age, we can speak with our fists. "

The visitor was Wolfram Hertwig, the Speaker of the Ostermark League and Elector of Bekafen.

He was the first elector to arrive.

Ostermark’s politics is composed of parliament. Five hundred years ago, a two-tailed comet fell from the sky and completely destroyed the capital of Ostermark, Mordheim, and all the nobles and electors of Mordheim. The families were killed in the collision of the comet, and the remaining nobles united to form the Ostermark League and set the capital in Bekafen. After that, the position of the elector of the Ostermark province became Elected by the nobles.

The most famous story of this elector is called "Hertwig's Folly".

The noble-born Elector Hetwig of Bekafen was only a teenager when he became a candidate. When the Battle of the Black Road, the Ostermark provincial army faced the attack of the beasts and relied on the elite Hetwig of the army. Young and vigorous, refusing to allow the chief of the Knights of Eternal Light to provide tactical guidance, the knights chose to withdraw to the castle angrily, leaving Hertwig and his army to fight the orcs without the support of the knights.

The final outcome is that Hertwig and his army still won the victory, but they paid more than 10,000 heavy casualties. This incident made the elector a laughingstock of the empire, and the Ostermark province was for many years. Time had to put down his face and seek support from other empire provinces.

However, Hertwig also learned his lesson and grew up, and gradually became an excellent general. More importantly, the elector believed that "the justice of the nobility is not the justice of the common people", so he was among the aristocracy and the populace. He is more inclined to protect the interests of civilians, which allows him to reap the love of farmers and free people in the province. Ostermark has lived well in civilian life in recent years. The people here love life, raise horses and vodka, and firmly believe that a united human alliance and empire is stronger than a divided empire.

"No one of my champions can be played by you, otherwise I would have sent my champion to let you know!" Wolfram Hertwig said unceremoniously.

The elector and Ryan shook hands and greeted, Hertwig deliberately added a little force.

Ryan quickly squeezed the elector's bones in turn.

"Uh~huh!" The elector suffered from pain, he tried to break free, and then left with his entourage in anger.

"This Lord Elector doesn't seem to like you." After Ryan sat down, Teresa whispered: "He seems to be disgusted with you, but because you are a human being, a human hero, this is not willing to come up. Say hello."

"I can't get everyone's likes. There will always be some people who like you and some people hate you." Ryan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Except for the Golden Mark, no one can get everyone's likes."

Su Liya and Veronica couldn’t help but laugh when they heard the words. Teresa’s original worries were also wiped out. The sorcerer couldn’t help but smile and said, "Then you should try to get the support of most people. ."

"I can only try my best in this matter. Even if I kill Red-Eyed Egil, it is still impossible to make all the provinces of the empire like me." Seeing Hertwig leading the servants Sitting at a distance, motioning for the waiter to bring food, Ryan frowned and said: "Not all imperial provinces have to face the threat of the northern barbarians, such as the provinces in the east. They are even more troubled by the beasts in the territory and the south. The greenskins of the badlands, Targris's proposal can't make them feel...unless the high elves are willing to help them deal with threats from within the territory."

"Your Excellency Tegris brought five hundred troops..." Su Liya wanted to say something, and a group of people came in from the gate of the restaurant.

This group of people are the recruits of the Rick Guards that they have seen today. When these noble children entered the capital, many people naturally stayed in the royal hotel.

At this time, Ryan and the others had finished eating, and he nodded friendly to the recruits and led them away.

"It's Ryan Makado, the human hero who killed Red-Eyed Egil." Lawrenz and Wagner said: "He came to the capital of the Empire with the high elves this time, and it is said that he intends to fight Chaos with the Empire Alliance."

"Ryan Makado...This is not what I care about." Wagner shook his head: "Let's eat something first. The imperial assembly will be held in a few days. Whether or not to agree to the alliance is the emperor's business."

"By the way, the Grand Duke of Wiesen and Elector Garni will also come here to participate in the Imperial Council." Seeing that Wagner was not interested, Lawrenz changed the subject: "Look, Elector Herdwig Your Excellency is there."

"No! I will never admit that Jani is the elector!" Who knew Wagner said angrily.

"My family and I are only loyal to Emmanuel!"