Chapter 427 Following
At night, the stars are shining brightly.
In front of the unfinished main castle of Cigar Castle, a bonfire burned on the lawn, and gemstone lamps on the surrounding shelves emitted light.
Light up the whole place like daylight.
The knights sat on the ground and chatted comfortably around the campfire.
Not far away, a dozen men and maids from the Cigar Courtyard were busy preparing a barbecue buffet dinner.
Mrs. Moore, who was wearing an apron, lowered her voice and scolded the kitchen maid for her clumsy movements: “Move quickly, be careful, and don’t be impatient. This is the first time the master has held a barbecue dinner in the New Castle!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Moore.” The kitchen maid lowered her head, not daring to tell.
She is new here. In order to adapt to the future work of Cigar Castle, Cigar House has recruited several kitchen maids.
And the original old man, Barbara, was promoted from kitchen maid to head kitchen maid.
He came over with a stack of dinner plates and set them up, and quietly comforted the newcomer: “Mrs. Moore’s mouth is like a knife, but believe me, she is a nice person, she is just too afraid of ruining the dinner. “
“Yes, Barbara, I thought Mrs. Moore hated me.”
“That’s not wrong. Mrs. Moore hates any kitchen servant, including Mrs. Brown who also works in the kitchen. I was scolded by Mrs. Moore before.” Barbara said sympathetically, “Anyway, get through this period. …”
“After this period of time, will Mrs. Moore stop scolding me?”
“No, after you get through this period of time, you will get used to being scolded, and you will no longer be sad or afraid of being scolded.”
“What are you muttering about!” Mrs. Moore’s voice sounded like the cry of a strangled hippopotamus. “Why don’t you work hard, Barbara, do you think you can go to heaven when you become the head maid in the kitchen?”
“I’m sorry, I’m going to do something right now.” Barbara turned and quickly left the barbecue, leaving Mrs. Moore behind to continue scolding the new kitchen maid.
Suddenly.
A dragon roar came from the sky, and the black oil dragon Rosai suddenly tore through the darkness and appeared under the light.
This is Russell riding a wyvern and arriving at Cigar Castle.
“adult!”
The knights stood up one after another and saluted Russell.
“No need to be polite.” Russell jumped down from the dragon’s back, the mark of the Lord of Thunder on his forehead was shining brightly, “Everyone, please take a seat, tonight is my first time to entertain everyone, I have enough beer and barbecue tubes, open the door enjoy.”
“Praise your lord!” the knights praised.
Russell smiled slightly: “Of course, before enjoying the barbecue buffet dinner, there is another process that everyone is most looking forward to.”
The sword butterfly mark flashed past and turned into a standard knight’s sword.
Russell held the Meteor Butterfly Sword, looked around at the knights who were sitting down again, and said loudly: “I, Baron Thunder Flame, Russell Fluorescent Mushroom, will be followed tonight by the knights who have performed well during this period!”
As soon as this statement came out.
The knights’ breathing suddenly quickened.
Someone brought a chair for Russell, and Russell sat directly on the chair, and then said: “My followers, please come and sit next to me.”
Eric came over first with Kevin, the golden and silver wolf dog, and sat on Russell’s right hand side; then Charles came over and sat on Russell’s left hand side; then Grover brought Bill, the Wind Blade Brown Bear, and Kai Ti and Jerry, the red-eyed rat king, also came over.
Then there are Russell’s three knights, Tom, Jack and James, as well as the little fanboy Grontan Bajiagan.
The only formal followers are these eight knights.
Lord Marcus’s son Musk, although Russell has agreed, Musk is still young and still studying at the Knight Academy.
Eight knights and phantom beasts sat cross-legged on both sides of Russell.
The more than sixty knights on the opposite side all looked at these eight knights with burning eyes, wishing they could replace them.
That’s it for Eric, Grove, and Katie, they are the knights of the Phantom Beast after all; it’s just for Charles, who is the chief clerk of the territory, and his status is more of a civil servant than a knight; it’s just for Grantan Lotus, he is a member of a great nobleman. The identity of the second son is different.
But Tom, Jack, and James made the knights on the opposite side full of jealousy.
“If I had followed Mr. Russell in the early years, I would have become a fantasy beast knight!” Many knights were angry in their hearts.
Unfortunately, they failed to follow Russell early, so they can only hope to get into Russell’s eyes at this moment.
“The castle is still being built, the territory is still being developed, and meritorious deeds still need to be fought for. All of this requires me as a lord and my followers as knights to work together to achieve it.” Russell’s eyes were on the faces of the knights one by one. Sweep.
Catching his gaze, the knights puffed up their chests, trying to appear more energetic.
No nonsense.
Russell started directly calling names: “Mikel!”
“Here!” Great Knight Mikel stood up. He was the son-in-law of Lord Marcus and the husband of Malena.
“Come to me.”
“No!” Mikel’s expression was excited. Although he had long been promised that he would be accepted as a follower by Russell, when this moment actually came, he was still excited – the sooner he could follow Russell, the sooner he would be knighted! “Sammer!” Russell continued to name.
Summer, the grandson of old Lord Sali, stood up as if jumping up: “Here you are!”
“Come to me.”
“promise!”
“Erdok.”
Erdok, the nephew of Lord Atlas, stood up calmly: “Here he is.”
“Come to me.”
“promise!”
These three great knights are all well-connected people, and they are also the people Russell has promised to become his followers.
Summer and Erdock, in particular, had a good relationship with Russell. During the Second Fall Battle, they were organized into the support formation of the Knights. They accepted Russell’s command and paddled with Russell. They were considered old subordinates.
After three names.
Russell named three more names, all of them were great knights. Among them, Kane and Natvis are retired knights of the Dragon Blood Knights; the other one, Frank, was recommended by Baron Roman and is the son of his former colleague.
Six people stood in front of Russell.
Russell placed the Meteor Butterfly Sword on the ground. His expression was not solemn, and his tone was quite casual, but the atmosphere at the scene was extremely solemn: “Six of you, are you willing to become the sword in my hand and dedicate your loyalty and courage?”
Wow! The six people all knelt down on one knee: “Yes!”
“Very good, I accept your loyalty and courage.” Russell raised the Meteor Butterfly Sword and tapped it on the shoulders of the six knights.
A simple follower ritual is accomplished.
But although the ceremony is simple, the meaning it represents is extremely solemn. It is a binding equivalent to a contract.
Those who break the oath will be spurned by the dragon.
And Russell is the one who is being watched by the Shadow Flame Dragon. As his follower, there is no doubt that he will be watched by the dragon.
If you dare to break your oath to Russell, you will definitely be cursed by the dragon.
Russell then named twelve more outstanding costumed knights and accepted them as his followers.
This is the end of a follower ceremony.
But Russell looked at the knights who had become his followers and were beaming with joy, while the knights who had not yet become his followers clenched their fists secretly.
Suddenly my heart moved.
He stretched out his hand to suppress the noise of the knights, turned to look at Eric who was sitting cross-legged beside him, and said loudly: “Eric, come to me!”
(End of chapter)