Unknown Knight

Chapter 378 The Lame Carpenter

However, Aix did not seem to be in a hurry to attack the city. He just ordered the catapults outside the city to launch incendiary oil tanks into the city every day. Most of the buildings in Tiha City were made of wood. Although the original wooden walls could not be burned, it was still possible to throw incendiary oil tanks into the city and burn some of the buildings in the city.

So from that day on, thick smoke billowed in the city of Tiha, and the burning black smoke could be seen more than ten miles away. Even though Eden was well prepared and sent people to put out the fire, the kerosene was highly flammable, and many buildings in the city were burned down. At the same time, many residents and soldiers were killed or burned. The loss was heavy.

For five or six days in a row, catapults surrounded the city of Tiha and fired incendiary oil tankers. Except for the side close to the coastline, all the buildings within the range of the other three sides were almost all burned down.

By the end, when there was nothing left to burn, Aix still did not launch an siege. In the end, he simply stopped, withdrew the catapults and infantry, and only left the navy and cavalry to blockade the city of Tiha.

Eden also seemed to have no intention of having a decisive battle with Aix. Logically, he should have sent troops out of the city earlier to destroy Aix's catapult, but he chose the safest option of staying indoors and gritted his teeth to endure the burning of Aix's city, even if it meant heavy losses. This gave people the feeling that both sides seemed to be waiting, waiting for some turning point.

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Robert lives in the city of Viruga. He is a carpenter. To be more precise, he is a lame carpenter. This congenital defect dooms him to a difficult life.

However, there is a proverb that goes: When God closes a door for you, he will also open a window for you. Born with a stubborn character, he was unwilling to live a hard and mediocre life, so he worked hard on the family carpentry skills. At a young age, his carpentry skills surpassed many experienced carpenters.

With his unremitting efforts over the years, his carpentry skills have become very famous. Not only can he make some exquisite and complex tools and equipment, he also has a lot of experience in constructing large buildings.

His fame soon attracted the attention of a group. The head of the local branch of the Holy Cave Mercenaries from Aix County in Viruga appreciated his abilities and extended an olive branch to him.

Although Robert has earned a lot of money from his skills over the years, due to his physical defects, he is often bullied and despised. Sometimes even his wages are deducted or not paid at all.

After learning about this, the mercenary branch stood up for him several times and helped him get back his withheld wages. This made the helpless Robert realize for the first time what the power of an organization is, and he readily agreed to join the mercenary group.

After joining the Holy Cave Mercenaries and coming to the territory, Robert's dark life became brighter and brighter. He first studied cultural knowledge in the winter school in the territory, acquired a lot of new carpentry skills and theoretical knowledge, and also learned basic reading and writing.

After graduating from winter school, Robert's carpentry skills improved greatly. With this superb skill, he was doing very well in the territory. He contributed to the construction of many buildings in the territory, and many equipment models in the design institute were also made by his skillful hands.

At the same time, he also received corresponding rich rewards. Not only did he have money to marry and have children, but he also bought properties that he had never dared to think of before.

With his outstanding contributions, he also attracted the attention of the upper echelons of the territory. The head of the territory, Sophia, even personally met with him and commended him. It was this meeting that completely changed Robert's fate. He still remembers what Sophia said when she met him:

"You have done a great job, Mr. Robert. The territory will not mistreat any citizen who has made outstanding contributions. I hope you will continue to work hard. It is possible for you to obtain a title in the future. For example, Sir Artiman and Lord John of our territory were both craftsmen in the past."

From then on, the idea of ​​obtaining a knighthood left a mark in Robert's mind, and it would tug at his heartstrings from time to time. Thinking about his rough life, although his conditions were better now and his life was bearable, the only thing he still lacked was perhaps the respect of others.

Don't be fooled by the fact that others call him Master Robert or even Mr. Robert when they meet him because of his superb skills. However, he is naturally sensitive and can still feel the discrimination of others due to his disabled body. To be honest, not only outsiders, but even his peasant wife, whom he married at a high price, discriminates against him.

Therefore, whenever Robert saw the subjects saluting the noble lords, Captain Sophia's words lingered in his mind, and obtaining the title became his obsession from then on.

Later, after staying in the territory for a long time, he gradually realized that if he completed the important tasks of the mercenary group, he would not only receive generous rewards, but also gain merits after completing the tasks. These merits were recorded in the book. When the merits accumulated to a certain value, he would naturally obtain the title.

This gave Robert hope, and he applied to the regiment many times to be sent abroad to perform missions. However, due to his physical condition, it was difficult to assign him a suitable mission. However, with his unremitting efforts, his efforts paid off, and more than a year ago he finally got an important mission abroad.

That was shortly after King Yarogerk surrounded the city of Kudan. In view of the importance of Roma Castle in the Kingdom of Vijia, the territory's top leaders decided to station an intelligence officer here. Coincidentally, Roma Castle needed to recruit a carpenter foreman. After screening, the territory's top leaders chose him, a very inconspicuous man with a smart mind, who could read and write, and had excellent carpentry skills.

After a brief three-day training at the mercenary group, the nervous "Robert Bond" disguised himself and went to Fort Loma to apply for the position of carpenter foreman.

When applying for the job, after demonstrating his superb carpentry skills, he secretly slipped five silver coins to the steward in charge of recruitment, and promised to donate one-third of his wages to the steward in the future to thank him for his care for him. The sensible Robert was immediately appreciated by the steward and successfully obtained the position of foreman.

In this way, Robert successfully broke into Roma Castle, a political stronghold of Vijia. In more than a year, he used his identity to obtain a lot of important intelligence and provided important help for the decision-making of the territory's top leaders.

And at the request of the organization, Robert also bribed the steward, with whom he had become increasingly familiar, and placed an additional cook, a maid and two carpenter apprentices in Loma Castle.

Now the intelligence organization of Fort Roma has been upgraded to a group, and Robert has been appointed as the leader of this group because of his outstanding contribution. Under his leadership, the other four members of the group have extended their tentacles into all levels of Fort Roma, and thus obtained a lot of useful intelligence. Naturally, every share of credit for this intelligence goes to him as the team leader.