Black Moon Kingdom (3)

　　The guard in front of Ravensburg, seeing that Merlin and the others didn't move, had a cold smile on his face and said, "This is Ravensburg, it's the Black Moon Kingdom! Yesterday there were some people, claiming to be some prince or princess of the royal family or something like that, humph, but in the end, they still obediently paid enough gold coins to pass through us? Either leave your horse or pay enough gold coins, there is no other choice!"

　　Old Wilson and Baron Barman are angry in their hearts, staring dead at the guards, but they finally have the sense not to make a move, in front of such a military fortress, not to mention a mere thousand knights, even if tens of thousands of well-equipped, well-trained knights, it is impossible to break through the heavily guarded military fortress.

　　Merlin also ran out of options, but had to whisper to the old Wilson, "Father, let's go, first back to the caravan, and then discuss it carefully."

　　So, old Wilson and the others rejoined the convoy.

　　Merlin took the lead and said, "Handing over the horses is never going to work, it seems that Princess Cherise and the others also paid enough gold coins for these guards to allow them to take the horses through Ravensburger. If there is no other way, we can only work hard to come up with 120,000 gold coins first ..."

　　Long time, old Wilson only said in a low voice: "I have spent all the taxes in the territory in the past years on the knights in heavy armor, so, now my Wilson family, at most, can only come up with 40,000 gold coins!"

　　Merlin gently frowned, the entire Wilson family income, are only supported by the territory's taxes, and almost half of the taxes in the territory each year, are used by the old Wilson to train heavy armor knights, so so many years down, the Wilson family's wealth is not much.

　　"Baron Barman, how much can you put together?"

　　Merlin looked at Baron Barman, but Baron Barman showed a bitter smile and said, "I have a little more, but at most I can only come up with 60,000 gold coins, not enough for 120,000 gold coins!"

　　A shortfall of 20,000 gold coins is not a small amount.

　　"What to do?"

　　At this time, Merlin also had no choice, 20,000 gold coins, not a small number, not to mention, if all together, nearly two thousand people to the Black Moon Kingdom, how to maintain daily life?

　　If you leave the horses, then you only need to pay 20,000 gold coins on the line, but without the horses, such a huge caravan, the speed of travel will be unimaginablyslow, and may give rise to many more incidents.

　　As for forcing their way through Fort Ravens, that is even more fanciful, in front of such a terrifying military fortress, tens of thousands of elite knights are not necessarily able to break through Fort Ravens, let alone their only a thousand knights.

　　"If there is really no way, I will have to return along the same path for the time being and exchange another spell model to Keen for some gold coins."

　　Merlin felt helpless, since he came to this world, he has never worried about money, but did not expect to be reduced to using spells to thieves in exchange for some gold coins now.

　　"Don't worry, you guys wait here for a few days for now, I'll go back and find those thieves ..."

　　Merlin's words had not yet finished, but his eyes narrowed slightly and saw a large number of knights appearing outside Ravensburg, numbering about several thousand, well-equipped, and were coming towards Ravensburg one after another.

　　And those guards of Ravensburg, upon seeing these knights, their faces immediately became respectful and hurriedly greeted them, saying respectfully, "Dear Lord Count, just now the Countess sent someone to inquire about Lord Count, it seems that there is something urgent for Lord Count to hurry back."

　　"I got it."

　　The leader was a count, who still seemed to be a big shot in Ravensburger. These guards were respectful of the count and immediately opened the gates of the fortress.

　　"Maybe there's a way out ..."

　　Merlin's eyes lit up and he said to old Wilson and Baron Barman, "You guys wait, I'll go and come back, maybe we can solve our problem."

　　After saying that, Merlin went straight towards the mass of knights.

　　"Dear Lord Count!"

　　A count in bright armor with a majestic figure suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice, then he turned to look and frowned, "What are you?"

　　The person who called out to the Earl was none other than Merlin, and when he saw the Earl asking, he raised his head, not even the slightest bit timid, and said in a very calm tone: "Dear Lord Earl, I am Wilson Merlin, who has just escaped from the Kingdom of Light with his family, only, he encountered a little trouble in front of Ravensburg. If Lord Earl can generously lend a helping hand, then Lord Earl will receive my friendship!"

　　"Your friendship? A small, fallen nobleman on the run?"

　　The Count looked at the old Wilson and others in the distance and immediately laughed, like Merlin such as escaped from the Kingdom of Light, the small nobleman, every day more than a few, he has long been used to it.

　　"Yes, my friendship! The friendship of a spell caster!"

　　Merlin placed one hand on his chest and bowed slightly, but his face, however, still looked calm.

　　"A spell caster?"

　　The smile on the count's face froze, and his expression became odd, as if he didn't believe some of it, and felt some absurdity.

　　"Ka-ching."

　　Merlin smiled faintly, then stretched out a finger, gently towards the hand of the Count a little, the Count's hand that big sword, in the blink of an eye was a thick layer of ice crystals to freeze.

　　The knights around the count immediately tensed up, and several of them, moreover, instantly erupted with a stunning earth-yellow glow, which was the glow of the earth element.

　　Such a strong aura is clearly an earth swordsman who has reached the peak of the third level.

　　"Commander Bain, no need to be so nervous, this is a respectful spellcaster!"

　　The Count returned to his senses and stopped the movements of the knight beside him, then looked towards Merlin with a smile on his face and said in a loud voice: "Honorable spellcaster, welcome to the Black Moon Kingdom and to Ravensburg! I didn't expect that in the Kingdom of Light, that barbaric country, a spellcaster in pursuit of true knowledge could also appear."

　　After a pause, the Count looked at the old Wilson in the distance, and with a clear picture of what was going on in his mind, he continued, "Mage Merlin, I, Bekens Pumang, cordially invite you, and your loved ones, to be my guests in my home!"

　　"Thank you, Lord Count, for the invitation!"

　　Merlin heart slightly relieved, before coming to the Black Moon Kingdom, he knew that the Black Moon Kingdom is the holy land of spellcasters, countless spellcasters, are living in the Eastern Kingdom represented by the Black Moon Kingdom, only in this place of respect and tolerance for spellcasters, can be born powerful spellcasters.

　　Through the attitude of this Count Pumang, Merlin also roughly knew that in the Black Moon Kingdom, the identity of the caster, indeed, is very respected, enjoy all kinds of privileges, and even in a sense, almost equivalent to having the title of noble.

　　With Count Pumang's approval, the guards of Ravensburg naturally did not dare to make things difficult for Merlin and the others, so old Wilson and the others unloaded most of their weapons and armor, and then followed Count Pumang's knights' procession and slowly passed through Ravensburg.