The Lord Legend Of The Raicarnated Lord
Josk's Request

Chapter 67: Josk's Request

Upon seeing Josk, Lorist noticed that he looked rather grim. There was a large group of people behind him that numbered around 400 people, ranging from their teens to their fifties. Each of them held a makeshift weapon or farming tool in their hands.

"My master, I have disappointed your expectations .." said Josk humbly before he saluted.

Lorist laughed and said, “Don't worry about that. The tide of the battle is very difficult to predict, so an accident like this is really not to blame on you. Besides, we have been very troublesome for you to go all the way there and come back. So let's stop the pleasantries and get into the camp first. We'll talk after we give you something warm to eat. ”

The fragrant aroma of cooked meat was smelled around the camp. Charade had ordered that the mounts of the dead spear cavalry be skinned and cooked in a large cauldron into stew, providing a delicious serving of meat for everyone in the convoy.

After hearing what Lorist had just said and inhaling the tantalizing aroma of food, Josk's troops immediately cheered loudly as their stomachs growled loudly.

Embarrassed, Josk said, "My master, to be honest, we haven't eaten for the past day. Everyone was already pushed to the edge of hunger. ”

Nearly 400 men settled in the camp quickly after thirty tents were set up in the northwestern part. After that, Shadekampf asked someone to bring horse meat and potato stew for them to fill their stomachs.

Inside the tent, Josk was seen devouring his food: he almost quickly finished a bowl of horse meat and dozens of pieces of bread Reidy had brought for him. After he was full, he began to tell his experience after returning to the fortress.

Among the rebels fighting against Count Cobry, Josk could be considered a fairly influential person with nearly 700 men under his command and a total of 2,000 including members of the soldier's family. However, he had no intention of setting up his own fortress and instead chose to let the family members stay in the largest fortress, Hiddenbull Stronghold, while he led the soldiers to cause trouble for the count, instead, it allowed him to become one of the most active rebel groups in the area.

A recent showdown between Hiddenbull Stronghold and the prince's forces has caused Josk to lose nearly half of his own army and prompted him to try to burn the prince's supplies in a desperate act, which resulted in him becoming acquainted with Lorist. When he left the convoy to gather other rebel groups, he imagined that they would be happy to join the war effort.

However, when he arrived at the western mountain region, he was only met with rejection and ridicule. For people living in the mountains, the fact that rebel forces have left the mountain is already considered a victory for them. They believed that they should take advantage of the impending peace to rest instead of provoking the rebel corps, lest they once again fall into their sight. They even suggested to Josk to let the convoy and the base troops destroy each other.

Some of them even suspected Josk of having entered into a secret agreement with the convoy. Otherwise, why would he bother asking the rest of them to attack the Counts army? Given that they had fought so hard just to protect their fortress from the rebel corps, to take the initiative to attack them was like knocking an egg on a rock.

And some others even hoped that the convoy and the counting forces would annihilate each other so that they could take advantage of the entire situation. Given that Josk had told them about the size of the convoy, they concluded that it would definitely have a large amount of resources that would instantly make them wealthy.

Worked hard for three whole days in the mountains to try to negotiate with the rebels, Josk was ultimately very disappointed that no one cared to join his fight to assist the convoy in attacking the enemy's main camp. To make things worse, though, leader Strongbull Stronghold invites Josk there and tells him that they can no longer sustain the 2,000 family members of Josk's soldiers and troops due to the losses they suffered during the recent battle with the troops recent counting. and suggest that they join the fort and survive with little rations until the spring of the following year or take them away from the fort to find another way to survive.

Josk was outraged beyond belief because it signified that Strongbull Stronghold intended to take advantage of Josk to make up for their own losses without taking into account their contributions in fighting the troops. In fact, the fort had no shortage of supplies at all as they had obtained two-thirds of the plundered stockpiles from the counter warehouse that Josk's forces had just conquered.

The arrogant Josk immediately revealed the lie of the fortress leader and left with his men that night. After that, he took them to another stronghold within the mountains that had been ravaged by the Counts' forces. Josk began to feel prolonged headaches when he saw sick and crying parents and children as well as 100 or more injured people. Just thinking about the rebel leaders of the western mountain caused him to grit his teeth in anger.The short-sighted ambitious who only dared to hide in a small corner they would never be able to help me avenge my family. They were completely satisfied with staying in the fortress for the rest of their lives in the mountains.

As he recalled his arrangement with Lorist and the way the fortress leaders treated him, for the first time in his life, Josk felt like rushing to the battlefield and wanted to end it all. That was why he left all his rations with the women and children in the abandoned fortress and rushed to the camp with 300 able-bodied men to the camp. He thought that as long as the convoy was still fighting rebel forces, he would sacrifice himself and do whatever damage he could for the enemy to fulfill his promise with Lorist.

However, when he arrived at the battlefield on an empty stomach, the fight had already ended for two whole days. At that moment, Josk immediately regretted that he had spent so much time convincing the fortress leaders to no avail.

After considering it deeply, he shook his head and rejected Lorist's good intentions and gave a response that greatly shocked him. "Master, I want to join the convoy and follow you to the north. However, when we arrive at your homeland and power, I will return here after everything is settled to kill the number and all his illegitimate sons before returning to serve you fully. ”

Lorist wondered why Josk would end up on that decision as well as his history with calculations.

Josk sighed and said, “My master, I'm really, really tired. I really gave a lot of thought on the way here and I realized that I might not be as good a leader as I expected. I even ignored the feelings of my own people to try my hardest to fight the count for personal revenge. After all this time they regarded me as their leader, I still could not give them and their families the care they deserved. I only realized all my mistakes when I led these people away from the Hiddenbull Fortress. I have thoroughly persecuted the fallen fighters in battle under my command for not being able to give their families a sustainable and peaceful environment to live in … I really can't do it …

"My lord, I am truly grateful that you are willing to give the camp to us. But I understand that even if we stay here for a while, we will not be able to avoid the inevitable conflicts and battles to come. That's why I want to entrust you with my people so that they can have a peaceful life when they reach the Northlands. You will be able to let them have the comfortable and happy life they deserve. ”

After which, he told Lorist about why he hated the count so much. To Lorist, it all seemed like a children's fairy tale about happiness as well as revenge.

Josk's father was a Gold-ranked knight who had left his newly married wife some twenty years ago to answer a call into the hands of the kingdom to oppose the trade union invasion, only to die on the battlefield and never return. After Josk gave birth, her mother soon left the world because of an illness that had made her sick ever since she got news of her husband's death. Orphaned since young, he only managed to survive thanks to the good intentions of his neighbors. On a fateful day when he was twelve, he managed to save Baron Omador from a raging boar and was brought back to the court of a grateful baron.

Among the nobles who landed in the area, Baron Omador was considered an eccentric person. First, he was extremely devoted and had never had an illegitimate child or had an affair with his servant and remained single after his wife died and lived with his precious daughter ever since. In addition, the baron also had a great relationship with his citizens and rarely punished them without good reason and usually laughed at him when anyone made a simple mistake. He would even distribute food and clothing to his citizens during the celebrations, earning him the reputation of the most benevolent nobleman in the area.

After understanding the history of the Josk family, the baron decided to adopt him and train him strictly in the hope that one day he would become a Gold-ranked knight like his father. Josk himself also trained vigorously and managed to become an experienced One Star Golden Knight with a bow and arrow under the supervision of a baron at the age of 24.

During Josk's 14 years of living in the baron's castle, the baron's daughter also gradually grows and they both fall in love with anyone's surprise. The baron was very happy with the relationship and let his daughter get engaged to Josk and said that they would officially become husband and wife when her daughter reached the age of 20.

Up to that point, the whole story seemed to come straight out of the children's storybook. However, on the day when Josk was supposed to marry his lover, Count sent someone to ask the baron's daughter's hand in marriage for one of his illegitimate sons. During that time, the baron was furious and expelled the messenger. Who knew that afterwards, Prince Cobry and his troops invaded the barons' power and besieged the entire castle and declared war with the barons using the excuse that the act of expelling his emissaries was a great insult to his status.

The castle prepared for the wedding ceremony was naturally no match for the counting forces and was breached within a short two hours. Josk, who was defending the castle on the front lines, ended up severely injured and only managed to survive after being rescued by his subordinates. On his way away from the castle, he regains consciousness for a moment and witnesses a scene he will never forget: the: the castle he had lived in for the past 14 years had been burned with black smoke rising high into the sky, with his fiancee falling to her death from the highest floor of the castle in a snow-white dress.

Josk screamed inhumanely before falling back into the embrace of indifferent unconsciousness. It took another half a year before he completely recovered from his injuries and infiltrated the manor's house in an attempt to kill the noble and his illegitimate son. However, of the three arrows he had successfully released, two of them had managed to take the lives of those illegitimate sons while the third only hit the count shoulder. After that incident, he was constantly chasing the counting force. As hatred boiled over on the count, he eventually formed a rebel group that aspired to cause as much trouble on the count as possible.

In the midst of telling his story, Josk cried and suddenly knelt in front of Lorist. He said that if Lorist was willing to help him take revenge, he would definitely accept him as his master and would be willing to serve the Norton Family for life.

Quickly helping Josk up from the floor, Lorist stated that he had always admired Josk's skills and said that he would definitely be happy if Josk was willing to serve him. However, he said that he could not agree to lay off the light count as the main purpose of the convoy was to head to Northland and the welfare of the entire convoy would be affected by the decision. However, he assured that the convoy's itinerary was still not set and he would definitely see how he could help if it was within his means, because the Norton Family also had a grudge against counting for killing their merchant convoy.

After that, Josk finally calmed down and was guided by Reidy to a nearby tent to rest. After all, even a Gold-ranked knight would be exhausted after making such a long journey without food or sleep.

Lorist stroked his chin as he immersed himself in his thoughts. He strongly believed that Josk would be a great addition to his army and would become a stellar subordinate. However, he must fulfill his wish and exterminate the count and his family in order for that to happen. Hm? Suddenly I felt like I was in an RPG game. A Gold-ranked sniper was like a quest reward to annihilate the count.

Alright, let's think hard about how I can complete this quest, Lorist thought to himself as he sat down on the table and started analyzing the area map.