Lord of War

On the open-air platform of Royce Manor, Count Mario stood on the edge of the platform, staring gloomily into the distance. Judging from the blue veins emerging from his hands on the guardrail, it can be seen that Count Mario's heart is not at peace at this time, and because of the force, his knuckles have become faintly white, and everyone knows that the earl is at this moment. Extremely angry, but no one knows why he is angry.

Even Martin, whom Count Mario trusted the most, was just standing on one side with his head lowered, not to mention the other dozen or so knights.

At this moment, a door connected to the platform was suddenly opened, and a magician in a black robe walked in quickly. I don't know why, at the moment of seeing Mulders coming back, Martin suddenly felt a little relieved, and he whispered to the count: "Sir, Mulders is back."

Mario nodded, but did not turn his head, but still stared into the distance.

It wasn't until Mulders walked to Mario's side that the ambitious earl finally said, "How is it?"

"Those two little devils don't know where they went, I can't find any trace of them." Mulders shook his head, "Then they stayed in Cerroda Village for three days, and they still didn't wait for them, but they were in the The room rented by the Luoda Village Hotel has been reserved, and I understand that they paid half a month's rent in advance."

"What are these two little devils doing?" Mario frowned.

"You can rest assured, my lord, I have summoned a little guy to play with them. As long as they return to the village, they will definitely fight against that little guy." Mulders said softly, "Although I can't witness their battle with my own eyes, But we just need the results, don't we?"

Count Mario finally nodded heavily and said in a deep voice, "Indeed, I only need the result. As for other means, it's just for the result. ... If those two little guys showed enough potential, Then he qualifies for my attention. The amount of potential he can show is worth the effort I spend to invite."

When he said this, Mario's aura still maintained the arrogance of being a noble. It seems that he is willing to come forward to invite Sean and Cecilia, which is to give them the greatest affirmation and face, and they should be grateful for Dade's acceptance - at least, including Mulders, Martin and others, it is a matter of course Such an expression.

After pondering for a while, Mario glanced sideways at Mulders, and his voice became a bit sharper: "What's going on at the Medusa Chamber of Commerce?"

"I'm sorry, Lord Count." Mulders' voice was very calm, and he couldn't hear the slightest apology, but his head was slightly lowered, which was the greatest respect he could show, "The Medusa Chamber of Commerce is temporarily unable to I will provide you with any assistance. Polar Silver... has revoked Burwell's status as a merchant leader and completely withdrew from the dispute, and now the Black Cat Chamber of Commerce can devote all its efforts to confront us."

"What about the attitude of the Pan Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance?"

"Acquiesce." Mulders said softly, and everyone fell into silence in an instant.

After a long time, Mario suddenly punched the stone guardrail on the platform.

"That kid Duroen has already started to fight back." Mario looked angry, "Although he didn't know that the fire dragon poison was given by us, he also knew that he intended to compete with him for the lord's inheritance. From the legal point of view of the kingdom, He has a higher priority than me, so now he's starting to get involved in fixing the territory, and I can't get involved at all."

Mario emphasized the word "we", and his attitude was very obvious, that is, to drag the Medusa Chamber of Commerce into the water.

There is no doubt that if Duroen knew that the people who harmed his father also had Medusa's share, then at least in the territory of Dinders, the Medusa Chamber of Commerce would not have to do business. And in addition to the Tinders collar,

Other lords who can be regarded as allies with the Royce family will definitely refuse the entry of goods from the Medusa Chamber of Commerce, so when the Medusa Chamber of Commerce chose Count Mario, they have no way out.

"Druen has expanded the garrison at Tinddersburg." Martin whispered to Mulders what had happened these days, "The veteran has taken over the post of Tindersburg Defence Officer, the entire Tindersburg garrison. All are under his command. ... Lord Earl, requested by Duroun to return in the name of foreign affairs, is not allowed to enter Tindersburg until the defense scale of Tindersburg has been re-arranged."

Mulders now finally understands why Mario is so angry, it's a blatant distrust. Although I don't know whose idea it came from, there is no doubt that an order is given in the name of such a righteousness. Unless Mario and Duroen turn his face on the spot, he can only leave Tindersburg in despair. For Mario, who pays great attention to face issues, he simply slapped him in front of everyone.

"What is the size of the garrison at Tindersburg now?" Mulders asked.

"The rectification started only two days ago, and a group of people who fished in troubled waters were cleaned up. Now there are less than 100 people."

"The Count has no real power and can only have fifty guards at most. If that's the case, leave fifty people behind, and everyone else will go to Tindersburg to sign up." Mulders said in a deep voice, "But the knights will not Need to pass, they will not be trusted.... Let's choose dormancy for now, and wait until the time is right, as long as Duroen doesn't know that the fire dragon poison is from us, we don't need to worry at all."

Martin smiled wryly: "My lord arranged for people to sign up for the Defence Force early in the morning, but..."

Mulders frowned.

"The veteran named Peter was dealt with by the review system of the Kingdom's regular army, and nearly two-thirds of the soldiers were eliminated." Martin looked helpless, "And now these people have exposed their identities, let That kid Duroen is suspicious, and it's not suitable for him to hide anymore."

"Let them go to the mercenary guild." Mulders didn't even think about it, "but be careful, don't let them all be in the same mercenary group, it's better to divide them into four or five mercenaries, and then select a small number of people. Go join other mercenary groups and stir up the water."

Hearing Mulders' proposal, Martin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately understood the insidiousness of Mulders' move. Anyway, those people have turned from the dark side to the bright side, so spread them out and put them under the command of some other mercenary groups by the way, so that Duroen has some doubts about those mercenary groups, even if the other party knows it is very important. It may be an illusion, but he will never dare to use these mercenary groups to do business again.

From this point, it can play the role of isolating Duroen.

Mario immediately understood the intention of Mulders' move, and the expression on his face became a little better: "So, what about the ceremony?"

"Everything is ready." Only at this time did Mulders take out a dark red gem from his arms and hand it to Count Mario, "If it is not necessary, please consider carefully, once you use this gem, There is no turning back for you, and even if you win this war, you will not be able to inherit the Territory of Tindes."

This time, Mario didn't say anything, but his eyes became much more sinister. After being silent for a while, he finally took a deep breath, and then exhaled heavily, as if to increase his inner resolve, and then put away the dark red gem.

At this point, Mulders naturally wouldn't say anything. Even Martin and the other dozen knights remained silent.

It was only when everyone's eyes looked at the gem that they showed a trace of unease.

...

A few dozen kilometers to the west of Royce Manor, a black hand suddenly burst out of the ground and smashed all the stones covering the ground.

Judging from the slight vibration on the ground and the continuous trembling of those small stone chips, it is obvious that this punch broke out of the ground, using a very special ability, otherwise it would be impossible to produce such a strong follow-up reaction. .

I saw the black hand turned and rested on the edge. After a while, a second hand with the same black was stretched out. These two hands were supported on the edge, and with a little effort, a figure was seen. emerged from the ground. After climbing up from the ground, the man glanced around vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no danger, he squatted down and stretched his hand back into the ground behind him.

This person is Alfred wearing a defective Bavarian armguard.

The entrance to this crypt passage, for some reason, was covered again after everyone went in. It's no wonder that Mulders couldn't find anyone after he came.

Alfred stretched out his hand to fish in the crypt, and pulled Cecilia out, and then immediately took out the pile of weapons of the crypt demon, and the one that had been carried by Sean. Wrap on the back. It's just that there is no compressed instant dry food in this package. These foods have already been eaten by them. After all, they have spent 12 days in this crypt, and now this backpack contains the previous cave. The only remaining spider egg and the ten grams of amber hard armor taken from the crypt demon.

"Hurry up! Those goddamn spiders are here again!"

From below, there was Sean's somewhat frightened shout.

Hearing this sound, Alfred didn't dare to neglect, he stuffed the backpack in his hand into Cecilia's arms, turned and leaned down again, and quickly dragged Sean, who was in charge of the rear of the palace, from the crypt. When he climbed out of the crypt, he didn't forget to slap an Earth Demon spider that was about to come up from Sean's shoes back into the crypt. At the same time, he turned around with Sean and smashed a pile of gravel around him. All the things were swept back into the crypt, completely filling the crypt.

After all this was done, Sean and Alfred lay down on the ground in large fonts, panting heavily, feeling the thrill of the rest of their lives.

From the start to the end, for twelve days, they not only faced the problem of insufficient food, but even encountered countless dangers and troubles on the way back. Even if it was Sean, the clothes on his body had become messy at the moment, and blood was still spilling out from his back and thighs, obviously his injuries were not minor; and Alfred had more than a dozen more on his body. Fortunately, the scars were not fatal, otherwise, the two of them would never have been able to come back alive because of the amount of bleeding.

The only good thing was Cecilia who was well protected, but even so, she still had a wound about three centimeters long on her left abdomen, which was scratched by the front sting of the human-faced spider. .

"Huh." After resting for a while, Sean finally gained some strength, but he was also a little dizzy from hunger.

If it weren't for the ability of [Survival from Despair], Sean and the others would really have to wait to die in the crypt as early as the moment they ran out of food.

"Let's go, let's go back to Cerroda Village." Strongly, Sean stood up, "After two or three days of rest in Cerroda Village, we will leave Tindes and return to the Kingdom of Cerion. ... It's time for us to start thinking about our mercenary group. Don't worry, as long as we stabilize, we will definitely come and pick up your daughter."

Alfred didn't say anything, just nodded heavily, with a little more hope for a new life in his eyes.

And Sean, after seeing Alfred nod, he also glanced at his personal panel——

[Combat Occupation: Warrior 7, Scholar 3]

[Remaining proficiency points: 8]

[Personal Attributes - Strength: 14+8 (18); Endurance: 15+3 (20); Agility: 12+8 (17); Wisdom: 10+5 (16); Will: 12+5 (19)]

"Finally meet the transfer requirements."

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I have a guest at home today, the update is late, sorry.