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Chapter 46 The Game of Nobles

At this moment, in the luxurious bedroom deep in the castle, Earl Joseph, who had long been no longer young, was lying on the huge curtain bed, his eyes closed and motionless. If it weren't for the faint ups and downs of his chest and the breathing sound that could only be heard carefully, he would be like a corpse, lifeless.

In fact, this is already a walking corpse. The soul in the body has long been pulled away by Wiseman, the "nightmare hand", and what remains are pieces of meat without any consciousness. If not, even if it is really a serious illness, how could Count Joseph easily allow the youngest son Quinine, whom he doesn't like very much, to take office so simply?

It was estimated that the Count had that restraining power that Wiseman chose this troublesome approach - if he was disobedient, he would wake up - undoubtedly, this was the bargaining chip used by the Empire to control quinine.

But now, the chip is finally going to be destroyed.

Lanster Joseph, the veteran knew that even if Midi accepted the surrender of the defenders, he would never tolerate his dangerous existence. Moreover, even if Midi had kindly accepted his avatar, as a betrayal of the master, and the blood of the Joseph family flowed on his body, he would definitely not escape the family's pursuit, so where could he go?

Since there is no way out, it is better to implement your loyalty to the end to benefit your family and descendants.

So, Lanster came here.

He wanted to kill Count Joseph, so that Midi could not get this heavy chip, and Quining was directly promoted to Count, and all the infamy would be borne by him, the decaying old man.

Even Fina Hamilton's miraculous magic bullet would not hit here!

The old general thought this way, pulled out the long sword with his waist and stood beside the bed. He took a deep breath, held the sword with his trembling hands, raised it high, and prepared to cut off the earl's head with one sword.

With just one sword, everything is over.

However, at this moment, the count opened his eyes and faced Lanster's eyes. There was no luster in those eyes, and it was like two black holes, making people feel that the soul was sucked into it!

Lanster's body seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer and shook violently. He had the awareness of taking responsibility for the crime of killing the master, but he did not face the Count himself. The long sword that raised its head seemed to be frozen at this moment and could not be cut down.

However, the Count obviously had no intention of waiting.

The old man, who was originally like a candle in the wind, suddenly jumped up from the bed and knocked down Lanster with unimaginable force. Then, he was like some kind of beast, on all sides, using his hands and feet, swam very quickly on the expensive carpet. He immediately took out a sharp blade with a cold light from a secret place and attacked directly at the enemy in front of him.

Although Lanster is old, he is at least a level 28 knight. However, facing the extremely strange appearance of the count, he has almost no power to resist.

In an instant, the hands holding the sword were scratched by a sharp blade, and the hands and sword fell to the ground, and blood surged like a spring on the broken arm.

"Sir, wait..." Lanster shouted in pain.

But before he could finish calling, the count had already pounced on him like a beast, burying the sharp blade deep into the old general's chest.

The room returned to silence.

The Count did not make any extra moves, did not show any feelings, nor did he call someone in, but just stood there blankly, as if he was waiting for the next order.

After about dozens of minutes, accompanied by the sound of heavy or light, rapid or steady footsteps, the bedroom door was opened again.

"Is this?" The one who walked in front was Lanster's adjutant, the Great Knight who had walked out of the castle with a white flag.

Although it was not stated clearly, the adjutant obviously knew Lanster's plan, so he took Midi and his party to Earl Joseph's bedroom, because at this time, everything was already over.

But he did not expect that his old boss would die, and the count would wake up!

"It seems that there is a shameful betrayal within the Joseph family." Midie walked up and said to Count Joseph. Without waiting for the Count to express his opinion, he talked freely, "I was extremely angry at the declaration of war by the Joseph family, but from the current situation, it seems to be a conspiracy of some people. I remember this Lanster, Joseph's lackey. In this way, is everything Quinine's arbitrary behavior?"

"Yes." The Count nodded and answered this word dullly.

It is hard to imagine a very cunning count would give such an answer, but Midie was not confused at all, but nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "In that case, I have a proposal that I will be fully responsible for the affairs of the Joseph family and solve all the problems caused by quinine for you?"

There was a problem with his son and he provoked the enemy. Now the enemy is going to solve his son for the count. This is irrelevant to the point of view, and it is completely a slander.

But Earl Joseph's face did not change at all, and he was still expressionless as usual. Then he nodded again and answered a word again: "Okay."

"Since that's the case, then, let's issue a statement signed by both of us later." Midie smiled and glanced at the big knight of the Joseph family beside him.

The great knight was obviously extremely confused about the sudden turn of the situation in front of him.

"You heard what Count Joseph means?" Midie asked coldly.

"Yes..." The Great Knight could only answer this way. Although there are too many things that are questionable, what can he question when facing this winner?

"Then, please tell me everything you will see and hear, truthfully tell everyone in Joseph Castle." Midie patted his shoulder, and then the two elves swordsmen came over without hesitation, and without waiting for the other party to answer, they directly carried the great knight out.

It was not until this moment that Midi finally let out a long breath, then glanced at the witch of the fog who had been silent by his side and asked softly: "There is no burden in terms of control, right?"

"Why is a mere old man like a candle in the wind my opponent?" Alice glared at Midie coldly, as if he was dissatisfied with this over-headed worry. "Besides, this person's soul has been pulled away long ago, it's just a body, and he doesn't even need to suppress the soul. It's enough to control it like a puppet."

"Is the means of the Delos Empire?" Midi frowned slightly, and then the corners of his mouth rose, "But even they wouldn't think of Adou. In the end, this means helped us."

Along with his words, a translucent snake faintly emerged from the middle of Count Joseph's eyebrows, stretched its tongue and made a hissing sound, as if it was seeking credit.

The summoning beast of the witch of the mist, the psychic snake.

Communication, manipulation, smuggling from dreams, controlling other people's bodies... Although the psychic snake does not have the ability to attack directly, its body is extremely weak, but the abilities it possesses are extremely terrifying.

As a noble child, he experienced countless ups and downs in his previous life and witnessed many intrigues in many kingdoms. Midie naturally knew what the most valuable thing in the entire Joseph Castle was.

Of course, he would have expected the enemy to make a choice to burn together, so he had planned a variety of plans long ago, trying to seize the Count or protect the Count. Alice's psychic snake was just one of the methods.

However, the other party's luck was obviously bad, but he just ran into a trap head-on and was confirmed to be rebellious.

In this way, with the well-known relationship between Lanster and Quinine, the young master will soon be in an extremely passive position.

The next thing to do is very simple, just publish the script that has been written in advance to the public.

The day after Midie conquered Joseph Castle, a very formal document was sent directly to the noble parliament of Hedtonmar, the capital of the Principality.

In this document, Count Joseph denounced his son Quinine Joseph's betrayal of his debauchery and morality, portrayed him as a villain who did everything he could to do, claiming that raising such a son was his lifelong mistake, and officially announced that his inheritance rights would be abolished.

At the same time, Count Joseph also praised Mede Asrex's righteousness and his actions full of justice, and decided to hand over Joseph's territory management rights from legislation, administration, taxation, finance, military and other aspects to Mede. At the cost, Mede should fulfill Count Joseph's wish - to kill his son Quinine.

There is no doubt that no one will believe the statement in this document.

The spokesperson of the Seth family called this a "farce", and the spokesperson of the Joseph family was even more impulsively trying to rush to the chairman of the parliament to tear the document directly.

However, the signature of Count Joseph on the document was genuine. Not only that, Count Joseph also appeared in the castle and said words like "Quinine is damn". So, no matter what the content of the document is logical, it was finally put on the agenda.

"Since this is the lord's decision, then implement it." Heidrich Hamilton, the Iron Blood Duke who has always been inconsistent with the parliament, said this.

So no one can refute it anymore.

Besides, even if it is refuted, so who can drive Midie out of Joseph's Castle?

This is the game of the nobles. It does not require "reasonableness" as long as it complies with the "rules". It is enough to conquer Joseph's miraculous victory in one day and the signing of Count Joseph.

Driven behind the scenes of the Queen's Sect, the bloated genealogical recording agency of the Principal of Belmar showed extremely terrible efficiency. The process that originally required at least one year was completed in just one day. The next day, the expedited express delivery was sent out before the sun rose. Before noon, the envoy from the capital had arrived under the castle of the Asrex family and delivered the letter signed by the Queen and the Chairman of the Council to Quinine Joseph.

From then on, Count Joseph's statement officially came into effect. From then on, quinine was quinine and Joseph was Joseph. He would lose all his inheritance rights and could no longer regard himself as a noble.

Will quinine accept such a result? Of course not.

Will the Seth family watch their dependent family be removed from their titles, listen to the unrestrained laughter from the nobles of the Queens, and let Midi seize a whole earl's lord? Of course, not even more so.

But the Demon World Vine still firmly defended the Asrex family's castle. Bartlan and Earls of Ingman still patrolled the city every day, while the army of more than 10,000 people could not find a way to attack.

How long does it take to wait for the attack? Can you still wait? Of course it is impossible.

So, only one choice was left for General Chihu and Quinine, who had lost the surname "Joseph".

Return to Joseph Castle.

"Finally, it's time for a decisive battle." Standing on the high ground overlooking the panoramic view of Joseph Castle, Midie took a deep breath, as if he could smell the smell of gunpowder and iron blood from the air.

"I was almost impatient when I waited." The red-haired girl said with a smile, as confident as ever, without any tension or anxiety. Just standing there, her eyes and expression made people feel that victory was taken for granted.

"Don't be too troublesome." The black-haired girl sighed softly, but it was not because of uneasiness, but just because she felt it was troublesome, as if she was about to face an offensive from a large army of ten thousand people, but the garbage that had to be sorted, packed and cleaned up.

The strong wind in winter blew at this moment, lifting up the girls' long hair, and black and red were flying stubbornly. It was obviously the depressing atmosphere before the war, but it gave people a poetic and beautiful feeling.

Looking at such a companion, Midie felt full of confidence.

Why are you not confident?

This is the Witch of the Mist and the Demon Bomb Queen, and with twenty years of rebirth experience and advantages, the "Iron Triangle" of the Falcon Group, and it is even more powerful than the previous life!

Of course, you will definitely win, no matter what kind of enemy you face, the Red Flame Legion that is five times higher than your own, or the terrifying Delos Empire.

"Let the horse come here." Midi said, looking at the watery horizon in the distance.
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