On the tallest arrow tower of Blue Ear Castle, in addition to the arrow stand, there was also a set of tables and chairs. The area of ​​fifteen square meters suddenly seemed extremely cramped. Count Chebman stood on the arrow tower, opened his long bow, and "buzzed"

With a sound, a heavy arrow crossed a distance of more than 600 meters and pinned an Ant-Man to the ground. The Ant-Man was not dead for a while. He struggled desperately and screamed, but the wound became wider. Green blood flowed gurglingly, making other Ant-men scream in excitement.

Just call.

"If you are a great knight of the wind element, this arrow can be thrown 800 meters away." Count Chebman put away his long bow, looked back and saw his precious daughter putting her legs on the desk in an uncivilized manner, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Father, although I have just been promoted to Grand Knight, I am not mistaken. I saw Victor shoot the silver-level Ant-Man with my own eyes, using a military heavy crossbow." Gillian looked at him.

Wearing the boots on her legs, the boots designed by Victor suited her very much, and she planned to ask the family's cobbler to make more styles of boots.

Count Chebman was a little surprised. He knew his beloved daughter's strong personality. She never wore noble clothes, especially half-high heels. Gillian's abnormal behavior today made Count Chebman secretly happy. He thought he could talk to the family heir.

Talking about her marriage.

Count Chebman secretly decided to find a suitable husband for Gillian, but said calmly: "The wind knights are known as the most terrifying knights because they can shoot silver-level knights with long-range weapons.

Monsters, of course, include the Silver Knight. If Viscount Victor can kill the Silver-level Ant-Man with a heavy crossbow, his lethality will be comparable to that of the Great Wind Knight."

"What's so strange about this?" Gillian asked in surprise.

Count Chebman sighed: "I'm just a little pity. I already knew that Viscount Victor had the talent for fashion, but I didn't expect that he would reach this level in less than a year. This shows that his ancient bloodline

It is very pure, which means that his descendants will definitely become knights, even great knights."

"So, isn't that woman Sophia going to regret it to death?" Gillian said gloatingly.

"Sofia concealed it so well that everyone forgot her origin. She was essentially a wild knight who hated her family and bloodline. The wild knights were all aliens who advocated freedom and despised authority. If you don't touch it, you'd be in trouble.

Bloody, these unruly guys will not succumb to the family." Earl Chebman paused and continued: "This is what I can't understand. Sylvia and Sophia are close, why does she still want to be with us?

Making secret deals? That doesn’t make sense.”

Gillian curled her lips and said unhappily: "You doubt my vision, do you still doubt De Wet's judgment? The soldiers around Victor are definitely the best of the best, and they must be sent by the York family to protect Victor.

Ke Duo’s.”

Earl Chebman pondered and said, "Gillian, tell me the situation again."

"At that time, Victor proposed to use mithril to trade with us. Those soldiers were around. Victor did not avoid them. They all had expressionless faces and no one showed any surprise. The only explanation is that they had already

I know this." Jillian repeated it helplessly.

Earl Chebman paced back and forth. He still couldn't believe that such a good thing would happen to him, but Gillian said impatiently: "Father, you think too much. The York family accepted the entire Centaur Hills

With their population, the accumulated supplies are estimated to have been exhausted. They need new channels to replenish supplies. It is obvious that our southern lords are a choice for them.

It is said that Sophia has personally led the caravan to the Teutonic Principality to participate in the barbarian tribe's grand fair this year. The York family will have to wait at least half a year to obtain supplies from Sophia. Therefore, they want to establish a relationship with us through Victor.

Contact. It’s all a secret deal anyway, who would know about it? Even if others know about it, it’s a behavior among free people, and we don’t know about it.”

Earl Chebman nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but I always feel that there is something strange in it. Why does Viscount Victor want fifty thousand gold soles? Also, without knowing, without collecting taxes, without blocking,

What does it mean to do no harm?”

Without knowing anything, Count Chebman can understand that this kind of transaction involves sensitive materials, so he must clear himself out first. Without collecting taxes, Count Chebman is a little confused, trading mithril, refined iron, and copper ingots.

Jaggery, snow sugar, and coffee were too late for him to be happy, so how could he collect taxes? If he didn't stop them, he wouldn't hurt them, and even more inexplicably, if the merchants were stopped, how could he still trade?

"Father, what Victor wants is 150,000 gold sol. I saved 100,000 gold sol for you. Remember to reward me, at least 10,000 gold sol, no, 20,000 gold sol."

"Jillian pointed at her nose and said proudly.

"I also don't understand why Victor asked for four meaningless conditions? But I don't see anything disadvantageous to the family. That's enough, isn't it?"

Count Chebman smiled mockingly, picked up a long arrow and put it on the bowstring. This broken-edge iron arrow used for longbow throwing is 1.3 meters long. The arrow shaft is mixed with fine iron, making it heavy and

Sharp, each broken-edge iron arrow is worth 10 silver soles. This kind of iron arrow prepared for centaurs is very cruel. The ant-man who is shot will bleed. In order to attract the ant colony to attack the castle, Count Chebman

Ordered to stop using cheap rockets and use this expensive long arrow.

"Buzz"

Another ant-man was nailed to the ground. A smile appeared on Count Chebman's lips. His elite cavalry were ready to attract the ants to the river bank at any time. At that time, the fish-man would greet him on his behalf.

These nasty pests.

"Victor is a guy who knows how to do some weird tricks."

Count Chebman couldn't figure it out, and he wasn't going to think about it anymore. However, by the time he figured it out, he had already boarded Victor's pirate ship and couldn't get off, but at that time, he didn't want to get off either.

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The Royal Capital of Cambis, the residence of Margrave Ludwig, the Minister of the Interior.

Viscount Thenis was sitting on the sofa in the living room. He came to visit Margrave Ludwig. The Marquis was not only Turney's immediate boss, but also an old friend of his teacher and his fiancée's grandfather. Therefore, Thenis was here.

The Marquis Palace is almost unimpeded.

Today, Marquis Ludwig still had some unfinished business, so Ternis had to wait in the living room. The door to the Marquis' office opened, and Ternis stood up, preparing to greet the Marquis' guests.

"Jacob? What's wrong with you?" Tenis was surprised to see that it was his fiancée's brother Jacob Ludwig who came out. But Jacob's expression was sad and angry, and his eye circles were red. It was obvious that

Something happened to him.

Jacob nodded towards Tennis and passed him by without saying a word.

Tenis frowned and walked into the Marquis' office. He was surprised to find that Marquis Ludwig also looked gloomy.

"Sir, what happened?" Tennis asked anxiously.

Margrave Ludwig sighed: "Jacob's fiancée Michelle was murdered."

"How could this happen?" Tennis was shocked.

Jacob's fiancée Michelle is the second daughter of Earl Dilwell. She is only 16 years old this year, but she is a stunning beauty who has awakened the blood of the moon elf. Jacob is very obsessed with Michelle, but he did not expect that she would be murdered.

.

Tennis could understand why Jacob had lost his composure just now. As the future grandson-in-law of the Marquis, he had to express his feelings and reasons.

"Sir, who did it?"

The Marquis shook his head and said: "We still don't know who was behind the scenes? Michelle was assassinated while traveling. The method looks very similar to that of the notorious throat-slitter. Duke Peter is very angry and is investigating the matter thoroughly.

thing."

Thenis was speechless. Earl Dilwell was a famous business aristocrat in the United Kingdom of Bury and a supporter of Duke Peter. The Earl's wife was a descendant of the Wimbledon family and was cousin to Duchess Peter. Michelle

The killing was most likely an act against Prince Peter.

The Throat Slitter is a famous killer among the dark forces. No one knows his name, appearance, whether he is a man or a woman, old or young, but every time he kills, he will slit the victim's throat and leave a jagged line.

The scars on his body became his unique trademark. The Cutthroat was rampant for more than 20 years, and no fewer than thirty nobles died at his hands. Even a knight was assassinated by the Cutthroat. Therefore, everyone believed that...

The person who cut his throat was most likely also a knight.

Several families have been hunting the Cutthroat, and it is said that the bounty on his head has exceeded 200,000 gold soles. The Cutthroat disappeared for a long time, and unexpectedly he appeared again and murdered the Ludwig family.

marriage partner.

"Sir, our Paixiko family is willing to do our best to help you find the mastermind behind the scenes." Tennis said, stroking his chest.

"Tenis should give Jacob more advice when you have time. This kid will never give up." The Marquis nodded happily and said, "Now, tell me what you saw during your trip to the hills."

"yes."

Thenis described what he had experienced to Margrave Ludwig in detail.

After patiently listening to Tenis's statement, the Marquis asked: "What did you gain from this mission to the York family?"

Tenis thought about it carefully and said, "Sir, I have worn away my arrogance."

"It's good to get rid of your arrogance!" The Marquis smiled while stroking his hands. "We, the court nobles, are arrogant on the surface but humble on the inside. The local lords are humble on the outside but arrogant on the inside. We are the dogs raised by the royal family. We can bark and bite.

The local lord is like a wolf under the royal family. He cannot bark but can eat people. This is the difference between the two. If you have such an awareness, you have already won half the battle, but do you know what the other half is?"

"We also want to become wolves, so we have to help the Wolf King to become more powerful. Only when the Wolf King acquires more territory can we become wolves." Tenis said with a burning gaze.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! Ternis, I'm not wrong about you. Your achievements will definitely surpass mine in the future." Marquis Ludwig's performance made Ternis applaud repeatedly.

"Sir, this is the direction of my efforts." Tenis bowed his head in greeting, and then asked the Marquis: "Sir, do you think the York family will become a scourge to the kingdom?"

"The possibility is very small. First of all, they have to face the attack of the ant colony. Even if they build a fortress at the entrance, a lot of materials will be consumed in each war. Secondly, there are very few stones in the Centaur Hills, and they cannot build more castles.

To control the territory. Finally, the current strength of the York family is based on the Golden Knight, but the Golden Knight will eventually decline. Without the Golden Knight, there are not enough castles, and they have to face the attack of Ant-Man, York

How can the family become a disaster?" After the Marquis explained, he looked at Tenis strangely. There was no reason for Tenis not to think of such a simple truth.

"Did you find anything?"

Tenis pondered for a moment and said: "Sir, I found that the York family has very professional cooks with superb skills. They also have very elite soldiers, even more elite than the most elite soldiers in the royal capital. This is a bit abnormal."

"There is nothing abnormal about this. The York family has a history of thousands of years. They and the August family were once the lords of the Lant Empire. There are three such families in Cambis, and the background of these big families is beyond what we, the palace nobles, can imagine.

” Marquis Ludwig said enviously.

"By the way, is there anything to say about Viscount Victor's territory?"

"Viscount Victor said that he would be loyal to the kingdom and become the northern barrier of the Centaur Hills." Tenis said with a strange expression.

"Barrier? Haha, it's just a thorn in the north of the York family, that is, to monitor the movements of Viscount Sauron." The Marquis shook his head and smiled.

Tennis's eyes changed, but he still decided not to tell the Minister of the Interior that Victor had silver-level strength.

"Sir, Viscount Victor requested that the annuity of 30,000 gold soles be paid in installments within one year. I agreed to him. If you feel embarrassed, I can advance the money first." Tenis was worried.

said.
Chapter completed!