"What, the Marquis is dead?!"
After hearing the bad news, the female lord was stunned. She even wondered if there was something wrong with her ears.
Although she had experienced David colluding with those Wing Tribe people, murdering her father Russ, and secretly releasing the black dragon to wreak havoc in the West, the female lord still had full respect for Marquis Cullen, the head of the Figuerola family.
The latter was able to act impartially and put his most valued eldest son, the future heir of the family, in prison. At the trial a year later, David was convicted of several crimes and sentenced to up to two hundred years in prison.
Later, he compensated Arias and other families who suffered losses due to David and the black dragon one by one.
This result also won the praise of many nobles in the Western Region.
In fact, during the more than eighty years that Marquis Cullen has ruled the Western Territory, most of the trials and mediations he has participated in have been very fair.
When Yin Leya and her younger brother Blanc competed for the position of head of the family, it was decided by a vote proposed by Marquis Cullen.
Until Herodotus betrayed the Silver Moon Church and formed the Blood Moon Society, the West had been at peace for quite some time.
Although there were occasional conflicts between the lords, they all maintained restraint.
All of this is inseparable from the contribution of Marquis Cullen, and the Figuerra family has been guarding the western border for the empire for more than 900 years.
Marquis Cullen is like the backbone of the big guys, and now someone told the female lord that this backbone is no longer there.
Miss Rabbit feels like a dream.
However, Yin Song standing in front of her, as well as several other nobles with extraordinary identities, and the guards responsible for protecting Marquis Cullen, all showed that this was not a joke.
Especially the few people at the back who had just come out of the valley looked very weak. Some were so hungry that they could no longer walk and needed help from people around them. Blood vessels could even be seen under the skin.
However, when the bread was delivered, they didn't even take a few bites before they came back with Yinsong to see the female lord.
"But... aren't you all still well? Why did the Marquis die instead?"
Yin Leya took some time to calm down before continuing to ask.
"Because there is a traitor among us." Camzi, the head of the Trelles family, gritted his teeth, "and there is not just one person."
"Hugo, the head of the Weir family and the owner of Acorn Castle, betrayed us first. He quarreled with Fabrice. Fabrice laughed at him and said that he was a little brat who only sucked milk from a woman's arms.
"To prove his bravery, he led his men into the valley and said he would cut off a thousand savage heads before coming back.
"The Marquis is worried about his safety. Although his father committed suicide, he died because of David. The Marquis wanted to save his only son, but he didn't expect that the little bastard had already secretly taken refuge with the dwarves.
"He led us all the way into this desperate situation and then escaped by himself. We were trapped here for more than ten days and we ran out of food.
"And just the night before yesterday, Yin Erkander also led the Yin Manuel family to rebel.
"The Marquis was poisoned by him and had his head cut off. Afterwards, Sir Judit wanted to avenge the Marquis, but he was also killed by him in a cruel way. Yin Erkander stabbed him with a long hair.
His stomach, his intestines flowed all over the floor, and he moaned for a long time before he died.
"Then Yin Erkander shot Jero in the left eye again during the chaos, and Jello was no longer alive." Kamzi said bitterly, and spat on the ground.
At that time, he also led people to hunt down Yin Erkander, and even struggled with Yin Erkand for a while. As a result, he was hit by a horse's hoof in the chest and fainted at that time.
In short, because the incident happened suddenly, a large group of them were unable to stop Yin Erkander. The hateful traitor, the regicide, took advantage of the chaos and escaped with about thirty or forty of his followers, and went to join the dwarves on the mountain.
When she heard Jero's name, the female lord couldn't help but glance at Yin Song, because Yin Song came this time to save his son, but she didn't expect that it was only two days late, and we were separated forever.
Although Yinsong did not speak at this time, the girl could feel the endless anger contained in his heart, and the old man's knuckles holding the sword turned white.
In addition, the betrayal of Hugo and Yin Erkander also surprised the female lord.
She has met both of them. Hugo has a cowardly character, has no independent opinions, and is easily confused by others, while Yin Erkander has a bad temper.
Miss Rabbit still remembers that when she first met Yin Erkander in Black Rock City, the latter acted a little reckless. Generally speaking, such people should not have too much scheming.
Moreover, the female lord later heard that he had been favored by Theodosius. Theodosius was injured by the black dragon and his health has not been very good. He has not been seen in public for a long time.
Compared to his eldest son and second son, he seems to be more optimistic about Yin Erkander, so recently, the voices in the Yin Manuel family to make Yin Erkand the next head of the family have become much louder.
It is hard to imagine that such a young man with such a bright future would embark on a road of no return.
Because the news was so shocking, the female lord had to organize her thoughts before continuing.
"In order to survive, Yin Erkand murdered the Marquis and took the Marquis' head to seek refuge with the dwarves on the mountain. Is he still with those dwarves now?"
"I have no idea."
"How many are those dwarves?"
"We don't know either." The person who answered was Fabrice, the head of the Popo family.
"The Marquis organized us to break out four times in total, but those dwarves occupied favorable terrain and caused us heavy losses with just rolling stones. Once, I led people to rush halfway up the mountain.
"But we soon encountered a group of dwarf warriors. There were about four to five hundred of them, and I only had less than a hundred men left.
"We couldn't hold on for long, so we had to retreat again. One of my arms was broken by a dwarf." Fabrice said while shaking his tightly bandaged left arm.
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After a pause, he added, "I think their number is at least not less than ours."
"An army of tens of thousands?" The female lord's expression was a little solemn.
"But this morning, they removed the people blocking us outside the entrance of the valley." Kamzi said.
"There seemed to be a few people on the mountain. We didn't know what they wanted to do. We were worried that there might be a trap. After discussing it, we didn't come out right away."
Miss Rabbit thought for a while and couldn't figure out what the dwarves were up to, but even if they had some ambush, they wouldn't be able to hide it from the eyes of the three-eyed bird at dawn tomorrow.
This chapter has been completed!