After Kuros returned, Owen met with people sent by the Coret family and the Pearl family.

It is worth mentioning that the Countess came from the Coret family.

When she learned that her husband was dead and her son was crazy, her face became extremely gloomy and she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

Fortunately, Countess Corrett still knew that she was the defeated party and did not take any risks.

The body of Count Corrett was allowed to be transported back with half the count's "ransom", and the "ransom" of the mad son was also discounted.

After all, he was his biological son, and even though he was crazy, the countess still refused to give up on him.

As for the group of noble family members affiliated with Duke Eddie, Owen met them directly in the lobby on the first floor and informed them of the terms of the redemption.

At noon the next day, Duke Eddie was taken out of the dungeon by soldiers and taken to the guillotine in the square.

Even though he was about to die, he still refused to give up the hope of living. He simply lay down on the ground midway and refused to get up, like a naughty little brat.

There was no choice but to summon several soldiers to drag him to the execution ground.

No matter how hard Duke Eddie struggled, he was eventually put on the guillotine.

Ironically, Duke Eddie spent a lot of money to hire a blacksmith to build this guillotine to imitate the guillotine in the royal capital.

When it was just built, in order to test the sharpness of the knife, he sent some people who had committed petty thefts to be executed. He watched several scenes of people's heads falling to the ground, and he was so satisfied.

He never expected that he would be lucky enough to experience the guillotine, and the fear had already spread throughout Duke Eddie's body.

The executioner read out the crime Duke Eddie had committed in public, and everyone below was talking about it.

"What?! Our lord has done these things before?"

"I'm not surprised. We all know very well what bad things he has done in the past."

"Earlier this spring, he still owed the Adventurer's Guild commission payment."

After the reading was completed, the executioner immediately ordered: "Execute the death penalty!"

"No!!!"

Duke Eddie, whose neck was stuck with a wooden bar, roared: "Marquis Aisen, you can't kill me! The king will not let you go, wait and see!!"

The soldier didn't care what Duke Eddie was yelling about, he cut the rope with his sword, and the knife above him quickly fell down.

"babble--"

Out of fear of death, Duke Eddie finally showed a scared expression, and as the head fell to the ground, this face was frozen.

Immediately afterwards, his head was impaled on a long wooden pole and stood in the square for a week.

In the afternoon, Kuros came to the Lord's Castle again and brought a detailed list to Owen.

"That's it, is it okay?" he asked.

After taking the list, Owen looked at it, nodded and said, "No problem, that's it. There are not many craftsmen. I hope you can gather them together quickly. I want them to follow the army back to the border town."

"Okay, I will do it as soon as possible." Kuros responded, "Then can I take father away?"

"sure."

Next, Kuros followed Owen into the dungeon and walked to the better-decorated cell inside.

As soon as they saw Owen coming, the nobles stood up one after another, especially Duke Eddie's son, who came over eagerly, holding the guardrail with both hands.

"Marquis Aisen, what did you do to my father? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"Ah? Didn't he tell you?" Owen was slightly surprised, "Today is his execution day."

"Execution? What punishment?" Duke Eddie's son asked anxiously.

"Of course it's the death penalty. His head is still standing in the square. Do you want to see it?"

"what--"

Hearing this, Duchess Eddie was greatly stimulated and fainted on the spot while holding her forehead.

"Mother!" The son was so frightened that he hurried over to check the situation.

Ignoring them, Owen turned to look at another cell and ordered the guarding soldier: "Let Earl Youm out."

"yes."

When the soldier took out the key chain and opened the cell door, Owen said to the other nobles: "Don't worry, others. When the ransom is paid, you will be let out."

Count Youm was soon released.

"Father."

Seeing Count Yom's rosy complexion, Kuros felt relieved.

"I'm here to take you back."

"Kuros, how much ransom did you spend to redeem me?" Count Youm asked as soon as he came out of the cell.

"If anything happens, you can go back and talk about it slowly."

Owen turned sideways, smiled, raised his left hand slightly, and made a gesture of invitation.

"Let's go, there's nothing to do in this dungeon."

As soon as the group of people left the dungeon, Owen received news of the arrival of Countess Koret, and could only order the soldiers to lead Kuros and the others to the castle gate.

On the carriage back, Kuros told Count Youm about the ransom he had just been concerned about.

In this regard, Count Youm was confused and said: "People? What does Duke Essen want with so many people?"

"He said that there is a shortage of manpower in Border Guard Town." Kuros replied.

Count Youm also knew something about the situation in Border Guard Town, but he still couldn't figure it out.

"Why are you sending people to Border Guard Town when you have already captured Dongsheng Fortress? Why don't you seize the time to take control of Dongsheng Fortress?"

"He doesn't plan to live in Dongsheng Fortress for a long time and plans to hand it over to me for custody."

Kuros took this opportunity to mention the agent.

"What?!"

Earl Youm's eyes suddenly widened and he asked his son again: "You will be responsible for managing Dongsheng Fortress? Are you kidding me?"

"No. The agency contract has been signed. I will manage Dongsheng Fortress as the agent, and Marquis Aisen will leave for Border Guard Town in a few days."

Kouros did not tell his father all the conversation that day. Some of the content is a secret between them and cannot be disclosed yet.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Count Youm raised his hand to his forehead and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he warned: "Count Koret has been killed in battle, and his son Victor is also crazy. He poses no danger to our family. Kouros, you have to be careful about the Pearl family, they will definitely be jealous of us."

Obtain the agency right of Dongsheng Fortress."

"Eh?" Kuros was startled, "Don't you have anything else to ask?"

"Why are you asking so much? It doesn't have much to do with us."

Earl Youmu stroked his beard and said: "Now that you have obtained the qualification as an agent, let's make good use of this opportunity. If we do well, our Youmu family will become the only big family in Dongsheng Fortress."

"But in this case, we and Marquis Aisen are in the same boat. The new king will not let us go. Aren't you worried?"

"Don't worry." Earl Youm immediately replied, "You haven't seen how Marquis Essen's army defeated us. I don't think the army in the royal capital may be able to defeat that army."
Chapter completed!