By the time Madeleine Benz led the people back to Jasfan City, it was already the afternoon of the next day. They had to hurry along the way. If the people she invited were not willing to work harder, all the horses would be tired.
Death was possible. And if walking at night was not too dangerous, they could have arrived earlier.
Even so, it only took less than two days to run back and forth from Jasfan City to the territory of Viscount Wu Teng, which was already incredibly fast in the eyes of military people.
According to Madeleine's initial idea, they should go directly to Viscount Bachmann's castle and rescue the two apprentices of the magician. But even if Viscount Wuerten himself did not say so, his vassals unanimously demanded that they must first reconcile with Viscount Würten.
The magician met and negotiated the terms before he came forward to redeem the person. Yes, it was 'redemption'! Use the rules of the aristocracy and spend a price to trade the person back.
After all, this matter had nothing to do with Viscount Wuerten. It was purely Madeleine's request. In addition to the environment in which she grew up, such redemptions were common, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
The priority should be to rescue the two girls as soon as possible.
But when they returned to Jasfan City, the girls were helping their teacher prepare dinner.
"Well, has the person been rescued?" Madeleine asked her companions with a stiff expression. Uzov and his team had livid faces and only nodded in response, unable to say a word.
Lin, who had just come out of the kitchen, saw Madeleine coming back and asked kindly: "Do you want to have dinner together? I'll prepare more."
With a sudden movement, the aristocratic woman suddenly stepped forward to catch someone. Lin suddenly appeared and retreated two steps away. Not many people saw this action. They only saw the scene of Madeleine jumping into the air.
But the aristocratic woman did not care whether she had caught anyone, but asked loudly: "Sir Tripwood, didn't you promise me not to hurt anyone? Wait until I find someone to rescue your two apprentices."
Lin's face still had that smile. He said: "I promised you not to hurt anyone, and I did. But I didn't agree with you. Saving people is like putting out fires, so you should do it quickly.
Don't be slow. What's more, my two apprentices only stayed for one night, and they have already suffered enough. If they stay here now, they won't look like adults anymore."
"Did you take the ship-cutting knife instead?" Madeline only thought of this faster way to achieve it.
"No. I just asked them to go far, far away and not to hinder me from saving people."
Madeleine wanted to continue asking, but the group of people she invited refused to wait. A vassal of Viscount Wuerten interrupted the conversation between the two and said: "Your Excellency, I am glad that your trouble has been solved. But
Lord Viscount left the territory because of your affairs. You must know that now is the busiest time for food to be brought in. We cannot return empty-handed, you know what I mean."
"Then... let's have dinner together. The taste of my hometown is guaranteed to be delicious like you have never tasted before." Putting the special sauce mixed with honey on his hand on the table, Lin calculated the portion to prepare. Seven more mouths should be enough.
.Just add some more other food, and then the roast chicken will not be enough to satisfy your appetite.
But the knight suddenly took out a dagger and nailed it to the table, with a fierce look on his face and said: "Foreigner, if you don't understand the rules of the military, I don't mind teaching you step by step. But the price is high, you have the consciousness.
Yet?"
The two frightened girls imitated PPK's magic gun and pointed it at the incoming person. Unfortunately, no one recognized this weapon, and the person on the other side was not afraid at all. The dagger the knight took out was not an ordinary iron weapon, but a
A magic weapon with demon-breaking attributes. The runes on the blade, as well as the small piece of magic stone glowing green at the end of the handle, all show that the quality of this demon-breaking blade is extraordinary.
"Then what's the price of this?" Lin looked at the people Madeleine brought back and counted them, "-seven ignorant little lives are enough. So that you can go back alive and worry about whether there are any citizens.
The food was secretly hidden, or some petty official hid it from you and enriched his own pockets."
"Do you know that you are offending a lord with a military strength of M (1,000) men?"
"I only know that there are only seven people in front of me, and they are standing under my starry sky."
The knight smiled instead of being angry and said: "What did I hear? An unprepared magician threatened a close warrior. Coming from a foreign country to this extent is not ignorance, but stupidity. Haha."
The knight was laughing, and Lin was also laughing. But the laughter could not ease the tense atmosphere. Just before the knight pulled out his dagger, intending to give someone a chill, his arm was caught. The person who caught him was
His lord, the Viscount, has never expressed any opinions and allowed his vassals to speak on his behalf.
Strictly speaking, Viscount Fu Teng is not yet middle-aged, nor is he a young man who is still young. In his prime, he is not only powerful, but also strategist. The territory he manages can outnumber the surrounding lords.
It's evident.
This time it was not for fighting. Strictly speaking, he was acting as a mediator. Therefore, he did not bring an army with him, but brought his most trusted and six most powerful knights among his subordinates. Such a lineup was enough to force Bachmann to
The lion dared not open his mouth.
But things didn't seem to turn out as he imagined. He had seen magicians who dared to challenge nobles. He had also seen magicians who could beat soldiers to the ground at close range without any assistance. But what he saw before him
One person, according to rumors, does not have such ability. Then his backer is the beauty standing on the stairs, looking coldly at everything in the hall, the rumored devil.
Anyone who is a normal person knows not to provoke the nobles of the military state in the territory of the Vader Military State. The word "military" they call themselves does not mean friendly. But judging from the other party's experience, calling it a heavenly
It's not an exaggeration to call him a genius; coupled with the devil who doesn't know whether he is real or fake, strictly speaking, it is difficult to classify him as a 'normal person'.
Moreover, Viscount Fu Teng still had a layer of worry in his heart, so he stopped his reckless subordinate. Pulling him behind him, the Viscount said: "Your Excellency, I would like to apologize for our offense. This guy is just a mere
The reckless man who knew about the war and did not stop his rude behavior in time is the fault of me as the lord. Please do not blame him."
He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man. He found the steps and got down, so Lin didn't need to make trouble. "That's easy to say. Then, my lord, do you want to stay for dinner?"
"No. Just like what my subordinates said, now is the harvest time, and I should return to my territory as soon as possible."
Viscount Futeng, who was determined to leave, quickly led the people away. They got on their horses, because they could not ride the horses in the city. The knight who was dragged away took this opportunity to talk and said: "Sir, you shouldn't
Hold me. As long as that kind of person scares him a little more, even if he can't get the second ship-cutting knife as reward, I'm sure he will hand over other good things. Don't you often say that the magician is very lucky?
I have a lot of good things in my hand."
"From what the person just said, he didn't hand over the ship-cutting knife. But even so, he took back the two hostages. Don't you think there's something fishy going on?"
"My lord, what could be strange about this?"
Viscount Fu Teng was a little helpless towards this subordinate who did things without thinking. However, this guy was a good player in the war, and he couldn't bear to lose such a striker who could charge and kill, so Fu Teng could only give advice. He asked
He said: "Do you know Bachmann, or Yindu? Do you know his reputation in the imperial capital?"
"I don't know that guy. But even people in a small place like me know the reputation of the Jackal in the Imperial Capital. He must be a very powerful guy. Otherwise, he has such a bad reputation and can still survive. That's right. Yes.
Yes, there are rumors that he is the illegitimate son of Duke Becker, is this true?"
"If it's false, how do you think Yindu is still alive today, married to a young lady from the Bachmann family, and inherited the title of viscount? You don't know him, but I do. Believe me, the rumors you can hear
, compared to the things he has done, it has been beautified a lot. And some things that deserve death will never become rumors among the people."
Kurt Fuerten's words contained a strong sense of disdain for Indu Bachmann. Although their titles came from the same path, after marrying a nobleman who had no male heirs, they shared wives.
of title.
But Kurt is the legitimate fourth son of a marquis. He can only inherit the secondary title from his father. The third brother just above him is gone, so he can only obtain the title in this way. But Induna
This guy is just an illegitimate son. He used despicable methods to take possession of the daughter of the former Viscount Bachmann, and coupled with the pressure from Duke Becker, he has reached his current status.
For such a person, Kurt Fuerten would not have much contact with him on a daily basis even if he was not tit for tat. This time he was willing to come forward, more or less with the idea of destroying Indu Bachmann.
But how could a man who would be called a jackal let go of the meat in his mouth before getting real benefits? Coupled with the attitude of the magician, Kurt suspected that Yindu had been tricked by the man from out of town.
The magician was killed. If this guess is true, then for the other party, killing one noble is no different from killing two nobles. Anyway, it will lead to the revenge of the military and the country, so it is better to kill everyone who angered you.
killed.
If he thought so, then his reckless subordinate would only bring murderous intent to himself by constantly provoking the other party. So Kurt pulled this reckless man away and left immediately. On the other hand, he also wanted to confirm what happened in Indu.
What happened.
The military nation will definitely react to this. As long as he knows the news earlier, it will be an opportunity. So as soon as they left Jasfan City, the group of seven people moved forward quickly, hoping to reach Bachman's castle before nightfall.
But night comes quickly and does not delay according to human will. Fortunately, tonight is a full moon, and the bright moonlight allows these knights in their prime to walk smoothly on the night road. But...
"We should be here. So, what happened to Bachmann's castle?"