"This...did I hear it wrong just now? What did Earl Black Iron say? Nalant forced his second son to cede the territory and also took away three trebuchets?"
"Well, you heard that right, you missed one yellow elf!"
"So Quint is a baron, right? He's the second son of the Black Iron Earl. Nalant's father Andrew seems to be a baron too, right? Can these be compared together?"
"In what age are we now, and there are still things like forcing nobles to cede land?"
"This Sir Narante is simply amazing..."
As the Black Iron Earl finished speaking, the crowd was in an uproar.
This news was no less explosive than the earl's announcement on the spot that he had recruited Lant as his son-in-law.
This was the second son of an earl, and he was ripped off by a little-known Narant who had only been a knight for three months.
They really didn't know whether Nalant was too bold or whether Quint was too weak.
Perhaps Nalant feels that the Honorable Black Iron Family can no longer afford the sword?
"Kaman, are you sure it's Nalant?" Not to mention the surrounding vassals, even the surrounding earls didn't believe it.
Comparing themselves with each other, they felt that if their heirs could be blackmailed by a little knight, it would be better to just return to the throne.
"Bernard, it is your vassal Nalant!" Kaman said with certainty, paused, and then said: "Let my second son tell you the story!"
Following Kaman's words, Quint stood up immediately.
Although Quint felt like a clown under the strange gazes of everyone, in order to get back his things, Quint still told everything about that night.
Of course, now that he has a backer, he can naturally describe Nalant as bad as he is.
For example, Nalant invaded his territory with dark creatures without permission, and then his castle was breached, and all the guards and servants were slaughtered.
In addition, Quint also focused on how Narant refused to save his life and forced him to sign an unequal treaty that was humiliating and degrading.
When everyone around him heard this, they were all stunned. Nalant was so cheating, and they couldn't help but feel pity for Quint.
Especially when Quint said that he didn't need Nalant's treatment, but Nalant wanted to buy and sell him by force. He just helped him bandage and fix it, and then took away three trebuchets. Everyone was speechless for a while.
Are you the hand of a god? So precious, those are three trebuchets!
When Quint finished his accusation, which sounded sad and made everyone cry, everyone couldn't help but look at Narant.
"Narant, Boris, is what Quint said about the Black Iron family true?" Bernard asked.
Faced with this question, Boris on the side was a little unsure of how to answer.
Fortunately, Narant's expression remained normal at this moment, and Narant stood up immediately.
"My Lord Count, I also have something to report to you, and I ask you to make the decision for me!"
"What's going on?" Bernard was stunned.
"My Lord Earl, I want to accuse this Quint of being shameless and despicable, and trying to kill me over and over again!"
"The Earl should know about one of them. He placed guards in Sir Valad's caravan, intending to destroy the Storm Territory and assassinate me. The witness was handed over to you, Earl, last time!"
"In addition, in fact, earlier, Quint had sent people to deliberately lure barbarians to invade my territory..."
Next, Narant also began to make vivid accusations.
As for the evidence, although Narant did not bring anyone with him this time, he did bring the confessions and detailed information of the prisoners captured by the guards.
These include the positions of those Quint guards and their family situations.
This information cannot be verified by the small nobles, but it is very simple for the big nobles to verify it. Each of them has spies deployed.
Besides, there are still witnesses in Nalant's territory. If it's not possible, it's only a matter of time to bring them over now.
"Wow! There is such a thing. There are hundreds of barbarians. Then how does Sir Narant survive to this day?"
For a moment, the nobles seemed to have eaten something big. It was hard to believe how Nalant could resist the invasion of hundreds of barbarians.
"Please, Lord Earl, make the decision for me!" After submitting the evidence, Narant finally ended his speech.
"Kaman, what do you think about this matter?" Bernard took a deep look at Nalant, with surprise in his eyes, and then looked at Kaman.
Obviously, Quint did not tell the Black Iron Count about this matter. At this time, the Black Iron Count could not help but look at Quint.
As a result, Quint's eyes dodge, and coupled with the detailed information of the previous guards, Kaman knew that his second son had indeed done it.
This made him a little angry. If his second son had explained the situation earlier, he could have made arrangements in advance to deal with the families of the guards, so that Narant's evidence would no longer be evidence.
Well, now, the crime of murdering a noble is more serious than Nalant luring dark creatures into the Quint Territory.
Quint actually didn't expect that several of his guards would be captured. He always felt that the guards were either killed by Nalant or simply killed by the barbarians.
Otherwise, how could Nalant have endured it for so long and only reported it to Bernard now?
Could it be that he was just waiting for the invasion of dark creatures to use it as a tool to offset his mistakes?
In fact, Quint was not wrong. The reason why Nalant did not have an attack for so long was because he could predict the invasion of dark creatures and planned everything so that the faults of the two would cancel each other out.
Otherwise, how could his little knight have the confidence to survive the invasion?
Otherwise, with the evidence in hand, he would have come to the Earl to complain, and then extorted money.
"Bernard, then this is no excuse for you, a vassal, to rob my Black Iron territory and those three trebuchets!" After pondering for a moment, the Black Iron Earl finally had to change his mind.
The originally aggressive momentum also softened.
Comparing Nalant's sins with Quint's, in the end Quint's was greater.
Murdering a noble lord is a capital crime. Even if you have his protection, it is still possible for you to be deprived of your title and never be able to join the nobility if the situation gets too big.
Even if Nalant suffers the same crime at that time, it will be because his Black Iron family is not worth it.
"Kaman, how do you want to solve it?" Bernard asked.
"Bernard, let you, the vassal, tear up the contract to cede the territory and return the three trebuchets. This matter will be settled!"
"Father, there is also the yellow one..."
Quint was anxious when he realized that his father had forgotten to mention the yellow elf.
Unexpectedly, he was only halfway through his words when he was glared at by Kaman.
Obviously, the Black Iron Earl was ready to settle the matter, and also offered the yellow elf benefits.
Of course, this is also because Kaman doesn't know what kind of mine is in the yellow elf, otherwise he wouldn't make this choice even if he didn't want the territory.
Bernard nodded, sensing Kaman's intention, and immediately looked towards Nalant.
"My Lord Earl, I disagree. This is my reward for saving Quint, otherwise he would have died!"
"However, I am not unreasonable. Since the Black Iron Earl said so, I am willing to return a trebuchet!"
"I won't return the others, otherwise I might as well let Quint and I have a life-and-death duel, and whoever loses will have his say!"
How could Nalant vomit out what he had eaten?
"..."
The vassals had not noticed anything else, but now they knew that Nalant was surprisingly courageous.
Whoever dares to say that Narant is timid and cowardly will have to spit on him in the future.