"Thank you, Your Excellency!" Seeing that the knights were moving, Nalant also breathed a sigh of relief, and then thanked Parker, the leader of the Tulip Knights.
Although he was also rescuing the count from each of their families, his own purpose was just to rescue Stella and complete his mission.
"Sir Narant, it's me who should thank you. I'm going to change the equipment now!" Parker didn't dare to accept it. He saluted Narant and quickly walked towards the small building.
In just a moment, a group of extraordinary knights fully armed returned one after another. All the extraordinary knights, including the six earl families, had arrived, and there were almost three hundred of them!
"Everyone, please come with me now. Your Earl is in danger!" After saying that, Nalant took the lead and headed towards the gate of the city wall.
More than 300 extraordinary knights immediately followed closely, and Nalant was followed by six top silver peak knight commanders.
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At the same time, inside the banquet palace.
"Earls, ten minutes have come! Now I wonder if you have thought about it?" Second Prince Jagger glanced at the several earls.
All the counts looked at each other and did not respond.
Whoever comes out first to express his position at this time will definitely have a plummeting reputation in the future.
"It seems that the earls are not ready to express their stance until the last moment!" The eyes of the second prince Jagger instantly turned cold, and then he scanned the heirs and heirs of the earls one by one.
Finally, it locked onto Ulric next to Count Batman.
Ulric trembled when he saw this, and Batman beside him also had a look on his face.
The second prince's lips curled up slightly, "Rad, go and pull Master Ulrik out!"
"Jagger, how dare you!" Batman was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
"Count Batman, don't blame me. After Quint's death, you will only have this heir! I think you are definitely not willing to watch the only heir of the Black Iron family die." The second prince took care of Batman.
Gotta die.
Since Quint was assassinated in Tulip Castle last time, this Ulric has become Batman's only heir.
"Second Prince, my Black Iron family has no enmity with you, why are you targeting me like this? I am not the only one here who has only one heir of the Black Iron family!" Batman was unconvinced and spoke with a hint.
Hearing this, the second prince glanced at Stella who was standing next to Bernard, the greed in his eyes flashed, and then he smiled and said: "Haha! Earl Batman, as a gentleman, naturally has to take care of women.
So let’s start with your heirs first!”
Immediately, Yulik was pulled in front of the second prince by Rader.
"Count Batman, I ask you, is your Black Iron family willing to surrender to me?" With that said, the second prince raised his sword and placed it on Ulric's neck.
"Father, please save me!" Yulik turned pale and turned to Batman for help.
Batman looked livid and hesitated, and finally looked at the king. Unfortunately, the king only had a gloomy face at this moment and did not give any instructions.
"It seems that Count Batman is willing to let the Black Iron Family lose its heir! Then I can only say I'm sorry..." As he said this, the second prince's eyes showed murderous intent.
"Wait!" However, at the last moment when the second prince raised his sword, Batman finally gave in and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
puff!
It's just that he may have shouted a little late, but the second prince's sword still cut a bloody mark on Yulik's body.
Fortunately, it was only a cut on the shoulder, not a critical injury.
"Sorry, Count Batman, I didn't have time to stop just now. I wonder what you wanted to say?" The second prince showed a joking smile, which made all the nobles feel abnormal.
Now that he had spoken, Batman had nothing to be stubborn about. He first looked at King Culver and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry!"
After saying that, he said to the second prince: "I...I am willing to surrender!"
"Haha! Count Batman, you don't have to say sorry. My father will definitely not blame you. Being aware of current affairs is the most important wisdom that nobles should have. Come on, take Master Ulric to bandage him first!" the second prince said proudly.
He laughed heartily, obviously this was a good start.
Immediately, the second prince turned his eyes and looked at the other earls, "Everyone, now that Lord Batman is willing to surrender, what about you? Do you still want me to threaten your heirs one by one? What if that happens?
I can’t hold my hand back, it would be bad if I hurt your heirs!”
"In addition, if any family is the last to declare allegiance, then I will take back one-third of its land as punishment. Now you can express your stance!"
After the second prince finished speaking, the faces of all the earls became even more gloomy and uncertain.
At this moment, Rakov glanced at King Culver with a gloomy look, and then took the initiative to stand up and said: "My cavalry family is willing to surrender!"
As the only earl who did not have any heirs present, Rackoff was actually the only earl who had a grudge against King Culver in his heart.
The reason is simple, because of Tony's death, he transferred most of the responsibilities to King Culver.
He felt that it was because the king denied the use of the Fire Dragon Castle in exchange that Tony had an accident, but the king himself and the other count's heirs survived.
More importantly, the king also prevented him from avenging Tony.
If this incident hadn't happened tonight, Lakoff might have buried his resentment deep in his heart, but now he just took the opportunity to vent it.
After all, looking at the current situation, since everyone has to choose to surrender, the sooner the better, so as to leave a good memory in front of the new king in the future.
"Haha! Very good, Count Rakov, your cavalry family will definitely become more powerful in the future!" The second prince smiled with satisfaction again.
Immediately, he looked at the remaining four earls, especially Bernard, who looked at him with amusement in his eyes.
He knew that Bernard had the toughest temper among the earls. This was the reason why Batman was chosen first. As for what kind of lady should be taken care of, that was pure nonsense.
Bernard ignored the second prince, but looked at his daughter with guilt, "Stella, it was your father who harmed you!"
"Father, this is not your fault. Moreover, your daughter will support whatever decision you make. My daughter knows that you will never be coerced by anyone!" Stella knew her father's character. She smiled lightly when she heard this without any shame.
Fear of death.
"If there is another life, father must be more careful to protect you!" Seeing that his daughter was so sensible, Bernard felt even more guilty.
However, he had already made up his mind and was not willing to live like Lakoff, especially the flash of greed shown by the second prince earlier, which made him know that there might be other encounters waiting for his daughter afterwards.
After speaking, Bernard handed over a beautiful short blade to Stella with difficulty.
Stella silently held the short blade in her hand without saying any more words.
Immediately, Bernard stood up and said, "Everyone, although we are Earls, I am still a knight noble. Do you still remember the oath I made under the witness of the God of Glory when I inherited the title?
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"Humility, honor, sacrifice, heroism, mercy, honesty, justice, and spirit, these are the principles we should have as knights."
"I, Bernard, as a noble knight, I will not surrender to any injustice or evil. Jagger, if you want me, Bernard, to surrender and be loyal to you, a rebellious person, just dream!"