Under the moonlight like flowing water, one after another, either passionate, melodious, or brisk dance music continues in the golden hall of Viscount Salk's mansion. No one cares whether time passes or not. As long as most people
The dance will not end until you stop dancing because of fatigue.
Tonight, the most laborious and busy people are Moriarty and Mathil. There is almost no chance to stop. As soon as a song ends, someone will immediately come forward to invite them.
In this regard, Mathil undoubtedly had a much better advantage. About an hour and a half ago, Salk Pearl went back to the room to take a nap on the grounds of being tired. As a male, Moriarty could only remain silent.
A smile was passed from one girl's hand to another.
It was midnight, the band's music was getting deeper and deeper, and the atmosphere became more ambiguous. Even the candlelight in the hall was deliberately lowered.
At this moment, on the dance floor, a brown-haired aristocratic girl was gently leaning her head on Moriarty's shoulder, with a satisfied smile on her face. Moriarty, not far away, hugged the girl Xingxiao
waist, and whispered with him from time to time.
And just when everyone inadvertently, the door of the hall was slowly opened. Then, Salk's butler walked in from the outside a little hastily, and went straight to Viscount Salk, holding a red clay drink in his hand.
Sealed letter.
Seeing this, the people who had gathered around the Viscount dispersed on their own initiative.
The steward came to the viscount's side, whispered for a moment, and then handed over the letter.
Viscount Salk immediately opened it and read it. The letter did not seem to be very long, but after a minute the Viscount put it away again, but did not make any response to it, and the butler immediately left.
However, after a few minutes, the butler entered the hall again.
This time, his steps were much faster than before. After quickly arriving at the Viscount's side, the butler carefully whispered into his ear.
In an instant, Moriarty, who had noticed something strange a long time ago, noticed that the old man's face seemed to suddenly freeze. At the same time, a vague pressure swept across the entire hall in an instant.
With intuition, Moriarty realized that something was going on.
After giving a few brief instructions to the butler, Viscount Salk turned around and left the hall. However, most of the nobles did not pay attention to this. At most, they just thought that the Viscount had some minor troubles that needed to be dealt with temporarily.
Everything seemed fine, the dance music was still beautiful, and the dancers were still engaged.
However, in the next few minutes, more than a dozen nobles walked out of the hall one after another after receiving some kind of prompt from Butler Salk. These people were all owners or representatives of major families in Kent.
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Not long after, Butler Salk also came to Moriarty's side on the dance floor.
The girl in her arms looked slightly surprised at the butler who suddenly interrupted her dance. After being stunned for a moment, she realized something was wrong. She then smiled sweetly at Moriarty and left politely.
"Sir Sir, the Viscount has invited you to go to the side hall." The butler looked at Moriarty apologetically and said softly.
"Okay." Moriarty nodded, stepped off the dance floor, and walked out of the hall.
Outside the hall, there were servants waiting for a long time. As soon as they saw Moriarty appearing, they immediately stepped forward respectfully to lead the way. After passing through a long corridor, the two came to a room with a closed door.
"Come in, Sir."
The servant knocked lightly on the door, and it opened immediately. Moriarty nodded and walked in.
The room was a huge conference room. The viscount sat in the middle, and the other nobles invited here were sitting around. However, judging from the situation in the room, the viscount had not yet started this secret meeting, and these people also
I don't know why I was summoned here.
"Well, come and sit here, Moriarty." When he saw Moriarty entering the room, the viscount nodded, pointed to a seat next to him, and then said to the servant: "No one is allowed without my summons."
Come in."
"Yes, sir!" the butler immediately agreed, leading all the servants and quickly leaving the conference hall, while closing the door tightly.
"Viscount, what happened?"
Now, every noble present knew that something big must have happened. As the oldest person present, Lord Helin first spoke to Viscount Salk.
"Yes. But to be precise, two things happened." At this moment, Sir Salk's smile completely disappeared, and his tense cheeks seemed to be made of iron.
"The first thing..." Without waiting for anyone to ask further questions, the Viscount continued: "Ten minutes ago, I received a letter from Viscount Remiba of Aoge County."
"Oger County...Viscount Remiba..." Everyone looked at each other.
According to its location, Ogg County is located in the northwest of Kent. The two counties are about the same area and have similar geographical environments. Moreover, there have been continuous marriages between the aristocratic circles between the two counties for a long time, so it can be said that the relationship is quite close.
The Viscount Remiba mentioned by Viscount Salk is one of the three Viscounts of Ogg County, and he is also the nephew of Viscount Salk. Because his mother was born in Windsor Castle. Therefore, Kent County
The nobles are also quite familiar with Viscount Remiba.
"Viscount, Viscount Remiba's letter..." At this time, a noble asked.
"Remiba's letter is very simple. He said that a few days ago, a group of thieves with nearly a hundred people were defeated by the local knights in Ogg County. But unfortunately, this group of thieves still survived after suffering a heavy blow.
Nearly half of the group escaped the encirclement and crossed the border into our county of Kent."
"What, a band of thieves?"
"A group of dozens of thieves?"
"Oh my God!"
Viscount Salk had just finished speaking. Immediately, most of the nobles in the conference hall started shouting.
No wonder they were so out of control. Kent County, which had been at peace for a long time, had not used weapons for a long time. But this time, according to a letter from Viscount Remiba, there were forty or fifty desperate thieves who broke into Kent County.
These desperate thieves are even more terrifying than organized thieves, because these desperadoes no longer have any scruples and restraints. Like locusts, they will loot everything in sight, including farms, grain, livestock, and women.
"Why did the knights of Ogg County let these terrible thieves escape across the county boundary? Don't they know that wounded wolves are the most terrifying?" Lord Crete of the Crete family was the first to couldn't help it.
He stood up and shouted angrily.
Everyone knows that most of the Crete family's fiefs are concentrated near the border of Kent and Ogg, so one can imagine what kind of danger the family industry is facing.
"Lord Crete, please sit down first." Viscount Salk looked at the other person and said coldly.
Immediately, Lord Crete took a deep breath and sat back in his seat.
"Remiba also mentioned in the letter that there are at least three mid-level warriors and more than ten low-level warriors in this band of thieves. During the battle, the thieves' combat power is almost as strong as that of the noble knights. If
If the nobles of Ogg County had not joined forces to attack, they might not be able to successfully defeat the enemy." Viscount Salk continued.
"Three mid-level warriors..." Upon hearing the news, there was another burst of sighs in the conference hall.
In Kent County, only two viscounts, Baron Ensberg, and a few noble families have vassals of the middle-level warrior level. Most of the noble families only have some low-level warriors at best.
Even peasant soldiers. With such strength, it is certainly no problem to suppress the tenant farmers in the fief and maintain the daily rule of the nobles. But once they encounter a band of thieves with multiple middle-level warriors and a small group of low-level warriors, it is far different.
It can even be said that if these thieves from Ogg County were still in their prime, most of the Kent County noble families would not have the strength to fight against them.
"However, Remiba said that during the breakout, one of the three middle-level thieves was killed on the spot, and nearly half of the low-level thieves were also killed." Viscount Salk added.
"There are two more middle-level ones..." Lord Helin crossed his hands and lowered his eyes.
It seems that even though one mid-level thief is missing, the remaining two and the thieves group under their leadership still cannot make the nobles feel relieved or at ease.
"Viscount, what about the other thing?" At this time, Moriarty turned his eyes and looked at Viscount Salk and asked.
"There is another matter related to this, and it is very difficult." Salk looked back at Moriarty with a strange look in his eyes.
"What's going on?"
"Just five minutes after receiving Viscount Remiba's letter, I received news again that Sir Luo Yanta's team was attacked by unknown persons on the way back to Rheinburg." Salk stood up and looked at
Everyone in the conference hall said slowly.
"Oh my God!"
"Sir Luo Yanta!"
"It's those thieves!"
For a moment, all the nobles present stood up one after another.
"So what's the situation?" Moriarty also stood up and asked.
"According to a report from a soldier of the Luo Yanta family who escaped back to Windsor Castle, Sir Luo Yanta was attacked near Sleepy Hollow. Because the opponent was strong, Sir Luo Yanta's guards held out for less than five minutes.
Then it collapsed. Most of the guards were killed in the battle, and Sir Luo Yanta seemed to have been captured by the other party." Viscount Salk said in a low voice: "And the soldier said that many of the people on the other side have an Ogg County accent."
"It seems that this group of thieves did this." Lord Helin sighed heavily.
"So, now that soldier?"
"Because he was seriously injured, the soldier died after just saying a few words." The Viscount finally said.
