The Nomir neighborhood of Crewe City is also known as the aristocratic district as the commoners.

At the intersection of the streets of the Nomeer neighborhood is a separate villa courtyard, which is the private property of the Birnburg family.

At 8 o'clock in the morning,

Earl Razester-Borg and his eldest son, Baron, had just finished their morning knightly training and were sitting in the gazebo in the middle of the flower clusters in the courtyard drinking morning tea.

The environment in the courtyard is laid-back and cozy, but the owner of the courtyard always has a sad face on his face.

The Beenburgh region has been under siege for more than a month, and the evacuated people of the Beens are arranged to live on the relief of other nobles in the western part of the Harrens Territory.

For this reason, the Earl of Rezerster had to beg everywhere like a 'beggar' every day.

Although the Borg family retreated this time, almost all the wealth that could be evacuated has been withdrawn, and Count Omar has also promised Count Rezerster that he will retake Beenburg in three months at most, but the successive bad news from the Klan Territory has made Earl Rezerster more and more desperate.

It wasn't until Pedi returned to Crewe that the weather-hardened count knew it was time to make a decision.

", how much money do we have?" Count Rezester looked at the weedy yard, he had dismissed all his servants to save money, so the yard had not been taken care of for a long time.

"Don't worry, father, it's enough for us to recruit two corps of peasants. Jack looked at the light tea in his hand and the dry breakfast, and had no appetite at all.

"It's nice to be relieved. Count Rezerster shook his head, "Goddess above, those damned, noble merchants who deserve to go to hell, when they heard that Baron Pedy was about to return to Crewe, they were as excited as wolves smelled blood, did they know what they wanted to do? These cursed vampires, they want to plunder my territory!"

The more Earl Rizester spoke, the more angry he became.

Jack was stunned, "I've heard some rumors, but when Count Omar persuaded us to give up Been Castle, he promised us that if the Orcs were defeated, the Been Fort region would still be ruled by our Borgs. ”

"But Count Omar is no more, and the Reagan family is now in the hands of Baron Pedy. ”

"We have a contract, a contract to sign in front of the goddess. ”

Count Rezerster smiled bitterly and said, "Oh, my dear son, if this thing had been useful, then this war would not have happened. ”

With an uncertain expression on his face, said, "I've heard my friend say that Baron Pedi has a strong sense of honor, and he shouldn't break our contract. ”

"My child, you won't understand... Once in that position, many things are not up to him. "Count Rezerster is more realistic.

"So what are we going to do?" looked at his father, out of mind.

Count Rezerster took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Everything is on our own... As long as we retake Birnburg, we will not dare to question our dominion over Bironburg. ”

Jack was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "As far as we are concerned, father, I have no intention of questioning your ability, but with the peasants and soldiers of the two corps, I may not even be able to turn over the Jamich grassland." ”

Count Rezerster picked up a piece of pastry and took a bite, the dry taste made him frown, "Fort Herien will help me, Earl Lockton died on the banks of the Kemir River with Earl Omar, now, Fort Herien is up to your sister's husband, Viscount Bane, your sister will convince her husband to help us, in addition, we can sell all the private property we can sell to recruit more troops, such as... This villa. ”

"You're going to sell this villa?" said Jack was surprised.

"This villa doesn't work much for us now, although I love it, I love the view of Bironborg even more. Count Rezerster stood up and looked around, and finally, his gaze fell on his son, "Wait until you leave and live with your people, and I'll tell you when you'll recruit troops." ”

stood up, and he hesitated and said, "Father, in fact, we can ask Baron Pedi for help, I don't think he will sit idly by. ”

Count Rezester stared at his son for a moment before saying, "Don't oversimplify the interactions between nobles, I don't deny that Baron Pedi may retain our rule over the Byan Domain, but the actual situation will disappoint you,

Let's put it this way, if the other nobles retake the Byan Territory and take control of the situation in its surrounding area with great speed, do you think they will be kind enough to give the Byan Territory away... Even if Baron Pedi intervenes in the end, they will relinquish the rule of the Byan Domain...

But, we'll just be puppets, those damn vampires will let you marry their daughters, but they won't let you fuck their daughters for nothing, they'll even make your son change his last name, and then, you and I will both die inexplicably. ”

"You're too pessimistic!" Jack said subconsciously.

Count Rezerster whispered, "This is not pessimism, this is my experience, child, I have never forgotten the teachings of the knight instructors, but it is more important to survive, to lead our family and people to survive." ”

Jack obviously wanted to refute, but after seeing his father's serious and unquestioning expression, he immediately dismissed the idea of rebuttal, and finally, he lowered his head and said, "I'll leave immediately, but..."

"Be careful!"

's words were interrupted by a low shout from his father, and the next moment, he felt a strong force from his shoulder, and by the time he could react, his body had already flown upside down.

"Ding"

When Jack turned his head to look at his father, he was greeted by the sight of a two-handed sword slashing an arrow.

Jack could see clearly that the two-handed greatsword was his father's battle saber that he never left his body, but the arrow didn't know where it came from!

"Stunned for what to do, stood up and prepared for battle. Rezester roared, and the magic runes carved into the skin of his body were activated immediately.

At this time, five assassins armed with short swords had quietly lurked in the courtyard.

There was no superfluous nonsense, and the battle unfolded in a flash of lightning, so that Jack, who had just turned over, couldn't blow the magic whistle in the first place.

...

In the council hall of Kavalburg, Pedi sat at a crimson desk due north, and next to him, Herman, the castle steward, sorted through the mess of papers, occasionally turning out a stack and placing them on Pedy's left-hand side.

Sir Glick, the captain of the Knight Guard, is meticulously reporting on the current state of the army in the territory, and Hades, as Pedy's personal military adviser, is carefully recording Sir Glick's report, and from time to time he will interrupt Sir Glick's report and ask for details.

Baron Aemond, the castle's tax collector and treasurer, and his three assistants counted endless bills in a corner of the hall.

Outside the council hall, various mage organizations, paladin organizations, union representatives, and emissaries of local nobles and nobles in the Kru Territory lined up in long lines to receive Pedi.

In the hall,

Pedi flipped through Herman's papers for him,

The documents are all about big and small things, and the most common problems are disputes, conflicts, and even small-scale wars between local territories.

When Pei Di saw these documents, he immediately thought of the soldiers fighting on the front line, and it was hard for him to imagine that the empire was at war, and the local nobles would not hesitate to start a war for their own interests.

So, he said to Herman, who was sorting out the documents next to him, "Issue a notice... During the Imperial Total War, no nobleman or knight could declare war on any domain for any reason, and the Reagan family would have the right to strip them of their title and domain if violated. ”

After hearing this, Herman secretly speculated about Pedi's intentions, and glanced at the Duchess of Saviara, who was closing her eyes and recuperating from the corner of her eye, and whispered, "My lord, according to the laws of the Empire, we cannot forcibly interfere in the affairs of local territories. ”

Pedi casually put down the Chinese piece of his hand, slowly turned his head, and raised his eyelids to look directly at Herman, "You should go and learn imperial law again, my lord steward..." said this, he looked at the castle guard captain Glick: "Sir, you tell our lord steward that we have the rights in wartime." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Gorrik immediately stopped his conversation with Hades, he stood up, and saluted Duchess Saviara and Pedi, who had opened their eyes, respectively, "According to Imperial law, in the event of a full-scale war in the Empire, your family can carry out any execution of any nobles and forces in the Kru Territory that are not conducive to this war. ”

Pedi smiled with satisfaction, "So, Chief Herman, do you think that the armed conflict of the local nobles is beneficial to the war that the empire is currently waging?"

"With all due respect, my lord. Sir Glick hurriedly said, "These nobles have already broken the laws of the Empire, and I suggest that you can simply revoke their titles of nobility and then confiscate them all." ”

"Your Excellency?" Herman was shocked.

The Duchess of Seville couldn't help but look at Sir Glick carefully, and Baron Aemond and his three assistants, who were counting the bills, couldn't help but tremble.

Pedy stared at Ser Grek with some surprise, and in the end, he chose to ignore Sir Glick's advice, and turned to Chief Herman and said, "Tell me my orders first." With that, he picked up a stack of papers and began to flip through them, apparently not intending to dwell on the subject.

Sir Glick sat down playfully, and soon he and Hades began to report and record boringly again.

A few minutes later,

Pei Di gently put down the document in his hand, thought for a while with one hand on his cheek, and then asked Baron Aemond in the corner: "I need to gather 50,000 people of regular equipment and weapons in half a month, Baron Aemond, do you have any good ideas?"

"It's very, very difficult, my lord. Baron Aemond stood up.

"Difficult?" Pedi frowned, "In other words, it's possible, right?"

"Of course..."

"Tuk Tuk"

Baron Aemond's words were interrupted by a sudden knock on the door,

Without waiting for Pedi to answer, the door was opened, and it was Wren who walked in, he should have noticed the displeasure on Pedy's face, so he closed the door at great speed and walked to the center of the hall, "Duchess, my lordship, the commander of the city defense battalion has come to report that the father and son of Count Rezester of Fort Byan have been assassinated in their villa, Earl Rezester has been confirmed dead, and his eldest son, Baron, is seriously injured and unconscious!"