The dozen or so men were driving their horses and outflanking Duke and the others with malicious smiles, trying to catch them all.

Lenia, who had been keeping an eye on her surroundings, had already spotted them, and now seeing them approaching her lord's side, she lifted the reins and jumped in front of Duke, waving her hand to signal the soldiers gathered behind her to raise the torches that had been put down earlier.

"Lift!"

With an uproar, more than fifty soldiers who were originally waiting in line behind Duke raised their torches above their heads to show their true faces, directly causing the dozen or so unidentified cavalrymen to stop in place in horror and whirl on their horses anxiously.

Although there is no special identification on the body of these uninvited guests, there is no noble family crest or seal. But combined with the current situation and the speed of the other side, the identities of these people have long been revealed.

"Are you Viscount Stern's centaurs?"

Seeing that these people on the other side were shocked by the numerical advantage on their side and did not dare to advance, Duke asked out loud first, while gesturing Randy and the others to hurry back to gather their outcasts, and strive to get out as soon as possible.

"We are subordinates of the Viscount, I don't know who Your Excellency is?"

A scar-faced bald man who appeared to be the leader rode forward to answer Duke after glancing at his men, and since he did not know the identity of the other party, and saw that Duke was richly dressed and his soldiers were well equipped, he politely replied.

"I'm Duke Duke, the Duke of the North, and I've taken in the people in this camp for the time being, so go back now. ”

As soon as Duke's words fell, the dozen or so people were silent at first, and then gradually became noisy, and many people began to speak out against Duke.

Seeing that the situation didn't seem quite right, Lenia raised her right hand to signal the soldiers in the front row to start raising the magic rifle in her hand and aiming it at those people.

It's just that these members of Viscount Stearn's hunting party don't know what the strange-shaped burning sticks in the hands of these soldiers on the other side are and what kind of power they have, so Lenia's actions basically didn't have any decent deterrent effect.

The leading Scarface first whispered to his subordinates, probably wanting to confirm Duke's identity, after all, the name of the Duke of the North has not been mentioned in public for a long time, and he needs to be confirmed, and in terms of power, it is not very easy to compare with his own lord.

"Quiet!" Scar motioned to his men to calm down before he said to Duke, "Your Excellency, you should know my lord's temper, right?"

"I've heard a little. ”

Duke had already learned something about Viscount Stearn's temper from Vlavich and them, and said that this man liked to follow his hair and didn't like to do the other way around, as long as he obeyed his wishes, everything would be fine, and if he couldn't do what he wanted, it would lead to his crazy revenge.

"Then you should know that these people are all people who need to be caught by my lord's name, why don't you just make it convenient? ”

Until now, Scar still hopes that the duke on the other side, who has come out of nowhere to protect these outcasts, can recognize the situation and retreat.

Although there are only a dozen people under him, it is not false for Scar to look at so many people in Duke, who let him stand behind him and think that he is a strong customer.

In his opinion, a young nobleman like Duke is just a temporary victim of the Virgin's disease, and it is good to be beaten if he can afford it, and it should be okay to persuade him if he can't afford it.

However, Duke naturally didn't take in these homeless people because of some virgin's illness, he was for the sincere development of his own territory, so it was impossible for him to be persuaded by Scar.

"Oh, didn't they just make some small mistakes? I can compensate them, and you can go back and talk to Stern, and I'll wait in the northern fortress for him to send someone to fetch him tomorrow." ”

While motioning for Lenia to take a look at Randy's gathering of his men, Duke and Scar were arguing, a little anxious.

In the distant firelight, there were many shadows, all on horseback, on foot, and it was estimated that Viscount Stearn's follow-up men and horses were about to go up the mountain, and then Duke's slight advantage in numbers would be gone, and the situation would soon take a turn for the worse.

"My lord, it's not about money......

Viscount Stern, who owns almost the entire stone business in the North and has been passed down for generations, certainly doesn't miss this little money, he just feels that he has been swept away by these damn outcasts, so he wants to take revenge.

Scar still wants to persuade Duke again, but he is also holding back a ball of anger in his heart, and he has not reasoned with people through his mouth for a long time.

It's just that his subordinates suddenly tugged at him, making him notice that his master was coming, so he didn't spend more, but just sneered on his lips and prepared to see Duke's jokes.

His lord doesn't want to be so reasonable, he hasn't seen his lord politely since now!

"Randy, aren't they okay yet?" Duke noticed that the situation had changed faster than Scar, so he urged Lenia again, "I guess the situation will be more difficult later, or shall we go down the mountain in batches?"

"If we maintain the overall deterrent capability now, if we start to retreat in batches now, it will appear that we are timid, I think it is better to wait. ”

Duke saw that the situation was not good, and originally wanted to let some people go first, but Lenia had no choice but to give up after analyzing the pros and cons like this.

In the short period of time they discussed, the number of people on Scar's side increased by more than a dozen or twenty, and some of them were obviously petty nobles wearing expensive hunting clothes.

After learning what had just happened, they all looked at Duke with great interest, wanting to see who this duke who dared not to give face to Viscount Stern in public was.

As for the name of the Duke of the North, it naturally can't scare them, and Scar them, the blood-licking warriors and rough people, may not know about the affairs between the nobles of the North.

Those of them who originally belonged to this group must know what this northern duke is all about, and now this duke is not empty enough to have a name, just a water dog, I really don't know where I got the courage to directly block the way of Viscount Stearn, and unashamedly ask Viscount Stern to give up.

Duke was not interested in talking to these people, so for a moment both sides fell into an eerie silence, and no one wanted to make a sound.

It wasn't until a voice like a duck's throat came from behind that the silence was completely broken.

Only to hear a shout of flattery and excitement came from behind Scar, accompanied by the enthusiastic cheers of dozens or hundreds of people.

Viscount Stearn, here.