Sitting behind a mountain of papers, Vlavic put down the quill he had grabbed all morning, and rubbed the corners of his sore eyes a little tiredly.

It had been nearly five days since his lord had left the realm, which meant that it had been nearly five days since he had maintained the same heavy workload as he was now.

Before he was about to leave, Duke temporarily transferred all of his authority in the realm to his Home Secretary, as well as Lenia's right to move the army.

Now Vlavich can be said to have grasped all the military and political power of the entire northern dukedom, and because the Chancellor of the Exchequer Joseph has not returned, the economic power of the entire territory has also been transferred to him in disguise.

It's just that Vlavich did not get the pleasure of huge power, but felt tired from the bottom of his heart, and he was no longer young, and he simply did not have so much energy to take charge of so many affairs.

And Duke had handed him a draft of public health before he left, wanting him to consider the feasibility of the proposal, but he had not had time to open the letter for so many days, and it had been well kept in the lowest level of his drawer.

Tuk Tuk ......

Outside the door, he suddenly remembered a knock that made him feel annoyed, and he understood that it was the assistant he had arranged in the government hall who was preparing to come in to make a report.

After that wonderful night, most of the people in the fortress of the North had miraculously mastered the ability to read and write, and Duke asked Vlavich to select a dozen or twenty outstanding seedlings from some bright and clever young people to be trained as government talents.

In general, these energetic young people are very fond of him, and after mastering the ability to read and write, they also know how to cherish them, and they are usually very clever and can assist him in handling affairs.

It's just that it's always inexperienced, and after Duke transferred most of the manpower this time, these young people who suddenly increased their workload panicked for a while, and there were many mistakes in the process of working, which cast a shadow on Vlavic, who was already a little bored.

Fortunately, he knew that he couldn't blame them for all the mistakes, so he took a deep breath and adjusted his mood before saying aloud, "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open by a young man with a somewhat panicked face in the midst of a babbling, and as soon as he saw Vlavic, he immediately reported: "My lord, the soldiers in the barracks have come to report that something is wrong with the prisoner in the barracks, and then ......"

"And then what?"

Vlavich felt his eyelids throb violently a few times, and involuntarily raised his voice and asked.

"And then he was killed by the guards soldiers!"

"What!"

Vlavic, who had been sitting in his chair, jumped up at the moment, and even though he was a lot old and had been working all morning, he quickly took his cane and hat and hurried to the barracks.

"Didn't I say that you don't have to hesitate to tell me at once? ”

The prisoner in the barracks was Baron Rhein, who had been captured by Duke before, and his identity was very sensitive in every way, and it was very likely that there were many secrets that he had hidden without revealing them.

Unexpectedly, such an important person would be killed by his own soldiers inexplicably, Vlavic felt some pain in his brain, and he wanted to catch and interrogate those chaotic soldiers on the spot.

"Good...... Okay adults. ”

The young man, who had never seen his kind boss so angry, did not dare to say more, and hurriedly agreed and ran outside to arrange the carriage and horses.

Due to the urgency of the matter, it took Vlavich only a few minutes to reach the barracks outside the city, and was guided by the soldiers guarding the gate to quickly enter the barracks where Baron Rhein was being held.

In fact, although Duke suspected that Tiger and Baron Rhein still had an ulterior conspiracy to carry out, the treatment given to Baron Rhein was not reduced because of this.

The whole barracks was very empty, with all kinds of furniture, except for the lack of personal freedom, and the living conditions had caught up with the families of some minor nobles.

But at this time, Baron Rhine was staring blankly at the roof of the barracks with his eyes wide open like dead fish, and a hideous bloody hole could be clearly seen in his wide open mouth.

Vlavich flipped his head on its side, and soon a huge wound appeared in the back of Baron Rhine's head, a mixture of red flesh and white ** and gray-white ballast.

The young man who had been following Vlavich saw the wound and spit it out directly by the soldier next to him. Vlavic, on the other hand, was so old and experienced that after retching a few times, he barely managed to suppress some faint vomiting sensations.

"What about the people in charge here?"

"My lord, it's me. ”

Vlavich looked at the soldier who had come out of the ranks, and he recognized this man as Lenia's lieutenant, trustworthy in both loyalty and composition.

So he slowed down and asked, "Can you tell me what the hell is going on?"

"Yes, sir. You can see it here. The adjutant replied, then pointed to the stiff fingers of Baron Rhine's right hand and said, "Your Excellency, this prisoner has begun to show some inhuman characteristics, and if he were still alive, he would have become a demon who only knows how to kill." ”

Following the soldier's guidance, Vlavich soon noticed that Baron Rhine's hands were beginning to become extremely unnatural, the fingers that were originally normal human were more than double in length, the complexion had become extremely abnormal blood red, and the sharp nails seemed to contain toxins.

This is probably what the church calls the mutation of cultists, and Vlavich quickly corresponded to the situation in front of him in his knowledge base, and understood that the way the soldiers handled the crisis this time was also safe.

"And here, my lord. Seeing Vlavich nodding, the adjutant pointed to the hideous wound and said helplessly: "We killed him because he bit us directly on the muzzle of our gun, so we had to activate our weapons, and we wanted to subdue him." ”

This......

Vlavich looked at the body of Baron Rhine on the ground a little speechlessly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

But in an instant, he suddenly realized that Baron Rhine, who had been keeping to himself, began to become abnormal after contacting his son, and Duke had always suspected that there was something wrong with Tiger, so it was likely that his lord was in crisis at this time.

Thinking of this terrible consequence, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he was about to fall behind him.

Just then, another young assistant ran in and reported: "My lord, Lord Joseph is back!"