McBock, who had never been far away from home a few times in his life, had not seen many nobles, so he was not too surprised when Estan smiled smugly like a ruffian.

A nobleman who suddenly invades the territory of another family is actually the same as those villains.

"My lord, may I smoke a bag of cigarettes?" said McBurke.

Estan, who had laughed at the Merlin family's faults, was obviously in a much better mood, and said generously, "Please, village chief." ”

The soldier let go of McBucker's arm, and the old man slowly took out his pipe, but remembered that there was no fire, so he could only shake his head in disappointment and put the pipe away.

"Nobleman, you are wrong, Lord Horn does not want us, but we ourselves cannot do without this land. ”

McBock cleared his throat and looked at the army behind him with his neck,

"We old fellows are really useless, not as useful as strong soldiers like you, noble lord.

It's just a little sad that these useful soldiers have become accomplices of robbers like you!"

McBrock has lived in this territory since he was a child, and Horn is also a lord of Kuanren, so he has a certain affection for both Shelter Village and the Merlin family.

"Presumptuous, you dare to talk to Lord Viscount like this!"

Bot next to him snorted, but was about to make a move but was stopped by Estan.

He came to McBuck with a gloomy face, squinted at him and asked, "You say I'm a robber?"

"What is done, there is no difference. ”

Burst!

As soon as the old man's words fell, a dull sound sounded into the flesh, and a long sword pierced his chest!

"Village Chief!"

"Brother McBuck!"

"You robber, I'll fight with you!"

An old man rushed up with a cane, and was stabbed to death by Estan's sword just after taking two steps, and the villagers screamed again.

Ignoring their reactions, Estan commanded in a deep voice, "Kill them all!"

Bot was stunned, as if he hadn't heard clearly, and only reacted after a moment.

"My lord, these people are no threat to us, just find a room in the village and lock it up, there's no need to kill it......"

McBuck had offended the nobles and deserved to be killed, but if Estan had killed the old men in front of all the soldiers, the reputation of the Gemon family would have been tarnished.

"The Merlin family left these old guys here to conclude that I can't do anything to them!"

Estan, who had always felt that he was in control of everything, finally lost control after encountering many obstacles, and shouted: "But I want to tell everyone that I am Viscount Estan, and there is nothing I can't do!"

After saying that, he walked up to another villager with his sword and pierced directly through the other party's chest!

"Kill them all!"

In fact, when this sentence was shouted, most of the resentment in Estan had disappeared, and he regretted this decision when he calmed down.

But the order has already been given, and if he, as a viscount, repents of it, he will be slapped in the face, and besides, it is just a few old men, and if he kills it, he will kill it.

The soldiers were not qualified to hesitate, and the sharp swords in their hands were swung one after another, and in a moment, the old people who had not left the shelter village fell in a pool of blood.

Calm down, Estan sent someone into the village to inspect it carefully, and after finding that there were no traps, he ordered the army to enter the sheltered village to repair and wait for the mage behind to follow before setting off.

The point is that if the army were to move in any hurry, it might be as exhausted as Bott said.

However, it wasn't until midday that the sun was about to set, and the mage's carriage was not in Estan view.

Is something wrong?

Estan was a little skeptical, but this mage was also hired by him at a great price, and he couldn't disappear before he could use it.

"Bote, send two teams to go back along the road to have a look, and by the way, send two more teams to reconnoiter the situation around. ”

"Yes, Lord Viscount. Bot took the order and went out to make arrangements.

Estan sat at the table, spreading out the vellum paper.

According to the map of Merlin Collar obtained, the next target village is in the other direction.

But according to the current situation, all the villagers should have been evacuated, and it was worthless to go, so he decided to directly change the target to a gathering place outside Musenburg.

Based on the distance between the two, if Estan didn't want to sleep in a tent anymore, he would have to stay in a sheltered village today.

The soldiers sent out by Bot to pick up the mage were all cautious and neat in the army, but after a long time there was no response, but the reconnaissance team had reported back, and there was nothing unusual nearby.

Estan was vaguely worried, but he couldn't let the mage waste too much energy, so he called Bot to his side and ordered him to increase patrols and guards around the village.

"It looks like you're not doing well. ”

Not long after Bot left, a voice suddenly appeared in the shadows of the room, and Estan knew it was Iron Man as soon as he heard it.

"If it weren't for those robbers who appeared out of nowhere, I would never be as passive as I am now!"

Estan spoke with resentment, as if he had found a way to vent, "If I find some damn rats, I'm going to cut them to pieces!"

“......”

The Iron Man in the shadows was silent for a while, and his figure appeared in the room, thinking about whether he should have told Estan the truth in the first place, and maybe he couldn't be so passive.

No, it's not his fault, it's Viscount Estan's lack of ability, which is a common problem of the nobility.

"Don't worry, Viscount Estan, I don't know if I can succeed, but I'll do my best to buy you more time with the Duke. ”

Iron Man walked over to Estan and inadvertently pushed the cup on the table forward.

"I don't know why you aristocrats like to drink this kind of bland and tasteless tea, but I want to say that the wine is more interesting. ”

Estan smiled and didn't answer, but in his heart he was a little disdainful of an inferior person like Tetsuo.

"If Lord Tetsuo is willing to help, maybe go to Musenburg for a walk and add to your glorious achievements. ”

"I'd like to help the Viscount, but the Duke has other things to attend to, so I can't help them. ”

There was some regret in Iron Man's tone, but in fact it was not, he was a little afraid to sneak into Fort Mussen.

A noble territory is not so easy to get into, and it was Estan who assassinated Luo Lie in the first place, otherwise Iron Man would have been planning for a while.

It's not that Tetsuo didn't think about entering Fort Mussen, but as soon as he got close to it, he felt a little uneasy, and he always felt that there were eyes staring there, and if he really went in, he would definitely be discovered.

This suspicion is unfounded, but Tetsuo trusts his instincts, as this thing has saved him several times.

"That's a pity, if I can have the help of Tetsuo, I'm sure I'll be able to take Merlin more quickly. ”

Estan didn't fully believe Iron Man's words either, but there was no less flattery.

Tetsuo smiled and said no more, and the shadows of the room disappeared in a few moments.

Estan was confused.

He thought back to every word Tetsuo said after he appeared just now, and found that the other party's appearance this time was a little inexplicable, and what he said didn't seem to have any theme.

"Is he here to make me move faster?"

Estan picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, feeling that something was not quite right with Iron Man's laid-back tone.

At this time, inadvertently, in the clear tea in the cup, a touch of blue light flashed.