The captain of the dragon knight walked from behind the shadow of the pillar to the round table, clenched his right hand into a fist, and his thumb crossed his eyebrows without humility or arrogance, and gave a military salute to the lords present. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his grim eyes fell on Bogdan with bad intentions.

Bogdan instinctively sensed the danger. But Lista had already strode over to him, his hands grappling his shoulders roughly. Before Bogdan could even exhale in pain, he was slammed from his chair by Lista. Lista used the standard knightly hand-to-hand grappling technique to cut Bogdan's arms and pressed his face against the cold round table. Lista's fingers dug into the gap in the bandage, a knowing sneer on his face, and then he pulled hard—

"Tear up!" The bandages flew loosely, and Bogdan's somewhat tendony arm was exposed to the air, with no new wounds, no old wounds, only a plump blood. Bogdan desperately tried to break free of Lista's grip, and he kept bouncing like a dehydrated fish on the round table. But Lista effortlessly broke his arms, tore his collar with both hands, and stripped off the noble garment. So a middle-aged man's slightly pale and bloated body was completely exposed to the cold air of the conference room, like an overnourished chick, shivering under the bewildered eyes of the Ravenston Lords.

"Bloody escape?" Lista's throat rang loudly, and a mouthful of disdain spat on Bogdan's smooth back. He left Bogdan with both hands, took a few steps back, and ran his thumb across his eyebrows again. Duke Alexis nodded at him, and Lista retreated into the shadow of the column.

"I don't know you yet, Bogdan?" Duke Alexis stretched out his hand, pinched half of Bogdan's cheek, and looked down condescendingly at Bogdan's eyes filled with fear, "Back then, at the Broken Ice Bridge, your argument was that Brenus used all his forces to storm the defensive line, and you led your troops to resist for a long time, and finally let Brenus open the gap due to the lack of local troops. His tone was not hurried or slow, and he slowly and methodically pulled out the old things little by little, "I believed it at the time, and I didn't pursue it." But with such a brilliant victory, how could the people of Saarion be willing to hide it? Although there was a considerable degree of distortion when it reached the North, it was not difficult to reconstruct - in fact, both the Royal Academy of Poimbru and the Knight Academy of Ryan included this battle in the textbook, and the content was so detailed that I could almost memorize it backwards. Especially in the battle of the Ice Shattering Bridge, those scholars described it as follows: "At that time, the lion knights led by the famous general of fire seemed to be relatively intact, but in fact, they didn't have many war horses left. There were only forty horses left of the fairly energetic war horses. And these forty warhorses, along with their knights, served as solid and blazing spear tips in the breakthrough of the Ice Shattering Bridge. They cut through the Count of Bogdan's defences, and then a torrent of fire rushed by, and the Count of Bogdan fled as soon as he realized that he had no way back.' Duke Alexis let go of his hand, and two clear red marks appeared on Bogdan's face, and he let out a short, whimpering moan. Duke Alexis shook his hand with a little disgust, and turned his gaze to Marquis Clovis:

"So I'm curious, what kind of fool would believe the words of a deserter and even show solidarity with him at the round table? Not to mention 3,000 people? If such a large force appeared in the Vaal Snow Plain, would I not know? ”

Marquis Clovis's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to make eye contact with Duke Alexis's aggressive eyes. He turned his head unnaturally, spat Bogdan hard, and got up to leave the table.

Alexis watched indifferently as the Marquis of Clovis slammed the door and left, he slowly glanced at the round table: "The reason why I let Bogdan go to Boimbru is to conclude that the Omenwolf will not risk going down the mountain for a small army. Although it backfired, I firmly believe that my initial judgment was not wrong. The appearance of the Omenwolf in the Vaal Snow Field was not premeditated or purposeful, Bogdan only appeared in the Vaal Snow Field at that point in time. ”

"Frost, what do you mean?" Gregory IV said.

"Someone provoked the Wolf of Omens, and he got angry. And Bogdan is an unfortunate punching bag - how long are you going to lie down at the round table? Duke Alexis made an impatient gesture, and Lista immediately stepped forward and ripped Bogdan off the round table. Get the hell out of here, and by the way, bring me the entry and exit records of Ryan's Gate in the last few weeks. ”

Lista nodded, dragging Bogdan away.

"I think I know who the Omenwolf is." At the round table, someone hesitantly raised their hands. The speaker sat in a chair that was almost submerged in the shadow of the column, and could not see the specific face. The raised hand was exposed to the light and covered in bark-like wrinkles. The five fingers are slightly curled up, taking on the shape of a falcon's hook claws. A trace of confusion flashed in Gregory IV's eyes, and he didn't hear the belonging of this voice for the first time, but Duke Alexis raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It's not your turn yet, Count Ivanles." He said coldly.

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