"Gross?"

When Fred heard the name, it seemed a little familiar-

He seemed to have heard the name somewhere, and when Michel Becky repeated it in front of him again, he finally thought about it, the last time, it was also in this study in the castle, that Michelle had mentioned to him the "wolf head" Gross, the leader of the wolf bandits.

"That bandit leader killed Randall?"

Fred sighed in an uncertain tone—

Michelle nodded, and then he talked about the Knight Commander Cumberland. The contents of that letter had long been circulated in the Iris Knights, and it was only because of the arrival of the war that the Knight Commander Cumberland forcibly suppressed the grief in his heart and buried it all deep in his heart.

"I seem to remember that Randall Jeffrey has the strength of the inaugural rank, is the 'wolf head' Gross you said really that powerful?"

In the memory of Michelle Becky, the former "Grizzly Bear" Michelle, although Gross, the leader of the wolf bandits, has good swordsmanship, it is unbelievable to say that he can kill a high-ranking knight in a head-on battle-

Michel had doubted this, too, but the letter from the Knight of Cumberland was so convincing that he had to think of certain possibilities.

If you consider the treacherous cunning of "Wolf Head" Gross, it is impossible to know what kind of conspiracy he used to kill Randall.

However, standing in front of Fred, he still didn't have enough courage to speak freely, his lips squirmed slightly, as if he wanted to speak and stopped, but he quickly fell silent.

"The Ampton mines? Well, I see. ”

As if after some careful consideration, after a while, Fred seemed to have made some decision, and when he saw that Michelle was still standing in place, he asked, "What has happened near the castle these days?" ”

Michelle shook her head.

Ever since he had come to the castle, the place where the Kingfisher Forest meets the Larue River seemed to have been forgotten, and he felt like he had returned to the country of Ceris when he was a child, and every day he just watched the farmers work at sunrise and sunset, so that he and Braque and White talked and reminisced about their former days as bandits—

Of course, this kind of talk only exists in the internal communication of the three of them, and they behave very normally when facing other outsiders.

"Our war with Ensada has begun, these things, I will make arrangements later."

Michelle mentioned this matter about the Knight of Cumberland, as the heir to the earl's title, Fred naturally knows how to be considerate and cherish the knights under his command, he got up and left the desk and came to the windowsill-

The scenery outside the window is the mountain forest at the end of winter, and although it is already morning, there is still a thick fog between the peaks and mountains, which adds a bit of unreal hazy feeling to this bleak scenery.

Meanwhile.

The small town of Faun was attacked by the enemy. At about nine o'clock in the morning, a group of strangely dressed mercenaries appeared in the town, who did not choose to settle in the tavern or inn, and when they entered the town, they lit torches and threw one torch after another into the buildings; In the small town of Lorenz, not far from the Taren Fortress, a large number of strange mercenaries have also appeared, perhaps because of the garrison, they have not yet taken action......

The small town of Cobb was attacked;

Shuijing Village was attacked;

Porcupine village attacked;

……

October 16th.

While Fred Wolfe's letter was still on the way, there was a scene of chaos throughout the Tallon region, and the news of the urgency flew into the Tallon fortress like snowflakes, and this morning, Count Savaren Wolff had not had a moment of leisure since he had eaten breakfast—

"Sir, this is a terrible situation."

The old butler Mesdell stood aside, and when he saw the busy figures in the city lord's mansion, he couldn't help but sigh. He saw the Earl stretch out his thumb and rub his temple vigorously, and after a moment's startle, a pair of shining eyes were thrown at him.

"Mesdel, this is a counterattack from the enemy. If we fail to deal with this situation properly, there is no possibility of winning the so-called war. ”

"But this is just some small trick that cannot be put on the table, and Count Lambert should know that this war is just a war between nobles."

"No, no, Mesdel, you're wrong. Our enemy, the Count, who had a troubled mind from time to time, would have done something out of the ordinary even if he had known these facts. ”

Facing an opponent who doesn't play cards according to common sense is obviously a very headache -

While the two were talking, another guard hurried up, holding a roll of papers with ochre-yellow covers, and a heavy wooden box in the other, and when Count Savaren Wolf took it from his butler Mesdel, he saw the inscription on the cover for the first time.

from his eldest son, Fred.

The Earl was about to unpack the paperwork, and he pulled out the folded letter inside, and his eyes quickly skimmed through the lines.

The deceased.

He quickly opened the wooden box again.

A strangely colored skull.

Count Savaren Wolff's face instantly turned a little pale. Although the temperature was still cold this season, and the fireplace burning in the study only ensured some comfortable temperatures, fine beads of sweat had begun to appear on his forehead and sideburns, and then, his face suddenly turned red, and even his body began to tremble.

"Rock Lambert! Shameful degenerates, have the glory and responsibilities of the nobility been forgotten by that fellow? ”

There is no doubt that the current war is expanding, and the participation of the dead means that the war is about to fall into the point of life and death.

Although the Elantt Kingdom has never had too fierce conflicts with the kingdom of the dead in the past hundred years, none of the nobles have forgotten that once the war with the dead starts, the human kingdom will usher in real destruction-

And even far more terrible than the "fog pine war" with the Tasyas. The dead never accept surrender, nor do they know the art of compromise, they only turn all the human beings they can see into a new member of the dead.

"Mesdel, make this matter public, I want all the nobles of Nogo and the Northlands to know that this damn thing has happened, and His Majesty Edwin, I must also report it truthfully!"

"Master, you forgot about the Holy Radiance Church."

Butler Mesdell added that he remembered another very important force at this time-

The crime of collusion with the dead is no less serious than treason, and by choosing to join forces with the deceased, Count Lambert has placed himself in opposition to all the nobility, including the royal family, and more importantly, to humanity.

Perhaps it won't be long before the Count in Ensada will face a crusade against the nobles and the Church. The butler Mesdell silently speculated on the development of the situation, but suddenly found that Princess Samantha had unexpectedly come to the study.

……

"In collusion with the deceased, sure enough, the changes in the historical line have not deviated too much after all."

The night's camping was uneventful, and as soon as it was dark, Gross and his party quickly packed up their tents and belongings, and continued to set off towards their destination, Bulma led by Lazis—

In the afternoon, they passed through the small town of Silver Leaf, and as Gross rode on the Somado Stone Bridge, he couldn't help but sigh softly as he looked at the endless stream of carriages and pedestrians coming and going on the bridge deck.