Blue Stone Fort.

When the castle lord Gryloch died of his wounds on the ramparts, Rollin said that Verando was now practicing musket marksmanship at the shooting range behind the fort.

It has been developed for more than 30 years, and Alan is constantly guiding the maze in the early stage, which makes the human race have a very complete basic theory, and years of development have accumulated a lot of practical experience, especially this musket technology, which has matured to an extreme.

It is similar to the principle of Earth Firearms and Goblin Muskets, but when it comes to the real thing, it is a unique way.

"Bang bang bang" Rollin fired continuously, there were six bullets in the small revolver musket in his hand, and he poured it clean in one breath, and the shock force of the musket made his wrist slightly numb.

Almost at the same time, clear bullet holes appeared on the paper target moving irregularly and at high speed eighty meters away, each of which was in the center of the forehead and eyebrows, and there was no error.

The bullets have been fired, Rollin opened the wheel, began to load the bullets one by one, his movements are not fast, but there is no superfluous action, if someone with a heart to record with a timer, it can be found that the time he spent loading each bullet is the same. Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, they can only see the smooth movements.

Two seconds later, with a soft 'click' sound, Rollin reloaded, ready to continue practicing his marksmanship.

The Terran musket has an advantage, that is, the barrel can be used for a long time, for two reasons, one is the precise control of fire magic, and the fire magic power is wasted very little, such as now, six bullets are fired in a row at high speed, and the barrel is only lukewarm. The second is that there is no rifling, and all guns are smoothbore. However, the bullet still spins at high speed after it is discharged. The rotation is achieved by the spiral mana rune inside the barrel. This significantly reduces the wear of the bullet on the barrel.

And he learned gunmanship, of course, not to go to the battlefield and fight with people, but to give himself an extra bargaining chip for self-preservation.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger and shoot, Rollin heard some commotion coming from the exit of the shooting range, frowned slightly, and turned his head to look, only to see Gethoven, the head of the fortress, coming over with a few servants.

Seeing this formation, Rollin's heart moved. He said to the guards beside him, "You go and inquire and ask what's wrong?" ”

"Yes, young master." The guards scrupulously saluted Rollin, who was responsible for keeping Master Lando safe, and followed him for at least twelve hours a day. In his eyes, this young brother of the castle lord has a very easy-going personality and usually loves to laugh, but he has an unspeakable power in him, which makes it difficult to treat him as an immature child.

'The son of Marshal Thales, sure enough, is not like ordinary people. That's how the guard explained.

And then. He raised the repeating musket in his hand, the muzzle of which was pointed at the ground. Slowly walked towards the butler Gethoven, and after more than ten meters, he shouted, "Lord Steward, what is the matter?" The young master is practicing the musket, and if it doesn't matter, then I'll talk about it later. ”

Griffin glanced at Verando behind the guard, and saw that the young master, who had just turned ten, was already one meter six tall, about the same as an ordinary adult, and he was now fiddling with a repeating musket on the wooden platform in front of him, without even looking at him.

His appearance immediately reminded Griffin of the rules of the Blue Stone Castle, he just broke in with his servants, strictly speaking, it was already rude, he hurriedly corrected his attitude, and said: "You go to report to Young Master Verando, just say that the castle master has an accident, and Madame tells him to go back quickly." ”

The castle owner had an accident, and in this year, an accident was basically equivalent to death in battle, and the guard was also surprised, but he did not forget his duty, and continued to ask: "Did you bring Madame's handwritten letter?" ”

The chief steward was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that there was indeed such a rule in the Blue Stone Fort, which was a means to prevent moles from causing chaos, and it was also a lesson learned after Marshal Thales was assassinated. In Bluestone Castle, no one will believe you and follow you obediently, but this rule mostly applies at the bottom, and a member of the fortress's top ranks like Gethoven never makes such a request.

"There is no letter, Madame is too sad, only verbal, unable to write a letter." Gethoven told the truth.

"Then you wait. I'll go brief. The guard was not domineering, and after giving a word, he ran back to the shooting range to ask his young master's opinion.

After a while, the guards ran back and gave a military salute to Gethoven: "The young master said that he knows, let you go back first, and he will arrive later." ”

"Not with us?" Gethoven was a little strange, he keenly sensed that this young master Verlando didn't trust him very much.

"No, the young master said, this is an extraordinary time, and your goal is too big, your whereabouts are too obvious, it's not a good thing to walk with you."

Hearing this, Gethoven was puzzled at first, but soon came back to his senses, and then his heart was shocked, remembering the tragedy of Marshal Thales that day, and then he completely understood.

Now that the castle lord is seriously injured and died, this young master Verando has become the only legitimate heir of the castle owner, and if some people with a heart have a mind, then from now on, until Verandu becomes the castle owner, it is likely to strike first.

If it is not prevented, it is not impossible that the tragedy of the marshal will be repeated.

Gethoven was ashamed, bowed to Young Master Verando in the distance, and then retreated from the range.

As soon as he left, Rollin said to the other guard beside him, "Nolan, you go, follow them quietly." See what special people are along the way. If so, I want to know who is standing behind these people. Remember, don't expose yourself until you have to. ”

"Yes, young master." Dressed like a mercenary in ordinary leather armor, the guard was so agile that he quickly exited through another small gate in the range, mounted a manpower turbine, and silently navigated the alleys, quietly following the mechanical carriage of the chief Gethoven.

"Brighton, let's go, let's go back." Rollin said to the guard who had sent him the message earlier.

He has two guards, Nolan and Brighton, who are the soldiers he has observed and selected along the way, and from childhood to adulthood, he has subtly influenced them on a spiritual level, and now, it is almost impossible for these two to betray him. He is his most reliable right-hand man.

Of course. Just the most reliable. Not infallible, Rollin was always prepared to be betrayed by those closest to him.

Only because his opponent is the unfathomable Lord of Darkness, Romilsson.

In the past ten years, from childhood to adulthood, he has experienced hundreds of assassinations, and the mastermind behind one of the assassinations was even his brother Grelock, who had just died, because it was just the instigation of a villain, and Greloc was confused for a while.

This is enough to show the danger of this mission.

The guards walked beside Rollin, while the other regular guards surrounded Rollin in the middle. There is a small detail here, and that is that the color of Rollin's clothes is the same as that of his guards, only slightly different in some small details, and all of them are wearing hats.

This little trick is quite useful, making it impossible for potential opponents to tell who is the real target in a short period of time.

Walking to the side door of the shooting range, the guard Brighton motioned to the other ordinary guards, and more than a dozen guards immediately took the lead and walked in front of Rollin, one of whom took the first step and opened the door. The first walked out.

He had just taken two steps out when he heard a soft 'bang'. A pit immediately appeared on the anti-magic metal armor worn by this guard, and a flattened bullet was stuck in the pit, and this guard was shocked by the force of the bullet and spat out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person was knocked to the ground and took a few steps back, and sat down to the ground.

Brighton was not surprised, he immediately judged some basic information about his opponent: "It's a sniper, using a Black Hawk III sniper musket, with a range of between 300 and 400, and only the fortress wall has a field of vision within this distance, and the opponent is hiding in the high wall." ”

Deducing this information, Brighton waved his hand at each of the three guards beside him, gesturing different orders.

Moments later, the two guards rushed out the door and headed for the high wall. The third escort ran up to the tower at the edge of the range, pulled out the Lizardman Gen 15 musket, and began scanning the Assassin hiding in the high wall.

The guards didn't keep Rollin waiting, and about three minutes later, the guards on the tower opened fire, and there was a crisp 'pop' on the wall, and a man dressed as a soldier fell to the ground on the high wall of the guard, and he was shot in the leg, but he did not die.

The guy immediately wanted to kill himself, but the other two guards had already spotted him and immediately pounced and subdued the man.

Brighton then said, "Young Master, get in the car." ”

With a 'hissing' roar of magic, three identical mechanical carriages made of heavy steel drove up, Rollin got on one at random, and the convoy started, changing orders several times on the way, and after about five minutes, the convoy drove into the fortress garden and stopped at the gate of the Thales family estate.

One of the guards got out of the car first and held out an umbrella for Rollin, who got out of the car and went all the way into the hall of the manor villa.

In the past, when the third brother of this body was still the lord of the castle, Rollin entered the manor to be unarmed. This time, the guards of the manor were still accustomed to come and pick up the revolver muskets on Rollin's belt.

Rollin glared at him fiercely, and the guard was startled, and then he realized that the situation had changed, and he retracted his hand in a curt.

The chief manager of Gethoven had already arrived at the manor, and when he saw Rollin, he immediately greeted him and asked, "Young master, Madame wants to see you." ”

"Hmm." Rollin nodded and beckoned to Brighton, who followed him closely as he made his way to Marshal Thales' room.

Lady Trisley is the mother of Rollin's body, she is just an ordinary woman, and when she sees Rollin, she is nothing more than crying and tearing and telling him to pay attention to safety and so on. His physical sister Vivi is stronger, but only limited.

In short, at this time, Rollin, that is, Young Master Verando, became the last hope of the Thales family.

Rollin listened patiently and accompanied her until she finally fell asleep, and then he said to his sister, "Take care of Mother." ”

Wei Wei nodded slightly, it could be seen from the girl's eyes that her heart was full of imitation, her heart was full of uncertainty about the future, and she couldn't find security from anyone around her.

This was not a problem that could be solved in a short period of time, and Rollin couldn't help it, and after exiting the room, he regained his composure.

The chief steward Gethoven was already waiting at the door, and greeted him and said, "Young master, time is pressing, it's time to succeed to the throne." ”

In these troubled times, a fortress cannot be left without an owner, and any etiquette of mourning for the dead will be omitted. Lorraine knew this, he thought for a while, and said, "You go and prepare, and I will succeed you tomorrow!" ”

"Yes." Gethoven was amazed at the ten-year-old's calmness, but it was a good thing, and he immediately went to prepare.

Rollin then said to Brighton, "Let's go meet the assassin and see who the rats are in the fortress." ”

He knew that the Thales family was facing internal and external troubles at this moment, but the external troubles, Nightwolf Castle, had just fought hard with Bluestone Castle, and now it was time to retract and lick the wounds.

However, the news of the killing of the owner of the Blue Stone Castle cannot be hidden, and it will soon be known by the opponent, so the Night Wolf Castle will definitely take advantage of the great opportunity of the Blue Stone Castle to attack desperately.

Therefore, there is not much time left for Rollin to suppress the internal troubles and purge the internal thieves, every minute is very precious, and between now and tomorrow before the succession ceremony begins, the residents of the Blue Stone Fort will experience the longest night! (To be continued......)