After a long time, Titus still hadn't come to his senses, and what had just happened seemed like a dream, and he still couldn't believe Arnold lifted himself up and threw him on the ground.

"I ......" Titus opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, according to his previous duel contract with Arnold, he must now betray Duke Tagman, and then honor Arnold as Lord of Cold Mountain.

Thinking of this, the sweat on Titus's forehead couldn't help but seep out.

"Lord Arnold......" Titus looked at Arnold's back hesitantly, and his big brass eyes now looked very cramped and uneasy.

"Would you like to try again?" Arnold turned, now dressed in his clothes, "If you think I was lucky to beat you just now, then I'm willing to try against you again." ”

"No, no need...... Titus shook his head quickly, he really couldn't go against the fair excuse of the duel, just as he couldn't betray Duke Tagman.

Titus lowered his head, and the famous fierce general of the cold mountain led him now, like a poor hamster, in a dilemma.

"Ahh

Titus let out a long sigh, as if he had finally figured something out, and his distressed expression finally let go of a little.

"I'm sorry, Lord Arnold, but I still can't betray the Duke. After Titus calmed down, he said to Arnold with a calm face, "But the result of the sacred duel cannot be violated, to be honest, I now regret that I hastily agreed to your duel proposal just now, and did not accept the duel, that is only a coward can do, I really can't do it." Therefore, please cut off my head now, and if it can erase the hatred in your heart a little, I am willing to please you with my life. ”

"And you paid with your life just so that you don't betray my father. Arnold looked at Titus coldly, without any happy or sad expression on his face, "You're only going to anger me even more." ”

"No matter what, I can't betray the Duke. ”

"Then you don't have to do it. ”

Titus was stunned, raised his head, and stared at Arnold incredulously.

"You just need to guarantee that during the negotiation between the Cold Mountain Territory and the Snowren Territory, the Cold Mountain Territory's army will not attack. ”

"When negotiating...... Attack?" Titus was a little confused as Arnold meant, "Do you think the Duke would take advantage of the negotiations to sneak up on Snowlon's domain?" ”

"But you have to do something. Arnold's eyes showed no signs of melting, and although they were not hostile, they looked very cold, "Or do you want to deny the duel just now?"

"No......" Titus bowed his head, "I—I see, I'll do my best to persuade Lord Duke to exercise restraint." ”

"Please do it literally, and don't misinterpret my request. Arnold turned, "Of course, you can choose to ignore our duel today and act as if nothing happened, after all, if my father wins, no one else will know about it." ”

As he spoke, Arnold glanced at Father Puran.

"I hope you will keep your ministry restrained during this time, and I beg of you on behalf of all the inhabitants of Vortagan City. Father Puran bowed to Titus, "I have no intention of intervening in these fights, however, for the sake of the stability of the Vortagan Territory, I must intervene, and I ask for your understanding. ”

Titus looked at Father Puran, a little surprised, he thought for a while, and roughly understood what Father Puran meant.

"I admire you. Titus also bowed solemnly to Father Puran, "I assure you that the army of the Cold Mountain Leader will never enter the city of Vortagan to cause rebellion. ”

"Thank you very much, Lord Leslie. Father Puran bowed again, and then left Titus's tent with Arnold with a blank face.

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The climate in Vortagan is hot, but the length of the days, like everywhere else, changes with the seasons. It's late autumn now, and although you don't feel it in Vortagen, the sun sets much earlier.

Funner went back to his room in the hostel, where he hadn't been back for nearly three days, and had been outside all the time, and he didn't even have time to take care of himself, so that now he was unkempt and scrupled, and looked a little older.

Walking to the door, Funner noticed that the door was not closed, he reached out and gently pushed the door, and then the door automatically turned inward.

"Charlie. As soon as the door opened, Funner saw Charlie in the room.

Charlie was writing something at his desk, with his back to the door. Hearing his uncle's voice, he didn't mean to look back at all, and still kept his head down.

Funner walked into the room and came behind Charlie. He placed his hand on his nephew's shoulder, and Funner could clearly feel Charlie's body tremble for a moment.

"I'm back. ”

Charlie let out an "um", but still didn't speak.

"What are you writing about?"

"Letter to the Duke. Charlie put down his pen and folded the letter, "I have to report to him what happened here." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Arnold has set a trap for him here, and you want to betray him. Charlie took the envelope beside him and put the folded letter paper inside, "If you don't warn the Duke, he will have no doubt that you will be fooled." ”

"Charlie......" Fonner's eyes looked a little painful, and like Arnold, he quickly understood afterwards that it was his nephew who had leaked their whereabouts, "You should trust me...... Even if it's at least trying to believe me. ”

"How do you want me to trust you? I never thought you would do such a thing, betray the Duke!" Charlie smeared the envelope with mud and stamped the seal heavily, "Isn't it ridiculous that you have come to me to say the word 'trust' to me now? You have betrayed the trust of the Duke and yet you want me to believe you!"

"I'm doing this all for the sake of the cold mountain ......"

"What the hell is for the cold mountain leader, can you not see clearly with your wisdom?" Charlie pushed away his chair and stood up, staring at Fonner with extremely stern eyes, "bow to the Snowlen leader, exile the heroic and warlike British lord, and then usher in a master who joins forces with outsiders to exile his own father...... This is what you have done for the Coldhill Lords, the Coldshanks have never been afraid of war, at least, I would never believe that Lord Titus would be afraid of war, he must be excited about the coming war, cheering to be able to kill the enemy, and he will never be like you, like a dog, to the enemy!"

Fang Na quietly listened to his nephew's insult to him, without any anger on his face.

And seeing his uncle's calm face, Charlie became even more angry.

"You...... You have disappointed me so much! What about your backbone? What about your courage! Has the knighthood you bought with sweat and blood in the Holy Helm Collar have caused you to lose your wisdom and courage and become a little kitten with trembling wisdom!"

"Charlie, you don't understand anything. Fonner sighed, the expression on his face a little sad, "I did choose Arnold, that's true, but not because I'm afraid of war, not because I'm afraid of Snowlen. War is something to be feared, but when it has to come, I will definitely go to war without hesitation. What I am afraid of is the Duke himself, and you should know what he did with the Count of Friken's family. ”

Hearing Funner mention the tragedy of the Evelyn family, Charlie's face froze, and the young man's spirit made him refuse to bow his head like this, but chose to turn his face to the other side and continue to insist on his opinion.

"Earl Frecken is an incompetent lord in the first place, he has never made any contributions in many wars in the past, why should an incompetent person like him occupy the position of an earl and continue to eat on the corpse?"

"If you were to say that, then all the counts of the Cold Mountain Territory should give up their titles and get the same fate as Count Frecken, and even the vast majority of the lords in this world should step down, give up their maps that have been passed down for generations, stick their necks out, and let those challengers cut off their heads. The plan's expression became more serious, and he criticized his nephew harshly, "Don't think about things so simply, their ancestors also relied on their own efforts and talents to obtain this territory, this right is given and recognized by Hull and the gods, you haven't denied it yet!"

"That'...... The Duke also has the power to reclaim their titles, which was also given to him by Hull and the gods!" Charlie still kept his mouth shut, refusing to admit defeat to his uncle.

"Yes, as you say, that's what he deserves. Funner's expression became even more sad, "However, this is a kind of power and a shackle at the same time, and like war, it must be used with sobriety and restraint, and if you abuse this power and suppress your vassals, you will lose your qualification as a lord." ”

"That's just your side of the story. Charlie gritted his teeth, completely unconvinced by his uncle, "The vast majority of people, the vast majority of knights will think the same way as me, and they will all support Lord Duke." The only one who will have this kind of worry is a coward like you who will suffer from gains and losses when you have territory!"

As he spoke, Charlie grabbed the envelope on the table and was about to walk outside.

"Where are you going?" Fonner called out to Charlie as he reached the door.

"I'm going to Lord Titus. Charlie stopped and turned his face to look at his uncle. Now, there is no respect and adoration for his uncle in his eyes, only an almost crazy attachment.

He's like this, probably because he thinks I've betrayed him—

Fonner thought sadly in his heart.

"It's useless. Fonner shook his head, "Because, too, Titus is on Arnold's side. ”

"You're lying!" Charlie subconsciously shouted.

"If I could, I would like it to be. Fonner's expression was still sad, "However, it turns out that Lord Duke is not as popular with most of the Leng Shan Lords as he thinks he is, and his overly harsh governance and brutal treatment of vassals have scared many people." ”

"I won't believe it. Charlie gritted his teeth and ran to the other end of the hallway.

Fang Na sighed helplessly, he didn't stop Charlie, perhaps, he also had the same impulse in his heart as his nephew.

Sometimes, wisdom is a drag.

Charlie stood alone in the room, thinking in a daze, but after a while, he heard a loud noise and an angry howl coming from the hallway.

It was Charlie's voice, and Funner immediately judged it, and he hurried to the corridor, where the scene he saw in the dim corridor made the famous knight unable to even stand still.

"I have known for a long time that there will be many people who oppose me on such a journey, and some of them will even be very close people. I'm sure my father felt the same way about this. ”

Arnold slowly withdrew his hand, and Charlie, who was smashed into the wall by him and almost smashed a huge dent in the wall, also slid down the concave surface of the wall.

Fonnar stared blankly at his nephew, the corners of Charlie's mouth were overflowing with blood, his eyes were rolling, and Arnold's blow just now directly knocked him unconscious.

"John, will you be on the opposite side of me, like your nephew?" Arnold looked at Funner, his voice barely warm, "even if it's not now." ”