To the east of Randall's territory, on the outskirts of a forest, two groups of people are facing each other a hundred meters apart.

One side was outnumbered and well-armoured, their swords were unsheathed, their bows and crossbows were wound, and they pointed at their opponents with murderous vigour, as if they were facing a great enemy, and the atmosphere was tense and dignified. On the other hand, although there were only 5 people, wearing simple leather armor, surrounded by more than 100 soldiers, they regarded their opponents as if they were nothing, and they seemed calm and calm.

The sound of horses' hooves rumbling came from the west, and the morale of the superior side was boosted, but the five men were unmoved. Soon, more than 100 elite cavalrymen came to the scene of the incident, and they surrounded the two nobles and paced to the edge of the encirclement. A warrior wrapped in pure gold armor like a steel monster greeted him, and he pushed away his visor and saluted, "Your Excellency, you are here." ”

Victor nodded, and said to his number one general, "Nelson, this is Viscount Ternis, the tax collector of the kingdom. You've seen it. ”

Nelson hurriedly saluted Tenis next to him: "Lord Viscount, it is a great honor to see you again. ”

"Lord Nelson, don't be polite. I heard that a knight had invaded Randall's territory, and my colleagues and I came to check it out. Tenes nodded reservedly at Nelson.

Victor asked, "Nelson, what's going on, what about our patrols, are there any survivors?"

Nelson shook his head bitterly, leading Victor aside. On the ground, 15 corpses covered in white cloth were placed. The pungent smell of blood and the silhouette under the white cloth clearly told Victor that these guards were all split in two and died extremely miserably.

"Fifteen patrol soldiers didn't show up at the post on time, and I brought someone over to check on them, and I saw them burying bodies," Nelson said. Then we surrounded them. After negotiations, the men admitted that they had killed the patrol soldiers, and the bodies were returned to us. They also asked for an interview with you, and I didn't dare to call the shots, so I sent someone to report to you about the situation here. ”

Victor's face was expressionless, but his heart was aching and angry. The 15 soldiers were ordinary guards who had followed Victor for more than two years and remained loyal to him. Their sacrifice was a great loss to the Randall family.

The guards of the Randall family are all farmers, and they do not receive military training from an early age like the children of vassals, and their martial arts skills are very average. Victor doesn't expect them to have much combat effectiveness, as long as they are loyal enough, have a strong will, know how to cooperate and command, and can boost morale. Victor positioned them as a non-commissioned officer at the grassroots level.

In the event of war, Victor can arm 5,000 militiamen with the best equipment, but in order to exert the militia's combat effectiveness and inspire their courage, it is necessary to have non-commissioned officers who are proficient in tactics. These guards play such a role.

Randall currently has more than 8,000 people, including more than 3,000 young militiamen, and only 250 family guards. According to the practice of 30 farmers supporting 1 family guard, Randall should have 300 guards, but Victor has been rising for too long, and his division of work system has only more than 800 members, and selecting 250 guards from them is already the limit. 15 guards died at one time, and Victor had nowhere to make up for it.

Choosing a guard from among the freedmen was a thought Victor had in mind, but quickly rejected it. The vassal class is the minions of the lord, not only fierce and sharp, but most importantly, like an arm. It is not uncommon for vassals to fight against the Church for the sake of the Lord, which is why the Church never cares whether the vassals live or die. And the church has a great influence on the freedmen, who go to the church to pray at every turn, and tell the priests all the trivial things, counting on them to protect the interests of the lord, it is better to believe that the sow will go to the tree. Unless Victor reinstates the division of labor system that represents the interests of the freedmen, it is more reliable to honestly train mountain mercenaries.

"Let's go and see, who are they?" Victor gritted his teeth and walked towards the encirclement.

The guards made a way, and the five men looked over this way. Victor looked at them for a moment, his eyes tightening.

These five men were extraordinary, and even in the face of hundreds of heavily armed soldiers and dozens of crossbows that flashed with cold light, they looked calm. Dressed in old leather armor and four men with shields in one hand and heavy swords in the other, they surrounded a man, while the man in the middle held his hands in the air and a silver-white knight's greatsword stuck in the ground beside him.

Victor saw the weapons in their hands and finally knew why Nelson had confirmed that they were knights.

The Heavy Slash Sword, a powerful weapon designed to fight large orcs, is 1.8 meters long and weighs 40 pounds, with a blunt head and a sharp blade that can cut a centaur at the waist, and any light and heavy chain mail and shields, large or small, will only be cut like bread. However, the heavy slash sword was very heavy and difficult to handle, and the strong soldier needed to hold the sword in both hands to swing it, while the four men on the opposite side only held the sword in one hand, and the sword body had a purple sheen, which was characteristic of Adamantite weapons, and this was enough to explain the problem.

Victor silently observed their elemental attributes, and his heart was even more shocked. Among these 5 people, there are two knights, two trainee knights, and the man in the middle has all four attributes of 15 points, only by being reshaped by the void element can he have such a balanced transcendent attribute, he is undoubtedly a great knight.

"Lord Austin Buryatia!?" exclaimed Viscount Ternis.

When Austin saw Viscount Turnis beside Victor, he was immediately depressed.

Two days ago, Williams' henchman butler personally brought a secret letter, and Austin learned that things had changed. That same night, Mrs. Judy stole the letter and fled Wildwillow with the family's heir, Primo. This incident prompted Austin to make up her mind to get rid of Judy's mother and son. He led his henchmen to track all the way and caught up with Judy's carriage outside Randall's collar, but only caught the mutinous guards, and Judy's mother and son were not inside. After some torture, the guards confessed that Judy's mother and son had infiltrated Randall's territory disguised as free people.

Austin had no choice, he left his guards at the border, and brought only four henchmen into Randall's territory, hoping to quietly kill Judy's mother and son in the wild. But as soon as they entered Randall's territory, they ran into Victor's patrol, and they had to kill all the patrol soldiers for the sake of secrecy. However, while they were disposing of the corpse, they were caught by the Randall army.

Austin felt that she must have met with bad luck. Judy's mother and son fled, which was originally a good opportunity to get rid of them, but what they didn't expect was that as soon as they entered the Rand Territory, they met a patrol, and they killed people here, and they were blocked by Randall's army over there. There were so many coincidences that Austin's assassination plan was completely frustrated.

Austin knew that this was no coincidence at all, and their every move was in the eyes of the alchemy crow. Randall's defenses are extremely tight, alchemy crows patrol the territory and anyone who sneaks in will be caught by patrol soldiers and sent to repair the reservoir. It's just that the alchemy crow can't tell the difference between a knight and a free man, which leads to the annihilation of the patrol.

The assassination plan has been ruined, and even the Grand Knight can't even think of annihilating more than 100 elite soldiers at once. Austin didn't choose to break through either, hoping to make a deal with Viscount Randall in exchange for Judy's mother and son at some cost. Although the handle of killing the heir of the family will fall into the hands of the House of York, it is better than nothing.

Austen was confident that he would convince Victor that he had decided to secretly defect to the Yorks. Even if the matter is revealed and the royal family retaliates for it, the House of York will be able to protect him, and maybe get a new territory in the Centaur Hills. As for the guards who were killed, Austin didn't think about it at all. However, the presence of court nobles representing the royal family made Austen's plan fall through again.

This time, it's really a coincidence!

"Can you explain what is going on here, Lord Austin?" asked Viscount Turnis, suspiciously.

Austin had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Viscount Ternis, I didn't expect to meet you here. Lady Judy and Master Primo were abducted by a gang to Randall's Domain. I led someone to track it down, but I was ambushed, and you've seen it. Hopefully Viscount Randall can give me an explanation!"

Victor was like a mirror in his heart, he knew very well about the struggle for titles in the Buryatia family. Judy's mother and son must have disappeared, and it is highly likely that they infiltrated Randall's village through the border post, and Austin came to cut the roots.

"Lord Austin, do you have any evidence that you have sent someone to kidnap Lady Judy and the heir to the Buryat family?

Austin said lightly: "Maybe it was Mrs. Judy's admiration for adults that she took Young Master Primo into Randall's territory." Lord Randall, Lady Judy can stay, but I must bring back the family heir!"

Tenis also saw that Austin was accusing Victor of meddling in the internal affairs of the Buryatia family, and Victor accused Austin of attempting to murder the family heir. Tenis is not sure if the House of York interfered with the Buryat lineage, but it is certain that Austin did have bad intentions.

As for Madame Judy's affair with Victor, Tenes simply did not believe it. Although Madame Judy is famous, how can she compare with Sylvia in terms of appearance, style, nobility, and blood. Moreover, everyone thinks that Victor is Silvia's confiner, and no one believes that Victor dares to hook up with Silvia behind his back.

Austin said that it was just an excuse and a step. In fact, many families have disputes in this name. When a lord seeks to take a piece of his neighbor's territory, he will start a war under the pretext that the other party has seduced his wife, and whoever wins or loses is for the woman, not for the territory, so that both sides have steps to go down, and the lord's wife will only be complacent about it.

Austin didn't know that this was exactly what Victor was particularly impatient with.

Victor has two memories, the one he most identifies with on Earth and uses them to establish his values, and the little baron's past is a humiliating part of Victor's heart.

In this world, there is no concept of male superiority and inferiority, and the status of nobility has nothing to do with gender, only by background, power, bloodline and power. The little baron awakens the elven blood and cannot become a knight, but his appearance and body are even better than the silver knight, which makes him coveted by the female nobles. Victor looked through the memories of the little baron, he was trained in "court etiquette" by at least 4 female nobles in the palace, and was not protected until the little baron and Sophia got married, but his identity as a male favorite has spread in the aristocratic circle, until today, how can Victor endure it?!

Victor had planned to weigh the gains and losses, but now he just wanted to use Austin's life to appease his anger and spread the prestige of the Randall family.

"Lord Austin, you have not only killed my soldiers, but you have also slandered my reputation, and only your blood can wash away my shame. Let's fight it!" Victor said coldly.

Austin didn't expect Victor to be so resolute, and he had to suspect that this was a trap set by the York family. Austin hesitated for a moment and said tentatively, "As far as I know, there are no knights in the Randall family, are you going to let Lord Nelson fight me?"

Victor scoffed, "I'm talking about a decisive battle, not a knight duel. If you think it's unfair, you can bring all your guards here, and they're not just 5 kilometers away?"

Austen's heart sank, and he became more and more sure that he had been ambushed by the Yorks, and he said, "Maybe there is some misunderstanding here, I ......"

"No misunderstanding! Or you can try to break out and wait for the judgment of the church, in the name of murdering the heir of the family. Or, bring your guards over and fight them fairly. If you win, you can search my territory, and if you lose, then you don't have to think about anything else!" Victor turned to Tenis and pleaded, "Viscount Tenis, I hope you can bear witness. ”

Turnis is not optimistic about Victor, he knows how terrible the Silver Knight is. But as a court nobleman loyal to the royal family, Tenis had no reason to prevent this decisive battle, and it was in the interests of the royal family that the Buryatia and the Yorks were at strife. Turnis believes that Austin will not dare to hurt Victor, and Victor will not be able to hurt Austin, and no matter how many guards die below, it will only weaken their territorial control, which is more beneficial to the royal family.

Thinking of this, Tenis sighed and said, "Viscount Randall, personally, I don't want you to fight, it's best for the royal family to mediate. But if you insist, I'll do what you want. ”

"I insist!" said Victor resolutely.

Austin nodded, and said indifferently: "In that case, I will do what you wish! However, I still hope that you will give Primo to me, and you will definitely get my friendship." ”

"Then you don't have to!" Victor smiled contemptuously and waved his hand to order, "Let them go!"

The guards moved out of the way and quickly formed a phalanx in front of Victor, who took a deep look at Victor and led his men east.

Tenis and his colleagues gathered on the other side. They didn't expect to see such a good show when they came out to collect taxes, and these noble children excitedly discussed the etiquette and meaning of the family decisive battle.

Nelson also pinched his axe excitedly and asked Victor, "My lord, what if they don't dare to come?"

"Don't you dare to come, we'll call over!" Victor finished speaking, summoned a guard, and ordered: "Release the Dust Falcon, and let the village chiefs find Lady Judy's mother and son!"

The guards went down, and Nelson asked again, "My lord, how are we going to fight?"

Victor smiled and patted his shoulder armor and said, "Let's go and change into a pair of Ant-Man armor first." Then, annihilate them all!"

"Like the Ant-Slayer Leader?"

"It's like the Ant-Man Leader!"