After talking to Gandalf about the situation of the Dark Witch Society, Duke didn't ask too much, because the Dark Witch Society is just a talent supplier for him, and he only needs to care about the magicians and witches who come over, as for the Dark Witch Society, it is not in his consideration for the time being, because he is a small role, and it is not as good as the Dark Witch Society now.

However, with the arrival of these two magicians, Gandalf was completely liberated, and he was directly arranged to go directly to the banks of the Seine to draw the magic circle of the steel-making blast furnace. At the same time, the hydraulic machinery on the banks of the Seine, also named "Hydro Factory" by Duque, was probably the first place of industrial production on the Europa continent.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner, and Duke has a rare few days of relaxation, and with the change of Sophia's attitude towards the little maid, Duke can enjoy a maid massage or something these days, this is the life that a noble lord should have!

But Duke didn't know that a new Storm Castle was brewing, and at the center of this storm was his second brother, Viscount Trath, the Lord of Maple Leaf City.

"Lord City, I just got the news that your younger brother, Viscount Duke, has repelled the attack of the Ice Demon in Storm Castle, and even His Majesty the Emperor has been surprised and surprised. ”

"What?"

Teucer's face was full of disbelief, even Duke, the famous straw bale of the Otto family, could also defend against the Ice Devil's attack?

"That's right, even when the Duke heard the news, he rarely complimented Duke twice. ”

"Bang!", and Teucer slapped it on the table, his face looking extremely angry.

Duke will divide Storm Castle this time, in fact, there is the help of Teucer behind this, because he knows the danger of Storm Castle, although Duke is no threat to himself, but it is not bad to have one less contender for the position of duke. After all, his father has the title of the Imperial Military God, and if he can inherit his title, he may not even stop at the position of duke. Everyone has ambitions in this troubled world, and Teucer has been suppressed by his genius big brother Baker for a long time, and he wants to prove that his heart is even stronger.

And Teucer also knows the emperor's thoughts, Storm Castle has been rotten to the root before, and it will cost more financial and material resources to maintain this decaying castle, it is better to break it and stand up, Duke is the unlucky guy who was selected before to take the blame. To be able to sit on the throne of the emperor, not to mention how wise and martial he is, at least he will not be so wasted that he will be deceived by Duke's few rhetoric and regarded as some kind of young talent.

It can be said that many scheming guys in the imperial capital have seen all this clearly, and even Duke Otto knows it in his heart, he knows that this is the emperor's beating of his own merits. Everyone acquiesced to all this, and Duke would fall victim to this political game.

The only exception is that Princess Jina insisted on going to Storm Castle, and the reason why the emperor agreed, that is, he didn't want to let himself give up Storm Castle was too obvious, after all, there were still tens of thousands of people there, and even the emperor could not bear the pressure of deliberately giving up public opinion.

Princess Jina's brought, can gag everyone's mouth, even the royal princess has gone to guard, who dares to say that the empire did not do its best to defend? And in order to prevent accidents, in fact, when the ice demon attacked, the army of Alpine City had already come to the periphery of the storm castle, ready to meet the retreating princess.

Because Adams received the order early and led the princess to retreat at a critical time, the royal knights may not be able to hold Storm Castle, but it is still no problem to break out of Storm Castle and get the response of Alpine City. It can be said that everything was planned, but everyone didn't expect one thing to happen, that is, Duke actually held on!

Duke's defense of Stormcastle has triggered a series of chain reactions, especially since Princess Gina has been arguing for Duke in the Empire since her return, affirming his merits as the Lord of Stormcastle. What's more, as a knight chief, Adams actually praised Duke's bravery and iron blood, which surprised many people, so some military people began to think that Duke also inherited Duke Otto's iron blood and bravery.

After listening to the description of his subordinates, Torque felt a kind of anger in his heart, it can be said that as the second son of the duke, Torque has been living in the shadow of the genius big brother, he is actually an excellent rank, but he was unlucky to meet a better brother.

But fortunately, there is Duke at the bottom, which gives Teucer a lot of psychological comfort. As a result, he didn't expect that the straw bales would repel the ice demons, and he hadn't done anything big in the past two years as the Maple Leaf City Lord, which made Teucer unacceptable.

It's like the genius big brother is at the level of the twist vine, although he is very rich, but ordinary people will only envy, and the jealousy and hatred are not obvious. And the neighbor who has always been inferior to you, suddenly far surpasses you, this psychological gap is the most uncomfortable, Teucer is at this stage now, not to mention that it is very difficult for him to compete for the title in second place, and now there is a younger brother who has obtained military merits, and it will also become a threat.

"This bale is really lucky, the ice demon attack is guarded. ”

Teucer said sarcastically, he still looked down on this waste brother in his heart.

"It is estimated that Princess Gina brought the royal master over and let Viscount Duke pick up the bargain. But it's strange to me that the chief knight, Adams, has always been a proud knight. ”

"Hmph, no matter how Duke did it, he couldn't be allowed to continue to be in the limelight in front of his father. ”

Teucer said coldly that he could tolerate a straw bale Duke because he didn't pose any threat. But once Duke shows his threat to compete for the title, in the struggle for power in the big family, family affection is actually not strong. Not to mention that Duke has been free-range in the imperial capital since he was a child, and the two brothers haven't met much, so how much affection does it have?

"Lord of the City, I have a way, isn't Storm Castle on the edge of the Seine River and the Sea of Death, where the Sea Clan has always wanted to have a stronghold. And as an empire, Storm Castle was originally prepared to be abandoned, so ......"

His Royal Highness's subordinates had flattering smiles on their faces, and this trick could also make Teucer get rid of the relationship.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that after Teucer heard this, his face instantly turned gloomy, and he looked at his subordinates below with a sharp gaze.

"You have a connection to the Sea Clan behind my back?"

Teucer's tone was cold with murderous intent, as a city lord, although he was not as good as a genius brother, he was definitely excellent, not the kind of person who was swayed by his subordinates at will.

When his subordinates heard these cold words, they quickly knelt down and replied, "Lord City, I just had some contact with the Sea Clan when I was trading pearls, and I definitely didn't have too much contact in private. ”

"I hope you're telling the truth. Teucer's tone was still gloomy, making His Highness's subordinates tremble.

Teucer just stared coldly at his subordinates' submissive performance, and finally he stood up and said without looking back: "This matter will be done as you say, remember, I don't want to leave any traces." ”

"Yes, Lord Castle. ”

The subordinates breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and there was a feeling of being amnesty, there was really no one in the Otto family to mess with, and even Duke, who was known as a straw bag, showed a remarkable side, let alone Tochuang.