On the highest arrow tower of Blue Goose Castle, in addition to the arrow frame, a set of tables and chairs are also placed, and the area of fifteen square meters suddenly looks particularly cramped. Count Chebman stood on the arrow tower, opened his longbow, and with a "buzz" sound, the heavy arrow slashed over a distance of more than 600 meters, nailing an Ant-Man to the ground. Ant-Man was not dead for a while, desperately struggling and hissing but tearing the wound wider, and green blood gurgling, making the other Ant-Man scream with excitement.

"If it's a Wind Knight, this arrow can be thrown up to 800 meters away. Count Chebman put away his longbow and shook his head when he looked back and saw his precious daughter ungracefully resting her legs on the desk.

"Father, although I have just been promoted to the rank of Grand Knight, I am not going to be wrong. I saw Victor shoot the silver-tier Ant-Man with a military crossbow. Gillian looked at the boots on her lap, Victor's design was to her liking, and she planned to have the family's cobbler make more of them.

Count Chebman was a little surprised, he was well aware of the strong personality of his beloved daughter, and she never wore noble clothes, especially half-high heels. Count Chebman's unusual behavior today made Earl Chebman secretly happy, and he felt that he could talk to the heirs about her marriage.

Count Chebman secretly decided to find a suitable husband for Gillian, but said quietly: "The Great Knights of the Wind System are known as the most terrifying knights, because they can shoot silver-level monsters with long-range weapons, including the Silver Knights. If Viscount Victor can shoot the silver-level Ant-Man with a heavy crossbow, his lethality can already be comparable to that of the Great Knight of the Wind System. ”

"What's so strange about that?" asked Gillian, surprised.

Count Chebman sighed: "I'm just a pity, I have long known that Viscount Victor has a talent for popularity, but I didn't expect that in less than a year, he will reach this level, which shows that his ancient bloodline is very pure, which means that his descendants will definitely become knights, even great knights." ”

"So, isn't that woman Sophia going to regret her death?" said Gillian gloating.

"Sophia is so good at covering it up that everyone has forgotten where she came from, and she's essentially a wild knight who hates family and blood. The Wild Knights are outliers who worship freedom and despise authority. If you don't touch your head, these rebellious guys will not succumb to the family. Earl Chebman paused, and continued, "I don't know why Sylvia and Sophia are close to each other, why would she make secret deals with us? ”

Gillian pursed her lips and said unhappily: "You doubt my vision, do you still doubt De Wet's judgment? The soldiers around Victor are definitely the best of the best, and they must have been sent by the York family to protect Victor. ”

Count Chebman groaned, and said, "Gillian, tell me about the situation again. ”

"At that time, Victor offered to trade with us with Mithril, and those soldiers were around, and Victor did not avoid them, they were all expressionless, and no one showed a surprised look. The only explanation is that they knew about it for a long time. Gillian reluctantly repeated it.

Count Chebman paced back and forth, still unable to believe that such a good thing would befall him, but Gillian said impatiently, "Father, you are thinking too much. The House of York has accepted the entire population of the Centaur Hills, and the accumulated supplies are estimated to have been depleted, and they need new channels to replenish their supplies, and it is clear that our southern lords are an option for them.

It is said that Sophia has personally led the caravan to the Duchy of Teutoni to participate in the barbarian tribe's big bazaar this year, and the Yorks will have to wait at least half a year to get supplies from Sophia. So, they wanted to connect with us through Victor. It's a secret deal anyway, and who knows, and even if anyone else knows, it's a freedfolk affair, and we don't know about it. ”

Earl Chebman bowed his head and said, "You have a point, but I always find it odd. Why does Viscount Victor want fifty thousand gold soles? And what does it mean not to know, not to collect taxes, not to block, not to harm?"

Unaware, Count Chebman can understand that this kind of transaction involves sensitive materials, and he must clear himself first. If he doesn't collect taxes, Count Chebman is a little confused, trading Mithril, refined iron, copper ingots, jaggery sugar, snow sugar, coffee, he is too late to be happy, how can he collect taxes?

"Father, Victor asked for 150,000 gold soles, and I saved you 100,000 gold soles. You remember to reward me, at least 10,000 gold soles, no, 20,000 gold soles. Gillian smirked as she pointed to her nose.

"I don't understand, why did Victor mention four meaningless conditions? But I don't see anything bad for the family, and that's enough, isn't it?"

Count Chebman smiled self-deprecatingly, and took a long arrow and put it on the bowstring. This kind of iron arrow for longbow projectile is 1.3 meters long, the shaft of the arrow is mixed with fine iron, heavy and sharp, each arrow is worth 10 silver soles, this kind of iron arrow for centaurs is very ferocious, and the ant-man who is shot will bleed non-stop. In order to attract ant colonies to attack the castle, the Count of Chebman ordered the use of cheap rockets to be discontinued in favor of these expensive long arrows.

"Buzz"

Another ant-man was crucified to the ground, and a smile appeared on the corner of Earl Chebman's mouth, and his elite cavalry was ready to attract the ant colony to the riverbank. At that time, the fish-man will take his place to greet these hateful pests.

"Victor is going to make some weird deals. ”

Count Chebman could not understand it, and was not prepared to think about it again. However, by the time he figured it out, he had already gotten on Victor's thief ship and couldn't get down, but at that time, he didn't want to come down either.

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The royal capital of the Gambis, the residence of the Marquis Ludwig, Minister of the Interior.

Viscount Tenes sat on the sofa in the living room, having come to visit the Marquis de Ludwig. The Marquis was not only Turney's immediate boss, but also an old friend of his teacher and the grandfather of his fiancée. As a result, Tenis was able to travel almost unhindered in the Marquis' Palace.

Today, the Marquis de Ludwig still had something to attend to, and Tenis had to wait in the living room. The door to the Marquis's office opened, and Tenis stood up, ready to greet the Marquis's guests.

"Jacob, what's wrong with you?" Tenis was surprised to see that it was his fiancée's brother, Jacob Ludwig. It's just that Jacob's expression is sad and angry, and his eyes are also red, obviously something happened to him.

Jacob nodded at Tenis and passed him without saying a word.

Tenis frowned and walked into the Marquis's office, and was surprised to find that the Marquis of Ludwig was also gloomy.

"My lord, what's going on?" asked Tenis, apprehensively.

Marquis Ludwig sighed: "Jacob's fiancée, Michelle, has been murdered. ”

"How so?" said Tenes, shocked.

Jacob's fiancée Michelle is the second daughter of the Earl of Dearville, only 16 years old this year, but she is a stunning beauty who has awakened the blood of the moon elves, Jacob is very infatuated with Michelle, and he didn't expect her to be murdered.

Tenis could understand why Jacob had just lost his temper, and as the Marquis's future grandson-in-law, it was reasonable for him to say the same.

"My lord, who did it?"

The Marquis shook his head and said, "It is not known who is behind the scenes? Michelle was assassinated while traveling, and looks very much like the notorious throat-slitting man, Duke Peter is very angry and is investigating the matter thoroughly." ”

Turnis was speechless, the Earl of Dearville was a famous merchant nobleman in the United Kingdom of Boray, and a supporter of Duke Peter, the earl's wife was the blood of the Wimbledon family, and the Duchess of Peter was a cousin. It is highly likely that Michelle was killed as an operation against Duke Peter.

The Throat Slither is the most famous killer of the dark Forces, no one knows his name, his appearance, whether he is male or female, old or young, but every time he kills, he will cut the throat of his victim, leaving a jagged scar, which has become his unique signature. Throat-cutters have been rampant for more than 20 years, and no less than thirty nobles have died at his hands, and even one knight was assassinated by the throat-cutters, so everyone believes that the throat-cutter is most likely also a knight.

Several families have been hunting down the Throatcutter, and it is said that the bounty on his head has exceeded 200,000 gold soles. The Throat Slither disappeared for a long time, and he reappeared to murder the Ludwig family's marriage.

"My lord, we at Paisico are willing to do our best to help you find the mastermind behind it. Tenis stroked his chest and said.

"Tenis has time to persuade Jacob, this kid won't give up. The Marquis nodded with satisfaction and said, "Now, tell me what you have seen and heard about your trip to the hills." ”

"Yes. ”

Tenis described his experience in detail to the Marquis de Ludwig.

After patiently listening to Tenis's statement, the Marquis asked, "What have you gained from this trip to the Yorks?"

Tenis thought for a moment and said, "My lord, I have worn away my arrogance. ”

"It's good to grind away the arrogance!" the marquis stroked his palm and smiled, "We court nobles are arrogant on the surface but humble on the inside, and the local lords are humble on the surface but arrogant on the inside. We are the dogs of the royal family, who can bark and bite, and the local lords are the wolves of the royal family, who can't bark but eat people. That's the difference between the two. You've already achieved half of this enlightenment, so do you know what the other half is?"

"We also want to become wolves, therefore, we have to help the wolf king to make it stronger, and only if the wolf king gains more territory, we can become wolves. Tenis said with burning eyes.

"Good, good, good, Tenis, I read you right. In the future, you will definitely surpass me. Tenis's performance was applauded by the Marquis de Ludwig.

"My lord, this is what I strive for. Turnis bowed his head, and then he asked the Marquis, "My lord, do you think the House of York will be a scourge to the kingdom?"

"It's very unlikely, first of all, they will have to face the attack of the ant colony, even if they build a fortress at the entrance, they will consume a lot of supplies in each war. Secondly, the Centaur Hills had very little stone, so they couldn't build more castles to control their territory. In the end, the current strength of the House of York is based on the Golden Knight, who will one day decline. Without the Golden Knight, without enough castles, and facing the attack of Ant-Man, how could the York family become a disaster?" the Marquis explained, and looked at Tenness strangely, such a simple reason Tenness had no reason not to think of it.

"Did you find anything?"

Tenis pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, I have found that the York family has very professional cooks, their skills are exquisite, and they also have very elite soldiers, even more elite than the most elite soldiers in the royal capital. This is somewhat unusual. ”

"There is nothing unusual about this, the House of York has a history of a thousand years, and they were once the lords of the Rand Empire with the Auguste family, and there are three such families, and the background of these big families is not something that we court nobles can imagine. Marquis Ludwig said enviously.

"By the way, is there anything to say about Viscount Victor's territory?"

"Viscount Victor said that he would be loyal to the kingdom and be a barrier to the north of the Centaur hills. Tenis said with a strange expression.

"Barrier?hehe, it's just a nail in the coffin of the York family in the north, that is, to monitor the movements of the Viscount of Sauron. The Marquis shook his head and smiled.

Turnis's eyes rolled, but he still decided not to tell the Secretary of State that Victor had silver-level strength.

"My lord, Viscount Victor has requested that the annuity of 30,000 gold soles be paid in installments within one year. I promised him. If you feel embarrassed, I can pay this money upfront. Tenis said apprehensively.

"It's just a small matter, it's up to you. ”