The knowledge he had learned from the books was indeed useful, and his actions made Fatini even less aware of him.

It wasn't until he walked past Edward's house that he saw an empty carriage passing by, so he waved his hand, got into the carriage, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Go to Viscount Nicos's mansion." ”

Once at the mansion, Raphael saw what Nicos was saying as most of her men had gathered in the antechamber.

Raphael nodded slightly at Nikos, and a touching smile immediately appeared on Nikos's face, and she said, "I'm waiting for you, my dear, okay, the knight captain has gone to inform his men to prepare, and the knight leader has stayed." ”

Then she called a knight who had come with the captain of the knights and told him to guard the door outside, and the bearded Philip said, "My lord, I have noticed that Berg is very dissatisfied with Lord Raphael. ”

Berg put his hand on the hilt of his sword and said angrily, "Philip, what do you mean?"

Philip laughed: "I'm telling the truth, many people have found out, and I suggested that Berg not participate in this meeting." ”

Berg was about to draw his sword to prove his reputation, Nicos waved his hand and said, "Stop, this matter will be talked about later, Berg, you also go outside to guard the door, this is not distrusting you, I also have to respect Philip's opinion, you can plead afterwards, and the others will go to the council room upstairs with me." ”

Berg clenched his trembling fists, lowered his head, said yes, and walked out, and when he got outside, he said to the knight: "Damn, I have a bad stomach in the morning, and I am weak, you keep watch, if there is anything, call me." ”

The knight had no position, but was just a cavalryman, and he didn't dare to offend Berg, so he agreed.

Berg slipped back into his room and immediately released the Sparrow, who flew out of the window of the chamber and saw Nicos open the window of the chamber, but this time Nicos didn't lift her head, she turned to lead the discussion with the Knights.

The knight she usually calls is a noble status, not a skilled profession, nor a position in the army, Nicos's subordinates are all her knights, and they are a noble class, except for the grand duke, or the emperor, other nobles only have the power to knight.

Some of Nicos's men even had their own titles, but they were also knighted by her, as a form of allegiance.

The ten knight leaders, seven warriors and three mages, were seated at the round table, and Nicos said, "All of you here are my confidants, and what we want to talk about today must be kept secret." ”

Everyone nodded together, and a fierce light appeared in Nikos's eyes, and said: "Everyone, the current situation is very bad, the Earl's position is getting farther and farther away from me, you are all related to me, if I fail, you don't even have a chance to join Fez, I decided to get the title by myself." ”

Philip immediately asked excitedly, "How do you take it?"

Nicos said emotionally: "I recently met my father, he is actually indecisive, and he is dissatisfied with me, Raphael is helping him run a shop, so it is possible for Raphael to get close to him, and I will personally get the earl's coat of arms, the inheritance seal of the nobility." ”

The mage Lynn was Nicos's earliest confidant, and he boldly said, "My lord, do you mean to kill the Earl?"

Nicos nodded firmly, "Yes, Lynn, even though my father has always been kind to me before, I have to look out for you. ”

Then she turned to Raphael and said, "My dear, you used the excuse that the equipment store had bought a batch of important goods, and you were deceived, saying that it was done by the nearby Viscount of Real Leader, and asked the Count to help you come forward, and made an appointment to meet outside the city." ”

Raphael knew that the affairs of the Night Alliance were originally handled by Eric alone, and then he had another of himself, and now, the Night Alliance did not support Nicos, but Eric and himself were still obediently helping them, so he nodded, but his heart trembled, Nicos was so ruthless, she killed her brother, and now she is going to kill her father again.

Nicos continued: "I will not be asked to come forward for such things as the equipment shop, or, if I am found, I will also excuse something, so only my father will go." ”

None of Nicos's men were stupid, and knowing that there must be a reason for her strange statement, Lynn said, "Then I'm going to ambush all the people outside the city?"

Nicos didn't feel guilty at all, as soon as she said this, she calmed down and said with a smile: "No need, my father will be more secretive, he won't bring too many people, just Raphael and Philip will bring twenty people, I can mix in it, it is difficult to hide when there are many people, and the others will prepare in the city, once I get the heraldic seal, I will write an order, let my father's men follow me, and then attack Feith, we are prepared to attack unprepared, plus my father's manpower, we will definitely succeed." ”

Lynn said, "So when are we going to do it? Where are we going to do it?"

Nicos said: "Three days later, at the Xiangye Farm outside the city, we have to prepare for this, make the things in the equipment shop a little more like, otherwise he won't be fooled, and at the same time, try to adjust the position of our subordinates in the city, which will be more conducive to attacking, so let's talk about how to arrange it." ”

She was about to explain the map of the city defense of Oro City on a moving wooden board, but the picture reflected the sunlight of the window very dazzlingly, so she said to Raphael, who was very close to the window: "Raphael, close the window, it's too dazzling." ”

Philip smiled at Raphael.

The glass of the window was stained, and Berg regretfully did not hear all the arrangements, but it was enough, and he withdrew the Sparrow, returned to his place to guard, and said to the knight, "I feel better at last, damn it, I think our cook is better than the Potions Master." ”

Berg waited until the evening, but received no instructions for action, and his heart despaired, and resentment, grievance, self-injury, and love were entangled, and he made up his mind and said to himself: "Nicos, you forced me, you have ignored me so much, I must get you, even if I can't get your heart." ”

In the middle of the night, under the dim magic lamp, Fez's council chamber was full of men, Berg sat on one side, Fadini and Gray Armor were also there, and there were a dozen more men behind her, even Enoch.

Firth knew that even if the Count did give him the position, he would still have a fight with Nicos, so he said to the crowd, "Tell me, what do you think. ”

One of his subordinates, ignoring Berg's presence, said, "Could it be a trap?"

Berg didn't explain, took out the magic mirror, and activated it, the space above the magic mirror shook, and a three-dimensional phantom appeared, and the scene of the Nicos Council Chamber was reproduced, and this kind of reappearance can only be done once, and everyone immediately looked intently, trying to find out if there was anything suspicious inside.

Fadini hesitated: "It's strange why Eric wants to meet, we don't know. ”

Before Feith could speak, Berg said: "I retire, please distinguish the truth from the false, I should not listen to the arrangement of the adults." ”

Faith pretended to keep him, but Berg was not stupid, and he resolutely left.

Firth told him to go back, or if it was true, Berg would be absent and Nicos would be suspicious.

After Berg left, Faith smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we just need to arrange it and pay attention to my father's movements, you must know that my father is planning to give me the title, and he will definitely not help Nicos, my father moves, it means that it is true, and Nicos may not be able to squeeze out many masters, we are prepared, there is no need to worry." ”

Fatini smiled and said: "If it is true, then they must all be masters, there are too many people to hide, and we are the same, my people can participate in this operation, provided that it is the real old map of Oro City, which only Eric keeps." ”

Faith was happy in his heart, at this time, of course, he needed loyal men to lead his army, in order to make his subordinates more comfortable to follow him, he said: "That's no problem, what you are interested in, I am not interested, it is great to have your support, this time the manpower is much more generous than Nicos, even if there is really any problem, we can definitely break out of the siege and join the army." ”

Enoch was puzzled by this, but he didn't dare to have an opinion, nor did he dare to inform Raphael, because Raphael and Nicos clearly had the same interests.

He planned to lie on the periphery and rescue Raphael when he had the chance.

In the passage of time, Berg was completely desperate, for three days, he did not receive any orders, he found that several knights were faintly staring at his residence, he was scared, he deliberately injured himself in the training ground of the mansion, and then asked the mage in the mansion to recover.

The wood and water mages all have recovery techniques, but the effect is not so fast, and sure enough, as he expected, the mages are not there, so he used this excuse to leave the mansion and go to the church, and on the way he got rid of the two knights who were watching, hid, and never showed up again.

This is because, in the past two days, he has inquired that Faith has hardly cared about Nix's transfer layout in the city, presumably to paralyze Nicos. So he thinks that if Nixis moves quickly, kills the Earl, gets the coat of arms, and highlights the siege, then Nix's layout will be more advantageous than Fez, and it is still unknown who will win this battle.

Outside the city of Oro is a vast plain with a crystal river flowing through the plain, and Herba Farm is located near a jutting hill with a summer shrine of the Church of the Light, and sometimes devout believers kneel to worship.

In the evening, when the setting sun stained the earth red, halfway up the hill outside the farmstead, Raphael ended the emptiness, stood up, and looked down on the blood-stained land, the ancient vicissitudes of the city of Oro in the distance, the vast plains were full of autumn fruits, and some low woods were lush, and a determined light flashed in his eyes, and he walked towards the farm below.