In the manor of Hoyle's territory on the western outskirts of Highlandsa, a killing scene is taking place.

Taylor, the leader of the Scarlet Bandits, stood outside the gate of Hoyle Manor, kicked open the crumbling black lacquered iron gate, the cast iron badge of the Hoyle family on the railing of the iron gate was stepped into the mud by Taylor, he carried two short javelins behind him, wearing only a set of petrified lizard hard leather armor, his chest was open, revealing strong muscles like steel, his eyes were cold and disgusting, and he said coldly to the twenty or so subordinates around him: "Kill in......"

More than two dozen murderous robbers straddled the corpses of eight knights' servants and rushed into the manor with bloodied scimitars.

Suddenly, the whole manor let out a miserable wail......

The humble cries for help, the desperate cries, the hoarse scolding, the hysterical screams, made this originally quiet and cool summer night as terrifying as a fiery hell.

Baron Hoyle had a poisonous crossbow stuck in his left leg, the blood stained his trouser leg red, and his red and swollen thighs could not bend, he was like dragging a tree stump down the steps of the castle, he held a silver knight's sword in his hand, this sword was stained with blood, and on the steps lay the corpses of four robbers, the hand he held the sword trembled slightly, he was now at the end of the crossbow.

The bandit leader who stood at the bottom of the stairs carried a hammer of punishment and climbed the steps of the blood-covered white marble, his face covered with a hideous scar that stretched from his forehead to his chest, and finally ended in the right side of his abdomen deep into the groin, and if it weren't for his hard leather armor, it would have been difficult to see the full scar.

Baron Hoyle swung his sword and slashed at the bandit leader Taylor, the long sword was blocked by the hammer of punishment, Baron Hoyle stared coldly at the bandit leader and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Taylor didn't answer, with a sinister smile on his face, and slammed Baron Hoyle to the ground with his fist as the barb of the Hammer of Punishment locked the silver sword tightly.

As Baron Hoyle's body slammed to the ground, Taylor stepped on Baron Hoyle's back, grabbed him by the hair, and forcibly lifted his head up.

One of the robbers brought a portrait to Hoyle and asked viciously, "If you want to die quickly, tell the boss where you have hidden this woman." ”

Baron Hoyle didn't even glance at the portrait, and snorted, "I don't know!" ”

The bandits didn't even give Baron Hoyle a chance to change his tune, and slashed down with a scimitar......

"Poof......

Baron Hoyle was lying in a pool of blood, his eyes open to the deep night sky.

A group of servants and maids tied up in the square below the steps of the castle suddenly let out a frightened wail, and the servants of the manor knelt on the ground trembled in the night wind, and a robber pulled out a housekeeper in a gown from the crowd, pulled him into a pool of blood where Baron Hoyle had fallen, and held a portrait to the butler and asked:

"Have you seen this woman?"

The robber's blood-red eyes had a playful look, as if he was looking forward to how he would resist next, and the scimitar in his hand was still dripping blood downward, at this time, he couldn't help but wipe the scimitar on the corpse of Baron Hoyle, but unfortunately the blood on the blade could not be wiped clean.

It's a pity that the butler is not as strong-willed as the robber thought, the moment the butler saw the head of Baron Hoyle, the whole person was like a puddle of mud and collapsed on the ground, and a smell of urine emanated from under his crotch, and urine diluted the blood on the ground......

The butler's face contorted, and he knelt reverently in the blood, as if it were a god standing before him.

His eyes were full of supplication, and he said to the bandit leader, "I know her, she was Miss Hoyle's maid, and we all call her Selena. ”

Taylor didn't expect such an answer, he regretted killing Baron Hoyle so hastily, originally thought it would be the same as attacking other manors, and couldn't get any answer, after all, it was a portrait from a few years ago, and it was the appearance of that person's memory, after the painter's depiction, there would be a great deviation, take the portrait to find someone, if it weren't for the old stubborns' methods were too weird, Taylor wanted to tear up the portrait, and casually loot a few manors to deal with it.

But I didn't expect to ransack the manors around Hylanza City, and I really happened to meet this old butler who really knew the woman in the portrait.

Taylor felt that it must be blessed by the goddess Celine, his eyes widened like brass bells, his hand grabbed the butler's collar, lifted him from the pool of blood, and asked the butler viciously, "Where is she now?" ”

The butler looked confused, tried to remember, and said intermittently: "A few years ago...... Just when she was 25 years old...... In accordance with the laws of the Empire...... Baron Hoyle chose a husband for him, and she married, and at that time Baron Hoyle presided over the wedding, and also executed the right of the first night of Hoyle's lordship. ”

The bruises on Taylor's forehead, the leader of the bandits, bulged slightly, but he let go of the hand that was holding the butler, made him stand up straight, and asked, "Then who did she marry?" ”

The fan in the housekeeper's memory seemed to be pushed open all of a sudden, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It was a gardener here who married Selena, and it didn't take long for the couple to return to their hometown." ”

After finishing speaking, he also secretly glanced at the crowd.

"You're kidding me?" Taylor said angrily.

The butler finally calmed his breath and stood in front of Taylor and tried to weave his own language:

"I swear...... I'm not lying, the reason why they went home was probably because Baron Hoyle exercised the right of the first night, which made the little gardener very dissatisfied, so they left overnight, and the little gardener didn't even receive half a year's salary, and Baron Hoyle seemed to have looked for them afterwards, but I don't know why, in the end, the matter was over. ”

One of the robbers ran through the foyer from the back of the castle to Taylor, whispering to him.

Taylor, the leader of the robbers, had his eyes lit up, and he commanded the robber, "Go and get Miss Hoyle......

The butler and the two noblewomen kneeling in the crowd heard Taylor say this, and they both raised their heads in despair and looked at the robbers.

Before the fall of Hoyle Manor, Lord Baron ordered two of his most reliable knights to flee to the city of Highlandsa with his daughter and son from the path behind the manor, and asked them to deliver a message to the guard camp of Highlandsa.

When the leader of the robbers said this, it was obvious that the knight's servant who had secretly run to deliver the letter had also been caught by the robbers.

Not long after, Miss Hoyle, whose dress was torn to tatters, was escorted up by the robbers, her face was pale and bloodless, there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, and her white and greasy skin was blue and purple, and she did not know what kind of humiliation she had experienced.

The line of defense in his heart collapsed, and he threw himself on the corpse of Baron Hoyle and cried.