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A member of the escort rushed directly to the gate of the lord's mansion on horseback, turned over and dismounted, and rushed directly into the lord's mansion, not even caring about the horse. The two people on duty at the door, who were also guards, were dumbfounded. They had never seen Squadron Leader Lingus so reckless and rude, and it was clear that something big must have happened.

It's a big deal, Tulip Town, Big Sky Farm, all the people have disappeared without a trace!

After listening to Lingus's report, the butler Corion was stunned for a long time before he said, "Send cavalry to check the situation in the farms, villages and noble territories in other territories......"

At this moment, the door was vigorously pushed open, and Dinah, who was dressed in black, strode in with a frosty face and strode in accompanied by Li Yun.

Walking forward, Dinah held her chin high and said solemnly, "Corion, as a member of the Fergus family, I am very dissatisfied with your performance in the affairs of the lord during this period. The grain tax has not been collected so far, the crusaders are no longer functioning normally, and now, the population of Tulip Town and Clear Sky Farm is all missing, and the Lord's Mansion knows nothing, and that's how you manage it?"

"But ......"

Dinah continued as she walked on, interrupting rudely, "There is no more but, you have messed up almost every important thing. Your profession obviously determines what you are good at, so just keep doing what you are good at, and you will be in charge of handling my father's funeral. The affairs of the lord will be handled by me. ”

As he spoke, he ignored the discolored Corrien, and said to Lingus, who reported the news, "What is your name and what is your position?"

"Second Miss, my name is Lingus, and I am the leader of the escort squadron. ”

Dinah passed in front of him, turned to the large desk, and stood in front of the chair, "In the Lord's Palace, there are no private titles, only public offices. I am the Acting Lord, and I will be called Lord in the future. From now on, Lingus, you are my herald, my first order, go and inform Knight Logan to come to the lord's palace to see me at once, this is the decree of the lord's palace, tell him that if he does not obey the decree, the lord's palace will deal with him for treason. ”

"Yes, Lord. Lingus was sweating and was about to go down, when Dinah said, "Wait a minute." Then he said to Li Yun: "Knight Ether, my herald should have also been corrupted by the darkness, I want to make sure that he is in good condition." ”

"Your will is my action. Li Yun walked up to Lingus, "Untie your shirt and expose your chest?"

"What?" Lingus was already confused. Dinah's words were heard, too much information, and he was thinking.

"Take out the quality of a soldier and untie your shirt!" Li Yun scolded, full of coercion.

Lingus hurriedly unbuttoned his shirt.

Bang! A dark gold seal pattern was stamped on his heart, in fact, this is the power of darkness, and now it needs to be good-looking, so with the addition of gold pigment that is meaningless except for color, there is such a war paint seal.

This is the solution that Li Yun painstakingly figured out to solve the erosion of darkness.

The effectiveness of this war paint is far from comparable to the effect of the war paint set of the original blood pigment. It was born specifically in response to the problem of the Mann being corrupted by darkness, and only the dark people with deep dark power can activate and make it work, and its function is also very simple, that is, to force out the evil matter at once.

It's just this, in fact, it can't prevent being manipulated, dark mages, there are ways to concoct this kind of dark constitution that has been eroded and changed, but compared to the original, after removing the evil, the cost and difficulty of manipulation have increased geometrically. The kind of situation where hundreds of people fall to the ground with a wave of the hand will be avoided.

Lingus didn't realize it at first, and was still thinking about what this meant, but suddenly he felt that the whole person was not good, first a cough that scratched his heart and lungs, and then vomited, a dark green sticky substance like silt. Fishy and disgusting.

"Bah!" Lingus blushed and had a thick neck, spat more than ten times, and gasped for a long time before he felt better.

"Lingus, we Manns have been shamelessly plotted. It is likely that darkness has eaten away at everyone, and a significant number of people have defected to evil, and we and our loved ones are losing the last ounce of resistance, and evil is about to turn us into slaves. The Holy See sees us as newborn creatures of darkness, ready to launch a purification crusade. There is no more dangerous moment than now. So Lingus, are you willing to offer your allegiance to your relatives, to this land carved out by your ancestors, to us Mann?"

Lingus, who looked shocked, said loudly without hesitation: "I do." ”

"Swear in the name of our ancestors. ”

Lingus raised his hand: "Swear in the name of the ancestors." ”

"Very well, the first principle you abide by now is to keep secrets. If the evil knows about it, they may launch a general attack in advance, and our loved ones will be completely destroyed as a result. We need more time to complete the salvation. Save the Mann, every decree I have issued is for this purpose, please carry it out to the letter. ”

"Obey, Mylord!"

"Go!" Dinah waved vigorously.

Lingus' footsteps went down with the wind.

Corien, the butler standing on the side, was dumbfounded.

"Corien!" Dinah shouted to wake him up, and then asked, "I want you to tell me now that you are still loyal to the House of Fergus, and finally Mann?"

"Yes, I am loyal to the Fergus family. I love the land, and I love the Mann. ”

"I'm willing to trust you so you can witness it all here. I only trust you at the moment, do you know what I mean?"

"Understand, Lord, everything that happens here is extremely confidential. ”

"Evil secrets have been prepared for many years before they can silently permeate the entire Mann Territory. I don't want to speculate on the cause of my father's violent death, because there is no way to get it back. I have to look to the future and try to save and save. And that, in turn, is determined by every action that is made now. ”

"Yes, I will obey your commands, and your commands are my will. ”

"I have reason to believe that the cult tentacles have not spared the Lord's Mansion, they can't replace or divide an enemy like you, but they can attack your relatives. Seduce them, or use them as bargaining chips to coerce you. Now tell me if you have been coerced into such a situation. Rest assured, I will forgive you for all that you have done, even if you were involved in the murder of my father. We are now about solving problems, not vendetta against each other. ”

Corrien was shocked and sweated, and said in his heart: "You are too cruel, you can even let go of such a crime as murdering the baron!"

He felt that if he didn't say the truth of this, just being able to say such a thing would be extraordinary.

"No, I haven't been threatened yet. I swear by my soul. ”

This is a good sign, but it is also a bad sign, and the control of evil is likely to be complete and deep, and it does not require the authority of one person to achieve its ends. ”

Corrion wiped his sweat, but he couldn't tell how frightened he was. He thinks what Dinah says makes sense. The more there is no key person, the more irreparable the situation is. Thinking that all the Manns had been eroded, he felt chilled, this game of chess was too big, too successful, this is how many people collaborated with the enemy to make it happen!

Dinah seemed to see what he was thinking, and said, "I think it's incredible, don't you? It was Knight Ether, a Dark Knight of the Knights of the Darksword. For darkness, he is professional. ”

Corion, the first Mann Lord's butler, is aware of the existence of the Dark Knight. He bowed respectfully, "Allow me to thank you on behalf of the Mann for sending back the wise and determined Surrogate, and for your selfless service." ”

"Well said. Let me talk about the reason, first of all, you have to understand that darkness itself has no characteristics such as evil and evil, and all of these are explanations for darkness from a moral point of view. It's as simple as you can't criticize the night as sinful. What really causes harm is some added value, such as dirt, such as toxins, such as corrosion. Comparatively speaking, these added values are more likely to be generated on the basis of darkness, so we can say that darkness is a breeding ground for evil. ”

"Our opponent this time is to set up a hotbed first. It itself is harmless, even beneficial, the day is moving, the night is still, moving and still, complementing each other. The same is true of light and darkness. ”

"Ten years of paving, just for one day, were infected, and then he sent added value, and the hotbed is tolerant of the acceptance of added value, so the body will not reject, but give birth to obvious reactions, and each time the amount is very small, a little bit of accumulation, it becomes a scale. ”

Corien was stunned. "I see. ”

Li Yun said: "The other party can succeed, in fact, there is a hurdle that needs to be overcome, and that is faith." The gods of light can forgive the original sins of the people of darkness, but they will not allow the filth to desecrate his sanctuary and temple. Ordinary people are all victims, which is equivalent to poisoning, which is inevitable and will not anger God, but those whose hearts are evil will have a defiled soul, and when they enter the sanctuary or temple, they will be abnormal, or they will be punished. So think about it, who has no faith, or who is always absent from prayer, the range of suspicious people will be much narrower. But it takes time to run all of this, and for the Lord, everything in Mann Lord is basically unfamiliar, and only through limited information and common sense can be inferred who is reliable. ”

Corrien said to Dinah, "I'll do my best to provide the information you need." ”

"Well, for the sake of better purpose, I will go back into the background after I finish the urgent business. You will still be the foreground. ”

"But then, no one knows that you are the one who turned the tide......"

Dinah waved her hand, "I told Lingus that all my choices are based on saving the Mann. I only do what is best for our plans. The current situation is that we need a strong lordship, not a strong vicarious-lord-heir. ”

Corrion sighed, "Understood. You're in my heart, you're already a lord!"

"Then, take my orders. I want you to recall Matt and make Knight Ethel his deputy. Also, get the Crusaders ready for battle. Also, there is currently a lack of trustworthy people in the entire Lord's Palace, and I hope you can deal with personnel issues. ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away. Also, thank you for your kind attention. ”

"Well, that's what I'm supposed to do. When it comes to you, you need to be patient, and now there are countless eyes on you, clearing you of the toxin, and you will be exposed. ”

"I understand that I am willing to take that risk. "Corrien also left.

"Whew!" Dinah, who was sitting in the lord's leather chair, took a long breath and asked Li Yun, "Is my acting okay?"

"Yes, be calmer, be reasonable, and not be loud. Also, you just used your own urgency to drive the urgency of others, you have to be calm, but the goal must be urgent, this is the direction you have to work towards. ”

"Understood. ”

Not long afterward, Rogan Knight arrived, and his hurried footsteps could be heard from afar, and the spurs clanged on the floor.

Logan, who was dressed in armor, could say that he was blowing his beard and glaring, and when the person was still at the door, he shouted loudly: "You must give me an explanation!"

Dinah didn't get up at all, just sat up straight, and watched the puffing Logan rush in like a gust of wind, stand in front of the table, and stare at her with extreme dissatisfaction. After a short while, he said, "Knight Logan, you don't need to say anything now, what you need is calm." As she spoke, she said to Lingus at the door, "Close the door, keep at the door, no one is allowed to approach without my permission." ”

"Yes. ”

The door was shut.

Logan's anger didn't subside, but he finally suppressed his emotions.

Li Yun looked at this knight, with a face like a knife and an axe, his face was very weathered, his hair was gray, and there were scars on his face, which kept crossing his eyes, so that the eyelids of one eye were a little weird and lost his symmetry.

Dinah said calmly, "Knight Logan, I didn't summon you to serve allegiance, and I didn't even come to you for the normal operation of the territory. My sole purpose in approaching you is to try to save as many Manns as we can from death or a fate worse than death. ”

"You're alarmist!"

"You see, that's why I don't like you. You are accustomed to judging and processing information with your own subjective will. Is it alarmist to say that you don't know what you know?

Logan argued, "Death or worse than death, and nothing that would happen to the Mann, at least not most of them." It's common sense. ”

"You're saying that you're a military commander who can only deal with the ordinary. As for the supernormal, you can't even think about it, let alone respond to it and prevent it. Let me tell you, just two days ago, a squadron of the Codex Legion rangers attacked the gravel farm in the rain, killing 73 people on the spot. ”

"This can't be!" Logan stalked his neck, breathing heavily.

'When!' Dinah threw out several mounts, including Garcia's, Duncan and Campbell, and other knights.

"Can you prove this? Or do you still want to see the armor, the weapons, the horses, the corpses?"

"They ......," Logan swallowed subconsciously. The riding signs are here, and people can imagine what the situation is.

'Smack!' Dinah slapped the table and rebuked, "Is this what you should be concerned about right now?, tell me, this impossibility is happening, what does it mean!?"

Logan blushed and gasped, but his head was lowered.

"I'm not interested in seeing you bow your head and admit your mistakes, give me a clear attitude. ”

"Any villain who kills innocent Ron, I will fight to the end. It doesn't matter who the other person is. Logan gritted his teeth.

"With the way the Codex Legion acts, do you think they would do such evil without enough proof? They dare to slaughter the people? The real reason is that we Manns have been corrupted by the dark and turned into dark people, and we ourselves are still in the dark. ”

"How could this happen, it's, it's just ......" Logan couldn't describe his mood at this time.

He had now basically believed Dinah's claims. After all, he has eyes and can also think about the association, the rise of the Black Water Sect, the various changes in the Temple of Light, and the correlation of various phenomena, the conclusion basically emerges.

At this time, Dinah threw out the question: "Think with your military mind, why did the Canon Legion take the Gravel Farm?"

Rogan was sweating on his head. "Evil has infiltrated the territory. The Holy See wants to march from the north!"

"Guess right! I'll send you another piece of news, Crow City has completely fallen into the control of evil, and the digestion of the outer villages and towns has basically been completed, and the integration of forces is underway, and the main force of the Canon Legion is likely to be blocked on Elrond Avenue, so the elite of the advance team arrived in advance to strengthen the strength of the Holy Canon and take the North Road Portal. ”

Logan sweated more on his head.

Dinah sighed lightly and said, "The kingdom ignores our existence, and the Holy See of Light will always put on the hat of dishonor and make excuses for their evil, and evil wants to enslave us, do you still think I am alarmist?"

Logan said in a low voice, "So, what are you going to do?"

Dinah's words were sonorous and powerful, and her tone gradually became clear: "I intend to start with the soul contract, we don't talk about feelings, because no, what we can trust each other is the binding force of a third party." So sign the contract first and then talk about the rest. If I disobey, my soul will be tormented for ever. But if you disobey, not only will you die, but I will destroy your whole people. ”

The unequal punishment for breach of contract between the two sides is due to the fact that Logan is a devout disciple of the God of War, and his soul already belongs, while Dinah is a member of the Sisters' Order, but she is an ordinary believer.

There was silence, and the atmosphere became tense little by little. Li Yun's hand touched the hilt of the sword.

Logan is different from Corion, even if Corion changes his hexagram now, he can't affect the overall situation for a while, Rogan has great prestige in the Crusaders, and after the second phase of the plan is completed, he will be the commander of the Crusaders, if he can't have the protection of the soul contract, he will have to die here.

When Dinah discussed this with Li Yun last night, she asked if it was a bit too much to treat Logan like this.

Eventually, Li Yun persuaded Dinah, who said, "The only one who has great kindness to him is the baron, and the baron is dead." It is an illusion to think that this friendship will be perfectly thrown to the next generation. More importantly, it is foolish to place the loyalty of the army on the basis of someone's conscience and character. However, in the current situation, such a banner is needed, and it is most appropriate to choose Logan as the commander. Therefore, there must be credible means of restraint. ”

The feudal state, called feudal, in the case of Mann Lord, the crusaders were first and foremost the private army of the Fergus family, and they were to be loyal to the white lion banner on a black background. But in reality, many things cannot be carried so clearly, everyone has a responsibility to defend the homeland, from the lord, to the nobles, to the commoners, they all have to work, and because it is a standing legion, there is a permanent corps, which is the crusader.

Because it is permanent, the general military service system has no practical meaning. For example, in the interior, the annual contribution of the vassal to the feudal monarch is 40 days, that is, 40 days, and they bring their own food, drink, weapons, and horses to serve the feudal monarch. How many people are produced at each level, what kind of troops, this is all agreed, more than 40 days of the feudal monarch to provide maintenance costs, and reduce the quota for the second year, if it is more than 80 days, then you have to add money, and the reduction of the quota is a day and a half. On the other hand, if you don't use the sword soldiers this year, and accumulate them until the next year, the amount will be halved, and you will have a grade for three years, that is to say, you will not use the sword soldiers for three years, and the fourth year will start a big battle, and the vassals will provide 40 days + 30 days of service.

This is military service, not to mention the grain tax, the vassals pay less food tax, in the interior, a knight pays a feudal lord a grain tax every year is a cow and a half. In addition, it is to entertain the feudal monarch twice a year.

Most of them follow this ratio, and even if there is a certain increase or decrease in various places, there is not much difference.

But for the border collars, such a rigid system will not work, if there is more, if there is not, there will be less, this will also not work, people have it is someone else's business, and people don't owe you anything, why should they have more? Rigid rules and flexible practices will not work, then you can only negotiate. Therefore, the border collar actually has a more democratic atmosphere, and the border collar also has a common characteristic, that is, one family is dominant. If it's too democratic, it's easy to get caught up in a rift.

It is precisely because of the monopoly of the negotiation system that although the crusaders are the private army of the Fergos family, in fact, everyone has a certain element in it, and the relationship is even more complicated by the employment of nobles by the lord.

So like Logan, who went all the way from a commoner to a knight, and had high prestige in the army, his words were often better than those of the baron. Because the officers and soldiers have formed the habit of obedience. This is one of the problems of professional soldiers, if the consciousness indoctrination is not in place, it will naturally form the cult of the strong.

The one who can lead everyone to win battles, can lead everyone out of danger, can often be seen, and often ends up in person, is the strong man they respect.

At the same time, they will say: "The quota has been reduced again, eat rotten food, use rotten things, lord lord, this is for us to send to death." ”

Soldiers rarely know how to calculate big economic accounts, they don't have that ability, they don't have that consciousness, they don't have that information base, they just have strong emotions, between life and death, the emotions that burst out are the most sincere and the strongest, and over time they love and hate clearly, and the phenomenon of eccentricity is widespread.

So the lord had to face the fact that the incumbent commander had better command of the military than himself.

Of course, due to many factors such as the overall social atmosphere, the vassals of this era are still more loyal, like the baron and Logan, the relationship is even more stable, but this is all personal loyalty, even when taking the oath, I will say, I, so-and-so, to my monarch so-and-so, offer loyalty, let's go. If this is also a contract, then with the death of the baron, the contract is automatically terminated, and if you want to use this person, you have to use a new contract. This is Dinah's angle.

Logan's point of view, he actually doesn't approve of Dinah.

At the age of fourteen, Dinah showed great ambition, freezing the Baron in public, and then achieving her own goals, once for a raise for her servants, and once for a big meal for everyone in the Blue Night Castle. Although there are characteristics of children messing around, you can see the big one, this is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it will rise when you give it a chance. He just hates this kind of self-assertive behavior the most, and in the army, such a person will definitely be on his blacklist. And the baron didn't like Dinah, so he followed the colored glasses to look at people, and he didn't pay attention to the advantages, and the disadvantages were magnified.

Eight years after Dinah's absence, he forgot about it for a time, because Samantha's wedding, Marcos's funeral, and Dinah did not show up, and when the baron was alive, it felt as if he did not have this daughter. Dinah, along with Ani and Kane, are also strangers, and when she went to the Sisters, Ani was only two years old, and Kane had just been born.

And then, because of the Mann's reverence for her ancestors, she came back, and came back at noon the first day, and came early the next morning.

Logan's first instinct was that Dinah was going to take the throne strongly. As soon as he is soft, he will become a knife to seize the throne. It made him very tired. Lao Tzu hasn't entered Tibet yet, so he can't wait to grab the family property, and he doesn't even want the least fig leaf, this is really shameless to a certain level, this is still a Mann?

But he also had to admit that Dinah's entry point was really sharp, and it stabbed into his heart at once.

Mann Lords are now taking their last breath and will fall apart at any moment, and it's no longer a matter of who is the lord, but how many will survive this catastrophe. Now there is a real need for a wise and decisive lord to preside. The main and side branches of the Fergos family, at least those who appear now, are really no better than this one. In the current situation, the new lord does not need to be highly forced, and he is not even afraid of not being smart enough, but he must be able to make a decision, and he has to take risks when he makes a choice, and he would rather be wrong than procrastinate, and now he is going to be ruthless. And this one has reached the standard, pressed his soul into it, and threw it out in front of his face, this is the decision to die if he doesn't succeed.

Troubled inwardly, Logan's eyes turned red, and finally the word 'agree' was squeezed out between his teeth.

However, when it came time to conclude the contract, he fell into a different mood, because the contract stipulated that Dinah would never inherit the position of Baron Mann. A vow to block the road completely, never, no matter what the circumstances. It's like, you all say that I am greedy for money, and I say that I will donate all the money I earn, and I will not keep a dime, and the law is just, what do you say?

Take a gamble, be a saint once, I won't touch my name, the lord's mansion is still managed by Corion, and the reputation of turning the tide will be given to you Logan, what else do you have to say?

Logan had nothing to say, and only after a while did he say, "Why did you ...... before?"

What he meant, if you want to be so righteous and awe-inspiring before, I don't need to be entangled, I have already agreed to it.

Dinah said slowly: "Public, selfish, I want to see the color of your soul, at this time, you are still judging by selfishness, and you are not qualified to join our plan." ”

Poor Rogan was completely frightened by the mouth cannon.

In fact, this contract was figured out by Li Yun and Dina after many dead brain cells, and it circumvented some problems. If Logan can be like a professional lawyer in Li Yun's hometown, he will find that the description is not precise enough, and such a contract needs to be amended, but Logan was bluffed, and his background also determined that he did not have this awareness, so he signed the deed of sale.

Of course, the contract itself is not to ask him to be sold and help him to pay for money, it is not so despicable, just like Li Yun said to Dinah: "We don't make ourselves by cheating people." ”

The real meaning of this contract trap is that there is no capital that can be widely recognized to do things, and in order to get things done, people are abducted to do it. Regardless of success or failure, judging from the definition of behavior alone, it is indeed a deception.

Logan, who was deceived, was more excited at this time, because Dinah swiped another wise and wise ticket after occupying the moral high ground, and she said, "Now, ask Knight Ethel to explain the tactical arrangement, this is your area of expertise." ”

I don't understand, I'll let those who understand. Dinah had squirted Logan before, bringing the confidence she had built up in the professional world to the non-professional world. Now people themselves don't do it.

Any insider hates pointing fingers from the outsider, and even if the other party is right, there will be a strong sense of resistance. Because the subtext of this situation is often: you have been working for 20 years, it is better for others to work for two months, which hurts your self-esteem very much.

Li Yun had no problem jumping out at this time. Logan knows his identity, he may not be satisfied with the knights of the legions or knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Inland Order, but he is convinced by the knights of the Knights of the Holy See, this knight group is not only dispatched frequently enough, but also known for its excellent ability to wipe his ass in various crises, what Mann Leader needs most now is undoubtedly crisis public relations.

Li Yun stood up, didn't have any polite words, and said things directly: "The first thing we are worried about is the evil coercion. If you do something unacceptable to them, you risk being blackmailed. The Knight's constitution means that you are not affected by the Dark Erosion, but your family is not included. ”

Logan nodded solemnly. He is really worried about this, and the evil forces are often very good at playing this.

At this time, I heard Li Yun say again: "We found the evil altar in the gravel farm, and used the altar of the goddess of harvest as a cover. He even uses repulsive collection to provide a certain amount of Holy Light energy to the Harvest Altar to achieve his goal. ”

Logan was dumbfounded, he didn't know whether to call the other party's behavior a master's audacity, or a trick to death. Blasphemy, do you think that the teachings of the goddess of harvest are more generous and peaceful, so you think it is easy to bully?

But then again, people are already killing the believers of the Temple of Light, and it is serious that there are too many lice and they are not afraid of provoking one more.

Li Yun was still stating, "Based on the other party's crazy characteristics of the sword going off the rails and not following common sense, we have reason to believe that your territory has also been corrupted. ”

"We fully understand the danger of putting the lives of our families at risk, but we have to take the risk of enduring it, because if your family is properly settled now, evil will definitely be detected. ”

Logan's expression became heavier and heavier, and he was about to wring out the water. "What do you mean...... Sacrifice?"

"Yes, there is this realization. But more importantly, in the process of doing things, we should avoid detonating problems as much as possible. ”

Logan frowned and said, "Your idea is good, but how do you do it?" You are not evil, how do you know the tipping point of detonation?"

"We don't need to know the tipping point of detonation, what we need to do is to make evil love and hate......" Li Yun began to reveal the specifics of the tactical plan to Rogan...... (To be continued.) )