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There was no sound in the banquet hall, standing in front of Baron Wolf's body, Augustus completely ignored the mess under his feet, he wiped the long sword in his hand, and slowly withdrew the long sword, in the process, the many noble lords around looked at the blood on the ground, and subconsciously lowered their heads deeper, but there were also several lords who quietly clenched their fists, trying to raise their heads and stare at Augustus fiercely, and did not hide the hatred and anger in their eyes- It wasn't entirely because of their friendship with Baron Wolff, of course, but that Augustus's bloody methods terrified them, and fear made it difficult for them to contain their anger.

"A nobleman canonized by the imperial family was cut by you like this? Even the former Sauron would be judged at the very least!"

At last, an old nobleman with a pale face bravely voiced his old voice, and he stood behind Augustus, his hand holding his cane bare and steady.

Augustus did not look back at the first time.

It's just that the action of the long sword retracting its scabbard suddenly stopped, and he slowly turned around while holding the long sword that was still half exposed, and met the old man's wrinkled face, he mocked: "The nobles canonized by the imperial family, you seem to have forgotten, this is a wasteland abandoned by the empire, and the imperial family can't even see the wasteland, and you still expect him to see you?"

The old man's face was even more ugly, but perhaps due to the reminder of another nobleman behind him, or perhaps the half-cut sword deliberately exposed by Augustus was putting pressure on him that he could not bear, his lips trembled, and the hand holding the cane trembled faintly, but he could not speak in the end.

Augustus looked around.

Facing the nobles with quite complicated expressions, he put the long sword back into the scabbard completely, and said seriously: "This year, the wasteland will usher in a new member, that is, the 'Imperial Executioner' Douglas family, I believe you all already know that he came to the wasteland to take revenge on Alfred with my enemies, in this case, I hope you can think about what role you should play in the next war between Alfred and Douglas." If you understand, Alfred's doors will be open to you forever, and if you don't understand, I'm sorry, I'll have to send you to hell to figure it out. ”

The aristocrats looked at each other.

Isn't it too arrogant to force them to take sides?

But Augustus still ignored them, he walked back to the door, Old Earl Donald stopped, turned back and said: "By the way, as for the judgment that the lord just mentioned, I am sorry, I am not Sauron, I will not judge, and I have never been in the habit of letting his enemies die. ”

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Not surprisingly, there was silence in the banquet hall.

But the silence did not last long, for while the crowd was speculating with hatred or fear about the young Earl Alfred, a young man, about the same age as Augustus, walked through the side door of the banquet hall, with bright blonde hair tied in a single ponytail tied behind his head, and a handsome face, especially the narrow scar on the side of his face, which made him charming, dark and cold.

He walked all the way, ignoring the complicated expressions that others had seen him, and he walked straight to the mess in the place, silently looking at the corpses and blood under his feet, without saying a word or having much emotion.

I haven't seen each other in a few months.

Compared to the sunny justice of the past, Arthras at this time is obviously thicker and more mature, this is his castle, it stands to reason that Augustus killed his guests in his castle, in any case it is the greatest insult to him, he also has every reason to be angry, he has reason to question, but he did nothing, just stood quietly like that, no one can really see his heart, and what he is thinking.

Since he was a child, he believed that if he wanted to control everything well, he had to control himself well.

He was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke, his tone calm and heavy:" I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know if you're doing well during this time, but I'm having a bad time, when I didn't return to the castle, I would have nightmares every night, dreaming that the old lion was angry and cheered me up, I couldn't rest, no matter what, I had to take back everything from Sauron and avenge him, but later, I returned to the castle, and Francis was basically finished, but I still had nightmares every night, and the old lion seemed to keep repeating in my ears the strength and glory of Sauron. ”

"The pressure, almost broke me. ”

"Augustus, I don't know if you understand what I mean by that, but why do you have to kill him, why do you have to cut his throat in my castle?"

Augustus, who had already helped Donald to Atars, had his expression unchanged.

He sighed in his heart, hatred did make Artelas tirelessly strong, but at the same time, all his good qualities seemed to be distorted, of course he understood Artelas's inexplicable words, but unfortunately, Augustus never knew how to explain, he just sneered and asked, "Isn't this the result you want to see?" Since you let them know about the things between Alfred and the Douglas family, and you made them think they saw hope, then you can certainly guess what I will do. ”

Artelas pursed her lips and did not deny it.

One of the most effective ways he used to deal with Francis was to let the entire wasteland know that Francis was Alfred's enemy, and Alfred had the shadow of the Holy See Knights Cathar behind him, so Francis definitely had no chance of survival, so even Francis's servants indirectly assisted Arthras behind his back, causing Francis to quickly face a desperate situation- And now, for the increasingly powerful Alfred, he wants to restore the glory of Sauron, and naturally he will also use the influence of the imperial magnates behind Douglas to try to let the entire wasteland know that Alfred has fallen into a great crisis.

This is all Augustus' speculation, but it is certainly not unfounded speculation.

"You really don't seem to be worried that I'm going to join forces with Douglas?"

"Why worry? You just want your Sauron to return to the position of the leader of the wasteland, but you should know better than me that if with your help, Douglas finally overthrows Alfred, then you have no chance, compared to Alfred, Douglas, who has the support of the imperial capital, is far more powerful than Alfred. ”

"You have a point, but Augustus, have you thought about it? Maybe I can join forces with Douglas first, and then find a way to get close to the imperial magnates behind him and get them to support me, in this case, you still think that I have no chance at all? Compared to the fact that I can only watch your Alfred become stronger, this may be my only choice. ”

Augustus spoke no more.

This is indeed what worries him the most.

He stared seriously into Arthras' eyes, and suddenly laughed: "This is indeed your best choice, and I also believe that you have the ability to get the support of those imperial magnates, after all, all they want is revenge on me, through whose hand, in fact, it doesn't matter to them, even choose the former leader of the wasteland, Sauron, they will be more happy." ”

Arthras smiled equally, but he knew that Augustus had not finished his words.

The surrounding noble lords were confused, except for the old Count Donald, including Stephen, Constance, etc., they didn't understand what Augustus and Arthras were talking about, they just felt that since the arrival of the master of Sauron Castle, it seemed that the script was completely out of control, the angry Marquis of Sauron was not angry, and even the domineering Count Alfred seemed to be much calmer.

Why is that?

What are these two men who are equally young and equally important in the wasteland talking about?

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Augustus, of course, ignored the confusion of the nobles around him, and continued: "However, since I can think of this, I will certainly not give you the opportunity to make such a choice. ”

Arthras was visibly more curious, "I really want to know how you can decide my choice?"

Now, there is only one Arthras left in the Sauron family, and he has no relatives to be held hostage by Augustus, and there is no lifeline that can be used by Augustus, so what else can he rely on?

Augustus didn't give him an answer, but looked around, and suddenly changed the subject: "Why didn't you see Count Stuart? If you guessed correctly, he went to the Alpine Grand Canyon to meet Douglas first, trying to make a certain understanding first?"

Arthras was not in a hurry, and nodded calmly to confirm Augustus' guess.

This is probably the most interesting pair of enemies.

Augustus smiled: "It's good, it seems that Count Stuart will bring you the answer soon." ”

"I had a surprise for Douglas there, as an unexpected gift to welcome him to the moor, would you be interested in opening that gift with me?"

Arthras was stunned, then smiled and made a gentlemanly gesture of 'please': "That's my pleasure." “

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...... (To be continued.) )