Now that the decision had been made, the female lord gave the order to attack the large army besieging Ilkand.

After a day and a night of fierce fighting, Ilkand and his 5,000 men and horses soon could not hold on, and had to retreat into the castle to defend it.

Ilkand wiped the blood from his face and looked at the dense enemy army outside, obviously knowing that this battle was impossible to win.

Besides, there are dragons on the other side that have not been dispatched.

Irkand regretted it at this time, he had just not led the rest of the cavalry to break out.

He originally had some hopes for the Second Son, but Claudio heard that he was very good at fighting and that he still had 5,000 men under his command, so he wanted him to defect.

I don't know if the envoy of the Second Son Alliance didn't have time to rush to Ilea, or if the two of them had broken down, but it seems that the new Lord of the West doesn't intend to let him go.

Ilkand had sent all his guards to guard the gate, and he was now sitting in the banquet hall on the second floor of the castle, where two maids were cleaning the wound on his arm.

Irkand looked around and saw that Vanessa and Blanco's mother and son were huddled in the corner and shivering, and Hugo's face was also ugly, his eyes wandered everywhere, and he couldn't help but let out a soft snort.

Hugo looked up at him when he heard his soft snort, and his voice was frightened, "Lord Ilkand, what should we do now?" ”

"What to do, can't you see, we're already dead." Ilkander said lightly.

"But I don't want to die yet." Hugo wept with a sad face.

Ilkander said dismissively, "That's why you're a traitor." ”

"Aren't you also a traitor, and you killed your feudal lord with your own hands, why do you keep calling me a traitor, a traitor!" Hugo was furious.

He was a little scared of Ilkander, but seeing that the big guys were about to finish together, he wasn't so scared in his heart.

Ilkand said disdainfully, "I'm not like you, I'm not ......," but he paused halfway through, as if he didn't think there was any point in arguing about such a thing at the moment.

Hugo listened to the slamming of the door outside, and sat back in his chair like a frosted eggplant, hugging his head.

Ilkander paid no further attention to him, and when the maid had finished bandaging, he got up and walked to the mother and son in the corner.

Seeing this, Vanessa hurriedly blocked her son behind her, "Lord Ilkand, we have already done what you said, what else do you want to do?" ”

Ilkander pulled a note from his bosom and tossed it to Vanessa.

The latter picked up the note, opened it and looked at it for a moment, and his face changed.

"This ...... Where did you get this from? ”

Instead of answering, Ilkand said, "You should be glad that this note has fallen into my hands, and the servant you sent to deliver the letter has long since been bribed by Herodotus.

"If I hadn't stopped and killed him, your son might have survived, after all, he was still of some use to Herodotus, and as for you, you're dead now."

Vanessa's face turned pale, "Herodotus approached our mother and son and said that he could help us retake the green fields, I believed him at first, but later found out that he was only trying to use us against Ilea and the Arias family.

"I told him I wanted to end the cooperation, but he didn't let us go, and sent us under house arrest, so I secretly sent a letter to Irea, hoping that she or the Prophet Merlin could get us out."

"Don't worry, you'll be saved soon." Ilkander Road.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hugo suddenly sat up from his chair, drew his sword from his waist, and walked over to him.

Seeing this, Ilkander frowned and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Find us a way to live." Hugo's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Vanet's hair, ignoring the latter's screams, and lifted her from the ground.

"She's Ilea's stepmother, and that kid is Ilea's younger brother, and we'll take them hostage, and we'll kill them if they don't withdraw their troops."

The more Hugo spoke, the more excited he became, but the next moment his voice stopped abruptly.

Clutching his throat, he looked at Ilkander in disbelief.

The latter inserted the short knife that was still dripping blood back into his waist, and said without changing his face, "I have put up with you for a long time, and if you hadn't colluded with those dwarves, I wouldn't have become a traitor now." ”

After Ilkander finished speaking, Hugo's body fell backwards, and Ilkander did not look at the corpse in the pool of blood, and turned his gaze back to the frightened Vanessa.

"You don't have to thank me, I originally intended to keep you as a bargaining chip."

Vanessa smiled bitterly, "My relationship with my stepdaughter is not good, we have fallen out when we fought for the position of head of the Arias family, and my son and I may not be as good as you think." ”

Ilkand waved his hand and pointed at Blanco, "Anyway, this kid also has the blood of the Arias family in his body, and with what you know about your stepdaughter, do you think she will bear to watch Blanco die in front of her?" ”

Vanessa was silent.

"Don't worry, my request this time is not too much, she will agree." ”

Vanessa sighed, "My son and I will cooperate with you. ”

"Good." Ilkander was satisfied.

A moment later, the castle gates, which had been closed, were suddenly opened.

The soldiers besieging outside were stunned for a moment, and before they could rush in, Ilkander had already taken the initiative to come out of the inside.

He was followed by Vanessa and Blanco.

Ilkander opened his mouth and said in a loud voice, "Where is Sir Irea?" I want to see Sir Elia! ”

The knight at the head snorted, "If you traitors need Lord Ilea to step in, we will be enough." ”

"Then please take me to Lord Ilea." "I am willing to give up my resistance and hand over Lord Ireya's brother and stepmother. ”

The knight frowned, he had indeed received an order to capture Vanessa and Blanco alive as much as they could.

So he said, "Call the people out first." ”

"Do you agree to my request?"

"Captives are not qualified to make demands."

"I killed the Marquis of Cullen for a reason." Ilkand said, "Actually, this is the order of the Marquis of Cullen, you take me to Sir Ilea, and I will explain everything to her." ”

The knight looked hesitant, as if he was still thinking about his words, but just then the crowd behind him parted automatically.

A silver-haired figure stepped out of it.

He asked Ilkander, "Do you remember Geralt?" ”

Ilkand frowned and pondered for a moment, "Geralt, this name is a little familiar, it seems that he entered the Dragonspine Mountains with us in the first place. ”

"He is my son, my only son." The silver-haired old man said, "And you killed him." ”

"I will fight you until one of you and me lies down and can no longer stand up, and if you win, my men will take you to Sir Elia, will you accept my duel?"