By the time Madeleine Benz and her men rushed back to Jasvan, it was already the afternoon of the next day. Hurry up along the way, if it weren't for the unwillingness of the people she invited to whip up, it would have been possible to exhaust all the horses to death. And if it weren't too dangerous to walk at night, they could have arrived earlier.

Rao is like this, it only took less than two days to run back and forth from Jasfan City and Viscount Fu Teng's territory, which is already incredibly fast in the eyes of the militarists.

According to Madeleine's original idea, they should go directly to Viscount Bachmann's castle and rescue the two apprentices of the magician. But even if Viscount Fu Teng himself did not say it explicitly, his vassals unanimously demanded that they must meet with the magician first and negotiate the terms before they come forward to ransom him. That's right, it's 'ransom'! Use the rules of the nobility, spend the price, and trade people back.

After all, this matter had nothing to do with Viscount Fu Teng, it was purely Madeleine's request. Coupled with the environment in which she grew up, this kind of ransom was commonplace, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Everything should be focused on rescuing those two girls as soon as possible.

But when they return to Jasvan, the girls are helping their teacher prepare dinner.

"Well, people have been rescued?" Madeleine asked her companion with a stiff expression. And Uzov and his party had a blue face, and only nodded in response, unable to say a word.

Lin, who had just come out of the kitchen, saw Madeleine coming back and asked kindly, "Do you want to have dinner together?" I'm a little more prepared. ”

A spirit, this aristocratic woman suddenly stepped forward and wanted to grab someone. Lin flashed back to a distance of two steps. Few people saw this kind of action, and they only saw the image of Madeleine throwing herself into the air. But the noble woman didn't care if she caught anyone, but asked loudly, "Lord Tripwood, didn't you promise me not to hurt anyone?" Wait until I find someone to get your two apprentices back. ”

Lin still had that smile on his face. He said, "I promised you not to hurt anyone, and I did." But I didn't agree to you. Saving people is like fighting a fire, it should be fast, not slow. What's more, my two apprentices have only stayed for one night, and they have already suffered enough. By now, it wouldn't be human. ”

"You got the sword and got it?" Madeleine only thought of this quicker way to do it.

"Nope. I just asked them to go far, far away, and don't get in the way of me saving people. ”

Madeleine wanted to continue asking, but the group of people she had invited refused to wait. One of Viscount Fu Teng's vassals interrupted the conversation between the two and said, "Your Excellency, I'm glad your trouble has been resolved. But Lord Viscount is leaving the territory for your business, and you must know that now is the busiest time for grain to enter the warehouse. We can't go home empty-handed, you know what it means. ”

"That'...... Dinner together. The taste of my hometown is guaranteed to be something you haven't tasted. Putting the special sauce made with honey on the table, Lin counted the amount of preparation, seven more mouths should be enough. It's just that you add some other food, and then the roast chicken can't be enjoyable.

But the knight suddenly took out a dagger and nailed it to the table, and said with a vicious expression: "Stranger, if you don't understand the rules of the military state, I don't mind teaching you by hand. But the price is high, have you come to your senses? ”

Two frightened girls directly imitated PPK's magic gun and pointed at the comer. It's a pity that no one recognizes this weapon, and the one on the other side is not afraid at all. And the dagger that the knight took out was not an ordinary iron weapon, but a magic weapon with demon-breaking attributes. The runes on the blade, as well as the small piece of magic stone with a green glow at the end of the handle, all showed that the quality of this demon-breaking blade was not ordinary.

"And what is the price,—" Lin said, looking at the man Madeleine had brought back, and counted with a gesture, "—is seven ignorant little lives enough. So that you can go back alive, and worry about whether some of the people have stolen the grain, or if some small official has hidden it from you and filled your pockets. ”

"Do you know you're offending a lord with M (1,000) troops?"

"All I know is that there are only seven people in front of me, and they are standing under my starry sky."

The knight laughed instead of being angry, and said, "What did I hear?" A mage unprepared, threatening a close warrior. This level of ignorance is not ignorance, but stupidity. Ha ha. ”

The knight was laughing, and so was Lin. But the laughter could not temper the tension. Just before the knight could draw his dagger, intending to give someone a cold drink, his arm was caught. It was his lord who had captured him, and the viscount, who had not expressed any opinion and allowed his vassals to speak in his place.

Strictly speaking, Viscount Fu Teng is not a middle-aged person, nor is he the kind of young man who is fledgling and has not dried up. He is in the prime of life, not only has strength, but also scheming. The territory he runs can be seen by the fact that he can overwhelm the lords around him.

This time it was not for war, strictly speaking, it was the identity of a mediator, so he did not bring a large army, but brought his six closest cronies and the most powerful knights in his subordinates. Such a lineup is enough to force Bachmann not to dare to open his mouth.

But things don't seem to be as they imagined. The magician who dared to call out to the nobles, he hadn't seen it. Without any assistance, a magician who could knock a warrior down at close range, he had seen it too. But the person in front of him doesn't have such a ability in the rumors. Then his backer is the beauty who stands on the stairs and looks at everything in the hall with cold eyes, the rumored demon king.

As long as you are a normal person, you know not to provoke the nobles of the militaristic state in the territory of the Vida militar. The word 'army' they call themselves does not mean friendly. But from the experience of the other party, it is not an exaggeration to call him a genius; Coupled with the demon king who doesn't know if it's true or not, strictly speaking, it's hard to classify it in the category of 'normal people'.

And Viscount Fu Teng still had a layer of worry in his heart, so he stopped his reckless subordinate. Pulling the man behind him, the viscount said, "Your Excellency, I apologize for our offense. This guy is just a reckless man who only knows how to fight, and it is the fault of my lord that he didn't stop his rude behavior in time. Please don't blame him. ”

Reach out and don't hit the smiley person. The other party looked for the steps to go down, and there was no need for Lin to dismantle the stage. "Well said. Do you want to stay for dinner, my lord? ”

"Nope. As my subordinates said, now is harvest time, and I should return to my territory as soon as possible. ”

Viscount Fu Teng, who was determined, quickly pulled people away. They mounted their horses, and because they could not ride them in the city, the knight, who had been dragged away, took the opportunity to converse, and said, "Your Excellency, you should not hold me back." As long as that kind of person scares him a little more, even if he can't get a second ship knife as a reward, I am sure that he will hand over other good things. Don't you often say that the magician is lucky and has a lot of good things in his hands? ”

"From what the other one just said, he didn't hand over his sword. But even so, he brought back those two hostages. Don't you think things are wrong? ”

"My lord, what's the deal with this?"

For this subordinate who does things without brains, Viscount Fu Teng is a little helpless. But when it comes to fighting, this guy is a good player, and he is reluctant to miss such a striker who can rush and kill, so Fu Teng can only point to the other party. He asked, "Do you know Bachmann, or Indu?" Do you know what his reputation is in the imperial capital? ”

"I don't know that guy. But the reputation of the jackal in the imperial capital, but even people in my small place know that he should be a very powerful guy. Otherwise, the reputation is so stinky, and it is also a skill to not die. By the way, there are rumors that he is the illegitimate son of Duke Becker, is this true? ”

"If it's fake, how do you think it happened to be that he married a young lady of the Bachmann family and inherited the title of viscount. You don't know him, but I do. Believe me, the rumors you can hear are much more glorified than what he has done. And some things that deserve death will definitely not become rumors in the mouths of ordinary people. ”

Kurt Futtenn's words have a strong disdain for Indu Bachmann. Although their titles follow the same path, they share the title of wife after marrying a nobleman who has no male heirs.

But Kurt is the fourth son of a marquis, and he can only inherit the second-class title from his father, and the third brother who happened to be on his head is gone, so he can only obtain the title in this way. But that guy Indu was just an illegitimate child, and he used despicable methods to occupy the daughter of the former Viscount Bachmann, and with the pressure of Duke Becker, he has his current status.

For such a person, Kurt Futen will not have much contact with each other on a daily basis, even if he is not at odds with each other everywhere. This time, he was willing to intervene, more or less with the idea of destroying Indu Bachmann's calculations.

But how could a man who would be called a jackal let go of the meat in his mouth before he could get the real benefits. Coupled with the magician's attitude, Kurt suspected that Indu had been killed by the magician from out of town. If this speculation is true, then to the other party, there is no difference between killing one nobleman and killing two nobles. Anyway, it will invite the retaliation of the militarists, so it is better to kill everyone who angers you.

If you think about it this way, then your reckless subordinates keep stimulating the other party, just to invite killing opportunities for yourself. So Kurt took the reckless man away and left immediately. On the other hand, he also wanted to find out what had happened to Into.

The militaristic state is bound to react to this. And as long as you know the news one step earlier, it is an opportunity. So as soon as they left the city of Jasvan, the group of seven hurried forward, hoping to reach the castle of Bachman before nightfall.

But night comes quickly, and does not delay with man's will. Fortunately, tonight is a full moon, and the bright moonlight allows this group of knights who are in the prime of their fighting years to walk smoothly on the night road. But......

"We should have arrived. So, what happened to Bachmann's castle? ”