Chapter 18: Speculation

"Carl, you just did a good job." Back in the tent, Sir Dias patted Karl on the shoulder.

Karl paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"What are you talking about?" Only Pyne asked, looking puzzled.

Sir Dias shook his head, but did not explain.

"Nothing." Carl shrugged.

Seeing this, Pine lost interest and looked at his new armor and sword.

"Father, I think we need to be careful with Baron Tórse." Karl leaned into Sir Dias's ear and whispered.

Sir Dias nodded, he had lived most of his life, and he was already a good man, so he naturally knew what his youngest son meant.

First he inexplicably recommended Karl, and then deliberately reduced the number of people, and finally the very remote grain station was discovered, and they would not believe it if they were not tired of it.

"Why is Baron Thor targeting us?" Karl asked, puzzled, it stands to reason that they didn't even have anything to do with Baron Tórse.

"Intersection......" Sir Dias tapped lightly on the table, and suddenly opened his eyes violently.

"Carl, I think I know what's going on...... Sir Dias said in a deep voice.

Karl didn't answer, quietly waiting for the next step.

"If I'm not mistaken, Baron Tórse...... His last name is Eric! Sir Dias slowly spat out a noun.

"Eric?" Carl didn't know why, he hadn't heard the term.

"The previous Baron Samu, his surname is also Eric!" Sir Dias explained.

Karl's pupils suddenly constricted, and in this moment he understood everything, everything was strung together.

"I see......," Karl frowned, if that was the case, it would be much more serious.

"yes, we didn't think about it that way before." Sir Dias also had an ugly face, after all, no one could be targeted by a powerful baron and remain calm.

"I really didn't expect that what we encountered on the road could actually bring us such a big disaster, this time the other party was almost about to succeed, if it wasn't for my Zama nail, I'm afraid that now I have a "glorious" sacrifice on the battlefield. Karl said coldly, the other party's actions have seriously threatened his life, although he escaped by luck, but it does not mean that nothing is wrong.

"Carl, calm down, we are no match for Baron Tórse." Seeing the undisguised murderous intent on Karl's face, Sir Dias shouted in a low voice.

Baron Thor is still too powerful for them now, and the Dias family has no ability to take revenge, although he is also very angry in his heart, but he can only endure it.

Karl took a deep breath, collected his emotions, and opened his eyes again, and his face was restored.

Sir Dias was a little surprised at his youngest son's ability to control his emotions, but he didn't say anything, Karl had already surprised himself enough, and now he was not surprised.

"Father, don't worry, I won't be impulsive, now our first thing is to do nothing happen." Carl said calmly.

Sir Dias nodded his head at Karl's calmness.

"But we must also prepare, father, we need to strengthen our army." Karl suggested.

"But this is not something that can be done overnight, although this time you have received a large sum of money, and maybe even a reward later, but we are in the garrison of Rensberg after all, and we can't recruit any troops here, and even if we do, we won't have enough time to train them." Sir Dias was embarrassed.

"I'm not saying that we have to do this now, we can return to Black Thorn Village after the war is over to work on this matter, now the temporary Baron Thors should not dare to touch us again, after all, this time he did not succeed, there will definitely be some flaws that attract suspicion, he should not act rashly at this moment." Carl analyzed.

"You're right, alas, I really didn't expect things to come to this point." Sir Dias sighed and stepped aside, his former joy now much diluted.

"Baron Tórse......" Karl muttered the name as his fingers tapped lightly on the table......

……

On the other side of Lensburg, in a very luxurious house, Baron Thórs listened to the report of his men, and his face was cloudy, as if it were a volcano, as if it would erupt in the next moment.

Even Elvette on the side didn't dare to look at him more, for fear that he would be angry if he was not careful.

"Instead of dying, that kid from the Dias family captured fifteen knights from Lorraineburg? Heheha, are you kidding me? Baron Thórse said coldly.

"Your Excellency...... This...... That's how it is......" Before the soldier could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Baron Tórse.

I saw him grab a teacup and slam it over.

"Bang ......"

Fragments of porcelain scattered around the soldier's feet with a crisp sound that made the soldier shudder and bury his head lower.

"Hahahahaha, okay...... Ok, good, good! Are the people of Lorraine all rubbish? Fifteen heavily armed knights, or elite knights, and the result? Defeated by thirty unarmoured and even spear-wielding slaves? Not even any major casualties? God, what are you kidding me? Is it a fantasy? Baron Thórse laughed angrily.

"Get out! Get out of here! Baron Thórse took another cup and beckoned to the soldier, who, though it hurt a lot, did not complain, but ran out of the house as if he had been pardoned.

"Lord Baron, dissipate your anger, dissipate your anger, don't be angry." Elvet hurriedly stepped forward to reassure.

"Degassing? My God, Elvette, how do you make me angry when this happens? Baron Thor asked.

Elvette was speechless for a moment, but then asked: "Lord Baron, since this time we failed, why don't we do it again, this time directly send a killer to kill that little cub with one blow, there will definitely be no mistake." ”

Baron Thor looked at him like a fool, and then said, "Send a killer to kill him?" Elvette, how dare you say it, do you know how much that kid is in the limelight right now? You go to the army and take a look, now many people call that kid "Carl of the Miracle", damn it, this miracle was sent to him by our own hands, and because of this incident, the old fellow of the Earl of Lens also became suspicious of me, do I dare to do anything now? If I dare to do anything more, I will be found out, and Count Lens will not be the first to spare me! You have such a bad idea, do you want to kill me? ”

As a border count, Count Lens hated the most about the infighting among his vassals, because he wanted to use every ounce of his strength against the Flos, and if the infighting among his vassals was too serious, it would ruin him.

Referring to Baron Thor saying such things, Elvette had to be silent, he was also very aggrieved, he was only responsible for transmitting the message, and only looking at his own task, he was completely perfect to complete the task, and now he has to bear the wrath of Baron Tors.

But there is no way, who called him the butler of Baron Torrs?

After venting for a while, Baron Thor gradually calmed down, and asked: "Did you find out, how did that kid manage to capture those knights, don't tell me that they were defeated head-on, even if the Lorraine are wasted, they can't be defeated head-on by some unarmored light infantry." ”

"Lord Baron, according to my investigation, this time the kid seems to have used something special to win." Elvet said thoughtfully.

"Something special? What is it? Baron Thor asked curiously, intrigued by what could defeat the knights.

"I don't know, the boy was very cautious, and cleaned up the things as soon as the battle was over, but I know from one of the soldiers that Karl spilled them on the way of the knights, and then the knights fell to the ground as if they had been stimulated by something, and there was blood and wounds on their feet, so that the boy won the battle." Elvet told him what he had investigated.

In order to get the truth of the matter, Elvette spent a lot of money to bribe a soldier to talk to him.

"What is spilled on the road...... Baron Thórse pondered.

"Something like a trap, those hunters are familiar with it." Baron Thor said.

Elvette didn't speak, because he knew that Baron Thórse didn't mean to let him speak.

"It's just that I didn't expect that kid to really win, damn it, I don't know what the Earl will reward." Baron Thórse rubbed his temples, he felt very tired.

"Maybe the Baron can get the Earl to change or reduce the reward?" Elvet suggested.

Baron Thór's eyes lit up at first, only then he shook his head.

"No, I'm in danger now, and if I do this again, the horror will really make Earl Lens suspicious, not only will I not be able to do this, but I will also support that kid to get a reward if appropriate." Baron Thor sighed.

Knowing that he had another bad idea, Elvette lowered his head again.

"I knew that I wouldn't accept Baron Sa's request, but I didn't expect it to be done, and I made a fuss and was annoyed." Baron Thórse was a little irritable.

Elvet was even more afraid to speak, Baron Thórs could complain about Baron Samu, but he was not qualified or positional.