"What do you say? Our people were discovered? ”

Teresa's face was ugly, and in front of her stood these members of the Villain's Guild trembling all over.

"Impossible, our actions are secretive, even if they fail, but how can they be exposed."

Theresa was a little anxious now, after all, the guilt of making a living as an earl was too great for the villainous guild to afford.

"Now the military minister of the Earl of Shire, the nobleman is taking his army to hunt down our members, and there is already chaos outside, chief, what are we going to do?" A man gasped, and it was a waste of effort to escape his pursuit.

"Carl Dias!" Teresa clenched her silver teeth, she already knew what happened at the banquet through channels, and it can be said that her plot was ruined at the hands of this young nobleman, if it weren't for him, maybe the unlucky guy of the Count Charles would really be dead.

"Victor, there's nothing wrong with the Investigation Division, why do I always feel that something is wrong?" Teresa frowned.

"Chief, I can feel as if our movements and positions are known to the enemy, and I can't tell you what it feels like." Victor also shook his head, in just a few days, too many members of the villain's guild had been captured.

Teresa fell into deep thought, she did not regret that she had taken the deal, in fact she would not regret anything, and without such courage she would not have become the leader of the entire Winterburg Villains Guild.

But she was thinking about some problems at this time, and she admitted that she had not succeeded in poisoning the Earl of Charles, which was her mistake, but she didn't understand why the later things were completely revealed.

"There should be no one who knows the specific plan except for a few of us, and there will be no traitors between us." Teresa said slowly, she didn't blindly trust her members, but she had her own reasons.

"Chief, maybe you have forgotten, it's not ......just us who knows the plan," Victor said solemnly, raising his head suddenly.

Teresa's eyes widened violently, and as if struck by lightning, an image of a black robe popped into her mind.

"Heheha...... That's right...... Why didn't I think of that...... It's really good, and a borrowed knife to kill someone! Teresa was stunned, and Victor shuddered, and he could feel the killing intent emanating from Teresa's body.

Teresa knew that she had fallen into a misunderstanding from the beginning, who said that the conspirator should not be exposed? Their villainous guild is just a bunch of lowly guys, and these lowly guys know something they shouldn't know, so what should they do? Kill directly? That's not good, after all, it can't be done for the time being, otherwise the matter will be found by Karl's army before it succeeds, and they will put themselves in it.

What's better to do that? Theresa almost didn't have to think about it, betrayed them, and borrowed a knife to kill them, they couldn't justify it, and they couldn't break the net, after all, they didn't even know which nobleman entrusted them, and there was no clue at all.

"Move now, we must get out of Winterburgshire at once!" Teresa didn't hesitate to decide, if that was the case, the place would be unsafe.

"So where are we going?" Victor asked.

"I don't know, let's leave first."

The core members of the Villain's Guild quickly followed Teresa into a tunnel, which was the secret passage of the Villain's Guild, so that one day they could escape in unsolvable trouble, which led directly to the outside of the town of Winterburg.

In the tunnel, Teresa turned her head and took a deep look at the still faintly visible station, and a little unwillingness flashed in her heart, she had worked hard for so long to become her sphere of influence, but now she had to give up

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." Victor seemed to see Teresa's thoughts and comforted.

"Let's go." Teresa nodded, then left without looking back.

"Carl, Dias, I remember you......"

……

"Lord Earl, I have cleared out the villain guilds in your territory, but their leader has not been caught, and they must have escaped through some secret passages or something."

In the hall of Winterburg, Karl walked up to the Earl of Charles and reported the situation, as the Minister of War, he had to deal with these guys who were a threat to the Earl of Charles.

"Hey, those rats, sometimes it's really slippery......" Count Charles sneered, he didn't have the slightest affection for those villains now, he didn't deal with them before, because he was too lazy to move, just like a person would not do it immediately because he saw a cockroach in his house, at most the well water did not interfere with the river water, once the cockroach was disgusting to the owner, then the whole house would be cleaned.

"Carl, you did a very good job this time, and my territory has become stable because of you." Count Charles praised, in fact, he also knew that what had happened before was a bit chilling for Karl, so he had been trying to make amends for the past few days.

"It is my honor, my sovereign." Karl bent over and put his hand to his heart.

"Maybe I should reward you with something...... Perhaps I can reward you with a mill in Winterburg, a place where you can make a lot of money. The Earl of Charles said with a smile.

"Look at your generosity." Carl saluted again, and the other party could give him a mill, which was already a very good reward.

"The next allegiance ceremony will also require you to maintain the security of Winterburg." The Earl of Charles told him that after this incident, he paid more attention to the allegiance ceremony.

While the so-called allegiance ceremony is a joke for true careerists, it may be a powerful ritual for the neutrals.

And even for careerists, declaring allegiance in full view can give them some overt restraints.

"Rest assured, Lord Earl, I will not allow a mess in Winterburg that will affect the conduct of the allegiance ceremony." Carl pressed the brooch on his chest, and Karl was still very obedient to his duties.

"Of course, I believe in your abilities." The Earl of Charles nodded, but the next moment he felt a little embarrassed, he didn't trust the other party once not long ago.

"But Lord Earl, I'm here to take my leave." Karl said suddenly.

"Resign? Why? Will you not forgive me for my mistakes? The Earl of Charles frowned, he had lowered his attitude like this, and if Karl still insisted on going his own way, he would have looked down on him.

"No, you know, my territory is within the range of the Flo after all, and I have taken too many troops, my steward Juliana told me that there have been a team of Flo people watching around my territory recently, as if they want to plunder us, I, as the lord of Syld Manor, I must protect my people." Karl handed over a letter with a description of the recent situation at Syld Manor, as well as some precautions, and judging from the contents of the letter, Selder Manor did not seem to be good.

Count Charles took a cursory look and his expression eased, it was normal for a leader to protect his territory from foreign invasions, even if he was Karl's feudal lord, he had no right to stop this.

"Okay Carl, you're right, Sylde Manor needs you, and I'll allow your resignation, but you want it now?" Count Charles said slowly, since he couldn't stop it, then he happily agreed.

"Maybe I'll leave after the allegiance ceremony? I'm sure you'll be able to feel at ease at that time. Karl's eyes twinkled, and he proposed.

"That's great, but do you need me to send an army to help you, after all, the Flo aren't easy to get along with." Ever since the old Earl of Lens died in battle in Fort Carmel, with a large number of knights and troops, the Earl of Charles has had some fear of the Flos.

It seemed to him that it was a powerful, bloodthirsty, death-defying horrific race full of beasts, and he couldn't resist, at least for the time being.

And since even he can't do it, he naturally thinks that Carl can't defend himself against the Flo.

"Please rest assured, my lord, this is not the first time I have faced the Florians, in fact, we have repelled many Flo attacks one after another, although it is only a small force, but it is enough to accumulate experience."

In fact, Sylde Manor is not as exaggerated as the letter says, there are indeed Flo people who are watching Sylde Manor, but they are far less than that, Juliana can use Hagrid's corps enough to defend against the enemy, and even defeat the other party.

Apparently, Carl had deliberately made it up for Juliana to write the letter as he had requested.

Carl doesn't want to stay here in the palace for a moment, although there are not many things to deal with in normal times, and he can also improve the status of the family, but there are too many intrigues here, Carl is really not suitable here, he prefers to fight and kill the battlefield, at least there you can clearly see where the enemy is, and in this court, a little stupid, maybe you don't even know how to die.

"Well, since you insist." The Earl of Charles nodded, the other party did not use his own army and saved himself a batch of military expenses.

With intensified preparations, the allegiance ceremony soon began, in fact, this ceremony was also very simple, and those nobles once again declared their allegiance and submitted to the Chriss, but even such a simple ceremony, in this era, it is indeed extremely sacred and valued, and the vassals who betrayed the lord will be condemned by most nobles.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Karl can always feel that the Count of Charles is relieved at the end of the ceremony......