At this moment, in the luxurious bedroom in the depths of the castle, Count Joseph, who had long since ceased to be young, was lying on a bed of great curtains, his eyes closed and motionless, and he would have been as lifeless as a corpse had it not been for the faint heaving of his chest and the sound of his breathing.

In fact, it's already a walking corpse. The soul in the body has long been extracted by the "Nightmare Hand" Wiseman, and what remains is nothing more than a piece of flesh without any consciousness. If this were not the case, even if he was really seriously ill, how could Count Joseph easily allow his youngest son, Quinin, who he did not like very much, to ascend to the throne so easily?

And it was precisely because of the estimation of the Count's restraining power that Wiseman chose this troublesome approach - to make the Count sober up if he did not obey him - undoubtedly this was a bargaining chip used by the Empire to control quinine.

But now, the stakes are finally going to be destroyed.

Lancet Joseph, the veteran knew that even if Midi accepted the surrender of the defenders, he would never be able to tolerate his dangerous existence. Besides, even if Midi accepted his avatar with kindness, as an old man who betrayed his master, and had the blood of the Joseph family flowing in his body, he would never be able to escape the pursuit of the family, where could he go?

Since there is no way out, it is better to carry out loyalty to the end for the benefit of one's family and future generations.

So, Lancet came here.

He wants to kill Count Joseph, so that Midi can't get this heavy bargaining chip, and let Quinine be promoted to earl directly, and all the infamy will be borne by him, an old man who is about to decay.

Even Fina Hamilton's miraculous magic bullet can't hit it!

Thinking so, the old general drew the long sword at his waist and stood beside the bed, he took a deep breath, grasped the sword with trembling hands, raised it high, and prepared to cut off the earl's head with a sword.

With just one sword, it's all over.

However, at this moment, the Count opened his eyes, and stared at Lancet, and there was no luster in those eyes, as if they were two black holes, and one felt that the soul was about to be sucked into them!

Lancet's body shook violently as if he had been hit by a hammer. He had the consciousness of taking the charge of killing the lord, but he did not face the consciousness of the earl himself, and the long sword raised above his head seemed to freeze at this moment, and he couldn't cut it down.

However, the Count clearly had no intention of waiting.

The old man, who had been like a candle in the wind, suddenly jumped up from the bed and knocked down Lenster with unimaginable force. Then, like some kind of beast, he was on all fours, using his hands and feet, and he was cruising extremely fast on the expensive carpet, and at once he felt a sharp blade that shone with cold light from a hidden place, and attacked the enemy in front of him.

Although Lancet is old, he is a level 28 knight, but in the face of the Earl's strange appearance, he has almost no power to parry.

In an instant, the hands holding the sword had been slashed by the sharp blade, and the sword fell to the ground, and the blood gushed from the broken arm.

"Earl, wait ......," Ranster cried out in pain.

But before he could finish his shout, the Count pounced on him like a beast, burying his blade deep into the old general's chest.

Silence returned to the room.

The Count didn't make any superfluous moves, didn't show any emotion, didn't call anyone in, just stood dumbfounded, like a magic puppet waiting for the next order.

After about a few tens of minutes, the door to the bedroom was opened again, accompanied by many heavy or brisk, hurried or steady footsteps.

"This is?" At the forefront was none other than Lenster's lieutenant, the Grand Knight who had walked out of the castle with a white flag.

Although he did not say it explicitly, the adjutant obviously knew what Ranster was planning, so he took Midi and his party to the Earl of Joseph's bedroom, because by this time everything was already over.

But he didn't expect that his old boss would die, and the earl would wake up!

"It seems that there has been a shameful betrayal within the Joseph family. Midi stepped forward and said to Count Joseph, and without waiting for the Count to speak, he spoke eloquently, "I was extremely angry at the declaration of war by the Joseph family, but in the present situation, it seems that some people are plotting. This Lenster, I think it's quinine, Joseph's lackey, so is everything quinine's dictatorship?"

"Yes. The Count nodded, and replied with a sneer.

It was hard to imagine that an earl with a deep city would give such an answer, but Midi did not dwell on it at all, but nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "In that case, I have a proposal that I take full charge of the affairs of the Joseph family, and solve all the problems caused by quinine for you, how about it?"

Something happened to his son and provoked the enemy, and now the enemy wants to solve the problem for the earl to solve his son, this is illogical no matter how you look at it, it is completely a kind of strong rhetoric.

But Count Joseph's face did not change at all, and he was still expressionless as before, and then he nodded again, and replied with one word again: "Good." ”

"In that case, let's wait for a statement that we both sign together. Midi smiled and glanced at the great knight of the Joseph family beside him.

The great knight was obviously at a loss for the deteriorating situation.

"Do you hear what Count Joseph meant?" asked Midi coldly.

"Yes......" The Grand Knight could only reply, although there were too many doubts to be made, but what could he question in the face of this victor?

"Then tell all that you will see and hear to all who are in Fort Joseph as they are. Midi patted him on the shoulder, and then, the two elven great swordsmen walked over unceremoniously, and without waiting for the other party to answer, they directly carried the great knight out of the court.

It was only at this moment that Midi finally let out a long breath, then glanced at the Misty Witch who had been silent beside her, and asked softly, "In terms of control, there is no burden, right?"

"How can an old man like a candle in the wind be my opponent?" Alice glared at Midi coldly, as if she was dissatisfied with this overly worrying, "Besides, this person's soul has long been drained, and it is just a body, and it doesn't even need to suppress the soul, as long as it is controlled like a marionette." ”

"Is the Delos Empire's means?" Midi frowned slightly, and then, the corners of his mouth went up, "However, even they don't want to think about Adou, but in the end, this method has helped us." ”

As he spoke, a small, looming translucent snake emerged from the center of Count Joseph's eyebrows, stretching its tongue and hissing as if to ask for credit.

The summoned beast of the Witch of the Mist, the Psychic Snake.

Communicate with souls, manipulate souls, smuggle out of dreams, and control other people's bodies...... Although the psychic snake does not have the ability to attack directly, and its body is extremely weak, however, the abilities it has are extremely terrifying.

As a son of a nobleman, who had experienced countless ups and downs in his previous life, and had seen the intrigues of many kingdoms, Midi naturally knew very well what was the most valuable thing in the whole of Fort Joseph.

Of course, he would have expected the enemy to make the choice of destroying the jade, so he had already planned a variety of plans, trying to capture the Earl, or protect the Earl, and Alice's psychic snake was just one of the methods.

It's just that the other party's luck is obviously poor, and he just ran into the trap head-on, and the fact of rebellion was confirmed.

In this way, with the well-known relationship between Lancet and Quinine, soon, the young master will be in an extremely passive position.

The next thing to do is very simple, just make the script that has been written in advance public.

The day after Midi captured Fort Joseph, a very formal document was sent directly to the noble council of Huttonmar, the capital of the duchy.

In this document, Count Joseph denounced his son, Quinine Joseph, for his moral and moral betrayal, portrayed him as a villain who did all kinds of evil, claimed that it was his lifelong mistake to raise such a son, and officially declared that his inheritance was annulled.

At the same time, Count Joseph also praised Midi Asrex's righteous words and righteous actions, and decided to hand over the management of Joseph's territory from legislative, administrative, tax, financial, and military to Midi, and in return, Midi should fulfill Count Joseph's wish to kill his son quinine.

There is no doubt that no one will believe the statements in this instrument.

The spokesman for the Seth family called this a "farce", and the spokesman for the Joseph family even more impulsively wanted to rush directly to the podium of the chairman of the parliament and tore up the document directly.

However, the signature of Count Joseph on the document is genuine, and not only that, but Count Joseph also appears in the castle and says "Quinin should be damned". So, regardless of the content of this instrument and whether it is logical or not, it is still on the agenda.

"Since this is the lord's decision, then carry it out. "The iron-blooded Duke Heydrich Hamilton, who has always been at odds with the Parliament, said this.

So no one could argue with it.

Besides, even if he refutes it, who can drive Midi out of Fort Joseph?

This is the game of the nobility, it does not need to be "reasonable", as long as it is "according to the rules", and the miraculous victory of Fort Joseph in one day, and the signature of Count Joseph, are enough.

Behind the scenes of the Queen's faction, the Duchy of Belmar's bloated genealogical record agency has shown frightening efficiency, with a process that would have taken at least a year to complete in just one day. The next day, before the sun had risen, an expedited express was delivered, and before noon a messenger from the royal capital had arrived at the castle of the House of Asrex, and delivered the letter with the signatures of the queen and the chief of parliaments to Quinine Joseph.

From then on, Count Joseph's declaration came into effect, and from then on, quinine was quinine, and Joseph was Joseph, and he would lose all inheritance rights and would no longer be able to claim to be a nobleman.

Would Quinine accept such an outcome? Of course not.

Will the Seth family watch their dependent family stripped of their titles, listen to the unbridled laughter of the nobles of the Queen's faction, and then let Midi take an entire county?

But the Demon Vine still firmly defended the castle of the Asrex family, and Butland and Count Ingman still patrolled the castle every day, while the army of more than 10,000 men could not find a way to attack.

How long will it take to attack? Can you wait? Of course not.

As a result, there was only one choice left for General Red Fox and Quinine, who had lost the surname "Joseph".

Return to Fort Joseph.

"Finally, it's time for a decisive battle. Standing on the high ground overlooking the panoramic view of Fort Joseph, Midi took a deep breath, as if he smelled the smell of gunpowder and iron blood in the air.

"I'm getting tired of waiting. The red-haired girl said with a smile, as confident as ever, without any nervousness or uneasiness at all, just standing there, that look, that expression, made people feel that victory was taken for granted.

"Just don't bother too much. The black-haired girl sighed softly, but not because she was uneasy, but simply troublesome, as if she was about to face not an attack of 10,000 people, but a room of garbage to be sorted and cleaned up.

The strong winter wind blew at this moment, raising the long hair of the girls, black and red were stubbornly staggered and flying, obviously the oppressive atmosphere before the war, but it gave people a poetic aesthetic feeling.

Looking at such a companion, Midi only felt full of confidence.

How can you not be confident?

This is the Witch of the Mist and the Queen of the Magic Bullet, plus the "Iron Triangle" of the Falcon Regiment with twenty years of rebirth experience and advantages, and it is even more powerful than the previous life!

Of course, you can win, no matter what kind of enemy you face, whether it's the Red Flame Legion, which is five times your size, or the terrifying Delos Empire.

"Let the horses come. Looking out at the watery horizon in the distance, Midi said.

In this life, in the face of the wind of fate blowing, he said.