our family is gone

I couldn't help but slap this old feudal guy in a cold voice.

"It was you who invaded Hamlet, not Bastia who I invaded. You have no right to tell me such nonsense, and I have no time to listen to such nonsense."

As he spoke, Lance sneered sinisterly, "No wonder Alvin was taught by you. He is also a loser who is unwilling to admit the failure in front of him."

"you!"

"What are you?" Lance pushed back forcefully, "Did I say anything wrong? Stop showing off to me. All I see is a clown who refuses to take off his mask."

"You just said it wrong!" Lawrence couldn't bear the accusation and immediately refuted it.

"First of all, I have only taught Alvin combat skills. I have no control over other things, and I am not responsible for his character.

The order to invade Hamlet was issued by the Earl. I am not the leader of the Knights, and it is not me who directs the war. I have advised him many times. It was he who ruined the Knights, not me. Do you know?

If you lose, you lose. I have never denied it, but you can't accuse me wrongly. "

It was obvious that Lawrence had been here for so many days and had been thinking about his wise life, why did he end up in this miserable place?

After much deliberation, Alvin still took the blame. I had advised him several times not to make any rash advances. If he had withdrawn at that time, he would not have ended up in the situation he is in today.

The longer he stayed here, the stronger his obsession became, until the arrival of his daughter cut off the last bit of the relationship.

If your father wants to kill my daughter, then I won’t give you any face.

"Then I really made some mistakes." Lance admitted with a smile. He could feel that Lawrence had a strong opinion of Alvin, so he immediately gave him a hand and lifted him up.

I'm afraid he really didn't educate Alvin very well. After all, he is the son of his boss and can't control him at all.After all, judging from Margaret's upright character, Lawrence must have had a positive effect.

Lawrence seemed a little surprised that Lance actually admitted his mistake, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Tell me, that's not why you called me here."

Lance took the initiative to speak. The contest between the two sides had already decided the winner, so he was no longer aggressive.

Lawrence raised his head and met Lance's gaze. Although he was still a little resistant, he was forced to speak due to the situation: "If you want to know anything about Bastia, I can tell you as long as I know it."

This is a cooperative attitude, not the baron's face.

Both parties needed a topic to contact each other. Lance thought about it and did not choose a topic that was too direct.

"Then let's talk about Bastia's family history."

Lance's choice greatly eased the conflict between the two parties, and Lawrence paused for a moment before speaking out.

He can be regarded as a witness to the rise of Bastia. Like the Count, he was once one of Hamlet's knights. To be more precise, he was a cavalryman because his origin was slightly different from that of the Count. He was a descendant of a down-and-out nobleman and had no reputation. , only a set of knight armor was left, not even a horse.

At that time, Hamlet's system had not yet collapsed. The external war pressure allowed Hamlet's army to maintain a promotion channel. He showed great talent and courage in battle and was promoted from ordinary infantry to cavalry.

He was full of enthusiasm and was preparing to re-create the glory of his ancestors, but reality gave him a blow, because what followed was a major event that shook Hamlet.

He also had no access to the high-level affairs of Hamlet at that time, and what he felt was that all the leaders of the army were gone. Then he was fighting the enemy on the front line, but he could not send out money or food. In the end, he was Even the weapons and equipment have problems.

Then he had to find his own way out, and the count recruited people to follow him, and then there was an almost endless war with the barbarians until the city of Bastia was established, and he became a baron by virtue of his military exploits.

In fact, his words were not much different from what the Earl and Bruce said, except that they were roughly told from the Earl's perspective.

"So you are Hamlet's knight..." Lance couldn't help but mutter, but he pursed his lips and did not say the words that followed [But he led the troops to invade and massacre Hamlet].

It’s no wonder that Hamlet collapsed first and Lawrence was forced to fend for himself, because it was a mess.

It was all the ancestor's fault, but he, the inexplicable heir, had to bear it.

Fucking ancestor!

However, from his words, we can still hear some of the tragic events of Hamlet. It seems that few people know about those things, which gives him room to operate.

"Do you think Hamlet owes you?" Lance was silent for a moment and then asked.

Lawrence frowned. He didn't know what Lance meant by asking this, but the hesitation on his face gave him the answer.

Lance didn't care, and then said something.

"Hamlet doesn't owe anyone in this world, because Hamlet gave everything to prevent the disaster, and I am the only one left in the whole family."

Lawrence was a little shocked when these words came out. He had seen Hamlet's prosperity, and he was even more incredible about its destruction.

And these emotions were finally mobilized at this moment.

Lawrence's determination was stronger than that of those people. Another person might have been eager to ask Lance for a reason to continue, but he just remained silent, which made Lance a little embarrassed who wanted to give up.

But today, Lance rarely shows his emotions, and immediately opens his mouth to cover up his ancestor's "achievements" back then.

All this was blamed on the cult of the Ascension Sect, and Hamlet suffered a heavy sacrifice for this. The nobles took the lead in killing him, and even the city was destroyed.

"You have also seen that the cult is so powerful that even the church has given up here. But even so, my Hamlet family is still standing on the front line against the world-destroying cult, at least until I, the last heir, dies."

Lance was just suppressing his nausea and wiping his ancestor's butt. What's the matter with getting some pension?
Who dares to say that he is unfilial and must be sent to a nursing home!
When Lawrence heard this, he would be lying if he said he was not shocked. Even if the church blocked it, as a baron, he obviously had some understanding of extraordinary power.

But it’s hard for you to convince him, after all, it’s all so grand that it’s a bit fantasy.

But other than Lawrence himself, it is difficult to explain what caused the rapid decline of Hamlet, who was once strong.

But whether this is true or not, it is enough. At least his resentment towards Hamlet has been eliminated.

"Things are over, let's talk about what to do now."

Lawrence is pragmatic. If what he says is true, it will be even more dangerous for his daughter to stay here.

"It's not what I want you to do, but what you can do." Lance kicked the ball back. "In order to deal with the barbarian wizards, in addition to relying on the power of the church, the earl also protected a group of so-called extraordinary people. If this is exposed, the church will hold him accountable, and it will surely be able to hold back most of his energy, at least for a while. Dare to take action.”

Lawrence finally began to talk about some issues that really touched the core of Bastia. The purpose of raising this was to delay the earl from taking any easy actions and buy some time.

But after hearing what he said, Lance slowly shook his head. Now that everything had been said, Lance didn't bother talking nonsense and directly spoke out his request.

"It's not enough. I'll let you go back. I want Bastia to be chaotic. The more chaotic the better."

Lawrence was suddenly excited when he heard this, and his shocked eyes were even more exciting than when he heard Hamlet's death.

The Count of Bastia only wants to conquer Hamlet, but he wants to bring trouble to Bastia.

Now he was shouting in his heart, "Look, my daughter, I'm telling you that he is not a good person!" 】.

"Who do you think the serfs were who fought with you in the bloody battle? Who else besides our Hamlet has the power to fight against the cult now?"

Lance faced the gaze directly without any intention of avoiding it, and shouted sternly: "Our family tried our best to seal the evil ritual, but you moths were greedily devouring Hamlet's flesh and blood, causing the cult to grow. This is the result. It’s you.”

Lance's words actually had no basis, but it was the power of salvation that he just made up that frightened him.

Lawrence was silent, but Lance's gesture pushed him back. He originally wanted to take the moral high ground, but he didn't expect that he was dragged down by his backhand.

"Let's put this aside for now. Won't the killings we cause strengthen the cult?" Lawrence was still rational.

"I didn't say it was now." Lance grinned and added: "You can first deal with the count's cover-up of the extraordinary to keep him honest for a while, and then you can take action after I handle the matter here."

When Lawrence heard this, he understood what Lance meant. To put it simply, he wanted it all.

"You want to regain lost ground?" Lawrence saw a very important reason why Lance did this, which was to consume both sides and to counterattack.

"Bastia has been mine since ancient times." Lance said coldly.

Not only Bastia, but all the people around him who participated in the carving up of Hamlet are waiting for him to come to greet him one by one after he kills the ancestor.

Greedy pleasures will eventually have their reckoning.

But Lance's words shocked Lawrence, and he spoke subconsciously.

"Do you know how the name [Bastia will never fall] came about? When the barbarians were built, hundreds of tribes, large and small, formed a coalition, but tens of thousands of people failed to capture it. Instead, the count suffered heavy losses. They reversed the strength gap between the two sides in one fell swoop.

You must know that barbarians have been fighting wild beasts since birth, and their fighting ability is not comparable to that of serfs. How many people are there in your small town now?How many soldiers are there?Dare you covet the famous fortified city guarded by famous generals, with many soldiers and vast generals, and the empire's famous fortress? "

In Lawrence's opinion, the man in front of him was crazy, even crazier than the cultist, and he didn't know what to say!
"Not even Alvin would make such a decision!" Lawrence threw a boomerang to mock Lance's thoughts.

Didn't you just call Alvin stupid?Now you are worse than Alvin.

But when did Alvin become the unit for measuring stupidity?

(Alvin: I have no objection)
When Lance heard what he said, he smiled and reassured, "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet."

But Lawrence became even more anxious after hearing Lance's advice.

This is obviously a dead end, and it will drag me down.

I'm in no hurry?Why don't you tell me not to be anxious?

"I can't help you with this. Given the earl's vigilance, even if I were to be stationed in the city during the war, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the chance to help you break into the city, because the person in charge of the city gate must be one of his cronies."

"I don't need you to be the internal response~" Lance smiled and shook his head. It was obvious that he was thinking too much, so he explained.

"What do you think I'm fighting against? It's the cult that destroyed Hamlet. Do you think Bastia is as majestic as Hamlet? Does it have as many soldiers as Hamlet?

snort!Bastia elite?Thinking about how you fell into my hands, I don't need anyone's help to capture Bastia, it's just that I don't want to. "

Lance's indifferent attitude shocked Lawrence greatly. He saw in this young man what it meant to be domineering.

The last time I saw it was probably the count who led three hundred knights to annihilate the barbarian coalition in one battle and completely put down the barbarian unrest.

Lance wasn't bragging.

In what age are we still building traditional castles?
If you have artillery stationed, he might still be worried about the concrete bastion, but after asking about it, Bastia is a traditional castle. The city wall is indeed strong, but no matter how strong the city wall is, it is nothing in front of the artillery. Dominoes.

Although it is true that Hamlet's six-pound cannons, which are specially used for field battles, cannot siege cities, in fact, craftsmen are more familiar with the technology of casting heavy cannons.

Because they had been forging [-]- and [-]-pound heavy cannons when they were in Totnes. On the contrary, these six- and eight-pound cannons were the first time many people came into contact with them.

What's more important is that when the first batch of cannons were successfully cast, those craftsmen also began to adjust and improve the technology, and now the success rate has begun to slowly increase.

To mention something is to mention it.

Now there is only a sixteen-pound cannon that was captured at the beginning, but Lance is unwilling to waste resources on it, and it is just a matter of giving an order.

I'm not afraid of you when you go out to fight in the field. The knights gather to charge into the battle. The six-pounder cannon swings and blasts, and the knights who have trained all their lives are gone.

When we attack the city, I'll just bring my heavy artillery to blast you and that's it. Who will play with you and siege the city with ants?
Do you really think he is one of those barbarians who can't even build siege equipment?

War is a very long process and cannot be started casually. These things will be ready when Lance plans to attack Bastia.

These are somewhat abstract and unimaginable for Lawrence, who is still stuck in the feudal era and is accustomed to knight tactics.

It can be said that the times are progressing, and if you still hold on to old ideas, you are destined to be eliminated.

Lance originally had some illusions about Lawrence, a veteran, but now his feudal and conservative thinking makes Lance a little disappointed.

It's just that after losing a battle, she became so timid and embarrassed that she couldn't handle the big task. She's not as good as your daughter. (End of chapter)