industrial lord

Chapter 621 The Beginning of Chaos
In the darkest hour before dawn, the hallway of Castelo Sampaio was brightly lit, and a chilly wind blew outside.

There was a fat corpse lying on the ground, and the armor plates on its body were like beautiful fish scales, reflecting colorful light.

If Frederick were here, he would be surprised to find that this man was the "His Majesty Doss" who had received him outside the Pearl City.

At this moment, the real Doss was sitting on the ground next to the body, his face darker than the night outside.

The dead was the son of his father and his aunt, his playmate since childhood, the benefactor who saved him from the iron hoof of Archduke Suarez, and the person he trusted the most.

Doss has never felt much family love since he was a child. His father regards him as a tool to win over his mother's family. In his mother's eyes, he is a guarantee for her to enjoy wealth and glory. Only his younger brother regards him as a relative.

He tried hard to hold back his tears, with only one thought in his mind - revenge!
"Order the troops to march quickly and arrive here before sunset tomorrow!"

A general came out and tried to persuade His Majesty that the location and water resources around here could not meet the requirements for stationing a large army, and it would be better to go to the former territory of Count Ortiz as originally planned.

But when he saw the king's eyes were bloodshot, like a raging wolf, he finally chose to shut up.

But he has already stood up.

Doss asked him unkindly, "What do you want to say?"

The man thought quickly and said, "Your Majesty, what happened today was a conspiracy planned by Sampaio. I think they must have other plans, such as assassinating you through other secret passages in the castle."

"I suggest that we should thoroughly search the castle and find other secret passages."

Doss thought so too. Every castle has a few secret escape passages. If you can escape, you can also sneak in.

He said, "I'll leave this matter to you."

The others looked at the guy who stood out with envy, wondering why they hadn't thought of that. How much money could they loot by searching the castle?

"boom!"

There was a sudden explosion in the night sky and Doss jumped up immediately.

As he rushed to the top of the castle wall, explosions rang out one after another, more frequent than thunder in a thunderstorm.

A street not far from the foot of the hill where the castle was located was ablaze with flames, and many soldiers were rushing there.

Doss walked up to the top of the wall. The explosions had stopped. There was only the crackling of the fire, the noise of firefighting, and the shouting of the troops searching for the enemy.

An officer of the city defense army came hurriedly, rolled on the ground for a few times on the mountain, took out a dagger, made a cut on his forehead, wiped the blood, and then went to see the king.

He reported to Doss: "Your Majesty, a group of people suddenly rushed out of the secret passage and were discovered by our night patrol."

"The good guys on the patrol team fought desperately to protect His Majesty. When I led the team to rescue them, the criminals finally fled back to the tunnel, setting fire to the surrounding houses before running away."

Doss listened quietly, feeling certain that he was exaggerating, but it was certain that someone had tried to sneak in through the secret passage.

He suddenly realized that there was an invisible net around him targeting him.

Doss thought that this should be the work of Archduke Suarez. The two have been fighting since they were young and are very familiar with each other.

The biggest question is, who are the helpers on your side?
A feeling of uneasiness surged in his heart. Every time he had this feeling before, something big was bound to happen next.

He looked around. There were secret passages in the castle and in the city. If this group was driven away, who knew if there would be another group. It was not safe.

The gatehouse of the castle gate came into his sight. It was a small fortress in itself. There was no space for building secret passages, so it could not be safer.

By the time Doss moved into the gatehouse, several of Mrs. Sampaio's confidants and family members had already been brought out of the city. They even had time to take their money and get on a boxcar to return to the position before the sun rose.

Eugene breathed a sigh of relief.

After learning from the captives that the person killed by Popo was the king's brother, he was worried that Doss would kill to vent his anger, so he temporarily arranged this rescue operation.

Mrs. Sampaio's old knight personally led the team into the city through the secret passage outside the city. The other end of the secret passage was the housekeeper's house. He quickly contacted everyone and ran away. However, something unexpected happened in the end. Someone was chased by the patrol team as a thief, and a conflict broke out.

Eugene ordered the entire army to be on alert to guard against retaliation from the other side.

However, Doss did not order the entire army to disembark except to march quickly.

The army of the Kingdom of Madeira immediately accelerated its march after receiving the order. Fortunately, it was not far from the original destination, so there was no need to replan the route. They just had to prepare to turn around when the time came.

The vanguard cavalry scouts arrived outside the castle before noon and chose the best location to set up camp.

Subsequent troops arrived one after another and chaos began.

The army had originally planned to station in the former territory of Earl Ortiz, but the location was suddenly changed, and whoever had the bigger fist could get the good place.

There was limited water resources around the castle, and many lords fought to seize the areas near the river.

By the afternoon, open and flat areas became scarce as the number of people arriving increased. It didn't matter if we were far away from the water source, but it would be uncomfortable to live in the woods.

The area outside the castle became a large-scale brawl scene, and the losers could only go to the woods in disgrace to find an open space.

Fortunately, it is cold now and there are no bugs, otherwise it would be even more miserable.

What was even more troublesome were the merchants following the army. They were the last to come along, carrying women, fine wine, canned meat, instant noodles, happy water and other commodities. When they arrived outside the castle, they had no place to stand.

They had no choice but to find a village two kilometers away from the castle to stay in. Half of the area between here and the castle was covered with woods.

Doss knew nothing about the chaos outside. He just gave orders at the door for the entire army to line up and attack tomorrow.

This order threw the entire army into chaos again. Everyone thought that they would rest for three to five days as usual, but now they had to go out on the next day.

Everyone soon found out that someone had died last night and could only sigh helplessly.

On this day, the commander of the new army of the Osmaga Empire, the Protector of the Nation Mary, came to the headquarters of the Wessen Army riding on fire dragons with several staff officers.

Both sides updated the map together, and Mary and Eugene discussed the next operations.

The sudden change of direction of the Madeira Kingdom army made some of their previous preparations go to waste. The new Osmaga army was originally going to attack the opponent's logistics base, but now the location of the base has changed, and they are stationed in the empty villages around it together with the Griffin Knights and the merchants accompanying the army.

The Black Cat troops lurking in the woods kept reporting the latest intelligence from the front, and the staff made marks on the sand table.

In the evening, news came that the enemy would attack tomorrow.

Mary said to Eugene, "It's so fast, do you need our help?"

Eugene said, "What I'm worried about is their twenty-odd Griffin Knights."

"They haven't been out yet. They should be conserving their energy for tomorrow."

"Our air force machines can touch them at low altitudes, but are a bit clumsy at high altitudes."

He had ridden griffins before in the Kingdom of Gaul and was well aware of their capabilities.

The powered delta wing has no problem racing against the Griffin, but once they get into a dogfight, their maneuverability will be at a disadvantage.

The maneuverability of another flying machine is sufficient, but it will only have an overwhelming advantage below 300 meters. If it flies too high, its maneuverability will decrease.

Mary thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask the other Fire Dragon Knights to come and help. We'll be at high altitude, and you guys will be at low altitude."

Osmaga's new army has nine fire dragon knights including her. The fire dragon's ceiling is higher than that of the griffin, and the two sides are just right for each other.

(End of this chapter)