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Chapter 13 Earldom

There are a large number of chevaux de frise placed outside the city wall.

Soldiers were patrolling everywhere, and many knights were leading refugees into the city gate.

Among them, Kana saw the refugees who were with them.

It seems that these refugees encountered patrolling cavalry when they were fleeing.

"There are still cities that haven't fallen." Nicken was a little surprised.

After all, I met many refugees along the way, and these refugees came from other cities.

I haven't heard any good news. It's as if a crisis broke out in all the cities in the country overnight.

"Because the Earl had foresight, he protected his territory and Lakeview City."

The knight captain said that he seemed to have great respect for the earl.

"You are right, sir. The earl must be a wise nobleman." Nicken said with a smile.

When they arrived outside the city gate, the cavalry captain asked several of his team members to take Nicken and others to other places for resettlement.

Then someone brought two horses and handed them to Kana and the other man.

"Your Highness, please follow me. We are still a little distance away from the barracks where the Earl is."

Cana nodded and didn't resist following behind on horseback with Aliris.

……

In a square fortress.

Count Vansha was discussing something with his subordinates here.

"According to the refugees, all places have fallen except ours." said a middle-aged man in armor.

"This was expected. Except for the common people and some stubborn people, everyone else has been in cahoots with the royal family for a long time." This was said by a young-looking man wearing light armor.

"We should have prepared earlier. With our limited forces, we can't stop those monsters."

“No rush, the transportation of various supplies and civilians is not that easy.

Furthermore, most cities are still in chaos. It would take at least two weeks for the royal family to regain stability and gather an army to attack us."

"That's right. Now we just need to focus on dealing with the monsters that come to harass us."

Listening to his subordinates discussing the next course of action, the Earl was frowning and looking at the map, thinking about something.

At this time the door was pushed open.

A knight walked over quickly.

The conversation of everyone in the room was interrupted, and everyone turned to look at him.

"My Lord Earl, the Prince has arrived."

This sentence made everyone in the room stunned.

"The enemy is attacking?" asked the middle-aged man with a big beard.

These words made the messenger knight a little confused.

"Uh, it's the Prince who has arrived. There are no enemies."

Everyone also realized in an instant that things seemed different from what they thought.

The Count immediately asked, "Doesn't he look different from those vampires?"

"It's different. Captain Black is bringing him here."

When the Earl heard Black's name, he probably understood.

"I see. You go down. When Blake comes with his men, have him come here directly."

"Yes."

The knight took the order and retreated.

As soon as the door was closed, a quarrel broke out in the room.

"What's going on? Is it a disguise? Or are you here to persuade us?"

"They should be here to persuade us, hoping that we can become new lives like them."

"Forget it, I don't want to be an idiot who eats intestines."

"Okay, calm down."

The adjutant next to the count slammed the table.

Everyone then quieted down and looked at the Earl.

"I don't know what's going on. Let's wait until we meet him. Let's see what my father wants to do." Even he couldn't understand what was going on for a moment.

What exactly does the prince want to do by coming here?

Not long after, a sound was heard outside the door.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open and Knight Black walked in with Cana and Aliris behind him.

"Kana?"

"The Fourth Prince?"

"Why is it the Fourth Prince?"

"what happened?"

Everyone in the room was stunned, even the count was surprised.

When they heard that it was the prince who came, they did not ask any questions for a moment. They thought it was the eldest prince or the second prince who came. Unexpectedly, it was the fourth prince.

It was completely beyond their expectations.

And judging by the prince's appearance, he clearly hadn't been converted to a vampire. "Blake, you go down first."

Knight Black nodded, retreated respectfully, and closed the door behind him.

Kana looked at the people in front of him.

Some are familiar and some are unfamiliar.

The Earl was of course the most familiar one, and was originally called the chief of the Novice Village by them.

He has a sturdy figure of about 1 meters and wears thick full body armor.

Short, neat hair and a trimmed beard.

It can be seen that he was definitely a very handsome man when he was young.

Even at this age, she looks more elegant.

Next to him was his adjutant, whose name I forgot.

All I know is that it is a ruthless errand-running task-issuing machine.

Players call him the village official, and his duties are generally those of a count's secretary, just like the village official.

The man on the left of the count was a very sturdy man with a big beard.

It was also a familiar face, but now he was intact, his legs were not lame, and he still had a pair of eyes.

He later became the blacksmith in the Novice Village, and he often boasted about how brave he was in the past.

Now it seems that what he boasted about was true.

I don’t recognize the second one on the left, he may have died in the subsequent battle.

The militia instructor in the first novice village on the right is the first NPC the player sees after waking up.

He is responsible for the opening narration and action guidance, and is also the knight's professional mentor.

Players called him One Ear, but now he has two ears.

He didn't recognize the person next to him, and he might have died in the battle that followed.

In addition, in the corner next to it, there was a middle-aged woman sitting and resting, holding a large wooden stick in her hand.

Yala, the pharmacist in the Novice Village.

Khanna had done some of her side jobs and also ran errands for her.

Most of them are familiar characters.

While Kana was observing them, the Earl and others were also observing him.

The Earl spoke: "Kana, why...are you here?"

There was no kindness in the tone.

"Of course I'm here to escape, uncle. I don't want to turn into one of those monsters in the capital."

Hearing this, the Earl looked at Cana seriously and said, "Based on your performance, you are not qualified to know certain things."

"If you're qualified, you won't be able to escape, right?"

Kana said with a smile.

Hearing this, the Earl looked at him and suddenly understood, and smiled: "I wish I had been as smart as you when I was young."

"Now that you're here, tell me what you know. After traveling all the way from the capital, you've got to gain something, right?"

Hearing this, Kana was also prepared.

"The capital has completely fallen. If nothing unexpected happens, it should have become a giant monster-making factory.

However, it may take some time to assemble a large army of monsters, but if nothing unexpected happens, they will find a way to assemble a force first and eliminate the threat of you.

Otherwise, due to your delay and interference, their troops will all run away."

No one in the room was surprised to hear Kana's words because they were prepared.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the leader may be the late king's knight, Martin."

"Martin? I see." The count pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Anything else?"

"While escaping, I discovered that silver weapons have a restraining effect on vampires.

There is a plant called sharp grass whose juice is like poison to vampires."

Hearing this, the expressions of the people in front of him immediately became serious.

The Earl frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Silver weapons, you can ask my knight, a silver dinner knife can easily pierce a werewolf's chest.

You can ask the soldiers who fought with us on the road about the sharp grass poison; they should have seen it and used it themselves."

Kana said calmly.

Alice listened to Kana talking. Except for the part about the royal capital, which she didn't know, everything else he said was correct.

But when she thought about the fact that he was a prince, she felt it was normal.

Perhaps his behavior throughout the journey in the royal capital was a deliberate performance on his part to escape pursuit and danger.

"I'll verify your words, but right now I think you two should get some rest. You look worse than refugees."

Hearing this, Kana forced a smile and said, “After fleeing all the way from the capital, we really need to rest.

This walk is very different from strolling through a garden."

"Well, Blake, take the prince down and get some rest."

He turned to Kana and said, "We'll talk about other things tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)