Heart of the Castle

Chapter 314 Lucky, Desperate

Baron Hughes has always considered himself to be very courageous, at least before he was kicked out of the capital, he was known as brave and fearless among those rich and wealthy children who were rampant.At least when he was pulled from a marquise's bed, his legs were still able to support his body, maintaining his ridiculous dignity.However, at the moment Li Wei drove the Griffin King down from the sky, he felt trembling from the bottom of his heart.

The northern territory is vast and endless.Here, the wind, knife, frost, and sword blowing from the extreme northern wilderness replaced the warm sunshine in the south of the kingdom, tempering the hard-working and rebellious character of the people in the north.The same is true for knights. Their awe of kingship and law is far less than that of the lords in the south of the kingdom. What can make them submit is the unshakable power after stripping off all the glitz and pretense.

Baron Hughes did not have this power, nor did the wandering warriors and adventurers he hired, not even Earl Enix and the guard knights.Firmeyer's Royal Knights have always been called the Little Girls' Knights with contempt by people in the northern border. The real strength needs to be lowered by two or three levels. Baron Hughes originally thought it was an exaggeration, but when he saw After seeing these sturdy knights in the Viscount's castle, I realized that this statement is indeed true.

An ordinary knight of the Royal Knights might not even be able to defeat an elite cavalry in Northern County.

After discovering this, Baron Hughes felt mixed feelings.What is gratifying is that if he can obtain the loyalty of such a group of armed forces in Northern Border County, it will be a decisive and powerful force if he can return to Firmeyer one day; Warriors and adventurers can help him gain a firm foothold here, but now it seems that only one-third of the elite soldiers in the northern border can defeat his subordinates who exchanged money for loyalty.

Such entanglement made Baron Hughes spend a sleepless night, but early the next morning, he began to move around the castle, trying to win some northern knights into his command.In order to ensure that his wooing can go smoothly, he even offered an ordinary knight the treatment that only high-level knights could have.

However, the knight named Liat rejected him without even thinking about it.

Baron Hughes still remembers the contemptuous look in Liat's eyes, and the firm answer, "The real owner of this land is only Mr. Levi Ston, who rescued it from the devil. You are not worthy of it." .”

If he is not angry after hearing these words, Baron Hughes will doubt whether he is still a knight, but his anger is as light as a feather in front of the Riat knight.After a short confrontation, Baron Hughes read from the eyes of the Riat knight that he would never give in even if he held a sword, so he could only keep silent and watched the knight leave in front of him, and his back disappeared into the corridor of the corner.

"I don't know how to flatter you." Baron Hughes cursed viciously, and then continued his journey of persuasion and bumping into obstacles.Until this morning, when the wandering warriors sent out to inspect sent news of the relocation of the people, Baron Hughes failed to win over even a single northern knight.This made him annoyed, but he couldn't help but feel a considerable degree of doubt.

Now he somewhat knows the reason for his failure.

The eyes of the beast that descended from the sky were as sharp as a sword, and when it swept over him, the cold taste inside made him feel cold to the bone, his body seemed to be frozen in place, and the questions he had prepared in his mind were cut to pieces.Baron Hughes's eyesight is not bad. He can tell from the size and movement of this beast that if he uses his hands, he will still be defeated by this beast, regardless of his fighting spirit power that has reached the Sanhua stage. It was shredded like cheese.

The Griffin King landed on the square in front of the main castle building. The servants and guards coming and going here immediately bowed to the young lord on the back of the beast. Butler Bart cast a meaningful glance at Baron Hughes, and then Hastily walked out.Baron Hughes hesitated for a moment. His courage to ask the teacher had disappeared when the Griffin King descended from the sky, but soon he thought of the biggest problem before him, so he mustered up the courage to follow.

Li Wei had just jumped off the Griffin King's back when he saw the thin Butler Bart hurried out from the side door of the main building, and then bowed deeply to him from a distance. "Master Li Wei, you're back, haven't you had breakfast yet? I'll let the kitchen prepare it for you."

"Don't bother, I just ate some dry food on the way." Li Wei replied, and then looked at the busy servants inside and out. "Butler Bart, how are you packing?"

"According to the instructions of you and Master Sugard, most of the things have been loaded into the carriage, and it is estimated that they will all be loaded by this afternoon." Butler Bart replied respectfully.

"Try to speed up, and I will let the griffins help carry away some bulky things." Levi ordered, his eyes fell on Baron Hughes who was hesitating. "Be sure to hand over this castle completely to its new owner before tonight."

"Your Excellency, Baron Levi Ston!" These words hurt Baron Hughes' self-esteem, and made him suddenly feel courage in his chest. "Now, as a baron of the kingdom, I request you to restrain your subordinates and stop instigating the subjects to flee. Otherwise, I will sue you for violating the relevant laws of the kingdom!"

Baron Hughes' words made Li Wei raise his eyebrows, but before the young lord could refute, an old voice sounded from the corridor, "Your Excellency, Baron Hughes, I am puzzled by your words." With the sound of hitting the stone floor, the old red-robed scholar Master Sujiade walked out slowly, with a half-smile on his face.

"Your Excellency Baron Levy's subordinates have done nothing wrong. I don't understand why you would say such things to slander them."

"No mistake?" Baron Hughes' face flushed with anger, the blond hair on his head shook suddenly, and a layer of golden fighting spirit burst out from his body. "They are instigating my subjects to flee! Dear scholar master, if your necklace is still shining, you should know how strict the kingdom's laws are in this regard. If you are instigating more than ten subjects to flee, No matter how prominent that person's status is, how rich his family property is, he cannot escape the sanctions of the Royal Political and Legal Affairs Bureau!"

"Honorable Lord Baron, you mean your people?" The sneer at the corner of Master Sugard's mouth became clearer, "As far as I know, when you came to this land, you only brought about 300 people with you. As a subordinate of wandering warriors, I really want to know, where did your subjects come from?"

"You..." Baron Hughes gritted his teeth, wishing he could eat the old guy in front of him alive, even if he didn't touch a little salt, he would be able to make do with it.What Master Sujiad said sounds quite reasonable, but in fact, the change of the owner of the territory is usually accompanied by the people above, but the kingdom's law does not expressly stipulate that it is necessary to do so.

"The people and the territory have always been one!" His tone became less aggressive than before.

"The practice you said is not implemented here in the northern border." Master Sugard told him softly, and then staggered towards Li Wei.

"You can't do this, you can't!" Baron Hughes roared angrily, "Come here!" His roar echoed behind the high walls of the castle, guarding knights in light blue battle robes and vagrants with various equipment Then the figure of the samurai appeared.

"You leave me with no choice." He said viciously to Li Wei and the others, and at the same time drew out the thin thorn sword at his waist, "Please leave my territory, those hillbillies who have already left will take advantage of you, but From now on, as long as one of your subordinates incites the people here, I will hang his head under the gate of this city!"

The servants and guards of the castle were in chaos. Most of the servants put down their things and retreated, while the guards with spears gathered around and lined up beside Li Wei and the others, but there were only less than a hundred of them.

Now is the time when the castle is emptiest, most of Li Wei's knights are away, and the soldiers are also sent to the north of the Siran River to repair houses and defend the village.Seeing this, the eyes of Baron Hughes burst into excitement.

"I don't want unnecessary bloodshed, Your Excellency Levi." Baron Hughes watched the team of wandering warriors and guard knights slowly press up, and his reserved smile returned to his face, "Now I have several times as many people as you, so ..."

The King of Griffins spread his wings and roared loudly, drowning out the words of Baron Hughes. The next moment, the sky suddenly darkened, strong winds suddenly rose, and the sound of powerful flapping wings filled everyone's eardrums.

Dozens of griffins descended from the clouds, circling and soaring above the castle, their sharp eagle pecks and claws shone with a ferocious cold light, their huge bodies not only blocked the sun, but also cast a more intense emotion on the heart of Baron Hughes. shadow. "Where did these monsters come from?" His face showed a slight panic, but he was still comforting himself, "It's okay, it's okay, even if these monsters are added, the advantage of the number is still on my side ..."

A sharp brass horn sounded, and the guard knights suddenly retreated quickly, leaving only those wandering warriors behind, "What's going on?" Baron Hughes exclaimed in surprise, looking in the direction where the brass horn sounded, he Seeing the figure of Earl Enix appearing on a tower there, he spread his hands towards himself.

"I warned you." Earl Enix said silently, but Baron Hughes trembled as if he had been struck by lightning.The next thing he heard Earl Enix raised his voice and announced, "This is a matter between Baron Hughes and Baron Levi. Right and wrong are arbitrarily judged. They belong to the Knights Guarding the Royal Capital and are not allowed to participate."

(End of this chapter)