Demon King, you just need to conquer, and your husband will come up with the solution.

Mary breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him. Then she looked up at the Griffin Knights hovering in the sky in the direction of the Duke's Palace in the distance. From this point, Mary could vaguely see a woman in white clothes and white hair riding on the back of the leading griffin...

With this image, Mary instantly thought of a person in her mind, Empress Dowager Duron, Queen Catherine!

If...if it was really her...then wouldn't it be possible for me to directly meet the woman who stood at the pinnacle of power in the Duolun Empire! ?

In fact, Mary has always admired Queen Catherine. She admired this ambitious and powerful empress and respected her majesty and iron fist.

And her experience of ascending the throne through bloody means also made Mary feel that she saw herself in Catherine.

She had always been looking forward to meeting Catalina. If the being riding on the griffin was really Queen Catalina, then... her lifelong dream would be within reach!

Thinking of this, Mary's body couldn't help but tremble slightly because of excitement.

However, Mary seemed to be only concerned about what Catalina's arrival could bring her, but she didn't think about why Queen Catalina came to this small border town...

But even if Mary really thought about it, she might not be able to figure it out...

The Griffin Knights that were hovering over the Duke's territory slowly descended, and Catalina, who was sitting on the leading griffin, was also taken off the griffin by Minerva.

"Your Majesty, this is the Duke's Palace in Blackwater Ridge. Duke Remington is inside."

"Hmm..." Caterina responded calmly, then took a look at the size of the Duke's Mansion, snorted without any emotion, raised her hand and said, "Knights, surround the Duke's Mansion and don't let any unauthorized people get close."

"Yes!" xN.

……

"Ahhh! My money leaf! That bastard drowned my precious money leaf!!!"

Duke Remington screamed in the hall. In front of him was a potted money leaf that had become withered and leafless at some point in time. At this moment, the leaves that had once glowed with golden light had already turned yellow and were falling off the branches in large pieces.

The old butler at the side comforted Remington, "Master, don't be sad. It's just a money leaf. I will ask the servants to bring in another money leaf..."

Remington seemed not to have heard what the old housekeeper said. He just stared blankly at his withered money leaf. Finally, he sighed and said, "This money leaf... was passed down from my grandfather...

When he died, he asked my father to take good care of this money leaf, saying that this money leaf affects the fate of our Duke's Mansion. If it withers, then the Remington family will also come to an end. I didn't expect it to wither today..."

The housekeeper was a little stunned for a moment, then smiled and comforted Remington: "Master, you worry too much. It's just a potted plant. How can it affect the fate of the Remington family? You should relax. I will let the servants find you a bigger and more beautiful money leaf than this one!"

"... Never mind, let's change it... There's no need to buy a new one, just pick one up from the flowerbed."

Remington waved his hand tiredly, no longer looking at the dead money leaf, and then asked the old housekeeper: "By the way, is my little grandson's injury okay?"

The old butler quickly replied: "Ah, the young master's wound is not serious. We have invited the best doctor to ensure that there will not even be a scar left in the end!"

"Hmm...Helena Bellman...you really opened my eyes..."

When Remington thought of yesterday's experience and Helena's ostentatious attitude in his Duke's Mansion, he immediately felt his anger rising again. These foreign chambers of commerce were too unethical!

Not only did they come to rob people, they even beat them up! Especially that Helena Berman, who had no manners at all! She was so arrogant! She was so domineering!

Just as Remington was leaning on his cane with his chest heaving, a servant ran from the corridor to the hall in a panic, shouting, "Master! Master! Something terrible has happened!"

The old butler at the side immediately rebuked: "What a shame to make such a fuss! Don't you know that the master needs some quiet time to rest?"

"Ah... I'm sorry! Butler, but... something really happened! A group of griffins suddenly flew in from outside the Duke's Mansion! Then many soldiers came down from them! They directly surrounded the Duke's Mansion!"

As soon as the servant finished speaking, Remington immediately asked back: "What did you just say!? Griffin!?"

"Yes... yes, sir."

"Some soldiers coming down from up there!? What do they look like?"

"Um... it's hard to say, sir, but they are all wearing golden clothes, and they are also wearing robes and cloaks with some patterns on them. The patterns... seem to be similar to the ones worn by the old master hanging in your bedroom."

"The Griffin Knights!?" Hearing the servant's description, Remington immediately understood who the visitor was. His expression instantly became panic-stricken. He rushed out of the lobby and walked quickly towards the door.

As he walked, he asked the servant, "Besides those griffin knights, did you see anyone else dressed differently?"

"This... there is indeed one... there is a white-haired woman dressed in white, followed by a group of knights..."

"A white-haired woman dressed in white?! She is..."

"Bang!"

Before Remington could shout out that name, the door of the Duke's Mansion was suddenly smashed open in front of them! The two knights in golden armor who smashed the door moved to the sides, revealing the people behind them.

A woman with a cold and noble appearance, wearing a white lace dress and with snow-white hair, stood in front of the gate with great majesty.

Seeing this woman, Remington's expression was stunned and terrified. He trembled, lowered his body, knelt on one knee, and called out her name in fear and trepidation: "Queen... Queen Catalina... why are you here..."

Chapter 31: The Griffin Knights

"Hey! Who are you? Do you know that this is the Duke's Mansion in Blackwater Ridge? The Duke is a good friend of Prince Faustin! If Prince Faustin finds out, you guys will be in big trouble!"

Catalina's sudden arrival made the gatekeepers of the Duke's Mansion a little flustered, especially when they saw the tall and strong knights in golden armor and robes, they naturally felt a little more at ease.

However, with the support of the Duke's Mansion, the servant still put on a bit of an act of bullying and used the prince's title to give himself courage, hoping to persuade those who seemed to have bad intentions to leave.

Hearing the servant's words, Minerva, who was paving the way for the queen, couldn't help but sneer. Prince Faustin? That old man was asked to leave his house yesterday. What kind of deterrent power does he still have?

Minerva picked up her lance and put it on the servant's neck, and asked, "Then do you know who I am? I am Minerva, the Knight Commander of the Royal Capital Knights. I am here with Queen Catalina to visit the Governor's Mansion in Blackwater Ridge. How dare you hinder the Queen from doing things?"

"Your Majesty!" The servant was frightened half to death by the lance that Minerva placed on his neck, and Minerva's next words frightened him half to death!

He panicked and moved around to clear the door, then bowed and begged Minerva for mercy.

Minerva just snorted coldly and stopped paying attention to the reaction of a small servant. She turned around and invited Queen Caterina to enter the gate of the Duke's manor.

Catalina nodded coldly, and then walked into Remington's manor. The Griffin Knights behind her followed her without any instructions, at almost identical intervals and in neat steps.

There were no instructions or requirements during the entire process. Everything was a conscious and silent obedience, as well as a discipline ingrained in the bones. At first glance, it gave people the feeling that this group of knights in front of them were unique elite soldiers!

However, the Griffin Knights' orderly pace was soon broken...

“Woof woof woof!!! Woof woof!!!”

Following a loud dog bark, the griffin knights following Catalina moved almost immediately upon hearing the sound, and quickly changed their formation in the direction of the barking.

The two rows of knights quickly split into four rows and rushed forward to guard Catalina on both sides. The knights in the front row uniformly removed their knight shields from their backs, squatted down with lances in hand, and took stances.

The knights in the back row, under the protection of the knights in the front row, quickly unloaded their longbows and drew their arrows. All the knights' targets were focused on the barking big dog with gauze wrapped around its head that was wandering in the manor.

Being targeted by a group of murderous knights, the big dog shut its mouth after only a few barks, tucked in its tail, lowered its ears, and lay on the ground, daring not to bark again.

This little episode attracted Catalina's attention. She looked at the dog, which was almost as big as a cow, and asked, "How did this dog grow so big?"

Minerva immediately pulled over a dog-watching servant and asked, "The Queen is asking you, how did you raise this dog to such a large size?"

The dog-watching servant began to stammer in response, "Ah... just... just... give him some... some oatmeal mixed with magic plants for breakfast... and then give him some beast meat at noon, and... also give him a few beast bones to chew on.

At night, he will be released to hunt some animals in the hunting grounds. Most of the time, the young master takes him out hunting. The young master will also give him some extra food, which may be some magic potions, or something else..."

Listening to the dog-watching servant's answer, Minerva couldn't help but frown. The food that this big dog eats... can all be used to feed the griffin...

After listening to this, Catalina calmly asked, "Is there anything special about this dog? Why do you need to raise it like this?"

"Ah? No... No, Queen. Dobby is actually the young master's pet dog. He grew up with the young master. But the young master didn't want Dobby to die in his teens, so he fed him a lot of good food. So even though Dobby is already in his twenties, he is still full of energy."

"A pet dog? Does that mean it has no special bloodline?"

"No, Dobby was just an ordinary dog ​​before."

"..."

Catalina didn't ask any more questions. She snorted coldly and turned to continue walking towards the Duke's mansion. Minerva looked at the Queen's back and glanced at the big dog with indifference in her eyes as if she was looking at a dead thing.

"I'm sorry, Lord Knight, this dog has been spoiled by the young master and likes to bark at everyone he sees! We will keep an eye on it from now on!"

As he spoke, several servants immediately came to Dobby and pulled the dishonest big guy back to his kennel.

They were already full of complaints at this moment. This guy had already bumped into two people he couldn't afford to offend in two days. If the young master hadn't treated it as a treasure, this bastard should have been chopped up and stewed in a big pot!

Minerva watched the struggle between the servant and the big dog and said calmly, "It doesn't matter whether you watch it or not... Hehe, give him something good to eat. Oh, the same goes for you."

At the same time, Catalina also arrived at the door of the mansion. She raised her hand again, and the two knights immediately stepped forward and stood on both sides of the gate.

They certainly didn't go up and knock on the door politely. The Griffin Knights had their own style. They always advocated efficiency, so they also insisted on opening the door in a simple and rough manner.

In other words... kick it away!

"Bang!!!!"

With a loud bang, the door was kicked open by two knights. Coincidentally, on the other side of the door, Duke Remington, who was standing ready to go out to meet people, knelt down trembling after seeing Catalina's appearance.

"Queen Catalina... why are you here?"

Facing Remington's question, Catalina folded her arms and responded with dignity: "Because you touched someone you shouldn't have touched, so I came..."

……

"This is the Griffin Knights of Doron... Are they... really not statues?"

Shana looked at the griffin knights surrounding the Duke of Remington's mansion. They stood there with guns in hand, as if they were an iron pillar nailed to the ground, motionless.

One or two would be fine, but what surprised Shana was the entire Griffin Knights. Almost everyone looked like they were cast from the same mold. What's even more outrageous is that not only the people were like this, but the griffins were the same!

A dozen griffins sat majestically like colossi, maintaining almost exactly the same spacing, and stood motionlessly around the Duke's Palace together with the Knights.

This neatness and regularity is as if they are not standing out by themselves, but are placed there by a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder who measures the distance between them.

Such a scene really opened Shana's eyes. This was the army with the best quality among all the countries she had traveled to.

Shana couldn't even imagine that if the quality of a country's entire army was the same as this group of griffin knights in front of her, what a terrifying army it would be, and it would not be an exaggeration to sweep across the continent...

"Hiss... It feels like they... are all rare warriors." The warrior Fox at the side couldn't help but sigh. This group of knights not only have extremely high discipline, but also have strong strength.

Fox observed and felt that the knight standing in front of the gate might be a knight of higher status. From his aura, he could feel that he had reached the fifth level.

The rest of the knights were at least level four.

Although in terms of personal strength, these knights may not be as good as Fox, who is at the seventh level, but... Fox's combat intuition tells him that if a fight really breaks out, he will definitely not survive if all these knights attack together.

Even if I cooperate with Catherine and Shana, I'm afraid I won't get any benefits...

"Catherine, Shana... I think it's best not to conflict with them..." Fox said as he put down his greatsword. This action really shocked Shana.

After all, although she mocked Fox as a brainless gorilla every day, when it came to combat, Fox was definitely the most experienced one in the entire brave team. Even Catherine was taught a lot by Fox during her growth.

Fox's combat intuition was a talent that Shana envied greatly. He could almost instinctively tell which battles he could win and which he could not win, which battles he could fight and which he could not fight.

Along the way, there has almost never been any mistake.

This time, it was the first time that Fox took off his equipment, which meant that Fox thought that the three of them together, the night attack group 694⑨361③5, could not defeat this group of fourth- and fifth-order knights!

"Hey, hey, hey... Fox, you are kidding... We can't defeat this group of fourth and fifth level knights?"

Although she expressed doubts, Shana still followed Fox's example and took off the bow and arrow. After all, Fox's combat intuition was too special, and she had to believe it.

After Fuss took off his sword, he responded: "I don't know how to put it, it's just very strange... because my combat intuition tells me that this group of knights is a whole.

If we start a confrontation, we will be divided and defeated one by one. The probability of winning is... 40% to 60%. My intuition is that we should unload our weapons and communicate with them. "

"Only 60%? So low?" Catherine on the side couldn't help but mutter after hearing this, and at the same time put down her knight's sword.

Catherine's words made Fox look awkward. He turned around and explained, "Actually... 60% is theirs, and we only have 40%..."

Chapter 32: Brave Man, Thank You

"Hey, oh... Oh, Queen, why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier that Governor Ains was your man, I wouldn't have to be so scared of him~ Hahaha..."

Remington served tea to Catalina with great trepidation, his face already covered in cold sweat, his body even more so with sweat, and the teapot he was holding made noises because of his shaking.

Catalina stared at Remington coldly, sat with her legs crossed, picked up the tea that Remington poured for her, and took a sip.

Remington said quickly: "Hey, Your Majesty, there's no sugar in the tea yet..."

Katerina responded: "I drink my tea without sugar."

"Oh, Her Majesty has a unique taste~"

Facing Catalina, Remington could be said to have revealed his most humble side. After all, the person in front of him could easily decide whether he lived or died, which made him have to be afraid.

What frightened him even more was probably what Catalina said, that Ains was hers...

How can this be? !

It’s not that Remington hadn’t guessed about this possibility. After all, Irons, the governor who suddenly parachuted into Blackwater City five years ago, himself has many mysteries.

Remington suspected from the beginning that Irons was a minion of the Queen and asked him to come over to restrict his power on the border.

So Remington naturally used his network of connections to investigate Irons' background. No matter how he investigated, the information he obtained in the end showed that Irons definitely could not be the Queen's man.

On the contrary, from the clues of his own investigation, Ains was actually a frustrated person who was exiled to the border because he stood on the wrong faction during the great purge of the royal capital five years ago.