"Well, okay, you're a smart person, you understand without me having to explain it to you. I have to say, De La Serre, you are really... incredible, that's the only word I can think of to describe you."
"Thank you for the compliment, brother Harun. By the way, can you leave a prisoner for me from the surrendered enemy soldiers in the castle? I quite admire the guard who duelled with me before."
"Oh, the admiration is fake, the real thing is to drag it back and report to the king, right? I can give it to you, but you have to remember, when reporting..."
Before Count Harlan could finish, De La Serre responded:
"I understand. When I report, I will say that I encountered an ambush by the brave Aji on the road, and I defeated his troops in the end. It was you who captured Fort Gilly alone. The two of us fought separately."
At this time, Count Harlan was very satisfied with what he heard. He nodded and said, "It seems that I was worrying too much. There is really no need for me to explain it clearly. Go and take this prisoner away."
"Captain Bo, go ahead. Safiya and I will gather the troops and prepare to return now. You take the prisoners and follow us."
"Yes, my master." After receiving the order, the prison warden Bolcha quickly went forward to carry out the order.
"Well, farewell, brother Harlan, and I wish you all the best."
"Goodbye, De Lassel." Although he lost two siege weapons, the catapults, Count Harun still had the demeanor of a great general. He hugged De Lassel and then started to busy themselves with their own affairs.
Soon, De La Serre led his troops back. On the way back, Safia asked, "Baron, what are we going to do next?"
"Bring the captives to the king, and then we will return to Uxhall. I don't want to get too involved in the war with the Nord Kingdom. After all, now that the war has been won, we don't have extra soldiers stationed for defense."
"Well, I'm tired after walking so far. Our drinking water and food are running out soon. We should go back early."
"Well, that's mainly because Ryan eats too much."
The flying dragon Ryan in the sky had extremely sharp ears and heard this sentence clearly.
“Oh.”
Baron, your liver looks delicious. Perhaps if I eat you, we'll have enough food.
"Hey, I treat you as a friend and you treat me as dinner. Do you think that's appropriate?"
“Oh.”
After eating you, the world will be much quieter. I am doing this for the tranquility of this continent.
As they were talking and laughing, the prison warden Bolcha also hurried over. However, the surprising thing was that in addition to capturing the guard as a prisoner, he also captured the brave Aji's golden rooster!
This golden rooster looks very similar to Arthur's. Wouldn't it be nice to give it to him as a favor
"Oh my, that's a great job, Captain Bo. Well done, you did a great job. I'll give you the 500 ransom that the brave Aji gave me as a reward."
"Thank you, my honorable master." The prison warden Bolcha accepted the bounty and felt very happy.
Next, De La Serre arranged:
"Mingzai Liangzai, you and the remaining 5th-level Swadian Iron Knights should go to Arthur's fiefdom Shanmu Castle again and bring this golden rooster to him."
"Yes, sir. We will complete the mission." Mingzi and Liangzi carefully held the golden rooster and led the team to Shanmu Castle, Arthur's fiefdom.
At this time, the prison warden Bolcha reported again: "By the way, Baron, I just heard from Earl Harlan that the king is marching towards Uxhall. Maybe if we go back directly, we can meet the king."
This news made De La Serre frown and ponder. After a long time, he asked:
"Oh? That's a good thing. It saves us a lot of time and effort. But why would the king come to my place?"
No one could answer this tricky question for a while. De Lassel couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If the wealthy businessman Manide was around at this moment, perhaps he could think of the reason.
Because Drassel still didn't understand why the king wanted to march towards his town of Uxhall.
For now, we can only speed up our pace and rush back to the town of Uxhall to make further plans.
Time flies. Five days later, De Lassel and his companions returned safely to Uxhall.
De Lassel was very happy this time. It was rare that he did not lose a single soldier in this journey.
When they returned to the Lord's Hall of Uxhall, they were
The scene before him was shocking. He didn't expect that the King of Swadia, Harlaus X, had already arrived here and was waiting for his return in the lord's hall.
"Your Majesty, I am deeply honored by your arrival." Upon seeing this, De Lassel hurriedly stepped forward, half-knelt on the ground, and greeted him first.
King Harlaus X waved his hand and said, "It's alright. Get up, De La Serre. You look so happy and smiling. Did you win the battle?"
"Yes, I defeated the brave warrior Aji from the Nord Kingdom and killed him. I also captured his confidants and am preparing to come back to report to you."
After De Lassel finished speaking, the prison warden Borcha was very sensible and hurriedly escorted the prisoner up.
"Yes, that's right. I will take the prisoner away. Also, I heard that you met Count Harlan on the road. Is that true?"
"Yes. I wanted to seize the opportunity to capture the brave Aji's fiefdom, Gilly Castle and Gilly Village, for you. However, when I went there, Count Harlan had already led his troops to capture the place alone."
"Well, your answer is exactly the same as the description in the war report I received from Count Harlan. It seems that you two have prepared your arguments in advance, haha."
Hearing the king's words, De La Serre broke out in a sweat and was shocked! It's over, I have violated a big taboo! The king must be most afraid of and hate the lords forming cliques and collaborating with each other.
If most of the lords acted in this way, what would happen if they united to rebel? What if one day they were dissatisfied with the king's arrangement
On the contrary, if he and Count Harun had just been fighting and slandering each other, the king would have felt that the two of them could be better managed and restrained by him.
At this moment, De La Serre felt that he was still a little careless. Although he had made great progress in bravery and strategy in battle, when it came to politics, he was still a blank slate and knew nothing.
The king saw the baron's panic and helplessness, and this genuine expression made the experienced King Harlaus X understand everything in an instant.
"De Lacel, I have to admit that when I first appointed you as the new Lord of Uxhall, I didn't think much of you. You were indeed very immature and not very capable at the time."