When William returned to the Palermo court, he saw Robert standing there with a gloomy face, surrounded by a group of noisy family members.
"What on earth is going on?"
"Isn't Sir Robert a demigod?"
"Even if he is a demigod, he is still facing his own daughter..."
"You mean Sir Robert is soft-hearted..."
"Shut up!" Robert shouted in intolerance. These guys didn't dare to point out his mistakes in front of him, but they were pointing fingers in private. Did he think he couldn't hear their criticisms
"Have you got the artifact back?" Seeing William coming back, Robert hurried to greet him.
William shook his head, and the family members around him immediately became more panicked.
"How come even the artifact is missing?"
"What should I do? My son is planning to take the potion next month... Where will he get the ingredients?"
Amid the boiling noise, William also shouted impatiently:
"Quiet!"
Under the threat of the demigod, everyone immediately shut their mouths like quails.
"Did Sidlifa not come back?" William asked.
"They made a fake one." Robert said briefly, his face not looking good, "I was fooled."
"I can locate the location of the artifact. As long as it remains in the main plane or the affiliated demiplane, we will find it sooner or later." William said.
"Which direction did they go?" Robert asked.
"East and south," William replied.
"It's the same direction Roger left." Robert's face was gloomy. "Perhaps their destination is also Catania..."
"That is to say, the so-called local guerrilla rebellion was also part of their plan to plot against us. I was not in Palermo at the time, and the only ones in the family who could lead troops to suppress the rebellion were you and Roger (but you are not from my family after all), so it must have been Roger who went out... They have calculated everything." William said in a deep voice, "As long as Roger's trip falls into their hands, they can use it to threaten us."
"But the value of the family artifact is in no way comparable to that of the heir." Robert added, "If they want to use Roger's life in exchange for us not pursuing them, that would be too stupid."
"Maybe they captured Roger to set an ambush and lure us over..." William said suspiciously.
"Ambush two demigods?" Robert also pondered. "I once fought with one of their demigods. His strength was not bad."
The implication is that the other party may indeed have invited demigods to join the battle. However, it is uncertain how many people they have invited and how strong they are.
But since the artifact and the heir are in the hands of the other party, it is naturally impossible for the two demigods William and Robert to "escape from the battlefield".
"Take everyone with you," William said finally.
"Yeah." Robert looked solemn and serious.
Since they are bringing everyone with them, it means that this time the Otteville family... is going to fight to the death with the other party.
Just like when they first arrived in Sicily, they put all their chips on the battlefield and fought a desperate battle with their opponents.
If you win, you keep moving forward; if you lose, you'll just die.
The Normans were not afraid of death.