With Joyce's angry shout, the banquet hall suddenly fell silent.
Everyone's gloating gazes instantly focused on Colin.
Everyone seemed to want to see how this young but rapidly rising Viscount would deal with the anger from the third son of the Duke.
To be honest, Colin didn't panic at all.
After all, he has been on the battlefield and is used to big scenes, and compared to the seemingly irresistible god-like coercion of the Duke of St. Hilde, this Joyce is completely like a superficial, bluffing lion cub.
Colin bowed slightly, stroked his chest with his left hand, and deliberately showed a trace of panic on his face: "Master Joyce, I don't know where I went too far, please make it clear."
Joyce approached Colin slowly, deliberately slowing down his footsteps, as if trying to create a sense of oppression, but his thin figure really didn't have much oppressive force, and Colin was a lot taller than him, Condescending, it seems to be the party that holds the initiative.
"The most egregious thing you did was..." Joyce said coldly, "You didn't bring Sister Vera home!"
Um
Colin looked up in astonishment, and saw that Joyce's little face had been replaced with a mischievous smile.
"I haven't seen Sister Vera for a long time, and I miss her so much! How could you not bring her with you when you come to Lion's Roar Castle this time!"
Looking at the seemingly innocent little face in front of him, Colin suddenly felt that the third son of the duke was interesting.
Relying on his natural advantage as a child, he asked an extremely sharp question, and immediately gave Colin a blow.
Although the answer to this question is known to everyone, they all tacitly avoided it.
As long as the Golden Lions can't enter the city, Vera will definitely not come in and throw herself into the trap.
This is something everyone understands.
But at this time, Joyce asked innocently, which made Colin feel a little embarrassed.
Is this little guy really talented, or did someone teach him in advance
"Master Joyce, the reason why Vera can't enter the city is because she has a more important mission outside the city."
"What mission?" Joyce pressed on step by step, as if waiting for Colin to give an unreliable reason, and then counterattack.
The corners of Colin's mouth twitched slightly, and he said righteously: "Guard the remains of the Duke of St. Hilde!"
"Father..." A trace of panic flashed in Joyce's eyes, and then he turned back to look at Butler Drinden unconsciously.
Haha, it seems that the butler taught him in advance.
Colin felt a little relieved.
That would be much easier to deal with.
Joyce seemed to realize that his behavior was inappropriate, so he immediately turned his head and continued to ask, "Then why didn't you let your sister go into the city with her father's body?"
The smile on Colin's face became brighter, and he asked in a very innocent tone: "Master Joyce, do you know how I got into the city?"
"How did you get in?" The young Joyce didn't know that he had gradually stepped into Colin's trap, and was still helping him with a blank expression.
"I was standing outside the city of Winter, and the city gate was opened with such a small gap!" Colin made a gesture with a look of resentment, "A small gap barely enough for one person to pass through! Master Joyce, are you sure you want to Let the coffin of the Duke of St. Hilde enter the city in this way?"
"I..." Joyce panicked.
Seeing this, the Steward Drinden behind him was about to intervene, but how could Colin give him a chance, and immediately went on to say:
"The body of the former Lord of the North is outside the city. Shouldn't you open the city gates and personally lead the members of the Saint Hilde family out of the city to welcome them?"
"I..." Joyce had cold sweat on his forehead.
It never occurred to him that he originally asked Vera why he didn't dare to enter the city, but now it turned into Viscount Angele asking him why he didn't dare to leave the city
Butler Delinden sighed secretly, knowing that he had underestimated the young viscount, Joyce was no match for him, so he had no choice but to stand up and make a relief in person:
"Viscount Angelet, how did I hear that there is something wrong with the Duke's body outside the city?"
Ke Lin chuckled, and asked back, "Mr. Butler, who did you listen to?"
"Knight Louis." Butler Drinden announced a name.
Immediately, Knight Louis came out more and more, first saluted Joyce, then looked at Colin with provocative eyes, and said sharply:
"Yes, I have seen the coffin brought by Viscount Angelet with my own eyes, but what is placed there is just an ordinary stone statue, not the body of the Duke at all!"
As soon as these words came out, there was another exclamation in the field.
Everyone began to turn their heads and whisper, talking in succession.
Colin seemed to have expected this to happen a long time ago, and he didn't panic at all. He explained indifferently: "That's because the Duke was petrified by a forbidden spell, so he looks like a stone statue."
"Hmph! This is just your one-sided opinion!" Knight Louis was obviously determined to fight Colin to the end.
"What about this evidence?" Colin smiled and took out a scroll from his pocket, "This is the casting scroll of the forbidden spell, do you want everyone to see it?"
"What?" Seeing that Ke Lin really took out a spell-casting scroll, everyone had different expressions.
"Why do you have that scroll for casting the forbidden spell?" Knight Louis screamed again.
Colin shrugged, and pointed to Master Cusius who was still eating and drinking leisurely: "Of course it was given to me by Master Cusius, the vice-chairman of Yevil's Council of Mages."
Cusius looked at Colin helplessly, as if complaining that the other party had sold him.
Colin looked at Cuscius with a grin, as if to say - don't you want to find more people to help you share the pain? Well now, I'll make it public!
This move, Colin actually thought it through.
Although the forbidden spell "Eye of Judgment" for paladins is extremely terrifying, the conditions for its release are equally harsh.
The condition of the sixth-level mage is not mentioned, there are still 300,000 sacrifices of human lives.
Such a sacrifice is not easy to carry out.
If Earl Uman hadn't been leading the army to fight outside at that time, Falling Eagle City was completely under the control of Penny and Mr. Ji, and they used the opportunity of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce to repair the city and planted a large amount of coal in the city. Mr. Ji would definitely It is impossible to create a terrible scene of burning the city.
Just to burn the city of Falling Eagle City, if there is no help from the coal laid in advance, I am afraid that it will take a forbidden spell.
Therefore, as long as the release conditions of the "Eye of Judgment" are made public, its deterrent effect will be greatly weakened.
After all, the big cities of the Glorious Empire are controlled by nobles. Once they know about this terrible curse, they will definitely take precautions to prevent their cities from being sacrificed by mages.
Facing the scorching gazes of the nobles at this moment, Mage Cusius had no choice but to nod and said:
"Yes, I did give the casting scroll of the Eye of Judgment to Viscount Angelet. I am also very sorry for what happened in Eagle Fall City, and I would like to apologize to everyone here.
But please believe that the Yevil Mage Council also hates this inhuman curse. I guarantee that such a thing will never happen again! "
Colin looked at the upright and awe-inspiring mage Cusius, and he became more and more sure that this guy wanted to clear his name through himself.
As soon as the forbidden spell "Eye of Judgment" is released, Mr. Qu Hughes will inevitably become the public enemy of the knights. Cuxius probably does not have much confidence in Mr. Zi, so he wants to use this method to draw a clear line with the other party, so as not to become a knight himself. The target of the knights.
Seeing that Master Cusius proved the authenticity of the scroll, all the people present clamored and demanded to see the scroll in Colin's hand.
Of course, Colin would not refuse, and immediately handed over the scroll to Butler Drinden, asking him to pass it on to everyone present.
The nobles here basically know some elven script. Although they may not be able to understand the casting principle of this forbidden spell, let alone learn it, it is not a problem to figure out its casting conditions and results.
After everyone circulated it, Colin looked in the direction of Viscount Valla and blinked.
Viscount Walra immediately understood what Colin meant, and immediately took the initiative to stand up. As a witness, he told about everything that happened on the night when the city of Falling Eagle was burned down.
With the testimony of this person, everyone believed even more that Mr. Zha did sacrifice Eagle Falling City and released the "Eye of Judgment" to petrify Duke St. Hilde.
Moreover, because Viscount Valla is now the son of Earl Uman himself, the credibility of his words has been greatly enhanced. What's more, in the eyes of everyone, the Uman family is on the opposite side of the Angelet family, and it is impossible for Valla to help Colin spoke.
Knight Louis also knew that he could not continue to entangle on this issue, and even began to doubt—could the stone statue really be the remains of the Duke
Seeing that the time was ripe, Colin was about to put forward a proposal for the alliance, but unexpectedly, Earl Uman took the lead and stood up and shouted:
"Everyone, Mister Ji sacrificed a city of innocent people and brazenly killed the Duke of St. Hilde. This is an unforgivable crime! Facing such a public enemy of the northern border, we should unite and strangle him together!"
Colin was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Earl Uman to steal his lines, but he immediately followed the other party's words and said:
"That's right! Under the current situation, we should put aside the dispute and speak out unanimously! Master Joyce, please open the city gate and let the soldiers of the Golden Lion Legion escort the body of Lord Duke into the city!"
"Entering the city? Why entering the city?" Before Joyce could speak, Earl Uman stood up and objected, "Facing the incoming enemy, we should take the initiative to attack instead of hiding in the city!
Viscount Angelet, I heard that you defeated the Pegasus Legion in Silvermoon City, and wiped out an army of 100,000 trolls in the Ice Field of the Sky. Now you dare to fight side by side with me and go out of the city to beat the invading dwarf army? "
Ghosts are willing to fight side by side with you!
Colin secretly slandered.
He knew that Earl Uman was unwilling to let the Golden Lion Army enter the city, but he did not expect that the other party would propose to go out of the city to fight.
Ke Lin didn't know what the other party's plan was, but he definitely didn't want to fight side by side with a person with a ulterior motive.
But before he objected, Archbishop Ajani spoke righteously and said:
"Okay! Don't be afraid of danger, take the initiative to attack! This is the responsibility of the northern lord!
I will personally pray for you, may the Lord of Radiance watch over you and grant you courage, wisdom and undefeated faith! "
As soon as the beautiful archbishop opened his mouth, Colin found that he could no longer propose to defend the city and avoid its sharp edge.
Otherwise, don't you think you are not a qualified northern lord
His eyeballs rolled, and he suddenly smiled and said, "Okay! Then let the Lord of Radiance witness that we defeat the invading enemy together!"
Snapped!
Colin and Earl Uman raised their right hands at the same time and hit each other hard.
A temporary alliance is thus established.
(end of this chapter)