After leaving Skylark City, after walking for another two days, Ke Lin finally joined the main force of the Blood Cavalry Army.
Since he had "personally" participated in the operation of Bailu City that night through his connection with the Blood Slave, Colin knew about the general situation, but he patiently listened to the report of the Logue Knight.
But at the end of the report, Knight Logue gave Colin a small surprise.
"A messenger from the royal family?"
"Yes, Lord Earl, we met after we evacuated from Bailu City. He claimed that he was going to send the war order issued by His Majesty to the St. Pros family, so I brought him along... Do you want to see him?"
Ke Lin was a little speechless, and said angrily: "You are getting more and more courageous now! You even dare to hostage the envoys of the royal family!"
The Logue knight shrank his head and dared not speak.
"Forget it, bring him to see me."
"yes!"
The Logue knight turned and left quickly, and soon after, he brought a young and handsome knight over.
This person is wearing a gorgeous armor with the badge of [Jingshi Scarlet Flame] on it. Obviously, this person is not only an envoy of the royal family, but also a member of the San Lorenzo family.
"Count Angelet, do you dare to allow your subordinates to kidnap the royal envoy, are you not afraid of His Majesty's punishment?"
The young knight yelled at Colin haughtily, his face full of arrogance that had never experienced beatings from society.
Ke Lin smiled slightly, and said, "You said that you are the envoy of the royal family, do you have any evidence?"
The young knight snorted coldly, took out a scroll of letters from his arms, unfolded it in front of Colin, and said:
"This is a war order signed by His Majesty Reinhardt himself. There is also the royal emblem on it. Earl Angelet, you don't know it?"
Colin took a closer look, and immediately made a look of sudden realization: "Ah, that's it! Hey, Mr. Messenger, I'm really sorry, those stupid knights under me don't have enough knowledge, so they didn't recognize your identity.
Logue, hurry up and apologize to Mr. Messenger! "
Knight Logue stepped forward, bowed and saluted, and said, "Sorry, Mr. Messenger."
The royal envoy rolled his eyes and said with disdain: "Count Angelet, are you going to use such a flimsy apology to fool you..."
"Cousin Andy, I didn't expect to see you here!" Prince Harrison ran out at the right time.
"Your Royal Highness, Your Highness Princess." Andy saluted quickly, seeing that Princess Judy was there, he had to salute again.
Only then did he realize that the young earl in front of him was also the teacher of the prince and the princess. He immediately put away his arrogance just now, and didn't dare to pursue it further, but he still said neither humble nor overbearing:
"Count Angelet, I bear His Majesty's entrustment, and I must deliver this war order to the Duke of St. Pross as soon as possible. I can stop worrying about the previous things, but now, I must rush to Bailu City, please don't stop me."
"Of course I won't stop the royal family's envoys." Colin said with a smile, "It's just that if you want to hand over the war order to the Duke of St. Pros, there's no need to go to Bailu City."
Andy Knight frowned suddenly: "What do you mean?"
"It means that the Duke of St. Pros is here."
Knight Andy was stunned for a moment: "Count Angelet, are you joking?"
The Logue knight who had lowered his head smiled innocently and said, "Master Messenger, the Duke of St. Pros was indeed 'invited' by us."
Knight Andy looked at the two in amazement, and said after a while, "Okay, please take me to see the Duke of St. Pros."
"this way please!"
The Logue knight led the crowd to a huge tent, opened the curtain on his own initiative, and made an inviting gesture.
Andy Knight walked in first.
Then I found that the tent was empty, except for a dark coffin in the middle.
"Count Angelet, are you kidding me?" Knight Andy turned around, glaring at Colin and asked.
Ke Lin ignored Knight Andy, Shi Shi ran to the coffin and lifted the lid.
Boom!
The coffin lid hit the ground heavily, sending dust everywhere.
Colin turned around and said to Andy blankly:
"Knight Andy, hurry up and meet the Duke of St. Pros!"
"You..." Andy Knight suddenly had an ominous premonition, and a terrible thought came to his mind, but he immediately denied it.
impossible!
Andy Knight slowly approached the coffin and looked inside.
Then, as if struck by lightning, he froze on the spot.
"No...it's impossible...it's impossible!"
Andy Knight only felt a chill enveloping his whole body, making him tremble uncontrollably.
Ke Lin patted Andy's shoulder lightly, and said lightly: "Knight Andy, you understand now. The blood cavalry army brought you here out of kindness, and they didn't want you to go to Bailu City for nothing. trip."
Andy felt as if he was being targeted by a terrifying giant beast. Although Count Angelet beside him was gentle and did not make any hostile actions, he still felt that his life was seriously threatened.
Rolling his throat with difficulty, Andy Knight no longer had the previous arrogance, and said sternly:
"An... Earl Angelet, you... how dare you kill... the Duke of St. Pros..."
Colin shrugged and said lightly: "The Duke of St. Pros was killed by the Blood Cavalry on the battlefield in an open manner. What's wrong?"
The Glorious Empire has restrictions on fighting among the nobles, and despicable behaviors such as assassination, poisoning, backstabbing, etc. are obviously not tolerated.
However, in both cases, fighting among the nobles was acceptable.
One situation is a duel.
And the other is to kill openly on the battlefield.
"So... the Blood Cavalry Army once broke through Bailu City?"
"That's right, just three days ago. At that time, the Duke of St. Pros fought bravely to the last moment, and I also admired him very much." Colin sighed pretendingly.
Andy Knight tremblingly asked: "But...but... the orc invasion is imminent, how can you..."
Colin spread his hands, and said confidently: "But the war order from His Majesty hadn't been passed to Bailu City at that time."
Andy Knight was speechless.
In fact, the news that His Majesty is about to launch a foreign war has already spread, but the legally binding war order signed by His Majesty needs to be delivered by someone, and the speed must be much slower than that of a carrier pigeon.
This time difference became an excuse for Colin.
The key point is that no one can punish Colin for this, because he did not see the war order.
Knight Andy's face changed for a while, and finally he had no choice but to say: "Since the Duke of St. Pros is dead, I will go to Bailu Castle and send the war order to the next Duke of the East."
"That's just right, we can travel together." Colin said with a smile.
Andy Knight suddenly became vigilant: "What are you going to Bailu City for?"
"Of course I would like to congratulate the new Duke of the East." Colin said it was a matter of course. ,
Andy Knight was silent.
He seemed unwilling to stay in this gloomy place anymore, then he cupped his hands perfunctorily, turned his head and left in a hurry.
The door curtain was drawn down to keep out the sunlight.
Only the flickering candlelight remained in the tent, reflecting Colin's expressionless face.
He stood alone beside the coffin, quietly looked at the body of the Duke of St. Pross inside for a while, and finally showed an excited smile.
Then, he opened his mouth, revealing his ferocious fangs—
He took a bite.
"Gudu... Gudu..."
(end of this chapter)