Very clever answer.
Basically no answer.
"Loyalty to the St. Hilde family" does not mean loyalty to the current Duke of St. Hilde.
The Marquis of Garcia was also a member of the St. Hilde family.
In Ke Lin's view, it doesn't matter what happens in Ice Rock City in the end.
The owner of the northern border will still only be born from the Saint Hilde family.
And the most critical person among them is actually Marquis Garcia.
Because the terrible army of the Black Cavalry has the power to make a final decision.
Whether it chooses to help the Golden Lion Legion or the Lord's coalition forces, it will leave no room for the other party to resist.
Now, it depends on whether Marquis Garcia chooses to continue to be loyal to his brother, or decides to take the position of Lord of the North.
Judging from the previous signs, Marquis Garcia's position seems to be more inclined to the latter.
After all, he first accepted the invitation of the northern lords, entered Ice Rock City, and sent Earl Dawson to attend the lord meeting and sign the petition.
This seems to clearly represent that Marquis Garcia supports the lord group.
However, Colin was not sure.
Because just two months ago, when everyone thought that Marquis Garcia was going to fight his brother, he led the black cavalry to attack thousands of miles and directly wiped out the 300,000 troll army.
Who knows if the two brothers are acting again this time
"Slippery!" Marquis Garcia chuckled, obviously not satisfied with Colin's flattering answer.
So, he changed the question again: "If you were me, which side would you be on?"
Colin felt a pain in his ass, and felt that the Marquis Garcia was really hard to serve tonight, why did he keep asking such life-threatening questions.
Moreover, this time, he seemed to be out of tricks.
After debating for a long time, Colin had no choice but to choose the most upright answer: "If I were you, I would choose to be true to my oath!"
Marquis Garcia paused, and gave Colin a serious look, as if he wanted to confirm whether the other party was sincere.
The so-called oath was, of course, the oath of allegiance from the Marquis Garcia to the Duke of St. Hilde.
Therefore, Colin's answer basically means that he chose to side with the Duke.
"Oh? Really?" Marquis Garcia continued to ask, "Oath? I have seen too many betrayals, and I no longer believe in oaths. Colin, you must give a better reason."
Colin regrets it very much now.
Why do you want to come out for supper if you have nothing to do, you must be silly now.
Moreover, he felt that Marquis Garcia tonight was very abnormal, why did he keep asking himself this kind of question
unless…
Marquis Garcia himself hadn't made up his mind yet, so he kept pressing Colin like this.
In fact, if Colin really stood in the position of Marquis Garcia, he would definitely choose to betray his brother.
He wouldn't be subjected to the duke's madness, to endure endless suspicion, to face constant suppression.
If he can control the Black Cavalry, then he will definitely not give up the position of Lord of the North to others.
However, he dared not speak out his true thoughts.
Although it seems that the Marquis Garcia seems to think so.
But Colin's intuition told him that if he really said that, he would definitely lose the favor of Marquis Garcia.
Ke Lin suddenly realized that perhaps, this was the Marquis' ultimate test for himself!
"There is no better reason, Lord Marquis!" Colin decided to take a gamble.
In his opinion, among all the superiors, no one would want his subordinate to be a guy who did not keep his oath.
Betrayal is always the most taboo and most vigilant thing for those in power.
Therefore, Ke Lin stopped, and continued righteously: "No matter what burden I will bear, no matter what fate I will bear, I will never break my vow!
This is my basic ethics as a knight, and it is also the greatest honor of the Angelet family! "
Marquis Garcia also stopped, looking at Colin with piercing eyes.
Colin returned a calm look without fear.
The moonlight shone coldly in the forest, the wind blew gently, and the leaves rustled.
After a long time, Marquis Garcia finally withdrew his scrutiny and continued to move forward.
Colin blinked his sore eyes, and hurriedly followed.
Did it pass the test
He was a little puzzled.
Marquis Garcia didn't say anything, just walked forward with his head buried.
I don't know how long they walked, and the two gradually went deeper into the forest.
Just when Colin was thinking about whether to suggest going back to sleep, Marquis Garcia suddenly spoke again:
"The Black Cavalry will stand by the Duke, and those lords who don't know how to live or die will pay the price for their betrayal!"
really!
Colin was shocked.
I bet right!
This time it's another trap!
Those lords who tried to make trouble were tricked by these two brothers again!
"That's right! Betrayers deserve to die!" Colin immediately echoed.
At the same time, he was also secretly glad.
Fortunately, I didn't follow those people to make trouble, otherwise I would really die without a burial place.
Immediately, he began to gloat again.
Because among the lords who caused trouble, there was Earl Uman, and he seemed to be the leading organizer!
Hey, let you send someone to assassinate me!
Let you covet my family's title!
Let's see how you die this time!
Just when Colin felt refreshed, Marquis Garcia spoke again:
"However, I made such a choice not just because of the original oath."
"Why is that?" Collin suddenly became curious.
Marquis Garcia stopped again, looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, and said in a low voice: "Actually, this is just a plan that has been formulated long ago. It has been implemented since three years ago."
"Three years ago?" Colin immediately thought of the big event that happened three years ago-Marquis Garcia was transferred back from the front line, and the Black Cavalry was hidden!
Could it be
"That's right." Marquis Garcia seemed to have guessed what Colin was thinking, "It was actually part of the plan when I retreated from the front line."
Colin opened his mouth wide.
This secret directly made him dumbfounded.
And, he's finally stringing it all together.
What I was confused about before, what I couldn't understand, at this moment, I finally figured it out!
He suddenly felt cold all over his body.
Because such a huge plan, or conspiracy, was at the cost of 200,000 northern soldiers!
And its target is the troll and the lords in the north!
Colin certainly understands dealing with trolls.
However, Colin couldn't understand how to deal with the lords who were loyal to him.
Unless, the St. Hilde family is unwilling to share the northern territory with the lords...
That Duke wants to take power!
"I didn't expect the Duke of St. Hilde to be such a... foresighted person!" Colin hesitated, but still used a compliment.
But in fact, at this moment, he only felt a deep fear of the duke who had never faced him before.
"This plan was not made by the Duke." Marquis Garcia denied Colin's guess.
"Who is that?" Colin asked curiously.
He didn't think it was the Marquis of Garcia who made it. Colin knew from his previous contacts that the Marquis was not a person who liked conspiracy.
The Marquis of Garcia whispered out a name that Colin could never think of:
"Count Uman."
"What?!"
Colin was dumbfounded again.
The schadenfreude that was hidden in my heart disappeared immediately.
Instead, it was a deeper fear!
(end of this chapter)