With the departure of the Duke of St. Hilde, the rest of the northern lords also left one after another.
Ice Rock City also became deserted.
Of course, such desertedness is only relative.
Compared with the former fiefdom of the Angelet family - Graycastle Town, Ice Rock City is obviously much more lively.
The lives of the residents in the city seem to have returned to the original track. Although the owner of the city has changed, it doesn't seem to have much impact on them.
Compared with who is the lord of Ice Rock City, these commoners are more concerned about whether there is enough food and clothes at home.
For some, though, it's a sea change.
These people, of course, are the former owners of this city—the Su Duo family.
Deprived of their title and fief, the Su Duo family could only choose to leave sadly.
For the Su Duo family, Ke Lin did not intend to kill them all, after all, the unspoken rule of this world is to be tolerant to the losers.
Of course, the loser had to be an aristocrat.
The life and death of civilians is of no concern.
These failed noble children will become wandering knights, exchanging force and loyalty for the lord's acceptance.
Looking forward to one day being able to regain the fiefdom and title and regain the glory of the family by virtue of military exploits.
This is the world's tolerance for the downtrodden nobles.
Because in the eyes of people in this world, failure is only temporary, but blood is passed down from generation to generation.
Noble blood can give birth to great heroes.
And these heroes who can turn the tide are the foundation of the human race in this world.
Extinct a family today, cut off the inheritance of a noble blood, perhaps, because of this, killed a hero who might save the human race in the future.
This is of course never allowed.
Therefore, even the Duke of St. Hilde, after executing those rebellious lords, can only deprive their family titles and fiefdoms, but will not kill all their family members.
Of course, Colin didn't dare to break this unspoken rule, unless he didn't want to hang around in the Glory Empire anymore.
However, although the Su Duo family will not be wiped out, there is one person among them, and Colin does not intend to let it go easily.
This person, of course, was the crazy woman who had repeatedly troubled him—Cynthia Suduo.
"Still haven't found it yet?"
"Yes, Lord Viscount."
Apparently, Cynthia also seemed to expect that Colin would not let her go, and she ran away without a trace as soon as the knighting ceremony was over.
Colin frowned, feeling a little tricky.
If a Tier 3 knight wants to escape with all his heart, it is really difficult for him to catch the opponent.
"Where is that servant of the Su Duo family named Sal?"
"Sorry, my lord, I didn't find it either."
Colin snorted coldly, feeling a little helpless.
However, he didn't blame Knight Raymond too much.
After all, it wasn't long before the Angelet family took over Ice Rock City, which was considered a standard foreign force. In addition, Lei Meng had not brought many soldiers from Graycastle before, so it was simply unrealistic to block the entire city.
"Forget it, let's not look for it for now. You send someone to Eagle Falling City to investigate, maybe Cynthia and Sal will appear there. Don't mess around after you find them, just send someone to keep an eye on them."
"Yes, my lord!"
Colin felt that the lord most likely to turn to for the current Su Duo family was, of course, Earl Uman. After all, they were related by marriage.
As for how to get someone from Earl Uman, Colin can't think of any other way for the time being.
Speaking of Earl Uman, Colin has not forgotten that the suspect who wanted to murder him at the beginning has not yet figured out who it is.
However, the biggest suspect at the moment is Earl Uman.
As for sister Caitlin.
After getting along for so many days, Ke Lin felt more and more that she was less suspicious.
After all, no one can act so real.
Moreover, Caitlin's husband, Valla Knight, has not been heard from yet.
From Ke Lin's point of view, this guy probably died in some unknown corner of the battlefield.
But Caitlin was obviously unwilling to accept this fact, and still inquired about Valla from every caravan returning from the ice field, and even made several trips to the ice field herself, trying to find her husband's whereabouts.
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
It was not easy for Ke Lin to persuade her, so he had to let her go.
He himself is also very busy now, and he has to deal with a lot of things in the new territory.
At this time, the person Colin looked forward to the most was the old steward of the Angelet family——Imon.
If he was in Ice Rock City, he would definitely be able to help Colin handle these things in an orderly manner.
"Where are Aemon and the others now? When will they arrive at Ice Rock City?"
Colin asks this question almost every day.
"It's coming soon, I guess tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest." Raymond Knight was also a little helpless.
With the means of communication in this world, he can't grasp the exact location of Butler Amon in real time.
"Got it, go get busy." Colin sighed, not embarrassing Raymond.
"yes."
After Raymond left, Colin once again immersed himself in dealing with the official documents piled up on the desk.
I don't know how long it took, the candles on the table were almost burned out, and Colin rubbed his sore eyes, and said loudly, "Change a row of candles for me!"
However, the servant outside the door did not respond.
Colin waited for a while, then called again, but still did not receive a response.
He frowned, thinking that the guy guarding outside had dozed off again, so he got up and walked towards the door.
"Click."
The moment he opened the door, Colin suddenly realized something was wrong.
But just when he was about to retreat quickly, a long sword pierced through the door and stabbed towards his heart!
"Boom!"
In the blink of an eye, Colin immediately fell back and fell to the ground, dodging the sword.
Dazzling holy light flooded in, the wooden door exploded, and sawdust fluttered in all directions.
Colin quickly rolled over, quickly got up from the ground, and rushed to the [Blade of Judgment] hanging on the wall of the room without looking back.
However, the Assassins are faster.
Before Colin touched his weapon, there was a sharp stabbing pain from behind.
"Plop!"
The injured Colin fell to the ground.
However, there was not much panic on his face.
He struggled to turn his head back, and leaned against the wall to look at the person who came—
It really is the crazy woman Cynthia!
"Ahem, did you come to kill me yourself? Or was someone ordered you to come?" Ke Lin asked in a low voice.
"Heh, do I need someone to instigate me to kill you?" Cynthia approached Colin slowly, gnashing her teeth.
Colin was a little disappointed, and seemed to hope that the other party was ordered by someone.
But I didn't expect that this woman was really a lunatic who didn't care about the consequences.
"Kill me, and you won't live."
Cynthia sneered, not caring about Colin's threat.
"Hey!"
The long sword pierced Colin's chest.
"Ahem..." Colin's face was contorted in pain, but he still asked persistently, "No one ordered you to kill me? Didn't Earl Uman?"
Cynthia obviously didn't expect that Colin would still care about this before he died, she shook her head and sneered, "No!"
"Crazy woman." Colin also sneered and cursed.
Facing Colin's abuse, Cynthia actually laughed excitedly.
Cynthia, who was immersed in the pleasure of revenge, did not notice that Ke Lin's eyes gradually became fierce and bloodthirsty.
I saw him completely ignoring the long sword that pierced his chest, and rushed forward, grabbing Cynthia's neck.
Then, I took a bite!
(end of this chapter)