Chapter 420 Alice's Concerns

"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for us. Gervis from the Jones family clearly assigned the attack route, but now he runs to our route to rob our castle!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, our Larkin family has had three castles robbed by Gervis!"

"My Kirwan family has had a castle stolen from them!"

"I……"

At this time, the main force of the Principality of Jean and the troops of the small vassal had already joined forces and were stationed fifty miles away from Maiye City.

The king summoned the eight earls to the tent for a meeting, but before the meeting began, one earl after another entered the tent and immediately began to loudly criticize Gervis, telling about the "tragic" experiences of his vassals.

King Lawrence also watched the earls spitting silently, and finally after they finished speaking, King Lawrence sat up straight.

"Count Alice, where is Viscount Gervis now?"

In fact, the matters complained by several earls had already caused a lot of controversy. Except for a few earls' teams that were not "harmed", the other earl families were more or less fleeced.

"Your Majesty, Gervis has not returned yet. I am also sending people to look for Gervis!"

Even though Alice usually looked like a cool goddess, she felt her cheeks getting slightly hot at this moment. She felt that most of the things the Earl had accused her of were really done by Gervis.

"Not back yet?"

King Lawrence frowned slightly. Now the vassals of the eight earls have all arrived here to meet up, but why is it that only Gervis has not returned? The king didn't know this at first.

"Could it be that Gervis is worried about something happening, so he doesn't dare to come back?"

If those castles were really Gervis's masterpieces, then he would have more than a dozen noble heirs at his disposal.

So the king thought that Gervis might have temporarily hidden himself because he was worried about being attacked by other earls.

"Count Alice, what do you think of the accusations made by the earls against Gervis?"

However, even though the Gervis were not there, several earls had already raised objections, and King Lawrence still had to take their feelings into consideration.

"Your Majesty, I think what the earls said is nonsense. The total number of people in Gervis's team is less than 200."

"And the army of these earl's vassals has thousands of people. How could Gervis, with more than 200 people, be faster than them and rob their castle?"

Although she was basically certain that it was Gervis who did what they accused her of, Alice certainly would not admit it openly.

If he admitted it, not only would Gervis have to face the king's punishment, but those noble heirs he had obtained would also have to be returned to these earl families for nothing.

"Count Alice, you are wrong to say that! When my vassals arrived at those castles, although there was no one in the castles, they also captured a number of castle servants in the nearby woods. Those castle servants all confessed that a man named Viscount Gervis took their lord's children away!"

"That's right. My vassals also captured a few servants of the castle. They also said that it was Gervis who took away their lord's heir!"

As soon as Alice opened her mouth to deny, several earls became dissatisfied and immediately spoke out in opposition.

Especially Avery. There were only five castles on the attack route of his Larkin family, but now three of them were robbed by Gervis for no reason.

After returning, his vassals complained to him that the southern expedition had been going on for so long but there had been no gains. They had finally managed to capture a few small castles and gain some benefits, but now most of them had been snatched away by Gervis.

Those noble descendants were walking gold coins. Half of these walking gold coins were taken away by Gervis, so thousands of them could get nothing at all.

"Avery, you are probably getting old and confused. Serfs and commoners cannot serve as witnesses to testify against nobles. And you said that you arrested castle servants, and I said that our Weldon family has arrested thousands of castle servants!"

"Do you have any nobles or noble descendants as witnesses? If not, then don't say anything more! Who knows if you want to frame the Jones family!"

"If you want to cause trouble for Alice, ask me first if I agree!"

Seeing that Ever and the others unanimously blamed Alice, the Lord of the North finally spoke up. He shook his steel-like beard and started to criticize the sky, the earth and the air.

"Gust, we are now seeking an explanation from the Jones family. This has nothing to do with your Welton family!"

"Okay, stop arguing!"

Seeing that a new round of quarrel was about to begin, King Lawrence patted the armrest to stop everyone, and then asked Avery and others solemnly.

"Okay, Avery! Do any of your families have any evidence to prove that it was Gervis who robbed the castle along your route?"

"No! Your Majesty!"

Avery looked a little grim, but just as the Lord of the North said, the witnesses he had were all servants and did not have noble status. Without noble status, it was impossible to use them to testify against a noble.

"Okay, since there is no evidence, let's put this matter aside for now. I will send someone to investigate later! We have more important things to discuss now."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that King Lawrence looked somewhat unhappy, Avery and his companions could only agree helplessly.

"The actions of the Principality of Alban this time were beyond our expectations. They actually sent out the remaining Thunder Knights to raid the vassal's team, causing us huge losses!"

"My direct vassal team totaled more than 3,700 people, but they were directly annihilated by the Thunder Knights."

"In addition, more than a dozen vassal nobles of the Charles family were killed by the Thunder Knights!"

The king's face looked a little ugly. A team of more than 3,000 vassal troops were wiped out. This was also a heavy blow to the Jean family. It meant that hundreds of small nobles had died in the battle.

As for Nemio, he had not uttered a word since he entered the council tent, and his face was gloomy. The king and the other earls thought that Nemio was heartbroken because he had lost more than a dozen vassals.

No one knows yet that not only did the Charles family lose more than a dozen vassals, but even the commander-in-chief of his knights died there, and it is very likely that he did not die at the hands of the Thunder Knights.

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The king said that these vassals of the Charles family died at the hands of the Thunder Knights, but that was what Nemio said in his report.

"We will definitely seek revenge from the Thunder Knights for this blood feud, but there is something more important right now. My eldest son Derek's fiancée has been captured by the Thunder Knights!"

"If I want to rescue Caroline, I think I can only exchange hostages with the other party, so I hope to exchange Caroline with the noble heirs in your hands!"

King Lawrence spoke very skillfully. He only said that Caroline was the eldest prince's fiancée and did not mention the Lord of the North. This was because the Lord of the North had a hot temper and had some conflicts with these earls. If the Lord of the North was mentioned, it would likely backfire.

After the king finished speaking, the earls below were all watching, and did not express their opinions immediately, as if they were waiting for something.

The king was not surprised and paused before continuing.

"But don't worry, if the hostages you captured are really used to exchange for Derek's fiancée, I will reward you with gold coins or other items of equal value!"

Hostages are also considered spoils of war and need to be distributed by the king, but these hostages will be handed over to the king by the vassals only after the war is over.

Because the ransom for each noble hostage is different, after the war, these earl families will also participate in the hostage exchange negotiations to ensure that they know the ransom amount for their hostages.

"Yes, everything is up to your majesty!"

The king's words were so straightforward that none of the earls would refuse to give him face, and they all responded respectfully.

"Well, very good, then let's talk about the future war..."

Next, the king and several earls began to discuss the next war plan. The meeting lasted for an hour and a half, and Alice returned to her camp an hour and a half later.

"Nadine, any news on Gervis?"

As soon as she returned to the camp, Alice went to ask Nadine, the commander-in-chief of the Rose Knights.

"My lord, there is no news about Viscount Gervis yet. I have sent people to search every route of the Earl's family, but to no avail!"

Nadine replied respectfully.

"Okay, leave a hundred people to continue searching for news about Gervis along these routes. We will head towards Maiye City tomorrow morning!"

Alice nodded slightly disappointedly, gave Nadine an instruction and quickly entered her tent.

"Grevith, where on earth have you been? Please don't let anything happen to you!"

Alice took out the monocular telescope that Gervis had given her. This monocular telescope was the only official gift Gervis had given her besides the Warcraft crystal, so Alice now valued this monocular telescope very much and usually carried it with her.

…

Gervis had no idea what was happening in the Principality of Jean camp fifty miles away. At this moment, his team had arrived less than five miles away from Maiye City.

This is already the enemy's true hinterland. Every ten minutes or so, Gervis and his men would encounter a wave of patrolling rangers.

(End of this chapter)