Because of the conflict between the vassal knights and the guard knights, the strength of the Barton family was seriously damaged. During this period, Baron Philip began to recruit members of the vassal knights' families to return to Kaiyue City to replace the original guard knights.

But during this period, they only recruited fifty or sixty people, and most of them were junior knights and intermediate knights.

In the last conflict, two senior knights were killed, including the Knight Commander, Hisoka and Rufen.

Not to mention other mid-level knights.

These people can't make up for the loss of the Patton family. And now the Patton family is so weak, and the New Party's activities are so frequent.

In addition, the death of the baron last time was most likely done by the New Party. The New Party may even be fully aware of the situation of the Baron family, as well as Lucy Barton, and the killing of Gandalf and his son, and manipulated all this behind the scenes to achieve the goal of depleting the strength of the Barton family.

The New Party is always a scary shadow. They are making plans all over the country, and their ultimate goal is to send all the noble lords to the gallows and control the kingdom.

Facing such a terrible enemy, the nobles must not take it lightly.

"There is no other way. We can only strengthen our vigilance now. The only thing to be thankful for is that if the new party wants to seize the kingdom, they will first get the king's head. If they want to seize Orange, they must first get the head of the Libyan earl. We will always be a secondary target. If the king and the earl fail, then we will fail too. If the king and the earl hold on, I believe we can hold on too."

Natsu, Wilson narrowed his eyes slightly. His face was very feminine and his aura was even colder. At this moment, with his eyes narrowed, he looked like a poisonous snake.

Exuding a dangerous aura.

"Natsu, that's what I hate about you. Although you are an upright person, your temperament is too feminine and can't boost morale at all. If that guy Baban was here, everyone's morale would probably be boosted immediately."

Wilson said as the old Thor glared at Natsu.

Natsu, Wilson felt embarrassed and his narrowed eyes opened again. The vassals thought of the deceased previous generation of Gandal Knights and couldn't help but reminisce.

That one is the truly powerful, reliable, and trustworthy first vassal.

With him around, things will be different.

"Anyway, there's nothing much to say. As long as the Pompeii family doesn't perish, the Patton family won't perish." Old Sol was a little impatient with this kind of meeting. He stood up, bowed to Baron Philip, and walked out of the living room.

"That's right. Strengthen your vigilance and wait for the new party to call." Knight Williams shrugged and followed him out.

The vassals walked out one by one, and the meeting ended hastily.

There is no other way but to deal with the enemy with our troops and to block the water with our earth.

Both Pompey and the Patton family were too weak, and the impending war was beyond their control.

Even the Count of Libya was just a larger pawn in this war.

The real battle will be between the king, the new party, and the big man.

After the vassals went downstairs, they reunited with the heirs.

"Now that we're done, we'll stay in the official residence in the city for one night and then return to Pompeii tomorrow." Old Saul said to Luther.

"Dad, you go with Mom first. I'll go walk around the city with Newton and the others." Luther said.

Of course, Lady Sophie had to attend this ball, and she was currently waiting in the carriage.

"Is there a way at night?" Old Saul's eyes lit up and he asked with interest. Since Miss Ruth disappeared, Luther has been alone.

Old Saul was very worried about Luther's happiness and wished his son would go out and fool around.

"Whatever you think." Luther shrugged, then joined Newton, Marshall and others, and the group left Patton Castle in a mighty manner.

Because they were in Kaiyue City, they didn't have to worry about safety, so they didn't bring any family guard knights.

Besides, they are all knights, so they still have the ability to protect themselves.

Ordinary pubs are not suitable for them either.

Luckily, they already had somewhere to go.

The six of them walked together on the street, arm in arm. Today, there was no star in the sky, and it was pitch black. However, the most basic ability of the knights was night vision, so they were not afraid of walking into the stinking ditch.

"Newton, is your girlfriend Aisha pretty?"

Marshall asked curiously with a bit of a snotty air.

"A farmer's daughter, probably just an average-looking girl," someone said.

"That's not necessarily true. The farmer's daughter could be very beautiful. Otherwise, Newton wouldn't be so obsessed with her."

"Don't call me the farmer's daughter all the time. When you see Miss Aisha, be polite and call her Miss Aisha."

Luther gave each of the two guys a club.

"We're not that stupid."

"that is."

The two guys said with a grin.

"She's not very pretty, just an average person. But she looks good when she smiles, and I like her very much." Newton said with a smile, his face filled with happiness.

The group soon arrived in front of a villa in the villa area. The door of the villa was closed, but the lights inside the villa were on.

"Cousin, Aisha, it's me, Newton."

Newton went to the door, but no one came to open it after several calls. Newton reached out and pushed, and the door opened.

Newton's body stiffened and he remained motionless.

"Why don't you go in and get out of the way, Newton."

"Yes, we still have to see Miss Aisha."

Because Newton was a fat man and was blocking the door, Luther and others behind him couldn't see anything, the two guys in front started to make a fuss.

But Luther noticed something was wrong. He stopped the two guys who were making trouble, then came to Newton's side and saw what was going on inside through a tiny gap.

Luther's pupils shrank.

The hall was in a mess, with signs of struggle everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of violence. There were three girls in dishevel, lying in the hall in different positions.

Luther listened carefully and found that two people still had heartbeats but had just fainted, but one of them had no heartbeat anymore.

In addition, there was a large box in the hall. The box was slightly opened, and inside was a pile of golden coins, estimated to be about a thousand gold coins.

"Elsa."

Newton suddenly let out a scream and rushed towards a girl.

It was that girl, who no longer had a heartbeat.

(End of this chapter)