Chapter 215 213: The Lord's Greed (Please subscribe, please vote)
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The candlelight shone on Regan's face, which looked as if he had lost his parents and was completely dejected.
He didn't answer in time, but Fenrir, who was holding him hostage, moved.
He quickly glanced around, his eyes lingering on Angel and Oliveira for a moment, then he stood up and dropped his dagger.
He said very simply and openly: "I surrender!"
His actions attracted everyone's attention and became the focus of the audience.
Fenrir continued, "I choose to surrender, but I demand the treatment a noble deserves. I will pay a sufficient ransom for myself and my people!"
“So, good fortune bastard Count, please prepare a comfortable room and at least three maids for me.
I need hot water to shower, I need good food to eat, and someone to clean my clothes.”
"You don't know, the smell in the underground passage is really bad. I'm all covered in the stench of fish."
As he said this, the nobleman named Fenrir took a step towards Loy, looking relaxed, as if he was not on guard at all.
Of course, he has his own reasons for doing so!
In fact, intermarriage between nobles was very frequent, especially between great nobles with a long history. If you trace back to their ancestors, you can always find some relatives.
Therefore, even if there are conflicts among the nobles, even if an aristocratic war is launched, there are certain rules.
For example, if a noble surrenders, you cannot kill him, and you even have to treat him with courtesy.
Just like the conditions mentioned above by Fenrir, you must meet them all.
Of course, this is not unconditional. All costs can be added to the ransom later and doubled.
Moreover, there is a very strange rule: the higher the status of the noble, the more ransom they have to pay.
It is not a normal growth, but a geometric increase.
In other words, a captured viscount is truly more valuable than tens of thousands of serf soldiers.
The reason is very simple. It is because these captured nobles believe that if the ransom is too little, it is not worthy of their status.
Therefore, winners often show their kindness and generosity, because they can really make a lot of money!
Until this moment, Luo Yi finally turned his gaze to Fenrir and asked, "Who are you?"
The man straightened his clothes, raised his head, and introduced himself solemnly: "My name is Fenrir..."
"never mind!"
Luo Yi interrupted him before he could finish his words. He said indifferently, "I'm not interested in knowing who you are!"
"How dare you insult me..."
Fenrir could not continue speaking, because a magic pistol was already pointed at his head, with magic patterns on it flashing and activating little by little.
At this moment, his expression really changed. Even someone as slow-witted as him could feel the sea of murderous intent.
"What do you want to do, the Noble Code..."
Bang!
The gunshot rang out, like thunder, echoing in the room.
Fenrir opened his eyes wide, as if he had seen something incredible.
A hole appeared on his forehead, but that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that a bloody hole was blown directly behind his head.
Blood splattered, red and yellow, falling on the ground, the wall, and Regan's face.
The distraught Regen was awakened by the blood, but when he lowered his head again, he saw Fenrir lying in front of him with his eyes open in death, his face as pale as paper.
The gunshots not only woke up Regan, but also woke up several of Fenrir's men.
They screamed in fear, but also demonstrated the qualities that a warrior should have.
One of them actually burst out with fighting spirit, with a light purple aura surrounding him, and his eyes were full of murderous intent when he looked at Luo Yi.
They can no longer survive. Even if they can escape today, Fenrir is dead. Even if they return to their family, they will die!!!
But as long as they can kill Luo Yi, only they will die and their families will not be implicated.
This is their biggest pursuit now.
A sword, wrapped in the light of fighting spirit, was like a crescent moon breaking through the sky, trying to cut off Luo Yi's head.
It’s a pity that Luo Yi didn’t even look at him for a second.
Oliveira's figure had already appeared in front of him, and the rapier cut through the air like light and lightning, and the sharp fighting spirit swept across, directly shattering his fighting spirit slash.
Then, Oliveira stepped forward, drew his sword, stepped again, and drew his sword again...
He was not fast, but took each step steadily.
His sword didn't seem to be fast either, and one could even see the trajectory of the rapier breaking through the air.
But the extraordinary swordsman he faced was like facing a natural enemy. He could only retreat again and again, and was suppressed to the point where he had only the power to defend himself.
As for the other men in black, Ang took care of them.
Those who can be brought out are considered to have some strength, at least at the second level or above, and have awakened their fighting spirit.
But Ange was very fast, extremely fast, his figure flashed like a phantom.
His teacher is Oliveira, but his fighting style is more like Loy.
He was using the [Chasing Step] and was moving at a swift speed, but he twisted his body like a snake or a python, and was able to accurately avoid every attack.
And his sword, like a poisonous snake in the shadows, always reveals its fangs from the most incredible angles.
Of course, he didn't have Luo Yi's accuracy, and his sword couldn't kill with one strike, but he didn't care.
Every sword strike is enough as long as it leaves a wound on the enemy, either a small hole or a cut.
Five or six people surrounded him, but in the end, they were the only ones screaming in pain.
At this time, the study was already shrouded in the flashes of swords and the shadows of sabers, and the originally luxurious furnishings were all in ruins.
Only Luo Yi, as if walking among the flashes of swords and shadows, walked up to Regan.
He sat on the chair that Fenrir had sat on before, raised his foot, stepped on Fenrir's body, and looked down at Lord Regan who was half-kneeling on the ground.
He repeated his previous question: "I'm really curious, why did you do this?"
At this moment, Regan looked up, his eyes bloodshot, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Why? Why? You have to ask why, is this important to you?"
Luo Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "It's not really important. The most important thing is to dig you out!"
"But I'm really curious."
"Your family has served the Lion King for generations. You are extremely capable and deeply trusted by Earl Karl.
Butler, you are already a rare person to reach your current position. Moreover, Earl Karl has even conferred the title of Lord on you."
“If I remember correctly, you have two sons. One served the previous eldest young master and was also the one being trained as a priority.
The other one was sent by you to study in the Bonaparte Empire, and the tuition was paid by Count Karl."
"From my perspective, you shouldn't have betrayed me at all!?"
Regan's face was pale, and there was guilt and evasion in his eyes, but in the end, it all became a desperate venting.
"Why did I betray? You ask me why I betrayed? Of course it's because I saw no hope!"
"Yes, I am deeply trusted by the Earl and have even been canonized as a lord, but that's all!"
"How I wish to be a true noble, I wish to own a hereditary territory, even if it's just a small village!
But Count Karl rejected me!"
"There's only one reason: I'm not a knight! And I don't have any military merits!"
"Military merit leads to nobility. This iron rule cannot be broken. However, my two children don't have much talent for cultivation."
“So, I have to find another way!
Then Fenrir and the people behind Fenr promised me that as long as I did as they asked, they would give me a hereditary title.
They promised me! They promised me!
Luo Yi sneered: "But they broke their promise, and even now, you are still a lord!"
"That's because of you. Because of you, even without you, I would at least have a fiefdom. I would have become a superior person, a true noble.
The Durant family will also have a new beginning starting with my generation."
"Hehehehehehe!"
Luo Yi smiled, a smile that was a bit playful and a bit disdainful: "You idiot, they are just teasing you, you really don't feel anything at all?"
"You, Vincent Ackerman, and Alan Wells, among the three of you, except for you, the other two have the possibility of being allocated a territory.
Only you can't!"
"Why?"
"It's very simple, just four words: knighthood for military merit!
This is not an iron rule and there are times when it can be broken.
However, that requires the support of a great noble, and sufficient contributions, legitimate contributions, to be able to be conferred a title!"
Roy looked at Regan as if he were a fool: "But what do you have?"
"All your value lies in the Raymond family. When the Lion Castle is destroyed, you will have nothing left."
"This time, Fenrir treated you like a dog. Isn't it obvious?"
“You, you, you…”
Regan was speechless, but looking at Roy's condescending attitude, he became hysterical.
With a strange smile, he said: "Loy, Loy, I admit that you, a bastard, are very lucky to have obtained the title of earl and such a large flower collar.
But so what? So what? "
"You won't live long. When the magical machinery entered the territory, the Raymond family was doomed to destruction."
“Do you know how powerful the enemy the Raymond family has to face is?
Is that something so powerful that you can't even imagine?"
"You won't be so proud for long! If I were you, I would hurry up and enjoy life, because you're going to die too! You're going to die!"
Luo Yi smiled, leaned forward, and said, "Your so-called enemies are none other than the Carlisle family, the Castro family, and the McKinley family?"
"Not enough? If not, then add some great nobles from the Bonaparte Empire!"
"Or, add the Church of the Sun God!"
"That's all, anything else?"
At this moment, Regan seemed to be strangled by the neck, his face flushed red, he looked at Luo Yi, and his words were intermittent.
"You, how do you know? You actually know?"
"I know more than you think!"
Luo Yi straightened up again. In the study, the battle was over.
All the people Fenrir brought were dead, and the ground was littered with corpses. A group of people died with their eyes open, just like their master.
Oliveira and Ange appeared behind Roy again.
Luo Yi tilted his head slightly, looked at Ange, and said, "I'm leaving the person in your hands. Ask me everything I want to know, okay?"
Ange nodded and said, "Simple!"
"Then we'll go first. The war is about to begin, and there are still many things to do outside!"
Having said this, Luo Yi strode away. Unbeknownst to him, the Iron Knight and the Fire Sword Saint appeared beside him.
At the same place, Ange mentioned Regan and showed a harmless smile: "Lord Regan, did you hear what the Earl said?"
"So, we will be lenient to those who confess and severe to those who resist?"
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