Chapter 419: Alone in the Deep
Because of the previous experience of the eight castles, Gervis could easily destroy these small castles.
Gervis then stepped down to the next wall and showed the eight captured noble sons. He didn't even need to reveal his own names. The noble sons above knew what to do and ran down the wall obediently and surrendered.
Although several baron castles along the Great Prince's route saw the Thunder Knights galloping past the night before, the Thunder Knights had nothing to do with them.
These noble descendants were stationed in the castle under the orders of their father, so naturally they could not escape early.
Nobles can be cunning and can do whatever it takes, but when it comes to fighting, they must be brave enough to face it.
Even if they finally surrendered and became prisoners, they had experienced the enemy at the gates and the baptism of blood and rain, and only then could they be considered qualified heirs.
"Hey, Phoenix, you're here too!"
"Oh! Babette, you are here too!"
For the next period of time, such strange greetings were heard among Gervis's group of prisoners.
If only one or two people were captured by Gervis, it would be absolutely miserable and extremely shameful.
But they now have more than ten people, almost forming a team, and everyone has become calm.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish everyone. Even if you become a prisoner, you will not be punished too much in front of your father.
After all, it's not that we are incompetent, but that the enemy is too strong. Didn't you see that more than a dozen castles were conquered by Viscount Gervis?
They also had to explain themselves to their father.
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Gervis's capture operation was in full swing, and he captured these noble sons like cutting leeks, but the small nobles in Maiye City were not calm.
"What's going on? Could that guy named Gervis be the Golden Knight? If this continues, all of our descendants will be captured by him!"
More than a dozen vassals of the Jinmai family sat at the dinner table speechlessly, complaining while eating lunch.
"Not the Golden Knight, but he has fifty trebuchets!"
"This is too shameless! Fifty trebuchets! They've brought down the walls of my castle!"
The person who spoke was Baron Bob, Babette's father. Among all the petty nobles, he and Baron Bain were the saddest.
Because although the descendants of other lords were captured, their castles were not attacked. Only his Kalun Castle and Baron Bayne's Bayne Castle were smashed by Gervis with a catapult.
It takes a lot of effort and financial resources to repair this castle.
"Alas! This Weiss is really shameless, and the ransom is 800 gold coins, not a penny less! In previous years, the ransom for the baron's heir was 200 gold coins!"
"Yeah! How shameless! It took us several years to save up 800 gold coins! I really want to go back and arrest that Gervis right now!"
"It's no use for you to go back now. I heard that Gervis's route seems to be irregular."
"Didn't the Thunder Knights attack the camp of the Grand Prince of the Principality of Zeon the day before yesterday? On their way back, they sent scouts to investigate near my castle, hoping to find Gervis's trace and rescue our descendants."
"As a result, no one knew where Gervis had gone. The Thunder Knights searched for him for the entire morning but couldn't find him. In the end, they had no choice but to return."
"well!"
All the vassal officials sighed immediately.
These people didn't know that the reason why the Thunder Knight couldn't find Gervis's team was that Gervis was preparing to assassinate the eldest prince at that time, so Ik and others hid deep in the woods and of course couldn't be discovered.
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After Gervis took over several castles on the eldest prince's route, he felt that the number of hostages he had was not enough, and that the amount needed to exchange for Caroline might not be enough, so he quickly headed for the routes of other families.
Before leaving the Great Prince's route, Gvesquière specifically left a message to the people in the castle, asking them to inform them if they saw the team with the rose flag coming, and let them go to the battlefield ahead to collect the corpses.
The young nobleman from the Weldon family gave Gervis a lot of feelings, so Gervis decided to ask the Jones family to help collect the remains.
Burn the ashes of those petty nobles, and if possible bring them back, help bring them; the rest of the ordinary soldiers can only bury them on the spot.
Over a period of time, Gervis captured several noble descendants, including two from the Larkin family and one from each of the other three earl families.
Since then, Gervis has finally gathered 20 noble heirs, which, if converted into ransom, would be as high as 16,000 gold coins.
This is a terrifying amount of money. Some weaker earl families would need several years to save up this amount of money.
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After stopping, Gervis led his team of about 200 people directly towards Maiye City.
Gervis was not planning to join the king and the earls' teams first, because he could not make the "fruits of war" he had reaped from other families public. Even if others had speculations, as long as there was no evidence, they could do nothing to him.
But if he exposes himself, he will definitely be in trouble.
Another reason is that since they are planning to rescue Caroline, they need to act quickly. Although this woman's identity is there, it is inevitable that things will change over time.
On the way to Maiye City, Gervis ordered his subordinates to take off their armor and weapons, leaving only Ike and Laurie, who numbered more than 20 people, to change into the armor and weapons seized from Baiyan City.
After all, the main force of the Principality of Jean is still in the rear, and Gervis and his group are now rushing towards Maiye City, which can be regarded as an isolated force deep in the enemy's territory. It is always more convenient to change into the armor of the Principality of Alban, and Gervis has also thought of the identity of his team in advance.
When he passed by the last castle, he did not choose to attack or persuade it to surrender, because that was the attack route of the Welton family, and he could not force the business of the Lord of the North.
However, Gervis also asked the name and surname of the lord of the castle.
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"Hello! It's like this, sir. We are from the Potter family. Baron Wells Potter is my father. We heard that there is a powerful man named Gervis in the Principality of Jean, so we packed our things in advance and prepared to go to Maiye City to find my father. Otherwise, if we are captured by Gervis, we will have to pay a ransom of 800 gold coins!"
"Oh, the son of Lord Potter!"
"That Gervis is really powerful. We have encountered more than ten castle stewards while patrolling around here these days. They are all going to Maiye City to report that the noble heirs have been captured by Gervis!"
This was a team of more than ten rangers, led by a bronze knight, who met Gervis and others.
Seeing that Gervis had more than 200 people, many carriages, and they were wearing the armor of the Principality of Alban, the ranger team did not leave immediately to look for support. Instead, they stepped forward cautiously to inquire, trying to confirm the identities of Gervis and others.
Because they are rangers themselves, they know the specific movements of the Principality of Zeon's large army best. The Principality of Zeon's troops are still hundreds of miles away, and it will take several days to arrive here.
Although Gervis's group was large in number, there were only less than thirty of them wearing armor, and the rest were dressed as serfs. With the addition of large and small carts, they looked like a fleeing team.
After listening to Gervis' explanation, the team of rangers all believed what Gervis said.
Gervis was only seventeen or eighteen years old, so if he said he was the son of a baron, it would certainly not be exposed.
"Yes! I also listened to the castle stewards and left the castle, taking my things with me to go to Maiye City. Otherwise, I would definitely be captured by that Gervis."
"But this would be considered deserting the battlefield. I wonder if my father would be angry then."
Gervis looked as if he agreed with it, with some lingering fear. Then he thought of the punishment for deserting the battlefield, and his face became a little depressed.
"well!"
The Ranger Captain shook his head and sighed.
He also knew how strict the lords were with their own heirs. Although Gervis was not someone that these small castles could defend against, and the baron's heir in front of him was also saving money for his father, he eventually abandoned the castle and fled. Punishment was inevitable, and in serious cases, he would most likely be deprived of his inheritance rights.
Although the eldest son heir can obtain everything in the family in the future, he also has to bear corresponding responsibilities.
Like the second sons, if they had not taken the initiative to take responsibility, they would have fled to Maiye City with other family members to seek refuge. However, these eldest sons had to stay in the castle to maintain the dignity of the castle!
Seeing that Gervis was in a bad mood, the ranger captain stopped talking, said goodbye to Gervis politely, and continued patrolling other places.
(End of this chapter)
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