Chapter 83: Crazy Lanny (fourth update)
According to the normal speed, the convoy transporting the ore should have arrived at the castle half an hour ago, but after waiting for a long time, the convoy still did not arrive. Lanny and Tabby became anxious, especially Lanny, who had placed too much hope on this batch of ore.
Lanny thought that the convoy's journey was kept secret very well. Even when they went there, they installed coal mines to hide their whereabouts. His own Baron Ute, a high-level bronze knight, was also among them. Lanny felt that the convoy should not encounter any danger.
But the longer he waited, the more anxious he became. Even if the rainstorm affected his speed, he shouldn't have not returned yet. The scouts had already been sent out, and Lanny could only wait for news in the castle.
After leaving the hall where Lanny was, Tabby raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his head. At this moment, his heart was already half sank. The service team he sent out sent back two reports and found no trace of the convoy. This meant that the convoy was at least 20 kilometers away. This was enough to show that the convoy was likely to have encountered danger and delayed its return trip. Now he only hoped that Utt could lead the convoy back safely, even if some manpower was lost, it would not matter.
Tabby walked quickly to the castle wall, and gazed intently at the road ahead in the night, hoping that good news would be reported back in the next second.
Time passed by minute by minute, and six batches of scouts had returned, but still had not encountered the convoy. Tabby's heart sank to the bottom. According to the time calculation, the scout team should be almost within the buffer zone where the camp was located if they rode at full speed.
It was already dawn. Summer rain never lasts overnight. Even though there was a torrential downpour last night, it could not stop the rising sun. In the distant east, the first ray of sunlight had already shone directly on the castle. Tabby still stood motionless on the city wall, gazing at the northeast road. Suddenly, a horseman came galloping on the distant road.
Tabby no longer cared about his image as a butler. He quickly ran down the city wall and came to the castle gate to wait for the Pegasus to arrive.
"How's the situation? Have you seen the convoy?"
Without waiting for the galloping horse to stop, Tabby quickly stepped forward and asked anxiously.
The soldier on horseback did not dare to be negligent. When he saw that it was the butler, he quickly jumped off the horse, bent over and answered Tabby in a trembling voice.
"Master Steward, the convoy... the convoy is gone, and the camp... the camp has also been burned down. There are dead bodies everywhere, and no one is alive."
After saying this, the soldier who brought the news still bent over, not daring to look up at Tabby.
"How could it be... How could it be, how could even the camp be destroyed."
Even though he already had a guess in his mind, Tabby still couldn't believe the confirmation from the soldier who reported the news, especially when he heard that the camp was also burned down. He even took a step back, unsteady on his feet. If the guard guarding the castle gate behind him hadn't quickly supported him, Tabby would probably have fallen to the ground.
After being supported by the guards, Tabby finally stood firmly. He immediately waved his hand to push away the guards who were supporting him, turned around and ran towards the castle.
Boom boom boom
"Come in!"
In the hall, Lanny had not slept all night. Tabby had not come to report. When the sky got slightly brighter, he guessed that the team must have encountered an accident. When he heard a knock on the door, Lanny quickly stood up from the soft sofa and hurriedly responded to the knock on the door.
The person knocking on the door was Tabby. After getting Lanny's permission, Tabby tidied his clothes a little, opened the door to the hall and walked in.
"Sir, the convoy was hijacked, and the camp... the camp was burned down!"
Tabby tried to control the tone of his voice and avoid making the same tremor as the soldier.
"What? The campsite is destroyed too?"
Lanny had a premonition that the convoy would be robbed, but what shocked him was that even the camp was destroyed.
“Who, who is it… ah…”
Lanny's voice suddenly rose and became hoarse. He was furious at the moment. All his plans, investments and expectations were too much for him to bear and he was on the verge of going crazy.
Bang! Crash!
Lanny was like a madman, smashing and yelling around in the hall. No matter how exquisite the work of art was, as long as it appeared in his field of vision, he would throw it to the ground. The priceless works of art were destroyed in an instant and the house was suddenly in a mess.
Tabby, however, was like a sculpture, not daring to move. Every time Lanny smashed something, Tabby's body would shake unconsciously. This was the first time he saw Viscount Lanny so crazy.
"You...you...you go gather the troops for me. Go to the camp now and take a look..."
After venting his anger, there was no more objects to smash in the hall. Lanny finally calmed down a little. With red eyes, he gave orders to Tabby with gritted teeth.
"Yes, sir!"
Tabby responded immediately as if he had been pardoned, and then ran out of the hall quickly. Although he was loyal, no one in the castle dared to say that he was not afraid of Lanny's anger, especially the crazy Lanny.
However, although Lanny was crazy, he was still rational and knew that the problem was not Tabby's. Even though he smashed all the items in the middle of the hall, he did not vent his anger on Tabby.
Soon, Lanny, wearing armor, rushed to the camp in the buffer zone with more than fifty guards.
At night, Lanny didn't dare to walk out of the castle, because he had a brother who was in conflict with him, and both of them wanted to get rid of each other as soon as possible. But now it was dawn, and the guards around him were enough to protect his safety. Moreover, the destruction of the camp made Lanny too concerned, so he had to go and check it out in person.
…
In Storm Territory, in the Golden Castle, the sun was already shining through the window onto the bed, and Gervis stretched and sat up from the bed.
"Oh, I slept in again!" Looking at the cloudless sky outside the window, Gervis sighed. He has not slept in for a long time as he is committed to building a good territory. In order to regulate his habits, he goes to bed early and gets up early. Today is the only day he slept in in more than a week.
After complaining about himself a little, Gervis raised his hand and pulled the rope at the head of the bed. After a while, he had become accustomed to the service of the little maid. There is a saying on earth, isn't there, life is like XX, if you can't resist it, then enjoy it.
Facing Anna's watery eyes, Gervis felt that he could not resist, so he happily decided not to resist and just enjoy the shameless life of the nobles.
“Eh? This is…”
Just as Gervis pulled the rope and waited for Anna to come in and help him get up, he suddenly felt a sense of intimacy in his heart.
"Has the golden elf bug recognized its master?"
The fluctuations in Gervis's heart were transmitted by the elf worms. Elf worms are like humans, and each individual has its own breath. So Gervis quickly distinguished that this breath was not Betty's, but a strange breath. It could only be the golden elf worm that broke out of the amber crystal yesterday morning.
"Haha, little God of Wealth, I'll be right there!"
Gervis was overjoyed. He was looking forward to the mineral space opened up by the golden elf worm. He responded to the elf worm in his heart through special induction.
"Good morning, sir!"
When Gervis was in a good mood, Anna also entered the bedroom and began to help Gervis dress.
"Morning, Anna!"
(End of this chapter)
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