Chapter 98: Inside the Ruins Camp
"Then go check out the camp!"
Because the heavy rain washed away most of the traces, Lanny and others could not get more information from the scene in the middle of the road to determine what had happened here. Lanny could only grit his teeth and walk towards the camp.
When he arrived at the camp and saw the devastation and the burned walls and houses, Lanny's teeth were chattering, but he didn't scream as loudly as before. The repeated bad news had made him numb.
"My lord, the bodies of Baron Ute, Lord Kant, and Lord Rich are all here."
When Lanny was still standing in front of the gate that had been burned black and was only about one meter high, looking around, the soldiers left behind in the front called out in the camp.
Hearing the guard's voice, Lanny did not stop and slowly walked to the guard and saw three stiff corpses on the ground.
"I must find out. If I find out who did it, I will cut him into pieces!"
Lanny gritted his teeth. Although Benny was angry about the robbery of ore and the destruction of the camp, the three corpses on the ground also made him feel heartbroken. It was not because he had deep feelings for the three people, but the death of the three people on the ground meant that the strength of his subordinates was weakened by half.
The camp could be rebuilt if it was destroyed, and the mine carts could be dug again if they were robbed, but half of his military force was wiped out and it would take a while to replenish it, especially the three titled knights, among whom Ute was a high-level bronze knight. Moreover, Ute had excellent talent and was likely to become a silver knight. This was Lanny's most powerful weapon against his half-brother, but it was defeated here silently.
What worries Lanny even more is that the attackers must have known about this mithril mine. He is very worried that the mine will be exposed, and if that happens, he will never get mithril ore again.
"Tabby, send some people to the pretty boy's territory to check if there is anything unusual. Also, I will write a letter and have someone deliver it to my mother. Ask her to talk to my father and investigate the origin of the acrobatic troupe. I guess if it's not that pretty boy, then it must be my "good" brother who did it."
After coming out of his anger, Lanny thought for a while. He currently guessed that there were two people who were most likely to have done the crime. One of them was Gervis or Alice, but there was no evidence at the moment.
The second is his half-brother. Currently, there is a lot of evidence that those masked men are likely to be his brother's actions. After all, the acrobatic troupe came to his territory more than two weeks ago. At that time, the pretty boy had not yet become the lord of Storm Territory, and no one knew what was happening in the buffer zone.
So it was impossible to send people into his territory to plant nails two weeks ago.
Lanny now only hopes that the bitch in the castle has not escaped yet, so that he can torture the woman to find out the exact person who did it. However, Lanny also knows that the possibility is very small. Since the circus has already taken action, whether successful or not, the bitch will definitely take advantage of this period of time to escape.
"Sir, we found two miners in the woods."
At this moment, Lanny's guards came over with two miners. These two miners were among the miners who were tied up in the woods by Gervis in the camp last night. Without anyone watching them, the ropes could not bind them for long. After the miners saw that the attackers had left, they waited for half an hour and no one came back, so they untied the ropes by themselves.
After the miners escaped, some hid in the woods and waited, while some escaped and disappeared. Those who were waiting in the woods basically had families in Viscount Lanny's territory and were ready to return after dawn, while those who escaped and disappeared were not planning to return to Viscount Lanny's territory, and now took this opportunity to escape.
"My Lord...My Lord!"
The two miners were brought in front of Lanny. When they saw Lanny's fierce gaze piercing their hearts, they instantly lost all their courage and fell to their knees on the ground, trembling.
"Tell me about what happened last night."
Looking at the two shivering miners, Lanny's tone remained calm.
"Sir, we heard shouting and killing outside the house last night, but the door was locked from the outside, so we couldn't go out to check. We waited for a long time until the shouting and killing stopped. Then we saw some strangers coming to the house, all of them holding weapons."
The two miners were trembling with fear. The older one was calmer and told Lanny what happened last night in trembling voice.
"Do you know who those attackers were last night?"
Lanny remained unmoved and continued to ask questions.
"I don't know, sir. We were all locked in the house last night. Only the next door room was opened. We were finally released by those people and tied up. Then they took us outside the camp. After we left, they set fire to the camp."
"What about the other miners?"
"My lord, I don't know. We all got separated last night. We were planning to run back in the morning, but there were many dead bodies on the road. We were scared and ran back again. We just found you coming and we walked out of the woods."
After untying the ropes last night, these serfs found the entire camp full of corpses in the light of the fire. They were all terrified and rushed into the dense forest without thinking of a way out. They hid there until dawn before they dared to sneak out.
"Is there any other news you want to tell me?"
As he spoke, Lanny suddenly leaned over, looked at the two of them carefully, and his tone became strange.
"No more, sir... uh..."
The miner had just said a few words when his speech suddenly stopped and turned into a painful whimper. A snow-white knight's sword was seen stuck in his body.
"ah……"
puff!
In an instant, the two miners kneeling on the ground were both killed, all killed by Lanny's sword.
"You bastards, my soldiers and knights are all dead, why are you still alive? Why didn't you come back earlier to report the news? Why?"
Looking at the two miners who had not yet completely lost consciousness, Lanny had a ferocious expression and a deep tone, which became lower and lower towards the end. The last word "why" was already coming out of his throat like a roar of an animal.
After the two miners were completely silent, Lanny pulled the sword out of the miners, wiped the blood off the sword with his body, and put the sword back into the sheath.
"Tabby, tell the guards that if any miners show up later, ask them about what happened last night first, and then handle everything according to this."
"Yes, sir!"
After saying that, Lanny walked towards the deepest part of the camp, where was the mithril mine he had been dreaming about day and night. Although the camp was destroyed, it did not stop Lanny's determination to continue to occupy this treasure mine. As long as the mithril was mined, one month's share could make up for all his losses.
(End of this chapter)
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