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He intentionally moved his head to the side of Darcy's face, and it seemed that the two were almost touching each other. Mrs. Christie was shocked by this intimate gesture, and she covered her mouth with her hand to prevent people from seeing her like this. What a moment of surprise.

Before there was any reaction from here, Miss Darcy suddenly stood up, snatched the wine glass from Cole Norton's hand, followed closely and poured it on the head of the alcoholic friend. Drenched the man into a drenched chicken, and this was not over yet, she moved the drunkard's shoulder with one hand, pushed him against the gray wall with brute force, and slapped the drunkard heavily on the face.

Before the drunkard could react, he grabbed his collar by the collar, raised his knee and pressed it hard against the drunkard's chest, the drunkard was knocked down by Dacie Christie's knee, and fell to the ground, bending his whole body on the ground Only prawns.

Under the gazes of the drinkers around, Miss Darcy straightened her wrinkled skirt, rubbed her hands, and walked directly in front of Cole Norton and Viscount Fornak, and said with a look of disgust: "I don't want I need to apologize, whoever offended me, I usually get it back on the spot!"

This sentence immediately made Cole Norton blush, and he sat on the high chair and didn't know how to answer the following words. Obviously, Dacie Christie was alluding to the fight in the city of Handanal that night before, a group of young swordsmen from the graduation class The soldiers were knocked unconscious with a wooden stick by a reserve knight in the streets of the city.

Pulling the 'Beina Advanced Swordsman Academy', the first school for senior swordsmen in the Grimm Empire, from the altar, the gold-lettered signboard in people's eyes is not even as good as a heavy armored infantry soldier who has fought on the battlefield for four years. The slap in the face of Zhong Chiguoguo also made the teachers in the academy deeply reflect on what went wrong, which made the swordsmen who came out of the academy unable to adapt to the war of planes...

For those graduates who returned to the academy in despair after being beaten up, there has always been a voice in the academy: "After being beaten, I don't even have the courage to get back to the place at the first time..."

Obviously this time Darcy Christie brought up the old story again, which deeply stimulated Cole Norton, and his face with a faint smile turned cold all of a sudden.

Dacie Christie went forward without giving way, and was about to make a move if there was a disagreement. The Viscount Furnark who was sitting next to him lightly pressed Cole Norton's shoulder with one hand, which made Cole Norton Under the rage, he still maintained his sanity.

When Darcy Christie was arguing, she suddenly saw Suldak and Mrs. Christie sitting on the other side of the bar. She was slightly dazed, and turned her head to look suspiciously at Cole Norton and Fornaker. The Viscount shook his long red hair and walked towards Suldak.

Darcy Christie walked up to Suldak with a normal expression, without even throwing a glance at Miss Brenda. The strong aura made Miss Brenda take two steps back knowingly. Only when she approached Mrs. Christie, could she To feel a little safer.

"Why are you all here?" Miss Darcy asked Suldak.

Suldak spread his hands with a wry smile on his face, and explained: "Carl and I are going on a mission tomorrow morning. Before we leave, we made an appointment to come here for a drink."

Miss Daxi looked at Suldak with a gloomy expression, and said in a low voice: "Then... I wish you a good journey!"

Then Miss Darcy twisted her body stubbornly, and strode out of the tavern without looking back.

Mrs. Christie glanced at Miss Brenda, then gave Carl an apologetic look, and left everyone behind to catch up quickly.

Chapter 409 Viscount Fornak's Secret

Viscount Fornak and Cole Norton looked at Karl and Suldak on the opposite side with uncertain expressions, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air.

Some people in the tavern had already stood up from their seats, as if they wanted to occupy a more favorable terrain to enjoy the fight, but then someone in the crowd recognized Carl's identity and couldn't help but whispered: "It's the guard battalion support squadron Captain Carl Squadron..."

"What's the background on the other side?" A drinker asked his companion.

Unexpectedly, the man replied without much hesitation: "It's that cowardly Viscount Fonak. The Fonak Manor that has been listed in the auction house for a year and has not been sold is his family's property."

Many guests in the tavern started whistling and booing.

Miss Brenda sat on the high foot board, her face turned pale with fright at the scene in front of her.

"Hello!" The proprietress of the tavern looked at Karl helplessly. Karl quickly made a gesture, indicating that he would leave immediately. The proprietress smiled softly and did not say a word of dissuasion.

Carl stood up and straightened his dress, then turned to Miss Brenda who was standing aside and said, "Would you like to give you a ride?"

Miss Brenda quickly nodded obediently, and gently lifted the hem of the long skirt. As Suldak stood up, she hesitated for a moment, and put her hands on her arms, Suldak smiled slightly. Startled, but did not refuse, the group of three left the tavern under the eyes of the drinkers.

Seeing that the impending fight disappeared in an instant, the drinkers around booed in disappointment.

The liquor girls hiding by the wall were once again carrying trays full of ale, twisting their upturned breasts and buttocks, and shuttled through the tavern.

The proprietress of the tavern ignored the rest of the people. She untied her apron and returned upstairs with a calm face, not worrying at all whether there would be a commotion in the tavern. At this time, the bartender who had been hiding in the corner for half the night was quick He got out, quickly put the empty wine glasses on the table into the pool behind him, and took over the work from the proprietress of the tavern.

……

Before leaving the tavern, Suldak glanced at Viscount Furnak suspiciously, and had an instinctive intuition in his heart, feeling that Viscount Furnak had an inexplicable hostility towards him, which made him baffled untie.

It is reasonable to say that the two should not have any intersection. Even if Suldak and Col Norton are close friends, the hostility shown by Viscount Fornak is too great. It is a deep-rooted hatred, although Fornak The Viscount was very restrained and tried to avoid revealing his inner emotions, but the resentment in his eyes would still be revealed when he turned his head inadvertently.

Miss Brenda who walked out of the tavern exhaled lightly, her face relaxed, she stared at Suldak at the door of the tavern, and asked Suldak with a half-smile: "Would you like to go to my place?" Another cup of tea?"

Suldak acted as if he didn't understand Miss Brenda's hint at all, pointed to the sky full of stars and said with a smile, "It's too late, we have to go on a mission tomorrow morning, thank you for your invitation!"

Then he turned his head and said to Carl who was standing next to the magic caravan: "Carl, you are in charge of sending Miss Brenda home safely. We seem to be in trouble, so I'll go first!"

"...Hi!" Karl looked at Suldak with a displeased face.The expression on his face clearly said, 'Then you can't leave the trouble to me! '

The waiter in charge of managing the horses outside the tavern brought Suldak's Gu Bolai horse over. Suerdak handed him a tip of five copper coins and got on the horse. He ran like a child on the long street with some snow on both sides, and disappeared under the dim street lights in a moment.

Miss Brenda pouted, ignored Carl at all, and lifted her skirt to board the magic caravan with an unhappy expression.

Looking at Miss Brenda's back, Karl actually wanted to persuade Miss Brenda to give up her thoughts on Suldak, because once some things are missed, they really can't be retrieved. Mrs. Christie should have said this to her, boarded the magic caravan, knocked on the front glass of the carriage, and signaled to the coachman that it was time to set off.

The magic caravan quickly turned a corner at the intersection and drove towards the rich area of ​​the city.

……

Viscount Furnark and Cole Norton sat at the bar facing each other with gloomy faces. They couldn't figure out why a well-arranged scene did not continue according to the script. According to the original plan, this scene can highlight the hero's rescue The beautiful plot makes Miss Darcy change her mind, and it can also irritate Suldak and make him lose his composure in the tavern.For this reason, Viscount Funak also sent his subordinates to investigate Suldak's whereabouts, but he didn't expect this matter to go wrong.

First of all, Cole Norton failed to save the hero to the end. Miss Darcy personally taught the two drunks arranged by Viscount Fornak, and then left Cole Norton and left the tavern alone. Suldak was not provoked either, and even ignored Cole Norton, and left the tavern with his friends.

Feeling as if he had been underestimated by the Suldak knights, Cole Norton drank the wine in his glass resentfully.

Viscount Fornac asked the bartender for two more glasses of rum, handed a glass of wine to Cole, and said to Cole apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect this operation to be messed up!"

Cole smiled sullenly and said, "Although they didn't succeed this time, they shouldn't think too much about it. I've already written to Darcie Christie's rivals in the academy, and they are probably on their way here. It won't be long before Hylanda gets more lively."

Viscount Furnark glanced at Cole Norton and asked him: "Then what are you going to do? Stay with me and watch the show, or go back to Bena City?"

Cole Norton took a sip of the spirits, then rinsed his mouth with soda water, and said to Viscount Fornak: "The family plans to let me go to the Warsaw plane to serve in the military, and I will train with the swordsmen in the army. After a period of time, he will be sent to the Infantry Regiment as a low-level officer, and then slowly accumulate military merits, trying to exchange for a title for himself."

"Are you going to participate in the plane war?" Viscount Fornak looked at Cole Norton with a hint of envy in his eyes and said, "If I can get rid of the trouble here, I will also participate in the plane war. Walk around on the Warsaw plane."

Cole Norton immediately puffed up his chest, patted hard and said: "If you want to go to the Warsaw plane, don't forget to write to me, and I will send you my contact information when I get there. Go to Epsom City to pick you up."

Viscount Funak sighed, thinking about his troubles, shook his head distressedly and said, "Okay, if I go to the Warsaw plane, I will write to you."

The two sat by the bar, drinking lightly and chatting: "But you, are you going to let that Suldak knight go and leave Hailansa like this?"

Cole Norton said dejectedly: "Otherwise, what else can I do? It's impossible to ask the construction swordsman in the family to come forward because of this matter. Once my father finds out about it, I will be miserable. I dare not Take the risk!"

This kind of jealousy is very common in noble circles, but generally speaking, neither side will make such a big deal. Once the family power is involved and the matter is exposed, it will often cause the family to lose a certain amount of reputation. This is the last thing to do. Tolerated, Cole has some concerns of his own.

Viscount Fornak closed his eyes, so as not to be seen by Cole Norton. He suppressed the joy in his heart, took a big gulp of rum, and made his face flushed. When he opened his eyes again, His gaze seemed a little aggressive, and he suddenly lowered his voice and said to Cole Norton: "I can ask my teacher to help. If you don't leave in a hurry, he is a very powerful magician. I can talk to him!"

Cole Norton did not expect that Viscount Fornak would be willing to help, and his teacher was actually a magician. He asked hesitantly: "A magician? Are you a magic apprentice, or have you awakened to become a magician?" How can there be a teacher of a magician without a magic swordsman?"

Viscount Fornak showed a vague smile on his face, and lightly snapped his fingers. The thumb and index finger formed a heart shape, and a small black flame burst out between the index finger and thumb. Black flames appeared in the air without any temperature, but the aura that emanated made Cole Norton feel terrified.

Cole Norton's eyes widened: "Senior Furnak, you are actually a magic swordsman?"

Viscount Fornak was noncommittal, shook his hand to extinguish the inconspicuous flame, and then said to Cole Norton: "There is no way to trouble them in the city, we just need to wait for him to go out of the city and wait for him to lie in ambush outside the city." Well, the two of them are members of the Guard Battalion Support Squadron, and occasionally they have to go out of the city to perform missions, as long as they dare to leave Hailansa, as long as we seize the opportunity, we can give them a hard lesson."

Cole Norton's eyes lit up, and he was obviously moved by his appearance.

At this time, a knight squire came from outside and came to Viscount Furnac without saying a word, and whispered a few words in his ear. Viscount Furnak glanced at the knight squire and asked again: " you sure?"

The knight servant nodded very positively.

Viscount Furnac waved his hand to let the knight servant leave, then put his hand on Cole Norton's shoulder, shortened the distance between the two, and whispered in Cole Norton's ear: "Cole, I received accurate information that the two of them will go out to carry out missions tomorrow morning, and we have to go back and get ready!"

Leaving Cole Norton's sight, Viscount Fornark's gloomy gaze showed a stern look.

The two were not in the mood to continue drinking at the moment, and left a few silver coins on the wine glass stand. Viscount Fornak and Cole Norton left the tavern together.

……

In a villa in the workshop area of ​​Hailansa City, Viscount Fornak and Cole Norton stood outside the door and knocked gently on the door.

After a while, when Cole Norton was waiting impatiently, the wooden door was pushed open from the inside, and a middle-aged woman in a long black dress stood at the door, with her long maroon hair coiled in the Above his head, he stared at Viscount Furnak with a straight face and asked, "Funak, why are you here? There is no magic class today!"

She glanced at Cole Norton sharply. Cole Norton felt the strong spiritual power and aura of the other party. He stood in front of this middle-aged woman like a naked man, and he was a little afraid to confront her. See.

Viscount Fornak hurried over, squeezed a smile on the middle-aged woman and said, "Teacher, I am here to visit you this time to ask for your help."

The middle-aged woman turned and walked back into the room. Viscount Fornac took the opportunity to follow into the room. Almost all the curtains in the room were drawn, which made the living room look very dark. The middle-aged woman was sitting on the sofa with a book open in front of her. Spellbook and a fir staff.

Viscount Fornak stood on the carpet in the living room, and said to the middle-aged female magician, "We would like to ask you to teach a knight named Suldak a lesson. This is my friend—— from the city of Bena. Knight Cole Norton, he has some unhappy past with Suldak, this time he came to Hailansa City and was humiliated by Knight Suldak, we have nothing to do with him, so I would like to ask you to come forward Teach that Suldak knight a lesson!"

Hearing the name Suldak Knight, the eyes of the middle-aged female magician moved slightly, but Cole, who was standing behind Viscount Fornak, did not see this scene.

The middle-aged female magician frowned slightly, with a hint of concern on her face, and said in a deep voice: "How can I deal with a knight? Don't say that once the law enforcement team of the Magic Union in Hailansa City knows about this, They will run over to pursue responsibility, and once the other party reports to the Knights, it will inevitably deepen the conflict between the Magic Union and the Knights."

Viscount Fornac hurried forward and said earnestly to the middle-aged female magician: "Teacher, please rest assured that the dispute between the two knights of this matter will definitely not involve you in the future." head!"

After speaking, he looked back at Cole Norton.

Cole Norton hastily handed over a bag of gold coins that he had prepared earlier to the coffee table, and then cautiously returned to the original place. Seeing the bag of gold coins, the middle-aged female magician's expression eased a lot, and she shook her head while looking at Viscount Fornak Said: "If this is the case, then I will help you teach that arrogant knight a lesson, you will only cause trouble for me!"

Seeing that the middle-aged female magician agreed casually after a little hesitation, Cole Norton felt a little relieved.

In addition, this bag of gold coins was not produced by Cole Norton alone, and half of the gold coins were sponsored by Viscount Furnak, which made Cole Norton feel that he owed Viscount Furnak a lot of favor.

Next, a specific time for action was set, and then Viscount Fornak left with Cole Norton.

After waiting for the two people to ride in the carriage, Samaya came out of the room. Since the kidnapping of Ms. Hoyle in Castle Christie failed, she was targeted by the magic union law enforcement group mage in Hailansa city. She used a double in a critical moment Get away for yourself, and have been hiding in this villa ever since.

She sat across from the middle-aged female magician, with a slight smile on her delicate and beautiful face, and said, "I didn't expect that Furnak found a scapegoat this time. Let's do it, and it's best to lure out all the old and young people in the manor, and solve the troubles in the manor together."

The middle-aged female magician stared at her coldly.

Samaya said to the middle-aged female magician: "Marion, is it possible to catch him alive this time? He probably knows the whereabouts of the apostle of the dark goddess."

The middle-aged female magician named Marion gave Samaya a hard look, and said unceremoniously: "The previous three actions failed, doesn't that explain the problem? It is said that he has a sober pendant on him, hypnosis and deep sleep. Zhiyun has no effect on him at all."

After speaking, he picked up his wand, stood up and stepped on the stairs next to the living room, saying, "Before I act, I will prepare some magic scrolls..."

Chapter 410

In the early morning, against the bitter north wind, Suldak rode away from the city of Hailansa with Karl and his party.

Worried that he would not be able to eat lunch and dinner at the Knight Academy these days when he was not in the Knight Academy, Suldak specifically asked the two girls in the next room to help him take care of Natasha last night.The two girls, Linna and Nedra, readily agreed.

Furnak Manor is located in the southern suburbs of Hailansa City. There are almost no mountains on the road from Hailansa City to Furnak Manor. At most, it is a gentle woodland. Along the way, Suldak saw several logging camps. There are some old golden oak trees on both sides. The road is not very easy to walk, and everyone walks along a trampled mark on the road.

The snow on the road has not been completely trampled, leaving the avenue and embarking on the tree-lined road to the Fonak Manor. There are only footprints left by some hunters on this road. It seems that few people come here after the heavy snow. From time to time, there are only one The pheasant flew out of the snow and plunged into the snow hole in the woodland on the hillside.

This time, in addition to Suldak, Karl also transferred the first team of the support squadron to accompany him. A group of eight people left Hailansa City in the morning, and it only took about half a day to arrive at Fornak Manor.

Suldak and Karl walked side by side on the road.

Last night, Karl asked Mi Luo, the captain of the first team, to call out the information about the little Viscount Fornak from the guard camp. At this time, Mi Luo followed Karl and seriously told the information he found last night.The captain of the first team is Karl's confidant, so I heard him say: "When many people in the city talked about the robbery of the Fornak Manor, they said that the little Viscount Fornak was a rare wimp, because he was afraid of those bandits, Therefore, he gave up the Fornac Manor and ran back to Hailansa City in despair."

Karl was on horseback, turned to Suldak and said, "I remember a time when a group of robbers lived in the Fornak Manor."

"Yes!" Mi Luo, the captain of the first team, also had a fresh look in his memory, and said with emotion in his tone: "That happened last summer, a group of bandits looted around the city of Hailansa. , made the nobles in Hailansa City panic, and the guard battalion sent their respective support squadrons out of the city to encircle and suppress the bandit group, only to find out that this bandit group had actually occupied the Fornak Manor, and used it as an excuse The stronghold looted the surrounding villages and towns, and it was not until the guard battalion wiped out the bandit group in one fell swoop that the Fonak manor returned to the hands of the little Viscount Fonak."

"And after Viscount Fornak took over the manor, he only sent a night watchman to guard the gate to prevent the manor from being completely abandoned. I didn't expect that the manor would still have accidents one after another in the following period of time." Mi Luo added. .

"Accidents happen one after another?" Carl asked quite unexpectedly. This kind of incident is an issue of public security outside the city, but he just doesn't know anything about it.

The first team leader Mi Luo nodded, and said: "That's right, this dead night watchman is not the first victim in this manor, in fact, counting this one, it should be the fifth one, but The four viscounts of Furnark have made some compensations to the families of the night watchmen. Even if they die, no one will say anything. Moreover, Viscount Furnark will go to the guard camp every time to file a report. However, this night watchman is not Viscount Furnark. I don’t want to make amends, but just caught up with the recent heavy snowfall, it was a little late when he received the news, the night watchman’s son reported the incident to the guard camp seven days after his father disappeared.”

Carl pondered for a while, then asked again: "It seems that there is something wrong with this manor. Have you asked the family members of the night watchmen and the cause of death of those night watchmen?"

Miluo said a little embarrassedly: "On the file, it is only recorded that the cause of death is unknown, because it was only investigated last night, and there was no time to visit the families of the victimized night watchmen."

"That would be great!" Carl said to Miluo.

When a group of people were about to arrive at the Furnac Manor, standing on the slope in the distance, they saw that the Furnak Manor was built on a small hill. This hill was only tens of meters high. It has a gentle slope, and on the north side of the hill is a cliff with a drop of about 50 meters. The Faunak Manor is built on the cliff. Below the cliff is a lake covering an area of ​​about ten acres. Behind the lake is a large forest. .

There is a winding path leading here from the south of the manor. From a distance, the depressed exterior walls and dilapidated gates of the Fornak Manor are still covered with thick snow. Although they have been repaired, they are lifeless. The window under the observation deck is only the window frame, and it looks like a messy bird's nest on the window sill. A big ibis with black feathers flew out of the window and flew around the manor for a while. Fly away.

Karl ordered Miluo: "Send two people to search carefully outside the manor. Let's find a place sheltered from the wind and have a warm meal to fill our stomachs before entering the manor to investigate."

Probably because he was worried that Captain Sol and his team would not be able to keep up in time, Karl led the first team and did not walk all the way fast. At this time, he set up a temporary tent next to the forest, built a bonfire and set up a large iron pot to boil the water. Break up the baked oatmeal and throw it into a large iron pot until it is soft and rotten, and eat it warmly. This type of oatmeal with salt and meat cheese is much more delicious than the marching ration.

The group of people walked into the Fornak Manor slowly after lunch. Although there was an iron lock on the dilapidated gate, the railing on the big iron gate had a big hole that even a huge bear could get through. After entering, everyone tied the horses outside the manor, leaving a member of the first team to take care of the horses, and Karl led the other five people into the manor.

After Suldak entered the Funak Manor, he realized that although the manor was too dilapidated to be inhabitable without renovation, the design pattern of the whole manor could still be seen in outline. Under the heavy snow cover, the whole The manor can fit well into the surrounding mountain scenery. No wonder the manor has been abandoned to this point. When Darcy Christie recommended the knight collar to herself, she also recommended the land here to herself.

Obviously, Darcy Christie is not optimistic about the land here, but this abandoned manor. If the big lake here and the large mountain forest opposite can become his own knight's collar, it is obviously a good idea to buy this dilapidated manor with money. It is an excellent plan to purchase land, but if you want to occupy such a large area of ​​land for yourself, it is estimated that the small knight collar cannot accommodate it.

There were only a few messy footprints in the manor. Miluo walked in the front with a shield in his hand, followed by three members of the first team, followed by Suldak and Karl. Suldak, who rushed to the front, was very uncomfortable. He took out the dwarf chain shield and the blood red crescent moon from his magic pocket, and came to Miluo and walked side by side with him.

He was wearing a red salamander leather armor and held a magic weapon in his hand, which made the members of the first team very jealous.

Ordinarily, the night watchman should live in the gatehouse at the gate, but the gate of this gatehouse has disappeared without a trace, the glass of the windows has also been smashed to pieces, and the house is filled with snow. Outside, there is almost nothing, and there is no trace of inhabitation at all.On the contrary, the stable next to it looks very large. The horse trough alone is tens of meters long. The entire stable is also built with good wooden boards. There are main beams and columns every four meters inside. Snow, and some weeds and horse manure on the ground that was not covered by snow.

Pass through the arched gate at the entrance of the manor. The low wall of shrubs in the courtyard has not been pruned by the gardener, and it has grown into a shapeless shape. Go around the dry fountain in the courtyard and walk up the steps of the main house. I don't know if it was left by the night watchman, or if the night watchman's son came here to look for his father.

The main house is a four-story building, which looks extraordinarily high when it is built on the top of the rock wall. The walls are all made of green mountain stones collected locally. It is neat and regular, and there are regular flowing cloud patterns on the wall. I have to say that the foundations of the buildings in this manor are extremely solid, and all the buildings in the whole manor are made of very hard bluestone strips. The square stones, each with a wedge in the middle, must be combined with each other and then poured with concrete mortar, so that the whole building is almost integrated.

Walking into the living room of the main building, all the furniture inside has been kept, but it was once a stronghold of bandits. Although the decoration on the four walls of the room has not been damaged much, the carpet in the hall is full of dirty and dried blood. The furniture was pushed against the walls, and the empty hall was filled with long tables and benches, which seemed to be a place where robbers gathered to share the spoils.

A set of soft leather sofas were set up on the temporary high platform at the front of the hall, which seemed to be where the leaders of the bandits sat.

There is a side door next to the main hall, and the debris at the door was cleared out. Suldak walked towards the side door first, pushed the wooden door open, and it turned out to be a fairly good bedroom with a wooden bed inside. , there is a brazier next to the wooden bed, with a burnt black support on it, and an iron pot is hung on the shelf, and the wall opposite the wooden bed is full of sawn firewood, although the room looks messy , but it has a lot of daily necessities, including half a bag of toasted wheat cakes and two dried skinless pheasants that are frozen hard. It seems that this should be the residence of the night watchman.

This night watchman is really lazy. Obviously there should be a very luxurious kitchen in this building, but he just set up a brazier and iron pot in his hut. Obviously he doesn't want to go to the kitchen. Karl is in Turning around in the room, he asked Mi Luo, the captain of the first team, "Did Knight Isaac mention that they found the whereabouts of the night watchman?"