Chapter 412: Conquering Heimang Castle

Over these years, the lord of Wushan Territory has been bedridden and unable to leave the castle, the first heir Weijinsi is an Advanced Knight with no strength and little wit, and the eldest grandson is even more of a good-for-nothing wastrel...

Therefore, for the past ten or twenty years, almost all the nobles, great and small, of the Auduin Kingdom have felt that the Wushan Family was finished.

Yet, before anyone could even react, or one might even say in the blink of an eye, this supposedly finished family actually made Buluoer feel a powerful momentum.

The Thunder Marquis is no longer tormented by illness; not only has he recovered his former heroic spirit, but he has even advanced further, becoming one of the few Silver Moon Knights in the Auduin Kingdom.

His good-for-nothing grandson is now at least a Meteor Knight, and a Meteor Knight under twenty years old at that! Such aptitude is something even the Crown Prince cannot compare to.

Besides this, Wushan Territory also has Meilongnika and Aierlong, these two Level 7 Transcendents.

Such a top-tier level is extraordinary.

As for the middle and lower levels, Lulansi no longer spends any gold coins on medical expenses, and relying on the Marquis Territory's decent population base, his Knight Order can be assembled very quickly.

"Screaming Island, Moonlight Valley, and the Vila Principality have always been interested in the declining Wushan Territory and haven't stopped for all these years. Now that Wushan Castle is rising again, I'm afraid it will give them a headache."

Buluoer felt that if he brought this news to Bruno, the latter would likely be happy.

Although the strength of Wushan Castle cannot be underestimated, with three major noble forces surrounding it, it is not easy to deal with either.

Now that there is pressure both inside and outside the Kingdom, letting these nobles check and balance each other instead of setting their sights on the royal family is a good thing for Bruno.

Buluoer's thinking is not bad, but he miscalculated three people.

No, more accurately, two people and one dragon.

If he knew that Ruidar was Sun-level and Maiken was Silver Moon-level, I wonder what he would think?

On the other hand, Ruidar and Kabier have already led the Noble Allied Forces and the two Knight Squads of Wushan Castle to the foot of Heimang Castle.

"The Witch Soul Clan, they are too terrifying!"

Before entering Heimang City, Kaerbi, Mawen, Weituolinuo, and the others subconsciously assumed they would encounter an ambush.

But the reality was that they did not encounter any ambushes from that grassland all the way to the foot of the castle.

Not to mention ambushes, ever since entering Heimang City, apart from a few fleeing figures on the outskirts of the city, the closer they got to the castle area, the more deserted it became.

Without a doubt, all these people had been converted into the Witch Soul Clan by Heimang Castle.

This kind of insane practice made the nobles feel uneasy, and they could only pray that on the frontal battlefield, Lulansi and the others could wipe out all these cruel alien races in one fell swoop.

Ruidar also sighed deeply; he remembered encountering this situation in his previous life as well.

The Witch Soul Clan's characteristic of spawning troops rapidly and their ability to forcibly break through a level by devouring the souls and energy of their own kind made them a headache.

The way to avoid this situation was to strengthen surveillance so that the high-ranking members of the Witch Soul Clan would have no humans to convert.

"It looks like Heimang Castle is not guarded by anyone either."

Ruidar looked out into the distance; he did not take the few remaining Witch Soul Clan guards seriously.

"Let's go in."

Ruidar swung his longsword, leaped directly over the wide moat, and after dealing with the guards in a few strokes, he lowered the drawbridge, and the knights poured into the castle like a tide.

The massive castle was completely devoid of people, so silent that it felt like entering a ghost town.

Yet this made the incoming knights very excited.

This is a Count's castle; it must hide considerable wealth. Although most of it has to be handed over, hiding a little is tacitly permitted.

For a time, everyone became busy.

"You go too."

Ruidar let Ruige take the men of the Knight Squad to join the looting team.

"Yes, my lord!"

Since joining Wubei Territory, Ruige had often heard Ruidar's name and knew that a powerful commander was stationed in Anbian City within the territory, but he had never seen the other's power with his own eyes.

Through these two days of interaction, he had truly learned.

People who can be valued and trusted by the Lord are indeed not ordinary people!

Now Ruige felt more and more that joining Wubei Territory and following Luoning so early was the most correct decision he had ever made in his life.

If he had been a year or a year and a half slower, he probably wouldn't have been qualified to be a captain of one of the Wubei Territory's squads.

"After this war, there will definitely be more and more people defecting to Lord Luoning, and the competition will also become greater."

"When I go back, I will also grit my teeth and buy an Enhancement Potion from Mr. Aierlong; becoming a Silver-level sooner will mean my future achievements will be even greater!"

Thinking of the price of the Enhancement Potion, Ruige felt energized.

"Quick, everyone search carefully for me, don't let your teammates get the upper hand!" he shouted loudly.

Looting wealth is also one of their channels for obtaining extra income; yesterday on the battlefield, he had found quite a few gold coins, as well as some knight swords and armor.

The Lord said these things could be disposed of at their own discretion, so naturally, they counted as their own wealth.

Luoning is not short of money now; he has hundreds of thousands of gold coins on hand that he hasn't spent, so if this little bit of wealth leaks out, it leaks out; it doesn't matter.

Moreover, doing so allows the people in the territory to know that fighting for the Lord is profitable, which can increase their enthusiasm for participating in battles.

……

Wubei Port.

The oak transported from Jiliu Island had already been unloaded, and Captains Lusen and Weike had already driven their ships away from the port.

Leaving with them was Lisi's ship.

The purpose of their trip was both to train the navy and to take the opportunity to uproot the Ghost Tide Pirate Group's base on the northern islands.

This was a mission assigned by Luoning.

On this day, Eimeng was presiding over the port construction work and the work of digging canals to build shipyards as usual, when suddenly he saw a ship vaguely appearing on the sea to the northeast, only it was too far away to see clearly.

"Damn eyesight, I think I should beg the noble Lord Luoning to equip me with one of those things in Lisi's hands."

"Foreman, that's called a Telescope," the person next to him reminded.

Eimeng rolled his eyes, "Just keep hammering your stone, Laimu; no one will treat you as a mute if you don't talk!"

He cursed, and when he looked up again, the outline of that ship had gradually become clear.

"This ship is quite fast."

As the distance between the two sides grew closer, Eimeng could already clearly see the appearance of the ship.

There were no sails on this ship; to be precise, the mast seemed to have snapped, and there appeared to be holes and quite a few dents on the hull.

Yet what Eimeng found strange was that even without sails and covered in scars, it was not sailing slowly at all.

"He is heading toward the harbor!"

Eimeng's heart gave a jolt, "Go, call Hamete over!"

Now that Lisi was not here, the highest combat power here was Baron Hamete, who often sent people over this way.

"What is it, Eimeng?"

By the time Hamete arrived, this damaged ship had already docked beside the simple pier.

He was startled, subconsciously thinking that Young Master Lisi had returned injured, but after looking closely at the hull, he discovered it was different from the previous ship.

"This is?"

Eimeng ignored Hamete; he stared intently at this uninvited guest.

"Good heavens, is this ship built out of iron?"

His brain short-circuited a little; he knew about using iron to reinforce certain structures on a ship, but using iron to build an entire ship was an impossible thing.

Even if that Blacksmith used a special method to weld two pieces of iron together, when facing the gale and giant waves of the sea, if anything went wrong, it would snap directly into two pieces.

Yet the surface of the ship before his eyes really seemed to be iron.

"On guard!"

Hamete shouted, and the two Knights and seven or eight cavalrymen accompanying him went on alert.

To tell the truth, if they encountered enemies, his small number of men would be completely insufficient.

"There is no need to be so nervous, my unfamiliar friend."

A crisp voice drifted over, and five figures appeared one after another on the ship's deck; the lady in the lead was polite and humble.

"Please rest assured, we have no hostility." (End of this chapter)