Chapter 206: The Unsuspecting Contest

Grand Duke Edward was not in a hurry; he would see the person he wanted to see sooner or later, and to leave a good impression on the other party, the first thing to do was patience.

And it just so happened that he could take this time to observe what amazing things this legendary Mr. Luo Ke Sai Prince Prince Kelin had done in Lei Ming City.

Just as Grand Duke Edward's team entered the city, Baron Guss in the southern part of the Silver Pine Forest was panicked.

Just like Viceroy Wilson was caught off guard by Grand Duke Edward's sudden visit, he was equally surprised by the Princess's visit.

However, unlike Viceroy Wilson, his panic was not because the Princess didn't say hello before coming, but because when he was full of confidence and ready to welcome the Princess's visit, he found that the people under his hand had poked a huge hole for him.

In the northern part of the Silver Pine Forest, a mighty army completed its assembly, and about 2,000 militiamen carrying muskets were waiting in battle array.

And on the flank of the militiamen, there were 50 cuirassiers holding gleaming sabers and short flintlock pistols, staring at the north with tiger-like eyes.

And right in front of them, a group of sparse skeleton soldiers were standing, emitting a chilling coldness from their hollow skulls.

Baron Guss, wearing heavy armor, paced to the front of the formation on a warhorse and scolded Adlai, the sheriff, bloody.

"Damn it, why did a fortress suddenly appear on my territory?! Why haven't I heard of it at all? How did you, this sheriff, do your job?"

Looking at this wild boar wearing armor, Adlai only felt like laughing.

Why?

How dare this guy ask!

A few months ago, this guy told him personally to drive the refugees from the Twilight Saint Saint Xingsheng out of his territory, ensuring that there was not a single beggar in Silver Pine Town.

Not only that, this guy also specially reminded him that there was a haunted mine in the north, and if it really didn't work, he could send them there, saying it was at least a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Of course, he didn't feel sorry for those refugees, just felt that the question asked by this master was really cute enough.

"Those people are refugees from the Twilight Saint Saint Xingsheng, and I drove them out of your territory according to your instructions."

Baron Guss roared scoldingly.

"But why didn't you pick a place? Even if you dug a hole and buried them?"

Adlai said patiently.

"Didn't you tell me to drive them north?"

He originally wanted to save some face for this guy, but this guy really thought he had the necessity to take the blame for him.

The current Silver Pine Town was no longer the Silver Pine Town of a year ago. With the help of Priest Ma Te, he had long become the actual master of the small town, and how many cows and how much food were lost every year was a matter of his words.

He gave face by calling this guy Baron, but if he didn't want to give face, he could change the master of the Guss family.

Baron Guss flushed with anger and wished he could give him a whip, but soon thought that he was on the battlefield and couldn't afford to offend people at this time.

Wait until he goes back and settles the account with this guy!

Baron Guss gritted his teeth, swallowed his anger for the time being, and lowered his voice.

"Take it down for me! Before the Princess arrives at my barony!"

Adlai sneered in his heart, but still said respectfully.

"Obey."

It was just a fake battle, and it wasn't like he hadn't fought one before.

Long before coming here, he had already notified the demons of the Demon King's territory through Priest Ma Te.

When they started fighting later, they would just fire blank shots into the sky, or smash a few skeletons, and then turn around and run when the other side rushed over. The Baron couldn't blame him.

However, what Adlai didn't expect was that after he ordered a few volleys and smashed a few rows of skeleton soldiers, a certain Baron with an abnormal brain actually thought he had the upper hand and drew his saber to kill.

"Charge! Everyone follow me and charge! Draw your swords, for the glory of Saint Xisi! For the Campbell Principality! Crush these skeleton frames for me!"

"Kill!!!"

Under the call of Baron Guss, the 50 cuirassiers who were ready to go launched a charge, rushing toward the sparse skeleton soldiers like a galloping torrent.

Without any accident, the group of skeleton soldiers was smashed to pieces by the charge of the 50 cavalry, falling apart and collapsing...

However, these guys were just cannon fodder, or not even cannon fodder, just things that the necromancer could summon a large group of just by waving his hand.

"Creak, creak, creak—"

A sound of wind chimes suddenly came from the forest, making the cavalrymen waving their sabers feel terrified, their nerves tense.

However, they looked around, but couldn't see where the laughter came from, and didn't know where the threat came from.

"Who's there! Come out!"

Baron Guss roared in panic, clutching the reins and wanting to turn around to retreat to a safe position, but it was already too late.

Gray mist rose from nowhere, gradually replacing the skeleton soldiers beside him, like a cage, firmly enveloping him.

"Damn..."

Baron Guss was both surprised and angry in his heart, cursed, raised the flintlock pistol in his hand and was about to fire, but saw the flintlock pistol turn into a poisonous snake staring at him, scaring him into throwing the "poisonous snake" away.

It's an illusion!

He suddenly reacted, but it was already too late, and he could only look toward the rear with pleading, expecting the chaplain to take action.

However, there was no chaplain; those who went on the expedition with the militia were the ghouls of the Demon King.

Even the Sheriff Adlai he trusted the most had become a servant of the Demon King, and was one of the first batch to sell his soul...

【Shield Dropper】 Hebar, standing in the ranks, stared wide-eyed, watching the cavalry who rushed into the skeleton sea like water splashed into a hot pot, being pulled off their horses and pressed to the ground by those skeletons in just a few breaths.

This was not over yet.

Their respected Baron Guss stood up unsteadily after falling off his horse, walked to a pine tree like a lost soul, and knelt in the snow, repeatedly slapping himself.

A little demon sat on a tree branch, two lotus-root-like legs stacked together, watching him yawn boredly.

The battlefield was dead silent.

The morale of the militiamen began to fluctuate, trembling and moving backward, almost unable to suppress the fear in their hearts.

The morale of these farmers themselves was not very high.

Not to mention that most of them were dragged out of their homes early in the morning, given a flintlock pistol in a daze, and then went to the battlefield with the sheriff.

Looking at the pine tree from afar, Adlai's gaze met a pair of scarlet pupils, and he instantly read the mocking look in them.

'You want to try too?'

Adlai didn't dare.

"Retreat!!"

Without hesitation for even a second, he shouted to the soldiers behind him.

And as his voice fell, the assembled militia immediately scattered like birds and beasts, and some even ran away without their shoes on the road...

Behind the fence gate not far away, the players lowered the weapons in their hands in disappointment.

【Want to be a Corpse】: "Damn!"

【Late Potato in the Office】: "Came all the way here, why didn't you fight?"

【City Slave】: "This is too weak!"

【Emotionally Stable】: "I just got fired up!"

The ghost Luo Luo Bote, floating in mid-air, looked at these restless undead with the eyes of looking at monsters, unable to understand what these guys were regretting.

Isn't it a good thing not to be disturbed in long sleep?

How can there be people hoping for others to come and blow up their graves...

However, at this time, he suddenly found that the guy kneeling in the snow and slapping himself was a bit familiar, and looking closely, it was actually the lord of Silver Pine Town.

Luo Luo Bote's face changed slightly, and his head almost fell off in nervousness.

"That guy seems to be a Baron of the Campbell Principality... that Baron Guss, you are probably in trouble."

"Trouble?"

Hearing his nagging, the little demon player floating in the sky raised his eyebrows slightly and said eagerly.

"We wish there were more people."

【I Come to Form the Crotch】: "Exactly! If the dog game designer has the ability, brush more!"

Luo Luo Bote: "..."

Because Sheriff Adlai took the lead in fleeing south, the militiamen who lost their backbone were defeated like a mountain, and many people even ran out of their shoes on the road.

Returning to the town, Adlai wrote a letter for the first time and sent it to Baron Guss's manor, attributing the failure to the enemy's tricks and insufficient troops, and notified the family to prepare for the funeral.

Falling into the hands of the Demon King, it was mostly bad luck. As the militiamen who lost their weapons returned to the town, the news of Baron Guss's defeat spread like wildfire, and the people in the town were talking about it, and for a time, people were panicked.

No one likes that miser Baron Guss, but they are even more afraid that the Demon King in the labyrinth will start making waves again.

And at the same time, the adventurers in the tavern were talking about it, and some were even eager to try, preparing to show their skills.

If they could save Baron Guss from the labyrinth, I think the family of that master would definitely be willing to pay a high reward.

Not only that, they could also gain the friendship of nobles.

Being an adventurer has never been a long-term plan. If they couldn't kill the Demon King and become God-chosen ones, becoming friends with the God-chosen ones would not be bad.

"Is there anyone willing to go to the labyrinth with me!" In the Silver Pine Path Tavern, a young man with bright eyes stood up and patted the table.

The adventurers next to him looked at him, just like looking at a freak.

"Go to the labyrinth? Now?"

"Save it, I have never seen anyone who was caught and could come back."

Please... you... collect_6... 9... book... bar...!

The young man argued.

"There is still a chance now, before the Baron is taken to the depths of the labyrinth, we might be able to save him from the hands of the monsters!"

A middle-aged man wearing an iron helmet shook his head, curled his lips and said.

"Go if you want, I don't want to provoke those dangerous guys, I go to the labyrinth just to mix a meal."

Fighting with the regular army is the job of the Trident Knights.

Anyway, Grand Duke Campbell will take action.

If that guy is important enough...

Just in the discussion of the people, Baron Guss's territory was suddenly tense, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense.

Especially the Baron's manor.

As Adlai's letter was sent, the Baroness who opened the letter fainted on the spot.

The Baron's children were at a loss, facing the sudden bad news, not knowing what to do. The entire manor was suddenly filled with wailing, and no matter how much sincerity there was, the servants all made expressions of heartbreak.

And just at this time, the Princess's motorcade arrived outside the manor gate.

Looking at the closed gate, Theresa, who was riding on the horse, frowned slightly, and a look of displeasure appeared between her eyebrows.

Just when she was about to explode, the closed gate finally opened slowly, and the hoarse crying rushed out from the door with hurried footsteps.

That was a woman in her early thirties, wearing a wide-sleeved dress with lace, and chestnut curly hair combed into an elegant bun on her head, crying like rain on her beautiful face.

"Princess! Respected Princess! Please must make the decision for us! My master... he for the Principality..."

Looking at the Baroness who threw herself on the snow, Theresa quickly pressed the restless warhorse to prevent the horse's hooves from kicking her, while scolding.

"No rudeness—"

"Theresa! Let her come over."

Ailin jumped off the carriage and walked quickly to the lady sitting in the snow, holding her delicate arms with both hands.

"I am here, don't be afraid! You calm down first and tell me clearly, what happened? Did something happen to your husband?"

Following Ailin, Luo Yan gently waved the magic wand in his sleeve, cast Holy Light to smooth the excited emotions of the Baroness, and took a blanket from the storage space and covered it on her shoulders.

"She is very unstable now, let's go inside and talk."

Actually, he had already guessed the cause of the matter.

"Thank you..."

Bathed in the warm light, the lady choked with thanks, and looked at Luo Yan who covered her with a blanket, but quickly hid her gaze again.

Perhaps because of the Holy Light, her face returned to a trace of ruddy, and her restless emotions finally calmed down a little.

Ailin helped her stand up from the ground, then handed her to Theresa who turned off the horse, and instructed the personal guards to wait at the gate of the manor.

A group of people passed through the gate of the manor and entered the stone wall with withered vines. The fountain in the courtyard was flowing, just like the tears of the men and women in the mansion.

The 50 cuirassiers who went on the expedition with the Baron were all servants in the mansion, and many of their families also lived in the manor.

The living room of the manor's main building.

The maid with tear stains in the corners of her eyes poured tea for the group, and then left in a hurry with the tray.

Sitting beside the fireplace, the lady named Marina hugged the blanket on her shoulders tightly, crying while saying.

"My husband heard that you were coming here, worried that the situation in the Silver Pine Forest would be seen by you, so he insisted on taking people to crusade against the monsters there. As a result... the monsters there were too cunning, and they were not opponents at all with my husband's strength alone, and his subjects abandoned him... I, I really don't know what to do, I am only thirty-something... I mean, this family cannot be without a pillar..."

As she spoke, she cried more and more sadly, and the children standing beside her were also red-eyed, containing tears.

These children were not big, the oldest was not even ten years old, and it was not enough to take over their father's position and pick up the burden of this family.

Although Theresa sympathized, her brows frowned slightly.

She hated this kind of shirking responsibility, especially when she saw the self-blame on the Princess's face.

As for Luo Yan, he was thinking expressionlessly.

Difficult.

He could release people.

But releasing directly was too obvious.

As for killing...

That was even more troublesome.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curse a few times at the guy who was showing off everywhere wearing white silk at the banquet and hurting his eyes.

The entire Silver Pine Town was his people, and no one expected that this idiot would not know his own strength and a on it.

Ailin Campbell's mood was heavy, holding Marina's hand tightly, promising solemnly.

"I know about Baron Guss, the Campbell Principality will not abandon its loyal subjects, I promise you, I will definitely do my best to save him back."

Although she knew that the hope of the Baron's survival was very slim.

The monsters in the labyrinth and the humans on the surface could be said to be mortal enemies, especially since her father had just beheaded their most respected Demon King.

Perhaps the Baron was already dead.

Luo Yan put his hand on Ailin's shoulder, patted her shoulder gently.

"Let this lady be alone for a while, I think what she needs most now is not comfort, but rest. As for the Baron's matter, leave it to us."

"Mr. Prince Prince Kelin?" Ailin looked at Luo Yan in surprise, blurted out, "This is a matter of our Campbell Principality, I don't want you to be involved in danger because of us..."

Luo Yan shook his head, interrupting her words.

"Please don't say that, Princess, this has nothing to do with the Campbell Principality, I said I would stand by your side."

Ailin's expression moved slightly, but a struggle flashed in her eyes.

"But what if something happens to you—"

"My father will be proud of me, dying in the decisive battle with demons is the greatest honor for imperial nobles." Luo Yan nodded slightly, saying without blushing or heartbeat, "We will eventually die, but noble souls will enter heaven."

Ailin looked at him blankly, a trace of emotion flowing in her eyes.

"Okay... I promise you, but you must follow me closely. This is a battlefield, it's different from the flying broom competition in those four wizard towers."

Luo Yan almost forgot about this, and suddenly heard it from the mouth of this naive girl, almost unable to hold back the corner of his mouth.

However, he was professional in terms of expression management, and even a high-level succubus couldn't make him show flaws.

Nodding slightly, he said solemnly.

"I promise you."

Ailin nodded, then looked toward Teresa and gave instructions with a solemn expression.

"Notify the personal guard, prepare to set off! Before everything is too late."

Theresa returned a knight's etiquette and said.

"Yes! Princess."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 207 =====