Chapter 249

After Pa Ke's death, the battle that had lasted from dusk until dawn came to a complete end.

He ordered his subordinates to continue searching the castle, leaving no survivors, while also beginning to collect the spoils of war.

"My lord, look! This was found in the warehouse on the third floor! It's full of good things!"

Before long, Knight Mi Gen and other knights carried five boxes to Gervas's side, their faces unable to hide their excitement!

"Is that so? Open them and take a look!"

At Gervas's order, Mi Gen and the others did not delay.

First were the three largest wooden boxes, one and a half meters long and over eighty centimeters high.

The wooden boxes slowly opened, revealing three full boxes brimming with yellow copper coins.

"So many?"

Even though Gervas had been a lord for several months, he had never seen so many copper coins.

After all, the wealth of his own castle consisted mostly of night-shining pearls, gold coins, or other supplies.

Such a reserve of copper coins was truly rare.

And the copper coins in these three large boxes must surely number over a million, right?

Of course, converted into gold coins, it was merely a hundred or so gold coins.

"My lord, there is even better stuff coming up next!"

Mi Gen reported in a cheeky tone, then began to open the fourth, slightly smaller wooden box, about eighty centimeters long and fifty centimeters high.

As the wooden box opened, a flash of silver light dazzled Gervas, making him unable to keep his eyes open.

"Haha, my lord, this Viscount Pa Ke is truly wealthy; such a large amount of silver coins must be at least ten thousand!"

Ten thousand silver coins is also over a hundred gold coins.

Actually, for a viscount, this was nothing special.

Of course, as always, Gervas had never before seen such a large box filled entirely with silver coins.

"Of course, my lord, I feel the previous boxes cannot compare to this one; this last box is not only made of iron but is also locked!"

"Then open it and take a look!"

Gervas himself was quite eager.

Mi Gen did not delay, impatiently taking out a dagger to start prying the lock.

With a click, the lock, which protected gentlemen but not thieves, was pried open directly.

In the next moment, the lid of the iron box slowly opened.

As the box was slowly lifted, a golden glow immediately radiated outward!

It was too dazzling!

It was truly too dazzling!

A vast expanse of golden gold coins was so bright it nearly blinded everyone present's titanium-alloy dog eyes.

Even Mi Gen and the others widened their eyes, their mouths forming an O as they stared blankly at everything inside the box.

Of course, even though Gervas had already expected it, he was still shocked by the gold coins inside the box.

"This... this is way too much, my lord; this must be at least... over a thousand gold coins, right?"

"I think it's over fifteen hundred!"

Gervas had considerable experience; by judging the size of the iron box, he could roughly determine the number of gold coins!

And his judgment was not far off.

The seventeen hundred gold coins that Pa Ke had previously intended to send to Eagle City to smooth over relationships were now inside this box.

As for the other boxes of copper and silver coins, they could be kept for daily expenses in the territory.

"Over fifteen hundred? Truly worthy of a viscount's castle; it is really too wealthy. Congratulations, my lord, you have obtained rich spoils!"

"If only we could encounter a few more castles like this in the future!" Mi Gen said with full expectation.

And the other knights seemed to agree with this thought very much.

Seventeen hundred gold coins was absolutely a huge amount in this world.

Many minor nobles might not be able to save up this many gold coins over several generations.

Yet now, it could be obtained in a single night.

Gervas himself was deeply moved.

No wonder nobles all love to rob money so much.

It turns out robbing money can truly make one rich.

Of course, he also knew this matter carried great risk; if things went wrong, one could easily capsize.

So, it was better to honestly engage in trade; at that time, the speed of earning money could even be faster than robbing.

Next, after ordering his subordinates to seal the wooden boxes onto carts and also plundering various silver and gold vessels or other valuable items within the castle, Gervas gave the order to retreat.

Because if they waited any longer, the sky would begin to lighten.

Although many ordinary supplies could not be moved, such as tools, food, linen, and so on.

But since time was limited, they could only reluctantly abandon them.

However, no matter what, the supplies Gervas took away were worth at least three thousand gold coins, so it could be considered a full return.

Before leaving, Gervas ordered his subordinates to make simple arrangements for the castle.

First, the bodies of Pa Ke, Kiran, and Bell, these vassals, as well as some servants, were taken away.

The reason for doing this was not only to prevent anyone from seeing the man-made injuries on their bodies.

It was also to create a cold case.

After all, if he had stripped the castle warehouse bare but left Pa Ke's body behind in the castle.

Even if the ground was covered with dark creatures.

It would be immediately seen that a third party had passed through the castle.

After all, dark creatures loved to kill, but they were not greedy for wealth.

So, taking Lord Pa Ke away made it impossible for people to determine whether he was dead or alive.

Nor could they tell whether those treasures were taken by Lord Pa Ke himself or looted by others.

As the first streak of red dawn rose on the eastern horizon, Gervas and his subordinates happened to return to the castle.

While Gervas returned with a full haul, the people of Lord Pa Ke's Viscount Territory felt the sky had fallen.

As the sky gradually brightened, some bold townspeople, uneasy about their wealth at home, had already cautiously returned to the small town.

Once they confirmed there were no dark creatures in the town, they boldly headed toward the castle.

When everyone fled last night, they had heard noises coming from the direction of the castle.

When they approached within several hundred meters of the castle, they immediately saw the mess of bodies and bloodstains covering the ground.

Of course, more importantly, the castle gates stood wide open, yet not a single person was in sight.

"This... the castle... could the castle have been breached!"

"Heavens, what about our Viscount my lord... could something have happened to him?"

"We don't know! What do you think we should do now?"

The townspeople were instantly at a loss.

Just then, a quick-witted townsman's eyes flashed with an unusual light. "How about we go inside the castle and look?"

"Hmm?"

The other townspeople were stunned at first, then realized something, and their eyes suddenly brightened.

"Good! Let's go look!"

Immediately, the townspeople rushed toward the castle in a flurry.

Even though there might be dangers inside the castle, nothing seemed able to stop their determination.

Soon, the townspeople searched around but found no trace of my lord; all they saw were the cold corpses of servants and guards.

After failing to find my lord, the serfs one by one exited the castle.

However, as they left the castle, it seemed something was hidden beneath their clothes.

At this moment, more serfs arrived!

"What are you doing? What happened to the castle?"

The few serfs who had entered earlier were startled and quickly spoke up, "We... we went into the castle to search for Viscount my lord, but it seems Viscount my lord is not here... Then, I needed to use the toilet, so I left first..."

Saying this, those few serfs hurriedly departed.

Clatter!

"Hey, you dropped something!"

Hearing this, those few serfs ran even faster.

The newly arrived serfs stepped forward to look and saw a white porcelain cup, something only nobles could afford.

"This..."

The few exchanged glances and naturally understood what had happened.

"How about we also go into the castle to search for Viscount my lord?"

"Good!"

Thus, more and more serfs entered the castle, beginning to search for 'Viscount my lord'!

And with their destruction, the very last shred of evidence within Lord Pa Ke's Viscount Castle vanished completely.