Chapter 25: The Self-Sacrificing Maid!

Hearing the serfs' murmurs, the guards including Lauren puffed out their chests.

Although the serfs were praising the lord.

Yet they felt half of it was praise for themselves, feeling honored by association.

Seeing this, Gervas found it somewhat amusing, but observing the large crowd, Gervas decided to have Lauren and the other guards immediately go maintain order.

Of course, to reward them for their merit in capturing the Fire Flame Horses today, the guard squad would have roast meat to eat tonight.

And upon hearing they could eat roast meat, the guards were even happier!

"Let's go, we return to the castle first!"

After entrusting the town matters, Gervas immediately led four knights and the Fire Flame Horses back toward the castle!

"Is that your new lord?"

"Yes, Boss Quinto!"

"To actually get the Fire Flame Horses from him, what good luck!" Greed filled Quinto's eyes.

"Boss Quinto, once we kill that guy later, the whole territory will be in chaos; won't all those Fire Flame Horses be yours then?" Kodo was even happier.

Now, with such a huge profit incentive, Quinto would definitely go all out!

Quinto didn't say much, but his tongue already couldn't help licking the corners of his mouth, obviously somewhat impatient.

"My lord!"

Returning to the castle and having subordinates take the Fire Flame Horses to the stable, Mi Gen, having received the news, immediately came to the front courtyard.

"Mi Gen, back so soon? How did things go?"

"My lord, as you ordered, this humble one purchased all the Green Spirit Fruits from that Baka adventurer, a total of seventy-three, costing seventy silver coins!"

"Excellent!" Gervas didn't delay, immediately going to inspect the Green Spirit Fruits.

Although the Green Spirit Fruits also had nourishing effects, they were mostly for ordinary people to consume, like common ginseng tonics in the previous life.

Gervas carefully searched among these seventy Green Spirit Fruits for a moment and immediately discovered two fruits that were different from the rest.

Although their color and shape were extremely similar to the Green Spirit Fruits, with direct sunlight, one could discover the skins of the two Life Fruits reflected a seven-colored light, while the other Green Spirit Fruits lacked this effect.

Of course, there was another way to verify, which was to bring them to a secret room with no light source at all.

Just like the Red Spirit Fruits before, true potions containing large amounts of mana would emit a faint glow in the darkness.

When Gervas brought the two Life Fruits into the pitch-black storage room, he indeed saw a shimmering green light flowing.

Although faint, it was enough to prove its uniqueness.

Gervas didn't stand on ceremony; he washed the Life Fruits and, without hesitation, began to feast heartily.

And when the Life Fruit entered his mouth, light immediately bloomed in Gervas's eyes.

The warm current from before when eating the Red Spirit Fruit appeared again, simply more comfortable than getting a major spa treatment.

The flushing of the warm current lasted a full five or six minutes, and this time, it didn't need to be combined with the Qi Breathing Technique.

Because the essence of the Life Fruit would naturally integrate into the body.

And according to the experience summarized by nobles in past days, the Life Fruit wasn't as magical and potent as the Youth-Preserving Pills in cultivation novels, where one pill could immediately stop the aging of the face.

Rather, it slowed aging; for example, at the age of thirty-five, one's appearance might then still be in the early twenties.

Calculating it, one Life Fruit could delay facial aging by about fifteen years.

Additionally, the effects of the Life Fruit couldn't stack, so Gervas eating one himself was enough.

As for whether there were more potent ones?

Of course there were; the Elves' Spring of Life could not only restore a dying person to full health with one sip, but drinking two sips would grant eternal youth, and three sips would add hundreds of years to one's lifespan.

However, that thing was extremely scarce; even kings found it hard to obtain, so it had to be considered for the future.

For now, one Life Fruit remained, but Gervas hadn't yet thought about how to dispose of it.

"My lord!"

Lei Meng had now removed his leather armor, replaced by a set of coarse cloth and hemp clothes.

To make himself look more like a serf, he even smeared mud on his face and clothes.

"I'm putting you through this, my Knight Commander!"

"No, my lord, this is what this subordinate should do!"

"Then let's go; now we just wait for the bait to bite, let me sweep them all up in one net; I absolutely will not fail to repay Lei Meng's contribution!"

Immediately, Gervas led five knight squires toward the town.

And Lei Meng walked onto the dirt road, blending into the crowd of serfs.

"He's here, Lord Kodo; the lord has arrived at the square!"

Kodo showed excitement and immediately looked at Boss Quinto.

"Go!" Boss Quinto was actually equally unable to hold back.

Twenty gold coins were already enough to tempt him, let alone those seven Fire Flame Horses.

Soon, the group arrived at the square.

At this moment, the square was crowded with heads; serfs pushed and shoved, surrounding the open ground of the square, while the lord sat on a wooden platform at the edge of the open ground.

The wooden platform was temporarily built, for convenience in watching the recruitment situation, and also for safety.

This lord was obviously very afraid of death; not only did he arrange five knight squires to block the steps of the high platform, but he also stationed ten guards around to protect him.

"Boss Quinto, no problem?" Kodo was somewhat worried; this assassination allowed only success, not failure; otherwise, his suspicion would definitely be the greatest!

Although Quinto also felt it was slightly tricky, thinking the opponent had no Title Knight, "Rest assured, you just wait to pay; once we get close to the high platform, you make a commotion over here..."

Just like that, Quinto led six subordinates to blend into the crowd, and then slowly moved toward the high platform.

When they drew near, they waited for movements from Keduo's side.

Meanwhile, the lord on the podium noticed no danger approaching; instead, he ate grapes under the care of a beautiful maid beside him.

"Damn nobles—I'll kill you, and afterward I'll take your maid!" Kun Tuo lowered his head, already imagining the thrill of seizing gold coins and fiery steeds, along with the maid.

"Ah! Someone's been murdered!"

"Heavens, run! Someone's killing!"

At that moment, shouts suddenly rose from the edge of the square.

With the shouts, the crowded crowd instantly erupted, pushing and shoving one another.

"What's going on? Go and check!" The noble lord on high immediately ordered the guards.

The guards rushed toward the shouting, leaving only five knight attendants to protect the lord.

"Now!" Kun Tuo's lips curled into a smile—he was determined to succeed in this deal.

His six subordinates raised their knives and charged at the five knight attendants.

As his subordinates clashed with the knight attendants, Kun Tuo slyly circled around to the side of the podium.

With a light leap, he scaled the one-and-a-half-meter-high podium in a single bound.

"Die, damn noble!" Kun Tuo leveled his longsword and thrust it straight toward the noble.

His blade carried a trace of battle aura—he was a Grand Knight.

Gervas had long noticed Kun Tuo's movement, but to lure the fish in, he feigned panic on his face.

Kun Tuo grew even more excited.

"My lord, beware!"

Yet the maid, who should have been frozen in terror, suddenly screamed and threw herself in front of Gervas.

Gervas had not anticipated this.

He had brought Carolyne only as a prop, to convincingly portray himself as an unguarded lord and prevent the bandits from sensing anything amiss and hesitating to act.

Thus, Carolyne knew nothing of today's plan—she truly threw herself forward without regard for her life.