Chapter 351: The Summons Arrives!

"So you are Viscount Gervas?"

Returning to the castle, coincidentally, the Eagle City contingent was still in the front courtyard.

Learning that Gervas had returned, a middle-aged man with triangular eyes and an eagle-beak nose, dressed in a silk robe and leading the group, sized up Gervas.

His attitude was actually somewhat arrogant.

"That's right, I am Gervas. I wonder what your identity is?"

"I am Randell, the deputy to the Minister of the Eagle City Cabinet. This time, I have come specifically to deliver the summons to you!" Randell slightly raised his chin, then produced a scroll of beast skin.

Gervas narrowed his eyes slightly; aside from Weilade plotting against him,

he had even sent a subordinate to personally deliver the summons. Was this a show of force against him?

"What summons? I recall the Kingdom's laws: every vassal is only required to serve their liege lord for two months of mandatory service each year, and has the right to refuse summons for the remaining time."

"Unless the situation endangers the safety of the liege lord!"

"And I, Gervas, only participated in the Kingdom's summons a few months ago, went to the Western Region to fight the Western tribes for two months, and even earned the first merit!"

"So, what does this summons have to do with me?" Gervas asked coldly.

Randell clearly anticipated Gervas would ask this and said calmly, "Viscount Gervas, you said it yourself: unless the situation is urgent and threatens the safety of the liege lord. And this campaign is in the Northern Region, concerning the invasion of the Beast Race!"

"Therefore, this time the requirements for an emergency situation have already been met!"

"You are lying. If it truly reached the emergency level of threatening Your Majesty the King, it would be a nationwide mobilization, and the surface of the summons would be painted red to indicate the critical situation!"

"And your summons is no different from an ordinary one; it is not the rumored emergency summons!" Before Gervas could answer, Lei Meng immediately refuted.

As a Knight Captain from a viscount's family, Lei Meng was quite familiar with these matters.

Randell did not expect these country bumpkins to know so much and immediately expose his lie.

However, he was not at all panicked. Backed by Minister Weilade, he simply said, "Then I don't know. Anyway, the summons has been issued. Viscount Gervas, please accept it!"

"If military matters are delayed and you fail to report to the Northern Region within the specified time, you will be subject to punishment under the Kingdom's laws!"

"My lord, we cannot accept this summons. It must be Minister Weilade up to his tricks. We can go to Eagle City to appeal to the Governor!" Seeing the situation, Knight Mi Gen immediately proposed anxiously.

The danger of the Northern Region was crystal clear to all of them.

Therefore, this summons absolutely could not be accepted.

"Not accept? Haha, Knight, is this a summons you can simply refuse? The list for the summons was sent to the Capital and the Northern Region before I departed."

"Moreover, the time for this assembly is limited. If you wish to waste time, you may try. Perhaps before you finish your appeal, the arrest warrant from the Capital might arrive first!" Randell spoke mockingly.

How could the actions of the Cabinet Minister allow these fellows any chance to turn the tables?

"You..." Mi Gen and the other knights glared, wishing to rush forward and tear Randell apart.

Gervas, however, remained calm and waved his hand at Mi Gen and the others upon seeing this.

Then, his gaze, cold with a glint of frost, fixed on Randell. "The summons, I will certainly accept. I will also participate in this summons!"

"But go back and tell Weilade: when I return alive, let him wash his neck and wait!"

Startled by Gervas's killing-filled gaze, Randell instinctively stepped back two paces.

However, thinking of the dozens of guards he had brought and having Weilade as a backer, he regained his confidence.

"Viscount Gervas, you had better wait until you can return alive to say that! Because this time, Minister Weilade will also go, and he will serve as the War Commissioner for the Southern Region Army!"

Having finished speaking, Randell clearly did not intend to stay in the castle any longer and immediately prepared to leave with his men.

"My lord, let me take men to kill this dog!" Watching Randell's retreating back, Mi Gen gritted his teeth.

"What good would killing him do? He is just a dog of Weilade's."

"In fact, Weilade would be delighted if we killed him; that would give him the perfect excuse to trouble us!" Gervas spoke up.

However, seeing Mi Gen feeling aggrieved, Gervas changed his tone. "Of course, he must not die. Breaking his dog legs is acceptable."

"Mi Gen, since you are so angry, go to the Black Pine Forest and ask the Mother Lizard to help you!"

"As long as you are fast enough, you should be able to deal with him before he leaves!"

Mi Gen immediately beamed with joy. "Yes, my lord. I will go right now. Moreover, I will find Captain Mick and ask Captain Mick to send me via the Griffin!"

Immediately, Mi Gen dashed off like a streak of smoke.

"My lord, what should we do now? Although that Randell is detestable, what he said is not false!"

"The summons was issued to you. Although it is certainly Weilade's plot, the Capital and the Northern Region are unaware!"

"Therefore, if we do not go, we will definitely be regarded as evading the summons."

"Additionally, although we can appeal, the entire Kingdom is surely focused on the war right now and has no time to pay attention to such matters!"

"In fact, if that Weilade deliberately delays for a while, by the time the punishment from the Capital arrives, our appeal might not even have reached the Capital yet!"

After Mi Gen left, Lei Meng immediately stepped forward.

This Knight Captain, possessing greater political awareness, was naturally more concerned about the safety of Gervas and Stormhold.

"Lei Meng, do not worry. Others think war is dangerous, but is it not also an opportunity?"

"Have you forgotten how I rose from Baron to Viscount in just half a year?"

"But my lord..."

"No 'buts', Lei Meng. Wealth and honor are sought amidst danger! Moreover, you can dodge today, but you cannot dodge the next time!"

"Raise your rank sooner, so that later you can deal with that fellow Weilade!"

Although the previous Gervas wanted to survive until he became a 'God'.

But now that this path is blocked, he does not mind changing his approach. Taking this opportunity, he will see if he can raise his rank even further.

After all, with his intelligence system, he can absolutely seize the initiative in the war.

Although the Orcs are more dangerous, the opportunities are obviously greater as well.

"Yes, my lord!" Lei Meng naturally understood.

That Weilade would not let his own lord off.

So, even if this time we truly manage to dodge it, there will surely be a next time.

If we truly wish to resolve this completely, then my lord must only ascend to a higher level.

Once reaching the stage of Count Lord, one becomes an upper-class noble of the Kingdom, no longer a minor noble anyone can bully.

As for whether my lord has the possibility to accomplish this.

Recalling the various opportunities my lord has encountered over the past half-year, there might truly be hope.

After all, he had never heard before of any noble who was so deeply favored by the God of Glory as my lord!