Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 280 - 280 141 Changing Situation

280: Chapter 141: Changing Situation 280: Chapter 141: Changing Situation “What do you mean?

Why am I not allowed to see Lord Canis this time?” Henkel, who had arrived at Longka campsite again as a messenger, asked discontentedly the knights of the Thorny Flower Family.

Sir Redo calmly replied, “Unfortunately, our Lord Eriv wanted to meet Lord Canis, so we asked him to stay elsewhere for now.

He is no longer in Longka.”

“You took him to Farolis City then?

I will go there to visit him,” Henkel frowned and said.

“He is not in Farolis City either, and I cannot disclose his specific whereabouts,” Redo shook his head.

He too had found out suddenly just two days ago that Leon was to escort the Wolf Family Young Master to meet the Baron Lord.

“Why the rush?

Prepare the ransom, and on the agreed day, your Young Master will naturally be released.

He’s a rugged old man, not some rare beauty.

We feed him well and it feels like a waste of food,” Lokhak mocked.

“How can I know if you have arranged his treatment as agreed if I don’t see the Young Master?

These 200 gold crowns, I’ll give them to you when I see him!”

Henkel felt as though he was being played, covering the lid of the money box on the table with his hand.

However, Azeryan held down the old knight’s hand.

“You cannot renege on the agreement, my lord.

We have not mistreated Lord Canis, merely invited him to a better living environment.

Look at the rudimentary conditions here in Longka, all handled by clumsy soldiers, how could they serve Baron Gunnar’s distinguished eldest son?

We sent him to the rear where every day he is attentively looked after by maids with food, drink, and washing.

Isn’t that much more comfortable than here?

We haven’t informed you of his whereabouts for the safety of our family head; after all, these are not peaceful times.

Anyway, the agreed 200 gold coins must be left here today,” the noble’s son said, his smile hiding daggers, not backing down an inch.

The guards and soldiers at the entrance of the hall also began to block the entrance, their looks unfriendly.

“…You’re more like bandits than the wolf pups under my command,” the old knight snorted through his nose, shrugged off the restraining hand, and indignantly said: “Don’t play tricks.

If a single hair is missing from Gunnar’s son, however much you take today, you will return a hundredfold.”

After dropping the fierce warning, Henkel turned and walked angrily to the door, chastising the Thorny Flower guards blocking the way: “Make way!”

Azeryan did not stop him, raising his hand to signal the warriors to let him pass.

Lokhak came to his good brother’s side, opened the money box, and touched the shiny gold coins inside: “So we just let this old man walk away?

We haven’t even counted the money yet.

What if it’s short?”

Azeryan shook his head helplessly: “Don’t worry, they won’t short us.

This is not like trading in the market.”

Having said this, the noble’s son, however, did not feel as relaxed as he appeared on the surface.

Compared to others present, he was one of the few in Longka who knew that Canis was already dead.

Leon had taken the body of the Wolf Family Young Master, only instructing him to act as if nothing had happened and to continue dealing with the Wolf Family’s envoy in order to buy time.

Was it to seek reinforcements from Baron Eriv in the south?

Then why also bring Canis’s body?

Was it to prevent the body from being discovered and relocate it somewhere else?

With these doubts in mind and listening to the sound of Lokhak counting the gold coins on the table, Azeryan’s gaze turned towards the sky outside the door, wondering what other ways Leon might have to defuse this crisis.

Fortunately, Leon did not make his comrades wait too long.

Returning to the unresolved conflict in Longka, Leon continued the standoff with the Wolf Family’s army stationed in Aiken Village…

Time flew by.

It was just the beginning of April in the year 673 of Orland.

This should have been a busy time for the farmers in Glade County, south of Nightmare Forest and north of Kantadar, who were toiling away at spring planting after the season’s start.

This area, far from the northeast where Mamor County was engaged in tense warfare, should have been unlikely to be touched by war.

And with Panglos Forest in the north serving as a natural barrier for a millennium, the lords of Glade County had already gathered their troops months ago during the battle at Leding Castle, responding to Count Mamor’s command to march north and resist the incoming overwhelming Orland army.

As long as Orland’s army marching from the Kingdom in the north was stopped at Mamor, Glade would naturally be safe and untouched.

At least, it should have been so…

The Farolis Family, having gambled everything in intense preparations for the past two months, finally arrived at their harvest season.

The enormous changes within Glade County unfolded in just a few days.

The garrison of Archers Castle, which only numbered in the hundreds, hadn’t even managed to turn the sudden fight into a city siege.

Disguised as a trade caravan from the west, the elite of the Thorny Flower Family easily bypassed checks and entered the inner gate during this period of recurring bribery and trade performances.

Their unexpected actions obliterated the completely unprepared gate guards.

Determined Thorny Flower soldiers seized the gate, lowered the drawbridge, and didn’t even encounter a counterattack from the Kantadar garrison for the breached gate.

The troops from Farolis City who ambushed outside the gate quickly advanced into the city, encountering hardly any resistance.

After a brief violent fight, the remaining flustered Archers garrison soldiers, together with the lord’s family, holed up inside the inner fortress.

Even the obstructions caused by the frightened city residents were more troublesome than those caused by the garrison.

It took less than a day to capture the city, which was unprepared; when Baron Thorny Flower entered, he himself felt it was surreal.

In his life, he had never fought such an easy battle to capture a city.

Even the siege equipment which was being dismantled and carted from a campsite at the forest’s edge wasn’t needed.

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