Due to the attack of the orcs, the city lord, Viscount Dickens, was already in a terrible fix. As a Grand Knight, Viscount Dickens would rather use his sword to kill the orc squads that entered Harvest City than to stay in the city lord's mansion and hear about some castle or village being attacked by the orcs from time to time.
Yesterday, Viscount Dickens received a lycan corpse and a map from Harry's castle. After asking someone to translate it, he found out that it was a map of the orc squads. The orc squads would gather in the next few days and be transported out of the human world by flying beasts from the Orc Empire. In other words, this attack was almost over. If Viscount Dickens didn't take any action, then this attack by the orcs would make Viscount Dickens lose a lot of face in the Duchy. It would also affect Viscount Dickens' position in the Duchy.
Today, Viscount Dickens had already ordered an army of 1000 people to go to the location marked on the map to set up an ambush. This time, Viscount Dickens had already sent out 3 elite Knights, plus 30 Knights. This was an elite army of 1000 people. This kind of strength was enough to fight a small scale battle.
According to Knight Marshall's letter, this information was obtained by his adopted son, Blacksmith Master Abel, who used a trap to attack a lone wolf rider. Viscount Dickens was very interested in this new Blacksmith Master that appeared in Harvest City. As far as he knew, this Blacksmith Master earned the title of Blacksmith Master because of his ability to forge magic weapons. Viscount Dickens had always been considering whether or not to ask this new Blacksmith Master for a magic weapon.
"My Lord, someone from Matthew's castle has come to report a death." The city steward reported.
When Viscount Dickens heard this, he knew that something had happened in another castle. He said to the steward, "Let him in."
After a while, an embarrassed servant came in. As soon as the servant came in, he said with a crying voice, "My Lord, Lord Matthew and all of his family members have died in the orc attack."
The disappearance of a family was not a small matter. Viscount Dickens knew about the Matthew family. This family was very small. It was only a small family in Harvest City, but it still had a few hundred years of history. Its territory was not big, only 100 miles, which was the smallest lord's territory.
"Tell me the situation clearly." Viscount Dickens didn't know if the servant was sad or inexperienced, but he didn't directly explain the situation clearly. Instead, he spoke intermittently.
Under normal circumstances, if Lord Matthew wanted to report to Viscount Dickens, he would only send Steward Ken, or he would go directly to the city's palace himself.
Due to the attack, Ken, the butler, could not leave Matthew's castle now. He could only send an attendant who was usually more talkative.
The servant understood the meaning of Viscount Dickens' words. At this time, he also remembered Steward Ken's words. When he arrived at the city's palace, he had to finish the story as soon as possible. The city's lord would not have time to listen to him slowly.
"This evening, a group of wolf riders attacked the castle. At that time, the gate of Matthew's castle was opened, and the wolf riders attacked the castle. When the wolf riders entered the castle, Master Abel, who was passing by, helped them kill the wolf riders. Master Abel also stabilized the order of the castle. Steward Ken ordered me to report to the city's lord." The servant finally explained the situation clearly in one breath.
Viscount Dickens's eyes moved. It was Master Abel again. This kind of thing that saved a noble's life was appreciated by all nobles. He would gain the respect of the nobles. Although he didn't save Lord Matthew's life, he left the castle intact. According to the orcs' custom, they would kill everyone in the castle and burn it down with fire.
Master Abel's actions had to be rewarded, and there was also the map that Master Abel provided. If the results of the ambush were great, then the duchy would have a hard time rejecting the request for a reward from the king. No one dared to reject a reward like this, because if the king did, then no one would fight for the duchy in the future. This was something that all the nobles, including the king, knew in their hearts. Therefore, although the king had been suppressing the nobles all these years, he had never stopped those nobles from getting their titles. Instead, he had promoted them according to the rules every time.
"I will send someone to repair Matthew's castle. You can go back first," Viscount Dickens said faintly.
After the servant left, Viscount Dickens thought of Master Abel again. Viscount Dickens was determined to be on good terms with Master Abel. Such a young master would definitely achieve great things in the future. If Abel needed any help, Viscount Dickens would do his best to help him. This favor might be of great use in the future.
Actually, if Abel was in any other duchy, the duchy would at least offer a title of Lord to bribe a Master Blacksmith. However, the situation in the Duchy of Carmel was a bit special. The king here had a natural defense against the nobles. Therefore, a title like Abel's was not something that the king could do without, so he pretended not to care.
In Harry's castle, Abel first played with Black Wind for a while after he returned to the castle. Black Wind, this little mount wolf, had gained a lot of weight because of its good diet. It was running around Abel's room every day. Abel didn't want to let it out in the square. Because of the orcs' attack, the square was full of civilians, and some of them were very hostile to mount wolves.
Abel had dinner with the Marshall Knight. He hadn't had the chance to eat with the Marshall Knight these days. After the orcs were driven away, the Marshall Knight finally had the time to sit down and eat.
After the two finished eating, the Marshall Knight called Abel to the study room. The maid poured two cups of coffee and brought it up. First, she added some spices in the Marshall Knight's cup. Then, when she was about to add some to Abel's cup, she was stopped by Abel.
"Abel, there's something I need to tell you. You can decide for yourself." The Marshall Knight smelled the aroma of the coffee and closed his eyes in enjoyment. It seemed like he was savoring the taste of the coffee and the spices.
Abel couldn't bear to look at the Marshall Knight enjoying his coffee with spices. Nowadays, the nobles liked to add spices to everything. Luckily, the dishes in Harry's castle rarely had spices. Otherwise, Abel would've started his own.
"Uncle Marshall, please tell me."
"Abel, now that you've become a Blacksmith Master, your forging skills have exceeded my requirements. You know I'm the direct descendant of Family Harry in Bacon City. I left the family after I received a Knight's Domain due to my military exploits. However, the family's secret techniques were not closed to me. You are my successor, so you can also go to Bacon City to learn the family's secret techniques. Of course, I have some secret techniques that you can learn directly." The Marshall Knight said to Abel in a very formal manner.
Abel had already learned some of the Family Bennett's secret techniques. However, he couldn't use them until he reached the level of an official Knight. If Abel wasn't already a level 5 novice Knight, the Marshall Knight wouldn't have told Abel this.
The only secret technique that Abel could use was the Knight's Breathing Technique. It was a secret technique that absorbed the qi produced during training to accelerate the formation of the Qi pulse. As for the other secret techniques, Abel had learned three:
The first was the Knight's Acceleration Technique. This was a secret technique that used the combat qi in the body to increase one's speed.
The second was the Knight's Explosion Technique. This was a technique that could increase one's strength by 3 times in an instant. However, it would weaken the user for an hour.
The third was the Solid Defense Technique. This secret technique relied on a shield. It could use combat qi to connect the ground and the shield to obtain a strong defense.
"Uncle Marshall, what kind of secret techniques do you have now?" Abel wasn't afraid of having too many secret techniques. Because of the power of the will, he could learn any knowledge very quickly.
"I have two secret techniques. One is the Knight's Charge Technique. The other is the Knight's Acceleration Technique." The Knight Marshall continued to explain, "Both of my secret techniques require the use of mounts. On this point, I disagree with the Knight of Bennett. He believes that the key to becoming a Knight is balance and comprehensive. That's why he can master all kinds of weapons. Swords, shields, bows, Knight's Spears, long axes, and almost any weapon that a Knight should be able to use. However, I'm only proficient in horsemanship. I have mastered swords, bows, and Knight's Spears. I believe that the reason Knights are called knights is because they ride on mounts. As for the weapons that I have mastered, I have a sword for close combat, a Knight's Spears for medium range, and a bow for long range. That's enough. This is also why I was able to achieve enough merits in the war to get a fief. "
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