After tidying up his appearance, Lin went downstairs and came to the hall. Uzov and the others had woken up early and were gathered in the hall in groups of twos and threes.
The four silver-bearded dwarves were also preparing their own breakfast. Usually, with the help of the two girls, they were much faster. However, since the two girls were not around, Jermaine came down to help but was clumsy. He was immediately chased out by the other three and sat alone at the long table, waiting to eat.
In the hall, there was a knight in shiny plate armor that Lin had never seen before.
It was a man who looked rather capable, and he was not the kind who only had muscles and not brains. He had a shrewd look and a confident smile that said victory was in his hands. To be fair, if he were a companion, he would be an excellent person to rely on. However, as an opponent, he did not seem to be so popular.
"Your Excellency." Seeing the mage coming downstairs, the messenger bowed respectfully.
"My Lord." Lin returned the bow.
At this time, the noble's daughter stepped forward and introduced, "This is Viscount Bachman's most trusted knight, William Markwart, known as the Silver Wind Knight." After that, she turned her head and said, "This is …"
"No need to introduce, I know very well who this is." After stopping the noble's daughter, the knight said, "I believe that Your Excellency is very busy and has no time to listen to our nonsense, so I'll get straight to the point."
"Please go ahead."
The knight in front of him seemed to be preparing something. He thought that he was being secretive and secretly activated a spell that might be from his equipment or some other tool. The fluctuation was so faint that it was difficult to detect it with traditional perception, unless the ability to control magic was at the level of minute details. However, the mage in front of him was an anomaly. Even the slightest fluctuation could not escape the detection of the level of the Arcane Eye.
Generally speaking, when two parties in a conversation used magic, it could be seen as a sign of hostility. Then, was the other party's reason for doing this to ambush him, or did he have other intentions? Lin Sheng remained calm and even had some guesses about the other party's intentions.
"Your Excellency's two apprentices are guests at the viscount's place. Viscount Bachman asked me to pass on a message that he hopes that Your Excellency can pick up your two apprentices as soon as possible. Of course, visiting a noble could not be done without a gesture. The Viscount felt that the Battleship Slicing Blade was a very suitable gift. Of course, it was best not to delay this matter for too long. Otherwise, something bad might happen to your two apprentices. "
His words scared everyone so much that they stood up in unison. Some of them even knocked over the bench. The one who was anxious and angry was not the teacher of the two girls, but the noble lady who had recommended them.
"Haha." Lin chuckled, thinking that he indeed had foresight. His guess was close to the truth. He nodded calmly and said, "I understand. I will visit the viscount as soon as possible and take back my apprentice."
Someone's abnormal reaction made the knight unable to figure out what the other party was thinking. But his perplexed expression only lasted for a moment. He then put on an equally amiable smile and bowed, saying, "Then I shall immediately report to Viscount Bachmann that I await His Excellency Cuipwood's arrival." With that, his figure flashed, and the knight left the inn with incomparable speed.
It seemed that the enchantment given to him by that person was for escaping. Rather than saying that his swift movements were a show of strength, it would be better to say that he was fleeing in panic. She was afraid that she would be killed by him in a fit of rage after she made her threat, so she had prepared a way to escape first.
"The two girls are in their hands?" Fen, who had just walked down the stairs, asked.
Lich was wearing a black qipao with golden edges, black stockings and glass heels. Her hair was combed into a high bun, with a silver phoenix hairpin and a pipe in her hand. She looked … very strange.
Yes, someone only felt that something was strange, and the reason was the pipe in Lich's left hand. Because good tobacco was a luxury and also a rare item, she would only smoke after the event and would not take a puff at other times.
Although she was not worried about the two girls last night, and of course not to the extent that she could not sleep, she was not in the mood to do anything. However, Fen still took out the pipe and lit it, taking a rare puff.
Looking at the puff of smoke coming out from Fen's pretty lips, Lin collected his thoughts and said, "Looks like she was taken away."
The pipe knocked on the railing of the stairs. The sound made Uzov and the others feel that the reason for their bad feeling gradually became clear. But Fen only knocked out the embers of the tobacco. She walked down the stairs step by step and asked, "What do you plan to do?"
"Please, don't do anything!" The one who shouted was the noble daughter of Uzov's companions, Madeleine Benz. She ran nervously to the mage and said, "Please don't worry about the safety of Halloumi and Kaya. I know a noble nearby, and he is more powerful than Bachmann. There will be no problem if he comes forward and asks for them. Halloumi and Kaya will definitely return safely. "
Madeleine grabbed someone's hand in panic and shook it a few times before saying, "I am deeply sorry for Viscount Bachmann's choice. I'm going to get help right now. I'll make sure they come back safe and sound. But there is one thing I need you to promise me. No matter what, please, please do not hurt or even kill anyone. Please, you must promise me this. "
Seeing Madeleine's burning eyes looking at him with a bit of darkness, he only felt that this woman had completely fallen into a state of panic. Lin Lie smiled and said, "Of course, of course, I promise you. I never planned to kill anyone from the beginning. "
"That's great. Please don't worry about their safety, I will immediately set out and find someone to rescue Halloumi and Kaya. "After saying this, Madeleine hurriedly ran out without even eating breakfast. The noble who could help was a bit further away than Viscount Bachmann's territory. If he galloped quickly, he might be able to arrive before dusk.
But no matter how fast he was, he would have to wait until tomorrow to solve this matter. He only hoped that before then, the current Viscount Bachmann would not do anything that would make him regret it. It was just that … … that person was not a good person. He only hoped that everything was not too late.
And Fen, who stayed in the inn and sat across from a certain someone, lit a second cigarette. Even though the Lich was dissatisfied with the man's usual attitude of staying out of trouble, his strange calmness this time made the Lich unable to figure out what was going on in his mind. Thus, he decided not to act out for the time being and wait and see.
The dwarves were somewhat at a loss. After spending some time with the young girl, they were much easier to get along with than their teacher and elder sister. They also did not want any harm to come to the young girl.
As for Uzov and the others, some were angry, some were guilty, and they wanted to say a few words to express their attitude. But before they spoke, Lin Lie opened the map of Jasfan City and asked, "Excuse me, where is Viscount Bachmann's territory?"
They had already seen such a map once in the Storm Bay, so they weren't surprised.
Uzov did not think too much and quickly found the location of Viscount Bachmann's territory on the map. And because the nearby terrain just happened to cover the area covered by the first satellite, the viscount's castle also appeared on the map and was pointed out.
After pointing at the map, Uzov was about to ask this man what he planned to do, but when he raised his head, the Mage was already gone, leaving only Lich, who was holding a pipe and blowing out smoke. He was just about to say that the map was still there, but the Mage was gone. He lowered his head, and the map was also gone. Just as he was wondering what had happened, he raised his head again, and even the Lich could not see him.
"Well …" Uzov was stunned. He looked at his companions and the dwarves around him, and they all had the same expression. He said, "Nothing terrible will happen, right?"
"Well, didn't Mr. Tripwood promise Madelyne that he won't kill anyone? There shouldn't be a big problem. "Someone forced himself to think optimistically.
"Could it be that he just wants to exchange the Battleship Slicing Blade for his apprentice?" There was an optimistic noble who thought that the Mage was willing to give in. But it was hard to tell from his tone whether he was happy or worried.
To this, Uzov could only sigh and say, "What you did this time … sigh." Looking at his companions, who were nobles of the military kingdom, he wanted to be angry, but he couldn't. Unlike his companions who were members of the turtledove alliance, these noble descendants sometimes had different ideas and concepts from them, who were born as commoners.
Just like the matter of the Battleship Slicing Blade. Uzov knew that these noble friends of his had more or less added fuel to the fire. He had tried to stop these people several times, but to no avail. Although he was somewhat helpless, it was not incomprehensible.
For these noble descendants and women who did not have the right to be the first in line of succession, apart from marriage, if they wanted to gain a foothold in the noble circle, they needed great merit. But in a military kingdom that had been in peace for a long time, without large-scale wars, there was no way to obtain merit, and naturally, there was no hope of being conferred a title.
The Battleship Slicing Blade was an important weapon of another empire, and being able to obtain it for the military kingdom was of course a merit. It might be impossible to get a big share, but as long as a name was recorded in the merit book, not only would they be valued within the family, but even outside the family would throw out olive branches.
It was just that how could something in the hands of a mage be so easy to obtain?
But the people of the military kingdom were used to being arrogant, and ordinary mages were no different from ordinary people to them. But this time, there was a resurrected "Devil King," regardless of whether it was true or not, and there was also a mage who was evaluated as useless in all aspects.
But was that person really like the comments in the forum, leaving the Magic Tower and being at the mercy of others, taking whatever they wanted? The previous conflict in Storm Bay, all signs showed that it was not as described in the rumors.
When encountering bad people, one could infer the other party's behavior pattern from what the other party had done in the past, and one could take precautions. But when a good person crossed that line, no one could figure out what he would do. And the most troubling thing was, where was that line?
Looking at the place where the mage disappeared silently, Uzov, like the others, felt a wave of uneasiness.
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