"That's all, Senior Maynild."
Maynild chuckled, but her expression quickly turned serious: "You need to be careful. That brat is starting to get restless again. But this time, they're quite secretive. I can't find anything on them yet. "
Freya raised her head and looked at her worriedly.
"Don't worry," the black-haired Knight took a deep breath: "I'm here. Just be careful."
With that, she raised her head and looked at the direction where the carriage disappeared to. The sky in the North was gloomy, as if a terrible storm was brewing.
But would this storm come before the end of winter?
No one knew.
Maynild only knew that everyone in the academy was beginning to panic. This last piece of land in the kingdom might not be a safe haven, but the center of a huge whirlpool in the future. As for this temporary peace, it was just the illusion of the calm before the storm.
At the very least, the Knight knew that in the North, in the free port of Ampere Seale, a war without smoke was about to begin.
She turned her head and looked deeply at Freya.
"Can you do it?" She asked.
"What?" Freya was stunned.
The future Valkyrie's dazed look amused Maynild. She covered her mouth slightly and replied with amusement: "Nothing."
… …
In the last few days of the Month of Frost, everything seemed to converge together. When the situation in the North was on the verge of collapse, time also flew by. In the blink of an eye, two weeks had passed in the Schafflund Mines.
The incident that caused everyone to panic turned out to be a farce. This farce was spread widely in the town at first, but it was quickly forgotten.
People were always forgetful. Apart from the families of the injured and the deceased who would forever remember this day, most people returned to their original trajectory of life after just a short week.
On the surface, the Schafflund Mines seemed to be unchanged, maintaining the same old appearance as it had for decades. But under the surface, some things were slowly changing.
First, Kodan's movements were restricted after Brando and the others left the mines. Under Brendel's instructions, the old man announced that he would temporarily hand over all his duties in the mines to Perkins, and shut himself in to recuperate. As for the cowardly clerk, he had completely surrendered when Brendel and Medissa barged into his office.
Now that Jana and more than twenty peak Iron ranked mercenaries had disguised themselves and were monitoring the clerk twenty-four hours a day, he wouldn't dare to play any tricks even if he was given a hundred thousand guts.
In fact, it was the opposite of what Brando expected. Perkins seemed to be more cautious and diligent than before, to the point that even his own subordinates who did not know the truth praised him. were praises.
Those deputies probably thought that their boss had finally repented and turned over a new leaf after shouldering all the work in the mining area, and had become pragmatic and willing to work.
Even the spies sent by Count Randner to monitor Brendel's performance in secret had given him good reviews for the past two weeks.
Of course, all of these reports went through Brando's hands. When Brando showed these reports to the cowardly clerk, Perkins cursed out loud for the first time.
Of course, after cursing out loud, he looked around cautiously, as if he was afraid that his disrespect towards Count Randner would be heard by the spies in the surroundings.
[This is the so-called mud that cannot support a wall.] Brendel shook his head involuntarily.
But in order to appease the cowardly clerk, Brando promised him that he would not reveal the details of his work to anyone. He would only say that he was going to imprison him and find someone similar to him to replace him.
Even though this lie seemed to be easily exposed, it at least gave the clerk some psychological comfort. Now that he was constantly living in fear, he could only rely on this little bit of comfort to live.
As for Kodan, he was sent to Abies the next day. When the old man saw The County, he knew that he could not escape. However, he still rejected Brando's goodwill and asked him to keep his promise and let him go when the time was up.
Brendel shook his head with a smile when he saw the report. He was sitting at a table in a certain room in the Forest Trout Inn in Schafflund.
Kodan was obviously related to his grandfather, but the old swordsman did not mention a word about it after they left the underground.
The young man intended to find out the truth of the secret from the other party, but he was not in a hurry. After all, he had plenty of ways to do it. Compared to that, he had more pressing matters to attend to.
So he put this matter aside and turned back to look at the back of the merchant girl who was buried in a large pile of books. After leaving the underground, he had scolded this disobedient young lady.
Originally, he thought that Roman would ignore him for a few days, but when he left the mine, this young girl who claimed to be a great merchant still held his hand tightly. It was as if she was holding an important treasure and was afraid of losing it if she wasn't careful.
Brando regretted it a little and felt that he was too harsh with his words.
But he did not expect that in just a few hours, the merchant girl would return to her old ways and swagger around. When the Nightsong Tiger arrived and Brando ordered Jutta to make a copy of the books, the young Roman finally calmed down.
She had been working for two days, and her progress was unbelievably fast. She seemed to have an innate talent in this aspect. She could easily distinguish what she wanted from the complicated numbers and abbreviations.
It was a good thing that Vaunte's accounting system was rather simple, and was still in a very primitive stage. Roman quickly investigated Perkins and the others' deficits, and checked out the loopholes in the accounts one by one.
However, Brando knew that it was not the time to make a bold move in the mine. At least in name, the mine was still under Count Randner's jurisdiction. He and the Roman could not enter the mine and meet with Jutta as they wished to avoid attracting the attention of the spies in the mine.
In fact, the twenty or so mercenaries that Count Randner placed in Randner's camp used the excuse of needing to replenish the casualties from the mining accident. These mercenaries would not be needed for too long, and Count Randner would not allow too many unfamiliar faces to appear in his territory.
It would take at most a month for the new mercenaries to be replenished. Of course, Brando could still obstruct them, but it would take at most two months.
Two months was more than enough for Brando.
Thus, he put this matter aside and waited to settle the score in the future. But other than this important matter, there were also other small matters that gave him a headache.
For example, the young men who came out from the underground with them — Cohen, Jocah, and Maher. Brando admired the thin young man, or rather, the future King of Randner. Regardless of what Brando knew or saw, this young man was definitely not willing to be an ordinary person.
In fact, this thin young man's performance in the underground also proved this point.
But what surprised Brando was that Cohen rejected his invitation. The young man clearly stated that he and his friends would leave this place and go to the outside world according to their original plan.
This news made Brando feel that it was a pity. King Randner was not an ordinary person, but he also knew that he could not force them to stay. He could only let them stay in Schafflund for the time being, and wait for two months before deciding whether to stay or leave.
On the other hand, Brando did not manage to keep the people who were supposed to stay. The people who were not supposed to stay were left behind.
The strange old dwarf claimed to be the only descendant of the Rune Dwarves, and his performance in the underground world seemed to prove this point. Of course, this was not a big deal. What really made Brando feel strange was that this old dwarf seemed to have appeared in front of him for the past few days.
Of course, the bad-tempered old Dwarf didn't seem to treat him well, but at least he wasn't as cold as before.
But for this reason, Brando still kept Halran Gaia. He was originally worried that this was the old dwarf's goal, but he did not expect that the old dwarf was still the same as before. It was as if he was not affected at all.
Brando could only attribute this to the old dwarf's mental illness, and then turned his head to ignore him.
Because a few days later, another more important matter completely diverted his attention.
The Nightsong Tiger and his men arrived at the mine. They were thinking of ways to secretly transport all the silver ores stored in Schafflund's warehouse, smelted them, and sent them to Abies to be used as currency.
At the same time, the Nightsong Tiger brought good news to Brando.
In fact, on the third day after they left, the Shire found Graudin's private mint in a nearby manor. But there was a small interlude. When the nobles' private soldiers hiding in the manor realized that their whereabouts were exposed, they immediately closed the door and did not allow the mercenaries to enter. They even clamored to fight until the last man.
This action obviously angered the leader of a small mercenary group that joined Brando's side. The leader was called Madran, and compared to his strength, he was more famous for his fiery temper. That was why he wanted to teach these mercenaries a lesson.
Since they wanted to resist to the last person, then he would fulfill their wish!
But just when this barrel of gunpowder was about to go head-on, our young wizard vetoed his request. Charles only sent a message to Madeleine: "Wait and see."
This sentence had a miraculous effect.
On the second day, the arrogant private soldiers of the nobles raised the white flag and opened the door to surrender dejectedly. Although the mercenaries present at the time felt that this Sorcerer was mysterious and unfathomable.
But soon, they realized that it was not a big deal.
The reason was simple.
By this time, news of Sir Macsen's defeat had already spread throughout Tónigel.
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