"What are they doing here?" Brando thought to himself.
The Erouine nobles slowed down not far from Brando, and they seemed to be observing him. Brando recognized these people. The leader was a middle-aged man with a thin face and a slight limp. He seemed to be called Count Audine, a high-ranking officer of the Northern Legion.
The six men and two women behind him were probably nobles with no real power. Brando could not remember their names, but he had an impression of their faces.
These people were basically from the Royal Faction, or at least the Centrist faction. However, there were some who were from the traditional faction of the kingdom before the split. This made Brando even more certain that these people were sent into the Dark Forest before the internal strife in Erouine.
But how did they know about the Lionheart?
Brando did not know that during the battle of Fortress Riedon, the Wolf Knight Oberwei had been following them and knew all the secrets of the White Knight Ebdon. That was why the Erouine had sent people into Randner before the Divine Artifact reacted.
However, when he was observing these people, Count Audine's gaze also fell on him. The general of the Northern Phoenix Legion from Erouine could tell that this young man was a noble at first glance. His calm and elegant demeanor could not be faked, and Amandina beside him was clearly a noble's daughter. Every movement of hers carried a unique demeanor. To be able to accompany such a young lady, there was no need to doubt his identity.
Count Audine glanced at the young men who were resting in the forest. He thought that they must be this young noble's retinue. However, there were lizardmen, elves, and Erouine people. The composition of the people was quite complicated.
He then turned his head and his gaze fell on Brando again: "People from Erouine?"
Brendel nodded, thinking that these guys probably did not come here just to reunite with a fellow villager like him.
As expected, before Count Audine could open his mouth, a short and fat noble beside him spoke first: "You are that noble from Erouine?"
"Are you not a noble from Erouine?" Brando raised an eyebrow when he heard the unfriendly tone in the other person's voice.
The short and fat noble was startled. Brando of course recognized him. He was a famous conservative, and his name was Robert. Robert was in his eighties and had maintained himself well. The Cruz race had a longer lifespan than humans, so he looked like a middle-aged man. Even though his beautiful curly hair was dyed with a layer of white, it was still combed neatly.
This fat Count was wearing a silver Count's robe. His hat was adorned with three golden leaves, which represented his status as a Count. Normally, Counts would wear three silver leaves, and these three golden leaves were obviously a special honor.
However, he was obviously shocked by Brando's words. He did not expect Brando to reply in such a way.
After being stunned for a while, he shouted angrily: "Whether I am a noble from Erouine or not has nothing to do with you, boy! Let me ask you, are you the one who offended the Cruz Empire this afternoon and brought trouble to the kingdom?! "
Brando's face darkened. He already knew what these people were here for.
They were here to denounce him.
As for why they were here to denounce him, he only needed to think about what happened in the Centaur's Hoof Market yesterday afternoon to be able to guess the reason.
Brando could not help but shake his head. Erouine, oh Erouine. He looked at these officials of the kingdom and could not help but be speechless.
"If you are asking me if I taught some arrogant bastard a lesson this afternoon, that is me." Brando stared coldly at the other party and replied: "But as for who brought trouble to the kingdom, that is unknown."
He looked at the fat man with a mocking gaze. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
"It's good that you admit it!" Dolant did not care about Brando's gaze. He only replied: "The Cruz Empire has already informed us that if we do not hand you over to them within the time limit, they will threaten the kingdom with war. Boy, do as you see fit!"
"So you want to hand me over?" Brando looked at these people and asked with amusement: "Do you think that is possible?"
"This is an order." This time it was a middle-aged noble lady who spoke. She wore the uniform of a government official, but she wore the badge of a scholar.
Brando immediately recognized her identity as a Warlock of the Wang Family of Lantonilan.
"An order?" Brando almost laughed: "From whom?"
"In the name of the kingdom." The lady said: "We are a group of ambassadors sent here by His Majesty. We represent His Majesty and the dignity of the kingdom. Therefore, I order you, young noble, to put down your weapons and come with us."
"Or else?"
"Or else your actions will be suspected of involving the kingdom in war. We have reason to declare that your actions have violated the common code of the nobles of Erouine."
"In other words, we can declare that you are expelled from Erouine. From now on, your actions have nothing to do with the kingdom."
Brendel could not help but take a deep breath when he heard this sentence. Even if he had good self-control, he could not help but take in a deep breath. Fortunately, he had seen the ugly faces of these people in the game. Otherwise, he would have been pissed to death.
He turned to look at Count Audine, a high-ranking general of the Northern Legion and a die-hard supporter of the Princess Regent. He asked: "As a soldier, do you think so too, Count Audine?"
But Audine did not answer. He only frowned slightly. Firstly, he was dissatisfied with Dolant's words. Secondly, he did not like Dolant's carelessness.
Although Cruz's envoy threatened him with war, as a soldier, he was not afraid of war. But now that Erouine was facing both internal and external threats, he had no choice but to stand on the same side as these nobles.
Count Audine's silence disappointed Brando. He had thought that the future leader of the Reformist Party would at least support him.
But now, Brando realized that he was right to jump out of Erouine's rotten circle of nobles and start a new life. The nobles of the kingdom were hopeless.
He finally managed to suppress his anger and looked up at the female scholar with a smile, "So you're saying that you want to expel me from Aouine?"
"That depends on your choice." The last noble answered.
Brendel almost pulled out his sword and slashed these bastards away. He immediately calmed himself down and looked at them with an angry smile and replied: "You're right.
"Very well, then you can tell the Lurtz that I have been expelled from the kingdom. Maybe they will accept it."
The nobles of Erouine were stunned.
They were threatening Brando, but it would be strange if the Cruz's people would accept it. Those nobles would only accept it if they saw it.
"Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!" Count Robron said angrily.
He raised his hand and prepared to have the envoy's guards subdue the young man. The envoy's guards were the kingdom's Knights and were the elites of the Corvado Royal Family. Subduing a young noble should not be a problem.
He had observed Brando's retainers beforehand. They were either youths or of other races. This kind of ragtag group could not be that strong.
On the other hand, although the Cruz's people said that Brando had offended them, they did not mention Brando's glorious deeds in order to save face. They only vaguely mentioned the conflict that happened in the afternoon at Centaur's Hoof Market.
This caused the Erouine's envoy to misjudge Brando. They thought that Brando had some strength, but that was all there was to it. Before the Calamity of Wolves, they tried to preserve their strength as much as possible. But Brando was determined to resist, so they could not be blamed for taking action.
Robron, Audine, and the female scholar had the same idea. No matter what, they could not let the kingdom be involved in a new war.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Brando smile at him.
"It seems that you want to force me to submit?" He asked.
"Naturally."
"Then it seems that the Cruz's people did not tell you the truth." Brendel laughed: "If you really know the cause and effect of the whole thing, I'm afraid you'll be more cautious with your current actions."
"Stop bluffing." Robron snorted.
"Bluffing?" Brando shrugged: "Well, Cruz's people did not tell you. First of all, I offended the only heir of the Empire's Grand Duke of Flower Leaf. I made this noble's daughter lose face in front of everyone."
Count Audine was stunned. He thought that Brando had a conflict with Cruz's people, but he did not expect it to be like this.
Count Audine immediately felt troubled. According to the Grand Duke's temper, he might really start a war.
But Audine did not expect that Brando was not done yet.
The young lord continued: "Also, Cruz's people did not tell you that I also offended the Empire's Border Knight Regiment. I beat up a whole squadron of their people."
The female noblewoman was about to say something, but her face changed when she heard this. One person beat up a whole squadron of Cruz's Border Knight Regiment? She looked at Brendel and thought to herself, this guy's bragging too much.
"The Kirrlutz people didn't tell you either. I also offended the Empire's Flower of Knights, Count Cullens, who was known as the Swordsman of the new generation ten years ago. I remember that I used a spell to send him flying. I don't know if he has recovered yet," Brendel said with a smile: "I hope there aren't any scars on his face."
"I also offended the Imperial Guard's Knight Regiment. I disarmed their entire squadron."
"Oh, and their Royal Alchemist Association. I almost killed one of their geniuses, a fifteen-year-old War Alchemist."
The young man nodded: "Also, I seem to have offended someone. Veronica, the Commander of the Azure Firmament Regiment. You should know her. I fought with her for ten moves. In the end, I threatened her with the daughter of the Grand Duke of Flower Leaf and forced her to retreat. "
He turned around and looked at Robron's people: "If Cruz's people told you this, would you still want to take me away by force?"
Then he stopped and looked at these people.
"Also, you want me to apologize to the Kirrlutzians," he asked, "Then may I ask, which of the Kirrlutzians do you think I should apologize to for the above?"
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