The flames in the fireplace flickered and crackled from time to time.
Sitting in his wheelchair, Franco looked at the pitch-black night sky outside the window in a daze.
It was the darkest moment before dawn. The curtain of night shrouded the land, quietly hiding the slaughter, sin, and blood.
Footsteps sounded behind him, but Franco didn't turn around.
"Father, the fire has been completely extinguished. The chaos in Phoenix-Butterfly Castle has also been completely quelled, "Count Morrison came behind the wheelchair and reported softly.
Franco still looked outside the window and said expressionlessly, "Did you find out the details of the enemy?"
Count Morrison shook his head and said with a grave expression, "No, they didn't. These invaders didn't fear death. We didn't catch a single one alive.
However, the invaders we killed were all professionals. There were troll warriors, human knights, and of course, warriors. Someone even recognized a knight from the east. "
"East?" Franco's brows furrowed deeply. He suddenly felt that everything in front of him had become complicated and confusing. He couldn't figure it out at all.
At that moment, heavy footsteps sounded again.
Very quickly, a knight of the Morrison Family appeared in the meeting hall and reported loudly, "Sir, I've been waiting for a long time.
"Sir Count, the invaders we killed came back to life and all of them escaped!"
"What?" Count Morrison couldn't believe his ears. "Say that again."
The knight had no choice but to repeat it.
At that moment, Franco slowly retracted his gaze from outside the window and looked at the knight with a sharp gaze. He said coldly, "What do you mean by come back to life? Tell me about it. "
The knight was sweating profusely. He knew that what he said was too outrageous. He could only brace himself and explain.
"Sir, I am willing to swear in the name of my ancestors that what I said just now wasn't a lie!
Originally, we had already collected the corpses of the invaders and were preparing to deal with them together. But in the blink of an eye, these corpses suddenly came back to life and killed the guards around them.
Such a strange thing scared the guards out of their wits and they didn't dare to stop it. So, they escaped from Phoenix-Butterfly Castle. "
"Are you sure that those invaders are already corpses?"
"This …" Faced with Franco's spiritual interrogation, the knight was dumbfounded.
He couldn't possibly say that he was lying motionless on the ground with a few swords stuck in his chest. Wasn't that a corpse?
Franco narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment. Then he ordered the maid behind him, "Kadina, go and interrogate those guards yourself. Find out what happened."
"Yes, sir." The maid nodded and walked to the knight's side. She crooked her finger and motioned for him to follow her out.
The knight hurriedly bowed to Count Morrison and Franco as if he had been pardoned and followed Kadina out of the meeting hall.
"Father, this … what's going on?" The series of events that happened tonight made the young Count Morrison lose his head out of fear. Even his voice was trembling.
Franco looked at his son, who was panicking, and scolded him, "Why are you panicking?"
Count Morrison hurriedly lowered his head and forced his wandering gaze to focus on his feet, not daring to meet his father's sharp gaze.
The atmosphere in the hall instantly froze. It was so quiet that one could almost hear Count Morrison's rapid heartbeat.
After a long while, when Count Morrison's heartbeat finally calmed down, Franco's deep voice sounded once more.
"Do you know the 'Winged Knight'?"
"Winged Knight?" Count Morrison was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses. "Are you talking about the knight who appeared in Silverymoon City and killed the previous half-elf king?"
Franco nodded. "Yes. According to the information I received, the monster that flew out of the clock tower tonight should be the 'Winged Knight'."
Count Morrison thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "Father, then which faction does this Winged Knight belong to? Why did he come to Phoenix-Butterfly Castle? "
Franco pondered for a moment and said, "I suspect that this Winged Knight should be an assassin secretly cultivated by the Angele family!"
"The Angele family?" Count Morrison exclaimed.
"Yes. Viscount Angley just left Phoenix-Butterfly Castle, and this Winged Knight came right after. How could it be so coincidental? Moreover, Viscount Angley was also present when the coup happened in Silverymoon City.
If it happened once, it might be a coincidence, but if it happened twice, there must be some sort of connection. "
Hearing Franco's explanation, Count Morrison nodded in agreement, but immediately after, his expression became panicked again.
"Father, if this was really arranged by Viscount Angley, then he must know about the situation below the clock tower! What … what should we do?! "
Franco didn't say anything and only looked at his son coldly. Only when he calmed down again did he say indifferently.
"So what if he saw the situation below the clock tower? Does he know what it is?
Moreover, does the Angele family not have any secrets? Winged Knights, and those suspected unkillable professionals. Hmph, I think the Angele family has no less things hidden in the dark than us.
Moreover, his main target now is the Saint Theon family. He can't possibly provoke us at this time. "
Only then did Count Morrison feel a lot more at ease. He let out a long sigh and thought for a moment before asking,
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Father, then should we still send an envoy to Icestone City to discuss the matter of supplying food and sending troops?"
"Why not?" Franco said indifferently, "Don't make a fuss just because the other party saw your secret. It's still hard to say whether the Angele family is our friend or foe.
You should know that sometimes, letting the other party know a bit of your secret will instead make it easier to gain trust. "
"Alright, I will send an envoy to Icestone City tomorrow."
Just as Count Morrison finished speaking, a figure appeared at the entrance of the hall.
Seeing that it was Madam Grace's maid, Franco asked, "Mother was also startled awake?"
"Yes, Madam wants to know what happened."
Franco turned to look at Count Morrison and ordered, "Siken, go explain to Mother."
"Yes, Father," Count Morrison hurriedly replied.
Not long after they left, Franco's maid, Kadina, appeared again.
"Sir, I personally asked. Those invaders actually didn't all come back from the dead. There were still three corpses left at the scene. That's why I suspect that those invaders who escaped were actually playing dead. "
"A bunch of idiots! Don't they know how to add salt to the wound? " Franco cursed in a low voice and no longer bothered with the matter. He turned and ordered, "In the name of the count, issue a gag order. Everything that happened tonight is not to be leaked!"
"Yes, Sir."
"Come, push me to the bottom of the clock tower to take a look."
Kadina obeyed and walked behind Franco, pushing the wheelchair outside.
At this time, the castle had gradually regained its calm. Only the patrolling guards still had some panic and nervousness on their faces.
The fire had been completely extinguished long ago, but the property losses were still being calculated.
In the pitch-black night, suppressed cries could be heard from time to time. It was likely that they had lost their companions and family members in this battle.
Franco arrived at the clock tower amidst the creaking sound of the wooden wheel.
At this time, the door of the clock tower had been completely damaged. A large hole had also been smashed into the floor of the tower, like a deep and terrifying giant mouth that wanted to swallow all living things in the vicinity.
Cadina, the maid, pushed the wheelchair to the hole. Seeing that Franco nodded, she picked up the wheelchair and jumped down.
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