What made Butler Martinez even more regretful was that Bernardo had reported to him three days ago that there were two caravans that were going to transport valuables to the neighboring city. Bernardo had requested the knights of the family to escort the two caravans, and 90% of the knights of the family would be sent to escort the two caravans.
When Butler Martinez received Bernardo's report, he was surprised that the two caravans would set off at the same time. However, it was normal to send the knights of the family to escort the caravans that were transporting valuables, so Butler Martinez didn't think too much about it. Now it seemed that Bernardo and Domenech had colluded to send the knights of the family away in order to give the men in black a chance.
"Bernardo, Domenech, Jack Ferguson …" Butler Martinez murmured under his breath.
Martinez, who was hiding in the grass, gritted his teeth and muttered the names of the three men. Hatred and remorse appeared in his murky eyes. He never thought that his carelessness would cause such a disaster to the Ferguson family and Ferguson Manor.
Although his heart was pained, Martinez, who had experienced countless ups and downs in the Ferguson Family, wasn't defeated by the blow in front of him. He quickly calmed himself down and thought of a strategy to deal with it.
When he realized that he could not open the villa's door, the experienced butler Martinez immediately became vigilant. That was why he asked Christensen and the group of handymen to test the way for him. Christensen and the handymen were outsiders, so it would not be a pity even if they died. After smelling the rotten smell, butler Martinez immediately realized that it was a kind of poisonous smoke. He immediately made a decision to sacrifice Christensen and the handymen, who had not yet realized it, to buy time for him to leave.
Even though this was morally reprehensible, Butler Martinez had a clear conscience. He had lived for so long that he was indifferent to life and death and wasn't afraid of death. However, if he were to die, the Ferguson Family would fall into the hands of these family parasites. If that happened, the Ferguson Family, a hereditary Count Family that had lasted for hundreds of years, would collapse completely in just a few years. The Count Family that was once famous in Flosinone, where a sneeze could cause the entire city to catch a cold, would fall into the trash bin of history.
Therefore, at least for now, Butler Martinez was nominally the Ferguson Family's butler. In reality, Connor wasn't around, so the real leader of the Ferguson Family couldn't die. He had to do his best to stop the family parasites from staging an armed rebellion. When Christensen and the servants joined the Ferguson Family, they had already sworn to contribute everything to the Ferguson Family. Now, it was time for them to make contributions to the interests of the family and fulfill their original oath.
Butler Martinez had already made a decision. When things calmed down, he would pass a resolution at the family elders' meeting. He would make an exception and bury these heroes who had sacrificed their lives for the family in the Ferguson Family cemetery, where only the Ferguson Family members could rest in peace. He would also give their families generous compensation. He wouldn't let them sacrifice their lives for the family in vain.
If his own death could change everything and make the Ferguson Family better, Martinez, the old butler who had served the Ferguson Family for decades, would not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the Ferguson Family!
After leaving the villa, Butler Martinez knew that the enemies wouldn't just set traps in the villa. They would definitely set other ambushes in the Ferguson Manor. Therefore, the first thing Butler Martinez wanted to do was to leave the Ferguson Manor and go back to Flosinone to ask for help from the local garrison in Flosinone.
Although Martinez, an old man who was almost 100 years old, had already run away as fast as he could, unfortunately, he was still one step too late. He could only hide in the grass and watch those men in black kill the members of the Ferguson Family. There was nothing he could do even though he wanted to do so, and there was nothing he could do.
At this moment, the Ferguson Manor was full of men in black who were armed to the teeth. When the family knights were lured away, it was impossible for the handymen in the manor who bullied the weak and feared the strong to fight against the men in black. It would only add to the casualties. Therefore, in order to solve the danger in the Ferguson Manor, it was obviously not advisable to confront the men in black head-on. The best way to solve the danger was to leave the Ferguson Manor and go back to Flosinone to ask for help from the local garrison.
Although there were only four men in black guarding the exit in front of him, and the leader was only an official knight, two of the four men had revolvers in their hands. Therefore, even though Butler Martinez was a grand knight, it would be difficult for him to kill the four men and rush out of the exit to call for help.
If he went out now, the biggest possibility was that he would be entangled by the rest of the men in black after killing the two men. He wouldn't be able to advance or retreat, and the men in black who heard the news would come and kill him here. Since this exit was in such a situation, he believed that the other exits in the Ferguson Manor would be in the same situation. Obviously, it was impossible for him to leave the Ferguson Manor through the usual exit.
After understanding this, Butler Martinez took a deep breath to calm himself down. Then, he quietly retreated from the bushes.
The Ferguson Family had been operating in the Ferguson Manor for hundreds of years. In the past, the legal system of the Empire was not as perfect as it was now. As the ruling class, the nobles were very hostile towards each other. In that era, the Ferguson Family could be said to be the tyrant of Flosinone City and its surrounding areas. They owned a large number of farms and land in the suburbs, and hundreds of shops in the city. With so many benefits, it was natural that they had a lot of enemies.
Therefore, in order to deal with the possible dangers and prevent the family from being wiped out, the Ferguson Manor was the family's headquarters. After generations of hard work, several secret tunnels were built underground for escape in times of crisis.
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