Chapter 141: Witches
Chapter 141 The Witch
Two soldiers, carrying loaded muskets, carefully walked near Barnett’s body, and one of them stretched out his foot to kick the body.
Only after seeing no reaction did they crouch down, carefully inspecting the witch’s body and gesturing backward for safety.
Only then did Paul and the others fully let go.
“Hurry up and treat the wounded!” Paul ordered loudly, and sent a man on horseback to ride furiously towards Port Fullan at fire speed, so that the town could send carriages and healers over instantly.
The soldiers scattered in all directions to check the injuries of those fell companions on the ground.
After confirming, 15 soldiers in the first squad were dead, and the rest were all seriously injured and temporarily incapacitated.
The head guard Victor was very lucky, he fainted after taking a kick from the sorcerer head on, but still had breath, and his ribs might have been broken a few times by the kick.
Lardy came over to Barnett’s body and said in a faintly audible voice, “Kindred? Kindred? That’s just your own wishful thinking.”
The blood had stained the ground under the body, and the intestines were spilling out in a huge mess, making for an extremely disgusting scene.
She knelt down and scrutinized Barnett’s wounds, running her hand over his skin.
“This feeling …… Well, it is indeed [Stone Skin Technique], to be able to utilize the effect of [Stone Skin Technique] to such an extreme, it is really not simple.”
She was secretly amazed at the great power of the musket, such a perverted defense was easily broken by the bullets, this sorcerer did not dodge and did not flash frontally to resist Victor’s full force of a sword, but she could see it clearly.
From the several big holes in Barnett’s back, there are several bullets that directly penetrated his body, Lord Earl really built an extraordinary weapon.
She felt someone approaching behind her and stood up to look back, it was Earl Greiman.
Paul’s face was grave as he slowly said, “First of all, I would like to thank you for saving my life and the lives of my men, without that ‘hood’ you created to buy time, I’m afraid that we would’ve already been taken out by that ‘sorcerer’ through and through. ”
Lardy’s heart lifted slightly, the other’s words contained a distinct sense of distance.
Sure enough Paul’s words changed, “But shouldn’t you explain certain things to me? Learning! The! Little! Sister!”
“Lord Earl, I ……” The female counselor hesitated a bit.
Paul waved his hand and said, “Forget it, this is not the place to talk, I’ll look for you to discuss in detail when we arrive at Fullan Harbor.”
The female advisor lowered her head, “Yes, Lord Earl.”
After more than an hour, the convoy that had sped over from Port Fulan arrived, and after loading the bodies of the wounded and fallen soldiers onto the wagons, the crowd continued on to Port Fulan.
There were still some wounded who had injured their ribs, such as Victor, and they could only be slowly carried to Port Fullan on stretchers.
Paul issued a gag order to all the soldiers present, not a single word of what happened today was allowed to be said to outsiders, because it involved witches and magic, he was afraid of attracting the intervention of the church forces.
The soldiers who could be screened into the internal guard system were all absolutely loyal to the Greiman family, so Paul trusted them, even if many people had already guessed the true identity of Miss Counselor, they would keep their mouths shut.
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After arriving at Fullan Harbor, Paul exchanged a few words of courtesy with the town mayor and others who came out to greet him, and then went straight to the naval headquarters.
Only after arriving at the heavily guarded naval base did he truly relax, and then summoned Naval Commander Austin alone.
After confirming that there were only the two of them in the room, Paul then opened his mouth.
“Austin, do you know what happened to me on the way? It was incredible! It was horrible!”
Austin had been informed that Paul had arrived this time with a large number of wounded men, and he had guessed what had happened on the road.
“Lord Gleeman, are you all right? Have the assassins been caught? Or have they died or escaped?” “He was killed by us with a musket, and the body was brought to Port Fullan by me.”
“Already dead? It’s a shame we can’t interrogate if there are any more accomplices lurking in the shadows. Wait, him? Alone?”
The internal defense forces were no slouches, how could one man cause so many casualties?
Paul grimaced and said, “Austin, you’re not to say a word of what I’m about to say to anyone!”
“Yes, Lord Gleeman!”
“You swear!”
“I swear on my honor to obey your orders!”
Austin looked serious as he swore on his own personality, after spending so much time together, he knew that Paul wasn’t a fan of gods and such.
Only then did Paul whisper, “The man who attacked us was a ‘wizard’ who just waltzed up to us and killed and injured so many people.”
Then he recounted the whole thing in detail.
“This …… this is really surprising!”
Although a bit jaw-dropped, the Navy Commander hadn’t reached the point where Paul’s three views had collapsed before.
For a legendary group like wizards, Austin had always held the attitude that he would rather believe it than not, and now it was surprisingly confirmed by the Earl Lord himself.
He said, “Lord Gleeman, there is no need to be too alarmed, according to your description, they can still be killed by muskets.”
“Right right! You are right, we must equip all the soldiers with muskets. After we return to Lakeheart Town, I’ll start expanding the arsenal.”
“The next time we encounter this kind of madman, I’ll make damn sure to beat him into a sieve.”
Paul’s heart palpitated, if he didn’t have a musket, he would have definitely hung up halfway this time.
“So, what are you going to do about Ms. Lardy?”
From Paul’s description of her, this beautiful and sensible female counselor must be a witch as well, would the Count give her to the church to dispose of? That would be too regrettable.
Paul said, “Call Miss Counselor over for me, I have some things I want to ask her.”
Austin stood up, “Yes, my lord. But if I may be so bold, Miss Ladi saved your life and the lives of many of your brethren after all, you must think twice before you do so.”
Paul nodded, “Don’t worry, Austin. I, Paul Graiman, am by no means an ungrateful man.”
Austin went out on a trip and soon returned leading the female counselor.
He said, “Well, then, I’ll take my leave.”
“Well – ah no, Austin, you stay and listen along too. Miss Laddie, you sit down as well.”
After both were seated, Paul settled himself as he faced the female counselor and asked in as calm a tone as he could manage, “Miss Laddie, do you have something to say to me?”
The female counselor met his gaze and opened her mouth to reply, “Lord Gladman, as your heart has already confirmed, I am indeed a sorcerer, though of course, our kind prefer to call ourselves mages.”
She blushed slightly, her tone taking on a hint of guilt, “I apologize for hiding this identity from you. But please also rest assured that I did not tell any lies before, and I am indeed a scholar.”
“Then, what have you decided to do with me now?”
(End of chapter)