Chapter 229
Chapter 229.
“That room in the deepest part of the dungeon is one of the entrances to a secret underground passage, the tunnels lead to the outside of Sentry City, that was dug by the Ferdinand family as a precautionary measure, and that’s how I ran out through the underground passage.”
In the castle of the Earl of Parker, Viscount Henry detailed one side of the story of his escape.
Paul took a piece of paper filled with fly writing and scrutinized it carefully, according to Viscount Henry it was a personal letter from his brother to him. The handwriting on it was a little scrawled, as if the writer had written it in a hurried condition.
Underground tunnels are not rare, it is the instinct of every lord to prepare an extra path for himself, and there is also a tunnel in the castle of Lake Town that is not known to outsiders.
As for the contents of the letter, it depicted a terrible thing: Count Maltzkent had taken control of Duke Ferdinand – that is, the letter-writer himself – and under his compulsion, the Duke had no choice but to pass the title on to him in public. And Maltz `Kent was planning to betray the Kingdom of Aldo and establish himself in the Northwest while the main body of the King’s army was moving south against the opposing Jarls rebels.
As for how the Duke had been controlled, the words in the letter made Paul’s eyes flutter.
“nasty bugs”, “magic”, “witchcraft” ……
The Duke used a string of words that seemed like ravings to an outsider, but Paul, who had had close encounters with witches, knew that it could be true.
“Henry, I’m struggling to write this letter now that I’ve slightly regained control of my brain, I can’t anyway, his evil sorcery has drained me. I hope that when you read it you will be able to avenge me and save the Ferdinand family. Now Maltz the traitor has secretly monitored every member of our family, I will find a way to help you get rid of him ……”
The end of the letter was written like this, Paul fell into a deep thought, associated with the mysterious mage organization “Secret Society” that he knew before, could they be related to Maltz Kent’s conspiracy?
“Although there is some scribbling, but it can be confirmed that this letter is indeed written by the Duke’s handwriting, I recognize his handwriting.”
Seeing Paul in deep thought, Earl Parker thought he was doubting the authenticity of the letter.
“I bet my own honor and the honor of my family that this letter is true, and all the things I said are true as well.”
Henry also immediately bet on it.
Paul looked up and asked, “Do you two have any plans? And what can we do about it?”
“Of course it’s to immediately rise up and crusade against that bastard ……”
Viscount Henry was just about to grab his words when Earl Parker stopped him.
“This matter needs to be considered in the long run, we can’t act rashly for the time being, the Kent family itself is powerful, and the current Lord Duke is under their control. Of course, a frontal battle is definitely unavoidable, that fellow Maltz Kent is not someone who will obediently bind his hands if we join hands and send a notice.”
Although he was a bit skeptical about the “witchcraft” in the letter, there was no doubt that Duke Ferdinand had to follow Kent’s orders.
Duke in the birthday banquet designated Kent as the heir he suspected, under normal circumstances how the title will not fall into the hands of the Kent family ah, even if the people of the family is no longer a failure, there are more than the Kent family closer than the side of the family is not unheard of.
Price `Parker is intended to go against Maltz Kent, because his family and the Kent family before there is a gap, of course, is secretly.
Paul mused, “Uh …… I think ……”
“Count Greiman!”
Earl Parker’s face changed to a serious expression, “You can’t be holding any hopes for that Kent fellow, right? Have you forgotten the conflict between your two families last year? I don’t need to guess to know that guy must have made a lot of excessive demands on you, not just you, but many of the lords in the Northwest Bay have suffered greatly.” Last year, there was a lot of tension between the Greiman family and the Kent family, and they almost fought, although neither of them declared the reason, but the lords probably guessed what was going on, Alda made a lot of money, and the Kent Earl was jealous, anyway, that’s how he is.
Earl Parker continued: ”Hmph! When he becomes the Duke, can there be good fruit for us to eat? What’s worse is that he’s going to start a rebellion, we’re all His Majesty’s subjects, are we going to let him be so rebellious?”
“Truth be told, we’ve already talked to several lords, they all hate this traitor Maltzkent so much that we’re ready to unite against him.”
The old earl gazed at Paul and asked, “Earl Gleiman, Earl Garnard, what do you two mean?”
Holy shit, Paul secretly screamed in his heart, it looks like he has to pick a team to stand on, these two groups of people are right next to his own territory, it’s impossible to stay out of this.
“What do you mean?”
He whispered to Myron, who was sitting on the sidelines.
“To take on Maltz Kent with Earl Parker and the others of course, have you forgotten the blackmail the Kents put on us last year?”
“Well, that’s what I thought, but ……”
Paul turned to Price Parker and asked in a loud voice, “Lord Parker, how many lords have you already gathered?”
Earl Parker smiled slightly, he could see the doubts in Paul’s mind.
“Paul, our strength is definitely sizable. But I also understand your concern. How about this, in a few days I will invite all the people to come and discuss the big issue, you can go back first and come back at that time, of course, you can also stay at my place for a few days until the people come over.”
It looked like Earl Parker was quite confident.
“Then we’d better come back in a few days. Myron and I also hate the man Maltzkent, so if you can really gather a strong force, I will definitely participate.”
“Good, it’s a deal, I’ll let you know when the time comes.”
After the business had been discussed, the group then began to enjoy their dinner, and when it was finished, Paul and Myron excused themselves and went back to the guest room to rest.
Viscount Henry stayed behind, and he cautiously asked Earl Parker, “My lord, how much of a help will these two be to us, I can hear that the Greiman family has always been weak, while the Garnard family just went through a rebellion of almost all of their bannermen last year.”
“Huh.” Duke Parker twisted his beard.
“Henry, can’t use the old eyes to see ah, Bairdin for the moment, Alda now is not what it used to be, the pirates of the Northwest Gulf is to be eliminated cleanly by the Greiman family, although it is to take advantage of the bandit leader Edward does not know where he is, the pirates have no leader this time, but it is not something that an Earl’s Collar can do casually. And the rebellion in Baildin was also helped to be quelled by the Gleiman family, you know, there are quite a few knights under those rebel ministers.”
“I’m sure that inviting them to participate in our plans will be of great benefit.”
(End of chapter)