Chapter 551 – The Knight’s Challenge

Chapter 551 – Knightly Challenge
Since joining the rebellion conspiracy initiated by the Valen family, Fergus has always considered himself to be fighting to restore the ancient and traditional order of Arda.

Yes, Paul Greiman had treated the squires so harshly-disrespecting them, humiliating them, suppressing them, squeezing them as hard as he could, and withdrawing the authority from their hands-that the idyllic picture of peace and beauty had been ruthlessly torn to shreds, step by step, and that the lord had surrounded himself with a circle of crafty They use money to erode the original simple social atmosphere of Alda, making the peasants do not feel at ease with farming, leaving their homes to run to the city, so on, the whole Alda will be increasingly degenerate, into an irreparable abyss.

And he, the Knight of Fergus, as a son of the land, must come forward to save the day, and root out the general source of all this mischief, Paul Gleiman, before Alda becomes incorrigible, even though he was the lord to whom he himself owed allegiance, he had fallen into the arms of the devil.

However, now, facing this former knight squire in front of him, now the commander of the infantry battalion, this Carter Hawley, who could only look up to himself before, Fergus finally realized his truest thoughts, and exploded the resentment that had been buried deep in his heart for a long time.

He raised his own sword, pointed the pointed edge of the end of the sword remotely towards the opposite side of this squire who was not even worthy of him drawing his sword in the past, and shouted in a hoarse voice:
“Holly, you humble squire, who has only climbed to your present position by feeding on Bryce’s nostrils, what right do you have to talk down to me. Come on, if you feel worthy of your current position, then draw your weapon and follow the ancient tradition of a one-on-one knight’s duel with me.”

The mount on Fergus’s crotch also saved its hooves and snorted at Holly and the others, white mist spraying from its nostrils as if provoking them.

But Holly didn’t pay any attention to Fergus’s challenge and said, “Knight Fergus, you are after all a knight ordained by Lord Greymane himself, I don’t want to make things too ugly, won’t you consider surrendering?”

“Surrender? Hahahahahaha!” Fergus laughed out loud as if he was mocking them.

“Who do I surrender to? Surrender to a dead man? Or do I surrender to a pile of ash? It’s almost comical.”

In a maniacal state, he shouted even louder than before, not just to Carter Hawley, but to all those around him who could hear him, “Your beloved Lord Paul Gleeman has long since been burned to ashes in this fire, and not even his bones can be found. At a time like this, it is laughable that you would ask me to surrender. On the contrary, you, as Arda’s army, should have surrendered early anyway, early enough to abandon that hypocrite whose body and soul have fallen into hell, and pledge your allegiance to the new lord. As long as you make the right choice, I am willing to disregard your disrespect and put in a good word for you in front of the new lord, so that you won’t be banished from Arda like a bunch of lost dogs.”

Although he had guessed that Count Gleiman was in a bad way, coming from Fergus’ mouth, Lieutenant Colonel Holly’s heart still felt as if it had been struck heavily by a sledgehammer.

By the time Fergus finished those words, Lieutenant Colonel Hawley looked at him as if he were a hypochondriac, with a disgusted, hateful gaze mixed with a few hints of pity. “What’s gotten into you, Fergus, even if the new lord succeeds to the throne, the first thing he’ll do is punish you rebels to soothe Lord Graiman’s soul, how can he still allow you to come and speak in front of him ……”

“No! You know nothing!” Before Lt. Commander Hawley could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Fergus.

“Wretches! Might as well tell you, at this time now, Lakewood is under our control, and the new succeeding lord will only be one whom we, the loyal subjects, recognize, and who, one by one, will set things right, and return to the right track all of Graiman’s perversions.”

“Hahahahahaha!” After saying that, Fergus once again uncontrollably laughed up to the sky.

“What did you say?” Instructor Major Cobb was irritated by what Fergus had just said, “Lakewood has ……”

Lt. Col. Hawley held up his riding crop in front of him, stopping the Major from continuing to speak.

He said in a mocking tone, “Hmph, nothing more than the ramblings of a traitor in a desperate situation, trying to create confusion among us so he can stay alive, not to be trusted.”

“And you imagine me so contemptible?” Holly’s words caused Fergus, who had been laughing a moment ago, to burst into a rage.

Although Lt. Col. Hawley said this with his mouth, his heart had already set off shock waves, so the traitors were striking at both ends?
As long as there is a place to get it will cause great chaos to Alda, Babol village side, if the lord assassinated, the consequences needless to say, the lake town side, as long as the success of the election of a new lord, it means that all the key departments of the Council of State has been under their control, a part of the army armed forces may also be loyal to the new lord, but also will cause Alda’s big split.

The most frightening thing is to get both, that will cause a completely irreversible situation. On the other hand, on the side of his own village of Babol, at least for the time being, it seemed that the lord was in a bad way.

Damn it!

After cursing in his heart, Lieutenant Colonel Holly still felt that he should first get rid of Fergus in front of him. On one hand, it was out of loyalty to Earl Greiman, and Fergus was the one who directly caused the Earl’s demise and wanted to avenge him. On the other hand, even if the traitors gained power and the new lord they elected succeeded to the throne, he himself could still push that he didn’t know what happened in Lakewood Town, in this case avenging the old lord is reasonable, loyalty has always been praised, is the greatest political correctness in this era.

Of course, the biggest hope or presumption in Lieutenant Colonel Holly’s heart is – Count Greiman’s political and armed system that he has built up over the past few years is definitely not subverted by a group of guys like Fergus, and there is a high probability that Lakewood is still under the Loyalist’s control.

In front of Holly, Fergus was still provoking, “Come on, Carter Holly! Since you don’t believe my words, accept my challenge! Even if the humble you don’t possess the status of a knight, at least duel me like a man!”

He brandished his saber with an expression of extreme mockery on his face.

Holly held out three fingers on his left hand, “Fergus, I’ll give you one last chance to surrender right now! Three …… two ……”

“Ah…!”

Holly’s repeated refusal of his own invitation to fight stirred up endless anger in Fergus’s heart, this clown in front of him, as a knight himself sending him an invitation for a duel was already giving him great honor, how could he still dare to refuse!

At that moment, he shouted, vigorously urged the horse, waving his sword and knife rushed towards Holly.

Unwillingness, jealousy, resentment, anger, all sorts of negative emotions made Fergus lose his mind, forgetting about the cold muzzle of the gun pointing at him.

“Touch!”

A gunshot rang out and the knight crashed off his horse.

Lieutenant Colonel Holly blew the smoke from the muzzle of his gun and said with a look of contempt, “An old fart like you should have faded out of the times a long time ago.”

Fergus wasn’t dead, the lieutenant colonel was aiming at his horse, but he hit his head right on a rock as he crashed to the ground.

If only he hadn’t left Lakewood then!

That was the last thought that went through his mind before he fell unconscious.

(End of chapter)