Mount and Blade

"...Strangely, all the alchemists who participated in the development died, and the relevant people who survived are now wanted by the angry Grand Duke, especially a centurion named Donovan."

"...He is the main person in charge tonight."

As the female citizen narrated, Trunks' face darkened. He had no time to find out anything else. He ordered his troops to seal all the city gates and rushed to the Grand Duke's main fortress in a hurry.

Donovan...

Green felt that this name was very familiar, because when he was fighting the prophecy of Pende before, there was an NPC named Donovan.

But if Green remembered correctly, it should be a Barkley noble, how could it become a centurion?

Without time to think, Green and Seranti and others followed the one-armed Trunks and galloped towards the Grand Duke's main fortress together.

When they arrived at the fortress, Trunks hurriedly dismounted and headed straight for the Duke's study. The Holy Dragon Knights' guards and Green and others were waiting anxiously outside the study.

I don't know what happened to Fitenas and Kasarian. Could it be the work of the Snake Cult?

In the study.

Duke Kasarian was like a deflated ball, just lying in his wheelchair in silence. The old man who had spent almost his entire life on research had never been as depressed as he was at this moment.

Hearing the knock on the door, he naturally let someone in. Fitenas had been frightened by the sudden explosion and hid here with Kasarian. He looked like he had just cried.

"What's going on in the city? I heard that the laboratory was blown up?" Trunks asked as soon as he entered the door.

"...Yeah."

Kasarian only responded coldly, and he was in a very bad mood.

"...Then didn't you take any remedial measures?"

Faced with such an attitude, Trunks suddenly felt a little choked and powerless.

"What do you think? This massive explosion destroyed the entire lab, and no alchemist survived... No." Kasarian finally turned his head from the table to look at Trunks. He had wanted to go to the lab himself later tonight.

When he received the news, he was still working on the improvement of the artillery and designing blueprints.

Everyone knew that Grand Duke Kasarian never liked to be disturbed when he was working. When he heard that the lab was blown to pieces and no one survived, he finally couldn't hold the pen.

"...Where's your left arm, son?"

Kasarian found Trunks's empty left hand, which should have been intact and was wearing arm armor. His old and slightly cloudy eyes widened a little, and he pushed the wheelchair closer to Trunks with his hands, and even put on a microscope to observe small parts.

Trunks wanted to avoid Kasarian's touch, but it was too late, just like the child who failed to meet Kasarian's requirements before.

Kasarian could clearly feel that Trunks' left arm was empty.

He hadn't called Trunks his father for a long time, and both of them were silent for a long time.

"I'm going to hunt down the culprit." Trunks left without looking back, and the door was closed again.

Kasarian looked at Trunks's back, and his heart was stabbed. Trunks had always resented him, but he also understood that all this was his own fault.

After all, he used to be so cold-blooded, sarcastic and mean, because Trunks had been trained as his successor since he was a child, and his requirements for Trunks were also extremely harsh.

Now, seeing that Trunks had lost his left arm, he vaguely felt that the distance between them as relatives seemed to be as insurmountable as a natural chasm.

After all, from childhood to adulthood, Kasarian had never given him a good face.

Kasarian felt that he suddenly lost his voice, and the words he wanted to say to his son were stuck in his throat, and he didn't know how to speak.

This feeling is just like the mother who lost Trunks...

"Phitnas, go back to your room first, your father still has things to do." He pushed the wheelchair with difficulty and walked towards the door.

Phitnas looked at Kasarian's back, feeling mixed emotions.

He knew that his father had always been very strict with his brother Trunks, but he didn't expect that his father, who had always been like this, would also show such a lonely expression.

"Where are you going? I'll push you there, father." I don't know if it's because of his mother, but Phetnas is a very sensible child. His height of 1.3 meters can barely push Kasarian forward.

"Go back to your room, don't run around, it's not something a child can participate in." Kasarian's tone was not as kind as before, but a very stern tone.

"...Okay." Phetnas rarely saw his father talking to him in such a tone, so he just silently helped Kasarian open the door of the study and watched Kasarian leave.

Fitenas turned back to his room silently, feeling extremely heavy-hearted. He knew that the rift in the family would take time and effort to repair.

.........

When Trunks hurried out of the study, everyone was anxiously thinking about remedial measures.

"The situation is worse than we thought." Trunks said, "The explosion of the laboratory not only lost a lot of precious research results, but also may affect Pence's future development."

"So what should we do next?" Seran asked.

Trunks pondered for a moment and said, "First, investigate the truth of the matter and find the centurion named Donovan and the relevant personnel responsible for tonight's patrol."

So, Trunks began to deploy personnel, and Green also volunteered to participate in the investigation.

The group left Kasarian's residence in a hurry and came to the outside of the fortress.

"Could it be the Snake Cult's trick?" Green asked. The Snake Cult has been doing too many tricks recently.

"It's possible." Trunks looked solemn, "But it's not conclusive yet. We need to collect more evidence."

"Could it be the Snake Cult's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain? They don't want to use this cover to assassinate Duke Kasarian?" Green expressed his doubts in his heart. After all, no one can guarantee that there is no such possibility before there is evidence.

He looked at Green, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, "What you said makes sense. Wilder, you go and mobilize half of the Holy Dragon Knights to strengthen the fortress patrol."

"Yes!" Wilder took the order and handed the task to the deputy general.

Trunks nodded and assigned tasks, "We will split into two groups. One group will look for Donovan and other related personnel, and the other group will conduct an in-depth investigation to see if there is any evidence left in the laboratory."

Everyone took the order and left, and the investigation began.