Phoenix Grand Lord

At the same time.

In the lord's tent of the military camp at the border of the Marigold Territory.

The Marigold Baron Edmund Ross, with a head full of tattoos, was sitting on his expensive solid wood lord chair with a gloomy face.

He is less than 50 years old this year, but from the appearance, he is obviously much older than 50 years old.

A series of events that happened during this period made him physically and mentally exhausted.

Recently, he has been sleeping on the hard wooden bed in the lord's tent. Although the bed is large and luxurious, it lacks velvet as a cushion, which makes him very uncomfortable.

He thought that the confrontation with the Viscount of Broken Star Valley would end soon, but he didn't expect that the Viscount of Broken Star Valley could endure as well as him.

The confrontation between them has lasted for more than 3 weeks, and it is about to develop towards 1 month.

If it continues like this, both sides will only suffer losses.

But the problem is that even if both sides are uncomfortable, things have come to this point, whoever retreats first will lose.

There may be no winners in a war, but there will definitely be losers.

But what really gave Baron Edmund a headache was not the Viscount Miranden Stam who was biting like a turtle, but the "useless young master" behind his own territory, the lord of Merlin Valley Manor, Rowe Valentine.

Edmund never thought that Rowe would become his biggest worry.

He couldn't understand why a useless young master who couldn't even keep his title could destroy the Watch Farm Manor and Sanchalu Manor, which had been in business for more than ten generations, in just two or three weeks.

Even his younger brother, the butcher Eppard, who everyone was afraid of, was beaten by the useless young master.

Now, on Edmund's solid wood desk, there are two handwritten letters.

One of them was sent by his younger brother Eppard through a raven.

In the letter, his younger brother Eppard explained in detail the reasons for the failure of the battle.

For example, his soldiers rushed to the battlefield overnight after receiving the request for help without any preparation or even dinner. For example, the stone arch bridge was too narrow and easy to defend but difficult to attack. For example, Lord Geller was not very obedient. For example, the Meilin Valley did not follow the moral code of war. Their mud-legged serfs were equipped with longbows and countless standard arrows. For example, Luo Wei was very undignified. He did not even greet them and started fighting directly. He also used fire to kill and burn people.

For example, the information of Nathan the venomous snake was wrong. The fighting force of Meilin Valley was definitely more than 100 people, at least 300 people.

Baron Edmund read this handwritten letter from his brother three times, and he couldn't figure it out. How could a small Meilin Valley have more than 300 soldiers?

Where did this force come from? Ah? Even if it was in the present life, it couldn't be so fast, right?

What made Edmund even more confused was that he could clearly determine through reasoning and analysis that Rowe was "Oracle Nathanos", but Eppard's letter repeatedly emphasized that Nathan the Viper was an unreliable dog, his information was wrong, and Oracle Nathanos could never be Rowe.

Eppard also wrote down the evidence in the letter - during their siege of Merlin Valley, Oracle Nathanos looted the Sanchalu Manor.

Such news completely disrupted Baron Edmund's thinking.

Baron Edmund had to re-examine his inference.

So... Rowe was still the useless young master, just a useless young master who was lucky?

In his heart, Baron Edmund would rather believe that Rowe was a lucky useless young master than that Rowe was the decisive Oracle Nathanos.

According to the intelligence collected, Nathanos's ability level was definitely very high, and he was an extremely powerful opponent.

From this point of view alone, it is impossible for a useless young master who has been pampered since childhood to do this.

Let alone killing nobles and noble ladies himself, even if you give him a chicken, he will not be able to stop.

In his heart, Edmund still despises Rowe.

When his brother Eppard confirmed in the letter that Rowe was not Nathanos, Edmund only pondered for a while and accepted such information.

In this way, the matter of Marigold Territory became more troublesome.

Rowe must be dealt with, but the oracle Nathanos who came and went without a trace must be found first.

Edmund judged that even if Rowe won three defense battles, it was because of good luck and the advantage of dangerous terrain. There was nothing to be afraid of.

As long as the border side freed up hands and found an opportunity to send a few catapults over to destroy the two defense towers of Merlin Valley, Merlin Valley could be easily trampled flat.

Therefore, a useless young master like Rowe is not a concern.

Edmund thought that the real worry was the sudden appearance of the Oracle Nathanos.

The curse believers were making the most trouble. According to intelligence, the lord's mansion of Viscount Sunset Mountain had been captured by a group of organized curse believers a few days ago. Viscount Sunset Mountain and his wife and family were all pushed to the guillotine and died.

Most of the manor lords in the Sunset Mountain territory were also beheaded.

The entire Sunset Mountain territory was basically controlled by the curse believers.

This news also made the nobles furious.

If the Marigold Territory was the next to make trouble with the curse believers, then the fate of Viscount Sunset Mountain would be a lesson for Baron Edmund.

Therefore, Baron Edmund was more worried about the Oracle Nathanos.

But if Viscount Broken Star Valley did not withdraw his troops, Baron Edmund could only grit his teeth and hold on.

Baron Edmund had been living a good life, but because of the appearance of Luo Wei, things began to get more and more out of control.

Speaking of which, the fundamental reason why Baron Edmund deliberately targeted Luo Wei was that he was afraid of Luo Wei's legal bloodline.

More than ten years ago, Edmund Ross, who was still the lord of the manor, suddenly attacked the Flor family and cleansed all the Flor family bloodlines at lightning speed - except for the daughter of the Flor family who married far away, that is, Luo Wei's biological mother.

But later, Luo Wei's biological mother was furious and died after learning that her family was betrayed and slaughtered, and even the newly born baby and the mother were not spared.

Only Luo Wei was left in the Flor family bloodline.

In order to protect Luo Wei, the former Baron Zilin, Luo Wei's father, basically did not let Luo Wei contact the outside world and strictly examined everything around Luo Wei.

This also indirectly created the cowardly character of the predecessor Luo Wei, who was taciturn and only knew how to obey.

Over the past ten years, Baron Edmund has always felt annoyed by Rowe's existence, and he suffers from severe insomnia every night.

Although Rowe has no connections to support him, and Edmund has already firmly established the throne of the Marigold Baron, from a legal perspective, Rowe should be the real Marigold Baron.

Even if no one mentions it, Edmund himself feels guilty.

Only by killing Rowe can Edmund sleep peacefully.

About a month ago, Baron Edmund's chance to root out the problem finally came.

Baron Zilin died suddenly without any signs, and the new widow, Lady Valentine, sent a secret envoy to meet Edmund and ask him to help Lady Valentine get rid of Rowe.

This was exactly what Baron Edmund wanted.

The two sides hit it off, so there was the beginning of Rowe's enfeoffment in Meilin Valley, and the beginning of the toll for the Stone Arch Bridge.

Yes, from the beginning to the end, it was all a conspiracy.

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