The Release That Witch
Chapters 103's

"What's going on?" Petrov passed through the crowd and asked.

"Sir Hull, they are talking about the Border Town Lord," replied someone who had seen the Honeysuckle emblem on his chest. "He has confiscated all the belongings of our people from Longsong Fortress!"

"You can call me Petrov. Tell me about the situation" Petrov ordered.

"Let me explain it to you, Mr. Petrov," Simon said as he passed through the crowd, revealing a pleasant smile. "That's how it is. We serve the Duke with our lives, so I live in Border Town where I am responsible for managing the mine. Every Winter we would bring the townspeople back with us to Longsong Fortress, where we were. able to protect them from the attacks of demonic beasts. But this year, after the end of Satan's Month, when one of my colleagues, Cornelius Fletcher returned to Border Town, he said, the master told him that his house had been destroyed by the townspeople and that he would not receive any compensation for it! "

"'If you do not admit that the house is not yours, I will imprison you for desertion, where you will wait for the day of your hanging, '" he said, exactly imitating the 4th Prince's words, " Sir, you have to understand, what he calls defection, is a procedure that we have been using for over a hundred years. "

Petrov could not help but imagine the young man's appearance in his mind. Although to the outside world the Prince was extremely irresistible, but compared to his personal experience from their two encounters, Roland Wimbledon was not a submissive. Also, his methods in dealing with the crime of defection hit a nail in the head, however, the other party did not try to think about the matter and only looked for excuses - but the Prince never thought of convincing a group of people. reason with.

He had long since separated himself from Longsong Fortress, Petrov thought. Or, when he thought about it further, how could the Prince never know that nobles would seek refuge in Longsong Fortress? Obviously, that's impossible. He clearly knew, yet he still forced criminal charges on them, forcing the other party to make a choice. But in the end, he still let the other party return to Longsong Fortress to report such barbaric actions, in the end, what did the Prince want to achieve?

"But he is still the Lord of Border Town," said the man Simon had laughed at earlier, "As Master, he has the power to dictate the rules in his own country.”

"The Border Town is still under the jurisdiction of the Western region!" Simon replied unhappily in a cold voice, "Are you questioning Duke Ryan's authority? As Duke, it was his duty to watch over the mine, and he appointed the nobles to do so on his behalf. But now Roland had taken all the houses about glory for himself, who had openly pitted himself against the six Families, the, Duke Ryan would never stand up and just look the way he does as he pleases. "

"You're talking about the man who hung Dimitry Hill?" Petrov doesn't know when Rene's coming, "My father is very angry."

"Young Master," said Simon greeting him respectfully, "Indeed the man, and now he's acting even wilder. I'm afraid only Duke Ryan can stop the Prince, and I hope you'll pass this on to the Duke. "

"Don't worry, even with or without this problem, Duke Ryan is ready to play his cards." Rene doesn't seem to be the least bit worried about the future, “For this matter I'm back, it's just that at the moment my elder brother is still in King's City by setting his name under the trade contract, just that, so right now only I can lead the Elk Family. "

"really? That's good" Simon said happily.

Petrov frowned, he himself knew that from the moment he came to deliver the trade offer and the Prince chose to stay during Winter in the Border Town, which was the only time he had come to deliver, that such a day will come sooner or later. But he never expected that his own friend would fight in this battle. Despite all the gazes he looked at, he pulled Rene straight to his side, trying to prevent it: "You must not go to war, it is the Prince you are fighting.”

"I know he is a prince, the Prince of the Mountain," Rene patted Petrov on the shoulder, "Keep, Duke Ryan won't hurt the Prince, maybe like in the past he will give up when he meets resistance. Even if he wants to fight, as long as we launch an attack on our horses, those farmers and miners will split up. The 4th Prince never brandished a sword or spear, I thought he would not even manage to cut his hair. "

"Mr Petrov, your father called you, he wants to talk to you about something." A white-haired maid suddenly rushed to Petrov's side and spoke into his ear.

"I see," Petrov nodded, and after parting early with Rene, he brought a coach back to the House of Honeysuckle with his housekeeper.

"Dad," he entered the study and saw his father, Shalafi Hull, writing something near the table.

When he heard Petrov's voice, the count didn't stop his writing, "You should sum up the number of people and their income in our domain and give me your summary, I will then organize an army for a spring expedition. Duke Ryan has sent out a call for weapons, As the snow melts, we and the other five families must give him knights and mercenaries, who will then march against Border Town. "

"How much should we provide?"

The count put down his pen and raised his head, "What happened? Until now you never cared about a problem like this." He grabbed onto the side of the table and opened a letter, "We should send at least twenty-five knights, along with their corresponding bodyguards and horses. Also for the mercenaries, they must be complete, and lastly we must send 100 people or free slaves, who must be equipped with simple weapons.

Petrov concluded the troops inside his head if I added all the soldiers provided by the five families, we would provide more than 1000 soldiers. Together with the Duke Squad itself, it would add a force capable of sweeping through all the forces in the western region. Even if Longsong Fortress did not send a defensive record of the troops, this strength was not something that the Border Town could resist. After all Border Town only had two thousand inhabitants.

"Dad, can you stay away from the battlefield?" Petrov asked hesitantly.

"What do you want to say, son?" The count asked strangely.

"I'm worried about your safety."

“Your Majesty only has a few knights and less than 50 guards. We are ten times bigger than him! "

Theoretically, this was the case, but his father had never seen the Prince before, but Petrov did. “But..Dad, said everyone, that the wall made of mud paste will soon collapse, but the Prince who led the construction and still standing. They also said, Border Town which only uses miners and farmers as soldiers, cannot stop demonic beasts. Not only did His Majesty do this, he was even able to defend his city until the end of the Demons of the Month, and for an entire month, no one had escaped from Border Town. "The more he said, his heart grew more and more troubled," Now, once again, everyone thought Duke Ryan would defeat Roland Wimbledon, bumping into the Prince as easily as crashing into an ant. Dad, are you sure it will be as easy as you think? ”

"Enough!" Shalafi slammed his fist against the table. He shook his head and stood up, then he went to the walls where hung portraits of their ancestors. "You've always preferred being a businessman and buying and selling things instead of riding horses and going to war, this doesn't matter to me. But being a trader is not the same as being a coward. Merchants who crossed the seas were threatened with death every day, "shouting him as he pointed to the wall. "Look at the portraits, your grandfather, your grandfather's grandfather, they all leaned on their bows or swords and defended themselves from demonic beasts, bandits and robbers. You let me down, for being so afraid of fighting!"

No, Dad. Petrov lowered his head, no longer motivated to argue, but in his heart he thought, You're talking about grandfather and grandfather's father but if you take a closer look at those strong faces, you're talking about Grandfather and Grandfather, and then look at your loose belt and your overflow.Chin plated. Dad, are you really sure you can use a bow?