Release that Witch - Chapter 531

[Chapter 522 The Surging Northern Territory]

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“What did you say!?”

The lord of Evernight City, the Duke of the North, Calvin Kant stood up in disbelief, and looked at the messenger in front of him.

The water glass on the table was knocked to the ground, making a crisp shattering sound.

“My lord duke, I saw this with my own eyes!” The latter lowered his head even lower, “It took only one day for the rebel to break through the walls of the capital, and His Majesty the King failed to escape. More bad luck than good luck!”

“This…how is it possible?” Calvin murmured, “That’s the capital of the king!”

With a five-foot-high bluestone city wall, thousands of guards, and trebuchets and snow powder, there is no team of 20,000 to 30,000 people, so there is no way to cross this line of defense.

And even if the fourth prince can gather so many people, he shouldn’t be able to capture the capital in one day!

“They…their firearms are too powerful,” the messenger’s voice trembled slightly. He didn’t know whether it was the weakness caused by the overnight journey, or he was shocked by what he had witnessed. “Not only can they fire continuously, but they are also surprisingly powerful. Not to mention the knights, even the king’s berserk guards can’t stop them from advancing. As long as they touch each other, even if they don’t die, they will lose half their lives… In comparison, your majesty’s firearms are no different from fire sticks .”

Calvin’s mind was blank, and there was only one thought in his mind, it was over, everything was over.

More than a week ago, he received an order from the new king, asking him to send an army to support the capital. As the newly conferred Duke of Northland, he naturally had to respond.

After some deliberation, Calvin finally dispatched a team of 2,500 people from Horsehead Huos, Xuehu Lista, and his own family, and set off to serve the king after the snow melted—although the expected arrival time and the request letter It was almost half a month apart, but considering that siege battles often lasted for several months, it was not too late.

Since the spring plowing is about to start, there are not many serfs in the team, and there are very few knights. Most of them are mercenaries and free people, but no matter what, as long as they send out a team, it must be a crime of treason in the eyes of the rebel king. His good life is very good. It’s almost the end.

Oh, and Edith!

Calvin suddenly thought of his precious daughter, if it was her, maybe he could think of some way to save it.

“Quickly, go and call the eldest daughter to my room!” He shouted to the guards beside him.

Soon, Edith walked into the study in casual clothes, with a training saber hanging beside her, her hair coiled on top of her head, and thin beads of sweat secreted from the tip of her nose.

Obviously she was practicing swordsmanship as usual, with a trace of hesitation on her face, “Didn’t I say that? Don’t disturb me while practicing swords.”

“This time is different, the family is about to encounter catastrophe!” Calvin eagerly repeated the news brought back by the messenger, “What should we do now?”

He looked at his daughter earnestly, hoping that she could give her a solution – if the Northland is rich in pearls, then Edith Kant is the brightest one.

She is not only beautiful, but also extremely talented. No matter in politics or in marching and fighting, she eclipses other men.

It can be said that the Kant family was able to climb from the position of earl to the current Duke of the Northland, thanks to Edith.

The daughter was a little surprised when she heard that the fourth prince conquered the capital in one day, and then quickly regained her composure, “Now you know why I didn’t agree to marry Timothy, right?”

Calvin couldn’t help but widen his eyes, “Could it be that you expected all this at that time?” Timothy stayed in the Northland for a while after he led an army to defeat Duke Ace who was planning to rebel.

Like most men, he also fell in love with the pearl of the Northland, but Edith did not immediately agree to it, but cleverly used excuses to evade the envoy sent by the other party.

At that time, I was still quite puzzled, and even blamed my daughter a little bit. You must know that marrying the past and becoming a queen is something that many women dream of, and the Kant family’s seat in the Northland can naturally be more secure.

“You said breaking the city in one day? That’s not true,” Edith untied her belt and let her long blue hair fall down. “I just don’t think he is the right candidate.”

Not… suitable, Calvin couldn’t help moaning in his heart, he is the ruler of Graycastle!

Even if it is short-lived, he is still a veritable king of a country!

Even such a person is not suitable, what kind of person do you want to marry?

However, the duke did not say these words. He had already made up his mind that if his daughter never married, he would pass on the title of duke to Edith—he believed that, compared with his two sons, the eldest daughter He is the best successor who can carry forward the family.

“Back to this matter,” Edith bent down and picked up the broken porcelain cup, “The first thing you need to do is to recover the troops you sent out.”

“But they have already set off for four days, and they don’t know which way they are going. I’m afraid it’s too late…”

“It doesn’t matter,” she arranged the fragments into the shape of the three cities, “You send people to Yougu Town first, if you start now, you can arrive in the evening, and then take a boat to the capital tomorrow morning, so you should be able to arrive a day earlier than the army. No matter Whichever way the army takes, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com will eventually converge on this official road at the north gate, as long as they search in reverse along it, they can be stopped on the outskirts of the capital.”

“So that’s how it is.” Damn, I should have thought of this method myself, the Duke patted his head vigorously, blaming the news for coming so suddenly, he couldn’t recover for a while, “I’ll write now! No, directly Let the guards go with the token! Come on!”

After the guards left, Edith continued to speak slowly, “Father, do you think we can stop the fourth prince’s attack?”

Calvin couldn’t help shivering. The outer wall of Eternal Night City is not as solid as half of the king’s capital. I’m afraid it won’t be able to survive for a long time in front of that kind of sky-fire weapon. “I don’t think…it can’t.”

“So it’s not enough just to call back the army,” she shrugged, “Don’t forget that you became a duke because of Timothy. In Roland’s eyes, I’m afraid you are no different from the enemy. Even if he doesn’t come now, he will always come later. Come. So to keep the family alive, we have to do more and be more proactive.”

“You mean…you want me to turn my head and give my allegiance to His Highness the Fourth Prince?” Calvin hesitated, “Why should he trust me?”

“With sincerity,” Edith said softly, “after the results of this siege battle spread, most of the nobles would feel timid. Since they can’t join forces to resist, it’s better to admit defeat early. Of course, those who think so It is estimated that I am not the only one, so you must show sincerity, otherwise, how can you stand out among the many nobles?”

“What kind of…sincerity?”

Edith smiled, pulled out the training wooden sword with one hand, and before Calvin could react, lightning struck two of the three pieces on the table into powder.

“I think the Hoth family and the Lista family are good gifts, what do you think, father?” (To be continued.)

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