Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

Recognizing the situation, Aaron takes a swift step back and opens his mouth.

“I, I……. ”

The only way to survive here is over there. Aaron, who judged it that way, cautiously said.

“Please, pick me up... Hiic! ”

But even before I finished talking, my heart felt hot and cold pain.

“You, you……. ”

Aaron looks at Maral's face as he pushes the dagger into his heart without speaking.

Maral said with a expressionless face.

“Your place is mine. ”

* Sobbing, sobbing *

A dagger drawn. And a violent red bloodstream. Maral, covered in blood, bows his head to Bermurk.

“It's all done. The men planted in each branch would have already dealt with those who opposed. Reports will come in soon, so please have a nice drink and wait slowly. ”

Vermouth nods.

“Well done. ”

And so the owner of Circus became too worthless.

* * *

“From now on, it's real. ”

The deck of the Merchant Meilin, which runs along the west coast of the continent. According to Ricaien, Caith bursts into Faan Sanctuary in a cheerful manner.

“Kuhahaha, you should have seen the way they were running away! ”

“Haha, I wish I could, but it's the bottle I'm wearing. ”

He smiles comfortably.

Lycaen tapped him on the shoulder like that.

“It's all because of him. Thank you.”

“Haha, all I had to do was gather people. ”

“Those ‘people’ helped me get things done. ”

To be precise, the greatest lesson of this battle was the Blissful Reindeers. Even the best horses couldn't beat the reindeer in the snow. And it was the great fork in the road to victory and defeat that led to the reindeer operating as a cavalry. Despite the fact that the number of opponent mounted troops is four times higher.

And in order to tame those blissful reindeer, we needed the blissful people, which is what he did.

He smiles awkwardly and says like a joke.

“That explains why the Empire is hiding in secret. ”

“Hmm, does it work that way? ”

Lycaen nods, smiling bloody.

It was a big help for the Empire without knowing it.

The work of taming the wild Blissen reindeer was done only by the Blissen Tribe. In other words, it was only possible to collect people rather than money.

But it wasn't easy.

It is because the Empire that conquered the Blissen Tribe enslaved all of them.

For the Empire, the Blissful were just a savage savage, unlike any other empire, and they dealt with it because it was a sin that plagued the northern part of the empire for a long time.

That's why there were more reindeer in the Northern Snow, but there were no Blissful people to tame the reindeer.

The Blissful have become all imperial-owned slaves, making it impossible to trade outside. But there's very little that merchants can't buy with money.

He has brought a hundred Blissful people with him through back-trading. After explaining what had happened so far, he asked them to tame the reindeer.

It was made by five hundred reindeer horsemen.

Lycaen gets up from the floor of the deck and casts his gaze inland over the ledge.

“He must have taken control of Circus by now, right? ”

“Of course you did. Otherwise we wouldn't have paid them off on purpose. ”

At the time of battle, it was clearly intentional not to pursue the retreating Circus troops.

Lycaen, Caith and Joel assume the true purpose of the man who plotted this fight is Circus' right. You saw it as an intention to become the owner of Circus in a moment of weakness.

And the real purpose of Lycaen was him.

And in order to do that, he had to step forward somehow. So the way I thought of it is to create conditions that will allow him to execute his purpose in the first place. If he took control of Circus' power, he decided that no matter how much he hated it, he would always be on the front lines.

“Then it's a real fight from now on. ”

“But... what if he doesn't move the way we thought? ”

“If so, what he's done so far is useless. ”

“Or he failed to take control of Circus. ”

“Hehehe, then we're like dogs on rooftops chasing chickens. I'm swayed by nothing, and I'm a fool for nothing. ”

“But you have to stay close to Circus. ”

Lycaen nods with a confident expression on his face.

“Whatever their outcome, we're prepared to fight them. ”

“Hehe, I did. ”

“So let's just think about going back. ”

“Got it.”

At that time, caron cautiously said, thinking about the bear alone.

“By the way, Ricaien. ”

“Huh?"

“May I ask about that Calvion? ”

“Wonder what? ”

“Hmmm... I've been wandering around and finding so many stories about what I do as a merchant. But there was a story of a pirate. ”

At Carron's words, Caith approaches, seated and listens. He was also curious about the identity of Calvin.

“It was a long time ago... there was a pirate called a hero among the slums. I heard the plunder robbed the ships of ferocious lords and distributed them to the poor. ”

“Oh, that's a pretty cool guy! Huh? But it can't be Calvion... ”

Aaron nods.

“Yes, perhaps Calvion is the pirate. I was older now, but it looked a lot like the pirate that was brought back to life at the time. ”

After finishing his sentence, he looked at Lycaen, wanting an answer.

And Lycaen nods coolly as if nothing had happened.

“Yes. The pirate is Calvion. ”

“Where did you find him? ”

“Well... in a cave. ”

Caith frowns at Lycaen's ambiguous answer.

“Cave? What are you talking about? ”

“Well, that's a common saying. All the lords who had been plundered announced together. ”

“Publication?”

“Yes. If you come on my feet, I won't kill you. Instead, I told them that if they don't come back in a month, they'll kill the poor who were aided by Calvion as pirates and accomplices. ”

“Huh, so Calvion volunteered to go in? ”

“Yeah. Well, it's a common sense to wander around, isn't it? ”

Caith shakes his head vigorously, saying that Lycaen doesn't seem to mind.

“Not at all common! Well, I guess I'll just have to see it again, won't I? ”

Karon nods and says,

“I've heard that story, too. So that's why you knew so much about the ocean, huh? ”

As he speaks, he suddenly asked.

“By the way, where did you find him and how did you get him? Rumor has it he was immediately hanged. ”

“Even the lords couldn't do that. I was in a bad mood when I caught him. It was even worse when I caught Calvion in a car that was heavily plundered. Killing him there would have been a riot. ”

Caith tilts his head and asks.

“Haha, are those lords worried about rioting? ”

“When I captured Calvin, the rumors about the hundreds of thousands of colonists gathered around the castle turned to stone. If all those people stare at me with equal livelihood, even nobles can pee a little. ”

“Hehehehe, I see. So those lords just kept Calvin locked up? ”

“Locked him up. Pushed him into a deserted desert with the pirates led by Calvion. An uninhabited island with strange currents that can never escape on a raft. ”

“Haha, those lords are fierce, too. ”

But what he wanted to know was something else.

“How did you know that the location of the uninhabited people holding Calvion was strictly confidential? ”

“Huh? That's it. There's a way. Where's the secret to the world? ”

Lycaen waves his hand as if it were nothing.

But he couldn't believe it. He still couldn't forget the first thing he said when Lycaen came to see him.

I thought you said you wanted to make a loophole deal with all the merchants on the continent. Are you ready for that? ’

I never said a word to anyone. I only said that to my dead friend. A story I shared with vicious merchants seeking revenge. Lycaen knew the story.

In fact, that's why I asked about Calvion. I thought if I heard about Calvion, I might know how to get to know her story.

But Lycaen never seemed to talk about it alone.

No, actually, I couldn't. I am Zhang Yun, who was originally a white tiger in the Middle East, and I live in the body of Lycaen, and the original Lycaen was able to summon a soul and tell a story. Who would believe that Lycaen was scouting you with talent to come?

So I just have to smile and flinch.

“Come on, let's go. I feel better if I beat my kid. ”

“Heheheh heh, give it a try. I feel so good! ”

Caith tapped my chest and said,

Lycaen smiled and asked.

“How many times do you have left? ”

“Huh? Now that I've done it a hundred times, I have nine hundred more. I'd like to spend the next nine hundred with Anness. ”

Kaith, who captured Rovan, was really living up to what he said. And he was about to hear a thousand times that he really did wrong to Rowan.

“Annes... would Earl Gronst's wife like that? ”

“Woohoo, Anness and I have one thing in common. ”

“What?”

“Mercy and vengeance must be repaid. ”

“Okay, got it. Make sure you fill it a thousand times. ”

* * *

“What is the progress within the Empire? ”

Maral answers Vermouth's question with a powerful voice.

“Yes, we can start right now. ”

“Is there a problem? ”

“Aaron left a note saying that the emperor is living a different life than before, but nothing has been revealed. We believe that this will not be a problem. ”

“Hmm, you still haven't figured out the Emperor's intentions. ”

Bermurk was also looking through the data left behind, so he was looking at the situation approximately.

“Yes, but not one of the women entering the Emperor's bedroom has been thoroughly investigated, and nothing in particular has been revealed. And the Emperor also does not have contact with anyone during the day. Recently, even the Knights of Dusk seem to be far away. ”

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