Otto looked at the half-collapsed Eagle Castle in front of him, compared it with the Eagle Castle in his mind yesterday, and was suddenly speechless.
Beside him, Bard, who was his personal bodyguard and retinue, kept apologizing, saying that supervision was inadequate and so on.
Otto was upset when he heard this, and he clenched his fist to signal the other party to shut up.
"That's enough. It's not your problem. Stop talking so much. What are the casualties? Have the cause of the accident been found?"
"This..." Bud hesitated. "About thirty craftsmen died and more than ten people were injured. As for the cause of the castle collapse, I am still investigating."
Otto shook his head, feeling helpless. The memory of Bard instantly appeared in his mind. This Bard was born into a civilian family. He was selected as a knight's retinue when he was very young. He fell in love with the original owner at first sight and was selected and trained as a personal guard. Naturally, he was loyal.
However, his ability to do things is indeed a bit weak.
Otto turned his head and looked at Wade. Wade understood and nodded towards him.
"Master Otto, I will take someone to check it myself."
"Yes." Otto remained silent and observed the ruins of the castle, thinking about the reason.
Seeing that Otto ignored him, Bard became more and more frightened, and his voice was filled with tears.
"Master, don't ignore me. It's all my fault. You can hit or scold me, but don't drive me out. Master, I know you value this castle very much. I begged you to build it after a long time." , Young Master, I didn’t want to either. Everything was obviously fine, but who knew that suddenly, suddenly..."
As he talked, seeing that Bard was about to cry, Otto turned around and looked at the other person confidently, and found that not only was the other person covered with mud, but there was also a faint trace of blood on his left arm.
"Injured?" Otto asked with a frown.
"I saw the castle falling before and wanted to go in and save people." Bard was still aggrieved.
"I told you, I don't blame you for this." Otto stretched out his hand and wanted to pat the other person's shoulder, but he thought of the other person's injury and instead gently patted the other person's ashes. "Don't take risks next time. If the castle collapses, just repair it. If you die, who will protect me in the future? Okay, how old are you, why are you still crying? If word spreads, you will never get a wife in this life. .”
"Master, you...don't you blame me?" Bud blinked.
"I didn't blame you, be good, go ahead, go to the castle first, and take good care of yourself first." Otto felt like coaxing a child at this moment.
"Oh." Bud was a little reluctant, but he still obeyed and left.
Just after Bud left, Gent walked to Otto and whispered in his ear.
"Master, the craftsmen have got it under control. According to their explanation, there seems to be one missing craftsman. That craftsman only appeared in the past few days.
Among the people watching around me, I caught a few people with weapons. They claimed to be wandering knights passing by. You see how to deal with it. "
"Let the craftsmen go. Those who were injured will find someone to treat them and give them some money. As for the craftsmen who died..." Otto paused, swept away the few remaining building materials, and sighed. "Distribute the remaining construction funds of the castle. They are all our own citizens. We cannot let them feel cold."
Jinte was shocked and quickly comforted him. "Master, this money is used to repair the castle. Now that the castle has collapsed, more money will be needed to rebuild it. How can..."
Although Jinte didn't finish what he said, the meaning was obvious.
Otto shook his head. "This little money is not enough to build the castle. Do you think Mrs. Kellyn will give me money to continue repairing it? Naive!
If it falls, let it fall. Anyway, I am not satisfied with the earth castle. I will build a stone castle when the time comes. "
When it came to Otto and Mrs. Karin, Gent could only pretend that he couldn't hear it. It was not the turn of a little bodyguard like him to worry about the earl's family affairs.
"Yes, Master." After saying that, Jin Te left in a hurry.
Sure enough, Otto's eyes turned cold. He guessed right, Mrs. Kellyn really had a back-up plan. If I hadn't come with so many guards, those wandering knights wouldn't have just surrendered, but would have come to assassinate me.
Now it seems that my poor Eagle Castle is probably the masterpiece of Mrs. Kellyn.
I don’t know how much useful information those wandering knights can dig out if they are not strict with their mouths.
"Master Otto." Wade walked to Otto holding a piece of wood found in the ruins. "Look at this."
Otto took the wood and inspected it carefully, feeling a little confused. In his previous life, his relationship with the lack of wood was just a reserve, and he couldn't see why.
"It's very ordinary wood. I don't see any problems. What's wrong?" He said and handed it to the other party again.
"No, this is not an ordinary piece of wood." Wade obviously expected that Otto didn't know, so he took the piece of wood again and explained. "This kind of wood looks no different from ordinary wood, but in fact it has been eaten by insects. It is actually hollow inside and cannot bear heavy objects at all."
As he spoke, Wade's hand glowed red and he chipped the wood open, letting Otto take a closer look.
Now, Otto could see clearly that there were holes in the middle of the wood that were densely bitten by moths or termites. He also knew the consequences of using this kind of wood as a building material, having seen shoddy construction in his previous life.
"So, there is a problem with the wood? Who is responsible for purchasing the wood?" Otto squinted his eyes and looked unhappy.
"It's not just this problem." Wade casually threw the wood into the ruins and said calmly. "According to my observation, if it is just the wood, the castle will not collapse in a short time, and there will be damage from external forces."
"You mean?"
"A regular knight has taken action."
Regular knights refer to knights with extraordinary abilities. They are not the same concept as the so-called knights. If a knight wants to have extraordinary abilities, it is quite complicated. He needs to be sealed by the church and the lord, and then obtain the so-called "god". Only with "blessing" can one have the opportunity to possess extraordinary abilities. This proportion is about 40%.
Even though Otto's father was a count, excluding the knights of his vassals, there were less than twenty knights with extraordinary abilities under his command. You can imagine how rare it is.
Therefore, for Otto, it was not a good thing for a regular knight to take action. This meant that Mrs. Kaylin had more power than he imagined.
"This matter is kept secret. Don't tell anyone else except me." Otto warned.
"I understand, Master." Wade still looked calm.
"Captain Wade." Otto suddenly turned around, stared into Wade's eyes, and asked softly. "Captain Wade, can I trust you?"
Facing Otto's gaze, Wade's eyes were full of sincerity and a smile appeared on his face.
"Master Otto, of course. I will always be loyal to the Alaholf family and will defend the interests of the Alahorf family to the death."
"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll leave this to you..."
