He realized that he no longer had to search hard for Mr. Eds. As long as he found the commander of the Shadow Army, the problem would be solved.
But now that the guards have begun to hunt down members of the Wiggins family, Cervantes should also take action.
But why did he suddenly decide to take action? Is it because Chief Shunuo learned about the existence of the Necromancer?
Uriel felt that he had only been in the secret room for a few minutes, but the situation outside had changed so much that he couldn't understand it.
This approach makes sense, but the apprentice believes that the truth should not be so simple. He will not forget that the enemy is the mastermind behind the destruction of most of Yotsuba City. How can such a person be so easy to deal with?
Expecting a scheming necromancer to make a mistake is like planting a tree hoping for rain to water the seedlings. It's folly to place your hopes on something with low probability.
The apprentice decided to adopt this more concise method. He did not take back the sword. He turned around and asked Gavin who was comforting his sister. Danlfion was sobbing: "Where is Chief Shunuo?"
"I don't know, Mr. Mercenary, he only said a few words and left."
"What is he going to do?"
"Probably... searching for intruders?" The noble boy was not sure.
Did he take you with him?
The apprentice looked at them in a sorry state, with their faces covered in dust and their clothes ragged. Although he himself was not much better, the latter was a noble after all, and it was not easy to turn himself into a beggar on the street.
"Dear, er... sir?"
"I'm Gavin Wiggins."
"Okay, Master Gavin, what are you doing?" Uriel used a tactful way of saying it, and did not directly ask if they were here to use their bodies as bait to lure the Necromancer... Speaking of which, the latter did it again. Why do we need the two children of the Wiggins family to threaten Controller Xiu Nuo and others to surrender?
What a joke, no one will surrender to the undead - most of them will not have any tradition of ransom, and the only outcome for the captives is death.
The apprentice gave up this ridiculous idea. He thought that since Cervantes was the Necromancer, the other party would probably not go around in such a big circle just for fun.
The two young men stopped talking. Danfion wiped his face and lowered his head.
"We...we are here to hunt for treasure."
"Treasure hunt?" Uriel was even more confused.
"It's the legend in Frostleaf Castle." Danlfion said timidly, "Frostleaf Castle was already established before the Wiggins family became the masters of the Four-leaf Territory. Nina said there are treasures hidden in the dust here. "
"Nina?" The apprentice has no doubt that there is such a legend in every ancient place.
"I'm Dandelfion, and Nina is my maid. I...Gavin recently discovered records of a treasure, and we want to find it."
"So while everyone is searching for intruders, you sneak out on a treasure hunting adventure?"
The apprentice couldn't help but ask, he had never seen such a desperate operation.
"When we catch the intruder," Gavin argued, "we're going to have a history lesson."
"Then your history teacher hasn't taught you how many times in history you have failed in deep battles alone?"
"This, this is just our home..."
Uriel was speechless.
"The undead have invaded Frostleaf Castle." The apprentice decided to make them aware of the seriousness of the matter, so that these two young but courageous guys would not run around.
He warned: "You'd better hide in a safe place, otherwise... otherwise the undead of Gavash will eat your souls."
"Gavash?" Gavin's eyes widened. It seemed that he was taking his history class seriously. "You mean that country of the dead?"
"That's right, a necromancer is in the castle. He has turned the guards into corpse eaters... I have to find General Shunuo, and I can't protect you."
The two brothers and sisters of the Wiggins family looked at each other.
"I haven't found the Scroll of Oath yet..." After regaining consciousness, Danlfien said in a depressed mood.
"You were so scared that you couldn't even run away." Her brother said bluntly, "What kind of treasure do you want? And I found out the clues to the treasure. You just got it for nothing."
"Gavin, you're so annoying!"
Uriel thought to himself that what he said was true. A life is not much more important than a treasure? But having said that, the secrets hidden in the castle... He touched his pocket without leaving any trace. It seemed that the legend here was true.
Suddenly the apprentice realized that this thing was not the property of the Wiggins family.
Is this not considered stealing?
"We can't go back to the bedroom, there are the most guards there... Let's go to Mother's room." Gavin made a decision, and he comforted his sister: "It's at the end of the corridor. Come on, Danlfion, This is also a great adventure, just think of it as playing hide and seek."
The apprentice breathed a sigh of relief, "Lock the door and don't make any noise."
"Thank you, Mr. Mercenary. Manager Xiu Nuo is on the first floor. He went to find his lover." Gavin said surprisingly. He is not Delphine who doesn't understand anything. The education of a nobleman will be affected by his status. Make changes by being different. Compared to the little princess with a four-leaf collar who is inexperienced in world affairs, the Duke's youngest son is a bit naughty, but absolutely sharp and meticulous.
At this time, the steward actually went to find his lover?
Uriel found that he had a new understanding of the kingdom's nobles.
But if you think about it carefully, it does make sense. General Shunuo is a powerful figure in the Wiggins family, and the entire castle obeys his instructions. According to common sense, it is not difficult to capture a necromancer, even if a corpse eater will replace a living person. .
But judging from the current situation, this invasion was not a temporary action, but a premeditated long-term plan.
"It is my duty to serve the lord's family." The apprentice played the whole trick, even though he really didn't look like a knight or a mercenary. "The chaos will end soon, don't worry."
"The descendants of the Wiggins family are not afraid of danger." The young man responded seriously. He helped his sister into Duke Tracy's room, and the door and lock clicked in an orderly manner.
Uriel was startled, and he understood why a large noble family could be passed down for thousands of years. There may be degenerate scum during this period, but those who support the entire family must be the true elites who are calm, well-educated.
"Sure enough, Your Majesty the Duke has not changed."
When Uriel thought about the capable and corrupt manager Xiu Nuo, he didn't know how to evaluate him for a moment.
I still know too little, the apprentice couldn't help but sigh. The mystery opens a new door for him. Perhaps he can break away from the old vision - nobility and common people, common sense and magic. The world will show a different scenery.
But before that, he had to deal with the Necromancer.
Steward Xiu Nuo was quite lucky. When the apprentice found him, the steward of the castle was still standing in front of the ajar door with an unkind expression on his face, looking at Uriel with a pair of small eyes that were forced to squint:
"Adventurer, you are wasting the precious rest time of a family manager who has many things to do. And if it weren't for your news, maybe I wouldn't be so tired."
If it weren't for my news, you wouldn't have to work hard in your next life!
"I have something I must tell you." Uriel didn't care about exchanging words with this noble man. He was simply not good at dealing with these guys who looked at things with strange emphasis: "It's about the Necromancer. "
"Then you'd better keep your story short."
"I found the body of Mr. Cervantes behind the study. Therefore, I have reason to suspect that there are undead among the Shadow Legion."
Bang bang bang!
As soon as Uriel finished speaking, the sound of breaking glass sounded like a chorus behind them. Then came screams and screams, and screams and screams cut through the summer air.
The Necromancer takes action!
"What's going on?" The steward leaned against the door and watched a squad of knights suddenly appear at the end of the corridor, running towards the door with sharp blades in hand.
Uriel's heart skipped a beat. There was no such scene in the dream!
"What the hell are you kidding!?"
Before Chief Shunuo could recover from the shock, the apprentice doubted whether he heard what he said. Uriel stepped forward and pushed the middle-aged nobleman behind the door, then closed the door with a bang, and a woman's scream immediately sounded in the room.
Uriel ignored the shirtless maid and said hurriedly:
"Listen, Mr. Shono, the castle is full of undead now, because Cervantes is the necromancer!"
The steward was stunned for a few seconds before saying angrily: "You are slandering!"
"The noise upstairs is caused by the undead, don't say you didn't hear it." Uriel felt something was wrong, and he realized that perhaps Manager Wiggins was not unaware.
He took a half step back and said, "You already knew this?"
"You don't need to worry about the situation in the castle, mercenary." It was impossible for Shono Wiggins to admit such a crime.
You must know that as the general manager but betrayed the family, Tracy would tie him to a stone and sink him into the river - the Yotsuba family always used this punishment to punish despicable people who betrayed the family's honor.
Sometimes even those who are defeated and captured by the enemy will not suffer such terrible treatment, so there are few traitors in the Wiggins family.
But this time it was different. The Necromancer promised to spare his life, and Grand Duke Tracy of the Four Leaves was not in the territory——
"Who gave you the power to dictate to the Wiggins family?" Xiu Nuo stood in front of his mistress and retorted sternly: "Get out of here and clean up the garbage outside!"
"There are other people in the castle!" The apprentice still held on to the last glimmer of hope. He tried to convince himself that General Xiu Nuo was just frightened and lost his mind.
"Go away! Slandering the legion commander, offending the nobles, and by the way, spreading false information and creating chaos - I will tell Calder how his adventurers abide by the laws of the kingdom!"
The apprentice felt that his blood was gradually turning cold: "You turned a blind eye to the disaster in Four Leaf City? Frostleaf Castle has been controlled by the undead, and you still want to pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
"No news came from the investigation station. I did my duty." Xiu Nuo said sophistry.
"You have rebelled long ago, right?"
"Adventurer, you killed Barton."
Controller Wiggins answered the question incorrectly.
Uriel understood in an instant that he had arrived at an unlucky time: Butler Barton was the messenger of the Necromancer, and it was not there to assassinate Xiu Nuo, but to deliver the news; however, the apprentice did not let the undead go, forcing Xiu Nuo to Manager Nuo sounded the alarm.
Maybe Barton mistakenly thought that Xiu Nuo had rebelled, so he wanted to kill him and silence him.
He didn't pay attention to the conversation in the hall. He thought that the conversation between Xiu Nuo and Cervantes must have hidden meaning. Maybe the two of them also discussed how to deal with himself as a troublemaker.
"When we were on the first floor..." The apprentice gasped.
"Cervantes is alive and well. The undead are just fragile corpses and cannot harm the legion commander." Xiu Nuo sneered and said, "Accusations without evidence are not valid, adventurer, but I have a person here now. Evidence." He pointed to the trembling maid, "If you want to harm the head of the Wiggins family and Duke Tracy's brother, then the entire Clover Territory, no, the entire Eastman Kingdom will never have any more evidence. Your place.”
"When the matter is over and the beautiful King of the South returns to the city and sees this mess, the Knox Mercenary Group will become history under her wrath——"
"This has nothing to do with the mercenary group!"
Uriel couldn't listen anymore and interrupted the steward: "I'm not an adventurer either!"
"The messenger of the Sky Tower will not hand over the coat of arms to others." Xiu Nuo disagreed, "Don't treat him as a life-saving straw. He will only regret the wrong person he entrusted to him, and he will not even feel regret... …That’s just a lunatic who kills people randomly. Sometimes the nameless people are cuter than them.”
"What do you think the messengers are? They are just on a routine basis, and they don't care about anything in Yotsuye City."
"So follow my orders, mercenary."
Shouno Wiggins said sternly: "As long as you listen to me, you can survive! Otherwise, the corpse outside will be your fate!"
The apprentice almost thought he was hallucinating; he took a step back in disbelief and leaned against the wall. In front of him was the distorted and angry face of the steward who had a good reputation and managed the castle in an orderly manner.
He saw selfishness, indifference, cowardice and arrogance, which were naked manifestations of egoism and the shame of nobility that lost their sense of honor and self-baseline.
“There’s no trash outside the door.”
The apprentice felt a burst of heat in his pocket, which was because the scroll of oath became active due to his emotional changes. He raised his sword, and the magic power seemed to be boiling.
"There's only one here!"
The sword flashed, and the knight rushed forward!
