Alvat looked up at the warm and gentle sunshine of the sky. His handsome face looked extremely listless and haggard under the boring marches these days. The same thing was repeated every day. No matter who was, he felt numb, especially the soldiers around him were all hanging their heads and moving forward weakly. The military flags symbolizing honor swayed around. On the surface, it looked as if this army was as embarrassed as if it had been defeated!

The number of troops was much smaller than when they first returned. Some were seriously injured and could not bear the status quo, some were secretly fled, and some were disobeying military orders and killed... In short, this army had no morale at all and could fall into a situation of falling apart at any time. Only when they occasionally arrived in the town for a short rest and replenishing supplies would they regain their energy!

The endless plains, the sky is blue like washing, and the tender buds of plants and trees break through the ground to present a green scene. The spring breeze blows gently, bringing people a relaxed and pleasant comfort.

Alvat tried hard to cheer up and waved his hand to greet the adjutant not far away. When the other party came close, he asked, "How far is this place from Querofi?"

The adjutant took out a map from his bag, proofread it carefully before answering: "Report to the master, we will have about three days to arrive at Querofoe smoothly. If we march day and night, we will arrive the next night!"

"Is there three days left?" Alvat murmured, and then ordered: "Now you immediately send a small team of elite and loyal scouts to Querofi in advance for investigation! I need to know the latest information about Querofi!"

"Sir, please forgive me for my doubts. Why did you send a scout to Querofi to investigate instead of sending a good news to Lord Viscount?" the adjutant frowned and confused.

"Because I am worried that Querofi is no longer the familiar Querofi we are now." Alvat whispered.

"Sir... are you trying to say what happened to Querofi?" The adjutant was a smart man. He suddenly heard other meanings from Alvat's words.

"I don't know. That's why I have to send a scout to investigate!" Alvat said.

“Follow your will!”

The adjutant did not continue to ask. After saluting respectfully, he stepped down and prepared to arrange the scout.

Alvat looked at the direction of the adjutant leaving, and his eyes turned unknowingly to Pandelia's position behind the army. She was now wearing the same clothes as ordinary soldiers, and her delicate and beautiful face was hidden in the faded silver helmet. If she didn't observe carefully, she would not recognize the other person's appearance. She still avoided him, otherwise she would not have deliberately distanced him!

Sighing helplessly, he turned around. But in his heart, he began to secretly think about the affairs of Xia Lan and Alonsos.

After so long, they still have no news, they don’t know the outcome, their life and death, and their whereabouts.

Of course, no matter which one of them, Alvat, wants to live, the best result is that they die together!

Unfortunately, this is just his wishful thinking.

...

Via Castle.

Viscount Morrown's death and the disappearance of "Plino" made the defenders in the castle suddenly fall into chaos. Fortunately, Segreg, who was left in the castle, came forward in time to stabilize the situation slightly. After Eckhart led a few guards back, he confirmed Viscount Morrown's death with his own eyes.

The corpse will not lie, even if Viscount Morrown's headless corpse is destroyed under the magic of "Plino". However, the remaining flesh and blood on the ground is enough to allow Eckhart to identify his identity!

For a moment, Eckhart himself was confused and silent.

The order assigned by the Temple of Light was to assist Viscount Moroen to expand his strength and protect his life and safety. Now that Viscount Moroen is dead, his mission has completely failed. Now whether he should stay here or wait or go back to the Temple to report his life has become his confused choice!

Segreg was worried and muttering about the heirs. According to the inheritance system of the title of the Sissinian noble lord, when the noble dies, his territory and title will be inherited by the eldest son born to his wife, and the eldest son dies and the second son, and so on. If this noble family has no male heirs who are directly in the blood, they can be inherited by women. Of course, there are occasional exceptions for the inheritance of the title of the territory, such as the heir specially designated in the will before the aristocrat dies!

However, as the legal heir of Viscount Morroen, Olambert, had no news a few days ago. If the problem of the heir cannot be resolved for a long time, the situation in Querofi will become worse. After all, if the rule of the noble lord is lost, the order of the territory will easily cause collapse. For this reason, Segreg was particularly worried about this issue!

"Commander Eckhart! Commander Eckhart..."

Segreg called Eckhart several times to catch the other party's attention. He didn't know Eckhart's confusion, but simply thought that he had not recovered from Viscount Morrown's death!

"What's wrong? Segreg?" Eckhart turned to the other party and said indifferently.

"Segreg! Have you been listening to me just now?" Segreg sighed.

"You were talking about the heir just now..." Eckhart was not deaf. Although he was in a daze just now, he still listened to some of the things that Segreg seemed to be talking to himself!

"Now Lord Viscount is dead! We cannot remain indifferent here. The problem of the heir cannot be solved in one day. Querofi's situation will become increasingly precarious. Not to mention the other noble lords who are eyeing each other, the internal riots alone will be enough to make us anxious..." Segreg said again.

"So—" Eckhart interrupted the other party's habitual negotiation tone of knowing the interests.

Segreg paused for a moment, as if he had noticed the problem he had explained. After calming down, he said in a deep voice: "At present, Orlambert's whereabouts are unknown. On the one hand, we need to send someone to search for his traces immediately, and even prepare for the next plan for Olambert's accident. On the other hand, you need to lead the Guards to stabilize the situation inside and outside of Querofi, and send someone to the front line to inform Lord Alonsos to take charge together..."

Just as Segreg was telling the details of the next arrangement, a guard hurriedly broke into the room where the two were waiting for hurriedly and loudly reported: "Commander Eckhart! Lord Segreg! Lord Olambert appeared outside Via Castle..."

"What? Say it again! Olambert appeared?" Segreg's mind instantly attracted the guard's report and said in shock.

"Yes! Although we saw Lord Orlambert's appearance was indeed correct, we were not sure if anyone was fake, so we came to ask for instructions from both of us!" The guard said nervously half-kneeling on the ground.

"Lead the way now!" Segreg said vigorously and resolutely as he headed towards the gate. "Eckhart! You can go with me too!"

After passing through the layers of guarding areas in the castle, the two of them arrived above the castle wall in a short while!

Following the guidance of the guards, Segreg quickly saw a man riding on a gray horse outside the city gate with disheveled clothes and disheveled face. Segreg had a bad vision, but he still recognized the other person's appearance!

He is indeed Orlambert!

However!

The strangest thing is that there is a small team of knights in black attire by his side!

From a distance, Segreg, who is an ordinary person, could feel the dangerous aura emitted by this team of knights. No wonder the castle guards dared not let Orlambert in easily!

"Segreg! I saw you!! It's understandable that those lowly soldiers don't recognize me, but I know you must have recognized me! Let me go into the city quickly! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude then!" Orlandert raised his head with a decadent face. When he saw Segreg, he was shocked and his domineering and arrogant words immediately blurted out!

"Mr. Orlambert, I've confirmed that you are here!"

If appearance can be lie, then nature will definitely not be lie. Olambert's familiar and arrogant voice alone is enough to make Segreg recognize the other person!

"Then why don't you open the city gate for me!" Orlambert waved his horse whip and pointed at the top of the city, shouting!

"I'm sorry! You can't enter the city!"

Eckhart, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke in a deep voice, and his eyes were fixed on the team of knights in black at the city at the beginning!

"Eckhart! You are so brave! Whoever gives you the power is not allowed to let me enter the city! Don't forget your own identity! To put it nicely, you are my father's retainer, and to put it badly, you are a dog we raise!" Olambert immediately cursed at will.

Eckhart had a cold face, while Segreg also looked bad. After all, Orlambert's ugly words also alluded to him!

"Eckhart! Now I will tell you as the soon-to-be-since-sin-law of Lord Querofi! You will no longer be a retainer of our family, you have been expelled!"

Under the city, Orlambert roared with his horse whip and shining with his might.

"Let me listen to the soldiers on the top of the city. Now that my father is dead, I am the future lord of Querofi and the master of Via Castle! If you dare to disobey my orders, you will not have a good end in the future! Do you choose to obey the orders of this expeller or the future lord of Querofi?!"

"Strange! How did Orlambert know that Lord Viscount is dead!" Segreg said suddenly with a serious expression.
Chapter completed!