Chapter 70 Black Lord II (Part 2)

The gates of the castle were tightly closed, and the guards and knights with white iron hoofs who arrived after hearing the news were all blocked out and treated as living targets. They had to retreat temporarily and watch from a distance.

Ludomir Korva had long left the cold night behind him, for battle and victory had warmed his body.

His body was a little tired, but his head was very excited.

Ludomir approached the spacious hall, at the end of which hung the blue and white iron hoof flag of the Wilk family.

He seemed to hear Konrad Wilk's laughter echoing in the hall, but in fact it was just some whines and sobs.

In the center of the hall, all the nobles and officials who lived in Guya Castle were sitting on their knees. Their thin clothes were in a mess, and they had all been dragged from the bed or the basement.

"grown ups."

The adjutant Jarost Sagan, who was lecturing, saw Ludomir and bowed his head respectfully.

He led his men to capture two towers and found the hiding place.

"Sizmon Janico."

Yarosta kicked the middle-aged man in front of her with her black high boots, "When Mang Xiong is away, he is responsible for managing Iron Crown City."

The man is small, wearing white silk clothes and has short blond curly hair.

His eyebrows are thin, his eyes are small, and his nose is extremely thick.

"He looks like a jester, not a regent." Ludomir curled his lips and said.

"He is indeed a jester, but he is also a regent." Yarosta kicked Sizmon Janiko again.

"Oh, please be merciful, my lord."

Sizmon Janiko screamed strangely, he raised his head and tried to open his small eyes to look at Ludomir, "Gods have mercy, sir, I am just a prankster and have nothing to do with the conflict between you.

, please let me go."

"Kondrad Wilk entrusted his city to you for safekeeping. I think your relationship here is not shallow." Ludomir did not believe him.

"I'm just an opera singer. All I think about all day long is how to make the Duke happy."

The Fool said, "The Duke was so happy that he appointed me as his temporary agent before leaving."

"That's a good joke." Ludomir was not convinced.

"The Duke has always been very casual in appointing officials," Sizmond Janico explained sarcastically, "even his horses were given titles."

"What title?" Ludomir asked curiously.

"Sommelier."

"This title is quite suitable." Yarosta laughed.

"So, you are the regent of Iron Crown City," Ludomir asked. "There are no members of the Wilk family in the castle?"

He knew that Konrad Wilk would go to the Hall of Ashes to attend the coronation, but his son Mirosla should stay in Iron Crown City. He and Nadjelina of the Jagoron family had just married, and there was no

Find a way to propose marriage to Lozalia.

Sizmon Janico shook his head, "As far as I know, they all went to the Hall of Ashes. The Duke, his wife, his son, and two daughters."

"Where is Mrs. Nadgelina?" Ludomir frowned.

"They said that Lady Nadgelina fell from her horse and died." Sizmon Janico said mysteriously, "but there are rumors that the Duke sent someone to kill her."

"Don't believe stupid rumors, Fool." An old man among the prisoners scolded.

"Who are you?" Ludomir asked.

The old man's black eyes were cloudy, his body was skinny and skinny, with only a few strands of white hair left on his head, and his face was covered with brown spots and wrinkles like old trees.

"My people call me Volachni." The old man replied slowly.

"'Bear Whisperer'?"

"He is a wizard," said Sizmond Janico. "The Duke brought him back from the evil forest."

"Duke Wilk is really not picky when choosing his court personnel." Ludomir lamented.

The barbaric tribes wandering in the mold forest still believe in primitive beliefs from thousands of years ago. People say that their wild wizards can communicate with animals and the dead, but he has never seen their so-called special abilities manifest.

"Who among you is responsible for keeping records? I need Iron Crown City's account books, records on supplies, and ordnance records." He asked the prisoners.

Ludomir had already found Konrad Wilk's treasure house in the basement under the tower, but the gold coins in it were so pitiful that they couldn't even be added together to fill an oak box. He didn't know that even the wild bears kept their money.

Where are the flowers?

I heard that the gold from raising a white iron hoof can be worth the salary of three black soldiers. Maybe the treasury has been eaten up by these watchdogs.

"Sefti does all the work that requires literacy," said Sizmon Janiko.

"Which one of you is this Sefti?" Ludomir asked.

"She's not here," the jester shook his head, "Sefti doesn't spend the night in the castle. She has business at the Sleeping Hunter Tavern."

"Business? You mean...?" Ludomir was speechless for a moment.

"In the flesh business, she is the most popular prostitute in Iron Crown City." Sizmon Janico said with a smile.

"Great, a jester, a barbarian wizard and a whore, exactly what I expected." Ludomir said sarcastically.

"Who is guarding Dawn City?" he asked straightforwardly.

"It has always been Lord Remud Wilk, the Duke's younger brother." Sizmon Janico answered.

The war has just begun, Ludomir thought.

They only occupied Guya Castle, and the rest of Iron Crown City was still under the control of the White Iron Heels. He originally wanted to capture people like Mirosla Wilk through a surprise attack to force the guards to surrender, but he was not here

, no one from the Wilk family is here.

This year's autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and the largest amount in Guyabao's granary is the hay that has just been harvested.

Although barley, oats and wheat, as well as some dried goat cheese and bacon were all left over from last year, the food reserves were enough to supply his manpower.

The equipment in the armory is quite complete. Iron Crown City is indeed a city built on iron mines, and the mold forest in the north provides them with a steady stream of charcoal for steelmaking.

There are hundreds of steel spearheads and more than a dozen war hammers, and even eight complete sets of steel plate armor: helmets, gorgets, shoulder guards, pauldrons, breastplates, armor skirts, leg guards, greaves and steel boots hinged on

Together, you can abandon your shield and move forward with arrows and crossbows.

But this should not be all the reserves of Iron Crown City. The city's defense centers are on the south and north sides. The outer walls of Iron Crown City are connected by dozens of round limestone towers. The south gate and north gate should have corresponding armories.

and grain storage facility.

The messenger of the Wilk family must be on the way to Dawn City. He must completely capture the cast iron city before Remud Wilk's reinforcements arrive and meet the rest of the black army in the north.

"What's wrong with the Duke?" Wizard Wallach asked.

"He will not come back." Ludomir responded calmly, "Like your lives, Iron Crown City now belongs to me."
Chapter completed!