The First Vampire - Chapter 9

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“Marquis Charles?”

“Marquis Charles is the eldest son and first-in-line successor to Duke St. Hilde…”

“Nonsense! In fact I do know who Marquis Charles is, however why would his knights seem right here? And why would they be conscripting us urgently?”

“Isn’t Marquis Charles preventing the trolls on the border? Are we going to the border?”

“How might that be? The border is so removed from right here that they wouldn’t come right here to draft, even in an emergency. Plus, look, the conscription order clearly says we’re to assemble at Mirror Lake inside two days.”

“The place is Mirror Lake?”

“It’s not too removed from right here, about fifty kilometres north alongside this creek.”

“Ought to we go then?”

“I don’t need to go to the battlefield!”

“However…we’ve got simply acquired an emergency conscription order from the St. Hilde household!”

“However it wasn’t issued by the Duke himself.”

“Isn’t Marquis Charles the long run Northern Duke?”

“That’ll be the case solely after he inherits the title… In addition to, I don’t need to die!”

“It doesn’t imply sure loss of life, perhaps it’s a great alternative to make a reputation for ourselves.”

“Heh, idiot!”

“Who’re you calling a idiot!”

“You! What about it!”

…

When Saru introduced again the emergency conscription order from Marquis Charles, the camp erupted in chaos.

Some agreed, others disagreed, and it become a loud crowd.

The scenario arose as a result of the emergency conscription order got here from Marquis Charles, not his father, Duke St. Hilde of the North Territory.

The title of Marquis Charles St. Hilde is solely ceremonial, with no precise fiefdom. It’s extra of a affirmation of his first-in-line succession rights, much like the Crown Prince in historic China.

Nonetheless, despite the fact that a crown prince is noble, he isn’t the emperor.

If Duke St. Hilde issued an emergency conscription order, any northerner receiving it could dare not resist.

But when it’s an emergency conscription order issued by Marquis Charles…

The at present argumentative Fox Mercenary Group serves for instance of its usefulness.

“Sufficient! All of you shut up!” Saru shouted impatiently, halting the squabbling amongst his males.

He then turned to Oliver, asking, “Does Marquis Charles have the facility to challenge an emergency conscription order?”

“As I bear in mind, Marquis Charles doesn’t have such authority…” Oliver appeared not sure, trying to Colin, “Knight Cain, am I proper?”

“In keeping with the regulation, Marquis Charles certainly doesn’t have such energy.” Colin searched his reminiscence, “Nonetheless, there have been related precedents within the historical past of the North Territory.”

Oliver’s face, which had simply lightened, immediately darkened once more.

He completely didn’t need the Fox Mercenary Group to be conscripted urgently presently.

With out the escort of the mercenary group, his caravan can be left like a lamb ready to be slaughtered, unable to securely attain the Fallen Eagle Metropolis.

“Then, Captain Saru…” Oliver’s voice was considerably strained, “Are you planning to just accept this conscription order?”

Saru frowned deeply, clearly dissatisfied with the emergency conscription order. After considering for some time, he slowly shook his head and mentioned, “No.”

No sooner had he completed his sentence, than the look of pleasure flashed throughout Oliver’s face, however a number of mercenary leaders instantly protested behind Saru.

“Captain, you possibly can’t simply reject Marquis Charles’s conscription order like this!”

“Sure! The St. Hilde household received’t spare us!”

“And people cavalries… I believe they are surely able to kill!”

Saru swung round abruptly and glared on the clamoring mercenaries.

The scene instantly quieted down once more.

“Are you aware what we are going to face if we observe this emergency conscription order to Mirror Lake?”

After listening to Captain Saru’s query, a number of mercenary leaders exchanged glances, then responded, “It needs to be preparation for battle. Though it’s harmful, it’s higher than opposing the orders of the St. Hilde household.”

“Put together for battle?” Saru sneered, “We’re going to die!”

“What?”

“Captain, why is that this?”

“Even when we do combat, it’s not essentially a loss of life sentence, is it? And if we win, perhaps we might even earn some army deserves…”

“You’re dreaming!” Saru mercilessly shattered their delusion, “Assume once more! Why would Marquis Charles’s Military seem at Mirror Lake?”

The mercenaries stared at one another.

Colin’s eyes sparkled as if understanding Saru’s which means.

Oliver, alternatively, blurted out, “Precisely! I additionally suspected that Marquis Charles has in all probability retreated all the way in which to Mirror Lake!”

“What?”

“How is that potential?”

“How might the Marquis presumably lose?”

…

The mercenaries expressed their disbelief one after one other.

It’s not stunning that they blindly belief Marquis Charles.

As a result of, over the previous few a long time, the Trolls had been utterly dominated by the North Territory Military.

5 years in the past, below the specter of the North Territory Military, even the Troll King had been compelled emigrate north. An unlimited space within the southern a part of the Sky Ice Plain had primarily develop into a looking floor for the North Territory Military.

If it weren’t for the cruel weather conditions on the Ice Plain, which is unsuitable for crop planting and chateau building, the territory of the North might need continued to stretch even additional north.

Below such circumstances, any proud Northerners would by no means have considered an defeat for the St. Hilde household.

However pondering fastidiously, Saru and Oliver’s hypothesis makes lots of sense.

In current months, there had been no excellent news from the entrance strains; as a substitute, a number of cities on the border had been repeatedly breached, and a number of other households had misplaced their fiefdoms.

Everybody initially thought that these have been the determined acts of the Trolls, who dispatched small troops bypassing the entrance strains to harass the North.

Although a number of households’ personal armies have been briefly repelled, so long as Marquis Charles led the principle forces of the North Territory to bolster, he would be capable of clear these invading Troll armies and retake the misplaced territory.

However now, it appears that evidently it won’t be the case.

As a result of, Marquis Charles’s military had unexpectedly appeared at Mirror Lake…

That place was now not the border, however the homeland.

Within the reminiscence of this era of Northerners, the Trolls had by no means managed to infiltrate this far in.

Most mercenaries fell silent, clearly they have been scared.

However some folks didn’t suppose the identical approach, one among them spoke out, “Even so, we are able to additionally go to Mirror Lake to assist Marquis Charles to defeat the invading Trolls…”

“Fool!” Saru yelled, “With the retreat of the military, you continue to need to flip the tide? Simply with these mercenaries who have been urgently conscripted?”

“Not simply us, close by mercenary teams should have all acquired the emergency conscription…”

“Simply cannon fodder!” Saru knew very nicely what these males below his management have been like.

These guys, even in battles with bandits, might unintentionally kill their very own folks, calling them a ragtag group can be a praise.

Fascinated by this, they nonetheless wished to go to the battlefield and combat with the common military?

They have been simply asking for loss of life!

Saru lastly made up his thoughts, ignored the voices of opposition from his males, and firmly circled, strolling in direction of the St. Hilde household’s cavalry.

Saru strolling away, everybody was one another, with completely different expressions on their faces.

Colin additionally instantly realized that his father, Baron Angler, hadn’t written residence in a number of months.

One thing was clearly uncommon.

It appeared that somebody has been intentionally blocking the information from the frontline…

May it’s, is the scenario on the frontline actually unhealthy?

…

“You dare to refuse the Marquis’s conscription order?” Not understanding what Saru had mentioned, the main knight from the St. Hilde household instantly shouted harshly.

“Knight, I simply need to know…”

“Sufficient! Refusing the emergency conscription order is treason!” The knight rudely interrupted Saru’s rationalization, addressed to the Firefox Mercenary group gathered in entrance him, “Who will kill this traitor after which be promoted to a Centurion instantly!”

“Whoosh——”

All of the mercenaries prompted an uproar for a second.

Some have been offended, some have been sneering dismissively, however, some folks’s eyes have been flickering.

“Knight!” Saru didn’t look again, confidently gave his again to the group behind him, and continued, “I respect the St. Hilde household and in addition respect Marquis Charles, however, we’ve got the precise to know the scenario of the place we’re about to go to…”

Saru’s phrases have been abruptly lower off.

As a result of, an extended sword had pierced his chest.

“Heh——Heh——” Saru spitted out blood, making an attempt to show his head again.

When he noticed the face of the younger man behind him, the expression on his face immediately turned difficult.

“Thump!”

The corpse fell to the bottom.

“Excellent!” The knight on the horse nodded in satisfaction, wanting on the younger man holding the bloody lengthy sword, “Inform me your title.”

“Honorable knight, my title is Sael.”

“Sael? What’s your relationship with this Saru?”

“He’s my father, honorable knight.”