Chapter 203, Opening of the Knights Conference

When Lawn Leo Cornwall, wearing an elegant men's shirt and breeches, with the sword of Colony inherited from the Dukes of Connet at his waist, entered the living room of the mansion, François and Ryan stood up to greet him. The Duke of Connet, known as "Lionheart", was a noble Holy Grail Knight just like them.

"Long time no see, Lawn." Francois said with a smile: "Congratulations, you have returned from the trial."

"Long time no see, Your Excellency Lawn, it's an honor to meet you." Ryan also said, "I'm sure there must be something important to discuss when I visit you at such a late night?"

"Indeed."

Lawn's age seems to be about thirty, and his aura is stronger than that of Ryan's legendary high-level, and he should have reached the peak of legend. His blue eyes are full of piety and wisdom, but Somewhat annoyed, the clean and beautiful brown goatee was decorated very carefully, the white Holy Grail Knight cloak was worn behind him, and the golden Holy Grail Knight badge hung on his chest: "Can I take a step to speak? This...is not suitable."

Francois nodded: "Open that room."

The mansion owned by the Duke of Winford is not very big, but in the mansion, there is such a room. This room has only one door and faces the garden and the pool on three sides, which is specially used for secret talks.

A round table was placed in the middle of the small room, and the servant brought some melon and fruit snacks and a few goblets, and then bowed and backed out.

"What happened to make our Duke of Connet pay a special visit at this time?" Francois sat down calmly, and Ryan also asked strangely.

Neither Ryan, Francois, nor the new Duke of Connet lack special friendship. Among them, Ryan is better. On the way he defeated the doomsday bull and went down the mountain, he met Law, who was still a mission knight at the time. Well, the two had a chat, but François really had no friendship with Lawn. According to the Duke himself, he had never even met Lawn once.

"It's really embarrassing to visit late at night." Lawn nodded awkwardly, with a calm expression on his face, and he continued, "It's just that I thought about it. His Excellency Francois discussed, and it happened that Ryan was here."

"What's the matter?" Francois asked following Lawn's words.

"...Your Excellency Francois, Ryan, you should have heard of it? Recently, there have been some warehouse fires in the Duchy of Connecticut?" Lawn whispered.

Both of them knew about this matter, so Ryan and Francois both nodded. Two warehouses in the Duchy of Connecticut recently caught fire.

A lot of food and stored materials were lost inside: "Do you know the reason?"

"Of course I know the reason." Lawn's face was serious, and there was some annoyance in his voice: "It's my reason. After I became the new Duke, I immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the food, weaponry and material reserves of all warehouses in the territory."

"You're impulsive, Lawn!" Francois said immediately, and the Duke immediately pointed out Lawn's problem: "Yes, you should check, but you shouldn't do it immediately, you should send your effective courtiers And loyal subordinates, first check the storage situation of the major warehouses and who is the manager, if you announce with great fanfare that you will inspect all the warehouses as soon as you take office, then something will definitely go wrong."

"Yes, obviously, the actual grain stored in these two warehouses is likely to be eroded a lot. If His Excellency Lawn wants to conduct routine inspections, then these nobles who are in charge of managing the warehouses can transfer money to each other and move around, but Lawn Your Excellency, you have to thoroughly check all the warehouses when you come up, then..." Ryan shook his head one after another: "They couldn't deal with this problem, so they simply set it on fire, and there is no proof of death."

"You should understand this matter, Lawn, you are also a duke, and there are some things you have to know in your own mind. You can avoid this situation by appointing deputy officials, magistrates, and sea god priests to jointly manage as Bo Derick did. Or you can also be like Bohemond, and replace him every time the deputy appears arrogant." Francois continued: "You can clean him up directly."

"I understand, Lord Francois, Ryan, I found this during a thorough investigation." Lawn took out a note: "This note is a high-ranking vampire discovered during the thorough investigation, I will solve it myself I found him, and found this note from his residence."

It was only then that Ryan and Francois attracted their attention: "This is a text written in blood."

"It's the language of blood." Francois shook his head: "Maybe we need someone..."

"Serve the master, or die, you know, Jule's real master is not you." Ryan read directly.

"You can speak Bloodline?!" Francois said in surprise.

"Yes, my duke, there is only so much content on the note, it's like a warning." Ryan touched his chin, and the incoherent content made him feel very strange: "There is nothing else Nothing else."

"Would this be like a merger request?" Lawn also asked suspiciously: "A certain upper-level vampire asked the lower-level vampires to obey his orders? Then what is the master?"

"Whether it is a vampire or an undead, they have only one master." Ryan said lightly: "The master of the undead, Nagash."

After hearing this name, the faces of Francois and Lawn became very solemn.

Ryan stood up: "Should I go directly to the Holy Grail Cathedral to report to His Royal Highness Morgiana?"

"Wait, Ryan!" Francois shook his head hastily: "Ryan, don't be impulsive, the effect of what you do is not necessarily good, but there is a danger of scaring the snake, besides, what can we prove with just such a paragraph? You must know that there are countless vampires lurking in the upper class of this country, and it will not benefit us to act rashly."

"I think so too. I think the vampires are planning something." Lawn squeezed his chin, and asked Francois, "Could it be Kemler-Heinrich?"

Kemler-Heinrich, the necromancer, tried twice to enter Britannia to find something. The first time he was defeated by the army led by François, and the second time Kemler-Heinrich Rishi learned his lesson, and he led the undead army to enter Britannia from Athel Loren Forest...

Then there is no more, and the only thing that is certain is that Kemler is not dead.

"It's possible, it's doubtful, but it's not certain." Francois said, the Grand Duke seemed to be concerned about this matter: "So, what exactly are the vampires looking for?"

"A book, a book that records the lifelong magic attainments of Nagash, the lord of the dead." Lawn said suddenly: "You must remember that I broke into my father's banquet in rags and asked him Help."

Both Ryan and Francois nodded. This matter is relatively famous. The Holy Grail Knights know about it, and even the nobles in the entire kingdom except the Holy Grail Knights know about it. Fortunately, Lawn finally succeeded in becoming the The Holy Grail Knight is a good talk, otherwise it must be a joke.

"At that time, a necromancer named Metron led an army of undead and marched from the underground river on the north bank of Connecticut towards the capital, Courona." Lawn recalled the past, his The corners of his eyes were full of grief: "I found out about this, and I knew that no one would believe me when I said that the undead marched from the underground river, so I went back to the family castle alone and asked my father for help."

"Sixteen knights rushed into the underground river in the cave together with us. We paid huge casualties. In the end, everyone died in battle, but there were hundreds of undead troops. Even my best friend Burka De was also burned to death by the magic of the necromancer Metron, and turned into a ball of molten iron, leaving me alone." Lawn said sadly: "In desperation, I rushed up and hugged me. I fell into the underground river with Metron and sank into the underground lake. In the desperate cry of the evil wizard, I learned that his goal was to obtain the dead body left by Nagash in Britannia. One of the nine books of the Spirit."

"Then, when I woke up, I found myself at the bottom of the lake without drowning. I knew that the lady saved me, and I could even feel her power still healing my wounds, so I held my hand tightly. Her blessed sword pierced Metron in the water." Lawn finished his memories, and it could be seen that the Holy Grail knight felt very guilty for the sixteen family knights who were willing to follow him and died in battle.

"My tribute to you, Lord Lawn." Ryan was in awe, and Francois also expressed his respect.

A knight who can be recognized by the fairy of the lake is unquestionable in terms of the knight's eight virtues and strength.

"So, to sum up, the undead came to Britannia to find one of the nine books of Nagash, the lord of the undead, and their current goal is to concentrate their power?" Francois turned towards Lawn said: "In this way, you and I will send people to investigate this matter first. Her Highness Morgiana is not easy to contact, so Ryan will be in charge. Once there is any news, immediately notify the Holy Grail Knights stationed in Korona. Knight Commander Eugene, I will also dispatch myself!"

"I see!"

At this time, there was a rumbling thunder outside.

"It's raining." With the sound of light rain, Ryan and Francois sent Lawn out of the gate of the mansion, and the new Duke of Connet rode away on his horse. Even in the rain, this man The Holy Grail Knight walked quickly, and he disappeared around the corner of the street.

"Get ready, this knight meeting may not be peaceful, Lawn is a trustworthy person." Francois walked to Ryan's side and whispered: "If he is not loyal, Louis will not be at ease. If the title of duke is handed over to him, the lady will not recognize him."

"I'm not worried about this." Ryan shook his head, he always felt that something was wrong: "The Holy Grail is a gift from a lady, so naturally I won't worry about it, I'm just worried... If what the vampire is looking for is not the nine books, or something else of what?"

"What do you mean?" Francois was also thoughtful. The wise duke had fought vampires many times, and he knew that this kind of creature was the most cunning: "The search for the nine volumes is just a cover?"

"No, what I mean is that the nine-volume book is indeed a priceless treasure for vampires, but...is there something else that attracts vampires?" Ryan began to have some associations.

He thought of Morgiana being cursed by a powerful undead, and even more so of the attack in Berleon and the night of blood that Morgiana said.

Is this related to the plans of the vampires?

No one knows.

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More and more knights began to pour into Korona, preparing to participate in the knights meeting. Ryan and others estimated that at least five or six hundred young knight-errants would participate in the knights meeting.

The young knights from Wenford Duchy also came to the registration point to sign up, and the ranger knights from the twelve duchies signed up here.

The registration site was very crowded. The young and passionate ranger knights kept shouting their names and declaring their coat of arms. Behind the white giant stone arch, a gray-haired marquis was presiding over the registration ceremony. The long line of knights lined up for two blocks. In order to express their piety and virtue to the lady, all the knights lined up in person in full armor, even the daughter of the duke was no exception. Suria stood far away from the crowd Among them, waiting for the team that is advancing at a fast pace.

Ryan, Francois, and Julius stood far away. Among them, Francois saw the gray-haired nobleman with a strange smile on his face: "It's really hard for him. .”

"What's wrong with him? My Duke, who is he?" Ryan asked curiously, because he found that even Julius, who was so serious and rigid, couldn't help but laugh.

"He's called Charles, he's Richard's eldest son, he's also the Marquis of Le-Angouren, and the first heir to the Duke of Le-Angouren." Julius explained: "From a certain point of view, He is still the crown prince and the crown prince, and as long as Richard appoints him as his successor, and His Royal Highness Mogiana agrees, he will be the next king."

Crown Prince? An old man who looks seventy or eighty? Ryan thought to himself that this guy doesn't have any hairs on his head, so he can still be a king?

"Is he really the eldest son of His Majesty Richard? Why do I think he looks older?" Ryan complained.

"That's because he's not strong enough. He's only an elite middle class. At the age of seventy, he's already looking very old." Francois took over the conversation, with a strange smile on his face all the time. : "He was established as the Duke's first heir at the age of three, and was named Marquis of Le-Angoulan at the age of ten."

"But from that time to now, sixty-seven years have passed, and the toddler in the past has become a gray-haired old man, but Charles still hasn't been able to wait for the day to inherit the duke, um, he And still waiting for Richard to pass the throne to him."