Chapter 168 Reactions From All Parties

Petra city.

It was closer to the Port of Ella, and Baron Argon received the news that Eleanor of Longidok had been kidnapped no later than Lothar, who had Baron Fulk personally deliver the message.

"Mrs. Eleanor is a very devout and charming lady. I once met her once at a banquet in Kaleborg. Sir, we should not just sit back and watch her be robbed by the pagans."

"Yes, sir, Zayn Aladdin is a greedy man like a jackal. I heard that he persecuted Christians on a large scale in his territory, took away their fields, and occupied their houses. Elinov It is too dangerous for people to fall into his hands.”

The knights talked to each other, trying to persuade Baron Argon to send troops.

The Baron thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "We should indeed do this, but the Earl has sent a letter, claiming to send troops to attack Zahn, but he did not recruit us to fight. This shows that the Earl is confident in defeating the enemy alone."

The knights looked at each other.

"But I heard that the relationship between Count Lothar and Lord Leonard is not harmonious. Could he do it on purpose?"

"shut up."

Baron Argon said in a deep voice: "The Earl is an upright knight. He is at odds with the Amalric brothers. On the battlefield, he would risk his life to rescue the two of them. You should not use such dark thoughts. To speculate on him.”

Lothar was on the battlefield and decided to return to rescue the fallen knights, including the Amalric brothers, who were known to be at odds with him.

This incident earned him a lot of prestige, which is why Lothar was given the title of earl, and there was no strong opposition.

"I'm sorry, sir, I shouldn't speculate on Count Lothar like this, but although Count Lothar is an outstanding general, he doesn't have a large army. If he doesn't recruit us to help, can he really defeat the heretics? "

Baron Argon pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "If it's just a field battle, I still have confidence in the count, but if it's a siege."

He didn't continue.

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides.

In addition to owning Alandre and Port Ella, Zahn Aladdin is also a brother of the lord of Aqaba Vilaye. The two have a very good relationship and are allies with each other.

Both sides could muster at least two thousand standing armies.

A knight guessed: "Your Majesty the Earl, maybe he just wants to have a small battle with Zain. If he wins, he can exchange the prisoners for Lady Eleanor."

"Yes, Lord Lothar's hussars are more elite than the pagan Mamluks, and they come and go like the wind. If I were Lord Lothar, I should be able to force him to surrender as long as I plunder a few villages of Zahn. .”

Baron Argon also thought this was reasonable: "May Heavenly Father bless Count Lothar and win successfully. If he is in danger, we will find the right time to send troops to rescue him."

To be fair, even if Lothar issued a conscription order, Baron Argon was unwilling to respond to the call. After all, it was not him who had his fiancée kidnapped.

His relationship with Leonard was already at odds because Leonard had interfered with Petra's inheritance.

Only considering the mood of the knights under his command, he had to adopt an attitude of wanting to rescue Eleanor.

This is also the attitude of many lords in the territory.

It's not something as big as an invasion by a foreign enemy, so they don't want to send out their own troops.

…

At this time, Leonard of Kaleborg.

He was pacing back and forth in the castle with an angry face.

After this year, he will be fifty years old. The reason why he was anxious to marry a new wife shortly after the death of Dame Stephanie was because he wanted to obtain an heir as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if he dies, this territory will return to the hands of his ex-wife's relatives.

"damn it!"

"If I were still the Count of Transjordan, if I hadn't lost a large number of knights and soldiers in the battle with Saladin, how could a small character like Zain dare to offend me like this?"

Leonard cursed angrily in the Lord's Hall.

Once upon a time, he was the uncrowned king of the entire Dead Sea.

To him, Zahn Aladdin was really a small character worth mentioning, but now he was sitting on his head, making him lose face.

At this time, a knight walked into the hall: "Sir, Lord of Hebron, Lothar has sent troops."

The knight carefully considered his words and did not dare to call Lothar count.

"Losa sent troops?"

There was a hint of shame and anger on Leonard's face: "Damn it, does he want to rescue Eleanor, as if all the vassals have proven that he also has the ability to protect them?"

"This is my right and obligation. He has just become an earl, so he is so eager to show off his authority?"

His huge roar echoed in the empty hall.

The knight lowered his head, not daring to reply.

Since Lady Stephanie's death, Leonard has become somewhat neurotic.

Soon, the anger on Leonard's face turned into a sneer: "Okay, let him send troops. With more than a hundred elite men under his command, can he win any decent battles?"

"Send the order and recruit all the knights and soldiers. After the thief Lothar is defeated, we must prove to everyone that I, Leonard, still have the final say in Transjordan!"

The knight said solemnly: "Yes, sir!"

…

Port Ella.

Sparse white sails anchored in the harbor.

From the castle here, you can see the vast sea in the distance.

A messenger hurried in to deliver the news.

Zahn Aladdin sneered and said: "Well done, this Frankish lord has defeated Zaheer and Adil, and his reputation is so great that even King Saladin has to retreat because of his bravery."

"If I defeat him, I will definitely become famous and gain a lot of prestige."

"At that time, I will join my brothers and go north together to open up the connection between Aqaba and the Sinai Peninsula. The kingdom of the Franks will be completely surrounded by us, and the entire Zoroastrian world will regard me as a hero!"

Zayn Aladdin doesn’t doubt he’ll emerge victorious.

He didn't even think about asking his brother to send troops to help, because he had already heard clearly that the new earl's strength was very average.

Although the Mamluk guards under his command are not as good as those local governors, they are still an extremely elite force.

Numerous superiority, coupled with the enemy coming from afar.

Zahn Aladdin couldn't help but laugh: "Ha, I just can't figure out how I can lose? The great cause that even King Saladin failed to complete is about to be started by me!"

It's getting late.

In the dark night, the Lord's Hall of Hebron seemed to be covered with a layer of silver frost under the moonlight.

Pfft——

Waves of white smoke curled up.

In a secret room in the castle.

Fringilla was holding a green glass test tube and pouring solution into the cauldron. When the solution dripped onto the cauldron on the fire, bursts of white smoke would rise.

She is trying to prepare a highly corrosive potion called acid bomb.

boom--

The cauldron suddenly burst open.

The solution inside splashed out.

Flynn quickly transformed into a bat and hid on the roof.

The solutions flowing freely were like poisonous aqua regia capable of swallowing the human body, rapidly eroding the ground.

"It shouldn't be."

The bat that Fringilla transformed into shouted loudly: "Sir, please help me find out which program has the problem? It should be stable after the deployment is completed!"

Fringilla's talent is blood magic specialization.

Rather than the master of blood magic.

In terms of some formations and alchemy, although she has inheritance, her mastery is very average.

Lothar pinched her nose and walked into the house.

I felt a sour smell coming to my face, and quickly closed the door again: "Fulin, you are asking the wrong person when you ask me. My blood magic is inherited from you. You can do it, but I may not, and you are not good at it." I know nothing about alchemy, so you should ask Coors."

Coors, dressed in a formal attire, appeared behind Lothar like a ghost, startling Lothar.

"Coors, can you stop being so elusive?"

Coors smiled and said: "Sorry, sir, I just wanted to get to the scene as soon as possible, so I used the ability of 'Shadow Jump'."

"However, if you ask me, it's actually better to ask you, because apart from the 'Blood Shadow', I know almost nothing about any blood magic."

He pushed open the door and said softly: "Miss, please go out quickly. I will clean up here."

Fringilla hurriedly flew out and said with a gloomy look: "It must be bad luck today that caused problems in my experiments one after another."

The corners of Kors's mouth curved slightly, revealing a kind smile.

Although this smiling tiger always wore a polite smile, Lothar could only see his true smile when facing Fringilla.

"Miss, is there a possibility? I'm just saying a possibility, and I don't mean to offend you - your talent for blood magic does not include alchemy. Have you forgotten how you blew up a building? Did the ancient castle cause the ancestors to become furious and ban you from researching all magic potions?"

Fringilla's face darkened: "This is a dark history decades ago, so don't mention it again. Moreover, the acid bomb is just a very common magic potion, and its destructive power is not that great."

Lothar's face turned darker: "Flynn, didn't you say that you had studied alchemy before?"

If he knew that Fringilla had such a glorious record, he would never dare to agree to Fringilla's request to open an alchemy laboratory in the castle.

The decoration of the castle in Hebron is still very elegant, and Leonard had spent a lot of money on it.

It would be ridiculous if Fringilla was bombed because of her research on alchemy.