Chapter 346

"It doesn't matter." Virgil shook his head, then pulled the clothes of a man in black, tore it into strips of cloth, and then wrapped it around his shoulders.

"Just deal with it simply."

At this moment, Virgil suddenly discovered that the man in black whose clothes he had torn off had a wolf head tattooed on his left arm.

Then, he ordered all the men in black to take off their clothes. Without exception, all of them had wolf heads tattooed on their arms.

Even the masked man's arm that Virgil severed has a wolf head tattooed on it.

It seems that this should be a professional mercenary organization that was hired by others to capture Li Te's adoptive father and mother. As for what they were doing to capture them, there is no way of knowing.

It's not that they are unwilling to catch people alive, but once these people lose their ability to fight, they will bite off the poison sacs originally held in their mouths and drink the poison to commit suicide.

After checking several corpses and finding that there were no other problems with their bodies, Virgil nodded.

Then, he opened the curtain of the carriage and saw Andre and Jenny lying unconscious inside.

"Alas." Virgil sighed.

If it weren't for Li Te, they would still be living a life of farmers in the countryside. Although they are not rich and powerful, they can even be said to be very poor, but at least they are not in danger of their lives.

"Okay, send the people back, and I'll negotiate with them later."

With that said, Virgil got on his horse, turned the horse's head, and led the soldiers towards the new city of Antica.

…

On the other side, the masked man turned over and entered the woods. Although his left arm was cut off, he still endured the severe pain in his body and walked deeper into the forest.

"Tsk, why were our actions discovered... is there a spy in the middle?" He thought like this without looking back.

They are members of the mercenary organization Iron Wolf Mercenary Group. Although there are countless mercenary groups with the word "wolf" on the mainland, the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group, which can have sixth-level experts, is obviously the best among them.

Moreover, he is not the boss of the mercenary group, only the second in command.

The real leader of the mercenary group has seventh-level strength.

However, in this mission, the leader felt that it was a bit of a fuss to lead the team himself. After all, he was just kidnapping two helpless people.

But the other party kept asking the team leader to pay attention. In desperation, they had no choice but to send him to lead the team.

He didn't pay much attention to it at first, and he didn't make preparations until the client asked him in every possible way, including checking out the surrounding areas a week in advance and planning the best escape route.

But I didn't expect that even though I had made so many preparations, I would still be discovered by the Duke's people.

It was obvious that the other party was just Li Te's adoptive parents, and it should be enough for the Duke to give them a sum of money to settle them down. Unexpectedly, the Duke would actually arrange for someone to protect their safety.

In this way, not only did he lose a lot of money to his brothers, but he also almost lost money in it.

Now the masked man only regrets that he did not listen to the client. If the plan had been more thorough and the actions more careful, this incident would not have happened.

The origin of the matter goes back to a few days ago.

At that time, Orson suddenly found Virgil.

That day he suddenly recalled that in the original book, there was an important factor that contributed to Lee Teuk's darkening.

Those are Lee Teuk's adoptive parents.

As Bai Yueguang after Leeteuk came to the family, his adoptive parents took great care of Leeteuk. Although they had no money, they still allowed Leeteuk to spend a childhood full of warmth and love.

In the original work, Mary's advice to Orson involved Lee Te's adoptive parents.

Orson sent a killer organization to kill Lee Teuk's adoptive parents.

When Leeteuk was preparing to return to his adoptive parents' home to visit him in his spare time, he heard from a neighbor that his adoptive parents had been murdered and had been buried for a long time.

After experiencing that incident, Leeteuk completely turned dark and began to secretly investigate the murderer of his parents.

In the original work, Orson’s final scene with Lee Teuk

During the First World War, just like a traditional brainless villain, he mentioned the names of Leeteuk's adoptive parents while chatting, which made Leeteuk understand the cause of his adoptive parents' death, which angered Leeteuk. After that, Leeteuk exploded and killed them. Orson.

And Orson suddenly thought, now that he has changed the world line, will Li Te's parents be murdered?

With this idea in mind, Orson approached Virgil and asked him to go back for a while to help monitor Li Te's adoptive parents to see if they were safe.

As a result, this search happened to happen by chance, and I bumped into someone from the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group.

Virgil escorted Li Te's parents to the new city, and after asking a few soldiers to protect the surrounding safety, he found Lucius.

"Your Majesty the Duke." Virgil said this and bowed respectfully to Lucius.

"Yes." Lucius was sitting at his desk reading military affairs. When he saw Virgil coming over, he just responded without raising his head.

"My Lord Duke, thank you for supporting my army." Virgil said.

Now that the situation on the eastern border is tense and the orcs are ready to move, a large part of the troops that the Duke can mobilize have fallen to the border. As the most elite force of the Duke, the Black Army has also been mobilized to the front line. Today Lu What Hughes sent to Virgil were his own troops.

"It's okay." Lucius shook his head. "Has the person been saved?"

"Well, Master Lit's adoptive parents are safe and sound, but..." Virgil said this with some hesitation, but finally said: "I think, instead of letting Master Lit's adoptive parents live outside, it is better to bring them to the Duke's Mansion. After all, this is the safest place..."

"And if we add their security outside, they will still be in danger..."

"Virgil." Lucius suddenly interrupted Virgil, and then looked up at him with a deep gaze, which made Virgil unable to see through his thoughts for a while.

"My Lord Duke, please speak."

"Do you think I am a qualified father?"

"My Lord Duke, of course you are..."

"Then, let me ask, which father in the world would let his child be closer to others?" Lucius asked this question.

Yes, Lit grew up in the countryside and lived with Andre and his wife for a full eighteen years. She must be closer to Andre and his wife, even if she and Lucius are related by blood.

Therefore, although Lucius was grateful to Andre and his wife, he was still unwilling to bring them to the Duke's Mansion to live together.

This was his selfish desire as a biological father.

After all, the feelings accumulated over time can only be worn away by time.

If Litt could see Andre and his wife every day, Litt would still feel that Andre and his wife were closer, and he would be like an outsider.

"My Lord Duke, I'm sorry, I was abrupt!" Virgil understood Lucius's meaning at this time, and then said: "But, My Lord Duke, among this group of people who plotted against Andre and his wife, there was a person with a strength of the sixth level. Although I tried my best to hold him back and cut off one of his arms, he still ran away..."

"..."Lucius frowned when he heard this.

"How could a sixth-level person appear in my territory without anyone noticing?"

"I don't know about this." Virgil lowered his head. "If Lord Lucius is unwilling to bring Andre and his wife to live in the Duke's Mansion, my suggestion is to strengthen the security on the streets and arrange professional personnel to protect Andre and his wife in the dark."

"Okay, I got it." Lucius nodded. "You can leave."

"Okay." Virgil bowed and retreated to the door.

"Oh, by the way." Lucius spoke again.

"Does Lord Duke have anything else to do?"

"Is your shoulder injury okay?"

"Thank you Lord Duke for your concern, it's not serious."

"That's fine." Lucius nodded. "After this matter is done, you can have a good rest. I will help you with the Imperial Academy."

"Thank you Lord Duke..."

It's okay.

Lucius waved his hand, and then smiled and signaled Virgil to leave.

After Virgil closed the door, the smile on Lucius's face gradually faded.

Lucius didn't know about this right-hand man of Orson before. He only knew that Virgil was a good friend of Orson. Orson had asked Virgil to help him a lot before, and the two had met several times because of this.

After Virgil

brought Orson's handwritten letter this time, Lucius realized that he was a retainer trained by Orson.

Therefore, Lucius also began to care about Virgil.

After all, as a retainer of Orson, no matter whether Orson is going to inherit the title or do something else in the future, he will always be Orson's right-hand man.

Just like his current butler Albert and the former captain of the guard Marcus.

It is always easier to have a deputy to help you do things.

Before, Lucius was worried that Orson would take everything on himself because of his strong strength.

In that case, Orson would sooner or later be exhausted by various things.

But now it seems that he was just worrying too much. Orson still wanted others to help him share the burden.

Then, Lucius opened the map on the table and continued to deal with military affairs.

Compared with the tedious and complicated government affairs, Lucius, who started his career by leading troops in battle, is obviously more familiar with military affairs.

It is precisely because of this that his recent mood is very unclear.

There are more and more orcs in the east, and the scouts sent out by the Duke of Antica have become extremely dangerous jobs. Many scouts eventually go without returning.

The enemy has begun to consciously capture their own scouts and block their own intelligence, which means that the enemy will definitely launch an attack soon.

The orc invasion eighteen years ago caused many people in the empire to lose their families and wives and children, and Lucius happened to be one of them.

His wife at the time, that is, Lit's biological mother, died of miscarriage on the way to escape, which can be said to be indirectly killed by the orcs.

The members of the guards who followed him through life and death are also only one in ten.

He can be said to have an irreconcilable hatred with the orcs.

Although he later obtained the Dukedom of Antica and became one of the most powerful people in the empire after the emperor, if he could choose again, he would rather choose a happy family.

"Alas." Lucius opened the desk drawer, which contained the jade bracelet that Lit brought back when he came back and an old pocket watch. When he opened the pocket watch, he saw a portrait of a person printed inside.

"Margaret, your child and I have grown up. I wish you could see him." Lucius stroked the portrait on the pocket watch with his rough fingers, with a nostalgic look on his face.

At this moment, the door of the room was opened, and Lucius instantly closed the pocket watch and put it back in the drawer.

Standing at the door was Lucius's current wife Mary.

"Mary..." Lucius looked at Mary and came in without knocking, with dissatisfaction on his face. "Didn't I say that I would knock on the door when I was busy in the study in the future?"

"Sorry, sir." Mary said this, showing an apologetic look, but she continued: "I just came to tell you something."

As she said this, Mary took out a watch.

"The Duke's recent economic situation is very bad. If we have to prepare for war, we will not be able to make ends meet and can only take money out of our own treasury, but even so, the money in our treasury is not enough for us to last long."

"Why is our finance so tight?" Lucius didn't say much, but asked directly and pointedly.

"Uh...this question..." Mary was stunned, and then hesitated.

"Sir, there are many reasons for this question..."

"Then, I want to know, can we raise enough funds before the war starts?" Lucius asked.

"This question..."

"Mary, my lady." Lucius said this and looked at Mary. "I hand over the financial power of the dukedom to you, I hope you won't let me down."

"Sorry, sir, but our finances have been difficult for a long time. You don't allow heavy taxes, and business has not been developed, so..."

"Okay, I know." Lucius nodded after hearing this, and then stood up, walked to Mary, and held Mary's hand with a pair of big hands.

"Mary, we are husband and wife, we should work together. I am only responsible for the military battles, and you are responsible for being a good wife and managing the affairs of the family and the territory. Isn't this what we have always done?"

"So, this time, I'm counting on you, no matter what method you use." Lucius said, looking at Mary, and the emotion revealed in his eyes was only sincerity.

"I believe you." Lucius said, and then changed the subject. "If you really feel that you are unable to do it, then please give way to the virtuous."

As he said this, Lucius opened the door and motioned Mary to go out.

"Okay." Mary nodded, and then left the room silently.

...

On the other side, after Virgil returned to the new city, he arranged security for Andre and his wife. This time, he specially arranged two fifth-level people to take turns to protect Andre and his wife.

Then, Virgil sat next to Andre and his wife, waiting until they woke up naturally.