The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
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In the dimly lit cell, a figure in a black nightcoat was tied to a chair, and the three Kanes stood in front of him, interrogating.
Catherine put down the torture instrument in her hand and waited for Marcus to continue.
"Let me think about which nobles in the Northwest would hire an assassin like you."
"Mottling? Ode Ling? Or Chaskey Collar?
All three of these realms are closely related to the Ossos, either the nobles of Ossos or the nobles who have close ties to the Ossos.
As Marcus spoke, the shadow lowered his head so deeply that it was impossible to see his expression.
Catherine, who couldn't watch from the sidelines, immediately grabbed the other party's short hair and pulled his head up.
"Didn't you hear Knight Marcus talking to you? Find out who you are, boy.
Obviously, the territory that Marcus guessed had nothing to do with the other party, and the dark shadow looked at the three of them indifferently, and then glanced to the side again.
"It's hard to talk, there are ways to make you speak." Catherine impatiently raised the torture instrument and was about to do it.
Suddenly, Kane, who was silently listening to the conversation between several people, spoke, "County of Manvido. The
shadow's body froze, his pupils dilated unconsciously, and he didn't know why Kane had guessed this place.
"Sure enough....."
Kane thought for a while, then said to Jace, the butler who appeared outside the cell at some point, "Jace, you go and find out, who is still related to our family in Manvido."
"Yes, sir."
Jace, who received the order, immediately got up and prepared to go to investigate.
"Wait."
At this time, the black shadow that had not been moving suddenly opened his mouth and said.
"Huh?" Kane turned to look at the other man, waiting for his next words.
"Give me a good time."
Kane shook his head: "It depends on the information you reveal, whether it's worth it."
"I, Haulson · Bakers, swear by the honor of the Bakers family, and from this moment on, everything I say is true and nothing is false."
Hearing this, everyone present was in awe.
You may not trust a nobleman to swear by his life, but you must not believe that he swears by the honor of his family, because his life is worthless compared to the honor of the family.
"Baron Kane, please also swear not to do anything to anyone in my family."
"Jolson, out of respect for the honor of the nobility, I can indeed swear, but you must understand that if someone in your family wants to avenge you......."
As if understanding what Kane was saying, the Shadow explained, "Please rest assured that my family is left with the old, weak, sick and disabled except for me, and the only young man is my sister, Besides, I didn't tell them about it.
Kane nodded, and then, raised his left hand and swore: "I, Kane · Gerard, swear by the honor of the Gerard family, and will not do anything to the Bakers family."
"Thank you, Baron Kane."
After thanking him, Qiao Erson was also a black shadow, took a deep breath and said, "Knights of Fort Brunei."
"Knights of Fort Brunei?"
The Knights of Fort Brunei is a region of the Earls of Manwido, which has been owned by the Lords of Manwido for generations.
"That's right, the baron should know who it is."
Kane frowned slightly: "Of course I know who, but I didn't expect it to be really ....."
"Anything is possible, Baron Kane."
Sighing, Kane said, "Catherine, give him a good time."
"Yes, Lord Kane." Putting down the torture instrument, Catherine took a dagger from Marcus's hand.
"Do you have any last words to say?"
Hearing Catherine's question, Halson suddenly straightened his waist and sat up, staring at Kane intently: "Please also baron, keep your promise."
Kane also looked at the other party without fear: "Of course.
Immediately, Catherine grabbed the dagger and quickly stabbed the other party in the heart.
Without the slightest struggle, blood flowed to the corners of his mouth, as if asleep, Jolson closed his eyes tightly and stopped breathing.
"Jace, dispose of his body."
"Yes, sir."
"Marcus, Catherine, it's been a hard night, have a good rest, and we'll talk tomorrow."
"Yes, Lord Kane."
When he had finished his orders, Kane returned to his bedroom alone, and sat down silently in contemplation as he looked at the firefire burning in the fireplace.
Early morning.
When the rising sun shone on the castle, the whole barony began a new day.
The cooks were preparing the baron's breakfast in the kitchen, the maids were cleaning the castle, the gardeners were pruning the flowers in the garden, and the soldiers had gathered for their morning exercises in the training grounds.
As for Kane, the owner of the castle, he still sat in front of the fireplace, silently thinking about something.
But soon, Kane was ushered to the table by his valet and had breakfast.
After breakfast, he did not do his usual morning exercise, but stayed in the study. Waiting for the arrival of Marcus and Catherine.
"Knock knock."
It seems that Marcus and Catherine are already out the door.
"Come in."
"Lord Kane." After entering the door, the two men first saluted Kane.
"Sit down." Kane gestured to the chairs in the room and motioned for the two to take their seats.
Once the two were seated, Kane took the map from his desk and placed it in the center of the crowd.
"What do you think of the Knights of Fort Brunei?"
After thinking for a moment, Marcus said cautiously: "My lord, Fort Brunei has an elite army, and its master, Knight Horst, is still your uncle....."
Horst · Gerald, Kane's own uncle, and the younger brother of the previous baron Rachel · Gerald.
His experience is actually very similar to Marcus, he was entrusted by his father to a knighted comrade-in-arms, but the only difference is that the nobleman to whom Horst is loyal is an earl.
As a result, his rise to the rank of transcendent came faster than that of Marcus, and the Count held him in high esteem, and in less than ten years, he became the Earl's chief knight.
Shaking his head, Kane said self-deprecatingly, "yes, isn't that my amiable uncle?" I have been deceived by him for so many years, and I never thought that he would have the idea of our barony.
"However, it's right to think that when I die as the current baron, won't he be the next heir?"
"Then he will come to find out the cause of my death, and then use it to introduce a scapegoat, and he will be able to take over the entire barony."
After talking to himself for a long time, Kane, who realized that he was out of shape, looked at the two subordinates next to him who no longer spoke, and coughed softly: "Marcus, Catherine, don't care about the identity of the other party, when he decides to attack me, he will no longer be my uncle."
"Yes, sir."
Immediately, Marcus looked at the knight leader on the map and said again: "My lord, as the knight chief under the earl, the other party's strength far exceeds that of other knight lords, and is basically the same as our barony.
"Furthermore, as far as I know, Knight Horst attaches great importance to training soldiers, so his soldiers are very brave and good at fighting, if we soldiers fight against them, I am afraid that it will be a vicious battle, and the most important thing is that Knight Horst is a second-order junior knight transcendent, even if the three of us combined, we can't beat each other."
Kane nodded, what Marcus said made sense, the three people on his side, all of them were first-order transcendentals, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't defeat the second-order, this was a fact.
"So, Lord Kane, my advice is to forbear for the time being, wait for us to have the strength, and then go to a duel with the other party."
"Smack!"
Catherine slammed her hand on the table.
"I'm against it, sir."
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