The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 103: The Honeysuckle and Deer Family (Part 2)

"What's going on?" Petrov passed the crow and asked.

"Mr Hull, they are talking about the Border Town Lord," replied a person who saw the Honeysuckle emblem on his chest.

"He has confiscated all the belongings of our people from Longsong Stronghold!"

“You can call me Petrov. Tell me about the situation, ”command Petrov.

"Let me explain it to you, Mr. Petrov," Simon said as he pressed the crowd, showing a pleasant smile.

“This is how it is. We serve Duke with our lives, so I live in Border Town where I am responsible for managing the mine.

Every Winter we would bring the townspeople back with us to Longsong Fortress, where we could protect them from the attacks of demonic beasts.

But this year, after the end of Devil's Month, when one of my colleagues, Cornelius Fletcher returned to Border Town,

his master told him that his house had been destroyed by the townspeople and he would receive nothing.compensation for it!"

"'If you don't admit that the house is not yours, I'll put you in jail for desertion, where you'll be waiting for the day of your suspension,''

he said, exactly imitating the words of the 4th Prince,

" Mister must understand, what he calls defection, is a procedure that we have been using for over a hundred years.”

Petrov could not help but imagine the young man's appearance in his mind.

Although to the outside world the Prince was extremely irresistible, but compared to his personal experience from their two encounters, Roland Wimbledon was not a submissive.

Also, his method of dealing with the crime of defection was right in the head, however, the other party did not try to think about this matter and was just looking for an excuse –

but the Prince never thought of convincing a group of people. He had long since separated himself from Longsong Stronghold, Petrov thought.

Or, when he thought about it further, how could the Prince never know that the nobles would seek refuge in Longsong Fortress?

Obviously, that's impossible. He clearly knew, yet he still forced criminal charges on them, forcing the other party to make a choice.

But in the end, he still let the other party return to Longsong Stronghold to report such a savage act, in the end, what did the Prince want to achieve?

"But he is still the Lord of the Border Town," said the man previously laughed at by Simon, who had been,

"As Master, he has the power to dictate rules within his own country."

"The Border Town is still under the jurisdiction of the Western region!" Simon replied unhappily with a cold voice,

“Do you question Duke Ryan's authority?

As Duke, it was his duty to watch over the mine, and he appointed the nobles to do so on his behalf.

But now Roland had taken all the noble houses for himself, who had openly pitted himself against the six Families,

Duke Ryan will never shut up and just look the way he wants.

"You're talking about the man who hung Dimitry Hill?" Petrov doesn't know when Rene's coming,

"My father is very angry."

"Young Master," said Simon greeting him respectfully,

"That's exactly the guy, and now he's acting even wilder. I'm afraid only Duke Ryan can stop the Prince,

and I hope you will pass this matter on to the Duke.

"Don't worry, even with or without this problem, Duke Ryan is ready to play his cards."

Rene did not seem to be the least bit worried about the future, either,

“For this problem I came back, it's just that right now my eldest brother is still in King's City

and set his name under the trade contract, so right now only I can lead the Deer Family.”

"Thul? That's good, ” Simon said happily.

Petrov frowned, he himself knew that ever since he had come to deliver the trade offer and the Prince chose to stay during Winter in Border Town, he himself knew that since he had come to deliver the trade offer and the Prince had chosen to stay during Winter in Border Town,

a day like that will come sooner or later. But he never expected that his own friend would fight in this battle.

Despite all the looking eyes, she pulls Rene straight to her side, trying to prevent it:

"You cannot go to war, it is the Prince you are fighting."

“I know he is a prince, Prince of the Mountain,” Rene patted Petrov on the shoulder,

“Be assured, Duke Ryan won't hurt the Prince, maybe like he used to give up when he met resistance.

Even if he wants to fight, as long as we launch an attack on our horses, those farmers and miners will scatter.

The 4th Prince never brandished a sword or spear, I thought he would not even manage to cut a hair.

No, I'm afraid you'll get hurt by him ...

The Prince could only rely on the farmers and miners, whereas the Duke could rely on knights.

I don't know why, but my heart gets restless when I think about it.

"Mr Petrov, your father called you, he has something to discuss with you."

A white-haired steward suddenly rushed to Petrov's side and spoke in his ear.

"I understand" Petrov nodded,

and after an early farewell with Rene, he brought the coach back to the House of Honeysuckle with his housekeeper.

"Dad,"

he entered the study and saw his father Shalafi Hull writing something near the desk.

When he heard Paul's voice, the Count did not stop his writing,

“You should sum up the number of people and their income in our domain and give your summary to me, I will then organize the army for the spring expedition.

Duke Ryan has sent his call for weapons, When the snow melts, we and the other five families must give him knights and mercenaries, who will then march against Border Town.

“How much should we give?”

Count put down the pen and raised his head, and,

“What happened? Until now you have never had a problem like this.”

He grabbed onto the side of the table and opened the mail, “We must send at least twenty-five knights, along with the bodyguards and corresponding horses.

Also for the mercenaries, they must be fully equipped, and lastly we must send 100 people or free slaves, who must be equipped with simple weapons.

Petrov concluded the troops in his head if I add all the soldiers provided by the five families, we will provide more than 1000 soldiers.

Together with the Duke Army itself, it would add a force capable of sweeping away any power in the western region.

Even if Longsong Fortress did not send them to defend the troops, this power was not something that Border Town could resist.

After all Border Town only had two thousand inhabitants.

"Dad, can you stay away from the battlefield?"Petrov asked hesitantly.

“What do you want to say, Son?”

The count asked strangely.

"I'm worried about your safety."

“Your Majesty only has a few knights and less than 50 guards. Our number is more than ten times that of him!”

Theoretically, this was the case, but his father had never seen the Prince before, but Petrov saw him.

“But..Dad, everyone said, that the wall made of mud paste will soon collapse, but it is the Prince who led the construction and still stands.

They also said, Border Town only uses miners and farmers as soldiers, unable to stop demonic beasts.

Not only did His Majesty do this, he was even able to defend his city until the end of the Demons of the Months, he was even able to defend his city,

and for an entire month, no one had escaped from Border Town.

"The more he said, the more troubled his heart was,"

Now, once again, everyone thought that Duke Ryan would defeat Roland Wimbledon, crashing into the Prince was as easy as crashing into an ant.

Dad, are you sure it will be as easy as you think? ”

"Enough!" Shalafi slammed his fist into the table.

He shook his head and stood up, then he went to the walls where the portraits of their ancestors were hung.

“You've always preferred to be a businessman and buy and sell things instead of riding horses and going to war, this is fine for me.

But being a merchant is not the same as being a coward. The merchants who crossed the sea were threatened with death every day,”

he shouted while pointing at the wall.

“See the portrait, your grandfather, your grandfather's grandfather, they all lean on their bows or swords and defend themselves from demonic beasts, bandits, and robbers.

You let me down, for being so afraid of fighting! ”

No, Dad. Petrov lowered his head, no longer motivated to argue, but in his heart he thought,

You are talking about grandfather and grandfather's father but if you take a closer look at those strong faces, you will find,

and then look at your loose belt and your overflow.Chin plated. Dad, do you really believe you can use a bow?