Chapter 713: The Dust Settles

While Eric was hesitating, there was a loud noise under the city gate. It turned out that Willick had already jumped from his horse and punched the city gate. The copper skin behind the door immediately bulged, and Willick punched him twice more. The copper skin exploded immediately, the bolt shook off, and the door crashed down.

At this moment, the blood wolf knight's mind went blank.

"No! No, Count!"

Lanza crashed into the Earl's room, where Giles was polishing a short-barreled musket. He intentionally pointed his gun at Lanza, who avoided it carefully, and said, "Master Gilles, we are surrounded."

"I'm not deaf, I can hear very clearly." Giles fired a shot at the window, blasting a hole the size of a fist in the window, and then stood up: "Where is my army, where are they? I want Go and strangle these untouchables!"

"My lord, I don't think it's a good time to attack them now. The knights and soldiers are blocking them, so you should follow me." Lan Zha finished speaking when he heard a commotion outside. A moment later a soldier stumbled in, even fell, and his helmet rolled to Lanza's feet.

The soldier got up and shouted, "It's no good, my lord, they're coming in. We can't stop us, what should we do, Giles?"

This man was a young man from the Giles family, and in a hurry, he had already forgotten Giles' identity. He called his name directly, and Gilles' eyes flashed with anger, and the earl raised his gun and shot. The flames flickered beside Lan Zha, Lan Zha shrank his neck subconsciously, and then looked. A bullet hole appeared in the soldier's forehead, and pools of blood rolled out. He looked at Gilles to say something, but fell to the ground.

"Trash, isn't it just some rioters, just kill them. Why panic!" Gilles looked at Lanza: "You come out with me, I will kill them all."

The earl's eyes became crazy, and Lanza looked at the gun in his hand, not daring to disobey, so he nodded in agreement. The two strode out of the study and walked along the corridor to the stairs. Gilles ran down without thinking, but Lanza turned around and ran in another direction. Giles turned around and saw that Lanza had disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

"Trash, even you betrayed me!"

Lanza sneered at Gilles' growl from afar. I thought that if I went crazy with you, I would be really stupid.

After firing a few random shots to vent his anger, Giles was panting heavily. Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, but a group of people rushed downstairs. There were two knights in silver armor and bright red cloaks first. There are more than a dozen crusader swordsmen behind, and they are menacing. Gilles put aside the rhetoric just now, screamed and raised his gun to shoot. The knight quickly raised his long shield, the power of the pistol could only nail a spark on the shield, and the knight behind him was naturally unharmed.

Giles dropped the pistol altogether,

Turn around and run. One of the knights threw his shield and it hit Giles in the back. The count screamed and was knocked to the ground by the shield. Turning over again, a snow-white long sword was stuck deep into the carpet next to his cheek, and Giles saw his terrified face from the sword body. He shouted: "You can't kill me, I'm the Earl! I'm the Earl of Giles!"

His cry echoed in the corridor, it seemed so ridiculous and powerless. The count barely got up and shrank to the wall. There were more and more people in front of him, and he was surrounded by people in a blink of an eye. Two knights crossed their swords before his eyes to prevent him from escaping. The swordsman behind gave way, and several people came forward. Giles looked up, and the one at the front was Ruola, and there were Vera and the priest beside him.

Looking at the huddled young man in the corner of the wall, Ruo La suddenly felt sad for no reason. I wondered how Aubain could have a son like Giles. She shook her head, her eyes became sharper and she said: "Gills, you are at the end of the day. Now you should listen to me, give up the earl's position, and give it to a more suitable person."

"A more suitable person? Is it you? Rola!" Gilles yelled.

"No, the position of elder brother will only be inherited by his heirs. You still have a few brothers and sisters. Among them, I will choose a suitable candidate." Ruo La looked at Gilles and said decisively: "But no matter where If one inherits, it will never be you!"

Giles laughed, nodded and said, "Well, everyone has betrayed me anyway, and I have nothing to say. Let's do this. I'll write a statement now, and I will automatically give up the earl's position. , are you satisfied with this?"

Hearing that Gilles cooperated so well, Ruola breathed a sigh of relief. At the moment when she was slackening, Giles suddenly rushed over the two knights, slipped a dagger from his cuff and stabbed Ruo La in the chest. Ruo La's eyes lit up, but he didn't reach out for the sword. Grabbed directly at Giles' wrist, and pushed forward. Gilles' body shook, he lowered his head, and saw clearly that he was holding the dagger in his hand, but it was stuck in his chest.

He raised his head and yelled bitterly, "Rola, you bitch!"

Ruo Ramen pushed forward expressionlessly, but Giles couldn't cry anymore, and a line of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. His eyes widened, and he stretched out his other hand to grab Ruola. Finally catching only air, Giles fell to the ground, hitting the carpet hard with his body, kicking up a cloud of dust.

After a while, Ruola sighed and said, "Let's say that Gilles died of illness, and hold a funeral for him according to the earl's specifications."

Father Miro smiled and said, "On behalf of the church, I hereby promise that Earl Giles will have a splendid funeral."

Ruola nodded, feeling tired for a while.

The next day, the death knell representing the death of the Earl rang again in the Ark Harbor. In less than half a year since Count Aubain's death, the city had sounded two death knells. However, the death of Giles this time did not bring much sorrow to people. Instead, everyone was so happy that they could not drink and celebrate in public. After all, since the death knell has sounded, it means that Gilles still retains the title of earl and died, so the minimum respect must be given.

Even if it's just superficial respect.

Jola held a grand and solemn funeral for the earl's death. The earl's hearse was pulled by four black horses and four white horses. The knights of Deep Sea Linji are dressed in black armor and white cloak, arching from left to right. After the convoy circled the city, it drove into the Christian cathedral. Father Milo presided over the ceremony, and Saint Vera gave prayers, and finally twelve pure boys and girls sang hymns for the count.

In the child's singing, the funeral attendees had no doubt that the earl would be able to reach heaven in the singing. In that hymn, sung like an angel, the Count's coffin was carried to the family cemetery, where he was buried next to Count Aubain. Ruola erected a monument for him, and everything was carried out according to the specifications that the earl should have.

Gilles' life didn't really come to an end until the funeral was over. And for many, life begins anew.

Of course, Lanzha is definitely not included here.

Yesterday he wanted to take advantage of the chaos and escape, but he managed to escape from White Castle. It's a pity that the guards at the city gate have asked Ruola to replace her with her own people. Lan Zha saw that the city gate was closed and guarded tightly. He fled back again, but was caught in the city. During these days, Giles's intensification has been inseparable from Lanza, and people have long hated this person who advises the Earl. When Lanzha was turned to Ruola by people, this man who paid attention to his image and was more beautiful than a woman was beaten and bruised.

Ruola threw him into the prison, and at first Lanza yelled for Ruola to let him go. But in the next few days, Lanza found desperately that Ruola neither interrogated him nor tortured him. They just ignored him. Judging from the situation, they wanted to rot him in prison.

Is there anything more terrifying than being forgotten? That obviously didn't.

At least, for Lanza.

It's just that Lan Zha's guess is half right, Ruola really hates him, but it's not true that he doesn't care. It's just that after Giles died, his siblings were younger. Ruola had to take over his position temporarily, and dealt with various affairs that were delayed in Ark Port day and night. Among Gilles' brothers, she preferred the boy named Art. Art is eight years younger than Gilles, but although he is young, he has already shown his talents in many ways.

After Ruola made a decision, Milo and Vera quietly took Art away one evening. Ater would be left in the church to receive comprehensive training in political, military, and even personal force. This is the promise the Church has made to Jola, and now is the time to fulfill it. After the Bauhinia Collar Academy "Light of Glory" is established, Yate will be transferred to the academy for further studies. Most importantly, the future Earl of Arkport will be closely linked with Allen.

In fact, this is the ultimate purpose of the establishment of the Light of Honor. While this academy continues to export various talents to the empire, it also means that Allen's connections will cover the entire empire and penetrate into every class of the country. This is a long-term plan, and there is not much return in the initial stage. However, if the time dimension is pushed back ten or eight years, it is not difficult to find the huge benefits.

It was another late night.

After finishing the conversation with Vera and a dozen or so important people in Ark Port, and constructing a preliminary blueprint for the city's future ten-year plan, Ruola returned to her room in White Castle with tired steps. She refused to move into the bedroom where the earl had lived for generations, preferring to choose her former residence. One is to respect Oban, and the other is to tell the outside world that she is only temporarily acting as the lord and will always hand over this power.

Ruola's approach has won the support of the family and made many people feel relieved. Otherwise, Ruo La really has the intention of inheriting the title. Although the operation is more difficult, it is not impossible to succeed. If he marries the son of the Marquis of Iron Spear at that time, then it's hard to say whose heart this territory will be in. And that is absolutely what many people don't want to see, Ruola naturally knows.

She was lying on the bed, but she thought of that person in her heart. If he was willing to help himself, maybe he wouldn't have to be so tired.

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