As the Lord spoke, everyone's eyes focused on the knight and two squires lying on the ground.
These three had been knocked down by Zha Manzi's punch, and could have gotten up long ago, but seeing the situation was not right, they stubbornly lay on the ground pretending to be dead, trying to muddle through.
Several Manzi didn't care whether they were really dead or faking it, sneering as they grabbed the back of each one's neck, and like plucking chicks, dragged them in front of the Lord.
"Sam, who hit you?" Li Wei sat on the broken pillar in a commanding manner and snapped his fingers.
"Lord, it's this guy!" Sam, who had been untied, pointed at the tall knight in the middle and said angrily, "He's called Crowe, and I heard he's some kind of captain of the security team."
"I don't care what 'Ro' he is." Li Wei sneered and waved his hand: "Go, go up and slap him twice to teach him a lesson!"
Dealing with this kind of small fry, it would be a bit demeaning for him to do it himself, but fortunately, the Highcliff Fort team didn't lack guys with strong fighting ability.
Crowe's face was as pale as paper, his lips trembling, wanting to beg for mercy but unable to make a sound. He knew he had offended someone he shouldn't have, and the alcohol had long dissipated, leaving only fear in his heart. At this moment, he only hoped that this Marquis Li Wei would vent his anger by slapping him a few times and then let him go.
Sam straightened his back, came to the knight, who was about 6'3" tall and burly, grinned, revealing two rows of large yellow teeth, and swung his palms, slapping him left and right.
"Smack! Smack!"
The crisp sound resounded throughout the street.
The prostitutes who were watching from the red velvet second-floor bedside covered their mouths, afraid of crying out.
The knight captain trembled all over, stammering, "L… Lord, I… I was just confused for a moment, please spare me!"
"Spare you?" The Lord smiled, looking unusually amiable, "Insulting the Duke of Debay, beating my shaman, you still want me to spare you?"
The Gonda guards around him lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
Those guards who were originally groaning on the ground also endured the pain and closed their mouths.
"Lord, about this matter…" The middle-aged noble security officer cautiously stepped forward, trying to ease the atmosphere.
"Shut up!" The Lord suddenly turned his head and glared at him, "You, as a security officer, actually condone your subordinates to insult Highcliff Fort and beat my shaman, you are also responsible!"
The security officer was immediately frightened and took two steps back, quickly waving his hand and saying, "Lord, I really didn't know about this! I only just arrived…"
"Didn't know?" The Lord got up and patted him on the shoulder, smiling, "You better not have known!"
The middle-aged noble shrank his neck in fright, his face full of tears.
"Leyton, what is the crime for insulting a noble and beating an officer of Highcliff Fort without cause?"
"Lord, according to the Debay law, insulting a noble will result in having one's tongue cut off to prevent them from speaking rudely again, and coupled with beating an officer, it is enough to have these three guys' tongues cut off and be publicly whipped!" Leyton's tone was very cold, enumerating the punishments one by one, "And those guards who participated in the brawl also have joint responsibility."
"What's going on?" Just then, Felo squeezed in from the crowd with two personal guards.
"Prince, you've finally come!" The middle-aged noble seemed to have seen a savior, ran over and hugged Felo's thigh, narrating what had just happened with a handful of tears and a runny nose.
Felo looked disgusted, but had to maintain the decency of a noble, gently comforting the middle-aged noble before coming to the Lord's side.
"You're also here to smooth things over?" The Lord glanced sideways at this Prince.
"On the contrary, I personally believe that this matter is definitely not that simple." Unexpectedly, Felo smiled slightly, his eyes deep and shrewd.
"Lord Li Wei, you might as well think about why a knight would dare to beat an officer of Highcliff Fort and insult a Marquis."
Li Wei was stunned, the matter was actually very clear.
It was just that these three losers drank alcohol, and then the alcohol emboldened them to directly attack Sam, thinking that this old fool was easy to bully.
After all, these guys in Gonda relied on their status to bully defenseless civilians as part of their daily work, but they didn't expect to kick a steel plate this time.
However, after Felo said this, the Lord seemed to understand something.
The middle-aged noble next to him also realized something was wrong, but it was too late, the next moment Felo's words made his face turn ashen.
"Speak, who exactly is the leader who instructed you to do this?"
"I…" Crowe looked blank, he also wanted to know who was instructing him!
"You better know who the leader behind you is, otherwise…" The Lord carefully wiped the mithril long sword, which was gleaming with cold light, with a white handkerchief, humming and sneering twice, everything was self-evident.
Of course, Crowe didn't want to die, but he really didn't know who the leader behind him was.
But in most cases, when the other party starts asking back, even if there isn't one, there has to be one.
"Lord, I confess, I admit, behind me…"
Faced with the crisis of life and death, this knight finally burst out with wisdom far beyond himself.
"I know, as for who it is, we can talk about it when we get back." However, Felo interrupted him halfway, this Prince smiled like an old fox, he looked at Margaret by the Red Velvet bedside: "And this lady, you and that prostitute are also suspected, we need to ask you to leave with us as well."
Margaret was shocked, but it was too late.
"Take them away! Take them away! Take them all away!" The Lord looked at Margaret, who still had charm, and waved his hand fiercely.
The Manzi of Highcliff Fort began to act in groups, perfectly executing the Lord's orders with a strict work attitude.
Striving not to let go of even a fly, all the prostitutes were driven out of Red Velvet.
Faced with the crying and coquettish prostitutes, these terrifyingly large and rough men didn't know how to cherish them.
In just a few hundred breaths, the gaudily dressed prostitutes were driven to the middle of the street, some even not having had time to put on clothes, only some simple cloth covering their bodies.
"Lord Li Wei, you don't need so many, you only need to take away Margaret and the maid who clashed with Crowe." Even Felo was helpless, supporting his forehead at Li Wei's behavior.
Li Wei waved his hand, and the barbarians immediately dispersed. As the other prostitutes returned to the Red Velvet like swallows returning to their nests, only five people remained, surrounded by the barbarians' watchful eyes.
Margaret silently watched all of this, her brows unconsciously furrowing. Even a hundred fully armed guards were no match for the subordinates of this Highcliff Castle lord, let alone the group of wandering knights the Red Velvet kept.
As for bringing out the person behind her? She didn't think that Marquis Li Wei, who even dared to slay a dragon, would be afraid of that.
After a long while, she said resignedly, "Your Excellency, you don't have to do this. If there's anything you need me to do, please feel free to command me."
"You are a smart person." Li Wei glanced at the woman, then snapped his fingers. "Squad, fall back! Head home!"
What everyone didn't expect was that the previously weak and incompetent city official actually mustered up his courage at this time and stood in front of the Highcliff Castle group.
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"Your Excellency, you can't do this!"
"Regardless of how Crowe offended you, he should be punished on the spot, or handed over to the Noble Court for judgment, not taken away privately by you!" The middle-aged noble, regardless of the fear in his heart, still mustered his courage and swallowed hard as he spoke.
He had already realized something was wrong!
If he allowed this Highcliff Castle lord to take Crowe away, then this incident of Crowe personally offending Highcliff Castle would likely escalate to an unimaginable level.
Just thinking about the few people who would be involved made him tremble.
"Remember what I just said?" Li Wei put his hands in his pockets, completely relaxed, and looked down at the city official, who was a head shorter than him, and said calmly, "This matter had better have nothing to do with you."
"…" The city official, who had finally mustered his courage, suddenly seemed to be under a spell. He opened his mouth twice, but couldn't speak anymore.
Looking at the other party's eyes, as calm as a lake, he vaguely felt like a monstrous dragon was looking down at him, and in the next second, he would be swallowed by dragon breath and turned into slag.
"Y-Your Excellency, Crowe is… a knight conferred by His Highness the Prince. If you take him away, it might cause dissatisfaction with His Highness the Prince…" he stammered.
"Dissatisfaction? He better pray that I'm not dissatisfied!" Li Wei smiled slightly, put his hands in his pockets, and headed towards Fello's mansion in Gonda without looking back.
He heard that this prince had bought a magnificent mansion in Gonda, and he was just going to mooch a meal.
The food of the Holy Light Church was too bland. Eating it occasionally was fine, but eating it every day was simply unbearable.
The Gonda guards could only watch helplessly as the Highcliff Castle group left proudly. To be honest, although these ordinary Gonda patrol guards, who maintained law and order, didn't have a very high status, as local bullies in Gonda, and with Prince Bedoir backing them, they rarely encountered anyone who beat them all up and ignored them like ants on the side of the road.
The residents of the royal capital really had a kind of temperament that they weren't afraid even if the sky fell. Not only did they gather in circles to watch the excitement when the two sides clashed just now, but now that they saw that the conflict hadn't continued to escalate, they all showed disappointed expressions.
On the other hand, some mercenaries and rangers, after seeing the person they admired as domineering as the legends said, showed excited and agitated expressions, and gathered together to discuss when to go to Highcliff Castle and join this Lion Hunter Knight to contribute to this lord's cause!
The fully armed knights stared at the figure of their lord disappearing at the end of their line of sight before turning to ask the city official, "Your Excellency, why didn't you continue to stop Marquis Li Wei just now?"
"That's right, if we let him take Captain Crowe away like this, His Highness Bedoir will definitely be furious."
The city official's legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground with a thud. Only then did a group of knights realize that their lord's face was pale, and the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to his back: "You know nothing!"
"I just felt like I took a trip to the Grim Reaper's hands!"
"This Marquis Li Wei is a super ruthless person. All of you should hide for this period of time and try not to go out. If you do go out, don't provoke them."
"We also have His Highness Bedoir behind us, there's no need to be so afraid of them, right?" A knight with a scar on his face said.
It's no wonder they thought so. They were all elite Imperial Guards with group numbers, and they were also directly under the command of Prince Beyel, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them personal guards.
And the royal city had no shortage of nobles and royals. Even a marquis wouldn't easily offend them.
"His Highness the Prince?" The city official sneered meaningfully twice. In history, there were quite a few princes who were killed by legendary powerhouses, and he had never seen those kings go against a legendary powerhouse for a dead son.
Of course, he wouldn't say these words. Only a few people knew that this Highcliff Castle lord was a legendary powerhouse. He just kicked his nephew: "If you want to die, go ahead. Even His Majesty the King won't be able to protect you then!"
…
Li Wei arrived at Fello's mansion in Gonda. This mansion, called "Silvermoon Radiance," was located in the most prosperous area of Gonda, where even the most simple house would cost nearly a thousand gold coins to buy.
The first thing that came into view was the spacious hall. The ceiling of the hall was as high as six or seven blades, and a huge crystal chandelier hung, inlaid with countless magic gems, emitting a soft light. The floor of the hall was covered with a magnificent carpet, embroidered with intricate patterns, as if every step was on the clouds.
On both sides of the hall were long corridors, and the walls of the corridors were covered with portraits of past family members. Each painting seemed to be watching the visitors, revealing a sense of majesty and mystery.
At the end of the corridor was the study, which was filled with ancient books and scrolls. The bookshelves were inlaid with magic runes to ensure that this precious knowledge would never be eroded by time.
Behind the mansion was a huge garden, planted with exotic flowers and herbs, each plant emitting a faint magical aura.
The lord pretended to look around with his hands behind his back, and the urge to loot became stronger and stronger.
"I didn't expect that Your Highness the Prince would actually be so interested in these obscure magics."
Jin, with keen eyes, was surprised to find that there was actually a copy of "On Agronomy Magic" on the bookshelf in the study.
"I was found to have magical talent since I was a child, but the saddest thing in the world is to give you the opportunity to see the sky, but never let you touch the sky." This prince rarely revealed a sentimental look.
These three had been knocked down by Zha Manzi's punch, and could have gotten up long ago, but seeing the situation was not right, they stubbornly lay on the ground pretending to be dead, trying to muddle through.
Several Manzi didn't care whether they were really dead or faking it, sneering as they grabbed the back of each one's neck, and like plucking chicks, dragged them in front of the Lord.
"Sam, who hit you?" Li Wei sat on the broken pillar in a commanding manner and snapped his fingers.
"Lord, it's this guy!" Sam, who had been untied, pointed at the tall knight in the middle and said angrily, "He's called Crowe, and I heard he's some kind of captain of the security team."
"I don't care what 'Ro' he is." Li Wei sneered and waved his hand: "Go, go up and slap him twice to teach him a lesson!"
Dealing with this kind of small fry, it would be a bit demeaning for him to do it himself, but fortunately, the Highcliff Fort team didn't lack guys with strong fighting ability.
Crowe's face was as pale as paper, his lips trembling, wanting to beg for mercy but unable to make a sound. He knew he had offended someone he shouldn't have, and the alcohol had long dissipated, leaving only fear in his heart. At this moment, he only hoped that this Marquis Li Wei would vent his anger by slapping him a few times and then let him go.
Sam straightened his back, came to the knight, who was about 6'3" tall and burly, grinned, revealing two rows of large yellow teeth, and swung his palms, slapping him left and right.
"Smack! Smack!"
The crisp sound resounded throughout the street.
The prostitutes who were watching from the red velvet second-floor bedside covered their mouths, afraid of crying out.
The knight captain trembled all over, stammering, "L… Lord, I… I was just confused for a moment, please spare me!"
"Spare you?" The Lord smiled, looking unusually amiable, "Insulting the Duke of Debay, beating my shaman, you still want me to spare you?"
The Gonda guards around him lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
Those guards who were originally groaning on the ground also endured the pain and closed their mouths.
"Lord, about this matter…" The middle-aged noble security officer cautiously stepped forward, trying to ease the atmosphere.
"Shut up!" The Lord suddenly turned his head and glared at him, "You, as a security officer, actually condone your subordinates to insult Highcliff Fort and beat my shaman, you are also responsible!"
The security officer was immediately frightened and took two steps back, quickly waving his hand and saying, "Lord, I really didn't know about this! I only just arrived…"
"Didn't know?" The Lord got up and patted him on the shoulder, smiling, "You better not have known!"
The middle-aged noble shrank his neck in fright, his face full of tears.
"Leyton, what is the crime for insulting a noble and beating an officer of Highcliff Fort without cause?"
"Lord, according to the Debay law, insulting a noble will result in having one's tongue cut off to prevent them from speaking rudely again, and coupled with beating an officer, it is enough to have these three guys' tongues cut off and be publicly whipped!" Leyton's tone was very cold, enumerating the punishments one by one, "And those guards who participated in the brawl also have joint responsibility."
"What's going on?" Just then, Felo squeezed in from the crowd with two personal guards.
"Prince, you've finally come!" The middle-aged noble seemed to have seen a savior, ran over and hugged Felo's thigh, narrating what had just happened with a handful of tears and a runny nose.
Felo looked disgusted, but had to maintain the decency of a noble, gently comforting the middle-aged noble before coming to the Lord's side.
"You're also here to smooth things over?" The Lord glanced sideways at this Prince.
"On the contrary, I personally believe that this matter is definitely not that simple." Unexpectedly, Felo smiled slightly, his eyes deep and shrewd.
"Lord Li Wei, you might as well think about why a knight would dare to beat an officer of Highcliff Fort and insult a Marquis."
Li Wei was stunned, the matter was actually very clear.
It was just that these three losers drank alcohol, and then the alcohol emboldened them to directly attack Sam, thinking that this old fool was easy to bully.
After all, these guys in Gonda relied on their status to bully defenseless civilians as part of their daily work, but they didn't expect to kick a steel plate this time.
However, after Felo said this, the Lord seemed to understand something.
The middle-aged noble next to him also realized something was wrong, but it was too late, the next moment Felo's words made his face turn ashen.
"Speak, who exactly is the leader who instructed you to do this?"
"I…" Crowe looked blank, he also wanted to know who was instructing him!
"You better know who the leader behind you is, otherwise…" The Lord carefully wiped the mithril long sword, which was gleaming with cold light, with a white handkerchief, humming and sneering twice, everything was self-evident.
Of course, Crowe didn't want to die, but he really didn't know who the leader behind him was.
But in most cases, when the other party starts asking back, even if there isn't one, there has to be one.
"Lord, I confess, I admit, behind me…"
Faced with the crisis of life and death, this knight finally burst out with wisdom far beyond himself.
"I know, as for who it is, we can talk about it when we get back." However, Felo interrupted him halfway, this Prince smiled like an old fox, he looked at Margaret by the Red Velvet bedside: "And this lady, you and that prostitute are also suspected, we need to ask you to leave with us as well."
Margaret was shocked, but it was too late.
"Take them away! Take them away! Take them all away!" The Lord looked at Margaret, who still had charm, and waved his hand fiercely.
The Manzi of Highcliff Fort began to act in groups, perfectly executing the Lord's orders with a strict work attitude.
Striving not to let go of even a fly, all the prostitutes were driven out of Red Velvet.
Faced with the crying and coquettish prostitutes, these terrifyingly large and rough men didn't know how to cherish them.
In just a few hundred breaths, the gaudily dressed prostitutes were driven to the middle of the street, some even not having had time to put on clothes, only some simple cloth covering their bodies.
"Lord Li Wei, you don't need so many, you only need to take away Margaret and the maid who clashed with Crowe." Even Felo was helpless, supporting his forehead at Li Wei's behavior.
Li Wei waved his hand, and the barbarians immediately dispersed. As the other prostitutes returned to the Red Velvet like swallows returning to their nests, only five people remained, surrounded by the barbarians' watchful eyes.
Margaret silently watched all of this, her brows unconsciously furrowing. Even a hundred fully armed guards were no match for the subordinates of this Highcliff Castle lord, let alone the group of wandering knights the Red Velvet kept.
As for bringing out the person behind her? She didn't think that Marquis Li Wei, who even dared to slay a dragon, would be afraid of that.
After a long while, she said resignedly, "Your Excellency, you don't have to do this. If there's anything you need me to do, please feel free to command me."
"You are a smart person." Li Wei glanced at the woman, then snapped his fingers. "Squad, fall back! Head home!"
What everyone didn't expect was that the previously weak and incompetent city official actually mustered up his courage at this time and stood in front of the Highcliff Castle group.
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"Your Excellency, you can't do this!"
"Regardless of how Crowe offended you, he should be punished on the spot, or handed over to the Noble Court for judgment, not taken away privately by you!" The middle-aged noble, regardless of the fear in his heart, still mustered his courage and swallowed hard as he spoke.
He had already realized something was wrong!
If he allowed this Highcliff Castle lord to take Crowe away, then this incident of Crowe personally offending Highcliff Castle would likely escalate to an unimaginable level.
Just thinking about the few people who would be involved made him tremble.
"Remember what I just said?" Li Wei put his hands in his pockets, completely relaxed, and looked down at the city official, who was a head shorter than him, and said calmly, "This matter had better have nothing to do with you."
"…" The city official, who had finally mustered his courage, suddenly seemed to be under a spell. He opened his mouth twice, but couldn't speak anymore.
Looking at the other party's eyes, as calm as a lake, he vaguely felt like a monstrous dragon was looking down at him, and in the next second, he would be swallowed by dragon breath and turned into slag.
"Y-Your Excellency, Crowe is… a knight conferred by His Highness the Prince. If you take him away, it might cause dissatisfaction with His Highness the Prince…" he stammered.
"Dissatisfaction? He better pray that I'm not dissatisfied!" Li Wei smiled slightly, put his hands in his pockets, and headed towards Fello's mansion in Gonda without looking back.
He heard that this prince had bought a magnificent mansion in Gonda, and he was just going to mooch a meal.
The food of the Holy Light Church was too bland. Eating it occasionally was fine, but eating it every day was simply unbearable.
The Gonda guards could only watch helplessly as the Highcliff Castle group left proudly. To be honest, although these ordinary Gonda patrol guards, who maintained law and order, didn't have a very high status, as local bullies in Gonda, and with Prince Bedoir backing them, they rarely encountered anyone who beat them all up and ignored them like ants on the side of the road.
The residents of the royal capital really had a kind of temperament that they weren't afraid even if the sky fell. Not only did they gather in circles to watch the excitement when the two sides clashed just now, but now that they saw that the conflict hadn't continued to escalate, they all showed disappointed expressions.
On the other hand, some mercenaries and rangers, after seeing the person they admired as domineering as the legends said, showed excited and agitated expressions, and gathered together to discuss when to go to Highcliff Castle and join this Lion Hunter Knight to contribute to this lord's cause!
The fully armed knights stared at the figure of their lord disappearing at the end of their line of sight before turning to ask the city official, "Your Excellency, why didn't you continue to stop Marquis Li Wei just now?"
"That's right, if we let him take Captain Crowe away like this, His Highness Bedoir will definitely be furious."
The city official's legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground with a thud. Only then did a group of knights realize that their lord's face was pale, and the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to his back: "You know nothing!"
"I just felt like I took a trip to the Grim Reaper's hands!"
"This Marquis Li Wei is a super ruthless person. All of you should hide for this period of time and try not to go out. If you do go out, don't provoke them."
"We also have His Highness Bedoir behind us, there's no need to be so afraid of them, right?" A knight with a scar on his face said.
It's no wonder they thought so. They were all elite Imperial Guards with group numbers, and they were also directly under the command of Prince Beyel, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them personal guards.
And the royal city had no shortage of nobles and royals. Even a marquis wouldn't easily offend them.
"His Highness the Prince?" The city official sneered meaningfully twice. In history, there were quite a few princes who were killed by legendary powerhouses, and he had never seen those kings go against a legendary powerhouse for a dead son.
Of course, he wouldn't say these words. Only a few people knew that this Highcliff Castle lord was a legendary powerhouse. He just kicked his nephew: "If you want to die, go ahead. Even His Majesty the King won't be able to protect you then!"
…
Li Wei arrived at Fello's mansion in Gonda. This mansion, called "Silvermoon Radiance," was located in the most prosperous area of Gonda, where even the most simple house would cost nearly a thousand gold coins to buy.
The first thing that came into view was the spacious hall. The ceiling of the hall was as high as six or seven blades, and a huge crystal chandelier hung, inlaid with countless magic gems, emitting a soft light. The floor of the hall was covered with a magnificent carpet, embroidered with intricate patterns, as if every step was on the clouds.
On both sides of the hall were long corridors, and the walls of the corridors were covered with portraits of past family members. Each painting seemed to be watching the visitors, revealing a sense of majesty and mystery.
At the end of the corridor was the study, which was filled with ancient books and scrolls. The bookshelves were inlaid with magic runes to ensure that this precious knowledge would never be eroded by time.
Behind the mansion was a huge garden, planted with exotic flowers and herbs, each plant emitting a faint magical aura.
The lord pretended to look around with his hands behind his back, and the urge to loot became stronger and stronger.
"I didn't expect that Your Highness the Prince would actually be so interested in these obscure magics."
Jin, with keen eyes, was surprised to find that there was actually a copy of "On Agronomy Magic" on the bookshelf in the study.
"I was found to have magical talent since I was a child, but the saddest thing in the world is to give you the opportunity to see the sky, but never let you touch the sky." This prince rarely revealed a sentimental look.
