Chapter 99
After reading the letter, Justin understood the circumstances, "It looks like that weapon is a real deal from the way the Royal family conducted their business so fast . Such a foolish man, it would have been better for him to keep this weapon a secret and use it in times of need . "
Justin later gravely added, "However, if that weapon is so potent then wouldn't it cause a lot of casualties to our men . "
Duke Blackwolf gave a mysterious smile as he gave his conclusion, "Well, it would have been different if it were only us targetting them . However, this time he has made a lot of enemies and I am sure that even the Royal family would like to take a bite out of that Juicy trade which is taking place at North-frontier town . I heard he has also started making superior paper in his domain . Meanwhile, we can also use Max from the Morgan family to know about the whereabouts and the dealings of his Brother Joseph . And the very fact that Evan's brother is giving out his whereabouts means, we don't need to get our hands dirty . There will be a good show in the north from now on . However, a lot of people will be burned from the way I am looking at the events that are taking place . "
Justin curiously asked, "Why do you say that Lord?"
Blackwolf spoke in a grave tone, "You might not know about that man Vlad, but I very well know about that man . And from the way he is deploying his important men at North-frontier town . I am sure a big event would take place . Last time around when we attacked their caravans we lost all of our men . Who knew he would deploy his elites to protect that caravan . This is also one of the reasons why I stopped targetting the soap caravans going north-west to Fire-Abyss kingdom . "
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Evan's eldest brother Ralph said in the court to his father, "It seems Evan once again ruined our plans because of his ego . It was good that we can at least start our attacks on the Morgan family fleet with the premise of taking revenge for lost reputation at North-frontier town . I heard Marcus died at the hands of a slave, what are your opinions, Father?"
Duke Fjord was a short man of 5 feet and 5 inches, he was wearing a full armor which was blue, from the looks it seemed like an armor customized for Naval Battles . He was sitting in his courtroom .
Duke Fjord thought and said, "It seems there was a reason why that Baron intended to protect that slave, You might think that Marcus was a nobody, But in terms of strength alone he came top 5 in our Knight order . "
Ralph smiled as he spoke some unpleasant words, "I don't think that Darius would be too happy hearing the death of his brother . "
Duke Fjord furrowed his eyebrows as he heard this, he spoke as he assured his men in the court, "Of course, we will take our revenge for their despicable display and killing Marcus with unfair means by using demonic assassin techniques . Immediately order our men to raid any of Morgan family ships from now on in eastern seas when they cross the northern and southern belt, I will see how long he can protect a slave when their pockets start hurting . That upstart will rub his nose at our feet to stop these attacks . I will make sure he faces 10 times the humiliation that my son and our men faced over there . "
Ralph smiled as he thought of his father's orders, 'Hmph . . . , I am quite sure you are happy for the first time because of Evan's actions since you legitimately got a chance to rob their ships . I wonder how Prince Hector will fare at Evan's assassination . I hope they take some action so I can get rid of that pesky kid hogging all the resources from father and only focus on eldest brother, Grim . I wonder what does father sees in him with all the ruckus he usually makes . Well, he will still die either way, if not, I can still humiliate him because of that previous incident in North-frontier town . '
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This Time Ambassador Luke personally met King Lionheart at his mansion .
Lionheart heartily laughed as he greeted Luke, "hahaha, you made quite a good deal with that novice . We practically didn't pay him anything apart from magic metal mine for the blueprints and the production line of those ballistas . Those very specs of the ballista get me excited so much that I can't even wait to get my hands on them . It's good that we got it cheap . "
Luke smiled and spoke confidently, "Well, he was in a bind because of offending all the dukes left and right not to mention Prince Hector so it was not hard to get such a deal out of him . However, I don't think Prince Hector will be happy with such a turn of events . From this deal, I can see that Count John particularly targetted Prince Hector's Banquet with an intent to ruin his plan and previously he also offended Duke Evan so I guess he revealed his ace to show his power as well as to let people think twice before targetting him and not to take him as a pushover . While it was good that his ideologies didn't meet with Radiant church or we would have been in a bind . "
Lionheart nodded, "Hmm . . . it's true that it was for him not having the same ideologies as Radiant church, I think he got that weapon from that Dwarf Tornwall . Even if Duke bluesea of Fireabyss kingdom gets this weapon, we shouldn't be worried about this noble anymore . That guy has quite the guts to humiliate a royalty since he intended to target Hector with this announcement . I guess he knew about Hector's nature and hence the backlash . Anyway, I heard he has recently started a University with an intent to cover all occupations and commoners at his Domain and those old men at Imperial University are raging just because some of the teachers left them and that increased their work . "
Luke thought when heard about hector from the king, 'Well your nature is the same, isn't it in the genes?'
Luke then replied, "I guess those old men felt a little loss of their power and authority since a lot of guys left because of not getting chances over all the years . I think one reason might be those guys openly defying them after bottling up all those experiences all these years . When I was at North-frontier town, I saw the Rose Institute, it was quite bigger than our Imperial University, I guess those old men didn't like this fact the most . "
Lionheart furrowed his brows when he heard Rose Institute being bigger than Imperial University, "I wonder how were they able to fund and make such a big structure in such a short period of time . It seems there are a lot of secrets in North-frontier City . As for those Old men, it's true they were more angry at the fact that many of those men cursed them and talked ill about them in broad daylight before leaving for Rose Institute . "
Luke spoke without any care as he expressed his thoughts, "Well, As a foodie, I would like to be stationed at that city for all my life . Their food is quite good as I heard in the rumors . I guess he is earning a lot because the food in his domain is quite good . Even the commoners making food at the stalls are worthy to be appreciated . I guess Count John was very successful in spreading the food culture in his city which has increased the interest of people in making delicious dishes at that town . "
Lionheart thought neutrally and spoke, "It seems even I will have to try the food at Hope sometime in the future . "
Luke remembered the wine and told the king, "However, I think you should be worried about your brother-in-law if that guy decides to sell that alcohol in huge quantities that he served at his banquet the last time . They were particularly strong and had a better taste than all the wines that I ever drank here or outside Aelius . However, he indicated at the Banquet that those wines would only be sold at his restaurants and inside North-frontier City in small quantities to everyone so people can't profit from buying in huge bulk . It can be seen that he decided to back off in this business because he knew of your brother-in-law and was quite cautious if we misunderstood . "
King Lionheart laughed as he heard him, "hahaha, It looks like he intentionally said those words so he won't antagonize us . Well, you know how we work, right? Just make sure to secure those blueprints . Did you have any more news from that banquet?"
