Chapter 157: The storm begins

The one-sided battle ended very quickly.

Hundreds of horse thieves attacking the merchant regiment, only dozens of cavalry at the end successfully escaped, and disappeared on the vast grassland with the help of the night cover.

Under the orders of Leon, the Thunder Beast Battle Camp did not start a pursuit. If it crossed the border and entered the Corinthians' Corps, it would be a handle.

The boundary river was filled with floating corpses, and blood turned the entire river into a red river. The bloody smell that spread in the air could not be dispersed.

Several war horses that had lost their masters were wandering by the river, and their sad low voices spread far to the depths of the grassland.

The soldiers of the Thunder Beast Battle Camp began to clean up the battlefield, gathered the surrendered prisoners, confiscated the intact war horse weapons, and at the same time salvaged the bodies of the dead.

The people in the business group who escaped from death were undoubtedly the happiest. More than a dozen merchants expressed their gratitude to Leon. If Leon had not led the Thunder Beast War Battalion to appear in time, they would not only have to lose all their goods, but they might not have even been able to save their lives.

"Lord, you are still the brave warriors under your command!" A fox businessman exclaimed sincerely: "Colinworth has led several encirclements but failed. Viscount Meller has also banished the entire territory, and the horse thieves still came out to rob. It's really incompetent!"

"Colinworth is not incompetent..." Leon smiled slightly and said, "I will show you something and you will understand!"

Leon ordered all the bodies of the armored cavalry to be brought over and stripped off their armor in front of all the merchants and mercenaries.

Under the blazing light of the torch, the Corinworth family's emblem was in sight in these iron armor corners, and the people in the merchant group were suddenly in an uproar!

Some people may have had similar doubts, but they are definitely not as shocking as such obvious evidence in front of them. No one expected that Viscount Mele would actually let his territory guards disguised as horse thieves robbing the passing business trip.

Several mercenaries who had been mingled in the Castle of Colinworth before recognized the appearance of several corpses, and they were indeed people from the guards of Colinworth!

The scene was in full swing, and the merchants and mercenaries cursed the shamelessness of the Colinworth family, especially the dozens of mercenaries were even more excited.

During the initial battle, more than a dozen mercenaries died under the riding and shooting of the "horse thief", many of whom were friends and even relatives of the survivors.

"Everyone..." Leon raised his hand and signaled everyone to calm down first. He said in a deep voice: "This matter is very clear. Colinworth's Corps has adopted the most vicious and insidious means for the sake of the Sal. I must ask the Colinworth's family for this debt!"

"I would like to ask you to testify here. If the Colinworth family does not have any explanation, I will sue the city of Tormond or even Ugru at that time, and I will definitely give you an explanation!"

"Okay!" A cheer suddenly erupted from the crowd.

Looking at these excited merchants and mercenary guards, Leon smiled coldly in his heart. He wanted to see how the Viscount Mele would clean up the mess.

If the other party is not completely beaten and disabled this time, there will be troubles in Thal after taking over. If possible, Leon really hopes to completely knock the Colinworth family to the ground.

The victory tonight was the result of his careful planning and arrangement. He first spread rumors of the attack of the Water Demon Clan, and withdrew all the Thunder Beast Battle Camps stationed on the border, creating an atmosphere of war.

The people in Saar were panicked, and the merchants left in groups, which was exactly what Leon expected.

In fact, none of the soldiers who claimed to have been sent to the western part of the territory to resist the invasion of the Water Demon Clan were far away. Under the leadership of Leon, they followed the merchant group all the way until the so-called horse thief appeared and launched a thunder attack.

This is actually a trap, a big trap specially designed for the Colinworth aspect.

If Viscount Mele wants to frame the Thrall, he will definitely not allow this joint business group to leave safely and annihilate it in the Thrall territory. He can pour a pot of dirt that is difficult to wash away on Leon. At least from now on, no merchant will dare to go to Thrall to operate again.

But now, the big hole dug by Viscount Mele for Thal's leader has pitted himself!

After announcing the truth, Leon immediately sent troops to divide the group and rushed to Grey and Tormond with several mercenaries who were willing to testify.

While the Colinworth family had not yet woken up, he wanted to make this incident completely big!

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The incident of horse thieves besieging the merchant group in the rivers of Saarling and Colinworth was like a big rock thrown into the lake, which immediately caused huge waves in the Grey area.

A local dominant disguised his territory guards as horse thieves attacking the merchant group. Although such a thing has not happened before, it is definitely horrifying to be caught and exposed.

Although anyone who understands the inside story knows that Viscount Meller is not crazy to deal with Thrall, in the eyes of ordinary people, it feels that the Collinworth is too crazy and dangerous.

This is not like what a noble does, it is worse than a robber - at least they are robbing openly.

The first reaction was the Grey Mercenary Union. The Mercenary Union suffered a lot in the operation against Thrall by Colinworth, especially many mercenaries were attacked by so-called horse thieves, which made the union feel like they were slapped in the face.

So the Grey Mercenary Union first issued a statement announcing the withdrawal of its office in Colinworth Castle and demanding that Colinworth Colonel compensate for all losses.

Then, several large merchant groups expressed their dissatisfaction, believing that the Collinworth lord had seriously violated the laws of the kingdom and that the Collinworth family had to pay the price.

On the contrary, the upper class of Grey and the garrison, who should have responded the most, remained silent. Their statement was to wait for the provincial decision, because Thalling had already stabbed the incident directly to the city of Tormond, and believed that there would be a result in not long.

The Colinworth Territory is a territory with a long history. The Colinworth family's operation for hundreds of years can be said to be deeply rooted in the Grey area, and it is difficult to shake.

But this incident was too bad. The direct consequence was that some people who originally supported the Colinworth family began to alienate, and the negative impact of the mercenary unions and major merchant groups was even more widespread.

For a time, the Colinworth Castle, where the core of the Colinworth Leadership was located, seemed like a small boat in a storm, and seemed to have the possibility of capsizing at any time.

In the past few days, there seemed to be a layer of invisible haze over the Lord's Mansion of the Castle of Colinworth. The guards around the villa doubled, and everyone inside lost their smiles.

The servants and maids were all even more frightened and would never dare to approach the study room if they had nothing to do.

In the study, Viscount Mele, who was sitting behind the desk, looked aged in his teenage years, all his hair on his temples turned white, there were more wrinkles on his face, and the frustration and depression in his eyes were hard to hide.

The pain of losing the eldest son not long ago was exponentially imposed on the lord at this moment of failure.

The noose he carefully woven for Thrall was finally put on his neck. Although he would not die, the Colinworth family must have to pay an extremely heavy price.

Pain, regret, anger... like poisonous snakes biting Viscount Mele's heart. He knew that he was too impatient and was eager to kill Sarling and Leon, so he made mistakes one after another.

Making a mistake is not scary, what is scary is that you are caught by the other party!

Viscount Meller let out a long sigh, his eyes became firm again. He picked up his quill and dipped it ink, and leaned on the desk and quickly wrote a letter.

He wrote a letter and then covered the family's emblem with fire paint. Viscount handed the letter to the young knight who had been sitting at the desk.

"You send this letter to Grey City immediately, and you must hand it over to Earl Astin in person!"

A hint of pain flashed in the Viscount's eyes.

The young knight took the letter, and instead of getting up and leaving, he looked at the Viscount, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

"Zoke, ask whatever you want!" said Viscount softly.

This handsome young man, who was only in his twenties, was his second son Zoke Colinworth Wolf. After Deser's death, Zoke was Viscount Meller's only son and the first heir.

"My father, why do we have to fight against Thrall? They didn't want to do anything to us!" Zoke hesitated and said, "The rumors outside are not good to us now..."

"Stop!" Viscount's face suddenly became extremely ugly: "What do you know! Who do you think I did these things for? It's for you, for our entire family!"

Zoke lowered his head and dared not say anything. His personality is very different from his dead brother. He does not like to fight with others and is gentle and kind.

In Viscount Meller's eyes, kindness is equivalent to cowardice, so he puts all hopes on Deser, who is more like himself.

But now that Deser is dead, Viscount Mele can only place his last hope on Zoke.

Seeing his son's fearful look, Viscount Mele's rising anger faded a lot, and he said slowly: "Don't worry about what you say outside. Now Salling and Leon are our enemies. You must never forget who your elder brother died for!"

"We were not lucky this time and let them win, but don't think we lost everything. There are people who support us in Glee, Tormond, and even in Ugru."

"So we still have the opportunity. Don't admit defeat easily. If we don't completely defeat Thrall, our Colinworth family will always be able to trap Colinworth and slowly decline!"

Viscount Meller clenched his fists: "Next time, they won't be so lucky again!"
Chapter completed!