The Original Vampire

The time has come to mid-March, and I can vaguely feel the footsteps of spring.

For the North, where winters are exceptionally long, spring seems to have come a little early this year.

Perhaps the merciful Lord couldn't bear to see the famine continue to rage, and wanted to make the spring ploughing go ahead.

But even if the crops are planted now, the grain will not be harvested until the fall.

Therefore, the famine is destined to take away the lives of more northerners.

It is also destined to lead to more unrest.

"Chaos is the ladder."

Colin read the letter in his hand with a playful expression.

"Is that the only sentence?" Vera asked curiously when she saw Colin stopped.

The two of them were enjoying breakfast at this time, but the housekeeper Aemon suddenly handed over a letter that had just been received.

The letter came from Ironforge, obviously, from the hand of Marquis Dawson.

"Yes, that's it." Colin sneered, crumpled the letter into a ball, and threw it into the fireplace.

The flame jumped for a moment, and then calmed down.

"Marquis Dawson should be trying to win over you, right?" Vera sipped her milk, but was stirred up by the letter in her heart.

"It should be." Colin looked at Vera, whose face was pale, stretched out his hand to hold the other's slightly cold hand, and comforted, "Don't worry, this shameless dwarf who betrayed your father, I will definitely cut it down with my own hands. his head!"

"Yeah." Vera nodded, holding Colin's big hand with her backhand, feeling a little at ease.

Colin continued to bury his head in the food on the plate, but what was in his mind was the words in the letter from Marquis Dawson.

Perhaps, as the cold winter is about to recede, the turmoil in the north will gradually begin.

After breakfast, Colin was about to take Vera to the garden when he saw the housekeeper Aemon coming over again: "Master, the messenger from the northern front is here again."

"Northern Frontline?" Colin was stunned for a moment before he understood who Aemon was talking about.

Isn't this the future big brother!

"Take him to my study.

"

"Yes, sir."

Then, Colin turned to Vera and said bluntly, "Your brother is here, do you want to meet?"

"Charles?" Vera was taken aback for a moment, but then her little face wrinkled and seemed very tangled.

"If you don't want to see it, then you can't see it. I'm afraid he sneaked back this time. It's a little inappropriate for you to see it."

"Okay, then you can go to work, I will go to the garden myself."

"Well, I'll come back to you later."

...

"Haha, Your Excellency Charles, welcome to Ice Rock City again!"

"Dear Viscount Angele, thank you for your hospitality!"

Seeing Charles again, his attitude towards Colin is still as respectful as last time.

As if he really forgot that he was once the first heir to the Duke of the North.

Colin invited Charles to be seated with a smile, and asked the maid to bring coffee and pastries.

However, Charles seemed to be in a hurry. He just took a sip of coffee and asked directly, "Viscount Angele, how did you think about my proposal last time?"

Colin froze in his heart, knowing that Charles was obviously still obsessed with the previous proposal to attack the Troll King City.

"Charles, without the order of the Duke, I would not dare to send troops to attack the Troll Empire without authorization."

"Viscount Angele, you are not sending troops without authorization, but are forced to fight back."

"What's the meaning?"

"When I came back from the front line this time, the Troll Empire had already dispatched 100,000 troops to the south, and it is estimated that they will reach Ice Rock City in more than a month!"

Colin's heart moved: "Oh? Did the trolls really send troops?"

Charles said with oath: "It is absolutely true! Viscount Angele, this time the trolls sent a hundred thousand troops to the south, which can be said to have completely emptied the family. Now the defense inside the troll empire is basically useless, you only need to lead a team. The elite cavalry can easily capture the Troll King City and make an indelible feat!"

Seeing that Colin was still hesitating, Charles persuaded again: "Viscount Angele, I know that you have received assistance from the half-elf kingdom, and the Silvermoon Guard will help you guard Ice Rock City, even if the Black Cavalry is transferred, don't worry The rear is unstable, if that's the case, why don't you gamble with me!"

Colin rolled his eyes in his heart, secretly saying that of course you are willing to gamble, you don't need to bet anyway.

"Charles, although your strategy really makes my heart move, I still have to ask the Duke for instructions."

"It will be too late!" Charles was a little anxious, "Viscount Angele, before I set off, the troll army has already been dispatched. If you ask Winter City for instructions again, I am afraid that the trolls have already approached Ice Rock City. Now, at that time, how can you divide your troops to attack the Troll King City?"

"Don't the Golden Lions still have three military forts on the front line? Can't we delay the troll army?"

The military fortresses that Colin mentioned were actually the three military fortresses that Prince Okamoto dedicated to Duke St. Hilde at Vera's coming-of-age ceremony.

Troll King City is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and there are only three main passages for the army to pass through, and these three military forts are just set up at the key positions of these three passages.

"Viscount Angele, do you know how many troops the Golden Lions are stationed in these three military fortresses?" Charles' face filled with helplessness.

"How many?"

"Three thousand."

"Three thousand fortresses in total?"

"Yes. And most of them are recruits."

Ke Lin was speechless for a while. The Golden Lion Army had only stationed so many people in such an important military location. How could it be possible to stop the army of trolls?

wrong!

Colin suddenly realized that these three military fortresses were likely to be deliberately abandoned by Duke St. Hilde.

First, the Golden Lions need to concentrate their efforts to deal with the internal rebellion. Second, I am afraid that Duke St. Hilde deliberately wants to lure the trolls out...

With that said...

"Sorry, Charles, I wouldn't send troops without the Duke's order." Colin's attitude suddenly became extremely tough.

Charles looked at Colin's firm eyes, and after a while he finally shook his head and sighed, "Colin, did you guess something?"

Colin also smiled: "Charles, you should have met the Duke, right?"

This time, Charles did not deny it, but nodded and said, "Yes, since it has reached this point, I will not hide it from you. The sneak attack plan this time was actually made by my father."

really!

Colin sneered in his heart, Duke St. Hilde really wanted to use him.

But under the current situation, it would be too naive to ask Charles to send troops by relying on a few inflammatory words and those illusory achievements of Charles.

Colin of course understood that he had to send troops, not only because of Duke St. Hilde's order, but because once the troll army approached the north, Ice Rock City was indeed very likely to be the first target.

However, the Duke of St. Hilde did not think about giving anything, and let Colin work for him.

"Charles, since it is the Duke's order, of course I will not disobey. However, the messenger I sent to Winter City has not been received by the Duke for more than two months. This kind of behavior really makes me feel chilled. what."

"Viscount Angele, of course my father knows that you want to ask to marry Vera. He actually approves of this marriage. So, as long as you are willing to send troops to attack the Troll King City, he will definitely receive your messenger!"

"Oh? Lord Duke really said that?"

"Of course, I swear to you in the name of the holy ancestor of the Saint Hilde family! As long as you can lead your army to break through the Troll King City, Vera will definitely marry into the Angele family!"

Colin stared into Charles' eyes, and finally nodded after a while:

"Okay! After three days, I will send troops to attack the Troll King City!"