Chapter 691: Viscount Eli Has a Secret

Wheatgrain City is 23 kilometers away from the border between Stovia Region and North Cape Region.

Two hours later, the group arrived at the foot of Maili City.

A hundred meters away from the city gate, looking up, the soldiers guarding the city gate were relatively well-behaved towards civilians entering the city.

Looking back, more than 30 people from the Third Squadron of Viscount Eli's Punishment Army were panting and gasping for breath.

Weilin just glanced at it indifferently and didn't pay any attention.

It’s only 23 kilometers, and if you march at full speed, you can finish it in 20 minutes.

"Sir, I will go to inform you." The middle-aged man came in front of Weilin, bowed and said respectfully.

Seeing Weilin nod, the middle-aged man did not dare to delay, entered the city, and ran towards the Lord's Mansion of Maili City.

A moment later, a high-ranking silver knight passed through two doors, came to the study and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Hearing the master's voice, the silver high-ranking knight pushed open the door, came to the middle-aged man, bowed and saluted, and reported: "Master, Viscount Qixing is visiting?"

Hearing his confidant's words, the middle-aged strong man was stunned at first, then he came back and asked uncertainly: "Are you talking about Verin Aix, the grandson of the Duke of Moravia?"

"Yes, my lord."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man stood up, picked up his staff, and prepared to walk out the door. When he took a step with his left foot, he stepped back and asked belatedly, "No, I'm not familiar with Viscount Qixing. Why did he come to see me?"

"This……"

The Silver High Knight suddenly reacted. He had just heard the report from the Punishment Army officer, so he hurried over to report, but forgot to ask the reason.

"Take me to find the punitive officer first." Looking at the guardian knight's expression, Eli Doyle did not blame him.

"Yes, my lord."

In the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion, the middle-aged man looked at the guards around him, feeling somewhat uneasy.

"grown ups."

Hearing the guard's voice, the middle-aged man raised his head, looked at the middle-aged strong man walking straight towards him, subconsciously knelt on the ground and knocked his head on the ground.

When Viscount Mai Lizi was executed, he saw with his own eyes that Viscount Eli smashed Viscount Mai Lizi's head with his staff.

In his eyes, although Viscount Eli was a mage, he was an elemental mage who was better at close combat than a warrior.

Eli Doyle came up to the middle-aged man and asked, "Tell me, why did Viscount Qixing come to Wheatgrain City?"

The middle-aged man did not dare to hide anything and reported everything truthfully, including telling every detail of what the deputy general of the Punishment Army, Les, had done.

"My lord, Viscount Qi Xing is unconventional and kind to others. I'm afraid he came to us this time for the brother and sister." The high-level silver knight leaned close to Eli's ear and reported in a low voice.

"You're right." Eli nodded in agreement. "In the western part of the kingdom, Viscount Qixing has a very good reputation. He treats people kindly, does things fairly, and most importantly, he doesn't eat alone. If his 15th Army didn't need people, I really want to join him."

Seeing this, the high-ranking silver knight took the opportunity to suggest, "My lord, this is an opportunity. That underground..."

Having said that, the High-ranking Silver Knight shut up and stopped talking.

Eli looked down at the middle-aged man, his eyes flickering, and said in a deep voice: "Go and capture all the high-ranking officers of the Punishment Army."

"Yes, my lord."

The high-ranking silver knight saluted with his chest beat, summoned a team of guards, and walked towards the Punishment Army’s base in the northern part of Maili City.

"stand up."

Hearing the emotionless voice, the middle-aged man stood up tremblingly, with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Take me to see Viscount Qixing. If you perform well, I can consider sparing your life." Eli said expressionlessly.

"Yes, my lord."

The middle-aged man answered quickly and led the way.

Eli selected a few personal guards and headed to the east gate of Maili City.

Outside the east gate of Wheatgrain City, Weilin had nothing to do and was stroking Xiaohong's mane.

Feeling the life energy coming from the master's palm, Xiaohong closed her eyes comfortably.

"My Lord, someone is coming."

Kyle came up to Weilin and whispered.

Looking up, he saw a middle-aged strong man with several guards and the officer of the Punishment Army walking towards him.

"Sir Weilin, I am Eli Doyle, from the province of Knu. I am currently the deputy commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 12th Army, temporarily managing the Lordship of Mai Lizi and the surrounding 13 baronies. I am very sorry for the offense my subordinates have caused you."

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, Weilin did not show an aggressive attitude.

"Lord Eli, I'm glad to meet you here. I'm just in a whim. Please don't mind if I disturb you."

"Hahaha, don't mind. If there was someone to introduce me to you, I would have wanted to meet you a long time ago." Eli followed up on Weilin's topic.

After a few words, the two gradually became familiar with each other.

"Sir Weilin, my direct troops only have more than 600 people, and with the Crusaders, there are only 1,200 people. It is very difficult to control this land of 6,000 square kilometers, so I recruited local adventurers and mercenaries, and selected some captives who changed their faith to form a punitive army of about 1,500 people to strengthen the law and order here and assist the Life Church in its missionary work. I didn't expect to encounter such a situation."

After hearing Eli's explanation, Weilin smiled and said, "Viscount Eli, you don't have to worry about being enemies with me. We are both nobles of the Kingdom of Eliya. Some things can be discussed openly. After all, we have no conflict of interest."

“Just as the other nobles said, you are kind, humble and polite. Thank you for your understanding.” Eli breathed a sigh of relief and said with gratitude on his face.

Weilin smiled and replied, "Haha, that's just their flattery, don't take it seriously."

Not long after, seventeen high-ranking officers of the Punishment Army were escorted to the east gate of Maili City. They knelt on the ground with fear in their eyes.

Weilin took a quick look and performed a camp check. Six of them were in the lawful camp, four were in the neutral camp, and the remaining seven were in the evil camp.

Eli watched this scene with a bit of embarrassment on his face. After all, he was the one who chose these people.

"Lord Eli, this is your army, I will not interfere."

"Sir Weilin, don't worry, I won't let these seven damn bastards leave this world easily alive." Seeing this, Eli patted his chest and promised.

"In that case, I won't stay long."

Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Eli hurriedly said, "Sir Weilin, wait a moment, I have some private matters to discuss with you."

Looking at Eli's expression, Weilin nodded and followed him to the side.