Chapter 36 Relatives gather together and plot before departure
In Gut, when Baron Orcott received the letter from Verin, his first reaction was suspicion.
"Butler, go and call Archon Abbott."
"Yes, sir."
After the butler left, Alcott sat down with the letter and carefully checked the information on it again.
With a special family crest, he believed that it was written by his nephew. But how did the other party know that more than 200 mountain dwarves would escort a batch of mountain copper through the border area of the Gray Wasteland.
"There is a big question, should I agree?" Alcott tapped the desk regularly and began to think about the pros and cons.
After a while, the chief archon of Gut and Alcott's guardian knight Abbott arrived in the study, saluted him and said, "My lord, you are looking for me."
"Abbott, take a look at this."
Seeing his confidant coming, Alcott handed the letter directly to Abbott and asked him to read it.
A few minutes later, Abbott pondered for a while and answered: "My Lord, I think the information described in this letter has an 80% probability of being true. Your nephew can't make up a lie to fool you."
"Under this premise, the leading mountain dwarves who are escorting precious metals such as mountain copper are definitely not weak. According to your nephew's strength, he must not be able to rob it, so he will ask you for help."
"Finally, you have met the basic requirements for promotion to Viscount, and only the military merit is missing. This time is an opportunity."
"Therefore, I think you can agree to go."
Olkott thought about it and thought it made sense. His nephew couldn't fool him like this, which would cause a serious blow to his reputation in the family.
"Okay, go down and ask the Knights to assemble. This time, I want to retrieve enough mountain dwarf heads to add the last brick to my promotion to Viscount."
"Yes, my lord."
When Alcott made up his mind and began to assemble his troops, Brian in the Ridge Territory led all his bronze knights and knight attendants to the Praying Star Lake as soon as he received the letter, leaving the territory to the magic knight Adrian for management.
Finally, in the Maple Leaf Territory in the northeast of Kadlo Province, Alik's father Edgar called his son over as soon as he received the letter.
"Father, you are looking for me."
Edgar heard this, opened his eyes, looked at his eldest son, and asked: "Velin Aix, the fifth son of the contemporary family, what do you think?"
After hearing this, Alik was stunned, not knowing why his father asked about this matter.
However, since his father asked, he could only answer truthfully.
"I met Weilin in Brian's castle and spent some time with him. He is shrewd, knows how to weigh the pros and cons, and most importantly, is cautious."
"Okay, go gather the people and prepare to go to Weilin's territory with me." Edgar told Alick after hearing this.
"Yes, father."
He did not ask why he did this, believing that his father would make his own decision.
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On September 16, an unusual day, Alcott, Edgar and Brian arrived at the Praying Star Lake with their subordinates.
"My two uncles, my cousin, please come in."
With a smile on his face, Weilin brought his two elders and cousin to a carefully decorated room.
After a round of politeness, Weilin took out the topographic map he had scouted in advance and began to explain the plan.
"Uncle Alcott, Uncle Edgar, Cousin Brian. Four days later, more than 200 mountain dwarves will escort a batch of mountain copper through here, and the strongest ones will be high-ranking silver."
Sitting in the first position on the left, Alcott looked at the detailed topographic map on the table and asked, "Velin, everyone has their own secrets, but I still want to confirm with you that there will really be mountain dwarves escorting mountain copper mines through here."
On the other side, Edgar also looked serious, staring at his nephew whom he had never met, hoping to get his affirmative response.
As for Brian, he didn't care. Anyway, he believed that Velin would not deceive himself, and didn't care whether this was a lie.
"Two elders, I swear to the goddess of life and the ancestors of the family that everything I said is true."
Seeing this, the two middle-aged men believed Velin's words in their hearts.
"In that case, let's discuss this action plan."
As the most powerful person among the four, Alcott deservedly took over the command of this action.
Edgar on the other side nodded in agreement. It was meaningless for Verin and Brian to do it.
After all, in this operation, Alcott brought the most people, with 200 bronze knights and 6 silver knights, and he himself was also a high-level silver knight.
Next was Edgar, with 120 bronze knights and 4 silver knights.
Then there was Brian, with 50 bronze knights, plus himself, a silver knight.
Finally, there was himself, with eight bronze knights and two silver knights.
"In this operation, I will resist the high-level silver warriors among the mountain dwarves."
"Edgar, Brian, you two lead the remaining silver knights to resist other mountain dwarf silver-level enemies."
"As for Verin, Alick, you are responsible for leading the bronze knights to encircle and suppress the remaining mountain dwarf transport personnel."
"Because our actions will definitely cause retaliation from the other side, the information must be kept confidential, and no mountain dwarf can be let go."
Seeing Alcott finish speaking, Verin asked, "Cousin, can you use this opportunity to blame the centaur for this matter?"
Everyone in the conference room looked at Weilin, very confused.
"Tell me about it."
Seeing this, Verin took out a bone token from his arms, with the words Doris written on it, as well as the unique mark of the Centaur clan.
Alcott recognized the token at a glance and asked doubtfully: "Where did you get the Centaur Silver Warrior token."
"Uncle, I can't tell you this, but we can use this opportunity to stir up the relationship between the mountain dwarves and the centaurs, so that we can clear our suspicions."
"Weilin, this kind of thing is easy to be exposed, and doing so will bring us great hidden dangers." Edgar clarified the relationship and advised.
"Uncle, don't worry, even if the matter is exposed, the ultimate finger will not be pointed at us, but at the Harkes family."
After careful consideration, Alcott nodded and said, "Yes, but when deploying, use deodorizing potion to cleanse the breath on the token to prevent the other party from using magic to search for it."
"Uncle, I understand."
The next day, 378 bronze knights and 14 silver knights took enough supplies and left the Lake of Prayer for Stars, heading 150 kilometers southwest to ambush the mountain dwarves and rob the rare metal of orichalcum. .
