The Second Son of the Count Is Too Good

“What do you mean?”

Lugres asked blankly. It made so much sense that I wondered if I had heard it wrong. But the messenger repeated the same words with a tearful face.

“The castle has been taken! Enemy troops are currently stationed in the territory!”

“Nonsense!”

Lugres jumped up and shouted.

“Even if all the inhabitants of the territory occupied by Bjorn were armed, it would take years to siege the castle! Does it make sense that it was captured in just a month!”

“Yeah, but it really fell! The pattern on the flag on the castle is different!”

“gibberish! Bullsh*t!”

“dismissal.”

The one who stopped Lugress, who gritted his teeth and denied it, was the knight he was with. The knight opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“Just check it out. It’s not too far to the castle anyway.”

“OK! I will go and check it myself!”

After leaving the barracks, Lugres ordered the soldiers.

“Prepare your horse! Guards follow me! Return to the territory for a while!”

There is no such thing as the castle being captured. Anyway, even if it’s daytime drinking, it’s just one guy’s nonsense. Suppressing his uneasiness, Lugres climbed onto the horse.

Everything would have been obvious if you checked it out yourself.

* * *

“Unbelievable.”

The eyes of Lugres, who was looking up at the castle, shook violently. What was engraved on the hanging flag was not the pattern he changed after becoming the family head.

A pattern used by my older brother, the previous lord. Even after his nephew Bjorn was kicked out, the pattern he had been using was still hanging.

At that time, a large shadow shimmered on the castle wall.

“Bjorn!”

His mouth fell open in astonishment. It’s not just Bjorn. Soldiers in uniforms, never seen before, continued to appear on the walls.

‘It was really captured.’

I couldn’t afford to deny reality anymore. It’s really over the top. The question of how the heck ran through his head.

No matter how few troops are left, the besiegers must be ten times as many as the defenders. But Bjorn’s troops would be far from enough.

“… Your Excellency, Your Excellency!”

At that time, the knight awakened Lugres’ thoughts again. The knight said with a terribly distorted face.

“Your Excellency, the castle has been captured. You must return quickly.”

“Going back. Where do you mean going back?”

“We have to join the soldiers in the dungeon. If you stay here, we may come out to attack you.”

“hahahaha.”

I’d rather let go of my mind, but the servant continued to awaken Lugres. The grim reality continued to creep in.

Lugres, who had closed his eyes for a moment, spoke in a weak voice.

“Go back to the dungeon.”

After all, there was nowhere else to go. There was only darkness in the eyes that once glowed with greed.

* * *

“You are going.”

Bjorn muttered on top of the castle wall. I couldn’t see it well because it was so far away, but it was a weak movement.

“Bocchan, please give me an order.”

“Henrik.”

“If you chase it right now, you will catch it.”

Henrik glared at Lugres’ back with his eyes darkened with blood. How can you not be resentful?

In fact, he was the one who directly suffered from Lugres’ bullying. It was only when I thought the same thing that I wanted to tear it into a thousand pieces and kill it.

“Stop it.”

“Bocchan, if by any chance you felt the kinship… … .”

“It is not like that. At this distance, you can’t catch it anyway.”

I don’t know about others, but it’s a long way from catching Lugress and the knight. If you go in too deep while chasing, you may rather be attacked by the pursuing party.

“I’ll just leave it alone because it’ll take away my strength. Do you know?”

“It is, but.”

Henrik is also a talented person who has risen from a commoner to an honorary knight. There’s no way I can’t measure the distance. But my stomach churned.

Even if it’s useless, it’s my honest feeling that I want to see him run away.

“Stop doing nonsense.”

“Sir Ray.”

Ray appeared from behind and stopped Henrik.

“This castle was occupied by the master’s strategy. Please do not cause trouble to the lord by acting arbitrarily.”

“Kuhm.”

At Ray’s cool words, Henrik cleared his throat and turned his head. It was an unpleasant but piercing sound.

If I went out to resolve my grudge and then cut all my strength, I wouldn’t be able to see Luke. After Ray left, Henrik sighed.

“He is a difficult person to deal with.”

“There is only deep loyalty.”

“The problem is that it is too deep. I wish I could be as flexible as Sir Bruno.”

“The castle fell thanks to her. Whether they are flexible or not, what will we say after being carried on their backs?”

Henrik shook his head and turned his head. Certainly, I had nothing to say if I pointed that out. Even now, at the time of the capture of the castle, things were good.

‘I never thought I’d climb up the wall alone and open the door.’

Lugres literally took out all his troops, leaving only the bare minimum. Of course, even in the late night security, a hole was pierced.

If there were more than 10 people, at least one could go up unnoticed. And the moment she stepped onto the wall, everything was over.

– aaah! A monster, a monster!

– Back off! Bring the spear and crossbow!

– If you get close, you die!

Frightened by the power of the god, the enemies were in a hurry to retreat, and Ray ran straight down and opened the gate.

By the time he brought a lot of crossbows and spears to fight her, Bjorn’s army had already arrived.

-You’re late.

It was so scary to talk to Henrik among the piles of fragmented bodies. Even now, when I think about it, my body trembles.

“What are you planning on doing with him? Put two such people under your command.”

“well.”

Bjorn remembered Luke. A man he served as his lord. And the man who said he would make himself the King of the North.

I don’t know how far that field of view extends, but one thing is certain.

“No matter what he does, he must rise to the point where he can help.”

Reclaiming this territory completely will be the first step. Bjorn closed his eyes and repeated what his master had said.

The word King of the North.

* * *

As soon as Lugres returned to the dungeon, he called all the knights. After explaining the current situation, he looked around with deep sunken eyes and said.

“Maybe now?”

“We must recapture the castle right now.”

A young knight in the last seat offered his opinion.

“They captured the castle, but it wasn’t many in the first place. The inside hasn’t stabilized yet, so if you attack now… … .”

“Nonsense!”

It was an old knight with quite a bit of experience who dismissed the young knight’s words. He was a confidant who also participated in the fight for the successor with Bjorn.

“Is it because you don’t know how strong a fortress Beldain Castle is? If you attack now, it’s like banging your head against a rock!”

“All you have to do is induce chaos within! There will definitely be a response from the inside.”

“They would have picked out all those who deserved it and put them in jail. The opponent is Bjorn Veldine.”

Although he had been away from the castle for several years, he was one of the heirs of the old family. There will still be people who miss Bjorn. Internal stabilization should have been completed in no time.

“It would be better if you pretended to respond and didn’t set traps. There must be someone who switched to Bjorn without our knowledge.”

“I think so too. Any other opinions?”

When Lugres asked again, this time the middle-aged knight opened his mouth.

“If you use the relics from dungeon raids in war… … .”

“That doesn’t even sound funny.”

This opinion was not worth listening to at all. It’s not just because of the soldiers’ dissatisfaction or low morale.

A leisurely dungeon raid in a yard where the most important supply was gone.

“There are supplies left now, but that’s enough to last a week at most. What if the attack isn’t over by that time? Do you mean to eat weeds?”

At Lugres’s blow, the middle-aged knight backed away with a reddened face.

“How about attacking the Greve territory, that is, Elmholt?”

“Elmholt?”

“yes.”

It was an outrageous opinion. As Lugres became interested, the knight calmly explained the story.

“Currently, the acting lord of Elmholt… … .”

“It is a usurper. What is the deputy lord?”

“Yes, the usurper is the bastard of the Bernstein family. They say that they won the favor of being the hometown of their mother’s side and took it as a bloodless entry.”

“I said so. Philip, if only he did it right… … .”

Lugres suppressed the growing irritation. Because that’s not what’s important now.

“It is said that Bernstein’s bastard promised various benefits, including tax cuts. Perhaps the reason why I took the castle is because of that promise.”

“I heard that too. It’s pretty unconventional.”

“Yes, but at the same time, the bastard is being held back by that promise. Because I couldn’t gather any troops. That’s why Bjorn’s troops didn’t increase.”

Conscription is an act that the locals dislike much more than tax cuts. If you recklessly try to be drafted, you will lose all the public sentiment that you had.

On the contrary, there will be people who lament that the time of the former lord was good. Of course, you can’t recklessly conscript soldiers in the position where you promised this and that.

“But Bjorn’s forces are all in Beldain Castle right now.”

“Then, the bastard doesn’t have a military force right now.”

“That’s right.”

Lugres’ eyes widened. It was as if a ray of light was coming in in despair. Of course, it is not difficult to occupy a territory without an army.

It’s impossible to stop this army with only a bastard and one or two knights under his command.

“good night! Then head to Elmholt right now!”

I will occupy Elmholt, restore my strength, and confront Bjorn again. It’s not over yet.

The fading hope was rekindled in Lugres’ eyes.

* * *

It was a vain hope. The moment they approached Elmholt’s small castle, a flurry of arrows flew into them.

“Ouch! It is an arrow!”

“shield! Raise your shield!”

It was a pity that I was careless because I thought there would be no troops. As the army approached, archers appeared on the walls at once.

Even the troops waiting in the dust seemed to be formidable.

“What the heck, those troops! Didn’t I say there would be no army!?”

“That, that… … .”

“Such a worthless bastard!”

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Lugres, while arguing with his subordinates, did not understand the current situation. Breaking so many promises and being conscripted obediently to follow orders?

Luke sneered at Lugres, who was wandering around in confusion.

“They used their brains quite a bit, but they should have thought about what they were aiming for.”

It was clear what the opponent was thinking. Those who have lost their base need supplies and a base.

And this isn’t something only Luke knows. This is something that anyone with a keen eye for Youngjimin would notice.

‘Does Yeong Ji-min obediently give away his property and land to someone who turns out to be crazy?’

All of the supplies are the burden of the local people, and making a base means that the hometown is caught up in a war.

As long as the information is passed on, the vigilantes will assemble on their own, even if Luke does not have to recruit them. Bruno, who was next to Luke, looked at Lugres and said.

“Can I catch that here?”

“what? really?”

“The morale of the soldiers is low. The confusion seems to be worse than I thought.”

“Then you can’t miss it.”

In fact, I thought we would retreat from here and fight for another week or so, but it seemed that the enemy was more devastated than we could have imagined.

Then there is no reason to miss it. Luke nodded and said.

“Go get it.”

“Shall I bring only the neck? Or alive?”

“As fine as possible.”

If possible, he was thinking of having him face to face with Bjorn. If you don’t face the enemy face to face, there is a limit that can’t be solved.

“All right. Please wait a moment.”

Bruno, who swung his spear vigorously, led some troops out of the gate. It didn’t take long for the battle to end.

That night, Lugres, dragged by the scruff of the neck by Bruno, is thrown into prison. It was the next day when Bjorn received the news and came to Elmholt.

It was the end of the Veldine Succession War.