Baron paced back and forth, cursing fiercely. He then roared at the knights beside him, "Gather all the knights who are on vacation. Tell Kyle, Arvin, and Kelly to come see me!"
The news of Cizé's kidnapping was like a stone thrown into Amborite Castle. The originally relaxed and even somewhat lazy atmosphere in the castle suddenly boiled up.
Hearing that Cizé had been kidnapped, Kyle, Arvin, and Kelly all rushed to Baron's study as if their butts were on fire.
In the study, the baron's gloomy face was filled with endless anger, but what was strange was that there was not much panic on his face.
Seeing his three capable subordinates walk in, Baron did not invite them to sit down as he usually did.
These three men were the three platoon captains of the four retainers under Baron's command. They were all top-notch middle-ranked warriors with a profession level of 10 or close to 10.
The other platoon captain was Boris.
Most of the top-notch middle-ranked knights at level 9 or 10 would not be willing to serve a low-ranking noble like Baron unless they were conferred as a knight. Even though Baron Amborite's strength was far superior to that of an ordinary baron, such talents needed to be carefully recruited.
But today, he was obviously not in the mood.
Baron Amborite did not discuss anything with his subordinates. Instead, he directly gave an order. "Kelly, take two squads of soldiers and four knights to Mount Mermaid and prepare to bring Cizé back. Remember to bring the short message spell scroll. I will tell you where to find Cizé when the time comes."
"Short message spell" was a level-5 spell. This spell allowed the user to contact familiar creatures. The user could use this spell to send short messages to any place in the world, even to another world.
As a level-5 spell, this universal scroll cost more than 1000 crowns. If it was not related to the life and death of his son, even a wealthy noble like Baron Amborite would not be willing to use it casually.
"Alvin, a caravan from the Brady Chamber of Commerce has arrived in Amborit Township today. Send someone to keep an eye on this caravan and see what they're up to, but don't alarm them."
"Kyle, close the castle gates and strengthen the castle's defenses and patrols according to wartime standards."
The three knight commanders glanced at each other. Without asking any questions, they lowered their heads and left.
As the knights closest to Baron Amborite, the few knight commanders could feel from the clues that there was a powerful force behind Baron Amborite that could not be exposed.
This was not a big deal for many nobles, because there were many evil gods operating in the dark among the humans. It was normal for some nobles who were greedy to collude with some dark but powerful evil gods.
After listening to the Baron's order, the knights knew that the Baron was going to use the power in the dark.
After sending the three knight commanders away, Baron Amborite went to the study on the third floor. He opened a secret door in the corner of the study and entered a dark room in the middle of the third floor of the palace.
After entering the dark room, the Baron used a simple spell to turn on the magic lamp in the dark room.
When Baron Amborite was young, he had also studied at Antalya Mage School. However, his aptitude was similar to that of Leo. After a few years in the Mage School, he could only barely reach the level of a high-grade apprentice. He could only cast two level-0 spells and could not improve any further. In the end, he could only give up.
On a square table in the corner of the dark room, a sparkling and translucent crystal ball was placed on an exquisite wooden frame.
Baron Amborite walked to the square table, placed his hand on the crystal ball, and softly chanted a spell.
Soon, the crystal ball lit up. Not long after, the image of an ogre appeared in the crystal ball.
Hiding in Qiankun Pagoda, Feng Chou looked at the image transmitted by Qiankun Pagoda. He immediately recognized the ogre in the crystal ball. It was the high-grade ogre wizard who led the ogre army to defeat the human army at Avon Lake.
After the image of the ogre wizard appeared in the crystal ball, he did not wait for Baron to speak and asked, "Chazel, is the food ready?
I don't have much food left in the camp. "
Baron hurriedly said, "Warlord Gotaish, the food is ready. According to the agreement, I will arrange for someone to send it to the Gnoll Grassland in the middle of the Gnoll Valley tonight. Please rest assured that this batch of food is enough for your people to eat for half a month. After half a month, I will arrange for another batch of food to be sent to you."
The ogre wizard nodded and said, "Very good. Why did you contact me?"
Baron said, "Warlord Gotaish, my son Cizé was kidnapped by a damned traitor. You have seen the child. I hope you can send someone to rescue the poor child."
If the scandal of colluding with the ogres was known, Baron Amborite would be burned at the stake. Of course, he did not dare to let his knights participate. He did not even trust ordinary family members, but sometimes he needed someone to represent him in dealing with the ogres. Therefore, his only trusted son became his messenger and plenipotentiary.
The ogre asked, "Kidnapped?
How many people are there? How strong are they? "
Baron said, "There are only two of them. One is a level eight warrior and level four rogue, and the other is a level six warrior and level four rogue."
The ogre wizard nodded. "I will send someone to rescue your son and send more food."
Baron hurriedly said, "Please rest assured."
The image of the ogre wizard disappeared from the crystal ball.
After receiving the ogre wizard's promise, Baron Amborite's expression relaxed a little, but he was not completely relaxed.
For Baron Amborite, the group of Darnel's men who were about to arrive in Amborit Township in the name of the Brady Chamber of Commerce was the real threat.
According to the distance between Amborite and Antalya, Darnel's men would only arrive in Amborite in the afternoon at the earliest. Therefore, Feng Chou decided to see how Hogan would face the upcoming crisis first.
The Green Owl quietly left the castle and flew towards Fishtail Mountain.
The Green Owl landed in the forest behind Fishtail Mountain. The moment before landing, Feng Chou replaced the Green Owl and appeared in the same place.
After activating the invisibility ring, Feng Chou sneaked out of the forest and sneaked to the middle of Fishtail Mountain. He then canceled the invisibility ring and revealed himself. He got up and waved at the place where Hogan was hiding.
A moment later, Hogan's voice sounded in his ear. "Five knights led two squads of soldiers and left Amborit Township. They are coming in the direction of Fishtail Mountain. Everything seems to be going well."
Feng Chou activated a Message Scroll and said to Hogan, "Very good. I will hide here. You continue to monitor. If there is anything wrong, inform me immediately."
After throwing away the used scroll, Feng Chou activated the invisibility ring again and sneaked back into the forest. He switched places with the Green Owl again.
The Green Owl quietly flew away from Fishtail Mountain and flew to the top of the mountain where Hogan was. It stood on a large tree dozens of meters away and observed Hogan's every move.
Hogan looked a little anxious as he paced back and forth. Cizé lay motionless beside him.