Sword Sorcery

Chapter 16 Report
When Aaron and Bruce came to the bottom of the castle, the soldiers on duty on the wall also recognized Aaron, and asked loudly in surprise, "Aaron? Why are you back?"

Because he once had a prospective knight adoptive father who was the captain of the captain, Aaron was relatively well-known in this circle of soldiers with a total of more than 200 people, and many ordinary soldiers knew him.On the contrary, Bruce is far less well-known than Aaron because of his low-key behavior. He has not yet exposed his quasi-knight strength.

"The village has been attacked!" Bruce yelled in response first: "Call Mr. Luke over here, we have very urgent information to report to Mr. Viscount!"

The soldier was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and saw the traces of blood on the two of them with the help of the firelight. He didn't dare to waste any more time, agreed, and hurried to find Steward Luke.

Luke is said to be a comrade in arms who fought with Viscount Steve in the Battle of Dawn.After the war, because Luke's record was not enough to entrust the land, he only got a nominal title of baron, so he simply defected to Viscount Steve and became a big butler in the Viscount's castle.

(Baron is the lowest title in the nobility hierarchy, and it is often used as a purely honorary title, which has nothing to do with the actual fiefdom.)
Although Luke is only a butler in name, he is Viscount Steve’s life and death comrade-in-arms, and he has won the trust of the Viscount. In addition, Luke himself is also an official knight——with Viscount Steve, the first brigade The captains are the three official knights in the territory.

Therefore, Steward Luke's status in the castle is extremely high, which can be described as "below one person, above a thousand people". Also called "Uncle Luke".

On weekdays, Luke would sleep at night in a fortress not far from the aisle of the city wall. There were beds and other furniture in that fortress, which was no different from ordinary rooms.

(The aisle of the city wall is also commonly known as "Bing Dao", which is the flat land above the city wall, which is provided for soldiers to walk and defend the city.)
When Aaron saw the soldiers leaving, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the castle was as expected, and was not attacked by the enemy's scout troops.Moreover, he and Bruce were obviously the first batch of soldiers who fled back. As for the soldiers stationed in other villages, maybe they were still fighting the invading enemy, or they might have been completely wiped out.

Fortunately, the village I was stationed in was not far from the castle. If I had been assigned to station in the most remote village, I am afraid that I would have been spotted and killed by the scout troops who invaded other villages along the way on the way back!
"Fortunately, as long as we return to the castle, we will be safe for the time being."

Aaron rejoiced in his heart.

Soon, the soldiers on the city wall invited the butler Luke with a hidden anger - no matter who is sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, if someone suddenly wakes up from his sleep, he will probably look like this The expression of bitterness and hatred.

On the outside, Luke is a middle-aged male about 30 years old. He has short black hair with thorns, a medium-looking uncle's face, and bronze skin all over his body. He really doesn't match the word "housekeeper".

However, when Butler Luke saw the bloodstains on Aaron and Bruce, his expression changed, and he asked hurriedly, "What happened? What happened to the bloodstains on your bodies?"

"Master Luke, we have been attacked!" Aaron replied first: "And it is not only our village that has been attacked. In addition, this attack is not just as simple as the enemy's invasion. As for the details, it depends on Major, can we go in and talk to you now? And, we need to report the situation to Lord Viscount!"

Butler Luke thought for a moment, waved his hand confidently, and asked his soldiers to open the city gate and let Aaron and Bruce in. Anyway, Luke himself is an official knight, so he is not afraid of any troubles caused by the two of them. .

Soon, Aaron and Bruce walked up to Butler Luke under the leadership of the soldiers. When they got close, Aaron quietly scanned it with the chip——

"Subject: Luke, Strength: 5.4 Dexterity: 5.1 Constitution: 5.1 Strength Stage: Formal Knight"

Aaron's eyes froze. Although he had already prepared for the strength of the official knights in his heart, when he really learned the statistics of the official knights, he still couldn't help feeling cold in his heart. The feeling that his own destiny seemed to be out of his control came again. ——

The official knight in front of him is quite strong, so strong that he can kill himself anytime and anywhere, and he will definitely not survive three rounds under his hands!
This is the feeling I have in the dark, as if I am facing a premonition of a terrifying natural enemy!

Fortunately, Steward Luke won't attack him, but at the same time, Aaron's inner desire for stronger power can't help but become more and more intense-I must become an official knight to be able to fight against him. In the face of the situation, firmly grasp your own destiny!
"Now, can you tell me? What happened in the village?"

Luke waved away the guarding soldiers, leaving only himself, Aaron, and Bruce, who asked confidently.

This is a formal knight's full confidence in his own strength. Even if Aaron and Bruce are quasi-knights, they can't threaten his life, let alone stir up a storm.

Aaron took a deep breath and said, "We were attacked by Earl Bell's vanguard. In addition, George in the team also betrayed us and cooperated with them in the siege."

Aaron told Luke exactly what happened, but omitted the specific battle process, and did not describe in detail how he reversed the situation by killing two soldiers first, and then killing three soldiers with one sword. Instead, he blurted it into— ——I and Bruce killed most of the soldiers together, and other teammates died in the process.

In addition, Aaron also concealed the news that he broke through to the quasi-knight within a few days, and explained that he had already secretly broken through to the quasi-knight.

However, since his goal was to become the captain, he concealed his true strength, and even went so far as to beat someone up in a bar last week for nothing.

Because the entire city guard army has only a few people, a total of more than 200 people, a total of 8 brigades, even if you become a quasi-knight, there is no place for the captain to be available for you immediately.If he exposed the news of his promotion to a quasi-knight too early, he would definitely be suppressed by the captain of his brigade, lest this newly promoted quasi-knight would steal his position.

Where there are people, there will be conflicts of interest, even in such a small circle as the City Guards.

To be precise, this is actually the reason why Bruce concealed his own strength-obviously Bruce is also an ambitious soldier.

This reason seems a bit far-fetched, but Luke didn't go into it carefully, probably considering that Bruce's parents are servants in the castle, so the possibility of early mutiny is extremely low, so he just left a sentence:
"Come with me and meet Steve."

Under the curious eyes of the guards along the way, the three of them came directly to the third floor of the castle's accommodation area. Standing in front of Viscount Steve's study, Luke gently knocked on the door——

Aggressive~!

"Master Viscount, we have something very important to report~!"

"Please come in."

Viscount Steve's voice came from behind the door, Luke pushed open the door and entered, followed by Aaron and Bruce, but Aaron's pupils shrank imperceptibly immediately——

"Steve, Strength: 6.1 Dexterity: 5.9 Constitution: 6.0"

The scanning result of chip zero was clearly displayed in front of Aaron!

(End of this chapter)