The First Vampire - Chapter 140
Chapter 140: 140 Suspicion (Eighth update, seeking subscriptions!)_l
Translator: b4Y6Y033Y
As the night deepened, the banquet in the royal palace finally drew to a close.
After bidding farewell to the guests, Queen Isa turned to see Duke Modewen standing stiffly in the shadows.
“Your Majesty, I did everything as you requested…” Queen Isa greeted him with a smile: “Very well.”
“But… Charlie…”
“William, you are my son. Thus Charlie is naturally my grandson. But this grandson is too mischievous. Of course, I need to help you discipline him. So, in the coming days, Charlie will stay with me. You don’t need to worry.”
The scene of Queen Isa referring to William, who was older than her, as her son was indeed eerie, but it was the truth nonetheless.
Duke Modewen wore a pained expression, but he dared not defy Queen Isa’s will. He merely nodded obediently, bowed, and then retreated.
“Didn’t expect you to become a grandmother, ” Colin teased as he walked over.
Queen Isa gave Colin a coquettish glare and said teasingly: “Are you suggesting I’m getting old?”
“How could I? I even suspect that your elven bloodline is so strong that you might become one of the ‘Eternals’.”
Queen Isa laughed heartily, shaking her head: “A Half-Elf can’t become an ‘Eternal”‘
Then, she restrained her laughter and asked somewhat worriedly: “Is it really appropriate to let William handle such a matter? He is… not very intelligent.”
“Precisely because he is ‘not too intelligent’, I chose him,” Colin said with a chuckle, “The lies of an honest person are like fish bones in rice – hard to detect yet capable of piercing your throat unexpectedly.”
After pondering for a moment, Queen Isa nodded in agreement: “You’re right. So, what should we do next?”
“Next, of course, is to open the city gates and warmly welcome Marquis Vincent into Silver Moon City.”
Three days later, Viscount Auston left Silver Moon City and arrived at Red Maple Manor.
At this point, the Red Maple Manor had been requisitioned by the forces from the East and had effectively become a large army camp.
Viscount Auston made his way into the manor and found Marquis Vincent enjoying dinner in the restaurant.
“Lord Marquis!”
“Viscount Auston, you must be tired from your journey. Let’s eat first.”
“Yes.”
After quickly yet elegantly finishing their dinner, Marquis Vincent asked: “How did the trip to Silver Moon City go?”
“On the surface, everything went smoothly. Queen Isa has agreed to both of your conditions, even Viscount Angler expressed his willingness to pledge loyalty to the East.’
“Oh?” Marquis Vincent raised his eyebrows, “Why would Viscount Angler betray the North Territory?”
“According to him, he discovered that Duke St. Hilde was willing to sacrifice Vera to initiate an invasion on the Half-Elf Kingdom. Since Vera is the love of Viscount Angler’s life, he developed resentment towards Duke St. Hilde.” “Just because of a woman?” Marquis Vincent asked doubtfully.
“Yes. Moreover, Vera’s survival at the Half-Elf Palace also owes to Viscount Angler’s efforts. Naturally, he is worried that his actions will anger Duke St. Hilde and he might even be blamed for losing the Half-Elf Kingdom.”
“Hmm, that sounds a bit more reasonable,” Marquis Vincent mused but promptly asked, “Then why did you say ‘everything went smoothly on the surface’?”
“Because I discovered that Viscount Angler is still hiding something from us.” “What is he hiding?”
“He is hiding the fact that there are still eight thousand survivors of the Dark
Cavalry in Silver Moon City!”
“The Dark Cavalry?” Marquis Vincent immediately sat upright, with a serious look on his face.
Although they had just wiped out the main force of the Dark Cavalry, Marquis Vincent had already developed a psychological shadow towards this frightening North Territory army.
In the inherently advantageous situation of Shadow Gorge, the Pegasus Army had paid nearly twice the casualties to win that ambush.
With such a result, Marquis Vincent felt no joy of victory, only deep humiliation and fear.
That’s why he chose to continue leading the army northward, hoping to achieve a satisfying victory in Silver Moon City, to wash away the shame of Shadow Gorge.
But unexpectedly, there was still a remnant force of the Dark Cavalry in Silver Moon City.
“Who gave you this information?”
“William Modewen. ”
“Do you trust him?”
“I know William, he shouldn’t lie to me. Also, I’ve asked several other half-elf nobles who are friendly with the Eastern Territory, and they all said they’ve seen a squad of the Dark Cavalry entering Silver Moon City.”
“What about Queen Isa? What was her attitude?”
“I’m afraid she’s a puppet set up by the North Territory, what she said may not be reliable.”
Marquis Vincent nodded and frowned, “Which means they were pretending to surrender to us, trying to numb us with it?”
“It probably is.”
“Ha, how arrogant!” Marquis Vincent’s face distorted with fury, “How many troops are there in Silver Moon City now?”
“William told me that the Silver Moon Guards of the Half-Elf Kingdom had just undergone a coup and suffered heavy losses. Although they hastily added a batch of recruits to rebuild the strength of thirty thousand. But among them, there may only be twenty thousand veteran soldiers with real combat capabilities.
Apart from that, there’s only the remnant of eight thousand Dark Cavalry.”
“I’m not worried about the Silver Moon Guards.” Marquis Vincent waved his hand dismissively.
But then, his tone became solemn again: “The key is the eight thousand Dark Cavalry.”
Viscount Auston nodded in agreement, “Yes. William also told me that those eight thousand Dark Cavalry are not actually in Silver Moon City.”
“Oh? Where are they then?”
Auston walked over to the military map hanging on the wall, pointed to a place on it, “They’re hidden on this hill southwest of Silver Moon City!”
Marquis Vincent squinted and studied the map for a while, then laughed, “So the North Territory is planning to trick us into entering Silver Moon City, and as we let our guard down, they would control us, and their Dark Cavalry hiding outside the city would suddenly launch an attack from behind and shatter our army.”
“Duke, you’re wise!”
Marquis Vincent snorted, disdainfully saying, “Such a crude scheme, huh, it seems that the rumored Viscount Angler who studied under Marquis Garcia isn’t that great after all!”
“Of course!” Viscount Auston sycophantically said, “More importantly, even
Marquis Garcia lost to you, what can a mere Viscount Angler stir up.”
Marquis Vincent lifted his chin, with a visibly conceited face, he ordered aloud:
“I’ll give you forty thousand men, march towards Silver Moon City tomorrow, and encircle it from outside once you arrive, no matter how the Half-Elves and the North Territory tempt you, don’t enter the city.
Seal off Silver Moon City for me, not allowing any soldier to come out!
I will personally lead sixty thousand troops to surround and annihilate the remnants of the Dark Cavalry hiding outside the city.
This time, I want the Dark Cavalry to completely disappear from this
continent!”
“Yes, my lord!”
