Duke Eble looked at these nobles who were eyeing him, many of whom had vowed allegiance to him, but now he stood behind Earl Lauziz. He decided to talk to the nobles again and try his best to save the crisis with his personal prestige. Duke Eble thought of this, regardless of Baron Bruce behind him, poked his head out and shouted to the nobles.

"Arists of Mason, God testify, I, Eble Hermann, or the duke whom you swear allegiance. If you still value your honor, then tell me you are sincerely opposed to me?"

"Woo." The nobles were blushed after hearing Duke Mason's words. It was true that the open rebellion against the monarch who swore allegiance would become a stain of their reputation. No one was willing to bear the responsibility for this stain. Earl Lauzits also understood that this was the biggest weakness of raising the banner of rebellion. It was easy for the passionate nobles to pick up the sword, but how to prevent them from feeling guilty about it was a skill issue. At this time, he looked at the counselor Robert around him, and Robert nodded immediately.

"We are definitely not against you, our respected Duke, but Baron Wendell, a lowly man who is born in your ears, has been making trouble in your ears, which has made the nobles of Masons uneasy. His son Earl Mecklenburg, in his own territory, accommodated pagans and Jews into his own court, making Mecklenburg a scattered heresy, and made the glory of Christ unable to shine in Mecklenburg. God, what a great sin, so the Masons nobles collectively demanded that our wise Duke dismiss the position of the prime minister of Baron Wendell, cut off the oath with the Wendell family, and give up the protection of this sinful family." Monk Robert said loudly, as a monk who relied on his brain, his words hit the deadlock of the Wendell family.

"Yes, in the name of God, we must stop protecting the evil Wendell family." After hearing the words of Monk Robert, the nobles became excited. After obtaining the title of righteousness, they became more righteous and fearless. After all, the command of the king in heaven is higher than the oath of the duke on earth.

"I, I never knew there was something like heresy." Duke Eble felt sweat flowing down his forehead, and was accused of covering up heresy was extremely terrible. Even if the Duke could not remove himself, he would not be exempted from liability.

"Duke, do as they are in their own terms. We cannot let them do it. Once they do it, the situation will be out of control." Baron Bruce urged again behind Duke Eble. The nobles under the castle had already drawn their swords and danced above their heads. The rude soldiers made a big fuss. The guards on the castle nervously pulled the bowstrings. If someone shot arrows because of nervousness, then a siege battle would be provoked, and blood would dye the walls of Mason Castle red.

"I, I understand, I promise you that I will never protect heresy, God will testify for me." Duke Eble quickly raised his hand to stop the castle guardians and shouted loudly under the castle.

"What about the Wendel family? Only when the Duke said that we would no longer protect the Wendel family, we would retreat." The noble who besieged the castle raised his head and said to Duke Eble.

"I am still your monarch, how can you force me so much?" Although surrounded by thousands of troops, Duke Ebul was young and energetic after all. He was finally angry by the aggressive nobles and shouted at the nobles under the castle.

"It seems that the Duke thinks he still has Mason Castle to rely on." Monk Robert said to Earl Lauziz, looking at the angry Duke of Emble.

"Hmph, I had expected it long ago. Now it's time for him to see our strength." Earl Lauziz smiled contemptuously. He looked at a knight in the inner palace beside him. The knight immediately turned his horse's head and walked back. After a while, the shouts and creaking movements of the soldiers sounded behind him, as if a heavy carriage was moving.

"Then, what is that?" Duke Eble saw dozens of soldiers pushing a wooden cart from Count Lauziz's army and moving forward. The cart looked like Arod's cyclone cannon, but it was larger than the size of the cyclone cannon, fixed on a four-wheeled wooden cart, and it was a mechanical siege weapon with leverage as the principle.

"Sir Duke, this is a new catapult car I have obtained. It is much more powerful than Arod's powerless whirlwind cannon." Earl Lauziz said to Duke Eble with a smile.

"Impossible, how could it be?"

"Duke, you can think slowly, but I can't wait for this catapult in my hand." Earl Lauziz walked over with a proud horse, reached out and proudly patted the big guy, and said to Duke Eble on the city wall.

"Trail car?" This was the first time Duke Ebul saw this. He knew that this legendary siege weapon was said to be only preserved in the distant south and in the hands of a few advanced countries. Unexpectedly, he could see physical objects at such a close distance. The lever with solid wood was flattened with iron bars. This was definitely not a weapon that people like Earl Lauziz could possess. At this time, a chill appeared in Duke Ebul's heart. Who was behind the scenes that fueled the fire and instigated all this.

"Duke, why don't we agree to their request first and then summon the vassals to make plans after they retreat?" Baron Bruce finally made a more reasonable suggestion, which forced the Lord Duke Eble, who was unruly, to accept the suggestion.

"Well, I agree, I agree with all your requests." Duke Eble suppressed the anger in his heart, clenching his fists and supporting his hands on the cold stone walls, and said to the Mason nobles who were besieging him.

"Oh, okay~~~~." Hearing that Duke Eblet finally agreed to their request, Earl Lauziz's army burst into cheers, as if it had won a huge victory, conquering a castle, cheering and leaping. The cheering sound alarmed Dylan, who was imprisoned in the dungeon. Matt, who had no idea how long he had been imprisoned, only knowing that the fist-sized window above his head had lit up and dimmed several times.

"What happened? What's the sound?" Dylan Matt stood up. The dark and damp dungeon was a kind of destruction to his body. He ate rotten apples every day and sometimes even had no apples, which made him seriously malnourished. The mice in the dungeon dragged their slender and smooth tails and stared at the dark place, waiting for the deformed hunchback prisoner to die at any time so that he could eat his little leftover meat.

"This is the cheers of Count Lauziz, my friend." At this time, a man's voice sounded from outside the fence of the dungeon. Dylan Matt tried hard to open his eyes and saw in the dark that it was Duke Ebel's court tailor Duke Ebel.

"It's you, why are you here? Count Lauziz has called?" Dylan Matt hasn't seen a familiar face for a long time. Now he can see Duncan Alphrede, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy, but he immediately focused on the cheers outside.

"The news I got when I first came in was that Count Lauzitz seemed to be forcing Duke Eble to give up the protection of the Wendell family. They should get what they wanted after hearing the cheers." Duncan Alphreid shrouded his whole body in a black cloak, blending into one in this dark environment. He explained to Dylan Matt what was happening outside.

"What? Cut off the ties with the Wendell family. Did the Duke really do this? It's so stupid. He should join forces with the Wendell family. Don't he know that once Count Lauziz solves the Wendell family, the next target is the Duke himself? Why not stop him." Dylan Matt was shocked when he heard the news, but soon shouted excitedly. Fortunately, the dungeon guards were all stunned by Duncan Alphrede, otherwise they might have been surrounded by the guards to check it out.

"Well, the court officials around the Duke are all from Earl Lauzits. They have received a lot of bribes and will not tell the Duke this. I feel regretful that the Hermann family's bloodline is so fragile today. It is so sad that it is so tragic that being tricked by those strategists." Duncan Alphreid shook his head and expressed his dissatisfaction with a tsk.

"Duncan Alphreid, you are also the Duke's minister. Go and warn him not to believe in Earl Lauzits." Dylan Matt shouted loudly at Duncan Alphreid, holding the cold iron railing with both hands.

"No, I am loyal to the entire Eastern Frank Kingdom. Sorry, my friend, I just came to see you. I originally wanted to collect the body for you, but it seems that you are very strong, so let's live hard. The dawn will always come, even in this dark era." Duncan Alphrede had long been used to the struggle between the nobles and the darker things. To him, he was just an outsider bystander, yes, he watched coldly.

When Count Lauziz finished cheering, he couldn't help but smile on his face. He suddenly waved his hand behind him. Three nobles in casual clothes appeared behind him. They walked in front and bowed to Duke Ebul on the castle. Duke Ebul was shocked when he saw them. Unexpectedly, Count Lauziz actually brought the relatives of the three vassals here. They have now become witnesses of Duke Ebul's decision just now. This move is extremely sinister, making Duke Ebul unable to mobilize the troops of the vassals to fight, because he had just officially cut off the relationship between the monarch and ministers of the Wendell family in front of the relatives of the three vassals. Now what happened to Count Lauziz and the Wendell family is just a private grudge between the nobles, but Duke Ebul has no position to intervene. r1152
Chapter completed!