After hearing Lyle's report that Athena had not seen him, Lorne's patience had reached its limit.
Early the next morning, Baron Fast went on his way without meeting Athena.
With the markers on the Imperial Road, Lorne is not afraid of getting lost when he arrives.
Moreover, without the burden of Athena and the rest of the team, the traveling speed of the team, all of which were cyborgs, was greatly improved.
According to Lorne's calculations, he could reach the empire's coastal cities several days earlier than Athena.
That is, Yuanwang City, where the Stuart family lives.
Without Athena standing in the way, he could try to find the guide to the Island of Heresy by himself.
As the bridgehead between Heresy Island and the Empire, there must be many Islanders from Heresy Island in Yuanwang City.
Lorne's idea was beautiful, but it was a pity that such a sturdy team of more than 500 people was a bright beacon wherever they went.
As soon as he stepped into the territory of the Stuart family and was still two days away from Yuanwang City, Athena's father received the news.
The Duke of the Sea naturally wanted to see such a man who made his daughter want to peel off his skin.
What's more, Athena also wrote a letter saying that she would restrict Lorne's movements.
Baron Fast's attempt to find out information here is really a bit of a fantasy.
Near the seaside in the south, the wet and cold weather made Lorne seem to be back on earth.
Before crossing over, he had lived in a southern city, but more than a year of living in the north had made him accustomed to the dry environment.
Now that he was suddenly in the south, Lorne immediately felt like he was home.
It's a pity that this home belongs to Athena.
The rumbling horse hooves and dense black shadows are his welcome ceremony.
"Smelly bitch" In Lorne in the north, he had experienced dozens of battles, large and small.
From the size of the dirt and black shadows shaken from the ground, he could tell the approximate number of the opponent.
Of course, the only one with the ability to mobilize thousands of cavalry in the Stuart family's territory is the Stuarts themselves.
If horse thieves and robbers could develop such power, the Stuart family should have perished long ago.
What Lorne didn't expect was that he couldn't wait to take action as soon as he arrived.
Is the Duke of the Sea already powerful enough to ignore the emperor and the pope?
There was no time for Lorne to guess what gave the Stuart family such courage.
Anyway, he didn't think that thousands of cavalry were just here to greet him.
The body memory honed on the battlefield allowed him to prepare for battle immediately, and Baron Fast also used the body of the war horse to set up a line of defense in a hurry.
Since the other party dared to take action, Lorne would not be so naive as to think that he could run away if he turned around.
Therefore, the brave and capable Baron is going to try to withstand this wave of attacks with the tenacity of a modified human being.
Then rely on the knights under his command to attack the opponent in unexpected places, such as a frontal breakthrough.
If you're lucky, you might be able to catch the opponent's coach and turn defeat into victory.
Then, of course, he grabbed the hostages and ran away immediately.
Without Meatball by his side, winning once was already a fluke.
Lorne didn't think that with more than 500 modified people, he could go sideways on Stuart's territory.
The right way is to run back to the imperial capital quickly and report that the Duke of the Sea has rebelled.
Lorne, who was made nervous by Athena, was obviously overly nervous.
There was no good reason.
Why did the Duke of the Sea refuse to take the position of the richest man and why did he rebel so hard?
Although the throne is good, not everyone is qualified to sit on it.
After all, ambitious guys like Lorne are rare, and developing the power of the family is the main theme of this world.
The Duke of the Sea, with a large number of cavalry, saw Lorne's team from a distance.
Although the opponent did not raise any flags, their neat movements and reactions in battle showed the Duke their fighting qualities.
Such an elite army is rare in the interior of the empire.
Apart from Lorne, he didn't think anyone else would appear on his territory at this time.
The thousands of cavalry did not directly rush into his team as Lorne thought, but slowly stopped dozens of meters away.
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Such a distance does not look like they are preparing for battle.
Taking the initiative to stop is also an act of goodwill by the cavalry.
Lorne, who understood that the opponent would not attack him, poked his head out.
Sure enough, the sail-shaped coat of arms proved the identity of this army.
And with such a clear identity mark, as long as the Duke of the Sea didn't rebel, he wouldn't be so stupid as to go to war just to catch him.
“Here is the team of Baron Lornfast, the lord of the North, the envoy sent by the Empire and the Church to the Island of Heresy.
Who is that person in front of us and why are they blocking our way?"
Instruct Lyle to announce his identity loudly.
Since the Stuart family did not attack him, it proves that the other party has not lost his mind.
But this is probably because Athena has not arrived yet.
With the eldest lady's hatred for him, Lorne has reason to believe that Athena wants to torture him personally.
It was Lorne's usual way of thinking to use a villain's heart to speculate on other people's appetites, but the Duke of the Sea was different from his daughter.
Although he helped Athena find a group of pirates, it was not just to vent his anger on his daughter.
Athena is the communication bridge between the future church and the Stuart family, so the higher the status of Athena, the better.
Originally, everything was according to the Duke's plan.
Athena would successfully become a Paladin when she returned from the North.
However, due to the theft of the despicable dagger, Athena not only became the laughing stock of the church, but even the position she was supposed to obtain was temporarily postponed.
And if he remembered correctly, a set of armor belonging to the Stuart family also fell into Lorne's hands.
This was a bit embarrassing.
He agreed to allow Athena to let the pirates kidnap Lorne at sea.
On the one hand, it was of course to help Athena regain her footing.
On the other hand, it could be that the Duke wants to regain his lost face.
Today's galloping of thousands of horses is also intended to give Lorne a show of strength.
Otherwise, others would think that the Duke of the Sea was not as good as the Grand Duke of the North.
The rich Duke had never looked down upon those country bumpkins in the North.
Of course, the Habsburg family, which is a country of its own in the north, is also the target of his hostility.
Grand Duke and Duke, that's not just a difference in title.
As for Lorne's performance, to be honest, it was both within the Duke's expectations and beyond his expectations.
He had long heard that Lorne Fast was a young nobleman who was proficient in battle formations.
He could arrange a formation in such a short time.
The eliteness of the Fast family army made him not believe that Lorne was just a small baron
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