Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 712: Dust Settles

As Eric hesitated, a loud noise came from below the city gate. It turned out that Wilick had already pounced on the horse and punched the city gate. The copper skin behind the door immediately bulged, and Wilick punched twice. The copper skin immediately exploded, and the bolt of the door fell, causing the door to collapse with a loud boom.

At this moment, the Blood Wolf Knight's mind went blank.

"Not good! Not good, count!"

Lanza crashed into the count's room, and Gills was wiping off a short barrel of fire. He deliberately pointed the gun at Lanza, who carefully avoided it and said, "Lord Gills, we are surrounded."

"I'm not deaf. I can hear you clearly." '"Where are my troops? Where are they? I'm going to hang all these slaves!" Gills shot at the window, leaving a fist-sized hole in it, and stood up, "Where are my troops? I'm going to hang all these slaves!"

"My lord, I don't think this is a good time to attack them. The knights and soldiers are blocking them. You should come with me." Before Lanza could finish his sentence, he heard a commotion outside. A moment later, a soldier stumbled in. He even fell and rolled his helmet to Lan Zha's feet.

The soldier got up and shouted, "My lord, they're coming in. We can't stop them. What should we do, Gills?"

This person was a young man from the Gills Clan. In a hurry, he had already forgotten Gills' identity. He called out his name directly, causing anger to flash in Gills' eyes. The count raised his gun and fired. Flames flashed beside Lanza. Lanza subconsciously shrunk his neck before looking over. A bullet hole appeared on the soldier's forehead, and a pool of fresh blood rolled out. He looked at Gills and wanted to say something, but he still fell to the ground.

"Trash, aren't you just a bunch of commoners? Just kill them. What are you panicking about!" Gills looked at Lanza and said, "Come with me. I want to kill them all."

The count's eyes went mad. Lanza looked at the gun in his hand and did not dare to defy it. He could only nod in agreement. The two of them strode out of the study and arrived at the stairs along the corridor. Gills didn't even think about running down, but Lanza turned around and ran in another direction. Gills turned around and saw that Lanza had already disappeared at the corner of the corridor.

"Trash, even you betrayed me!"

Gills' roar came from afar, and Lanza sneered. I thought that if I went crazy with you, I would really be stupid.

After firing a few random shots to vent his anger, Gills panted heavily. Suddenly, a burst of footsteps rang out, but a group of people surged downstairs. First, there were two knights in silver armor and scarlet cloaks. Behind them were a dozen or so Crusader Swordsmen. Gills threw aside the heroic words he had just spoken and shot with his gun in a scream. The knight quickly raised his long shield. The power of the pistol could only nail a spark on the shield. The knight behind him was naturally unharmed.

Gills simply threw away his pistol and turned around to run. A knight threw the shield over and smashed it into Gills' back. The count let out a miserable scream and was knocked to the ground by the shield. He turned around again, a snow-white sword stuck to his cheek and stabbed deeply into the carpet beside him. Gills saw his horrified face from the sword. "You can't kill me," he shouted. "I'm the Earl! I'm the Earl of Gills!"

His voice echoed in the corridor, looking so ridiculous and powerless. The count barely managed to get up and shrank to the side of the wall. There were more and more people in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, they had already been surrounded. The two knights crossed their swords in front of him to prevent him from escaping. Behind him, the swordsmen made way and a few people walked forward. Gills raised his head and saw that it was Jorah, Vera, and the priest beside him.

Ruo La looked at the young man who had shrunk into a ball at the corner of the wall and suddenly felt a wave of unexplained sadness in her heart. He wondered why Orban had a son like Gills. She shook her head and said sharply, "Gills, you're out of the picture. Now listen to me. Give the count his position and hand it over to someone more suited to you."

"A more suitable person? Do you mean you? Ruola!" Gills shouted.

"No, brother's position will only be inherited by his descendants. How many brothers and sisters do you have? Among them, I will choose a suitable candidate." Zora looked at Gills and said firmly, "But no matter who inherits it, it will never be you!"

Giles laughed and nodded, "Well, anyway, everyone has betrayed me. I have nothing to say. Let's do it. I'll go write a statement now and I'll automatically give up the position of Earl. Do you think you're satisfied with that?"

Ruo La heaved a sigh of relief when she heard Gills' cooperation. Just as she relaxed, Gills suddenly charged over the two knights and slid a dagger out of his sleeve towards Ruo La's chest. Ruo La's eyes lit up and he did not reach out to take the sword. He grabbed onto Gills' wrist and pushed it forward. Gills' body trembled. He lowered his head and looked clearly at the dagger in his hand, but it was stabbed into his chest.

He raised his head and shouted resentfully, "Ruola, you slut!"

If La Mian expressionlessly pushed forward, Giles would not be able to shout again, and a blood line would flow from the corner of his mouth. He widened his eyes and stretched out his other hand to catch Ruola. In the end, he could only catch the air. Giles fell to the ground, his body heavily touching the carpet, shaking up a cloud of dust.

After a while, Ruo La sighed and said, "Tell the public that Gills died of illness, but still the Earl's specifications should be used for his funeral."

Father Miro smiled and said, "On behalf of the Church, I hereby promise that Earl Gills will have a spectacular funeral."

Ruo La nodded, feeling a burst of exhaustion in her heart.

The next day, the bell representing the death of the count rang again in Ark Harbor. Less than half a year after Earl Orban's death, the city had sounded the bell twice. However, Gills' death did not bring much sorrow to the crowd. On the contrary, everyone was delighted and could only drink and celebrate in public. After all, since the bell had sounded, it meant that Gills still had the title of Earl and had passed away, so he had to pay a minimum of respect.

Even if it was just a show of respect.

Ruola held a grand and solemn funeral for the count's death. The count's hearse was pulled by four black horses and four white horses. The knights of the Deep Sea Scaled Concubine were dressed in black armor, white cloaks, and arched left and right. After circling the city, the convoy drove into the Christian cathedral. Priest Miro personally presided over the prayers of Holy Maiden Vera, and twelve pairs of innocent boys and girls sang hymns to the count.

The funeral attendees had no doubt that the count would be able to reach heaven with the child's natural singing. In the angelic hymn, the count's coffin was taken to the family cemetery and buried beside Earl Oban. Ruo La erected a stele for him, and everything proceeded according to the specifications required of the count.

Only after the funeral was over did Gills's life truly come to an end. For many more people, life begins anew.

Of course, Lanza was definitely not included.

Yesterday, he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but he managed to escape White Castle. Unfortunately, the city gate guards had already asked Ruo La to replace her own men. Lan Zha saw that the city gate was tightly shut and the guards were tightly guarded. He escaped back, but was caught in the city. During this period of time, Gills had become even more powerful than before, and Lanza was inseparable from him. Everyone hated this person who had plotted for the Earl. When Lanza was thrown in front of Ruola, the image-conscious man, who was more beautiful than a woman, was beaten into bruises.

Jorah threw him into prison, and at first Lanza shouted for Jorah to let him go. But in the next few days, Lanza desperately discovered that Ruo La neither interrogated him nor tortured him. He just ignored him, looking at the situation, he wanted to rot him in prison.

Is there anything more terrifying than being forgotten? Obviously not.

At the very least, for Lanza.

However, Lanza was half right. Ruo La really hated him, but she didn't really ignore him. However, after Gills' death, his siblings were still young. Jorah had no choice but to temporarily take over his position and deal with all the delays at Ark Harbor day and night. Amongst Gills' brothers, she preferred the boy named Arte. Atter was eight years younger than Gills, but although he was young, he had already shown talent in many ways.

After Zora made her decision, Milo and Vera quietly took Arte away one evening. Arte will remain in the church and receive comprehensive training in politics, military and even personal force. This was the Church's promise to Jorah, and now was the time to fulfil it. After the Bauhinia Collar Academy's "Light of Honor" was set up, Arte would be transferred to the academy to further his studies. Most importantly, this future Earl of Ark Harbor would be closely linked to Allen.

In fact, this was the ultimate goal of the Light of Honor. As the academy continued to export talents to the empire, it also meant that Allen's connections would cover the entire empire and extend into every stratum of the country. This is a long-term plan, and there is not much return at the beginning. However, if the dimension of time was pushed back by ten to eight years, it would not be difficult to discover the enormous benefits.

Another late night.

After finishing his conversation with Vera and a dozen other important figures at Ark Harbor and drawing up a preliminary blueprint for the city's next ten years, Jorah dragged her tired steps back to her room in White Castle. She refused to move into the bedroom where the count had lived for generations, preferring her former residence. First, she came to respect Ou Ban, and secondly, she wanted to use this to tell the outside world that she was only temporarily acting as the lord, so she had to hand over this power.

Ruo La's actions had won the support of the clan and made many people feel relieved. Otherwise, if Ruo La really had the intention to inherit the title, even though it was difficult to operate, it was not impossible to succeed. When he married the son of the Marquis of Iron Spear, it would be hard to say in whose heart this territory would be. And that was definitely something that many people didn't want to see, so Ruo La naturally knew.

She was lying on the bed, but she thought of that person in her heart. If he was willing to help him, perhaps he wouldn't be so tired.