Wizard Earl

In addition, what made Martinez's steward even more regretful was that three days earlier, Bernardo had reported to him that the family had two caravans that were transporting valuable goods to a neighboring city, and therefore requested the family's knights to escort them. Escorting these two caravans would require drawing ninety percent of the family's knights.

When Butler Martinez received Bernardo's application report, he was somewhat surprised that the two caravans would set off so coincidentally at almost the same time. However, since it was normal to send the family knights to escort caravans carrying valuable goods, Butler Martinez did not think much of it and approved the dispatch of the main force of the family knights. Now it seems that this was entirely a collusion between Bernardo and Domenech, who transferred the main force of the family knights away to give these men in black an opportunity!

"Bernardo, Domenech, Jack Ferguson..."

Hidden in the bushes, Butler Martinez muttered the names of the three men through gritted teeth. Hatred and regret flickered in his cloudy eyes. He never imagined that his momentary lapse in judgment would cause such a disaster for the Ferguson family and Ferguson Manor.

Although he was in great pain, Martinez, the head butler who had experienced countless ups and downs in the Ferguson family, was not defeated by the blows he was facing. He quickly calmed himself down and began to think about how to deal with the situation.

Having just been unable to get through to the villa's door and sensed danger, the experienced butler Martinez was on guard. That's why he had Christensen and the group of servants test the way for him. After all, Christensen and the servants were outsiders, so their deaths wouldn't be a big loss. But when they smelled the stench of decay, Butler Martinez immediately realized it was poisonous smoke. He made a swift decision, sacrificing the unsuspecting Christensen and the servants to buy him time to escape.

Although such actions are certainly morally reprehensible, Butler Martinez asked himself if he had a clear conscience. He had lived to such an old age that he had become indifferent to life and death and was not afraid of dying. However, if he died, the Ferguson family would fall into the hands of these parasites. If that happened, the Ferguson family, a hereditary earldom that had lasted for hundreds of years, would disintegrate and collapse completely within a few years. This earldom, which was once famous in Frosinone and whose sneezes could make the whole city catch a cold, would be completely relegated to the dustbin of history.

So at least for now, Martinez, the nominal head of the family, is not actually dead while Connor is away. The true leader of the Ferguson family cannot die. He must do his best to stop the conspiracy of these family parasites to carry out an armed rebellion. Christensen and his gang of servants had sworn an oath when they joined the Ferguson family to dedicate everything to the family. Now it is time for them to contribute to the family's interests and fulfill their vows.

Butler Martinez has made a decision: once things have calmed down, he will pass a resolution at the family elders' meeting to allow these heroes who sacrificed their lives for the family to be buried in the Ferguson family cemetery, a place only members of the Ferguson clan can rest in. He will also provide their families with generous compensation, ensuring that their sacrifice for the family will not have been in vain.

If his death could change everything and make things better for the Ferguson family, Martinez, the old butler who had served the Ferguson family for decades, would not hesitate to give his life for the Ferguson family!

After leaving the vicinity of the villa, knowing that the other party would not only set traps in the villa, but would definitely lay other ambushes in Ferguson Manor, the lone butler Martinez immediately wanted to go to the nearest exit of the manor, wanting to leave Ferguson Manor and return to Frosinone to ask for help from the local garrison in Frosinone.

Although Martinez, nearly a hundred years old, ran and fled as fast as he could, unfortunately, he was too late. He could only hide in the bushes and watch helplessly as the men in black slaughtered the Ferguson family members, powerless to do anything...

At this time, Ferguson Manor was filled with groups of heavily armed men in black. With the family knights lured away, it would be a pipe dream to rally the manor's cowardly servants to fight against these men in black while they were being lured away. It would only add to the casualties. Therefore, if the current danger at Ferguson Manor was to be resolved by confronting the men in black head-on, it would be the least desirable option. The best way to resolve the danger was to leave Ferguson Manor, return to Frosinone, and request support from the local garrison.

Although there were only four men in black guarding the exit, and the leader was only at the level of a formal knight, two of them were carrying revolvers. So even if Butler Martinez had the cultivation of a great knight, it would be difficult for him to kill all four of them and rush out of the exit to call for help.

If he were to leave now, the most likely outcome would be that after killing two men, he would be entangled by the remaining men in black, unable to advance or retreat, while the men in black who arrived after being alerted would trap and kill him here. Since this exit is in this situation, it is likely that the other exits in Ferguson Manor are also in this situation. It is clearly impossible to leave through the usual exits of Ferguson Manor.

Having understood this, Butler Martinez took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then quietly withdrew from the bushes.

The Ferguson family had been operating at Ferguson Estate for centuries. In the past, when the empire's legal system was not as developed as it is now, feuds among nobles, as the ruling class, were rampant. The Ferguson family was a dominant force in Frosinone and the surrounding area during that time, owning numerous farms and lands in the suburbs and hundreds of shops in the city. With such vast wealth, they naturally had many enemies.

Therefore, in order to deal with potential dangers and ensure that the family would not be completely wiped out even in times of crisis, while consolidating Ferguson Manor as the family's stronghold, several secret passages were built underground through the efforts of several generations for use in times of crisis.