Time flies like gray smoke. However, Brand himself couldn’t help gritting his teeth and cursing the strong female opponent. After activating Frenzy, his strength approached five hundred, standing at the peak of Elemental Manifestation, yet he didn’t expect to be shocked and his hand to ache from a single sword strike by a Lower Gold enemy.

The female knight, in previous games, would have been just a pure power warrior, truly a freak.

The freakish female knight soon climbed out from the debris of the stairs, her face covered with dirt, ready to fight again—But the young Earl stopped her, Delphire clearly had his concerns. Looking at Brand, he was already aware that his men were no match for the opponent.

He suddenly turned around, staring at the walls of the estate that were already riddled with holes, "Sir, although I don’t know where you came from, I hope you can do me a favor, okay." Delphire gazed at the direction of the forest far from the estate and suddenly spoke.

At this time, Brand also heard the noisy sounds outside the estate, iron boots trampling on the muddy ground mixed with the sound of horses neighing, the Guard Team, he was really familiar with this sound. Brand looked in that direction as well, and sure enough, before long, the figure of the leading knight appeared at the main entrance of the estate.

"It’s the Guard Team from the nearby town." Ronin immediately frowned.

Brand turned around, soon understanding the young man’s intention. He squinted his eyes and replied: "I need a promise, Count."

Delphire bit his lower lip: "What do you want, I can only agree to your request under the condition that it doesn’t harm the family’s interests."

"So you’re the only inheritor of the Yan Castle generation?" Brand suddenly asked.

The knights passed through the courtyard, already approaching the estate, but were stopped by the guards within the estate. Delphire watched over there and couldn’t help holding his breath, he hesitated and glanced at Brand, finally nodding. Delphire could only gamble that this odd man wasn’t his enemy, his heart suddenly anxious and uneasy.

"Count." Ronin couldn’t help but speak.

But the young man shook his head at him.

Brand was very clear about what this young Earl was worried about. The Supreme Code from the Flame Temple clearly states that nobles colluding with demons would be punished by extreme execution, and the family would be deprived of honor for more than three generations. No noble would dare bear such consequences. Although he didn’t know why the other party would summon a demon, seeing Delphire’s long eyelashes droop, Brand knew the young man was already in a panic.

It was a good time, luck seemed unexpectedly good tonight, Brand looked up, a bright moon hanging high above the forest in the Anseli Mountains.

"I hope you won’t participate in the Ambeser meeting." Brand mused for a moment, proposing his request.

"That’s impossible!" But this time the young man showed extraordinary toughness, he frowned his handsome brows and angrily stared at Brand: "You want to replace me in the nobles’ meeting, how can I ensure you won’t harm Yan Castle’s interests at the meeting, if you offend any Duke, it would be a catastrophe for my family."

"I can swear by Lord Martha’s name and my honor." Brand replied.

"Even the most loyal oaths have loopholes," Delphire replied through gritted teeth: "Sir... I’m already out of options, I hope you don’t force me into a fish-death-net-break situation."

Brand and the young man locked eyes, but the young man’s determination was unexpectedly strong, his gaze as bright as stars without a hint of weakness or concession. However, it was surprising that the Yanbao family was left with only one inheritor, something must have happened here, Brand pondered bitterly but couldn’t remember what happened to Yanbao in the past game, as if this region didn’t exist in Erune history.

The two confronted each other, the atmosphere momentarily silent.

Outside, the knights had already broken through the guards’ obstruction, obviously hearing the explosion from this side and coming over, Brand noticed there wasn’t a conflict outside, indicating these guard knights hadn’t detected Romantic and others hiding in the forest, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief. Just Ambeser’s guard forces were notoriously troublesome, if he and this young Earl couldn’t reach an agreement, tonight’s operation might end in vain.