System: Build My Own Territory

Chapter 1032 - 298: Decisive Victory (Part 1)

Lorenzo remained silent, earnestly leading the way ahead.

It was true that he was Lady Helena’s Guard Captain.

But his status was far from sufficient for free dialogue with the Manor Lords.

Lorenzo, accompanied by a group of five, ascended the stairs towards the third floor.

Amidst a series of slightly chaotic footsteps.

Lorenzo led Brick, Alex, and two Guard Captains to the third floor of the manor estate.

Turning past the stair railing, they arrived before the closed double wooden doors of the study. Lorenzo raised his right hand and knocked on the door.

Thud~ Thud~

Just as Lorenzo was about to inquire, Helena’s magnetic voice came from behind the wooden door.

"Come in!"

Standing behind Lorenzo, Brick and Alex also heard the woman’s magnetic voice.

Compared to Alex’s calm expression.

Brick’s eyebrows visibly lifted, and expectation filled his eyes.

Lorenzo didn’t waste any words, extending both hands, pushing open the double wooden doors before him.

"Please enter, Manor Lords."

Brick and Alex responded not with words but by stepping into the somewhat smoke-filled study.

Following the two Manor Lords, the Guard Captains stopped at the study door upon seeing Lorenzo’s vigilant gaze.

Lorenzo nodded in satisfaction and then stepped into the study.

He pulled out chairs by the walnut desk for the two Manor Lords.

Lorenzo paced to Helena’s side, quietly waiting.

As a Guard Captain, welcoming the two Manor Lords on Lady Helena’s behalf was already completed.

He now only needed to wait patiently for further instructions.

Brick and Alex glanced briefly at Helena, who was leaning back in the main seat.

She was wearing a black silk satin gown, the crinkled waist accentuating the prominence of her bust.

Especially, the deep cleavage between that snow white.

Additionally,

those moist, crimson lips were constantly opening and closing while exhaling smoke...

Causing Brick to be momentarily unable to divert his gaze.

Strange images of intimacy between a man and a woman filled his mind.

Brick barely noticed it.

Helena’s amber eyes were staring directly at him.

Removing the cigarette holder from her mouth, exhaling a breath of mist, Helena spoke.

"Want to come closer and admire?"

Hearing the cold magnetic words, Brick suddenly snapped back to reality.

Quickly averting his gaze, there was a trace of awkwardness in his voice.

"Lady Helena, you are as alluring as ever!"

"As for getting closer, I think there’s no need to be so polite..."

Gently placing the cigarette holder back into her moist mouth, Helena continued to exhale smoke while coldly staring at Brick.

Under Helena’s scrutinizing gaze, Brick dared not utter another word.

He walked over and sat on the wooden chair beside Alex.

Only then did Helena finally move her eyes away from Brick.

Releasing the smoke within her lungs, Helena spoke.

"I presume the two of you know why I’ve invited you to Wells Manor?"

Alex nodded in acknowledgment.

Brick’s eyebrows furrowed with curiosity as he asked.

"Is it true that Connelly Manor and Louis Manor were destroyed overnight?"

In just one night, Alba Town’s two major estates were wiped out.

As a fellow Manor Lord of Alba Town, how could he not be curious?

Helena remained silent, continuing to exhale smoke.

Sitting beside Brick, Alex spoke up to explain.

"Upon receiving Lady Helena’s invitation and learning the situation, I immediately dispatched spies to investigate Connelly and Louis Manors..."

Brick turned his gaze to Alex, awaiting his continuation.

"Just as Lady Helena said."

"Connelly Manor and Louis Manor have indeed been annihilated!"

"Louis Manor was still somewhat intact, while there were obvious signs of battle at Connelly Manor."

"The ground was stained red with the blood of Peasant Guards who perished under a barrage of arrows."

"Although the corpses were buried in ditches and spiked pits, the air was still filled with a pungent stench of rotting bodies..."

"Similarly, both manor estates were looted clean, as if raided by bandits!"

Brick’s expression turned grave.

Sitting in the main seat, Helena took over from Alex, continuing to speak.

"Indeed!"

"The destruction of Connelly Manor and Louis Manor is an undeniable fact."

"That Lord Lynn of Morgan Town, who destroyed the two manors, possesses extremely formidable military power."

"So powerful that if he wished, he could have destroyed all the manors in Alba Town last night."

"We wouldn’t even have the ability to resist, crushed completely!"

Brick and Alex instantly fell silent.

They naturally understood the implication in Helena’s words.

Helena continued, "As long as he wipes out all the manors in Alba Town."

"Whether our Guard Peasants in the estates or the thousands of Free People in town—they will all become Lord Lynn’s labor force."

"Morgan Town and Alba Town will both become his territory!"

"And we might be executed by him, or perhaps become his prisoners..."