Mad Prisoners of War

This scene enraged Enzos, who then fiercely raised his longsword.

With a "crack," the longsword fell to the ground, Enzos immediately raised his hands and knelt down on the spot.

Depaul had just been about to order his soldiers to forcibly restrain him, but he was speechless for a moment because he did not expect Enzos to give in so readily.

Seeing that Enzos had surrendered, the other two did not insist any further and also willingly laid down their weapons and knelt on the spot.

Victor walked straight over, and when he reached Enzos's side, Enzos looked up and saw it was Victor, and said, "Viscount Victor, I am willing to cooperate, please spare my life!"

Victor nodded. "As long as you cooperate and hand over your assets, I will coordinate with Steward Magnus to help you save your life."

Although this group of collateral branches of the Great Oak Family orchestrated the conspiracy, they were all civil servants, each one ambitious but incompetent, and the entire plan was full of loopholes, which were all known to Steward Magnus.

In fact, Victor and Magnus had already discussed it. They decided to let these people go, and Victor would take them and their families north to the Northlands border to develop the land.

This group is only at this level, and Magnus is not worried that they are capable of breaking free from Victor's control and returning to Great Oak Territory, so Magnus agreed to Victor's request.

Next, these people will all be handed over to Steward Magnus, who will lead the interrogation of them to uncover the profits they have embezzled from the territory over the years, as well as their own property.

Once the interrogation is complete, they will be handed over to the Two Rivers Territory along with their subordinates and families. Victor has acquired a large number of serfs during his campaign in the east and urgently needs some highly skilled people to integrate them.

After the riot was quelled, the entire manor returned to peace. The soldiers and manor staff worked together to restore the manor, and by the next morning it was as if nothing had happened.

Victor later received news from Bask and his group that they had completely defeated the refugee group, but unfortunately, there were too many of them. Bask reported that they couldn't wipe them all out, and the remaining refugees had fled Great Oak Territory. Bask and his group were on their way back to the manor with their spoils.

Thus, the Rebellion was completely quelled, causing no harm to the entire Great Oak Territory. Both Victor and Steward Magnus were very satisfied with this.

However, just as the two relaxed, they suddenly received news from Sunset City that a serious riot had broken out in the POW camp outside the city. Some prisoners of war were attacking people around them like madmen, and no matter what they did, they could not be controlled. In the end, the garrison had no choice but to suppress them.

However, perhaps because the incident happened suddenly, the garrison was not able to control it at first, which led to the spread of the riot in the POW camp and even caused problems in the serf camp.

Victor and Steward Magnus were both surprised when they heard the news. They immediately prepared to return to Sunset City to take charge, but just as they were about to lead their men back, they received a second message.

The riot in the Sunset City POW camp was suppressed once again. Victor looked at the second message that came in and learned that when the riot broke out in the POW camp, he almost lost control. However, a POW camp guard team appeared in time and blocked most of the crazed prisoners in the camp, preventing them from spreading further. As for the few who ran to the serf camp, they were killed immediately.

After reading the message, Victor breathed a sigh of relief, especially when he saw the origin of the guard unit. It was the same guard unit that had been promoted and built by Old Buck.

It turns out that when the madmen appeared in the POW camp, this guard unit was preparing for a rotation. Suddenly, the madmen rushed out and faced twice the number of guards. Only a small number of madmen managed to escape to the serf camp, but they were quickly quelled.

The reason why this situation was not mentioned in the first message Victor received was because the intelligence transmission speed was too fast. At first, the garrison stationed at the main camp only knew that there was a riot in the camp, but they knew nothing else. They could only inform Victor of the existing situation.

Upon learning that the riots had been brought under control by the guards, the garrison commander immediately sent out a second intelligence report to prevent Vibukdo from arriving in Sunset City ahead of time based on the first report.

Fortunately, Viktor did not set off. A second messenger arrived at the Lord's Mansion before Victor was about to leave. Victor was relieved after seeing the message the messenger brought.

However, he was also very curious about the reason for the riot in Sunset City. The message sent by the garrison only mentioned the process of how the riot was quelled, but did not mention how the riot happened.

Victor astutely realized that there was something wrong with the POW camp riot that had almost turned into a massacre. After interrogating Enzos and the others with Magnus, he discovered a clue.

He then left the Lord's Mansion with his guards and rushed back to the Sunset City military camp.

In the camp of the Southern Marching Legion's Medical Department, Isaac approached Victor with a package wrapped in a white cloth. In front of Victor, Isaac unwrapped the cloth, and Victor was somewhat surprised to see what was inside.

Victor asked curiously, "What is this?"

"This is the forehead of my brain that I took from a murdered rioter prisoner of war." As he finished speaking, Isaac squeezed the pink object, which was still tinged with blood.

Victor felt a little disgusted, but he still asked, "Is there anything strange about this?"

"It's larger than normal and has become more resilient, completely unlike a normal brain. I've dissected several similar corpses and found that their conditions are all similar. The frontal area of the brain has changed, well, you could say it's a lesion, and this lesion is irreversible."

Victor looked serious. He wasn't sure what had caused this, but it didn't sound like a good thing.

"Is this why they've lost their minds and gone berserk? Is it a disease, and is it contagious? Or is it caused by something else?"

Victor was very worried that it would turn into a zombie crisis like in the sci-fi games of his past life, which would be the end of them.

Isaac shook his head. "My lord, rest assured, it's definitely not an infectious disease. It's more likely caused by something else. I think we should check the food and water they ate and drank."

"Okay, I'll send someone to investigate right away."

But Victor asked another question, "Could this change cause death?"

Unexpectedly, Isaac suddenly shook his head. "No, in fact, it may not be a malignant disease. It can indeed cause people to go crazy, but these people's reaction speed and even strength have increased!"

Isaac paused for a moment. "Hundreds of people have been affected. Many have indeed lost their minds, but some have only become irritable and easily angered. Some even have only slight emotional changes, but their reaction speed and even strength have increased significantly, turning them from ordinary people into elite warriors."

Upon hearing this, Victor suddenly seemed to realize something. "Transcendent evolution! This must be their corresponding organs undergoing Transcendent Transformation."

"Damn it, Number One is currently in hibernation. If it were here, it could help check!"

However, Victor also gained a deeper understanding of the importance behind this matter. After Isaac left, he summoned Michael and instructed him to bring the relatively stable and physically changed members of the rioting prisoners of war to the Personal Guard for Bask and Gutierrez to manage personally. Victor wanted to observe them closely.

Meanwhile, Victor also had Michael find Orlando and lead the Intelligence Department to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter, leaving no stone unturned and determined to find the reason behind it.

After Michael left, Victor sat alone in his Ducal House in the military camp, muttering to himself, "As expected, the tide is coming. All sorts of weirdos and monsters are showing up. I have to speed things up."

Five days later, eastern nobles began to appear in Sunset City one after another with their private armies. These men followed Victor's orders and brought only elite troops, 500 to 1,000 men from each family. But these men alone filled the entire military camp Sunset City.

Seeing that the Coalition of Nobles had basically arrived and that his own troops had also rested and regrouped, Victor decided to lead his army south into Cornwall County.