"Thank you both for your help. I, Opal Lawrence, am deeply grateful!"
Opal Lawrence spoke with immense gratitude, even personally seeing them off outside the castle.
"Avenging Baron Pape is what we should do!"
"That's right. Rest assured, we will avenge Baron Pape."
"That damned lord of Eagle Ridge deserves to be scorned by the Goddess of Life."
Baron Valmy and Baron Gratton spoke in turn, their words resolute, as though they truly intended to help Baron Pape seek revenge.
"Thank you so much!"
Opal Lawrence echoed them.
The two sides parted on friendly terms.
However, after leaving, Baron Valmy and Baron Gratton swiftly dispatched knights to investigate the situation.
They were no fools. They could not simply accept whatever Opal Lawrence told them.
Even if the news was indeed tempting enough.
There were some things they could not feel at ease about without verification.
And it was as though everything had been arranged to help them confirm it.
A few days later.
The knights they had sent out brought back news.
Eagle Ridge did indeed have an iron mine.
Several dozen miles from Eagle Ridge, they discovered a large number of knights, as well as extensive traces of ore being transported.
The news instantly stirred both men with excitement.
Several dozen miles.
What a joke. Without a Large Iron Mine, how could a Pioneer Lord possibly occupy territory dozens of miles away?
This undoubtedly proved Opal Lawrence's words.
Baron Valmy and Baron Gratton immediately began making swift preparations.
Three days later.
Gratton Territory.
Castle.
"The situation has been confirmed. That Pioneer Lord is a descendant of the Dreyrosa Family."
"Furthermore, traces of mining have been found dozens of miles from his territory. It should be the Large Iron Mine Baron Pape discovered."
Baron Gratton spoke in a low voice,