Fredrinn Firecrown: The Weakest Villain

Fredrinn furrowed his eyebrows. He didn\'t expect Reynard\'s response would come so soon. "Alright. Just keep me updated." He waved his hand, indicating for the messenger to leave.

"Yes, my lord!" The messenger bowed and left.

"What should we do, my lord?" Olivia was nervous, but she was prepared to fight for him.

"Follow me. We need to assemble the remaining troops and have them prepare." Fredrinn walked out of his study room.

Olivia and Alice followed him. Sean wanted to go with them, but Fredrinn rejected his request.

"I know that you want to help, but now is not your time to fight. Go and gather the servants and have them hide in the hidden basement. Look for my mother. She will guide you there." Fredrinn tossed his identity token. With it, Sean would have the authority to command the servants.

The young boy lowered his head and looked at the sun-shaped token engraved with Fredrinn\'s name. It felt heavy in his hand. "I understand, my lord."

Fredrinn patted his shoulder before he left with Olivia and Alice.

After they left, Sean immediately went to look for Margaret. \'I have to find Lady Margaret first.\'

The mansion was so big that he soon got lost. Sean looked around the vast hallway and he didn\'t know where to go. "What should I do?" He muttered anxiously.

At this moment, he noticed a disciple of the household who seemed oblivious to the situation.

"Hey, brother! Wait!"

The young disciple turned around. When he saw that it was a boy his age wearing servant\'s clothes, he furrowed his eyebrows. "What is it?"

Sean noticed the displeasure in the disciple\'s face, but it was an emergency so he couldn\'t care less. "Do you know where Lady Margaret is?"

Hearing this, the disciple frowned and stared at Sean suspiciously. "Why are you looking for Lady Margaret?"

Sean showed him Fredrinn\'s identity token as he said. "I\'m only following Lord Fredrinn\'s instructions."

The disciple\'s expression took a drastic change when he saw the sun-shaped token. "Oh! So it\'s Lord Fredrinn\'s instructions! Why didn\'t you say so from the start?"

Sean was speechless.

"I saw Lady Margaret chatting with the librarian. You can find her in the library."

"Where is the library?"

"You don\'t know where the library is?" The disciple stared at him in surprise.

"No. It\'s my first time here." Sean was a bit embarrassed.

"I see. Then let me take you there. The library isn\'t far from here anyway." The disciple suggested.

"That would be great! Thank you so much!"

***

Meanwhile, Fredrinn had already gathered the remaining martial practitioners in the estate. Most of them were only at the Body Refining and the Qi Gathering realm. With a small portion of them at the Foundation Establishment.

There were over six hundred of them in total, but it was still not enough to defend the entire estate.

Fredrinn\'s mind spun.

His only option was to place these martial practitioners separately into key locations.

"Everyone! Please listen carefully!" Fredrinn\'s voice echoed and everyone unconsciously looked at him.

Everyone felt that there was something different about him. This was because of his passive skill \'Dignity\' and the Crown of Eternal Glory.

It was the first time he wore the crown so he felt that it was a bit unnatural and uncomfortable. If it weren\'t for the special stats it provides, he wouldn\'t have even thought of wearing it.

"The Blackcrow Household is now on their way to the energy stone mine!" Fredrinn\'s voice drifted into their ears.

"The patriarch is headed to the mine together with the elders and our elite martial practitioners to defend the mine. However, there is a high chance that the Blackcrow Household would send a separate force to attack the estate now that our best fighters are away!"

Hearing this, everyone felt nervous and some even started panicking.

"Silence!" Fredrinn shouted with a dignified look.

"I understand that you are afraid, but you must remember that our families and friends are here! We have to defend the estate to ensure their safety! I have already sent someone to bring your families to a safe location so you can rest assured. That place is engraved with multiple defensive array formations. Even a high-ranking cultivator would have a hard time to break through all those barriers."

The martial practitioners\' tension decreased upon hearing this.

"Now, I will divide you into separate groups! The members of my guards unit will also be distributed evenly into your groups and you will have to listen to their commands!"

Fredrinn could accurately see their cultivation levels so he managed to evenly distribute the martial practitioners into different teams. Each team was led by one or two members from his guards unit.

After dividing them into different groups, Fredrinn placed each group into the key locations within the estate.

As for Alice and Olivia, Fredrinn asked them to join Gunnar\'s group who were tactically positioned at the western side of the estate where the defense was mostly lacking.

Fredrinn stood atop the eastern wall. Behind him were thirty martial practitioners, including Kristine.

His group was mostly comprised of Body Refining stage martial practitioners and there were only five at the Qi Gathering stage.

Circling above the sky were the two Soaring Red-eyed Eagles. The two magical beasts were already at the Qi Gathering stage so they could fly faster than before.

Fredrinn opened the Fate Shop and clicked the Equipment/Items section.

He ignored the miscellaneous items and scrolled down to find a suitable weapon for himself.

The weapons were quite expensive so he only bought a rare-rated sword for 500 Fate Points which dropped his Fate Points down to 3450.