The middle-aged man, of course, caught the spark in the boy's eyes, his face remained unchanged, but he smiled with satisfaction in his heart. He knew very well www.biquge.info what kind of punishment was the most unacceptable for a nobleman. This is his killer feature to motivate his son to train hard, and he has used it again and again!

The reason is very simple, for the nobles who always pay attention to cleanliness and elegance, if someone asks them to do the work that should be lowly slaves, it is definitely an insult within an insult to them, and the two will inevitably become enemies of life and death, and there is absolutely no other way to solve it except to throw white gloves and ask for a duel of life and death.

The same applies to Hughes, and if he does become the protagonist of a comedy of scavenging manure, the ridicule from a young man of the same aristocracy would be enough to make the boy feel guilty and ashamed for a whole month. Of course, because it was his father who gave the orders and was the head of the family, the boy was certainly resentful, but he would not make a joke about the duel between father and son.

"Move your hands and feet, adjust your breath, and focus your attention...... When you feel that you can concentrate the strength of your whole body in two-thirds of the greatsword, don't hesitate for a moment, rush forward fiercely, aim at the enemy's neck, and smash the enemy in your way...... Yes, I want to see the blood sparkling, I want to see the enemy cut in two with a sword, and the edge will be smooth enough to be used as a mirror, you have to keep trying, or you will go to dig up horse manure and become a laughing stock among your friends!"

The middle-aged man watched carefully at every movement of Xius in a slightly sideways place, and kept giving instructions from his mouth.

The fierce gaze, the hands clenching the hilt of the sword, the powerful muscles on the thighs that hold up the pants, and the strong wind under the long sword...... Every successful piece can provoke the middle-aged man's heartfelt appreciation and gratification, and of course, even more excited roar: "Yes, that's it, well done!"

The sun rose quickly from the easternmost to the center, and then fell to the west without stopping, and the time of the day quickly disappeared in the frantic training, the middle-aged man's voice was already a little hoarse, and the boy was more as if he had just been fished out of the water, his face was pale with dew, his fiery red hair was sticking to his scalp in strands, and his beautiful white clothes had become gray and yellow rags.

When the sun was blocked by the fortress wall, a hundred swords were finally chopped, which almost exhausted all the boy's strength, and he was so exhausted that he could barely stand upright with his sword on his hand, waiting for the last instructions of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was still staring at Xius, but his gaze was much softer than in the morning, compared to when he was training. In the eyes of the servant next to him, his eyes finally had the appearance of a father at this time, and he ...... Oh, that's more like the devil is treating food!

"Xiusi, you did a good job today! Cold enough! Ruthless enough! Concentrated enough! Strength enough! Skill enough! Tenacity enough! I am satisfied with the completion of your practice! I am satisfied with your practice! I have good news for you, now you have the ability to be a junior warrior in addition to fighting spirit! I am very satisfied!" The middle-aged man's eyes showed joy. Although he still didn't want to laugh out loud and ruin his cool image, he really couldn't control the muscles on his face, so his expression was weird.

This is extremely rare for a high-level swordsman.

Hearing this, Xius raised his head sharply, and his eyes, which were originally as calm as stagnant water, also fluctuated, and this fluctuation became more and more intense, as if boiling water, and the scorching feeling made him unbearable.

"You... It's been a long time since you've said anything like that to me!" Theseus stared into his father's eyes, his voice surprisingly strange. Although he was his biological father in front of him, he still felt uncomfortable talking like this. In fact, since he became sensible, he didn't even have much memory of normal conversations with his father other than replying to orders.

"Really?" the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then twisted his head to the side, and his eyes revealed an indescribable faint sourness. He suddenly blamed himself, "yes, when did my son and I stop talking normally?"

But soon, when his gaze met his son's gaze again, his expression returned to coldness, which made his son's gaze gradually return to silence.

"Very good, warriors whose hearts are not cold enough and who are not hard enough usually die quickly!" Seeing this, the middle-aged man turned around and shook his hand casually, and the big sword was inserted back into the scabbard standing on the ground with a "choking" sound, and the servant in the dark ran up quickly to take the big sword away.

"Come with me, to my study, you are qualified to see part of the affairs of the family now!" the middle-aged man walked towards the front fort, even in the process, his back was still straight and sharp like a fine iron javelin.

The boy's face changed again when he heard this, he first looked fixedly at the back of his moving father, and then he also strode to follow, and in that way, there was even some urgency.

"Greetings, Viscount!" As the two of them returned to the fort, there were maids and guards standing or patrolling along the way. When they saw the two of them walking by, they immediately gave their manners in their own way, with the same meticulousness.

The father and son came to the third floor of the front fort one after the other, and stopped outside a bronze door, where the middle-aged man turned around, pointed to the door and commanded the boy: "Push it open!"

The boy glanced at the door, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his upper and lower lips were gently pursed, then he took a deep breath, slowly stepped forward, and pressed his hands firmly on the door.

Then he stepped back with his right foot slightly, and slowly passed the force of his waist to his hands to the door to probe, and the door did not move! Add two percent of the force! The door still did not move! Add another four percent of the force, although the door shaft made a slight creaking and rubbing sound, but still did not move! At this time, the boy's eyes revealed incredible, but more of a trace of annoyance, which was that he felt a little humiliated and angry that he couldn't even push a door!

Add three and a half percent!squeak~, finally, in a long squeak, the door moved slowly, a trace of light came out of the exposed crack in the door, flashing on the boy's eyes, the boy couldn't help but turn his head, exerting the last trace of force, the door finally sped up and opened completely, and the whole picture of the study was also displayed in front of the boy's eyes at the same time.

The space inside is not large, nor is it as luxurious as the other rooms, except that there are long rows of tall bookshelves standing on three walls, and many books and scrolls are neatly arranged on the shelves.

In addition to this, there is a large desk in the middle of the room, on which rests three bright candlesticks, a bottle of ink, and a few quills.

After careful observation, Hughes determined that there was nothing special about this place, it was exactly the appearance of an ordinary study.

This scene made the boy, who was originally very much looking forward to it, sigh deeply, shake his head and follow the middle-aged man into the door listlessly in disappointment.

After entering, the door closed silently when no one was around, and the boy stared at him, but in the end he didn't ask a word.

"Does it feel a little ordinary, worse than the other rooms in the house?" the middle-aged man walked over to the desk, pressed one hand on the table, and turned back to the boy who had returned to a flat state.

The boy also had to admit that the other party's posture was indeed quite elegant and handsome, and it should not be seen by any lady or ladies, otherwise they would definitely hold their hearts in their hands and faint happily to the ground.

Of course, the premise is that the centipede is eliminated first.

Xius nodded, then glanced at the door that had just closed automatically, but still couldn't hold back: "There seems to be something wrong with that door." ”

At this time, the middle-aged man was already sitting on the big chair behind the desk, he quietly watched his son's performance, his right index finger knocked on the table, and the crisp voice echoed in the quiet room.

"You're wrong, Theseus, that door is the simplest and most unappowered thing in this room. There's nothing more than a self-propelled device in that door panel, which the alchemist calls a hoop, a very simple gadget!"

After briefly explaining the reason why no one was closing the door panel, the middle-aged man pointed to the bookshelf opposite him and said, "If the importance of the things in this room is divided into three levels, then the scroll on the bookshelf opposite me is the third level!"

"You can take it out and open it yourself. The middle-aged man pointed.

Of course, Hughes could not pass up this opportunity to explore the mysteries of the study, even if it was only a third-order document, he had never seen it before, or even heard of it. As the family's son-in-law, this is indeed a bit incredible, but in fact, his father did just that------- isolating him from all family affairs!

Reaching out and pulling out the first scroll on the left, Xius subconsciously checked it, it didn't feel heavy, but it was still a weighty thing.

Spread it out on the large desk, and a sketch of horizontal and vertical lines immediately appeared in front of Hughes's eyes.

"Tactical Deployment Map! Glorious City Tactical Defense Map!" Theseus was immediately attracted by the map, and he gently read out the line written in the middle of the top of the picture scroll.

In the next moment, his eyes had already found the location of his house, in the middle of the northeast corner of Shining City, a smaller castle stretched out in two lines to connect with the fortress walls of the entire city, and in the middle of it was the courtyard of his house. And the small castle is where he lives.

Xius silently recalled the size of Shining City in his heart, and then looked at the size of his own house on the map, and couldn't help frowning. He wondered if the territory of a viscount's family was only so large?

"You're thinking wrong!" The middle-aged man had been observing Xiusi's performance, and when he saw Xius frowning, he already understood what his non-verbal son was thinking.

"Of course the viscounty can't be just that. In fact, the castle in Shining City is just a small castle belonging to the family, because it is safer and more prosperous, so the main members of the family live here. The true territory of the Holden family is in ...... Oh, please take the fifth scroll on the second floor of that shelf. ”

Hughes took it as he said. The size of the map was the same as before, but Hughes was still sensitive to the fact that it seemed that the territory represented by the map had increased many times over. Because Shining City only occupies a small piece of the map.

"The conjecture is correct. Seeing that Xiusi had discovered this, the middle-aged man nodded slightly, pointed to a long grid marked with numbers in the lower right corner of the map, and said: "The same size of paper can represent different sizes of regions, this is the map, which can clearly mark the city, mountains, rivers, forests, and some other special geographical conditions, this is the map, it is the great discovery of the sages." It makes war more complete and systematic, it makes the army more purposeful, and it makes the fields of various forces visible, which saves a lot of trouble, even, war!"

"And the greatest effect, with the map, humanity is able to expand more purposefully and keep its land more successfully. This is a great blessing for mankind, and of course, a misfortune for the orcs, elves, and garbage races! However, we need not care about the suffering of the beasts, and the beautiful and rich land should only exist under the feet of humans. The middle-aged man's brow furrowed in disgust, as if he had thought of something, but quickly let go of it.

"That's a long way off. Let's get back to the point, the second map you brought is the map of our Allianz Kingdom Holy War Province, Shining City is in the northwest corner of the Holy War Province, just across the sea from the Orc Raian Empire. And the Gangaru Battle Fort further ahead is one of the fronts of our human nation against the Orc Empire. The middle-aged man tapped the map, and a sneer unconsciously came out of his mouth.

"Do you know why we are called the Holy War Province? In the Continent of the Gods, only our province is called Holy War, even if the Sicilian Empire, which is on the front line of the Sea Clan, and the Biel Empire, which is the first line of the Elves, have no place with such glory, and they are sealed by the Pope with the word 'Holy War'. ”

"His Majesty the Pope?!" The boy was a little surprised, and then his face immediately showed a look of reverence, and he bowed his head slightly: "His Majesty the Pope's deep meaning, how can an ordinary man like me understand, you asked the wrong person, Father. ”

This sentence obviously choked the middle-aged man, he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he still closed his mouth, but the disapproving expression on his face was visible to anyone.

"The Holy War Province is one of the three major provinces of our Allianz Kingdom, it belongs to the kingdom, and the highest lords here are the six counts, who are basically the children of the royal family, well, these six regions, we are here, under the jurisdiction of Lord Alpha Phoenix, and Shining City is his fief. And the location of our family's territory is in this place, here, very close to Shining City, the fief area is about three hundred square kilometers, she is large enough, and can well support the reproduction of our Houghton family. ”

"Three hundred square kilometers?!" Theseus was shocked, and according to what he had heard from his friends, most of the earls' domains were this size, and even smaller.

The middle-aged man's face was full of pride at this time, his finger drew a small circle on the map, and said solemnly: "Of course, you heard it right, it's three hundred square kilometers! You have to remember, Xius, this land has been exchanged for the lives of countless direct family members of our Horton family for six hundred years, and our family's bloodline is in this land, and it has long been one with her and cannot be separated. ”

"Yes, Father!" said Theseus, who stood up straight and looked into his father's majestic eyes. He felt something in his veins jumping, his whole body was hot, and his temples were already feeling up.

"Very good!" The middle-aged man was very satisfied with his son's state, the pride and glory of the family had long been deposited in the blood of his children and grandchildren, and every generation of Horton people was proud of it, and would defend everything to her with their lives.

"Looking at the rest of the place, on our left is the province of Zia, which belongs to the Grand Duke of Chelsea and the Grand Duke of Fiman, and on the right is the province of Maru, most of which belongs to His Royal Highness Prince Maru, and the smaller half belongs to the Grand Duke of Lada. You can just recognize these things, I don't think you will have the opportunity to live in these two provinces. Well, take the only scroll on the third floor, yes, that's it. After the middle-aged man finished explaining the general territory of the Allianz Kingdom, he asked Xie Xius to take the only map scroll at the top of the opposite bookshelf and spread it on the desk.

A wider world immediately appeared before Hughes's eyes.

"Ahh

"It's big, in the kingdom, our Allianz Kingdom is the largest country, only smaller than the three major empires, and the first of all kingdoms, both in terms of economic power and military power. And if we only talk about military power, then we can be compared with the two great human empires. The middle-aged man bent his arms and clenched his fists as he spoke, looking very powerful.

"It's because of His Majesty the God of War!" Xie Xius was also a little excited. For the only kingdom in this world that has its own exclusive true god, all the people have infinite reverence and belief in the god of war, and even the humans of the whole continent have great reverence for the god of war.

Because if it weren't for the human god of war being born, I'm afraid that human beings would still be slaves of the orcs!

You must know that 12,000 years ago, the orcs under the protection of the beast god with medium divine power were the masters of the continent, and the two races protected by the elven god and the dwarf god with weak divine power could survive normally on the continent. In addition to this, all other races are food and slaves for orcs, including humans. This situation was not changed until the appearance of the god of war in the human race, and the human race got a respite, grew rapidly, and began to compete with the orcs for dominance of the continent, and the millennium war began.

And in the end, it was the coming of the Lord of Light and Redemption that brought humanity to complete victory.

According to the doctrine of the Church of Light, the Lord of Light Redemption is one of the twelve main gods in the most powerful god system of all planes, possessing boundless power, which can redeem all sins, so that the sinful creatures can always have light and happiness in the kingdom of heaven.

Of course, the people at the bottom of the continent do not know how powerful the Lord of Light Redemption is, everyone only knows one fact, that is, 10,000 years ago, when the Lord of Light Redemption came, boundless light shrouded the heavens and the earth, and the powerful medium divine power beast god was seriously injured and fled back to the Kingdom of God in an instant, and the elf god who was allied with him was seriously injured and fled back to the Kingdom of God and fell into a deep sleep, and the dwarf god was simply completely wiped out, and the dwarf clan was completely declined.

As for the human god of war, he joined the god of light under the call of the light and became the servant god of the lord of the redemption of light. However, the Lord of Redemption gave the God of War a high degree of autonomy, and specifically set aside the Kingdom of Allianz as the mission place of the God of War.

"Of course, all the glory of Allianz belongs to His Majesty the God of War, he can do anything!" The middle-aged man instantly sank into a frenzied emotion, his eyes were full of piety, so pure that he could not tolerate a trace of other feelings, and spontaneously performed a warrior salute.

"All glory!" said Theseus, his right hand clenched into a fist on his left chest, which was the place of the heart, the source of the blood!

The father and child stood silently, allowing the blood in their bodies to burn, boil, and then slowly cool.

Both of them are true warriors, and they both understand that only when the heat accumulates in the bottom of their hearts for a long time can it erupt like a volcano in a certain moment.

"Although you are not yet fourteen years old, I think you should be allowed to come to the study before leaving, and this is only the first step, Theseus. When you are truly fourteen, you will have a chair in the family chamber, and you will be qualified to sit in on all the family decision-making meetings that we have allowed, which will make you mature more quickly and understand the responsibilities and honors that come with the shoulders of an adult nobleman. The middle-aged man's words made Xius's body shake again.

However, a question immediately occurred to him: "Before leaving?"

"Where am I going?" Theseus was curious, he had always thought that he would survive his father's brutal training until he reached adulthood at the age of sixteen, and that he would not be able to leave Irontree Castle even half a step in the process.

Hearing the question, the middle-aged man was silent, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, containing nostalgia and reluctance, but more of a decision. After a long while, he continued: "Allianz Royal Family Warrior Academy!"

Huston was silent.

"Why, you don't want to?" the middle-aged man, of course, asked strangely when he saw the boy's performance. The Allianz Royal Family Warrior Academy is a powerful academy ranked among the best in the entire continent, and his dean is even a Sword Saint, and such a highness is also one of the few in the entire continent.

"You're about to be fourteen years old now, and you're qualified to speak your mind. The middle-aged man looked at the boy with some hesitation and dislike in his heart, but he also understood what the reason was. Considering his son's age, he decided to open his mouth and give his son the qualifications to express his thoughts in advance. Of course, whether the son's idea can be realized in the end is another matter.

"Fagaret will be going to be a knight's squire with the Knight of Jacques recently, I think ....... Thinking of the tall horses and the galloping knights, Hughes finally couldn't hold back his desires, and broke through the principle that he had insisted on for a long time, that is, not to express all his thoughts, especially to his father.

"No!" But he didn't expect to be ruthlessly interrupted before he could finish speaking, and his father's voice was as stern as during training.

"Why?" Xiusi's angry eyes met his father's cold eyes, and he suddenly found himself so angry, even more heartbroken than being scolded by his father during training.

"Horses and dashing will not bring you any safety benefits, on the contrary, a bulky horse will affect your sword swing and dodge, which will eventually lead to defeat and death, and vanity on the battlefield can even be equivalent to suicide. I would never agree to you becoming a knight. Theseus, you must understand that we warriors have our own gods, and we have the strongest fighting spirit and the most perfect fighting skills. And the knight, there is nothing but a beautiful horse, and even I have never heard of the existence of a saint level among the knights, which just proves that the knight profession is a profession with a limited or even no future at all, I will never allow you to join him, he will ruin you. If I destroy you, of course, I will also destroy the Holden family, a 600-year-old powerful family that emphasizes the glory of warriors!"

"If you don't have it now, it doesn't mean you won't have it in the future! There are already knights in the capital of the kingdom who can defeat the great swordsman, and they use a five-meter-long steel spear, and when they charge with the gun, they can even kill a team of twenty high-level swordsmen, and the lethality is very powerful. Father, you should be able to imagine the power of a five-meter steel gun nailed to a person, especially when a horse is running. A high-level swordsman is as thin as paper in the face of such power. This is by no means a profession without a future, on the contrary, the new powerful power of knights is like the sun that rises in the morning, and they will eventually illuminate the earth!"

The middle-aged man's eyes shrank in the face of the boy's shout, and his head quickly thought: "Can you defeat the Great Sword Master? Impossible, in the face of the Great Sword Master's extremely fast sword qi, fat horses are like live targets! Flesh and blood are not enough to compete with sword qi, and ordinary metal is impossible, even if it is made into a five-meter steel spear, it is still impossible!"