"Looks like we'll have to wait a few days to get to Constantinople." Frederick laughed out loud as he watched with interest the Cretan fishing boats scurrying in front of the Hydra.

The huge Hydra was unable to sail into the harbor of Crete and had to anchor at sea. Although it was the storm-prone season in the Aegean Sea, the Hydra was able to withstand the waves and torrential rains at sea with its huge tonnage.

Crete is an uncivilized island with remnants of polytheism from the classical era, and the center of the island is covered with dense jungle, while the group does not escape the hot and humid climate and continues to penetrate this undeveloped land.

"Anthony-kun, isn't it a bit risky for us to come here halfway, after all, there are several other families, I'm afraid they will be suspicious." The old man followed the man in front of him, with a worried look in his eyes, although this island is nominally a territory of the New Brad Kingdom, it is actually controlled by the Knights Hospitaller, and behind the Knights Hospitaller is the Pattic family of Venice.

"Oak, you should know. It was not my own decision, but a task given to me by my family. The young man said coldly, and his steps did not relax in the slightest.

"But there's no need to go now, it only increases the risk of exposure." Oak admonished, "Anthony-kun, it's too late to go back now. The fate of the family is at stake here. We could have attended the festival in the New Brad Kingdom and then returned here. ”

"I don't want that either, Oak. But... Ever since I left Venice, I felt that we were being targeted by something. If I don't bring the family's order now, I'm afraid... The man named Anthony said in a low voice.

"How could it be..." Oak was shocked, he had also experienced a lot of ups and downs as a servant of the Patik family, but in the place dominated by the Patik family, who dared to disadvantage Anthony, could it be from within the family.

"Don't guess, now is not the time." Anthony said.

Suddenly they stopped, and saw a huge fortress appear in front of them, and out of thin air appeared a military fortress of incomparably huge engineering and vast engineering. The muzzles of the black holes, the solemn city walls, how could this kind of military castle from hundreds of years ago appear here.

"Is this... the family's secret on this island?" Oak muttered to himself in shock, although he was mentally prepared for it from the beginning, no one expected such a magnificent building, and the vicissitudes of the times seemed to hint at its antiquity.

And even the older generation of servants like Xiang Oak didn't even know anything about this place.

"Is it Lord Anthony?" A man's cold, sonorous voice came from the castle.

"Hello, General Pelux, I have come on orders from my family. This is the patriarch's message. Anthony looked at the man standing on the tower and took out the scroll with the golden cross, and said without humility or arrogance. I saw that dozens of continuous firing guns were aimed below!

"What do you want to do? This is the Anthony Shaojun of the family. Oak roared, and the servant behind him stood in front of Anthony, pulling out the short hammer at his waist. I didn't expect the people here to be so presumptuous, Anthony has the opportunity to become the future head of the family, and they are actually swords against each other!?

"With all due respect, I was ordered to be stationed here, and I was ordered by the patriarch of the family. In other words, the struggle within the family has nothing to do with me. And if there were no password and patriarchal instructions, even the leader of the clan would not hesitate to give the order to open fire. Pelux said awe-inspiringly. Behind him, the soldier put his hand on the trigger of the repeating gun.

"So, what is the password of Lord Anthony? You only have one chance, so please speak up. ”

"You are presumptuous!" Oak scolded angrily, but was stopped by Anthony.

Anthony looked up at the tower, looked directly at the burst of guns aimed at them, and said calmly:

"Cretan Bull!"

"Ha~ The answer is finally right, Young Anthony." On the city tower, the man smiled, and with a wave of his arm, the huge city gate burst open.

"Damn. These bastards...," Oak said angrily.

"Oak, watch your identity." Anthony frowned displeased, "This is their task, which means that they represent the patriarch of the family. And you are my servant, and your words and deeds also represent me, and I don't want the patriarch of the family to have a worse impression of me. ”

"I beg your pardon, Anthony-kun." Hearing Anthony's reminder, Oak said in a panic. "I'm so sorry."

"Okay, you should also pay attention to your words and deeds when you go in." Anthony waved his hand and said, "After all, even I can't protect you from this place." ”

The hearts of the people used couldn't help but froze, and they bowed their heads and said, "Yes!" He followed Anthony into the huge castle.

Hundreds of years ago, in the West, which was still in the Cold Weapon Age, the population of cities was decimated by war, so countries built huge castles to cope with the war, although they could only carry thousands of people, but they could resist foreign invasions.

Until gunpowder came from the far east, with the artillery bombardment of the fortified fortress, the truce of the western powers, the unification of the Holy See, the castle became more and more fragile and weak, and the production of mecha made it completely withdraw from the stage of history.

"Anthony-kun, do you have any instructions from the family?" When the man named Pelucus saw him at this time, he found that this guy was as strong as a bear, with a heavy giant sword hanging from his back, and the cold weapon was long outdated in this era, but in his hands it was extremely dangerous.

"The Cretan Fire Bull Project, the family wants to start early. There are a few other things I need to deal with. Anthony replied. In such a hurry? Pelux frowned.

Anthony handed him the letter directly, the senator's edict was only symbolic, and the letter with the lion's coat of arms on it was an important basis, the proof of the senator's order.

Pelux glanced at the fire paint on the envelope to make sure it hadn't been opened, and opened the letter. This basic sense of security, even if everything before proves that the other party is a member of the family, but Pelux is still vigilant.

"Do you want to come with me? A look at what the Cretan Bull looks like? After reading the contents of the letter, Pelux suddenly asked. Isn't this a family secret? Anthony asked rhetorically.

Pelux nodded and replied, "That's true, but the letter to the senators hasn't stopped you from learning the secret. That is, the patriarchs acquiesced, and you can know about the Cretan Bull plan. Of course, you can also choose to leave and go back when nothing happened. After all, curiosity kills cats. ”

"Do you want to leave here, or do you want to be a cat, Young Anthony?" The man asked with a smirk as he looked at the young man in front of him.