Chapter 162: The Hand of Flame (6) (3/5)
The castle of the Moleni family
Wharton is furious and loses his mind, and is about to make a desperate move on Link.
Link was also a little surprised in his heart, in his memory, he had always known that Wharton was arrogant and domineering, and he had been in the castle since he was a child, but he didn't expect him to reach the point where he couldn't tolerate half of the unsatisfactory, this is no longer arrogant, this is arrogance!
He felt that he had to teach this guy a lesson on behalf of his father, lest he go out and suffer a big loss later.
It's true that Wharton is a level 4 warrior, but he doesn't have a weapon or armor right now, and Link has a lot of ways to kill him with one hit, glass beads, whistles, and fire blasts.
But of course he couldn't do that, and after a little thought, he decided to use the enhanced version of the Hand of Fire that he had just learned, the Hand of the Vulcan. This magic can completely crush this cheap big brother in terms of strength, and it won't hurt him.
But just as Link was about to do this, a figure suddenly rushed out of the oblique thorn, and this person was also burning with this battle qi light, the color was exactly the same as Wharton's, and even more powerful.
Instead of rushing at Link, he rushed at Wharton.
Wharton didn't expect it, he was taken aback, and then his whole body was knocked back by the figure, and he took five or six steps back in a row, and finally the figure was pressed against the wall, unable to move.
At this time, Link saw the appearance of the figure clearly, this person is about one meter nine tall, with a strong body like a bear, with a very rough appearance, about 25 years old, it is Link's cheap second brother, Clyde. Moleni.
Clyde. Moleni resisted Wharton, stared at Wharton with a pair of eyes, and there was anger in his voice: "The third brother finally came back, but you, the eldest brother, did not welcome him, but was in a hurry to shake his majesty, which really opened my eyes!" β
"You let me go!" Wharton also calmed down, he struggled a little, Clyde didn't press him, he let go of his hand and took a few steps back.
Wharton regained his freedom, and also suppressed the anger in his heart, he glanced at Clyde coldly, snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Link again, and sneered: "Okay, good, I learned some magic outside, and I played a prestige at home!" But you have to remember that in this castle, I am the master, if you don't accept it, you get out of here! οΌ
After saying that, he didn't wait for Link to reply, he shook his hand and left.
Link frowned, after a short period of contact, this Wharton gave him a very bad sense, arrogant, impulsive, narrow-minded, and shallow, this is completely a spoiled big boy.
Here, the second brother Clyde obviously couldn't get used to Wharton, spat at his figure, and snorted coldly: "The family will lose in his hands sooner or later!" β
He is a knight of the kingdom, and his defense is in the silver fortress in the north, 200 kilometers south of the Black Iron Fortress, which is the second largest fortress in the kingdom.
This time during the Winter Veil Festival, he heard that his father was seriously ill, so he asked the chief for leave to rush home, and on the way, he heard that his younger brother had succeeded in learning magic and would come back this time, so he was very happy.
Although he also looked down on Link before, he just despised his cowardice and never bullied him. And when he became an official knight, after a few years of stationing abroad, he valued the unity and strength of his family even more.
The reason is very simple, your family is not strong, there is no strong person in the clan, you will be bullied outside, and others will not pay much attention to you.
The emergence of the strong is by luck, very uncertain, but the unity of the family can be done by itself, if there is no strong man, then it is necessary to rely on unity in order to maintain the family foundation.
He hurried back all the way, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the virtue of his eldest brother, and he was immediately angry, so he had the previous move.
Now that Wharton was gone, Clyde sorted out his emotions, turned to Link and smiled, "Little brother, magic is good." β
He has been out for many years, and his knowledge is much stronger than Wharton's, and he has seen a lot of things from Link's magic just now, super fast spell casting speed, and very good magic control, and this younger brother has only been learning magic for a year, and he has this ability in a year, which is really good.
However, in Clyde's opinion, Link's magic brilliance is very faint, and the level should not be high, and the reason why he can bounce off Wharton is probably because the other party was caught off guard.
But that was enough, and Clyde was relieved that their Moleni family had finally produced a magician.
For Clyde, Link only knows that this person is very lustful, and he likes to talk to beautiful women when he sees them, and there is nothing else evil about him, at most he just ignored him in the past, so Link has no bad feelings towards him, since the other party is smiling, his face has softened, put away the edelweiss magic, and smiled: "It's just a little trick." β
Then he turned around, gently patted his mother's hand, who was pale with fright, and comforted: "It's okay, mother, the eldest brother is just confused for a while." β
Then he smiled gently at the eldest sister who was also frightened, and when he saw that the other party's face softened, he turned to Clyde and said, "Just now Trevor said that his father was very weak, what's the matter, is my father sick?" β
He hadn't received any letter from his family lately and didn't know what was going on with his family.
Clyde's face was a little heavy: "Half a month ago, my father fell heavily when he rode out on horseback, I didn't pay attention at the time, and the injury only broke out the next morning, and the priest came several times, but he couldn't do anything, my father's body was too weak to withstand the powerful healing magic." β
The principle of divine magic is to stimulate the body's potential to repair the body, and now the priest says that the old viscount cannot withstand divine magic, which is a euphemism, and directly speaking, the time limit is approaching, life is exhausted, and he is going to heaven.
Link was stunned, he didn't expect that he would come back so coincidentally, originally Wharton prevented him from seeing the old viscount, he thought he was afraid that they would get along for a long time and develop some feelings, but now it seems that the old viscount has reached the last moment, no wonder Wharton will be so irritable.
"Let's go meet him." Link Road.
Clyde nodded, and the group headed to the old viscount's room.
The old viscount's room is on the second floor of the castle, just a few steps away, as soon as he arrived at the door, Link saw a priest come out of the door, the priest did not see Link and the others, he said to the servants who followed closely as he walked: "The lord is already summoning the lord, it will only be a week at most, you can prepare."
Clyde heard this, took a few steps to the priest, and said in a deep voice, "Reverend, is there no way?" β
When the priest saw them, his eyes turned around on everyone, knowing that this was the old viscount's family, he nodded, with a helpless expression: "The lord is completely unconscious, and his light of life is almost extinguished, and there is nothing I can do." β
With that, the priest departed.
Clayter sighed dejectedly, and everyone was silent.
Entering the room, Link looked over and saw that on the large fragrant wood bed in the room, the gray-haired old viscount's body was lying quietly like a piece of paper, his breathing was like nothing, and his face was gray, almost exactly like a corpse.
Link knew at a glance that the priest was still conservative, and he would last for three days at most, and it was absolutely impossible for him to come to his senses in these three days, and there was no need for Wharton to stop him from meeting with the old viscount.
The group stayed quietly in the old viscount's room for a while, and then walked out, there was silence all the way, and Link was not sad, but felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing.
I stayed quietly for a while, and it was 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already dinner time.
Although the eldest brother Wharton is domineering, he still has a little bottom line after all, or rather, he has to have a little face, and he ordered his servants to prepare a table of sumptuous dinner.
There were only five people at the table, the three Morlanei brothers, Link's eldest sister, and Link's mother, Lilith.
Wharton sat at the head, Clyde was beside him, and Link sat in the middle of the table, and to his surprise, his mother Lilith and eldest sister Molly were a little trembling when they came into the table, and their eyes kept on Wharton, as if they were afraid that he would not agree.
Wharton said, "What are you hesitating about, don't sit down quickly!" β
Lilith and Molly dared to sit down at the table.
This detail made Link frown, could it be that when he was not at home, his mother and eldest sister didn't even have the right to eat together at the table?
But that was just his guess, Link didn't speak.
After a few more minutes, Wharton spoke slowly: "Molly, my father is running out of time, he set a family affair for you before he fell unconscious, and it can't be delayed any longer." β
Mo Li was carefully cutting a piece of deer breast, and when she heard this, her body was shocked, her face suddenly turned pale, and she was speechless.
Lilith stopped talking, and the sorrow on her brow suddenly became much thicker.
Link couldn't watch anymore, put down the knife in his hand, and asked, "Wharton, what kind of family business?" How did I not know? β
Wharton sneered, slowly chewed off a piece of tender rib meat, and then said, "It was set by my father, and the man is the eldest son of Baron Eero of Hejian County." This is my father's last wish. β
At this time, Molly suddenly broke down, tears welled up in her black eyes like Link, and she cried, "No, it's not my father's last wish. Father is deceived by you! β
Then she turned to Link and cried, "The eldest son of the baron of Rivershire is a madman, and he has broken his life while riding, and as a result, he has taken pleasure in torturing women, and he has tortured three of his wives to death. I don't want to get married! β
Link's previous performance gave her confidence, and at this time, Molly took her own brother as her lifeline.
Link frowned, and before he could speak, Wharton slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Shut up! β
Molly immediately silenced, she bit her lip tightly, she had bitten blood, but she didn't dare to speak again, obviously, Wharton was extremely powerful.
Wharton then turned his head to look at Link, and said with a half-smile: "My dear brother, Baron HΓ©rault does not want a dowry, and the dowry is 1,000 gold coins. Although his son loves to play a little, he is not crazy, and after Molly passes, it is good to be careful, nothing will happen. Besides, that's what my father meant. β
Link was indifferent to this, he looked at his mother and eldest sister, and saw that one of the two women was full of sorrow and the other was full of tears, so he put down the fork in his hand, pulled up the cloth towel and wiped his mouth, and said lightly: "I don't agree." β
Wharton's face suddenly turned pale, and when he saw that he was about to have a seizure, Clyde immediately came out to play a round: "Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's talk about this after eating!" β
Wharton was still a little jealous of his younger brother, and snorted coldly when he heard this, and reminded: "Clyde, don't forget, your knight's armor cost the family 1,500 gold coins, which is the family's savings for three years, and the family still owes foreign debts for this."
"Alright, stop talking!" Clyde slapped his knife and fork on the table and walked away in a rage, not bothering to pay attention to the in the family.
Wharton laughed as if he had won, turned to Link and said, "This matter has been decided, and your ideas are of no use. β
Link smiled and said again, "I think you heard me wrong, it's not my idea, it's my decision. I decided to take my mother and sister to my territory! β
Warren disdainful: "Hmph, you take care of a fart? You've only been studying magic for a year, so it's nice to take care of yourself, eh, what is it?"
Link smiled and raised his hand, showing the baron's stamp that the king had given him, and he continued, "You probably didn't look closely at the ring, did you?" It was a gift from King Lane. Now, I am a baron and have my own territory, and since my father is gone, then my mother and sister, I will take care of myself. β
As soon as these words came out, Wharton was stunned, and a look of surprise appeared in Lilith and Molly's eyes.
At this moment, the roar of the second brother Clyde suddenly came from outside the castle: "Enemy attack!" (To be continued.) )