Chapter Forty-Six: The Sixteen Knights
The Gaia family's white carriage was actually fast and steady.
In the carriage are father and son, who are sitting alone.
The father is reading, the son is drinking.
"Drink less, that slows your mind and reflexes, and that's often the fatal flaw of being a fighter," Hogan said in a flat tone.
"Yes, father," Cole reluctantly put the bottle and glass back on the wine rack in the carriage, usually not many people are qualified to drink from here, "but you can't deny that there are many strong people who like to drink, such as the famous wine sword saint in the mainland, a pot of wine and a long sword, three points of momentum and seven points of ease, which is enviable." ”
"The fact is that the Sword Saint offended the powerful in the Jialan Empire, and in order to protect his family from being implicated by a more powerful man* out of the motherland, he had to go to the end of the world with a sword and a broken drink," Hogan, who was reading the book, attacked Cole's romanticism without raising his head, "Cohen's kid is good." ”
"Good enough to almost get killed by a piece of trash?" Cole's tone was complicated.
He was the son of those two men.
"For geniuses, as long as they don't die, they win," Hogan still commented very indifferently, "What's more, it's safer for people to see some flaws in geniuses, and in any case, the little guy Rhein earned it." ”
Cole was noncommittal about the old man's arguments, and he began to change the subject, "Will the Rhine just give up?"
Hogan's hand turning the page paused, "Perhaps." ”
"You don't care what the Bit family does with him?" Cole said in surprise.
"Do you think we're going to hold the Mutters family back?" Hogan replied with a rhetorical question.
Kohlmeran.
"This is the God of War Empire," Hogan said as he turned the page, "The empire always needs the strong, if you are not strong enough, then you will fall into the bottomless abyss little by little, it's as simple as that." ”
"Like the Trupps?" Cole asked.
"It's too early to say that," Hogan said, ignoring Cole's stubborn expression, "and no one can guess the end of the story until the last minute." ”
Cole thought silently, but Hogan suddenly said, "Then again, I'm actually more optimistic about the Trupps family's collection than a small Fili family. ”
Cole looked up suddenly, his face full of horror.
Hogan was still indifferent, "I heard that Cohen is a kid who would like to call you uncle?" he glanced up at Cole, and there was a warning in his eyes, "That's good." ”
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Inside the broken car of the Rhine.
"I don't need to say more, do you?" Rhine was also tasting wine, drinking in a carriage driven by a servant, which had been his dream as a teenager.
Lin Ke was a little surprised, in his original imagination, he felt that as an elder in this situation, he must be angry to express his emotions, but obviously Rhine was not angry at all, "You're not angry?"
Rhine smiled and took a sip of his wine and said, "Originally, I was a little angry, but the thought that you didn't die there is a good thing to be happy about," he shook the wine glass in his hand easily, and the amber wine was shaken out of a light color, "Your talent is so good, so good that old people like us are jealous, but fortunately, you are still too immature, which will give them some comfort." ”
Linko nodded, lost in thought.
The time he came to this world is still very short, in addition to cramming down so much information, he is still a little out of place as an outsider, maybe it is the peaceful scene of his previous life that makes him accustomed to being sharp, but in this cannibalistic world, such a performance is naturally too eye-catching.
"In less than half a year, you will go to the imperial capital to take the entrance exam for the God of War Academy, it is a gathering place for geniuses, and it is a real prosperous era," Rhine's face began to become solemn, "But it is also a huge whirlpool full of crises, Cohen My grandson, Windy City, is too small, so small that as long as you don't do anything too out of the ordinary here, you will be protected by the family, but the imperial capital is too big, so big that the extremely powerful Bit family in your eyes can't even make a wave there," He shook his head slowly, perhaps because he felt that the topic was too heavy, or because he felt that his grandson was still too young, he did not continue to talk, but changed the subject, "Your father is back, yes, Jason is back, go meet him, and Daisy, Cher and Neil, as well as those guards who survived their lives, their loyalty needs to be recognized by you, in order to make this scene more true, they don't know the news of your return, of course, your mother should have told them the truth at this time." ”
Lin Ke smiled brightly and nodded vigorously.
"I heard from your mother that you would leave for Liucheng earlier, that's good, your grandfather is a great man, he must miss you very much," Rhine's face showed a hint of nostalgia, "but the Qingfeng family is a family with a long heritage, and there will always be all kinds of disputes in the family with a long heritage, don't let yourself fall into it and go to the point of danger." ”
Lin Ke nodded thoughtfully.
Liucheng, Qingfeng's house?
The carriage crossed a smooth and wide stone bridge and arrived at the seat of the Mutes family.
Lin Ke, who got out of the carriage, unconsciously looked up at the gate of Mutes's house, the huge semicircular square, the white stone pillars, the tall green ancient trees, and the three big characters on the rockery - Mutes.
He felt that he had experienced life and death once, and when he looked at these three words again at this moment, it seemed that there were some other meanings.
There were a lot of people waiting for him in the square.
He walked there slowly, and before he could get closer, a white figure had already rushed into his arms and hugged him tightly.
It's Cher.
Lin Ke was a little stunned, waiting for his brain to start working again, thinking of the posture in a few youth idol dramas that he had rarely seen in his previous life and making a reasonable choice, and was about to caress the girl's back with a chic gesture, Xue'er blushed and retreated suddenly, looking at her standing quietly and blushing slightly, Lin Ke hated his own sluggishness.
"I know from Lilith that you're still alive, and I'm worried," Cher involuntarily began to explain something, a little incoherent, "It's good now." ”
Lin Ke's heart was warm, he stepped forward and took the somewhat emaciated Xue'er in his arms and gently stroked her hair and said, "It will always be like this." ”
Cher couldn't stop crying.
After a long time, a voice that was still very loud after being deliberately suppressed broke the warm scene, "You still say that you are not a child daughter-in-law?"
Then there was a muffled grunt, probably in some pain.
Xue'er hurriedly wiped her tears and hid behind Lin Ke and didn't want to raise her head again, but she happened to bump into Rhine behind Lin Ke and looked at the scene in front of her with a smile, and she became even more flustered for a while.
Lin Ke smiled at Lilith, who naturally walked behind him and stood still, and then punched the big black Neil in the chest with a simple smile, and then grinned and rubbed his right fist to look at the tall man who looked very similar to Cohen, with the same brilliant blonde hair and the same charming blue eyes, but this guy's size was much bigger than Cohen, and in addition, the awkward smile on his face always made Lin Ke feel very indebted.
Lin Ke stepped forward and said with a noble salute, "I've seen my father!"
Who wants to be as strong as a bear, the tall man actually grabbed his shoulders and carried himself in front of him like a chick, a pair of big hands stroked his head very naturally, and only after making a standard chicken coop there did he say in a voice that shook Linko's eardrums, "Hey, my son, your body is still as weak as ever, how can this work, even if you are a spellcaster, but the descendants of the Mutes family have to be strong!"
Lin Ke was extremely embarrassed by a bout, and tried to struggle to get rid of the clutches but never succeeded.
"All right," Rhine's majestic voice sounded, "what does it look like in front of people." ”
Lin Ke got out of Jason's arms at this time, and glanced at Jason awkwardly while straightening his hair, and walked to Rhine's side to stand still, but saw the latter pouting lightly and walked in front of Rhine, and hastily made a noble greeting salute.
Rhine didn't bother to have a regular meeting, and directly snorted coldly and passed by Jason, which made Lin Ke sigh in his heart, what kind of father-son relationship is needed to form such a wonderful three-generation man.
Phew, blah, I accidentally counted myself in.
Serena also followed Jason to salute Rhine, and then ran to her husband to stand, her docile appearance made Linko secretly frightened.
At this time, Lin Ke saw Daisy standing behind everyone, only to see her standing there with her head bowed alone, looking at the scene of everyone being excited or laughing at all, she rubbed the corners of her clothes with some anxiety, not knowing what to say and not knowing what to do.
Lin Ke came out of the crowd and walked to her, carefully helped her straighten the bow hairpin, and naturally pinched the white and tender little face of the little Lori and said, "Don't give my brother a welcome hug yet." ”
Daisy's mouth flattened and threw herself into Lin Ke's arms and cried loudly, "Why did you run to the beach by yourself, why did you let Neil take me away, I'm so scared that you won't be able to come back, I'm so scared during this time, wow......"
Lin Ke hugged her tightly, patted her back lightly and said, "It's all over Daisy, don't be afraid, I'm here ......"
It was a long time before Daisy sobbed softly and left Lin Ke's embrace, burying her head in Cher's arms not to be seen by anyone.
Lin Ke stood up, carefully sorted out his appearance and robes, and then raised his chest and raised his head to adjust his posture, and then slowly walked in front of the sixteen guard knights who had been standing quietly there not far in front of him like stone pillars, his eyes slowly swept over their faces as they took off their helmets, some of them were still very young, some were middle-aged, he knew that their bodies under heavy armor were as scarred, he witnessed their loyalty, and he needed to give them glory!
Lin Ke walked ten steps in front of the knights, and the sixteen guard knights knelt on one knee in unison, and their right hand wearing steel gloves clenched into a fist, hammering their left chest!
There was silence in the square.
Facing the sixteen knights of the guard who were watching him, Lin Ke bent down deeply, not lifting himself for a long time.
"Nine of them were originally real knights of the lower rank of Xiong Li, and the other three young men under the age of eighteen broke through in this battle and became real knights, and twelve of them will accompany you to the imperial capital," Rhine came to Lin Ke's side and whispered, and then raised his hand and gave a solemn military salute to the sixteen.
On the other side of Linko, there was Jason, who also marched and saluted.
"No," Linko shook his head firmly, walked over to the sixteen, turned to face Rhein and Jason, and also got down on one knee.
"It's sixteen people and thirty-four Mutes family guards the Heroic Spirits!"
"Let's go to the imperial capital together!"