He knew that he was defeated, but he couldn't fall, and as long as his son was still in the southeast, the family had a chance to get back on their feet.

There are also two little people who have completely changed their fate because of this.

Sheriff Luke, who was in charge of the interrogation and slapped Philip at the time, was suspended from his post for investigation, found a series of financial problems, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and his wife divorced him.

And's accomplice, the thick-eyed Jim, who knows the inside story, was expelled from the ranks of the vigilante, but there was no strange punishment, not even an investigation.

Everyone knew that it was a gift from the newly appointed Sheriff of Red Hill to the Snape and Lawrence families, and that the fate that awaited this Jim was far more miserable than that of that Luke.

Jim himself knew that he was in a panic, and in less than three days, he moved out of the imperial capital with a large family of more than a dozen people, in a vain attempt to escape from his remote hometown.

But the people in their hometown did not pick up anyone at the train station, as if the family had disappeared out of thin air, and no one saw them again.

On the conclusion of the missing persons investigation report, a sentence is prominently written: Jim and his family absconded in fear of crime.

Philip took advantage of this last time to accompany Catherine and Yun'er to visit many beautiful scenery of the imperial capital.

He fulfilled his original promise and went to Anna's house to eat twice, which was a wish for Mrs. Demi.

The only fly in the ointment is that between the two girls who are also preparing saints for the temple, there is quite a posture of a king not seeing the king.

This made Philip a little distressed, if one day he really returned to the imperial capital to study or work, how to coordinate the relationship between the two women.

In this regard, it is really his weakness.

As for Anna's half-brother Ladd, Philip, after consulting with Demi and the Stewart family, placed him in the town of Lok Ma as a lowly clerk on the town committee.

Although the status is not high, but it is very leisurely, the simple and fierce folk customs of Luoma Town, I believe that this moth that has rotted to the roots, will have a good purification effect.

Demi's younger brother Hank is there, and he will supervise the transformation of his every word and deed while ensuring that Ladd will not be killed.

Philip and Anna walked side by side on the campus of the Imperial Capital Theological Seminary, listening to her introduce the flowers and trees here in a gentle voice, and they were sincerely happy for her.

This girl seems to have stepped out of the shadows and found a new life of her own.

The girls of the seminary looked at Philip's handsome face obsessively, and secretly guessed how he was so bold that he dared to pry into the corner of Queen Shirley's wall, and even a little worried about him.

And Anna, a civilian girl who was inconspicuous before, how dare she compete with the princess of the empire.

"Maybe next time, you'll call me a senior. Philip teased.

Perhaps he had been accustomed to holding Anna's hand, grinding her ears and temples affectionately, and saying nothing.

But now, something is invisibly blocking between the two.

So that he can no longer treat this beautiful and generous girl as just a little sister as he did when he was a child.

They've all grown up.

Anna shook her ponytail and said with a smile: "You are still so shameless, when it comes to the understanding and mastery of divine power, you can't catch up with me for eight hundred years."

You're not a religious person, not since childhood. ”

Philip smiled happily, indeed, he did not like to go to the temple since he was a child.

The Temple of Fallen Horse Town was the least place he had ever been in the entire town.

The only time I've been there has been is either to follow Catherine to the ceremony, or to be dragged by Anna.

The two of them always liked to play games of knights and saints in the garden outside the temple.

Even so, he always believed that the use of divine power had nothing to do with piety or not at all.

He said, "Don't be reluctant to eat the potion that was given to you, and don't refuse it, that's a piece of your Aunt Catherine's heart."

The imperial capital is too complicated, even with the protection of Cousin Shirley, it can't be protected for a few years.

Only by awakening as soon as possible can your wish be fulfilled sooner.

Since you have been disobedient to me since you were a child, prove to me what a wonderful girl that Anna Stewart I know.

Please make me proud of you sooner, okay?"

Philip's words flowed into Anna's heart like a trickle, warming her heart after walking alone for a long time.

She looked at Philip's increasingly handsome face, and couldn't help but admire the magic of Gaia, the goddess of the earth mother.

can make a little fat man like Tun Mo turn into such a dazzling teenager in the blink of an eye.

She squinted her eyes and nodded lightly in the warm autumn sun.

"Alright, you go in, I'll watch you. Philip stopped at the door of Anna's dormitory, feeling that the road was so fast, and it was almost there.

Anna also stopped, suddenly opened her arms, hugged Philip's muscular body, and whispered in his ear, "Thank you, fat man." ”

Then, with a light step, he disappeared from Philip's sight.

Philip stood in place for a few minutes, reminiscing about the hug just now, feeling that the familiar little girl in Luoma Town was back again.

That's nice.

He walked out with brisk steps, scanning the faces of the girls of the seminary all the way, secretly slandering that it was the imperial capital in the end, and the comprehensive quality was much stronger than that of the Gaokan City Seminary.

But he didn't notice that in the glass window behind him, a look at his back didn't leave for a long time.

On the table in the corner of the room was a doll made up of many strips of paper, which looked like it had been a long time.

It seemed as if each note had been opened and folded back nicely, and several of them still had mottled tear stains on them.

That evening, it was still the same train, and Philip, Catherine and others were greeted by a group of relatives and friends, heading for the southeast of the empire.

Just ten days after Philip and the others left the imperial capital, they were still sitting in the carriage happily drinking tea and playing cards, in a dilapidated village on the outskirts of the imperial capital.

Jack, who was over forty years old, leaned against the trunk of a purple paulownia tree, flung a stick of wood in his hand, and passed the time in boredom.

He was tempted to smoke a cigarette, but when he was on guard here, it was strictly forbidden to have an open flame.

He didn't know why, but he was desperate for a stronger smell to lighten the disgusting smell that filled the air, and he had been here for two hours, and he was about to vomit.

Even the big tree he leaned on had turned yellow and withered, and its trunk was an unhealthy yellow.

God knows what those bastards were doing down there, Jack turned his head to look at the vents, and grumbled.

Before he could turn his head, a fist-sized rock suddenly slammed into his temple.

Jack didn't even have time to make a muffled sound before he fell to the ground, only bright red blood running down the dirt slope.

At this time, the other three light and dark sentinels who were not far from him also fell to the ground, and did not sound any alarm.

More than ten meters below the ground, there is a cave, where it is dug into a huge space, and inside are various pipes and equipment connected in rows.

The unpleasant smell comes from the cracks in the pipes and the pools filled with the solution.

Countless workers are busy inside, checking instruments, closing valves, stirring, exhausting, mixing, solidifying, cutting, packing, the whole assembly line does not seem to be like a product of this world, everything is in order and meticulous.

The bald head Battier looked at the orderly production in front of him with satisfaction, nodded, and said to Wade beside him: "Complete the last batch as soon as possible, I will personally supervise the loading, and there will be no mistakes."

You remember, all the remaining ingredients are also repackaged, and I will take them with me, leaving no traces.

In the future, it will be converted to the production of general daily chemical products, and it can also cover up some traces. ”

As if noticing the indignation on the young man's face, feeling that he was a little too unkind, Battier spoke again: "Don't worry, since you let your father confess his guilt, there will naturally be a way to save him."

It may be difficult for you that he's being locked up in a prison under the Temple, but it's not a big deal for the big guys behind me to make him comfortable.

As long as your father holds out for half a year, I am sure to replace him. ”

Wade seemed to know the details of the other party very well, his face looked a lot better, nodded silently, grabbed one of his subordinates, and gave a few orders.

The two of them came to a slightly brighter room, which looked like a lounge, with a large bed, so clean and tidy that it seemed to be out of place with its surroundings.

Battier took off his coat, which wasn't as stuffy as it was in the workshop, and made him feel a lot better.

As the minions that the big man relied on, he had a total of three forces under him.

One of them is the White Eagle Bandits, who kidnapped Philip five years ago, and are mainly responsible for kidnapping and trafficking children.

Of course, since Moody's death and the fall of White Eagle, replacements have appeared very quickly, and there are simply too many similar and large organizations in that vast mountain.

The second is his biological daughter Juno, nicknamed Lady Maya, the leader of the killer organization Pretenders.

Because of its very special ability, it can change a person's appearance and win the respect of the palace owner.

Battier himself only has a first-level awakening, and the reason why he can be reused by the palace master is that in addition to his calculating and cautious nature, it has a lot to do with his daughter.

Third, that is, the Red Skull thieves group personally in charge of him, secretly smuggles, robs, manufactures and sells all kinds of contraband, and does all kinds of evil, but the surface cover is a large chamber of commerce that is very famous in various countries.

He himself is even a guest of many small heads of state, just because he always gets new technologies and new products from extraterrestrial civilizations.

Battier had been here for more than ten days, and the situation in the imperial capital had changed dramatically since Philip's trial.

Two of his killers, two important members of his daughter's command to be precise, were arrested on the spot, and his partner Dyck was arrested and imprisoned, which caught him off guard.