Twenty miles to the south of the manor, is the front line of the battle against the creatures of the abyss.

This is also the northernmost point of the original Southern Special Region of the Delun Empire, and if this line of defense is broken, the Southern Special Region will all fall, and the creatures of the abyss will be able to drive straight into the densely populated and thriving southern plains of the Delun Empire.

High in the sky, war airships are like deep-sea giant sharks, cruising slowly.

One by one, the artillery balloons were suspended in the air, and the observers kept roaring loudly, and the signalmen followed the orders of the observers, waving small flags and sending intensive signals to the ground artillery positions.

As far as the eye can see, in the hills and forests everywhere, there are densely packed with new large-caliber field artillery positions.

Joe and Sarian stood in the pod of a fast airship, side by side by an observation window, overlooking the artillery positions that flickered below.

There was a strange atmosphere in the pod, and after being silent for a while, Salian smiled dryly: "In the past few days when you have been asleep, all the industrial and mining industries in the Ruhr City region have been under military control, and the productivity has expanded by thirteen.5 times in a short period of time, plus the productivity of the base combat vehicles, now we can have three thousand new field guns shipped every day." ”

"If it weren't for the support of these new artillery, the northern front of the empire's main defense could barely be supported, but those mercenaries in the west, and those vassal doglegs in Lucia in the east, they would have been broken through long ago......"

Salian laughed dryly, his eyes blinking, sneakily looking at Joe's black hair, black eyebrows, and dark eyes.

"I don't look like her." In his memory, Joe turned out the appearance of the woman who was full of aura.

"When I lost weight, it was almost the same." Salian touched his chin and muttered in a low voice, "You've fought people a few times, and when you lost weight, your face looked almost exactly like hers...... Well, that's the kind of state where you have a few muscles in your cheeks...... If only I could soften it a little more......"

"Soft?" Joe pouted, "So, what do I look like now?" Gentle enough, right? ”

Joe slapped his belly hard.

The waves of flesh rolled under Joe's general's uniform, and the corners of Salian's mouth twitched violently, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

"Uh, I'm a little hard to take......" Joe clasped his hands to his chest, condescending, squinting at Salian.

"I can understand your feelings...... But my grandmother and I are very happy about your presence...... For me, in particular, it was not just ecstatic, but a, a kind of redemption. ”

Salian looked up at Joe and said hurriedly, "I always thought you were dead. ”

Joe's eyes narrowed.

"When I returned with my army, the Thousand Lakes Castle had been razed to the ground, and I only found one of your mother's favorite jewel rings in the ruins, but the ring was also burned and twisted. ”

Joe took a deep breath, and then slowly, slowly, little by little, exhaled his breath.

In the pod, a strong wind rose from the ground, Salian staggered back two steps unsteadily, and the little airship shook violently, and the soldiers who controlled the airship let out a sharp whistle.

Joe reined in his breath.

Salian spread his hands: "I can understand your attitude towards me...... Well, well, Vigrar, whom I regard as my own brother, has been hiding from me for more than ten years. ”

"But your mother and I are truly in love...... Of course, my relationship with her is, in a sense, immoral...... for I already had a wife by that time, and Isaac had been born......"

"But my wife, Isaac's mother, you know, royal marriages, were never based on feelings. In short, the elders of both sides, the ministers of both sides, they think that you should be biological children, and you will become biological children. ”

Qiao Wei smiled: "It's like a pig farm, ...... two heads"

Salian's face was dark, could there be such an insult?

No matter what, he is indeed the biological father of the big fat man in front of him.

"After Isaac was born, I had a dispute with his mother, who wanted to meddle in the internal affairs of the empire, and I tried to prevent her from doing so...... There are some contradictions that I can't tell outsiders, so I traveled around Medland with Vigrar, who also just got married, with a royal exchange group. ”

"The Principality of a Thousand Lakes is the last stop for me and Vigrar."

"It was a very beautiful small mountainous country, with an area of land equivalent to the smallest province of the empire. However, the territory is densely covered with thousands of lakes of all sizes, and there are many underground undercurrents, rich in golden sand, precious stones, rare birds and animals, and rare metals. ”

"Therefore, the Principality of Thousand Lakes is very rich, but because of its weak national strength, it has always been a vassal of the Empire, relying on the protection of the Empire, and even the Empire has stationed an elite field division in the Principality all year round as protection."

"Your mother, there is a very beautiful name for the Eastern Continent, Qiao Lingxi......"

"Her surname, according to the custom of the Eastern Continent, is placed at the front of the name...... Her surname is Joe, and your name is the pronunciation of her last name...... "Salian muttered 'Joe' and 'Joe' over and over again in the Eastern Continent and Medland lingua franca.

Joe's face drooped, and he knew the origin of his name.

His name is his biological mother's surname.

There was a strange throbbing in his heart.

"You have a quarter of the Eastern Continent bloodline in you. Because your maternal grandfather, your mother's father, was an exiled prince of the Eastern Continent...... It's an extremely long story, and I don't know much about it. ”

"In short, he fled to Medland with a team of loyal guards, with a monstrous fortune, supposedly the treasury of some empire, and secretly came to the Duchy of Thousand Lakes, surrounded by mountains, with many underground undercurrents, complex and rugged terrain, and dense mountains and forests."

"He fell in love with your grandmother at first sight, and when they got married, they had your mother."

"When your mother was ten years old, he returned to the Eastern Continent by ship with some of his guards, and with an army that he had hired from the mountain countries with his wealth...... He never forgot his homeland, so he wanted to return to his country with the army. ”

"Never to return?" Joe looked at Salian.

"Gone forever......," Salian shrugged, "Your grandmother was sick with longing, when your mother was fourteen years old...... Sadly passed away. Your mother was still a minor at the time, and there were people of her own clan waiting for an opportunity to seize the throne, and there were powerful enemies outside. ”

"However, your grandfather left behind a formidable transcendent guard for your mother, the Lan Battalion!"

"Lan Ying?" Joe's eyes widened.

The word 'Lan Ying', Salian said it in standard Donglu language, and Joe immediately remembered the two brothers Lan Mu Jian and Lan Ki Terrier beside him.

"The ghost shopkeeper is the leader of Lan Ying, Lan Mu Hibiscus and Lan Platycodon, and they are orphans adopted by Lan Ying after coming to Medland. Bloodaxe Marcos, Yaya Toure, the warriors who have gradually invested in your command these days are all the strength that the Lan Battalion has gathered over the years! ”

"Even Gorkin, the big brother you think in your heart...... He is the next leader of the Lan camp chosen by the Grimace Master. ”

"So, as the eldest young master of the Weitu family, he gave up a better future, and he joined the Imperial Army in a bloody battle, and he did a good job...... With the support of the wealth of the Wittu family and the force of the Lan camp, coupled with the death of Gorkin, even if he goes on step by step, he can become a powerful general of the empire after more than ten years. ”

"Money, troops, and extraordinary force...... Ah, if you are not my own son, such a monster, I should do everything in my power to destroy him. ”

Joe's mind was a mess.

Gorkin, his brother.

The shopkeeper with a grimace, an old friend he 'accidentally' made.

There are also Lan Hibiscus and Lan Kikyo, those elite warriors they recruited...... Qiao felt strange why Lan Mu Hibiscus and Lan Kikyo obviously had a great future in the army, with their fifth-order combat power, they could wear a set of general uniforms with a little effort in the army!

They have such a future, but they decisively left the army, took a group of elite subordinates, and returned to the port of Tulum to be a small police officer!

It turns out that he is not the master of destiny.

These relatives around him had already arranged everything for him before he knew it.

With Joe's current IQ, he doesn't need to spend much energy to think about his future development.

When Gorkin took control of the military, when the wealth of the Wittu family continued to swell, and when the extraordinary combat power of the Danglan camp became more and more powerful...... After such a rich, powerful, and powerful monster grows up, Joe is bound to be pushed to the forefront!

The meaning of Salian's words just now was very clear, his mother was obviously dead.

Moreover, there must be a great conspiracy in her death.

Her death was not normal.

Then, when this force around Joe is strong enough, he will be the only heir of the last female archduke of the Principality of Thousand Lakes......

Command hundreds of thousands of troops, plough the court and sweep the caves, sweep away the enemy, and regain control of the Principality of Thousand Lakes.

Even, as Salian's own son.

In Joe's heart, there couldn't help but have a darker possibility popping up.

Ma Kai is obviously a fool.

Isaac ...... Although he also has experience in the army, the so-called hidden arrows are difficult to defend against.

While...... Joe grew up enough to replace Isaac.

Think about it, Isaac was trained on the Northwest Front, while Gorkin coincidentally went to the Northwest Army to train.

It's okay if you don't want to, but think about it.

"Who does her death have anything to do with it?" Jo looked at Salian coldly: "Don't talk about destroying this monster or anything like that, even if you're ...... None of you can do it. ”

Joe warned Salian very seriously: "With my current strength, none of you can do it. ”

The corners of Salian's eyes twitched.

He coughed dryly, "I'm just, speaking out my worries...... As for your mother'......"

Raising his head, Salian said faintly, "Your mother has secured the throne under the guard of those loyal subordinates...... When she was sixteen years old, Vigrar and I took an exchange group to the Principality of a Thousand Lakes. That was the last leg of our diplomatic journey. ”

"I met your mother...... She is beautiful, and she is extremely gentle and intelligent...... She is the most perfect woman I have ever met. ”

"I fell in love with her, and she fell in love with me...... And then, there you are! ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Salian muttered in a low voice, "Vigrar was also in love with your mother at that time, and I beat him to retreat voluntarily...... Ah, bastard, that's why he's been hiding everything about you from me for more than ten years, right? ”

"He hates me for not protecting your mother."

"And then, he's taking revenge on me for that clean beating!"