In the first second of the battle, the high-ranking warrior of the Osto family fell to the ground and died, and then the mother of the Osto family, who was present to watch the battle, loudly announced that she had become a vassal of the Hrudian family.

If there was no inside story in such a life-and-death battle, the mothers of those families would all become blind, but the matter did not end there, because the head mother of the Hrudian family, Maris, announced in public that she would regard the Osto family as her most loyal ally, so that the Osto family still maintained its independence, and their family's internal affairs were not interfered with by the Hrudian family, and they had the right to receive the distribution of the spoils.

More than a dozen families followed Vigros to attack the headquarters of the Hrudian family in order to share some benefits, but they had to face retaliation from the Hrudian family after spending a lot of valuable combat power to gain nothing. And now these families find that as long as they follow in the footsteps of the Hrudian family instead, they can get more benefits than expected, and of course, this will definitely greatly offend the current first family.

However, the current situation in Isopaton City is quite delicate, the old family Vigros is still strong, the new family Herudian is aggressive, and it is not yet known who will have the last laugh, this is the best era, because no matter which side you bet on, there is a chance to win, and this is also the worst era, because it is the future fate of the family, and the defeated will lose everything.

――――――*――――――*―――――― Ryan sat in his room, looking at Senitea standing in front of her, who was a little shy, perhaps because she was not yet an adult, she put her arms across her chest and turned sideways to face Ryan, barely relying on this method to cover her chest and the vital points under her. In the same room, Faras leaned casually on a chair in the corner, slowly reading a book written in the Dark Elf language, which had allowed her to barely read what she was doing, even if it was only for a few years old.

"Are you really decided?" Ryan asked, rubbing his nose, "I need to say again, once the magic tattoo is drawn, it is almost impossible for you to improve your strength. You must know that you are not even an adult, and the future development is unlimited, which is different from your sister, although La Nina still has room for improvement, but it cannot be achieved without twenty or thirty years of hard training, I just helped her take a shortcut, a shortcut with very serious consequences. ”

Senitea nodded firmly, and she said to Ryan, "Teacher, please don't say any more, I've already thought about it. Now the overall strength of our Hrudian family's lineage is not enough to suppress the seven families who have taken refuge, if we can't solve this immediate trouble, how can the family compete with Vigros for the position of the first family? I am now the weakest in the family lineage, and I don't even have the ability to protect myself, unless I am willing to stay in the enchantment laboratory for the rest of my life like Aunt Mattis, otherwise I will be surrounded by many loyal and strong people of the family in vain. Besides, now that the family is facing opportunities and challenges, even if I have unlimited possibilities in the future, if the family is defeated in the struggle, won't it all be wasted?"

"Well, alright!" Ryan saw that Cenetia had made up her mind, so he stopped persuading, but began to observe her still young body seriously. The elven secret magic tattoos are all tailor-made, so in order to maximize the best effect on everyone's magic tattoos, Ryan must master every detail of Senitya's body. If not, perhaps a small scar on the skin can affect the final magic tattoo effect, making all this effort useless. And drawing magic tattoos is not like making soul golems, if they are broken, they melt down the bodies of those golems and start over again, once the magic tattoo drawing process fails, Senitea's whole person will be completely crippled, and this consequence will directly affect the rest of her life, so even if it is embarrassing, Ryan must do every step well.

It took Ryan more than an hour to finally memorize all the parts and details of Senitya's body, he picked up a wide towel and wrapped Cenetya's body, the latter had actually been peeking at Ryan's face, and seemed slightly disappointed after discovering that Ryan had completely ignored his body, but she didn't ask anything, perhaps because she was worried about affecting Ryan's thoughts, and just sat on the chair next to her with her hand.

More than an hour passed, and after Faras finished reading the enlightenment book in his hand, Ryan finally finished designing all the magic tattoos on Cenetea's body, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and drank the water next to him. When Ryan put down the cup in his hand and was about to speak to Cenicea, there was a knock on the door, and then Lanina said outside, "Eresella now, is it convenient to disturb?"

"Oh, come in!" Ryan shouted for Lanina to come in, who pushed open the door and walked to Ryan's room with the former strongest member of the family, the legendary soul golem Henam, and after seeing her sister Senitea wrapped in a towel, Lanina's face was also slightly red, and she remembered the process of Ryan drawing a set of magic tattoos for herself in this way a few days ago.

After reaching the chair in front of Ryan, Lanina immediately seemed to be a different person, leaving all distractions behind, and she said to Ryan with a serious expression: "Mr. Eresella, the twelfth ranked family has chosen to join us today, so that our family has the support of thirty-seven families, and so far, there are still fifty-five families that have chosen to support Vigros. The rest of the families are all high-ranking families, and it seems that they are planning to wait and see for a while. ”

"They have the power to postpone betting, after all, we can't push them too hard to prevent pushing these powerful families to the side of the opponent, and I'm sure Vigros's Mother Drisinti will think the same way. Ryan sat down in his place and said to Lanina, "Now that the battle of life and death has been going on for most of the time, I believe that Maris is under a lot of pressure, right? After all, it is not easy to convince these powerful families. ”

"Yes, my mother has not rested at all in the past few days, and she is busy day and night. Lanina whispered, and then turned the topic to tomorrow's life-and-death battle: "By the way, Mr. Eresella, tomorrow I will challenge the fifth-ranked Kenavan family, it is said that they have received the promise of the Mother of Drisinti and decided to send the strongest person in the family to snipe us, I am worried about ......"

"There's nothing to worry about, after all, there are wins and losses in life and death battles. Ryan replied easily: "Actually, I would rather lose a few games, because it is only in this kind of adversity that you can see a lot of things that you don't see on a daily basis." I know what you mean, Lanina, but you don't necessarily understand what I mean. Seeing that Lan Nina wanted to refute his words, Ryan preemptively said: "You don't talk too much, listen to me first, in my opinion, in fact, these life and death battles are basically a process, a process that allows you to grow and mature rapidly, without this pressure, maybe your potential will take a longer time to be stimulated, right?"

"In the end, whether Hrudian is the first family or not is not up to those wall grasses to decide, as long as we kill Vigros and have the strength to suppress the rebellion of other families, we are the new first family. Ryan tapped his hand on the table a few times casually, and then continued: "Okay, you don't have to tell me about the internal affairs of your family, I won't interfere and intervene, but I hope you can tell Maris what I just said, maybe one or two defeats can achieve better results." ”

Although Lanina didn't understand what Ryan meant, she had learned to trust Ryan during this time, so Lanina took these words to heart very carefully, planning to relay them to her mother later. When La Nina was doing this, Henam, who was standing next to her, looked at Ryan thoughtfully, and her experience naturally made it easy to understand Ryan's intentions.

As Ryan said, attracting those families to take refuge is just to divide Vigros's camp and reduce the resistance on the way forward, whether Hrudian can defeat Vigros will ultimately depend on the Golem Legion that the family is trying their best to create, and that is the root of everything. On this basis, it seems that it is also a good idea to deliberately lose a few games to preserve strength and paralyze the opponent.

After seeing off Lanina and Henam, Ryan sat back in his chair, took out the tools he used to draw the tattoo, and said to Senitea in as soft a tone as possible: "Come on, time is running out, let's get started, remember that no matter what happens, whether you feel pain or itching, you must not move, otherwise if there is a mistake in the magic array, it will be wasted." ”

With that, Ryan dipped the drawing tool in his hand in some mixed ink and began to draw a magical tattoo on Senitea's green body. Senitea firmly remembered Ryan's words, and did not move after putting on the pose that Ryan needed, but her heart was still a little nervous, so that her whole body was tense, so that Ryan had to stop and wait for Sene to relax before continuing to draw, skin tension and normal relaxation are two completely different states, this subtle change will make the final magic array appear a little off, Ryan naturally can't be careless.