When Zhong Zhi gradually stepped out of Zhencheng's field of vision, two burly figures appeared beside Zhong Zhi.

"Sister, I think you seem to be injured, how are you doing now?" One of the figures stepped forward and asked in a concerned tone.

"It's not a big deal, I'm almost recovered with the help of 'Streaming Time'." Zhong Zhi looked at the burly man in front of him and said, the suit on her body is called 'Liushi', which was made by the famous general of Zhong Zhicheng himself. The armor 'Flow' is made of a special material that increases the conductivity of mana, allowing the user to cast spells more freely and reducing the cost of mana.

"Jong Hyun! It's you two, if I hadn't left in time, would you two be planning to do something in the exhibition hall? A cold glint flashed in Zhong Zhi's eyes.

"Hey, I don't have the intention of doing so. But I don't know about Zhong Ming's side. The man named Jonghyun hurriedly waved his hand and shirked his responsibility.

"Jong Hyun! You! Hey, forget it, I don't care about you. The man on the other side, known as Zhong Ming, also wanted to make some excuses for himself, "Sister, you must know that you are the one who will get married in a few days, and these three men are alone with a strange man in the middle of the night, and my brothers and I can't take care of it." ”

"Are you two nervous misaligned? Don't you know why I'm outside? I didn't see you two follow me when I pursued the Red-Eyed Crowd. If it hadn't been for the man in the pavilion who came to my rescue, I might have been killed by the Red-Eyed Crowd, you know! Zhong Zhi's eyebrows tightened, and his face was angry.

"Sister, the 'Liushi' armor has its own anti-tracking effect, and you deliberately concealed your traces and spread a lot of false information. On this day, both of my brothers were about to break their legs. Zhong Ming said helplessly.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Let me ask you a question, how do you know that he is a good person? Zhong Xuan on the side interrupted Zhong Ming's words and interjected: "Sister, do you know his identity?" ”

"His name is Zhencheng, and I ...... the rest I don't know. Zhong Zhi was speechless for a while.

"If he is also an outlaw, how can we pretend to turn a blind eye?" Jong-hyun is full of reason.

"No, my sixth sense tells me he's a good guy!!" Zhong Zhi finally made a strong defense.

"Okay, sister, I won't fight with you." Zhong Xuan waved his hand to show weakness, "Tonight's matter in the pavilion, Zhong Ming and I, we should not have seen it, okay?" ”

"Humph!" Zhong Zhi raised his head and stopped talking. As long as her younger brothers no longer plan to arrest Shinsei, then she will be relieved.

"Sister, I'll tell you something serious." Zhong Ming also caught up at this time, and he casually pulled the oversized sack that he was dragging behind him. "Guess what's in this sack?"

Only then did Zhong Zhi notice the sack behind Zhong Ming, and said impatiently: "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" You two don't have a proper shape all day long. ”

"This sack contains the bandits you beat and tied up earlier." Zhong Ming said.

"What?" Zhong Zhi stared at the sack dragged behind Zhong Ming with wide eyes, this sack could indeed hold four people, but why would a living person be motionless in a sack? "What's the matter, am I so heavy? Why haven't they woken up yet? ”

"They couldn't wake up, and all four of them committed suicide by poisoning." Zhong Xuan waved his hand and said, "But it doesn't matter, as long as you can make a difference on my father's side." ”

was so vicious to his own people, Zhong Zhi's mind reappeared with the fierce and vicious face of the bandit leader. It seems that Zhong Zhicheng seems to be not so peaceful recently, Zhong Zhi looked at the empty street, and his expression was a little sad.

Zhong Zhi, Zhong Ming, and Zhong Xuan quickly marched towards the castle of the Zhong family, the lord of Zhong City. Along the way, Zhong Zhi lowered his head, his face full of boredom and resistance. When he was about to reach the door, Zhong Zhi suddenly stopped.

"If you don't go in, I won't go in." Zhong Zhi said that she had just escaped this morning, and it seemed a little shameless to come back tonight.

"Hey, sister, you don't know. Ever since you left, your mother has gone mad, and she has not eaten or drunk food or water until this day. How many times do you go back to give her an explanation, don't let her worry about it all the time. Your marriage, my brother and I will find a way to talk to my father again, and find a cousin and cousin to replace you. Seeing that Zhong Zhi had no intention of entering the door, Zhong Ming hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, for fear that Zhong Zhi would run away again.

"Sister, you go in first. There is a family meeting tonight, and almost all the family members are present, and there is something to discuss. Jong Hyun also persuaded again.

Listening to the persuasion, Zhong Zhi hesitated for a moment. She was jealous of her father, and at the same time worried about her mother. Zhong Zhi looked at his two younger brothers with a frightened look in his eyes, and said weakly, "Okay." ”

Hearing that Zhong Zhi was willing to go home, Zhong Xuan and Zhong Ming were relieved at the same time. The three of them walked through the garden corridor into the castle, and the further they went, the crowd became bustling. Zhong Zhi looked at the gathered crowd, some faces were familiar and some were unfamiliar, but one thing was certain, that is, these people were all members of the Zhong family, their seven aunts and eight aunts, cousins, uncles and uncles, and so on. The Zhong family is a big family, and the total population of the Zhong family accounts for about 5% of the total population of the city. At this moment, hundreds of people had gathered in the inner hall of the castle, and they were all high-ranking figures of the Zhong family.

Seeing the three sisters and brothers entering the hall, everyone gave way to them, and at the same time they discussed it with a lot of gossip. The chatter grew louder and louder, and the whole hall became noisy.

"Ahem! Please be quiet! A majestic voice came from a high platform in the depths of the hall. The crowd standing under the luxurious crystal lamp fell silent in an instant, and they all looked up at the high platform, only to see a middle-aged man in a dark gray robe walking out of the depths of the hall. Although he is short in stature, his momentum is heroic and heroic, and the two long white eyebrows on his forehead dance backwards with the wind, and the whole person carries a spiritual aura. What's even more eye-catching is that he has a chic blue-handled long sword pinned to his waist, and the deep and fine texture on the long sword can be seen from a distance, which can't help but make people admire the producer's exquisite forging skills.

"I've seen the lord of the castle!" A man in the audience said, and under his leadership, the whole hall also stepped forward to pay homage and salute. The middle-aged man in a gray robe on the high platform was the current city lord of Zhong Zhicheng, Zhong Shan.

"Alright, brother. Everyone, too, doesn't have to salute. Zhong Shan responded to the man and the rest of the staff with a kind face, "It's so late that you suddenly summoned everyone to come, and I have something important to inform you." After speaking, Zhong Shan waved his hand, and the huge gears under the high platform operated synchronously, the gears were tightly occluded, and the big gears drove the small gears to rotate continuously, and with the constantly rotating gears, the layout of the hall was also changing. This is a technique unique to Zhong Zhicheng, and its technique originated from the mechanism technique of the Yanyang Dynasty and was later improved by the Zhong family.

In the center of the hall appeared a long dark gold table, the mechanical structure of the long table was constantly changing, some convex and some concave, and finally it formed a three-dimensional map. Thanks to Makoto's absence at the moment, otherwise he would have been shocked by this masterpiece of magical hybrid machinery. After the three-dimensional map was formed, Zhong Shan displayed a battle report from the border city in front of everyone.

"Tonight we got the news that the southwestern part of the Empire's borders has been lost. The invaders are high-level monsters, blood fiends. There seems to be a superior demon leader among them. Zhong Shan held the battle report and said slowly. When he finished speaking, there was silence in the audience, and everyone was stunned by the news, looking at Zhong Shan on the stage with an incredible face. Everyone understands what it means to lose the border city, the location of the city of Bell is in the southwest of the Grans Empire, if the border city in the southwest region is lost, then the city of bell will become an important line of defense to prevent the invaders from advancing straight in. I'm afraid that the city of bells is about to suffer the baptism of war.

After a few seconds of silence, the audience began to discuss like a fryer. Zhong Shan just stood on the stage and watched quietly, with no intention of stopping it. Now we all have emotions, and emotions need to be released. However, Zhong Ming took this opportunity and dragged the sack to Zhong Shan.

"Father, we're back." Zhong Ming came to the stage and saluted Zhong Shan, and then he told Zhong Shan everything that happened tonight.

After listening to Zhong Ming's words, Zhong Shan's gloomy face seemed to have some changes. He approached Zhong Ming and asked, "You said that you met a young man who can manipulate soldiers tonight, and he saved Zhong Zhi?" ”

"Yes, Zhong Zhi said that the young man's name is Zhencheng." Zhong Ming added.

Hearing Zhencheng's name, Zhong Shan's face showed a smile that was inconvenient to detect. Not only have the Red-Eyed Crowd been active recently, but the monsters have also begun to encroach on the border, and this boy with similar abilities to the 'Infinite Demon King' seems to be inextricably linked. Things are getting interesting, Zhong Shan thought to himself.

"In the past few days, you and Zhong Xuan have been quietly following this young man, and you can report anything to me at any time." Zhong Shan whispered.

"Okay, leave it to my brothers." Zhong Ming nodded and took over the task. But then, Zhong Ming changed his words and continued: "That father, I have one more thing. Look at my sister her. So reluctant to get married, or else. Let me introduce my cousin Zhong Qing, who longs for the royal family? ”

"Nonsense!" Zhong Shan scolded, so angry that his eyebrows were raised. "The matter of the marriage candidate has been decided, and you can't talk any more! Let's go down if there's nothing to do! Zhong Shan waved his hand away and drove Zhong Ming away, seeing that his father had made up his mind, Zhong Ming had no choice but to walk away dejectedly. In fact, Zhong Shan is not willing to marry his daughter to the royal family, let alone the daughter of the Zhong family who inherits part of the family's mantle. However, Zhong Shan has no other women under his knees except Zhong Zhi, and this time the Norman family named to marry Zhong Shan's direct children. Zhong Shan was also forced to be helpless, he couldn't offend the royal family that had been friends for generations because of his daughter, and bury trouble for the Zhong family.

Thinking of this, Zhong Shan glanced at Zhong Zhi in the audience guiltily, now that the war was imminent, he couldn't care so much. Zhong Shan cleared his throat and said to the audience: "Everyone be quiet!" Since war is inevitable, we must be fully prepared. As long as we are united, we will get through this difficulty! Next, I would like to ask Okama, who was wounded on the front line of the war to deliver the letter, to recount to us the attack of the Blood Demon, who was seriously wounded and fought on the front line for three days, and he is very aware of the number and types of monsters that came this time. Let's discuss defensive measures together. ”

Zhong Shan's voice fell, and a burly man covered in blood appeared in front of everyone. The man was wearing heavy silver armor with traces of battle, and his left arm was wrapped in thick gauze, under which the shape of his left hand could not be seen, and it seemed to have been broken. He spoke in a heavy tone about the attack of the Blood Demon, and following his story, the matter went back to three days ago.