The Moraine family castle was built on the highest point in Pufferfish County. In Pufferfish County, as long as you stand in a place with a wide view, you can see the castle at a glance.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, three dark elves dressed in Joe's costume were riding on the Hamilton Bridge. From here, the three raised their heads slightly and looked at the castle from a distance.
The three of them were powerful and had excellent eyesight. They not only saw the castle, but also saw a dark blue carriage going up the slope on the high ground.
"Look, it's the carriage of East Valley College. It must be him in the carriage." Assassin Header said, after they got the news that Link had returned to his hometown, they chased them all the way. When they saw the carriage of East Valley, it must be Link is gone.
"Speed up, we'll go up and grab him now!" Warrior Norisa pinched the hilt of his sword.
"No, there is no rush." The magician Parson looked at the carriage and castle in the distance: "This is his family castle, and it is full of his family. He killed the eldest lady, so we must give him the greatest pain. Wait until it gets dark, go all the way in after dark, kill all his family members in front of him, and then burn down his family castle and destroy everything about him!"
"Okay!" Haider licked his lips cruelly. The dark elves are the darlings of the night, and Haider, as an assassin, is the god of death in the night!
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Link's carriage slowly drove into the castle. Although the Moraine family is not well-known, they are local lords. The family has been passed down for more than 300 years, and they still have some background. The construction of the family castle has spent a lot of thought .
The castle is surrounded by a five-meter-deep moat. Because it is on a high ground, there is no water in the ditch, but it is covered with wooden spikes. The outer wall of the city wall is made of hard basalt stone. There are many magic runes engraved on this side of the city wall. Link took a look and recognized the strong runes and basic magic resistance runes. After entering the city gate, there was a square with many defensive weapons. Such as trebuchets, repelling horses, giant crossbows, etc., the square is surrounded by high walls with many arrow stacks, and behind the square is the second city gate.
It is conceivable that when the foreign enemy breaks through the city gate and enters the castle square, they will immediately face a rain of death arrows, and they will attack the dog like closing the door, and there is nowhere to escape.
The carriage drove all the way, and Link looked all the way. His feeling was that this castle is completely a war fortress. If you have enough supplies for the defense of the city and a few experts, then it will be no problem to defend the castle for a year or so.
At this time, the carriage arrived at the inner castle. Here is the courtyard. There is a small garden in the courtyard. Many evergreen landscape shrubs are planted in the garden, which slightly breaks some dark and damp atmosphere. Behind the courtyard is the gate of the castle. , At this time, there were already three people standing at the door, who should have come to greet him.
Among the three people, two women and one man, the two women's clothes are half old and not new, and they are a little thin. They are shivering in the cold winter, rubbing their arms and stomping their feet from time to time. When they get closer, the appearance of each other becomes clearer. Link The memory welled up in my heart, and I recognized the other party.
The one with haggard and sad look was his mother Lilith in the flesh, the young woman who was a little out of control was his elder sister Mollie, and the last gray-haired one was Trevor, the old housekeeper of the Moraine family.
Mother is also in the castle? This was somewhat beyond Link's expectations. As for the elder brother, with his temperament, it's normal not to see him, and it's a ghost to see him. And the second brother is a knight of the kingdom and has been on duty in the northern silver fortress. It is normal that he is not there.
At the door, the carriage stopped, Linka opened the door and walked out.
Going home this time, he was looked down upon by the family members. Link didn’t wear casual clothes. He was wearing the dark blue robe of the East Valley School of Magic and two rings on his fingers. One was an exquisite edelweiss defense ring, and the other is the hereditary baron seal bestowed by the king, and in his hand is a magic wand that exudes a mysterious radiance.
This powerful magician's dressing effect is very good. When his mother Lilith saw it, her eyes lit up suddenly, and the worry on her face was relieved by more than half, and his eldest sister Molly also came back to her senses, covering her face in surprise. He shut his mouth, obviously he didn't expect that the incompetent brother in his heart would become like this. The butler Trevor's face also lost the contempt of the past, and there was a lot of awe. He had already bowed deeply and called him the third young master.
"Brother, is this really you?" Molly suspected that she was wrong. Their Moraine family advocated force and followed the road of knights, so Link, who was thin and thin since childhood, was despised.
But now, the young man in front of her has a strong figure, radiant eyes, and radiant attire, which makes people feel that this is a very powerful magician, which is very different from the younger brother in her memory.
"It's me." Link smiled. Although he didn't have any special feelings for these two women, the memory of the original owner of the body was still there, and Link still felt some kindness in his heart.
Stepping forward, he hugged his eldest sister and mother respectively. When he hugged his mother, Link found that the poor woman was shaking slightly. He turned his head and saw tears in her eyes, and she was staring at her closely. Looking at him, she looked like she couldn't get enough of it, and she was still murmuring: "It's great, it's great, my son has finally grown up and is promising."
Link felt a little sour when he heard that, he sighed lightly, calmed down his emotions, turned around and walked to the coachman, took out 5 gold coins and threw them over: "Al, you go to rest first, I will trouble you to stay for a few days At the castle."
The coachman's eyes lit up when he saw the golden light, and he saw that it was still 5 coins, which was already worth half a year's wages. He was overjoyed and said happily, "Thank you, sir."
This scene fell into the eyes of the old butler Trevor, and his heart trembled: "Hiss~ The reward turned out to be 5 gold coins!" '
The annual income of the entire Moraine Castle is only 700 gold coins, and it has to support more than 300 people in the castle. The most generous reward that the Viscount gave to his servants in previous years was 5 silver coins, which is already a rare generosity. Unexpectedly Link made ten times as soon as he shot, which completely exceeded the old butler's psychological expectations.
It was winter at this time, it was freezing outside, and the cold wind was howling. Link saw that the faces of his mother and eldest sister were turning pale due to the cold wind, so he said, "Mother, sister, come in."
"Okay, okay." Lilith only looked at her son, and Link did what he said.
As for Molly, like the old housekeeper, she was also intimidated by Link's generosity. Her annual pocket money is only 6 gold coins. On weekdays, she spends 1 gold coin to buy a dress for herself. months. Unexpectedly, her own brother just gave her pocket money for nearly a year to a coachman... Doesn't this treat money as money
She was so stunned, with shock in her heart, and a trace of joy and expectation, she followed Link into the castle, and kept her eyes fixed on her brother.
On the way, Link said to the old housekeeper, "I'm going to see my father, lead the way."
Trevor was stunned, and instinctively said: "My lord Viscount is weak now, so I can't see you..."
It wasn't that he didn't want to lead the way, but it was the order of Hamilton's eldest son, the next Viscount Wharton Moleney. He specifically asked the third young master not to let him easily see the seriously ill old Viscount when he came back this time.
The reason is also very simple. It is nothing more than fear that the old Viscount will be soft-hearted and give up the family property.
In the past, Trevor said this without any pressure, but this time, before he finished speaking, he saw the pair of black eyes of his third young master looking over. There was no emotion in the eyes, and he just looked at him lightly. With a glance, he suddenly felt a huge oppressive force.
Sweat broke out on his forehead, and Trevor subconsciously escaped: "Third Young Master, this is your elder brother's order."
Link sneered, he didn't know what his elder brother was thinking, the family property was originally small, and he was afraid that it would be divided again, but how could he value such a little thing now
He said lightly: "It's my father I want to see, not my elder brother. Let's lead the way!"
"...Yes." Trevor found that he couldn't refuse the will of the young man in front of him at all, and he agreed instinctively. After he finished speaking, he was shocked in his heart: "How did the third young master become so powerful? It's a strange thing. It's so strange." '
Now that he agreed, he had no choice but to lead the way with a bitter face.
After walking a few steps and reaching the stairs, a figure appeared from the stairs on the second floor, and at the same time a voice came in: "My dear brother, you are back, I really miss you."
Link looked up, and saw a strong young man walking down the stairs with a smile on his face.
This man is in his early 30s, with brown-black shawl and curly hair, a well-groomed beard, and a solid build. He is wearing a brand-new black robe, a high-quality fur waistcoat on his back, exquisite moccasin boots under his feet, and jewelry on his body. Twice as much as Link's mother Lilith and eldest sister combined.
As soon as they saw this person, both the mother and the eldest sister lowered their heads together, and their stature became much lower in an instant, like a shivering fawn in front of a lion.
This person is the elder brother in the flesh, the orthodox heir to the title of Viscount, Wharton Moleney.
He walked down the steps step by step, while looking up and down at Link, the smile on his face became more and more intense: "My dear brother, it seems that you have learned magic well, and you have already got your wand. This wand is really beautiful, Show me."
As he said that, he directly reached out to take it from Link's hand. This was a habit before, because his third brother would never refuse his request.
But that was Link before.
As for now, what is this pampered guy
Link's magic energy immediately poured into the wand, and the Star Reaching Wand emitted a dazzling light. Under the light, Link looked at his domineering brother indifferently: "This is not something you should touch, Wharton .”
A magician's wand is a warrior's sword, never in the second hand.
Wharton's complexion changed, his smile faded a lot, and he didn't take back the hand that he stretched out. A strong fighting spirit emerged from his hand, and he still reached out: "Why, my brother, after learning some magic, he won't Put my big brother in your eyes?"
He practiced the Ice Wind War Qi inherited from the Moraine family, and now he is a level 4 fighter. He is confident that even if he looks at the entire kingdom, he is a master, and his younger brother has only studied magic for a year.
How capable is a guy who has only studied magic for a year? As for the glowing gadgets on his body, nine out of ten are things that this kid took out for appearance.
So, he made such an extremely unwise choice.
The next moment, a light flashed on Link's body, and the Level 4 Edelweiss magic was instantly activated, and a radial force field shot out!
Link controlled the range of the force field, and did not hurt his mother, eldest sister, and housekeeper, but on Wharton's side, the force field was much stronger, and he bumped into it.
'boom! Wharton was caught off guard, his hand was bounced back, and his whole body was knocked back continuously.
"Well, boy, you dare to do something to me!" Wharton was furious. In the Moraine family, he has been saying one thing for many years. Even his father would not dare to go against his will too much, and this third brother has always He was obedient to him, and now he dares to fight back!
As a result, his heart surged with anger, his fighting spirit broke out recklessly, and he rushed back madly. He wanted to teach this disobedient brother a lesson!