"Jielan? Why did he come back? Shouldn't he be placed under house arrest in the forest and punished, hehe."
For this eldest son, Duke Griffin's emotions are quite complicated, from admiration and love in the early years, to hating him later, and finally to the gradual disgust now.
"What a disobedient son." Duke Griffin said these words in a low voice, and then asked the attendant beside him to put a coat on him and walk out of the room.
On the way to the hall, the adjutant on the side reported to Duke Griffin about Jerain's return this time.
"It is said that the Elf Queen saw that Her Highness was pious and forgave her subsequent punishment, allowing Her Highness Jerain to return early."
"Oh, if he is more sensible, he should stay in the forest and come out after a year." Duke Griffin was not satisfied with this explanation.
As the eldest son, Jerain, although he looks good to outsiders, is not pleased with him.
When he was in Emenas in the early years, let him have a good relationship with the then Princess Aveline, and it was the best thing for the two to get married. It's a pity that Jerain didn't follow his advice. After only having two lunches with the princess, he didn't go any further. In the end, he just stayed in the relationship of ordinary friends who knew each other.
But what's the use of this, among the upper-class nobles, if they get to know each other at a banquet, they can be called friends. What he wants is to strengthen the relationship with the royal family. At that time, Princess Aveline and sisters were deeply loved by the emperor, and they were friends with the crown prince. Relationship is also good.
It's okay to miss this matter. If Jerain married the daughter of a great noble in the western region, he could also stabilize the relationship in the western region and prepare for the future succession.
But this villain was still obsessed with the unknown wild woman he saw at school, and the many noble girls who had been refusing to introduce him to him.
Later, the imperial capital changed dramatically, the royal power changed several times, the majesty of the royal family gradually fell, and it was also a very good thing to form an alliance with the Duke of Raven in the north.
"Ultimate Chaos"
It's a pity, it's a pity that although the North is weak, Duke Raven is also quite a proud person, and he is not willing to be under the griffin. This marriage also ended in failure.
I gave you so many opportunities, but you didn't grasp it, and now you've been expelled from the cold, and you're still dissatisfied, it's ridiculous.
The Duke of Griffin wore a heavy and majestic lion mane coat and walked in the corridor guarded by the guards without saying a word. The adjutants and attendants behind him also followed cautiously, daring not to stimulate the king who was in a state of faint anger.
Sitting on the icy griffin throne, the old duke slowly stroked the cold and hard carvings on the armrest from his rough palms. At this moment, there were several generals standing in the hall, nobles in the western region, and a dozen or so fully dressed. Guard in armor.
There were not many people, and most of them came over temporarily to welcome the return of Jerain.
Although Jerain is no longer expected by many nobles and generals as in the past, he is still the eldest son of the Griffin family, and he still has basic status and influence.
"Let him come in." After a long silence, Duke Griffin said.
"Yes, Your Highness." The two knights pushed open the door and went out to communicate.
Before long, there was the sound of armor rubbing footsteps up the stairs, and then a strong, handsome man walked slowly into the hall.
The silver-white armor is very thick, the griffin on the chest is exquisite and strong, and the two shoulders are covered with the mane of the cloak. A little less, to show the difference between honor and status.
Compared to the past, Jerain's face was much colder, and he also had a little beard on his chin, giving him a rough and mature feeling.
Looking at the finally mature and stable Jerain, the old Duke Griffin snorted coldly. Although he was dissatisfied with his behavior of suddenly returning without notice on the surface, he was still a little relieved in his heart.
As expected of his own kind, he finally has a human-like appearance.
However, it was already too late, he whispered again in his heart, dispelling the idea of restoring Jerain's status.
"What's the matter with the sudden return?" Even his low voice made a lot of people in the hall bow their heads even if it was an ordinary question.
After the old Griffin Duke regained his vitality, he became more and more gloomy and unpredictable, causing many people to fear his anger.
"Yes, my father."
Jerain first half-kneeled to salute, and then stood up slowly. Instead of lowering his head like the others, he raised his head and looked directly at the father. That fearless eye boy and gaze made the old Duke Griffin annoyed and uncomfortable.
"Oh, tell me."
"I'm here to say goodbye to Father Father." Jerain said this, as if he was talking about an ordinary little thing to eat tonight.
"Goodbye, where are you going?"
"I will leave here with those who are willing to follow me and head south."
"Ha, did I hear it right? You, the eldest son of the Griffin family, are you going to give up your identity and go to the little girl of the Southern Red Dragon family?" From the Duke's point of view, this was just a guise for the lower-class people who were brought out by the young girl of the red dragon.
"No, Father, I have not given up the identity of the Griffin family." Jerain replied slowly.
"I just want to tell the world that the Griffin family has more than one voice, and more than one direction and path."
"The path you took is wrong, it is not recognized by the world, it cannot last for a long time, and it even deviates from the vision of the ancestors of the past."
The calm words instantly angered the old Griffin Duke. This denial was more intense than any insult, unacceptable, and extremely angry.
"You!" He stood up abruptly, his hideous face trembled in the hearts of everyone present.
"Rebel! Traitor! Dammit!" The roar was like thunder and fire, and it exploded in the hall.
"Come on, take him down for me!"
After the order was issued, the guards present forced to suppress the fear in their hearts, took their weapons, and approached the eldest son of the griffin.
"I'm sorry, Lord Jerain." Although it's not a good thing to offend the eldest son of the Griffin family, but if he doesn't do anything at this moment, I'm afraid he will be beheaded by Duke Griffin on the spot.
Jie Lann didn't move, his eyes still staring directly at the angry father, as if to remember this ugly appearance, and before the guards approached, several of the accompanying great knights drew out their swords and stabbed Jie. Lane protects in the middle.
Seeing how Jerain was still resisting and refused to be captured, another burst of anger surged into the heart of the old Griffin Duke, almost swallowing him up.
He slammed out the family's inheritance sword from his waist, and the snow-white sword light suddenly poured out.
Griffin Azshara (Holy Creation): At the end of the 'Sun of the Wings of God', a holy creation made with fragments of the crown of the gods, with partial power.
Attribute: Elemental - Radiance
field:
Majestic sight (shaking the soul and consciousness, causing the creature to fear and submit to it)
Blazing Wings (blazing light transforms into shocks and wings, tearing the sky apart)
Several generals and nobles who had been watching in the hall were also panicked at the moment. They wanted to draw their swords to express their position, but they were afraid that this would dampen the pleasure of this lord.
"Step aside!"
The old Duke Griffin held the sword in both hands, and the incandescent light flowed through the blade, like boiling molten iron. Just looking straight at it, there was a feeling of scorching to the point of suffocation, as if you were in a furnace, and your body would burn.
Forced by the terrifying heat wave that kept coming, the attendants and other personnel in the hall kept retreating to get out of the way, and the old Duke Griffin also approached Jerain step by step.
The air was distorted by the heat wave, and Jerain's face in his sight swayed. As the incandescent blade approached, the reflected flames filled his face, and sparks began to float from his hair and eyebrows.
"Nizi!" With a roar, the incandescent sword was slashed diagonally above, and the dazzling flame was instantly suppressed.
The people who had been pushed back by the fire waves for a long time, after hearing the thunderous roar, their hearts throbbed, and they almost became unsteady, but after the sound wave passed, they dared to open their eyes reluctantly and searched from the incandescent flames. Scene in the hall.
At this moment, an astonishing scene was being staged in the hall. A father and a son were holding a long sword in a stalemate in the hall, and they were evenly divided.
Jerain, who originally thought that he was burned to death by the sword of the holy relic, was actually unscathed. He held an equally exquisite long sword, clenched it in his hand, and firmly held the blazing holy sword that was cut down.
The azure blue and golden hilt is clearly visible in the radiance of the fire, and the sharp and tough sword body is constantly flowing with golden ripples, dissolving and disappearing the blazing white flame at the point of contact.
Jerain himself seemed to be wrapped in a colorless transparent gas hood. Under the resistance and rotation of the gas hood, the incandescent flames that were pressed down and attacked were dispersed into a stream of boiling airflow, overflowing to the side and back. It scattered and hit the walls, floors, and ceilings of the hall. Wherever it touched, it burned and melted, and some stone parts softened slowly, flowing like incandescent liquid.
"you!"
Seeing that this villain still dared to resist, and even did so, the old Duke Griffin became even more angry, and he increased the power to pour in again, and the secret technique recorded by the family continued to operate, making the holy sword in his hand more and more shining. And fiery, like a small sun rising in this hall.
"Peng!"
Everyone in the Griffin Territory was frightened by a loud noise, and then saw a large amount of fire coming out of the white castle on the mountainside. Even during the day, there was a hot wind blowing, which made people's hair stand up, and they were extremely surprised.
"That is… "
Someone was still guessing what was going on, when a whimpering low-pitched horn was heard, and then the bells on the top of the castle tower kept ringing, spreading all around.
"Griffins..."
When the ancient horn sounded, its sound echoed in the mountains and valleys, and passed through the mountains.
Soon people saw the strong and ferocious griffins flying out of the mountains with their wings on their backs, and the knights who were wearing armor and holding thunder guns and driving the griffins continued to gather, and then circled towards the castle. Come.
"boom!"
The gate of the castle, which was closed on weekdays, collapsed as if it had been hit by a giant beast, and the extremely heavy door panel and iron fence raised a large amount of dust and smoke on the ground.
After that, a tight hoof sound rang out in the dust mist, and then a group of fully-armed knights stepped out on their horses and galloped down the mountain.
Looking at the warhorse covered in armor, the large round shield with the lion's head as the face, and the classical lance that swayed as the warhorse galloped, everyone immediately recognized that this was the white lion knight of the Griffin family.
Among the sudden changes, before the nobles and commoners of the Griffin led the nobles and commoners, a terrified roar came from the castle, and several generals dressed in armor and capes rode out, holding up the military orders in their hands. and long sword, announced loudly.
"Everyone! Immediately pursue the traitor Gerain of the Griffin family and kill without mercy!"
"Say it again, everyone! Immediately pursue the traitor Jerain. He is no longer the heir of the Griffin family, but a traitor who tried to kill his father. Kill without mercy!"
"Catch him, kill him!" The roar echoed through the mountains, reaching the sky.
Before long, groups of griffin riders swooped down from the mountains and high in the sky, chasing the galloping line of knights. In the field of vision, the one at the head is also particularly conspicuous. He seems to be disdainful of covering it up. The lion mane cloak behind him is so conspicuous that it directly shows his identity.
War horses howled, griffins swooped, thunder guns and sharp swords staggered, and another fierce battle started in the mountains.
In the castle of the Salius family.
The hall originally used to receive guests has long been a mess, its dome has long been lifted, and there are broken stones and flames everywhere, smoke and flames.
The dignified old Duke Griffin sat on his knees in the hall, extremely slumped, and the shining holy sword also extinguished the light at this moment, and fell casually on the ground covered with gravel.
Although he himself was not injured, at the moment he was holding a petite and weak figure in his hand.
Imitation Hua Silin's eyes were slightly closed, her eyelashes were constantly trembling, she seemed to be enduring some kind of pain, and her originally pure white dress was dyed red, and there was a gap in her chest, which seemed to be stabbed by a sharp sword pass through.
Reluctantly opening her eyes, Imitation Hua Silin tried to stand up, and then was hurriedly supported by the old Duke Griffin to prevent the wound from expanding.
"I can't die yet, don't be so nervous."
The witch with white hair and white eyebrows spoke. She stroked the old man's forehead and eyebrows with her hands, distinguishing the gray hair on her fingertips.
"You and Oslyn are really alike, and you can't teach children well."
The seemingly young witch showed a nostalgic smile, then sat up slowly in the arms of the man behind her, the blood on her chest gradually turned into stone powder particles, falling one by one, and the red-stained dress returned to its usual snow white again. .
——
In the fierce conflict just now, the old Duke Griffin was furious that his sword slash was resisted, and used a series of offensive methods again, which also forced Jerain to fight back.
The two kept fighting in the hall, lifted the dome, and the fire was overflowing. In the end, the old Duke Griffin finally fell to the wind because of his lack of physical strength and extraordinary strength, unable to block the blade that Jerain stabbed.
Seeing the shining light, which was also a holy creation, the sword was stabbed. Duke Griffin was unavoidable and was about to die here. A figure with white hair and a white dress suddenly appeared and blocked the sword with his body.
Although the long sword pierced the witch, the pure white stone also continued to spread, and Jerain, who felt deeply that the witch's power was strange, did not want to stay for a long time, and immediately pulled back.
Seeing Hua Silin's father hugging in the firelight, Jerain suddenly felt that he was much older, and he was no longer the omnipotent and powerful father he used to worship.
Although his father wanted to kill him, he could not kill his father because of this, otherwise he would deviate from the path he chose and become the same person as his father.
"Goodbye, father."
Jerain saluted the man for the last time, and then took the knight behind him and left this childhood home, where he grew up, without hesitation.
"I'm going my way, a way different from yours."