The news brought by No. 3 did not change anything in a short period of time. Everyone in the Lord's Mansion lived as usual, and nothing much changed.
Hotaru and Hei worked together to rectify some matters in the lord's mansion. They occasionally took Brandon and Verdani's two daughters to walk around and play in the main city. Most of the residents of the Moldavia Territory had long been familiar with them. This young maid is the head maid of the lord's mansion, so no one disturbs their play on weekdays.
Rin, on the other hand, traveled between Winter Castle and the Lord's Mansion, handling most of the government affairs for Joshua. The young man with a slight workaholic tendency always worked overtime until late at night, and his diligent performance made No. 3 couldn't help but admire him. Joshua wondered if he was exploiting the young man's labor force too much.
Artanis also visited the Lord's Mansion several times. After learning about the warrior's journey on the Holy Mountain, the old bishop repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Joshua. Only then did the warrior learn that Artanis had several former friends. Students and acquaintances are now at the western defense line of the Holy Mountain. After hearing the news that his friends were safe and sound, the old man's sad look disappeared.
Joshua himself is communicating with the world all the time as usual. He strengthens his power bit by bit by resonating with the free energy in the atmosphere.
The recent period has gradually entered late autumn, and winter is approaching in the Northland. Farmers, hunters, explorers, and adventurers have all come to the busiest time. They are busy harvesting crops, hunting fat beasts, and taking advantage of the absence of winter and blizzards. When he comes, he will explore the mysterious Great Ajax Mountains for the last time and receive the reward from the Lord's Mansion. The whole of Moldavia is rarely busy, and everyone has their own work.
At this time, the soldier was standing in the center of a wasteland at least dozens of kilometers away from the main city. His eyes were closed tightly, the air flow around his mouth and nose was surging, and his chest and abdomen were rising and falling rhythmically. He was breathing, and the high temperature of hundreds of degrees was... With the body as the center, it radiates in all directions like an oven, turning the wasteland within a few hundred meters into sand and scorched earth bit by bit.
'Breath of Hell'
Since the last time he faced the red dragon Evian and realized a little bit of the 'flame intention', which is the essence of the blazing sun's flash, from the self-destruction of the core star, the warrior has been trying to master this power.
Nowadays, Joshua's basic physical fitness, willpower and mental fighting spirit are extremely solid, and he is a real strong man in Jiyi. However, his expertise and talents have not kept up, which is similar to the permanent gain state of the Steel Armor Breathing Technique. There is no practice either.
After all, it has only been two years since he traveled through time, and he continued to venture around and travel to other worlds during the process. Although this allowed the warrior's level to increase rapidly, it made him unable to keep up in other aspects. This time in the Blood Moon Abyss The battle against Mandagal and the battle against Evian at Holy Mountain exposed this shortcoming - apart from throwing Hotaru and Rin out, he has no reliable long-range attack methods.
The extremely powerful special ability of the Fierce Sun Flash is undoubtedly very suitable for Joshua. For this reason, the warrior specially spent time to create a brand new power control technique to control the power of the flame and the sun, which is the breath of the prison.
Prison Breath is a special energy internal circulation system. Its performance is to improve the practitioner's resistance to single magic damage and master the corresponding supernatural abilities. Judging from the current actual effects, this unique breathing method The resistance shown itself is incidental to the supernatural ability gained by the practitioner after completing the study. And this ability is even more powerful for people like Joshua, whose combat qi itself combines elements such as high temperature and fire, and even the time required for practice is greatly shortened.
Now that the perfection of the Breath of Scorched Prison is nearing completion, warriors can now generate high temperatures exceeding the surface of the sun as long as they use all their fighting energy. They can easily vaporize steel and break through most of the defenses in the world. With this power, they can fight At the end of the day, it will undoubtedly be much easier to control the blazing sun.
The heat in the atmosphere gradually dissipated, the twisted air returned to calm, and Joshua stopped practicing Dou Qi. The sun was setting, and today's daily exercise was over. He was going back to the Lord's Mansion to handle some government affairs.
The flying speed of the Jiyi-level powerhouse is far faster than that of gold. Not long after, Joshua, who did not use all his strength, had returned from the wasteland to the sky above the main city of Moldavia. He stood in the sky, looking down at his territory. The bustling flow of people in the city, as well as the people outside the city who are gradually returning.
The harvest festival is coming soon. Joshua thought this way, this is a large-scale celebration held every autumn, and as the lord, he needs to host the entire event. This is not only the case in the North, but also all over the country, and even His Majesty the Emperor will host similar ceremonies.
"In that case." The soldier whispered to himself: "It's almost time..."
At this moment, Joshua suddenly felt something and turned his head to look into the distance. He saw a white horse at the end of the horizon galloping along the avenue towards the main city of Moldavia.
The blood of this horse is excellent, and it has obviously been mixed with dragon beasts. After running for a very long time, its physical strength can still make it make a long neigh, causing slower passers-by and carriages in front to quickly avoid it. On the horseback was an extremely tired red-haired young man. He had gone through a long journey and seemed to be about to expire.
Watching the white horse approaching the main city from a distance bit by bit, Joshua's eyes flashed.
He slowly landed at the city gate, waiting for the other party's arrival.
A person fell from the sky, causing chaos and noise, but after a few seconds, the scene became quiet.
Most of the people in the territory have seen their young lord in festivals and ceremonies, and a small number of them even have children studying at Winterfort Academy. Seeing Joshua coming, the gate of the main city of Moldavia suddenly became silent. Cars and horses did not dare to move forward, and pedestrians stopped uneasily. Until Joshua turned his head and signaled to those who were crowded at the gate to hurry in. Only when the city came to the city did the world break away from the stillness.
As everyone walked, they stared at their lord with awe until they left the city gate.
As time passed, the number of people coming and going at the city gate gradually decreased, the sun completely disappeared, and night fell. Joshua stood at the city gate and waited for the galloping white horse.
At the end of the road, the red-haired young man on horseback naturally saw Joshua. He hurriedly tightened the reins and stopped the mount under him. Then the young man immediately dismounted and rushed towards the warrior.
The skin of this red-haired young man has a sickly pale color, which is obviously the result of staying indoors for many years without seeing the sun. His hands are covered with blood blisters from driving war horses. It is obvious at a glance that he rarely goes out or uses his mount.
As soon as he came to the warrior, his eyes were filled with tears. The red-haired young man seemed to want to speak, but could not say anything. At this time, he had no time to think about why Joshua happened to be at the city gate, so he just Kneel down and bow your body to the ground, expressing endless respect and fear.
"Adman Carlos."
After waiting for a long time and seeing that the other party was just kneeling without saying anything, Joshua said: "Alfonso's eldest son, why did you return to Moldavia?"
After hearing the soldier's inquiry, the red-haired young man, Adman Carlos, trembled violently. He raised his head slightly, not daring to look directly into Joshua's eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty the Earl... I...my father..."
Joshua looked down at the young man who did not dare to look directly at him, his eyes narrowed, and he recalled the first time he saw this young man two years ago - when he was still a teenager. Alfonso introduced his eldest son to the warrior and revealed that he was willing to take him as a hostage and keep him in the lord's mansion. However, Joshua saw the other party's loyalty and felt that there was no need to go to such trouble, so he simply refused.
But now, too much has changed. The soldier said: "Alfonso Carlos, your father, is dead. I know this."
Perhaps because of Joshua's slightly cold words, Adelman's expression was a little stiff, but after hesitating for a while, he immediately replied painfully: "Your Majesty, my father is dead, uncle, Dalek Uncle and the others are all dead too!"
His words caused a commotion among passers-by. Many people looked at each other, not sure what was going on, but no one dared to stop and continue to listen to this matter.
Joshua didn't care about this look, he said: "Be specific, what happened."
"One night two weeks ago, my father was calculating the bills." By now, Adelman had calmed down. He swallowed dryly and said quickly: "But when I sent the hot drinks to the study, I found that My father is actually dead - without any warning, he just stopped breathing, and I said hello to him a few minutes ago!"
Speaking of this, Aardman's expression showed extreme pain, and tears burst out of his eyes: "Every few days, someone in the family will die like this, first Uncle Sindal, and then Uncle Dalek. I don't know what happened while I was on my way. No one has left during this time…”
"enough."
Joshua shook his head in disappointment, and his voice was cold: "Apart from this, is there nothing else you want to explain?"
Aardman was forced by the momentum and was speechless for a moment, but looking at this, the soldier knew that the other party really did not want to explain anything else.
Joshua looked up at the black night sky. The twin moons were slowly rising. He was silent for a while, and then said: "I knew about Alfonso's death a few days ago. I planned to go to the Imperial Capital at that time. Looking for the murderer and avenging him, but No. 3 reminded me of something."
Looking down at the red-haired young man who was shaking violently, Joshua said softly: "Although I don't know why, you are the one who forged the fund report, Adelman. Although you are clever at imitating your father's handwriting, for me and 3 That’s too clumsy for a number.”
"Your concealment caused the report of your father's death to be delayed for two weeks." The soldier's tone was calm: "Explain it."
After hearing Joshua's words, the red-haired young man immediately raised his head in horror. He seemed to want to explain, but was speechless under the cold eyes of the soldier. In the end, Adelman could only lower his head little by little. , and then tell the truth.
The financial report received at the beginning on the 3rd was indeed forged by several deputies of Adelman and Alfonso in order to conceal the information.
They thought that Alfonso died suddenly because of too hard work and the hidden injuries he suffered as a businessman in his early years. No one thought that this was a planned murder. Worried that the Lord's Mansion would send someone to take over the Imperial Capital's property on behalf of the Carlos family, Adman, Sindal and Dalek decided to temporarily forge reports on the flow of funds, preparing to first truly grasp the rights they received due to Alfonso's death, and then to inform Alfonso of his death.
For power and money, even ordinary people will muster great courage until the second or third person who suddenly dies appears.
Sindal, Dalek, and even other attendants in the house died one after another, making Aardman scared to death. He instantly understood that this was a test targeting the Radcliffe family and Joshua. The young man's concealment was considered by the other party to be Joshua's weakness, which made these unknown people even more rampant.
Aardman, who was frightened to the point of mental failure, took his seldom-used mount and fled towards a small city outside the imperial capital. He immediately teleported back to the border of the North, and then ran all the way towards the main city of Moldavia. Red The young man originally wanted to hide his drama of fighting for power and gain, but he didn't expect to be seen through at a glance.
"It's so ugly."
Shaking his head, Joshua closed his eyes. He didn't want to see the other party's embarrassing appearance. The warrior said calmly: "You have stayed in the imperial capital much longer than me, and you must know the situation better... Ademan, what do you think? Who assassinated your father and his deputy?"
He didn't pursue the other party's concealment because it was unnecessary. Joshua only wanted to know one thing now, and that was who the enemy was.
"... The Fertao family operates the 'Imperial Iron Fist' series of chain weapons stores, and the Seward family owns the largest ore producing area in the northwest."
After realizing that Joshua didn't bother to punish him for concealing his secret, Adelman thought for a while and then reported the names of the two families. Later, he thought again and said the name of the third family: "Perhaps the Toledo family is also possible... Their property is magic scrolls, which have nothing to do with us, but it is said that the old earl once injured their contemporary family when he was young... These are just speculations."
After saying this, the red-haired young man immediately added a suffix with some fear. He didn't know if it was these families who did it, but they were the ones who competed the most with the Radcliffe family recently. When it came to suspicion, the same was true.
"very good."
Nodding slightly, Joshua ignored the young man who was kneeling on the ground and his body was still shaking: "The crimes you have committed cannot be forgiven, but that is not now."
"Repent."
His body slowly floated up and disappeared into the darkness of the night sky. Only a cold voice came from high in the sky: "Before the revenge is over."
(End of chapter)