Mount and Blade

Green looked through the window and saw a sturdy black bear slowly approaching the courtyard. Its target was obviously the pieces of meat that had not been completely dried on the drying rack.

The black wolf named Luke was warning it with bared teeth. Abaying heard the voice and rushed out without hesitation with a bow and arrow.

Green hurriedly grabbed him: "Don't be reckless."

But Abaying looked confident: "This bear often comes to make trouble. Today is a good time to teach it a lesson."

Green had no choice but to find a handy spear in the room and follow it.

For an archer who has already mastered archery, having a wide field of vision and within the range of shooting is the truth.

Abaying has such confidence that he can kill the sturdy black bear with one arrow.

Green's heart instantly rose to his throat, and he stared at the scene outside nervously. The black bear ignored Luke's warning and continued to approach the drying rack step by step, with only those tempting pieces of meat in his eyes.

Abaying had quietly surrounded the black bear with Luke, and pulled out his own special arrow from the quiver behind him.

Abaying was concentrating, his fingers tightly grasping the bowstring, his eyes sharp, ready to shoot at any time.

Luke kept howling, his fangs exposed, and his fierce look of baring his teeth tried to scare off the black bear. His hair stood up, showing a strong protective posture.

The black bear seemed to be angered by Luke's cry, and it let out a low roar, shaking the surrounding leaves slightly.

Just when the black bear's attention was attracted by Luke, Abaying took a deep breath and suddenly loosened his fingers. The sharp arrow flew out with a "whoosh" sound, flying straight towards the black bear.

The sharp arrow accurately shot through the black bear's right eye. The black bear screamed in pain and waved its front paws frantically to remove the arrow from its eye, but this only caused more severe pain. The black bear immediately ignored everything else and wanted to quickly escape from this place where it was traumatized. It hit the wall in a panic and deformed it, and then climbed over the wall and fled.

Luke sniffed the blood on the ground and was about to chase it, but Abaying stopped it: "Forget it, let it go, it looks like it won't live long."

As a top hunter, just listening to the scream of the black bear just now can judge its condition.

Green breathed a sigh of relief: "Your archery skills are really amazing."

Abaying smiled and looked at Luke: "Thanks to Luke's cooperation, we can repel the black bear so smoothly."

The two cleaned up the slightly messy courtyard, put the meat on the drying rack into the house, and then took the dry food and set off again to the "Fire Dragon's Nest".

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On the other side, Madwuxiu did not intend to give up. But there were more important things for him to deal with at the moment. When he retreated, he met up with several shadow hands who were monitoring Edward.

Madwuxiu carefully considered that it would take at least two days to reach the Fire Dragon's Nest from this deep forest. Even if Green's message was conveyed to Gurenberudo, it would definitely be too late.

What's more, he didn't know the specific plan of the Grand Duke at all, and they would definitely not have time to react.

However, it was always right to be more cautious. Madwuxiu asked the shadow hands who were originally monitoring Edward to hunt down Green. He observed the conversation between the two for a while, and seeing Edward, whose condition had obviously dimmed a lot, Madwuxiu's eyes flashed, and then he rushed to the secret passage leading to the Grand Duke's room.

"My disappointing son... almost showed the spirit of becoming a king!" He Kun murmured after listening to the news sent back by Madwuxiu.

The result of Edward and his mother falling out was expected. The plan to sow discord was successful, and everything went as planned by He Kun.

But... he was not happy.

When He Kun heard that Edward almost strangled Furda to death, but was interrupted by a Jodah spy. He was so angry that his teeth itched! !

He only had three sons in total. Due to inbreeding, the eldest and second sons either had personality defects or physical incoordination. Sometimes they even stuttered when speaking and twitched from time to time.

Such a serious disability... It is simply difficult to convince the public. How can he become the king of this country?

But he was unwilling to pass the throne to the son of that slut! !

Who knows whether the boy of unknown origin is the bastard left after Furda had a one-night stand with someone else? !

Hekun's eldest and second sons were short and fat like him, only Edward had long limbs and inherited Furda's advantages, and his height was not as short as Hekun's.

No one knew better than Furda whether he was his offspring.

Hekun never cared how many children he had, because he never thought that he could sit on the throne of the Grand Duke until the day he died of old age, and he lived in fear every day.

It didn't matter whether the heir was his child, because he had difficulty even surviving, and he had no time to consider training the next qualified heir.

At present, as long as he sold out this country and became a member of the Jodha royal family, he could rest assured.

The people didn't matter at all! Anyway, they were just a bunch of stubborn guys who didn't obey his leadership! !

...Go to hell! !

Hekun thought viciously, and he cursed the nobles who always wanted to murder him.

Just as He Kun was about to continue imagining how Joda would deal with the nobles after conquering the Principality of Grant, the guard outside the door announced: "Grand Duke, His Royal Highness Edward wants to see you."

He Kun waved his hand impatiently, "Let him in."

Edward walked into the room with an upright posture. He saluted slightly, but his eyes secretly revealed some suspicion and scrutiny of the Grand Duke, but he still said: "Father."

Everything was too coincidental...

Edward even had a strange intuition - several major events that happened around him recently were specially planned for him by He Kun.

Looking at the forbearing appearance of this unpromising son who seemed to be not hit much, He Kun secretly said it was a pity, then snorted in his heart, but still did enough superficial work, and slowly said: "Follow me."

Edward followed He Kun to the Grand Duke's bedroom. As He Kun opened the mechanism, a passage slowly opened behind the bookcase. This was his first time to come to this secret passage for escape that only the Grant royal family knew.

He Kun walked in front, and Edward followed silently behind, his doubts growing.

Entering the secret passage, it was dark and damp, exuding a stale smell.

...There seemed to be a slightly strong smell of blood.

The two entered a secret room in the passage. He Kun stopped, turned around and looked at Edward, and said slowly: "Do you know why I called you here today?"

Edward was silent for a moment and replied: "I don't know."

He Kun sneered: "Huh, don't know? Do you think you can hide your thoughts from me?"

Edward's heart tightened, but he still pretended to be calm: "Father, I don't understand what you said."

A trace of fierceness flashed in He Kun's eyes: "Don't pretend to be confused in front of me. Do you think I don't know about those things between Furda and Gurenberudo?"

Edward gritted his teeth: "Father, mother..."

"Enough!" He Kun interrupted him, "I don't want to hear you defend her."

The hideous scars in his heart that had not yet healed were fiercely revealed again. Edward only felt that the depression accumulated in his chest became more and more suffocated, and his heart ached again. He really hated such a family that calculated each other...

So he clenched his fists with cold hands and feet and stopped talking.

He Kun continued, "The situation is complicated now. If you don't want to end up in a tragic situation, just listen to my arrangements. No matter what, you are my only son who can inherit the throne!"

" !" Edward's sharp eyes seemed a little unbelievable when he heard the Grand Duke's reply.

...The only one who can inherit the throne?

However, Edward soon looked at He Kun with doubt. In the dim room, except for the faintly swaying torch at the door, the kerosene in the hand lamp could only bring very limited light, which could only barely illuminate a small area around.

In such a dim light, Edward couldn't see the expression on He Kun's face at all.