Wilster

I don't know if it was because the candlelight was flickering, but the two younger brothers in front of Eric looked a little bad. It should be said that after Eric announced the news an hour ago, Grip and Bewkes just This expression is all that's left.

Having been together for decades, the brothers already know each other well enough. Although Eric's expression is still very serious at the moment, not much different from usual, Grip can still tell from some small details that he The eldest brother is in a very good mood now, for example, the fingers tapping the head of the stick are lighter than before.

Greep bowed his head slightly and said, "Brother, Long Xing is still a child, isn't your decision a bit too hasty?"

Bix quickly followed up and said: "Yes, the fourth brother just passed away, and the child Long Xing must be very sad. How about letting him adjust for a while before letting him take over?"

Eric looked at his two younger brothers and said nothing.After a long time, he took a deep breath and slowly stood up from the chair. Immediately, Grip and Bewkes felt strong pressure.However, Eric didn't do anything. He walked to the window leisurely, looked at the brightly lit courtyard outside and said, "Are you tired?"

Grip and Bewkes looked at each other hesitantly, not understanding what Eric meant.

Eric seemed to be smiling slightly: "I'm tired."

This night, many people are destined to suffer from insomnia, the excited and nervous Long Xing, the schadenfreude North, the two uncles who have trouble sleeping and eating, and the group of ecstatic boys.Their eyes and minds were all limited to the present, and no one would have imagined how many earth-shattering events would happen in the future.

Long Xing lay on the soft and comfortable bed, but still didn't feel sleepy.When he calms down, he seems to be able to hear the sound of snowflakes falling on the roof. He doesn't like snow very much, which is quite similar to Gong Lan.Long Xing estimated the time, and felt that he couldn't do without sleep, so he closed his eyes and forced himself to fall asleep.He muttered softly: "Winter should end quickly..."

Long Xing was dizzy when he woke up, he knew that he must have dark circles without looking at him.But what he didn't expect was that the others didn't seem to sleep well either.As usual, he and North laughed at each other for a few words, then Long Xing started to eat breakfast, and after the smell of hot milk, he became more drowsy.

Long Xing ate slowly with his eyes closed, until Shunkong came in bouncing up and down and said that Eric was going to summon him.

It was still the same living room as last night, and Eric still had the same outfit, as if he hadn't taken it off all night.Eric looked at Long Xing with a smile, and pointed to his lips.After the salute, Long Xing made the same movement for no apparent reason, and touched a piece of milk stain.

Long Xing immediately felt embarrassed, and quickly wiped it clean.

Although the answer is obvious, Eric still asked him out of concern: "Did you sleep well last night?"

"Not very good, I'm too excited..." Long Xing replied honestly.

Eric smiled heartily: "You are honest. But young people, it's not a big deal to miss a night of sleep. Have you eaten? If you have eaten, go out with me. I have already released the news yesterday. You have to follow me to visit the other four big families because of emotion and reason."

Long Xing quickly nodded and said yes, scolding Nuo Si, a bastard in his heart, for not telling him anything in advance!It was very depressing to take over the girder for no reason at first, but now it seems that there are many troublesome things waiting for him before he officially suffers... Long Xing reluctantly followed Eric in the carriage and went out.

The carriage was walking on the avenue of the imperial city at a leisurely pace, Long Xing looked out of the carriage, the imperial city was full of vitality early in the morning.The walkers and peddlers crowded shoulder to shoulder, hawking bustlingly, which was a bit more lively than before the twin demons happened in Xiangrui City.Walking forward, it seems to be in a more high-end area. Exquisite storefronts are dotted along the street, just opened, and the bosses are wearing high-quality satin clothes, standing at the door of their own houses, shaking their fans in the same way and laughing at each other. trend.

Long Xing looked at it with great interest. Almost all the shops had different logos of the five major families hanging in the most conspicuous places, including their Wilster one, and the wolf head badge representing the Holy Spirit family, as well as three different colors. The emblem of miscellaneous softness, which belongs to the Atria family ruled by three people.Only there are no signs belonging to the Gamanro family and the Morrison family.On Gamanlo's end, it can only show that Nietzsche not only has no idea about power, but also dismisses money.As for Wilster's good friend Morrison, all the income goes to Wilster in exchange for the protection of the head of the five big families. No wonder he is called a livestock, and he is the most despised of the five big families. .

Looking at it along the way, Long Xing felt sincerely: "I didn't feel this way when I was a child, but now it seems that the Imperial City is really lively."

Eric smiled lightly, but his tone was slightly sad: "I hope it can go on like this forever."

Geographically speaking, the Holy Spirit Family is the closest to Wilster in the Imperial City, but Eric did not take Long Xing straight to Xuan Ya's father, but chose to go to the ally Morrison Family.Anyway, on the surface they still want to give this ally some face.

From a long distance, when Morrison's castle could only be seen at a corner, Eric and his party saw the old Morrison who came to greet him. This situation is really exaggerated.

In fact, I can't blame others for their contempt for the Morrison family. Sometimes even Eric can't stand the flattery.Morrison's leader, Robert Morrison, seemed to have no dignity. If it weren't for the age difference, it might be rumored that Eric's illegitimate son was not just Vic.

"Leader, stay safe!"

Robert came forward very enthusiastically. As the leader of a family, he called other people leaders so affectionately. This kind of behavior of "not seeing outsiders" was criticized by many people, but Robert didn't care.I don't know if he flatters himself so directly, or he admires Wilster from the bottom of his heart.

After so many years, Eric got used to it even if he wasn't used to it. He nodded slightly and said, "Since you call me the leader, you don't have to be so alien. The battle is too big. Come on, Dragon Star, this is our most loyal leader in Wilster." Ally, the head of the Morrison family, Uncle Robert."

Long Xing saw that the smile on Robert's face was like a family member, he was a little kind despite being embarrassed, and saluted politely: "Uncle."

"Don't dare!" Robert took two steps back flattered, and then took Long Xing's hand, "Since you are the next leader of Wilster, you will be the object of our allegiance in the future. Don't worry, we will not The Ruisen family will stand behind you loyally."

Long Xing smiled, not quite knowing how to face this situation.Eric walked towards Morrisonburg along the road that the crowd gave way to, and after looking at it twice, he asked casually, "Why don't you see Mrs. and Eldest Young Master?"

"The two of them went to the extreme north to mine ore a while ago..." It seemed that he was afraid that Eric would blame him, Robert's face was a little scared, but he immediately became excited, "Although they may not be able to come back on time to participate in the Dragon Star The succession ceremony, but they will definitely gain a lot from this trip and provide Wilster with stronger combat power."

Although Long Xing stayed in the one-acre land in Xiangrui City all year round, the five major families still knew a little bit about it. He knew the special thing about the Morrison family, which was to transform the human body.Grafting the human body with steel or compounds to improve combat effectiveness and supernatural powers, this kind of inhumane behavior is naturally more damaging than reputation, but Morrison has been doing this since ancient times, and it has not harmed others, because it is for them. It is said that this kind of transformation is considered a gift, it is not that the direct descendants are not qualified to be transformed by them, so no one can control them.Although Eric himself was not interested in this kind of behavior, the Morrison family didn't think much of it, and took it for granted that he was Wilster's sharp edge.

Even old Morrison had a steel wrist in his left sleeve, a real iron wrist.

Eric just asked casually, half of his face was not angry and prestige, half of it was kind and kind, and he kept this difficult expression all the way, and walked straight into Morrisonburg.

In fact, Eric just walked through other families in accordance with the tradition today. When he came to Morrison, who thought he was a family, he had nothing to say. He took Long Xing to sit down and planned to drink a cup of tea and leave.

But when the attendant came to pour tea, Eric glanced at the woman and was slightly surprised: "Mrs. Qiu? Long time no see, why are you acting like a servant?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Mrs. Qiu's face, she saluted lightly, but did not answer.Long Xing looked over curiously, this lady looked to be in her early twenties, very young and beautiful, she was already a lady?And it is said that neither of Morrison's two sons got married, so...whose wife is this?

"The leader doesn't care about her, she's just a hostage." Robert looked at Mrs. Qiu with some disdain, "Pour some tea and go down, don't be an eyesore here."

hostage?Long Xing frowned slightly, almost knowing what was going on.

This Mrs. Qiu should belong to Morrison's hostile family, and it is not uncommon for her to be held here as a hostage.It's just that this Robert is indeed a little too much. Since he is a wife, he is obviously a golden branch and a jade leaf in his family. It's fine if he doesn't have personal freedom here, but he still has to be scary?It seemed that old Morrison was kind only in front of Wilster.

"Father!"

Before Long Xing and Eric expressed their views, they heard a burst of shouting, and then a young man rushed into the living room in a hurry. After seeing Mrs. Qiu, his face was slightly relieved.

"Bastard!" Robert stood up straight and coldly, "I was talking to the leader, how could you just break in? Someone, take him down!"

It was Robert's youngest son, Valter Morrison.Unlike the eldest son who was burdened with expectations, this young master was extremely unpopular with Robert. The reason was that he was born to his concubine.Robert seems to be planning to carry out the cult of personality to the end, and even his style of life is on par with Eric.

After Verte saluted Eric, he looked at Mrs. Qiu worriedly, and then looked at his father without complaint: "Father, Chief Eric is the most polite, you let Mrs. Qiu Is it inappropriate to engage in menial work for servants?"

"Is it your turn to speak here? What are you doing in a daze, take the two of them down!" Robert yelled at the guard who was still hesitating.

Verte seemed to be afraid that his father would make things difficult for Mrs. Qiu, so he obediently rolled down with Mrs. Qiu immediately. Robert turned his head and looked at Eric with a wry smile: "The youngest son is ignorant, and the leader made you laugh."

Eric smiled slightly: "I feel the same way about this question."

Robert didn't know if he touched Eric's sadness, he laughed dryly, and then changed the subject: "Chief, you also know that there are many drawings handed down from our ancestors, and I have always only It can penetrate one out of ten. But recently, under our concerted research, we finally made the two strongest ones, and we can formally refine them when my eldest son returns from mining, and I will definitely not let you down by then!"

Eric was still not interested, nodded and stood up: "Then I will wait for your good news. I will go to other families later, so I will leave first."

"Yes, yes, it's important. After the leader of Dragon Star formally succeeds to the throne, I will come to congratulate you. Don't worry, our Morrison family will be there on time." Robert stood up and saluted with a smile on his face.

Anything that goes too far, Long Xing really feels that Robert's flattery is too deliberate, no matter whether he thinks so in his heart or not, but he is the leader of one of the five big families anyway, and his behavior is too uncomfortable.

After leaving Morrisonburg for a long time, Long Xing couldn't help but sigh inwardly when he saw that Robert was still standing there respectfully watching him off.He subconsciously looked at Eric, wanting to ask something, but didn't know whether to ask or not.

Eric also glanced at him, seemed to understand what he didn't ask, and shook his head slightly.

The next thing they arrived at was the nearest Holy Spirit family.

The head of the Holy Spirit Family, Xuanya's father, the Wolf King, also got the news early in the morning.Just as Long Xing and his carriage stopped, they heard a burst of heroic laughter, and a middle-aged man walked out from the gate of the Holy Spirit Family with someone.

The Wolf King looks a lot like Xuan Ya, but Xuan Ya's pretentious femininity can't be seen on him at all.The wolf king's bearded face made him appear to be a carefree and cheerful person, but in fact he was indeed the case. Because of the wolf king, the Holy Spirit family was actually the most popular big family among the people.

Long Xing followed Eric out of the car, and saw the wolf king rushing up and hammering Eric's shoulder: "Fox, you came early, this is Long Xing?" Fox, it was the wolf king who gave Eric From the nickname he took, it is not difficult for us to guess that the kind-hearted wolf king has often suffered in front of Eric.

If Robert saw this scene, he might have to wrestle with the wolf king on the spot.

Long Xing saluted politely, seeing that his eyelids twitched, thinking that Eric should not be punched on the ground by his punch at such an old age...

Eric is in good health, and he didn't shake it. He said with a smile, "Come on, Long Xing, this is the leader of the Holy Spirit Family, Wolf King. Wolf King, this is the nephew I often mention, Long Xing."

"I've seen the wolf king." Long Xing's first impression of this heroic man was not bad.

"Well... yes, the ability is very strong." The wolf king looked Long Xing up and down and said, "Your nephew is not bad, he is better than your sons."

Long Xing was startled, this person actually saw through the depth of his abilities, and couldn't help admiring him: "Wolf King, you are absurdly praised, the junior will still need a lot of advice from the leader of the Wolf King."

The wolf king waved his hand: "There is no need to be so polite, then I will be regarded as an equal in the future. The younger generation is awesome, haha... Sigh, the more I look at this child, the more I like him. If my family is half as obedient as you, I will be satisfied." .”

Long Xing has also heard of Xuan Ya's name, and the reputation is indeed not very good, only slightly better than Vic...

A group of people walked inside while talking.The layout of the Holy Spirit Family doesn't look special. Compared with the majestic atmosphere of Wilster, it doesn't feel so tense here.Compared with Morrison, an ally, Long Xing prefers the feeling of harmony and equality here.

The wolf king said while walking: "I said fox, isn't your old bone quite strong, why are you so anxious to give way?"

Eric smiled and said: "No, I can't compare to the young man... Do you think I am like you? I have a lot of people in charge every day, and I have to worry about everything. I can't bear it anymore. If you can walk two steps, rest for a few more days."

The Wolf King laughed: "That's right, I'm exhausted raising a son, not to mention your house full of bastards. Come, come, let me have a drink at noon."

Eric refused with a smile: "Sit down and chat for a few words before leaving, there are two families to visit."

The wolf king nodded, not reluctantly.The two chatted for a few words before Eric got up and left with Long Xing.Judging by the relaxed state of their chat, the relationship between the two of them seems to be fine.Although Long Xing is young, he doesn't know everything. The five major families are in a state of mutual checks and balances. These two old men are either very good at acting, or they are really two weirdos.

I don't know if it's his illusion, but it seems... Eric regards the Wolf King as a friend even more.

The next stop is the closer Atria family.This place is not as enthusiastic as the Holy Spirit, but it did not lose manners. The guards of the three gods of Atria personally greeted them at the door, and respectfully invited the two into the door.

Atria was jointly led by three men who called themselves the Tri-gods, the gods of fire, wind, and earth.The three of them were well-known, but they were surprisingly kind-hearted. They sat on the main seat and greeted Eric politely.But compared to the relaxed state in the Holy Spirit family just now, Eric is a little serious at this time.

Everyone chatted a few words, and Vulcan took a sip of tea and looked at Long Xing casually: "Wilster has always been the eldest brother of our five major families, and my nephew Long Xing has to bear the heavy responsibility of the family alone at a young age. Estimates, but this is not easy."

Long Xing looked at Eric's face, there was no change, so he smiled slightly and said: "Senior Vulcan's words are true, this junior will make unremitting efforts to live up to your earnest teachings."

Fengshen looked the most amiable, and smiled and glared at Vulcan: "Nephew Long Xing, don't be so nervous, my elder brother is a bit rigid."

Long Xing still had a smile on his face: "The junior knows, I will definitely keep in mind what the senior said."

Earth God chuckled: "Come on, you don't even look at your identities, the next leader of Welster will be your turn to give pointers?"

The Earth God has white hair and a childlike face, and his tone is full of concern, but no matter how uncomfortable it is to hear these words, it always feels a bit yin and yang.

Vulcan made a haha ​​and got over it, calling the people around him to hold a banquet.Eric shied away as a matter of course, chatted a few more dry words, and took Long Xing away.

Leaving Atria, Long Xing couldn't help but said to Eric in the carriage: "Uncle, the three leaders of Atria...are they a little..."

Eric chuckled and said: "People who are half buried in the ground, it is understandable to want to jump up restlessly. There are some things I don't want to say, but I still want to tell you for the sake of the family. The Holy Spirit family is currently We have a good relationship with us, but we don’t know what will happen in the future. I suggest that it is best for you to maintain our relationship with the Holy Spirit family in the future, but once they change their faces, don’t be afraid, Wilster doesn’t care After all, it is also the head of the five great families."

Long Xing nodded: "I remember."

Eric went on to say: "As for Atria, they are the most restless of the five major families. Wherever there is something wrong, there are them. These three people are very powerful, but they will not tear their faces unless they are of great interest. It’s fine to make a fool of yourself with them in normal times.”

Long Xing then nodded.After Eric finished Atria, he stopped talking. Long Xing waited for a while and asked, "Then, what about the Morrison family and the last Gamanro?"

"Morrison, the friendship between our two families has never been broken for decades, but decades are not enough to see through a person's heart. And even if he is the most loyal ally, Morrison's strength is indeed not enough. Strong, and fearful, you can't be our reliance, you can take care of the relationship yourself in the future..." Eric was silent for a moment after finishing speaking, "As for Gamanro's bad evaluation, you will know when you arrive."

The Gamanro family is located on the outskirts of the city. Walking there from the urban area will pass through a large desolate undeveloped area, and the carriage is speeding along the desolate path.Looking at the overgrown weeds outside, Long Xing couldn't help but feel puzzled. As one of the five major families, why is this Gamanro so out of place?

The carriage ran for a long time before finally seeing the building belonging to the Gamanro family, which was very inconspicuous.

Not only is it inconspicuous, Wilster obviously passed the news, but the people here seem to have no idea, and there is no one to greet him.When Long Xing and Eric walked to their gate, two guards with expressionless faces came out from inside, asking them why they came here without emotion.

Eric seemed to be used to it, and said lightly: "I am the leader of Wilster, I believe you have received our message yesterday. Before holding the next inauguration ceremony, I specially came to visit the leader of Nietzsche."

The guard nodded slowly and opened the door.

After walking in, Long Xing was even more confused. There was no sound in Gamanro, except for their footsteps.When an ordinary guard at the gate saw the leader of Wilster, not to mention being frightened, it would be unreasonable not to even give a salute.What's even more strange is Eric's attitude, which is a look of habit.Gamanro has always been mysterious, and Long Xing is even more curious about their leader.

Nietzsche had just finished chanting for the day and was sitting in the hall reading a book.He was still wearing the same clothes as when he was with Vic before, as if the person who came to visit today was not the leader of Wilster, but just a passerby.

Long Xing followed into the hall, and saw Nietzsche flipping through the book.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Nietzsche slowly raised his eyelids, and Long Xing saw a pair of pupils as quiet as stagnant water.Nietzsche closed the book, got up slowly, and nodded invisibly even as a salute, his voice was as cold as ever: "Eric, welcome."

Long Xing didn't hear the slightest hint of welcome from his tone.

Eric smiled slightly: "I'm bothering Chief Nietzsche. On the first day of next month, we will hold Wilster's succession ceremony in the Five Sacred Gardens, and invite Chief Nietzsche to witness it."

Eric didn't say this in several other families, because Eric knew that it was impossible for them not to go, but Nietzsche might not.For so many years, there has been almost nothing to please him. It is not accurate enough to describe him as withdrawn. It should be said that he has no intention of interacting with others at all.Eric recalled that the last time Nietzsche participated in a public event was at the ceremony for the canonization of Vic as Lord of Los Angeles, and he was curious that Nietzsche was actually present in such a small matter.

A succession ceremony is a big deal.As the leader of one of the five major families, Nietzsche must go, so Eric said such a thing.

Nietzsche looked at Eric as if he hadn't heard it, and it took a while before he said, "It must be."

This is considered to be the promise of Gamanro, Eric nodded, seeing that Nietzsche had no intention of continuing to speak, and even Long Xing did not introduce him, Eric said goodbye and took Long Xing to plan leave.

When he walked to the door, he heard Nietzsche say something vague. Eric stopped and looked back suspiciously, only to find that Nietzsche was not talking to him, but was reading the words in a book in a strange language.Eric was a little confused, turned around and took Long Xing away.

On the return carriage, Long Xing and Eric didn't speak.

It wasn't until Gamanro's building disappeared from sight that Long Xing let out a sigh: "Uncle, the leader of Gamanro is so strange. As soon as I entered the gate of Gamanro, I felt invisible pressure."

Eric chuckled: "Yes. Gamanro, whether they are independent or proud, they have the qualifications. They rely entirely on pure strength to rank among the five major families. It should be Let’s just say it’s a good thing they don’t have any ambitions.”

Long Xing nodded, Nietzsche was indeed different from everyone he had seen, the pressure from Gamanlo seemed to emanate from him.A strong man, a strong man that no one can see through, this made Long Xing feel a little uneasy.

The carriage was still going, but suddenly slowed down.Before Eric could open his mouth to ask, the coachman's doubtful voice came in: "Boss, Master Longxing, there's something weird up front, it's foggy..."

Long Xing lifted the curtain of the car to look out, and there was indeed a white mist ahead, approaching them at a speed visible to the naked eye.This was too abnormal, Long Xing immediately became alert.

The cloud and mist quickly enveloped them silently, and Long Xing became more and more nervous. He subconsciously wanted to gather his abilities, but found that he couldn't use them.

Long Xing looked at Eric nervously, and saw that Eric also had a tense face. It seemed that he had encountered the same problem as him. Eric squeezed the golden eagle scepter in his hand: "Long Xing, don't It's too far away from me. The fog seems to be able to block the power." After that, he said to the driver outside: "Drive slowly."

At this time, there was the sound of a sharp weapon piercing the flesh, followed by the scream of the coachman. Blood splashed on the white curtain, and red spots slowly soaked through the silk.