The Demon King showed up last night. With such a big thing happening, the royal family naturally had to send someone to put an end to it. Outside the tent, Renn met the strong man from the Clement family.
He has long gray hair and an old face, but his physique is still strong. He wears light armor, showing his muscular and scarred arms, and his imposing aura is like an old lion.
As the distance got closer, Ren could feel the surging fighting energy in the old man's body. It was very violent and the blood was very strong. It was like a big melting pot, with dazzling red gold and scorching heat like substance.
A half-step king-level warrior would not be inferior to Thunder Sword Master and Barbarian King Hidley. Renn looked at the old man and sighed: "The Clement family is really amazing." This old man is not among the top ten saints in Falorland, and he has never even heard of this person.
However, it is also understandable that hiding one's clumsiness and pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger is not his patent, many people can do it.
A family or force is likely to have a hidden strong person. After all, if you don't publicize such a breakthrough, it will be difficult for others to know about it.
The old man came over, smiled heartily, and said: "I wasted my time and lived a few more years. This strength is nothing compared to that of the Sword Master... I am Vadim Arthur Charlie Clay. Man, the king's grandfather." Charles VI's grandfather?
Ren secretly thought that he was senior enough. This is the characteristic of extraordinary nobles. There is always a shortage of grandfathers, great-grandfathers, and even older elders in the family.
Therefore, in the Saigon continent, if a noble family head or king is not strong enough, the power in his hands can easily be diluted and reduced to a role like a spokesperson.
A king like Charles VI was really not interested in him. The older generation shouted around and didn't take him seriously at all.
Ren and Vadim exchanged casual greetings for a while, did not stay in the camp for long, and took a four-wheeled carriage together to travel to Tampa County.
On the way, Vadim asked about the details of last night, his face a little gloomy.
"The dark camp has increasingly no bottom line. A giant actually ordered his subordinates to massacre civilians on the border. It's really...sigh." It can only be said that the demon emperor has very low moral integrity and has no bottom line.
Renn also felt that a demon giant acting like this was somewhat undervalued, and asked doubtfully: "Has Faloran ever offended the demon emperor?" Vadim's old face looked a little embarrassed and said: "Back then, the ancestors killed Balor. His wife." Renn: "..." It turns out that the conqueror killed his wife. No wonder the Demon King couldn't wait to take revenge on Farolan as soon as he woke up.
This kind of grudges is quite common. The two camps fight and kill each other, and too many people die. Renn looked at the large withered yellow grass beside the road, feeling a little lost.
It is already mid-November, early winter, the morning is foggy, the ground is covered with a layer of white frost, and there is a slight chill.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with Irene?" The smile on Vadim's face disappeared instantly, and he looked at Renn with a somewhat unkind look.
The Clement family originally hoped that the Archduke Conor would marry Irene. But the other party was not willing to marry, and instead turned to marry Princess Kesha of the Nokman Empire.
Vadim had a bad temper. He took a deep breath, resisted the urge to punch this bad boy, and said dryly: "Irene has woken up." Not only did she wake up, but Irene also experienced earth-shaking changes. He has almost changed into a different person. If the Clement family had not blocked the news, it would have shocked the entire continent.
Ren felt the old man's disgust and said with a guilty conscience: "Then she...did she mention me?" Even a woman like the Nightmare Witch who is used to being submissive can't accept his marriage to Kesha.
Not to mention the unruly and willful Irene, who was probably furious. If Aunt Lucy hadn't stopped her, there would have been a Shura scene on the wedding day.
Vadim's gray beard trembled and he said angrily: "You should ask Irene about these things yourself. Anyway, she said she would skin you." Ren: "..." Alas, my head hurts.
Irene dares to love and hate, and is no less powerful than Kesha. They are both on the mainland of Saigon, so some things are unavoidable and difficult to appease.
If he had known he wouldn't sleep with her in the first place... Well, it seems like she pushed him, right? He is the victim. There is no need for him to feel guilty, it is the female gangster who is responsible for him.
Thinking about it this way, Ren felt at ease again, the sadness on his face disappeared, and he felt that the matter was not serious, and the worst he could do was to suppress her by force.
The atmosphere afterwards was somewhat awkward. The two of them were not familiar with each other, and there was also an age gap, so they could only talk about some non-nutritious topics.
At noon, the sun was shining brightly. Four red flame horses pulled a luxurious carriage with royal markings to Tampa County.
Tampa County is the most important industrial city in the north of the Kingdom and is famous for its ore resources. There are not only a wide variety of metal ores here, but also rich reserves. The weapons manufacturing industry is also extremely developed, and it is one of the kingdom's arsenals.
After the war started, the place became even more lively, with a kind of abnormal prosperity. After entering the city, Ren looked around.
Various weapon shops and blacksmiths can be seen everywhere on the streets. The suburbs are full of Force workshops and weapons factories. Towering chimneys reach into the sky like iron towers, constantly spewing out thick and dirty smoke.
The factory is working overtime. In the dry port, workers are constantly loading and unloading various goods. It doesn't matter if the railway line is paralyzed. There are also various transportation vehicles pulled by strange beasts such as gray-armored bulls, earth dragons, and wrist horses. The car can carry cargo over mountains and ridges.
Ren saw many weapon shops, and the factories all had the logo of the Steam Alliance, which consisted of a large and small double gear, a gun barrel, and five silver cones of light.
"The Steam Alliance has made a lot of money." Ren sighed, suddenly realizing the power of the Steam Alliance.
Even though it ranks at the bottom of the four major overlord-level forces, the Steam Alliance's status in the military industry, the resources it controls, and its economic strength are terrifying.
Wherever there is war, there are them. It is a well-deserved reputation. Vadim glanced at Renn and said: "I heard that you have some conflicts with the Speaker of the Steam Alliance. If you can, it's better not to make it too big." Renn raised his eyebrows with some interest and said: "How do you say this? ?”
"The Steam Alliance is not particularly strong on the surface, but secretly it is different. In fact, the Natural School, the Church, the Demon Hunter Association, and even various powerful countries have seats on the Silver Eagle Council."
"It's nothing to offend the Speaker, but it's no small matter to offend the entire Steam Alliance."
"For example, right now, the Kingdom of Falorland relies heavily on the Steam Alliance's arms, mining, and new factories. The Steam Alliance provides technical and economic support, otherwise the war on the front line cannot be fought."
"If the cooperation between the Steam Alliance and Farolland has problems or is even interrupted because of you, the consequences will be serious." Vadim said with some warning.
It’s cool to have big fists. Violence can solve many problems, but it cannot solve all problems. Unless you are strong enough to suppress the entire continent, you still have to abide by some basic game rules, but the strong will have greater privileges.
If Archduke Conor insists on killing the Steam Alliance, then the first unlucky person will be Farrowland, and it will be very unpleasant.
Ren nodded and said: "I understand. In fact, the Dane family did not come to trouble me. That matter is basically over." The Dane family is very sensible and did not mention Muggsy's matter at all. He naturally There will be no overreaction.
Vadim nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. When I first heard that Archduke Conor had killed Muggsy, the speaker's son, the most nervous person was not the Steam Alliance, but the Clement family.
As long as the matter is over, it won't benefit anyone if it gets too big. Wren didn't stay in Tampa County much longer. The streets of this heavy industrial city are filled with all kinds of green plants and flowers, but there is still a lingering smell of smoke, exhaust gas and slag in the air. It is really not a livable city.
He was going to fly to Wisteria City, the capital of Falorland, to meet Irene first, and then go to the southern plains. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered what his mother-in-law Helen had ordered when he left the empire last time, so he found Vadim and prepared to ask for some information.
Renn sat on the sofa in the villa and said: "Senior, how much do you know about Lucy Wilson's child, the child of the star who originally died?" After hearing this, Wadi, who was making tea with a tea set, Mu suddenly flicked his wrist, the hot water overflowed and the tea leaves spilled all over the floor.
The old man's face changed drastically, with wrinkles on his face. There was deep fear and fear in his eyes, and he said: "Don't mention this matter, it's over!" Renn was a little surprised and said: "What's going on? Is there another hidden story behind this matter?"
"Hidden secret? Hahahahaha..." Vadim suddenly laughed out loud and said with some shock,
"Who knows what happened back then? Don't talk about me. Ask Charlie or Lucy to see if they remember what happened?!" Renn looked confused and said, "What's going on?" Wa Dim didn't want to talk about it and wanted to leave, but Renn stopped him, as if he was determined to break the casserole and ask the truth.
In desperation, the old man had no choice but to recall that extremely unpleasant past event, and said in a deep voice: "You still call that child the Son of the Star? Maybe, but in my opinion, he is just a freak, a bastard, isn't he Charlie? It’s hard to even talk about our children.” Ren frowned deeply and said, “What do you mean? You said Aunt Lucy had an affair?” According to outside rumors, it was Charlemagne who abandoned Lucy.
"Cheating? Haha, if it's just cheating, no matter who cheats, it's just a trivial matter. In aristocratic circles, keeping lovers, and one-night stands are nothing." Vadim shook his head, put his hand on his forehead, and sighed repeatedly,
"I'm afraid that we don't know what happened at all, and everything is a false memory."
"What's the meaning?"
"After Lucy became pregnant, many strange things happened, which made the whole palace uneasy. Her personality seemed to be a different person. Moreover, sometimes our memories will be lost, wrong, or even contradictory. "
"Ah, this." Ren was a little surprised, and suddenly realized that what happened back then was very complicated and full of mystery.
Vadim still had some fear on his face and said: "You don't know how terrible that is. In your memory today, Lucy was admiring the moon in the back garden until dawn last night. After another day, the memory becomes Lucy was not in the back garden that night. She suddenly left the palace and did not return all night. There were many similar things. Today, a lady said that Lucy had an affair with a man after the banquet last night. A few days later, the lady again It is said that Lucy rejected other people's advances and returned to the palace early. The most terrifying thing is that Lucy herself doesn't know what she did. If you ask her what happened, she will always give the latter answer, and she can't tell. A sign of lying." After hearing these words, Ren frowned and said, "Someone is up to something? Is it the child in Lucy's belly?"
"God knows." Vadim turned pale and said,
"That weird day lasted for more than a month. Charlie, I, and several members of the royal family all noticed something abnormal. I tried to find my brother many times. My brother was practicing in seclusion in the underground palace at that time. He He is a demigod-level man with great strength and can compete with the Pope. But every time I walk to the underground palace, I forget everything and return the same way in a daze, hehe, hehe..." Ren's eyes were solemn and he said: "You What strength was it then?”
"I feel ashamed to say that I have never been able to break through the sky. I had this strength a hundred years ago."
"Hiss~" Ren gasped, a little creepy. A half-step king-level powerhouse was played with by applause, and his memory was edited. He didn't even know which of the things that had happened was true and which was false... This kind of thing is really chilling.
Just imagine, your parents are dead, but you think they are still alive and eating together every day... This is simply scarier than a ghost story.
Renn asked: "Is the child in Lucy's belly doing all this? Why did the child die?" The strongest member of the Clement family was in retreat at that time, and Charlemagne was not a king-level powerhouse at that time. I'm afraid Everyone in the palace, including Lucy herself, was manipulated.
So, how did the star child die? Moreover, everyone's memories would be contradictory and unreasonable.
Since the Star Child can control everyone's memories, it should develop in a low-key manner and wait for birth first. Vadim held his head with both hands, shook it vigorously, and said: "I don't know, I really don't know. I can't judge which part of my memory is true. After Lucy's child died, my brother came out of confinement and invited another The previous generation of earth elders came to investigate, but what happened is still confusing."
"They can't find out what's going on?"
"Yes, because everyone in the palace has some memory problems. Even if you read minds, hypnotize, or even search souls, the events you get may be false memories that have been modified."
"..." Damn it, doesn't that mean you don't know what happened back then? Renn took a breath and said, "Where is Elder Tian? What did he say?" After all, Lucy is also the granddaughter of Elder Tian. Elder Tian must have paid attention to this matter.
Vadim looked a little mysterious and said: "Elder Sky seemed to have discovered something, but he didn't say much. He only said that there were two special beings fighting. Our memories will contradict each other. It was the two of them who attacked each other. result."
"An unknown being is the child in Lucy's belly, and the other one -"
"Yes, she is that boy Charlie's mistress." Vadim said a little helplessly,
"She was originally just a maid in the palace, and she was not particularly beautiful. Now that I think about it, that maid at that time was probably not her original self."
"That maid was controlled by another unknown being, fighting with the still-fetal Star Child?" Ren's eyes lit up, smelling a conspiracy.
It was definitely a terrible fight.
"Yes, this is Elder Tian's conclusion, but both he and my brother knew it too late. Many traces have been erased long ago."
"Then the maid won?" Ren was a little stunned. The child in Lucy's belly, the real Star Child, is most likely His Majesty's back-up man, or maybe a fragment of her soul was reincarnated.
But the invincible His Majesty Io seemed to have lost, and was stillborn, unable to be successfully born. So the question is, who can beat her?
Vadim shook his head and said, "I don't know. When we found the maid, she was also dead and hanged herself." Renn nodded, thinking that the maid had won.
She hanged herself most likely just to erase the traces. Aborting the Star Child and destroying His Majesty's back plan was basically a win, or at least a draw.
Vadim sighed: "You also know what happened next. It was announced to the outside world that Charlie broke his promise and suddenly abandoned Lucy before getting married." Renn remained silent.
From this point of view, no one was right about what happened back then, and everyone was just a pawn in the struggle between the two elders.
"Don't Aunt Lucy know she's being controlled?"
"She didn't know that, in fact, as a mother, she was the most severely affected, and her mental state was very unstable."
"You didn't tell her the truth afterwards?"
"No, you can't do that. She hasn't recovered yet. The elf blood in her body is very pure, and she has the support of the natural school. Under normal circumstances, she would have been a queen for a long time. Her slow progress in strength over the past hundred years is a sequelae."
"I see." Ren nodded. It turned out that he was wondering how Elder Tian's granddaughter could do so poorly.
Lucy is not talented? I didn't think much about it before, but now I realized something was wrong. Lucy's elf blood is purer than Helen's, and she is nearly seventy years older. Logically speaking, she is a middle-ranking saint who is not a king.
Not being keen on practicing is just an excuse. With such a bloodline and background, it is impossible to do too badly. Vadim thought of something and warned: "Remember, don't ask Lucy about what happened back then. It took a lot of effort to save her. Lucy was indeed 'poisoned', a very strange poison, invisible. It has no quality, corrodes the body, pollutes the soul, and cannot even withstand the divine body and divine fire... She also has mental problems. Elder Sky sorted out her confused memories many times and performed hypnosis, making her firmly believe that everything was the fault of Charlie and the maid. Only then can she survive." Renn remained silent.
It's so sad to lose a child. If Lucy knew that it was her child who was causing trouble and had been controlling her, maybe he would have controlled her to kill many people... In short, she couldn't stand the torture anymore.
"I understand." Renn nodded and decided to ask Charlemagne if he had the opportunity in the future. His Majesty Ai Ou did not suffer many defeats. He was very interested in knowing what happened back then.
"Then, farewell." Ren waved his hand and came to the balcony of the villa. The light waves behind him turned into blue and transparent wings of light, rising into the sky.
