David went out to greet him personally. A red carpet was spread under the feet, and the guards of honor lined up for a long time. Then they waited until Hebrew led a tall man to appear.
The man was wearing a cloak, holding a blond boy in his hand. He did not have any servants with him. He walked calmly and leisurely under the guard of the guards. The hood of his cloak covered his head, and his facial features could not be seen at all. It was the Elder Bruch whom he had met outside the gate of the test site last time because of the arrest of Monique.
Elder Bruch and David obviously knew each other. They did not pay special attention to etiquette. They were very casual with each other and did not even shake hands. It seemed that they were still old acquaintances. Elder Bruch fiddled with the cloak casually. Gu Hanhan thought he was going to lift the hat and couldn't help holding his breath, but it turned out that he didn't. Only a strand of blond hair accidentally floated out of the cloak, and he stuffed it back again. .
Elder Bruch buried his name and identity deeply in his cloak, still looking like an old talker without shame, and the self-consciousness and reserve of an old monster were not visible at all. As soon as they met, he punched David from head to toe. Bragging fiercely——
"Look, David, you have become beautiful again, extremely handsome. If I had known that you would be as successful as you are now when you grow up, Crassus found me and asked me to be your teacher together with him. I should have agreed then. But now you are so successful but have nothing to do with me. This is really a sad thing..."
David was so praised that he had nothing to say and could only respond in silence. Gu Hanhan was sincerely afraid of this inexplicable old monster, so he consciously hid behind David and did not dare to show his face. However, the old monster seemed to roll his eyes and immediately recognized Gu Hanhan: "Look, who is this?"
"Hello, Miss Lawless." Bruch became more energetic all of a sudden, and his tone became more mature and shameless, "I invited you to play at the Tribunal last time. Why haven't you come after so many days? "
Gu Hanhan felt horrified and almost cried: Who would go to a hellish place like the Temple Inquisition? And there’s an old monster like you in there!
David seemed to sense that the flames of war were spreading towards Gu Hanhan, so he hurriedly stepped in to stop him.
"Please come in, elder," he said. "I'm really ashamed. Because of some ridiculous things in the family, I have to invite you here on New Year's Eve."
"Well, I've heard it from Hebrews. Even you were injured. This is really outrageous and must be severely punished."
Elder Bruch's tone became much more serious, but it was still strangely informal. He asked: "How is your injury? It looks serious. You seem to have vomited three liters of blood - Miss Lawless is so charming."
Gu Hanhan was suddenly taken out and called by his name, and his head suddenly jumped with nervousness. But David remained calm and said casually: "I'm lucky I won't die."
As they talked, they walked into the conference room.
The hall that also serves as an audience hall has obviously been reorganized and renovated. All the luxurious and useless extra decorations have been taken away, leaving only a golden chair. Two flags hung behind the seat, one fiery red and one dark, with golden thorn branches inlaid around the edges. One flag bears the Temple of Thorns logo, while the other has the emblem of David. With these two flags as the center, there are forty-seven emblem flags hanging down like swallow wings on both sides, which are the family emblems of all the vassal families of David.
All the guards in the room who are on guard duty have been replaced by level 7 superpowers. They are arrayed from the golden seats to the door. They are wearing the military uniforms of senior guards officers and carrying swords. They look solemn as if they are standing in a tomb. The energy fields in the air are intertwined, and the oppression is everywhere, almost capable of crushing a person's heart.
The fear in the expressions of the vassals has not completely faded away, and the confusion and heart palpitations remain on their faces, which are pale and pale, like an osprey that has been strangled by the throat, huddled behind the guard array as if its head and neck were curled up and its wings were locked in a cage. The old gentlemen who were about to be expelled from their families were still kneeling on the ground, some were stunned, some were mumbling to themselves, but the reunification was a kind of panic about the coming doomsday. The guards were watching over them to avoid any sudden changes.
When David and Bruch walked in, Heller suddenly raised his head, staring intently at the door behind them. But there was nothing there except the heavy door that closed slowly like a guillotine. He closed his eyes, feeling himself crumbling.
Brick was the first to break out of his helpless state. When David passed by, he threw himself at him like crazy and threw himself on the ground. He crawled a few steps towards David, kissed his feet desperately, panted, trembled and begged: "Forgive us, Master, merciful Master, have mercy on us and forgive us. Please punish us, let us We were tortured to death, as long as our sins can be slightly alleviated, as long as it can bring you a little pleasure. We are your humble slaves. Please have mercy and allow us to continue to serve you and let us always be yours. Slave, live or die.”
Brick's wit obviously set a good example for his companions. They all immediately knelt on their knees and kissed David's feet, begging him desperately: "Please let us die, master, let us die!"
This is simply sad when you smell it, makes anyone cry when you see it, and even a stone-hearted person will be moved. However, David remained unmoved. His heart seemed harder than stone, and he obviously had no intention of showing any mercy.
Brick let out a desperate cry, stood up, pulled out a dagger, tore open his clothes, tilted his head back, and stabbed his heart hard. Blood splattered out, shocking and dazzling. Gu Hanhan hid behind David and screamed. The guard had already stepped forward and kicked Brick's hand away - luckily the stab was not deep, the wound was only half an inch, and it was not fatal.
"Please don't do this again, Sir Brick." David looked at the dagger that fell on the ground. It was a good knife. The quality of mithril and nuojin could only be obtained by the Acropolis nobles. He said: "Even if there is no thorn branch, after all, this is a family with a history of more than 100 years. You should leave some dignity to the surname 'Brick'."
The guards stepped forward and dragged Brick and his companions away, and searched their bodies at the same time - given their status, they did not have to suffer such humiliating treatment. However, due to the suicide incident that just occurred, in order to ensure that the expulsion ceremony could be completed smoothly, the guards had no choice but to search them like low-level vassals and locked them with an energy field to prevent them from committing suicide in other ways.
Their desperate struggle is hysteria after despair, and hysteria is followed by even more desperate collapse and numbness. Gu Hanhan even heard the sound of low sobbing, whether from the people who were about to be expelled or from other vassals who were witnessing the people who were about to be expelled. The air pressure was so low that it made people panic. Gu Hanhan had never felt such gloom and gloom. She almost wanted to run away.
Bruch looked at the once arrogant nobles who were now knocked down by despair, and sighed softly.
"Sure enough, people's hearts soften when they grow old." He said, "David, I will intercede for them. Although rebellion is unforgivable, expelling more than a dozen families at once is indeed too cruel and is not good for your reputation. . Drive out the chief culprit, and let the others repent. The punishment of the God of the universe will not be unable to compensate for their sins."
David shook his head: "I have already decided, Elder Bruch, you don't have to say anything anymore. Please come here specifically to get the chip."
"Okay, okay, I don't mean to point fingers at your family..." Elder Bruch closed his mouth.
So David said to Hebrews, “Get started.”
David stood in front of the golden chair, and the guards dragged Heller and Heidi over in order. The patriarch of the Heller family was completely limp and could collapse as soon as he let go. He couldn't stand on his own, let alone walk, so the guards had to drag him over and hold him from left to right, forcing him to stand firm.
Hebrews, the chief attendant, held out David's original secret book with his own hands, and David put it on his finger. The secret code became brighter and brighter, emitting a dazzling pink light, and a huge emblem condensed in mid-air. The emblem is extremely gorgeous and luxurious. It is a gorgeous pattern of countless flowers, leaf veins, vines and thorn branches, and the complexity is even as high as six.
The guard grabbed Heller's wrist and pressed the entire palm of his right hand, which was covered with the patriarch's secret book, against the golden compass. A vague energy attraction echoed in the space, between David and Heller's secret book. . David drew his sword and swung it down, cutting it off. As if reflecting, the emblem in mid-air suddenly shrank toward the center, as if it overturned the paint tray, and formed a colorful swirl of light. Then the light swirl slowly expanded and re-condensed into the emblem, and there was no longer any trace in the pattern. picked up a thorn branch.
At the same time, Elder Bruch also sent out an energy field to cover Heller. One of the energy waves punched a shallow hole in the back of Heller's neck like a drill. Bruch took a step forward and lightly touched it with his fingers. With a slight click, the biochip the size of a rice grain was pulled out together with hundreds of slender threads that were invisible to the naked eye.
The guard let go of his wrist, and Heller let out a shrill scream and fell to the ground, convulsing in pain. Bruch casually threw the bloody one into the chip liquid and took the handkerchief handed by the servant.
The other vassals who witnessed all this shrank their necks, as if the chip was being pulled out of their bodies. What David cut off with his sword was not the Heidi family's secret code but themselves. of. They all looked up at the emblem in mid-air, and then lowered their heads in panic - after today's expulsion is completed, the complexity of this emblem will be reduced from six to four. More than one-twentieth of the great nobles in the superpower world will disappear.
"Next," Hebrew said expressionlessly, "The Brick family."
The guards dragged Wesen-Brick over as usual. Heller was still curled up on the ground and shivering. Now David's guards could no longer reach out to help him and turned around to find his servants.
At this time, the door was slammed open from the outside, and Helena rushed in like a gust of wind.
She was wearing ten-inch high heels, her hair was simply combed into a bud-shaped bun, and her coat was still on, as if she was going out in a hurry. She rushed to Heller's side and stopped in astonishment.
"Dad!" She screamed as she looked down at Heller, who was shaking in pain on the ground.
Turning her head to look at the chips floating in the liquid solution bottle, Helena raised her head and glared at Bruch.
"Put it back!" she shouted angrily, her eyes almost bursting with fire.
Bruch was forced to take a step back by Helena, spread his hands and said: "This is none of my business."
