Chapter 28: Win in One Battle

  The king strolled in the rear garden, sipping tea and admiring flowers, without a hint of urgency. After the archbishop flew away, he took the queen and princess from the back door to this place. The queen's face was calm, but her frequent picking up and putting down of the teacup revealed that she was quite uneasy in her heart. The princess of the Ishihara family was anxious and sweating profusely, the distant sound of fighting made her restless, finally asking the king: "Your Majesty, won't you go and persuade them?"

  "How to mediate? On one side is the Vatican, I dare not offend! On the other side are the elves, and I still dare not offend! Being a king is really TMD miserable!" The king was full of grievances, his ministers were fighting, and he didn't even dare to intervene, it's really frustrating for him!

  "Your Majesty! This time it's all because of the Ishihara family! They've been flaunting their power in the church and have become lawless!" The queen said.

  "Your Majesty! This time's fight was started by which princess of the Dragon family? How can you blame our family for everything?"

  "Good grief! Rubbing salt into the kid's wounds like that! Is there still any humanity left? Or is it just the archbishop? He wants me to join in, and if I do, he'll deserve to be beaten to death!"

  "Your Majesty——"

  "Good grief! Don't drag this out! It's clear who's right and wrong in this matter! But discussing it won't make a difference either. Let's just wait for the outcome of their fight!" The king interrupted the queen's words.

  "Your Majesty means according to the old rules of the kingdom?" the queen said

  "Not bad, Great Han Dynasty was founded by military power, and nobles with irreconcilable contradictions would resolve them through combat, the winner is revered!"

  "But isn't this unfair? Their family now has over 100 people, while our family only has a few!" Wang Hou Dao said.

  "Who made your family so formidable?" The queen coldly sneered.

  "Don't be too pleased!" The king said to the queen, "And don't be unhappy either! I'll tell you a secret!"

  "What secret?" they asked together.

  "I used to study with Ao Tian and Gong Zhu at the Holy City's Advanced Magic Martial Academy, do you know their nicknames back then?"

  "I don't know!"

  "They were known as the 'Crazy Couple'! One was the top martial artist in school, and the other was the top magician in school. They often teamed up to pick fights with others, not even sparing their teachers! At that time, there were nine grades in school, and when they were only in third grade, they had already beaten the top student of ninth grade! Their most glorious achievement was teaming up to defeat the practical skills instructor of ninth grade. I reckon that even now, no one from the Ishihara family would be a match for them!"

  "Didn't they get expelled for hitting their teacher?" Wang Hou asked

  "The fairy princess is still untouchable, and as for Xiao Tian, he's the Pope's nephew, what could possibly happen?"

  "Then I'll go and tell them to stop!" said the princess

  "No! Fight first and talk later!" said the king.

  "Your Majesty! You already knew the outcome, didn't you? This trial is unfair!" The queen said.

  "What kind of fairness do you want?" The king said unhappily

  "Children's affairs should be settled by children themselves! I think it's better to choose someone from among the children for a duel, and the winner will be respected!"

  "Hmph! The oldest in our household is only ten years old, while your youngest is already twelve. How dare you say that!" Queen Wang said.

  "Your Majesty! You said so yourself!" The queen coquettishly said to the king.

  "This is it! I need to ask what the Long family means first! Let's wait for now!"

  The battle in the hall was divided into three piles, and they were fighting fiercely. The first to end the fight was still the team led by Poor Dao, haha, my spatial ring had a lot of iron bars, with armed men against bare fists, as well as tactical coordination, plus my magical support, in less than ten minutes, the ground was filled with wounded people again, and many were chased out of the hall. I didn't bother to chase them, and watched the performance of our parents with several brothers.

  The most brilliant part was when over 30 people surrounded Father, but none of them dared to make a move. Shiina Kojirou even wanted to use the wolf pack tactic to attack, but it seemed like a tiger entering a flock of sheep - Father's subordinates didn't have a single worthy opponent. As long as he locked onto someone with his aura, they would definitely fall for it; either a punch or a kick would land, and if hit, they would cough up blood and fly backward, breaking several bones in the process. Before long, all 30-odd people had fallen to the ground. Father stood triumphantly on the spot, like a golden god of war. I quickly took the lead in applauding for him; he turned around with a silly grin, then turned back to watch Mother's battle scene. Ah, what a typical guy who favors his daughter-in-law over his own son! I despise him!

  The most chaotic one was my mother, who had a young and handsome face in front of her to block many close-range attacks. Don't get me wrong, this young face is my own family member, the eldest son of Zhuque Military Commander, Long Qingyun, who is also the first among the Three Chivalrous Heroes of the Imperial City and currently serves as the Deputy Commander of the Imperial City Guard.

  Now, most people have been tied up by my mother's Vine Technique, leaving only two high-level mages struggling to maintain their magical shields. The other one was Shi Yuan Erlang, who was fighting against Qingyun's older brother.

  Shi Yuan Erlang is the last among the Three Chivalrous Heroes of the Imperial City. The second among them is Stefano Adelheid, the son of the Commander of the Royal Guard, Klaik Adelheid. These three young men are all handsome, skilled in martial arts, and have excellent family backgrounds and positions. They are the heartthrobs of the girls in the Imperial City! That's why they're called the Three Chivalrous Heroes of the Imperial City!

  The mother could have ended the fight long ago, but she didn't want to hurt anyone and had been holding back until now. Seeing that we were all finished, she finally let loose, shattering her opponent's shield with a few swift attacks, and those two poor women were directly hit by magic and vomited blood before falling to the ground.

  Ishihara Ni Lang and Qing Yun Tang Ge were still fighting, their levels were similar, Tang Ge was slightly stronger, but to defeat him would require some effort. I was getting annoyed, so I secretly used a compressed version of the Vine Technique to tie up Ishihara Ni Lang's ankle. Although he quickly broke free, in a high-level battle, it only takes a momentary lapse in concentration to be hit by Tang Ge's fist on the head, and he gloriously fainted. It was clear that Tang Ge had held back and didn't break his skull. He wasn't satisfied, and glared at me with discontent!

  "Let's go! The air is out and the frame is broken, let's go!" Mother called out.

  Watching our family walk away unscathed, the losing nobles burst into curses: "Are the Ishihara family pigs? Several hundred people were called to take down a few! Losing so much money to them!"

  "That's right! I heard that the Ishihara family has no less than ten people who got the Golden Warrior certificate, it seems that they must have cheated to get it, what is the Warrior Guild doing?"

  "I suggest the Workers' Militia give an explanation!"

  "That's right! Let him pay for our drinks!"

  The noble family is in an uproar!

  I finally know what it means to be old and cunning! My grandfather is a classic example! I deceived my mom, dad, the king, his ministers, and even the bishop with my scheme, but when it came to my grandfather, just a few words from him revealed everything!

  "So you're saying you weren't beaten until you were covered in blood?" Mom asked coldly.

  "Haha! It seems like... no! But big brother, fourth brother's nose was indeed broken!" I had to confess

  "Or was it being chased to the suspension bridge?"

  "It's what we've been through!"

  "Is it dye and not blood that the archbishop wiped away?"

  "It's blood"

  "Huh?" Mom asked in a raised tone

  "What a dye job!" I'm sweating bullets!

  "Don't talk so loudly!" Mother scolded.

  "Yes!" I replied

  "Archbishop's mole is just a birthmark, why are you yelling so loudly?" Mother shouted at big brother.

  "He pinched me! It hurts!" Big brother said, pointing at me.

  "Damn it! Big brother, you're something else! You've really sold me out!" I said fiercely.

  "Was it also you who deliberately provoked us into a fight by taking that 'Holy Light Spear' for me?" Mom's tone became even more serious.

  "Mom! I'm telling the truth!" I said with a grievance.

  "Ah! You're really something! This little brat isn't very old, but his cheating skills are not small! Speak! Why did you cheat me?"

  "Haha! Knocking down over 50 nobles, and there's also a streaking incident. To be honest, how would you handle it?"

  "I won't punish you guys! At most, I'll just scold you!"

  "What if it gets to the Emperor? At least we intentionally beat them severely, especially forcing them to run naked. You can't explain this to the Emperor and the ministers, can you?"

  "Not bad, I'd say!" Mom thought for a moment and said: "You guys have also gone a bit too far!"

  "Ah! For the sake of the Long family's reputation, I have no choice but to sacrifice my own reputation! I've become a deceitful and despicable person!" I said with a tragic expression.

  "Stop pretending, you're clearly just trying to cover your own butt!" Mom hit the nail on the head!