Hillman's shoulder clothes were torn by Lin Lei's dragon claws, and the bright red blood slowly seeped out, dyeing his clothes red.

  Kashirman seemed completely unaware of it.

  Xierman stared at Lin Lei and said in a low voice: "Lin Lei, calm down first."

  "Tell me." Lin Lei gazed at Lin Lei.

  Hillman said solemnly, "The cavalry behind is about to arrive. Don't let others know about your family matters for now. Come with me first." Hillman struggled free from Lin Lei's sharp claws and grabbed Lin Lei's arm covered in black dragon scales, trying to pull him towards the ancestral hall, but this pull didn't budge him.

  "Lin Lei." Hillman turned around, somewhat annoyed.

  "Uncle Hillman, I know what's at stake."

  Lin Lei's face was ashen, but he took a deep breath and the dragon scales on his arms retracted back into his body. He returned to normal. As he squatted down and hugged the war knife 'Carnage' again, Lin Lei heard the sound of horseshoes outside.

  The cavalry of the Holy See has finally arrived.

  Lin Lei turned back and glanced at them coldly, but ignored them, directly saying to Hillman: "Uncle Hillman, you lead the way."

  "Good."

  Hillman felt a bit better when he saw Lin Lei calm down, and immediately took Lin Lei to the direction of the ancestral hall. Lin Lei still had a gloomy face, at this moment, probably except for Lin Lei himself, others could not imagine the deep pain hidden under Lin Lei's calm surface.

  Shadow Mouse 'Bibi' and Deling Kurvate were both silent.

  They and Lin Lei's soul are connected, naturally feeling Lin Lei's unprecedented pain and sorrow.

  The wind rises, rolling up the withered fallen leaves on the stone road that has been there for who knows how many years.

  "Ah..."

  Xierman pushed open the gate of the ancestral hall and looked at Lin Lei, who was holding the war knife 'Tu Jue' with a calm expression as he stepped inside. However, his gaze remained on the row of spirit tablets inside the ancestral hall, and with Lin Lei's current eyesight, he clearly saw the newest one in the front row.

  The front has only the words "Hogwarts".

  There was still a hint of fantasy in Lin Lei's mind, and he felt a dizziness in his brain, but he still stood firm. Later, Lin Lei carried the war knife 'Carnage' forward and finally placed this giant war knife 'Carnage' on the stone table where the spirit tablet was placed.

  Lin Lei looked at the spirit tablet, a serene smile on his face, and said softly: "Father, I'm back."

  "I know that your greatest wish in this life is to retrieve the family heirloom, and thus restore the glory of our Dragon Blood Warrior family." Lin Lei spoke in a very soft and cautious tone, as if he was afraid of startling someone.

  Lin Lei gazed at the spirit tablet: "I didn't let you down, I've brought back the treasured war knife 'Carnage' of my Baruk family, my Dragon Blood Warrior family's legacy."

  "Now, I bring back the war blade 'Carnage', and soon, I will also restore the glory of my Dragon Blood Warrior family. I will let everyone on the entire Jade Orchid Continent know about the splendor of the Dragon Blood Warrior family, and your name will be known throughout the Jade Orchid Continent."

  "I swear, I will definitely do all of this."

  Lin Lei's face suddenly had a hint of killing intent, "Of course, before that, I want revenge for you."

  There was no doubt that his own father, Hogarth, had been murdered.

  Otherwise, with the strength of a level 6 warrior as his father, plus being in his prime, he would not have been taken away by ordinary illnesses. If it was death from illness, Hillman's uncle would not have covered it up. With Lin Lei's intuition, his father's death was absolutely not ordinary.

  "The person who kills you, I will also make him die!!!"

  Lin Lei's eyes seemed to have an additional hint of the Dark Golden color of the Thorny Iron Armor Dragon, a cold and dark golden color that made one's heart tremble.

  Lin Lei suddenly turned his head and looked at Hillman: "Uncle Hillman, tell me, how did my father really die? And where is he buried? Also, you said my father has been dead for more than three months, why didn't you ever tell me?"

  Hillman opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.

  "Lin Lei, calm down first." Hillman said slowly.

  Calm?

  How can I calm down?

  "How I yearn to let my father see the battle knife 'Carnage' with his own eyes, how I yearn for my father to see that I can also become a Dragon Blood Warrior! How I want to see my father's smile, that relieved smile after seeing the battle knife 'Carnage', that proud smile after seeing me become a 'Dragon Blood Warrior'! But... all of this is impossible now."

  Lin Lei felt his heart was being cut with a knife.

  At this time, Hillman still wanted him to calm down!

  Lin Lei wanted to scold Hillman, but he endured. He took a deep breath and swallowed all his resentment and anger into his belly. Lin Lei stared at Hillman: "Uncle Hillman, tell me everything that happened, I want to know all about it."

  "Your father is dead, he died three months ago. However, before your father's death, he entrusted me... unless you reach the strength of a 7th-level warrior, I am not allowed to tell you the cause of his death." Hilman said solemnly.

  "Seventh-level warrior?"

  "Yes." Hillman nodded slightly and said, "This is also why I came to your college to find you, but didn't tell you the news of your father's death. According to your father's wishes before he died, he hoped that you could cultivate quietly without knowing about his death."

  Xierman looked at Lin Lei: "Lin Lei, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but this is your father's last wish, and I mustn't go against it. Unless you reach the strength of a 7th-level warrior, I can only tell you everything."

  Lin Lei understood.

  Seventh-level warrior?

  Lin Lei pulled out a leather-bound notebook from his pocket and handed it to Hillman.

  "What's this?" Hillman took it in a daze.

  "Proof of magician rank." Lin Lei's face was calm and composed.

  Each magician is issued this certificate of magician when they are first evaluated for their level, and each time they advance a level, it will be recorded on here.

  Hillman opened his book, and on each of the seven pages, there were seven dazzling stars.

  "Seventh level? A seventh-level dual-system mage?" Hilman was stunned, looking at Lin Lei in disbelief.

  How old is Lin Lei?

  Seventeen years old.

  What does a 17-year-old dual-system magician mean? Hillman wasn't clear, but he knew that in the entire kingdom of Finlay, the strongest magician was only an eighth-level magician. But that was an old man over a hundred years old.

  Hillman still remembered when he was in the army, a 7th-level magician came, that kind of demeanor, that kind of prestige.

  But Lin Lei, who had grown up in front of his own eyes, had become a 7th-level dual-system magician in the blink of an eye.

  "This, this is true?" Hillman asked a very foolish question, and Hillman also knew that the magician's proof would absolutely not be false.

  "Uncle Hillman, can you tell me the truth now?" Lin Lei gazed at Hillman.

  Heilman nodded and walked into the secret room behind Zong Tang, came out in a moment, walked to Lin Lei's face, took out a letter from his pocket, handed it over and said softly: "This is the letter left by your father before he died. You will know everything after reading it."

  Lin Lei's slightly trembling hands reached out and took over the letter.

  There is no writing on the envelope.

  Open the envelope, there were two pages of content inside.

  Lin Lei:

  When you open this letter, I may have been dead for a long, long time.

  To you and Worton, I have endless apologies in my heart, but there's no way for me to make it up to you anymore. I just hope that you can spend a relatively long period of time in peace, so I asked Uncle Hillman to give this letter to you when you reach the seventh level as a warrior." Upon reading this, Lin Lei felt a pang in his heart.

  To calm down for a while? I'm afraid Father didn't expect himself to become a 7th level magician so soon either. After all, at the normal speed, from 6th level to 7th level, it takes a very long time.

  "Lin Lei, I have been keeping a secret in my heart all along. Your mother did not die from a difficult childbirth with Worton."

  His father's words made Lin Lei's heart skip a beat.

  Lin Lei had always known that his mother died in childbirth with Walton, but now it seemed that was just a lie.

  "That year, your mother became pregnant again and we were both very happy. However, the medical conditions in our town of Wushan were too poor, so I took your mother to Fenlai City. In Fenlai City, your mother gave birth to Little Worton safely. Little Worton was adorable, and your mother and I were overjoyed. Not long after Little Worton's birth, I took your mother and Little Worton to the Temple of Light to pray for blessings. That day, your mother and I were both very happy, and then we left the temple and stayed in a hotel in Fenlai City for one night."

  "It was that very night, a group of mysterious people came to the hotel and directly snatched away your mother. I was outnumbered and could only save Worton, but I also saw that one of the culprits had a red spider birthmark on his arm."

  Seeing this, Lin Lei felt as if he had returned to that night many years ago.

  A group of mysterious people attacked and robbed, the outnumbered father could only protect Worton, and could only watch helplessly as he was unable to rescue his beloved wife.

  "I know that group of people are not ordinary, the weakest among them is a 4th level warrior, and the strongest one is even stronger than me. Luckily, their goal was only your mother, otherwise I would have been killed already. To be able to mobilize such a team, in Fenley City they are not small characters either. I didn't dare to speak out loud, I brought little Worton back with me and told outsiders that your mother died from a difficult childbirth. And this secret, butler Shiri and your uncle Hillman also know about it."

  Lin Lei saw this and was puzzled in his heart.

  Among that group of people, the strongest one was even stronger than his own father. However, they didn't care about their father and only snatched away their mother. But what made their mother worth fighting for?

  "I couldn't tell you this, for over a decade, I've kept this secret deep in my heart. I didn't dare to speak out... even I didn't dare to investigate your mother's life or death alone, who those people were. I didn't dare to pry."

  His father's words also made Lin Lei's heart ache.

  "I am the heir of the Dragon Blood Warrior family, at least I must raise you all up. I cannot let the Baroque family be cut off. For a year, I have been enduring in silence, but every night, I find it hard to fall asleep, wondering whether your mother is alive or dead, this has been torturing me. I endured... I endured for eleven years!"

  "Lin Lei, you make me extremely proud. First, becoming a student at the Yulan Continent's No. 1 Magic Academy, and then even becoming a genius at Ernst Magic Academy, I have great confidence in you. Even Worton's dragon blood warrior lineage has reached the required concentration. I'm so proud that both of my sons are doing so well, I've lived up to the ancestors of the Baroque family! However, even now, I still don't dare to inquire about your mother's situation, because Worton still needs a lot of money to pay for his expensive tuition fees."

  "I endured for eleven years, and when you handed over the large number of magic crystal cores you obtained from the Magic Beast Mountain Range to me, I knew that day... I could finally put everything down and investigate your mother's life and death. Although your mother hasn't returned in these eleven years, it's likely she's already dead, but I didn't want to give up. Even if she is dead, I still want to avenge her."

  Lin Lei saw this, and both hands trembled.

  Lin Lei understood that in the past, his father had been too afraid to investigate his mother's disappearance because of the expensive tuition fees for his younger brother. But now, with the magic crystal core worth nearly 80,000 gold coins, his father no longer had any burdens.

  "I can finally go and investigate, I changed my appearance, transformed my identity and infiltrated into Finlay City. I started to investigate the things that happened back then."

  "But it's been too long, I only knew that there was a red spider birthmark on my arm, I searched for almost a year and finally found the person with the red spider birthmark. Following this lead, I continued to investigate, gradually...I finally knew the figure behind this group of people."

  "The mastermind behind this group is none other than the younger brother of King Clyde of the current Kingdom of Finlay, Duke Paderson."

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