Lin Lei cautiously looked around and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, I will have the people outside withdrawn." Lin Lei then walked towards the door and directly ordered the two guards standing outside the hall, "You both get out, without my orders, no one is allowed to enter the courtyard."

  "Yes, Lord Lin Lei."

  The two guards left respectfully, and suddenly the entire courtyard was left with only Lin Lei, Clyde, Merit, and Lancel.

  "Ah." Lin Lei quietly closed the attic door.

  "Lin Lei, what's so mysterious that you have to close the door?" Clyde said with a smile.

  Lin Lei glanced at Clyde, a cold smile in his heart. He was very clear that Clyde had already been poisoned with hemolysin, but the poison didn't harm the body, it just hindered the circulation of Qi. As long as he didn't circulate his Qi, he wouldn't discover that he had been poisoned.

  "This matter is indeed very important." Lin Lei's face was solemn.

  But at this moment, Lance quietly approached Clyde. As the king's personal attendant, he felt that the current environment was a bit 'threatening'. Although in Lance's view, with His Majesty's 9th-level strength and his own 8th-level strength, there was no one here who could threaten them.

  Better safe than sorry.

  "Your Majesty." Lin Lei looked at Clyde solemnly, "My mother passed away when I was very young."

  Clyde nodded. He had looked into Lin Lei's background, and Lin Lei's mother had died in childbirth with his younger brother, Little Warton.

  "In my memory, I didn't feel any motherly love. In my memory, there was only a strict father. My father was very strict with me, whether it was warrior training or education in various noble knowledge. My father's demands were high and strict."

  Lin Lei looked at Clyde and said slowly.

  Clyde was somewhat perplexed, unable to understand what Lin Lei's words had to do with the so-called 'very important matter'. However, as a king, Clyde graciously refrained from interrupting Lin Lei.

  "I suppose Your Majesty is also aware that I, Balruk, am from the Dragon Blood Warrior family." Lin Lei's face showed a hint of pride.

  "Yes, one of the four ultimate warrior families, the Dragon Blood Warrior Family. It's a very glorious ancient family." Clyde exclaimed.

  Lin Lei shook his head and said, "That was just the past glory. My family has declined to the point where we don't even have the heirloom of our family's heritage. For hundreds of years, my ancestors in the Baroque family have wanted to take back the heirloom, but it has never been achieved. Your Majesty, do you know what my father said to me on the day I left home after being admitted to Ernst Magic Academy?"

  "What did you say?" Clyde looked at Lin Lei.

  "My father said that if I don't retrieve the family heirloom in the future, he will never forgive me even after death!" Lin Lei's body trembled slightly.

  Clyde, Merit, even Lanceum, were all wide-eyed. A father, actually said such a thing to his son.

  "Your father has gone too far," Clyde said.

  "No."

  Lin Lei shook his head solemnly, "I understand my father's deepest wish. My Dragon Blood Warrior family has been stagnant for hundreds of years, and not a single true strongman has appeared in hundreds of years. My father understands that I will be the strongest one in the family in hundreds of years. The hope of the family for hundreds of years is on me, can you say, would my father tolerate my failure?"

  Clyde somewhat understood.

  "My father's lifelong hope was for the war sword 'Carnage' to return to our family." Lin Lei's voice grew even more stern, "I didn't dare relax at Ernst Magic Academy, I worked hard to cultivate. I've been eager to fulfill my father's hopes, my father's entrustment!"

  Clyde and the other two also somewhat understood what Lin Lei was thinking in his heart.

  "It was just over half a year ago, after that 'Meng Xing' stone carving was auctioned off, I went back, and at that time, I brought the war knife 'Tu Lu' back with me." Lin Lei's voice rose up.

  Clyde, Lanzham and Merit were also stunned.

  Because they knew that this time, Lin Lei's father had already died.

  "But when I rushed back, what greeted me was the news of my father's death. He didn't even get to see the war sword 'Carnage' before he died, and I didn't even get to see him one last time. All these years of hard training were just so that my father could be proud, but unfortunately..." Lin Lei's face began to twitch with muscle spasms, his expression terrifying.

  Clyde and the other two also understood Lin Lei's feelings in his heart.

  "Ling Lei, don't be too sad," Clyde sighed.

  Lin Lei smiled coldly: "But do you know how my father died?"

  Clyde, Merit and Lancelot were all taken aback.

  "My father was killed by your brother, Duke Paderson!!!!" Lin Lei's eyes began to redden.

  "What!" Clyde exclaimed in shock, while Merit and Lancelot beside him were also taken aback.

  "So I killed Paderson!" Lin Lei's voice sounded sinister.

  At this time, Lancel felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right and he couldn't help but be vigilant towards Clyde. He was always on guard against Lin Lei. However, at this moment, Lancel felt a gust of wind, and as an eighth-level strongman, he knew it was too late to turn his head, so he swung his arm to block it.

  "Crack!"

  A wave of intense pain washed over him, and then Ranselm couldn't feel his hands anymore. At this moment, the corner of Ranselm's eye also caught sight of - a half-meter-long mole-like demon with its mouth full of fresh blood in front of him. In addition to noticing the bloody fangs, he also noticed the extremely fast-moving sharp claws. At such close range now, Ranselm couldn't dodge at all.

  Too fast!!!!!

  "Hmph."

  Ritsuka's claws directly slashed across Lanzhu's throat, and Lanzhu stared blankly at the scene, his eyes gradually dimming.

  He couldn't understand how this half-meter-long monster mouse had appeared out of nowhere. He had carefully observed the room as soon as he entered it, and all he noticed was a small shadow mouse the size of a palm on the carpet.

  Is the palm-sized black shadow mouse threatening?

  To an eighth-level strongman, there is no threat at all. Lanzem didn't have any vigilance in his heart.

  In this way, Lansum, an eighth-level strongman, was unexpectedly killed by Shadow Mouse 'Bibi' without any preparation. In fact, he didn't die unjustly, with Bibi's strength, even if Lansum had fought back head-on, he probably wouldn't have been able to withstand a few moves.

  "Ransome." Clyde and Meritt were both shocked.

  A mighty eighth-level warrior, yet he died with just one glance. Both of them were shocked and stared at the Shadow Mouse 'Bibi'. Under their gaze, Bibi's body shrank back to its original size, about the size of a palm, and finally jumped onto Lin Lei's shoulder.

  "Good job, Beibei." Lin Lei patted Beibei's little head.

  Baby closed her eyes contentedly.

  Lin Lei turned his head and continued to look at Clyde, whose cold eyes made Clyde's heart jump in surprise.

  "Lin Lei, what are you going to do?" Clyde shouted coldly, at the same time, Clyde also circulated the internal Qi. But just then, Clyde felt that the usual meridians were now completely blocked.

  With Clyde's ninth-grade thick fighting spirit, it used to be able to surge like a wave in the past, but now it can only operate with difficulty like a small stream. Moreover, the fighting spirit will also 'interrupt' from time to time. At this moment, Clyde's fighting spirit is probably only about one percent of its peak period.

  "Your Majesty, don't shout or resist. Resistance means death." Lin Lei said calmly.

  Clyde instantly understood his situation.

  Now he can only rely on brute force, and with his current strength, he can barely catch up to a sixth-level warrior. However, the small Shadow Mouse on Lin Lei's shoulder could instantly kill even an eighth-level strongman like 'Lanselm'.

  Clyde had no doubt that Lin Lei and his magical beast had the ability to kill him instantly.

  "Lin Lei, how dare you! How dare you attempt to assassinate His Majesty?" Merit cried out in terror.

  "Shut up." Lin Lei gave Merit a cold glance.

  Merritt's power was not strong, and now his aura was almost completely unable to move. His power could only barely catch up with that of a fourth-level warrior.

  Merritt also suddenly understood her situation, not daring to shout at Lin Lei loudly, but still advising: "Lin Lei, you have a great future ahead of you. In the future, you will become a high-ranking member of the Holy See of Light, and who knows, maybe one day you'll even become the new Pope of Light. But why do you want to cut off your own path now? Lin Lei, I believe that His Majesty won't blame you for killing Patterson. He brought it upon himself by dealing with your father." As she spoke, Merritt also glanced at Clyde.

  Clyde also nodded and said: "Lin Lei, this time, I can pretend it didn't happen. That Patterson, he's dead anyway."

  "Lin Lei, Your Majesty has already said it, don't be confused." Merit hastily said.

  "Shut up!" Lin Lei suddenly waved his hand.

  Lin Lei's right hand fingers were like steel claws, directly grasping Merit's throat, and suddenly lifted Merit up.

  "Ah, ah, ah!" Merit gazed at Lin Lei in terror, imploringly.

  "Lin Lei." Clyde spoke up immediately.

  Lin Lei coldly smiled and exerted force with his finger, then suddenly relaxed his hand.

  "Thud!" With a single sound, Merit's entire body fell to the ground. He kept covering his throat and with great difficulty let out "ah, ah" sounds. Even at the moment of his death, he couldn't believe... that today, coming over with Clyde-sama would end like this.

  At the moment of death, Merit also recalled the scenes of his life. What he thought most was still a woman.

  "If I had known that I was going to be killed by Lin Lei that day, I shouldn't have let go of Alice." This is what Merit thought in her final moment.

  Lin Lei coldly smiled as he looked at Clyde.

  "Lin Lei, why did you attack me? I treated you well, didn't I?" Clyde looked at Lin Lei, but in his heart he was thinking: "Xue Shi, bring people quickly! Quick, quick!!!" As a 9th-level strongman, Clyde also had a magical beast.

  Xue Shi is an eighth-level magical beast from the North, 'Ice-cold Snow Lion', and usually stays in the palace.

  Due to the soul contract, Snow Lion and Clyde are in sync. When Clyde encounters danger, Snow Lion already knows. Clyde is very clear about what he needs to do now... delay time, delay as much time as possible!

  "Right, you have treated me well! But what about my mother?" Lin Lei stared at Clyde.

  If it weren't for Clyde sending someone to abduct my mother, my father might still be alive and my mother should still be at home. My parents should both still be alive! But because of Clyde's actions back then, I lost my parents.

  "Mother, didn't your mother die in childbirth?" Clyde asked, puzzled.

  "Difficult birth?" Lin Lei burst out laughing, laughing maniacally, and then glared coldly at Clyde. "That's just a cover-up lie. Clyde, when my mother gave birth to my younger brother, both my parents went to the Temple of Light to pray for blessings, but on the night they returned to the hotel, they were kidnapped."

  "Clyde, have you forgotten that twelve years ago, you had Patterson's men kidnap my mother?" Lin Lei glared at Clyde. "Don't deny it, Patterson has already confessed everything."

  "Is... is that your mother?" Clyde was completely stunned.

  "What's going on? You've remembered something?" Lin Lei's eyes were filled with a fierce energy. "Speak, how is my mother now? Tell me, is she alive or dead?"

  "Clyde said calmly: 'Your mother, I handed her over to someone else. Someone you can't mess with, and neither can I.'"

  "Another person?" Lin Lei was completely bewildered.

  At the same time, Lin Lei also rose a glimmer of hope in his heart. A person who couldn't even provoke Clyde was going to kidnap his own mother. Maybe there's some important reason, perhaps... his mother is still alive.

  Clyde sneered and said: "But I can tell you that your mother is already dead, no doubt about it."

  "No." Lin Lei glared.

  "Don't you believe?" Clyde had gotten to this point, but burst out laughing.

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