There was no room for delay in military matters, so Shen Yun and Vierla set off with Card Xiu early the next morning. In addition to the squadron led by Card Xiu, there was another squadron of soldiers who would also accompany them to assist the expedition. the first batch of troops.
According to Cardius's estimation, if the route given by Marquis Hughes is correct, it should only take them four days to reach the frontline camp of the Brilliant Empire. Because the situation on the frontline is not very tense at this time, Cardius will also The soldiers were not allowed to move in a hurry. Two squadrons of 20,000 to 30,000 people advanced at a steady speed. At noon, the team stopped to eat something and rest for a while, and then continued on their way, not officially setting up camp to rest until the evening.
"According to the map, we will probably arrive at this newly discovered path tomorrow night. After crossing this path and walking for another day, we will be able to see the defense line of the Glorious Empire." Kaxiu sat next to the fire, using the light of the fire. The reflection points the way to others.
"Although the marshal said that this road has been explored, we'd better send someone to investigate in advance tomorrow. After all, it is a newly discovered path, and there is no guarantee that there will be nothing unnoticed." Tuton, the captain of another squadron. He is a tall man, but his mind is very delicate. He was promoted to an officer when Reptanton left. He respects Shen Yun and other members of the Guards very much. He is mainly Kaxiu in his behavior along the way. Now I would like to make a suggestion. There are also some cautious ones.
"That's right!" Ka Xiu smiled at the big man in front of him and said affirmatively: "This road is too dangerous. It is almost driven along a rock wall. If someone ambush us there, don't say these ordinary things. Soldiers, it’s not easy for us warriors to retreat from above. Although I don’t believe that there are dark creatures happening to be there, I still have to be careful. This is my first time to explore the way for the brothers behind me. ."
Shen Yun originally wanted to remind Ka Xiu to pay more attention to the untravelled road, but now he saw that Tuton had already said it, so he said no more. He turned around and saw Werla squatting alone in the corner. , couldn't help but walked over.
"What are you doing?"
Because Verla was squatting with her back to Shen Yun, Shen Yun could not see the situation in front of her from Shen Yun's perspective. He walked gently to Kitten Girl's side, and Shen Yun stretched his head over Kitten Girl's shoulder. Head full of black lines...
Pom pom balls, iron balls, stone balls, magic crystal balls... small balls of various materials were neatly arranged in front of Cat Girl. Cat Girl looked at the things in front of her with a hesitant look, not knowing how to start. Feeling. Hearing the footsteps behind her, Kitty Girl glanced back. When she saw Chen Yun, her charming red eyes suddenly lit up, and there was a need for help in her eyes.
The corners of Chen Yun's mouth twitched. It took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Aren't you confused about which ball to play?"
Cat Girl nodded, narrowed her eyes, and moved the small ball on the ground towards Chen Yun with her little hand.
"..."
Chen Yun scratched his head, imitated Cat Girl and squatted down next to her, and said, "Want me to help you choose one?"
Kitten Girl nodded again, her big eyes narrowed even more, and she could tell she was very happy.
Shen Yun was speechless. He really didn't know what fun these balls had. Some people would even be confused about which one to play today. This is really... the world of cats is really magical...!
"This, the color is good! Oh, it's actually a 7th level one..." Shen Yun casually picked up a magic crystal ball from in front of him, and when he sensed it, he found that it was polished with 7th level magic crystals. He couldn't help but be impressed by the luxury of this toy. Marvel.
Cat Girl didn't say anything, she just took the 7th level magic crystal ball from Shen Yun and rolled it on the ground twice. Suddenly she felt a little uncomfortable. She turned around and found that Shen Yun was looking at her boredly. Cat Girl lowered her head. After thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and gently pulled Shen Yun's arm twice, then pointed at the various other balls in front of him that he hadn't had time to put away and asked, "Want to play together?"
"..."
In response to Kitty Girl's kind invitation, Chen Yun could only laugh twice. If possible, he really wanted to answer the other party like this:
I also have two balls, do you want to play with them?
…
Just when Virla sincerely invited Shen Yun to play ball with her, Sean also returned to the Blue Water Front Fortress covered in dust.
"This mission was well done. You go down and rest." Marquis Hughes flipped through the letter in his hand, then waved to Sean.
"Yes!" Sean bowed and left. After a few minutes, he came back.
"What?" Marquis Hughes was reviewing a document at this time. He was not surprised by Sean's return and asked without raising his head.
"Where are they?"
"Who?" Marquis Hughes pretended to be confused.
"Chen Yun, Vierla, Card Xiu, Ivey..." Sean looked directly at his father on the handsome seat, and slowly spoke out a list of names. From officers to privates, Sean enunciated the words clearly, and his appearance always gave people A feeling of "if you don't answer me, I will keep answering you".
Fortunately, these names are all two or three characters, otherwise hearing you tell them would probably make people anxious to death...
"Stop!" Even though Marquis Hughes was a very ambitious person, he was speechless at this moment because of Sean's expressionless expression on the person's name. He quickly interrupted, and then said: "I sent them on a mission. "
"What, mission?"
Marquis Hughes frowned, but considering that he couldn't hide this kind of thing, he still replied: "The support mission. The Brilliant Empire's defense line needs support, so I let them go. Okay, you go down, they are here to perform the mission." You will temporarily return to my bodyguard for a while and come over to report tomorrow."
"I'll go too!" As if he didn't hear what Marquis Hughes said behind him, Sean turned around and walked straight out.
"Stop!" Marquis Hughes became angry, slapped the table hard and stood up, glaring at Sean and yelling angrily.
Sean slowly turned around and looked directly at his father. Marquis Hughes also glared at him without any sign of weakness. The father and son refused to give in to each other, as if they wanted to stare at him until the end of the world. In fact, this kind of This situation was very common in the past. It wasn't until Shen Yun showed up that Sean gradually got better after hanging out with him for a long time. The relationship between father and son also improved while he was no longer so cold. But he didn't expect that it was also because of Shen Yun that he let him Confronted his father again.
"You want to kill him?" Sean said softly.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Marquis Hughes was startled, then regained his composure and shouted coldly.
"Kill him if you want!" It's the same words, but it's changed to affirmative.
"..."
Marquis Hughes was silent, and suddenly raised his hand and said to the four members of the bodyguard in the room: "Go and guard the door. Don't let anyone in!"
The black-armored guard bowed slightly, then walked out with neat steps, not even looking at Sean when he passed by him.
Only Sean and his son were left in the room, and the atmosphere became silent again. After a long time, Marquis Hughes suddenly sighed and asked: "What do you know?"
"I, don't know...but..." Sean shook his head slowly, then opened his hands. The light cyan wind element immediately swirled around him.
Marquis Hughes squinted at his son, and suddenly, his pupils dilated. Uncontrollable surprise and excitement burst out from this stern man. The changes in Sean before him gave him an urge to cry.
At this time, the wind element around Sean has gradually disappeared, replaced by a rich black dark element. The pitch-black dark element flows around Sean like a black belt. Only by looking carefully can you find that there is still a faint trace of green inside.
The black shadow of Yue appeared behind Sean. Although it was a little blurry, he could still roughly distinguish what it looked like as wings. Judging from the size of the black shadow, it was probably not a pair.
"Okay...okay...!" Marquis Hughes' lips trembled. He felt that he had never been so happy in decades.
Sean didn't pay attention to his father's ecstasy. He still looked at him with an indifferent expression and asked: "What is this? What am I? Do you want to kill Chen Yun?"
Of the three questions, the first two and the last one seem to have nothing to do with each other. But Sean himself knows that if his father really wants to kill Shen Yun, it must be related to this change in himself. What he wants to know now is this
What does change mean?
Also, what can he do for his friends...
After a while, Marquis Hughes finally regained his composure, at least on the surface. He waved to Sean and asked him to sit down, and looked at Sean with relief and pride that he had never clearly expressed.
Sean didn't move, he just stood upright. He didn't have the inexplicable joy that his father had. He was only worried about his friends now.
Seeing that Sean was unwilling to sit down, Marquis Hughes did not force himself. After thinking carefully for a while, he felt that it was time to tell his son the truth. Raising his head, Marquis Hughes looked at his son with a smile, and spoke clearly and slowly:
"Actually, we are all descendants of the dark angels...that is, the fallen angels you call..."
The words were very long, and it took nearly an hour for Marquis Hughes to explain clearly the cause and effect. During this process, Sean stood still, with no expression on his face no matter how shocking the news was. It was just that his face became more and more expressionless.
He was getting paler and paler, and his body was swaying slightly, obviously not feeling anything.
Suddenly feeling very thirsty, Marquis Hughes grabbed the tea cup on the table and took a sip. Finally, he concluded: "So, our mission is to help our clan rule the entire continent. In order to achieve this goal, my father stayed in Blue Water
I have been working hard for decades, and now I have finally accumulated enough strength. As long as I plan properly, I will definitely be able to completely control Blue Water within two years!"
Sean was silent for a while before he said in a solemn voice: "Domination, or killing?"
"Of course it is to rule! From now on, we will be the masters of the continent! What good will pure killing do to our clan?" Marquis Hughes replied decisively. However, thinking of several doubts in the previous conversation between Cassiry and himself, Marquis Hughes
My heart was suddenly shaken. Is this really true...?
"Why kill Shen Yun?" Sean asked the question he was most concerned about.
"I don't know about this. This is a task assigned by the adults above." Marquis Hughes sighed, slowly sat down and looked at Sean seriously and said: "Sean, you have to understand, you It’s all my hope! In the past, I didn’t want you to practice martial arts. I just didn’t want you to follow the same path as me. I didn’t want you to spend your whole life working for this clan as a second-rate clansman like me. If you don’t have the ability, then naturally you can’t You don’t have to take responsibility! And my strength is enough for you to live a good life... But it’s different now..."
Marquis Hughes's voice suddenly became louder, and he said with a flushed face: "Now you have begun to awaken! Awaken! When you complete the awakening one day, you will be a real dark angel. By then, who will dare to call you half-blooded?" ?Who dares?!" Marquis Hughes's face was a little ferocious, and he could not forget the indifference and slight sarcasm on Cassiry's face when he mentioned the title "half-blood".
Seeing his father's somewhat hysterical expression, Sean suddenly understood his father. The many conflicts in the past were gradually solved, which made him sympathize and feel guilty for his father, and at the same time, he also became more disgusted with the identity of the Dark Angel.
Marquis Hughes was breathing heavily. The long-term fear and being discriminated against within the clan made him very stressed. The burst of venting just now made him feel like he was being drained. He stretched out his hand to get the food on the table. Cup, but found that his hands were trembling and he couldn't hold it at all.
Just when he was about to give up, a pair of hands suddenly appeared on the table and took the cup away. After refilling it with water, he placed it firmly in the palm of Marquis Hughes. Marquis Hughes' palm suddenly felt warm, and so did his heart.
"Sean, I know that Shen Yun is your friend. If possible, I don't want to do that! But you have to understand that you two are two people after all. If you don't understand anything, then that's it, but now that you When you begin to awaken, you should consider the affairs of your clan!" Marquis Hughes looked at his son who was close at hand, and said warmly: "Your father does not have this qualification, but you do! Our clan's population is not large, and we will rule in the future. Once you reach the mainland, you will definitely need a large number of talents to manage it. As long as you become a real dark angel, you will definitely be reused in the future! In the future, if you find a girl of the same race to get married and have children, our Hughes family will be pure in a few generations. We are the dark clan, by then, who will know that we are actually only half-blood?"
Bloodline...fate...
Fallen angels are bad people. This is the concept that Sean has always accepted since he was a child. Now his father suddenly said that he is actually a descendant of fallen angels. This makes him conflicted and unable to argue. He understands that his father will not act like this. He lied to himself about things, not to mention that the changes in his body were so obvious. As for those so-called fates and goals... He could ignore the orders of the fallen angel, but he could not ignore his father's wishes...
"Give me the map." Sean said softly, knowing that his father could understand what he was talking about.
"What are you going to do?" Marquis Hughes frowned and looked at Sean.