82: David's situation

After all, being too close made it easy for Legendary Experts to detect, so the province where the royal capital was located was out of the question.

This left five major provinces.

So, after some thought, Arthur said again:

"The Human Kingdom has magic communicators, so news spreads quickly. Therefore, you must complete everything overnight!

I've decided that Victor and Wilson will also participate in this operation in the Human Kingdom. This means there will be seven of you in total.

Three of you will deal with the Koruk Family and its Ailan Province, while the remaining four will each be responsible for one province!"

"Yes, sir!"

Facing Arthur's command, his subordinates naturally obeyed without question, immediately agreeing.

Speaking of the Koruk Family, Arthur couldn't help but think of David, with whom he had some acquaintance, and then instructed:

"David of the Koruk Family and I are on good terms. I remember he also has a mother and a younger sister. Since that's the case, remember to spare their lives then!"

"Yes, sir!"

After Arthur's raid this time, it was estimated that only David would have the legitimate right of succession to the Duke title; his mother and sister were still a bit short.

Moreover, Arthur's raid only involved killing people and plundering wealth; the territory was still left for David, and he could still inherit his Duke title.

It's just that he might face many covetous eyes afterward, as the Duke's territory was simply too vast, and it would be difficult to hold onto without powerful strength!

But all of this had nothing to do with Arthur; his special consideration for David's Family was already showing utmost benevolence!

Considering that the Human Kingdom had dispatched seven Sky Knights, it seemed too few for the Orcs to only send two. So, he went outside the city again and summoned two Minotaurs of Sky Knight Rank.

Thus, Arthur's raiding plan was fully prepared!

The time was set for tomorrow night!

The next day, neither the Human Kingdom nor the Orc Royal Court would have imagined that the events of this day would be etched in their memories forever.

Everyone was still living as usual, until the arrival of night!

...Ailan Province, Koruk Family direction.

After David returned to the Family with Dean, his situation was not good.

Because the person who had beaten Dean to near death and severely trampled on the Koruk Family's reputation this time was Arthur, and during the banquet, David had been chatting and laughing with Arthur.

As an illegitimate son, David was not valued in the Family. The main reason he could go out and explore was his mother's support from behind the scenes.

This caused Dean and the Family to vent some of their anger on him, accusing him of colluding with outsiders!

Yes, in just one day, Dean had awakened under the effect of healing magic and was already able to get out of bed and walk around!

And his hatred for Arthur made him dislike even seeing David!

Revenge against Arthur needed to be taken step by step, as Arthur was not someone to be trifled with, but David was right in front of him.

Thus, David became a punching bag and was consequently punished, now having knelt in the Family hall for almost two days.

If David hadn't possessed the strength of an Early Stage Gold Knight, he would have probably fainted from kneeling long ago!

But kneeling motionless for such a long time, even with David's formidable strength, his face had now turned somewhat grim, indicating he was starting to feel unwell.

During this time, even David's mother and sister going to plead for him was useless!

On the night Arthur announced the operation, David's mother and sister were in the living room with David.

The two were still comforting David, saying that his father, the current Duke, would soon clear him of betraying the Family, and then David wouldn't be punished!

In fact, all three understood that David's situation was merely an undeserved misfortune, but who could they blame when they were not valued by the Family!

Just as the two were about to offer more comforting words, a terrifying tremor suddenly spread from deep within the Family estate.

It was accompanied by deafening roars and the dazzling light of hundreds of meters wide Battle Qi tearing through the night sky.

This enormous commotion caused the three to quickly rush out of the living room and gaze towards the interior of the Family estate.

With such a huge commotion, the matter must be significant. In comparison, David's punishment was nothing; who would still care about that!

The three watched the hundreds of meters long Battle Qi slashes appearing intermittently in the distance, illuminating the surrounding night as if it were day.

Only Sky Knights could unleash such terrifying slashes, and they immediately understood that a powerful enemy of Sky Knight Rank had arrived at the Family.

Moreover, three such terrifying enemies had arrived at once, indicating that the Family was in grave danger this time!

Thinking of this, the expressions of the three immediately became panicked and uneasy.

Even if they were not valued, they were still members of the Koruk Family.

If the intruders meant harm, their fate would probably not be much better!

This worry also spread throughout the Koruk Family, and the internal situation immediately fell into chaos.

At the very center of the Koruk Family, Victor, leading Wilson and another Sky Knight, formed a triangle, surrounding the Koruk Family's Sky Knight Old Ancestor!

In fact, the huge commotion earlier was caused by their surprise attack on the Koruk Family's Sky Knight.

But to their surprise, the Koruk Family's Sky Knight actually possessed a magic item capable of defending against experts of the same Rank.

The magic item triggered automatically, so their surprise attack failed!

Subsequently, the three launched a series of attacks to test the limits of that magic defense item.

They found its quality to be ordinary; if the three could continuously attack for one minute, the barrier would be broken.

The Koruk Family's Sky Knight also understood this principle. Facing the siege of three Sky Knight Peak experts stronger than him, he was also extremely panicked at this moment.

After all, Dean's space teleportation scroll was obtained by chance, but this Old Ancestor did not have one.

Without such a Sharp Weapon for escape, facing the siege of three Sky Knights stronger than him, he was bound to suffer a terrible fate.

Therefore, the Koruk Family's Sky Knight, upon being attacked, did not think of counterattacking first, but rather of begging for mercy and explaining.

"Three sirs, may I have a word? Our Koruk Family has never offended such powerful enemies as yourselves. May I ask what you desire? If it is merely wealth, I will offer it all!

As long as you three can spare me and the Koruk Family, we are willing to pay any price!"

While the Koruk Family's Sky Knight was speaking, Victor and the other two's attacks did not stop. Victor then merely replied in the interval between attacks:

"If we kill you, your things will also be ours!"

At these words, the Koruk Family's Sky Knight knew there was no room for negotiation.

His expression hardened, and he happened to notice that other experts from the Family had arrived as reinforcements.

He then roared at the reinforcing experts below:

"These three have come with the determination to annihilate my Koruk Family this time. Everyone, prepare to fight with all your might!"

Those who dared to come forward after discovering Sky Knight-level intruders were at least Earth Knight-level experts.