"Cole, come to the training room to see me!"
Just as Cole was imagining the future in his mind, the voice of his elder brother Locke suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Um?"
Cole looked up suddenly.
What's going on?
Ten years ago, didn't my eldest brother come out of retreat and tell me that he would be in retreat for a long time?
How come he woke up after only ten years?Moreover, he asked me to go to the practice room to see him!This was completely different from his reaction when he came out of retreat the last few times.
Although he had many questions in his mind, Cole did not dare to neglect his elder brother's call.
After tidying up his clothes, he rushed to Locke's training room.
"Brother."
After pushing open the door of the training room and entering, Cole came to Locke who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the training room.
"Well, Cole, you're here, sit down."
Locke opened his eyes, stretched out his hand and waved. Suddenly, a cloud of dust rose up from the ground in front of Locke, making the ground in front of Locke as smooth as a mirror.
Cole frowned slightly, and finally sat cross-legged opposite Locke.
"Brother, you called me here, what's the matter?"
"Um."
Locke nodded, and without playing tricks on Cole, he asked Cole directly.
"Cole, what on earth did you do in Locke?"
Cole's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed himself down.
"Ah? Brother, what are you talking about? I didn't do anything."
"Nothing?"
Locke looked at Cole deeply.
"Just now, His Majesty Ceres sent me a direct message through his spiritual sense, asking me if I had already betrayed you..."
"What?"
Hearing Locke's words, Cole was startled and jumped up from the ground with fear in his eyes.
He never imagined that before he had found someone with a pure soul who could make him a sanctuary, what happened in Locke Territory had actually reached His Majesty Ceres of the Frost and Snow Empire.
Now that the truth has been revealed, how will my elder brother treat me?
Will he kill himself?
Cole didn't want to die!
So, Cole immediately knelt down in front of Locke and burst into tears.
"Brother, this, this is what Viscount Cross and his men threatened me to do."
"Viscount Cross and Viscount Marek are both level nine peak warriors, far more powerful than me. They threatened me that if I didn't obey their orders, they would kill me..."
"They also joined forces with Viscount Gasko, Viscount Berkeley, and Viscount Dale to monopolize the economy of Locke Territory..."
"They also threatened me that if I revealed any information to you, Big Brother, they would kill my wife, children, and grandchildren."
At this moment, in order to survive, Cole directly sold out all five viscounts of Locke.
There was no way. Cole had already learned from Locke that his upper-profile plan to have people search for people with pure souls throughout the entire Locke Territory had been exposed and had also attracted the attention of His Majesty Ceres of the Frost and Snow Empire.
In this situation, Cole knew that only his eldest brother could save his life.
Locke sighed slightly.
If he had not seen Cross and Marek being so respectful to Cole during the previous trip, Locke might have believed Cole's words without a doubt.
If Locke had not made a breakthrough in his spiritual attainments during his last retreat and had not been able to sense Cole's emotions, in his heart, he would still regard Cole as his dearest brother in the world.
But...
There is no if!
"well..."
He sighed slightly and stood up from the ground.
"Cole, I once promised my parents at their graves that as long as I stay in Wakanda, I will ensure that you will be rich and prosperous for one day."
"As I recall, your son is already over 130 years old this year, right?"
"From today on, let your son take over Locke Territory!"
"And you, without my order, are not allowed to leave the Locke City mansion!"
"Yes, yes, brother, don't worry, I will stay in the mansion and won't run around!"
Although Cole felt unhappy about being deprived of the right to manage Locke Territory, he also knew that such a big thing had happened in Locke Territory, and only in this way could he save his life.
Moreover, Cole also had his own plans in mind.
Although he could not openly control Locke County, it was his son who took over the management of Locke County.
If I need anything, am I afraid that boy won't do it for me?After a few years, when the troubles I have caused are over, it is not impossible for my son to return the management rights of Locke Territory to me.
Naturally, Locke sensed all of Cole's emotional changes.
However, Locke is now completely disappointed with Cole.
If Locke had previously considered Cole his own brother because of his parents, now he only considered Cole's lineage as "relatives."
"Relatives" and "kinship" are two different feelings.
Locke can give unconditionally to his loved ones, just hoping that they can live a better life.
As for "kin", all efforts must be rewarded.
Although Locke has never managed Locke Territory for a single day, this does not prevent Locke's will from operating in Locke Territory.
Even the five viscounts who were loyal to Locke and had taken root in Locke's territory for nearly a hundred years could not stop the division of the turf in the face of Locke's will.
Viscount Cross and Viscount Marek were both "central nobles" of Locke County. They basically put up no resistance and were wiped out immediately.
After learning that Cross and Marek were arrested, the other three viscounts in Locke's territory directly abandoned their own territories and fled to the Temple of Light with their families.
"hateful!"
In the dark forest, Gasko slapped a big tree in front of him, causing it to explode, venting his anger.
That guy Cole actually betrayed them all, saying that they were the ones who instigated and threatened him, so he had to agree to that condition.
Otherwise, how could anyone find evidence of their actions in such a secretive way?
This was the first time in more than four hundred years that Gasko had been treated like this.
If Cole was in front of him now, Gasko would probably not be afraid of Locke and would just kill Cole with one sword.
It was a pity that he had wanted to hand over the person with pure soul that he had found to Cole.
"Don't be angry, Brother Gasko."
Dale comforted Gasko: "It's fortunate that Lord Locke didn't hunt us down personally, otherwise, we would not have been able to escape from Locke Territory."
Hearing what Dale said, Gasko and Berkeley fell silent.
Indeed, it was because Lord Locke did not hunt them down personally that they were able to escape from Locke Territory safely.
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