"What does this have to do with you?" William Merlin remained expressionless. Although many years had passed, Ross Merlin didn't listen to his advice and insisted on attacking the Crimson Fort. After saying that, William Merlin didn't even look at Ross Merlin and directly pushed him away. "You are blocking our way."
"…"
Ross Merlin stood there and watched the two leave, his haggard face unsettled. Early that morning, Ross Merlin heard that the genius of the Watson Family, the one that brought him endless humiliation, Stan Watson, had been killed in the Aurij Mountains.
Moreover, they were killed under the strict protection of the Red Dragon Mercenary Group. Hannah, the first vice leader of the Red Dragon Mercenary Group, was also killed.
Ross Merlin was stunned.
Ross Merlin had personally fought against Stan Watson in the Raging Flame Plane, and in the past few years, he had been working hard with Stan Watson as his goal. In all of Okland, Ross Merlin dared to say that he was the one who understood Stan Watson the most. How could Ross Merlin not know how powerful Stan Watson was?
There were many geniuses in Okland's younger generation, but the difference between them was only in terms of strength. Only a few people were a whole level ahead of the others.
Stan Watson was one of them.
Ross Merlin knew that Stan Watson was already at the peak of the 8th Rank of the High Mage realm and would soon reach the 9th Rank. He was very close to the Archmage realm that countless mages yearned for. It was said that many people had even prepared a title for him in advance.
But Stan Watson had actually been killed at that time.
Moreover, the Red Dragon Mercenary Group was also involved. That was Okland's 3rd ranked Mercenary Group. They were so powerful that they could already be ranked in the top 20 of Okland's forces. Ross Merlin had personally seen the First Vice Leader Hannah. She was a very powerful Expert Swordsman, and her teacher was the Storm Sword Saint, Talos. She was one of the few disciples that obtained the Sky Aura.
With the addition of fifty elite mercenaries, this was already a group that could challenge an Archmage. How could they have been killed so quickly?
At this moment …
Ross Merlin suddenly recalled that before he fought with William Merlin, his younger cousin from Thousand Sails City had asked him how he compared to Stan Watson.
At that time …
William Merlin's reply seemed to be no different from a dead person …
Thinking of this, Ross Merlin suddenly realized that this William Merlin, who had suddenly risen to prominence, might have some inside information.
Thus, Ross Merlin came over early in the morning to ask William Merlin how much he knew about Stan Watson's death.
This matter was very important to Ross Merlin.
This was related to a secret that only Ross Merlin knew.
And then, that previous scene happened.
Ross Merlin knew that this was because William Merlin always believed that he was the one who caused his sister's death.
If it had been before, Ross Merlin wouldn't have cared about what William Merlin thought. The gap between the two of them was too great, and no matter how unwilling William Merlin was, he had no choice but to tell him the answer he wanted to know.
Unfortunately, things were different now.
William Merlin's sudden rise had changed everything.
Even now, Ross Merlin still couldn't accept the fact that William Merlin had defeated him.
It wasn't Aube Merlin, it wasn't Leon Merlin, it was William Merlin.
Among the younger generation of the Merlin Family, although William Merlin couldn't be considered mediocre, Ross Merlin had never placed him in his eyes before. The gap between the two of them was too great, it was almost the same level. When he had advanced to the 5th Rank, William Merlin had only been a 5th Rank Great Mage.
But now …
After leaving for half a year, William Merlin had impressively stepped into the High Mage realm and defeated him in a fair fight.
Ross Merlin couldn't understand what had happened.
The gap between the two of them no longer existed, and it would be too difficult to force an answer from William Merlin.
But he couldn't not ask.
This matter was too important to Ross Merlin.
"Hanna?" Ross Merlin stood there thinking for a long time before remembering that the 1st Vice Leader of the Red Dragon Mercenary Group, Hanna, had been present when Stan Watson was killed.
'Maybe I can think of a solution from Hanna …'
When Ross Merlin left the Merlin Family Manor, Ofran, who was in the stone tower, was frowning.
"How could it be so coincidental …" Ofran bitterly smiled as he sat in his chair.
Ofran had originally raised those conditions to make Mafa Merlin back off.
But he hadn't expected things to be so coincidental.
Stan Watson died just as the conditions were raised.
Thinking of this, Ofran couldn't help cursing.
'Stan Watson, you are an esteemed 8th Rank High Mage, you aren't much weaker than me, how could you die just like that?
What should I do … '
'Do I really have to resist the pressure of the Elder Council and let Mafa Merlin enter the Ancestral Land?
'This is troublesome …
'Really, Stan Watson, why didn't he just stay in the Watson Family Manor? Why did he have to run to the Aurij Mountains? Fifty Red Dragon Mercenaries and an Expert Swordsman, Hanna, couldn't protect him, and he was killed.
'Right …'
'I heard that the one who killed Stan Watson was a young mage.'
Thinking of this, Ofran was suddenly puzzled.
'Could it be that this was a helper Mafa Merlin found?'
After thinking about it, it seemed that it was possible.
Who was Mafa Merlin?
He was the owner of Thousand Sails City's largest alchemy shop, and his wealth could only be described as enormous. It was said that he had a close relationship with the Sage Tower's Saruman. Saruman was the disciple of Star Sage Joy. It wouldn't be too difficult for Mafa Merlin to hire two helpers from the Sage Tower through his relationship with Saruman.
'Maybe the young mage who killed Stan Watson came from the Cloud Tower.
'But who could it be …'
Although the Cloud Tower had produced many talented mages in the past few years, he couldn't think of anyone so powerful at such a young age.
'Or was it someone Mafa Merlin found from another force?'
After all, Mafa Merlin had a huge amount of wealth. It wouldn't be difficult for him to find someone to kill Stan Watson.
"Eh …" Ofran couldn't help sighing as he thought of this.
'Why didn't I think of this back then …'
He had thought that it would be impossible for Mafa Merlin and William Merlin to kill Stan Watson with their strength, so he had raised those conditions. He had only wanted them to back off.
'I hadn't expected things to reach this point …'
'And Lynk …'
'I don't know what happened, but Lynk still hasn't returned. I've already tried calling him twice, but I haven't gotten a response. Otherwise, I would have asked Lynk what happened back then.'
Ofran felt a headache coming on as he thought of this.
"Knock, knock, knock …"
At this time, someone knocked on the reception room's door.
"Come in …" Ofran sighed. Apart from William Merlin and Mafa Merlin, no one else would come knocking at this time.
'Sure enough …'
The door was pushed open, and two young mages walked in.
"Sir Ofran, as you hoped, Stan Watson is already dead. As for the matter of me entering the Ancestral Land …" Lin Yun got straight to the point after entering the reception room.
Ofran's heart thumped when he heard this. 'Sure enough …'
'Sure enough, it's a murder contract …'
'Ah, this …' Ofran felt extremely bitter at this time. 'What should I do? Do I really have to go against the Elder Council?'
While Ofran was hesitating, Lin Yun asked with a smile, "Sir Ofran, you aren't thinking of going back on your word, right?"
"Going back on my word? No, no, of course not … "Ofran was startled and promptly shook his head. The person in front of him was the master of the Gilded Rose, he had a huge amount of wealth and resources in his hands. Using some tricks to delay him wasn't an issue, but going back on his word was cutting off any thoughts of the other side returning to the Merlin Family. Who would believe a Patriarch who didn't keep his word? If he couldn't even do what he promised, the other side would definitely be worried that he wouldn't be able to keep his wealth after returning to the Merlin Family.
'Forget it …'
'If I have to go against the Elder Council, then so be it …'
As he thought of this, Ofran got over it.
"Mafa, I'm very happy that you were able to contribute to the Merlin Family. Now that you have proven your ability, the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land will naturally be open to you at any time. When do you want to go?" After getting over it, Ofran straightforwardly sold Mafa a favor.
Originally, if the other side wanted to enter the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land, he would have to wait for the Elder Council to come to a decision. It would take at least ten days, at most a month.
But now, Ofran had already gotten over it. He might as well sell this favor as soon as possible and let the other side enter the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land.
In any case, he had to slowly wrangle with the Elder Council, so it would be a waste not to sell this favor.
Sure enough, after Ofran said that, the other side smiled. "Naturally, now."
"Good." Ofran didn't hesitate and opened a drawer, taking out a crest. "This is the proof to enter the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land. William will take you there later. Oh, right, before you enter the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land, there are a few things I want to remind you of. Don't run around randomly in the Ancestral Land. After completing the Bloodline Ceremony, come out as soon as possible. There are some secrets in the Ancestral Land that you shouldn't come into contact with right now …"
"I know." Lin Yun nodded. Every powerful family would have countless secrets hidden in their Ancestral Land, and these secrets weren't something that ordinary people could come into contact with. Lin Yun naturally knew this.
Moreover, Lin Yun wasn't really interested in these secrets.
What Lin Yun was truly concerned about was the Bloodline Ceremony.
William Merlin had once said that once the descendants of the Merlin Family reached adulthood, as long as they were outstanding enough, they would have the opportunity to hold the Bloodline Ceremony in the Ancestral Land. Even the oldest elder of the Merlin Family didn't know when the Bloodline Ceremony was formed. Everyone only knew that regardless of how thin the Merlin Bloodline was, as long as they completed the Bloodline Ceremony in the Ancestral Land, they would be able to obtain the purest Merlin Family bloodline.
The reason the Merlin Family hadn't declined after a thousand years and could maintain the purity of their bloodline was because of this mysterious Bloodline Ceremony.
Lin Yun clearly remembered …
After several hundred years, the Merlin Family started declining, until the Flame Ruler, Doug Merlin, appeared and became known as the strongest Archmage under the Heaven Rank. Overnight, the Merlin Family once again resounded throughout Noscent.
And this Raging Flame Ruler's Magic Conducting Rune was impressively Lin Yun's Magic Array.
It was said that when this Flame Ruler was young, he had crawled his way up from the bottom. He had only been a Great Mage before the age of fifty.
But when he was fifty, he found the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land and carried out an ancient and mysterious Bloodline Ceremony to transform his bloodline into the purest Merlin Family bloodline. From then on, Doug Merlin's strength advanced by leaps and bounds. Within three months, he fused the nine Magic Arrays into one and stepped into the High Mage realm. He then spent another ten years to become the strongest Archmage in all of Noscent.
All of this was because of that ancient and mysterious Bloodline Ceremony.
At the same time, this was also the real reason why Lin Yun wanted to enter the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land.
Lin Yun believed that the pure Merlin Family bloodline was definitely related to the Magic Array.
"Okay, if there is nothing else, you can leave first …" Ofran clenched his teeth and made a decision with great difficulty. He felt a headache coming on. After hurriedly explaining things, he waved his hand, indicating that Lin Yun and William could leave first.
"Haha, thank you, Sir Ofran." Lin Yun wasn't polite and politely nodded before leaving with William Merlin.
After leaving Ofran's stone tower, Lin Yun took the time to ask, "Oh right, Cousin William, where is this Ancestral Land …"
"Do you see that? Over there …" William Merlin pointed at the distant Meteor Lake. Through the misty lake, he could clearly see a precipitous cliff and a bottomless canyon shrouded in dense fog. "That canyon is the Merlin Family's Ancestral Land. It is said that the ancestor of the Merlin Family came out of that canyon when he was still a youth and followed the late king to establish the Andalusia Kingdom. Over the years, although many children of the Merlin Family have entered that canyon, no one knows how many secrets are hidden there …"
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