Chapter 2684: Chapter 2684: Windbreak County, Hazel Truman!
"Robert... what exactly is going on? How did your father... pass away?"
When King Cooper looked at Ares Cooper again, his face also turned exceptionally grim.
Just now, after acknowledging his kinship with Ares, he was pleased that his Fourth Brother had a descendant and longed for a reunion with him.
Unexpectedly, when his Third Brother asked Ares about his Fourth Brother, this nephew told him:
His Fourth Brother had already passed away!
"Back then, Father lost control of his mind, injured you, Uncle, and shortly after leaving Qin Wangfu, he came to his senses... Father was deeply remorseful for injuring you, and realizing he could lose control at any moment, he didn’t plan to return to Qin Wangfu."
Ares slowly said, "Not long after, Father met Mother, and they fell in love... Shortly after I was born, during another episode of losing control, Father left home. Mother took me to find him, only to be ambushed midway. The attackers wanted no witnesses, and Mother sacrificed her life to protect me and died at their hands."
As he spoke, Ares’s eyes reddened.
"After killing Mother, those people chased after me... just as I was at death’s door, Father returned, killed them, and saved me."
"Seeing Mother dead, he felt immense guilt and hopelessness... Then, after settling me down and telling me ’who I am,’ he gave me this token and before I could react, he killed himself in front of me."
"Just before he died, he told me to be sure to bury him with Mother."
At this point, Ares’s eyes grew even redder, as if shrouded in a bloody mist.
In his hand, there was now a token.
"It’s Fourth Brother’s identity token!"
The Third Prince nearly snatched the token from Ares, trembling hands caressing the engraved name of his Fourth Brother on its surface, mist filling his eyes.
"Robert, from now on, as your Uncle, Qin Wangfu will be your support!"
King Cooper took a deep breath, patted Ares’s shoulder, and solemnly said.
"When Father told me about my identity, he instructed me to return to Qin Wangfu to acknowledge my ancestry... He also said that his greatest regret in life was being unable to return to Qin Wangfu to protect it, as he might lose control at any moment."
Ares continued.
"Robert, now you have a home, you no longer need to drift outside... From now on, I, your Uncle, and your Second Uncle and Fifth Uncle, will be your greatest support!"
After returning the token to Ares, the Third Prince said.
"Hmm."
Ares nodded, but tears couldn’t help but fall.
In the past, he had to rely on himself for everything.
Even managing to safely reach Qin Wangfu this time was because he walked step by step by himself...
If he were alone, he would need to be at least at the ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’ level to dare travel through the counties under Qin Wangfu’s rule alone, lest peak Golden Immortals intercept him and kill him on the way.
But now, he had Qin Wangfu as his support.
Compared to the past, it was a world of difference, leaving a mix of emotions in his heart.
"Third Brother... that gray-robed person beside Carter King in Windbreak County, did you notice him before?"
Suddenly, as if recalling something, King Cooper solemnly asked the Third Prince.
"Why? Is there a problem with that person?"
The Third Prince was taken aback.
When the gray-robed person appeared beside Carter King in Windbreak County, he had paid attention, especially seeing how respectful Carter King was to him, so he observed him closely and remained vigilant.
However, after a few days, seeing the gray-robed man behaving discreetly, he paid him no further mind.
"There is a problem... and it’s not a small one!"
King Cooper said.
"He... couldn’t possibly have been brought by Carter King to kill Wyatt Barnes of Nine Nether County, could he?"
The Third Prince frowned and said.
He had heard about the matter of the fifteen counties under Qin Wangfu uniting to invite a formidable figure to Nine Nether County to kill Wyatt Barnes...
But he had thought that those fifteen counties only dared act in Nine Nether County.
Once the martial arts tournament of the sixteen counties began, under the watchful eyes of Qin Wangfu, even if Wyatt appeared, the fifteen counties dared not openly attack him.
Because that would be provoking Qin Wangfu!
"Kill Wyatt Barnes?"
Ares’s expression changed.
Wyatt Barnes was his only friend and had helped him before.
"No... A mere Carter King doesn’t have enough influence to bring in a core elder from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect."
King Cooper said.
"Mer... Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect? And... a core elder from it?!"
Almost as soon as King Cooper finished speaking, the Third Prince was so shocked that he trembled, his face turned ghostly pale, as he looked at King Cooper and asked in disbelief.
The Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect is a mighty faction far above their ’Yunyan Immortal Kingdom’ where Qin Wangfu resides.
In fact, the power of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect surpasses even the superior Immortal Kingdoms that are stronger than their Yunyan Immortal Kingdom...
Even a superior Immortal Kingdom would not dare to provoke the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect lightly, because to a superior Immortal Kingdom, the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect is also a colossal entity.
Moreover, he had heard:
The core elders of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect are nearly all of the ’Immortal Lord’ level.
"Yes."
King Cooper nodded.
"The core elders of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect... they are all of the ’Immortal Lord’ caliber. Big brother, are you certain that the gray-robed person is an Immortal Lord?"
The Third Prince asked with a face full of dread and fear.
"I intentionally probed her just now. The feeling she gives me is... unfathomable!"
King Cooper said with a heavy expression.
Unfathomable!
The heart of the Third Prince trembled once more.
"An Immortal Lord?!"
Ares Cooper, standing to the side, listened to the conversation between his uncle and the Third Prince, unable to stop his pupils from contracting sharply.
Immortal Lord.
That’s an existence above the Love Rowan Upper Immortal!
It should be known that, in the current King Cooper’s Mansion, only his uncle is a ’Love Rowan Upper Immortal.’
Even if his father were still alive, still in King Cooper’s Mansion, it would also have only two Love Rowan Upper Immortals.
And now, according to his uncle and the Third Prince, among those who came to this year’s martial event of the sixteen counties, there is even an ’Immortal Lord,’ and moreover, one from a powerful Sect called ’Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect.’
Most importantly, that Immortal Lord is standing beside the county governor of Pingshan County, one of the sixteen counties under the King Cooper’s Mansion.
"That gray-robed person... is actually an Immortal Lord?!"
Ares Cooper’s heart was violently shaken.
He had some impression of that gray-robed person, as they were one of only two who hadn’t revealed their face or form in the entire venue.
As for the other person in black robes, he came from a sect under the jurisdiction of King Cooper’s Mansion, a fairly strong sect named ’Flying Dragon Sect,’ and the black robe on that person was nothing less than the ’Kun Word Sage Robe’ exclusive to low-grade Alchemy Immortals or low-grade Weaponry Immortals.
Compared to the person in black robes, the gray-robed individual was more mysterious.
"Moreover..."
Seeing his Third Brother doubting the gray-robed person’s status as an ’Immortal Lord,’ King Cooper continued, "That person took out their identity token, although only for an instant, I still saw it... and I recognized it; it is indeed the identity token of a core elder from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect!"
"Therefore, her identity as a core elder from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect is beyond doubt."
King Cooper said.
"Given that her identity can be confirmed, it would be impossible for us to provoke her... In fact, if she wants to kill someone, we must assist her!"
The Third Prince said.
"Indeed."
King Cooper nodded.
Meanwhile, the ongoing martial event of the sixteen counties continued, and after Ares Cooper withdrew from it, the temporary ’top three’ were decided even without the trump cards from the thirteen counties under King Cooper’s Mansion making an appearance.
"Yan Hemsworth from Tongxin County is currently placed ’third’ in the martial event of the sixteen counties."
"Bronze Yuan from Marley County is temporarily ’second’ in the martial event of the sixteen counties."
"Hazel Truman from Windbreak County is temporarily ’first’ in the martial event of the sixteen counties."
Standing in the air above the arena, the representative of King Cooper’s Mansion loudly announced in front of the crowd.
"Next, the hidden ’trump cards’ of the thirteen counties have the chance to challenge the temporary top three of the martial event of the sixteen counties... If the challenge is successful, they can replace them. If the challenge fails, they can only challenge the back seven of the top ten, replace them successfully, and only then can they challenge the top three again."
"And if those challenged are defeated, they will drop one ranking... those ranked behind will also drop one rank subsequently."
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The representative of King Cooper’s Mansion continued, explaining the detailed rules for the upcoming segments of the martial event of the sixteen counties.
Up next, the martial event of the sixteen counties is indeed the ’highlight’ of this event held by King Cooper’s Mansion.
Because all hidden ’trump cards’ of the thirteen counties under King Cooper’s Mansion will start to make their moves at this time!
"I really didn’t expect... before the ’trump cards’ of the thirteen counties were unveiled, the temporary first in the martial event of the sixteen counties would be a woman."
Many around the arena sighed.
"Indeed. Who would have thought she would temporarily hold the first place in the martial event of the sixteen counties?"
"With her strength, she couldn’t become the ’trump card’ of Windbreak County... It seems the ’trump card’ of Windbreak County is not weak either."
"The trump card of Windbreak County seems to be Hazel Truman’s own brother, Kaison Truman!"
"I’ve heard of Kaison Truman... He’s none other than the son of Windbreak County’s County Governor Kenzo Truman, not famous until this martial event of the sixteen counties organized by King Cooper’s Mansion showed him to the world. Previously, people only knew that Kenzo Truman of Windbreak County had a daughter, who was nothing short of a female hero, Hazel Truman!"
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