Chapter 93: Pointing the Way (asking for monthly tickets!)
"dad!"
Byrne was concentrating on controlling the fire on the lawn when he suddenly heard his son's voice.
Darren, the seven-year-old fat boy, came running over happily, and his servant trotted behind him.
The chubby Darren laughed and stretched out his hand to get closer to the flames floating in the air created by Byrne, his chubby face full of curiosity.
Byrne directed the flames away from his son's hands and immediately warned him: "Don't touch them, the fire will hurt you."
The chubby Darren looked puzzled, but he still put his hand down unhappily and asked in confusion: "Aren't those flames controlled by Dad? Can they hurt me too?"
Byrne nodded and explained, "Of course, they are weapons."
"The purpose of weapons is to hurt people. Anyone who approaches them will be hurt."
Darren nodded. As a young boy, his thoughts were still very creative and he suddenly asked another question.
"Dad, why did mom go back to Fein City and she refused to take me and my sister with her."
Byrne was silent for a while, then he said:
"Because your mother is not doing well here, and she has no friends in Nasir Town."
And there is another important reason. Whether it is your education or Lillian's, I forced them to be handed over to Irene instead of her.
Byrne could understand Margaret's pain. She had few friends here, her living environment was not as good as Finn's, and most importantly, she couldn't educate her children by herself.
Over the years, Margaret had had several arguments with him about this, and felt that she should at least be the one to raise Lillian, hoping that Lillian would believe in the Lady of the Moon with her.
However, Byrne finally revealed his tough and ungentle side.
"no."
So she finally felt that she was a complete outsider in this town, as if her only meaning was to give birth to children for the Fisher family.
For countless nights, Margaret felt that the husband she once knew was gradually becoming a stranger, and that there were too many things in the family that were hidden from them.
So she hoped to have a frank talk with Byrne.
However, the communication between the two sides was not smooth.
There were many questions that Byrne was simply unable to answer, and he was completely unable to treat his family sincerely.
So, when the Fisher family had a family lunch a year ago, Margaret publicly proposed to go back to Fein City to visit the Hoffman family. Byrne was silent for a while, but still reluctantly agreed with a smile.
Chris secretly went to Fein City to investigate Margaret, and came back to tell him that she had not cheated on him and had not discovered Fisher's secret.
Of course, Byrne knew his wife's loyalty, she was just tired and disappointed.
Darren, who is only seven years old, still cannot understand his parents' situation at all.
He just felt it was very strange that his mother left here even though she loved him and Lillian very much.
Vanessa came over with her hands behind her back and said calmly to Byrne:
"Master, the Case family has sent people to negotiate, hoping to exchange back the two extraordinary people from the Knight family."
The murderers from the two knight families were tied up in the center of the town for several days and nights, and were tortured beyond recognition by the angry townspeople, leaving them with only their last breath.
If it weren't for Irene, he wouldn't have been able to hold on to his last breath.
The Fisher family's statement to the outside world was that they were illegal supernatural beings who suddenly broke into the town of Nasir and attacked the Fisher family. After being arrested, they were tried by the mayor and the sheriff, and all procedures were legal and compliant.
Byrne nodded and calmly waved his hand, asking the servants to take Darren away.
"Who is the one who came to negotiate?"
Vanessa replied, "It's from the Leander family, Baron Leander."
"oh?"
The identity of the visitor was extremely unexpected, and Byrne's eyes were filled with surprise.
He had long known that the Case family had a history of fighting with the Leander family, and even some members of the Leander family had died in the conflict.
Why was Baron Leander the one to negotiate on his behalf?
Byrne felt there must be a reason for this.
"Well, I'll go meet him."
Byrne soon arrived at the reception room and saw the smiling, plump Baron Leander sitting on the sofa.
He exudes the aura of a businessman. If he stands next to the merchant John and strangers are asked to guess which one is the businessman, I am afraid everyone will unanimously agree that Baron Leander is the real businessman.
Baron Leander looked happy, as if it was a great pleasure to see Byrne in the reception room.
"Baron Byrne, we finally meet again. Fortunately, we are not enemies!"
After he finished speaking, he frowned again and shook his head with a bit of gloating:
"Alas, the situation is not good for you, because it is indeed a great misfortune to be an enemy of the Case family."
"In fact, you may not be very clear, but the Case family can be considered a vassal of Viscount Garcia."
When Baron Leander mentioned the family name, Byrne frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.
The Garcia family is one of the seven viscount families on the east coast. It owns two towns in the four towns and more than a dozen villages in the surrounding areas. It has tens of thousands of people and thousands of private armies.
Their patriarch, Viscount Garcia, is a high-ranking figure who has transformed himself into a powerful figure. The blood power he possesses is the "Crystal Scorpion Beast" with extremely high defensive power, which can easily deal with many lower-ranking transcendents.
There are more than a hundred extraordinary people within the Garcia family and those affiliated with them. The family itself has five second-level extraordinary people. The overall strength is firmly in the top four among many viscount families.
For the current Fischer family, their existence is like a behemoth that can crush the Fischer family without any effort.
Since the Case family is affiliated with such a powerful Viscount family, the Fisher family has no chance of winning against it!
Baron Leander chuckled and continued:
"In fact, you are in great danger, because it's not just the Case family that wants the Urd Village. The real cause of the conflict is that Viscount Garcia behind them wants to get the town of Nasir!"
“The Garcia family didn’t want to be involved themselves, and the Keyes family was their proxy.”
Byrne just felt a little dizzy. He could still find a way to deal with the Case family, but the extremely powerful Garcia family was simply impossible for them to fight against.
The total military strength of Viscount Garcia's family is even enough to defeat the original Rhean army, not to mention that their accumulation in other aspects is also far beyond that.
He looked at the smiling Baron Leander again, as if he saw a shrewd old fox.
So, what is the purpose of this guy coming here? Is it just to say these things?
Having been in business for many years and having dealt with many businessmen, Byrne subconsciously realized that the other party was deliberately trying to scare him in order to achieve the purpose of persuasion.
After thinking for a moment, Byrne asked directly, "Baron Leander, why are you the one coming to negotiate today?"
He asked the most crucial question: "I heard that the Leander family and the Case family were enemies in the past, why have they become allies now?"
The smile on Baron Leander's face disappeared, and he showed obvious anger:
"Ally? There is no such thing. I just pretended to be submissive temporarily. Hey, but Baron Keith really believes that the Leander family has become their dogs."
"I came here today to join forces with you, Fisher, to get back at the Case family!"
I see.
Byrne immediately understood what Baron Leander had just said.
He just wanted to scare himself thoroughly, making him eager to unite with the Leander family, and finally use the Fisher family and the Case family to cause mutual loss.
Byrne hesitated, then asked, "Even if you join forces with us, you can't fight against the Garcia family behind Baron Keith, right?"
He pretended to be sincere, as if begging, "Baron Leander, please show the Fisher family a way to survive."
Baron Leander smiled and said loudly:
"They can have a backer. Doesn't your Fisher family also have a backer on the East Coast? But that person is not your real backer yet. He is just a business partner... You need to be more proactive."
Byrne quickly realized who the other party was referring to.
In fact, he just thought of it.
In fact, just as Assistant Priest Zain said, Fisher should focus on his connections among the extraordinary lords.
If they want to survive in the East Coast Province, they must have a powerful backer.
And there are only a few families and individuals in the East Coast Province that can be trusted.
For himself, the easiest family to be deeply bound to is the Lion Family, the first viscount family on the East Coast that owns the city of Fein, and their head, Viscount Best, the "fox leading a group of lions."
Although they have been doing business for Viscount Best all along, they can at most be considered business partners, but are far from a deeply bound dependent relationship.
Just as Leander said, the current situation of their two families is not enough for Viscount Best to stand up for the Fisher family.
As for the Roman family, although they originally granted Fisher the certificate of a knight family, that was merely the Duke's recognition of his father's heroic performance.
In fact, the Roman family did not regard the Fisher family as a vassal at all, and their influence was not on the East Coast at all.
It is impossible to wait for the big guys to take the initiative. You are the one who needs to be more proactive.
"Thank you Baron Leander, I understand."
Baron Leander smiled, nodded and said, "Very good. Once you find a way, we can talk about other cooperation matters."
Because the Leander family is currently pretending to submit to the Case family, Baron Leander still has to redeem the two murderers to ensure that the Case family will not suspect anything.
Byrne accompanied Baron Leander to the center of Nasir Town.
They saw the two murderers who had been stripped naked by the townspeople, covered in bruises and even splashed with excrement.
The miserable situation of the two frightened the old man. Baron Leander could not help but say:
"You are too barbaric. You actually made these two knights like this?"
Byrne calmly replied, "They massacred the people of this town."
After listening to this, Baron Leander still shook his head, and there was a hint of obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes when he looked at Byrne.
"They just killed an ordinary person. Your Fisher family's reaction is too extreme. I'm afraid that if the news gets out, it will be bad for your image."
Byrne was silent for a long time and did not answer immediately.
He had only had extraordinary powers for a dozen years, so it was still easy for him to empathize with ordinary people. Moreover, since someone was doing evil in Nasir Town, he must pay the price.
"We, the Fisher family, are such barbarians."
(End of this chapter)
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