With the help of his grandchildren, Leo Reed put on his coat and shoes, then gestured to Baker to move a chair to the bedside.
He didn't want to sit on the bed to finish what he was doing, because that would lack a certain presence.
With Belle's help, he sat down in the armchair that Baker had brought over.
Although he had to look up slightly to see his two unfilial sons, his imposing manner was in no way weak.
He first said to Yunze, "My lord, I have some questions to ask those two rebellious sons. Can we let them speak freely? As long as they can speak, it doesn't matter whether other parts of their bodies can move."
Yunze nodded and casually extended two fingers, pointing them in the air.
Wilder and Harlan were able to speak; the former remained silent, while the latter, once given freedom of speech, began to beg for mercy.
“Father, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I know I was wrong.”
"Spare you?" Leo could hardly control his expression. He closed his eyes and suppressed the anger in his heart.
After opening his eyes again, he asked, "Where did you take your eldest brother and second brother?"
Harlan hadn't expected his father to ask this. He didn't answer immediately, but instead glanced timidly at his older brother beside him.
Wilder glared at his stupid brother.
"Shut up, whether you talk or not, Father won't let us off the hook. If we don't talk, he'll make his two most beloved sons pay with their lives."
"You think you can get away with it by not saying a word? What's the point of magic? Belle, give him a Truth Spell."
"Okay, Grandpa."
As she spoke, Belle cast a True Word spell on Harren.
Belle didn't need to chant any spells for this kind of little magic; she could cast it silently.
Harlan, struck by the magic, paled drastically, his mouth opening and closing repeatedly.
He wanted to say something, but an invisible force was stopping him. Soon after, blood flowed from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.
"A peeping spell! Grandpa, this part of his memory is protected by a peeping spell. Unless he speaks willingly, it's impossible to use magic to force him to talk."
"I remember the spying spell can be broken."
"Yes, it can be untied, but this anti-peeping spell is very strong. It must have been cast by several archmages together, so it will take a while to untie it."
At this point, she glanced at the several archmages in the group.
"No need, I'll do it."
It was Lin Qianqian who spoke. She stepped forward and probed Harun's mind with her divine sense.
Sure enough, she found a point of light covered by a dome in his mind. Lin Qianqian's divine sense stepped forward and crushed the point of light.
At the same time, three archmages in the team coughed up blood.
After the privacy spell was lifted, Belle showed no sympathy for Harlen, whose face was covered in blood, and cast a truth spell instead.
This time, Harlan couldn't help but speak up: "After we drugged you, we sent a message to our eldest brother the next day, saying that you were sick. We told him to come back quickly from his trip to his wife's parents' home for her birthday. Then we ambushed him on his way back. In the ensuing chaos, our eldest brother disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown. Our second brother was weak and sickly, so we locked his family in the basement of a side courtyard in the mansion and told everyone that our second brother had gone out to visit a famous doctor."
Hearing about the fate of his two favorite sons, Leo Reeves's arm veins bulged, and he almost broke the armrest of the chair.
Why are you doing this? Haven't I been good to you?
“Be good to us? You’ve always favored your three children from your first marriage, treating them like precious jewels. As for us, you’d only tease us when you remembered, and ignore us when you didn’t. My mother was only neglecting my second brother, and you wanted to divorce her and send her home, causing her to commit suicide out of guilt. Well then, I’ll kill your precious children, take away your power, and avenge my mother.”
Leo and Reeves listened to their fourth son's frantic roar and smiled mockingly.
"Neglecting discipline? I originally wanted to maintain your mother's image, so I didn't tell you the truth."
He sighed and remained silent for more than ten seconds before continuing.
“He drugged the eldest and second sons. The eldest son was lucky to escape, but the second son was unfortunately poisoned. Even though he survived, he has been weak and sickly ever since. I wanted to divorce her, but her family didn't want her either. She couldn't take it and committed suicide.”
"Impossible!" the two brothers denied in unison.
Leo Reeves ignored them and turned to his granddaughter, saying, "Belle, are you sure you can go to the side courtyard now and rescue your second uncle's family?"
After saying that, he stood up shakily and bowed deeply to Lin Qianqian and the others.
"My lord, please help this old man!"
Lin Qianqian nodded to Luo Zexuan, who understood and said, "Bei'er, I'll go with you."
Belle originally wanted to go alone, but now that Luo Zexuan is accompanying her, she is more confident.
But it wasn't over yet. Leo continued speaking to Yunze: "My lord, Belle told me that you have extremely high attainments in spatial magic. May I ask if you could lead our group to the magic square in the city center? Today, I will reclaim Rivi City and purge the treacherous officials."
The old man's gaze was firm and his eyes sharp; he truly lived up to his reputation as the city's lord who had held power for many years.
Once a decision is made, act immediately, decisively and swiftly.
Which direction?
"The central city is one kilometer east of the city lord's mansion. There is a huge floating statue there, as well as a magical rainbow fountain."
Yunze nodded after hearing this, and with his divine sense, he instantly located the place, as the landmark building was very obvious.
Are you ready?
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and the scene around them immediately changed.
Leo Reeves, who was originally sitting in a chair in the room, is now sitting in a chair in the central Magic Square.
Moreover, it was still the same chair; Yunze had thoughtfully moved all the chairs over.
Yunze's spatial teleportation is very different from the spatial movement in the magic world.
Yunze used spatial manipulation to travel there, opening and closing his eyes silently, instantly changing locations.
If you don't open your eyes, you won't know that you've changed maps or instances. When he changes scenes, you can only distinguish them by your eyes.
But spatial movement in the magical world is different; it doesn't matter whether you use your eyes or not when changing scenes.
Because whether spatial movement has begun, one can sense it first.
The spatial magic, once it started, was like being thrown into a rapid current, swirling and rushing forward.
Feeling dizzy and lightheaded after landing will make you want to empty your stomach.
...
The Magic Rainbow Fountain in Magic Square is a very unique attraction in this city.
Every day, many people come here specifically to see it, and today is no exception; quite a few people are watching here.
Suddenly, a group of people appeared by the Magic Rainbow Fountain. At first, everyone was startled, but after seeing who it was, someone immediately shouted out.
"Look, isn't that the city lord? Wasn't it said that the city lord is bedridden?"
"Yes, yes! I heard that the city lord is seriously ill and may not live much longer."
"But he doesn't look like he's seriously ill right now."
"Are those the Fourth Young Master and the Fifth Young Master standing motionless to the side?"
"Yes! It seems so."
"It's like they teleported here. That's amazing spatial magic; there wasn't a single spatial fluctuation."
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