Ten years ago, Lin Lei’s mother, Lina, became pregnant with her second child, which was a great joy to the Baruch family, which had always had difficulty in having children.

Because of this, both Hogg and Lina attached great importance to it. In order to give birth to their second child safely, they chose to spend the last two months in the royal capital of Fenlai City, where medical conditions were better.

In Finlay City, Lina safely gave birth to a little boy, Linley's younger brother, Walton.

Hogg and Lina were very happy, so after Lina was able to get out of bed and walk, Hogg took the mother and child to the Church of Light to pray for the newborn baby.

But just after leaving the church, a group of mysterious people came to the hotel where they were staying and took Lina away.

At that time, Hogg was just a sixth-level warrior who could not cultivate fighting spirit. He was outnumbered and had no choice but to save Wharton first.

However, during the fight, he tore off the sleeve of one of the murderers and saw the Red Spider tattoo on his arm...

Ever since that incident, Hogg wanted to avenge Lina all the time, but at that time, besides him, there were three young children in the family. It was impossible for him to abandon Haven and the other two and leave them alone for his own personal vengeance.

Therefore, Hogg decided to put aside his hatred temporarily and wait until they grew up before going to the royal city for revenge.

It was not until they were six years old that Haven created the "Dragon Containment Technique", and Hogg saw hope for revenge.

He devoted himself to training and finally broke through to the seventh-level warrior. After becoming half-dragon, he was even able to skip a level and possess the combat power of the eighth level.

At the same time, Haven showed an extremely strong talent as a warrior. Hogg even felt that Haven, who was only six or seven years old at the time, could even be compared with him as a warrior.

After discovering this, Hogg felt relieved. He decided to entrust Haven and the other two to the butler Ciri, and take Hillman with him to seek revenge.

At this time, Haven and Linley’s magical talents were tested again. This time, he was once again trapped by the two children and had to consider the future of Haven and Linley first.

It was not until Haven and Linley were sent to Ernst College and began their magic academy life on track that Hogg finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he could finally continue his revenge plan that had been shelved countless times before.

Then, Haven disappeared, and he was missing for five years...

Upon hearing this, Haiwen’s face darkened and he could not help but turn his head to look at Linley.

"Didn't you tell him that I sent you the letter?"

“…”

Linley had calmed down a little from his previous anger.

Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "You specifically told me in the letter not to reveal your whereabouts."

...Is this true?

Hai Wen frowned tightly and couldn't help but send a message to the bracelet: "Zuo Yu, did you do this?"

Zuo Yu's voice with a hint of laughter came: "Of course it's me, but don't be impatient, think about it carefully, if I hadn't said this, would Hogg have gone to die alone five years ago?"

“…”

Hai Wen was slightly startled, and said in a deep voice: "You already knew the truth about Lina's death?"

As usual, the slightly questioning words fell on deaf ears and received no response.

At this time, Hogg saw Haven's silent expression and thought he was blaming himself for his disappearance, so he said softly: "Thanks to your disappearance, I was able to set up an intelligence network in the Royal City, and half a year ago, I finally found the murderer with the Red Spider tattoo on his arm."

"He is the younger brother of King Clyde of Finlay, and a private soldier under the command of Duke Paderson. He specializes in doing shameful things for Duke Paderson and even the entire Finlay royal family."

"At that time, my strength had already reached level eight, and after I became a half-dragon, I reached the peak of level eight."

"With such strength, he is considered a top-notch expert in the Fenlai Kingdom. It is more than enough to deal with a group of warriors who are no more than level seven."

“So, I came to the Royal City under the pretext of visiting Linley, and quietly sneaked into the Duke’s Mansion. I captured the seventh-level warrior, and then I forced him to tell me the name of Duke Paderson.”

"However, according to him, after they captured Lina according to the instructions of Duke Paderson, he handed them over to another group of people. Obviously, there is another more powerful person behind him."

"After checking here, I realized that the problem seems to be more serious than I thought."

"But at this time, that guy's disappearance had attracted Paderson's attention. He sent all his private armed forces to hunt me down, but in the end I was able to kill several level eight masters and escape from the royal city..."

Hearing this, Haven suddenly interrupted and said, "So, you only found out about Paderson, right?"

Hogg nodded with a somewhat gloomy look.

Haiwen turned his head and glanced at Linley. Linley immediately gritted his teeth and disappeared in front of everyone as a shadow.

Bei Bei, who had been standing quietly by the side, looking at Lin Lei with a worried look in his eyes, quickly stretched out his four short legs and chased in the direction where Lin Lei had disappeared.

Soon, several deafening noises were heard from Wushan Town.

After a while, a humanoid monster covered in black fell from the sky and threw Duke Padson, whose hands were covered in blood and whose expression was terrified, to the ground.

Duke Padson widened his eyes and looked at the monster in front of him with horror.

"You...what kind of monster are you?!"

Linley glanced at him with a cold, murderous gaze, then raised his head to look at his father, Hogg.

Duke Paderson was slightly startled when he saw this, and quickly followed Linley’s gaze and looked behind him.

"Lord Baruch?!"

Duke Padson's face was full of surprise. He couldn't help but use his hands and feet to crawl over and hug Hogg's thighs.

"Master Baruch, it's me, it's me. Is there any misunderstanding between us? I'm Padson!"

Duke Padson argued incoherently, but Hogg just looked at him silently. Then, he suddenly stretched out his arm wrapped in green dragon scales, grabbed his neck and lifted him up, then walked into the small dark room next to him.

Seeing this, Linley followed without hesitation.

But Haven reached out to stop her, and when he turned around to look at her, he shook his head slightly.

“Listen to your uncle!” Doehring Cowart’s sighing voice rang out in Linley’s mind. “Your father brought him into the house because he didn’t want you to see him interrogate him.”

"The hatred in his heart has been accumulated for so many years, and now he needs to vent it."

"If you were there, he would have to take your feelings into consideration, which would do more harm than good to his state of mind."

After hearing what Doehring Cowart said, Linley finally stopped and stood silently beside Haven, waiting.

Not long after, Hogg came out smelling of blood.

Haven released his hand from around Linley’s shoulder and asked softly, “Did you find out?”

"I found out after asking." Hogg nodded and said calmly, "The name Paterson gave was his brother, King Clyde of the Finlay Kingdom. But he speculated that there might be another mastermind behind Clyde."

"…Is there someone behind this?"

Linley clenched his fists tightly, seeming to be extremely fed up with these corrupt nobles who were hiding their true colors.

Haiwen frowned, thought for a moment, and said softly: "Fortunately, I didn't agree to Haitings' request today, otherwise, I would have broken my promise."

Break your promise?

Linley was slightly startled, then he reacted suddenly.

"You mean, the people behind Clyde are the Holy See of Light?"

"What else?"

Haven glanced at him and said, "The Kingdom of Finlay is the leader of the six kingdoms of the Holy Alliance. Clyde is the ruler of the Kingdom of Finlay. Apart from the higher-ranking Holy See of Light, is there anyone else who can command him?"

At this point, Haven turned to look at Hogg and said, "And, if I remember correctly, Lina was captured after she went to the Bright Church in the Royal City with you to pray, right?"

"!!!" Hogg's pupils shook violently.

After a moment, he knelt on the ground somewhat dejectedly.

“The Holy See of Light, the Holy See of Light…I see!”

Hogg murmured to himself with a self-deprecating and wry smile, "Why on earth? What on earth is there in Lina that even a behemoth like the Holy See of Light would covet her? Is it her beauty? Impossible, that's the Holy See of Light!"

Looking at Hogg, who exuded despair and powerlessness, Linley couldn’t help but feel distressed.

Suddenly, Hogg raised his head and looked at the two grown-up children, hope reappearing in his eyes.

“Haven, Linley, you two are different from me. I am a mediocre person, but you are true geniuses!”

"Especially Haiwen, you are only fifteen years old this year, and you have already become a strong man in the Holy Land. You will definitely become stronger in the future!"

"As long as we give you time to grow up normally, what can the Holy See of Light do to you?"

"I've waited for ten years. At most, I can wait another ten or even twenty years. One day, I..."

"No need to wait." Haven slowly lifted his feet off the ground, looked down at the stunned Hogg below, and said calmly, "I will go to the headquarters of the Holy See of Light and capture Pope Hastings for questioning."

"etc!"

Hogg hurriedly called out to Haven, and said anxiously, "Don't be impulsive. The Holy See of Light is not as powerful as the Kingdom of Finlay. Even if you are a strong man in the Holy Land..."

"Who told you that I am a strong man in the Holy Land?"

Haiwen interrupted Hogg without hesitation, and then said calmly in his stunned eyes: "I originally planned to hide for a while, but now that I know about this, there is no need to hide anymore."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Linley and said, “Linley, you stay here to protect Hogg, I will go and destroy the Church of Light!”

"No, I want to go too!"

Linley stood up abruptly, looking at Haven with a stubborn look in his eyes and said, “I am no match for the powerful Saint of the Holy See of Light, but I must kill Clyde with my own hands!”

Seeing the two people confronting each other in the air, Hogg finally reacted.

He moved his lower lip and asked tremblingly: "What do you mean?"

Linley explained without hesitation: “It means that my uncle has surpassed the Saint Realm and become a god-level powerhouse like the God of War!”