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Chapter 109 Bloody Party

The dusk was as dark as blood, and the sky gradually turned a deep blue.

In the south of the Holy Empire, a towering castle stands on a hill, its spire piercing the clouds and its stone walls against the afterglow of the setting sun, appearing exceptionally majestic and mysterious.

Inside the banquet hall, a huge fireplace was burning brightly, the flames dancing and illuminating the carved and gold-edged tapestries vividly and enchantingly.

Slender candles were arranged on shiny silver candlesticks. In the flickering light, the nobles were dressed in gorgeous clothes. The men wore shining armor and sword ornaments, while the women were dressed in silk and velvet, and their jeweled headdresses sparkled in the light.

The dining table was covered with a thick red velvet tablecloth and set with exquisite silverware and crystal glasses. The aroma of various delicacies filled the air, the fragrance of roasted meat, the fragrance of spices, and the sweetness of fruits intertwined together, arousing the appetite of every guest.

The sound of the harp rang out melodiously, and the beautiful melody echoed in the hall, as soft as the gurgling of water.

On the first night of living in Blue Moon Territory, the first dinner since the disaster was held in the castle.

Catherine attended the event in a gorgeous dress and appeared in everyone's sight with Li En.

I originally thought that this banquet would be quite deserted, with only the military officers from Green Shade Territory attending.

But in fact, many people came from Blue Moon Territory.

They were all former nobles of the Blue Moon Territory and subjects of the Jackson family.

It seems that they have been observing the movements of Blue Moon Territory for a long time, and want to return to their homeland and get a piece of the pie as soon as the pollution is cleared.

Neither Li En nor Catherine knew this group of people.

But they were not surprised by the arrival of this group of people.

Mina introduced Catherine to the leader, Viscount Hobbs, who had left the Blue Moon Territory half a month before the disaster and was one of the first to leave.

Viscount Hobbs was wearing a royal blue tuxedo. He was tall, handsome, and had a beautiful mustache.

Not only did he attend the banquet in person, he even brought his knights with him.

The other nobles were no exception. They didn't seem to be here to attend the banquet, but rather to cut the cake.

Even though the high priest of the Holy See was still there, they still did not hide their ambitions.

He wanted to take advantage of the reorganization of Blue Moon Territory to redistribute benefits and become the winner in the chaos.

Of course, Mary's influence may also be behind this.

The Holy See basically does not interfere in such secular power disputes, because no matter who finally obtains the Blue Moon Territory, they must follow the will of God and must respect the Holy See and the Church.

So, the high priest ate happily with the service of his two attendants.

The priests and pastors just watched the show with indifference.

The only 16 remaining members of the Jackson family came uninvited, but they were not friendly to Catherine.

Because Chrissy was barely a relative of Catherine, she maintained superficial politeness, but the other nobles seemed to be bullying a child.

Catherine wore an exquisite and small black veil hat on her head. Due to the special occasion, the black veil of the hat did not completely cover her face, allowing everyone to see her appearance.

She was wearing a long dress covered with countless layers of black gauze, elegant and noble.

For the first time, the people of Green Shade Territory saw Miss Catherine's true appearance.

Cobb, Alex Poole and others who had originally felt sorry for Li En were all shocked.

"Is this Miss Catherine?"

"She's not disfigured?"

"I finally understand why Lord Li En doesn't care about her appearance. She is impeccable to begin with."

Compared with the image of Catherine in their minds with her face covered with rashes and scars, the real Catherine was like a fairy, which made the ministers sigh at Li En's good luck.

Compared with the friendly Green Shade Territory allies, the indigenous nobles of Blue Moon Territory seemed very cold.

They don't care what Catherine looks like, what they care about is whether they can get new benefits.

Viscount Hobbs looked at Catherine and Li En, stroking his beautiful beard and said,
"Catherine, you shouldn't be here. You should be in the tower. If it weren't for you, Blue Moon Territory wouldn't have suffered such a disaster. You are the sinner of the entire Jackson family."

When these words were spoken, even the harpist was so shocked that he played the wrong notes and dared not continue to accompany.

The seemingly peaceful banquet was broken.

The other nobles also looked at Catherine with contempt.

"Catherine, if you still consider yourself a member of the Blue Moon Territory, you should leave the Blue Moon Territory forever. The Blue Moon Territory has already suffered a disaster. Do you want the Blue Moon Territory to suffer another disaster?"

Baron Bramo, wearing a fluffy white wig, said.

Then several other nobles echoed and directly pointed out Catherine's unlucky constitution.

Catherine looked troubled.

Mina clutched the cape of her gown in anger.

Dora was still wearing her cloak and standing beside Catherine as a guard.

She wanted to punish these guys, but her power was too special. Once she used it, her identity would be easily exposed.

Maybe by then this group of people will accuse Catherine of colluding with them to destroy the former Blue Moon Territory, leading to the deaths of countless people.

The charges against Catherine became more and more exaggerated.

Taking this into consideration, Dora did not take action against them.

The soldiers of Green Shade Territory collectively drew their swords.

After the clang of metal and the flash of silver light, the nobles of Blue Moon Territory almost all hid behind their knights and said in an accusing tone,

"What do you outsiders want to do? Do you want to invade our Blue Moon Territory?"

"Yeah, you bunch of country bumpkins from Green Shade Territory, get out of our Blue Moon Territory right now."

"The Blue Moon Territory belongs to the people of the Blue Moon Territory and will never be given to outsiders."

Their timid declarations made Li En chuckle.

"Ah."

Li En waved his hand, and Cobb and others put away their swords at his signal.

"What are you laughing at, you illegitimate son of Moria, a fellow who is not presentable."

Baron Bramo angrily scolded Li En.

He couldn't stand handsome men like Li En. Perhaps it was because his wife always cheated on him. He deliberately didn't take his wife with him when he evacuated. He watched his wife die in the Blue Moon Territory, leaving him with a large fortune left by his wife.

Originally, Catherine listened to everyone's accusations in silence, but when she heard what Baron Bramo said to Li En, she finally couldn't help but speak,

"Baron Bramo, please apologize for your rudeness."

"My rudeness? How am I rude? Isn't he Moriah's illegitimate son?"

As Baron Bramo spoke, he led all the old nobles of the Blue Moon Territory to laugh together, not giving Catherine any face at all.

Li En also laughed with them.

"Hahaha."

They looked at Li En who was also laughing, and all showed confused expressions.

I don't know what this guy is laughing at.

"why are you laughing?"

Finally someone couldn't hold it in any longer and asked.

Li En raised his glass with a smile. "I'm laughing at a bunch of people whose brains were kicked by a donkey. They think a few knights with no more than 20 or people can resist my -man army. They even dare to provoke the owner of the castle here."

The view of the family.

"20 troops? Didn't they say they only had less than 1?"

"Is there something wrong with the intelligence? How could there be so many people? How could they have crossed the Bone Forest and gotten here?" "He must be bluffing. I don't believe it."

"Yeah, no one can lead an army of 20 through the Forest of Bones."

It’s not the nobles’ fault that they misjudged the strength of Li En’s army.

First of all, it is already a very difficult task to cross the Bone Forest and reach the Blue Moon Territory, not to mention the approaching army.

How could they know that Li En had recaptured the Bone Forest and renamed it the Golden Forest.

Even Mary didn't know.

In addition, Li En divided the army into three parts. The vanguard army that first entered the Blue Moon Territory was dispersed again. Only a part of it was stationed outside the high wall, and the other part followed him to the Blue Moon Castle.

It looked like there were only a few thousand people.

This is why the nobles misunderstood that Li En only brought this many people.

If it were just a few thousand ordinary guards, the nobles believed that their assembled knights would definitely be able to defeat them.

"Do you really think we're easy to fool, you bastard?"

Baron Bramo spoke again in a domineering tone.

The next second, the baron's head was neatly cut off from his neck and rolled to the ground like a watermelon.

Li En put away the broken knife and walked away. Because of his extremely fast speed, there was not a single drop of dirty blood on his body.

Instead, the knights closest to the baron were covered in blood.

"what--"

The nobles screamed in panic.

The servants in the banquet hall were so frightened that they fled.

Alex Poole, Cobb and others stood in their original positions and drew their weapons again.

The atmosphere instantly became tense again.

The Knights nervously surrounded the nobles in a circle, drew their weapons, and looked at the people around them vigilantly.

Although the total number of knights of this group of indigenous nobles is five or six hundred, only dozens of knight commanders with higher status can enter the banquet hall.

This situation shocked Hickman, the Knight Commander of the Polar Star Knights.

He had never thought that Li En was such a cruel person. Killing a noble in public was a serious crime no matter where he went.

Moreover, even Li En, a five-star knight, could not detect his speed.

The speed of drawing the sword, oh no, the knife was too fast.

Is he also following the path of chivalry?
High Priest Cosem Pizarro remained calm and continued to eat the delicious food on his plate.

The knife and fork in his hand elegantly divided the foie gras on the plate, as if all the chaos in the world could not stop him from enjoying the food.

The priests and pastors also tried their best to maintain their inner peace under the calm attitude of the high priest and not get involved in the impending riot.

"Leen Moria, you killed Baron Bramo! You are declaring war on the Blue Moon Territory!"

Hobbes, the leader, said angrily.

But more nobles were afraid. They were afraid of crazy and rule-breaking people like Li En.

"I'm sorry, I'm Catherine's fiancé. I attacked the arrogant person who insulted my fiancée. I don't know Baron Bramo, nor do I know you. I only know that this is Blue Moon Castle, and my fiancée Catherine is the heir to the lordship of Blue Moon Territory. Anyone who dares to insult her, or her fiancée, in Blue Moon Castle should be killed on the spot."

Li En pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth. Nobility or not is nothing in my eyes.

He looked at Catherine and asked gently,

"Catherine, do you know them?"

Catherine slowly shook her head, "I only know Jackson's retainers, not them."

These words made the indigenous nobles of Blue Moon Territory feel like they were falling into an icy cave.

“Catherine, you can’t do this to us. We have served the Jackson family for so many years. We are the heroes of the Jackson family.”

Viscount Hobbs said.

Yusofa's governor, Krishi, was also panicked.

This group of people were supposed to be his helpers, preventing Catherine from succeeding to the throne smoothly. Why do he feel like they are about to be wiped out now?

"Catherine, they may have been a little tactless in their words, but they are your uncles after all, and they were once loyal to your father. We should handle the affairs of the Blue Moon Territory ourselves."

Chrissy's words and actions all implied that Li En should not interfere.

A cold smile appeared on Catherine's beautiful face. She took Li En's arm.
"Have I not had time to introduce you all? This is my fiancé, His Excellency Lee En Moriah. His will represents me, and I will abide by all his decisions."

Li En lowered his head and kissed Catherine's forehead. "To defend Catherine's dignity, I am willing to do anything, even if it means slaughtering the last blasphemer in Blue Moon Territory."

"Madman, Li En Moriah, you madman who wants to start a war."

Viscount Hobbs said.

Li En pulled out the broken sword. He hadn't had time to forge a new knight's blade during this period, so he could only continue to make do with the damaged one.

"Well, who is the next blasphemer who wants to accept death? My sword is thirsty for it."

Li En pointed his broken knife at Viscount Hobbes.

Viscount Hobbs, who was still roaring the previous second, seemed to lose his voice in an instant. He hid behind the tall knight in fear and said tremblingly,
"You...you, you can't kill me. My knight Victor is a five-star shining knight."

The knight named Victor was wearing armor and looked at Li En with a pair of sharp eagle eyes.

"Lord Li En Moria, I advise you to be rational. This is a civilized country. Your behavior is too barbaric and has violated the code of chivalry."

"Ah."

Li En sneered.

Knight Kag Mori, who was worried that Li En would suffer a loss, stood up.
"Victor, I challenge you to a duel."

Knight Kag Mori is also a five-star glory knight. He is not afraid of anyone.

Victor frowned slightly. They used to be fencing partners, but now they have to fend for themselves for their master.

"Kage Mori, you are old and no match for me."

Victor said seriously.

Knight Kag Mori was more serious than him. "Draw your sword, coward, and let me tell you what the faith of a knight is."

Just as Victor and Kag Mori were arguing with each other, Li En had already slipped away without any moral integrity.

Duan Daoxue raised his sword and chopped off Viscount Hobbes's dog head.

The banquet hall fell silent in an instant.

After a moment, all the nobles panicked.

Li En did not show mercy to these traitors. He asked Dora to blindfold Catherine and turned this banquet into a bloody party.

And Catherine took Dora's hand away on her own initiative, wanting to witness the scene with her own eyes.

"I know you all want to protect me, but I'm no longer the innocent girl in the tower. I know the path I have to take, and it's one filled with blood and thorns."

She slowly stepped forward, took Li En's broken knife, and personally inserted it into the abdomen of a baron.

Watching the blood gushing out, she raised the broken knife and said to everyone,

"I, Catherine Rochelle Hernandez Mehliban Jackson, the 13th head of the Jackson family, am back! Anyone who betrays the Jackson family will bear my wrath, and anyone who harms the Blue Moon Territory will fall into the abyss under the blade in my hand!"

(End of this chapter)