Final Lord

Chapter 357 The person behind it!

Wei Yi's fingertips paused slightly, and then she solemnly accepted the secret letter stamped with the seal of the Stag King.

She lowered her eyes and unfolded the letter, her gaze sweeping over the words bearing the gold seal.

The royal insignia, the detailed investigation, the declaration of her exoneration... every stroke of the letter was like a sharp sword, cutting through the many injustices that had plagued her.

So cool!

awesome!
Despite the king's sudden betrayal of the Duchy of Sterling, Wei Yi, who had received much care at the Royal Swordsman Academy, still harbored feelings for the Duchy of Sterling.

When she learned that she had become a traitor, she was actually very upset, but she never said it out loud.

Now, I can finally vent my anger.

The mountain breeze swept through her hair, dispelling the last trace of tension.

Wei Yi slowly closed her eyes, letting out a long sigh as she released her pent-up frustration, which dissipated into the twilight with each breath.

When she opened her eyes again, her eyes were filled with a clear light, and a relieved smile appeared on her lips.

“Your Highness,” she said, placing one hand on her chest and giving Charles a standard swordsman’s salute, “thank you for clearing the Grug family’s name. If you don’t mind, please come with me into the mountains for a short rest.”

She stepped aside to make way, and the cat-sand beasts lined up behind her retreated to both sides in perfect unison.

Suddenly, her gaze passed over Charles's shoulder and landed on Pietro.

Wei Yi's smile suddenly brightened, like spring light breaking through the frozen lake, and even her voice became light and cheerful:

"Senior brother! Long time no see! How is our teacher doing?"

The atmosphere suddenly became harmonious, and Pietro quickly replied with a smile, "Haha, Father is in good health, but he often talks about you. Weiyi, I'm really curious about what you've been through since you left the capital."

"That's a long story," Wei Yi said with a smile. "Please come with me, Senior Brother and Your Highness."

……

Charles followed behind Wei Yi, heading towards the summit of the Sunset Mountains. His gaze habitually swept around, and doubts gradually accumulated in his heart.

"Yes, I have it!"

"This is also available!"

“It’s available here too!”

Charles discovered that every location he deemed suitable for setting up a sentry post or trap had some unnatural traces. Many of these traces were almost perfectly integrated into the contours of the mountain, so much so that he couldn't even see them; he just had a gut feeling that something was wrong.

"What exactly is going on with this mountain?" he murmured to himself.

Those grass clumps covered by moss should be the bases of crossbows. The seemingly messy bushes hide tripwires at tricky angles, and even the naturally formed rock crevices are embedded with polished reflective lenses. With a little control, they can be used to silently ignite the dry grass in the right place.

The entire mountain route is like a meticulously designed death maze! This is no desolate wilderness; it is clearly a fortress lurking in the forest, with every mountain ridge as its jagged bone spikes and every path leading to its gaping maw.

Charles imagined the scene of the army's attack. He could almost see a hail of arrows raining down from all directions, hear the muffled sound of rolling logs and stones crushing bones, and even faintly smell the stench of burning tar mixed with blood and flesh.

Any army would suffer heavy losses in this fortress.

"Why is it so... professional?"

Charles's alert level was at its highest!

He realized that since all the locations he thought were wrong were indeed wrong, there was likely a trap or sentry post that he hadn't noticed.

This implies a very frightening fact—the people who designed this mountain range were tactically superior to themselves!
He had never met more than a handful of people in both of his lives whose tactical skills surpassed his own! Half of them were chosen ones, which were impossible for them to exist now.

who is it?

If Wei Yi Gru is also a reborn person, who is behind her?

Names flashed by, only to be eliminated. Charles's thoughts raced; he felt like his head was on fire.

“Your Highness,” Charles suddenly stopped. He smirked and said, “May I ask a somewhat impolite question?” “Hmm? Your Highness, what is it?” Wei Yi tilted her head in confusion.

“You don’t mean to kill us, do you?” Charles said with a wry smile.

"Huh?" Pietro exclaimed in surprise.

What's wrong? What's wrong? Wasn't the atmosphere just harmonious? What does Your Highness mean by asking this all of a sudden?
"Of course not!" Wei Yi blinked. "Why would you ask that?"

"It's nothing, maybe I'm just overthinking it." Charles appeared slightly relaxed, but his guard remained high. He tentatively asked:

"Your Excellency, Viscount Hank's army is one of the strongest among the border nobles. How did you defeat him? It must have been a very exciting battle."

Wei Yi tilted her head and casually replied:

"Huh? You just won while playing. I didn't find it difficult at all. Was it exciting? My one-on-one fight with Hank was pretty exciting, but the others were just so-so."

They won as the game went on...

Charles's alert level has reached its highest point.

There's no way around it, that phrase just sounds too familiar.

If a soldier can achieve victory without feeling much pressure, then the army's or commander's skill level must be overwhelmingly superior to the enemy's.

Charles has a very vivid memory of how powerful Hank was in his past life.

It can crush Hank... No matter the level, it's terrifying.

“I’m fine now, let’s continue. Thank you for your explanation, Lady Weiyi.” Charles’s attitude became even more respectful.

Why is this little prince acting so strangely?

Wei Yi glanced curiously at the elegantly dressed Charles. At thirteen, he was well-developed, only slightly shorter than Wei Yi, but his youthful appearance was undeniable.

"Maybe the child is just scared in an unfamiliar place?" Wei Yi didn't think much of it and continued to lead the way.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Pietro quickly stepped forward to strike up a conversation, telling Wei Yi some interesting stories about the capital, which greatly improved the atmosphere on the road.

Twenty-five minutes later, after circling around several times, Wei Yi finally led Charles and Pietro to Sunset Village, located on the mountaintop.

The true main body of Sunset Village is hidden underground, but Wang Bufu built some seemingly decent above-ground buildings as decoys.

At this moment, he was waiting in the disguised lord's hall.

……

“We’ve arrived.” Wei Yi walked to the entrance of the lord’s hall and turned around to say. “The person you really want to see is inside.”

"Brother!" Wei Yi knocked on the door casually and called out, "I brought the person."

elder brother!
That one word, "Brother," exploded in Pietro and Charles's minds like thunder.

A name that was barely mentioned in the intelligence suddenly popped into their minds.

Kate Gru.

A dashing rogue, handsome but mediocre in talent, a commander.

Because she had an affair with the daughter of the Minister of Military Affairs, she was forced to withdraw from the tactical academy in the capital by the Minister of Military Affairs, ostensibly because her progress was too slow.

After dropping out of school, he inherited his father Old Gru's territory and is the current lord of the Gru territory.

It is highly suspected that he had already been usurped by Vee Gru.

The person behind Wei Yi Gru is actually him?!

(End of this chapter)