Wizard Immortal

Chapter 609 Family

"All schemes and plots, in the end, must be reduced to a contest of strength..."

Standing quietly beside Gruul, witnessing his actions throughout the night, Adir remained outwardly silent, but inwardly shook his head inwardly.

In just over half a month, Adir also came to understand Gruul's character.

This is a person who firmly believes that methods are more important than people's hearts, is very practical, but tends to prioritize planning over practical matters.

I like to plan ahead for something, but I always overlook the specific details. When I plan, it seems like everything is perfect, but when I do it, there are always a lot of problems.

However, Adir didn't care about Gruul's character.

Whether it has flaws or not, it's ultimately just a platform for cover-ups, and it doesn't matter much to Adir.

Shaking his head inwardly, Adir watched Gruul's departing figure, then turned and walked towards his room.

The next day, early in the morning, as the sun slowly rose, a soft sound of horses' hooves echoed across the fields.

Despite his reluctance, Viscount Ashley kept his promise and personally dispatched two hundred knights to escort Gruul to Tam.

Gruul was naturally very satisfied with this. After requesting a batch of grain, he set off with these people and began his next plan.

Having barely managed to acquire these people, he did not immediately return to the capital along the road. Instead, he chose to take a detour, heading in all directions towards the territories that had not yet been conquered by the Kingdom of Serena, in search of these southern lords.

This was done partly to appease them, and partly to demand that these lords express their stance.

Before the fall of the Southern Fortress, most of these southern lords supported Gruul, but after the fall of the Southern Fortress, the attitudes of some of these lords suddenly became ambiguous.

Some remained steadfast in their support of Gruul, while others, like Viscount Ashley, began to waver, some even acting under the instigation of other forces, plotting against Gruul.

After making this round, Gruul naturally figured out the attitudes of these lords.

When he officially left the Carlo region and arrived in Tam City, he was accompanied by a thousand knights, who galloped across the wilderness under Gruul's command. Their presence was quite imposing, which surprised some of the forces in Tam City.

"Gruul, my brother."

A loud shout came from afar.

Adir looked up and saw a burly man riding a tall black horse, wearing simple leather armor, walking towards the city gate of Tam in the distance, with a smile on his face.

"Zamur".

Seeing the burly man approaching from afar, Gruul smiled, spurred his horse, and led Adir forward.

"It's been several months." Approaching Gruul, the burly man named Zamur looked at him with a sigh. "Half a year ago, I heard that the Southern Fortress had fallen, and I was worried about your safety. Now that I see you, I can finally rest assured."

"Yes," Gruul said with a sigh, "It's been half a year already..."

"The southern fortress—one day, I will lead my men back to conquer it!"

Seemingly remembering something, his face showed some anger, indicating that he was still resentful about the fall of the southern fortress.

"Come into the city with me." Patting Gruul on the shoulder, Zamur glanced at Adir beside Gruul, without asking who he was, and simply said, "His Majesty is waiting for you inside."

"Alright." Gruul nodded, then turned to Adir beside him: "Yaso, you take the men in, I'll go into the palace first."

"Yes." Adir nodded slightly, having no objection.

After giving the order, Gruul followed Zamur inside, his previous tension completely gone.

Despite the intense internal strife within the kingdom, no one in the capital, with the current king still alive, has dared to lay a hand on a prince in public.

Moreover, Zamur was also with Gruul at that moment.

Although it was only a brief glimpse, Adir could sense that there was a tremendous power within the man Zamur in front of him, giving him a faint sense of danger.

Given Adir's current strength, only those who are close to the peak of the Silver Knights can give him this feeling.

With such a person by his side, and being in the capital city, Gruul could indeed rest assured.

Gently dismounting from his horse and handing it to a slave attendant who approached him, Adir turned to look around.

Before us lies a vast plaza, with few buildings around it, only stables lined up, each containing a horse tethered.

After settling the knights who had followed him and letting Wendy and the others stay at the nearby inns, Adir put down his longsword and wandered around casually, ready to witness the appearance of this royal capital.

On the bustling street, buildings are arranged all around, and some out-of-town merchants sell odds and ends around the road, attracting the attention of many locals.

Walking along the road, after a while, Adir seemed to sense something and raised his head, looking into the distance.

In a corner some distance away, a girl dressed in a long black coat with her hair in braids stood quietly, her eyes fixed on him.

If that's all there is to it, then it's not surprising.

After Adir entered the city, many people were watching him from all directions, including men, women, the old and the young.

A few of them might have been attracted by his unique appearance and temperament, but most of them were surveillance agents sent by various families.

The girl in front of me was different.

In the distance, the girl stared intently at Adir, her eyes filled with anger, as if Adir had done something to wrong her.

This inexplicable emotion left Adir somewhat bewildered.

"Could it be that this body's predecessor caused all this trouble?"

Turning around, Adir thought of another possibility.

However, after thinking about it carefully for a long time, Adir still couldn't find any relevant impressions of that girl in his body's memories.

After thinking about it for a long time, Adir finally shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and started walking in the other direction.

He hadn't walked far when he suddenly stopped and looked ahead.

Ahead, a middle-aged man dressed in a coarse cloth robe, with a somewhat troubled expression, was walking forward, sighing repeatedly as he went, as if something was weighing on his mind.

Upon seeing this person, Adir felt a sense of familiarity.

"Is it someone we know?"

He stared at the middle-aged man in the distance for a long time before he could confirm the man's identity.

People of the Bakuru family.

He was not an elder of Adir's body, but he was also a distant relative of Bakuru's clan. In the past, he was in charge of managing the flowers and plants in the house, so he was someone that the previous owner of this body was relatively familiar with.

Looking at the man, Adir hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to walk forward and slowly follow, keeping a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Since being reborn into this body, he has yet to meet any of the people belonging to this body.

However, according to the information gathered earlier, after the fall of the southern fortress and the occupation of the Carlo region, his family was also drawn here.

Since we're in the same city, we'll inevitably come into contact sooner or later. Instead of hiding, we might as well take the initiative to see each other.

With this in mind, Adir walked forward, step by step, slowly following the middle-aged man in front of him, until they reached the other side.

The scenery kept changing, and as Adir continued forward, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually decreased, and the remaining people became more and more conspicuous.

Ahead, perhaps because Adir had changed quite a bit after turning around, or perhaps because he was too preoccupied, the middle-aged man from the Bakuru family did not notice Adir following behind him. He simply walked forward slowly until he reached a manor.

The manor looked fairly large, and the exterior decorations were relatively new, but the walls were somewhat dilapidated, with traces of blood on them, which appeared to have been left recently.

Outside the door, an argument was taking place, causing Adir, who was watching from a distance, to frown.

"No matter what, the Bakuru family must pay back the money today!"

A middle-aged man stood in front of the manor gate, his face looking sinister and intimidating.

In front of him stood a woman who seemed somewhat familiar to Adir, whispering something.

"Miss Cirimu!" ​​The middle-aged man's face darkened, and he looked somewhat annoyed as he stared at the woman speaking before him. "I don't care how difficult things are for you right now, but what you owe our company must be repaid from this moment on!"

"I'm giving you three more days! If you still can't pay me back, don't blame us for doing something terrible!"

His face was gloomy as he stared at the woman in front of him, his expression full of anger.

"How many gold coins does she owe you?" A voice came from the side, carrying a slight vibration and rhythm that shook the soul at first listen.

Upon hearing the sound, the middle-aged man was startled and quickly looked back, just in time to see a young knight approaching from behind.

(End of this chapter)