The main cause of the turmoil in the Greywood can be traced back decades ago, during the rule of the Maivigans (a pirate nation that once conquered large areas of Brittany).
At that time, there were movements to resist the McVigas everywhere, and the old Duke Rawls became famous among them.
Duke Rawls was originally just the illegitimate son of the previous Duke of Graycastle. Logically speaking, he would not be recognized, let alone take over Graycastle and become the lord of the entire Grafton family.
But fate is so magical sometimes.
Duke Rawls was born with supernatural powers and showed outstanding martial arts skills since he was a child. He was deeply loved by the old Duke. In addition, it was at the peak of the war against the McVigas. Duke Rawls was fighting against the McVigas.
He showed extraordinary bravery and performed extraordinary feats repeatedly, which earned him a large amount of prestige.
Because of the old duke's love and personal prestige, after the war, the old duke overcame everyone's objections to prove his identity as an illegitimate son, and single-handedly promoted him to the duke's throne and took over Graycastle.
However, the identity of an illegitimate child is not just due to weak bloodline. There is also a huge shortcoming that is the power of Duke Rolls’ mother’s family. You must know that every great noble is born through the marriage of a powerful noble, and the power of the mother’s family is its main factor.
A great help in ruling the territory. The Duke of Rolls was just the product of a one-night affair between the old Duke and a peasant girl, and had no influence from his mother's family at all.
In order to make up for this shortcoming and consolidate his dominance, the Duke of Rolls had to adopt a large number of marriages. He experienced a total of six marriages in his life. These six marriages gave him more than ten children.
It is second to none in the entire kingdom.
There are many children, and each child has a strong mother's family behind him. This itself has a lot of hidden dangers. The Kingdom simply adopts the primogeniture system in terms of inheritance rights. The eldest son of Duke Rawls is still very capable and his mother's family is very powerful.
So there is not much of a problem. Logically speaking, the power should be able to be transferred normally.
However, who would have thought that the problem really occurred, or was caused by Duke Rolls himself...
I don’t know if he is old and confused or what happened, but in his later years, the old Duke suddenly fell in love with a commoner woman and gave birth to an illegitimate child with her. What’s more terrible is that he suddenly came up with the idea of
This illegitimate son’s idea of ascending to power was actually implemented!
For a moment, the world was shocked!
Originally, the many conflicts in Gray Woodland were suppressed by the primogeniture system. Now the old Duke abolished the eldest son and established a younger one, and the child was an illegitimate child. What is the difference between this and digging his own grave?
The old Duke's eldest son, Albert, was the first to jump out and object.
This prince is known as a kind and wise man. His current opposition is mainly based on overall considerations. Therefore, despite his strength, he did not follow the advice of his subordinates. Instead, he went to the palace alone to be kind to Duke Rolls.
Words of advice.
But who would have thought that Duke Rolls not only refused to listen to the advice, but also killed his eldest son and heir on the spot!
What else is there to say now?
From the moment Prince Albert was sentenced to death, the situation in Gray Woodland was irreversible. The princes returned to their respective mother's homes overnight, secretly gathering strength and preparing to compete for the next overall situation...
Gray Woodland, Gray Castle, Affairs Hall.
The tall and spacious main hall is now crowded with people. Grafton family knights, trainee knights, servants, and even civilians who came here specially are all surrounding the place.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the center of the hall, where Heath, wearing a gray cloak, led Ike and his team to stand with their hands tied. At this moment, they had taken off their armor and were guarded by a group of soldiers.
Because of the war, all places were on alert. As soon as they appeared, an armed force like them was immediately disarmed and taken to the castle to confirm their identity.
At this moment, there was a large chair propped up against the wall at the end of the hall. A young man in his twenties was leaning on the chair, with one leg crossed, lazily supporting his head with one hand, and lazily supporting his head with the other.
Looking through an identity document.
This is the former sixth prince Louis, the current 'Duke of Graycastle'. Louis' mother's family's power valley is closest to Graycastle. His uncle also commands the Knight Guard in Graycastle, so he was invited as soon as possible after the old Duke died.
Enter Graycastle and succeed to the position of Duke.
"...We questioned his identity, and he said he was a wizard. We didn't know what to do, and then we sent him here, Your Majesty the Duke." A knight reported.
After listening to the knight's description, the hall instantly exploded.
"Wizard? He's talking about wizards? Those legendary beings who can control the wind and rain?"
"Is it true? Is there really a wizard? Is there really magic?"
"You're so young, you can't be a liar, right? I heard that many young people who are lazy and lazy are like this..."
"Isn't it possible? They brought Scar Bear's head. It is said that it was the wizard who took action himself!"
"Ah? What? Scar Bear? Gray Scar Bear?!"
Lewis frowned inadvertently, as if he was not satisfied with the noisy discussion, so he raised his hand slightly.
A man in armor immediately stood up, put one hand on the hilt of the sword on his waist and yelled: "Quiet!"
The hall immediately became quiet.
Louis leaned back to make himself more comfortable, and then turned his head and laid his eyes on Heath.
He asked simply and clearly: "Are you calling yourself a wizard?"
Heath nodded: "Yes."
Lewis looked him up and down and continued to ask: "How to prove it?"
How to prove it? Isn’t the document in your hand proof?
Probably seeing what Heath was thinking, Louis raised the document in his hand and joked: "Of course I read Baron Anderson's letter, but how do I know if the person they sent me is a real wizard or a swindler? Or maybe they
Are you being deceived?"
Why do all these nobles have this kind of virtue...How can I prove it? Let me show you how to break a big stone on your chest and open a bottle cap with chrysanthemums, okay?
After thinking for a while, Heath took out the feather given by Free Flame.
He held the feather and shook it gently twice, pretending to recite a few spells, then opened his mouth and blew on the feather.
"Bang!" a sound.
The blazing flames quickly swept through the feathers and started to burn.
The quiet hall was instantly in uproar.
"Fire! It's fire! Oh my god, he summoned fire out of thin air!"
"Magic, it's magic, it's really magic!"
"Wizards, there really are wizards! He really is a wizard!"
There were voices of disbelief, excitement, fear and admiration, and the whole hall was in chaos.
next moment.
"Clang Clang!" The sound of cold metal interlacing exploded, and the armed forces in the hall drew their swords in unison. Half of them hurriedly maintained order in the field, and the other half quickly blocked Louis in front, guarding and staring in fear.
Heath.
At this time, a knight walked up to Louis, leaned over and whispered something in his ear. Heath vaguely seemed to hear "Confirmed to be Scar Bear", "The robber has been interrogated", "Invulnerable",
'Cut people in half with one sword', 'Cut the sword energy out of the air' and so on.
Lewis was startled at first, then stunned, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Put down your swords." He ordered loudly.
The knights breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took back the cross swords in their hands.
Immediately, he stood up quickly and walked quickly towards Heath.
With a smile on his face, he bowed and said enthusiastically: "Welcome, Lord Wizard, Gray Castle welcomes you."
...
At the same time, the third apprentice tower and cafeteria.
It was ten minutes after dinner, and the apprentices gathered in groups in the cafeteria, eating unpalatable mashed potatoes while chatting about various current hot topics.
At one of the small round tables, Kyle, Victor and several other companions who were familiar with Heath were sitting around.
"Hey, have you heard? There's a fight in the Gray Woods!" A small apprentice held a newspaper in one hand and shouted to his companions in a "pretend to be amazed" tone. He was looking for a sense of presence.
Colin.
Everyone was confused by the topic he brought up: "Grey Woodland? Where is that?"
"A piece of land in southern Brittany." Colin said, his tone full of "Come and praise me for my knowledge."
Everyone was confused again: "Brittany? Where is that?"
"Even Brittany doesn't know? It's the islands in the west!" Colin said with a 'heartbroken' look.
Everyone recalled it carefully, and finally remembered that there was such a place. This was because one of their companions took over the mission there not long ago, so they had some impressions.
Everyone rolled their eyes and said:
"none of your business!"
"It's none of your business!"
"None of your business!"
Who cares about fighting in such a place where birds don't lay eggs? It's not as interesting as the tidbits about a certain singer and dancer.
"Big news! Big news! Big news!"
At this time, an apprentice ran over loudly, and the following simple sentence instantly attracted everyone's interest and became the center of the topic.
But she heard someone say loudly: "Miss Nasha has just passed the assessment, and she has condensed the fourth rune! She has officially advanced -"