Chapter 48 Betrayal
"Cole, come to the training room to see me!"

Just as Cole was imagining the future in his mind, the voice of his elder brother Locke suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Ok?"

Cole looked up suddenly.

what happened?

Didn’t my eldest brother come out of seclusion ten years ago and tell me that he would be practicing in seclusion for a long time?
So only ten years have passed and he's already woken up?
Moreover, he asked me to go to the practice room to see him!
This was completely different from the reaction he had shown the previous times he came out of isolation.

Although he had many questions in his mind, Cole did not dare to neglect his elder brother's call.

After tidying up his clothes, he rushed to Locke's training room.

……

"Big brother."

After pushing open the door of the training room and entering, Cole came to Locke who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the training room.

"Well, Cole, you're here, sit down."

Locke opened his eyes, stretched out his hand and waved. Suddenly, a cloud of dust rose up from the ground in front of Locke, making the ground in front of Locke as smooth as a mirror.

Cole frowned slightly, and finally sat cross-legged opposite Locke.

"Brother, you called me here, is there something wrong?"

"Ah."

Locke nodded, and without playing tricks on Cole, he asked Cole directly.

"Cole, what on earth did you do in Locke?"

Cole's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed himself down.

"Ah? Brother, what are you talking about? I didn't do anything."

"Nothing done?"

Locke looked at Cole deeply.

"Just now, His Majesty Ceres sent me a direct message through his spiritual sense, asking me if I had already betrayed you..."

"what?"

Hearing Locke's words, Col was startled and jumped up from the ground with fear in his eyes.

He never imagined that before he had found someone with a pure soul who could make him a sanctuary, what happened in Locke Territory had actually reached the mouth of His Majesty Ceres of the Frost and Snow Empire.

Now that the truth has been revealed, how will my elder brother treat me?

Will he kill himself?

Cole doesn't want to die!
So, Cole immediately knelt down in front of Locke and burst into tears.

"Brother, this, this is what Viscount Cross and his men threatened me to do."

"Viscount Cross and Viscount Marek are both level nine peak warriors, far more powerful than me. They threatened me that if I didn't obey their orders, they would kill me..."

"They also joined forces with Viscount Gasco, Viscount Berkeley, and Viscount Dale to monopolize the economy of Locke Territory..."

"They also threatened me that if I revealed any information to you, Big Brother, they would kill my wife, children, and grandchildren."

At this moment, in order to survive, Cole sold out all five viscounts of Locke.

There was no way. Cole had already learned from Locke that his high-profile plan to have people search for people with pure souls throughout the entire Locke Territory had been exposed and had also attracted the attention of His Majesty Ceres of the Frost and Snow Empire.

In this situation, Cole knew that only his eldest brother could save his life.

Locke sighed slightly.

If he hadn't seen Cross and Marek treat Cole with such respect during the previous retreat, Locke might have believed Cole's words without a doubt. If Locke hadn't made a breakthrough in his soul attainment during the last retreat and couldn't sense Cole's emotions, he would still have regarded Cole as his dearest brother in the world.

But...

There is no if!

"Ugh……"

He sighed slightly and stood up from the ground.

"Cole, I once promised my parents at their graves that as long as I stay in Wakanda, I will ensure that you will be rich and prosperous for a day."

"As I recall, your son is already over 130 years old this year, right?"

"From today on, let your son take over Locke Territory!"

"And you, without my order, are not allowed to leave the Rock City mansion!"

"Yes, yes, brother, don't worry, I will stay in the mansion and won't run around!"

Although Cole felt unhappy about being deprived of the right to manage Locke Territory, he also knew that such a big thing had happened in Locke Territory, and only in this way could he save his life.

Moreover, Cole also had his own plans in mind.

Although he could not openly control Locke County, it was his son who took over the management of Locke County.

If I need anything, would I be afraid that the boy wouldn't do it for me?
After a few years, when the troubles I caused are over, it is not impossible for my son to return the management rights of Locke Territory to me.

Naturally, Locke sensed all of Cole's emotional changes.

However, Locke is now completely disappointed with Cole.

If Locke had previously considered Cole his own brother because of his parents, now he only considered Cole's lineage as "relatives."

"Relatives" and "kinship" are two different feelings.

Locke can give unconditionally to his loved ones, just hoping that they can live a better life.

As for “kin”, all efforts must be rewarded.

……

Although Locke has never managed Locke Territory for a single day, this does not prevent Locke's will from operating in Locke Territory.

Even the five viscounts who were loyal to Locke and had taken root in Locke's territory for nearly a hundred years could not stop the division of the turf in the face of Locke's will.

Viscount Cross and Viscount Marek were both "central nobles" of Locke County. They basically put up no resistance and were wiped out immediately.

After learning that Cross and Marek were arrested, the other three viscounts in Locke's territory directly abandoned their own territories and fled to the Temple of Light with their families.

"hateful!"

In the dark forest, Gaske slapped a big tree in front of him, causing it to explode, venting his anger.

That guy Cole actually betrayed them all, saying that they were the ones who instigated and threatened him, so he had to agree to that condition.

Otherwise, given how secretive they act, how could anyone find evidence?
This was the first time in more than four hundred years that Gasco had been treated like this.

If Cole was in front of him now, Gaske would probably not be afraid of Locke and would just kill Cole with one sword.

It was a pity that he had wanted to hand over the person with a pure soul that he had found to Cole.

"Don't be angry, Brother Gasco."

Dale comforted Gaske: "It's fortunate that Lord Locke didn't hunt us down personally, otherwise, we would not have been able to escape from Locke Territory."

Hearing what Dahl said, Gasco and Berkeley fell silent.

Indeed, it was because Lord Locke did not hunt them down personally that they were able to escape from Locke Territory safely.

(End of this chapter)