Chapter 989 Decisive Moment (7)

Chapter 989 Decisive Moment (7)

?The Ardagan Family was not a prosperous family even though it was a family with a long heritage. It was because of the current head of the family.

"You stupid low life!" The current head, Luke's father, kicked Laufey in the stomach. His hands were covered in bruises as he tried to protect himself from all this.

"Father!" Luke shouted in anger as he approached them.

"Hmph! Do you think you are good?" The current head snorted. Because of Luke, he didn't have the mood to beat anyone up anymore and simply left them.

Luke couldn't help but look at Laufey with a sad expression. "Sorry, Laufey."

"It's fine. I know that this is going to happen." Laufey shook his head helplessly.

"Please bear with me a bit longer. Even though my father is like that, he is very ill. Once I take over the family, I can finally reform everything."

"Yeah." Laufey nodded. "I've found a few names."

"Alright." Luke listened to him with a solemn expression.

The reason why the Ardagan Family became like this was related to the secret of the Ardagan Family, which could only produce a single heir.

However, due to his father's behavior, his grandfather decided not to tell him about it and only told Luke the secret of the family. That was why he was like this. All the wealth that the Ardagan Family possessed had been used to research medicine on how to produce an heir.

His father had even brought a lot of women into the mansion and had a lot of wives. Unfortunately, his grandfather couldn't do anything. With only a single heir, he couldn't really punish him and ended up cutting the bloodline of the Ardagan Family.

Knowing this, Luke was biding his time in the darkness for a reform.

The Ardagan Family was extremely poor. The taxes were high, the city's security was bad, and the food was scarce.

This was also the reason why Laufey ended up meeting Luke.

In that short period, Laufey realized this genius called Luke Ardagan. He had been preparing for the reform and had been recruiting people in the darkness like him.

And finally, the time they had been waiting for had arrived. Three years after the first time they met, Luke's father succumbed to his illness. The main wife, who was Luke's father, had cut off their relationship because the Ardagan Family had been reduced to a mere Count Family.

The other wives also did the same and pulled back, which was enough for Luke to make his move.

Luke succeeded the family when he was only fourteen years old. Everyone thought that the Ardagan Family would once again decline in Luke's hands.

"What do you think, Laufey Ardagan? You, who was considered the brother of Luke Ardagan, actually had nothing. It seemed that your brother didn't care about you anymore." Qiel smirked.

"You're wrong. He is a good man!"

"If he is a good man, why does he leave you here? Just take a look around you, you have nothing. Is there even a letter from him? He has abandoned you, you just don't want to admit it."

"You..." Laufey gritted his teeth. It didn't take long for Laufey to come home, but that was when he saw the perfect life of his brother, Luke Ardagan.

His wife was already close to the Spirit Grandmaster, so there should be no more threat that could harm the Ardagan Family. Yet Luke never called him back. No, he didn't even send a message.

Without him realizing it, the seed of discord had been planted in his mind. At the same time, Laufey couldn't help but wonder. It was he who wanted to join the Demon Banner Army. He knew how strict the Demon Banner Army was.

If he continued working hard, he would sooner or later become an important person in that squad.

When was it again that his desire to help Luke started to waver? Was it really as simple as it seemed? Was his hatred as petty as his jealousy?

...

Laufey looked at Anna in front of her, reinforcing his opinion. The Ardagan Family had become even more powerful.

The Ardagan Family might have lost the wealth that Luke possessed, but there was something that the royal family couldn't seize. It was the heart of the people.

There were still a lot of pillars that would come to serve Noel even after Luke was gone. Noel, who didn't look like he could be something in the past, suddenly became the most favored person in the entire world, not just this kingdom. And his fiancee was the most talented woman in the world.

Noel had even received the heritage of his ancestor, which was the rune. Just like his father, Noel got everything for himself.

Laufey gritted his teeth while glaring at Anna. "You don't know anything about the Ardagan Family. You don't realize yet that you are only a chess piece that he can throw away at any time."

Anna couldn't help but furrow her eyebrows, not knowing what he was talking about.

"If you think you can mess up my mind with all your words, then no, I would never believe anything from your mouth." Anna raised her sword. "Besides, the winner and the loser have yet to be decided."

Laufey narrowed his eyes as he couldn't help but glance at Qiel. Dimitri's time was running out.

"Hmm?" Laufey seemed to know what he should do.

Anna hurriedly moved between them with lightning speed so that Dimitri couldn't do anything to them.

After that, Anna moved toward him while waving his blade.

"In the end, you will be like me. You will lose your desire to help the Ardagan Family because you are simply being used." Laufey smiled. He didn't know why he even recalled the past at this point, considering he was fighting someone with a True Spirit Body.

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