Chapter 165: Broken Leg

“Alright, I’ll give you some face and not kill him!” Old Xie said magnanimously to the Manager, and as he spoke, he reached out to help the kneeling Manager up.

Seeing that Old Xie was so reasonable, the Manager immediately showed a look of gratitude on his face and hurriedly stood up, saying: “Thank you, Young Master, for giving me face, thank you~”

However, the Manager had only spoken half of his sentence when he suddenly heard a pig-like scream from Pablo on the ground. When the Manager turned his head to look, he saw that the Battle Axe in Old Xie’s hand had been thrown out at some point, directly smashing and breaking one of Pablo’s legs flatly. The knee area was completely dented, obviously the bone had been smashed to pieces. With such a heavy injury, even with the best treatment from a Priest, he would probably have to lie in bed for half a year.

The Manager’s face almost turned green at this moment. He looked at Old Xie helplessly, wanting an explanation. Old Xie smiled at him and said: “See, I said I wouldn’t kill him, and I didn’t kill him, right? I just smashed one of his legs!”

“Yes, yes!” What else could the Manager say? He could only nod with a bitter smile. He knew that this was already considered a good outcome; a broken leg was better than being dead!

Old Xie then pushed the Manager aside, walked up to Pablo, who was covered in sweat and tears from the pain, lowered his head, and whispered: “Go back and pass a message to your dead ghost of a father for me. Tell him the Stephen Family is very grateful for his care of our family’s idiot recently. Your dog leg today is our way of saying thank you, understand?”

“You, what do you mean?” Pablo asked, enduring the pain.

“Go back and ask your father!” Old Xie finished speaking and couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to him anymore. He turned around and left with Sven and the others. The Manager hurriedly followed behind, not daring to slack off in the slightest, and also called people in advance to clear the venue to avoid any further conflict. Pablo’s subordinates then came down one after another and carried the Young Master back for treatment in a flurry of activity.

…

Speaking of Pablo being carried back, while he was being treated by a Priest kept by the family, the Clan Head of the Augustus Family received the news and came over.

At this time, after treatment with the Priest’s Divine Spell, Pablo’s injury had been mostly stabilized, and it wasn’t very painful anymore. However, he still lay on a luxurious soft bed with a pale face. Several women in the room beside him were wiping his sweat while crying incessantly, which made Pablo very annoyed. But since his mother was there, he didn’t dare to lose his temper and could only endure it helplessly.

Fortunately, the Clan Head of the Augustus Family arrived at this moment. Looking at his son’s disabled leg, he was also furious. However, after all, he was a scheming man and would not act rashly on impulse. He first waved his hand to dismiss the irrelevant people, then suppressed his anger and listened to Pablo describe what happened. After Pablo finished speaking and repeated Old Xie’s words, Pablo asked strangely: “Father, why does it sound like we provoked them first from that bastard’s tone? What exactly is going on?”

“Sigh!” The Clan Head’s anger immediately dissipated after hearing his son’s words. Then he sighed with a bitter smile and said helplessly: “Do you remember the incident last time where someone from our family was killed by Little Stephen?”

“Oh, I seem to vaguely remember.” Pablo said with a frown, “It was said to be a butler from our family. Although he wasn’t a Noble, he still had some status. Yet Little Stephen killed him just like that, really not giving us any face.”

“I thought so too at the time, and I even went to the Stephen home personally for this matter, but I was kicked out by that damn Fatty. Later, in a fit of rage, I ordered the activation of a plan that had been prepared for a long time!” Frank, the Clan Head of the Augustus Family, said somewhat helplessly: “Actually, this plan was made a long time ago. I was always reluctant to implement it because I didn’t want to have a falling out with the Stephen Family. But they went too far this time, so I couldn’t hold back! I still ordered the subordinates to take action.”

“What plan did you make?” Pablo immediately asked curiously.

“It was to find a few prodigals to seduce that waste of a Young Master from the Stephen Family and pry some of the Stephen Family’s secret formulas out of him.” Frank then smiled bitterly: “I didn’t expect things to go so smoothly. In just a few short months, the big idiot of the Stephen family was caught with three major handles by us, and we eventually extorted their Secret Method for making bows and arrows!”

“Ah, so we really have obtained the formula?” Pablo immediately said in surprise.

“Yes!” Frank nodded, then smiled bitterly: “It’s just a pity that the Fatty from the Stephen Family isn’t a vegetarian either. I didn’t expect him to discover it so quickly. It’s only been a few days, and he found us who were hiding behind the scenes! I originally thought it would take him at least a few years to guess!”

“How is that possible!” Pablo immediately asked in confusion: “As long as we turn the formula into finished bows and arrows, won’t their family naturally know?”

“You idiot, do you think I would do that directly?” Frank sneered: “I actually thought of a way out long ago. I didn’t intend to keep this Secret Method for myself forever. After we have digested it enough, I will have my subordinates sell it quietly under other identities, so that everyone around learns it. By then, who will know it was us! I just didn’t expect that there was a nail planted by that dead Fatty in our workshop, and I was exposed immediately. It’s really detestable!”

Obviously, Frank already knew about the missing butler in the workshop. Coupled with Old Xie’s words today, he naturally concluded that the missing person was the spy planted by the Fatty.

“Then what do we do now?” Pablo asked hurriedly.

“What else can we do? If they know, they know. At worst, we tear our faces apart and fight them head-on. The Stephen Family is powerful, but our Augustus Family isn’t a vegetarian either!” Frank said arrogantly: “It just so happens that in some time, it will be the time for the Military Department’s bidding. Hmph, when the time comes, I will bite a piece of meat off the Stephen Family’s bow and arrow business. I just want to anger that fat pig!”

“What about my leg then?” Pablo immediately asked angrily.

“This, sigh, it’s a bit troublesome!” Frank then frowned and said helplessly: “Although your leg was broken by Little Stephen, the root cause was that you insulted that group of Barbarians!”

“Can’t I scold that group of Barbarians?” Pablo immediately asked angrily.

“Sigh, silly child. If they were ordinary Barbarians, let alone scolding them, even if you killed them, so what? But the problem now is that there is a Sword Saint among that group of Barbarians!” Frank couldn’t help but say angrily, “Don’t you know the unwritten rule on the Continent? You must retain the most basic respect for a Sword Saint! Although he is a Barbarian, as long as he has entered the Saint Domain, even the Emperor has to give him face. Who are you? How dare you publicly insult him? It serves you right to have your leg broken by him. Who can I argue with? Even if this matter goes to His Majesty, it will definitely be your fault!”

“This~” Pablo immediately withered when he heard this, but he still said unconvinced: “He is just a Barbarian from out of town, not a Noble of the Griffin Kingdom. Why did he break my leg so casually?”

“Although he is an outsider, he is still the brother-in-law of that dead Fatty! In the eyes of other nobles in the Griffin Kingdom, he counts as half a person of the Griffin Kingdom. Moreover, I heard that His Majesty intends to recruit him. Obviously, as long as he is willing to stay in the Griffin Kingdom, relying solely on his status as a Sword Saint, a Duke’s title is guaranteed! Plus, the thugs under him are all extremely fierce one by one, I’m afraid His Majesty will also heavily reuse them! At this time, no one will care about your leg! The Emperor can’t just abandon a Sword Saint and 300 experts who can go Berserk for the sake of your little face, right?” Frank said helplessly: “Even if the Emperor agrees, I’m afraid the other ministers won’t agree!”

“Then my leg is just let go like this?” Pablo said unwillingly.

“Of course, we let it go this time. The only thing you can do is firmly remember the hatred in your heart, and wait for the day when the time is ripe to erupt completely!” Frank said indifferently: “Do you understand?”

“Yes, I understand, Father!” Pablo said calmly.

“Don’t worry, the time for your revenge won’t be too far away. As long as the Third Prince, your cousin, ascends the throne, the humiliation you suffered today will be quickly recovered in full, and with interest!” Frank finished speaking, patted Pablo’s shoulder, and turned around to go out.

…

While Pablo and his son were talking, Old Xie was eating and drinking to his heart’s content with Sven and the others. In the best hotel on the Continent, all the best food and wine were ordered by Old Xie. Expensive dishes that usually made nobles hesitate before eating due to the cost were now being enjoyed by a group of rude Barbarians. These guys from the wilderness had never seen such good things before. They all looked like hungry wolves, stuffing food into their stomachs desperately. They didn’t use knives and forks at all, directly grabbing plates and pouring the food into their mouths. Their eating manners were too disgusting to mention. The waiters almost fainted from heartache, thinking to themselves, giving such good food to them to eat, it would really be better to feed it to dogs!