Chapter 85: The ‘Old’ Hero Saving the Beauty

Without any nonsense, that kid directly pulled out his Treasure Sword and charged. However, obviously, although the Old Mage hadn’t stepped into the Saint Domain yet, he wasn’t someone this little guy in his early 20s could handle!

Moreover, the Old Mage wasn’t a good person to mess with. He was used to being domineering in the Griffin Kingdom. Suddenly seeing a guy run out to disturb his mood, he was naturally furious. How could he hold back? With a wave of his hand, several bolts of lightning turned that poor guy into a roasted pig. If that kid didn’t have a very good family background and many protective magic accessories on him, he would have died on the spot. Even so, he was seriously injured and would have to lie down for at least a few months to recover.

However, although the Old Mage fought happily, he also stabbed a hornet’s nest! After all, the guy was Rui Li’s legitimate fiancé. You slept with his wife and beat him half to death. Isn’t that going too far? If it were commoners or certain Nobles in the Griffin Kingdom, the power of the Stephen Family could naturally settle it. But the problem was that he was a Great Noble of the Empire of Light. This involved the relationship between the two countries, so it couldn’t be taken lightly.

Without the Empire of Light even needing to protest, the Old Mage’s father quickly went to apologize in person. Not only did he pay a large amount of compensation, but he also ordered the Old Mage to apologize and directly announced a five-year house arrest for the Old Mage!

You know, the Old Mage’s father was also a Magic Saint with great prestige back then. His status was the same as the current Old Mage. So, his actions showed enough sincerity. Moreover, generally speaking, Nobles wouldn’t beat or scold their children. At most, they would confine them. For ordinary mistakes, confinement would be a few months. For the Old Mage to be confined for five years at once, that was indeed a high-standard punishment.

Looking at the face of the Old Mage’s father, plus the King of the Griffin Kingdom also came out to apologize, giving enough face, the other side barely endured it. That poor kid came excitedly to see his wife but was beaten up badly and went back lying down miserably. That appearance was truly pitiful. For a time, almost all human Nobles sympathized with him, and the Old Mage became a heinous person.

However, the matter wasn’t over. Rui Li, the woman who caused the trouble, was eventually taken back by her family. Half a year later, the Old Mage, who was confined in the Mage Tower, received a letter from Rui Li. This letter was personally delivered by Rui Li’s good friend, the current Fire Magic Saint Luna.

After Rui Li’s accident, Luna went to the Empire of Light to visit her and spent a lot of effort to see the pitiful Rui Li. At this time, Rui Li was imprisoned in a stone tower by her family because she almost caused a war between the two countries. She could only drink water and eat bread all day. Her father told her very seriously that if she couldn’t completely eliminate the man’s resentment, she would be imprisoned alone until she died.

However, Rui Li didn’t blame the Old Mage for this. The letter she sent to the Old Mage was very short. To be precise, there was only one sentence, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t save our child! Love you, never regret!”

When the Old Mage received the letter, tears streamed down his face. At that moment, his heart was completely occupied by this woman thousands of miles away. To hell with family dignity, to hell with relations between countries! That night, the Old Mage resolutely sneaked out of the Mage Tower, and by the way, he swiped a few treasures from his father’s inventory.

A month later, the Old Mage did something that shocked the whole Continent. He single-handedly charged into the Imperial Capital of Light and snatched Rui Li from her home. Actually, this didn’t mean the Old Mage was that capable. The main reason was that the other side intentionally let him succeed. After all, Rui Li was quite popular. Although she was punished, it was entirely because of the family’s face. In fact, many family elders loved her. So when the Old Mage charged in, the experts of the family just went through the motions and even intentionally pointed out the way. Otherwise, the Old Mage would definitely have been caught there.

As for the other experts of the Empire of Light, they wouldn’t easily take action. Even Rui Li’s own family didn’t care. If they took action, wouldn’t it be a dog catching a mouse, meddling in other people’s business? Besides offending the Rui Li family for nothing, there was no benefit. Who would be that stupid?

Moreover, Old Xie’s father had many friends in the Empire of Light. He also secretly helped and deliberately diverted the guards of the Imperial Capital, which allowed the Old Mage’s heroic act to succeed.

However, not everyone supported the Old Mage, especially Rui Li’s fiancé’s family. Their child’s fiancée was seduced by the Old Mage, and the child was beaten half to death by the Old Mage. They still had to swallow their anger. How could that feel good? So they had long held a belly full of anger. As a result, the Old Mage dared to enter the Imperial Capital to snatch someone. Wasn’t this clearly slapping them in the face? You know, no matter what, Rui Li was still their nominal daughter-in-law!

So, Rui Li’s future father-in-law, the father of her fiancé, a Saint Level Knight of Light, took the experts of the family and chased after the Old Mage along their escape route. They were the local snakes, after all, and the Old Mage was burdened by the sick Rui Li, so he naturally couldn’t escape.

However, the Old Mage was a responsible person after all. Facing the pursuing experts, knowing he was no match, he still stood out. As a Mage, he issued a life-and-death challenge to that Level 7 Saint Domain Knight. The condition was to let Rui Li live.

Perhaps out of the pride of an Expert, or perhaps because the other side really didn’t think highly of Rui Li anymore, in short, he agreed that no matter the result of the Duel, he would not pursue Rui Li’s fault and agreed to dissolve the engagement, giving her freedom.

So, under these circumstances, the Old Mage and this Paladin, who had been famous for decades, started a life-and-death battle. The process of the battle was very dramatic. At first, the Old Mage was no match at all. After all, he was only at the peak of Level 6. But after he was injured and fell to the ground, Rui Li’s heart-wrenching crying inspired him. The old guy actually advanced at that critical moment.

You know, a Level 6 Archmage and a Level 7 Magic Saint were completely different concepts. The gap in strength was far apart, not something ordinary people could cross. Out of hundreds of Archmages, only a few could advance. It shows how difficult it was. But once advanced, combat power would multiply.

If a Level 6 Mage and a Warrior of the same level could be considered a tie, then after Level 7, the win rate of a Mage against a Warrior of the same level would increase to over 70%. Although the Old Mage had just advanced and was injured first, his strength was already in no way inferior to the other side. If nothing unexpected happened, this battle should end with both sides suffering. But the problem was, the Old Mage guy stole a few treasures collected by his father before coming. He used them at the most critical moment of the battle and successfully counter-killed the opponent. Although he was also covered in wounds, he won after all and successfully advanced to Magic Saint.

It was just that although the Old Mage successfully won the Duel, he also offended the entire Empire of Light at the same time. Although the subordinates of that family kept the promise of the Duel and didn’t make things difficult for the Old Mage and the other, this incident still caused huge anger among the upper levels of the Empire of Light.

After all, the person who died was a Saint Domain Expert, an antique that every country treasured, and also the head of a Great Noble Family with a noble status. To die unjustly at the hands of a junior, the Empire of Light was certainly not happy. It would have been fine if you just snatched the wife, but you dared to kill someone. Didn’t this equal slapping the Empire of Light in the face in public? It was too arrogant!

So after receiving the news, the high level of the Empire of Light was furious and immediately sent experts to chase them. Soon, the severely injured Old Mage and Rui Li were captured alive. They sent a letter to the Old Mage’s father and the Emperor of the Griffin Kingdom, asking them to state their attitude.

It wasn’t until this time that the Old Mage’s father, who was in closed-door cultivation, found out that his son had run away and caused such a huge disaster. He was almost angry to death. But no matter how angry he was, he had to deal with it. After all, this was his own son, and he was very promising. He became a Saint Domain at over 80 years old. His future was limitless!

Helplessly, the Old Mage’s father went to the Empire of Light on behalf of himself and the Emperor of the Griffin Kingdom. He didn’t know how much money he spent up and down to calm their anger. Then he secretly contacted the man’s family and promised unknown conditions to obtain their forgiveness. Obviously, he bled heavily this time.

In the end, the Old Mage was released, but the guy refused to leave. He directly said, ‘Either take two living people away, or take my corpse. You decide!’

The Old Mage’s father was almost angered to death by him, but there was no way. His son was over 80, not a child anymore, and a Saint Domain Expert. He would certainly keep his word. Helplessly, the Old Mage’s father had to beg the Rui Li family. I don’t know what price he paid, but he actually took Rui Li away.

It was just that after this incident, Rui Li was formally expelled from the family and her surname was taken back. So until now, she only has a name, but no surname.

After returning, the Old Mage’s father didn’t let them combine. After all, the events in between were too twists and turns. He was afraid it would stimulate the Empire of Light. People over there died, and you are holding a wedding here immediately. Isn’t that too much? Moreover, because of this, the relationship between the two countries was cast in a shadow. The Old Mage became a notorious figure. For his safety, his father locked the Old Mage here with Lan Fake.