Outside the hall, several people were standing.
After a moment of silence, looking at the blond man in front of him, Thor laughed and said, "Sitael, long time no see!"
"yes."
Standing in front of Thor and listening to his words, the blond man named Sitar said meaningfully: "It's been a long time indeed."
"But since you're back, please come in."
He showed a polite smile on his face: "Hearing the news that you are back, I specially prepared a sumptuous banquet for you. I believe you will be satisfied."
"Oh, then I'd like to take a closer look at what you have prepared for me."
Seeing the other party acting like a host entertaining guests, Thor felt angry in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just smiled and said.
"Please come in."
After taking a look at Thor in front of him and Athir beside Thor, Sitar turned around and led them into the hall.
After a while, they walked into the spacious hall.
The place had obviously been cleaned well and every place was decorated nicely.
These beautifully prepared foods were placed everywhere, neatly arranged on the wooden table, and they all looked carefully prepared.
In the hall, there were some guests in formal attire, each with a smile on their face. They stood there and talked to each other. On the surface, they looked harmonious, which made people relax unconsciously.
However, in this harmonious atmosphere, Athir felt a sense of oppression.
There were people hiding around the hall, staring closely at Thor and his group, which was vaguely noticed by Athir.
After a while, as Xitar walked to the front, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Sitael and Thor beside him.
"Do you want me to introduce you to the guests we're welcoming today?"
Looking at the crowd gradually gathering around, Sitar kept a smile on his face and said to Thor.
Standing there, listening to his words, Thor didn't say anything. Although the smile on his face did not change, his eyes gradually turned cold.
Seeing that Thor didn't say anything, Xital didn't care. He just looked at the people in front of him and introduced them: "This is Adri, my newly appointed leader of the guard group, who is in charge of the guard group in the city."
"This is Aradya, the patriarch of the Sisru family. I'm sure you are familiar with him."
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In front of Thor, he introduced the people in front of him one by one, and the smile on his face never changed.
But standing in front of him and listening to his introduction, Thor's mood couldn't help but grow cold.
As a former lord, he certainly understood the meaning of the other party's introduction. Not only was it a warning to him, but it was also telling him the current situation of the castle, which had been completely mastered by the other party in a short period of time.
If an ordinary person suddenly heard such news at this moment, he would probably change color.
However, Thor had been the lord for so many years after all. Even though he was shocked and angry at this moment, he remained calm on the surface. He just smiled and kept talking to the person in front of him.
Soon, the banquet officially began.
Compared with ordinary banquets, the scale of this banquet was undoubtedly much smaller, and there were no female companions around, only guards with cold faces standing by.
But at this time, no one cared about this.
Everyone present knew the purpose of this banquet very well, and no one was really here to enjoy it.
Their eyes were now focused on the front.
There, Thor, Sita and a few others were still talking there, and they seemed to be having a good chat.
"Oh, there is one thing I forgot to tell you."
Sitting in the front, looking at Thor in front of him, as if he suddenly remembered something, Xital suddenly spoke.
"Oh, what is it?"
Listening to what Sitar said, Thor's eyes narrowed and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
"It's about your children."
Under Thor's gaze, Sitar kept smiling and said directly, "After you left, your children made a lot of trouble. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, I locked them up."
"Because you were not here at the time, I haven't had the chance to explain this matter to you clearly. I hope you don't mind."
Bang!
A crisp sound rang out on the spot, attracting the attention of people around.
Under Sitar's gaze, Thor's face suddenly turned livid, and the pottery bowl in his hand was crushed into pieces: "What on earth do you want to do!"
"What do you want to do?"
At this moment, the expression on Xital's face suddenly changed, becoming a little ferocious: "Of course I want to take back this castle that belongs to me!"
The place suddenly became silent.
Sitting in front of Xital, Thor's face regained its calmness: "If you do this, even if you succeed, you will only become a puppet of others and you will not get what you want at all."
"So what?"
Xitar sneered: "Even if it is just a puppet in name at the beginning, with the strength in my hands, as long as there is enough time, there will always be a chance to get rid of the control of others. It is much better than being monitored by you all the time."
"It seems we can't talk anymore."
Thor's expression suddenly turned cold.
bump!!
A violent collision sound came from the front.
Thor stood up suddenly, overturned the wooden table in front of him with one hand, and threw it to the opposite side, knocking two guards away.
Opposite him, Xital sneered and walked straight behind him.
Beside him, the tall guard kept walking forward, wearing leather armor, rushing towards Thor with sharp eyes.
Bang! Bang!
The swords kept colliding, and the clanging sounds continued to echo around.
But after just a moment, the guards in front of him were knocked over by Thor and fell directly to the ground.
He was originally a famous knight in this area. He led his army to fight everywhere before the disaster came. It was not a problem for him to deal with a few soldiers alone.
After more than a month of training with Athir, his physical fitness improved rapidly. Even some senior knight apprentices might not be his opponents, so dealing with a few ordinary soldiers was naturally a piece of cake for him.
He wielded his sword and knocked down several guards in front of him. Holding the bloody sword in his right hand, he looked down with a pair of sharp eyes.
Below, watching his heroic performance, the guests invited by Xital were startled, and feeling his gaze, they all lowered their heads.
"Kill him!!" a voice came from the side, accompanied by a series of hurried footsteps.
Around the hall, some warriors in leather armor walked quickly from all directions, staring at Thor in front of them.
"Lord Thor is the legitimate and true lord. Aren't you afraid that all your people will be hanged if you do this?"
At the side, several guards also jumped out and stood beside Thor, shouting loudly at the large number of soldiers rushing out in front of them.
On one side, among the guests, several of them had flickering eyes as they looked at the scene in front of them, as if they wanted to stand up.
In front, being scolded like this, the knight leading the team sneered: "The kingdom has already collapsed, who cares whether you are a legitimate lord?"
"Kill him for me!"
Looking around, he decisively led his men forward, with only Thor in his eyes.
"Lord Athir!"
Standing there and looking around, Thor looked at Athir beside him.
"Leave it to me."
Feeling Thor's gaze, Athir smiled and walked forward.
He silently drew the long sword at his waist, and his figure disappeared from his sight in an instant.
Bang!
With a slight sound, a head fell to the ground, with a look of palpitation and confusion on his face, as if he didn't understand what was going on.
Silver sword lights spread out in all directions, and figures kept flying backwards.
Standing in place, Athir's face was calm, a faint arc of electricity flashed across the sword in his hand, and then he chopped forward fiercely.
Yinhua! !
With the addition of mana, the power of this sword increased explosively. The power attached to it hit more than a dozen soldiers around in an instant, directly shattering half of their bodies.
"this···"
Everyone around was staring at the scene in amazement, almost thinking they were dreaming.
Hundreds of fully armed guards were all defeated in a short period of time, and the opponent was just one person.
Standing there, looking at the corpses falling around him, Athir's face was calm. He put the sword back in his hand, then turned around and looked at Thor.
Staring blankly at the scene in front of him, even though he was prepared for Athir's military force, after actually witnessing this scene, Thor still couldn't help feeling shocked and deeply fearful.
But now, he concealed his true feelings very well and just laughed: "Please trouble Lord Athir to do it! Leave the rest to me."
He turned around and looked at the guests attending the banquet, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Everyone present, please stay here for a while."
Below, listening to Thor's words, the people around looked at each other and saw bitter smiles on each other's faces.
However, after what happened just now, it was impossible for them to stand up and fight Thor again. At this time, they all fell silent, standing aside quietly without expressing their opinions.
Seeing their attitude, Thor's face was calm, but he nodded secretly.
This is exactly the effect he wants.
Due to the shock and deterrence caused by Athir's recent move, as well as the prestige he had accumulated in the past, the people in the hall temporarily did not have the courage to stand up against him and maintained a neutral attitude.
With such an attitude, coupled with the destruction of hundreds of elite warriors, the power that Xitar could mobilize has been greatly reduced.
Without these loyal warriors, even if Sital could barely gain control of the other armed forces in the castle in front of Thor, it would be impossible for him to fully control them in such a short time, let alone make them attack the lord Thor.
As the lord who has controlled this castle for more than twenty years, Thor is confident that he can regain control of the castle.
(End of this chapter)