Chapter 261 Ruling
The sudden attack immediately made the Lopez family feel like they were facing a formidable enemy.
The Lopez Family Knights and Magic Corps, who were on alert, climbed onto the city walls as soon as possible and confronted the invaders from a distance.
"Goda Lopez, come out!"
Jacob Lopez's roar once again shook the Lopez family's magic barrier. Nearly fifty people behind him were on high alert, ready to take action at any time.
At this time, the Lopez family was confused. When Gota Lopez came down to the city wall after being shouted at by the other party, everyone's eyes were on him.
Is there something wrong with the Mars family? At this stage, everyone is trying to seize resources, earn points, and store supplies. It is not yet time to declare war.
Declaring war at this time, could it be that Gota Lopez has robbed your house?
"Your grandfather is here! What do you want from me?"
Gotha drew his sword and pointed it at Jacob Lopez. There was disdain in his eyes, but he was also planning a countermeasure.
Now he is considered a leader of the camp. Although he can do whatever he wants, the strength of his subordinates is not enough to defeat ten of them at once. Facing a group of long-range magicians, he may not be able to win if a fight really breaks out.
But when he thought about it carefully, he really didn't understand. He didn't provoke the Mars family, nor did he have any intersection with Jacob, the spearhead of Mars. Coming to his door today by name was probably not a declaration of war.
Jacob didn't take any further action after he blasted the fireball. He didn't come here to start a fight right now.
If we fight with the Lopez family now, it may not be a good thing. If the Orlando family just stands by and watches, they will reap the benefits.
He came here more to get a penalty.
After seeing Goda appear and hearing the other party's arrogant words, Jacob Mars's anger, which had just been suppressed, once again rose up uncontrollably.
"Goda Lopez, if you are a man, you should take responsibility for your actions. Don't you know why I, Mars, came to you?!" Jacob looked into the distance and focused on Goda in front of him.
"How would I know what's wrong with you to come here and provoke me? If you want to fight, just do it, don't be so long-winded!"
Gotha flicked his wrist, and the sword rang.
"You broke the rules and you're so confident about it. You killed seven of us from Mars. You broke the rules first. Let me see how you explain it!"
As Jacob Mars was speaking, a group of people were flying over from a distance. He immediately saluted the newcomers. If this person had arrived a step later, he might have attacked them directly.
"Meet His Royal Highness Prince Osman!"
"Meet His Royal Highness Prince Osman!"
The arrival of Osman Stormrage interrupted the confrontation between the Mars and Lopez families. He got off his mount and his eyes flickered between Jacob and Gotha's faces.
In this competition, Osman was in charge of supervising the competition on behalf of the empire and did not participate in the competition himself.
But I just received news from the Mars family, so I rushed here specially.
"Excuse me, Jacob Mars. You brought so many people to the Lopez family's territory and called me here. What's the matter?"
Osman looked at Jacob. Now that he was standing alone and not at the side of the Stormrage Emperor, his majesty was actually a little higher.
Jacob pointed to Gotha and said, "Your Highness, may I ask whether Your Highness will fulfill his supervisory responsibilities and punish those who violate the principles?"
"Of course," Osman said.
"Then Your Highness, please punish the Lopez family!" Jacob said in a sonorous voice.
"Your Highness Osman, this Shabi attacked our camp for no reason, why should he punish us?" Goda frowned, becoming more and more annoyed with Mars's people.
"Why do you say that?" Osman turned to Jacob.
"Yesterday, my Mars vanguard team went deep into the territory to carry out a mission, but we were all killed by the people sent by Goda Lopez. If one of us hadn't survived, we probably wouldn't have known until now that the Lopez family could do such a cruel thing! A martial arts competition is a martial arts competition, and although there are casualty indicators, killing seven of our Mars elites in such a cruel way is a violation of the principles of the competition! The three major families are competing just to compete for first place, not to kill them all in this way!"
Jacob's chest was heaving and his eyes were red. The Ma clan members behind him clenched their weapons, hoping that His Royal Highness Prince Osman would make the decision for them.
"When did I send people to kill your family? You need evidence when you speak!"
"Oh, you still don't admit it?"
The violent elements and Gotha's sword field burst out at the same time and collided with each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Osman stood between the two men, raised his wand, and instantly broke the confrontation between the two men.
He stroked the fine hair between his eyebrows and said slowly: "This is indeed against the principle. If such an act is committed, it must be severely punished. But Jacob Mars, do you have evidence to prove that it was Gota Lopez who sent people to kill your people?"
"Danny!"
Jacob waved his hand and Captain Danny Mars was carried out from the crowd.
After treatment, his condition has improved a lot, but he is still relatively weak.
"Your Highness, Danny is the survivor. He saw the appearance of the murderer and was able to identify him!" said Jacob.
Osman nodded and said, "Goda Lopez, call out everyone in your camp."
"Your Highness, you can call everyone out, but what if this is slander? The Lopez family can't be slandered at will!" Goda said.
"If it is slander, I will also severely punish the Mars family." Osman glanced at Gotha.
"Row!"
Soon, except for the Lopez people who were on missions outside, all the tribesmen who were working in various parts of the camp came to the door.
"it's him!"
Danny's eyes moved through the crowd and landed on one of them.
Osman just glanced behind him, and two knights from the Empire Elite Corps instantly came to the man Danny pointed out and carried him in front of Osman, Jacob and Gotha.
Jacob looked angry, while Gotha looked confused.
"Did he kill your people?" Osman looked at Danny.
"That's him!" Danny gritted his teeth.
Faced with the interrogation of several people, the man who was brought here panicked: "It has nothing to do with me! I just received an order to do it. I didn't know that it was someone from the Mars family!"
"So, you really killed that person? What's your name and who do you obey?" Osman looked at the murderer seriously.
"Captain Gotha asked us to do this!"
"You're talking bullshit! I don't even know your name!"
At this time, Gotha was still confused. He didn't expect that it was the Lopez people who killed the people of the Mars family. But when he heard such an outrageous accusation, he directly burst into swearing.
He has been busy with his team's affairs these days, how could he do such a thing!
He stared at the man in front of him. He seemed somewhat familiar, but why did this guy frame him?
"Tell me clearly, when did I send you..." Gotha grabbed the man's collar and glared at him.
"That's enough!" Osman grabbed Gotha's wrist. "Whether it's true or not, I will find out. I won't wrongly accuse anyone, nor will I let anyone go."
Osman's magic lingered on his fingertips, and Gotha felt his fingers stiffen uncontrollably and slipped away from the man's collar.
But at this moment, the man's face became extremely struggling.
"I am guilty! I am guilty! I don't want to do this either! He personally gave us the order in the warehouse the day before yesterday! He said that the Orlando family is now on the same side with us, and only the Mars family is our opponent. As long as we can eliminate the main force of the Mars family, the balance of victory will naturally belong to the Lopez family! That's why he asked us to go to the front line to assassinate the Mars family!"
"You're talking nonsense! Your Highness! If I had ever done that, I would die!" Gotha was so angry that he was absolutely sure that someone was trying to frame him.
who is it?
Is it Griffin Lopez?
Or Vivian?
"I swear on my soul!"
A ball of pale green flame suddenly burst out from the man's body, and the two soldiers who were holding him immediately let go. Only wailing sounds were heard coming from the man's mouth.
[Soul Burning Technique]
Whether it was the Mars family, the Lopez family, or the people brought by Osman, they were all frightened by the surging soul flame at this moment.
This is a common method used by magicians to prove one's own guilt by dying. Once this magic is cast, one will never be able to be resurrected. In order to prove that it was Gotha who ordered this, this man killed himself as evidence, shocking everyone present.
Jacob Mars naturally did not expect that the Lopez family was so disunited that they easily gave out the mastermind behind the scenes and used such extreme means of self-proof. His expression softened a lot at the moment.
His eyes were cast towards Osman, as if urging him to make a decision.
"Ha ha……"
A sneer appeared on Gotha's face.
He never expected that the person behind the scenes would frame him in this way. They really would go to great lengths.
"Goda Lopez, do you have anything else to say?" Osman looked at Goda with indifference in his eyes.
"Don't you find it strange that he is so eager to admit it and push me out?" Gotha looked at Osman, the fake prince, and felt the change in his attitude towards the matter. His tone was no longer respectful.
"This only shows that there are still people in your Lopez family who have conscience!" Jacob Mars shouted, "Your Highness, we at Mars may not pursue the others, but Goda Lopez, the mastermind, must be severely punished!"
The sky, which was dim just now, suddenly darkened, and the wind was like a knife falling, blowing painfully on people's faces.
Osman took out a scroll with a cold expression, waved his wand, and wrote the following words on it:
"Goda Lopez of the Lopez family maliciously killed seven elites of the Mars family and strangled the vitality of the Wrathful Wind Empire. His behavior is extremely bad. The Lopez family members have confirmed his actions with their deaths. From now on, Goda Lopez is sentenced to withdraw from the three major family competition and temporarily imprisoned in the Empire's temporary prison in the dimensional world. After the competition is over, he will be taken back to the Magic Continent to await the verdict."
As the last word fell, the magic scroll in Osman's hand turned into a ball of light and disappeared into nothingness.
The long sword in Gotha's hand made a sharp sound, and in an instant he appeared ten meters away, putting some distance between himself and Osman and the others.
"What an outrageous ruling!"
"Are you dissatisfied?" Osman's wand emitted a yellow light.
"I give you my all!"
Gotha looked around and suddenly felt a little disheartened. From beginning to end, no one from the tribe stood up to speak for him. At this moment, there was an inexplicable sense of strangeness and distance in everyone's eyes.
The next moment, Gotha immediately rushed into the distance! "
"Catch him." A hint of murderous intent flashed in Osman's eyes.
As soon as he finished speaking, countless magic and sword lights fell from the sky and bombarded the fleeing Gotha.
Just as Osman withdrew his gaze and prepared to leave, a black curtain suddenly fell from the sky and a slight vibration came from under his feet.
At the end of the horizon, the howling of monsters was heard