Radiant Era Chapter 31

Chapter 31 The Aristocratic Family’s Decision

“Ha!”

“Ha!”

Clang!

Powerful and resounding shouts could be heard, accompanied by the even more ear-piercing sounds of clubs colliding against each other. Less than five kilometers from Borali City was a manor near the Imperial Family’s Summer Hunting Palace. On the snow-covered drill grounds were two human silhouettes were rolling around together in a fight. Off to the side watching were ten bald and burly men holding s.h.i.+elds and daggers. They were bare-chested and barefooted, with their lower bodies covered in skintight leather pants.

A vigorous and loud shout could be heard. As the two people fought, the long stick in Dark Horse Hao Si’s hand was sent flying with one strong move by his opponent. Soon afterwards, his opponent stabbed forward at great speed, and the hard, wooden stick firmly stabbed into his stomach. Dark Horse Hao Si painfully cried out. He grovelled on the ground with both of his hands hugging his belly. He vomited until there was nothing left but bitter bile.

“Tras.h.!.+” Hao Lin, who, like Hao Si, was only wearing a pair of triangular leather underwear in this freezing-cold season, snorted coldly. He tossed the wooden stick, took a long cloak handed over by one of the burly men and wrapped it around his body. Then he unhurriedly walked over to Hao Si and kicked him, sending him tumbling across the ground.

“As a descendant of the Barwell Family, you tempered your body and cultivate battle qi since childhood, then became the lowest stage of a Man Knight when you were 13 years old. Father taught you all kinds of military tactics since you were seven years old, using all kinds of real-life example from the Land Island War to be your teaching material.”

“But you were actually defeated by a rogue from an ordinary family!”

Hao Lin’s single eye violently twitched. If the person kneeling on the ground vomiting wasn’t his blood-related younger brother, he would have personally killed him early on–just like when he was in the army, he personally chopped off the head of an older male cousin who was running away from the battlefield.

“You made Father lose face and let the entire family be humiliated.” Hao Lin unrestrainedly said, “This matter stirred up a lot of things. Not only the military, but those civilian court officers all knew about this scandal. The youngest son of the Barwell Family was actually defeated by a group of random rogues in a struggle amongst students. This matter had great impacts. There were already some people who spoke up to His Majesty, questioning Father’s ability in leading the army.”

Dark Horse Hao Si angrily lifted his head, gnashed his teeth, and roared, “This matter had nothing to do with Father.”

Hao Lin sneered with a gloomy face and said, “But to Father’s and the entire military’s political opponent, this matter is related to him. The youngest son of the Barwell Family, a talent who received orthodox military education since childhood, the future elite of the imperial army, was actually defeated by a group of random rogues. Do you realize what this implies? It insinuates Father’s defeat, the Barwell family’s defeat, even as far as the entire military system’s defeat.”

Taking a deep breath, Hao Lin kicked Hao Si until he flew several meters away, then snorted coldly and said, “Remember the beating I gave you these past few days, remember all the bruises on your body these past few days. Remember your humiliation this time, of being defeated without even seeing your enemy’s face clearly.”

One of Hao Si’s teeth snapped with a clack