Earl Rafael O'Bright was the eldest son of Duke Brydon O'Bright, the patriarch of the O'Bright family. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info is only thirty years old, and he is already a tenth-level magic master of the wind and water system.

With his superhuman strength, Count Raphael is currently the commander of the Imperial Capital's defense forces, and after gaining the favor of the current emperor of the Eliad Empire, Rey III, he now has the title of earl second only to his father.

Count Raphael, with his short silver hair and unusually neatly groomed mustache, fascinated him with many charming young women and young girls in the imperial capital.

Count Raphael, along with the equally young Imperial Marshal Sebastin, was known as the "Imperial Twins". Unlike Marshal Sebastin, who focused on imperial military affairs, Count Raphael was not only responsible for the defense of the imperial capital, but also a good hand in other political aspects.

Rumor has it that Rey III is already interested in promoting the rising star to the new Imperial Prime Minister after the retirement of the aging Prime Minister Richelieu.

The old Duke Brydon was immensely proud to have such an excellent successor, and if there was anything that made him slightly unhappy, it was that the Count of Raphael was over thirty years old, and still had no wife and children.

As the most famous golden bachelor in the Empire, Count Raphael is the dream girl of all unmarried girls in the imperial capital.

At this moment, Count Raphael, who has always been in high spirits, showed anxiety on his face, and galloped on the northern plains of the empire with a team of snow wolf knights.

In the evening, a message came from the far north that the long-lost "Soul Blade" of the family suddenly appeared in the small town of Frosacken in the north of the empire. This made his father, Duke of Brydon, extremely nervous. It was hard for Count Raphael to imagine that his father, who had been calm even at the outbreak of the Cataclysm, would be so out of shape after learning this message.

"Raphael, hurry up and prepare a dress for me, I will go to the Imperial City to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person. In the secret room of the O'Bright family, Duke Bryden commanded in surprise with the news that had just been delivered to him.

"Father, now that it is dark, we will not be able to enter the Imperial City to see Your Majesty without anything particularly important. "This is a bag of information that only the patriarch is qualified to open in person, although the bag was handed to the Duke of Bryden by hand, but Count Raphael did not know what news was written on it that would make his father so distracted.

"Something important, this is an important thing!" the thin Duke let out a loud roar that was not commensurate with his stature, and walked around excitedly waving the note in his hand, "Didn't you hear my orders?

"Father, please calm down, although I don't know what kind of message this is, but it will be very dishonorable to meet the emperor in your current state. Count Raphael reminded implicitly.

Duke Brydon also sensed his gaffe, stopped walking back and forth, sat down on the bench panting, and muttered, "It's been so many years...... I didn't expect ...... Could it be at this time, will the O'Bright family be destroyed at my hands?"

"Father, I wonder if I can know what is on the note?" asked Count Raphael, cautiously. Although he was already recognized as the next patriarch, there were some things to be careful about when dealing with the extraordinarily powerful Duke of Bridedon, otherwise his brother Stowe was the best example.

"Look at it, you're qualified to know about it. Brydon shook the note in his hand at Raphael weakly.

Raphael stepped forward, saluted, and then took the note from his father's hand with both hands, and to his surprise, Brydon grabbed the note very hard, and with some effort, he finally took the note from Brydon's hand at the risk of the note being torn.

Raphael, who looked down at the note, didn't notice that after he got the note, a trace of uncontrollable disgust flashed in Brydon's eyes.

"Soul Blade, Frossaken, Father, is that promise true?" Raphael looked at Brydon with shocked eyes as he read the note.

For the O'Brand, this is an ancient convention that only the patriarch is qualified to know. In a message passed down from generation to generation, the Soul Blade was borrowed by a certain great person.

The big man had made a pact with the O'Red family when he borrowed the soul blade, and the big man left the O'red family with the capital to gain a foothold in the empire, but when the soul blade reappeared, the O'red family must do their best to help the person who held the soul blade, otherwise it would bring disaster to the family.

The big man who borrowed the soul blade once said that once the soul blade reappeared on the continent of Eliat, then it meant that the time of upheaval in the continent had come again. If you can take the lead in this time of upheaval, it will definitely bring obvious benefits to the family.

"Of course it's true. Fifteen years ago, when the Cataclysm happened, I thought that the promised moment had arrived, and that the soul blade was about to appear, so I hurriedly stood in line. I didn't expect the soul blade to appear for a long time, I didn't expect ......" Duke Brydon let out a helpless sigh.

Fifteen years ago, the Duke of Brydon was in the prime of life and was ambitious and confident, and when the cataclysm occurred, this unprecedented natural disaster made him make an impulsive choice.

Due to the special status of their ancestor Franco O'Bright, the O'Bright family has always been in the middle of the divine power and the imperial power. During the honeymoon period between the two sides, the O'Bright family will undoubtedly bring great benefits to the family, but when the cataclysm occurs, the power of the imperial power suddenly overwhelms the divine power, and the O'red family has to face a difficult choice.

The overconfident Duke of Bryden miscalculated the situation, believing that the era of great change had arrived, and under the constant temptation and hint of Rey III, he abandoned the previous style of the family wall, and naturally chose to side with the imperial power that had the upper hand.

So far, at least, the Duke of Brydon seemed right to choose to side with the royal power, with Raphael in a high position at a young age and looking promising. Count Raphael himself felt like he was walking on thin ice, and at some point he would stumble and fall into the abyss.

"Father, what should we do?" Count Raphael didn't know much about Duke Brydon's plan, it was Duke Brydon's insistence on going his own way that led to the family's current appearance in the limelight and its important position in the empire, but in fact it was a game of dancing on the tip of a knife. Once this kind of game is not played well, it will inevitably be smashed to pieces.

The soul blade that had not appeared for a long time made Duke Brydon feel more and more that it seemed too hasty to stand in line in a hurry. Since Rey III ascended the throne, in order to consolidate the imperial power, he has continued to secretly suppress the Holy See. Especially after the cataclysm, the Holy See lost the support of the Holy See located in the Holy Mountain Headquarters, which made it even more obvious that Rey III intended to attack or even destroy the Holy See.

For Duke Brydon, who suddenly fell to him, Rey III gave full trust and pushed the O'Brid family to the forefront of the confrontation with the Holy See.

"I must go to the palace at once to meet the Emperor, and if such a great event happens, I will go to Frossaken in person. Duke Brydon said.

"Father, you want to go to the extremely cold land to the north in person, this is not good, the imperial capital still needs you to be in charge of it yourself, why don't you let me go for you!" said Count Raphael.