Lord: Starting from the Pit-Dwelling Courtyard

Chapter 155 A Family

To support his family, Longbottom became a mercenary. Three years ago, an accident left him with a broken leg. Although he survived, he was completely disabled.

The Barton family was completely ruined because of this.

When Patton opened the door, he was holding a sharpened iron rod in his hand.

"I'm not selling the house." His voice trembled, but he didn't put the iron bar down.

Doron did not back down, but looked down at the iron rod.

"I'm not here to steal the house; I'm here to discuss a business deal—a deal that will give your grandson the chance to wear the knighthood again."

Patton scoffed mercilessly, "You want to sell us to those country lords, don't you!"

His opening remarks immediately embarrassed Doron.

This was the first thing many pioneering lords did after arriving at Gorubak Castle: to lure all the wild knights in Gorubak Castle to their territories to be cannon fodder.

Back then, many people in Red Wolf Knight Street were unknowingly tricked away by the pioneer lord, and in the end, even their bodies were never returned.

Doron hurriedly said, "The lord I introduced is very powerful and has a knack for training knights. He has already trained many Earth Knights. You know the famous Earth Knight Mattich Hall, right? He is now a follower of that lord."

Although Matic went to become a pioneer lord, he had a very good reputation in Gorubakburg.

Sure enough, upon hearing Matic's name, old Patton lowered the iron rod in his hand.

Doron said, "Matic is in that development right now. If you don't believe me, I can take you there."

Old Patton was skeptical, but still shook his head and said, "I'm not selling the house."

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Doron squeezed into old Patton's house and whispered, "I'm not buying, I'm exchanging?"

"Change?"

Upon hearing this, Old Patton immediately raised the iron bar again.

"You want to trade me your house in the suburbs? Do you think this old man isn't thinking straight?"

Doron snatched the iron bar, but accidentally pushed old Patton down. This stirred up a hornet's nest. Their grandson, despite his terrified expression, still bared his teeth and charged at Doron.

Upon seeing that the other person was still a child, Duolong grabbed him with one hand and held him in his arms to prevent him from moving around.

"Let me go! I'm going to beat you to death, you bastard who bullied our family!"

Duolong hurriedly explained, "It's not about moving out. Right here, we're going to build another housing development, demolish the old houses around here, and then give you a new house in return."

At this moment, Longbottom also came out, leaning on his cane. His eyes were fierce, and he was ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Old Patton said irritably, "Release my grandson, or this old man will fight you to the death."

Duolong said, "It's true. You saw that building next door? We're planning to build an eight-story building and compensate you according to the specifications. We only need to spend on two floors at most, and we can sell the remaining six floors. You can move into new houses, and we can also make a fortune. It's a win-win situation."

Upon hearing this, old Patton's expression turned somewhat strange.

Longbottom, however, fell into deep thought.

Doron took the opportunity to put their child down.

"If you don't believe me, come with me to visit the new housing development. While we're at it, let the lord give your child a talent test. If the talent is good enough, the lord might be willing to take him in, and you might even be able to get a bigger house."

Old Patton said coldly, "We don't sell houses, and we certainly don't sell our children."

Duolong covered his forehead.

"Come on, come with me. We'll find out by talking to that lord. Don't worry, the Rose Knights have already inspected this development. I can't do anything to you at this time. I may not care about your family, but I still have business to do in Gorubakburg. I wouldn't dare to provoke the Rose Knights. Besides, if you don't trust me, don't you trust Grand Knight Matic? He's the most upright knight in Gorubakburg."

Doron was getting a little hoarse from talking, and finally Longbottom nodded secretly before taking his grandson's hand.

Longbottom wasn't moved by Doron's words, but by the name "Matic Hall".

He had heard the story of Matic when he was a mercenary, the old knight who refused to be recruited by the Silver Shield Merchant Guild and preferred to become a pioneer lord.

A lord whom Matic would follow is at least not the kind of person who would trick wild knights into going to their deaths.

"Let's go take a look."

"That's more like it!"

Doron led the Barton family away and into the new housing development, where they were seen by many people around.

A neighbor hurriedly asked, "Old Patton, where are you going?"

Old Patton shouted, "Go check out the new building! You all can be my family's witnesses. If we don't come back by evening, please help us get someone from the Rose Knights to come back and uphold justice for us!"

After hearing this, Duolong shook his head helplessly.

"Okay, no problem, we'll stay here and watch."

Upon entering the building, Ron happened to be sparring with Shanlier, since he was currently only a knight apprentice and would be at a disadvantage fighting against the Earth Knight.

However, his behavior only deepened Matic's suspicions about him.

Ron's fighting skills are simply too crude, even worse than his youngest son's. This kind of person could really help him break through to become a Sky Knight.

"Lord Ron, this is old Barton, the owner of the first house in the alley," Doron quickly introduced. "This is his son, Longbarton, and his grandson—"

Duolong was a little embarrassed, not knowing what the child's name was.

Longbottom quickly replied, "Nash!"

Ron nodded and tossed the Tang sword in his hand to Felix.

Felix's flashy armor immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Finally, when Patton and Longbottom saw Matic standing on the other side, they immediately bowed to him.

"Hello, Lord Matic."

Seeing this, Ron was a little surprised. Was this guy really that prestigious and famous in Gorubakburg?

Matic nodded without smiling. He had seen too many families like this, once glorious, then gradually declining until they couldn't even keep their houses.

He felt the same way when he left Gorubborg.

Doron said obsequiously, "Lord Ron, I brought them here for testing, and also to discuss exchanging houses."

Seeing Dorron's sycophantic behavior, Longbottom couldn't help but show a mocking expression.

Ron nodded and took out the crystal stick.

"Grab the crystal rod and infuse it with life force."

Longbottom didn't immediately reach out to grab it, and the talent light shone for a full fifteen seconds, causing Ron to show a surprised expression.

He also obtained a profound breathing technique—the Earth-Crack Breathing Technique.

But when he saw that Longbottom was missing a section of his calf, he frowned slightly.

Ron didn't say anything, but he was thinking to himself that he couldn't waste this 15-second talent and had to take it back and figure out a good way to use it.

Ron turned his gaze to the seven or eight-year-old child: "Little radish, grab the crystal stick until it lights up."

The Matic father and son were quite surprised to see Ron's attitude suddenly become so gentle.

With encouraging looks from his father and grandfather, Nash grabbed the crystal pillar.