Power and Empire C1

 
Chapter 1 Falcon with Broken Wings

‘What should I do?’ The confused Du Yu thought to himself in silence. After more than ten days of learning from Butler, he found that he was in a serious crisis. Hadn’t it been for Stan Dwayne's mother's family being powerful enough in the royal capital, even the last territory of his would’ve been taken away. It was said that several family sidelines had also gone to the royal capital to ask for help, but it was interfered with by his powerful grandfather in the royal capital.

But for the split of the Falcon House itself, as an outsider, his maternal grandpa also couldn’t do anything about it. The tyrannical Minister of Military Affairs only said one sentence, "Falcon's wings have been broken, let it fend for itself on land."

Amidst the masses of questions and confusion, Du Yu could no longer support his heavy eyelids, and fell into a deep sleep with confusion. 

In the early morning, the silent Falcon Castle was broken by a loud noise.

"Stan Dwayne, you little liar! Come out!" Du Yu, who was still asleep early in the morning, was awakened by the noisy fighting outside the bedroom. Hearing the familiar sharp and high-pitched female voice outside, an image of a middle-aged lady came to Du Yu’s mind.

"Old fool, I know he is inside! You! Get him out!" Lady Kelly Moore, the younger sister of the former lord Kern Dwayne, and Stan Dwayne's aunt, always thought her son would become the new head of the Falcon House, but because of the damn inheritance law, all previous efforts were abandoned.

"What’s up with all this noise! It is still too early in the morning! Quiet!" Du Yu, who was used to sleeping late, got up in a daze, and angrily opened the bedroom door. The scene in front of him made Du Yu gasp. The old butler was knocked to the ground with blood on his forehead. The hall was in a mess. Dozens of servants and guards of the family were chased by dozens of sturdy men in light scale armor, stumbling and wailing everywhere.

Normally, there should be fifty knights permanently guarding the headquarters of Falcon House, but because no one had confidence in Stan Dwayne, a dull-witted master, the hundreds of knights who wanted to pledge their loyalty to the glorious banner of the "Falcon House" left one by one. The fall of the Falcon House was inevitable. These knights, who had come in search of glory and fortune, would no longer stay in this hopeless place. As a result, apart from servants and squires, there was not a single knight left in the family headquarters. 

So when they were suddenly attacked by a dozen knights, they were unable to organize a decent resistance.

The knight rushing to the forefront was Lady Kelly Moore’s top fighter. He was a tyrannical Silver Cross knight. He was two meters tall, even taller than the Vaegirs people that were famous for having a tall figure.

Astro kicked a squire away and suddenly an unobstructed passage appeared in front of him. He could even clearly see the panic in the eyes of the idiot lord.

This time Lady Kelly Moore had put in a lot of money. As long as someone could catch this fat idiot lord, he would be awarded the most fertile town of Ekari in his territory. 

"I caught him!" Astro cried out when he thought that the rich town of Ekari was within reach of him. Charged to Du Yu, his big hands with thick bones clenched tightly causing the clicking sound.

"Master, run!" The old butler, who was stepped on by a knight, shouted with grief and indignation, but the tall and burly Astro was like a lion rushing into a flock of sheep. He easily broke through the two family servants, and rushed towards Stan Dwayne's direction with a fierce expression.

Stan Dwayne was a fat kid. Compared with Astro who was about to rush to him, he was obviously not at the same level. Seeing Astro rushing up fiercely, the incompetent idiot fat young lord screamed in horror and ran back to his room like a scared fat hen in the eyes of everyone. He hurriedly tried to close the door from the inside, but it was kicked open by the tall and strong Astro.

‘It's over, Master Stan has fallen into their hands.’ All the servants of the Falcon House felt despondent. ‘Master will definitely be locked up. The head of the Falcon House will be replaced again.’ The strong family in the past had fallen so quickly. Were the wings of the falcon really broken? Had it fallen to the point of being bullied by a group of hens!

But things were worse than expected. Everyone could hear the sound of tables and chairs breaking from Master Stan's room. Not only were there Master Stan’s screams, but it was also mixed with the crispy smacking sound. The unique sound made all the people outside the door stunned.

No one could believe their ears. What sound was that? The temptation of the devil? It was understandable if there were a man and a woman inside, but there were only a fat idiot and the burly Astro. Were they? . . . . .

Imagining the burly Astro violating a fat young lord. Everyone felt nauseous. No wonder Astro was so brave. No wonder he was so excited earlier. It turned out that he had this kind of interest.

"You monsters!" The squires of Falcon House no longer cared about their own lives. They drew out their swords, their eyes burning with the intense flame of anger, ‘how could they send someone like him to catch our young master. This is humiliation!’

“Did I ask you to come!"

As the scolding voice came from Stan's room, a person stumbled out of the room. That person turned out to be the burly Astro, and the smacking sound everyone heard earlier was actually the idiot young master using his fat palms to slap Astro's face fiercely again and again like a storm,

“Did you not learn any manners when you were young!”

“This is for breaking down my door!”

“...”

This totally unexpected scene stunned everyone in the hall.

When Du Yu saw Astro rush towards him, his body chose to run away instinctively. But then he, who was a martial arts master in the previous life, found that the speed of blood movement in his body was several times that of his previous life. He couldn't help being overjoyed. ‘Unexpectedly, this fat man's body is so excellent. It is simply the best body for practicing martial arts!’

The focus of internal martial arts was to improve the movement speed and the amount of blood and qi in the body through exercise.

Normally, blood and qi were deeply hidden in the abdomen where Dantian was. When it was needed, blood and qi would immediately circulate through the body, and with just a thought, blood and qi could converge to an area of the body to enhance its strength. Moreover, internal martial arts often did not leave marks on the surface of the opponent’s body. Once the opponent was hit, the injury would occur deep inside the opponent’s body; it would be difficult to heal for a long time.

‘Spirit of the heart! This is actually the Spirit of the heart!’

Du Yu’s hands moved hands faster, and the blood spattered from Astro's face splashed on the wall, leaving a shocking fleck of scarlet. Du Yu realized that with just a thought in his mind, the blood and qi in his whole body ran into his palms and eyes swiftly. The faint swelling pain from the palms occurred from time to time with the beat of his heart. This peculiar feeling made Du Yu completely confirm his guess.

‘It turns out that the rumour about the Spirit of the heart stage is true!’

Astro's dodging movement was as slow as a tortoise in Du Yu's eyes. Just like the slow motion slowed down by a hundred times in a movie, the whole world suddenly became silent, and the airflow was slowly flowing beside him.

With his own limited blood, exerting infinite external force. This was the sacred stage of "Spirit of the heart" in the inner martial arts. But soon Du Yu found a problem, this state was very short. Du Yu found out his body movements were also extremely slow, and the side effect of forced blood and qi circulation began to appear.

The incoordination of body movements made Du Yu feel top-heavy, and there was unspeakable mild dizziness. The feeling chilled Du Yu. It felt very similar to the legendary qi deviation. But then he was relieved, after all, this body had never practiced martial arts before, so it was natural that it could not keep up with his speed.

‘If I was still in my original body, I would definitely use my heart-breaking method to kill this ignorant fool…’ Du Yu looked at the big man moving slowly in front of him and couldn't help thinking. 

Although his movements were also slow, he could at least predict the other party’s movement now.

"Pa!" Du Yu’s palm swiftly and fiercely struck Astro's right cheekbone again, the huge force directly stunned Astro; he was unable to recover to his senses even after he lost two of his teeth.

“Pa!” It was another slap. Astro felt that the high bridge of his nose, which he was proud of, had been broken by the palm of the scary fat man. The blood was coming out uncontrollably.

Astro, who was repeatedly slapped in the face by the fat man, felt like he was attacked by an angry giant bear who had just been disturbed by a hunter and woke up from hibernation. 

The most hateful thing was that the idiot fat man was still shouting in his mouth. Screaming all kinds of "Ah! Ah!", people who didn't know what happened would think that it was this fat man who was being beaten up now.

The loud slaps in the face made the whole hall silent. Everyone was stunned looking at all of this. An overwhelming horror shook everyone's hearts, every crisp slap felt like it was hit on their faces.

Before this, no one thought that the most common corporal punishment of slaps would have such power, that endless crisp slapping sound, even if they closed their eyes, they still couldn't stop the deepest fear in their hearts.

Du Yu did not use much power. But no matter how Astro dodged, he was always within the range of his attack. Astro never would have thought that one day he would be beaten like a sandbag. This was simply an "humiliation"

"Oh, Oh my god, quick and get him!” Lady Kelly Moore finally recovered from the shock after seeing her best knight was beaten by her stupid nephew. She quickly shouted to the dozen knights who were chasing other servants. 

"Protect the young master! Fight them!" Seeing that their young master was so brave, the dozens of servants and squires who had been chased around rushed into the hall with various farm tools and wooden sticks in their hands. 

"These people are crazy! Escort me out of this place!" Frightened Lady Kelly Moore paled by the sight in front of her. She stepped back in horror.

Du Yu heard Lady Kelly Moore's screams. His hands suddenly increased their strength. With strength, Astro, who was already about to faint, completely fell down.

Seeing that the bravest Astro had been knocked out by the young lord, the remaining knights ran out the door one after another. 

‘It's over, everything is over!’ Lady. Kelly Moore slumped on the ground and looked at the chandelier in despair.

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