C16

Three days later, in Rhine's manor in the Mut family mansion.

"Grandpa, you were looking for me." Rincewind sat down opposite him. Rincewind was sipping his tea in a pious manner that was hard for Rincewind to understand.

"En, I'm coming." Rhine gave him an indifferent look. He wasn't surprised that he could recover so well, but then shifted his gaze to Xue'er and Lilisse who were following behind him. One of them was wearing a snow-white dress, the other was wearing black tights, one was tall and beautiful, the other was petite and moving, which made Link, who was sitting in front of them, look less eye-catching. Come here, you and Lilisse are both sitting down to taste the tea brewed by grandpa.

Xue'er naturally smiled and said, "Thank you grandpa" before she sat next to Lin Ke. She would never really be treated as a maid in the mansion, but when facing the unfathomable Muth family head, she seemed abnormally reserved, lowering her head and hesitating for a long time, not daring to step forward to sit there. Luckily, Lin Ke noticed this and then forcefully pulled her to sit on the other side.

"Grandfather has never cared about those random and fragmented aristocratic rules. He's an old soldier after all!" At the same time, Lin Ke comforted Lilisse, he also fiercely flattered her with an extremely high level of flattery.

Rhine was enjoying the tea very much. He took a sip of the tea while squinting his eyes.

"Grandpa, what did you call me here for?" Linke drank up the so-called top-grade snowy mountain in one gulp. He did not notice any difference, which made Rhine shake his head.

"It's about the boy from the Black Panther clan," Rhine saw the doubt in Link's voice, "Did you forget about the dark-skinned boy that you and Seven brought back from the market a few days ago? He is actually a member of the Panther race who has great battle talent. When you were young, your grandfather told you many stories about beastmen, including a member of the Panther race who was born with the ability of transformation. Do you still remember? "

"Of course I do. Cultivating to the small success stage will allow you to change your appearance. Cultivating to the extreme will allow you to transform into many forms. You mean …?"

"Yes, that black kid has mastered the transformation technique, which is a powerful ability that even your Seventh Grandpa couldn't recognize before he met you. If you didn't find any clues and this kid doesn't have enough human intelligence, you would have let him escape," Rhine said, smiling, "We caught that fat guy."

Lin Ke's heart skipped a beat.

Judging from what happened that day, that fatty who wore a ring on his finger clearly held an extremely important position in Hei Zi's heart. He just didn't know how important this was.

"Come on, Cohen," Rhine stood up and waved at Link, "Let's go meet those two orcs, you probably haven't seen what the real orcs look like before, today you've really broadened your horizon, Xue'er, accompany Lily around the family, get familiar with the environment, Cohen will find you soon."

— —

The two of them arrived at an empty courtyard that didn't attract much attention.

Rhine walked to the low rock garden in the middle of the yard. He found a few small holes in the ground and started to play with them. One of the rocks had a big crack, which was big enough for three people.

Lin Ke followed closely behind. His eyes unconsciously swept towards the direction of the house that was not far away. There, he felt a few waves of energy that were not weak.

Along the way down, the family's secret place of detention was probably constructed underground.

As he went deeper, the inner space grew larger and larger.

"There's nothing to ask?" Rhine asked without turning around.

"Yes, wouldn't it be too easy for the enemy to identify the entrance if it was placed on such an obvious fake mountain?"

Rhine.

"Well, Grandpa, you probably want me to ask you why you want to hit me and all that," Rinkey said after a moment of silence, "You always need to explain yourself."

Rhine's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it on his face. He felt that it was necessary to not make his grandson too proud. "I want you to ask me why you caught that fat guy."

"Why?"

Rhine "…"

"Well," Rhine finally calmed down after a while, "We want to use this fat guy to test the bottom line of Black Panther. If he's deep enough, we'll force him to recognize you as his master."

Lin Ke's heart was in turmoil. Accepting him as his master? Of course, he knew that acknowledging him as master was not as simple as kneeling on the ground and kissing his boots. Humans had never been able to recognize another alien race as master because of only one thing, the Soul Contract!

Linke's mind was in a mess. "Why me?" He paused for a moment before continuing, "Hmm, what I want to say is why I chose to have him recognize me as my master instead of my father or the other brothers? I don't think that's any different. My brothers even need him. I don't lack protection around me. "

It was your seventh grandfather's intention, "Rhine walked forward without stopping, waving his hand and saluting the guards." Afterwards, you will go to the Imperial Capital, and if you pass the entrance exam, then your seventh grandfather will come back to Windy City, and you will have to study there for a period of time, and during that time, you will encounter more people, and you will encounter more problems. Besides Xue'er and Lilith, this kid from the Black Leopard race is one of the most trusted helpers we have ever prepared for you.

Lin Ke was silent.

The Murters' secret prison.

Link calmly looked at the giant creature in front of him, covered in blood.

A three-meter-tall humanoid being was tied to a sturdy steel cage with over ten iron chains that were as thick as a baby's arm. There were also iron nails as thick as fingers on many parts of its body to prevent it from struggling at its full power. The creature had limbs and torso similar to a human's, but a polar bear's head. White hair covered the entire head, extending to the chest, shoulders, and more than half the back, making it look more wild.

This was the powerful branch of the Bear People, the White Bear.

At this moment, the bear man was clearly in an extremely exhausted state. The luxurious clothing he had changed into that of a fat merchant had long since transformed into fragments of cloth that hung over his body, leaving him in a very sorry state.

"Hehe." The bear-man's voice was low and turbid, but his beast-like face had a strange smile that could be read as ridicule, "Why not kill me?"

Link stood at the edge of the cage without saying a word.

"I know that even children of the beastmen are not afraid of death, and in your eyes, death is a different fate. You guys are even less afraid of pain, but I know that you guys are afraid of being crippled, and you can't stand to watch the pain of your limbs being ripped off from your body. You guys can't accept being raised like dogs by your people," Rhine said in a cruel voice, but out of the corner of his eyes, he was satisfied with seeing that Lin Ke didn't seem to be affected at all, "If you don't tell me something that would satisfy me, then I will tear off your limbs … ask your doctor to heal your wounds and send you back to the empire with a jar of white bears to feed you to your people."

The Bear Man did not speak again, but lowered his head in silence, as if in silent resistance.

"That kid from the Black Panther race is quite talented," Rhine said, making the man slowly raise his head again.

"Since you know about the Black Panther race, you will know that their talent has always been like this. That is a gift from the great Beast God," the bear-man said slowly, as if he was talking about the most ordinary of small matters, without any unnecessary ripples.

"Haha, people always say Beastmen are stupid, but how would they know that a simple and honest Beastman is good at lying. If that black kid could be counted as an ordinary Black Panther clan, the Beastman Empire would already be able to fight back against the continent and not suffer in the Northern Frozen Plains just because of the alliance. I don't think we need to play any more boring games. Just tell me where you came from. "

The man sneered and lowered his head.

Rhine was neither surprised nor embarrassed, he just turned around and smiled at Link, "Orcs are always like this, but we have plenty of time, let's go see that poor little black panther, making him loyal to you is the most important thing today."

Lin Ke saw the bear-man suddenly raise his head. His eyes were staring at him with huge eyes and his teeth had nearly shattered from clenching. However, he did not say anything in the end.

He silently turned around and followed Rhine.

— —

"If you're not feeling well, you can wait outside. I'll call you in to finish a simple ceremony after everything is settled," Rhine said to Rinkey after they arrived at the cell where the black kid was being held.

"I think I can," Link said calmly. When Rhine was about to open the door, he suddenly spoke again, "Have you signed a soul contract with another alien?"

Rhine paused for a long moment, and then he said, "Yes, it was a mind-boggling Aaron." He let out a long breath, "It's already dead."

"You are very sad."

"Yes, child," Rhine said, showing a rare emotion other than determination in front of Link. "After you have experienced it, you will understand that as time goes by, they will become like your brothers, not just a servant or mount." His eyes were filled with sadness, "He died to protect me."

Lin Ke was silent. Then, he was the first to open the door.

The little black boy in the cell was not locked up like the Bearman, but was chained to one foot by a long chain, the other end of which was connected to the prison.

Upon seeing Linke enter, Blackie's eyes were filled with indifference.

"You already know that the Bearman was captured, and you also know what the result is," Rhine said calmly, "We gave you a long time to think, can you tell us your answer now?"

Blackie didn't say a word, only staring at Lin Ke.

His eyes did not blink.