Chapter 133: 　The Presbyterian Church (Part 1)

After a day's rest, Allen returned to Dawn's Blade to report. This autumn hunting was quite fruitful, and Leon came to take care of the dangerous species that was full of the spaceship warehouse. After deducting the cost of labor and sales/sales, the net profit will be divided between two people. Among them, Leon took 30% and Allen took 70%. In addition, Leon gave Allen the prizes obtained from his autumn hunt as promised, but considering that Leon has not been able to sell those dangerous species for himself, Alan is not good at accepting him. Everything, so I only took a second-level magic weapon.
Allen wanted to return the other things to Leon, but Leon refused, and the two argued about it. In the end, they decided to distribute this part of the prizes to those young masters who got nothing after the ten autumn hunters. So this autumn hunting this year, almost everyone has gained, and it also made Alan and Leon a lot of fame.
Two days after Allen returned to the academy, early in the morning, the people up and down in Ugalle Castle were busy almost early. Residents of Levin town saw the speed running through the town, one after another on the road leading to the castle. There are different coats of arms in those speed cars, these coats of arms represent the important clan family members of the Beskard family.
These clansmen are scattered all over the surface on weekdays, each with their own properties. If Bethkoder is an ancient tree, then these clan members are roots that extend to the ground for an unknown depth. One of them may not have much weight, but when they get together, it is the cornerstone of the huge Bethkod family. Only when the presbytery is held will these clan elders rush back from the surface and return to the origin of the family, Ugalle Castle.
The parking lot outside the castle is full of speeding vehicles, and the additional family guards are standing by their posts, forming a tight protection net. After the clan elders came to Babylon, their safety was left to the master's family. Bethkod has many friends and better enemies, but this is Babylon after all. Under the nose of the federal government, normally, no one would be brave enough to openly attack Beskod’s family dignitaries. But Horn still sent an to him, and even transferred another secret warrior, Fording, back to the town.
The three remaining secret warriors, the blood scorpion Anna is good at assassination, intelligence gathering and other tasks; Gunner Fording is the strongest of the three, as early as when he followed Horn on his expedition to Outland, he was already a level 25 awakener. As for now, no one knows the depth of his strength, and it is not surprising that he is promoted to the top level of the dominator or the ancestors; although the last sword general Baroque is slightly inferior to Fording in strength, he is an all-rounder in civil and military skills. For the soldiers fighting, Fording couldn't keep up. Therefore, Horn was entrusted with an important task, and there was another important position in his body and was not able to participate in this presbytery.
The security work of the Presbyterian Church is presided over by Fording, and Horn is very relieved. The formal presbytery of Beskod is held every five years, and some important proposals are resolved through video conferences on weekdays, and there is no need for all the elders to be present. Only three to five elders who serve as standing directors need to pass. For example, Allen’s resource allocation plan was only approved by Horn and three other directors and could be implemented.
The presbytery, like once every five years, is much more formal. All 16 Beskold family elders must attend. After all, the three-day presbytery agenda involves future family development, strategic adjustment, and appointment and scheduling of important members. As well as the notification of family events and so on. This is related to the interests of every elder, clan behind him, and even every clan member.
Horn, who is the master and the head of the family, came to the top of the main building early. The banquet hall on the top floor is connected to the conference hall where the presbytery is held, separated by a wooden door with iron edges between the two halls. During the presbytery, the banquet hall will also be open at the same time, so that the entourage of each clan can enjoy self-service wine and delicacies in the hall at any time.
There is another passage to the conference hall, Horn and Butler Heising arrived in advance. The guard opened the door for the two of them, and a hall of 500 square meters appeared in Horn's eyes. On both sides of the wall in the middle of the hall, Beskard's lion, eagle and beast battle flags were hung, and in the middle were portraits of the patriarchs. . When Horn a hundred years later, his portrait will also be among them, as for now, it is still a bit early.
In the middle of the hall is a long lightning rock table. The lightning rock is a product of one of Beskard's family colonial stars. It is named because the stone has a natural texture like lightning. The stone table is carved and polished from a huge piece of rough stone. Sixteen dark red suede leather chairs are arranged on two sides, which are the positions of the elders.
As for Horn, he is in the middle of the long table, with his back facing the family battle flag and portrait wall.
In the dome of the hall, an ancient chandelier with intricate patterns hangs in the center. In the past, every exquisite candlestick on it would light a candle with a child's arm thick. Of course, its function has now been replaced by several sets of crystal wall lamps on the walls of the hall, and only the decorative function and memorial significance remain.
Even though this hall is only used once every five years, it is still spotless now. Horn walked to the front of the wall of portraits, his eyes swept across the portraits of the patriarchs of the past. There was a little pause on the last second portrait, the appearance of the man in that portrait was somewhat similar to Horn. He stared in his eyes as if looking forward to the future of the family. The painter's painting skills are indeed very good, although it is only a portrait, but the expression of this person's eyes is very vivid.
This is the previous patriarch and Horn's father. Below the portrait is a line of fine print with a name written on it: Charles Bethkode.
"You know, Heising. Back then, my father was not optimistic about me, because I was more passionate about the pursuit of power than family management and power. At that time, my father thought I was a martial artist, and he often said that a martial artist was I couldn’t lead the whole family. I didn’t think so. I even often confronted him. He asked me to read more books on management and politics, while I applied for an expedition to Outland." Horn smiled and shook his head: "But it turns out that my father is right. To lead the whole family, force alone is not enough. But strong force does not hurt, at least after I returned to Babylon, it allowed me to survive the conspiracy and attacks of several brothers, and eventually took over my father’s job. ."
Haising bowed his head without comment.
The struggle for power has always been and cruel. Whether it is the president of the Federation or the patriarch of the family, who dares to say that his hands are not covered with the blood of competitors? Take Horn, for example, if he hadn't killed several of his own brothers, how could he sit in his current position.
Next to the portrait of Horne's father, there is a vacant picture frame. There was no drawing paper in the frame, only a small sign under the frame with Horn's name written on it. This is the position of the portrait reserved for Horne. When he passes away, the portrait that has been prepared early will be framed in the frame. Horn stretched out his hand, touched the wall next to his portrait, and said, "I hope that in this position after me, there will be a portrait of Allen."
Heising's head fell lower, and he tried to keep himself from hearing what Horn was saying. Even if he likes Ellen, the young master, but Ellen enters the heir sequence at the end of the day, he has to maintain his current position and try to avoid inadvertently leaking certain information from his mouth. As the housekeeper of this family, Heising knew exactly what he could say, and what he had to say would rot in his stomach.
The door opened and heavy footsteps rang. Horn turned his head, his sight was filled with a small silhouette. The cumbersome bear moved his steps with difficulty, spreading his hands and shouting with red face: "Hey, Horn. My dear patriarch and brother, I haven't seen you in five years. You still haven't seen me at all. It makes me jealous. Why didn’t you get slashed by the blade demon back then? Otherwise, I don’t have to see you who are gaining weight every time I see you!"
"Damn Edric, you should take good care of your mouth. Looking at your figure, I really suspect that the oil flowing in your veins is not blood." Horn also laughed, symbolically as the fat man Hugged. After all, the opponent's body is so fat that Horn can't close his hands at all.
Haising also came over and leaned to the fat man and said, "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Edric. You look healthy."
Edric patted Heising happily and said to Horn: "Look at Mr. Heising, this is a greeting. It's not like cursing me when you come up."
Horn shook his head and laughed, "It's just that you can't understand my concern~EbookFREE.me~ Patriarch Horn is right, Edric, if your sense of humor is as much as your fat, we will all Very happy."
Following the fat Edric, a thin old man walked in with his hands in his hands. His figure was rickety, and his sallow skin was tightly pressed against the skull-shaped face. When he spoke, he would see the row of teeth that had been yellowed and half rotten, all of which made him look like a zombie who had just crawled out of the grave.
"Welcome, Uncle Baker." Horn nodded.
Edric put away his smile and said coldly: "I'm so glad to see you, Uncle Baker. I thought you won't be able to come this year, but I didn't expect you to go into the coffin."
"Don't worry, Edric. I'm going to die someday, and I will definitely issue an obituary to you." Without paying any attention to the fat man's disrespect, the old man sat straight on the first seat on his right.
Edric's eyelids jumped, and he shook his body to the opposite side of the old man, trying to put his body into the top seat that could be sat down by two of them.
As soon as the fat man took his seat, another figure flashed in outside the door. He was about the same age as Hoth, but he was wearing a very flamboyant gown, and an exaggerated exploded head was still striking. The man turned a golden cane on his hand, coupled with the rings of various jewels on his hands and ten fingers, it made him look like an explosion on the surface. But such a tasteless guy is indeed one of Bethkod's elders, Tell.
Thiel gently squeezed his well-decorated eight-character Hu: "It seems that I am late this year, Edric and Uncle Baker, why are you still alive? This really makes me sad."
Both Edric and Baker snorted, Horn shook his head and looked at Hessing, and both smiled helplessly. At this point, the three most important elders of the side branch clans have all arrived.