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Chapter 154 - Chapter 100 Collaborative Battle

  Byrne once left behind several sets of tactics for fighting against metamorphic extraordinary beings. Of course, these were referring to enemies at the lower level of metamorphosis. If the enemy was at the middle level of metamorphosis, the only option was to escape.

  Because starting from the level of transformation, the gap between each small stage of the extraordinary person is a huge change.

  The guards of the Fisher family stood at various locations in the manor, lighting torches in every key place to dispel the darkness, and were ready to report the situation by whistling at any time.

  They can report completely different situations by using a combination of long and short whistles.

  Of course, if the situation is extremely urgent, the guards can also directly "report" with gunshots.

  They had already received a lot of training, and although everyone looked extremely nervous, Byrne and Captain Theo had repeatedly instilled a concept in everyone.

  As long as the Fisher family cooperates well and unites as one, they can defeat any enemy.

  Of course, this is impossible.

  However, they must make their subordinates believe this, otherwise morale will collapse easily and everything will be over.

  Papers with mystic rings were posted everywhere in Fisher Manor. In order to prevent problems with the papers, they were replaced every few days.

  Irene closed her eyes and silently listened to what was happening outside.

  After hiding the two children, Vanessa returned to the manor and sent out all the fireflies to help resist the enemy's attacks with aerial firepower.

  She has two different summon type spells, Summon Birds and Summon Fireflies.

  Compared to summoning birds, summoning fireflies requires less mental power, and the number of summons that can be summoned will be greater.

  The birds and fireflies summoned by Vanessa are not without killing ability, but "bombs" that can be detonated from the inside to cause damage. The power of the former is even comparable to alchemical explosives, while the power of the latter is similar to that of a bullet fired from a flintlock.

  The maximum control distance of the summoner at the origin is one hundred meters. If they are farther away, even one or two meters, they will be completely out of Vanessa's control.

  Eric took out many alchemical potions that he had purchased and made over the years, divided them into two types: auxiliary recovery and harmful. He quickly distributed them all to everyone present.

  "The great Lord of the Lost has told me that he is a summoning spellcaster. He is located behind a tree at the seven o'clock direction, five hundred meters away."

  Irene calmly assigned the most important tasks to her brother and Archibald.

  "He will definitely send summons to attack the manor. We will resist and delay them head-on. Chris, you and Archibald will go kill the caster himself."

  "The great Lord of the Lost will tell you the exact location of that hateful invader."

  "Archibald, you have to protect Chris."

  Archibald nodded repeatedly, his whole body trembling with excitement, and said with wide eyes: "Well, Dean Irene, I will definitely protect him, don't worry!"

  The key to the assassination lies in Chris, who possesses the power of the "killer" sequence.

  He was able to sneak up to the caster silently and end the battle once and for all.

  However, the most important issue is that spellcasters generally have ways to defend themselves.

  Whether Chris can break through the caster's self-defense method is the key to completing the assassination on the battlefield.

  However, none of them knew what the other party's self-defense method was.

  Just as Byrne concluded, "intelligence" is the most important thing in extraordinary combat.

  If they knew in advance how the opposing spellcaster defended themselves, they would be better prepared.

  However, the enemy is unaware of their various abilities, and there is a "fog" between both sides. Whether they can successfully use the "fog" to defeat the enemy is the key to victory or defeat.

  Time passed little by little, and everyone felt very nervous. Some people even thought that it would be better for the enemy to come sooner, because the waiting period was the most torturous and anxious time.

  Chris lowered his head silently, thinking about what he and Archibald had to do, which was to put an end to the enemy once and for all.

  At the same time, he was also calculating when the Silver Elder Allen, the old priest of the Storm Cult, the sheriff and others would arrive.

  There is no doubt that the participation of every extraordinary person is likely to affect the battle situation.

  Irene suddenly spoke up.

  "Here it comes!"

  Soon, a fierce and loud whistle sounded outside! A long whistle!

  "Swoosh!!!!"

  A monster with a bull's head and a human body, over five meters tall, suddenly appeared outside the manor, waving its strong arms and smashing through the wall, with no intention of hiding its huge body at all.

  The guards saw it first even from a distance!

  "Fire!"

  Faced with the terrifying monster that was more than five meters tall, the guards were all extremely nervous and opened fire without hesitation as soon as it entered the shooting range.

  However, a despairing scene appeared. The monster with a bull's head and a human body was surprisingly thick-skinned and able to withstand the flintlock bullets. Even though it was covered in wounds, it still rushed forward angrily!

  At the same time, the monster's several huge arms also grabbed a part of the rubble on the wall.

  Its running speed is close to that of an ordinary person, but its strength and vitality are enough to rival a degenerated lower-level Bloodline Knight. However, the distance for throwing alchemical explosives is not close enough, so the guards can only keep shooting.

  In most battles, some of the ordinary guards would turn around and run away at this stage.

  "Don't retreat! If you retreat, you will die!"

  However, the deputy captain of the guards roared loudly in the back, and the guards responsible for defending that side turned pale, but they still stood where they were without retreating or running away.

  Getting closer!

  The monster with a bull's head and a human body was within thirty meters. Its several huge arms threw rocks, instantly killing two guards who were relatively close to it.  

  Everyone was terrified when they saw this moment. A new guard screamed and turned around to escape in fear, but was shot down by the deputy guard captain with a precise shot.

  "Bang!"

  Smoke was still coming out of the muzzle of the gun, and the deputy guard captain's voice was extremely cold.

  "No one is allowed to run! Get ready to throw! Those who have finished shooting, reload your bullets!"

  Finally, the monster with a bull's head and a human body came within the throwing range of the alchemical explosives, and the family guards desperately threw the alchemical explosives one after another.

  For several years, Fischer's family guards received shooting and throwing training every day. The replenishment of various ammunition and extra bonuses consumed a lot of the family's money, and the guards also complained constantly.

  However, it was not until this moment that their training finally showed results.

  Most of the alchemical explosives were thrown accurately and landed at the monster's feet, then exploded!

  The bull-headed monster was instantly blown up and fell to the ground with one knee, its already red skin torn into a bloody mess.

  It couldn't help but wail continuously, and even its charging speed came to a complete halt.

  "It works! It works!"

  "We did it!"

  "Fuck it! Fuck it!"

  When the family guards saw the remarkable effect of the explosives, their morale immediately boosted.

  The old man in the distance observed the battle situation through the perspective of the Defeatable Demon with a bull's head and a human body, and frowned slightly.

  "It's really strange, the guards of the Fisher family actually have the qualities of professional soldiers?"

  Ordinary people have very poor psychological quality. When they see a monster the size of a house running not far in front of them, and their companions are killed, they will basically become panic-stricken or even flee in all directions.

  The Fisher family's guards were completely beyond his expectations.

  But the old man had another plan. The worms in the ground suddenly emerged from behind the bunker and bit several guards hiding behind the bunker to death. Their mouths full of teeth tore their flesh and blood into pieces in an instant!

  "Ahhh! Monster!"

  The guards were still screaming wildly before they died, which immediately attracted the attention of others.

  "Ahhhh! Help me, help me!"

  "damn it!"

  The other guards who saw this scene felt a chill all over their bodies. Their morale, which had just been rising, suddenly froze. They quickly shot at the worm monster!

  However, the worm monster was very fast and had drilled deep into the ground again in an instant.

  The flintlock had terrible accuracy, and in such a rush no bullet could hit it.

  "wrong."

  The old man who was watching the battle silently beside a tree in the distance frowned, instinctively feeling that something was wrong. None of the opponent's extraordinary people had appeared until now.

  So he cast the summoning spell again, consuming some of his mental power, and summoned out fist-sized black ants on the ground.

  There is a fiery red line on their heads, which starts to spread out around them after it appears.

  Various forms of enemy-searching spells are basically a must-have for spellcasters at every metamorphosis level.

  The number of spell models that a spellcaster can remember is limited. The origin can only remember one, two, or three spell models, while the metamorphic level spellcasters can remember five, seven, or nine spell models.

  Most spellcasters at the origin level have no choice, and in battles at the metamorphosis level, only the stupidest spellcasters will only memorize attack and defense spells.

  They all knew the importance of functional spells such as "Search Enemy".

  Dozens of big black ants crawled in all directions. When they encountered walls and trees, they climbed directly upwards, sensing all the situations around them.

  Soon, they discovered Archibald who was approaching quietly.

  The two closest big black ants suddenly charged towards him frantically, and the flame patterns on their heads glowed and hot!

  Just when Archibald was about to be touched by the giant black ants, he suddenly jumped several meters high, and then he saw two giant black ants on the east coast explode instantly on the ground!

  "boom!"

  The ground was blown into pieces, and the explosion was as powerful as alchemical dynamite. If Archibald had not suddenly jumped up, he would have been seriously injured even if he did not die on the spot.

  "Hey, he really found me! How did I get exposed? Is he Chris from the Fisher family?"

  The old man didn't understand at all that his remaining scent, the sounds he made, and even the airflow caused by his movements had been locked onto by the other party.

  He quickly moved to another location. Although he didn't understand how the other party found him, he had to leave quickly since his position had been discovered, otherwise he would be likely to be attacked suddenly by the other party.

  At the same time, the old man was extremely skilled in constantly switching the perspectives of the various summons, controlling them in multiple threads to continuously scout and kill enemies.

  "The advantage of spellcasters is that we can create battlefields with completely different situations!"

  The worms have killed seven guards in a row, and the morale of the remaining guards is about to collapse. Even the deputy captain of the guards looks grim.

  At this moment, a very special bullet hit the worm's head with an almost impossible probability!

Chapter 101 The decisive blow!

  "Is that some kind of magic applied to the flintlock? Why is the power so great that it can kill the worm with just one strike?"

  The vision of the worm completely disappeared from his mind, and the old man was extremely confused. He knew in his heart that ordinary flintlock bullets could not kill the worm with one shot.

  There is something mysterious about that shot just now.

  In the darkness, the old man standing behind the tree frowned and was filled with fear.

  If the opponent could fire bullets of that power recklessly, he could even consider retreating, because except for multiple summons, most of them could not withstand one or two hits.

  "Maybe it's not a gun or a spell, but the effect of some mysterious object?" The old man thought for a long time but could not get an answer, so he could only become alert.

  "Woo!"

  The Defeatist Demon with a bull's head and a human body wailed in extreme anger. Its huge body was severely damaged by the alchemical explosives attack of the family guards, and white bones could be seen under the flesh and blood that was constantly churning and recovering.

  It was dying and full of anger. Suddenly it turned around and strode back. Under the control of the old man, it retreated to a safe distance. The broken flesh and blood grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  The opponent had already escaped from the throwing distance of the alchemical explosives, the flintlock rifle was of little use, and the Fisher family guards did not rush into attack.

  Without the cooperation of worms, the threat posed by a single Minotaur is not very great. The old man certainly would not send it away meaninglessly, so he chose to let it recover.

  "I only have half of my spiritual power left. What should I do next to be the most correct choice?"

  "Um..."

  He thought quickly about what tactics to use and how to allocate his remaining mental strength.

  In the end, it was through "enhancement" that a giant bull-headed demon was summoned that could ignore the power of alchemical explosives, withstand all attacks, and directly destroy the house.

  Or should he summon three different summons to launch a collective attack, or "strengthen" other summons? Try completely different tactical effects?

  Tactical choices have a great impact on victory or defeat, so he must think carefully.

  Although the effect of "strengthening" is very strong, it will consume three times his mental power, which will instantly deplete his remaining mental power. It is definitely not the best choice.

  The old man even clearly realized one thing, that attacking Fisher Manor tonight might not be a good idea.

  Although the only patriarch of the Fisher family who reached the second level, the man named Byrne Fisher, is not here, the remaining extraordinary people and even the guards have good combat qualities.

  He suddenly noticed that from the perspective of several black ants, the tall boy who was suspected to be "Chris" was still approaching here.

  Based on the information he purchased, the old man knew that there were currently three Origin Extraordinary People in Fisher Manor, namely Eileen Fisher, Chris Fisher, and a girl named Vanessa.

  "What's going on? Why do they know my location all along?"

  The old man was horrified when he noticed this, and decided to kill the guy who was approaching first, then retreat and wait for a good opportunity!

  Yes, he chose to retreat.

  Tonight, he was hiding but was suddenly exposed. The Fisher family had prepared in advance to an absurd degree, and they were always able to detect his specific location!

  He felt that it would be difficult to easily capture everyone in the manor if he continued to fight, and when other extraordinary people in the town came to support him, he would be in danger of being surrounded.

  The best option was to retreat, but the old man was unwilling and decided to kill a blood knight of the Fisher family first.

  The clean and tidy streets outside the Fisher Manor were lined with trees. The old man's black ants noticed a new situation and a female spellcaster appeared behind a tree a hundred meters away.

  She was wearing hunting boots and had emerald-colored short hair, and she exuded a heroic temperament just standing there.

  She summoned a group of white birds, which quickly flew towards the old man!

  One hundred meters?

  The old man did not panic, but quickly made analysis and assumptions in his mind.

  The other party knew his exact location and was standing exactly one hundred meters away. She was most likely a summoning-type spellcaster at the origin center, so her maximum operating distance was one hundred meters.

  He knew very well that the birds would self-destruct, so he had to quickly chant a spell and summon a creature that looked like a turtle but had two heads, a huge shell, and a body the size of a millstone.

  The two-headed turtle moved extremely slowly, so it could only lie beside the old man, raising its head and spitting out water bombs as heavy as steel, shooting down flying birds in mid-air.

  "Oh, no!"

  When the old man saw the birds being shot down one after another, he thought there was no problem, but suddenly he discovered something terrible!

  Those flying birds were just a cover, and there were fireflies hiding behind them!

  Many fireflies flew in different directions, and the two-headed turtle only had time to hit half of them with the next water ball, and the remaining half of the fireflies were about to approach the old man.

  "Squeak!"

  Suddenly, white lightning flashed in the old man's black robe, like a white torch in the dark night!

  Bolts of lightning pierced the air like forked tree branches, automatically capturing hostile fireflies, completely burning them, and detonating them prematurely. The repeated explosions in the darkness created a roar.

  The automatic counterattack of the treasure-level mysterious artifact successfully defended against the aerial attack, but the two-headed turtle monster that was very close to the old man was not affected at all. Those unnatural lightnings automatically chose enemies or friends.

  But deep in his heart he suddenly had a strong sense of foreboding.

  "Oh no!"

  The old man's face changed completely. The effect of his most important method of self-defense, that precious treasure, was "tricked" out by just a few fireflies!

  It cannot be used continuously, and it will be in a "vacuum period" for the next few tens of seconds!

  At the same time, several black ants have found the female caster.

  But to the old man's surprise, the other party, who was obviously a spellcaster, was extremely agile. He was able to maneuver with a limp, and then used fireflies to detonate the black ants that were about to self-destruct in advance.

  What's going on?

  Isn't she a spellcaster? Moreover, she is disabled. Why is her physical fitness obviously stronger than that of ordinary people?

  "It doesn't make sense at all. What is going on..."

  The old man's mind was a little confused. He always felt that many of the things he encountered when he came to the Fisher family today were a bit contrary to the common sense in past battles between extraordinary people.

  He was a little chilled. The extraordinary people of the Fisher family were all very curious about what were the various abnormal powers they possessed?

  Although fear was already welling up in his heart, the old man did not stop and cast a spell again, intending to summon a new creature to cover his escape.  

  At the same time, his body was almost fully restored, like a reborn Bull-Headed Devil.

  "Bang!"

  Just when the vacuum period of the treasure-level artifact was about to pass, a sudden bullet caused severe pain in the old man's neck and the spell was interrupted!

  He covered his neck in shock, completely speechless!

  "Well!"

  Why would someone suddenly start shooting nearby? The ants he summoned through the enemy-searching spell "Summoning Red Mountain Ants" could clearly confirm that there was no one around!

  The old man turned his head in disbelief, his neck still bleeding, and he stared at a tree not far away.

  The silver-haired boy sneaked into the darkness without anyone noticing, half-crouched on a tree and pointed a flintlock at him.

  Who is he?

  The old man had no idea who the other person was!

  If the boy before was not Chris, and he was Chris, then who was the boy before?

  After the shooting was completed, Chris was extremely indifferent and quickly loaded the second bullet.

  He jumped over the tree more nimbly than a cat, giving the opponent no chance to fight back.

  As expected, as soon as he jumped off the tree, the heavy water ball spit out by the two-headed turtle completely broke the entire tree!

  "Uh, woo!"

  The old man didn't die for a while. He took out a scarlet medicine bottle from his arms with trembling hands and swallowed the sticky liquid in the bottle that looked like blood.

  I still have a chance!

  He wailed in his heart, and as soon as he recovered, he would immediately use "Reinforcement" to summon a certain summon.

  The old man was suddenly shocked to find that the injury on his neck had not healed. The reason was completely unknown, but the precious life-saving medicine just now did not work!

  There were too many things that he could not understand tonight. The old man lay on the ground trembling, feeling the slowly passing life and the intense pain in his body. Deep in his heart, there was only an incomparable fear and confusion.

  "Cough cough cough!"

  He kept spitting blood and his eyes were full of disbelief.

  Those extraordinary people from the Fisher family

  are not normal at all!

  What on earth is wrong with them!

  The Fisher family members suddenly discovered that all the summons from the enemy on the field became abnormal, and the control spells on them seemed to have failed.

  "Ouch!"

  The Bull-Headed Defeater, no longer under control, did not need to suppress its instincts and charged madly towards the manor. Finally, it was hit by Eric's poison mist potion. It covered its eyes and was trapped in place, wailing in pain for a long time. Finally, it was completely killed by the alchemical explosives.

  The explosive black ants fled in all directions, and Vanessa and Archibald managed to detonate them before they exploded when they encountered people.

  The turtle monster with two heads is actually a mysterious creature called Sregram, which comes from the west of Oden continent.

  After it is no longer controlled by the spell, its head completely retracts into its shell and no longer participates in anything happening in the outside world.

  Archibald breathed a sigh of relief and shouted excitedly, "The control over the summoned creature has failed. That guy is dead!"

  Indeed, they had all heard about it from Vanessa.

  Most of the summons that summon the caster are mysterious creatures that are forcibly summoned from this world or other worlds.

  As long as the summoner dies, the control of the summoned creatures will be lifted, and all summoned creatures will act according to their own instincts and will.

  Archibald was so excited that he wanted to rush to the old man, but he heard a rare shout from Chris.

  "Don't go over there!"

  Chris reappeared after reloading his bullets. He stood in the darkness a hundred meters away, holding a dark gold alchemical flintlock rifle, and shot the old man's body again with great accuracy.

  "Bang!"

  "Aaaaaaaaaaah!"

  The old man who had been lying there for a long time suddenly let out a wailing and angry sound!

  As a spellcaster, his physical fitness was not as good as that of the Bloodline Knight, but he was still a little stronger than ordinary people. He did not die completely, but he was unable to concentrate and mobilize his mental strength.

  Fisher family!

  I curse you, you will go to hell sooner or later!

  It will not be far away. After a while, the sea god will prepare the final funeral for you and the Syat people on the east coast!

  Archibald was stunned. It turned out that the other party had deliberately released the control of the summoned creature and then pretended to be dead on the ground.

  If I just walked over there without any precautions, I would most likely be ambushed and killed by the dying enemy.

  "It's actually like this…"

  He was shaking with fear, and Dean Irene's teachings came back to his mind.

  Be careful! Keep the secret!

  I was often punished by the dean because of my carelessness, and tonight I almost died because of my lack of caution.

  The scene just now made everyone more alert. Everyone waited for a while, until Chris finished shooting for the third time and confirmed that the old man was completely dead. Only then did the Fisher family finally breathe a sigh of relief.

  "We won!"

  Cheers rang out one after another, and dozens of people shouted loudly. Only at this moment did the neighbors around the street dare to open their windows and doors and quietly look over here.

  When Chris walked over to the old man's body, Archibald, with sweat all over his face, also walked over, a little at a loss, and murmured:

  "Thank you, thank you, Chris, thank you."

  Chris stopped and looked back at him calmly.

  "Survive."

 Chapter 102 Harvest and Sacrifice

  When the Storm Priest arrived, his old, turbid eyes were filled with disbelief.

  "You just lost seven guards, and then you killed this extraordinary person who reached the second level? Moreover, you said that Baron Byrne is not in Nasir at the moment?"

  The people who came to support gathered outside Fisher Manor and looked at each other in confusion at the old man's body.

  Irene nodded and responded very calmly: "Indeed, he may be the type of person who lacks combat experience, and his luck is not very good."

  What happened? How did they do it?

  The old priest was extremely shocked. He was not surprised that the Fisher family could deal with a spellcaster at the metamorphosis level.

  But they were quite surprised that they could easily deal with a metamorphic spellcaster who came for a night attack.

  Oh, qualitative change. I must get used to the reformists' statements in the future.

  Allen and Knight Vaner looked at each other, and were both surprised that the Fisher family was now stronger than it seemed.

  They were very clear about one thing: there was a huge difference between extraordinary people in battles with or without preparation, and the advantage of taking the initiative was enormous.

  Theoretically, it is possible that the Fisher family would be wiped out by a sudden attack by a metamorphic supernatural being. However, the result was that the powerful cultist was easily killed by Fisher.

  "Mr. Byrne is really not in Nasir?" The old priest couldn't help but confirm this matter again and again. If Baron Byrne was also here, everything would make perfect sense.

  "No." Irene shook her head. There was no need to hide anything at this point.

  "Uh, okay, I understand, Ms. Irene. I express my condolences to the victims of this incident. The power of the Storm Lord will avenge them sooner or later."

  The old priest nodded and spoke a set of official words, but deep down he became even more wary of the Fisher family. He then said,

  "Then, I will report the whole incident as soon as possible. At that time, the assistant priest may come to Nasir again."

  Irene thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, Byrne should be back soon by then, and they will be more familiar with each other."

  Every time the assistant priest of Bishop Storm, Priest Zain, came to Nasir Town, the person the Fisher family contacted with him was Byrne instead of Irene.

  Therefore, if the Fisher family were to receive him again, it would be best to let Byrne be in charge.

  The Fisher family reaped great rewards from successfully killing the cultists of Poseidon who had reached the corrupted level.

  They obtained a mysterious treasure of treasure level, a mysterious collection of treasure level, and a magical beast with two heads that was shaped like a turtle.

  Due to the death of the summoner, the summoned creature did not return to its original habitat normally, but continued to stay on the east coast.

  It was a magical beast that had almost no mobility, but its attack and defense were much stronger than the original upper-level bloodline knight.

  Although it is still a long way from becoming a metamorphic Bloodline Knight, the most important thing is that this monster has a very docile temperament and is willing to obey as long as it is given meat to eat. It can be raised in the family's pond.

  Although no one knows what species the "two-headed turtle" is, I think Byrne will be able to tell its name when he comes back.

  In addition, the first of the two mysterious items obtained was a mysterious item that looked like a silver brooch with a silver lightning symbol on the back.

  "Expel Lightning", it can automatically detect targets with murderous intent and threats within a radius of ten meters, and then burst out lightning to directly destroy the opponent.

  However, after each extraordinary effect takes effect, it will take thirty seconds before taking effect again.

  This is a mysterious and rare treasure, and its value is quite high.

  Irene decided to dedicate it to the great Lord of the Lost. He had issued an oracle saying that mysterious objects of collection level were no longer needed, but mysterious objects of treasure level were still suitable as sacrifices.

  As for the second mysterious object, "Evil Wood", it looks like a black short staff and its spiritual power is only at the level of the collection.

  It is a weapon suitable for close to medium range combat, capable of releasing a large amount of black poisonous fog that is lethal to the target, while the person holding the short staff is immune to the poison in the black fog.

  If Archibald had approached the old man pretending to be dead, he would have been attacked!

  Because there was no need to sacrifice the mysterious artifact of the collection level, after some thought, Irene finally decided to assign this mysterious artifact to Vanessa.

  She said calmly to the delighted Vanessa:

  "Vanessa, you performed very well. You didn't stay in the manor all the time. Instead, you went to cooperate with Chris and Archibald to behead the enemy."

  "If it weren't for your help, Chris wouldn't have been able to successfully interrupt him before the other party summoned him again, and the subsequent situation might not have been so smooth."

  Vanessa was very happy, and deep down in her heart she also secretly understood something.

  Power and status come from strength. I didn't dare to think about it before, but now I would like to receive more gifts from the Lord of the Lost.

  Perhaps, I can also possess power equivalent to the metamorphic level.

  She just felt suddenly enlightened. Yes, the dean of the Fisher family and Lord Byrne were just ordinary people at the beginning!

  They started as ordinary people and were able to achieve what they have today. I was even lucky enough to have the talent of a spellcaster, so I might have the opportunity to master even more powerful powers!

  If I could really reach that level, even if my cursed body was disabled and I didn't have my own family, I would actually be fully qualified to stand with him.

  Vanessa stole a glance at Chris, who was standing silently in the corner.

  She was soon surprised to find that Chris was also staring at her expressionlessly. Her face turned red instantly and she didn't dare to look over there anymore.  

  Irene silently watched the flirting between the boy and girl, but didn't say much.

  Although both of them thought they had hidden it well, as an elder, she already knew what Chris and Vanessa were thinking.

  Vanessa's idea was correct. As long as she had enough power, the Fisher family would be willing to accept her as Chris's wife.

  If Vanessa could never reach that level, Irene would rather Chris marry the daughter of a viscount family to bring more resources and better bloodline into the family.

  When Chris breaks through to the third level, he will be qualified to marry into the Viscount family.

  Byrne is the head of the Fisher family, while Irene is the only priest of the Order of Dawn, and her actual status is even higher than Byrne.

  She led several core members to the basement, and everyone knelt in front of the holy object. Then Irene respectfully handed over the "Lightning Expelling" to start a new sacrifice.

  Carl gazed calmly at the new food.

  It was a mysterious treasure-level item, and the spiritual power it possessed was even greater than those treasure-level mysterious treasures that had been absorbed before. Even among the treasure-level items, it was considered very good.

  Now he can be sure of one thing, that is, the transparent bottle is at least a mysterious object of taboo level.

  "Sure enough, the mysterious treasure of the treasure level has a taste. This time the taste is like beef soup. Not only did it completely replenish the spiritual energy consumed by the mind exchange just now, but I also gained more."

  The signs of the third seal loosening are becoming more obvious!

  After being completely devoured, "Lightning Expelling" turned into a silver-white rune in the shape of lightning.

  Carl fell into deep thought, pondering a very critical decision.

  Should it be disassembled into rune essence as nourishment for the growth of other runes, or should the activation authority be directly granted to Darren who still has no runes?

  If it is broken down into its rune essence, there is no way to directly evolve any of the current runes.

  Because "Transcendence" and "Iron Wall" are already Spirit Runes, there is a great demand for them to evolve to the next stage, and because the foundation of "Healing" is too strong, there is a considerable demand simply to evolve to the Spirit Rune stage.

  But giving it to Darren is of no use at the moment, as he is only seven years old.

  After thinking it over, Carl decided to break the lightning rune into rune essences one by one. At the same time, he poured all the rune essences that he had broken out of the collection-level magic objects he had obtained over the years into the "healing" rune.

  The progress bar for its evolution into a Spirit Rune quickly took a big step forward.

  Originally, it took the rune essence of thirty ordinary runes to evolve the "healing" rune into a spiritual rune, but now it only requires fifteen.

  "At least it's a visible pie, and it's the most likely result to be achieved in the next few years. I just don't know what kind of power the 'treatment' will become after it evolves."

  Carl soon saw that the members of the Fisher family began to review the battle as usual, summarizing the mistakes and experiences in the battle, and Irene also asked Vanessa to write them down.

  One good habit that Byrne brought to the Fischer family was that everyone valued experience and review. After every training exercise and actual combat, they would collectively think about how they could do better next time.

  Even though the results this time were extremely promising, the Fisher family still did not become complacent.

  The Fisher family has made some progress today. Although it is still extremely weak and treads on thin ice, they at least have the prototype of a family that can become more powerful.

  What surprised Carl a little was that Eric, who was not very talkative and somewhat reluctant to communicate with others, could actually talk nonstop during the review phase.

  "I think Fisher's biggest advantage is that we can get intelligence about the enemy in advance. This time we knew that the enemy was a summoning type spellcaster, so we decided to use the decapitation tactic immediately."

  "Also, we can constantly lock onto the other party's position through the Mystic Ear Technique and tracking senses, while the other party is completely unable to grasp or even know of Master Chris's existence."

  "Although each of us is far less powerful than that bull-headed monster, we can use ordinary people to delay it and then gather our strength to attack the enemy's key weak points."

  Everyone agreed with Eric's point of view. The results of this battle were almost perfect. It was completely unlike the incident with the Son of the Abyss, where the rhythm of the battle was completely controlled by the opponent's extraordinary people.

  The most important point is that they were well prepared in advance and had already secured a 50% chance of winning before the battle actually began.

  If it was not a positional defense battle, but a sudden ambushes in an unfamiliar place, the members of the Fisher family would have most likely been wiped out by the enemy.

  Archibald suddenly lowered his head and said:

  "In the past few years, I have always complained in my heart that Mr. Byrne was too strict when training us, and his subsequent reviews were simply crazy. Now I understand that I was wrong."

  A few days later, Byrne and Theo returned.

  After he heard the whole story, his expression changed drastically.

  "So who leaked my whereabouts?"

Chapter 103 Negligence

  While the pensions were being distributed and the funerals were being held, an internal investigation of the Fisher family quietly began.

  Irene called each person into the room individually to talk to her in detail.

  She was very skilled in using malicious words to guide the other party, and through her ability to listen to malicious words, she could sense the deepest thoughts of everyone in the Fisher family.

  In order to make everyone willing to accept the order, even Byrne himself accepted her inspection.

  Although a few servants and guards who had some malicious intent or had stolen family items were found, no so-called traitors were found after a full round of investigation.

  A few days later at noon, Byrne kept wandering in the hall, thinking for a long time, and suddenly said to the captain of the guard standing not far away:

  "Tio, call your wife over."

  Theo was stunned for a moment. A certain possibility made him feel great fear in his heart, but he still followed Byrne's orders.

  "Okay, I understand. I'll go right away."

  He eats and lives in the manor and rarely goes home. Basically, he goes home for one or two days at most a month. In fact, his relationship with his wife is not very good recently.

  Although the work is extremely hard, Theo's monthly salary is five times that of ordinary guards, and her annual salary and bonus are ten times.

  Therefore, he has always been hardworking and has no complaints about the Fisher family in his heart.

  Theo's wife was also brought to the family manor by him. It was her first time to be inside such a huge manor. She looked extremely surprised and stared at the crystal chandelier on the ceiling for a long time.

  "It's so beautiful, how much does it cost?"

  Some of the servants laughed secretly at the poor man's demeanor.

  Irene communicated with her alone in the room, using skillful words to try to guide the malice deep in the other person's heart.

  She did have malicious intentions, but they were simply out of dissatisfaction with the Fisher family for keeping Theo tied up. Other than that, she had no extra thoughts.

  It seems that it was not Theo's wife who leaked the secret. Theo and Byrne were relieved after getting Irene's answer.

  Byrne really didn't want the problem to be with Theo's wife.

  Theo, the man who was nearly fifty years old, was not only his swordsmanship teacher, captain of the guard, and coachman.

  He is also a warrior who has been with Fisher for many years. Like Vanessa and other boys and girls, he is a confidant who can be considered half of the Fisher family's family.

  What if the traitor is his wife? According to the rules of the Fisher family, she must be executed in secret.

  But even if Theo agrees with the Fisher family's sanctions, he will still have negative emotions in the future. Byrne can no longer reappoint him, but he will also not let him leave the family.

  The worst possible outcome is that the marginalized Theo eventually explodes with negative emotions and impulsively chooses to betray her family.

  Although these were just some speculative possibilities, Byrne's scalp tingled just thinking about them. That was almost the development he feared the most.

  Theo was really relieved. After his wife went back, he thought for a long time and finally asked Mr. Byrne for leave, saying that he was a little tired recently and wanted to go home.

  In fact, the reasons he gave were true.

  Tired.

  This small-scale night defense battle only resulted in the death of seven family guards, which was basically no loss in the eyes of the extraordinary people.

  On the contrary, it was worth making a big fuss about. They had easily dealt with a Level 2 Transcendent who came to attack at night!

  But Theo felt completely different.

  He ate with the guards every day. He still remembered that when there was a young guard who had just come to the Fisher family, he was very lively and humorous every day and often made everyone laugh after training.

  But Theo heard from others that after the battle started, half of his body was eaten alive by worms, and he wailed for a long time in public before he was shot to death by his friend.

  The guard who was under pressure to continue shooting also told him last night that he had decided to quit his job and planned to work as a worker in a factory in Fein City.

  It's not just him.

  Theo remembered the name of every dead guard, as well as their faces, personalities and hobbies.

  They are all living people.

  So he had to attend seven funerals and see the relatives and friends of those people crying seven times.

  Theo used to be the boatswain on a merchant ship that traveled back and forth on the sea, doing trade most of the time and occasionally engaging in pirate plunder.

  Killing and looting did not feel good, but Theo knew that he was the captain's man, and that meant he had to be loyal to the ship.

  Because it was difficult for his wife to take care of their son at home alone, and because he was seriously injured in a naval battle, Theo decided to spend the rest of his life in the town of Nasir and never go out to sea again.

  But without making a living at sea, Theo could only make money by doing carpentry, and the family's income level plummeted.

  After the birth of his second child, Theo, who was finally tired of the poverty and hardship, discussed with his wife that he must find a way to make more money.

  Later, through the introduction of the maritime merchant Mr. John, Lucius met him for the first time.

  "Lucius, Theo is a very capable battlefield commander. I once hoped that he would be the boatswain on my ship. What a pity."

  At that time, Theo immediately said: "I'm sorry, I really don't want to go out to sea anymore."

  He still remembered that lazy man looked at him for a long time, and finally nodded and said:

  "Tio, haha, you have a very good look, a look that only someone who has experienced many battles can have."

  "As long as you can take my three swords, you can become the captain of the Fisher family's guard, but you must use actual combat weapons instead of wood. Do you have the courage?"

  "Okay." Theo nodded.

  Not only did he block Lucius's three consecutive swords, he also suddenly dodged the opponent's fourth sword that suddenly attacked his arm.

  "You are very good. You understand that once you pick up a weapon, there are no more rules in battle. Our Fisher shields must not only be strong but also agile!"

  "You passed!"

  That Mr. Lucius is a really cunning guy, Theo judged it immediately.  

  Over the years, Theo had killed some people for the Fisher family. He knew that as the captain of the guard, he had to be loyal to the Fisher family.

  No matter what the Fischer family asked me to do, since I had been receiving money from them for many years, I couldn't refuse them.

  Theo believes that loyalty and responsibility are the most important qualities.

  Training the family guards was a piece of cake, after all, there weren't many worse people than the group of would-be pirates on the ship.

  However, Byrne, who had returned from the military academy two years earlier, shook his head and said that his method of taming those brats was meaningless.

  "I need to turn them into soldiers who can fight head-on with low-level extraordinary people."

  "Rather than a bunch of idiots who know how to wield weapons."

  Mr. Byrne and Mr. Lucius are two very different people.

  He was originally a kind, timid and smart child who liked to study and was good at observation and summarizing.

  In recent years, Mr. Byrne has grown rapidly, become more stable, and is finally able to do things for his family that he was reluctant to do.

  During the two years, Byrne taught him a lot of knowledge from the military academy, which made Theo, who had never received systematic training, suddenly see the light.

  The originally chaotic experiences in his mind were completely unfolded, and many questions had answers and explanations.

  However, many years of work as a guard captain forced Theo to neglect her family.

  His home is in the south of Nasir Town, and the house is not very big.

  When Theo returned home, he saw his wife struggling to move things and immediately took them in his hands.

  The wife asked in surprise: "Tio, why did you go home today? It shouldn't be your day off yet, right?"

  Theo forced a smile, nodded and replied: "Mr. Byrne gave me a day off today, so I came back now to rest for a day."

  "It's really tiring to go on a long journey. I really want to take a bath now."

  "Um."

  His wife nodded, followed him back to the room without saying anything, and silently prepared a bath for him.

  After Theo put down his things, he suddenly felt that his daughter was reluctant to pay attention to him. His daughter was cooking at home and was surprised to see him come back.

  "…"

  He sat in the chair and didn't hear his wife say a word for a long time. He knew that she was really angry.

  Theo didn't think he had done anything wrong. Although he couldn't go home often, he got most of the money back.

  In order to support my family, I am hovering between life and death every day, so it is normal that I have no time to communicate with my family.

  If you don't work wholeheartedly for the Fisher family, there is no way they would allow you to become their confidant!

  When he thought about this, he suddenly felt annoyed. He had risked his life for the family, had no women outside and did not spend money recklessly, so why was she still angry!

  You obviously agreed when I said I wanted to find a job that paid more!

  "Where's your son?"

  Theo asked loudly why her eldest son was not at home and where he had gone.

  The wife took a deep breath and responded coldly:

  "You also know that you have a son. He left Nasir with his friends a few days ago. He said he was going to Fein City to find a job and didn't want to stay at home doing nothing."

  "What?"

  Theo was stunned, surprised that her son would leave secretly, and asked in disbelief:

  "You said he went to Finn City? When exactly did that happen? How come I don't know anything about it?"

  "Of course you don't know, you know nothing. You and Master Byrne were out at that time. When you came back, it was too late, and I couldn't persuade him!"

  The wife spoke very quickly, and started crying as she spoke, with tears falling one after another.

  "If he gets bullied outside, or if anything happens to him, I will hate you forever!"

  Theo was speechless. After a long while, he asked in confusion: "He would never do such a thing before. Why is he so bold all of a sudden...Did his friends lead him astray? Who are his friends?"

  The wife finally couldn't help yelling at the top of her lungs:

  "You have met him less times than you have met those brothers in the past few years. Do you really know what his personality is like now and what kind of person he is?"

  "Don't you think it's too late to ask now?"

  Theo had no idea how to answer, but he couldn't apologize or comfort his wife. His wife cried silently and didn't say anything else. The family stayed in silence for the whole night.

  He understood one thing very well: he already knew too much, and even if he wanted to leave the Fisher family it would be impossible.

  The Fisher family can make people who originally do not have extraordinary powers suddenly have extraordinary powers.

  Theo lay on the bed and took a deep breath.

  Although the truth about the most terrible secret has not yet been truly revealed to her, Mr. Byrne and Ms. Irene have both vaguely hinted at some unimaginable great power.

  He exists.

  It was not until the next morning that Theo, who had not slept all night, learned the news from the guards of the Fisher family.

  The person who leaked his and Mr. Byrne's whereabouts was found.

  Chapter 104 Fisher Fears Enemy

  After getting up, Theo didn't talk to his wife or eat. He went straight to Fisher Manor and soon saw the guy who informed the cultists.

  He is the cousin of the former chief of Urd village.

  Now the man was tied up with ropes and kneeling on the lawn outside the mansion, his eyes wide open and his whole body trembling.

  Byrne and Irene stood nearby, staring at the man silently. Then Byrne looked up at Theo and told him the whole story.

  "This is actually what happened."

  Theo finally understood, because the Fisher family's carriage stopped once in the village of Urd on the way from Nasir to the city of Fein.

  The managers of Urd Village were originally from the Case family. After the Fisher family gained control of the village, they immediately replaced the managers with members of their own family.

  Then they exiled anyone who had discontented thoughts.

  However, even after achieving this, there were still relatives and friends of the vested interests in Urd Village who were dissatisfied, which was regarded as an oversight by the Fischer family when handling the matter.

  There was no way. They couldn't control the thoughts of every person on the land. Besides, many people in the village were related to each other, so if they were all exiled, the scope would be too large.

  Irene actually remembered that the village chief's cousin had no malicious intentions towards the Fisher family.

  He was even happy that his cousin was exiled, because his cousin was extremely arrogant with the support of the Case family and did not take others seriously at all.

  It can be said that at that time, the man welcomed the Fisher family's move to drive out the Case family.

  However, people's hearts are always prone to change.

  In recent weeks, he had become resentful of the retaliation against him by those in the village whom Fischer had helped to rise to power because of his previous arrogance and domineering behavior.

  That day, some men who were short of money happened to see the Fisher family's carriage, and ran to the Case family to exchange this information for money.

  He was rewarded with a gold coin.

  And the man certainly never thought that he would end up dying because of this incident.

  "How was he discovered?" Theo was surprised. Urd was some distance away from Nasir Town, but this man was caught so quickly.

  Byrne replied calmly, "I have already told Uldre's supporters of Fischer that there will be rewards for reporting suspicious people. He was targeted and reported when he came back with the gold coins to drink."

  He shook his head, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and said in a low voice: "The whole thing is a conspiracy of the Case family. It's really ridiculous to think about it. The Fisher family almost perished because of a gold coin."

  "It's a pity that we don't have sufficient evidence to report them to the Church of Storms, and this man's words alone are meaningless."

  He turned around calmly, came to Theo and whispered,

  "Since reporting is not an option, there is no need to keep the person."

  Theo soon heard the man, whose face was flushed and whose whole body was shaking uncontrollably, shouting.

  "Don't kill me! I know I was wrong! I'm willing to pay compensation. I'll do anything you ask me to do. Just don't kill me!"

  Byrne shook his head and left, then stopped and said seriously:

  "Tio, when you go to deal with it, be sure not to let the children see it."

  "Um."

  Theo nodded very calmly, then pulled the man up by his shoulders and dragged him across the lawn.

  "Please, ahh! Don't kill me, ahh! I beg you!"

  Theo could feel the other person's struggle, so she punched him in the back of the head and yelled:

  "Come here, asshole!"

  The man fell to the ground immediately after being hit hard, but after a while he got up groaning and begging for mercy incoherently.

  "Bastard, you should have thought of today when you betrayed Fischer!"

  Theo dragged the man to a corner, found a rope and tied it tightly around his neck. He held it tight for a long time until his struggling body stopped shaking, then he suddenly let go.

  The body fell to the ground and lay motionless in an instant.

  "Damn it, this is such a hassle!"

  He just felt a nameless anger in his heart today. He picked up the corpse and walked towards the cart parked not far away. He first put the corpse on the cart, and then covered it with a large white cloth.

  Then Theo left the town of Nasir as if he knew the route well, and went all the way to the beach on the east coast, where he threw the body into the sea from the cliff.

  "What a heavy fat pig. I am so tired."

  Theo did not go back immediately, but sat on the cliff by the sea and watched the tide for a long time, silently staring at the turbulent sea water and the splashing waves.

  "Aaaaaaaaah!"

  He suddenly roared a few times, and his voice traveled very far.

  Theo suddenly felt much better.

  It is normal that my wife does not understand me. After all, I have never really communicated with her.

  And he really couldn't tell her what he really did every day. All this time, he had been suppressing all the killing and darkness in his heart.

  I thought about talking to my family but I knew I couldn't do that.

  She did her part, and I had to do mine.

  Theo figured it out.

  He wanted to ask for a long vacation from Mr. Byrne, then go to Finn City to find his stupid son, and then the whole family would have a good rest for a while.

  I also need to have a good talk with my wife and children about the future.

  Mr. Byrne would agree to the request because he has always been very kind to his relatives and friends, and Theo is well aware of this.

  When he returned to the Fisher family, Theo suddenly saw his wife's thin figure in the hall again.

  "Why are you here?"

  Seeing his wife's red eyes from crying and Mr. Byrne's hesitant look, he suddenly had a strong premonition of something extremely ominous.  

  "What happened?"

  "Tio, it's bad news."

  Byrne shook his head silently, then took out an opened letter from his arms and handed it to Theo.

  The middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples took the letter, lowered his head and stared at the contents inside. His confused eyes gradually widened, and fear and anger gradually surged up!

  His son was kidnapped by the Case family.

  Although the letter stated that the Case family invited his son to be a guest, even the most obtuse person could understand the true meaning of the letter.

  "It seems that the Case family wants to continue to put pressure on us. Since they can't kidnap the Fisher family, and Vanessa and the others are orphans, so..."

  Byrne stopped talking after this analysis, took a deep breath, and patted Theo's shoulder seriously.

  "Relax, Theo, don't be nervous, we won't let anything happen to him."

  "Yes, I understand..."

  Theo took a deep breath. It was okay. Her son should still be safe.

  Because the other party kidnapped him just to threaten the Fisher family, they would definitely not kill him, otherwise he would become worthless.

  Although his mind told him so, Theo still felt chest tightness and even difficulty breathing, and he couldn't say anything.

  "Go save him! What are you still doing here?"

  His wife suddenly rushed up and hit Theo on the chest, and he could only let her hit him in silence.

  Byrne immediately waved his hand, and several servants came up to pull Theo's wife away and persuade her carefully.

  "What, what are you going to do?"

  There was an unprecedented pleading look in Theo's eyes when he looked at Byrne. Byrne took a deep breath and could fully feel the sincere desire of this man who was both his teacher and friend.

  What will the Fisher family do?

  Byrne has been thinking about the whole thing. Even if they get the support of Viscount Best, how will the Fisher family fight against the Case family?

  Under normal circumstances, the Viscount families would not directly participate in the underlying struggles.

  If Byrne asks Viscount Best to take action, the Garcia family behind the Case family will also take action, and finally even the eight major noble families of Syat will get involved, and the whole thing will escalate to an even more uncontrollable level.

  Moreover, he could sense that there was some unknown reason behind Viscount Best's kindness, and he did not want to owe him a big favor as much as possible.

  What would happen if the Fisher family went to war with the Case family directly?

  He evaluated the strength comparison between the two sides in his heart.

  The Keith family has two bloodline knights who have degenerated into a lower rank, and there are more than ten Origin Transcendents within the family and under their command.

  Although numbers are not everything, at least in terms of surface strength, the Fisher family has no advantage at all.

  Even if the disadvantage can be reversed by relying on tactics, Fischer's family members will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

  Suddenly, Byrne discovered that Chris had quietly come to a location not far away.

  He was stunned for a moment, then shocked and alert!

  Although it was in his own family manor, Chris could have taken the opportunity to kill himself if he wanted to.

  In the battles between low-level transcendents, sneak attacks and first-hand attacks have huge advantages, and even weak transcendents may be able to kill stronger beings.

  Chris walked silently to Byrne's side and finally said something in his ear.

  "real?"

  Byrne looked at Chris with great surprise, and the taciturn boy nodded.

  "Um."

  Byrne was so happy that he couldn't control himself. Chris's words just now were so surprising. It turned out that he had already digested the potion more than a year ago and successfully found the way to the third level!

  And if Chris was given a few more months, he would be able to succeed in the promotion, much faster than Byrne!

  "That's great, Theo, I'll leave for a while."

  After Byrne finished speaking, Theo was stunned for a moment, as if he had just come to his senses, and lowered his head and said, "Well, I understand, Master of the Family."

  Afterwards, Byrne, Chris and Irene gathered in the Fisher family's basement.

  What happened in just a few days was extremely serious. The Fisher family must take countermeasures, otherwise they may be destroyed at any time!

  Byrne quickly stated his specific countermeasures.

  "We'd better learn from the Leander family and express our weakness and compromise, so that the Case family will think that we have completely surrendered."

  Irene thought for a moment and continued, "And then? When are you going to turn against me?"

  Byrne immediately replied, "Of course, after Chris successfully reaches the third step."

  "What?"

  Byrne immediately told Chris that he would be promoted in a few months, and asked Chris to write down the path to promotion so that he could record it in his notes.

  Irene looked at Chris in surprise.

  Chris had never told anyone about such a big thing, and only revealed it now.

  But since it was him, it made sense.

  Byrne took a deep breath and said, "I think that out of prudence, the Fisher family should not easily make enemies with others."

  "I was afraid of making enemies because I hated the Meyer family who killed my father."

  He was silent for a moment, then continued.

  "After the death of the members of the Leander family, they submitted to the Case family out of fear, but secretly wanted to kill them all the time."

  "We must be more cautious, so we must not learn from the Case family and must not create long-lasting hatreds... Once the war starts, we must make the Case family disappear completely and put an end to all the seeds of hatred in advance!"