Chapter 519 - Chapter 519: Chapter 487: Arriving at Lorne (1/2)
Chapter 519: Chapter 487: Arriving at Lorne
The family meeting in the Grand Hall continued, with Moter and Elena silently occupying a corner as bystanders, seemingly unnoticed.
In fact, the moment Elena entered, she had already been noticed and watched by many of the strong members of the Fischer family, and they were aware that this woman bore no hostility. Moreover, in everyone’s impression, Moter was a smart child, and anyone he brought was deemed a trustworthy individual.
Nevertheless, both Felix and Christine were people who placed great importance on rules, and they couldn’t help but feel significant dissatisfaction towards Moter’s unilateral decisions and breach of protocol.
However, Moter’s punishment would have to wait until after the family meeting.
Christine shook her head lightly, thinking that Moter must be aware of the punishment he would receive, and after weighing the pros and cons, he decided that certain benefits were worth the severity of the punishment. He might even be holding out hope that he might get away with it somehow.
“This child likes to take risks and has a gambler’s mentality… somewhat similar to that Lucius.”
Suddenly, Duke Darren Fischer walked towards Moter and Elena.
Elena looked at the tall figure, her face slightly changing as a sense of fear and awe inevitably welled up inside her.
Darren’s expression was calm. For decades, he could be described as a true visionary. Although he wasn’t the real Family Head of the Fischers, the achievements he had made surpassed those of the previous Patriarchs, and he exuded an aura of a monarch honed through battles and dominion.
He didn’t intentionally display his dignity, yet his mere movements attracted everyone’s attention, and Elena couldn’t help but feel awe towards Darren.
Darren simply glanced at Elena without any greeting, as she was not a Cyart person but a Vallere citizen. Instead, he indifferently took out the single-lens glasses “Omnipotent Vision” and then said to Moter:
“Moter, this Forbidden rare artifact was found by you, correct?”
“Yes.”
Moter nodded lightly, calmly looking at his great-uncle Darren.
He had always admired figures like Darren, yet he felt such unstable emotions were unnecessary; perhaps he could do even better in the future by learning to always make calm bets.
Moter didn’t care about the Fischer family; he simply wanted to become stronger, better, outstanding.
Darren looked at the single-lens glasses in his hand and pondered for a while before saying:
“Its power is sealed and cannot truly manifest; nor can it be offered as a tribute to the great Lord of the Lost just yet.”
“We need to unseal it.”
The High Priest Archer suddenly spoke, “We need to find a way to break the Seal, and the great Lord of the Lost has given us a Divine Oracle. We simply need to find a true Heavenly Enlightenment, and we can unseal it.”
Darren turned his head to Archer and said:
“Hmm, but there are two issues… Why would that Heavenly Enlightenment help us, and after they discover such a significant Forbidden rare artifact, why wouldn’t they simply take it by force?”
“That is to say, even single-digit Forbidden rare artifacts are valuable treasures to a Heavenly Enlightenment.”
Moter suddenly spoke, “The former is somewhat easier to resolve, as long as we are willing to pay a certain price, the Heavenly Enlightenments of the Lorne Empire would still be willing to help us with some matters.”
“But, if they discover that this artifact is indeed a single-digit unique Forbidden rare artifact, as you said, even the legends at the Heavenly Enlightenment Level might be tempted.”
He thought for a moment, paused, and then continued, “Can’t we rely on the power of ‘The Oath’ to avoid such an issue?”
Darren shook his head and explained, “Actually, in recent years, the effect of ‘The Oath’ has been weakening. Even though there is still a price to pay for breaking it, very few die directly from violating ‘The Oath’ anymore.”
This was the first time Moter was hearing about this, and he furrowed his brow tightly before saying, “I see… I suppose even the rule that forbids Heavenly Enlightenment from entering the Eastern Four Kingdoms will one day become ineffective.”
After finishing his sentence, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath, sensing a potential terrifying future that might exist.
Everyone fell silent at this point, and then, as if by an unspoken agreement, they all turned their gaze towards Chris.
Undoubtedly, although Darren had also finally reached the Seventh Tier not long ago, among all the Fischer family members, the only one who had the most hope to reach the higher Eighth Tier was Chris alone.
Just then, Christine, sitting calmly in her wheelchair, said, “Let’s not talk about this for now. I want to ask, who exactly will we choose to go to the Lorne Empire to investigate Karno?”
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The rural roads of the Lorne Empire were winding and twisting, with a carriage traveling along the lush fields, the roads made of dirt, and aged by the years, appeared quaint and natural. Wildflowers and grasses swayed in the wind on the roadsides, exuding a faint fragrance.
As the carriage proceeded along the path, one could occasionally see farmhouses and farmlands, with the roofs of the farmhouses mostly covered in thick thatch and the farmers busily tilling the fields, their figures lengthened by the afterglow of the setting sun.
The Fischer family’s delegation to the Lorne Empire was led by Uncle Felix, and aside from him, the family members included the “Demonic Woman” Hecate and Moter.