Chapter 414 - Chapter 414: Chapter 394 "Apostle of the Night" Promotion Ceremony (1/2)
Chapter 414: Chapter 394 “Apostle of the Night” Promotion Ceremony
In the Grand Hall beneath the Fischer family manor, a new family meeting was convened once more.
The number of participants this time was truly significant, and the meeting was chaired by the new family head, Christine, who sat in a wheelchair.
As an older woman in her forties, wrinkles naturally crept upon her face, yet her overall demeanor appeared even more elevated than when she was younger.
The Christine of the past was perceived as cunning and calculating, but the Christine of today had grown inscrutable, an enigma referred to as the “Fischer family’s unfathomable fog” by outsiders.
Her surveillance organization, the “Purgers,” had recently expanded rapidly, with its membership, including peripheral members, exceeding several hundred people, monitoring the entire East Coast for corruption, malfeasance, and heretical dissent.
As the head of the family, once the family meeting ratified it, Christine naturally had the authority to do so.
“Let’s begin,”
Christine nodded slightly at the voting scales.
For decades, they had initiated countless family meetings, and the Scales of Conviction for the Fischer family voting had never been replaced.
Chris did not attend the family meeting this time and was not present.
Everyone understood and did not mind Chris’s absence from the meeting.
Because everyone knew that he was off to complete the 6th Rank of the Path of Tranquility, the initiation ceremony for the “Apostle of the Night”!
“They’re all gone…”
Karl, with his intangible will floating high in the sky, quietly observed the Fischer family meeting and suddenly realized that the first group who started the meeting were all absent…
Lucius, Byrne, Irene, Chris.
None of them were present at this meeting.
“So far, about sixty years have passed since the day I regained consciousness, and in fact, not only the Fischer family but the entire world has been changing incessantly…”
He knew that no matter how nostalgic he felt inside, the wheels of time would not stop for anyone.
Darren, wearing a solemn black suit, stepped forward and slowly explained his dealings and negotiations with Tuns’s Black Falcon.
In truth, his communication with the Black Falcon was known to Christine and the others; it was not a unilateral decision made in secrecy.
Christine, sitting in her wheelchair, arched an eyebrow, masking the shock deep within her heart, and murmured, “Manufactured ‘false gods’? Is that truly what the God of Reforging is?”
Felix, still bearing the brand of the God of Reforging, was completely stunned.
He widened his eyes, staring at his father who had revealed everything.
“Is that true? Did Tuns’s Black Falcon really say such things?”
Darren looked at his son and calmly nodded, “Yes, you’re about to return to the Reforging Church, so this matter is very important to you, remember it well.”
Felix nodded thoughtfully, sinking into deep contemplation. Although the Stars Embrace Order was almost entirely destroyed, he still bore the mark of the God of Reforging.
Upon his return to the Reforging Church, he truly had the opportunity to become a high-ranking official there, thanks to that mark…
But the “truth” about the God of Reforging was shocking beyond belief!
Darren immediately added:
“However, Felix, that’s only Tuns’s side of the story, not necessarily the truth. We just need to be aware of this possibility.”
Felix nodded, exhaling sharply, indeed, that was the case.
What the Black Falcon said might not be the truth, but rather likely a lie!
Regardless, the concept of man-made deities was too fantastical and sensational to contemplate!
Christine spoke from her wheelchair, “I suggest we feign cooperation with Tuns for now, without committing too much. Just try to reap the benefits. I believe they’re not truly sincere either. Once the threat from the two great empires is gone, Tuns will surely want to become the only empire on the continent, and will instantly become our enemy… Our current situation is simply the weak exploiting each other, that’s all.”
Darren nodded in agreement.
“I concur, but can we keep such cooperation with Tuns hidden from the Lorne Empire?”
Christine narrowed her eyes, smiling, “Even if it can’t be concealed, they won’t pose a threat to us for the time being. In fact, no matter what, there is only one ‘final victory condition’ for the Fischer family.”
The next moment, she and Darren spoke in unison,
“And that is to ensure the complete resurrection of the great Lord of the Lost!”
Christine continued, “Sooner or later, we may face off against Lorne and the Seven Stars. You are all aware, I presume, of the terrible might of those two great empires.”
“The ‘Emperor’s Guards’ of the Seven Stars may indeed be formidable, but in truth, all their members combined are not as threatening as a single ‘Military God of the Seven Stars Empire.’
“Even if he’s not invincible, he is certainly the strongest Bloodline Knight. The God of Reforging almost led the Seven Stars Empire to complete annihilation; it was this man who suddenly reorganized the empire’s forces and held off the terrible onslaught from the Lorne citizens.”
“And the most troublesome aspect of Lorne lies in their three Heavenly Enlightenment powerful experts. ‘Iron Blood Marshal’ Horatio Wesley was the one who defeated the Ten Great Families of the East, and even now, he remains the strongest among the three powerful experts of Lorne and the only one likely capable of defeating the Military God.”